To the surprise of all the students, after listening to these words, Zhu Ping'an actually shook his head, obviously disagreeing with the square-faced student's opinion. This is the first time that the Dengzhou New Army has participated in a large-scale actual battle, and unlike the small-scale anti-bandit operations in the past, today it is a regular official army that has to face the Ming Dynasty, and the new ideas and methods of the new army in the process of building will be tested to a certain extent in this actual battle, but this is only a part, and the rest will be left for future battles.

Since the opponent in front of him is Liu Zeqing, from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Ping'an is unwilling to use great attrition to fight against the Ming army in the same camp, and the strength of both sides will lose one point on the battlefield today, and there is no doubt that the combat power will be reduced on the battlefield of resisting the Qing Dynasty in the future.

Therefore, Zhu Ping'an hoped to adopt a quick solution in the battle with Liu Zeqing, and for this reason, he even sent Wang Jinfa to the southern battlefield of Dengzhou to convey his thoughts to Yue Jinfeng and Li Dingguo, who were ordered to encircle and annihilate Tong Wenhuan there.

To be sure, this tactic is still somewhat underprepared for the new army, which has just taken the first step out of the professional army, and at least in terms of fighting spirit, willpower, military discipline in battle, and execution of tactical actions, the new army is far from being qualified.

Therefore, in this battle, Zhu Ping'an only hopes that the new sergeants can directly feel the breath of the battlefield and gradually integrate into the professional atmosphere of the soldiers. That's enough.

According to Zhu Ping'an's plan and the training of officers in the "Soldiers' Drill Code", Zhu Ping'an formulated a 16-month training plan in the early days, including military discipline, weapons, garrison, map, arithmetic, firepower and other aspects. However, Liu Zeqing and Zheng Zhilong's sudden "visit" disrupted Zhu Ping'an's plan, and his studies could only be put on hold temporarily. Even Li Dingguo, as the commander of Jing Haiwei, had to leave school and return to the army in advance.

The square-faced student is called Xiong Wanpeng, who is a talent from the famous mansion in Hebei, and one of the first people to follow Zhu Ping'an to Shandong. I have to say that in the Ming Army at this time, the readers who can read and hyphenate are really treasures, just like children like Xiong Wanpeng, who are all selected from a thousand miles.

"Liu Zeqing is a veteran of the battlefield, and stopping two thousand steps away is a sign of acting prudently. The types of firearms in our Ming army are complicated, but the lethality is varied. There are very few that have an effective range of more than 2,000 paces, and there is nothing but Franc machines and red-coat artillery. Our Dengzhou Army attaches great importance to the development of firearms, which is well-known. It was impossible for Liu Zeqing not to know, so he chose to stop at a distance of two thousand steps and start to line up! ”

The students listened to Zhu Ping'an's words with thoughtful expressions. Zhu Ping'an stretched out two fingers and said: "The second point, Xiong Wanpeng is right, Liu Zeqing mobilized the soldiers and horses of Jinan, Qingzhou, and Dongchang this time. ”

Xiong Wenpeng immediately straightened his waist, and couldn't help but feel a little complacent.

"The third point, the cavalry attack, absolutely inappropriate. I don't know if you have seen it clearly, Liu Zeqing's order to reorganize the army is from the back to the front, just when we see the chaos of the peripheral soldiers, in fact, Liu Zeqing's main force of the Chinese army and the rear team has already completed the formation of the army, and deliberately opened the distance from the front army. The so-called chaos is just a trick to attract attention, you know, that is the real cannon fodder, once charged, they are the fastest to die. If they can lure us into raiding, they're good bait! And our army will lose the initiative on the battlefield because of this move! ”

The students suddenly realized, and hurriedly held the clairglass to observe carefully for a while, and then nodded frequently, but Xiong Wanpeng was a little embarrassed, and his head immediately drooped.

"What about Zhang Jizu? Isn't he your squad leader? Why isn't it here? Zhu Ping'an suddenly discovered that Zhang Jizu, an outstanding student in the martial arts hall, the leader of the first class, and the eldest young master of the Fengyang Zhang family, was unusually not jumping out to ask questions today.

"Marshal Qiqi, early this morning, he and Xiao Yuanteng and Wu Ziniu said that they received an order from the marshal and went to the first brigade of the new army to report to participate in the battle, we are still envious for a while, knowing that he and the marshal are old acquaintances in Zhongdu, so this is the opportunity to go into battle......!" Xiong Wanpeng replied sourly.

"What!" Zhu Ping'an almost jumped up, "Blind! ”

Shen Ke ran over with a smoke, "Handsome! ”

"Zhang Jizu and the three of them falsely passed on the general order, why didn't anyone notice? Why didn't Zhang Yaoxian, the commander of the First Brigade, report it! He is also an old man from Fengyang, and now that his wings are stiff, do he dare to make his own decisions? Be careful that Lao Tzu picked off his official uniform! ”

Shen Ke was also stunned in place, he didn't expect that this eldest young master would have such a big courage to dare to fake orders and serve in front of the army without permission, and hurriedly stood up at the moment, "The big handsome man is angry, and the little one will go and check!" ”

Zhu Ping'an's seven orifices were smoking, "It's a rebellion, it's really a rebellion." This step-ancestor has not been a fuel-efficient lamp since he was in Fengyang, and the whole Ming Dynasty is angry. Coming to Dengzhou is still lawless, and now from literature to martial arts, his courage is getting bigger and bigger. There is no training director in this martial arts hall who can suppress the formation, and Lu Xiangsheng still has more than half a year to come to Dengzhou, so he just let Guo Chai take charge of the training director first, I am not afraid that he will not be able to cure these monkey cubs! ”

At this time, Liu Zeqing's department had already set up the formation, and seeing that there was no movement in Zhu Ping'an's camp on the opposite side, he simply ordered the soldiers to use some dry food and rest for an hour.

The eldest son, Liu Changcun, guarded the Chinese army with 2,500 Ding, and his nephews Liu Zhibing and Liu Zhigan were postponed, and the three armies led by Zheng Longfang, Yao Wenchang, and Guo Pinliang, the commanders of the three governments, began to slowly approach Zhu Ping'an's defense line.

There is a shortage of horses in the Shandong army, and Liu Zeqing's private soldiers are all configured with one person and two horses, but he is not so generous to the military households below and the soldiers and horses of the three prefectures. Among the men and horses of the three provinces combined, there are no more than 1,000 cavalry, and they are all the hearts and minds of the commanders of the three provinces, so they are naturally reluctant to use them at this time, so the people who charge are the foot soldiers of the Shandong army. The soldiers did not dare to rush when they charged, what they were afraid of was the scattering of the formation, especially those who were armed with firearms such as firearms, spray barrels, and cannons, and the burden was even more strict, and they couldn't wait to take a step forward, and now it was early summer, and they hadn't run far, and the soldiers were already out of breath and covered with stinky sweat.

Gradually approaching the defense line of the Dengzhou army, there are already a thousand steps left, but the Dengzhou army formation in the distance still does not have any movement, but the ears are heard a strange drum sound, different from the previous Ming army used the snare drum dull and low, but a lot more crisp, accompanied by rhythmic percussion, in this army is also clearly audible.

For a while, the Shandong army was puzzled.

Under the hillside of Zhu Ping'an's main formation, there is the camp of the 1st Brigade of the New Army, and the musketeers use the fortifications to stand in position, followed by the phalanx of pikemen, and then behind is the artillery position of the 1st Brigade and the position of the independent rocket unit of the New Army.

Zhu Ping'an adopted the military system of later generations to reorganize the new army, temporarily consisting of squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, and brigades. The total strength of the first brigade of the new army is close to 5,000, and the brigade commander is Zhang Yaoxian, a Fengyang veteran who followed Zhu Ping'an to fight against Julu, although this person is not Zhu Ping'an's early henchmen, but he is old and serious, and more importantly, although this person is a military household, but he is a Xiucai background, but later because he offended Shangguan, he was robbed of his fame, so he fled from Liaodong to Zhongdu with Zhang Dagou and others.

This person is taciturn, but he is literate and hyphenated, and he is also the fastest to accept Zhu Ping'an's ideas on the construction of a new-style army, and from this point of view, he is far ahead of Yue Jinfeng and Qiu Ze and others, so he was entrusted with an important task as the chief officer of the First Brigade.

Liu Zeqing's troops gradually approached a distance of 1,000 steps, but Zhang Yaoxian still stood still, just quietly scanning every move on the battlefield with a clairtelescope, and the officers around him didn't even dare to make a sound.

At this time, an inopportune voice suddenly sounded, "Lao Zhang! ”

"Who dares to make a noise in front of the army!" Zhang Yaoxian was suddenly furious, and the officers behind him hurriedly stood upright, shaking their heads to indicate that they were not speaking.

Shen Ke walked up to the high platform in the dust, "It's me, it's me!" ”

"Shen Qianhu!" Zhang Yaoxian frowned, the big battle was imminent, and he was really distracted by other things not far away. suddenly climbed to a high position, and on the one hand, he was grateful to Zhu Ping'an for his promotion, but at the same time, he was also walking on thin ice. This "first" in the first brigade of the new army put a lot of pressure on Zhang Yaoxian, if he couldn't compete for the first place in everything, then he, the first brigade commander, would become a laughing stock in the army. What's more, there are so many old subordinates around Zhu Ping'an, just because he Zhang Yao first became the brigade commander of the First Brigade, how can he not arouse the jealousy of others.

Therefore, since Zhang Yaoxian took office, he has become even less talkative, lest he say too much and will lose, and only focus on the formation of the troops, and today, but the first major battle faced by the First Brigade since its establishment, if something goes wrong, even if Zhu Ping'an doesn't say it, he Zhang Yaoxian still has a face to stay in this new army.

"The war is coming, Ben will not have the time to gossip with Shen Qianhu, if there is anything to do, Ben will make amends to Shen Qianhu after the war!" As he spoke, he waved his hand at the guest.

Shen Ke hurriedly waved his hand, and also knew that Zhang Yaoxian's position was not easy to do, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, the marshal ordered me to ask, did Zhang Jizu, Xiao Yuanteng, and Wu Ziniu come to the First Brigade to serve?" ”

Zhang Yaoxian was stunned for a moment, "That's right, there is such a thing, but I have already ordered the first regiment to accept it!" I guess this should already be on the front line! ”

Shen Ke's face turned white, behind this step-ancestor is the relationship between Huang Gongfu and Chen Zizhuang, there must be no accident, otherwise, Zhu Ping'an will not be able to explain!

Shen Ke stomped his foot, "Damn, the warrants taken by these three unsuccessful things are forged, and Dusi has never given such an order!" ”

"But there's a handsome handwritten ...... on it!"

"It's also fake!" Shen Ke smiled bitterly. "Lao Zhang, quickly send someone to the front line to find it and get these three people back, or ......!"

"Fart!" Zhang Yaoxian was stunned for a moment and then suddenly changed his face, "The enemy army is close at hand, but you asked me to help you find someone, who will bear the responsibility for causing turmoil in the army's heart?" Lao Tzu doesn't care whether Zhang Jizu is a fake military order, now that the war is just around the corner, they are ordinary pawns in our army, life and death have their own destiny, and they will wait for the war to talk about it! ”R1152