stubborn thief

Chapter 305 Mascot

On the halfway up the majestic snow mountain, Lao Qijia leaned on a flag spear and pulled the yak's reins forward.

His feet made of horse bones stepped on the muddy and slippery mountain, and his heavy breath became fog on the snow-capped mountain.

The slope of the tens of miles wide mountain range is not too steep, but the rising snow line in summer makes it muddy and slippery below the mountainside, making it difficult to climb over.

From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, more than a dozen teams of dozens of people walked forward with their heads buried. Tiger heroes who had experience in climbing snow-capped mountains in the team turned back to take care of the soldiers from time to time.

Liu Chengzong's original plan was to climb the mountain range with the entire Zuoying camp, but many people climbed halfway up the mountain, and taking another step up was like a goose with its throat choked, and could no longer go up.

In order to climb over the mountain, the left battalion was reorganized. Those with sufficient physical strength and ability to climb the mountain were awarded the best equipment and yaks, and the rest stayed in the valley under the leadership of Basang to continue to build a defense line.

Abandoned by King Baili's army and forced to live on the snow-capped mountains for half a year, Qijia and his son became the leader of the team and were assigned to complete the most dangerous tasks.

They had 440 soldiers, and all of them had Mongolian-style boots and leather jackets, more than 300 pairs of chain mail, more than [-] pairs of leather armor, [-] sets of armor and five sets of boots from the booty at the source of the Yellow River. Ten sets of cotton armor.

Equipped with bows and arrows, sabers, axes, slings, dog-beating sticks, long and short spears and shields, and a hundred yaks.

Both the cotton armor and the yak were given by Liu Chengzong before he left. The quality of the cotton armor is not very good. The inner armor only protects the vital points, and is mainly used to keep soldiers warm on high mountains.

The yaks carried the baggage and arrows on their backs, and they could eat them when they were besieged.

In fact, most soldiers have never eaten yaks in their lives, because they have no cattle, and the cattle belong to the nobles.

This is the same as the people respecting the mountain gods and opposing other people's mining. The mines belong to monks and nobles, and the people have no mines. .

Lao Qijia stopped, bent down to nail down the wooden wedges, fixed the rope ladder on the muddy road with wooden stakes, looked back at the soldiers who were left behind, and shook his head helplessly.

It is a great danger and test for the troops to cross the mountains on a large scale.

Lao Qijia took off the equipment on his body, dropped the small hammer casually, supported the flagpole and walked towards the stone pile. When he got close, he unfurled the Baizong flag, planted it deep beside the stone pile, and signaled to the several teams climbing the mountain in parallel. , the road here can continue to climb.

The Hundred Corps flag with the words "Tianxia Taiping" fluttered in the wind, and Lao Qijia, whose cheeks were purple by the wind, took out a round stone from his cuff and put it on the messy pile of mani. , Kneel down and pray silently.

It has been seven months since the end of the last war. He heard that the Generalissimo liked the words on the flag very much. He thought he was also a peace-loving lord. Lao Qijia hoped that after this war, peace would last longer next time. .

It's a pity that Lao Qijia only knows one thing but doesn't know the other. The commander-in-chief's ultimate ideal is indeed peace in the world, but his short-term goal is to release Ma Nanshan.

For the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion, Fangma Nanshan neither symbolizes peace, nor can it be used to describe mental paralysis.

On the contrary, because Nanshan is Huashan, this word is full of aggressiveness, which means to capture half of the country west of Tongguan.

Xiao Qijia supported the stone with his palms wearing deerskin gloves, and took off his helmet to release the heat from his head. He saw Lao Qijia began to pray for peace in the world again.

When Nangqian assembled, Xiao Qijia only had a chain mail with a breastplate on his body, but when they were about to climb the mountain, the Generalissimo summoned the management team and centurions of the Left Battalion and gave them some of the Lion Army's armor. Iron wool armor, used to keep warm on the mountain.

Xiao Qijia touched the cotton armor with the dragon pattern on his body, and this pair of deerskin gloves specially given to him, thinking that the Marshal is really a caring person.

Because he has never worn such armor, before leaving, the commander-in-chief also told him that if he needs to run fast and the armor skirt affects his actions, he can roll it up. There are a few ribbons on the inner thigh, which can be rolled up. tied up.

However, Liu Chengzong also told him that this set of cotton armor has less iron leaves inside, mainly to provide warmth, and in terms of defense, it can only protect vital points, so you should be more careful when fighting.

This is enough for Xiaoqijia. Although the protection of weapons without armor leaves is not as good as that of mail armor, this armor is more comfortable to wear.

He looked back towards the valley, and the troops stationed in the camp were moving very fast, and the three trenches being dug had already outlined the prototype of the valley position.

Liu Chengzong, carrying a three-eyed gun, buried his head and dug a trench with the soldiers in front of the battle.

The three-eyed gun in his hand was Huang Shengxiao's masterpiece when he was full.

The Lion Army has always had a lot of three-eyed guns, but only Tangqi is equipped with such weapons in large quantities.

Because Tangqi generally does not cooperate with other troops in combat, the range is not important to them. When fighting alone, multiple pipes can give them more hope of surviving.

But Huang Shengxiao not only made bird guns in Nangqian, but also made a large number of three-eyed guns.

This was mainly entrusted by Yang Dingrui, the magistrate's yamen, to make a batch of weapons for the township officials of the seven counties.

Huang Shengxiao thought about the scene where more than 3000 township officials in seven counties needed to use weapons. They might face robbers with low-level organization and high-level skills.

The combat is more sudden, the distance is relatively short, the chance of firearms shooting is rare, the probability of accurate hit is very low, and you may have to face a situation where there are fewer enemies and more enemies.

What weapons can meet this need?Three-eyed gun.

The loud voice can attract reinforcements, the fault tolerance rate is high, and the spray and walk can effectively resist the enemy. It is a very wise strategy to run away and rescue soldiers.

Just in time for Nangqian to make farm tools, Huang Shengxiao also brought back one by the way, using old things such as shovels and pickaxes from the Wanli period.

The three-eyed blunderbuss that Liu Chengzong was holding in his hand at this time was a blunderbuss spade.

In fact, it is to install a shovel on the other end of the three-eyed gun, which not only has a long-range shooting ability higher than that of the peasant rebel army, but also has a melee ability that is no less than that of the peasant rebel army. Operation.

When he got excited, Liu Chengzong simply unloaded the three-eyed blunderbuss and started working with only a shovel.

Although he is proficient in all eighteen kinds of martial arts, he is not very good at earthwork, which is a compulsory skill for the army, and he is slightly better than the Corning serfs. It is not because of skills, but because of his physical strength and strength.

He practiced in formation and personal skills all day long in Yuhebao. In order to avoid mutiny and exhaustion of the soldiers, He Renlong basically did not arrange earthworks and zipper training, which consume a lot of energy.

It is very difficult to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, but it is very easy to reduce it.

In terms of the efficiency of digging trenches, Liu Chengzong is basically equal to the mascot; but in terms of the efficiency of the mascot, Liu Chengzong is the most powerful one.

They have no shortage of mascots. Except for the troops in charge of defense, generals and schools at all levels are working hard. The soldiers share the joys and sorrows, and the nobles of Kangning Mansion also join in. The efficiency of those people is actually not as good as Liu Shizi.

But what Liu Chengzong valued was not efficiency.

When digging trenches and building camps, this army can temporarily be regardless of class. Everyone is exhausted by the three trenches. time to bridge together.

The design of Liu Chengzong's camp is very simple. The valley is divided into two banks by a small river. On the left bank, where the widest part is the widest and the right bank is the narrowest, the first square trench was dug on the left bank as the position of the Lion Army. The coming rainy day.

A second trench was dug on the right bank a hundred paces apart in the south to protect the troops behind and facilitate cavalry attacks.

If the cavalry from the right battalion wanted to attack, they had to cross the river from the left bank and rush to the battlefield from the right bank; if the Mongolian cavalry wanted to attack their luggage in the rear, they also needed to take this road, which was within the range of the guns.

Liu Chengzong rushed to build a defense line before the rain, but the Mongolian army on the other side of the mountain was waiting for the rain.

In the Mongolian camp on the other side of the mountain, the dusty Erlenchi was reading the law loudly and punishing Guyang Batuer for defeat.

Elenchi is not a nobleman, but the name of a civilian position, similar to a messenger, who is responsible for conveying important news such as alliances, wars, and Nayan's death. At this moment, they are the messengers of Chuoketutaiji.

The news of Gu Yang's defeat at the source of the Yellow River reached Chuoketu Taijina, just as the vanguard hundred generals were defeated in Guide Qianhu, and the news of the defeat of two soldiers arrived at the same time, which made Chuoketu extremely annoyed and directly let the People have taken the law and read it before the battle.

Taking legal orders means acting according to the rules. Due to the long-term division, the laws of Khalkha and the codes of Tumet and Oara have many differences except that they respect the Great Khan.

As for the Mongolian coalition army of Chuoke Tutaiji, they have not followed the rules for many years. There is no other reason but poverty.

According to the law, Guyang Batuer was fined a hundred armors, a thousand horses, and a hundred camels for fleeing the battle; the more than 300 Harbins who fled back were fined one set of armor and four horses; He was fined to ride two horses.

Counting all the gains from capturing Guru's territory, Gu Yang didn't have a hundred armors and a thousand horses, and his soldiers didn't even have four horses per capita even if they didn't win a battle.

But Chuoke Tutaiji, who was furious, punished him in this way, and also provided Gu Yang with a solution. These things are owed, they don’t have them, but the Han army on the other side of the mountain has them. After defeating the Han army, they will be deducted from the spoils punishment.

In addition, Chuoke Tutaiji mobilized several nearby Nayan nobles who were originally used to capture Xiaohetao in the south of the Yellow River to fully support Guyang's southward battle.

Listening to Elenchi reading the law, Gu Yang hung his head and cursed in his heart.

These laws and regulations can also punish him, and no one will listen to him anyway, so if you have the ability, go and read the laws and regulations to Dai Qing!Can you find it?
The leader of the great aristocrat who arrived as reinforcements this time was also named Dai Qing, who was known as Haojiger Ahai Daiqing of Khalkha.

This obscure name is a bit of a mouthful, but it is very easy to understand. Hao Jigel is a person with thinning hair or baldness, and Dai Qing is good at fighting or smart.

Xin Daya is probably... bald and strong?

Ahai Daiqing stood not far away with her arms folded, with a sneer on her face, brushing the braids that fell from her temples, and watching the performance of Chuoke Tutaiji Messenger.

He knew very well in his heart that Chuoke Tutaiji was not for punishing Gu Yang, but for punishing Gu Yang to pave the way for punishing the leaders who rushed to help them.

Because Gu Yang is a pauper, it is impossible to get a horse armor, and he is Chuoke Tutaiji's confidant, unlike the powerful nobles who came from the alliance.

During this period of time, he had heard more than once that Chuoke Tutaiji wanted to be the sweat of Qinghai.

Although he belongs to Khalkha, Ahai Daiqing is not Chuoke Tutai Jiben. He only led more than [-] riders from the north. Razun is an ally.

Because of this, he entered Qinghai in the name of a pilgrim to Tibet and reached an agreement with the Gansu General Army, and crossed Gansu Town.

The problem is that after crossing Gansu Town, Liu Chengzong stands in front of him, and the bald head is unwilling to fight with the Marshal's Mansion... He wants to go to Uzang, so what's the matter with fighting the Han army here.

But the frontier army in Gansu Town is very bad. He was allowed to go from north to south because he had offered a lot of gifts. Now he is not allowed to go back from south to north without gifts.

The Gansu frontier army knew what A Haidaiqing was facing after crossing Gansu, and deliberately let him pass. Anyway, this man must have wanted to come back when he saw Liu Shizi in the past.

If you want to come back, you have to pay the toll again. As for how the toll is obtained, the Gansu frontier army doesn't care, and they will fight across the Qilian Mountains if they want to.

Entrepreneurship was the main theme of the border guards in the seventeenth century in order to ensure no layoffs.

A Haidaiqing originally thought that when he passed through Gansu, he would be greeted by Xiao Lazun, but he never expected that the area around the lake in Qinghai had changed owners. He couldn't fight in the north and didn't want to fight in the south.

Because the road to Tibet was cut off by the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion, he temporarily stayed outside the border of Gansu and was forced to join Chuoke Tutaiji.

As a result, it was a blessing in disguise, but due to the changes in the situation on the eastern grassland, some troops were gathered together, and they still occupied a secondary position in Chuoke Tutaiji's coalition forces.

A Haidaiqing is bald, strong and extremely intelligent, how can he not see Chuoke Tutaiji's little trick to punish Gu Yang, if he can punish Gu Yang this time, then next time he will be punished justifiably.

However, this situation is not a big problem for A Haidaiqing, as long as he wins for the time being, it is enough. As for the next thing, there is no big prospect for Chuoketu, defeating Liu Chengzong, and going to Tibet as soon as possible to earn a sweat is the real thing .

Anyway, seeing that it has been raining for the past two days, Gu Yang said that the Han army in the south is very powerful, so he just waited for the rain to attack, and he also wanted to get some guns.

Seeing the son of Chuoke Tutaiji fiddle with imitation self-weilat guns in Wulan Mountain, he was so greedy that he could only dream about how the barbarians of Orus got these things.

Dai Daozi guarded the mountain pass for three days, insisting that he became a philosopher and discovered the principle of the uncanny valley. People hate things like themselves.

For example, now, he hates these tartars who are like scholars.

At the beginning, the Mongolian cavalry tried to break through his blockade, but after more than a dozen people died, they simply stood and watched from a distance like Tang Qi. Tang Qi ran away as soon as they got close to them, and even wanted to take advantage of their superiority when they chased them away. Tang Qi surrounded and wiped them out.

Finally, the sky was dark, and there was a thunderstorm in the sky, and light rain fell from the sky with icy shards. He heard the horseshoes of the Mongolian horse team galloping in unison in the distance of the mountain pass.

The battle flag waved, and Tang Qi withdrew layer by layer from the mountain pass to the valley, shrinking towards their position.

In the valley on the other side, lightning pierced the dark sky. The Spanish nobles buckled their helmets with feathers, held spiral wooden spears, and led their horses. In order to be awarded the military exploits of the new territory, they stepped on the mud River valley to the battlefield.

　good evening!

　　
　
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