When he heard the warning signal from the Guan City, the atmosphere in Yuguan suddenly condensed. While Li Chengzhong greeted the whole team in Jiadu, he quickly came to the Guan wall. When he looked outside, he saw a group of people gradually approaching in the distance.
A team of Khitan cavalry, these cavalry were dressed in various colored leather robes and looked very messy, but everyone was holding a sword and a gun, especially the twenty or so people in front, with bows and arrows hanging on their horses, and they looked fierce.
The Khitan people stopped a hundred steps away from Guanxia, and slowly formed a two-row horse team. In the middle of the first row, a bearded man wearing a leather helmet and leather armor was facing Guancheng.
Pointing, talking with left and right.
Li Chengzhong turned his head and looked at Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao beside him. They both shook their heads, indicating that the distance was too far and they could not shoot.
The two sides looked at each other under the barrier, but neither of them made any move. Li Chengzhong turned to look at the peasants standing on the wall. These peasants were all holding wooden guns, their faces were pale, and many of them were trembling. They were obviously frightened.
pole.
We can't continue to waste it like this. If we continue to waste it, the first people who can't hold on will definitely be these grandiose civilians. When the civilians turn around and run away, it will definitely cause greater chaos, and maybe their armored capital will also collapse.
Li Chengzhong did not dare to hesitate any longer, and quickly asked Feng Dao to preside over the Guanqiang. He took Jiang Miao, Wang Dalang, Meng Xuxing, Jiao Chengqiao and other officers and rushed down to Guancheng.
The Jiadu square team in the school grounds had already been cleaned up. After Li Chengzhong came down, he saw that everyone was a little nervous, so he forced a smile and said: "What are you afraid of? There are only more than forty Khitan people, and only half of them can fight. We
But there are nearly a hundred people! Finally, I remind you, before turning around and running away, think carefully, which one is faster, you or a four-legged horse?" After saying that, he waved his hand and headed for the outskirts of Guancheng first.
go.
Jiang Miao followed Li Chengzhong closely, and other officers joined the queue. With them, veterans of the Southern Expedition, they could at least ensure that the army would not collapse instantly.
Zhong Shiro took a deep breath, and stepped out on the dots according to the method he had rehearsed countless times in the past two days. He was the first in the first row, and when he moved, the soldiers behind him habitually followed suit.
Get up. After a while, everyone in Jiadu drove out of Guancheng. Everyone stepped on the dots that had been stepped on countless times before, and quickly formed a very neat three-row array.
Jiadu's initiative to go out of the city to form an array surprised the Khitan people on the opposite side. The hooves of many horses began to tap uneasily. It was under the control of their masters that they did not make any more noise. They have been traveling outside the pass this year.
, I don’t know how many times I have been robbed to the foot of Yuguan City, but I have never encountered any decent resistance. Even the defenders in Guancheng have never come out to fight once, so they were suddenly at a loss.
He didn't pick up any swords, guns or arrows, but just watched stupidly as Kadu drove out of Guancheng, and then quickly organized his queue.
At this time, the two sides were fifty steps apart and could clearly see the appearance of the person opposite. Li Chengzhong stood at the front of the queue in Jiadu, staring at the Khitan bearded man in the middle of the first row opposite. The bearded man also glared.
His big copper bell-like eyes looked up and down at Li Chengzhong.
Li Chengzhong, who has experienced the tragic battles in Beizhou and Weizhou, is no longer the first brother he was when he traveled back in time. He has seen too many killings, and he will no longer have those emotions of fear, fear, excitement, and excitement when the two armies face each other.
, this situation does not mean that he is not nervous, but that he has already developed adaptability. This adaptability can perhaps be described in two words, that is "habit".
What Li Chengzhong is nervous about is that his army is a brand-new team. Except for a few old officers, they are all young refugees. These young refugees have never been baptized by war. They even have no idea what is happening in front of them.
The Khitan people were still extremely fearful. Li Chengzhong was worried that the Khitan people on the opposite side would launch a charge regardless. Once this happened, he estimated that there was a 90% chance that A would collapse instantly.
Li Chengzhong didn't dare to continue doing this. He smiled at the bearded Khitan opposite him, pressed his left hand on the waist knife on his shoulder, clenched his right fist and raised it high, and shouted: "Raise the gun!"
The entire class A followed the process that had been rehearsed countless times before. The first row immediately leveled their wooden guns and pointed them directly at the Khitan people in front of them. The second row placed their wooden guns on the shoulders of the brothers in the first row. The third row
Two groups of sword and shield soldiers and a group of archers also responded individually and prepared their weapons. Everyone is very proficient in this process. They have practiced it countless times in the past two days, so it looks very neat.
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Jiadu was well prepared, and the Khitan people on the opposite side immediately started making noises, hurriedly holding their swords and guns in their hands, and a few good archers took off their bows and arrows, nocked them on, and fired at them.
Everyone shouted, looking askance at the bearded man in the middle, waiting for the bearded man's order.
Li Chengzhong shouted again: "Kill!" Jiadu immediately burst out with shouts: "Kill!" Following the cry, all Jiadu took a step forward in order. Then came the second "Kill!", Jiadu
The queue moved forward again. Then there was the third sound...
When he shouted the first shout, Jiadu's voice was still a little reserved, but when he shouted the third shout, the brothers all let out their voices, causing the Khitan war horses on the opposite side to move backward in surprise.
After Jiadu shouted three times and took three steps, everyone stopped. They had finished all the training movements. What was left was that everyone should give the "turn around" command, and then everyone continued to step on the dots.
Returning to Guancheng. But... there are Khitans across the street. It seems unlikely that we can return to Guancheng now. What should we do? Everyone was confused for a while, with a trace of fear that still existed in the confusion.
Li Chengzhong regretted a little. If he had known that he would have added two more rows to the third row, Adu would have been able to shout "kill" twice and take two steps forward. But now, he can only wait, waiting for whether the opponent will attack or not.
decision to withdraw.
He saw the Khitan bearded man raised his right arm and slowly raised it into the air. His heart tightened and he thought, as long as the other party made an impact, Jiadu would be knocked back to its original shape in an instant! He helplessly waited for the bearded man's right arm.
The attack gesture issued by his arm, and then prepare to accept the result of failure. Perhaps, he will be buried here as an unsuccessful case of time travel.
The bearded man raised his right arm in the air, and then swung it back. Two rows of Khitan cavalry turned their horses and followed behind the bearded man and left the Yuguan City.
Li Chengzhong looked at the retreating figures of the Khitan people, took a long breath, secretly said he was lucky, then turned around, smiled at the dumbfounded Jiadu in front of him, and said loudly: "Turn around!" Jiadu had rehearsed countless times.
The formation returned to Guancheng under the command of Li Chengzhong. It was not until Li Chengzhong said "disband" that a burst of cheers suddenly broke out.
The enthusiastic mood in Jiadu in Guancheng affected the civilians on Guancheng. The civilians also began to cheer, and the entire Yuguan was filled with joy. Not a single arrow was fired in this battle, and not a single Khitan was hurt. However, the Khitan
He actually turned around and ran away in front of everyone! Those who have not experienced being robbed and robbed by the Khitan people, and who have fled all the way, cannot understand the excitement and excitement in the hearts of these refugees. They have too much to cry out in disbelief, and too many
Unwilling to vent their grievances, this emotion even made many people cry bitterly on the spot.
Feng Dao came down from Guancheng and asked Li Chengzhong: "What would you do if the Khitans really came over at that time?"
Li Chengzhong shook his head and said with a smile: "If we really want to rush over, we have no choice but to fight hard. However, there is little hope of success. It is estimated that Li will die here." Looking at the cheering Jiadu soldiers under Guancheng,
His confidence suddenly increased greatly: "But, after today, there will be no 'what if'. If the Khitan people miss this opportunity, they will never have a second such opportunity!"
Feng Dao led half of the people to start logging and building the gate, while the other half took turns to guard the city. After experiencing this confrontation with the Khitan people, these people seemed to have suddenly gained a lot of courage. Several of them
The bold ones even asked to surrender to the army. They did not dare to come to Li Chengzhong, so they went to find Jiang Miao. Jiang Miao asked Li Chengzhong if he could recruit soldiers among these civilians.
Li Chengzhong thought for a while, but still refused. Before he had the power to break the system, he had to accept the constraints of the system honestly. He is still a member of the Pingzhou Army and an officer trusted by Zhou Zhiyu, the commander of the army. Instead of being like this
Those who are good at recruiting soldiers might as well wait for Zhou Zhiyu to come and make requests openly, and Zhou Zhiyu will not refuse to agree.
In order not to disappoint these civilians, he announced that after the military envoy Zhou Zhiyu entered Yuguan, he would make a request to recruit civilians who were willing to join the army into his team. He hoped that everyone would wait patiently.
Feng Dao wrote down today's events in detail, and then sent them to the military envoy's government office and the governor's government office respectively. The letter was sent out overnight and was expected to be delivered to the two Shangguan officials the next night. There was nothing in the letter.
Any words that boast of achievements are just plain and simple discussion of the matter, but I believe that after reading this, the two superior officers will be fully aware of Li Chengzhong's contribution, and will also step up the dispatch of additional reinforcements.
In fact, there was no need for Feng Dao to write a letter to urge the second reinforcements to arrive. The reinforcements were two teams from Zuoying Yidu, and the team officers were Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Qidao, Li Chengzhong’s old acquaintances. According to the orders of the military envoy Zhou Zhiyu, this
After the two teams arrived, they were controlled by Li Chengzhong, the head of Zuoying Adu's inspection and school. Accompanying Bdu was a convoy of fifty civilians. These civilians were dispatched by the governor's office and were under the control of Feng Dao. These civilians were sent by Feng Dao.
The civilians carried not only food and weapons, but also axes, hammers and other tools. Among them were several skilled foremen who were good at building houses in Pingzhou City. According to these foremen, Governor Zhang specially sent them here to help build the gate.
In addition to the city tower and the original Yuguan city drawings, they were checked out from the Pingzhou treasury and brought over together.
With the help of these people, the construction speed of Yuguan's gate doubled. In less than three days, the huge gate was completed, and the scaffolding in the city gate hole was also set up. It only needed to be hoisted up, installed, and then painted with black paint.
That's it. In addition, the burned-out towers on the gate wall have also been cleaned up, and the base points have been re-determined according to the drawings. Once the gate is sealed, construction can start at full strength.
Feng Dao was fully in charge of these matters, and Li Chengzhong didn't care too much. What he was currently thinking about was how to train nearly two hundred new soldiers in these two cities to deal with the possible second attack by the Khitans.