In the dense fog of the early morning, the camp tent outside Ruyang City was as quiet as ever, and even the lights were no more than yesterday, and there was no appearance of a big war imminent. In this tranquility, there is an undercurrent. The officers in the big red and fat jackets were pushing the sleeping captain from camp tent to camp, and repeated in a low voice: "Rank the whole team." ”

The captains who were woken up only recognized the star badge on the officer's shoulder, then turned over and stood up, quickly put on their clothes, and then woke up their comrades one by one, repeating one after another: "Rank the whole team!" ”

Since ancient times, in order to prevent the sound from the mouths of their own soldiers, the sneak attackers have to attach a piece of wood the length of chopsticks. Although the Donggong guard battalion has strict drills, it cannot guarantee that every soldier will not have an accident, and biting something in the mouth can prevent unintentional exclamations, and at the same time can reduce a certain amount of psychological pressure. For professional soldiers four hundred years later, night battles are high-end and high-grade military operations, not to mention in this era of popular "blindfolding".

Especially tonight, the sky is gloomy, there is only a thick ink between heaven and earth, and there are only scattered lights like ghost fires, which are the bright posts where the camps of the two sides are located. As for the ambush soldiers in the middle of the road, they don't like such things as light.

"Wake up! Wake up the fourth! Win the whole team! The captain slapped heavily on a thick black lump of flesh, and his palms were slightly numb from the shock of the flesh.

Liu Laosi kicked on his legs, his head was still a little foggy, and he forced himself to take a breath and said, "Wake up, wake up!" Before he could finish speaking, a cold wooden tag had been stuffed into his mouth, which was the soldier's name tag hanging from his neck. In addition to the soldier's name, age, physical appearance, and number, there is also a "blood type" that was hurriedly engraved recently, which seems to be a new thing made by the green shirt doctor under the guidance of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Liu Laosi was excited, and finally remembered the meaning of the whole team. The night emergency assembly in the camp was his weak point, but only because he was slow on his hands and feet and slept deeply. However, he is not worried about the whole team, because the standard of this assessment is "quiet", rather than simply quick response.

――Is the trainer tossing again?

Liu Laosi held a famous brand and gradually adapted to the darkness before dawn. He glanced at his comrades-in-arms, all of whom were quietly dressed one by one. At this time, it can be seen that the instructor repeatedly asks everyone to fold the clothes, which greatly avoids the situation of not being able to find the clothes.

He put on his clothes as fast as he could. But it still fell on the tail of the whole team. Those comrades-in-arms who woke up later than him had already put on their fat jackets, and one by one they came out and took their weapons from the weapon racks at the door of the camp. Liu Laosi soon found out that this was not a trainer who was idle and tossing, because the firefighters of his team had already come over with a burden.

In the basket at both ends of the flat shoulder, Liu Laosi's equipment belongs to leather armor, chain mail and cotton armor from the inside out. There are only two people in the entire team who have such special service, and that is the rattan player and the round shield player.

As a rattan player at the front of the queue, you must be strong and powerful, and cover your comrades behind you with a square rattan card that is a full one person high. This allows the Pikemen to assassinate the opposing Pikemen and Shieldmen from the gap. Of course, I haven't heard of any of the rogues who have a mandarin duck formation, so the opposite side is often directly pikemen, or outcasts with wooden sticks in their hands—purely using these poor people who are like mustards as pawns to charge the enemy formation, and don't care whether they live or die.

"Fourth brother, this time it's really going into battle!" The round shield bearers of the same team wore cotton clothes and were not wearing armor.

The rattan player and the round shield player are the Great Wall of human flesh in the field, and they must be able to stand firm and be able to block. Like the heavy infantry of the Great Song Dynasty. They are also to be draped all over their bodies, and the innermost part is a layer of cowhide light armor. Then put on a layer of chain mail made of fine iron. Chain mail is effective against arrows and sharp stabs, but it is not enough against machetes and blunt blows, so cotton armor must be worn outside.

The cotton armor of the Ming army was a cotton coat decorated with an iron plate. It is said to be cotton armor, but it is actually iron armor, which is used to defend against the attacks of knives, axes, and even iron mallets. This cotton armor is really soft on the outside and strong on the inside. The defense is strong and extraordinarily warm, which is preferred by the Eastern Captives and North Korea. On the contrary, there are not many people in the Qi family army who were born in the south who like cotton armor, and ordinary soldiers often only wear a set of chain mail to fight.

In the guard camp of the East Palace, except for the rattan player and the round shield hand, they are wearing triple armor. The rest of the soldiers also wore chain mail or cotton armor according to the weather conditions, while the firefighters in the team wore only one collar of leather armor.

Considering that the shield-bearer had to charge forward and withstand the initial sharp attack, the weight of the triple armor was really not light, so the soldiers usually marched on the line, and only wore it in full when it was time to fight.

Liu Laosi stretched out his fan-sized palm, picked up his bright helmet, gently brushed the tassels and color flags on the bright helmet, and said in a low voice: "Let's eat meat and eat food, isn't this the day we are waiting for!" ”

"Yes!" The round shield hand can be regarded as the deputy of the rattan player, and the two not only have to practice with the team, but also have to practice separately together, and the relationship is very deep. The Mandarin Duck Formation focuses on the changes in the right and strange ways, cooperating with each other, and the two teams in the same team must cooperate tacitly, mainly falling on the first two "city walls".

"Title the whole team!" A suppressed voice and anger interrupted the conversation between the two, who was the captain of the team.

Behind the captain, a pair of eyes with cold light stared at Liu Laosi, who was a passing military judge.

Liu Laosi looked at the black "constitutional" cloth hoop on a white background worn by the military judge on his arm, and for no reason he was frightened, and hurriedly took his name tag into his mouth and stood up. As soon as he stood still, the whole team had its own place, and soon formed a queue according to the requirements of the drill code.

The captain waited for the military judge to leave, stepped forward and kicked Liu Laosi heavily, covered his mouth with one hand, and scolded in a low voice: "Donkey eggs!" If you are willing to die, he will be willing to cut it! If you dare to mess with military discipline again, be careful of your head! ”

Liu Laosi lowered his head, but Captain Ren scolded twice. Speaking of which, although the captain is not polite to people, especially for the soldiers who are born in the slender man, he does not look down on the soldiers, and always thinks that the miners are the most haode soldiers, but at the beginning, the trainer said that Liu Laosi was not suitable to be a rattan player, and in the end, the captain went to talk for a long time, and then pushed him from the fireman to the position of the rattan player.

The rattan player has one more egg a day than the other soldiers, and the dry food is unlimited until they are full. This is far more important to Liu Laosi, who is only eighteen years old, than any other treatment. As the saying goes, "Half a child, eat dead man", Liu Laosi didn't eat a full meal for the first time until he became a rattan player, and he didn't wake up hungry in the middle of the night for the first time. On this point alone, he is full of gratitude to the captain, and he will never resist any beating or scolding.

The captain only scolded secretly, he himself was only a non-commissioned officer, not an officer, and if he was heard by the military judge, he would be killed in battle to correct military discipline. He looked up at the inky sky, and only the distant light of the fire proved that he was not blind.

――How long will we have to wait?

The captain couldn't help beating the drum in his heart, he had never conducted such a night sneak attack drill before, and he was really a little bottomless.

Since it was a sneak attack, the lights and snare drums could not be used, so how could the order be transmitted? The captain wondered. Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was born into the world, do those officers who were born in stakes really know how to fight? This is not the same as a private fight in the countryside!

"Pull the rope and follow." A deep voice came from the front.

Before the captain could see the comer's face, his hand had been grabbed and pressed against a long hemp rope. Only then did he realize that the man's towering back was originally carrying a rope roll, and he was touching the back against the edge and pulling out a "rope road". With the rope to guide him, the captain's heart suddenly relaxed, and he asked vaguely, "Go now?" ”

"Shhhh The man replied briefly, and continued walking.

The mandarin duck formation is a vertical formation, and the soldiers have long been accustomed to marching in formation. Leaning on the outside, the one Wu walked forward in an orderly manner under the order of the hemp rope, and the inner one only needed to recognize the people around him. Two such ropes have been pulled up on the originally not wide official road, allowing three squads to advance at the same time. Every fifty paces, a military judge held a rope and stared at the soldier like a stake, both to ensure the height of the rope and to ensure that no one dared to speak secretly. (To be continued......)

PS: Sorry to keep you waiting.