On the evening of February 9, in the camp of the Runing Army.

"You will take the engineer regiment to guard the camp tomorrow, and you must not let the Tartars attack the camp, otherwise you are the only one who asks!" Wu Shigong ordered the commander of the engineer regiment.

"No!"

"The rest of the armies need to be ready, and tomorrow the whole army will be dispatched to fight the Tartars!"

"No!"

Wu Shigong sighed secretly in his heart. The big war is imminent, but there is no trace of the officers and troops who can come to help. What is even more distressing is that in order to ensure that there is a fortress to survive after the defeat, and to protect the grain, grass and baggage in the army, Wu Shigong had to arrange for the engineer regiment to stay in the camp.

The Qing army on the opposite side was lightly armed, and they even believed that they would not be defeated, so they could devote the whole army to this battle, so when compared inside and outside, the gap in numbers between the two sides was even greater.

Wu Shigong calmed down for a while, and then ordered Shumo: "You take a regiment, strengthen your six one-pounder guns, set off in the middle of the night, and occupy the small hill on the east side of the battlefield." In tomorrow's battle, you have to make sure that the hill is not lost, pay attention! It's important for us to win. ”

"No! Master! Shumo hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Because it fell to the upper hand in the strangulation battle, although the Runing army moved in every possible way, it still couldn't take the initiative to choose the battlefield, zuihou, the preset battlefield between the two armies was a large open land, and there were no woods and streams in the middle to make obstacles, so this battlefield was actually conducive to the side of the Qing army with more cavalry.

In order to reverse the disadvantage, Wu Shigong asked Shumo to occupy the hill on the east side of the battlefield first, and use this as a nail to make it impossible for the Qing army to move smoothly on the east side of the battlefield. In this case, the Runing army only needs to concentrate on dealing with the battle with the Qing army on the west and middle lanes, and make its disadvantage smaller.

Wu Shigong then said to Li Lu: "Brother Li! Tomorrow your men will be with my pro-army to defend the Chinese army. ”

Li Lu nodded, then hesitated. said: "Brother-in-law! I know that you took care of me, and you didn't send my men out to investigate the other day, and now you let my men stay behind. But since I'm with you, you can use it when you should use it, don't be polite! ”

Wu Shigong smiled at Li Lu and said, "You're welcome!" Tomorrow's battle is a bit tricky, and the decision may be a blow from Zuihou, who needs to bother Brother Li. ”

In fact, the reason why Wu Shigong arranged Li Lu's troops like this was indeed to take care of him. But the main reason is that tomorrow the main battle of the Runing Army will be its own troops, and Wu Shigong is afraid that he will be inserted into Li Lu's troops. Resulting in a flaw in the fit.

Of course, Li Lu understood Wu Shigong's kindness, and he hurriedly said: "Then wait for my brother-in-law's order, don't worry, I will never disgrace my brother-in-law." I ......"

"Know! Know! Wu Shigong interrupted Li Lu's words with a smile, "You are a man from the capital!" A daxiao sound immediately erupted in the big tent.

Wu Shigong Zuihou arranged: "Fight tomorrow." Hefei commanded, and Zug was the deputy. You all need to die. Raise the prestige of my Runing army! Wansheng! ”

"Wan Sheng!" Everyone in the tent shouted loudly.

The battle began in the middle of the night.

It wasn't until the rooster crowed that the regiment went up the hill in sweat. Fortunately, the Qing army did not notice the importance of this hill and did not send troops to seize it, which made Shumo breathe a sigh of relief, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to speed up the excavation of the ground. Build improvised fortifications and prepare for battle after dawn.

But after a while, the officers in charge of the fortifications everywhere reported that the hill was covered with only a thin layer of earth, and the bottom was all hard rock. And because the soil is shallow, there are only shrubs and weeds growing on the mountain, and there are no trees, so there is no way to build fortifications, so they are hoping that Shumo, a defense expert, will come up with an idea.

Shumo was so angry that he almost wanted to scold his mother: These officers think they are immortals? Can you raise a wall of earth on the ground with your fingers? It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, do you understand? What can I do?

But Shumo saw that his soldiers were looking at him with some admiration in their eyes, and in desperation, Shumo could only swallow the words "no way" back into his stomach.

That is, the reputation of Shumo is too strong, and those soldiers pin their hopes on Shumo, and at this time, Shumo feels that he has a thousand responsibilities and responsibilities! That's the responsibility!

So Shumo felt his body tremble slightly. Don't they know? I'm the most afraid of death! Don't they know? The reason why I followed the young master was just that I wanted to live a life of wine and wine in the future! Who is responsible for what? But what is happening in front of you?

Shumo looked around at the soldiers, gritted his teeth, jumped onto a large rock, and began his speech: "Brothers! You guys keep asking me what is the most haode defense? How to build the strongest city and Xiongguan, my scholar will tell you today. ”

"In fact, the walls made of three layers of earth and stones are not the strongest, even the walls made of iron cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery, so what is the strongest wall made of materials? Only people! Right! It's people! A tiger general, leading a division of tigers and wolves, this is Xiongguan! This is the wall! Hold off any enemy attack. ”

……

After a speech, the hearts of these soldiers were miraculously stabilized. Under the command of the officers, the soldiers set up artillery emplacements, took turns to rest and recover their strength, and prepared to defend the hill with flesh and blood after the battle.

In the early hours of February 10.

Zhao Dang rode a horse and led his team to patrol the camp. I saw that the soldiers of the Runing Army lined up in a long line in an orderly manner, and after taking food from the cooks in turn, they went to the side to have breakfast.

In addition to breakfast, the soldiers also gave each soldier two large buns with meat. Today's battle may last a day, and there may not be time for lunch at all, and these two meat sandwiches are for the soldiers to feed their hunger.

"Dare! Dare! ”

Zhao Dang suddenly heard someone beckoning him. So he immediately looked in the direction of the shout, and at a glance he saw Cheng Niu waving to him.

"Brother Cheng!" Because he had a task on his body, Zhao Dang couldn't jump off the horse to chat, so he rode on the horse and waved his hand to Cheng Niu.

"Dare! Not bad! It's all squad! After you let you out, you'll at least be a battalion assistant! Although Zhao Dang did not get off the horse, this did not prevent Cheng Niu from chatting with him.

Because of his meritorious service in saving Wu Shigong, Zhao Dang was personally promoted by Wu Shigong to be the captain of the pro-soldier team. (To be continued......)