The establishment of Li Yanxian's department is very complicated, there are the foundations he brought from Shaanxi, there are also volunteers from Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi, and even some puppet dynasty soldiers have been recruited.

The generals included his friends Yan Ping and Luo Ruming, the former followed Li Jinyi to attack Jinzhou, and the latter followed Yue Fei to attack the Jin Bingliang Station.

The brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin, who were subdued by Han Shizhong in Luoyang, have been transferred to the second-line troops for training because they are too old. Their sons Zhai Zong and Zhai Liang, the former became Han Shizhong's generals, and the latter became Li Yanxian's generals.

There are also three brothers, Shao Long, Shao Yun, and Shao Xing, leaders of the Shanxi Anti-Jin Righteous Army, whose troops were also broken up, and Shao Long was placed under the command of Li Yanxian.

The leaders of the Hebei Righteous Army, Jiao Wentong, Fu Xuan, Meng De, and Liu Ze, the first two became Li Yanxian's generals, and the last two became Yue Fei's generals.

A bunch of miscellaneous troops, from a variety of sources, but they were organized into a field army under Li Yanxian.

"There is also a shortage of concentrate for the livestock," Li Yanxian said, "and the killing of mules will start tomorrow, which will not only save some livestock rations, but also allow the army to eat more food for a day or two." ”

Shao Long began to complain: "Li Gong (Li Bao) and General Yue, none of them came to reinforce them, and only let us hold the Jin soldiers here." Li Gong's soldiers are like gods, and they are not something we can question. After all, General Yue is young, and if he can't burn the enemy's military rations, we will be in a dilemma here. ”

"How can you say that reinforcements didn't come? All the firecrackers under General Yue's command have been transferred," Li Yanxian said with a smile, "Don't panic. It's a big deal that the military rations are exhausted, and killing mules to eat can last for several days. ”

Jiao Wentong suggested: "You can reduce the meal from tomorrow, and then send people to Hezhong County to ask for help, and let Li Qiong bring troops to bring food to replenish." ”

Li Yanxian shook his head: "It's not time yet." Now it's not us who are in a hurry, but the Jin soldiers on the other side. If you are the commander of the Jin soldiers, and you come over with tens of thousands of troops, you will first hit Dading Mansion and cannot conquer it, and then hit Wen'an Town to stop, cut off the grain route and find no grain transportation team. And the other armies of the Ming Dynasty don't know where to hide, are you panicking? ”

"I'm panicking to death, if I do, I'd have withdrawn earlier." Zhai Liang said with a smile.

Li Yanxian said: "But Yan Zonghan can't be withdrawn, he must have received an urgent report from Liaodong." Liaodong is almost gone, if he doesn't win the battle here, what morale does the Jin soldiers have to retreat all the way? Even if he withdraws, our army can not pursue at all, stop at Dading Mansion in the north, and attack Xingzhong Mansion in the east with all its might. ”

Fu Xuan nodded and said: "Jin Bing is not advancing, nor is he retreating, it is like stepping into a quagmire." ”

Li Yanxian said: "So let's not panic, just drag the main force of the Jin soldiers." Even if Yue Fei fails to burn grain, we can kill mules and eat meat for several days. If you drag the Jin soldiers for one more day, the more successful Li Gong's attack will be. When the time comes, it will be surrounded on several sides, and Wanyan Zonghan will become a lone army to go deeper. Even if he could escape with Mado, his rations and livestock would have to be left behind. Without military rations, he could not afford to fight no matter how far he fled. ”

Li Yanxian analyzed the battle situation clearly, and the generals were convinced.

At the end of the meeting, everyone will return to their camps.

They personally went around the places and reiterated once again that they should not take off their armor while sleeping.

Midnight.

"Bang bang!"

"Puff ......"

A flurry of voices came.

However, Wanyan Zonghan sent cavalry to disperse a small number of Daming sentinel cavalry.

Then he pushed back the artillery in the dark, and threw stones in the direction of the Ming army camp.

The stones landed at a completely random location, some hit the houses of the town, some hit the tents of the battalions, some hit the peripheral chariots, and some even fell into the river.

The movement is quite large, and the effect is negligible.

After a round of stone-throwing, the Ming army suffered only three casualties. Two of them were hit while sleeping in a tent, killing one and wounding the other. Another man slept with his back to the chariot when a rock hit the chariot and wounded him.

"Don't panic!"

The generals rode out quickly, and each went to pacify the soldiers.

The field army formed by these miscellaneous units has been trained by Li Yanxian himself for four years. As far as military discipline is concerned, in the entire Daming Dynasty, it can rank in the top three, and Li Yanxian definitely has a hand in military training.

After all, in history, this can make countless miscellaneous troops, even the thieves who have just been subdued, and the ordinary people in the city, accompany him to fight street battles after the city is broken. And no one betrayed, surrendered, or fled for their lives, and even the thieves regarded death as home.

What is even more rare is that the gentry and officials are also willing to obey his command, and can also take the initiative to attack and cultivate the land.

Li Yanxian climbed onto the beam of the tallest building in the town, silently observed the situation everywhere, and found that all departments were deploying troops normally, and there was no need for him to command the deployment.

"Bang!"

A large stone flew and fell hundreds of meters away from Li Yanxian, smashing down a dilapidated house.

It is estimated that this is the farthest attack distance of the enemy catapult, and it must have been pushed to a very high position.

"Bang bang bang!"

The musketeers on the periphery fired at the shadows, and there were faint screams, and I don't know how many they hit.

"Boom, boom!"

Ming artillery was also fired, which seemed to hit a catapult.

The Jin soldiers have launched an attack on three sides, facing the position by the river, and there are even Jin soldiers swimming across the river on their stomachs.

Li Yanxian looked at the mountains behind him and said to the heralds: "No matter how lively the fight is elsewhere, you can't move in the direction of the back mountain." You go and tell Jiao Wentong and let him defend his camp. ”

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The Ming artillery fired again, all shotgun attacks, and fired at the enemy shouting and killing.

Immediately afterwards, flintlock pistols and crossbows were also fired in turn.

The black light is blind, and I don't know how many people are hit.

A group of golden soldiers crawled over, avoiding most of the lead bullets and arrows, and then began to scream one after another—they had crawled into the thistle terrestris, and many of them had their palms stabbed.

"Rip the thistle away!"

The Jurchen general Ulu withdrew, and at this moment he was not far behind, and hurriedly issued specific military orders.

A Jurchen soldier shouted, "I can't pull it off." These thistles were scattered, not strung with ropes, and the southern thieves scattered the thistles all over the ground! ”

Tribulus terrestris is worn with a rope and is convenient for putting away after the war.

Li Yanxian only thought about holding on to the death, and didn't think about the post-war period, and the key areas were sprinkled with thistles.

The main reason is that there are not enough soldiers and civilians, and there is a lack of time to arrange, the outer trenches are not dug deeply, and the barracks are not built very high.

The musketeers had finished reloading, and following the screams in front of the formation, they shot at the black shadows lying on their stomachs.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a burst of gunfire, dozens of Jin soldiers were killed and wounded in front of the battle.

Later, another golden soldier rushed up and was immediately fired by a salvo of bows and crossbows.

These core elites of the Jin Kingdom were beaten by the Ming army for several years. Including the generals such as Ulu Retreat, they have always held a bad breath in their hearts, and even victory or defeat is not important, they have to let this breath out tonight.

They guessed that the Ming army's guns and artillery should be very slow to reload ammunition at night, and it was not easy to aim in the dark.

It is necessary to take advantage of the darkness of the night to defeat the enemy army regardless of casualties!

There was no supervising team at all, and batch after batch of Jurchen elites were sent into battle by Wanyan Zonghan.

Even if they were injured and couldn't fight anymore, they didn't rout indiscriminately, but supported each other and retreated. The new Jin soldiers who joined the battlefield were not frightened because they could not see the tragic situation of their allies clearly. The wails that came from all around aroused their ferocity.

"Follow me!"

Ulu withdrew with the remnants of this piece of soldiers, and quickly crawled over the thistle belt, and did not cry out in pain when his finger was stabbed. In many places along the way, he even crawled over the corpses of friendly soldiers.

Ahead was a trench, thigh-deep, and covered with weed.

Ulu was crawling forward quickly, his right hand pressing into the air on the grass, and he almost fell down.

But someone fell from the side, and there was a tipping stick stuck in the bottom of the trench......

Ulu could not retreat, so he got up and crossed over, and successfully jumped over the trench, which was dug very narrowly.

Ahead were chariots and ramparts, and there were many torches.

Ulu withdrew and raised his weapon and rushed forward, and his body was hit by two arrows in an instant.

Protected by armor, the arrows didn't do much damage. Ulu withdrew and pretended to be killed, then broke the shaft of the arrow and accelerated to crawl forward.

From time to time, screams could be heard behind him, and gunshots were heard in front of him. Looking up by the light of the fire, Uru saw a musketeer reloading after firing at the side of the chariot.

Ulu stood up suddenly, raised his gun and rushed forward, trying to stab the Ming musketeer to death through the gap between the two war workshops.

Just one is enough to poke Ben to death, he hates these cowards who can only hide and release guns!

"Someone!"

With an exclamation, two infantry spears stabbed at the same time, and the crossbowmen fired at Uru.

Ulu was stabbed with a spear, and although he was only slightly wounded, his body shook and missed his target. The head of his gun slashed over the head of the crouching musketeer, and another musketeer shot at him from a distance of only a meter and a half through the hole in the fender.

"Bang!"

Uru retreated and fell on his back, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw his son coming, with several arrows stuck in his body.

Immediately afterwards, the son was also shot with a musket.

Can't you really break through this kind of car formation? Ulu withdrew without blinking his eyes, and his eyes were swollen.

Wanyan Zonghan has invested a lot of elites, and these guys are really fierce.

In the most dangerous place, due to the lack of musketeers, they were even attacked by the golden soldiers on the chariot. The Ming soldiers all took up arms to fight, and used earth-shattering thunder to repel the Jin soldiers.

Finally, the Jin soldiers were defeated.

Everywhere retreated one after another, and Wanyan Zonghan didn't care about counting the casualties, and soon organized a second attack.

This time it was still besieged on three sides, but the elite were arranged, and they went down the mountain and hung down.

When the battle was at its most intense, the Jin State Ma Bu Army commanded Lou Su and personally led the team down the mountain to attack.

Jiao Wentong, who was guarding this side, had already sent someone out to light a bonfire after receiving Li Yanxian's order. As long as the golden soldiers who climbed the mountain touched the periphery of the position, they were easily illuminated by the firelight.

But the front was too wide, and the number of fires was clearly insufficient.

Lou Su asked his soldiers to get close to the fires that were far away, and then launched the so-called surprise attack.

The raid failed.

Lou Su died more aggrieved than Ulu's withdrawal, he did not rush to the front, and hid in the dark. But a stray bullet flew out of nowhere, and a certain musketeer fired indiscriminately, just hitting Lou Su's chest.

After fighting for two hours, Wanyan Zonghan launched three attacks.

All ended in a rout.

However, the generals of the Ming army were also shocked. Tonight's Jin Bing is too terrifying, he really sacrificed his life to kill one after another, and he didn't want to die when he started a battle one by one!

"Woo woo woo ~ ~~"

Several trumpets sounded in succession, from far and near.

Wanyan Zonghan was shocked, it was an alarm that the grain and grass were attacked!

(End of chapter)