At this time, Li Shiyao, who had just put on his armor by his own soldiers, turned his head and asked with some surprise: "Do you know how many of them there are?"
"General, because there are many rebels and there are scouts wandering outside, our people don't dare to get too close. I only know that there are many people." The scout explained.
"Okay, got it." Li Shiyao waved his hand to ask the reporting scout to retreat. Then he turned around and said angrily to Chen Muqing, who had already arrived at the accounting camp early to stand by:
"I didn't expect that we weren't ready to go over and fight the rebels. They turned around and attacked us first. What are they going to do? Are they conceited or looking down on us?"
"General, I think they are nothing but here to die!" Chen Muqing bowed his hands and said.
"Haha... Master Chen said it so well." Li Shiyao didn't expect that Chen Muqing would actually say it, and his depressed mood suddenly became happy.
"Let's go, Master Chen. Let's go together to see how the rebel is preparing to die." After saying that, Li Shiyao walked towards the tent door.
"Yes, general." Chen Muqing saluted again and replied.
After a cup of tea or so
The drums were beating loudly in the Qing army's camp
Beat the drum, gather the generals and order the troops
After the three drums are played, those who are not present can be killed.
After last night's discussion, the generals unanimously agreed to send troops to fight the rebels today. So when the drum beat loudly, all the generals arrived one after another.
At this time, no one dared to challenge Li Shiyao's authority. After all, Li Shiyao's name as a general was not something they could offend, plus Li Shiyao's family power and the fact that he was quite popular with the emperor.
If anyone dared to be late, Li Shiyao would dare to chop off his head as a warning to others. The person who was hacked can only suffer for himself, and there is no place to complain.
No one is willing to make big mistakes in such a small matter, so naturally it takes only a short time to gather the army.
It only takes thirty minutes after the three-way drum.
Li Shiyao stood on the high platform and looked at the rows of sergeants below, feeling very happy. So he began to speak before departure:
"Everyone present here is a warrior of our Qing Dynasty. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is the duty of our soldiers. I won't say much else. Everyone knows that there is a group of rebels who are causing trouble in the past and their behavior is very arrogant."
"As loyal soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, it is time for us to do our best for the Qing Dynasty and wipe out these rebels to create a peaceful country for the Qing Dynasty."
"This general will give twenty taels of silver to all the sergeants who suppressed the bandits this time." Li Shiyao shouted loudly.
Li Shiyao thought of adding this opening silver on the spur of the moment, although he felt a little sad about it. But as long as this group of rebels can be defeated, so what if there are tens of thousands more taels? Besides, isn’t there Yang Yingju!
Coincidentally, Yang Yingju, who was in Zhang Rui's camp at this time, suddenly let out a "hachi". Then he rubbed his nose with his hand and said, "Is that Zhang Rui thinking of another way to deal with me?"
The green camp soldiers who were listless after listening to Li Shiyao's nonsense, their eyes lit up when they heard about the departure of silver. They all knelt down to Li Shiyao and shouted: "Thank you, General Li."
As soon as Li Shiyao heard this strong voice, his confidence immediately increased a lot. Then he continued: "The suppression of bandits this time is an important matter. If there is any soldier with outstanding military achievements, I will report it to the Holy One and raise his family to the status of raising the flag and sharing the treatment of the Eight Banners."
If the "departing to win silver" in the previous section is just a "small prize", then the "entering and raising the flag" mentioned by Li Shiyao later is the "big prize". If you join the Eight Banners, you will be able to take advantage of the "iron crops" for generations to come.
The eyes of the Green Camp soldiers who heard Li Shiyao's promise shone brightly at this moment. This is something that will truly benefit future generations. We must work hard to kill the enemy no matter what.
"I am willing to die for the general, and I am willing to wipe out all the rebels for our Qing Dynasty."
Under the leadership of some generals, the more than 14,000 Qing troops below followed and shouted
Li Shiyao looked at the high morale of the people below and admired his own wit.
In fact, it is not difficult for him to elevate a few people to flag-raising. However, Li Shiyao was a little surprised that the morale of the Qing army below could be raised so high. No matter how he thought about it, Li Shiyao felt that it was a great deal.
Li Shiyao even wondered whether the "Holy Patriarch" Kangxi also used this trick when he was quelling the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories". That's why the Green Camp soldiers who originally couldn't defeat Wu Sangui later became so fearless of death.
"Okay. The rebels are not far ahead. After we kill all the rebels, we will come back and distribute the departure silver and reward them based on their merits. Now give me the order to leave." Li Shiyao shouted confidently road
"Tiger, tiger, tiger..."
After three blasts, the Qing army officially set off.
The mountainous land in Guangxi is not just talkative. There are a few flat and wide land, but not many. Therefore, there are not many places suitable for large armies to fight.
Because of this, Guangxi has always been a troublesome place for many imperial courts. If you want to conduct a large-scale battle, you really can't find a suitable place to start the battle. If a small force comes over, it will be attacked by various sneak attacks.
Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble. The approach of most imperial courts is to try to avoid conflicts with local chieftains to reduce the difficulty of management.
At this time, scouts from both the bandit suppressing army and the Qing army had small-scale confrontations. As for the damage, there were very few, after all, both sides were fighting each other to find the most suitable positions for both sides to fight.
finally. A relatively flat and open grassland was found three miles away from the Qing army.
The men and horses of both sides met there and arranged their troops in formation.
War pays attention to "victory through righteousness and surprise."
Although the use of "surprise soldiers" sometimes has unexpected effects, the real victory on the battlefield comes from frontal strength. If one party has "crushing" strength against the other party, then the other party's "surprise soldiers" will be in vain no matter how well they are used.
Zhang Rui still led 2,000 musketeers, more than 600 pikemen, 200 cavalry, and more than 1,000 surrendered Green Camp soldiers.
There are two main square formations, but they are different from the Qingyuan troops. The phalanx in front is composed of musketeers and pikemen, and the phalanx in the back is the green battalion soldiers. Their weapons are also diverse.
Zhang Rui's cavalry was used to guard the central army and was placed behind the green camp troops.
Li Shiyao's 14,000 troops and horses were only arranged in three square formations due to the terrain. Because he knew that Zhang Rui's muskets were powerful, every square formation Li Shiyao set up was a large square formation. Trying to overwhelm them with their superior numbers.
Both sides are quickly arranging and organizing the square formation. After all, whoever is one step ahead of others will have a better chance of winning. No one will stupidly wait for the opponent to prepare everything before starting a war.
