The sun rose on time as before, and the whole earth began to glow with misty white light, Namu Zhong, who had been tossed by Yueyang all night, lay on the bed as if he had no bones, and saw Namu Zhong looking like he was dead and refused to get up, Yue Yang did not force her, he got up and got dressed, and after washing, he went out of the tent, after all, there are still many things waiting for him to do.

"Fence this piece for me, fence it all with wooden fences and thick cloths, don't leak light, and be sure to arrange three layers of railings!"

Yue Yang rode his horse to a remote corner of the valley, and happened to see Wu Qingzheng commanding the soldiers of the baggage battalion to start building a baggage warehouse. In any era, the place where the army hoards baggage is a priority for commanders, and once the baggage is lost, the army with combat effectiveness will collapse. After all, it is necessary to take into account factors such as fire prevention, moisture prevention, rain prevention and prevention of enemy sneak attacks, so the construction of baggage warehouses and checkpoints is also essential.

Now the address of the Yingzhou army's baggage warehouse was chosen in a remote corner of the valley, backed by mountains on three sides, and a three-story high fence was built outside, and more than 1,000 soldiers were sent to guard it. More than 200 large tents were erected in the middle zone, each covering an area of no less than 100 square meters. In fact, many soldiers in the baggage battalion are puzzled about why they want to build so many tents, after all, the baggage battalion carries limited materials, and it is impossible to fill so many tents, but the army pays attention to military orders, and no matter how unreasonable the order, they can only carry it out.

"All the tents must be set up before the evening, and the baggage area must be completely blocked, no one is allowed to enter without the order of Benhou, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" This was an order given by Yue Yang to Wu Qing.

"Yes, obedience!"

Looking at Yue Yang's unsmiling expression, Wu Qing, who was wearing a battle armor, solemnly gave a military salute and had taken refuge in Yue Yang for several years. He knew very well that whenever Yue Yang showed such a look, it was when he was at his strictest, and he said that if he killed, he would definitely kill, and everyone who tried to challenge his resolve died.

Yue Yang checked the progress of setting up the tent in the baggage camp again, and was about to return to the small tent to see Namu Zhong, when Hu Laosan, who was responsible for the garrison in front, hurriedly ran to report: "Master Hou, if you don't collect it at night, you find that Jiannu is sending people and horses to dig a deep ditch five miles away?" ”

"Dig a deep trench?" Yue Yang's eyes suddenly froze. Then he sneered: "Huang Taiji finally can't help it, it seems that he is planning to trap us." ”

"Master Hou, what should I do?" There was a hint of nervousness in Hu Laosan's eyes, although it was safe in this valley. But everyone knows that the grain and grass they carry are limited, and they can't afford to fight a war of attrition.

Yue Yang touched his chin and said lightly: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, it's not a big deal, immediately hold a meeting and call those nobles of the Chahar tribe as well." ”

"Knock knock ......"

The low sound of the drums began to resound in the valley, and after hearing the drums, all the generals above the rank of defender, regardless of what they were doing, left what they were doing and began to rush towards the big tent with the Yuezi flag hanging in the middle of the valley.

By the time the first drum was over, all the generals of the Yingzhou army had already arrived in the big tent. The nobles of the Chahar tribe came slowly before the end of the third drum beat, and even Namu Zhong, who was still lying on the bed just now, hurried over. Seeing the look of apology in the eyes of those nobles of the Chahar tribe and Namu Zhong who came slowly, Yue Yang didn't lose his temper or blame them, but just said lightly: "Okay." Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. ”

"Brothers and sisters of the Chahar tribe, we meet again after two years. I remember the last time I said goodbye to you, I promised you that your life would be better, and now I don't think anyone doubts the truth of my words, right? ”

Yue Yang's opening remarks were very straightforward. However, it has been approved by almost all the nobles of the Chahar tribe, and the changes of the Chahar tribe in the past two years are obvious to all. Originally, many people in the tribe would freeze to death and starve to death every winter, but since Yueyang and Yueyang have opened a fixed trade route through mutual markets. Every month, large quantities of tea, bricks, grain, salt, clothing and cloth flow into the Chahar tribe, which in turn exchange cattle and sheep, horses and furs for these things.

The large number of materials greatly enriched the life of the Chahar tribe, which can be seen from the fact that the population of the Chahar tribe has increased to a certain extent in the past two years, which even the second concubine of Yueyang, Siqin Tu Fujin, who has never been very fond of, cannot say anything against it.

As a representative of the Chahar tribe's army, Bart also said: "General Yue, the changes in our Chahar tribe in the past two years have been given by you, but now the safety of our tribe is being harassed by those Qing dogs and is in danger, can you tell us how we should deal with this disaster?" ”

"Of course, that's what I'm here for." Yue Yang nodded: "If we want to defeat the Manchu Tartars outside the valley, we must first unify the command, although I brought a lot of elite soldiers this time, plus the five thousand cavalry originally stationed here are not more than 30,000 people, but the Qing soldiers outside the valley have 100,000 people, so I require all the warriors of the Chahar tribe to obey my orders before defeating the Qing army, do you have any questions about this?" ”

"This ......"

Facing that Yue Yang was about to take over the command of all the armies of the Chahar tribe as soon as he opened his mouth, the nobles of the Chahar tribe hesitated a little, and Bart smashed his mouth twice and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Yue Yang.

"We Han people have an old saying, called a snake without a head. There can only be one emperor in a country, and there can only be one commander in an army, and now that we are two and our fates are linked, I don't want anyone to disobey my command in future wars, do you understand what I say? ”

Bart squirmed his lips and wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he finally remained silent, seeing that Barth, the most prestigious general in the tribe, did not say anything against it, and the nobles who originally wanted to say something also closed their mouths, and finally Namu Zhong clapped his hands and said: "Since this is the case, then I promise you now that all the warriors of our tribe will obey your command during this time, including me." ”

"That's good!" After getting the command, Yue Yang nodded, and then said, "Since everyone agrees, then I'll start talking about business." I didn't receive a report just now, saying that the Qing soldiers had started digging a ditch four miles away from us this morning, what does this mean, I don't think I need to say it again, right? ”

"What?"

"And this?"

"Don't let them dig a trench outside!"

As soon as they heard the news, the nobles and generals of the Chahar tribe immediately exploded, even those who are not familiar with military affairs know that Huang Taiji is clearly going to trap their rhythm, and if they really want to dig a deep ditch, then the more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the valley will become a real turtle in the urn, and then Huang Taiji will toss them as much as he wants, and no matter how brave they are, they will have to stay in the valley obediently and wait for death.

Observing everyone's reactions, Yue Yang also nodded secretly. It's good to be in a hurry.

"Alright, everyone, be quiet!" Yue Yang knocked on the table, "Be quiet!" ”

Waiting until everyone slowly calmed down, Yue Yang said, "Since everyone knows the urgency of the matter, then I won't talk nonsense." Huang Taiji wants to trap and starve us to death without flying a single soldier in these deep ditches, that's a dream, but don't worry, the deep ditch can't be completed in a day or two, so let me see what Huang Taiji is capable of, right? Now the congregation will obey! ”

"Whoa!"

With Yue Yang's order. All the generals of the Yingzhou army stood up straight in unison, their hands vertically on their thighs, and their eyes looked at their commander. And the generals of the Chahar tribe also straightened their chests and waited for Yue Yang's orders.

The corners of Yue Yang's mouth showed a hint of coldness. "Now everyone gather all the soldiers and horses, and follow me out of the valley to fight! Today, I'm going to meet this Huang Taiji and see what else he can do! ”

"Yes!"

"Woo woo woo ......"

"Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick ......"

The high-pitched sound of bugles and muffled trumpets echoed through the valley, accompanied by a rapid and passionate melody. The six gates outside the valley were wide open, and a group of troops lined up in a neat formation also drove out of the valley.

Tens of thousands of troops dispatched such a big movement naturally could not hide the Qing army outposts scattered all around, and soon the news of the Ming army's dispatch reached Huang Taiji's ears.

"Hmph. I had long expected that this thief would not be so obediently caught, Zhu Qing...... Now let's send troops with me, today I want to let Na Yue know that he is not the only one who has firearms. King Zhishun, are your artillery ready? ”

As Huang Taiji's words fell, Shang Kexi stood up and knelt down on one knee to Huang Taiji: "Qi Qi Great Khan, the minions are ready, and the firearms battalion can attack at any time." ”

"Good!"

Huang Taiji nodded, and said to him earnestly: "You Han people have an old saying, called ten years to sharpen a sword, although I didn't give you ten years to sharpen the sword, but your Han Army Banner Firearms Battalion has also been trained for four years, it's time to act, go, use your artillery to flatten Yueyang's army!" ”

"Wow! Minions obey! ”

Shang Kexi stood up and walked out of the big tent with great momentum.

After Shang Kexi left, Huang Taiji also stood up and said to everyone with a cold face: "Zhuqing, now let's go out of the camp with me, and the elimination of Yueyang will be in this dynasty!" ”

"Destroying Yue Yang is today!"

Everyone roared, and they all dispersed, and soon the camp of the Qing army also sounded a continuous horn, countless soldiers and horses began to assemble, and soon a torrent of torrents gathered into a large army and began to advance in the direction of Chifeng Valley.

Just when the Qing army was marching towards the Chifeng Valley, Yue Yang also led the army to a place three miles away from the valley, and what he saw at this time was a dense group of auxiliary soldiers working hard to dig trenches under the supervision of the army, and the number of people was no less than tens of thousands. Seeing the arrival of the army, these auxiliaries originally wanted to escape, but were stopped by the Qing army behind, these Qing soldiers did not flee, but took out bows and arrows and weapons to make a vigilant appearance, seeing this situation, Yue Yang couldn't help but be a little angry, turned to Bart beside him and said: "Balt, you are the bravest general in the Chahar tribe, now I order you to drive those bold guys away for me!" ”

Barth looked at the auxiliaries in front of him, nodded and said, "No problem, look at me!" ”

After saying this, Barthes gave a whistle, rode his war horse and galloped out of his camp, and after a few loud shouts, thousands of Mongol cavalry rode forward on horseback.

With the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, thousands of Mongol cavalry rushed forward. The sound of rumbling horses' hooves trampled the earth as if it were trembling.

And the Qing soldiers who were ready were not to be outdone, and shot the arrows in their hands at the Mongolian cavalry who rushed over, but the people who could be sent here to dig ditches were naturally not elite, although these auxiliaries were all armed with weapons, but not all of them carried bows and crossbows, and the words that were not of my race must be different were not only known to the Han people, for the cannon fodder troops, their mission was to be coolies and consume the enemy's strength, so the arrows they shot were also sparse. They didn't pose much of a threat to Barth.

"Kill!"

Barth, who was riding on a group of black war horses, waved the sharp saber in his hand, and lifted the reins of the horse over the not wide trench, and the horse's hooves kicked in the chest of an auxiliary soldier who tried to stop him, only to hear a dull sound, the auxiliary soldier's chest suddenly sunken in, and he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, and then Barth did not stop, but flattened the saber and slashed through the neck of an auxiliary soldier with the speed of the war horse, and a bright liquid sprayed out. The auxiliary soldier clutched his throat and fell to the ground, and Barth, who had succeeded in one move, did not stop, but continued to urge the war horse to kill forward.

Today, Barthes is a brave man, with 5,000 cavalry galloping across the ranks of tens of thousands of auxiliaries and a small number of Qing infantry soldiers. Kill these cannon fodder troops to pieces. Just as Bart was about to kill, he suddenly saw a black shadow flying towards him with lightning speed, and he could only watch as the black shadow hit his chest without dodging.

There was a crisp sound of "dang". Immediately, he only felt a shock in his chest, and a tingling sensation instantly spread throughout his body.

"Hit!"

That was Barthes's first feeling, and he quickly looked down. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, the arrow hit the heart shield on his chest and was bounced off, but the force of this arrow was very strong, and even the thick heart guard was shot out of a shallow dent.

"Grass!" The cold sweat on Barth's forehead came out, if he didn't have this heart goggle, I'm afraid he would have just shot that arrow out of a transparent hole, right?

"Beware of the crossbowmen of the clear dogs!"

Barthes, who had been hit by an arrow, no longer dared to fight as hard as he had just now, and he did not know who shot the arrows in the chaos, so he could only lie on horseback and keep changing the route of travel, specifically taking those who shot cold arrows, and after a period of fighting, these auxiliaries who had been sent to dig trenches finally retreated. Many people ran towards the rear while resisting, and just as Barth wanted to pursue, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded in front of him, and a large force of the Qing army began to rise.

Yue Yang, who was watching the battle with cold eyes, ordered: "Blow the trumpet and order Balt to withdraw quickly." ”

"Woooooooooo......oo Woo......"

The low horn sounded again, and Barth, who was a little flustered when he saw the Qing army coming, heard the horn sound, and hurriedly led the cavalry under his command to the rear like an amnesty.

Seeing that Barthes had withdrawn, Yue Yang praised him a few words, praising the forty-year-old uncle with a red face. In the end, Yue Yang said: "Okay Barth, you take your people to the back to rest first, and then it's our turn to play, signal soldiers, order the infantry to form a phalanx and advance in an attack formation!" ”

"Infantry phalanx, forward!"

"Forward!"

In the era of cold weapons, when the army was engaged, when the two sides were about the same number of people, the factors of victory and defeat depended on nothing more than three things: formation, morale and equipment.

In today's battle, the Qing army had 100,000 troops, and the Yingzhou army and the Chahar tribe combined were about 50,000, and the ratio of the forces of the two sides was 2:1. In addition to this, the Yingzhou army, which has the support of the current industry, has completely exploded the Qing army in terms of equipment, and the morale is almost the same, while the Yingzhou army, which is equipped with wireless walkie-talkies in the formation, is much ahead of the Qing army.

For this decisive battle, Yue Yang has equipped the walkie-talkie to the level of 100 totals, such popularity is already perverted in this era, anyway, this thing is not very expensive, as long as you have money, you can buy it openly.

Under the command of Yue Yang, the ten infantry phalanxes at the forefront continued to advance in a neat pace, until they reached the trench dug by the Qing army before stopping, they stood quietly in place and waited for the arrival of the Qing army.

It's just that the reaction of the Qing army was beyond everyone's expectations, and the Qing soldiers led by them did not continue to charge forward, but ran around to both sides of the Yingzhou army's main array.

Seeing such a situation, Yue Yang frowned and ordered: "Order the artillery battalion and raise the hot air balloon!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, a huge hot air balloon slowly rose, and soon this hot air balloon the size of a small room took off with a large basket under the attention of both sides, and it flew higher and higher, until it flew to a height of about a thousand meters above the ground before stopping. (To be continued......)