"My lord, it is said that our army has only about 18,000 men," Deng Shan's herald whispered to him, "plus the Lu garrison and the Song general soldiers who have recently taken refuge in His Royal Highness King Chen, there are only 24,000 soldiers and horses. ”

He looked around again and said in surprise: "I haven't seen the banner of Lu guarding them." ”

Lu Chang and Song Jincheng were not able to enter Zhu Linmiao's eyes in terms of military discipline, morale, and equipment, and after inspecting them, he sent the 6,000 very traditional Ming troops to the formation ten miles south of Zhima, beware of their unexpected collapse affecting the Dragon Guard Army and the Broken Prisoners. If the captives were defeated and fled, they could intercept them here.

Deng Shan squinted at the herald and said angrily: "I said Jiang Yan, are you afraid?" ”

"Whatever the adults say, the subordinates are naturally not afraid." Jiang Yan said and glanced at the Qing army in the distance, because it was in a higher terrain, the large military array below with black and blue lengths and widths was in full view, and the momentum was quite amazing, "But there are more than 40,000 people in this formation, which is more than double that of us......

"Nonsense, if there are more people and you can win, Jiannu will not enter the customs." Deng Shan looked at the Dragon Guards not far from his side, "Back then, His Highness led 3,000 Dragon Guards in Fuzhou to destroy 15,000 captives in Gaojinku, and now we have nearly 20,000 troops, are we still afraid of 40,000 thieves and slaves?" ”

He saw that Jiang Yan was still extremely nervous, and was about to say something more, when he saw King Chen riding a healthy horse and walking in front of the formation, holding a shining cavalry sword in his hand and shouting to the soldiers: "Are you ready to teach the Tartars a lesson?!" ”

"Kill!" There was an earth-shattering roar in the army.

"Good!" Zhu Linmiao continued, "To be honest, those miscellaneous pieces on the other side are really a bit pitiful.

"You are the best warriors of the Ming Dynasty! After the strictest training, with the highest fighting spirit, and armed with the most sophisticated weapons, Jiannu has no chance at all! I seem to have heard the Tartars wailing in pain under your swords and guns!

"In Jiangxi, you have terrified all the Qing troops! When they see your banners, they will cry: 'My God! It's the fucking Dragon Guard again! It's another broken camp with a thousand cuts! Then he grabbed his tail and hugged his head.

"Today, you will also use your swords and guns to say the same thing to these tens of thousands of Jiannu in front of you!

"When we win, you will be glad that you participated in this great battle!

"Twenty years later, you and your neighbors are sitting in the sun at the entrance of the village, and your children and grandchildren ask you what you did when you were younger. Your neighbor stumbles, 'I've turned over the ground all my life.' ''I've been herding sheep for decades. And at this time, you can hold your head high and tell your descendants, 'Grandpa, I beat that dog of Azig with King Chen under Shanguan back then!' Beat his forty or fifty thousand Tartars all over the ground looking for teeth! ’”

His words made all the soldiers smile knowingly, and most of the nervousness was immediately alleviated, and at the same time, pride welled up in their chests.

Zhu Linmiao immediately waved his sword and pointed at the Jianyu army array, "These Jiannu are full of evil, and they have committed countless bestialities in my Ming land!" At this moment, those tens of millions of Ming souls who were mutilated by the Tartars are watching you from the sky, looking forward to you!

"Today, we will let these Jiannu pay for their blood debts!"

"Blood debt and blood payment!" The soldiers immediately erupted in a roar that was even louder than before.

When Jiang Yan heard the "unjust soul...... Looking at you", I couldn't help but tremble.

He suddenly remembered the appearance of his wife who was brutally killed by the thieves, and remembered the bitter hatred in his heart when he left everything to join the rebel army.

He only felt a rush of blood rush above his head, and the timidity just now disappeared without a trace in an instant, replaced by endless anger. His gaze turned cold, "Come on, blood debt!" ”

Suddenly, there was a sharp whistle from the direction of the Second Central Army, and then the drummers of the various formations also whistled together. Deng Shan reacted immediately, turned his head and shouted to Jiang Yan: "Order, the phalanx is ready to meet the enemy!" ”

The latter hurriedly raised the order flag, and commanded several heralds to convey the order to every hundred general in person. Then he raised his eyes and saw countless Qing soldiers in the distance gathered under their respective banners, forming several arrow-shaped formations and slowly pressing towards him.

"Han, Zhang?" Zhu Linmiao looked at the number on the enemy's flag in the telescope, frowned and thought about it.

Zhang Jiayu on the side immediately said: "My lord, it should be Han Gushan and Zhang Cunren. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded, he had memorized the information of Jianyu, the former was the Ming general of Nanzhili who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the latter was originally under the command of Zu Dashou and had been descended to the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years. Both of these should be led by the Green Camp Han Army.

He also carefully watched the first group of enemy troops rushing up, but saw that their uniforms were disorganized, the ranks were loose, and they had begun to attack, but there were still many soldiers who did not know what to do.

"This group of people should be used to test the truth and the false." He immediately made a judgment and instructed Zhang Jiayu to say, "The artillery of the Dragon Guard Army and the Hongyi artillery of the broken camp should not move first, and only use Franky artillery to bombard the enemy." ”

"Yes!"

Han Gushan has been quite depressed since he got this cannon fodder mission, which means that not only will he die many of his subordinates, but it will also be difficult for him to gain any combat achievements.

As a warlord who led his troops to surrender, the number of soldiers in his command determined the strength of his strength. Therefore, he invested a lot of money yesterday and borrowed more than 300 standing shields from Cao Cunxing, just hoping to preserve more strength.

"I hope I can break through the Ming army's defense line with one blow," he thought silently in his heart, "so that I can earn more combat merits, and this trip will not be a loss." ”

And Zhang Cunren, who "fought side by side" with Han Gushan, was much easier. His own descendants have all stayed in the north, and this time he led the dead Li Chengdong's department, so he was not too distressed to die.

However, he looked at the dense full-body shields on Han Gushan's side and was a little envious, and Li Chengdong left him no more than a hundred standing shields. He and these people could only use a large number of sword and shield hands in front, and although the defensive power of the two-foot square wooden shield he held was limited, it was better than nothing.

When they had to advance to within a mile of the Ming army, they never heard the sound of cannons, which made Han Gushan and Zhang Cunren feel relieved. It seems that this Ming army is also a false appearance, and like most Ming troops in Jiangnan, it does not have any decent artillery, so it may really be able to hold out until it breaks through its defense.

After another half a mile or so, Han Gushan estimated that the distance was almost there, and ordered the flag officer to raise the flag to contact Zhang Cunren's department, and seeing that he agreed to raise the flag in response, the two issued an order for the whole army to charge almost at the same time.

Nearly 7,000 Qing soldiers heard the sound of war drums, looked at the red-armored Bayala who was holding a sharp sword in the rear team, and reluctantly quickened their pace, hoping that the Ming army would be as weak as before.

In the distance, Bolo saw Han Gushan and Zhang Cunren rushing forward in the telescope, and immediately pointed proudly at the Ming army's position, "The forward battalion listens to the order, all move forward, and slaughter the southern people with me!" ”