At the end of February, a spring rain fell, which made the people in the north who looked numb and desperate in their hearts saw hope.

It also rained here in Lingtong County, and the grass will sprout and emerge in a few days.

In mid-March, the ground was green, followed by three days of rain.

Jiang Long was waiting for the arrival of the alien army, but Hechi wrote again, saying that because of the continuous spring rain this year, one of the three alien leaders hesitated. Plenty of rain means that this year's pastures will be more abundant.

Cattle, sheep and horses have enough forage, even if they don't invade Daqi, they can live smoothly this year.

The other two leaders were trying to persuade.

Jiang Long frowned when he learned about it, if the time dragged on too long on this side of the prairie, I don't know if the black-clothed guards would withdraw the people. He had already seen that three thousand people were indeed one musket per man, and the quality of the musket was certainly not very good. After all, they had just figured it out, and compared to the guns in Jiang Long's previous life, these muskets were simply old-fashioned garbage.

But in this era, it is very sharp.

Jiang Long tried to fire, the accuracy of the musket was good, and the distance was far beyond the bow and arrow.

The rate of fire is relatively slow, but it is not a problem to fight against foreign armies, and Jiang Long taught some skills on the spot.

When another heavy rain sprinkled and moistened the earth, Jiang Long thought that the grassland might still not come this year, when a major event happened, and the king of Pingjiang reversed!

Yes, Zhao Zhe, the king of Pingjiang who made a great effort for the old emperor to ascend the throne, reversed!

The reason for the rebellion was that the emperor was cruel and tyrannical and killed Zhongliang indiscriminately! so that the wrath of heaven sent a great drought on the north.

The writing is very ordinary, and even has a lot in common with the text written by the prince when the old emperor seized the throne. But this is not important, the important thing is that there is indeed a drought in the north, a large number of people have been displaced, I don't know how many people have starved to death, and how many tragic incidents of cannibalism have occurred.

It's a very common article, but it can be recognized by the people.

I have to say that ordinary people in this era are mostly ignorant and ignorant because they have not read books, and they are easier to deceive. As a result, many places have responded to the problem of thieves composed of homeless people, and this year there is some hope for the spring rain, but there are still months to wait for the harvest.

And they can't go months without food until the autumn harvest.

The king of Pingjiang is a royal family, and the blood flowing in his body is his absolute advantage, and there are many responders for a while, and many homeless people rushed to Dingdu City in Xizhou to join the command of King Pingjiang. In just one month, the King of Pingjiang has 100,000 heavy soldiers!

The old emperor and the crown prince both looked gloomy, not to say how powerful King Pingjiang was, but with such a leader, then I am afraid that others will follow suit. It will greatly weaken the control of the imperial court over the local area.

As the two expected, several larger rebels who had been exterminated before rose up again.

There are several local officials in states and counties who are gradually alienated from the imperial court and want to become princes who support their own troops.

For the old emperor and the crown prince, the situation at this moment is not good.

At this moment, news came from the prairie that the three tribes formed an army of 50,000 and went straight to the border of Daqi at a rapid speed. Now that the old emperor and the crown prince can't even settle the headaches in Daqi, how can they have the ability to send troops to resist?

Just when everyone thought that the people of Northern Xinjiang would suffer countless deaths and injuries, a shocking news came.

Jiang Long would teach the use of muskets whenever he had time, and he would also fire a few shots to practice his hands in his spare time. Receiving a report from Hechi in advance, he quickly consulted with He Bu and others, and sent a large number of scouts to find out the whereabouts of the alien army.

With Hechi's help and the scouts' dedication, they finally figured out the route of the alien army.

It was an open plain without any natural barriers.

"Leave tomorrow."

After a few days of discussion and the battlefield was determined, why not laugh and say.

The next day, Mrs. Jing, Dai Lisi got up early and sent Jiang Long out in front of the door. Mrs. Jing didn't want Jiang Long to go to the battlefield to make a risk, when she thought of the battlefield, she would think of her son who died on the battlefield, and there were tears in her eyes at the moment.

Jiang Long persuaded Mrs. Jing a few words, waited for Mrs. Jing to calm down, and then carefully admonished Lin Ya in her arms.

Lin Ya is already pregnant, and her belly is pregnant.

In winter, Jiang Long will become a father.

After a while, Jiang Long handed Lin Ya to Mrs. Jing, said goodbye to Delis, and then rode on the snow field and took Tudu and the others straight to the camp outside the city. In addition to the 3,000 musketeers, Lingtong County will also send 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to the battle.

Two thousand infantry had thick shields in their hands and horizontal knives at their waists.

Why don't you see Jianglong coming, and order the army to pull out.

Coming to the outer river, some time was wasted because the suspension bridge has a narrow deck.

Many people who were working and digging rivers and flatfields saw the army leaving, and they prayed in their hearts that they would defeat the foreign army and return safely. Many of these sergeants were their relatives.

Three days later, the army arrived at the intended location and set up camp.

Although this is a plain, there are still some undulating places, after setting up the camp on a higher soil slope, burying the pot for cooking, not afraid of being discovered by the enemy, so there is no cover, bursts of blue-black cooking smoke curl into the air.

Xifang was discussing with Mu Zha Er how much he would gain after breaking through the county seat of Daqi, and a scout came to report that a large amount of cooking smoke had been found in front of him.

The flail told the scout to come close and investigate.

Muzar is the prince of a tribe in the north of the steppe, and Xifeng is the prince of the tribe in the west. The pastures of the two tribes have not been handed over, and they have a common enemy, so they often unite and have a good relationship. There is also a tribe involved, but the prince who leads the troops has a normal relationship with the two and is not together on weekdays.

In addition, there is also a prince who is an old acquaintance of Jiang Long.

When they heard the scout's report that there was a Great Qi army in front of them, Xifang and Mu Zhar were stunned for a moment, and then looked up to the sky and laughed! It's actually a Great Qi army? Is the other party here to intercept you? It's really stupid, who doesn't know that the prairie is their world?

The people of Daqi will be able to defend the city!

"Let's take this army first!" The flail drank heavily.

Muzar chimed in, "Good! ”

When the alien army came closer, Jiang Long realized that he had underestimated the number of the other party, and the army in front of him was definitely more than 70,000 people! But with a musket in hand, whether it is 50,000 or 70,000, there is no big difference.

As long as God doesn't do it right, it will rain deliberately.

"What are they holding in their hands?"

"I don't know."

"Haven't seen it before."

The two armies were separated by hundreds of meters from each other, and when the alien sergeants saw that Qi Bing was holding a weapon they had never seen before, they all asked each other.

"Hoohoo!"

Xifang and Muzar saw a figure approaching, jumped off their horses and took the initiative to say hello.

The two tribes they belong to are only medium-sized, while the Mona tribe where Huchige is located is one of the largest tribes in the steppe, and they are inferior to Huchige in terms of status. It was precisely because this prince brought people to join him halfway that the army rose from 50,000 to 73,000.

"Have you found out which army of Daqi is on the other side?" Hu Chige asked.

Xifang shook his head, "This is the grassland, there are no villages nearby, and there is no place to ask at all." ”

"yes." Mu Zhar echoed, and continued: "But the prairie is our world, so what do you do, just send the clansmen to rush up and kill all the people of Daqi." ”

"Hmm." Hu Chige nodded, in the vast steppe, these nomads really had never met an opponent. The next moment, the alien sergeants who received the order swarmed with the scimitar in their hands and rushed towards the side of Daqi.

"Ready!"

The sergeant in charge of estimating the distance holds aloft the command flag in his hand.

The first row of 500 men leveled their muskets and aimed forward, and behind them stood a row of 500 sergeants with thick shields, all of whom were from Lingtong County.

When the alien sergeant entered the effective firing range, the sergeant vigorously waved the order flag in his hand, "Shoot!" ”

Bang bang bang!

A series of gunshots rang out, and then I saw that the alien sergeants in front of me were shot like dumplings and fell off their horses.

The army was running wildly, and some of the aliens who had not been killed by the bullets were trampled into meat sauce by the mounts of the clansmen who rushed up from behind.

The musketeers on the side of Daqi who had finished firing a shot retreated, and a row of musketeers behind stepped forward, and there was only three breaths to sound a row of gunfire again. Even if the 500 muskets had only half the hit rate, they killed a thousand aliens in these two rounds.

Of course, mainly because the alien sergeants had no experience in fighting musketeers and rushed too intensively.

It wasn't until another row of muskets that the aliens reacted to the mutation, and the other was holding a new weapon that had never been seen before, and the range was longer than the bow and arrow in their hands. And the main reason why they can crisscross the prairie is that their archery skills are unparalleled.

It has always been them who have hit the enemy, and the enemy cannot touch them.

But now it's the other way around.

Before they could get close, they had already received three rows of muskets.

However, there was no order to retreat from behind, and they could only charge hard, and the aliens were still fierce despite the blows.

The musketeers on the side of the Great Qi army finished fighting a platoon and began to retreat, not the musketeers from behind.

This is to try to distance yourself from the enemy.

After two more rounds of musket bullets, the alien sergeant was finally able to shoot the arrows in his hand, but then they were disappointed. Because beside each musketeer, there was a shield-bearer with a thick shield.

That large shield was specially made to protect two people in it.

The arrow hit the big shield, but it only sent out a burst of sparks, and it didn't hurt a single person.

The four princes were furious when they learned of the defeat in the battle, although the opponent's new weapons were more powerful, but in the flat steppe, the nomadic tribe was the real eagle! They don't believe they can lose, and they can't!

Otherwise, wouldn't the nomadic tribes have no place to live in the future?

They each led their troops, divided into four routes, and attacked the Daqi camp from four directions.

The musketeers of the Great Qi formed a square, with 200 musketeers on each side, and two rows of 200 men each behind them, exactly as they had fired at the enemy before. The only difference is that the aliens die faster.

It wasn't until they charged more than ten times and left behind more than 20,000 corpses of their clansmen that the four princes calmed down a little. 、

Ordered to retreat and set up camp.

Daqi's side is resting in place.

Jiang Long was very satisfied with his side's performance, and he had taught these people to use muskets before, but he had not wasted his efforts in vain.

That night, the four princes gathered together to take counsel.

But after discussion and argument, there is still no good way.

This is similar to the situation of the previous Great Qi generals when they faced the alien army on the grassland.

However, the four princes held the same view, that is, they must defeat the team in front of them, otherwise if Daqi sent an army into the grassland, wouldn't they have no way to live? Early the next morning, the aliens attacked again.

But just like yesterday, none of the other party was injured, and he left more than 10,000 corpses behind.

However, the four princes did not retreat, because they still had nearly 30,000 people in their combined army, while there were only 7,000 people on the side of Daqi, and their numbers were still superior.

At night, the aliens attacked at night.

But before they rushed to the Daqi camp, they fell one after another.

It turned out that the Daqi sergeant had already quietly dug many dense pits around the perimeter that were only the size of a fist but a foot deep. Horses are extremely fast, and when they step into them, they will break their legs by inertia.

So on the side of the aliens, there were nearly a thousand more infantry.

The four princes did not sleep well at night, and the next day they were not in good spirits, and the sergeants were also tired, so they wanted to take a truce for a day, but three thousand cavalry suddenly rushed out from the side of Daqi, rushed through their ranks for a while, and then turned back.

provoked the four princes to burst into a rage, lost their minds and ordered their men to storm again.

The result of a blind attack is to throw more corpses behind.

When there were less than 20,000 left, they woke up under the reminder of their subordinates.