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Chapter 104 Kill him without leaving a single piece!

On the official road to the northwest of Gaoyang County, within the formation of Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army.

Lu Xiangsheng was in front of the army of the Superintendent of the Biao Battalion. Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, heard that there were more than a thousand captives riding in the direction of the army. He even jumped up and asked loudly, "How many slaves are there?"

After he was confirmed, there were only affirmative replies from more than a thousand people in Luqi.

"Humph!"

He snorted coldly, stepped forward majestically, clasped his fists to salute Lu Xiangsheng, and said in a deep voice: "Minister, the final general is willing to lead the army horses under his command to fight, take this group of slaves and ride them, and kill him like a piece of armor!" Do not stay!"

Lu Xiangsheng was also standing in front of the formation with a helmet on. He waved his big hand and said in a deep voice: "The slaves are really rampant. There are more than a thousand captives, how dare they spy on our army, and really think that I have no one?"

Afterwards, an order was sent to all the ministries to tighten the army formation and become a defensive posture, and ordered the army to temporarily build a tall building to watch the movement of the captives.

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Zhang Cheng, Lu Xiangsheng and other generals climbed up the temporary watchtower, looking far away, it seemed that a large cloud of smoke and dust could be faintly seen rolling in from the official road to the east and the wilderness on both sides.

Thousands of horses rolled, the ground trembled slightly, the smoke was getting closer and closer, and finally everyone saw a large blue banner flying in the wind, under the banner, there were all strong knights in blue armor.

Faintly visible, the fiery red tassels on the tops of everyone's helmets were raised in the wind, and among the flags, there was also an extraordinarily large blue military flag, fluttering in the wind, as eye-catching as standing out from a flock of chickens.

Lu Xiangsheng snorted coldly and said: "Slave thief, the Tartars of the Zhenglan Banner! You really have the guts to peek at the reality of our army with a mere thousand people?"

Even Yang Guozhu sneered and said: "The captives are so rampant, the governor should give an order, and let the captives know how powerful our Xuan army is."

The rest of the generals and officers all sneered and looked at the thousands of Tartars rushing to the east with a look of disdain.

Duchen Lu is here, Zhang Cheng, who is brave and champion of the three armies, is here, and there are nearly [-] elite soldiers from the three towns of Xuanda here. Everyone is courageous and united, and they will be afraid of more than a thousand Tartars who built slaves in the Zhenglan Banner. ?
In fact, we can't blame those Qing soldiers for being too rampant. There are many Ming officials and soldiers, but few of them dared to go out to fight in the city, and very few of them dared to help other cities.

Even if they were forced out of the city, they would form a tight army and then watch the show. It is hard to say that there are no one who can really fight with the Qing army, bloody battle on the battlefield, but it is definitely rare. .

Moreover, even those Ming troops who dared to fight hand-to-hand with the Qing soldiers in the past were almost wiped out by the Qing army in various ways.

Therefore, now there are often tens of thousands of Ming troops who form formations from a distance to watch thousands of Tartar soldiers plunder and carry money, without daring to make any rash moves.

In fact, this Qing army was ordered by Prince Su Hauge of the Tartars to test it out. If the Ming army remained in formation and retreated as usual, and they did not dare to fight, they would have to return. Under Gaoyang City.

Continue to attack Gaoyang County, take all the riches and children, turn around, concentrate the main force, disperse the Ming army, and plunder their horses, military supplies, armor and weapons.

Compared with the nearly thousand Tartars of the Zhenglan Banner, what was more rampant were those cavalry scouts roaring over. He galloped ten steps away, and shot a few arrows towards the army formation from time to time.

The distance is only so close, you can clearly see the arrogant and hostile faces of the sentry cavalry not far away, the red tassels fluttering on their helmets, and the copper and iron foam nails on the cotton armor are even more clearly visible .

In the cold weather, they and the horses under their crotches were exhaling thick white air from time to time.

Lu Xiangsheng looked into the distance, and the large group of Qing troops riding on the blue flag had stopped less than two miles away from the army formation, posing for a battle.

He stared at the Qing army for a long time, and said to the generals in a deep voice: "All the generals will return to the camp now, and choose the brave elite soldiers and sharp cavalry!"

I saw him suddenly pointing at the Qing army outside the formation, and shouted sharply: "Follow me to fight with the governor, and with one drum, destroy this court food!"

With the rumbling sound of the trumpets, groups of Xuanda cavalry quickly gathered together. Their infantry formed on the official road and were slowly approaching for defense.

Finally, under the banner of hunting and hunting banners, thousands of elite riders from the three towns gathered. In the wilderness on both sides of the official road, there was a piece of bright red armor of the Ming army. Into a momentum of gold and iron horses.

Outside the formation of the Ming army, the Zhenglan Banner scouts who were complacent, never thought that this Ming army would dare to take the initiative to fight, they were all surprised by coincidence, and all of them had inconceivable expressions on their faces. Dare to stay outside the Ming army's formation again, and gallop back to the Qing army's own team.

There was a sound of sneering in the Ming army formation, which became louder and louder, and finally everyone burst into laughter. The laughter of thousands of people seemed to cover up the howling of the cold wind.

Zhang Cheng was going to fight, and Chen Zhong, the captain of the personal guards beside him, carried his banner himself, and a group of personal guards also followed closely beside him.

Behind Zhang Cheng, Chen Zheng and other four guards led more than 700 fine cavalry under their command. They were also full of excitement, and they couldn't wait to kill the enemy.

On Zhang Cheng's left is Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, leading more than a thousand cavalry under his command, and on Zhang Cheng's right, Jiang Mingwu, the general of Shanxi Town, leading hundreds of cavalry under his command.

On the right side of Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry of the Supervising Biao Battalion, there are cavalry under the command of Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, and Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town. They also have a thousand cavalry each.

In terms of the establishment of battalions, the three towns of Xuanda are basically the same. Almost all of them have one battalion, one central army, two thousand generals, and several generals under their command. The flag is clear at a glance.

The most basic level of each team is between ten and twelve. Officers above the commander of the armor are all wearing flags of various colors on their backs and holding iron shields and scimitars. The two are boring palladium hands, and finally a fire soldier is accompanied by a big stick or iron pole, which is used to knock or stab the enemy's horse's head.

However, this is the basic formation of the infantry.

This time, the three towns of Xuanda entered the army and horses to assist King Qin. The chief soldiers, generals, guerrillas and other generals of each town brought more cavalry, and the shortfall was made up with infantry.

Due to the influence of Qi Jiguang's military thinking, the proportion of firearms equipped by the cavalry in the border towns of the Ming army was still relatively high at this time. It is estimated that at least half of the cavalry in every thousand cavalry were equipped with various firearms.

Of course, most of the cavalry have three-eyed blunderbuss, which can be fired and shot, and can also be used as hammers to smash enemy cavalry or horses in cavalry battles. The standard for a pair of strong bows.

Therefore, after Lu Xiangsheng ordered the cavalry to go out to battle, the chief soldiers and participating generals of each town pulled out all the elite cavalry soldiers such as the servants and guards under their command.

These people are standard professional soldiers, all of them have experienced many battles, and the cavalry are treated well. Everyone's face is full of toughness, and all of them just hold the various weapons in their hands. .

(End of this chapter)