A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 110
Wang Dou finally decided to lead the army to rescue Dongjiazhuang, and Han Chao whispered beside him: "My lord, think twice!"

If the Shunxiang army wanted to go out to rescue the city, it would inevitably have to fight the Qing soldiers in the field. Generals Lin Daofu, Wen Fangliang, and Sun Sanjie also expressed concern about this.

Wang Dou could see the fear in their hearts. He said solemnly: "Brother Han, my lords! If we dare not face the Tartars in the wild, then what is the use of training these soldiers? If we don't dare to fight in the field, we will fight against the Tartars." The fear of the Tartars will always be engraved in the heart, so that no matter how strong and tall our city is, it will be broken one by one by the Tartars."

"Today we dare not go out of the city to rescue our brothers, and in the future, they will not dare to go out to rescue our castle. The soldiers we have trained so hard will eventually be reduced to a piece of sand. If a man dies, he will die. I just want to let those Take a look, Tartar, our Ming Dynasty also has heroes who dare to fight!"

Wang Dou shouted: "I have made up my mind, all the generals will follow me out of the city to fight to the death!"

Han Zhong also jumped up: "If you die, you will die. It is useless to stay in the city all the time. Let's fight those tartars!"

When Han Chao and the others saw Wang Dou's decision, they dissuaded him again: "My lord's noble body is in danger of the safety of a castle, so don't take risks lightly. If you don't want to stay in the castle and take charge of the overall situation, let your subordinates wait to lead the army." Let's go!"

Wang Dou sighed: "This battle is about the life and death of our Fort Shun. How can I feel at ease staying in the fort? I will lead the army and set off in person."

He made up his mind, and issued a series of orders swiftly and decisively. Lin Daofu led more than 700 civilian and auxiliary soldiers in the city, and Wen Fangliang led more than [-] outpost sergeants to stay in the fort.Nearly [-] people from Han Dynasty's right sentry army, Han Zhong's left sentry army, and Sun Sanjie's rear sentry army followed Wang Dou out of the city to rescue. Zhenfu Chi Dacheng led five disciplined soldiers to urge military discipline.

Everyone obeyed the order awe-inspiringly, and soon, the entire Shun Township Fort was mobilized urgently.Teams of soldiers went out of the city to gather on the school grounds, waiting for departure.

In order to make the actions of the sergeants out of the city more flexible and convenient, Wang Dou decided not to bring a single auxiliary soldier or camping equipment for this battle, and the three sentinels and more than [-] soldiers were all soldiers.Each person only carried a few days of fried rice dry food.The fried rice is the common dry food in the Ming army. Each soldier has two liters of rice, fried yellow wrapped, one liter ground into fine powder, and one liter wrapped separately. He must carry it with him every time he marches.

For Wang Dou to fight in his own territory, the supply of food and grass is extremely advantageous, so he brought these dry food just in case.

However, in terms of equipment, in order to minimize the casualties of his own sergeants, Wang Dou collected more than 100 shields from all the shields in the fort, and equipped some of the spearmen with shields to make them become spear shield soldiers, and some of them did not accept sentries at night. They are also equipped with shields to protect them from the sharp arrows shot by the sentry cavalry.

In terms of armor, there are more than 430 pairs of original armor in Shunxiang Fort, including more than 250 pairs of iron armor.In yesterday's battle, the Shunxiang army captured many armors from the Qing army. Most of the Qing soldiers wore double-layer heavy armor. Separated one by one, a total of 220 four sets of armor were obtained.

After Li Maosen led the craftsmen of Shunxiang Castle to work overnight on these captured Qing soldiers, about 170 or three pairs of armor have been repaired, and some thick iron leaves have been added to the holes where the armor was smashed. Although some armor looks nondescript after patching, it's good to be able to use it, not to look good.

These more than 650 pairs of armor were all used by nearly 700 three-sentry sergeants who rescued the city, and some of the armor of the Qing soldiers who were too late to repair were also used.Even tattered armor is better than no armor at all.

The three sentinels in Shunxiang Fort now have less than 300 firecrackers in total. The left sentry soldiers who defended the city and participated in the battle yesterday suffered 74 casualties, and more than [-] of them were firecrackers.Although Wang Dou has added dozens of young and strong auxiliary soldiers, but these people have not undergone complicated firecracker training, Wang Dou can only let them carry a spear, and temporarily serve as the spearmen of each team.This battle was no small matter, in order to prevent these untrained recruits from going to the battle and hindering the army, Wang Dou still let these dozens of people stay in the fort and not go out with the army.

In addition to practicing firecrackers on weekdays, the firecrackers of Shunxiang Fort also practice sword skills. However, after yesterday's battle, Wang Dou found that the firecrackers' sword skills did not play any role in actual combat. Equip these gunfire soldiers with gun swords.

In the late Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, each firecracker was equipped with four blunderbusses and a blunderbuss sword. The blunderbuss sword was nearly two feet long, and the hilt had a curved eye, which could be inserted into the muzzle and twisted to fix it.In the future, the gunfire soldiers will be equipped with gun swords, so let them use the gunfire as a bayonet or a spear.

For each sentry in Shunxiang Fort, including the sentry officers and officers, as well as the guards, flag bearers and drummers of the officers, each sentry originally had 240 nine soldiers, and the three sentries had a total of 740 seven soldiers, but after excluding the 74 casualties, Even including Wang Dou's guard flag bearer and a few disciplinary sergeants who appeased Chi Dacheng, there were only more than 660 sentinels left.

Let the three sentinels with less than 700 people go out of the city to rescue the more than 1000 Qing soldiers in the field.

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The rapid drums and gongs of Shunxiang Fort kept ringing, and teams of soldiers in uniform, under the leadership of their respective officers, ran to the battle field outside the city.Wang Dou issued a strict order to lead the army out of the city for rescue. Although the field battle with the Tartars made many soldiers fearful, they all chose to obey.

At the gate of the city, on the streets, densely packed Shun Xiangbao auxiliary soldiers and military households were crowded, and groups of soldiers passed by them in a uniform manner with stern faces.The military households crowded at the intersection, just watching them go away silently.

There was silence inside and outside the fort. After going this time, those soldiers and brothers, how many of them will return?My own children, father and brother, do they have a chance to come back?
Amidst the sound of footsteps, a woman's voice was suddenly heard: "Fifth brother, don't worry, I'm waiting for you to come back!"

A child beside her also jumped up and shouted: "Daddy."

Amidst the call, a sergeant running with the army turned around at the city gate and smiled at the mother and son.

In an instant, cheers resounded through the sky.

"Don't worry."

"We're waiting for your return."

At this moment, no matter whether they were inside or outside the castle, whether they were soldiers or civilians, they all had tears in their eyes, but they still laughed and waved, as if this time they were not going out to fight to the death, but to travel.

All the military households waved their hands with tears in their eyes, a good man who dares to fight the Tartars to the death, it is worth having such a man in his family.

In the Qianhu government hall, a pregnant woman also prayed devoutly to the Buddha statue: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, who saves the suffering, please bless my brother for his safe return..."

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In the teaching ground of Shunxiang Fort, Wang Dou listened silently to the cheers coming from inside Shunxiang Fort. Neatly, everyone tightly clenched the spears and firecrackers in their hands.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "I know that many people are afraid when we send troops to rescue Dongjiazhuang. It's also true that the Tartars are famous and difficult to fight in the field. To be honest, I'm also afraid in my heart!"

He raised his voice and shouted: "Just because we are afraid, can we hide in the fort and refuse to save us? Our Shunxiang Fort, Jingbian Fort, and Dongjiazhuang Fort are all brothers connected by flesh and blood. If brothers are in trouble, we will see you." If you don’t save yourself, what’s that called?”

"coward!"

"When you left the castle, you heard your parents, wives and children cheering for you. Do you want them to regard you as a coward?"

"We dare not aid our brothers today, and they will also dare not aid us in the future. We shrink in the fort, even if we can defeat the bandits once, but we are alone and helpless. One day, a stronger enemy will attack us Fortresses, invade our cities and lands, insult our wives and daughters, and kill our fathers and brothers!"

Wang Dou sternly said: "Those Tartar soldiers will definitely do this, are you willing to see this day?"

There was no sound in the teaching field, but everyone's eyes were full of anger, and many people's chests heaved rapidly.

Wang Dou's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. He scanned the crowd and shouted: "To get rid of a greater disaster and let our descendants have no hatred, we only have to fight bravely! Kill all those Tartars and let them know that we are in Shun Township Castle!" The hero is powerful. From now on, if those Tartars hear the prestige of our Shun Township Army, they will be afraid, and from now on, they will not dare to set foot on our Shun Township Fort. Soldiers, take up your weapons!"

He pulled out his epee sharply, pointed it straight at the sky, and roared: "Kill the slave!"

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

There was wave after wave of shouts on the teaching ground, and all the Shunxiang troops brandished their weapons and shouted loudly.

They all screamed hoarsely, from this moment on, they were no longer afraid, no fear!

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"Brothers, kill the Tartars."

Gunpowder smoke filled the walls of Dongjiabao, the sound of firecrackers and shouts of killing rang out together, Qing soldiers jumped onto the top of the wall one by one, and fought bloody battles with Gao Shiyin and others on the wall.

The sergeants guarding Dongjiazhuang had suffered more than [-] casualties, and the casualties had already reached [-]%. The rest of the sergeants also had scars on their bodies.Gao Shiyin and Yang Tong and the others were fighting frantically. They had only one thought. Dongjiazhuang was almost unable to support it. Will he come, my lord?

Two miles to the southwest of Dongjiazhuang Castle, Najialazhangjing's army set up a large camp here. At this time, [-] steps away from the Dongjiazhuang city wall, most of the Qing army lined up solemnly. The banner of Jialazhangjing stood tall, and under his orders, the soldiers and horses under his command just kept coming forward, attacking the Ming army in Dongjiazhuang Fort in turn.

Looking at the situation at the top of the city, Najia Lazhangjing was full of ambition, touched his big face and said: "Seeing that this castle is about to be breached soon, hmph, after breaking through the city, we must kill everyone in the castle." Stay, let those Ming people know how powerful our Qing soldiers are."

Beside him, stood Niu Luzhang Jingniu Gulu, looking at the top of the city, he was secretly surprised, attacking such a small castle, he had already suffered more than [-] casualties, the Ming army inside was so tenacious, and they paid so much I don't know if it's worth the price, but he said with a smile on his face, "It's all under the command of Master Yan Zha, and my Qing soldiers won this victory!"

Najia Lazhangjing let out a hearty laugh.

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Old White Bull:
Today I saw a few pirated posting websites, and some people in Baidu Tieba put forward many requests for this book. I want to say that I will not give any comments and requests except for the book friends in the starting point book review area and others. bother.

Another: There is another chapter in the evening, which will be released before twelve o'clock.

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