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

Chapter 32
The next afternoon, Wang Dou decided to lead his troops to Dongjiazhuang.

This time Wang Dou decided to lead two teams of soldiers to the battle, and then brought four bird guns, and the remaining team of soldiers stayed to defend the fort.Fangjiagou encountered bandits and reminded him that even if the later Jin army did not invade the bandits, the rest of the Ming Dynasty would not be peaceful, so be careful.

Wang Dou led the troops to fight, and the Han and Chao brothers who were beside him were naturally going to go, Gao Shiyin also went together, and Qi Tianliang also led his supply team to go together.The person left behind in the castle was Yang Tong, which made him very disappointed.

Among the few old people around Wang Dou, he was the only one who had never been in a life-and-death relationship with Wang Dou.Yang Tong also felt that Wang Dou was not as caring towards himself as he was towards Han Chao and others. He always wanted to find an opportunity to express himself. Originally, this bandit suppression was a time to strive for a good performance, but it was a pity that this opportunity would be missed again.But on the surface, of course, Yang Tong's chest slapped loudly, and he only let Wang Dou lead the troops to the battle with peace of mind. The safety of this fortress, he just had to worry about it.

The manpower arrangement was decided in this way. I don't know how many days I will stay outside for this battle, and I don't know how much food and rice the team officer Zhang Gui will allocate to him after arriving in Dongjiazhuang, so Wang Dou decided to prepare some by himself.When a strong soldier is fighting outside, each person needs to eat more than one liter of rice a day, and more than 20 soldiers in two teams can eat more than 20 liters a day, plus food and fodder for a few horses. Wang Dou decided to take five days' worth of food out, about Two stones are more than meters.

There are no mules and horses in Jingbian Fort right now. Naturally, the food and rice can only be carried by those in the luggage team. They also have to pick up pots, bowls and tents. Those tents were seized by Wang Dou and others from the Houjin Army. , which came in handy this time.The people in the supply team had to bear the burden of walking all the way with the army, which was of course quite hard work. Wang Dou thought that he would have to provide them with some horses, mules and vehicles in the future, and hoped that this battle would be fruitful.

In addition to the supply team, the two teams of soldiers naturally had to bring their weapons. In order to reduce casualties, Wang Dou decided to take out the armor captured from the Hou Jin Army in the warehouse and use it.

In fact, the armor of the Hou Jin army is not much different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Many of their armor and clothing styles are from the Ming Dynasty. , Cut off those tall lightning rods, so that these armors are the same as Daming armors.

In the distribution of armor, Wang Dou himself must wear iron armor, that is, the silver-white iron armor with golden and white back. This pair of iron armor is well-made, with thick armor leaves, and the whole armor weighs about forty catties. It can effectively defend whole body.At this time, the armor leaf on the shoulder of the iron armor that was shot by Wang Dou had already been replaced, and it was a good pair of iron armor. This is the advantage of the scale armor.

In addition, Han Chao, Han Zhong, and Qi Tianliang also each had a pair of iron armor. As for Gao Shiyin, after the war that day, he also chose horse armor, so he naturally brought it for this bandit suppression.

Among the two teams of warriors, there are four sword and shield soldiers. In addition to shields and machetes, Wang Dou also equipped each of them with a pair of iron armor. A pair of cotton and leather armor.However, Wang Dou's armor was limited, and most of the soldiers of the two teams had no armor to match, let alone those few soldiers.

According to the rules of the Ming army, soldiers need to allocate money and rations when they go out to fight. However, the military households in Jingbianbao go to war for the survival of the fort, for the survival of their families, wives and children. It is their duty to kill the enemy. Everyone has to work hard, so it is naturally impossible for anyone to come to talk to Wang Dou about the transfer of money or something.

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When Wang Dou led the two teams of soldiers to set off, all the military households in the fort came to see them off. Everyone looked reluctant, and some women and old people were still crying. After leaving this time, the men in the family wondered if they could go again. They came back, but their tears were only behind their backs. On the surface, they encouraged their husbands and sons to fight the enemy well, and followed Lord Wang to suppress the bandits and make meritorious service.

Those military households all agreed impatiently. Compared with them, the young people who participated in the battle were all happy. After many days of hard training, they had long been looking forward to this day.

After bidding farewell to everyone in Jingbian Fort, everyone left the fort in two teams, while Qi Tianliang's supply team followed closely behind everyone carrying rice on their shoulders.

Wang Dou, the Han and Chao brothers, Gao Shiyin, and Qi Tianliang also owned horses, and the horses were fat and strong. Naturally, the military households under him cast envious eyes, but everyone also knew that Wang The horses of Dou and others were taken from the Tartars. If he had the courage of Lord Wang and the others, he could also have such a good horse.

Just to save horsepower, Wang Dou and the others still walked together with the military households, but each of them could carry his own armor on the horse.The remaining two teams of soldiers, who were assigned armor, all packed their armor and walked on their backs.

The sky is cold, there are few pedestrians on the road, and the cold wind whizzes past from time to time, making the surrounding wilderness even more depressed.

Everyone went all the way to Dongjiazhuang. Along the way, everyone walked quietly, and the team was orderly. After more than a month of hard training, at least in the marching ranks, the two teams of soldiers have been hard to pick. fault.

Han Zhong and Gao Shiyin also acted as scouts, riding horses from time to time to check the surroundings, but they always came back to report, and there was no movement around.

Nothing happened along the way, and soon everyone crossed the frozen Dongfang River.

It was only ten miles from Jingbian Fort to Dongjiazhuang Fort. They walked for more than half an hour and soon arrived outside Dongjiazhuang.

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After reporting to the sergeant guarding the fort, Zhang Gui was very happy to hear that Wang Dou led two teams of soldiers to help fight against the bandits. He personally led some people out to meet Wang Dou.

When Zhang Gui saw Wang Dou and the others, he couldn't help being stunned. This time, Wang Dou led more than [-] people. Qing Yise is young and strong, with a rather sturdy taste in his expression and demeanor.

Zhang Gui was surprised, he had led troops for many years, so he naturally knew what this meant, Zhang Gui knew that Wang Dou had recently recruited dozens of military and civilian households to fortify, but when did he train these two teams of capable soldiers?That sturdy appearance was not even available to many sergeants in his fort.

Zhang Gui looked at the two teams of soldiers Ding Qingzhuang, among them, four were holding swords and shields, four were holding blunderbuss, and the rest were holding long spears.Some people still carry packages on their backs. Could it be that the armor is inside?

Zhang Gui knew that Wang Dou had seized a batch of post-golden armor, so he used it for this time to suppress the bandits, and he was really willing to spend the money.And those bird guns also made Zhang Gui curious. I don't know where Wang Dou got the bird guns. Isn't he afraid of hurting his own soldiers?
Not to mention that Zhang Gui was surprised, Zhang Tanggong and Hong Qiu beside Zhang Gui were equally surprised, of course they could see the appearance of the two teams of soldiers.They also knew the situation of Wang Dou's Tunbao. It's only been a while, and the military households under Wang Dou have this effect. This Wang Dou's ability is very extraordinary.

Naturally, Wang Dou saw some people around Zhang Gui, besides Zhang Tanggong and Hong Qiu, beside him was a middle-aged officer with a gloomy expression and thin cheeks that caught his attention.

Wang Dou had no time to watch, he stepped forward to pay respects to Zhang Gui, and said loudly: "The humble leader of the team has ordered you to return to your lord with twenty elite soldiers!"

Zhang Gui said happily: "Brother, it's a good time for you to come. With you, my brother can be said to be like a tiger with wings."

He laughed out loud, Zhang Tanggong and Hong Qiu behind him also laughed, only the gloomy middle-aged officer beside him had a displeasure in his eyes.

Zhang Gui smiled for a while, and he said: "By the way, brother, brother is here to introduce you to some colleagues in the castle!"

He introduced to Wang Dou one by one, Zhang Tanggong, the leader of his family team, and Hong Qiu Wangdou, who was in charge of food and supplies in the fort, knew each other.In addition, Zhang Gui also has a direct leader named Zheng Anzhi, who was also introduced to Wang Dou.

Then Zhang Gui introduced the gloomy middle-aged officer. It turned out that this man was Xiao Daxin, the team officer of Dongjiazhuang. He was 36 or [-] years old and tried hundreds of households.

Generally, there are 50 people in each team in Daming Xuan Town, which are divided into team management officers and team officers, and each leads about half of them.

Hearing Zhang Gui's introduction, Wang Dou hurriedly cupped his fists and saluted, "Wang Dou has met Master Tie Team!"

Xiao Daxin's face was deep, and he said: "I've heard of Wang Jiachang's name a long time ago, it's really terrifying for young people!"

Wang Dou felt that Xiao Daxin seemed a little indifferent to him, thinking that he had not offended him in any way, that Zhong Yuan also bowed his hands to Wang Dou with the same indifferent expression, and said a few words of admiration for a long time and fell silent.

Seeing that the scene was a bit cold, Zhang Gui smiled and said: "Just now I was discussing with some colleagues in the fort about suppressing the bandits. Brother Wang, you came at a good time. You are good at killing the enemy. You just came to give us some advice."

After everyone entered the fort, Zhang Gui ordered Hong Qiu to arrange Wang Dou's men and horses to rest in the barracks first, and to feed them with good food.Then he brought Wang Dou and others to the official hall. There was a large table in the middle of the hall, and on the table was a rather large map, which was the topographical map of Xishan Mountain.

(End of this chapter)