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The gate of Xinpingbao opened wide, and groups of soldiers with tiger-shaped flags entered the city from the gate.
"Pan Yingzheng, I've waited for you all." Du Yan greeted him with a smile on his face.
Pan Yi, who also came over, smiled and said: "When I first set off from the grassland, I got the order to capture Xinping Fort. When the army was halfway there, I heard that Xinping Fort was captured by you first."
"We have no choice. It is true that Lingqiu is too far away from the grassland. Once the imperial court sends out troops to attack, it will be difficult for us to withdraw from Lingqiu. Therefore, Liao Yingzheng proposed to capture Xinping Fort and open up the passage to the grassland." Du Yan explained.
The two people walked to the city together.
After entering the city, at Pan Yi's suggestion, the two went directly to the top of the city.
Standing on the top of the city, Du Yan looked at the neatly lined up people in front of the city gate, his eyes full of envy.
He was the deputy camp commander of the baggage camp in Lingqiu.
But compared with the heavy baggage troops under his command and the soldiers of the main combat divisions in front of him, the gap is still very obvious.
First of all, the soldiers who were preparing to enter the city were all dressed in the same uniform. They were holding the latest rifles with the Tiger Flag in their hands. Then looking at their supply camp, although the military uniforms on their bodies were mostly cotton armor, the colors were different. However, there are several types, especially the fire muskets used. Except for a few self-generated rifle muskets, most of the heavy troops use matchlock guns. Many of them are items eliminated by several combat divisions when they changed their equipment.
Even for artillery, a combat battalion of the main combat division has four six-pound cannons and one nine-pound cannon in addition to some four-pound cannons, while their supply camp is only equipped with some squatting tiger cannons and four four-pound cannons.
It was because his supply camp was stationed in Lingqiu that he was equipped with an artillery team. Even so, there were only a dozen four-pound cannons, and there were no six-pound cannons and nine-pound cannons at all.
"Are you envious?" Pan Yi noticed Du Yan's envious eyes and asked with a smile.
Du Yan nodded unabashedly and said: "I really envy your combat barracks from the independent combat division. They have several more cannons than us. Unlike our baggage camp, there are fewer cannons and ordinary baggage." Many of the muskets used by soldiers are matchlocks that are about to be eliminated, and these are not enough. There is almost a thousand-man team still using spears."
"You guys, you dislike matchlocks even if you have them. The Ming Army's firearms camp uses matchlocks, and the quality can't be compared with the fireguns made by our Tiger Flag." Pan Yi said jokingly.
Du Yan had a bitter look on his face and said: "Your combat barracks use flintlock rifles, and our supply camp uses your obsolete matchlock guns. This is obviously the treatment of a godson, and our supply camp is also the biological son of Tiger Flag!" "
"Haha, it's useless to complain to me. You have to tell our proprietor this." Pan Yi laughed.
Du Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Please forgive me, I don't have the guts to say this to the proprietor."
"Okay, stop complaining. There is nothing we can do about it. Our Tiger Banner has expanded its army too fast in the past two years, and the workshop production capacity is insufficient. The supply camp can only temporarily use the battle barracks to replace the remaining armor." Pan Yi explained.
"I understand." Du Yan nodded.
I understand in my heart that the supply battalions are all large camps that were established later. Unlike several combat divisions, they all experienced the war with the Mongols in the north. In addition, the output of wrought iron at the Dongshan Iron Works is limited, so their supply camps use backward materials. The equipment is normal.
Pan Yi took out the pipe in his pocket, pinched some tobacco and stuffed it in, lit it, took a puff, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said: "The proprietor discovered iron ore on the grassland and built many iron furnaces. In the future, wrought iron will be There are more and more, and when the time comes, the supply camp will also be replaced with the best soldiers and armor."
"It would be great if one day comes." Du Yan said excitedly.
There is no general who does not want his soldiers to wear the best armor. After all, the generals of the Tiger Character Banner are not like the generals of the Ming Army who think about how to drink the blood of their soldiers all day long.
Pan Yi glanced sideways at Du Yan and said, "But you have no chance."
"Ah!" Du Yan was stunned.
Pan Yi said: "The proprietor has transferred the First Battle Division to Datong to use troops against Datong. Once Datong is captured in the future, we will have more places to use troops. When the new battle division is formed, you may be Transferred."
"Is the proprietor going to rebel?" Du Yan's eyes widened, shocked by the news brought by Pan Yi.
Pan Yi pondered for a moment and said: "The order I received is to take your place at Xinping Fort and wait for reinforcements from behind. In a few days, our division should arrive at Xinping Fort."
"What about us?" Du Yan pointed at himself with the index finger of his right hand.
Pan Yi said: "You continue to escort the miners from Dongshan and their families northward with the baggage battalion. Our Tiger Banner's iron field on the grassland needs a large number of miners to make iron."
"Let me and the more than 2,000 soldiers and horses I brought stay to assist you. The miners have Liao Camp there, so there won't be any problems." Du Yan said.
Seeing that their Tiger Flag was about to fight the Ming Army in Datong, he didn't want to go to the grassland at this time.
Pan Yi shook his head and said: "I have learned about the soldiers and horses you command. A large part of them are miners recruited temporarily, and the remaining part are heavy troops. They can fight a smooth battle, but they cannot fight a tough battle."
Du Yan's request to stay was rejected.
"Is there really no chance of staying?" Du Yan asked again, unwilling to give up.
In fact, the next war with the imperial court is the biggest battle in the past two years. If we miss it, we don’t know when we can catch up in the future.
Pan Yi said: "I have sent people to the direction of Lingqiu to find out where the Dongshan miners punished from Lingqiu have gone. When the next group of miners and their families arrive, you can follow them with the troops from Xinpingbao. Let them go to the grassland together."
After hearing this, Du Yan knew that there was no way he could stay.
However, he also knew that the other party was right. Although the troops under his command captured Xinping Fort, it was because Huang An was frightened by the shelling, otherwise Xinping Fort would not have been captured so smoothly.
Compared with his temporary troops and the regular combat barracks commanded by Pan Yi, there is still a big gap.
A few days passed.
Du Yan went to the grassland with the last group of miners heading north to the grassland.
Datong Mansion also welcomed soldiers and horses sent by Xuan Mansion.
Inside the governor's office of Datong.
Li Guangyi sat in the middle, with Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, on his left and right respectively.
"Junmen, the general has just received news that Tiger Character Banner has sent a troop of troops to Xinping Fort, with nearly 20,000 people." Yang Guozhu said with an ugly expression.
They waited for the soldiers and horses sent by the Xuanfu, but the bandits in Xinping Fort also waited for their own reinforcements.
Li Guangyi nodded slightly with an expressionless face.
However, Wang Bao on the other side said: "Since we have known for a long time that Xinping Fort was captured by the bandits, why didn't we send a large army to destroy the bandits? Now that the bandits have come with reinforcements, if they want to take back Xinping Fort, it will be even more difficult." Difficult."
Yang Guozhu glanced at Li Guangyi and was speechless.
