The trumpet sounds continuously and the trumpet sounds rise and fall.
In the blink of an eye, the Sanshan Military Camp was in a state of uproar.
Rapid drumbeats echoed continuously in the Sanshan camp, and groups of rogue soldiers hurried along the reserved corridors between the camps and swarmed towards the outer camp walls.
The horses neighed loudly and the horses' hooves beat rapidly. The rogue knights wearing iron armor had already mounted their respective horses and followed the team's flag quickly.
Li Yangchun pressed the Yan Fei Dao on his waist and stepped out of the tent.
Behind them, Lin Shengquan and Li Guo, along with a group of generals under Li Yangchun, filed out.
Then a group of elite cavalry guarding outside the camp saw Li Yangchun stepping out of the camp, and they all lined up to follow him, surrounding him in the center like stars holding the moon.
Li Yangchun headed west and set foot on the westernmost observation deck of Zhongshan Camp.
With the three mountains connected, Li Yangchun set up three camps in total, namely Dongshan, Xishan and Zhongshan.
The three mountains have no names. Li Yangchun divided them by their directions.
Dongshan occupies the east, and the terrain begins to slow down toward the east.
Xishan is located in the west, and the terrain begins to slow down toward the west.
Zhongshan is sandwiched between two mountains, and the three mountains are distributed in an inverted "pin" shape.
To the south are rolling hills and mountains, to the north are plains.
However, if we launch a direct attack from the north, we will be attacked by three camps at Dongshan, Xishan and Zhongshan at the same time.
Because the plains to the north are surrounded by three mountains.
Li Yangchun took a step forward and left the crowd. He leaned on the guardrail with his hands and looked toward the northwest.
To the northwest of Xishan, the Ming army's formation was slowly pressing from the horizon like dark clouds.
Rangers of officers and soldiers walked on both sides and in front of the formation, like a barrier, blocking all exploration in the middle and near areas.
Li Yangchun saw that his scout cavalry who had been walking three mountains away was easily driven away.
There are more than twenty teams of officers and soldiers' cavalry, divided into groups of three and five, distributed on three sides.
The officers and soldiers' cavalry seemed to be distributed in a chaotic manner, but in fact they were orderly in the chaos.
Once one of the teams engages in battle, the surrounding rangers can immediately gather together, transforming from a small team into a large team in an instant.
Although the number of scouts he scattered outside was large, they clearly had the numerical advantage, but they were retreating steadily, and even suffered partial defeats.
Li Yangchun's heart sank slightly. The reconnaissance cavalry he sent out were basically his elite cavalry and the best of the cavalry army.
There were four hundred scouts outside the Western Mountains, three or four times as many as the officers and soldiers, but they didn't get even the slightest advantage and were completely at a disadvantage.
"Chen Wang..."
Li Yangchun was very unfamiliar with this name.
How could a newly appointed guerrilla have such a strong cavalry under his command?
You must know that most of the elite cavalry under his command are from the frontier troops in Guyuan and Yansui, and there are also many camp soldiers.
Even if they encounter the camp soldiers and scouts from the three towns in northern Shaanxi, they can handle them and not be in such a mess.
Li Yangchun narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked at the officers and soldiers scattered in the distance. The more he looked at the tactics, the more familiar they became.
"This group of cavalry are Liao cavalry who escaped from Sanshui."
At this time, Li Guo spoke at the right time.
Li Yangchun's eyes narrowed slightly, and Li Guo's words finally made him remember why he was so familiar.
This is the Liao Cavalry's fighting method, and it was like this when the scouts under You Shiwei and Zuo Liangyu, Ye Bushou, opened up the battlefield for the army.
The Ming army's advance was not slow. In just two quarters of an hour, they were almost advancing to the Xishan camp.
After fighting for many years, it is naturally easy to judge the size of the enemy's army based on the size of the military formation and the gaps.
Although the distance is still far away, it is close enough for Li Yangchun.
The two battalions of the Ming army seemed to have come out in full force, definitely more than 4,000 people.
There are about 700 cavalry troops in front. The rangers acting as a barrier outside should be about 200 more, and the rest are all infantry.
The infantry formed a marching column, and the Ming army generally marched in bureau units.
Li Yangchun clearly saw that the Ming army's infantry formation had a total of thirty-two rounds. Based on the full complement of 112 people per round, there were a total of 3,584 people.
Although the Ming army has always had the problem of empty pay, the military establishment is definitely uneven.
But getting paid and going into battle are completely different things. No matter how bad the generals are, they know that there are not enough people and there will be flaws in going into battle.
Therefore, when going into battle, the troops must be replenished. Generally speaking, one set of preparations is used for receiving pay, and another set of preparations is used for going into battle.
And if the number of people is too small, the difference can be seen even from a distance.
The Ming army is now beginning to form formations under the Western Mountain. The numbers of all military formations are not much different, and they are definitely sufficient.
The number of people will only be more, never less.
The strong northwest wind blew past like a bone-scratching blade, and the hunting sound of the flags being blown by the strong wind echoed in everyone's ears.
The blue robe covering Li Yangchun's body was blown up.
The sun was three shots higher and the Golden Crow was in the air, but there was no feeling of heat.
Li Yangchun tightened his tight robe, but the sunlight falling on his body did not make him feel the slightest warmth.
Li Yangchun narrowed his eyes slightly, and after many years of wandering, he finally returned to Shaanxi.
Autumn seems to have arrived earlier than in memory, and the climate seems to be colder than in the past.
Li Yangchun closed his eyes and thought about the past.
He still remembered when he was a boy, during the Wanli period.
The weather doesn't seem to be that cold, and autumn doesn't come so quickly.
The strong wind howled in Li Yangchun's ears, bringing Li Yangchun's thoughts back from the horizon.
Li Yangchun opened his eyes again. He didn't know why, but he knew what the cold weather meant.
The long winter will undoubtedly kill more people and cause Shaanxi to suffer more disasters.
Li Yangchun opened his eyes again, and his heart sank again.
Because in the short period of time he recalled, the Ming army had already formed a military formation, evolving from the original marching column into a combat formation.
Li Yangchun has never seen such speed of formation changes in all his years of fighting.
Li Yangchun now felt that he might have been a little reckless and accepted the order to go to Gongchang Mansion.
But now is not the time to regret. After all, Li Yangchun has been on the battlefield for a long time and quickly stabilized his mind.
Most of the scouts outside have returned to the camp, while a small number are still wandering around the perimeter of the barrier held up by the Ming army's rangers, looking for opportunities.
At this moment, the detective report that Li Yangchun had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived.
"Detective Cavalry Report!"
A soldier carrying an order flag and covered in dust hurriedly climbed onto the observation deck.
"The enemy's infantry has about 3,500 people, many of whom are wearing armor, and the cavalry has about 1,000 people, all of whom are wearing armor."
"Our troops suffered many casualties and most of them have withdrawn to their bases."
The detective knight read out the detective report loudly, and the atmosphere on the observation deck dropped.
Thousands of cavalry are all wearing armor, and most of the troops are heavily armored.
This news came from the detective report and was definitely not an exaggeration.
The troops are heavily armored. Using this word, it means that even ordinary soldiers basically have armor.
"The enemy carried dozens of artillery pieces, and the equipment transported in front of the formation was a new type of tank."
"The chariot is not equipped with cannons. The front is like a shield, extremely wide, with about dozens of sides."
(End of chapter)
