After dawn, Shao Yan, Zhang Baihu and others dressed as ordinary people and went straight to Changqing City. Fortunately, Changqing City was still under the jurisdiction of Donglin State, so they easily sneaked into the city and then walked along the streets towards
Simon goes
Since the last war, the people in this area have usually stayed at home and dared not go out on the streets. Over time, the streets and alleys have become deserted. Except for the autumn wind gently sweeping away the dust on the road, it is difficult to see a pedestrian.
When he arrived at the west city gate, Shao Yan stopped and looked up, only to see sentries everywhere on the top and bottom of the city tower. They were divided into several rows in an orderly manner, holding Huo Huo spears in their hands, and staring with livid faces.
Below the tower, there is a sense of arrogance all over the body
At the highest point of the city tower was a flag of the Donglin Kingdom, which swayed slightly with the breeze. Behind the high guardrail stood a thin figure, his face facing the soldiers, his left hand
Holding the handle of the knife across his waist, his right hand sometimes pointed to the city, sometimes pointed to the suspension bridge beside the city wall, his mouth opened and closed, as if he was directing them to fight. A closer look revealed that the man was none other than Chang Yixiao.
He has an adult-like demeanor at a young age. This boy will definitely have a bright future. Shao Yan secretly praised. At this time, Chang Yixiao on the tower suddenly turned his face. He recognized Shao Yan below the tower and was overjoyed.
If the tower wasn't too high, he would have jumped directly from it.
Shao Yan and others were quickly invited into the camp. According to Chang Yixiao's report, the city has been relatively peaceful in the past two days. Most of the people in the city have moved safely, leaving only a few people. It's not because of anything else. These people are strong.
Most of their relatives were killed by Liang Jun, so they volunteered to join the army, determined to kill the enemy and avenge their dead relatives. The scene that Shao Yan saw just now was Chang Yixiao teaching them some details of defending the city.
Hearing this, Shao Yan, Zhang Baihu and others were very pleased. Since the previous battles were too fierce, Donglin soldiers suffered numerous casualties. In addition, the main force was attacked by Liang Jun last night. Now they can only rely on the troops in Changqing City.
However, there are not many people here. There are only more than 5,000 people in the four gates. Now they have absorbed 5,000 or 6,000 people, and the team suddenly expanded to more than 10,000 people, although they are not as good as Jin Dingguo's two soldiers.
An army of 100,000 people, but if they refuse to open the city to meet the enemy, it will be difficult for Liang’s soldiers to break the city.
After learning that Concubine Yun was killed and Cheng Yong's army was attacked last night, Chang Yixiao burst into tears and vowed to avenge Concubine Yun and his brothers. Shao Yan advised him not to act out of emotion. The top priority was to train these new soldiers well.
After all, these people are all farmers, accustomed to handling hoes and axes, but know nothing about bows, arrows, or swords. Although some have strong limbs, they appear very nervous when they get to the tower, and some vow to go into battle to kill the enemy, but once
Their legs will tremble when they stand at a high place. It's not that they are greedy for life and fear of death, but that they lack combat knowledge and experience. The key is insufficient psychological quality.
To this end, Shao Yan organized these recruits into five battalions, commanded by Zhang Baihu, Chang Yixiao, and the three brothers of the Lu family, from the simplest introduction to assassination combat, to pairs, three people assisting in attack and defense, from single
Shao Yan recorded all the formation changes from the battle to the critical battle, including the details that could happen at any time on the battlefield, in a small book. Fortunately, printing technology was already available in this era, so he asked him to
They reprinted more than 5,000 copies and distributed them to each recruit. Although Shao Yan had never been a soldier in his time, he had seen this knowledge in some military-themed TV dramas.
Half a month has passed. During this period, Shao Yan not only asked the veterans to step up their efforts to make bows, wooden arrows, stone tools, mine bombs, etc., but also personally supervised the training of new recruits. According to the rules, the new recruits trained for eight hours a day.
For hours, the entire process is based on the modern army, from morning drills to washing up and tidying up housekeeping. In the morning, we focus on formations, and in the afternoon, we practice combat and assassination. The last class of each day is to practice five-kilometer long-distance running, that is, around the circle.
If you run a lap around the city and run to the end and exceed the prescribed time, you will have to run again.
There was no concept of 'week' at that time. Just like modern times, Shao Yan defined seven days as a week. Every Friday afternoon, fifty soldiers from each battalion were selected and lined up on the school field for exercises. The five battalions drew lots to determine their opponents.
,The main subjects include formation, individual assassination, collective assassination, fighting, wrestling, climbing... This afternoon, the battalion commanders of each battalion brought their teams to the school field. Shao Yan walked in front of the five people.
The written lots were raised in front of them, and they each chose. The final result was Zhang Baihu's department vs. Lu Jin, Chang Yixiao vs. Lu Cai, and the remaining Lu Yin was to be determined for the time being. Wait until the winner or loser of the two groups is determined, and then
Compete with the losing party, and so on
Shao Yan walked to the highest point of the school grounds and waved a gesture, "Start!"
The first thing to do was the evolution of the formation. The five teams showed off their training results in recent days. As the uniform teams walked past, Shao Yan suddenly felt like he was standing in front of a gun. Although
This scene is not as grand as ***, but it is second to none in this era.
The entire campus is more than 800 meters in diameter, surrounded by five-step posts and three-step posts. Bright flags are fluttering in the wind. The towering city walls surround it like the Great Wall. Except for a piece of land in the middle that is left open for meetings.
Outside of Cao Cao, all other places were filled with soldiers. They were all sitting cross-legged, with their backs straight, their hands on their knees, their chests raised, their heads raised, and their eyes looking straight ahead. If they hadn't been wearing ancient
Soldiers' clothes, people who don't know better think they are well-trained people's Liberation Army
After the formation drill was completed, Shao Yan selected several generals from among the veterans to be responsible for the review. As a result, Zhang Baihu's team won.
The next subject was individual assassination. Ten soldiers were selected from each battalion. The soldiers waved their spears and performed the so-called eighteen martial arts. Although the movements were very neat and the landing sound was almost the same, Shao Yan saw
He was dazzled. In his opinion, whether it is ancient or modern, assassination and fighting rely on real guns and live ammunition, not these showy tricks. Only in actual combat can you see the difference, so he immediately made a pause gesture.
The battalion commanders didn't know what he meant and hurriedly came to him. Shao Yan said straight to the point: "Let your troops compete one on one."
The expressions of the five people changed, and Zhang Baihu said: "Your Majesty, the sword has no eyes in the training field. What should you do if you hurt one of your own?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, these new recruits have not been trained for a long time. Even if they have the intention to do so, they may not be able to control the gun in their hands." Chang Yixiao said worriedly, and the three brothers of the Lu family nodded in agreement.
Shao Yan said solemnly: "What I want is an iron army that can fight. Soldiers don't have to have any boxing or kicking skills, but they must be proficient in assassination and fighting skills. If you want to protect yourself on the battlefield, you must kill the enemy.
You have to be fast, ruthless, and accurate. I just watched your performance. To be honest, it was very good, but the assassination was not strong enough. If you can't kill the enemy with one sword, you will be killed by the enemy. So what I need is a
An iron army that cannot be beaten to death"
"But -" Although Zhang Baihu felt that what the emperor said made sense, if he really did this, there would definitely be casualties. Chang Yixiao, who was next to him, was also surprised by the emperor's suggestion. It was unclear whether the emperor was letting him do this.
Do brothers kill each other?
"You don't need to say more, I know what you are thinking." After saying this, Shao Yan turned to face the fifty soldiers on the school field and said loudly: "Everyone, listen up, I order you to remove all the gun heads.
Down"
The soldiers said in unison: "Yes" and then pulled out the sharp spearheads and threw them on the ground. This indeed greatly reduced the casualties. Zhang Baihu, Chang Yixiao and others then breathed a sigh of relief and thought to themselves, it turns out that the emperor has already
Get ready
Shao Yan saw that all the battalion commanders had no objections, and then said to all the soldiers below: "You are the pillars of our Donglin Kingdom. Without you, there would be no Donglin Kingdom, let alone me as the emperor. We fought some time ago
We lost several battles, not because of how brave the Liang soldiers were. To put it bluntly, in terms of combat capabilities, they are far inferior to our soldiers. But there is one thing that we did lose to others, and that is the word "ruthless".
In my opinion, they are all murderous demons who do not blink an eye.
There is a saying that goes well, I will not offend others unless they offend me, but if they offend me, they will pay back double the amount. They broke into our territory without our permission, and also massacred my Donglin children. We do not welcome such guests.
, they are ruthless, we are more ruthless than them, so I hope that in future battles, brothers will keep one thought in mind, that is - if I don't kill him, he will kill me, do you all understand?"
"clear--"
All the soldiers in the school grounds raised their hands and shouted: "Swear to kill the foreign traitors and return our mountains and rivers to me - Swear to kill the traitors and return our mountains and rivers to me -" The voice was exhaled like thunder, and the whole earth seemed to be shaking.
Next, Shao Yan asked the five battalion commanders to integrate fighting, capture, and assassination. Each team increased from the original ten to twenty. Following Shao Yan's order, Zhang Baihu's troops and Lu
The soldiers of the Jin Division quickly struggled together. They used the tactics they had learned in daily life and combined with their own physical strength to perform the entire set of subjects to the fullest. Many of them were scratched, but they still got up from the ground tenaciously.
Get into the game again
The soldiers under Chang Yixiao are all extremely brave. Not only are these people proficient in the art of defeating the enemy, but they also cooperate very well. They will not blindly fight with each other like other soldiers, but they will join forces with each other.
Defeat the opponent one by one until all the opponents are 'annihilated'
Shao Yan saw this in his eyes and was delighted in his heart. He remembered that he had predicted that Chang Yixiao would become a general in the future. At that time, Yunyun also said that he was talking nonsense. It was a pity that this girl left early and could not see this wonderful scene. Thinking of this
, Shao Yan sighed regretfully, his eyes slightly moist.
After the exercise, Chang Yixiao's troops took the lead. Zhang Baihu and others could only feel ashamed that they were inferior to others. They shook their heads and sighed. Shao Yan encouraged him by saying, "Victory or defeat is a matter of military strategists." They had no choice but to hang their heads in despair.
Withdraw troops and return to camp
That night, Shao Yan secretly summoned Zhang Baihu, Chang Yixiao, Lu Jin and others together
Just two days ago, Shao Yan heard that a small team of Jin Dingguo was stationed in a small village near Changqing City. There were about a hundred people. These people were mainly responsible for spying on military intelligence, including cutting off the opponent's traffic, etc. Shao Yan
Not long ago, Shao Yan sent people to deliver messages to Bai Ruxue in front of him, but no messenger came back. Because of this, Shao Yan was so angry that he smashed a table with his palm.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Shao Yan expressed his thoughts directly and emphasized that the enemy's small team must be eliminated in one fell swoop before dawn. When everyone heard that there was going to be a war, they immediately became happy. They have been busy training for so many days.
New recruit, my hands and feet have been a little itchy for a long time.
"Your Majesty, aren't they number 100? I will bring a battalion to crush them to death." Lu Cai patted his chest confidently.
"It's better to let the general go. The general will know the way there." Lu Jin often dresses up as a hunter and goes hunting, and is quite familiar with the terrain in that area.
Chang Yi smiled and said: "Why are you two brothers so anxious? The emperor hasn't spoken yet?"
Zhang Baihu then pursed his lips and smiled: "Yeah, who doesn't know that you Lu Family Army are all sharp archers, but we are fighting a night battle this time. Once the noise becomes big, it will inevitably attract a large number of reinforcements from the enemy. Besides, we are fighting at night."
Jin Dingguo’s troops are not far from here.”
Shao Yan nodded and said: "Yes, this is the purpose of why I secretly called you here. I have thought about it. Not only will we not bring any soldiers tonight, but we will also kill him without leaving a single piece of armor behind."
Lu Jin said blankly: "Not bringing any soldiers? This seems a bit too risky."
Zhang Baihu chuckled: "I think the emperor's method is feasible. We only need to select a few capable soldiers to attack the enemy camp at night, and then take advantage of them to remove this thorn in their side."
"Brother Zhang is right," Chang Yi smiled and said to Shao Yan, "Your Majesty, I will leave this task to my subordinates. I only need ten soldiers to ensure that this group of people will be eliminated in one fell swoop."
Shao Yan shook his head and said: "No, I decided to go there in person."
"Absolutely not" everyone said in unison
"Why not? What I've been good at since childhood is sneak attacks. This time I want to show them what it takes to be a true warrior." When it comes to the word 'sneak attack', Shao Yan was already familiar with it when he was in elementary school.
The school was very simple at that time, and there was only a thin wall between the men's and women's toilets. This kid often secretly dug a small hole in the wall and reached out to touch it... Alas, he didn't do any good in any case.
"Your Majesty, it's hard to predict whether your trip will be good or bad. You should still stay in the army and let the generals do these little things for you," Zhang Baihu advised.
"That's right, Your Majesty, how can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? Just bring a few brothers forward, you just wait and see." Lu Cai is similar in age to Chang Yixiao, but this guy has always been very confident, sometimes even a little bit
underestimate the enemy
"Your Majesty, please let me go."
"If you don't take this to ensure immediate success, Your Majesty, please give the order."
…
All the generals rushed to request a battle, and Shao Yan said categorically: "Don't try to persuade me any more. I have made up my mind. I will take Zhang Baihu, the three brothers of the Lu family and the four masters from the southeast and northwest to the enemy camp later.
…”
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Chang Yixiao asked eagerly before Shao Yan finished speaking.
"You are responsible for staying here." Seeing a look of disappointment flash across his face, Shao Yan patted his shoulder and said solemnly: "We will send out different signals at that time. If we find that the aim is wrong, you will send it out immediately.
A team of people will go to meet us. Also, you must remember that you must not mention the night attack on the enemy camp tonight to anyone."
"I——" Chang Yi swallowed the joke again, and had no choice but to say reluctantly: "I just obey the order."
"Well, let's set off now. Everyone should go back and clean up. We'll meet here in five minutes."
"Five minutes?" Everyone was stunned. This is a new term.
Shao Yan realized that he had let something slip for a moment, and immediately changed his words: "I mean, come over and gather as soon as you finish cleaning up."
"Yes!" Everyone withdrew one after another. Chang Yixiao frowned and walked out reluctantly. It could be seen that he wanted to participate in this operation more than anyone else.
Five minutes later, Zhang Baihu, the three brothers of the Lu family and the four masters put on night clothes and arrived here. Shao Yan briefly explained some precautions to them, and then quietly left the camp together. This time they had no choice.
They went out from the city gate and climbed down the rope from the city tower. Before that, Chang Yixiao followed Shao Yan's instructions and had removed all the sentries on the city tower, so no one knew about their trip.
Everyone speeded up and headed towards the enemy camp on foot. When they saw lights flashing in the distance, Shao Yan ordered everyone to slow down and lurk on the side of a small slope. Looking around, they could see everything not far away.
There are only a handful of enemy tents in Zhang Baihu, with a total of more than forty tents. It is already late at night, and most of the Liang soldiers have gone to bed, leaving only a small number of people watching outside at night.
Shao Yan sweated, if we count ten people per tent, there are more than forty tents, that means four