"The Mongols are attacking. Go and report to the two battalions." An armored cavalry galloped over and shouted loudly.
His shout broke the tranquility in the camp, and several soldiers standing in front of the camp gate ran into the camp.
Not long after, drums sounded in the camp.
Four-wheeled carts were pushed out of the camp, followed by a thousand-man team of soldiers and artillery gunners.
A dozen artillery carts pulling four-pounders followed behind.
Drums sounded in the camp, and whistles sounded in the direction of the fort being built.
"Quickly, go back to the Dunbao. All civilians must return to the Dunbao." There were soldiers shouting loudly at the Dunbao.
Groups of soldiers began to drive the civilians into the fort.
In the past two days, the civilian husbands have been working in the Dunbao. There are not many civilian husbands outside. Under the arrangements of several soldiers, all the civilian husbands returned to the Dunbao soon.
"Don't lean against the wall, the civilians must return to the camp." A captain of a thousand-man team in the Dunbao shouted.
Soldiers began to drive those civilians who were close to the fort wall inside.
Many civilians still didn't know what was going on, but looking at the nervous faces of the Tiger Flag soldiers, they could guess that something was going on.
These civilians had come to the grassland to work for the Tiger Flag for several months, and had long since adapted to being controlled by the Tiger Flag soldiers, so no one made any trouble, and they all returned to the civilian camp honestly.
"Leave one squadron to maintain order in the civilian camp. Everyone else will come to the fort wall to be on guard. The artillery team will immediately send the cannon to the place with perforations. Quick." Orders came from the mouth of the captain of the thousand-man team in the fort. out.
Each of the two thousand-man corps has an artillery team. Each artillery team has twelve four-pound cannons and thirty-six squatting tiger cannons. The two artillery teams have twenty-four four-pounders and seventy squatting tiger cannons. Two doors.
The gunners, with the assistance of the soldiers, transported the four-pound cannons one after another to the perforations around the fort wall.
The fort has not been built yet, but the fort wall has been built to a height of more than ten feet. There are perforations on several walls of the fort wall, including perforations for firecrackers and perforations specially used to place cannons.
Teams of soldiers and gunners were busy inside the fort, and cannons passed outside the civilian camp.
In the civilian camp, some curious people stretched their necks to look outside.
"What's going on? Why did you suddenly drive us back?" Youminfu said in confusion.
Someone on the side answered the conversation and said: "I heard that the Mongols are here and are coming to attack us. Alas, I don't know if I can survive. If I had known it was so dangerous, I wouldn't have done this work no matter how much money I was paid."
"Then what are you waiting for? Run quickly! If the Mongols surround us, we won't be able to run away even if we want to." The farmer got up and walked out.
The people on the side grabbed him and said hurriedly: "You don't want your life. You didn't hear the Mongolian army coming. If you run now, you won't be afraid of running into the Mongols as soon as you go out."
The farmer who was clamoring to leave said, "That's better than staying here and waiting to die."
"Mongolians all ride horses. Your two legs can still be as fast as the Mongolians' four legs. You should stay here honestly. Look at the soldiers with the tiger flag around you. Do you think they can let you go?" The civilian husband glanced in the direction of the surrounding soldiers who were maintaining order.
The civilian husband who wanted to leave raised his head and glanced at the soldiers surrounding the civilian husband camp. He saw that the other party was holding a blunderbuss in his hand and a bayonet on his waist. A team of about ten people was patrolling nearby.
Knowing that he, a civilian, could not escape from under the eyes of these Tiger Flag soldiers, he had no choice but to sit back down.
"That's right, we can't leave, so why not stay here honestly? There are soldiers with the Tiger Flag outside to protect us. If you really leave, you won't be able to return to Xinping Fort. This place is far away from Xinping Fort. "said the man who stopped the people.
The civilians in the civilian camp all live together according to each civilian team. After a few months, without anyone telling them, these civilians themselves know that they live with their own team.
The two civilian husbands who spoke were both from the same civilian husband team, and there were dozens of people around them who all belonged to the same civilian husband team.
There were not only people in the civilian camp who wanted to leave, but also civilians who heard the news of the incoming Mongolian army. They all panicked, worried that they would die at the hands of the Mongols, and wanted to escape.
However, the captain and squad leader of each civilian husband team persuaded the civilian husbands of their own team, comforted them, told them the pros and cons, and ensured the stability of the civilian husband camp.
The camps of the First Soldier Camp and the Fourth Soldier Camp are directly in front of the Dunbao. The camps are also built with wood and can play a defensive role.
There are soldiers standing on several watchtowers in the soldier camp, each holding a monocular telescope in their hands to observe the situation in the distance.
"Coming, coming, the Mongols are coming." A soldier on the watchtower shouted loudly.
Through the monocular in his hand, he saw dust flying in the distance. At the same time, he saw a large number of cavalry galloping in his direction.
Chen Xunping and Zhang Sancha climbed onto the village wall.
"Damn, there are so many people here." Chen Xunping spat fiercely when he saw the Mongolian cavalry in the distance through the telescope, blocking out the sky and the sun.
Zhang Sancha put an arm on the wall of the village, with half of his shoulder resting on it. While observing, he swallowed and said, "They say there are tens of thousands of people, boundless. But now we see tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry. Only then did I realize that gods and demons are called boundless."
"Afraid!" Chen Xunping turned to look at Zhang Sancha.
Zhang Sancha pursed his lips and said: "It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid, but when I became a gangster, my head was pinned to my belt. The worst I can do is die. I will still be a man eighteen years later."
"Good brother." Chen Xunping patted Zhang Sancha's shoulder and said immediately, "You stay in the camp while I go outside to direct the battle."
Zhang Sancha's eyes widened and he said: "Fart, the soldiers outside are all brothers of the 7th Soldier Battalion. As their camp commander, how can I let you take command? You stay and sit in charge while I leave."
With that said, he climbed down the ladder to the wall of the village and walked out without looking back.
Chen Xunping shouted to him: "The outside is just the first line of defense. If you can't hold it anymore, just withdraw. There is no need to stay there and fight the Mongols."
"Okay, I understand." Zhang Sancha waved with his back to him, then led another team of a thousand people out of the camp and ran towards the place where the four-wheeled cart was parked outside the camp.
The four-wheeled carts have been lined up in a formation. The four-wheeled carts are fixed with wooden pegs under the car boards. The wooden board in the middle is lifted to reveal the muzzle of the gun inside.
Rows of gunners were all in place, and the artillery team's twelve four-pounders were in combat position.
Behind each four-pounder were several gunners, with wooden boxes beside them containing iron balls.
