There are still about ten days before the normal summer harvest, but northern Henan and other places have already moved, and they are still moving, regardless of men, women and children, go to the field together to harvest wheat. The endless wilderness is full of busy figures.

Not only did the people have to take care of their fields, but also the people were taking urgent action to repair the roads and build temporary bridges on the wide roads. From the gray-haired old man to the six or seven-year-old children, everyone looked solemn and worked hard with their heads down.

Gu Zhenhua took the main force of the Anguo Army all the way north, and the busyness of the people was all in their eyes.

"It's the busy farming season again, and the big war is coming, is there enough manpower? Is there any resistance everywhere? ”

According to the usual practice, once the common people miss the agricultural time, the harvest of the year will be gone, so they are very disgusted with serving in the conscription at this time, and they want to escape by all means, Gu Zhenhua is also deeply afraid that something will go wrong at this time.

Wu Kaijie hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, don't worry, thanks to Governor Yan, he has come up with a clever trick!" ”

"What's the trick?"

"That's right, Governor Yan Jianyi bought all the output of all the fields in northern Henan this year in the name of the imperial court! At this time, the common people are all working for the imperial court, not their own things, so they don't care if they are distressed or not. ”

Gu Zhenhua asked in surprise: "What a big deal, isn't he afraid that the imperial court will go bankrupt?" ”

Wu Kaijie grinned and said: "Lord Wang, that's the case, Lord Yan actually didn't buy it, originally there was also a part of these grains that was handed over, and after deducting them, the rest was the people's rations." Within three months. The summer grain allocated by Huguang made up for it, and each person gave a subsidy of one or two silver, so that they would not suffer losses. ”

Gu Zhenhua is so astute. He couldn't help but applaud Yan Yingyuan, this idea was really great!

Combat is inseparable from food, and buying all of them is equivalent to having a nearby granary, which can be quickly transported to the front line to cope with combat attrition.

And after the imperial court bought the land, it was equivalent to taking all the risks. In case of a Tartar raid. You can decide whether to give up or not at will, and the common people have no nostalgia, and there will be fewer fetters for transporting troops to fight.

Then there is the man who wants to build roads and transport goods. On the one hand, the labor to be harvested, the interests of the imperial court and the interests of the people are in conflict, and it will inevitably cause trouble. But after Yan Yingyuan played this hand, everything was in the hands of the imperial court. You can transfer it freely. What's important, do it first!

"Lord Wang, if you calculate it, the imperial court may have to spend millions of taels of silver for this, but I think it's worth it!"

Gu Zhenhua laughed: "It's worth it, of course it's worth it!" Firmly grasp the hearts of the people, we will be invincible! ”

After thinking about it, Gu Zhenhua said again: "You go and write a letter to Yan Yingyuan." If he is short of money because of this, he can issue bonds to merchants. The proceeds of the Northern Expedition were used as collateral. I used to think that fighting a war was a waste of money and labor, but in the eyes of this king, it is not strong if you don't fight! ”

Gu Zhenhua laughed proudly, and at this time, a staff officer of the army hurriedly ran over, holding a carrier pigeon in his hand, and sent it to Gu Zhenhua like a treasure.

"Lord Wang, Handan has been taken down!"

……

"Rush!"

"Rush!"

With Li Shuotai's saber pointing, thousands of Tartars rushed out on their prancing horses, all of them Mongols, who were once masters of the Eurasian continent, but at this time they became the lackeys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, the combat power of this lackey should not be underestimated, and the two or three hundred Tartars in front of him were all dressed in leather armor, and the war horses also had armor, and they were armed with spears and scimitars pinned to their waists, which were the sharp knives of the troops.

Behind these heavy cavalry were light cavalrymen who did not wear armor, and they all held well-made composite bows, and the range of the bows and arrows with horsepower could reach 200 meters, which was a veritable long-range firepower!

Li Shutai looked at these cavalrymen who were moving forward bravely, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, no matter how powerful the Anguo Army is, it will always lose a piece of meat!

The Prince of Tushetu, Badali, was even more proud, and he smiled proudly: "Master Li, you can watch the show, even the infantry dares to compete with the Mongol warriors, it is simply looking for death!" ”

By the time Badali shouted, the Mongol cavalry had already rushed to a distance of two or three hundred paces, and many archers had already drawn their bows and arrows, looking for suitable targets.

At this moment, Li Laiheng suddenly sneered, took the lead in striking the trigger, and a tin bullet flew out. Three hundred meters away, a scarlet blood flower bloomed on the chest of a Tartar. The fist-sized and hideous wound took this guy's life in an instant, and without even a word, he fell off the horse.

The guns rang out one after another, and the Tartar quickly fell under the horse, almost too late to react, these Mongolian cavalrymen only felt that the people around them were constantly decreasing, and the howls of pain sounded in their ears, and every sound poked into the heart, making people shudder!

Looking around blankly, most of the dead were officers of all ranks, and they were all the bravest soldiers. The remnants of the personnel were suddenly terrified, and although they entered the firing range, they had long lost the courage to fight desperately, and only thought about shooting their bows and arrows indiscriminately. The sparse bow and arrows can kill almost negligible.

Li Laiheng tightly grasped the weapon in his hand, he had never loved a weapon so much!

Yes, it's love!

Love is intense to the extreme!

The Mini rifle is almost the perfect killing weapon, with an effective range of up to 400 meters. Moreover, the soft tin bullet also gives the blunt knife the effect of killing, as long as one shot, it is either dead or injured, and it is also a lifelong disability.

You've got mounted archery, we've got technology!

Li Laiheng became more and more convinced that the destruction of the Tartars was just around the corner.

"Brothers, hit hard!"

Gunshots rumbled, grenades flew in unison, and bursts of metal storms continued to set off in the middle of the Tartars, and when they were still fifty or sixty meters away from the position of the Angolan army, the Tartars were blocked to death.

The corpses were pressed one by one, the wounded were screaming in despair, the remnants were terrified, and in just a quarter of an hour, more than two hundred Tartars had been killed and wounded, and the proportion reached an astonishing two percent!

The rest of the Tartars were all beaten to the point of losing their temper, and one by one they turned their horses' heads and fled back regardless of the situation.

Badali's nose was almost crooked, and the cowhide was blown so quickly, and his face was not shiny.

"Lord Li, this king personally leads the team, and he can't break through the military formation of the Southern Barbarians, so come and see you!"

Li Shutai hurriedly stopped Badali, although the Mongols were cannon fodder, but they couldn't be used casually.

"Lord Wang, our top priority is to recapture Handan, and we can't give Minggou a chance to gain a foothold. Therefore, we must fight quickly, we have a lot of cavalry, why fight with the barbarians. ”

"Do you have any tricks?"

"I can't talk about clever tricks, I will divide yì into three ways, circle them, and choose the opportunity to attack. Minggou cares about one and loses the other, and it will definitely fail! ”

When Badali heard that his actions were reasonable, he grinned and said, "That's right, that's how the wolves on the steppe catch lambs, constantly harassing them, making them tired, and then killing them in one fell swoop!" ”

These two people thought they had a plan, but they didn't know that they were playing into the hands of the Angolan Army.

The Tartars quickly divided into three roads and rushed towards the Anguo army, thousands of cavalry, bringing up countless dust, covering the sky and the sun. The horse's hooves trampled on the earth, and no matter how far away they were, they were all frightened!

The Angolan army has only 2,500 people, and if it wants to deal with tens of thousands of enemies, the strength is overstretched, and how to adjust it depends on the commander's ability!

"Commander Li, the Tartars are attacking from three sides, what should we do?" Ma Wannian had long heard of the power of the Tartar cavalry, and he couldn't help but mention it at this time.

"Brother Ma, what do you think should be done?" Li Laiheng asked rhetorically.

Ma Wannian took a closer look and said, "Commander Li, from my observation, the right side of the Tartar has the most dust and the largest number of people, so we should strengthen the defense of the right flank!" ”

Li Laiheng also judged this, just when he was about to nod subconsciously, he suddenly looked at the sky, and saw a small black flag on the hanging basket of the hot air balloon, pointing to the north-east.

The flag language is something that every general memorizes well, and the five elements in the north belong to water, which happens to be represented by black, and when you see the black flag, it means that the main force of the Tartars is on their left flank.

Li Laiheng suddenly smiled lightly: "Brother Ma, do you believe our judgment or believe the banner above?" ”

Ma Wannian said with a smile: "Didn't the prince say everything, you can't rely on imagination to fight, brothers, come with me!" ”

Surtu is the brother of Badali, who is five big and three thick, extremely ugly, and is the first warrior of the Horqin tribe. Since he was a child, he had heard about the prosperity of the Central Plains and the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, and as a result, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the first to take the fat, but fortunately, the opportunity finally fell to the Mongols, and his blood was boiling, and two hundred of the most elite Horqin warriors protected him.

The Tartars rushed to the vicinity of the Anguo army, and did not rush to attack, but ran back and forth, wading through the dust and interfering with the vision.

Surtu waited quietly like a seasoned hunter.

Here's your chance!

"Rush!"

The cavalry was like thunder, slamming towards the left flank of the Anguo army, the two sides were getting closer and closer, and the horizontal flesh on Surtu's face was about to explode, there were no annoying musketeers here, just a group of pikemen.

With the ash rod, I also want to resist the iron horse, and I am simply looking for death!

"Kill the Bright Dog!"

Surtu shouted vigorously as his men rushed within a hundred paces of the Angolan army, when a platoon of soldiers suddenly threw their shields and raised their black muzzles.

Relying on the guidance of the hot air balloon, the movements of the Tartars are under the surveillance of the Anguo Army, so they simply plan it! There were twenty guns in total, all aimed at Surtu.

Bang Bang Bang!

The gunshots rang out indiscriminately, and Surtu's huge body was simply the best target, and he was like an electric shock, his body exploded, and his flesh and blood flew everywhere. The three-layer armor was useless, it was as fragile as paper, and the iron sheet flew wildly, and the soldiers around him suffered with it, being injured by the flying armor leaves.

When the smoke cleared, half of Sultu's head was gone, three bloody holes were blown out of his chest, and half of his arm was gone.

"Taiji, Taiji!" These Mongolian cavalry were all frightened, and at this time, there was an earth-shattering sound, and ten tiger squatting cannons were aimed at them.

"Put!" (To be continued......)