On the grassland, a giant beast is slowly moving forward, and its target is the wolf's lair.
The giant beast wants revenge. The wolves are harassing its group all the time, killing its kind, and robbing its group of living space. The giant beast slowly grows from a cub. Finally, it
I feel that I have enough strength to take revenge on the wolves.
It wants to find justice for its people, it wants to take back the living space of its group, and it wants to do to the wolves what the wolves have done to its group.
However, as soon as it set off, the wolves discovered its traces and knew its intentions.
As a result, a large number of wild wolves also jumped out of their lairs, harassing it on its way forward, looking for its weaknesses, and always ready to tear a piece of meat from its body.
The giant beast crouched down, hiding its weakness, and exposed its fangs and sharp teeth to the wolves.
The wolves cowered, but they were not scared away. Instead, they patrolled around the giant beast, waiting for the opportunity.
Now, this giant beast stood up again and continued its journey. It no longer cared about its own weaknesses, but just waved its fangs and moved towards its goal step by step.
"So, are you going to adapt and fight, or are you going to continue to hide and seek with them here?"
Facing Azig's inquiry, Abatai no longer had time to care about the faint teasing meaning in his words. His mind was spinning rapidly, weighing the sudden change in the battle situation.
He was the leader of the wolf pack, so of course he knew the danger of facing this giant beast head-on, but he couldn't just watch this giant beast walk past him.
"Keep an eye on the vanguard of the Ming army and call back all the troops outside!"
After pondering for a moment, he made a decision: "Notify Gushan Fort to prepare them to fight the Ming army, and be ready to take our troops back to the city at any time!"
"Or have you decided to fight?"
A smile appeared on Azig's face: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. In the past few days, you have also seen the sharpness of the Ming army's firearms. If you are really ready to fight, you have to be prepared for losses. There are thousands of us, but
There is no guarantee of victory!”
"You take a thousand people and take a detour behind the Ming army!"
Abatai said: "If the Ming army collapses, cut off its retreat. If the Ming army does not collapse, you take these thousand people and attack Phoenix City!"
"What are you going to do?" Azig nodded, indicating that he accepted the order, but he was still curious about Abatai's approach.
"Wait until dark!" Abatai said fiercely: "Let's eat his vanguard and wait for an opportunity to break through his camp. In the past few days, I have seen that although the Ming army's firearms are sharp, they may not be as powerful at night.
With bows and arrows, as long as we get close to the distance that the bow and arrow can shoot, we still don’t know who will win and who will lose?”
Five miles outside the Ming army camp.
Li Guo, with his troops and horses, had already protruded far enough from the camp. He was riding on his horse and looking around vigilantly.
As a vanguard soldier, according to the plan, he was to camp ten miles away from the main camp. Although it was early in the morning, each of his more than a thousand people was nervous and already exhausted.
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"Brothers, let's hold on. If we go a little further ahead, we will reach the place where we camp!"
The Tartar cavalry, who didn't know when or from which direction, would come out, so the vanguard did not dare to take it lightly. Although Li Guo very much hoped that the Tartar cavalry would appear, but if the other party appeared, it would not be possible.
Too early is not a good thing!
The main purpose of his exhausted and defenseless vanguard troops is to lure out the Tartar cavalry. Although they need to be aware of the bait, every bait does not want to be caught.
Eaten by the fish caught.
Normally, the distance of ten miles is only an hour's journey, but this journey took Li Guo two or three hours to reach. When he arrived at the destination, he hardly needed anyone to urge him.
, the soldiers quickly built the barracks with incomparable enthusiasm, placed the horses, and even dug a moderately deep trench around the barracks and outside.
If they are still here tomorrow, this ditch will soon turn into a deep ditch, or even several deep ditches, and there will definitely be bamboo sticks, iron caltrops and the like in the deep ditches.
It seemed that only after these basic defenses were completed, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief one by one. Such defenses were naturally incomparable to the Ming army camp ten miles away, but in the open wilderness,
Only with these defenses can the soldiers who are far away from the camp feel a sense of security.
At least they won't be scattered by the Tartar cavalry.
Night fell quickly. After being exhausted during the day, half of the people in the camp fell asleep early, while the other half had heavy eyelids even though they were vigilantly guarding against any surprise attacks that might come from the dark night.
, no longer in the spirit of the day.
Li Guo lay undressed in his tent. Not only him, but all the resting soldiers in the entire vanguard army rested without taking off their armor or leaving their hands, even though they knew that even if they were attacked by the Tartars, they would be in danger for a short time.
In time, reinforcements will come out of the camp, but they must at least hold on until the reinforcements arrive.
In the wilderness, there were always chirping of insects. Amidst these chirpings, Li Guo slept very peacefully.
Suddenly, Li Guo opened his eyes, sat up immediately, and listened to the outside.
There was silence between heaven and earth. All the chirping sounds of insects seemed to disappear in an instant, and the earth seemed to be faintly shaking under his feet.
"Enemy attack!"
Almost without thinking, he shouted loudly, and at the same time, dozens of firecrackers placed in this simple camp suddenly roared.
These roaring sounds seemed to be amplified several times in the silent night, and for a while, all the words behind Li Guo's mouth were covered up.
There was no need for Li Guo to issue any more warnings. A large number of soldiers rushed out of the simple camp and ran towards their predetermined positions. They were fully armed and neatly dressed, regardless of the people coming from all directions.
The sound of horse hooves vibrated in their hearts, as if they had been waiting for this moment.
There was no need for Li Guo to issue any more orders. All the orders had already been issued. If this vanguard force encounters an enemy attack, how should the officers command their men? What tactics should they use? Armored spearmen
How to set up formations with sword and shield players to protect fire gunners.
Where did the enemy come from, where to resist the enemy's attack, when can the first line of defense be abandoned, to what extent is it damaged, and whose orders should the soldiers follow? Each order has been issued long before dark.
Clearly.
Everyone knows what they should do, and everyone knows the consequences of doing the wrong thing on such a battlefield.
Everyone performs his duties and keeps his duties. Li Guo arranged everything clearly.
The only thing Li Guo had to do now was to judge the size of the enemy and the intensity of the attack, and decide whether to light the firework warning signal in his hand to send a signal to the camp.
Li Guo brought three such fireworks signals, two in his hands, and one in the hands of his most trusted commander.
He took two in case one of them failed and could not send a signal, and the other one was placed in the hands of others in case he was killed and no one could send a signal.
He had thought of everything he could think of.
As soon as the signal is given, the soldiers and horses of the camp behind will be dispatched in full force according to the plan, outflanking, impacting, and cutting off the rear route.
This signal can now mobilize all the troops and horses of the Eastern Route Army behind Li Guo.
Standing in the center of the camp, Li Guo held the signal and remained motionless.
He watched arrows with sparks flying into his camp from all directions in the night sky, setting each tent on fire in the camp. The tents burned into torches, illuminating the entire camp.
The sound of horses' hooves was still ringing, and the sound of firecrackers was also ringing. In the darkness, there seemed to be the sound of horses neighing, but as far as he could see, he could not see groups of enemies charging.
Perhaps it was the ditch outside the camp that temporarily delayed the Tartar attack!
He thought in his heart, but he understood that the ditch was not so much a hindrance as a warning. To fill it up to the point where the horses could cross it, the Tartars didn't need much effort at all. They didn't even need half an hour.
In half an hour, the ditch can be filled into flat ground.
Behind him, four three-pound cannons have been loaded. The four cannons are scattered far away, with their muzzles pointing around the camp. The gun carriage is almost half-fixed on the ground. The gunners are waiting for his orders.
Li Guo did not give an order. He did not know from which direction the Tartars would rush over. He stared at the battlefield. The rockets kept falling from the sky, causing casualties to the soldiers from time to time. But for a moment, he
It's impossible to tell which direction there are more enemies.
"All ceasefire!"
He shouted loudly, and soon, the people around him conveyed his order, and the camp suddenly became quiet. Only the faint sound of horse hooves was still ringing, and the whoosh of arrows piercing the air was still heard in the air.
Voice.
"front!"
Li Guo suddenly shouted loudly: "Light up the artillery team and bombard the front, everyone is ready to engage the enemy!"
The rapid sound of horse hooves sounded, as if to confirm what he said, a group of ferocious-looking Tartars emerged from the darkness. They screamed strangely, waved their weapons, and headed towards this small camp.
Li rushed over.
"Half an hour!" Li Guo shouted loudly: "In half an hour, reinforcements will arrive!"
At the same time, he lit the fireworks in his hands almost without hesitation.
The enemy army has appeared, and arrows are flying all around. In such a short period of time, the enemy army filled the gully outside under the fire of firecrackers, and launched a charge regardless of the camp's defense.
All this can only show that the enemy has enough strength and confidence to kill his troops who are far away from the main camp. Such a scale is definitely not something that a group of hundreds of thousands of Tartars dare to do.
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A huge firework suddenly lit up in the night sky, and then made a loud bang, exploding into a rain of flowers all over the sky.
Li Guo was afraid that he wouldn't be able to see it from the other side of the camp, so he lit the second firework in his hand. Just when the second firework that lit up almost half of the night sky was about to disappear, at the end of his sight, it finally rose.
A similar firework.
Li Guo smiled. The fireworks looked smaller than his, but they were very bright, making him feel very at ease at the moment.
He picked up the long knife in his hand and pointed forward: "Kill the enemy with me!"
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The night is like water, and the spring cold invades people.
Sun Chuanting suddenly sneezed, which caused the pen he was using to write down official documents to tilt to one side, leaving a heavy ink stain on the official document.
He rubbed his nose, put down the pen, stood up and walked outside the court.
There seems to be a strange smell permeating the air. This is not the smell of the half-ruined courtyard itself, but the smell of the entire Liaoyang city. Perhaps it will take several torrential rains before this smell can be smelled.
It will dissipate some.
He looked around. This was the Liaodong Governor's Yamen. The former one and the present one.
Outside the courtyard, patrolling soldiers passed by. Sun Chuanting coughed and waved to the officer leading the team.
"grown ups!"
"Qi Wu, talk to me!" Sun Chuanting looked at the officer in front of him: "I won't hinder you and your people from doing things!"
"No obstruction!" Qi Wu replied respectfully: "It is my duty to protect your lord's safety and to protect the safety of this yamen. It is my honor to be able to speak with you!"
Sun Chuanting nodded and laughed: "Jiang Wan respects your intention and allows you to come back here and serve under me. I am very surprised. He has agreed to rebuild the Tianxiong Army. Why don't you stay with him instead?
Do you have to stay in Liaoyang?"
"Let me tell you, Qi Wu planned to die in Liaoyang. Qi Wu has no intention of changing this plan. In the future, even if the imperial court pacifies the Tartars, Qi Wu will no longer be able to afford the sword. Qi Wu will settle here and die."
Here!”
"Sometimes, I really look up to Mr. Lu!" Sun Chuanting sighed: "How did he train a group of loyal and courageous men like your Tianxiong Army? What a pity!"
Qi Wu remained silent, but there was also a hint of relief in his eyes.
"I will retain the Tianxiong Army. When the additional soldiers from Jinzhou arrive, I will add some manpower to you. This is not for you, but also for Mr. Lu. Of course, this can be regarded as my promise to Jiang Wan. He agreed.
If he doesn’t do something, I will do it!”
"Your Excellency and Mr. Jiang are both pillars of the imperial court!" Qi Wu said: "Qi Wu does not understand the major affairs of the imperial court. Qi Wu only knows that the two adults are sincerely serving the imperial court and are both people who dare to kill Tatars. As long as
Able to kill the Tatars, Qi Wu and the Tianxiong Army are at your disposal at any time!"
"Okay!" Sun Chuanting nodded: "I won't tell you about the important affairs of the imperial court. I heard that you once took people to learn their firearms skills at Mr. Jiang's place. I saw Mr. Jiang's soldiers and horses.
The tactics of using firearms seem to be slightly different from those of the imperial army. Would you like to tell me the difference?"
"Of course!" Qi Wu nodded without hesitation: "Master Jiang's soldiers and horses are indeed unique in their use of firearms..."