There is still half a section, which will be made up in the evening. Ask for tickets, ask for collections.

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On the first day, the march was thirty miles. The Ranger Evening Report was nowhere to be found. Deng She met with the generals and discussed in the camp. Half of the opinion was to hasten the march, and half was not to be haste.

Deng She took a compromise, and the next day he sped up a little, and stopped after noon. After two days, I walked dozens of miles. Camp at night under a hill on the banks of the Liugu River.

The location is wide and flat, making it ideal for camping. digging trenches, digging horse pits, erecting wooden fences, and erecting horses outside the camp; A watchtower rises in the camp; Pull out two cannons and place them in the gate.

Deng She ordered that the soldiers should not take off their armor at night, put the sword and bow pillow under their heads, and put the guns on the stand seven feet outside the tent. If there is an emergency, it is easy to take the battle.

The whole army was divided into three battalions, surrounded by infantry, cavalry in the center, and gunners guarding the big tent. Next to the cavalry camp, a circle was formed with ropes, and the spears used by the cavalry were erected outside, and the military horses were not saddled, but placed in them, and a special person was assigned to guard them.

According to Wen, Chen, Zhao, Guan, Li, Luo, and the Chinese army camp, seven different colors of flags were standardized. Once there are police, the whole army will assemble in divisions according to the banners of each battalion. Around the camp, 12 police drums were prepared, and 24 old soldiers were told to guard all night. But if there is an enemy situation, the drum is sounded to warn.

As early as the first day of camp, Dunshe issued an urgent military order. Hanging all over the camp, he sent his own soldiers to explain to the new soldiers. There are many new soldiers, smart and stupid, there is little drill, and the formation has not been practiced, so the military order cannot be complicated.

Deng She thought about it for a long time, and chose the one that was simple and easy to remember and the most related to life and death. He took up the pen himself and wrote:

"We are just trying to survive. The field of battle, the place of corpses. If you die, you live, and if you are lucky, you die. All the soldiers are from the enemy, and the cavalry, infantry and artillery: if the cavalry loses its cavalry, the infantry and artillery lose its weapons, although the army is broken, it is useless. ”

These recruits cannot be expected to be like veterans, dividing flags, distinguishing golden drums, and issuing orders and prohibitions. For now, they only need to master the weapon, remember that they are on the battlefield, and what the mission is. For other organization, coordination, and so on, they have their own leaders of thousands of households, and they strictly rebuke hundreds of households and ten commanders, and command them layer by layer.

Among the generals, the first one who is good at camping is not Chen Hu, but Wenhuaguo.

At dusk, he rode around the camp for a week, and when he came back quite satisfied, he said to Deng She: "The dog day did a good job, and he deserved to be born in a bitter haha, and he did a good job." The camp was so similar that not a single fly could fly in. ”

Deng She was worried, what was the use of a good camp? He put himself in his shoes and thought for Zhang Jujing and Shijiabao. If it was him, how could he rush to such a camp? The results startled him. It only takes five hundred people who dare to die to break through the gate of the village, and a thousand trained iron horsemen as the main force to rush and kill, and they can easily break the camp.

It's not that the camp is not well-established, but that the soldiers are too weak.

He didn't dare to guarantee how long these 10,000 recruits would last if the enemy attacked or attacked at night, and he even doubted that they would collapse suddenly. The Daning Ranger encountered the day before yesterday was too strong in combat and terrifying.

He did not dare to slack off at all, except to continue to ride more; Divide the generals into three shifts, in groups of two, and be on duty for the night. His handsome tent until the second half of the night, the candle was bright.

The bitter cold wind, whistling and circling over the hills, swooped down and raged through the camp.

The sky is dense with black clouds, and in the large camp full of shadows, you can't see your five fingers. The flags planted here and there crackled in the wind, and Deng She lifted the tent and followed the avenue in the middle of the camp to see the black plain beyond the camp at a glance.

The camp, which stretched for several acres, was pitch black and silent. A group of soldiers on night patrol carried torches to bypass, and the sound of armor and weapons colliding was heard not far away, and it was quickly annihilated in the wind. It adds a bit of chill to this cold night.

The armor on his body was cold, and the cowhide that lined it had no heat. Holding the hilt of the knife that was cold to the marrow, Deng She asked the soldiers guarding outside the tent: "Where is Zhao Qianhu?" ”

"I saw it just now, and I probably went to the back camp to inspect it."

"When he returns, call him to me." Deng She watched the night before it was time to pass. Traveling here, it is only a hundred miles away from Daning. Hurry up, a day is enough time to come and go. In order to thoroughly find out the enemy's situation, he decided to send Zhao to Daning City to see if the Yuan army had left the city. If not, immediately speed up the march, sixty miles a day, and cross the Xiaoling River in two days.

Cross the Xiaoling River, and then walk another hundred and ten miles to Liaoyang. Liaoyang was garrisoned by tens of thousands of red scarves, and at that time, they would be considered safe.

If I were an enemy, would I let this new red scarf cross the border? Although I don't know the purpose of this red scarf transiting, there is a possibility of rendezvous with Liaoyang. The Liaoyang Red Turban had already put a lot of pressure on Daning, and if this new army was merged, the potential pressure would immediately become a real threat.

The more he assumed, the more frightened he became, and he walked back and forth in front of the tent. He felt a strong uneasiness, and the more he speculated, the more he felt that the enemy would not let them go, and the time of the attack was probably within two days.

He suddenly stopped and called his soldiers to call Wen Huaguo and Chen Hu.

Can't sit still, he temporarily plans to repeat his old tricks and go back and forth between the two suspicious soldiers. The main force is all the way, go straight across the Xiaoling River; Eight hundred veterans and those with courage and courage selected from the new army crossed the Xiaoling River by Hongluo Mountain, 40 miles to the northeast.

The distance between the two roads was thirty miles, and there was a lot of fanfare, the main force contracted the formation, and the partial division opened the formation, so that the enemy could not distinguish between the virtual and the real. If the enemy stops, everything will be fine, and the two armies will join the Xiaoling River and march east through Liaoyang. If the enemy comes to attack, the attacking main force will be brave and brave as a surprise formation, and the attacking division will be surrounded by the main force in a large array.

Wen Huaguo fell asleep on the night shift, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "Aren't you afraid that the Tartars will also divide the army?" ”

Deng She was thoughtful and replied: "Wu Henian said that there are a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses in Daning and Xingzhou, and if you remove the people who defend the city, I expect that Zhang Jujing and Shijiabao will use no more than 5,000 men and horses to attack. 5,000 people attacking 10,000 people, when they can't figure out the truth and fiction, dare to divide the troops? ”

Wen Huaguo blinked, admitting that Deng She's words were reasonable, but as an uncle and elder, he felt the responsibility to advise Deng She: "Brother She, you are good in everything, but you are too good to take risks." One success does not mean second success. ......," he yawned, "but this time, I'll support you." ”

Chen Hu also supported Deng She, and he volunteered to take the deviant teacher to Hongluo Mountain. This was exactly what Dunsher intended, and he opened the tabernacle, and was about to take the talisman, when he heard a sharp and crisp sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the camp.

Galloping back to the camp in the middle of the night, there was no one else except for the rangers. Deng Shehuran turned around, and saw the knight roll off his horse outside the gate as bright as day, and several guards helped him up, all the way to the front.

The knight's armor was crooked, and he was hit by several arrows in his shoulders and legs, and he was covered in blood. Pushing away the support of the soldiers, he struggled and threw himself on the ground, and hissed: "Report to the general, thirty miles away, the villain encountered the army of Tartars!" Five or six thousand, a thousand cavalry. ”

"The ranger was attacked by the enemy, and returned to the camp to report to the officials. Military judges, what is the reward of military law? "Deng She is not in a hurry about the military situation, and he will be rewarded for meritorious deeds first.

The military judge was Chen Hu, who knew Deng She's intentions, raised his head and raised his voice, and said in the camp: "If you get a thief's affection, give you ten times of money; Seriously injured in a fight with the enemy, a silk horse. If the thief is defeated because of this, he will be rewarded with goodness. ”

Deng She personally helped the knight up, and Wen Yan encouraged: "The rewards of money and silk are very meager, but they have to be obeyed according to the military law." If you talk about your loyalty, courage and responsibility, ten thousand gold is not enough to win. He asked, "What is the name of the strong man?" What is your current job? ”

This ranger was not an old brother who got on the horse, but one of the hundreds of people brought by Chen Hu, and he replied: "The villain Zhang Xiao'er is a hundred households. ”

Deng She instructed left and right: "Help Zhang Baihu to go down and wrap up." After being injured, he was transferred to the pro-army and reappointed as the commander of the ten. ”

The personal soldiers of the leading generals cannot be outstanding in the army and their cronies. The status of an ordinary member of them is higher than that of an ordinary hundred households, let alone a ten-master master. For Zhang Ji'er, it is really super promoted. He burst into tears: "The villain is not seriously injured, but he still has strength, and he is willing to die for the general." ”

Up close, he not only had an arrow wound, but also a knife wound to his left arm. How could Dunsher tell him to die again? He ordered his soldiers to help him down.

Deng She Zhenyi and ordered: "Beat the drum and blow the trumpet." When the matter came, he was calm and calm, "General Wen, General Chen, please return to the camp." When the Tartars came, General Wen guarded the gate, sprinkled more thistles, stayed in guests, and could not come out; General Chen restrained his subordinates and served as General Wen's backup. ”

Wen and Chen solemnly saluted, each shouted to his own soldiers, and went by himself.

The deep and majestic sound of drums resounded through the night. The horn of the generals was summoned, and they flew over excitedly, and Zhao Guo and Monk Li, who were on duty at night, rushed to it in a blink of an eye; The number fell once, and Luo Guoqi, Wen Huaguo, He Guangxiu, Huang Donkey and others also rushed over.

Deng She didn't enter the account either, he took off his saber, handed it to his soldiers, and asked, "Where is Zhao Guo?" ”

"The end will be." Zhao Guo stepped forward with a knife and bowed down to obey the order.

The soldiers picked up Deng She's saber in both hands and sent it to Zhao Guo, Deng She said in a deep voice: "The ranger is coming, and the Tartar is twenty miles away." The military order ordered Zhao to pass through the prison array, and when the Tartars arrived, those who retreated from the army would be beheaded on the spot if they were below a thousand households. ”

Zhao Guo's face turned red, he took the order, and retreated to select the guards of the prison formation.

"Where's General Lee?"

"The end will be."

Deng She looked at him for a long time, slowed down his voice, and said: "When I broke the Tartar to explore the Ma Red Army, I personally saw the general ten swings, and the courage was superb, and I deeply admired him. The tone raised, "In today's battle, I would like to see the general's majesty again." In this battle, if you retreat, the whole army will be annihilated; Enter, there is a glimmer of life. Nine hundred cavalry, hand it over to you for the time being, and immediately leave the camp and lurk on the side of the camp. Watching the battle progress, it was decided to assault. ”

He shouted: "Where is the cavalry deputy Qianhu?" ”

A big man jumped up and answered loudly. This man is nine feet long, with a belt of ten girths, and he walks like a mountain of meat. Although he is thick and heavy, he is as dexterous as a swallow when he gets on the horse. His name is Lu Qianxi, and he is the best riding skill among the old brothers of the horse thief. In order to better command the cavalry, Deng She appointed him as a deputy Qianhu.

"Advance and retreat, only General Li's orders are obeyed."

Wen, Chen, and Zhao have more important tasks, while Lu Qianxicai's promotion of deputy Qianhu lacks prestige; Monk Li is indeed brave, and at present, there is really no more suitable person to take charge of the task of cavalry assault. But Deng She didn't know him very well, and he didn't dare to fully trust him in a critical moment. Therefore, Lu Qianxi was deliberately pointed out, and there was a meaning of surveillance.

The Tao here, Luo Guoqi can know it at a glance, and Guan Shirong can guess it if he thinks about it.

Monk Li was reckless and didn't feel anything. He just thought that the nine hundred cavalry could be the backbone of this army, and Deng She actually gave him this task to do, which was both excited and excited, and at the same time, Deng She's praise made him feel a kind of pride.

He took two steps forward majestically, blinked excitedly, and held his bald head high: "Don't worry, general, I can't complete the task, come and see you." ”

Deng She nodded, and finally ordered: "The two generals, Guan and Luo, are responsible for the camp walls on both sides." Huang and He sat in the Chinese army with me. My Great Song Shuntian responded to the order, and I learned about such confidential things as the night attack of the Tartars. Ladies and gentlemen, this battle will undoubtedly be won. ”

Guan and Luo took the order. Each retreats and deploys.

Deng She stood tall and watched them leave. The red cloak behind the generals fluttered in the night wind. From the moment he discovered Daning's spies, Deng She has been dedicating himself to considering various situations that may arise and formulating corresponding strategies. Therefore, although the enemy was in a hurry, the order was given in all aspects, and no one disobeyed it.

The sound of war drums, the soldiers who hurriedly got up, gathered one by one, from ten households to hundreds, and from hundreds to thousands. Because of the restraint of experienced officers at all levels, there was no confusion that Dunshe feared. After a while, the sound of the wind was mixed with the neighing of horses, and the cavalry was assembled, and the people and horses galloped out of the camp. The lights of the gate were extinguished in an instant, and Wenhuaguo was in place.

The torches that had been planted in all parts of the camp, including those in the tent, were extinguished.

The thick night envelops the heavens and the earth. After the drum beat was finished, it stopped; The camp went from noisy and noisy to silent. Only the bitter wind threw dust and sand on the ground, and kept rolling flags and tents, making a thrilling sound.

Wu Henian, who stayed by Deng She's side, raised his head and looked at the sky, and the heavy dark clouds covered the moon and stars at all. The wind and clouds are moving, like black waves. Before the clouds descended the mountain, the camp tents were swarthy and spreading. Faintly, you can see the crowd surging in front of the gate, and the cold light of the guns occasionally brightens.

He had never experienced a battle, and he trembled, and the words in the books he had read in the past involuntarily appeared in his mind, and he whispered: "The direction of the wind is facing the gate." General, this is the wind of victory. ”

The wind is attacking with me, pointing in front of the flag, raising calmly, and facing the enemy all day long; then the military will be meritorious. It is for the wind of victory.

Deng She glanced at him, the saying of the heavenly official yin and yang, it is not uncommon to see military books in the past dynasties. Use the changes in cloud qi to determine the victory or defeat of the enemy and the enemy. Deng She came from the later generations, so he naturally didn't believe in this. However, the famous generals of the past dynasties believed that if the Yin-Yang technique was used properly, it could play a role in motivating the morale of the military. He fully agreed with this point, and immediately issued an order: "Spread the word to the whole army, and our army should win a great victory." ”

After being reminded by Wu Henian, he remembered that if the wind direction changed,...... Hurriedly ordered the soldiers to go to the generals to give the order: "If the enemy attacks with fire, his own general will be responsible for extinguishing it." The armies shall not move, and those who violate the order shall be beheaded. ”

took precautions again, and whispered to Wu Henian: "There is no trivial matter in the army, Mr. will stop this time; In the future, if there is a theory of yin and yang, report it to me first, and if it is spread in vain, although I respect Mr., military law is ruthless. ”

Wu Henian was dripping in cold sweat, annoyed, and greatly regretted talking too much; Repeatedly, it should be.

Deng She turned his head, ignored him, and ordered Ha Guangxiu's Goryeo army and four hundred firecrackers to mobilize all the big tents to standby. Yongping recruited troops, and the Goryeo people recruited a lot, plus the men and horses when the city was broken, there are currently more than 800 people under Ha Guangxiu.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the army is in wait. A murderous aura permeated the entire camp. In this atmosphere, the brave are excited, and the cowardly are strong.

It seemed like a long time, and it seemed like only a moment. The ground began to shake slightly, and then the sound of horses' hooves was heard. Wu Henian was sweating like pulp, He Guangxiu was desperate, and Brother Huang Donkey held his breath. As if the silver bottle was broken, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly changed from small to loud; Like a torrent striking a stone, the thunder rolls, the earth groans for it, and the camp shakes for it.

As far as the line of sight can see, the banner of the Yuan army is displayed.

Deng She urgently guessed the movements of the Yuan army generals: If you fail to capture my rangers, you must know that I am prepared. Knowing that the enemy is prepared but not changing the plan, I am weak against the enemy. In this way, if you don't move, you will be done, and you will be like thunder. It is swift as the wind, and its ravages are like fire.

The two cannons roared one after another, and outside the gate, the Yuan army advanced to.