Zhong Silang stood at the first position in the first row, his eyes fixed on Li Chengzhong's mouth in front of the queue. Suddenly he heard Li Chengzhong shout: "Let's go!" He immediately followed Li Chengzhong and walked toward the closed door. The wooden gun resisted.
On Zhongshiro's shoulders, he felt a little awkward, as if the barrel of the gun was about to fall backwards, so he quickly lowered the wooden gun downwards and stabilized the gun body. He carefully stepped on the ground to draw dots, and took the lead.
Passing through the gate. After arriving outside the gate, the dots were divided into three rows and turned to the left. Following Li Chengzhong's instructions, he carried his gun and stepped on the first row of dots to the left, and then stood on the first row of dots on the left.
On the dot, motionless.
Outside Yuguan City, there were three rows of such dots, with thirty in each row. After each of the Jiadu soldiers stepped on a dot, they waited for Li Chengzhong's order. Li Chengzhong shouted loudly: "Turn around!
"All the soldiers in Jiadu turned collectively and faced the outside of the pass. Behind them was the open door that had been burned.
Li Chengzhong shouted again: "Raise the gun!" The sixty people in the first two rows raised the guns on their shoulders, and then held them forward. The first row held the guns horizontally, while the second row held the guns slightly.
Upward, resting diagonally on the shoulders of the people in the first row. The thirty people in the third row are composed of two groups of sword and shield soldiers and one group of archers. The two groups of sword and shield soldiers are divided into left and right sides, sandwiched between them.
A group of archers. Following Li Chengzhong's command of "set up the gun", the sword and shield soldiers raised their shields to their chests and raised their swords in their right hands above their heads, while the archers fastened their bows and arrows to the bow strings.
Li Chengzhong looked at it, corrected a few incorrect postures, and then shouted "Kill!" The three rows of Jiadu soldiers also shouted "Kill!" and took a step forward. Li Chengzhong shouted three times in a row, and the entire phalanx also shouted
He took three steps forward with the sound of "kill". Li Chengzhong nodded and shouted: "Turn around!" The entire phalanx immediately turned back and returned to their respective dots. Under the leadership of Li Chengzhong, they stepped on the ground row by row.
The dot returns to the closed door.
With such a simple action, it took Li Chengzhong a whole day to finally take shape in the array in Jiadu. This rough array made Li Chengzhong very dissatisfied. First of all, when exiting and entering the customs, the queues were marching
The distance between the front and back is uneven, sometimes loose, sometimes tight. Secondly, when walking, everyone does not distinguish between left and right, and the steps appear messy when walking. Finally, what worries Li Chengzhong the most is that without the dots marked on the ground, the entire armor is
The queue would immediately disintegrate. Especially the last three seemingly majestic steps. Li Chengzhong deliberately used stones to draw three lines in front of the dots, so that the Jiadu brothers could barely achieve the initial order.
Li Chengzhong really couldn't imagine what the situation would be like with these three lines.
Li Chengzhong knew that the enemy he faced was the Khitan people who were about to create the Liao Dynasty. Although he did not know the specific era and deeds, he knew that his opponent would rule the entire northern region of China in the next two hundred years. Throughout the Five Dynasties and up to the Northern Song Dynasty, the Great Liao Dynasty
The Liao cavalry will become the masters of this area. They will overlook the Central Plains in a condescending manner. They will establish the son-emperor Shi Jingtang until they control the sixteen states of Youyan. They will sweep the invincible Song imperial army in the Central Plains.
Trampled under their feet, they even hit Bianliang at one time. They are the eternal pain in the hearts of the monarchs, ministers and literati of the Song Dynasty who pushed Chinese culture to its peak. They are the nightmare that all Song people gnash their teeth but have no choice but to do anything about.
This nation is in a period of historical rise. They are about to found a country, conquer the grasslands, rule Hebei and Liaodong, and their military power will span the entire East Asia! Such an opponent makes Li Chengzhong feel panicked every time he thinks about it. Maybe even
Ten years, twenty years? Or even thirty years? Li Chengzhong comforted himself silently, at least for now there is no country called Daliao, and there is no term for Daliao cavalry yet. Let's hold on to Yuguan first.
At dusk, Wang Dalang came back. He was sent by Li Chengzhong to investigate outside the customs to see the situation nearby.
"Ten miles away from the pass, there is a Khitan camp." Wang Dalang took a sip of the water handed over by Li Chengzhong and told what he saw.
Li Chengzhong was a little nervous and asked quickly: "How big is it? How many people are there?"
"I counted a total of twenty-three leather tents. The number of people is not clear, probably thirty or forty people."
"Who knows the military system of the Khitan people? How many men are there in the twenty-three tents? What is their combat strength? Which tribe does this Khitan team belong to?" Li Chengzhong glanced at the group leaders beside him and asked.
Among these people, Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao were rangers who grew up outside the Pass. They knew a little about the situation of the barbarians of various ethnic groups outside the Pass. Meng Xuxing said: "For the Khitan, a leather tent is a regular soldier, and a regular soldier usually leads a group of soldiers.
To two auxiliary soldiers, after calculation, there should be twenty-three regular soldiers and twenty-three to forty-six auxiliary soldiers. The Khitan tents are very small, and each tent can only accommodate one or two people at most."
Jiao Chengqiao also said: "The Khitans have never been to Yuguan before. At most, they were nomadic near Yingzhou. That area was the pasture of the Pinbu and Wukai tribes a few years ago."
Li Chengzhong pondered for a long time. At present, it seems that there are less than a hundred enemies outside Yuguan, and more than twenty of them are elite regular soldiers. There are not many Khitan soldiers, but I don't know if there is a larger one to the north of this military camp.
The military stronghold? He immediately ordered Wang Dalang, Meng Xuxing, and Jiao Chengqiao to investigate again early tomorrow morning, and they must go deep into the area twenty miles north of the Khitans.
At this moment, a warning signal came from the city tower. Li Chengzhong was startled and hurriedly led the gang leaders up the stairs. He lay on the wall and looked outside. He saw three riders running slowly from a distance, one in front.
, the two riders stood behind. After a while, the three riders came to the foot of the pass and looked carefully towards the city.
Li Chengzhong turned around and asked Meng Xuxing: "Can you shoot?"
Meng Xuxing shook his head: "It's a little far away, just outside the shooting range. Even if it hits, it won't have much power."
Li Chengzhong turned around and ordered Wang Dalang: "Form up the team immediately and assemble in the school field!" Wang Dalang agreed and hurried away. The school field is located within the gate, and Li Chengzhong had to take precautions early.
Jiao Chengqiao murmured to the side: "It would be great if these three bastards rushed in, and we would catch them and question them."
Li Chengzhong looked at the "Zhou" banner that was re-erected on Guancheng and shook his head: "The banner of our Pingzhou Army is here. If it's just these three people, they will definitely not come in, for fear of
Behind them, a large group of Khitan people rushed towards the city."
At present, the gate of Yuguan has not yet been repaired. If the Khitans attack the city, they will definitely not climb up the ladder. They will definitely attack the gate directly. Therefore, the gate does not need many people to guard the city. Most of the brothers from Jiadu are here.
They gathered at the Guan Nei campus and stepped on the dots they were standing on just like they did during the day's training. Only two people were left on the Guan city to guard. Lieutenant General Li Cheng drove most of the group leaders off the Guan wall and asked them to go down to lead the troops.
, he only left Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao, two good archery skills, with him.
They were facing each other after closing the door, staring at each other. The three Khitan cavalry led the horses and moved forward a few steps. Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao had quietly taken off their bows and arrows, and waited for the three to move closer.
, then shoot the arrow.
However, the three Khitan cavalrymen did not move forward anymore. They just looked around and whispered something from time to time. Li Chengzhong sometimes stared at the movement of the three people, sometimes looked behind them, and his palms were already soaked with sweat.
After a while, the three men finally turned their horses and galloped away from Guancheng. Looking at the backs of the three men, Li Chengzhong frowned.
Li Chengzhong walked down the wall and came to the school ground. When he saw the dozens of new recruits waiting in line in front of him, he couldn't help but rush up in anger. When these soldiers heard that Khitan people were coming from outside the pass, most of their calves were trembling. Several of them were shaking.
His face was pale, his lips were dry, and he was swallowing saliva. Looking at his posture, he would have turned around and fled long ago if several group commanders and officers had not suppressed him.
He was a little angry and said loudly: "I know that you were all people who fled from outside the Pass. You were all afraid of being killed by the Khitans. When you heard the Khitans coming, I guess many of you wanted to turn around and run away.
The further away from here the better. But think about it, where else can you escape? If you escape Yuguan, the Khitans can occupy Yuguan. If you escape to Pingzhou City, the Khitans can attack Pingzhou.
City, flee to Youzhou, and Youzhou will become the pasture of the Khitan people! Before you are afraid, please think about your current status! You are Pingzhou soldiers, your current responsibility is to defend Pingzhou, and your future responsibility will be
Restore your home outside the customs! If even you are scared and want to run away, what will happen to your parents and relatives? Think about it carefully, if you are a man, you should stand up straight!"
After saying that, Li Chengzhong returned to Guancheng angrily, looking at the gradually darkening wilderness outside the Pass without making a sound. Wang Dalang followed up and comforted: "Touhou, they are all the scared recruits outside the Pass, and we
The elites during the Southern Expedition are incomparable."
Li Chengzhong nodded and sighed. The sequelae of the Southern Expedition have gradually emerged. Now it seems that the loss was not only tens of thousands of soldiers, but also the elite and courage of the entire Lulong Army Town. In addition to the long-term and experienced
In addition to the heavy losses among the veterans on the battlefield, even the Yanzhao warriors and rangers who could carry swords into battle were almost completely lost, and the rest were all courageous guys.
When Li Chengzhong calmed down and went down to the school grounds, all the soldiers in Jiadu were still waiting in line. Li Chengzhong smiled self-consciously, waved his hand and said: "Disband!" Everyone dispersed slowly and carefully. It seemed that in the past two days,
The training has achieved some results. Everyone has initially developed the habit of obeying orders. At least no one did anything without permission before hearing "disband". Take your time, Li Chengzhong comforted himself.
Before it completely darkened, Feng Dao and Jiang Miao escorted the convoy of Minfu Camp to Yuguan. Li Chengzhong was now concerned about these civilians in Minfu Camp. Since there were no soldiers to fight, it was better to get more manpower to fill the scene.
It is also good to scare the Khitans.
"We need these fifty civilian husbands to accompany the army. These people are all refugees from outside the customs. They don't need to pay. Just feed them. I just want to recruit new soldiers to accompany the army. Is it appropriate?" Feng Dao reminded Li Chengzhong casually.
. Without the military order from the military commander, Li Chengzhong's unauthorized recruitment of new soldiers was a violation of military law and was extremely taboo by his superiors.
Li Chengzhong sighed and told what happened during the day, saying: "Three Khitan men scared ninety of my men to the point of trembling. Now I have no choice but to bring in a grand scene. It's always better to have more manpower."
Okay. Besides, I’m not recruiting them, I just need them to stand on the tower when the time comes.”
Feng Dao nodded: "Don't you need someone to urge the people to block the gate? It's too late to build a gate in time, but you can do it by filling it with stones."
Li Chengzhong asked: "How long will it take?"
Feng Dao calculated: "It will take at least seven or eight days to close the door. If you just block the door with stones, it will be faster, only three days. I saw it when I came here, and there was a chaos two miles away.
Stone beach, you can pull the stones from there, but grinding the stones takes more time..."
Li Chengzhong shook his head and said: "It's too late. Some Khitan people have come over today to check our reality. I guess there will be a fight tomorrow or the next day."
Feng Dao said "Oh": "In that case, this order will be issued by someone. Well, they still need to rush to make some ordnance overnight."
Li Chengzhong said hurriedly: "Then I'll leave it to my brother Ke Dao. The weapons are simpler, just get some wooden guns."
Feng Dao agreed and summoned the peasants to rush to make wooden guns. Not long after, the sound of logging could be heard on the hillside in the pass.