Wang Luo nodded when he heard this, and said: "Tiancheng, you can go, I will guard the water for you, and don't let the defenders rush to send troops to help, I will beat them back, if you rely on the city wall to defend, our army will not be able to take them in order to avoid casualties, if you drive them out, I will fight them all over the ground looking for teeth." ”

When Wang Tiancheng heard this, he hugged his fists and said yes, got up and left, went to recruit the cavalry in the army, and set off to deal with Lin Qianhu.

In Mamiao Town, Wang Wen sat in a fairly elegant house, holding a toothpick in one hand and a handsome young woman in the other, who was the concubine of the owner of the house, but now his woman.

Wang Wen drank wine and listened to the shouting and killing outside the house, and laughed: "Tell the brothers, be happy today, wait for a few days, attack Qingyang County, don't drop the chain for Lao Tzu." ”

Outside the house, the cheers of the officers and soldiers were heard, and the officers and soldiers broke down the door, put the boxes and cabinets upside down, and snatched the money.

Lin Qianhu waited for a group of defeated troops and came to Mamiao Town, where several soldiers stood at the head of the village, gathered together, and were smiling and talking, which girl in the town was beautiful, and how she was harmed.

Looking at Lin Qianhu and his group, the two ruffians immediately became vigilant, holding spears in their hands, and asked one of them to report to the master of the canon, and the rest of them held weapons and blocked the village gate.

Lin Qianhu looked at the one in front of him, his face was dark, he walked forward quickly, slapped it, and said, "I am Lin Qing, the thousand president of Qingyang Mansion, and I will quickly ask you to come out to greet you." ”

After saying that, Lin Qianhu threw the waist card in his hand, and the little soldier saw it and quickly caught it, and immediately ran to find Wang Wen, the leader of the team.

At this time, Wang Wen was full of food and drink, looked at the young woman in his arms, and had bad thoughts, thinking about whether to play an extra game, after all, he was going to march tomorrow morning, and he still knew that he couldn't bring female dependents in the army.

At this time, a soldier ran in and said, "My lord, Mr. Qian of Qingyang Mansion is at the gate of Mamiao Town, and I want you to greet him personally." ”

Wang Wen, who was going up and down, was taken aback and said, "Lord Qianhu? ”

Hurry, hurry, hurry, dress Lao Tzu, gather the officers and soldiers, and go to greet the thousands of households. Wang Wendai looked at the waist card in his hand and broke out in a cold sweat.

After a while, Wang Wen ran to the entrance of the town breathlessly, and saw a group of defeated troops from a distance, although he was surprised in his heart, but the token in his hand would not be wrong.

Hurriedly ran forward, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Huachi County Dianshi Wang Wen greets your lord." ”

Qianhu nodded when he saw it and said, "Go get something to eat, Lao Tzu is starving to death." ”

Wang Wen hurriedly nodded when he saw this, and said, "Qianhu asked, and took Lin Qianhu to the house where he lived just now." ”

Along the way, Lin Qianhu saw the tragic situation in the town, and he seemed to be surprised.

After a period of full wine and food, Lin Qianhu hugged the sister sent by Wang Wen and said: "Wang Wen, you are good, tell your brothers, tomorrow on the fifth watch, go to Heshui County, in addition, you arrange people, keep vigil at night and pay more attention to me, if something goes wrong, I will ask you head." ”

Wang Wen hurriedly clenched his fists and said yes.

Lin Qianhu summoned Wang Wen and Jin Yi to an impromptu meeting to discuss how to fight the rebels when they went to Heshui County tomorrow, knowing that the Huaxia Army now has nearly 100 cavalry. In the battle, Jin Yi's officers and soldiers were basically broken by these hundred cavalry.

Listening to Lin Qianhu's words, the two frowned, and at this time Jin Yi said: "Lord Qianhu, now our two groups of officers and soldiers add up to only more than 700 people, which is about twice the rebels, but the rebels are well-trained, plus there are cavalry to help, and the real combat effectiveness is actually stronger than ours, I suggest, we are now in Heshui County, with our backs to the county seat, and find a way to hold back the rebels, as long as the officers and soldiers of Ning County and Zhenyuan County break through Qingyang County, and then gather the troops of Ning County and Zhenyuan County to take the rebels in one fell swoop." ”

Lin Qianhu shook his head when he heard this, and said: "It's not proper, it's even more reported by Jinyiwei, there are 1,300 rebels in Qingyang County, I thought it was just a peasant with weapons, and it was not enough to cause trouble, but according to the combat power shown by the rebels yesterday, it is not much weaker than us, and I am afraid that it will not be able to attack with the two stations of Ningxian and Zhenyuan alone." ”

After listening to the words of the two, Wang Wen said with a confused face: "Then what do you say, my lord?" Whether we're going or not going tomorrow. ”

Lin Qianhu said: "If you go, you must go, and if you don't go to blame, who can afford it." ”

After a night of discussion, there was still no conclusion, at this time Lin Qing was very distressed in his heart, originally thought that it was just a group of chaotic people to break through the county seat, as long as he relied on the officers and soldiers in his hands to exterminate the chaotic people, otherwise he could drive the chaotic people to recover the county, but he didn't expect that this group of chaotic people had such elite soldiers that they dared to attack at night, you must know that even if they took the elite family members to fight like this.

Lin Qing understood that after yesterday's night attack, not only was the official army defeated, but also the original weapons were taken away by the rebels. The strength of the officers and soldiers and the rebels has been reversed, and it can be said that it is basically impossible to defeat the rebels with their current strength.

Lin Qing, who originally fled overnight, was sober-minded and wanted to lead his men and horses back to Qingyang Mansion, but he thought that Heshui County was too close to Qingyang Mansion, and if Heshui County was broken by the rebels, and the prefect would settle accounts after the autumn, then my official road would come to an end.

As a last resort, I can only bite the bullet and go to defend Heshui County first, and then see the situation.

Early in the morning, Lin Qing gave an order, and the whole Mamiao Town was busy, with the sound of burying the pot and cooking and sorting out the bags, and soon the smoking addiction ignited, and the soldiers finished their breakfast, and then lined up in the middle of the military horn and set off from Heshui County.

The ancient infantry only formed a dense formation against the cavalry, protected by shield men in the front row, guarded by pikemen in the middle, and finally used fiery marriage archers to carry out long-range strikes.

And these conditions, Lin Qianhu knew that he didn't have them, and only the family Ding could make such a thing at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was a strange system in the military, with a family system, and then the Ming generation, the status of the military household was extremely low, worse than the peasants, not only to pay taxes, but also heavy training, or belong to the generations to do it, except for the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the military household system had some strong combat capabilities, and the later court was corrupt, and the military household directly became the slave of the officer, and a large number of military households fled.

The war in the middle and late Ming Dynasty has little to do with the military household, it has become a conscription system, the most famous of the battalions is the Qi family army and the Yu family army, relying on the recruitment system in the Ming Dynasty in the middle of the period, to restore the combat strength, but under the unremitting efforts of the military generals, the corruption with a faster speed than the rise of the time decay.

Military salaries are divided among the officials, and the officers and men cannot even meet the most basic food and clothing, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

However, when a country fights abroad, it must always have an army in its hands, so the family system was born, and the heroic and brave warriors in the army were used as family members, and the food and salary were paid by themselves.

In fact, in ancient times, Jiading has always existed, that is, the personal guards of the ancient generals, belonging to the existence of protecting generals, the number is not much, and the real battle is still based on the bottom of the soldiers, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the low soldiers is too amazing, and the last resort is to take the Jiading as the main force, and the war is basically to watch the family Ding to fight a hard battle, and the officers and soldiers behind pick up the cheap and beat the water dogs.

Therefore, in the late Ming Dynasty, no matter what kind of officers they were, they all had families, ranging from three or five to several thousand.

At that time, when Li Chengliang was at his peak, some of the nine thousand families were elite cavalry, and with the cavalry, Li Chengliang was mixed with Liaodong again, and then Liaodong was a veritable king of Liaodong, and he would fight whoever was not pleasing to the eye.

Compared with Qi Jiguang, another famous general of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang did not use the family system, he used the conscription system, and the money and food were distributed uniformly.

And Li Chengliang's family system, as long as you manage your own family well, the rest of the troops, the embezzlement of corruption, change to eat empty salary, oil and water are abundant, you can use money and food up and down, even if it is taken down, you are not afraid, in the Ming Dynasty, money can be spiritual.

Through comparison, one person lived miserably, and one person lived comfortably and richly, and naturally with the shrewdness of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the family system was carried forward and strengthened.

And carry forward the family system is Li Chengliang, but the most famous and largest number of people is the late Ming Dynasty famous Guanning Iron Cavalry, he is worthy of the name of the family Ding troops, is the inheritance of the rise of the Li family after the rise of the Liaodong Jiangmen ancestral family owned, the whole army officers are the ancestral family of the people, most of the soldiers, is to be the wild boar skin scourge to the family to the death of the revenge of the people, and the poor people, and part of the poor Mongolia composition, their unity is characterized by poverty, the Jurchen has a deep hatred, often brave in battle, dare to fight. In the end, it became the trump card in the hands of Wu Sangui.

On the official road from Huachi County to Heshui County, it has been in disrepair and damaged, so that two carriages can go side by side, but now only one carriage can barely pass, so the officers and soldiers are in a column of four, some are sword and shield men with long shields, some are archers with bows and arrows, and a few pikemen and the last row of musketeers with ammunition tied to the waist of the bird.

But the image is really bad, one by one is not wearing armor, the clothes are half-open, and the helmets have long been packed and put away.

You must know that it is already June, the official weather is the hottest and dryest time, the weather is dry, it has not rained for a long time, and the temperature is extremely high. The officers and men were constantly harassing and dragging on the march.

At this time, Lin Qing, who was riding a horse and then at the front, pointed to the woods not far in front and said, "Brothers, hold on, everyone can rest when they get to the woods." ”

Hearing Lin Qianhu's words, the soldiers cheered and quickened their pace.

When a large number of officers and soldiers entered the forest, the officers and soldiers immediately took off their clothes and lay down in the woods to enjoy the coolness.