Fuzhou City.

"Report to the general, this group of Ming troops has arrived at Pangu Castle!" A sentry rode into the door and knelt down to report to a general dressed in fine clothes.

"How many of them are there? And who is in charge? The general spent a good time, holding a tea bowl and drinking tea like a Han man.

"General, the little one doesn't know ......," the sentry stammered, if he knew, how dare he not report it.

But the defense of the Ming army was too tight, and in order to find out the enemy's situation, several brothers had been killed by the Ming army with strange weapons, and he was still in shock.

"Bastard, what do you want you to eat? I can't find out this bit of news, so I went out and got twenty military sticks! The general didn't take two sips of tea, and smashed the teacup directly on the head of the sentry rider.

The sentry screamed and did not dare to dodge, and blood suddenly appeared on his forehead.

"General Kuban, what's wrong with you, making such a big fuss again?" An elderly Han official smiled and came in from outside.

Kuban did not hide it, and truthfully expressed the worries in his heart.

"Xiaguan happened to report something to you, just now there were a few Han people in the city who fled from Luanguguan and Pangu Fort, and after careful interrogation and verification, it was found that this group of Ming troops was no more than 3,000 people at most."

The old man bent almost ninety degrees when he spoke, and his rickety back looked a little hunched.

"Are you sure?" Kuban was shocked.

"Report to the general, the subordinate has tortured several people separately, and these few people have not escaped from one place, presumably eight or nine are not far from ten!" The old man replied.

"Oh yes, this Ming army general seems to be still recruiting soldiers locally!" The old man suddenly remembered something.

"Hahaha, but three thousand Ming troops dare to come to my Qing Dynasty realm to be presumptuous, I really don't know how thick the sky is!" Kuban has been pressing this matter and not reporting it because of the unknown enemy situation.

Now it seems that he is really prescient, otherwise because of this, the Ming army would go to ask for help, and I don't know how many people will laugh off their big teeth.

Isn't it just 3,000 Ming troops? The general only had 2,000 troops in Fuzhou City, and then summoned his subordinates stationed nearby, and he could gather 3,000 cavalry casually.

As for the newly recruited soldiers of the Ming army generals? Bah! Can this also be called a soldier?

He even thought of how to write the note he reported:

At the beginning of March, the thieves invaded the border, and the auxiliary general Kuban led the Fuzhou soldiers to annihilate the lawlessness and kill 8,000 enemies......

"Pass on my military order, and call all the garrisons of Yangguan, Yongning, and Wuzhai to rush to Fuzhou overnight to assemble!" Kuban shouted to the bleeding soldier on the ground.

The more Kuban thinks about it, the more beautiful he becomes, he has been the Fuzhou guard general for two or three years, and the imperial court did not mobilize him to the front line when he fought against the Ming Dynasty, he deeply regretted it, but now it seems that God treats him well.

Guarding behind enemy lines, there are people who come to send military merits, what else is there to say?

"Little obedience!"

……

On the morning of the tenth day of the first month of March, after enjoying the whole tunzi cattle and sheep feast in Pangu Castle, Liu Hong gradually set the tunzi on fire as usual.

After a day of fighting yesterday, the Ming army not only did not hurt its muscles and bones, but on the contrary, it had more than 1,800 war horses and more than 2,000 people from the newly formed allied army.

Liu Hong gradually became very satisfied with the state of the allies, these guys are usually hungry and afraid, and they are used to being bullied, and now they have unlimited meat to entertain, and they can still receive silver for killing the Tartars who originally bullied them.

I have to say that after the battle of the fort, Liu Hongjian was still quite optimistic about the allies, at least he was a good hand at looting in the villages, but it saved Liu Hongjian a lot of trouble.

Among the more than 1,800 war horses, except for 200 war horses, which were specially consigned for looted gold, silver, meat, and military rations, almost half of the Ming army had their own mounts.

"Master Hou, there is an enemy situation outside Fuzhou City, it seems that the defenders in the city are gathering troops outside the city!" Pangu Fort was not far from Fuzhou City, and not long after Liu Hongjian led the army, the scattered sentinels came to report.

"Oh, is it so arrogant? Li Mu, didn't you say that there were only 3,000 defenders in Fuzhou City?

How dare you go out of the city to face Ben Hou? Liu Hong gradually sat on the horse, carrying half a smoked hot and tender lamb leg in his hand.

Yes, that's right, even behind enemy lines, no one could stop Liu Hong from falling asleep, so much so that the Inspector didn't even have time to eat breakfast.

"Eh, Hou Ye, not all Ming troops can fight like Hou Ye's soldiers, where is the general Ming army the opponent of the Tartar soldiers, think about the same for the defenders of Fuzhou City!"

The corners of Li Mu's mouth trembled slightly, in the past few days, he was shocked by the young man beside him who called himself the Marquis of Daming, this young man's army, whether it was armament or momentum, was far from what he remembered.

Especially the sharp firearms! And this young man's resolute and eclectic style.

"Well, listen to what Lao Li Tou said! Ben Hou likes it, take it, this leg of mutton is rewarded to you! Liu Hong gradually resolved the battle quickly, and threw the remaining leg of mutton into Li Mu's arms.

"Except for Guan Ning Cavalry and AKM shooting Baihu, the rest of the soldiers dismounted and lined up, ready to meet the enemy!

Oh, the Allied brothers don't have to participate in this battle, let's watch the play later! ”

Liu Hong gradually gave a simple order.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry was still suitable for charging combat, not to mention that they were uncomfortable carrying wooden muskets, and they could not always cooperate in a uniform manner, so Liu Hong gradually separated them from the musket array.

Under the command of Qianhu Guan, the 2,400 musketeers quickly formed two phalanxes on the spot, and their movements were so skillful that the allies in the rear and Li Mu on the war horse felt quite strange.

In fact, most of the Ming troops fought in a scattered formation in the past two days, and this was the first time that they were assembled into a phalanx.

Made, three thousand soldiers dare to be so arrogant, I really think that Benhou is a soft persimmon!

Since these Tartars don't know why the flowers are so red, then Benhou will let your peach blossoms bloom.

"My lord, the enemy general is rushing over!" Li Mu was a little nervous, he and Liu Hong gradually rode horses and stood on the side of the musket team, after all, he had never seen the army rushing and killing, such a formation made him tremble.

"Look at your little bit of interest, look at our allies." Liu Hongjian was not in a hurry at all.

These musketeers have experienced several major battles, and their command movements are as skillful as their arms and fingers, and Chang Yu's command is also so-so, and he has basically become a melon-eating crowd himself.

"Oh, not as good as you!" Liu Hong gradually looked back at the allied troops behind him, these people were standing behind the musket team tremblingly, their faces were pale, and there was still half a point of arrogance when they went to the village to loot.

Going to the village to loot and fighting the regular army of the Tartars were two different things, and there was no doubt that if the musketeers could not defend themselves against this wave of Tartars, the newly recruited Allied men would 100% turn around and run away.

"Steady, we can win!" Liu Hong gradually turned around and comforted.