At dusk that day, Zhang Zhang returned to Tuanshan Fort.

Zhang Li's trip back and forth between Jingshi and Tuanshan Fort this time was a brand new path.

Enter Duoyanwei's territory, and enter Beizhili directly from Xuanfu.

It is roughly equivalent to entering Beijing through Inner Mongolia and Hebei in later generations, avoiding Shanhaiguan.

Duoyanwei is still nominally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Mongolian tribes there are not united, and if a small number of people pass quickly, it can be said that they are unaware.

This route is also the road taken by the Qing army to enter the customs several times later, and the Shanhaiguan until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Tartars did not cross the thunder pond half a step.

In the military conference hall of Tuanshan Fort, Gao Yuanliang, Pan Batian and others were discussing in a whisper, waiting for the arrival of tension.

It didn't take long for tension to appear in everyone's sight.

Zhang Li still sat on the main seat, looked at him alone, and asked, 'Just, there are signs of migration in that north? ‘

Xiao Ran nodded, with a somewhat anxious look on his face: "My lord, I have been leading the team to monitor them these days. Since yesterday, they have been collecting livestock. ‘

Zhang Li's brows furrowed, these Mongols have more than a thousand Han slaves in their hands, and they absolutely cannot sit idly by.

Pan Batian took two steps forward and said in a loud voice: 'My lord, you must not let them go, let's fight!' ‘

Zhang Li glanced at Gao Yuanliang and wanted to hear what he had to say.

Gao Yuanliang pondered for a moment and said, "We can't go out of the nest, we still need to leave soldiers to guard the fort, and those who can go out to fight are only five hundred people......

Zhang Li bowed his head slightly, and turned his head to look at Yu Ran: "How many soldiers are there in this northern captive army?" ‘

He thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "My lord, the exact number is really impossible to calculate. The Mongols have always dismounted to graze. Fight on horseback, all the people are soldiers! ‘

'How many adult males are there?' ‘

'Not less than three hundred!' ‘

The atmosphere in the hall was a little silent, everyone was tense, and no one spoke.

After a long time, Gao Yuanliang sighed and said, "My lord. With the current combat strength of the Ming army, if it fights with Dongyu, that is, Jiannu field, ten to one may not be able to beat it......

Zhang Zhang nodded, the Ming army in the field had never won at all, Gao Yuanliang said ten to one, that could be regarded as giving face to the Ming army.

'What about the Northern Captives?' ‘

Gao Yuanliang thought for a moment and whispered: "If you fight against the Northern Captives, that is, the Mongols, you can fight a dozen to one." ‘

Zhang Li's brows furrowed, it was inevitable that he couldn't beat Jiannu. I didn't expect the Mongols to be so good.

It's not Genghis Khan's time, and the Mongols are already scummy in combat effectiveness - but the Ming army is even more scum, and there is really no lower limit......

Three hundred northern captives, at least a thousand people are needed to fight them head-on.

Now unless the regimental mountain fort is dispatched, the troops are simply insufficient.

Izawa spoke at this point, and he asked a more realistic question: 'My lord, even if we go out of our nests, the Mongols will not be able to get on their horses and run. We're just going to have to stare at it......

Zhang Li gasped, yes. Let's not talk about whether you can beat or not, even if you can beat it, once people run, there is no way on your side!

There were 100 military horses in Tuanshan Fort, and now all of them were allocated to the scouts, and there was no cavalry at all.

Alas. I can only talk about it later, but now I will think about how to eat those 300 Mongols!

After thinking about it for a long time, the tension was final: 'Fight, must fight!' But ......'

As soon as Zhang Zhang beckoned, everyone immediately surrounded him.

Zhang Zhang stood up. Walked to the map of Liaodong hanging on the wall, pointed to a place, and said lightly: 'Fight here!' ‘

Gao Yuanliang and the others stared at the place where Zhang Li's finger was, and their faces were all surprised: "My lord, how did you know that the Beiyu was going to pass through here?" ‘

……

As soon as it was dawn, the wood was awakened by the terrible sound of the camp whistle.

It was the whistle of the assembly, and the wood did not dare to slack off, and immediately got up from the bunk.

The big bull and the pimple move equally quickly, because everyone knows that this kind of whistle for emergency assembly will only sound when going out to fight.

Wood rubbed his eyes, grabbed the towel hanging on the windowsill, wiped his face indiscriminately, and shouted, 'Quick, bring the guys, gather urgently!' ‘

Pimple and Big Bull followed closely behind Wood, took their weapons and ammunition, and ran out of the barracks.

As soon as Mu came out of the barracks, he saw Mr. Pan standing in the open space outside.

Pan Batian looked solemnly at the musketeers running out of the various barracks.

Wood, with a lump and a big cow, stood where he should stand. After standing still, Wood made a gesture, and Pimple and Big Niu immediately began to check the weapons in their hands to see if anything was missing.

Wood also began to check what he was carrying, self-made firearms, buckshot bags, gunpowder bags, kettles, daggers, waist knives......

There was only the sound of footsteps in the wood's ears, no one spoke, and although the footsteps were slightly messy, they became more and more rare, and at last, the footsteps were gone.

About a quarter of an hour, fifteen minutes later, everyone was assembled and ready to go.

This speed is already the limit that these big-headed soldiers can reach at present, although it is still far from being comparable to the modern army of later generations, but you must know that Ning Yuanwei gathered before, and it was impossible to complete it without half an hour or an hour.

All the musketeers looked at Mr. Pan with a little nervousness, but Mr. Pan did not speak.

Soon an auxiliary soldier stepped forward to distribute the bags of dry food, and as soon as the wood took the bag of dry food, his heart immediately sank - so heavy!

How many meals is this going to eat?

After the dry food bags were distributed, Pan Batian glanced at the team, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he said in a deep voice: "Gather at the school immediately!" ‘

After saying this, Pan Batian immediately turned around and walked towards the school field with the musket team......

Zhang Li silently watched as there were more and more teams in the school field.

'The scouts are assembled! ‘

'The musketeers are assembled! ‘

'The infantry is assembled! ‘

Gao Yuanliang walked quickly to Zhang Li's side and said loudly: "The Tuanshan army has been assembled!" ‘

Zhang Li's body trembled slightly, and he quickly took a long breath and controlled his emotions: "Let's go!" ‘

Gao Yuanliang immediately raised his voice and yelled suddenly: "Master Zhang has an order, the whole army is leaving!" ‘

Yes. This time the tension - poured out of the nest!

Tuanshan Fort only left more than 100 people to defend the city, and more than 1,200 soldiers, all of whom went into battle!

Wood walked in the middle of the large army, walked out of the fort wall, and after the procession left the Tuanshan fort, it seemed to march in a northwesterly direction.

Wood did not dare to speak. The same is true of the pimple, the same is true of the big bull, and the whole regiment and mountain army are like this.

But when there is a man to speak on the march, the whip of the teaching team will be drawn mercilessly on the head and in the face.

At intervals of thirty or so, a member of the teaching team rode a horse, staring coldly at everyone in the marching column.

Wood can't remember how long it's been since he'd heard a whip, it seems like it's been the last ten days. I have the impression that the teaching team has never physically punished soldiers.

Now that everyone has formed the conditions for launching, it is very clear what to do and what not to do, but no one dares to do anything that cannot be done.

At first, Lord Zhang's military order was to be whipped five times, and he was dismissed from the regimental mountain army. Later, the number was reduced to three, and now the standard is to be whipped twice and immediately dismissed!

Lord Zhang actually followed everyone into battle this time, but I don't know who the enemy is?

Bandits?

Unlikely, the bandits around Tuanshan Fort are basically extinct!

Wood shook his head slightly. Don't think about that anymore. The front ranks seemed to have quickened the pace of the march, and the wood had to keep up closely......

Six strands of the river. Spanning Duoyanwei and Ning Yuanwei, it is the only place for Duoyanwei to the northeast.

It's late autumn, and the one-man tall reeds on the river bank are turning yellow, and the withered grass blades are gently fluttering in the wind, which can't help but make people a little fascinated.

There is no bridge over the river, but the place where it is now is the shallowest part of the Liugu River. The river is barely up to the calf. If you are riding on a horse, you will not get your boots wet at all.

Sixty miles upstream, forty miles downstream, and a whole hundred miles of the river, just because the terrain here is high. The river is so shallow.

It's called Shallow Rock Beach.

The tension has been calculated, this small tribe of Duoyan must have gone to the northeast to join Jiannu.

To travel northeast in the direction of Shenyang, they had to cross the Liugu River.

This is the place where Zhang Li chose to fight for the first time.

The battle with the bandits and the battle with Li Dagang cannot be called the first battle in the strict sense.

After a forcible march for most of the day, the soldiers were now lying in ambush in the reeds on the bank of the river, quietly nibbling on dry food and regaining their strength.

Zhang Li himself sat upright on a marching bench, on top of a small mound. It is said to be a small mound, but in fact it is also covered with dense reeds, but through the gaps in the reed leaves, the tension can see the situation on the other side of the river.

There was also a marching bench beside Zhang Li, and Gao Yuanliang was sitting.

There is no way to do this, if he stands up, Gao Yuanliang's head will exceed the height of the reed.

Zhang Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked lightly, "Yuan Liang, where has the Duoyan tribe been?" ‘

Gao Yuanliang pondered for a moment and whispered, "My lord, they are driving cattle, sheep and slaves, and the speed of the march is not fast. The scout who had been sent back said that it was twenty miles from here, and it was estimated that it was still ten miles away. ‘

Zhang Li nodded slightly, looked at the sky, and saw that it was still early, so he said coldly: "Then they will inevitably cross the river today." ‘

'Yes, sir. ‘

Zhang Zhang glanced back at Gao Yuanliang, touched his nose, and said, "I said that I don't know the bottom in my heart, do you believe it?" ‘

Gao Yuanliang grinned: "My lord, I don't have a bottom. ‘

The two of them smiled knowingly, and fell silent again.

After a long time, Zhang Li glanced at Gao Yuanliang meaningfully: "How many years has my Ming army not fought with the Eastern and Northern Prisoners?" ‘

Gao Yuanliang's expression froze: "My lord, I have been in the army in Liaodong for five years, and I have only done one thing, and that is to defend the city. ‘

Zhang Zhang nodded and stopped talking. (To be continued......)