On the east side of Laishui, Baoding Prefecture, five long black dragons covered the plain. The scout team of more than ten hundred people from the Po Slave Army went out for more than ten miles, conveying their latest military situation to the army. The whistling cold wind blew the battle flag and woke up the cute and stupid white bear on the battle flag. It looked at the outside world curiously. It was just a broken village, and the corpses of the Voldecans often appeared telling the cruelty of reality. The land that had been raging for several years was once again slaughtered by foreigners. Luo Tian, ​​the leader of the Tianxiong Camp, rode a white horse in the middle of the queue. His young face looked at the dilapidated mountains and rivers with hatred in his eyes.

As the saying goes, those who are close to Mo are black and those who are close to Zhu are red. Luo Tian has followed Zhang Dashen for many years. He can best understand why Zhang Ping'an killed all the Jurchen tribes. Zhang Dashen never pays attention to morality and ignores what it means to be generous. As long as he can defeat the enemy on the battlefield, Zhang Ping'an can even pretend that he is betrayed his reputation. Because of this, Zhang Dashen's reputation has never been very good. Although Luo Tian has been with Zhang Ping'an for a long time, his grandmother often tells him inspirational stories such as tattooing of mother-in-law, and teaches Luo Tian to be loyal to the country and let Luo Tian know what the way of loyalty and filial piety is. Luo Tian is also very entangled in this regard.

If you want to talk about the example of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, it doesn’t need to be far away from Luo Tian’s father Luo Yiguan can be called a model. Luo Yiguan shed his last drop of blood for the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty. Faced with the devastated Ming Dynasty, Luo Tian was not only devastated with the Jurchen Tatars, but also shook his belief in loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Zhang Dashui often taught a group of small staff members around him that patriotism must be a lifelong belief, and loyalty to the emperor must be carefully studied. The emperor is gone, but the land of the country will not die. To preserve the glory created by our ancestors with great hard work, we must put all enemies who dare to peek at to death. However, what Zhang Dashui said was extremely usurpable, and he almost spoke of the idea of ​​being lighter than the emperor.

During the march, soldiers of the Pou Nu Army kept dismounting and restraining the bodies of the dead people. They were afraid that the remains of these people killed by the Tartars were trampled on by the Pou Nu Army and their bodies were gone. The most taboo in the Han tradition is that the corpse of the wilderness after death. Although the Pou Nu Army cannot give them rebirth, they can at least give them a tomb to rest. The Pou Nu Army approached Laishui County, and the Qing Dynasty Inlaid Red Flag Yue Tuo's unit evacuated south to avoid the battle. Yue Tuo was familiar with the tactics of the Pou Nu Army. After the Pou Nu Army covered the battlefield, the Inlaid Red Flag had no idea of ​​the deployment of the opponent's troops behind them. They had to entangle with the strange and powerful Pou Nu Army, and the Inlaid Red Flag, and they would not run away again.

The purpose of Luo Tian's march into Baoding Prefecture this time was to test the main combat method of the Inlaid Red Flag, and to rescue the Ponu Army of Taohualing. Luo Tian ordered the General Yu Jian to lead 5,000 cavalry to Taohualing, and the General Chengjiaqi led his troops to the north of Dingxing. As soon as Luo Tian's general order was issued, a scout came to report it. He caught five people in front of him and claimed to be the messenger for help sent by Li Chunyang, deputy general of Taohualing. Luo Tian hurriedly asked someone to invite them over. Luo Tian had a very good memory. He recognized one of the people who lost his left hand from afar as a veteran of the Ponu Army. Mr. Zhang had a very good tradition on the battlefield, that is, no matter how tired he was after the war, he could not stop him from visiting the injured Ponu Army soldiers.

As the close adviser of Marshal Zhang, Luo Tian would of course accompany Zhang Ping'an. Luo Tian is more talented than Marshal Zhang in recognition of human faces. Luo Tian can almost remember everyone he has seen. Sometimes, Luo Tian would explain in advance what battlefield the wounded soldier was injured on by Marshal Zhang. The advantage of this prompt is that Marshal Zhang often blurted out the injured soldier's battlefield under Luo Tian's reminder, and immediately moved the wounded soldier so that he could not sleep well for several days. Although Luo Tian might not know the name of this person, he immediately confirmed that the person was a veteran of the Po Slave Army.

Luo Tian saw these veterans who were like beggars and then turned over and got off the horse and went up. There was no nonsense on the battlefield. The veterans told Luo Tian that the news that the Red Flags had stopped at the attack on Shenma Fort. Luo Tian ordered people to bring dry food to fill their hunger, and while finding horses from the team to let them lead the way for the General Yu Jian. They didn't walk for a long time, they met three messengers from Shenma Fort, and then they got the latest intelligence from Taohualing. When the General Yu Jian got the guerrilla general Yang Tianxi of Zijing Pass gathered a group of bandits and went to Shenma Fort to pick up cheaply after the Jiannu Yinghong Flag withdrew the troops, his anger was uncontrollable. Then, Yu Jian arranged a scout team to explore the way for the entire army, and commanded the army to rush to the road overnight. He also sent a messenger to report the situation to Luo Tian, ​​the head general of Tianxiong Camp.

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Li Chunyang, deputy general of the Pou Slave Army who guarded Taohua Ridge, stood on the wall full of gaps and looked down the mountain. The bodies of dead bandits were densely covered on the entire hillside. He still underestimated people's greed for money. After Jiannu of the Enanghong Banner left, tens of thousands of bandits surrounded Taohua Ridge. Hundreds of Pou Slave Army soldiers fought against the tens of thousands of bandits who wanted money but were desperate, and his confidence in defeating the enemy was also lost. From the Tartars of the Enanghong Banner to the continuous attacks of these outlaws, it had been twelve days since the Tartars of the Enanghong Banner drove the people to the continuous attacks of these desperadoes. Six thousand bloody corpses emitting from the hillside had no deterrent effect on the thieves.

The three thousand official troops of Zijing Pass, who had been stubborn and unstoppable, seemed to be ready for the final decisive battle. Hundreds of long attack ladders were neatly placed at the foot of the mountain, and the official troops in tattered armor had already arranged their attack formation. The bandits and bandits had no rules in fighting. They were defeated by the Ponu Army and then rolled down the foot of the mountain in a mess. The official troops of Zijing Pass were more combat-effective in combat. Originally, the Ponu Army looked down on the bandits and bandits, and even more so. However, having money could make the ghost push the mill, and the massive amount of gold and silver robbed by Shenma Fort gave them the courage to fight for life. Yang Tianxi, a guerrilla in Zijing Pass, originally thought that the bandits and bandits would die and consume the ammunition of the Ponu Army, and the official troops under his command finally took advantage.

After fighting for several days, Yang Tianxi, a guerrilla in Zijing Pass, saw the power of the Ponu Army. Hundreds of people guarding this hamlet not only made the strong Jurchens unable to shake, but the bandits and bandits were even more injured. Yang Tianxi was not very good at fighting at least he knew that the situation on the battlefield was not controllable by manpower, and any variables on the battlefield could appear. Yang Tianxi planned to hide his name and become a rich man after robbing Shenma Fort. He was also afraid of the subsequent revenge of Zhang Ping'an, the Marquis of Ponu. The official army of Zijing Pass had not yet attacked, and about 6,000 new bandits from Shanxi rushed forward. The bandits could see from the flag that they were gathered by dozens of hamlets. No one was convinced of each other. They were completely drunk today, drinking a big bowl of wine and eating a large piece of meat, regardless of the sky and the earth would fall tomorrow.

As the saying goes, the most capable of fighting on the battlefield is the soldiers who are desperate. The Ponu Army guarding Taohualing did not dare to underestimate these bandits who had no skills on the battlefield and only knew how to use brute force. In order to defend Shenma Fort, the soldiers of the Ponu Army collected the wolf-toothed arrows shot from the red flag as long-range strike weapons. These days, the muskets and ammunition were consumed a lot, and Li Chunyang still planned to use muskets to deal with the official army of Zijing Pass. As the saying goes, the ignorant people are not afraid. The attacking bandits, carrying dozens of long ladders, holding messy weapons, shouting and rushing up the mountain. More than 6,000 bandits, less than 10% of them have shields in their hands, and nearly 30% of them have farm tools such as iron forks, rakes, hoes, etc. A spear is considered elite, and a person with a knife in his hands is definitely the leader.

War can change a person. Zhang Youhai, an orphan picked up by Yang Tianhe in Bailonggou, ate free meals in Shenma Fort, and slandered Yang Tianhe and wanted to join the Possess Army. Zhang Youhai's idea was also very simple. He had no relatives in the world. A child who had to make a living can only become the food of a wild dog. If he wanted to survive, he could only pester his life-savior Yang Tianhe and not drive him away. General Staff General Yang Tianhe was also an orphan. He also understood Zhang Youhai's psychology very well. It just so happened that Shenma Fort lacked manpower. Zhang Youhai and more than fifty orphans picked up temporarily became helpers of the Possess Army of Shenma Fort.

Most of these orphans are from peasants, and they can still do a lot of work as long as they are given a full meal. Zhang Youhai chose to use the Slave Army-based crossbow arrow to kill the enemy. His idea was not noble, and he just wanted to keep himself eating here forever. Zhang Youhai has become a qualified crossbow archer since the day before yesterday. Perhaps he has talent in this area. Anyway, Zhang Youhai can point and fight there within fifty feet of the 50 feet. For this reason, Yang Tianhe specially assigned Zhang Youhai two orphans of the same age to load crossbow arrows for Zhang Youhai. At first, Zhang Youhai was a little dizzy when he saw the enemies all over the mountains and fields. Over time, he gradually integrated into the tense environment of the battlefield.

Zhang Youhai himself didn't know how many people he shot. Today, Zhang Youhai specialized in shooting people with swords. These bandits who rushed over from Shanxi looked crazy. The clothes on their bodies were like people fleeing, but their yearning for money gave the bandits infinite power. From today on, Zhang Youhai could accurately identify the targets that needed to be killed from the crowd. The arrows he shot were fast and accurate. In less than an incense stick, Zhang Youhai shot out ten arrows and eight hit the targets. Zhang Youhai was particularly energetic, and he kept changing the crossbows that filled the arrows.
Chapter completed!