In Xuancheng, Yang Chendong only stayed for two days and left, Deng Qiang and Shi Wanshan came to Dalu City with everyone, in this city, the cavalry reinforced second regiment Lu Zhuo was waiting here, and when he saw Yang Chendong riding a white dragon horse in front of the team from a distance, he excitedly greeted him, and he dismounted and saluted when he was far away, in order to show respect and miss.

Yang Chendong rode on the horse and first returned a military salute, then looked at Shi Wanshan and Deng Qiang, who were accompanying him, and said, "Let me introduce you two, this is Lu Zhuo, the commander of the second regiment of mercenary reinforcement, and he is a tiger general." ”

"I've seen Captain Lu." Deng Qiang and Shi Wanshan said with a look of great admiration.

Lu Zhuo naturally hugged his fists in return. After waiting for the two sides to meet, Yang Chendong said: "Okay, this is Talu City, it will be delivered to you now, and the grain and grass needed by our mercenaries will be delivered through here in the future. ”

In the previous words, Yang Chendong still said with a smile on his face, but when he talked about the back, his expression had already become a little more serious, and he was completely like two people.

Shi Wanshan and Deng Qiang, who heard these words, were shocked in their hearts, but they didn't show any expression on their faces, they just smiled and said: "Where, where, everyone is a family, a family." ”

"That's fine. Send you a thousand miles, there will be a farewell, let's all say goodbye. Yang Chendong laughed and clamped his legs slightly on the belly of the white dragon horse, and when the crowd waited for the mighty passage through the already uninhabited Dalu City, they went straight to the direction of the first city.

Watching Xiao Feng's Leng Feng Regiment and Yang Chendong's entourage of the Second Reinforced Cavalry Regiment leave far away, Shi Wanshan looked at his back and said, "Gonggong Deng, do you say that this is a tiger returning to the mountain." ”

"Silence." Deng Qiang said nervously as if he had been stepped on his tail, then looked left and right, and found that no one was paying attention here, so he whispered: "General Shi, some things are not up to us little people, as long as we complete the errand delivered by the imperial court." ”

"Okay, okay." Shi Wanshan pretended to look panicked and nodded again and again, but in his heart, he recognized what he said just now. Although he and Yang Chendong had only met twice before and after, he just had a feeling that this person was extraordinary, and if he was not restrained, once he became a trend, he was afraid that he would turn into a dragon when he encountered a storm.

Besides, Yang Chendong, he didn't know how Wan Shishan would evaluate himself, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care, but he was a little curious that it was Lu Zhuo who came to greet him, not Hu Mang. The telegram from which he was coming back had been sent a few days earlier, and it was supposed that Hu Mang should have come to greet him in person.

Could it be that something went wrong in Shijo? With puzzlement and confusion, Yang Chendong asked Captain Lu Zhuo, who came to greet him.

"Yes." Lu Zhuo nodded without the slightest concealment, and in front of Yang Chendong, he didn't dare to lie. Soon after the New Year, there was a sudden movement in the northwest, and the Mobei Mongolian Department suddenly sent troops to attack the capital, where the defending general Muren was defeated and led the troops to evacuate, and it became the territory of the Mobei Mongolian Institute. But it is too close to our first city, only more than two hundred miles, and the cavalry will soon threaten our safety under the hurry, and the tiger division commander is worried that there will be problems in the future, so he took advantage of the fact that the other party's foothold is not stable, and transferred troops to attack there, and there is really no time to answer Lu Cheng to pick up the sixth young master, so I arranged for me to come with the second cavalry regiment. ”

"Take the capital?" Yang Chendong listened to Lu Zhuo's introduction, and first nodded his head. If this is the case, it is absolutely impossible for others to touch it, to paraphrase a common saying, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly next to the couch?

But the problem came out again, that is, everyone understood this problem, what did the Mobei Mongolian Department think? They knew that the mercenaries would not rest and would not allow them to get involved in the area around the First City, so why did they occupy that place? At this time, there is still snow on the grassland, but it is not a good season for grazing, and even if it is, a small land should not let the Mobei Mongolian Department take such a big risk.

Intuition suddenly told Yang Chendong that things were a little unreasonable. In line with the idea that something abnormal is a demon, Yang Chendong's face changed, and he said to Yang Er beside him [567 Chinese], "Quick, immediately send a telegram to ask Shicheng if Humang has already sent troops, if not, let them postpone." ”

Seeing that the sixth young master's face changed drastically, Yang Er hurriedly agreed, and then found someone to send a telegram. Soon after, the telegram was replied, and the commander of the tiger division had already led the army to set off three days earlier, and now he should have handed over the Mobei Mongolian department.

"Speed up the march and get back to Shijo early." Yang Chendong, who heard the news, did not speak, but took the initiative to speed up his progress. In view of Yang Chendong's performance, others involuntarily began to speed up.

Only half a day later, a new telegram arrived in front of Yang Chendong, and as he had guessed, something had happened. The telegram said that the capital was a trap, and the mercenaries were unprepared, and the army suffered heavy losses, and finally under the desperate struggle of the Tatar cavalry regiment led by Su He, a bloody road was killed. Now they had fled back to the city, and their pursuers were as close as they were outside the city.

At the bottom of the telegram was a long list of losses. Looking at the above description, the separate division lost four battalions, the Tatar cavalry regiment lost more than half of the battle, and more than 1,500 people died. The three regiments newly formed by the recruits also lost as many as two regiments, about 4,000 people, and the worst was the cavalry reinforced regiment, the whole regiment was 3,200 people, and only less than 500 people finally escaped, of which the second battalion commander Gao Danhua was killed, and the first battalion commander Deng Yu was seriously wounded.

Looking at the bloody numbers on this telegram, in the end, the number of mercenaries lost in battle this time was as high as 10,000, and the wounded were even more numerous, Yang Chendong's face was gloomy and terrible at this moment. After a full six or seven breaths, he suddenly raised his head and said fiercely: "The Second Reinforced Cavalry Regiment left two battalions to escort the ladies back to Shicheng, and the remaining battalion pulled a wooden carriage and brought Xiao Feng's Leng Feng Regiment to Shicheng with me. ”

With 10,000 casualties and countless wounded, this is the largest casualty of the mercenary army since its establishment, and it can also be regarded as a broken nerve. But what is even more terrifying is that the current Shicheng has fallen into danger, if the city is in danger, I am afraid that such a long time of hard work will be in vain, this is definitely not what Yang Chendong wants to see. The order was given, and the carriage was dismantled into wooden planks, on which sat a cold front soldier with a name of the 95-style style. Fortunately, there was heavy snow on the road, and with its strength, it was not difficult to pull it up. At that moment, Xiao Feng's Leng Feng Regiment had 1,300 people, plus a reinforced battalion of Maxiong Mountain with 1,000 people, a total of 2,300 people were rushing towards Shicheng.

At this time, in the first city, Hu Mang's expression was haggard, and his face was very ugly.

He has been with the young master for the longest time, and he has always wanted to prove himself with his strength and tell others that he did not become the head of the first division by virtue of his qualifications. To say that this kind of idea is good, but because he was too eager and anxious, after seeing that the capital city, which was only two hundred miles away, changed hands, he didn't even wait for Yang Chendong to come and start using troops.

Or that he didn't want to wait for the sixth young master to return at all, he just wanted to fight a beautiful turnaround battle to prove himself. It's just that he never expected that he would return from a big defeat, with 10,000 soldiers killed in battle, countless wounded soldiers, and the danger of Shicheng being besieged now.

The scouts in front have already sent news that the Mongol army in Mobei has arrived outside the city, that is, it is less than twenty miles away from the greenhouse plantation, and the generals below are asking for instructions on how to do it.

The big greenhouse garden, although there are only two thousand acres of land, it is really nothing, but it was planted by the sixth young master, and the greens that appeared in it once made the Mongolian people call the god of war the messenger of immortality, which is already a symbol, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning.

Such a place must not be lost, otherwise, don't wait for the sixth young master to reprimand him, Hu Mang will not be able to pass this level in his heart first. "Come on, transfer the six musket battalions of the independent division, and the others will defend the city, even if I die on the battlefield, you must not open the city gate and take a step out of the first city."

Hu Mang made up his mind, even if the bad situation was caused by his own unfavorable command, then it was necessary for him to stand up now and solve this trouble. Although he didn't know if he would be able to do it, at least he would do his best, even with his life.

Yang Chendong is not there, and the number one army in the city is Humang, and even Yu Mian cannot be compared with him in this regard. He gave the order, and the officers below could only endure it even if they had different opinions. There is strict discipline in the army, and once the commander gives a military order, even if it is wrong, it must be carried out, and everything must be done until the war is over and when the summary is made, and everyone has the freedom to express their opinions.

Leaving the commander of the Su He regiment to guard the city, he went out of the city with six battalions of musketeers, and when he came to the big shed, the enemy was already less than five miles away from him.

"Everyone finds their own formation, and as long as the enemy dares to come, they will all be beaten back." Hu Mang pinched his waist and shouted at the deputy regiment commander Xin Honghai and the six battalion commanders with a cold face.

Six battalions, more than 2,000 soldiers armed with eighty-one bars, were deployed separately in battalions, forming a grand temporary battlefield, and the battlefield reached a distance of several miles in a straight line.

The mercenaries set up a strict formation, and the enemy on the opposite side also stopped in time, they did not attack immediately, but set up camp, buried pots and cooked food, and put on an unhurried appearance.