In the spring of the twenty-fifth year of Tiansheng.
Three months have passed since Yunzhou County received the imperial edict from Bianjing.
It was early March, the temperature in Unju County began to warm up, and the snow on the roads melted, which also meant that it was time for the 10,000-square-meter Japanese army to set off.
Although three months is unusual, it is more than enough for Yunzhou County to prepare supplies for 10,000 troops.
News came back from Atria a few days ago that the basic port has been completed and can be put into use.
In the southeast, good news also came from Feiyun Trading Company. The fleet sent out half a month ago passed through the Bohai Bay and saw the branch of the Yunling Mountains. Now it is moving along the coast of the branch. If the map is good, it won't be long before the ship The team can reach Atlea's first port, the original Coquille Village, now Pingbo Port.
Moreover, actual combat is often more memorable than theory. During this half-month voyage, many Yunzhou soldiers who were just novices learned how to operate a ship, and now they are able to independently control the ship back and forth.
It can be said that there is no problem in returning to the city.
Good news from all aspects continues to come, which makes Yunzhou County feel a lot more at ease.
Although there are only 10,000 people, these 10,000 people are also from their Yunzhou County. How could they be allowed to be deceived by those idiots in the customs?
I still feel sorry for my own people.
Li Dingguo, who received all kinds of good news, also breathed a sigh of relief.
At noon on the fifth day of March, after swearing an oath at the Nanyun Campus, the Taira-Japanese army, consisting of 7,000 infantry, 2,500 light cavalry, and 500 heavy cavalry, embarked on the road to enter the pass.
Following them, there were ten thousand Tatar auxiliary troops, all of whom were carefully selected from the southern steppes.
The various tribes in the southern grasslands expressed their loyalty to King Yun.
When he learned that Yunzhou County would send 10,000 troops to Guan to pacify the Japanese after the new year, he spontaneously selected an elite group of 50,000 from each tribe and clamored to fight for Tian Khan!
Zhao Jun was quite pleased to see it, but he was still wary. He only took 10,000 people as auxiliary troops to suppress the Japanese army.
After they learned that they were just auxiliary troops, they didn't care much. They knew the combat effectiveness of the Yunzhou Army, and auxiliary troops were auxiliary troops, as long as they could fight for the great Tian Khan!
In this way, 10,000 Tatar elites became the auxiliary troops of the Japanese army. They brought their own horses, which saved them the trouble of recruiting accompanying soldiers and civilians.
When a large army goes on an expedition, there are only 10,000 regular soldiers fighting, but often the number of people together is far more than 10,000. At least 20,000 civilians accompany the army to help transport grain, supplies, weapons, medicines, etc.
Now that there are 10,000 Tatar auxiliary troops with their own horses, they not only save civilian labor, but also have mules and horses for transportation. On weekdays, they use horses to help the army transport supplies.
When the enemy attacks, you can mount your horse and form an army. It's like killing two birds with one stone.
It was half a month later when the Japanese troops arrived at Liaoyun Pass.
On this day, Peng Li inspected the security of the Liaoyun Pass as usual. Conducting routine patrols.
Suddenly, from a distance, from the end of the official road in Yunzhou County, I saw a large group of dark people approaching quickly.
Peng Lidang was shocked!
He hurriedly called a soldier: "Go and inform the general immediately. There are a large number of troops approaching our gate from the direction of Yunzhou County. The purpose of their arrival is unknown at the moment. General, please come quickly!"
"promise!"
The soldier responded, then quickly ran down the city wall towards where the general Li Wei was.
And Peng Li was also vigilant and immediately asked the buglers to blow the bugle prepared by the entire army!
Woohoo~
The powerful and dull horn sound suddenly sounded, immediately awakening the defenders who had not noticed the situation outside the city.
Preparations were made quickly, and the archers spontaneously came to the top of the city. Under Peng Li's command, they formed a three-row formation, strung their bows, and aimed at the approaching black shadow, ready to fire an arrow.
Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Tai——
The sound of basic horse hooves kept getting closer. In less than a quarter of an hour, the black shadow army that had just been at the end of the line of sight had already arrived under the city outside Liaoyun Pass and stopped a hundred and fifty steps away from the city.
And the people on the top of the city finally saw the identity of the incoming army.
At this time, Li Wei finally received the news and hurried over.
"Where are you from?"
Li Wei asked anxiously.
Peng Li cupped his hands and replied: "I didn't see it clearly before, but now I can see clearly that it is the Yunzhou Army under King Yun.
When they escorted the refugees out of the customs before, the general had noticed their flags.
It is this auspicious cloud flag!
It’s just that this is the first time I’ve seen the orange one on a black background. "
Peng Li was talking about the Yunhui Army flag erected by Li Dingguo and others.
What he had seen before was the black auspicious cloud flag with a white background that was originally used by the escort to identify themselves.
"What are they doing here? Bringing so many people with them?"
Li Wei asked subconsciously, and then suddenly slapped his head.
"Oh no, I almost forgot. His Majesty dispatched 10,000 troops from Yunzhou County to quell the Japanese. Could it be them?
But the number doesn’t match up. There are almost 20,000, and half of them are Tatars?
And where are the civilian husbands of their army? "
While Li Wei was thinking about this, Li Dingguo below had already begun to call the door loudly.
"General, please open the city gate quickly. We are the commander of Yunzhou County to quell the Japanese army. I am Li Dingguo, the commander of the Japanese army. I entered the pass to quell the Japanese under the decree of the imperial court. Please open the city gate quickly and let me enter the pass!"
With that said, Li Dingguo also held up the imperial edict from Bianjing in his hand.
Now Li Wei could be sure that it was indeed the army transferred by the imperial court to quell Japan.
But their number is wrong!
The imperial court obviously only transferred 10,000 yuan, but now you have 20,000 yuan and I don’t know what to do!
Li Wei immediately shouted to the city and replied: "General Li, we have already received the news of the imperial court's order to mobilize troops.
But I remember that the imperial court only transferred 10,000 people. You see that it is at least 20,000, and half of them are Tatars. Please tell me why it is not in line with the decree? "
After hearing this, Li Dingguo immediately laughed and said: "Those ten thousand Tatars are not the regular soldiers of our Yunzhou Army, but the auxiliary soldiers of our army transporting grain and grass!"
"Auxiliary soldiers?!"
Li Wei suddenly had questions on his mind. Whose auxiliary soldiers are like yours? They are all big, round, and fierce.
I'm afraid the soldiers under his command are absolutely no match for him in a one-on-one duel.
Here they are, just their auxiliary soldiers. Are you kidding me?
Seeing that he was unable to do anything, Li Dingguo immediately waved his hand, and the Tatars who were originally riding horses behind him immediately dismounted. They usually rode three people per person.
One horse for riding, one for transporting supplies, and one for backup.
Now the spare is also filled with supplies.
As soon as they dismounted, five hundred Tatars formed a battalion, and quickly started to organize on the spot using the things they took from the spare horses. In less than a while, the grain trucks full of grain supplies were piled up. in the car.
The Tatars became coachmen, and they all looked back while sitting on the carriage.
Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and he could still... still... still be able to play like this!
Due to the development of technology, assembly line operations are developing rapidly in Yunzhou County.
Many parts have strict size control, so any batch of parts can be assembled together and replaced at any time.
So despite the fact that they didn't bring a cart just now, in fact, these Tatars thought it was too slow to drive the cart, so they deliberately dismantled the cart. The food and other supplies were carried by the spare horses, and they were able to speed up the advance together with the regular soldiers. speed.
Then the two sides checked the seals, and after confirming that they were correct, Li Wei had no choice but to open the city gate and let the Ping Japanese army and his party enter Guancheng first.
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(End of chapter)
