The noise in the two bright camps under the night sky gradually rose, and the soldiers of Dengzhou and Houjin were all hurrying to have breakfast, and the eating time in Dengzhou Town was fixed, and when the gong sounded, those who had not eaten could only be hungry.

No one around was talking, everyone was opening their mouths to chew steamed cakes, Tang Wei had long been accustomed to such a eating atmosphere, he looked up at his teammates in a circle, the stout Su thick legs, Jiang Lao Wu who was born as a homeless person, Peng Yunfei, a strong fellow villager from Ao Shanwei, Huang Shan, who was a thief, Yuan Guzi who also ate with a single eye, Wang Zhanqing, who always shouted to be a cavalryman, and his best brother Xie Fei.

Many of them are on the battlefield for the first time, Su Thick Legs, Wang Zhanqing, and Jiang Lao Wu all look like they don't care, eating by themselves, Peng Yunfei was thoughtful, took two bites and stopped, Huang Shan kept nodding, as if he was cheering himself up, Yuan Guzi's eyes were red, probably because he didn't sleep well, Tang Wei always felt that Yuan Guzi had too much hatred in his heart, maybe it was related to his orphan background, and the other young soldier squads also grew up in the orphan tunbao in Dengzhou, probably similar to Yuan Guzi, the second battalion of the guards was mainly young soldiers, Tang Wei's team was temporarily caught to make up for the formation, so Tang Wei is not fanatical, but there are a few.

Everyone finished eating silently, and soon after, the assembly call of the battalion headquarters sounded, and the soldiers got up and lined up according to the small queue, and the small queue was completed, Yuan Guzi came over, and checked the soldiers' equipment and dry food one by one in accordance with the operational regulations of Dengzhou, and slapped each other's chest after each inspection, and when Tang Wei arrived, Tang Wei immediately held the musket in front of his chest, and Yuan Guzi first took the musket and tested the trigger, flint clamp and hammer strength. After a few pulls, a spark from the hammer and the steel sickle could be seen in the fire door. Yuan Guzi returned the fire gun to Tang Wei with satisfaction, took out the bayonet and dagger on Tang Wei's waist, checked it and inserted it back into its original place, and checked Tang Wei's bullet box, spare ammunition bag, belt clamp, line winding, spare flint, the number of dry food and the amount of water in the kettle.

After being correct, Yuan Guzi slapped Tang Wei and said, "Fatty, you have to get a first-class medal to marry your little sister." ”

"Yes!" Tang Wei said loudly.

The surrounding teammates chuckled, Tang Wei's matter of joining the army for a woman had long been known by Xie Fei's big mouth, and Tang Wei began to explain a few words. Later, he simply recognized it.

Yuan Guzi returned to the head of the team after the inspection and put the helmet on his head, unlike the soldiers, the captain had a small triangular red flag on his helmet, as a difference from the soldiers, so that the soldiers could easily identify in the melee, and the captain wore a helmet at the head of the team. It means that the whole team is ready for battle and is waiting for the flag team to converge.

The flintlock pistol unit in Dengzhou was a small team of three troops, a flag team and three squads, and there were no drums and trumpets between the flag team and the squad. At this time, the sky was still not bright, and under the light of the lantern, Tang Wei's second general first company formed a circle, with the company commander, deputy company commander and flag captain standing in the outer circle to inspect, and the company instructor in the middle.

This company trainer has the same loud voice as the other trainers. This person's style is not like Zhao Xuan, but more like the battalion officer Zhong Laosi. I heard that he used to be a tooth shop, and he often broke out with foul mouths, but I don't know how he finally became a trainer, but Tang Wei likes this person very much.

"Like every war, we have to hold a briefing in Dengzhou Town, and after the briefing is mobilization, on weekdays, Lao Tzu speaks, and today I tell everyone on behalf of Lord Chen, why do you say that......" The trainer shook a piece of paper in his hand, "Lao Tzu, here is a letter from Lord Chen to all the soldiers, read it to everyone first." ”

There was a cry of surprise in the company, in the eyes of ordinary soldiers, Lord Chen was like a god of war, and he had a kind of fatherly feeling, he wrote a letter to all the soldiers at this time, I don't know what it meant.

"Letter to all the soldiers participating in the battle in Dengzhou Town...... The instructor didn't care about the commotion below, and read directly, "Dengzhou Town soldiers, we all come from different places, there are Denglai, Shandong, Liaodong, Henan, Beizhili, Shanxi, etc., many people already have family children in Denglai, many have elderly parents to support, everyone has their own good life to live, why do we still come to this bitter cold Liaodong to fight to the death with Jiannu?" ”

The soldiers who were slightly commotion quieted down and listened carefully to the instructor reading Chen Xin's letter, Tang Wei also raised his head, only to see that the instructor's face was red, and he seemed to be a little excited, and some loud voices came from the positions of other companies, and all the troops in Dengzhou Town were reading the letter.

The instructor waved his hand and roared, "Because outside the fence of our homeland, there has always been a hungry wolf coveting our children!" More than ten years ago, on the land where you are standing now, the corpses of the Han people of Nansiwei are all over the field, and they were killed by the golden soldiers and horses led by the slave chief Nuer Hachi, so this land has been barren for many years, Nuer Hachi calls these compatriots of ours Han dogs, thinking that they have no qualifications to eat food, since the establishment of the state department for the chaos of Liaodong, Liaodong is full of blood, more than three million Liao people were killed, the Han family is not clothed, there are many Liaodong children in Dengzhou Town, and they have personally experienced this qiē. ”

The surroundings were quiet, and Chen Xin's words seemed to connect them with the land under their feet.

"In the early years, some people in Beizhili said that the construction of slaves was only in Liaodong, and it had nothing to do with him, Chongzhen built slaves in the second year of Kou Beizhili, and the fertile market became a ghost domain in the second year of Chongzhen, and some people in Shanxi Xuanda said that Beizhili also had nothing to do with him, Chongzhen built slaves in six years and entered Xuanda, and all the people of Datong Xuanfu were displaced, and they became the clothes of Jiannu Aha, and under the iron hooves of Jiannu, how many families were broken and their wives were scattered."

Tang Wei turned his head to look around, the soldiers of the same team were all attentive, and Yuan Guzi's eyes were red.

The instructor raised his voice and said loudly: "Denglai's prosperity today is the result of the struggle of countless Dengzhou soldiers since the first year of Chongzhen. And the only reason why we are standing here today is to kill the hungry wolf outside the fence, so that the tragedy in Liaodong will not happen again in Denglai, not in your hometown, or even anywhere. Therefore, there is no peace in today's battle, only life and death, and anyone who retreats will be executed with the harshest military discipline, and this officer hereby swears that he will not take a step back. ”

What we are fighting for today is not only the victory and honor of Dengzhou Town. It is also your family and descendants who drive away the jackals in front of your house. Let our parents enjoy their old age in their own land, so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy a happy and free time in this land forever, this qiē depends on your battle today, and you need to fight for them with the weapons in your hands. ”

Tang Wei's mind suddenly appeared with the back of his father and the old lady at the entrance of the village, and he couldn't help but clench his fists slightly.

"Twenty years of Jiannu for the disaster of Liaodong, people and gods are angry, this battle has attracted the attention of the world, in this glorious battle that determines the fate of China. It is a great honor for this official to fight side by side with you, and many years later, this will still be the most glorious moment of this official's life. Chen Xin, the chief military officer of Dengzhou Town. ”

After the trainer finished reading, there was silence in the company, and suddenly Yuan Guzi stood up and shouted hoarsely: "Defend Denglai and recover Liaodong!" ”

"Recover Liaodong!" The silent soldiers stood up one after another. Tang Wei also stood up and shouted with Yuan Guzi, and in other camps in Dengzhou, all kinds of fanatical slogans also sounded, and the entire military camp was boiling......

The earth-shattering slogan sounded, Chen Xin prepared his outfit in the big tent of the Chinese army, and put the mankerhead on his head steadily. Ever since the fur dog left, he has been doing these things on his own.

Although Chen Xin told Liu Pojun that a general who can't rest well on the battlefield is not a good general, in fact, he himself didn't sleep all night last night, and his spirit was in an inexplicable excitement. This is still the case at this time.

Facing the bronze mirror, the smooth mirror reflects a slightly distorted middle-aged face. Chen Xin smiled to himself, then raised his hand to the position of the caravel, and then hung the waist knife on the belt, and touched the dagger on the belt in the finishing room, he had not carried a dagger for a long time, at this time he suddenly remembered the scene when the sea dog matched himself with a dagger in the first battle outside Gu'an City, and the smirking face of the sea dog was like in front of him.

Liu Pojun's voice sounded outside the door, "My lord, the advance teams have set off, the Central Military Department and the battalions have been prepared, please show me." ”

Chen Xin picked up a dagger on the table, gently inserted it into the sheath on the belt, and whispered, "Take you again." ”

After inserting the dagger, Chen Xin walked to the door and lifted the curtain, Liu Pojun and the adjutant appeared in front of him, Chen Xin said softly: "Out of the camp." ”……

The sky was light, the trumpets and drums were beating one after another, and red streams flowed out of the various camps, and thousands of soldiers formed a dense marching formation according to their respective flags, and they would go directly to the front line from the field.

The cavalry who served as the vanguard was already two miles away, and they would arrive at the battlefield at the moment to prevent the Houjin rangers from harassing the marching army, although the Dengzhou marching formation could be quickly transformed into a defensive formation, and the phalanx formation and the mandarin duck formation team itself used a large number of long soldiers, this kind of staunch heavy infantry could not be shaken by the cavalry, and the light infantry of the flintlock pistol could use a hollow phalanx with a thousand headquarters as a unit, which could also effectively defend against cavalry attacks, and the flintlock pikemen had both mobility and offensive ability, which was one of the important reasons for the revival of the infantry. But such harassment will affect the morale of the whole army and affect the integrity of the formation, so in the presence of cavalry, the cover of cavalry is still necessary.

Tang Wei was marching in his own queue, and not far from him was the non-commissioned officer of the division, Brother Guan, who was organizing the camp at the camp gate to prevent congestion in this narrow place.

The assembly was quickly completed, and the 2nd Guards Battalion was deployed in the second line according to the operation, and the four battalions in front were lined up in a line, like a sea of red, and the dense blades obscured the sky above them.

Tang Wei is in the 2000th headquarters, according to the briefing issued by the company commander, they need to discharge the front of the company to go to the battlefield, the front of the company is arranged in three rows, and the same is true for the four companies behind, the three squads of Tang Wei's flag team are deployed according to the number, and his first squad is all in the first row of the platoon, but fortunately, there is a first row in front, so that Tang Wei will not be too nervous.

After the formation is completed, he will wait for the camp to complete the formation, and then be guided by the company's company and flag, and march according to the beat of the drum, these are practiced countless times, Tang Wei is still a little nervous after the excitement of mobilization, after all, the opposite side is the notorious Jiannu army that has been crisscrossing Liaodong for 20 years, and his hands are constantly sweating.

Suddenly, several female voices sounded in his ears, among which was the one he dreamed of the most, Tang Wei hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see Guan Xiaomei and the two women walking along the queue together, encouraging the soldiers around them as they walked, and some soldiers were still showing their determination to show their bravery.

Tang Wei never expected to see Guan Xiaomei before the war, this mobilization method was temporarily remembered by Chen Xin, so he left a few propaganda teams, so that the women inside could encourage the soldiers before the battle, which further stimulated the men's sense of honor of these soldiers and relieved the tension of the soldiers.

The figure quickly walked nearby, Tang Wei was still in a daze, and Xie Fei beside him rubbed his elbow against Tang Wei, "Dead fatty, don't you have something to say to Guan Xiaomei, if you don't say it, you won't be able to say it if you die." ”

Tang Wei came to his senses after being stunned for a moment, and shouted at Guan Xiaomei: "Guan Xiaomei! ”

Guan Xiaomei turned her head to look, and hurriedly walked over after seeing Tang Wei, "Fatty, be careful when you go into battle." ”

Tang Wei said loudly: "I really want to be a soldier for you, I want to marry you in this life." ”

There was a burst of laughter around, Guan Xiaomei's face turned red and stopped, Tang Wei continued to say loudly: "I'm afraid that I won't have time to say it if I die, I'm not afraid of death today, but I'm a little stupid, I may not be able to get a first-class medal, but if you are willing to marry me, I will only marry you one in my life, I will help you support your mother, I will do business to make money, and I can also farm, I will do whatever you want, I will guard you for a lifetime, so many people have heard it, I am not talking nonsense." ”

The surrounding soldiers all turned their heads to look at Guan Xiaomei, Guan eldest brother happened to be nearby, and also stopped to watch, Guan Xiaomei stood in place and did not speak, Tang Wei looked at Guan Xiaomei a little eagerly,

A marching horn sounded, the battalion flag of the second battalion of the guards leaned forward, the thousand general flags of the three thousand headquarters immediately responded, the first level reached the company, the company flag quickly leaned forward, two sections after the sound of the brass flute, the drum beat sharply, the company commander and the flag captain's password came, Liu Liu came over and shouted to Tang Wei: "The marching horn sounds, don't turn your head!" ”

Guan Xiaomei still didn't react, Tang Wei turned her head unwillingly, at this time, the drum beat changed, and the Dengzhou Town Infantry March adapted from the March of the Grenadiers sounded, and the whole company stepped on the drum to advance, and the neat footsteps roared.

Tang Wei bit his lip, and Xie Fei next to him sighed in a low voice.

Guan Xiaomei watched the red queue leave, suddenly ran up, and after chasing the queue, she was stopped by two calming soldiers, who asked all non-combatants to return to the camp, Guan Xiaomei shouted at Tang Wei's back: "Tang Fatty, I don't want your medal, my mother promised to marry you!" ”

Tang Wei's mouth opened suddenly, and when he was about to turn back, Liu Liu shouted beside him: "You can't turn back when you enter the battlefield." ”

Guan Xiaomei's voice shouted behind her: "Tang Fatty, fight a good fight and come back alive!" ”

Two tears flowed across Tang Wei's face, and Xie Fei whispered beside him: "Fat man work hard!" ”

The members of the first team all whispered without squinting: "Fat man work hard!" ”

At this time, he had already gone far, and Liu Liu said, "Good luck on dog days, fat people work hard." ”

Tang Wei nodded, wiped the tears from his face while laughing, straightened his chest after wiping them off, his whole body seemed to have inexhaustible energy, the speed of the team was fast, and the battlefield was getting closer and closer.

On the field outside Yulinpu, the black-pressed Houjin army was coming from the north, and the cavalry of the two sides had begun to engage in skirmishes, and there were bursts of musket fire and porcelain thunder explosions inside and outside several small villages.

There was a whistling in front of the right, and Tang Wei turned his eyes to see that the wake of rockets rose from the top of Xushan Mountain and flew north.

The company instructor in front was organizing the march, he started to the rhythm of the drum and the brass flute, Tang Wei sang the infantry march in unison with the whole company, and the red tide rolled towards the north.

"Since ancient times, men have fought for this frontier,

It is nothing more than a strong gold revolution.

I use heaven to punish thunder and wrath,

Whales gallop in the torrential rain.

100,000 tigers are brave together,

Ming Di dared not to be.

Tearing down the clouds and pouring the mountains apart,

The earth falls, the sky falls, and the sun covers the light.

Loyal as Zhaolun Yinyuan,

Thousands of blood, respect Yan Huang.

When will the day be restored to the homeland,

Immediately Huanglong drank pot pulp. ”……

Note: The lyrics of the Infantry March are provided by the sub-moderator, Brother Sunset.