Chapter 487: The First Battle
The evening glow shone on the bare ridge, staining it crimson!
There are homing birds in the sky, wild wolves wandering in the wilderness, nimble rock sheep on the cliffs, and the earth that has been scorched by the sun for a whole day, and at this time, it begins to enter the cooling mode, and the valley is silent, quiet, and only the birds that fly over the mountain sky from time to time will make one or two crisp chirps.
In the midst of that crimson color, a team of less than 300 people was hidden on the slopes to the north of the valley, and most of them were excited and apprehensive to prepare.
"Check the bow and arrow again, don't pinch the war bow in your hand at this time, it will sweat after pinching for a long time, and it will be easy to slip ...... then."
"You can take out some arrows first, and stick them in the ground in front of you, so that you can easily take them when the time comes......"
"Don't keep this prostrate position for too long, otherwise your body will be numb, and after lying on the ground for a while, change your position......"
"If you're nervous, take a big breath slowly......"
Yan Liqiang inspected this young team, constantly correcting and reminding the young soldiers in the team to pay attention to at this time, when they were nervous, Yan Liqiang also patted the person's shoulder, comforting two words, at this time, Yan Liqiang found that he was not very nervous about the upcoming inspection of the soldiers and horses of the Yamen, but was a little nervous about the more than 200 people he brought, such a battle, more than 200 people, many of whom were experienced for the first time, so they were not as calm as those veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time。
Only when he is really in this position, Yan Liqiang feels the difference between being a commander and a lone ranger, a lone ranger can do whatever he wants, as long as he is responsible for himself, but as a commander who leads hundreds of people to the battlefield, he needs to be responsible for more than two hundred people, and casualties on the battlefield are inevitable, but Yan Liqiang has an extravagant hope in his heart, and wants to do his best to bring back each of these people he brought.
Looking at those young and vivid faces, Yan Liqiang felt more and more that the responsibility on his shoulders was heavy, and he finally knew how the commanders in history came to be calm when the two armies were fighting- Most people were absolutely forced to pretend to be B in the first few times, because they knew that countless people were watching them, as long as they had the slightest panic, those soldiers who were staring at them, would beat drums in their hearts, and they would magnify the panic ten times and a hundred times, morale would be affected, and the outcome of the battle could be reversed, so, no matter what, they must make themselves calm, calm, 360 degrees without dead ends, just like the one in history, who is coming, the front line is fighting, he is pretending to be calm in the rear, playing chess, and when the news comes from the end of the battle, he is so excited that his shoes run away, this is pretending, and men must be able to pretend!
And at this time, it was not Yan Liqiang who was the most proficient, but the sergeants that Yan Liqiang brought from the Manufacturing Bureau, those sergeants were not holding war bows, but strong crossbows, Yan Liqiang mixed them with the 200 people, those sergeants from the Manufacturing Bureau, many people were also nervous at this time, but in front of a bunch of "newcomers" who followed Yan Liqiang, they behaved like "old birds" one by one, pretending to be relaxed one by one.
"What is this little battle, let me tell you, a few days ago in the manufacturing bureau, the superintendent took us and took down the deputy envoy of the transfer who came to the manufacturing bureau to make trouble, what kind of deputy envoy of transfer, but the official who is bigger than the county guard, when they first came to our manufacturing bureau, you didn't see it, that kind of arrogance, just like he was the emperor Lao Tzu came to inspect, and later, hahaha, fuck, as soon as the overseer made a move, that person was directly scared and peed, really, all peed his pants, these bastards of the transfer yamen, they are all knifed, they will only bully the people, and now they dare to rob our things, we will do it with them to the end, guess what happened to the deputy envoy of the transfer later, the lord took us, in front of everyone, and chopped up the miscellaneous in the canteen of the manufacturing bureau......"
Just not far from Yan Liqiang, a sergeant from the manufacturing bureau was lying on the ground, "understatedly" talking to a few people next to him about what happened in the manufacturing bureau a few days ago, and a few people next to him listened, all of them were enthusiastic, and they were still a little nervous, but they unconsciously relaxed-since even a senior official like the deputy envoy of the transfer had peed his pants and been ripped off, what was there to be afraid of the other people in the transfer yamen?
On the other side......
The "old bird" of another manufacturing bureau whispered mysteriously to a few "newcomers" next to him, "Guess what I was pulling in my carriage?"
"Isn't it a supply?"
"Hehe, I don't know, I pulled it in the carriage, but it's the weapon of the Guardian, the weapon of the Inspector is a big gun......"
"A big gun needs a wagon to pull it?"
"Look, this is no knowledge, do you think that the big gun used by the Inspector is the same as the one we use, let me tell you, the big gun used by the Inspector can weigh more than 400 pounds, and you can't support it, the general rhino dragon horse is hunched and hard, and can only be pulled by a car, I estimate that I can't find a heavier spear than the spear of the Inspector in the world, and if it is touched by such a spear, it is definitely either dead or injured, I can't wait now, I want to see the appearance of the Inspector with a spear to kill the enemy......"
A few young people next to him listened with fascination......
Seeing that the veterans of the manufacturing bureau around him were so calm, those young people who really came to the battlefield for the first time slowly calmed down, looking forward to the upcoming battle.
After making his rounds, Yan Liqiang returned to where he was, next to a boulder on a hillside.
Shi Dafeng was gearing up, Shen Teng was closing his eyes and recuperating, the super strong horned python bow given to Yan Liqiang by His Majesty the Emperor was placed on the ground, and next to the horned python bow, there were more than 30 quivers densely placed, and the ground next to it was also full of arrows.
"Liqiang, can we rush later?" Seeing Yan Liqiang coming back, Shi Dafeng came over with a shy face, licked his lips, and whispered to Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang glanced at Shi Dafeng, his face was expressionless, and he only said two words, "No!"
"In the end, it won't work?" Shi Dafeng looked at Yan Liqiang with hopeful eyes.
"In the end, it won't work!" Yan Liqiang still shook his head resolutely, not giving any face, "If you don't listen to the order, then I can only let you withdraw from this battle, knock you out or tie you up, and you can just watch from the side!"
Shi Dafeng's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't, don't, don't, I'll listen, of course I'll listen, I'm just talking, I think at this time, let's rush up and fight......"
Shen Teng opened his eyes and smiled slightly, "We are in an ambush this time, there are so many bows and crossbows, which can kill and injure the enemy from afar, why rush forward, with their own shortcomings, welcome people's strengths, and the wise man will not do it!"
"You dare to call me stupid?" Shi Dafeng glared at Shen Teng.
"I didn't say it, you said it yourself!"
Shi Dafeng's eyes rolled, "Hehe, I saw your little finger moving just now, are you scared?
This time, it was Shen Teng's turn to stare at Shi Dafeng, Shen Teng just wanted to say something, Yan Liqiang had already made a gesture, and Shen Teng suddenly quieted down.
"Let everyone prepare, our prey is coming!"
In the wilderness in the distance, a puff of smoke and dust could already be seen, and in the higher sky, a silver falcon had already hovered over the wilderness, staring at the wilderness below with sharp eyes......
By this time, the more than 1,000 cavalry of the Yamen had been running for almost a whole day, and the men and horses were already tired, and what those people could not have imagined was that there would be people rushing to the territory of Yinzhou, and they waited here for a few days to ambush them......
The outcome of everything seems to have been predestined from the beginning.
Sure enough, two quarters of an hour later, the figure of more than a thousand cavalrymen wearing bright and dazzling dark red military uniforms had already appeared at the entrance of the valley, stretching for three or four hundred meters, pulling into a line, and rushing into the valley without any defense or hesitation.
This valley located in the territory of Yinzhou, at the junction of Ganzhou and Yinzhou, in their opinion, is no different from the countless roads they have walked before......