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A few days later, Ma Wu set out with two other banner teams, joined by two other squads of cuirassiers, making a total of less than one hundred and fifty men.

Of course, these cavalry did not come out of Xiaohebao Fort alone, if it was like that, it would be too big, even if Zhang Shixiong was very popular, and the officers above were not all dead, and there were people from the Military Justice Department of the Internal Intelligence Bureau, it would be impossible to allow a group of middle- and lower-level officers to transfer troops to the battle without permission.

These more than 100 horsemen, from three military platforms and two bunkers, plus Ma Wu straight out of Xiaohei River Fort, this is the usual cavalry interspersed with sentinel tasks, as long as it is reported to the military commander above for the record.

Ma Wu is the leader of this temporary cavalry, which is equivalent to a bureau leader, and he feels a little proud.

"It's better to go ten miles to the east and fight the British and Russian Qibutaiji, it's best to catch this guy."

After Ma Wu and the others went out of the city and the military platform for more than ten miles, they were already very close to the first Beiyu assembly point known as the East Ten Miles, which was a valley basin, in the north-south direction, there were two mouths in the east and west, the west mouth was narrow and the east mouth was wide, and the two sides were continuous hilly areas, and it was difficult for the cavalry to cross it.

According to Ma Wu's understanding of this ranch and the Beiyu garrison, but three or four hundred armor soldiers, the number of herdsmen is not too much, he leads a flag team or even fewer manpower interspersed each time, to see the reaction of the Beilu and the actual number of garrison soldiers and horses, this time the cavalry led is enough to fight a tough battle with the Beilu here, interspersed is not necessary, Ma Wu drew his knife, pointed ahead, and said majestically: "Kill into the valley, hit the Beiyu by surprise!" ”

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After Ma Wu and the others led their troops to leave, Li Gui always felt very uneasy, of course he would not directly report to Sun Jingting or Wang Changfu, in that case, he would not be able to gain a foothold in the group of young officers in the future, and it was useless to find officers at the same level, his superiors could not find them, and it was useless to find them at the same level.

This matter, in the eyes of Zhang Shixiong, Ma Wu and others, is just an ordinary trivial matter, anyway, the flag team does not need the consent of the military secretary to attack, and each department can be self-sufficient, but Li Gui knows that this is an excuse, what an important force of about 150 cavalry, assembled without authorization, the goal is to capture a Mongolian Taiji or general, this is actually a military operation with a combined army, it is good to win, if it is a heavy loss......

Li Gui grabbed his military robe, and ran out while putting it on, he thought of a person, enough to discuss this difficult matter in front of him with him.

"Xiping, are you busy?"

Li Gui carried an oiled paper bag, which was some cooked food, of course the wine did not dare to drink it publicly, but Li Gui's portable iron kettle contained some mare's milk wine, which was captured by the cavalry, this wine was very low, a little sour, but it was also a rare delicacy on the grassland, these young officers were secretly hidden, and they would never share it if they were not the best friends.

Xia Xiping is still the same as Li Gui remembers, not tall, with a somewhat dark face, but he is very thin, his eyes are very bright, and his face often shows a thoughtful expression...... Li Gui and Xia Xiping grew up together, and their friendship is much deeper than that with Zhang Shixiong.

"No matter how busy you are, you can still be free." Xia Xiping pushed the paper on his desktop to the side and sorted out a place.

"Your acolytes also care about the war?" Li Gui could see that it was the map and the latest military intelligence, and Xia Xiping, Li Mengnian and others followed from the Attendant Division in batches, and in the eyes of many officers, they were civilians.

"I may be transferred to the Military Orders Division." Xia Xi said calmly: "You have to do some water grinding kung fu first and familiarize yourself with military affairs." ”

Li Gui said with some envy: "You are very respected by the Lord and Lord Sun, and when you reach the Military Command Department, it is estimated that you will be able to sit in the position of deputy director in a few years." ”

Xia Xiping said: "Actually, I'd rather follow Deputy Chief Tian, but I can't disobey my orders, so I can only do things that I don't like very much." ”

Li Gui comforted: "You are very talented, and you can help the adults more when you go to the Military Command Division, and we are cultivated and trained by the adults, and everything we do is the same." ”

"That's right." Xia Xiping showed a smile on his face and said: "If you want to talk about my heart, I would rather go to the countryside with Li Erji for a few more years, see more of the people's suffering, and understand more about the world and the hearts of the people, but the military department is too short of manpower, so this idea can only be hidden in the bottom of my heart." ”

Li Gui hadn't chatted with this friend so easily for a long time, and he also had a calm and calm feeling for a while, he said a little strangely: "Xiping, your state of mind is really good, I heard that adults are surrounded recently, and many people below are in a hurry." ”

"What's the hurry?" Xia Xiping was very strange, and said: "Do your own calculations, there are nearly 1,000 guards in Jining Fort, and adults will always bring some guards, more than 1,000 garrisons, plus artillery and a large number of muskets, what can the northern captives resist the bombardment of firearms at this level?" Now is not the time for Altan Khan to be there, at that time the Tumut Department can mobilize 200,000 Ding, tens of thousands of Han people for the Beiyu to build good bows, iron arrows, armor, ladders, poles, these siege things are also available, so the Beiyu can conquer the cities during the Jiajing period, and encircle the city under the Jingshi. Now that the fort is eating, it should be able to survive the New Year, it's only summer, and there is no problem with the water source, I really don't understand, Zhang Shixiong, what kind of urgency are they? ”

Xia Xiping seemed calm, but his eyes also clearly revealed dissatisfaction, it was obvious that the actions of the young officers recently were not as secret as they imagined, at least Xia Xiping was also one of the insiders.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Gui was a little flustered, and he quickly put down his thoughts that he wanted to be tempted, and told Xia Xiping about today's arrival.

"It's just a bastard plus three levels." Xia Xiping has always been calm, and even has a gentle and elegant feeling, but he can't help but scold at this time.

Li Guidao: "As long as nothing happens, it's okay ......"

Xia Xiping's eyes burned with anger, and he said to Li Gui: "I will go and tell the Judge Advocate General, this loophole will be filled immediately, and even if nothing happens, I will tell Master Sun that those involved in this matter will be severely punished." ”

Li Guidao: "It's easy to dampen morale and hurt everyone's hearts." ”

"It doesn't matter." Xia Xiping said: "I and Yusheng have our own laws here, do not violate military discipline, make assertions, even if the good intentions are also malicious, even if the good intentions must be punished, in me and Yusheng, there is no good intentions and malice in doing things and speaking, it depends on whether there is a violation of the law, meritorious people, although I hate others, I will also reward them, and those who violate discipline will be punished even if they are my relatives...... This is what the adults have preached to us personally, why do we want to set up a military justice department, it is not because I have long been corrupted by military discipline and ignore the law! ”

Li Gui was speechless for a while, Xia Xiping got up and said, "Fortunately, you said it early, let's go see Master Sun." ”

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"Oops, bad thing."

The cuirassiers rushed into the valley, and after marching for several miles, a large force of northern captives came to meet them.

However, the number of people far exceeded the expectations in advance, and there were more than a thousand cavalry dressed in cotton armor alone, and there were also two or three thousand herdsmen, armed with bows and spears, sandwiched among the armored soldiers, and galloped in horseback.

The armor soldiers have the head to wear the petal helmet, there are also the ordinary iron helmet, the armor has cotton armor, the placket armor, the Luo ring armor, the willow leaf armor, the chain mail, just the type of armor is more than a dozen, the herdsmen most of them wear big hats, decorated with red tassels, which is also the source of the name of the red tassel tartar of the Tumut Department.

The formation of the Mongols is the array that they have inherited for hundreds of years, they are very skillful when they set up the formation, the first horse and the first horse are in one place, the herdsmen gather together, or a small group of three or five, or a group of dozens or hundreds of people, they gallop wildly on the grassland, advance and retreat, and keep making strange noises, although there are only a few thousand people, but it is to create a spectacular scene of thousands of troops and horses, and the whole steppe is full of cavalry.

Just into the valley when there was a small group of northern captives appeared, because of the large number of cuirassiers, these northern captives did not dare to shoot, but kept avoiding, there were a few groups of more than 100 people up to meet the attack, throwing some arrows and then retreating, but by the cuirassiers in time, with muskets down several people, and then no one dared to meet up.

Ma Wu thought that he and his subordinates had frightened the northern captives, but now it seems that they are still in ambush.

This is also the usual tactics of the Mongols, first show weakness, keep leading the enemy to pursue, and then surround by surprise at close range, with herdsmen archers on both wings, and armor in the middle, of course, the current armor cavalry can not be compared with their ancestors, but the difference in numbers is too large, and it seems to be enough.

"Go to its left flank, flank, and then break through all the way to the west entrance."

Ma Wu is also a very good commander, at this time he faintly regretted in his heart, this time the strategy was very clear, the tactics were still lacking in consideration, and the troops were sent in a bit haste.

More than a hundred cuirassiers did not hesitate, all of them controlled the reins, increased the speed of their horses, and galloped away in the direction of the left flank of the northern captives.

The Mongols also saw the intentions of the Han army, and their left flank began to slow down, and their right flank began to rotate, coming in the direction of the cuirassiers' flank and rear.

The grassland suddenly became extremely lively!

Thousands of horses galloped, countless birds and beasts were alarmed, many wild beasts could be seen in the deep grass fleeing in panic, and a flock of yellow sheep galloped in the grass, trampling a large area of grassland into the shape of waves.

People shouted and cursed, countless horses' hooves trampled on the grass, and the whole valley rumbled loudly.

"Damn, the northern captive of the dog day, why did so many people come out at once!"

Ma Wu cursed, the cavalry in his hand was placed horizontally, now the distance is still far away, can not be released, but look at the current battle, the Mongols are very high, has become a situation of encirclement, as before the Mongols attack with bows and arrows, cuirassiers keep rotating and return fire with muskets, the exchange ratio is very cost-effective, it will not appear today.

He couldn't help but hold the handle of the saber on his waist, this kind of knife is a straight knife imitating Tang, and there are also some Japanese knives, the streamlined shape of the blade is suitable for frontal stabbing, and there is also a certain arc that can be chopped, at this most critical time, it is still necessary to use the saber to chop the enemy and cut a way out!