At three o'clock in the morning, the gate of Dongchang Yamen was heavily guarded. Dozens of soldiers on horseback wearing helmets, armor, bows and swords were waiting at the entrance of the alley. Not long after, a horseman slowly walked out of the Yamen. On horseback, Chang Yu was wearing Wenshan Armor, with two stone strong bows on his back, a blue bird sword on his waist, and a fine steel horse spear in his hand. He was so murderous that people dared not look directly at him. The soldiers around him were overwhelmed by his momentum and felt filled with pride.
Kuang Ren led a group of soldiers to clear the way ahead. Chang Yu was in the middle and dozens of people slowly walked north along the imperial city. Then they turned west and headed to Bei'anmen to rein in their reins. When they looked up, they saw a figure on the upper floor of the imperial city. Yep, I just can’t really see who it is.
Chang Yu smiled slightly, waved to the top of the city tower, whipped his horse and hurried straight to Desheng Gate.
The army outside Deshengmen gathered here. The Guards, Jingying, Tengxiang Guards, Jinwu Guards, Huang Degong Division, and some of Li Yan and Zhou Yuji's troops all gathered here. There were nearly 80,000 to 90,000 people. The momentum was particularly huge. It attracted many people to watch from a distance, and there was endless discussion, wondering whether this was a military parade, a training camp, or a fight against the Tatars?
It must be a training camp. After this battle, the imperial court must have discovered that the officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp are too good. Now they have to sharpen their knives. As for going to fight the Tatars, forget it. They didn't do anything to them when they arrived at the door. Is it possible? Still chasing but unable to fight.
Tens of thousands of troops gathered outside the city according to their respective divisions. The generals of each department were mobilizing in front of the station. Under a small forest beside Jishuitan, Shi Kefa, Wang Jiayan, Huang Degong, Tang Tong, Ma Ke and other big men were talking under the tree. His eyes glanced towards the city gate, and there were two men and horses over there.
The Black Panther Battalion and the Black Wolf Battalion under Dongchang gathered in the open space near the city gate. As two highly decorated soldiers and horses, they instantly killed the rest of the troops from their equipment to their momentum. Especially since the two battalions only had five or six hundred soldiers. , but all of them are heavy armor and long swords, which is enviable.
Of the four battalions under Chang Yu, only the Gongzi Battalion and the Black Panther Battalion were originally heavy armored soldiers. However, at this time, the soldiers of the Gongzi Battalion were assigned to Guards troops to lead the troops, and their heavy armor was lent to the Black Wolf Battalion.
Wuzhong, the commander of the Black Wolf Battalion, was seriously injured and unable to fight, so Lao Jiu, the deputy of the battalion, took over the leadership temporarily.
A burst of noise came from the city gate. The people onlookers looked up and saw dozens of horsemen approaching with murderous intent. Someone whispered: "They are from Dongchang." Suddenly there was silence everywhere, even from a distance. The clamor in the army camp that was gathering everywhere was instantly silenced. It seemed that everyone was really paying attention.
Everyone knew that the thunderous Grand Eunuch of Dongchang was coming. Everyone was staring closely at the majestic man in the front who was wearing heavy armor and holding a horse spear. After all, very few people had seen the true face of the Grand Eunuch.
However, they were still disappointed this time. In addition to the full armor, the big eunuch also wore a mask of an evil spirit. He looked so pale and horrifying that it made people shudder even after taking a second look.
Why are you still wearing a mask? The onlookers and soldiers from various ministries were very confused. Some people even whispered whether the big eunuch was ugly, and some said that the big eunuch went out to kill Tatars in the city for free money and was seriously injured and disfigured...
Anyway, there is everything to say.
But what about the reality?
The truth is so simple. First, Chang Yu wanted to keep a low profile. Although Dongchang was a sharp knife for the emperor, he also made countless enemies because of it. He was a thorn in the flesh of many people in both the government and the public, and many people wanted to get rid of him quickly. Therefore, his reputation can be as thunderous as his true appearance. Well, it’s visible to friends in Moments.
In addition, Chang Yu is also pretending to be mysterious. In the army, Chang Yu is known as the God of War and the God of Killing. Soldiers often hear about his bravery and worship him as a god. It is no exaggeration to say that whenever he is around, morale will rise spontaneously. Hong's combat power has also increased sharply several times, and he can be said to be the soul of the entire army.
The last reason is much more, and that is to frighten the enemy. Since ancient times, there have been countless examples of the two armies dressing up and wearing colorful faces to psychologically frighten the enemy. Not to mention, when Japanese pirates were rampant in the mid-Ming Dynasty, those Japanese pirates would wear colorful faces. , waving the Japanese sword in his hand, lunging at him with teeth and claws, the Ming army was frightened, and their legs were weak before they even hit him, oh my god, what the hell is this? Even further back in the Three Kingdoms period, it was commonplace to play this kind of trick, and it often had miraculous results.
Of course, Chang Yu alone wearing a ghost mask like this would not have much effect in deterring the enemy, so when he walked out of the city gate and looked at the second battalion under his command not far away, he raised his horse and saw only the Black Panther Battalion and the The soldiers of the Black Wolf Battalion took off their masks one after another, some with pale faces, some with bloody hell monsters...
"Ouch, shit, your mask is uglier than your real person, it scares me." Jia Waixiong, the commander of the Black Wolf Battalion, turned his head and glanced aside. Lao Jiu of the Black Wolf Battalion couldn't help but shudder. The monster fangs are really scary.
Lao Jiu exclaimed: "I think you should stop wearing the mask. You are scary in person. When you wear this mask, you look like a kind-hearted old man."
While the two were chatting, the four groups of Fengyun Leiden soldiers behind Chang Yu also took out their masks and put them on. More than a hundred ghost faces galloped towards the direction of the army gathering, followed closely by the two battalions under his command, causing the soldiers to look at each other and follow closely. More than a hundred riders did not even blink.
Chang Yu led his soldiers to run around the troops in a murderous circle. Although he didn't say a word, the soldiers were shocked and shocked. Some were fascinated by it, and some were afraid of it.
"Damn it, after this war I will go bankrupt and even kowtow to the little governor, I will buy heavy armor and equipment for our Black Tiger Camp." Tu Yuan looked at the two battalions behind Chang Yu and couldn't help but lick his tongue.
"Commander Tu, how come we are both soldiers and horses under the command of Dongchang, but the factory director favors one and the other? We are both the sons of our own mothers, but our Black Tiger Camp only has ordinary armor." Some of the subordinates around him felt dissatisfied.
Tu Yuan snorted: "Do you know how much silver a set of heavy armor costs? How much does it cost to equip a battalion of two to three hundred people? The court does not approve the silver, and there is no money to approve it. This is all Dongchang's own private money. Okay, do you think our East Factory has gold and silver?" He said with a long sigh: "Everything has a first-come, first-served basis. Gongziying is the base camp of the Factory Governor and the first man. Although I have already been obeying orders under the Factory Governor, Jia Waixiong. , but it was not as early as he did to build the camp. When Teng Xiangwei first arrived in Taiyuan, the factory supervisor drew elite cavalry from them..."
Hundreds of grim-faced soldiers followed Chang Yu in a circle around the army, attracting tens of thousands of eyes. The soldiers held their breath and concentrated on it. Forced by their momentum, they did not dare to take a big breath, let alone make a loud noise.
Although he didn't say a word, he had the expected effect. Chang Yu then rode his horse to the woods beside Jishui Pond, took off his mask, jumped off the horse, and thrust the horse's spear into the ground with a strong pestle. Shi Kefa and others They all came forward to pay their respects.
After the greetings, Chang Yu asked Ma Ke: "Mr. Ma, where are your soldiers and horses?"
Ma Ke clasped his fists: "Go back to the Governor, we should have arrived in Shunyi." Last night, they and Chang Yu planned and discussed the strategy to deal with the enemy in the middle of the night. Ma Ke immediately sent his soldiers out of the city to Changping to give the deployment order and ordered him to send troops overnight. The soldiers and horses of Shunyi and Tangtong are waiting for orders.
"You two quickly go to Shunyi to repair your troops and horses, and then take the northern route to Ji Town to wait for orders." Chang Yu nodded to Tang Tong and Ma Ke, and the two nodded and left with fists clasped in their hands. They had already discussed the corresponding strategy last night. , now we just need to perform our duties and take orders.
"General Huang, you are the forward general. You will lead your troops first. Tu Yuan and Ji Jike will lead the personal guards and the camp behind Huang. The three armies will march in the shape of a pin."
All three of them received orders to mobilize their troops.
Chang Yu then said to Shi Kefa and Wang Jiayan: "As the old saying goes, food and grass go first before the troops and horses are moved. Although our food and grass cannot go first, the food, drink and diarrhea of the small hundred thousand horses still depend on the efforts of these two adults."
Shi Kefa clasped his fists: "The factory supervisor can rest assured, he will never let the soldiers go hungry to fight, nor will they let their injuries go without treatment." Wang Jiayan next to him was unwilling, but he could only nod in agreement. He did not participate last night At the military affairs meeting, he and Shi Kefa were notified early in the morning to be responsible for the logistics work. This made him very disappointed and regretful, as he had originally planned to lead the Beijing camp to kill the Tatars.
But first of all, the little eunuch was ordered to supervise the army, and he was the biggest in military affairs. Secondly, he also knew that his experience in marching and fighting was far less than that of the little eunuch who was good at conquering and fighting. His arrangement made sense, not to mention that he was leading 20,000 people with his level. Guadan didn't know what to do.
As it approached noon, Huang De led his 15,000 troops to send troops eastward first, followed closely by the 40,000 troops from the Beijing camp and personal guards.
Then there were the two fighter jets from the Emperor's 26th Guards who were the first to leave the capital to participate in actual combat and achieved great military exploits. The Jinwu Guards and Tengxiang Guards had less than 20,000 troops and were led by Chang Yu himself. However, they did not go straight to the east, but He went to the southeast.
The main force was slowly sent out, and there were still more than 10,000 troops left outside the city as logistics troops. These troops were non-main combat forces drawn from various ministries. For example, Huang Degong's original strength was about 15,000, and Baoding Prefecture suppressed bandits after several bloody battles. There were thousands of casualties, and later the original number was supplemented by bandits. However, they were embarrassed for a while, so they left some to serve as logistics. The remaining troops, including Li Yan, Zhou Yuji and others, made up this logistics force.
Looking at the soldiers and horses slowly marching eastward in the distance, covering the sky and the sun, Shi Kefa took a long breath: "This is a hard battle. I don't know how many of these tens of thousands of men can survive."
"The little governor once said that protecting the frontier and defending the country is the duty of soldiers. It is the fate of soldiers to be shrouded in horse leather. Survival is God's will. Although this battle is a hard battle, it must be a winnable battle." Wang Jiayan clenched his fist hard and Shi Kefa Slightly curious: "Governor Wang is very optimistic."
"It's not that I'm optimistic, but that the factory supervisor will fight and win. It's always been like this!" Wang Jiayan said loudly. Shi Kefa was startled and then looked towards the east. His confidence suddenly increased and his eyes became firmer.
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I have something to do over the weekend, one more chapter
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