On the sixth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Wanli, the drumming music of the Ming Dynasty was transmitted into the city from the port of Puli County.

The cymbals were struck, the drums were played, and the people in the city looked at each other.

A high-spirited army formation was lined up neatly under the guidance of Captain Zhongxian in the county, the horseshoe steps were adjusted in unison, and the imperial flag was waved through the streets and alleys.

Wearing an old dress and blindfolds to cover his blindness, Alan Muming was wandering the streets with his thugs, and he had just found two small fishing boats that could allow him to escape after the city was broken, so he was in a good mood, and when he heard the noise, he looked for it, and just saw the scene of the Ming army entering the city, just glanced at it, and let him cover his mouth and be speechless.

He recognized the big banner with clear characters, there was this word on the wrapping paper of Muye Yan, and on the day of the first establishment of Puli County, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant of Zhongxian, and he also knelt down to worship such a flag, but it was not so exquisite.

Under that banner, the most striking were the well-armed knights.

They all wore exactly the same bowl with a high helmet spear, the helmet fell with a red tassel, and the two sides of the neck and the back of the neck were draped with armor pieces called Dunxiang, the difference was that the bowl protruded half an inch above the eyebrow, and every other section there were two people with silver edges on the eyebrows, and the corresponding was the square flag of birds and beasts hanging down behind the cuirass, and some people had copper borders on the eyebrows, and they had pennants behind their breastplates, and only the eyebrows of the generals who marched with Captain Zhongxian had gold edges and patterns.

They all have vicious iron masks, worn by those who show only two eyes, and some who do not wear masks, but they also have masks, which are only hung on the collar of the cuirass or on horseback.

These people wore red military uniforms covered with painted group pattern cuirass, their arms were covered with long iron arm guards with leather pads pressed down layer by layer, their legs were covered with red cloth armor with bubble nails, and from the lines, there seemed to be iron armor under the cotton cloth, and their black boots were tied with iron greaves on their calves like Wang Jinzhong, and they were also painted with fine and delicate lines.

They generally used spears with long blades and sharp edges, as well as long knives that looked like long-handled military scythes, and behind the saddle were stacked their parcels, salutes, and covers, and each cavalryman led another horse that did not carry a man, and it seemed that it was their war horse, and on the saddle hung a short weapon, perhaps a saber or a small hammer and axe that could be held in both hands, and in front of the saddle were leather holsters hung on both sides, and in the holsters were placed two flintlock pistols with a barrel of one foot long.

The cavalry was mixed with infantry, more than half of the infantry led the horses, but the equipment of these people seemed to be much worse than the cavalry in front, many of them were Irish, and the red-haired barbarians of England could be recognized at a glance, not to mention the exaggerated Viking age equipment on their bodies, the whole thing was a walking joke.

War horses and pack horses seem to be the same breed, they are not very tall, but the number is amazing, there are more horses than people in this support army, how much concentrate feed is needed for this? Alan Mummin had prayed in his heart that the cavalry had better bring enough fodder with the ship, otherwise the six hundred war horses alone would eat Plymouth empty.

But at the same time, he was crying in his heart, where did these reinforcements come from? It looked like Ireland, and as far as he knew, there were not many Ming ships there, and I am afraid that in order to transport these soldiers, there would be nothing on board.

It's just spring, where to find so many oats to feed the horses.

Reinforcements, Zhen makes people happy and miserable.

That night, Alan Muming thought that the city would hold a grand banquet or other activities for this support army, but he didn't expect that no one would come to deliver a letter to him after waiting in the city for a full day, so he couldn't help but go to his master Wang Jinzhong, not only learned that there was no banquet at all, but also saw Wang Jinzhong packing his things.

"The envoy has just come from the kingdom of Ailan, his cavalry needs to be fed to the horses, and the troops cannot be used to defend the city, so he asked us for some information and asked for a map, so he led the troops out of the city."

"Out of town, out of town?"

Wang Jinzhong nodded and said: "Well, four hundred people left, leave a hundred people to help us defend the city, those Ailan soldiers are all under the mark of Captain Li, tomorrow I will also take twenty people out of the city, you help Captain Li take care of the city in the city, as long as the people do not mess up." ”

Alan Muming thought about it, and finally didn't ask if the knights were out of the city, what was the use of them staying in the city, and he was afraid to ask Lu Timidly.

In his eyes, Ying Ming's two hundred cavalry are two hundred knights, and he doesn't know if he can influence the situation of the battle, after all, there are too many enemy troops, but he knows that following the knights, the chance of survival seems to be much greater than in the city.

"They are the Ming army of Ireland, master, why did the Ming army appear in Ireland?"

Wang Jinzhong thought for a while and said, "Ireland, in Daming, it's called Ailan, do you know the Oriental Minister Chen Dashuai?" ”

Alan Muming didn't bother to answer this kind of question: "Chen Mu, defeated the Spaniards in the New World. ”

"Don't call Chen Gong by his name, in Asia, people who talk like you will have their heads screwed off."

Wang Jinzhong waved his hand, and then said: "That was a long time ago, when Chen Gong did not go to sea, Zhu Xiaoen, the king of Ailan, crossed the sea, and worshiped the emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and was named the king of Ailan, Chen Gong was the first person to see him, and then took him into Asia, after the second Ming-Western War, Yu sent instructors to Changsheng Lifu ** camp, trained sergeants, and sent troops to help him restore the Ailan Kingdom, so the Ming army was there. ”

Alan Muming pouted: "There is no King Ailan, he, the King of Ailan, is a fake." ”

"There is nothing fake or fake, even if he is fake, as soon as the edict of the Son of Heaven is crowned king, he is true, if you go to Daming to find Chen Shuai as soon as possible, and say that you are the king of England or Scotland, but the throne was taken away, if you are lucky, the Son of Heaven will also crown you as the king, and now it may not be that we are besieged in the city."

This logic made Alan Muming speechless, mainly because he didn't want to refute, and he regretted a little why he didn't seize the opportunity earlier; Second, he and these Ming people are grasshoppers in the same boat, the support of the Ming army is directly related to whether he can survive, and the strength and tolerance of the Ming army are related to whether he can go to other places to continue to enjoy life if the rebellion fails.

As for the success of the rebellion? Then there is no need to think about it, he may be able to mix up a noble title.

Oh, I'm sorry, but now Puli County is not a nobility, called an official position...... The earl of Puli County is called Zhixian, so he may be able to mix up with Zhicun at that time?

"The Beiyang cavalry is coming, Puli County will be able to attack and defend easily, wait, wait for their horses to eat, General Ying said that our strategy is wrong, let's see what he can do, and Puli City doesn't have to worry about food anymore, King Alan's Tailongwei has planted a lot of potatoes, which will be transported by ship one after another, as long as we protect the waterway, the harvest of this battle may be much greater than we imagined."