Yang Er said that the combat power of the logistics regiment can reach level C, which is already good, and with a little training, it will not be a problem to deal with ordinary enemies.

For this answer, Yang Chendong was quite satisfied, at least he nodded, "Okay, I've worked hard recently, train these five thousand people well, and strive to get one step closer, the young master is of great use." ”

"Understood." Yang Er nodded, a little bit gearing up, and then he leaned forward, "Young Master, how long?" ”

"Half a month to twenty days or so should be about the same." Yang Chendong replied without pause. Obviously, in his eyes, the civil war of the Mongol tribes in Mobei should start within this specified time, and he asked these people to prepare to be backup soldiers to insert a pole.

"Yes." Yang Er received the military order, and then hurriedly left the Yang Mansion, and Yang Chendong, who was left, said to Yang Si: "Telegram to inform Hu Mang, answer Lu City where you can do it, if you can't take it within the specified time, Young Master Ben won't blame him, but the soldiers go out of Mobei, it has nothing to do with him." ”

Yang Chendong didn't put his hope on these five thousand soldiers, they were just to make up for the losses of the New First Army after the battle, and his idea was still on Hu Mang's body.

"Okay." Yang Si nodded, and then retreated. And just half an hour later, Chen Bing's army commander Humang outside Talu City received this telegram, and his eyes were wide at the moment. "Someone, call the deputy commander and the commanders of all divisions and regiments to hold a combat meeting."

In the city of Alu, Ku'er, who didn't know that the war was about to start, was also discussing with several of his generals.

The army captured the city of Talu as they wished, and it was considered a place to rest, but as the commander of the army, there was no trace of relaxation on Ku'er's face. Xuanfu has been unable to attack for a long time, the loss of troops has been lost, and the grain and grass are getting less and less, all of which are urgent problems that must be solved, and they are also heavy burdens on his heart.

"No, we must find a way to get out of the city, at least open a passage of our own, otherwise after a long time, we will be in chaos without others attacking. If mercenaries are sent, who among the generals wants to take the lead? ”

Suddenly, the voice came, and the three generals in the hall, Gao Er, Hu Lin and Mu Ren, all lowered their heads after hearing it. They are not brave, nor are they greedy for life and afraid of death, but in the face of the repeating muskets in the hands of mercenaries, they really have no certainty of victory. A rash impact will only give people heads.

The three generals all bowed their heads and were silent, which made the Ku Xiao'er who was sitting in the first place angry, "What? Do you want General Ben to charge into battle himself? ”

"No, no," the three generals hurriedly denied, and then each was about to speak, but before they could think of what to say, suddenly a loud bang was heard, followed by a shaking of the earth, and it felt like the end was coming.

"What's going on? Could it be that the earth dragon was born (earthquake)? Hu Xiao'er, who was trying her best to stand firmly, asked with an ugly face.

The other three generals also turned pale, if this is the case, it will be too dangerous for them to stay in the city, who knows if the stones above their heads will fall, once this happens, I am afraid that before the battle is fought, they will be defeated first.

"Report!" Just when several generals were still speculating, there were already messengers running in outside the door, "General, general, the big thing is not good, the mercenaries have begun to attack the city, just now their two cannons fell on the city gate, and a hole has been opened there, fortunately, the brothers reacted quickly, and the bows and arrows fired a volley, which sent them back again." ”

"Artillery? Besiege! Hearing these words, Hu Xiao'er quickly figured out something, and immediately said: "Let's go, and the general will go out with General Ben to have a look." ”

Outside the city of Taru, the first siege force retreated with a hard break. There was no way around it, the Tartars were so precise in their archery that although the gates were opened, they were driven back by a volley of bows and arrows.

"Alas, there are still too few shells, and if you can bombard them enough at once, the Tatars are a fart?" Xin Honghai, the commander of the independent division, said with a sigh.

"Yes, what are we if everyone uses artillery? And what is cavalry? The head of the heavy cavalry regiment replied after the wind. In his opinion, muskets and artillery are only an auxiliary means, and in the end they must rely on cavalry shock to achieve victory, otherwise, why build a cavalry unit with a lot of money.

"Alright, this battle disadvantage was originally expected by my deputy commander. Blasting open the other party's city gate is just telling them that we are going to do it next. Hu Mang stood up, looked at the officers below coldly, and then said: "Everyone go back and rest, and set up a formation tomorrow, that is, everyone must say the importance of cavalry, then when you fight tomorrow, you will be given a chance to perform." But remember, if anyone drops the chain for me, don't blame me for coming back and cleaning him up. ”

"Don't worry, commander, tomorrow will see our performance." The officers finally waited for the news of the war, and they all spoke excitedly. Then they went to prepare, and when only the commander and deputy commander were left in the big tent, they asked out loud, "Commander, are we really running out of shells?" ”

"It's not much, there are only ten shells left when it's full, and you can't use it at will in the future." Hu Mang nodded and replied very seriously.

"Is there no longer one in the city?" Don't help but ask curiously.

"No more. The cannonballs were all brought from the Red Castle, and the cost was too high. Due to its dangerousness, it will not be transported too much at one time, and with the conditions of the First City, it is impossible to make homemade shells at all. The Sixth Young Master had already said it when all this came. Hu Mang patiently explained. But he always had a feeling that there should still be a stock of artillery shells in the logistics regiment in Shicheng, but Yang Er's kid didn't give it to himself.

It shouldn't be what Yang Er meant, but what the Sixth Young Master meant. This should be because they are afraid that they will rely too much on artillery, which will cut off the training of cavalry. He also agrees with this, after all, there is a cost accounting for a war, and the manpower and material resources required for an artillery shell are too great, if it is only placed in this kind of war, even if it is a few hundred, it may not be enough, then if this battle continues, even if the business of Chichicheng is developed, I am afraid that there will be times when it will not be able to hold on.

Don't know so many confidential things. But he still figured out a truth, that is, in the next war, you can't rely too much on artillery, and even if the musket is not in order, it is better to save some use. Their new army was able to win the battle not only by relying on these external forces, but also by possessing this strength itself.

"It doesn't matter, then the cavalry will hedge, our soldiers will eat well, dress well, have good weapons, have more spirits, and the rewards for fighting will be high, as long as the soldiers use their lives, then there will be no enemy who cannot be defeated." Don't say it with self-encouragement.

"That's the reason." Hu Mang also nodded heavily, what if he didn't use artillery this time, he could also use cavalry to defeat the Tatar army that started with cavalry, and then let the steppe people know that the sky has changed now.

A declaration of war was shot into the tower of the city of Taru, and soon the letter appeared in front of Ku Bao'er. After reading the letter, General Ku Xiao'er suddenly raised his head and laughed, "Haha, it's really beyond our strength, if you use artillery and muskets, we will still be afraid of you, but only to compete with cavalry, then I want you to see who is the hero of the grassland." Come, give the order to go down, and the army will rest well tonight, and go out to fight tomorrow. ”

The letter is, of course, the challenge. In order to prove who is the overlord of the grassland, the mercenaries are willing to put away their artillery and muskets, and use cavalry to hedge the victory. I hope that the Tatars will not be shrinking turtles, otherwise, the artillery will fall into the city of Taru at any time, then it is not necessary to say that they have not given a chance and bullied people.

The Tatar army is afraid of mercenaries, but it is the firearms of the other side, if these are not used, why be afraid. At the moment, several other generals also asked for battle after seeing it, and looking like that, they obviously wanted to show their skills.

"Okay, tomorrow General Goyle will take the lead and give you 10,000 cavalry, you have to behave well, let the mercenaries know that our Tatar iron cavalry is powerful, hahaha." The laughter of the cheerful girl resounded like thunder throughout the lobby.

And on this night, the armies of both sides entered a state of rest very early. It's that the mercenaries haven't even done the evening drills, and everyone is holding back their energy, waiting for tomorrow's performance.

Early the next morning, the sky was beautiful, cloudless, and under the clear sky, the two sides began to set up troops on the battlefield of Bali.

10,000 Tatar cavalry marched out of the city of Taru, formed ten formations in units of 1,000 people, and stood opposite the mercenaries who had set up their formations first.

On the mercenary side, there is still a long snake formation, and from a distance, the color of the army green gives people a feeling of overwhelmingness.

Compared with the previous two times, this time the cavalry soldiers who were on the front line were no longer the new regimental divisions, but the soldiers of the Tatar divisions. Tatar vs. Tatar, this is what Commander Humang meant, and in his words to Commander Suhe, this battle is their chance to prove themselves.

Although they were all Tatar cavalry, they did not actually belong to the same family. Suhe was originally a subordinate of Agadorji, and Ku Er belonged to the branch of the Great Khan who could not get rid of it. On weekdays, everyone has a lot of suspicions, and it is a matter of time before they get along, but now it's just that Humang has created opportunities for them.