Han Twelve Lang got up early.
In addition to the reason that he had already made an appointment with someone, he also wanted to say goodbye to his adoptive father Yu Zizai in front of the martyrs' monument in the college.
Four years later, he was already seventeen years old. At this age, someone had already gotten married, had children and became a father.
Occasionally, he would feel envious when he saw the kind of matchmaking people on the street.
He likes those matchmakers, not only because he can marry the mother-in-law, but also because of the words behind his parents' orders to matchmakers.
You see, there is no one to help him.
In the past four years, he had devoured almost all the books in the military academy, and even the girls had not been able to get through any of them.
He relied on Yu Zizi for this matter.
He said in front of the Martyrs Monument: "This time I am going out to earn a wife. She wants to be fair and fat. I will bring her to you when the time comes, and I will ensure that you are rich."
"Actually, I want to go to Ningxia Town to serve as a soldier. Gentlemen said that Huo Si has returned with soldiers and horses. He must not know that someone is thinking about taking his life, otherwise he will definitely not dare to come back. This person is me. When the time comes, I will You take revenge."
"But then I heard that the official who attacked Datong was bigger and was the leader of Huo Si. So I changed my mind. If I can catch this little prince for you, it would be much better than catching Huo Si."
Han Twelve Lang has grown taller, and he can't do it without growing taller. That Xu Guan is clueless, but he can bully him by relying on his eight-foot height. So he was not convinced. In the past few years, he had eaten enough in the academy, so he ate hard. Now he is a seven-foot man!
Just one foot short of Xu Guan. A little unhappy.
Of course, Twelve Lang is now very elegant when he goes out. The key years of his body growth were spent in the military academy. It can be said that he now has a serious bee waist and mantis legs. In addition, he has high eyebrows and deep eyes, and his face has sharp edges, which makes him quite handsome.
This is far better than Xu Guan.
The two people assigned to him by his boss were named Yue Jianting and Cao Xin.
Both of them came from the bitter and cold frontier areas and were admitted through the imperial examination in accordance with the imperial military academy's policy of recruiting foreign students.
Only with the same background can we have common topics, and the three of them have the best relationship.
According to the orders of the Ministry of War and the Military Academy, they were sent to Liangxiang County, Shuntian Prefecture. The specific location was to the west of the capital, about a hundred miles away, and it basically took only one day to arrive.
The imperial court's order had been issued. The three of them were to go directly to Liangxiang County Office with official documents. After contacting the county magistrate, they would visit each township in detail.
Han Twelve Lang and the other three people walked to the west gate and saw a sword in the arms of a strong man like a wall waiting for them.
Seeing him, Twelve Lang showed some satisfaction.
"I thought you weren't coming."
The man threw an exquisite dagger from his hand and said, "Keep it. If you encounter a close combat and lose your weapon, I can use it to save your life."
Perhaps it was due to the atmosphere of war. The two people who would always argue with each other when they met usually had no intention of quarreling with each other at this time.
Twelve Lang jumped off the horse and took off the water bag again.
"Why are you giving me water so early in the morning?"
"Of course I won't give you water to drink. It's wine."
Xu Guan's expression changed, "Drinking is prohibited in the military. You know the military discipline is strict now."
"I know." Han Twelve Lang continued, "But you always said that I am young. So you and I haven't had a drink yet."
Thinking about it carefully, there is no scene of drinking with him in my memory, mainly because I didn't drink often.
"Just one bite, let's drink."
Alas, there is nothing we can do against him.
Xu Guan unscrewed the cork, raised his head and took a sip, and then pushed the water bag back neatly.
Twelve Lang naturally didn't talk nonsense and imitated him to drink with his head raised.
But as soon as the spicy taste of the wine passed through his throat, he felt like it was on fire, and he inevitably coughed twice.
"It tastes terrible!"
"Haha." Xu Guan laughed. After the laughter died down, he patted Twelve Lang on the shoulder, "Come back alive, and I'll take you to a good drink!"
"Those Tatars are nothing. I have plenty of ways to deal with them."
After the men drank, there is no need to say anything else.
Han Twelve Lang got back on his horse. After walking a few steps, the water bag he drank from suddenly appeared in the air.
Xu Guan took it in his hand and looked at the back of the horse and the man with a calm expression.
Maybe he saw it wrong, he saw Twelve Lang turning his head and making a funny smile at him.
This was one of the few moments of 'harmony' between the two of them.
After leaving the capital, the three of them stopped saving their horsepower and galloped towards Liangxiang County.
During his first break, Han Twelve opened the map he carried with him.
Yue Jianting and Cao Xin's eyes lit up, "I've known you for so long, but I didn't know you had such a treasure!"
"There was no terrain for the battle, and I felt really uncomfortable. The map was very precious and sensitive, so I secretly drew it myself while flipping through various books. Judging from the situation on the road just now, it was probably accurate. Let's talk about this battle together. How to fight?"
This area of North China is dominated by plains. Under such terrain conditions, how to face the Tatar cavalry is really a problem.
"According to the decree of the imperial court, the government and the army are the main force, and the militia are the supplement. We should watch the right time and keep an eye on the moment when the Tatars reveal their weaknesses or flaws."
Han Twelve Lang said: "What if the officers and soldiers are not here and they start looting first?"
"First of all, we should operate at night." Cao Xin thought and came up with a basic principle.
Han Twelve Lang felt some sympathy and said, "Yes. The people are very familiar with the countryside. As long as there are familiar people to lead the way, night raids will have little impact on us."
Only those who have lived in rural areas have relevant experience. Without the lights of the city, it is really hard to see in the countryside, but for locals, this does not matter. If you really want to steal a man or a woman at night, there are dozens of houses in a row in the village, and you will never go wrong, and you will never go wrong every night.
Yue Jianting heard what the two of them said and felt it made sense.
However, Cao Xin began to frown after that, "Water attack is not good, fire attack... it is difficult to have obvious effects."
Han Twelve Lang said: "There are always going to be tough battles. It is impossible to defeat enemies that even the imperial court must deal with seriously by relying on clever tricks."
"You mean, the people of Liangxiang County?"
"No, I refer to the people of Shuntian Prefecture and Beizhili." Han Twelve Lang pointed at the map with his index finger, "The imperial court's decree is very clear. The people's hearts and minds among the prefectures and counties must be unified and used. This At that time, the people in the next county need us, and we also need the people in the next county. Therefore, when raiding at night, we must not just attack with one army, but attack from all directions at the same time, so that we cannot take care of both ends. In the end, he is just these tens of thousands How many groups of men and horses does he dare to divide into? The small groups of men and horses that are separated must defeat him with all their strength!"
"The key is how to do it."
Twelve Lang put away the map and murmured with some memories: "When I was a child, I went to the battlefield. When the enemy rushed up, everything else didn't matter. Only victory is the most convincing. There are more victories, you Others will listen to whatever they say. According to the habits of the Tatars, I predict that they will send out night guards similar to the Ming army to conduct investigation activities. These are the people we have to face first."
Cao Xin said: "Maybe the people will be crazier than we thought."
Twelve Lang and Yue Jianting both looked at him, and Cao Xin added an explanation: "Just like you have been in a war, I have been hungry. If anyone wants to take the land I just allocated, I will fight him to the death."
In fact, it's not that powerful, it's just a matter of survival.
Want to live,
It’s not wrong, right?
(End of chapter)
