"The weather in May is so hot."

"This dog-daily time is just incorrect!"

Liang Xing and Wang Changfu were scorching sun above their heads. On the right side were the endless mountains and mountains, and on the left side were the plain area from Lizhuang to Caizhuang, Guanzhuang, with only a few small hills.

The surrounding villages are undulating along the low mountains, and the fields and houses of the villagers are vaguely visible.

In front of them was a large plain area, with a large official road heading straight to the north, which was the Xinpingbao official road. There were several small roads passing by, which was the intersection of Zhenlu Acropolis and Tiancheng Acropolis Yang and Acropolis. It was much worse than the Daguan Road.

However, because they are close to Lizhuang, these roads have been rebuilt within a radius of dozens of miles. Last winter, Zhang Han saw that all the tenants were idle and many people were gambled and drank. Of course, there were also many strong laborers working in the workshop. However, the scale was not large last year and the workshop could not absorb all the labor. He paid by himself and hired laborers to push stone mills and related materials to renovate the road every day. Now these small official roads have also been leveled, which looks completely different from other places.

The workshop in the core area of ​​Lizhuang is still under construction, and the clanging sounds of hammering and forging are constantly coming, and black smoke is constantly floating from the sky above the various workshops.

Behind them was a small river with very fast flow. This river was purely artificial drainage. Under the leadership of Chang Jinquan, Kong Minxing and others, the river was artificially accelerated, and even during the dry season, it continued to divert water from the river to irrigate and drive hydraulic machines.

The first feeling that newcomers feel is not like the places in the Ming Dynasty, everything in front of them is so strange and novel, giving people a magnificent view, and there is also a bit strange and strange.

Of course, this strangeness does not mean bad, but because the reason why all kinds of wonders are combined together and the impact of the impression is too huge.

As for Liang Xing and others, they have lived here for a long time, all the changes have happened bit by bit in their eyes. For them, Li Zhuang is where everyone's souls are placed and the place where everyone is most at ease. Whenever someone is sent out by the government and returns to Li Zhuang, he feels relaxed.

It's really well managed here, and everyone seems to be in a big family.

Take the battlefield in front of you as an example. Li Zhuang’s defense seems to be loose, but in fact it is the most stringent.

Mountains, rivers, canals, and these things are the best natural defenses. The workshops behind them also have sharp corners and overlapping like diagonal lines. In such a place, you can only break through from the place where Liang Xing and others are stationed. It is completely impossible to detour or encircle them. Only by choosing to break through here can you enter the core as quickly as possible. If it is a detour, you can only make yourself dizzy.

"Here you come." Duoer, who was standing beside Liang Xing, kept listening. At this time, he interrupted Liang Xing and Wang Changfu and reminded everyone that the enemy cavalry had arrived.

Liang Xing was excited and said, "How many people didn't?"

Duoer said: "I can't hear this, but it must be only tens of thousands."

Listening to the number of people from the movement and still is the most basic reconnaissance skill. Especially when you go deep into the grassland, you often have to listen to the number of enemies and the approximate distance from the sound of horse hooves. The powerful Ye Wu can tell how many people are, but it must be limited to dozens. If you can tell how many people can tell how many people can be heard even if you can tell a few hundred or thousands of people, that is the category of monster novels.

Wang Changfu said: "Asking the flag, order the entire army to wear armor!"

The rumbling drum beats rang out, hurried and excited.

After a brief drumming, the flags of the general offices, the flags of the general offices of each bureau, the flags of the captains of each flag team, and the flags of the soldiers who were originally sitting and resting stood up one after another.

The first row is mostly jumping warriors, that is, sword and shield soldiers. Their iron armor is imitated by the iron scale armor brought by Zhang Han from the nine sides. This kind of armor is very expensive and takes a long time to make it. The weapon and armor battles take a long time, and it has been made into less than 100 leaders. Fortunately, there are not many people jumping warriors, and there is only one organization that is less than one game, so everyone can wear armor.

These iron armor weigh more than 30 kilograms. If you add the matching iron helmets, necklace braces, arms guards, shin guards, iron mesh boots and iron gloves, etc., the total is more than 40 kilograms, which is nearly 50 kilograms.

The jumping soldiers are all the best in the army. They must be the first in physical fitness. They must also be firm in will, dare to rush in the first row, and have extraordinary fighting skills. Among them, there are quite a few of the stoogee masters from that time. Their personal bravery and the discipline in the army can make them a place in the warriors.

Because of this, the salary of the warriors is particularly high, and when they are transferred to other online positions, they will be more inclined to take care of their military promotions.

It is not easy for the soldiers to wear armor on their own. The spearmen or the bird gunmen on their left and right line help them wear the iron armor on their bodies.

Almost all the pike soldiers and bird gunmen were wearing iron armor. The pike soldiers wore dome helmets, and did not have arm guards, shin guards, iron gloves, or iron masks like war soldiers. They just wore a layer of mail to protect the vitals.

The same is true for bird gunners. They have to keep their arms to fire bird guns, and it is even more impossible to have arm guards.

The bird gunner's iron helmet is a round shape with a large brim hat, which is used to cover the fire door in rain and snow, and to avoid moisture when filling in the induction medicine.

If you look down from a high place, you can see the flags waving, the lights of armor and weapons shine together, emitting a breathtaking light.

Here, there are a total of five archers with nearly 3,500 people!

One of the Qingcheng Division and the Shinhei Division is in Xinping Castle, and the other one has just been gathered and lurked outside the side wall. The remaining five divisions, one division and two divisions are directly under the jurisdiction, and they are also the two divisions with the most elite veterans and the most tough battles.

Then there is the Lingqiu Iron Field Office under the supervision of Li Congye and the Lingqiu City Security Office under the supervision of Li Laibin, and then the Tiancheng Office under the supervision of Li Laibin.

Since the Northern Barbarians invaded, Li Zhuang's military commander has been working hard. With the cooperation of the Military and Political Department, he first canceled the holidays for all soldiers and ordered all archers to gather and standby. Then with the cooperation of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Sun Yao's staff officer deduced the Northern Barbarians' march and war plan. Then the Military Commander ordered the assembly of each department to Li Zhuang and prepare for war... Almost all these things were carried out in the absence of Zhang Han. Of course, all the military orders were sent to Zhang Han and were only implemented after he confirmed them. Then, even Sun Jingting and Li Dongxue went to Xinpingbao. It happened that after these people entered the fort, Xinpingbao was surrounded by Beilu.

Because there had been a plan, Li Zhuang was not panicked. Besides, the siege of the Northern Territory was very loose, and the news in the fort could still be conveyed. Zhang Han's latest military order was that each department was commanded by Wang Changfu, Liang Xing, Li Congye and Li Laibin. On the battlefield, each department was commanded directly by Wang Changfu, and no one was allowed to disobey the military order.

Zhang Han, the commander of Wang Changfu, still believed in Wang Changfu's battlefield. In the last battle to eliminate bandits, the southern route was mainly siege, but the eastern route successively wiped out more than a thousand bandits, with more than a hundred battles of all sizes and sizes, which were all directly commanded by Wang Changfu.

At that time, Wang Changfu was also a small officer in Ji Town and participated in several practical battles to fight against the Northern Territory.

Whether it is qualifications in front of officers of each department, actual combat command or experience, Wang Changfu is enough.

Even if Zhang Han is here, he doesn't think that his command in front of the battle will be stronger than Wang Changfu. Zhang Han feels that he is definitely stronger than Wang Changfu in grasping the overall situation and implementing strategic goals... This family is his, and he can also take on this responsibility if he is ruined. As for the command of a battle, he doesn't think that he will be stronger than Wang Changfu, and even Wang Yikui, Li Laibin, Li Congye, Sun Yao and others may be stronger than him.

There were crowds of people on the battlefield, and the entire long-term battle line had small-scale ups and downs and fluctuations, which was within the normal range. Wang Changfu observed the array and made small-scale fine-tuning of some battle lines at the last moment.

The pond horses ran back and forth in the reserved gap in the array, bringing the latest instructions.

After another quarter of an hour, the sound of horse hooves gradually became clear.

After a moment, the Beilu, who was like a tide, finally appeared on the horizon, and then it became closer and closer, and the number of people seemed to be increasing.

It is very obvious to appear in such a location. It is the most time-saving method to come from Xinpingbao, except to walk on the mountains or farmland, to unfold and run along the official road.

The Beilu should be wary of the border troops in Datong Town coming over and take over Lizhuang in the shortest time and plunder wealth. They will inevitably take the most labor-saving shortcut.

The cavalry was in chaos for a while. After all, the Beilu might not have expected to encounter thousands of enemies here. Judging from the experience of invading in the past two hundred years, the Beilu was not very careful about the local guards or had no civilian armed forces before. The Han people were not as good as the Beilu. Unlike the Beilu, who was a middle-aged man, they could be regarded as a cavalry. It was impossible for the Han people to form a combat-capable group training without training. During the Taiping period, the court would not allow or encourage such organizations to be established.

The Northern Gate invasion was always to guard against the Ming generals leading elite cavalry to counterattack after the break, rather than to beware of such a situation in front of you.

"What a pity, our cavalry has not yet taken shape, and this battle has not happened." Wang Changfu said with regret in the face of the enemy.

Duoer is also worried, and the same is true for Zhu Dayong beside him.

Zhu Dayong and the elite cavalry both wore heavy armor and became part of the jumping warriors. Although the warriors were also an amazing honor, Zhu Dayong certainly wanted to ride on the war horse, advance bravely with a strong and fierce force, and wield a sword to kill the enemy immediately.

Duoer looked at Zhu Dayong and said, "Sir, a new type of plate armor is being developed, and there are vests worn by war horses, don't worry."

Zhu Dayong nodded and said, "I hope this battle is the last time our cavalry is used as infantry!"
Chapter completed!