Zhang Cheng stood on the wall of Jiazhuang and walked up to the turret at the southeast corner with Zhang Yan's infantry commander Qian Zongliang.
Looking around, there are many flags of various colors in the north of Jiazhuang. Even behind the official road in the east, there are also flags waving. Judging from the color of the flags, the Eight Banners of Jiannu and the Eight Banners of Mongolia are already halfway there.
The Qing army camp was crowded with people and horses galloping back and forth. Most of them arrived after dusk yesterday. They only set up some temporary tents and lit piles of bonfires to resist the cold wind and chill.
Before dawn today, more than 10,000 Qing troops arrived and were busy setting up camps. Looking at the sea of fluttering flags and boundless war horses, Zhang Cheng took a long breath.
Sure enough, there were over 10,000 people and horses, and it was boundless.
This situation reminded him of the grand scene before the division of troops in Changping. At that time, the Xuanda and Guanning military camps were connected and boundless, even larger than the Qing army in front of him.
"What a pity!"
Zhang Cheng sighed secretly in his heart.
It can now be estimated that the Qing troops outside Jiazhuang today will reach nearly 40,000 people. However, it is still unclear how many Qing troops will gather here when they fall to the ground!
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After breakfast, some firecrackers were patrolling the walls of the village.
Huang An was wearing light armor and a bright red cloak, with a back flag on his back. He was leaning against the earth wall, holding a dead branch used for sharpening teeth in his mouth and humming a tune.
There was a sound of footsteps, and Huang An turned his head lazily and saw that it was the team officer Tian Mingyu. He said a bit like he was relying on his elders: "Hey, here comes the field head."
Tian Ming didn't care when they met, and still said affectionately: "How about it, Lao Huang, what's going on with the Tatars?"
Huang An did not move, but tilted the corner of his eyes to the south, and said: "There is no movement, not even a mouse can be seen, the Tatars are probably still eating."
Tian Qiming was beside him, looking south through the earth wall. In front of him was a deserted wilderness. Except for weeds swaying in the wind, the Tatar camp was two miles away, but nothing could be seen clearly.
Tian Mingyu reminded Huang An: "The Tatars are here, and they will definitely attack today. We must deal with them carefully, so as not to lose the face of the right-wing battalion."
"What a shame, the general treats us well on weekdays. He keeps it in mind that he will not lose the prestige of our right-wing battalion." Huang An still agreed lazily.
Tian Mingyu said a few more words to Huang An, and then led a few guards to continue patrolling.
Outside the south gate of Jiazhuang, two sergeants on the left and right of the Qianqian Infantry Headquarters under Zhang Yan were responsible for guarding. They set up defenses behind the earthen walls on the left and right sides of the south gate.
Each of their posts has eleven artillery pieces, and all the sentry gunners are gathered together to form Team B and Team C, responsible for operating the artillery. Each group has three people, so one team of thirty-three people controls eleven artillery pieces.
Tian Mingyu was the officer in charge of Team C of Zuo Senjia. After he left Huang An's Third Class A, he went to patrol in the direction of First Class A and Second Class A.
Huang An's first armor is a close combat team. There are ten people in each armor, four of them are sword and shield soldiers, and six of them hold spears. They usually rest in the earthen wall ten steps behind the gun soldiers. In war, they are responsible for fighting with the intruders.
The Qing army engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Sergeants No. 1 and No. 2 Huang An were sitting behind the earthen wall ten steps south. They were either chatting, looking, or warming themselves around several fires behind the earthen wall.
The ignited wood pieces crackled in the fire, and the soldiers also used the heat from the fire to drive away some of the chill.
Different from the cold soldiers of the melee team of the third armor, these second armor soldiers are all fire gun soldiers. While chatting, they are still taking care of the fire guns in their hands.
They wiped the black and thick musket body with a soft soft cloth, or wrapped the stick with fine cloth to clean and protect the inside of the musket barrel.
Seeing Tian Mingyu striding over, all the sergeants stood up and saluted Tian Mingyu. He looked at his subordinates with satisfaction. These fire rifle soldiers all wore eight-petal hats and iron-pointed helmets on their heads.
However, they only wore ordinary red fat jackets, and they also wore thick red cloaks. None of them wore armor. First, armor was indeed expensive and was mostly assigned to the more elite cavalry.
The second is that after the fire gunners fired the bullets, there were many steps to reload them. Wearing armor would cause inconvenience and affect the speed of shooting. Therefore, in the Ming army at this time, most of the gunners did not wear armor.
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Tian Mingyu patted the shoulders of the sergeants in front of him affectionately and greeted them with greetings. Since yesterday, the sergeants had eaten every meal in succession. In addition, they had eaten some meat last night and this morning, and their spirits were restored to their original state.
, the look of hunger, fatigue and languor has completely disappeared.
He said loudly: "Brothers, cheer up, we can't let the Tatars sneak over."
All the sergeants laughed and said: "Captain Tian, the guns and cannons in our hands are not for nothing. If the Tatars come quietly, we will kill them quietly."
Amidst the laughter, the first-level chief Gou Changsheng and the second-level chief Zheng Youjin also came over to pay homage to Tian Mingyu. They both had small flags on their backs, which were similar to Huang An's and were slightly smaller than Tian Mingyu's.
Some.
After talking to the two armor commanders for a few more words, Tian Mingyu kept looking at the south side of Jiazhuang. He had a broad field of vision. Except for the trenches dug in advance and the earth walls piled up, it was all a wasteland, but there were no Qing soldiers yet.
Signs of coming attack.
Tian Qiming warned in a deep voice: "The Tatars are very cunning, so we must keep a close eye on them and don't dare to be careless!"
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The ground seems to be shaking all the time!
A roaring sound like thunder was heard from the north and east of Jiazhuang, and then smoke and dust were seen rising into the sky in the distance, slowly spreading in the air, from far to near.
Zhang Cheng and others had heard the sound and rushed to the northeast corner tower of Jiazhuang. Looking around, they saw the Qing troops surrounding them like a sea, like a tidal wave.
Jiang Mingwu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, looked shocked. He blurted out: "There are too many Tatar soldiers here, right?"
Zhang Cheng, Lu Xiangsheng and others also had solemn expressions on their faces. The strength of the slave bandits was beyond their expectation.
But now that it’s here, let’s make peace with it!
Fortunately, the army has been prepared in advance. Although I dare not say that it is perfect, if thirty or forty thousand slaves and bandits come up, they may not be able to break through such a solid fortress. Everyone can just stay at ease and fight hard.
The rumble of hoofbeats lasted for an unknown amount of time before it gradually weakened, and the large plume of smoke gradually dispersed, revealing dense layers of flags of various colors around it, as well as Qing cavalry wearing various armors.
They all gathered in the wilderness a few miles away to the north and east of Jiazhuang. They were densely packed. It looked like more than ten thousand Qing troops had arrived. Because they were all one person and two horses, or multiple horses, their galloping momentum was indeed
Extremely terrifying.
Hundreds of Qing troops on horseback came rolling along the official road from the north and stopped on the official road two miles away from the east gate of Jiazhuang. Then, dozens more cavalry came galloping from the east and south, and followed them.
merge together.
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