The sun was shining brightly today, the sky was clear, and the field of view was extremely good. Chang Yu went up to the top of the city and looked far away, and saw several groups of bandits riding on horseback outside the moat in the west of the city, with dozens of people in each group.
Moreover, these scouting horses were extremely arrogant. They relied on the ditch outside the moat to cross the river and scolded the patrolling officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers set up their bows and shot arrows, but they stayed far away.
Seeing the thief on the horse, who was thin and had excellent riding skills, Chang Yu was suddenly shocked: Boy's Army!
In addition to the explosive combat power of his direct lineage's old battalion, the bandit's subordinates also have a powerful team and a rare force, which is the Boy's Army.
The Boy Army is selected and trained from orphans or refugees, generally between the ages of thirteen, fourteen and seventeen. Its founder should be Zhang Nai, also known as Li Shuangxi!
Zhang Nai was a boy scout. He joined the bandit army at a very young age and followed Li Zicheng. When Li Zicheng was brutally tortured by Sun Chuanting, only eighteen riders escaped. One of them was Zhang Nai, who was also the youngest. He was adopted by Li Zicheng as his adopted son and renamed Li Shuangxi.
The Boy's Army was established at his suggestion and with the authorization of Li Zicheng. In order to cultivate and train them, Li Zicheng implemented the adoption system, that is, letting his elite soldiers adopt adopted sons. Each elite soldier could adopt twenty. The Boy's Army was among these elite soldiers. With training, he slowly becomes a rare soldier.
These child soldiers were used by Li Zicheng for siege, logistics, patrolling, inspection and agitation, and spying on intelligence. Whenever the attack on the city failed and the officers and soldiers could not stop fighting, the child soldiers were sent to form a commando team to charge into the battle or to raid the city and dig up the wall. Historical records record that, When the rebel army besieged the city of Beijing, it was these child soldiers who climbed up the wall from the northeast of the city and were the first to attack. The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp who were guarding the city at that time turned around and ran away in fright.
To put it simply, the child soldiers are all young children, but they are always multi-purpose cavalry, and can even be said to be special forces.
Moreover, some of the boy soldiers have been fighting for many years and are already veterans on the battlefield. Although they are still in the boy barracks, they are actually young and strong.
There are two mountains in the Boy'er Army, one is Zhang Nai and the other is Li Laiheng!
Because Zhang Nai has reached adulthood, he has begun to work among adults and is in charge of the grain officer and deputy general.
Therefore, the boy army he established was gradually handed over to Li Guo's adopted son Li Laiheng.
It's a pity that Li Laiheng just emerged and before he could shine, he was sneaked into the military camp and stabbed to death by Chang Yu. In history, the leader of the rebel army who fought fiercely with the Qing army for many years during the Southern Ming Dynasty received his box lunch in advance.
Damn, sworn enemies!
Chang Yu cursed secretly in his heart as he watched the extremely arrogant Boy Jun Tan Ma galloping at the foot of the city.
The reason why I say rivals is because according to historical records, after the intruders broke into the capital and entered the palace, these child soldiers committed many crimes, one of which was to torture the eunuchs in the palace.
It is said that tens of thousands of eunuchs in the palace were chased, beaten, killed and injured countless times by these child soldiers. They were caught and beaten and humiliated when nothing happened. Many palace ladies were also humiliated. Simply put, the other main members of the bandit army ate meat, and these child soldiers drank a lot of soup. , and followed Liu Zongmin across the city to capture noble ministers and torture them to extract money. He has always been a pioneer.
I traveled through time and became the leader of the eunuchs. Could it be that God asked me to clean up these bastards for the eunuchs who were tortured to death?
Chang Yu got on his horse and headed north along the city wall.
When I reached the northwest corner, I looked around and found that there were indeed many children in the north of the city probing the enemy, and they were even more arrogant. They went straight to the moat to provoke the officers and soldiers on the other side.
Due to time constraints, the trench fortifications outside the city are mainly in the south city and are the most complete. There are two or three in the east of the city, only one in the west of the city near the Fen River, and in the north of the city as a rear position, there are not even half of them, just one nearly twenty meters wide. moat.
Yesterday, the bandit troops attacked for hundreds of miles, regardless of the lack of men and horses. In order to reduce Chang Yu's momentum, they started fighting one after another, and even attacked the south gate trench position overnight. After gaining an inch of success, they also paid a heavy price. Chang Yu was sure that he would not make a big move today. Need to cultivate a good life.
However, there were infantry soldiers and scouts in front of him. It was obvious that Li Zicheng did not want Chang Yu to lie down in the sun and wanted to tighten his nerves at all times.
"Sir, would you like to send troops to kill these thieves?" He Chengxin, who was on duty in the city at this time, came over and asked.
"Inform the city's Niu Yong. If you want to play, just play with them. If you don't want to play, just watch these two dogs barking. It's time to watch a big show."
He Chengxin immediately sent someone to deliver the message, and then looked at Chang Yu with a heavy face and asked: "Sir, the thieves are approaching and besieging the city. Depending on the situation, the intruders will deploy troops to besiege each gate."
Chang Yu nodded slightly: "This is inevitable. He held his breath and wanted to fight with me yesterday. He lost his temper overnight and got something. Of course, the next step is to divide the troops and attack each door. At least he can contain our troops. However, I have determined that there will be no worries today, so let him have a good time."
"Sir, are you so sure?" He Chengxin was a little unconvinced.
Chang Yu smiled faintly: "First, he needs to take a breather. After running all the way here for another day, the soldiers are tired. Second, he needs to prepare for the attackers, and third, he is waiting for me to give him a reaction."
What was his reaction? He Chengxin was confused again, but seeing Chang Yu's expression that he no longer wanted to talk to him about this topic, he didn't ask any more questions.
"Your bow looks like a hard bow. Let's take a look." Chang Yu's eyes fell on a soldier behind He Chengxin and saw that he was carrying a big bow.
"Sir, this is a two-stone bow." The strong man held the bow forward.
"Ha, he's still a master." Chang Yu took the bow and tried the string in his hand.
Suddenly there was a loud shout, and the bow string was full of moonlight. He pulled the hard bow open, and He Chengxin was startled. It turned out that not only could he fight, but he was also so strong.
"Factory Supervisor, you are so strong." The archer couldn't help but cheer. He was a master of archery, and of course he could pull away. But when he saw Chang Yu's expression so relaxed, he fell in love for a moment.
"Can you shoot the thieves in the city?" Chang Yu reached out and threw the bow to him and asked.
The archer looked at the dozen or so child soldiers outside the city guard, frowned, shook his head lightly and said, "I'm afraid it won't be enough."
The moat in the north of the city is more than one mile away from the city wall in a straight line, which is about five hundred meters.
The shooting range of bows and arrows is far less than this. When the ancients described a person with good archery skills, they usually said that a person can shoot through a poplar with a hundred steps!
In other words, the effective killing distance of a bow and arrow is within a hundred steps (sixty to eighty meters), which is equivalent to within a hundred meters, but the shooting range of a bow and arrow is generally only one hundred and fifty meters.
But as a powerful bow like the Two Stone Bow, its range can reach up to three hundred meters, but its killing range is within two hundred meters.
If it's further away, you'll have to use a powerful crossbow or a cart crossbow.
Of course, these are talking about straight-line distances. You must know that Chang Yu is on a city wall of more than ten meters at this time. It is not impossible for the two stone bows to hit the thieves outside the moat under the city with arc shots. At least the range can be reached, but the accuracy depends on the archer. Level.
"Show me your hand." Chang Yu smiled faintly, and the archer nodded slightly, then took up the bow and pulled the string, held his breath, and pointed the arrow straight into the sky.
With a whooshing sound, the arrow feathers penetrated the air, and a black line could be vaguely seen reaching into the sky, gradually disappearing.
Chang Yu squinted his eyes and stared at the dozen boy soldiers who were still shouting in the moat, thinking silently in his heart, give him a blow to the head!
Just as his mind was over, one of the boy soldiers suddenly fell off his horse. The others were frightened and suddenly dispersed like birds and beasts!
"Good archery skills!" Chang Yu couldn't help but cheer.
"Lucky!" the archer smiled stupidly.
"What's your name?" Chang Yu was excited. Li Zicheng was shot blind when he was supervising the battle at the west gate of Kaifeng, but he was already under the city at that time, and the distance was not as far away as now.
"This is a humble job," the archer said quickly.
"I'll hang out with the governor from now on." Chang Yu laughed, patted Kuang Ren on the shoulder and said, "Awesome!"
"Thank you, Mr. Factory Supervisor, for your support." Kuang Ren was overjoyed and turned to look at He Chengxin. He Chengxin echoed Chang Yu with an embarrassed smile: "You are indeed good at swordsmanship." But how about you rob someone in front of me like this...
It was already noon, but Niu Yong still couldn't hold himself back. He sent some men and horses across the river to play the game of "Come on, chase me, if you catch me, I'll let you have fun" with the rebel army.
This kind of little fuss was not as entertaining as yesterday, and it didn't attract much attention. Even the soldiers on the city didn't bother to look around.
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