It was late in the night, and after the midnight shift was completed, the replaced soldiers soon fell asleep with arquebuses in hand.

Wang Shouren had barely closed his eyes for a few days to rest, and at this time he was still inspecting the camp, and beside him were Sun Shangqi, Liu Gui, and several Jinyi guards, who were almost his absolute descendants of Wang Shouren in the army.

At this time, in the middle of the hillside, the herdsmen were being ordered to dig up the soil and pile it into sandbags, and they were also arranging tripstrings, and the people of the Jingying Shenji Battalion were burying gunpowder under the hillside.

The artillery of a gate was not placed at the front, but behind a temporary fortification made of sand.

"There are less than eighty shells that can be used now, and there are not many guns that can be used."

After the people in the artillery battalion reported the situation to Wang Shouren, Wang Shouren nodded.

He knew what was going on before the war began.

After all, the artillery that Zhang Zhou gave him was light, and he brought it over a long journey, and it was not properly transported on the way, and the gunner did not know how to maintain this kind of light gun, so the gun body was easy to deform due to the high heat of yellow powder after firing, and the power of the firearm had begun to be greatly reduced.

"Set up five cannons at a time, all of them are loaded, and the five cannons are fired at once, not how many enemies can be killed or injured, the focus is to be able to intimidate the thieves and cooperate with the cavalry to repel them!"

Wang Shouren is now a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice, obviously he has a big killing weapon in his hand, but he can't bring too much baggage on the expedition, so that after the battle of Weininghai, the firearms that can be used in his hand are not enough.

Wang Shouren looked up at the camp of the Menggoljin Division, which was faintly visible in the distance, and asked, "The front-line camp has not returned yet?" ”

A lieutenant under Guan Jing said: "General Guan went in person, I should come back, but I may have to wait." ”

Wang Shouren's face was gloomy.

Now it is likely to be a war of trapped beasts, and any of your generals and soldiers who go out to investigate the enemy's situation may defect to the enemy or flee privately, especially before the grassland tribes have completed the siege, there is still a chance to withdraw at this time, it is nothing more than to walk north and south for a while, directly bypass this mountain, and go east.

"General, it's only one hundred and twenty miles from here to the Dry Horse Terrace, and there will be soldiers and horses patrolling Datong Town in Dry Horse Terrace in normal times, so why don't you try to send soldiers and horses for help."

The generals of the border army are also reminding Wang Shouren.

You've laid it out so much, and the defense seems to be doing a good job, but if you don't send troops for help, we don't understand.

Even if you think that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty will come, the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty always need to know your direction, right? Just waiting?

Wang Shouren said: "One less soldier, we have one less chance of winning, the surrounding Di Yi gathered, do the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty still not know where we are?" ”

The reason is also sufficient, so that the border army generals have nothing to say.

"Before dawn, send five hundred cavalry to attack the enemy camp, prepare the musketeers, and the horse commander personally leads the troops. What about the horse commanders? Wang Shouren then thought that Ma Yi, who was supposed to be stationed in the front-line position, is now nowhere to be seen.

A general said: "Deputy General Ma was tired last night and is resting, do you want to wake him up?" ”

Wang Shouren realized that even a battle-hardened general like Ma Yi was not iron-clad, and if he followed the principle of governing the army, he should immediately go and pull Ma Yi out and let him continue to patrol.

But Wang Shouren also knew that he couldn't push people too hard, since he was going to send Ma Yi to attack the enemy camp early in the morning, now that it was past midnight, he should let Ma Yi sleep first.

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When Wang Shouren walked through the place where the soldiers were sleeping, the soldiers slept very soundly.

Even if someone stepped on their bodies, they didn't react, and if it weren't for the faint snoring, they would have thought that the soldiers were dead.

This also made Wang Shouren feel the cruelty of the war, and also felt the torment of these border army soldiers after many days of marching, although most of these soldiers seemed to be the elite of the Xuanfu border army, but in fact, they had not experienced any decent battles in the past few years, let alone this kind of rushing war after a long journey, let alone the Jedi rebound under the embarrassment in front of them.

"Am I paying too much attention to paper?"

Wang Shouren went to his temporary command post, that is, a small open space barely covered by a rain cloth with a wooden fence, and sighed back.

Sun Shangqi said: "The king doesn't have to be arrogant, you have seen it in a humble position...... Second only to Mr. Zhang, the most heroic and fearless coach. ”

When Wang Shouren heard this, his face was not annoyed, but he wanted to laugh.

In the light of the campfire, his face was rarely lightened, and for the first time in many days, he felt a sense of peace when talking to people.

is the most heroic and fearless, second only to Zhang Zhou...... It sounds like a curse, but I understand that Sun Shangqi, as a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, is actually Zhang Zhou's servant, this person is a hundred households, and he was promoted by Zhang Zhou to be a thousand households, so he naturally stood on Zhang Zhou's side...... Not to mention that his boss is the most heroic, could it be that he is a temporary comrade-in-arms in the same trench?

"I don't know how this battle will turn out, and I don't know if we can still work together."

Wang Shouren is still from a small background, but he is a new science and technology scholar, and almost all his prestige comes from Zhang Zhou's forcible gift, so he has no stand in front of Sun Shangqi, who is fighting side by side with him.

Sun Shangqi grinned, bared his teeth and said, "I don't dare to ask for a chance, but if I still have a chance to serve Mr. Wang, I will definitely serve my life." ”

"I can't afford to be in the name of a gentleman." Wang Shouren felt the change in Sun Shangqi's title, and seemed to feel Sun Shangqi's respect for him from the bottom of his heart.

This is the feeling of sympathy that comes from sharing adversity.

He is not Sun Shangqi's boss, and even Sun Shangqi is still here to help him, but he and Sun Shangqi have a comradeship of sharing weal and pain.

Sun Shangqi said: "Mr. Wang is polite, if your command in the past few days is determined, it will open the eyes of the humble position, or you will definitely become a famous general of the Ming Dynasty in the future, just this battle, your prestige is no less than that of Weining Hou." I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to serve by your side after I am humiliated. ”

"Sun Qianhu, you have promoted me, all for the imperial court, all of this is ...... The arrangement of the Zhang system. ”

Wang Shouren was still a little disappointed.

In the whole battle, he did his best, but everything was going according to Zhang Zhou's plan.

Now that he has suffered a setback in the south, he has to wait for Zhang Zhou's reinforcements to escape from death, and he doesn't even feel that he is qualified to compete with Zhang Zhou for the first credit.

Again...... Even if he robs it himself, who will agree with it? The emperor will feel that all this is the first credit of a fledgling boy who is not well-known, and even has to be temporarily appointed as the head of the Ministry of Works?

Immediately, Wang Shouren saw Liu Gui dozing off with his saber, nodded approvingly, and said, "You are also very good." ”

Liu Gui was stunned.

Is this talking about me?

I'm a guy who came out with the army to fight soy sauce, although I'm a Jinyi guard, but I haven't even pulled out a knife before, and I always hide behind on the battlefield, where is there danger...... I must not be there, even in the first battle of Weininghai, I was guarding the prisoners of war in the back, this young marshal actually thinks I am also very good?

Sun Shangqi said with a smile: "Liu Baihu, this is Mr. Wang's appreciation of you, you are young, you can get the appreciation of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang, two talented people, and you have a bright future in the future." ”

"Thank you for the appreciation, I ...... Humble ...... Do all in one's power. ”

Although Liu Gui seems to be very shrewd, he is always a little short of brains at critical times, as if he could be paid ten cents by Zhang Zhoukeng.

But his vision and ability are not bad, the point is that he is like a mountain mouse, he can always dig holes to find what he needs, or his luck is good.

"Report ...... General Guan is back! ”

"Raise the account!"

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Inside the temporary command post.

But all the generals with names and surnames were brought over, and even Ma Yi was woken up from his sleep and came to attend a military meeting.

Guan Jing came back from investigating the enemy, and the situation brought back to Wang Shouren was not too bad, but it was not good news.

“…… The fire sieve headquarters should not have returned yet, but the few men and horses in his rear, which might have been used to guard against the rest of the tribes, have now been gathered, and together with their front banner men and horses from the south, the total number is more than 10,000. And they have already begun to set up camp, but perhaps because they are afraid of our Ming artillery, their tents are loosely packed......"

Ten thousand, for Daming, is not a strong opponent.

In this kind of field warfare, the Ming side still has firearms as an advantage, and the other party is not the most elite main force in the fire sieve tribe, and the morale of the Ming army is still relatively strong, and there are enemy hostages in hand.

It's just that with one enemy and four words, let alone a breakthrough, even if they are defeated, it is not impossible.

Guan Jing said: "But you can't go south now, and if you drag it out, it will only make people from all walks of life gather here." ”

Wang Shouren nodded and said: "The other party's camp tent is loose, which shows that the number of buried stoves and camp tents is bluffing as much as possible, maybe not even six or seven thousand soldiers and horses." ”

"Huh?"

Guan Jing was stunned, is this questioning the result of my half-night investigation?

Wang Shouren gave Guan Jing a look and asked Guan Jing not to talk casually, he would say that the other party was bluffing, and it was obviously also boosting the confidence of his own soldiers.

"Early tomorrow morning, Commander Ma will personally lead five hundred cavalry to attack the camp, ignite it with mighty heavenly gunpowder and discard it, how much can it be blown up!"

Wang Shouren adjusted his tactics.

Send "death squads" to bomb the enemy camp.

All I want is to rush into your camp, light the yellow powder, and run away, and if you can't run, you will die with you.

Of course, you can't tell the soldiers clearly that you may not be able to come back if you go, but the general tactics still need to be clearly explained.

Ma Yi hurriedly asked, "How many artillery guns to bring?" ”

"Don't bring a single cannon!" Wang Shouren said, "If the soldiers are not willing to bring the mighty gunpowder in person, they can tie it to another horse, and when they are about to reach the enemy camp, they will ignite the gunpowder, and then stab the horse with a sharp knife, so that the horse will rush into the enemy camp!" ”

When the soldiers present heard this, they all exclaimed "I rely on"!

Can you still play like this?

I was still thinking about how to throw gunpowder into the enemy camp, but now it's better to use the way of sacrificing a horse to ignite the gunpowder and let the horse be used as a mobile bomb?

"Ahem!"

Cao Shun coughed and asked, "If you can use horses, why do you need to use people?" ”

Sun Shangqi said: "The enemy camp is six or seven miles away from here, and ten miles away, how can you stuff horses into the enemy camp?" Without the help of the horses, the horses may be shot in the middle of the process. ”

Only then did Cao Shun know that there was the biggest problem with this tactic, that is, whether the horses could rush into the enemy camp, if the riders were not on it, just rely on the sword to stab the horse's butt and let the horse run around, and the Tatars saw this kind of horse rushing over, and they would shoot you into a hedgehog not far away? The method of moving the explosives will not work.

After hearing this, Ma Yi was in high spirits and said: "This is feasible!" Look at the boys! ”

Originally, Ma Yi heard that he was going to rush and kill the enemy camp and weave explosives bags, so he was about to retreat at that time, but now he knew that he was just going to assist the horses to rush and kill the enemy formation, and he was in good spirits.

This tactic is real, at least personal safety can be guaranteed to a certain extent, so it doesn't matter whether it is a death squad or not.

Anyway, no matter whether the five hundred horsemen who rushed down can come back, with his Ma Yi's character, he will definitely be able to find a chance to sneak back.

This is also the "advantage" of the generals of the Ming border army, before the war, everyone shouted Wang Weining's slogan loudly, and after the war, everyone was Chen Liangjiu.

"There is still more than an hour before dawn, let the soldiers rest first."

"Early tomorrow morning, a bloody battle with Di Yi!"

"Order!"

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The sky was bright.

Wang Shouren still didn't sleep, he condescended, used a telescope to probe the enemy camp, and was silent for a long time.

Sun Shangqi asked: "The horse commander has already ordered all the men and horses, and even the heavenly gunpowder has been tied, is this the way to go?" ”

"No, the wind has changed."

Wang Shouren put down the binoculars and said.

Cao Shun listened to it, frowned and said, "If you want to bomb the camp, what's the matter with the direction of the wind?" Where is the wind today? ”

Wang Shouren said: "Retreat and wait for the enemy to attack!" ”

"Order!"

Sun Shangqi and the others immediately went to make arrangements.

"Why is that?"

Cao Shun couldn't understand the whole person.

Your Wang Bo'an said last night that he would send horses and explosives bags to blow up the enemy camp, and he also excited our family for a long time, thinking that he had found a way to break the enemy, but you changed your mind early this morning?

What about playing?

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The battle formation immediately shrank, and the Tatars from all walks of life immediately rushed forward, as if they could not resist the temptation to kill the side of the mountain.

Ma Yi was waiting for the order to send troops, but at this time he returned to the position and asked Wang Shouren, who was riding a horse and holding Wang Weining's long sword to boost morale: "General Wang, what is this for?" ”

Wang Shouren said: "The direction of the wind has changed. ”

"What's the direction of the wind?"

This time, even Ma Yi was not completely on Wang Shouren's side.

It was you who said that you were attacking, and now that you see signs of the enemy's attack, you are ready to retreat and defend?

This place has to be defended, and I'm afraid I can't prevent it, right?

It is said that there is no way behind it, but the Tatars did not encircle on three sides, but only a surprise attack, and the Ming army still had two directions to escape from the north and south, and there was no pattern of fighting against the water or breaking the boat, so stubbornly defended...... Do you have any misunderstanding about the desperate determination of the Ming soldiers?

Wang Shouren said loudly to the soldiers present: "Hu Lu came in a hurry, it must be that our Ming reinforcements are close at hand, and they want to fight to the death, this is the best opportunity for us to make contributions." ”

"The time, place and people are all on my side, and this battle will be won!"

When Cao Shun and the others heard this, they were stunned.

You Wang Shouren have comforted yourself psychologically, and now you are doing this...... Is it bullying the stupidity of the Ming soldiers?

No matter how you look at it, the Tatars are afraid of long nights and dreams, so they directly lead troops to kill, you forcibly explain that this is the arrival of Ming reinforcements, and they have to rush to fight, if this is the case, then why don't they attack at night, and have to wait for the big fanfare after dawn?

"Prepare for war!"

Wang Shouren doesn't talk so much nonsense.

Let you fight as much as you want, what are you talking to me about?

But his military orders are a bit unenforceable.

If Wei Ninghai is the big guy rushing up to grab the credit together, or he has to fight, but now there are still two options for the soldiers: fighting and breaking through, and it is obvious that the grassland tribe also knows that it is a little difficult to eat all the people and horses on this road, and they have left a way to escape, if he wants to fight to the death......

Wang Shouren shouted: "The tactics of the front army remain unchanged, when the enemy's vanguard is three miles away from our position, rush forward with fast horses, and the horses will be tied to gunpowder and ignited......"

When Ma Yi heard this, he let go of his prejudices a little.

Ma Yi looked at Cao Shun first, after many days of continuous fighting, these soldiers are no longer completely on Wang Shouren's side, and it is they who have begun to have their own opinions and want to bring back some of their credit, which is a matter of life and death.

Look at Cao Shun, that is...... Ma Yi also has plans to retire.

Leaving the men and animals of the Tartars, do the Tartars still have the heart to pursue us in order to take in the men, women, and children of their own tribe?

Maybe the head that was killed before can be brought back to the Daming Border Pass.

"Fight!"

This time, Sun Shangqi and other people in Beijing stood firmly on Wang Shouren's side.

Even Liu Gui rode on his horse and raised his embroidered spring knife.

It can be regarded as what Wang Shouren said to Sun Shangqi and Liu Gui last night, and at this time, it is necessary for them, the supervising team, and the people of the artillery battalion to strengthen Wang Shouren's morale.

If you dare not fight, first ask the Overseer if they agree, and if there is a mutiny, it is not necessarily who suffers!

Especially our supervising team was sent by Zhang Zhou, the general system of Xuanda, if you dare to disobey the order, then you will return to the border pass, and you will not get the slightest combat exploits, and you will have to bear the punishment of disobeying the military order!

"Fight!"

Guan Jing and the others raised their swords.

In the end, Ma Yi and others had to agree.

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The battle has finally started again.

This time, it was the initiative of the Menggol Jin Division, which was blocked by 500 cavalry led by Ma Yi...... There were four or five thousand men and horses who came up from the place to charge, as if they wanted to knock down the mountain in one round.

Five hundred cavalry, in the eyes of the other party, is just a fraction of their own side.

Even if the Ming soldiers and horses rushed down from the top of the hill, they did not have the slightest advantage.

Wang Shouren watched the cavalry formations on both sides gradually approaching, and his hand kept pressing on the hilt of the sword, with a momentum all over his body, which made Cao Shun on the side feel that this young general was coming for real.

Cao Shun went over and asked, "Lord Wang, do you mean...... Did Zhang Zhitai really bring troops here? ”

"Yes." Wang Shouren replied very simply.

"Why?" Cao Shun asked.

Wang Shouren pointed to the battlefield in front of him and said: "Otherwise, Hu Lu can wait for a day or two, and wait for our three soldiers to fight again when they are sleepy, and they don't have to come out of the nest like this." Their tribesmen, women, and children are still in our hands, ready to be slaughtered at any time. So there is only one explanation, that is, they are more desperate than we are to fight, and if they don't fight today, they won't have a chance again. It's an all-or-nothing gamble! ”

"The reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty may not even be fifty miles away from here, and before noon, they will not be able to win from the battlefield, so they will definitely retreat!"

As he spoke.

Ma Yi marched forward with 500 cavalry, releasing the 500 horses they were carrying at the same time, while the momentum of their attack slowed down.

Five hundred horses rushed towards the enemy like wild horses.

Originally, it was 5,000 against 500, but now it has become 5,000 steppe tribal cavalry, fighting against 500 horses.

Obviously, the cavalry of the Menggol tribe had never seen this tactic in their lives, and they did not perceive the danger, or rather...... The momentum of their charge could not be stopped halfway......

(End of chapter)