On a bright moonlit night, the moonlight shrouded the earth like water. There were several miles of company camps on a plain. Since they were confronting the Liao army, the Peiping army was divided into four battalions, which were widely dispersed. Each camp took turns to arrange soldiers to watch sentry posts. Most of them The soldiers were on alert, ready to fight the Liao army at any time.
At midnight, an army slowly came from the southwest, and the watch post immediately sent out sentries to investigate.
"Please tell me the password," the sentry asked from a distance. Although they saw that the visitor was wearing the military uniform of the Peking Army, they did not dare to be careless. After all, this is an important military camp, and spies must not be allowed to sneak in.
The incoming army sent a cavalryman, took out a token, and checked the password with the other party. The cavalry sentry then dismounted and said happily: "Mr. Wan has returned to camp after victory. Hurry and report to Commander Zhou."
The person coming was none other than Wan Lei. He was followed by four thousand cavalry. After half a day of pursuit and interception, he finally killed Yuan Rong's 10,000 enemy troops. However, his troops also suffered heavy casualties. Not counting the cooperating Sparrows, he alone led them. Of the 7,000 people who went there, nearly 2,000 were killed in action, and another 1,000 were seriously injured in the line of fire. The remaining 4,000 people were mostly injured to varying degrees. Even he himself was injured in many places.
No, as soon as he entered the camp and set up camp, Wan Lei asked a military doctor to clean his wounds and apply medicine. Due to the fierce battle, he also went into battle himself, and because he lacked the protection of a battle armor, his I suffered multiple severe injuries on my arms and back. After temporary treatment, the bleeding was stopped. Now I have to re-disinfect and apply medicine to avoid wound infection or even tetanus.
You know, in this era without antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, wound infection can also kill people, let alone tetanus. In short, you can't be negligent. Fortunately, the military is equipped with medical alcohol for disinfection and sterilized gauze. As long as it is treated promptly, there is generally no infection.
Wan Lei reluctantly took off his shirt and exposed his upper body. He saw three wounds on his left arm and an inch-long stab wound on the back. Although it was bloody and scarred, it still looked shocking. The military doctor responsible for applying medicine to him I'm used to seeing life and death, but I still can't believe it.
As the coach, he was injured, which shows how tragic the battle was at that time.
"Let me do it," Zhao Xueer had already changed out of her military uniform. Seeing that the military doctor was careless, she snatched his job away. The military doctor understood the idea and immediately left the camp.
"You're not injured, are you?" Wan Lei asked while enduring the pain from the wound.
"No, no, you thought my martial arts would be as bad as yours," Zhao Xueer said hurriedly, but it could be heard from her nervous tone that she was lying.
"Really not," Wan Lei certainly didn't believe it. There were no weapons or weapons on the battlefield, and the thousands of people he led were either dead or wounded. How could Zhao Xueer not be injured when she was following him?
"There are only two small wounds. It's not a problem. I'll just ask a few female guards of the Jingzhong Guard to help me apply the medicine later," Zhao Xueer said in a low voice. There is no other way. There are very few female relatives in the army. Only the Jingzhong Guards have more than a dozen. female guard,
"There are no outsiders here, just let me help you take a look," Wan Lei said with a naughty smile. He was trying to divert his attention. After all, the tearing pain when cleaning the wound was really unbearable.
"Big pervert, you have a good idea," Zhao Xueer patted Wan Lei on the head and said angrily. In fact, she had two wounds on her body, one on her thigh and one on her abdomen. Despite her usual carefree appearance, He looks like a tomboy, but he is not a real boy after all.
"Hehe," Wan Lei smiled lustfully and was about to tease Zhao Xueer a few more words. At this time, a voice called "Commander Zhou wants to see you" came from outside the camp. He hurriedly shouted outside: "Come in,"
As usual, after a battle, there is usually a war summary meeting to discuss the next battle plan, so as soon as Wan Lei came back, Zhou Tianshou led the generals over, and the defense area where Zhao Quanjie was stationed was relatively far away, so he himself We couldn't leave, so we could only send a few important staff officers over.
When these people entered the camp and saw Wan Lei's upper body, they were just stunned and lowered their heads to sit down. They did not avoid it because they all knew that Wan Lei never avoided anything with them. However, the gauze tied in many places on Wan Lei's body was still Let them be secretly surprised,
Over the past few years, Wan Lei has given people the impression of being gentle and gentle, looking like a teacher. The wounds on his body just reminded the generals present how tough he was in the battle to defend Beiping City. and perseverance,
In fact, we can't blame the soldiers for their misconceptions. After all, Wan Lei wears two faces. He treats "his" people as warm as the spring breeze; treats the enemy as cruelly as the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves. This is terrible. It's not that he has a split personality, but his rules for dealing with others, because he knows that being kind to his enemies is being cruel to himself.
He has been in the political arena and on the battlefield. He is as invisible as a hidden dragon in peacetime and so domineering in war. He is nothing more than a king. When the generals present thought of this, they felt even more gratified. It is hard to find a good boss these days. It’s rare to find a good one, so of course I’ll follow it wholeheartedly.
Moreover, the Wandong family has made it clear that they will not live alone, and are willing to share power and honor with their subordinates. They will never be killed by a rabbit in the future. This kind of master is rare in a thousand years. All of these generals are human beings, and their hearts are bright. , so no matter how the imperial court tried to coerce and induce them, they remained unmoved.
"The battle damage statistics are out," Wan Lei and other generals sat down and asked directly,
"The statistics are out, sir, please take a look." Zhou Tianshou handed over a piece of information. Wan Lei glanced at it, but his expression was not good.
Although the fighting results of this day were outstanding, not only successfully blocking the Liao army's tide offensive, but also wiping out more than 30,000 enemy troops, the losses of the Peiping army were also very heavy. Of the 50,000 elite cavalry involved in the battle, 11,000 were killed. More than 4,000 people were seriously injured. There are only 34,000 people in the military camp now, and most of them are decorated. It can be said that the battle on this day was just a tragic victory.
"There are so many soldiers killed in battle. As generals, we all have responsibilities," Zhou Tianshou said in a low voice when he saw that Wan Lei's face was not good-looking.
"I can't blame you. The Liao army is a tiger and wolf army. Our army is not as powerful as it is. It is not easy to do this." Wan Lei did not hesitate for too long. "Calculate the list of fallen soldiers and pay tribute to the martyrs after the war." Increased pensions for family members must not chill the families of martyrs,"
"My subordinates understand that we have sent people to collect the bones of the fallen soldiers, and they will all be buried in Tianshou Mountain after the war," Zhou Tianshou said,
"Well, the dead have long since passed away, but the living are still strong. Although the Liao army has suffered a defeat, it still refuses to retreat. Do you have any opinions on how it will respond to the battle next," Wan Lei said,
"In today's battle, the Liao army lost nearly half of its main force and was blocked by our army. Logically speaking, they should have retreated in the face of difficulties. Now they are still refusing to retreat. Maybe they are unwilling to fail and are dreaming of breaking through our army again. line of defense; it may also be to contain our army so that it cannot return to defend Beiping City, so that we can take the opportunity to send people to seize the city. Based on military information, the General Staff has formulated three combat plans. Please sir, take a look," said a staff officer next to Zhou Tianshou. Handed over a battle plan,
"Well, your analysis is good. If the Liao army refuses to retreat, it must be evil. Their goal is either to raid Baoding Mansion or to attack Beiping City. Our army has to defend it," Wan Lei cast a commendatory look at the staff officers,
Then he started to scan the plan in his hand.
In fact, as one of the decision-making organs of the Peking Army, the General Staff always has access to various intelligences at the first time and formulates various combat plans for the reference of the generals. Staff officers at all levels are generally outstanding students who have graduated from military academies.
He is qualified to be promoted to a general. It can even be said that being a staff officer is the transitional stage to becoming a general. Therefore, the quality of staff officers is relatively high, and they are also more hard-working and conscientious. Before the troops and horses are moved, the staff officers move first.
The three combat plans given by the General Staff Headquarters this time are also very good. There is the safest plan, which is to hold the line and fight a war of attrition with the Liao army; there is also the most risky plan, which is to hold the line while sending people to sneak attack Shanhaiguan.
, cut off the Liao army's retreat; there is also the best plan, while holding the line, sending people to attack the Liao army's rear army, cutting off the Liao army's side response, isolating and forcing the Liao army to retreat.
After reading these three plans, Wan Lei did not express his position first, but asked the generals: "What do you think?"
"My subordinates believe that our army is currently short of troops and it is not suitable to run around, so plan one is the safest," Zhou Tianshou said,
"Yes, in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, option one is the safest," the generals also agreed. No one among them was worried about losing the city of Beiping, because although there were only a few thousand troops stationed in the city, there were hundreds of thousands of civilians, and someone really attacked.
Tens of thousands of militiamen can be mobilized immediately to defend the city. The city is also equipped with artillery, crossbows, fire cabinets and many other weapons to defend the city. It will not be a problem to defend the city for ten days and a half.
"Well, the first plan is sound, but our Peiping army is short of troops. The longer the war drags on, the greater the variables will be, and the more unfavorable it will be for us." Wan Lei glanced at the crowd and said, "Although the Ming army has been newly defeated,
, but there are still
Tens of thousands of troops are stationed in the surrounding areas, and the Duoyan Guards and the Tatar tribe may go south at any time to take advantage of the situation. Therefore, we must fight quickly and use a big victory to tell these people who are ready to take action: Our Peking Army is not easy to bully."
"Sir, what do you mean," asked a chief of staff,
"The whole army has a rest overnight, and tomorrow morning we will fight on the spot with the main force of the Liao army." Wan Lei waved his hand and said seriously: "The main force of the Liao army is the tiger, and those troops who are in chaos are just minions. Kill the tiger.
You won’t be able to survive,”
"A decisive battle on the spot, I'm afraid the casualties will be huge..." a general said with some worry,
"The longer the war drags on, the more detrimental it will be to our army and the greater the casualties will be. Now we can only choose the lesser evil between the two evils. Pass on the order and the entire army will assemble for battle at five o'clock tomorrow morning. I will personally go into battle.
We must defeat the Liao army,"
Now that Wan Lei had made up his mind, the subordinates did not say anything more. They just discussed some details of the battle and then went back to the camp to prepare. By this time, Zhao Xueer had already bandaged Wan Lei's injuries and was helping Wan Lei.
He put on his clothes and complained: "You will go into battle again tomorrow. If I had known this, I wouldn't have helped you wrap your wounds. Anyway, there will be new ones tomorrow."
"If the old ones don't go away, how can the new ones come?" Wan Lei laughed,
"You stinky man who likes the new and hates the old, I won't pay attention to you anymore," Zhao Xueer rolled her eyes and Wan Lei left with a b1 3kanwang/b step.
It was almost midnight, and Wan Lei just lay on the mat with his clothes on and took a nap for a while. The white fish belly appeared on the horizon. The soldiers in the military camp had already gotten up and started to assemble after breakfast. Wan Lei had no choice but to stretch out. , stood up and put on the heavy armor,
Military life is like this, in one word: bitter. As a member of the army, Wan Lei never engages in specialties. He sat among a group of soldiers, ate compressed biscuits with them, and exchanged a few homely words before returning to In the position of commander of the first army,
At about 4:30 in the morning, the entire army had been assembled. Since the military camp was divided into four places, the distance between the armies was a bit far. However, the army led by Wan Lei still numbered 10,000 people. Wan Lei walked back and forth in front of the formation. Looking at the soldiers under his command, their faces may be tired, but their eyes are full of fighting spirit; their bodies may be decorated, but their hands holding weapons are extremely firm.
"Attack," without any unnecessary words, Wan Lei pulled out his sword and pointed at the morning sun, firing a flare into the sky. The four nearby armies all attacked at the same time, and a battle began.
Perhaps because they were afraid of being shelled by the Peiping Army, the Liao Army's camp was divided into four battalions like the Peiping Army. Each battalion was far apart. Therefore, as soon as the battle started, a one-on-one situation was formed. Wan Lei's troops were directly opposite. This is the main force of the Liao army led by King Zhu Gaoxu of Liao. There are more than 15,000 people, which is more powerful than Wan Lei's troops.
When the two armies faced each other, the Liao army did not relax its guard. When it launched the charge against the Peiping army, the Liao army had already learned that the soldiers quickly gathered and quickly formed a battle formation to attack.
"Kill!" When the two armies were 500 meters apart, the Liao army also shouted slogans and rushed towards them. As a senior elite unit, the Liao army knew very well that the only way to deal with cavalry is with cavalry. When two cavalry fight against each other, they are like sharp awns. There are no tricks to play against Maimang, whoever is stronger will win.
In one breath, the two armies were already 300 meters apart. Both armies set up their bows and arrows, and fired a volley at each other. Some of the troops who were unable to dodge were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Those who escaped the bow and arrow attack were still there. Rush forward desperately,
"Bang," the weapons of the forwards of the two armies intersected for the first time, and the two beasts of war began to bite at close range. Although Zhu Gaoxu's troops of the Liao army had more people, their armor was obviously inferior to that of the Peiping army. Although their bravery was equivalent to that of the Peiping army, they were still very suffer a loss,
Under high-speed whipping, the all-steel mace used by the Peiping Army soldiers smashed the wooden mace used by the Liao Army, and even broke away the iron armor, while the Liao Army's mace hit Peiping. The armor made of military steel, except for causing slight shock damage to the opponent, does not cause substantial damage. If the battle continues like this, the Liao army will certainly suffer.
Zhu Gaoxu Hengdao immediately watched the battle from behind the formation and did not go to fight in person. Seeing that his army was at a slight disadvantage, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He knew that the 15,000-man army in his hand was his last asset. Well, this army with the strongest combat effectiveness is at a disadvantage, and then the other armies may not be able to get relief either.
"Your Highness, please look over there. That man has a red scarf on his helmet. He is obviously different from the others. He may be an enemy general," Dao Yan beside Zhu Gaoxu said in surprise. But it's no wonder that the Peking Army is really extraordinary. The soldiers are all With the same armor and weapons, it was difficult to tell who the generals were from their clothes, and he had always been unable to capture thieves and kings. This time, with his sharp eyes, he discovered that there was a little bit of red among the thousands of troops, and he was naturally overjoyed.
"Red scarf," Zhu Gaoxu followed the direction pointed by Dao Yan, and sure enough he saw a red scarf fluttering in the wind among the thousands of troops, and around the red scarf knight, there were many black scarf knights, and these black scarf knights
He was very brave. He fought against the old troops of the Liao army and did not lose at all.
"Ma Sanbao, you bring the Shenji Team to sneak attack on that man," Zhu Gaoxu gave the order, and a cavalry consisting of more than ten people left the formation. What these people were holding was not sabers and maces, but
It's a dark iron pipe. Although these things look like fire sticks, they are actually fire guns, deadly things.
The one with the red scarf on his head was naturally Wan Lei. He was killing the approaching enemy soldiers with a stick from left to right and an arrow from right. He was killing so happily that he didn't know that the danger was quietly approaching. The one closest to him was Zhao Xueer, who also killed
Gotta get up, hands on
The steel gun flew up and down, sweeping and picking, knocking enemy soldiers off their horses. Suddenly, a flash of fire flashed in the corner of her eyes. She quickly turned around and saw a dozen black gun muzzles appearing in front of her.
A few dozen meters away, facing here,
"Brother, be careful," Zhao Xueer yelled, and she suddenly jumped forward and bumped directly into Wan Lei. At this moment, banging gunfire sounded, and dozens of projectiles flew towards Wan Lei, directly hitting Wan Lei.
The big black horse that Lei was sitting on had more than a dozen bloody holes in its body. The big black horse let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground.
The surrounding Peking Army officers and soldiers heard the gunshots and found that Wan Lei's mount was seriously injured and fell to the ground. Everyone was dumbfounded, and their minds suddenly went blank. They forgot that they were on the battlefield, and did not remember that the enemy was beside them, with swords and guns.
It's about to be cut on the body,
Wan Lei has always been not only the founder of the Peking Army, but also the spiritual pillar of the Peiping Army. If the pillars have fallen, then why fight?
While the Peking Army was in a daze, the Liao Army launched a crazy counterattack. Zhu Gaoxu, who was watching the battle from a distance, was overjoyed. He had fought with the Peking Army many times, and even when they were outnumbered, the Peking Army had never been stunned. At this time
Everyone was stunned. It was obvious that the guy with the red scarf had an unusual identity. He might be the commander-in-chief of the Peking Army.
Not only Zhu Gaoxu was happy, but the Shenji team who succeeded in the sneak attack was also overjoyed. He threw away the missed musket, drew his saber and rushed towards the red scarf knight and black scarf knight who were lying on the ground. Ma Sanbao wanted to chop off their heads.
See who he is,
And just when Ma Sanbao was approaching, the two people who were hugging each other suddenly jumped up, and the long sword unsheathed a ray of cold light, which passed directly through Ma Sanbao's waist. Ma Sanbao stared in horror.
, the body immediately split into two parts and fell to the ground. The red scarf knight jumped on his horse and shouted to the black scarf knight beside him: "Get on your horse and fight again."
"Okay, let's fight again," the black scarf knight screamed, and a green horse galloped over. She jumped on the horse, and the spear in her hand swept across several enemy soldiers around her.
When the surrounding Peiping Army officers saw this scene, they shouted long live as if they had been given blood, and rushed towards the enemy troops around them, like tigers descending from the mountain...
"Long live," Zhu Gaoxu saw the sudden change in the situation on the battlefield. He stared at the red scarf knight who was charging crazily and shouted: "It's him, it's him. Come here, pass on my king's order and attack with all your strength."
Whoever kills the red scarf general and gets his head will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver and promoted to three levels."