Compared to his ease, Tao Gui, the deputy of the teaching brigade, was very nervous, and now the horse riding regiment and the teaching brigade were outside the big array, if the enemy rushed towards this side, it would be a fierce battle.

Zhao Jin seemed to see Tao Gui's thoughts, and said lightly: "Just like what I said just now, the officers and soldiers always feel that the cavalry is elite and the infantry is weak, so they naturally want to find soft persimmons to pinch!" ”

The cavalry of the official army was more cautious than Zhao Jin said, not only did they not approach the cavalry of the Zhao family army farther away, but they did not even press the whole team, only a few hundred cavalry took the lead, rushing in from the northwest corner of the Zhao army's large array, and the ones behind were waiting for the opportunity to move.

The four corners of the infantry queue are the easiest positions to shake, because the units there have the least number of troops and weapons, and it is difficult to support each other.

If you can still see the armor on the official army at a close distance, the official cavalry at the front are all wearing armor, looking at the bulging appearance, it is still double armor, that is, to prevent the Zhao family's fire and bow and arrows, endure certain casualties and then smash in!

But Zhao Jiajun's fire company was different, when the cavalry of the official army appeared in the northwest corner and began to charge, several companies had already moved to this position, and rows and rows were ready to shoot, since a salvo was not allowed, it was nothing more than entering the range and firing, I don't know who fired the first shot, and the explosion sounded.

Zhao Jiajun's guns are relatively thick and heavy, and they have to be supported by wooden forks, the queue can't become too tight, and it can't be covered when shooting, and there are indeed blind spots, but under the joint force of each brigade and regiment, several companies and hundreds of guns can be put into one point, which is enough to ensure dense killing.

The cavalry of the official army was directly killed under the fire of the firearms, or was thrown down by the horses, or was directly injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and what is more troublesome is that the horses of the officers and soldiers rarely experienced such a situation, the explosion of the firearms, the smoke of gunpowder, and the screams and neighings around them, the horses were easily frightened and frenzied and lost control, which made the cavalry queue even more chaotic.

The corpses of men and horses rolled upside down, dead and wounded all over the ground, and the rear were all turned or stopped, and they immediately turned back to the team, but the officers and cavalry did not just try in this northwest corner, and when this first wave of attacks was launched, several more teams began to attack separately, but the fate of these teams was no different, and they broke their heads and bled in the fire shots.

But the battle did not become more severe, and as soon as there was a slight contact, the horn sounded in the brigade of the officer army horse team, and the scattered officer cavalry retreated one after another, and the officer cavalry that rushed did not stop, and just walked away.

"The officers and soldiers suffered a total of 310 dead and wounded, and our army captured 65 horses." A small encounter is nothing to both sides.

"The officers and soldiers are really tempting, and we can't do our best, even if we go all out, we won't cause too much damage to the other party." Zhao Jin made his own judgment.

The sun is far west, and the city of Jinghai County can already be seen on the distant horizon, the cavalry sergeant regiment and the cavalry sergeant companies of each brigade, as well as the ironclad cavalry of the teaching brigade are arranged on the outside of the marching army in company units, and each brigade and regiment are ready for battle, after all, the officers and soldiers are in Jinghai City.

"Now that it's getting dark, it's impossible for the main forces of the two sides to fight, but harassment and surprise attacks are definitely indispensable, and all units are ordered to be ready and not to relax their carelessness." Zhao Jin began to give orders, and the carts of cattle and horses transporting the baggage began to turn into single columns, separated by gaps between the brigades and regiments, and in the event of a battle, these carts and supplies could form temporary fortifications.

"Tanma returns, the official army is also carrying artillery, and there is no Jinghai city yet, I don't know if it is used to defend the city or field battles, three miles away from the city near the canal, set up a defense line on the river, don't be touched by people diving at night." Zhao Jin's orders were given one after another.

The next situation was similar to when they were in Shangjiazhuang, and the cavalry of the official army brigade was ready to attack at any time, but they never moved, just watching Zhao Jiajun start camping by the river about three miles away from the city.

It is estimated that the officers and soldiers did not expect that this anti-thief soldiers and horses from Xuzhou would be so troublesome, and they thought that the camp could be completed with a simple order, but they were still busy until dark, although they couldn't get too close, they could also know what to do, and the camp that was temporarily planted actually had to build an earthen wall, dig a trench, and build temporary fortifications.

When observing, even the officials and soldiers themselves have similar feelings similar to the gentry and common people along the way, this anti-thief is more like the official army than the official army, needless to say, the uniforms and weapons are neat, and the work is also a board and a glance, and the tools and household items carried are all neat and tidy, I don't know how much work was spent and how much money was invested.

What really puzzled the officers and soldiers was that the soldiers of the Zhao family army still had to participate in the work, since they stopped until now, it has been almost an hour of shift work, and these jobs want the officers and soldiers to do it, I am afraid that they have to use military law and knife coercion, and it is easy to provoke internal strife and mutiny.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, you usually let him be cattle and horses, and treat and abuse him, but once he goes on the expedition, he has to come along, as for the construction of fortifications and camps, carrying heavy materials, if he is forced to be helpless, life and death, everyone will also do it, but in normal times, there are people who requisition and never do it themselves, everyone is willing to camp in the city and village is also because of this, there are ready-made houses and courtyards, naturally there is no need to toss what camp tents, but why is this anti-thief soldiers and horses so industrious.

The place where the anti-thieves and horses camped was brightly lit, and it could be seen that the thieves who had just finished their work did not go to rest, but replaced their companions on duty outside, and carried out in shifts, which made the civil and military generals observing the city more and more puzzled, shouldn't this anti-thieves and bandits be a group of beasts and bandits who forgot their righteousness? Shouldn't it be a lawless rabble? Shouldn't we be looting everywhere at this time, full of flaws? Instead of leaving no space for the officers and soldiers.

When the Song and Jin wars, Liu Qi of the Southern Song Dynasty defended the city, and the outside finished Yan Zongbi attacked the city, the sound of hundreds of thousands of Jin troops resounded in the sky, and the Song army in the city was silent as if no one was there, everyone knows this allusion, is it not at this time that the Xuzhou thief army should not make a noise to let the city head three miles away hear, instead of such a quiet and purging work, thinking of this allusion, the army of civil and military, all invariably looked back at the city, and then looked at the city, the officers and troops stationed inside and outside the city were chaotic and noisy, and the world did not know what lively bazaar could catch up with such noise.

"Since Taizu, I don't worry about Jiangnan, will such a strict formation be the pretense of Nanzhili's officers and soldiers" One of the staff members was really incomprehensible, so he put forward this unbelievable conjecture.

However, this conjecture was immediately refuted with a wry smile: "How can the officers and troops in the world have such a strict formation, there is no North Zhili, and there is no South Zhili, all say that the three sides of Shaanxi are unparalleled, but I don't think there will be any there."

After the military camp of the Zhao family army was set up, the scene became quieter and quieter, or because the noise of the official army camp became quieter and quieter, the sky was already dark, and the official army camp finally stopped, nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses, the small Jinghai county town could not be installed, the first to take advantage of it, and the later ones could only be paid attention to outside the city, but this also had an advantage, and the soldiers and horses were more concealed.

In the understanding of the civil officials and generals of the imperial army, the anti-thief soldiers and horses first stopped to repel the harassment of the official army and iron cavalry, and then worked hard to assume that the camp must have been exhausted at this time, and if the camp was attacked at night, it would definitely receive miraculous results, and if the seemingly strict formation was not good, the camp would immediately roar, and the whole body would collapse, and sometimes there was no need to really kill it, as long as it could cause disturbance, it would collapse.

Whether it is in Jinghai County, or the military camp outside the city wall, or the camp of the Zhao family's army, it has become very quiet, and only from the swimming lights can you see that there are people on guard.

It is said that at this time, a cadre of civil and military officials in the city should have rested a long time ago, but no one thought that the superintendent Wang Zaijin, the main general Zhang Jixian and others climbed the city wall in the south of Jinghai County under the escort of the guards.

"Lord Wang, Xuanfu Wanquanwei Xiong Qianzong and Jizhen Luanzhou Yu Qianzong will not be able to reach the enemy camp for half an hour." Zhang Jixian explained in a low voice, and Wang Zaijin nodded.

Looking at the Xuzhou thief army on the opposite side, the official army judged that they knew the art of war but did not know how to be flexible, such a team may not suffer a loss, but it may not be able to cope with the unexpected situation, and soon reached a consensus on a sneak attack at night.

Because of the deduction of food and salary, some soldiers in the officers and soldiers cannot see clearly at night, and the morale and discipline of the officers and soldiers are ordinary, if the brigade is transferred, not to mention the noise and noise will alarm the thief army, the slightest change is possible, it is possible to blow up the camp and scatter it by itself, it is not that there have been similar examples before, so everyone should naturally act cautiously.

After the generals deliberated, they selected the brave and quiet generals, and then rewarded them with cash, recruited soldiers who were not afraid of death in each battalion, and after the promise of a generous reward, they formed several squads of several hundred people, went out of the city to the camp of the Zhao army, and at the same time mobilized cavalry in the large camp outside the city, as long as this side broke through, immediately pressed with the elite.

"This Xuzhou thief looks like him, and he is timid as soon as he sets up camp, and he doesn't know what the people and horses in Shandong and Nanzhili are doing?" Someone in the city sneered and commented.

It's just that no one answered, the superintendent Wang Zaijin and the main general Zhang Jixian were in the center of the crowd, both of them were sinking like water, Wang Zaijin said in a low voice: "General Zhang, if we are defeated this time, and the thief army enters Shuntian Mansion, we will all have big trouble." ”

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