The efficiency of the Rock Fort was still very high, and after Dong Ce gave the order, the high platform was already built in the evening of the second day.

Then, Dong Ce called Shi Jin and Zhou Zhong over again.

"In the past few days, when you are training the soldiers, tell everyone, don't practice alone with each killer team, let's practice together!" Dong Ce said in a deep voice.

Shi Jin and Zhou Zhong looked at each other, not understanding what it meant.

"That's what it means." Dong Ce said: "Let everyone line up in a large military formation, pay attention to the queue of this large army formation, it must be neat, it must be strict, and it must be extremely shocking for people to look at it, and feel that my Rock Fort infantry army is an invincible and strong army, such a feeling." Got it? ”

As soon as Dong Ce explained this, Shi Jin and Zhou Zhong understood, and quickly nodded yes.

On the third day of the lunar month, Dong Ce ordered the garrison officers of the military forts on the North East Road to lead all the soldiers under his jurisdiction to the day of Panshi Fort.

The military forts on the North East Road are not very close to the Rock Fort, and most of the soldiers under the command of the various garrison officers and integrity officers of these military forts are mainly foot soldiers, and there are not many family members. So they will move much slower.

Therefore, it was not until noon on the third day of the lunar month that a small number of soldiers appeared near the Rock Fort.

This team, the number of people is about three hundred, basically all of them are foot soldiers, they know at a glance that the equipment is very ordinary, most of them are ragged, and those who can wear a complete Ming Dynasty military equipment red mandarin duck battle jacket are a few. All of them looked very poor in spirit, Huang Wan's muscles were thin, his body was thin, his face was a little blue, his eyes were full of confusion and numbness, and he had no energy at all. The weapon in the hands of the vast majority of people is just a spear, and the workmanship of the spear looks relatively ordinary, not very long, and the head of the spear does not seem to be so sharp, and even the shaft of some spears is slightly curved.

The soldiers walked on the road, bowing their heads one by one, staggering, as if they were about to fall down after taking two steps. It can't be said that they are called Huazi, but they are not much different from being called Huazi, and they are even worse than the intruders that Dong Ce saw.

At this time, inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, there were three major forces, Jiannu, the Ming army, and anti-thieves. There is no doubt that Jiannu has always been the best-equipped, the most powerful and the most sophisticated in personal combat since the weather year. The second is the Ming army, and the worst is the anti-thief. But that was in the early years of Chongzhen, and now, in the eighth year of Chongzhen, this situation has basically reversed.

The more the army fought, the stronger it became, the more property it looted, the better the equipment of the soldiers, and the poorer the Ming army became.

At present, Jiannu's combat effectiveness is the strongest, followed by anti-thieves, and the worst equipment and combat effectiveness are the Ming army.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty still claimed to have a million troops, and there were nearly one million in the nine-sided towns alone, but most of the soldiers in the nine-sided towns were like the soldiers in front of them, with similar combat effectiveness and spirit.

This team makes people look at it, and they feel that it is not bad to describe it in the four words "vulnerable".

Carrying these hundreds of soldiers in the middle were more than a dozen knights, compared to these soldiers, these were actually much better in terms of dress, spirit, and even weapons. The horses under their crotches were not very good, but at least they were cavalry, some of them wore heavy battle jackets, and a few wore cotton armor.

Most of their weapons are waist knives, which look brand new. And surrounded by these dozen knights, it was a middle-aged man about forty years old.

This man has broad shoulders and a thick back, a thin waist and long legs, and when he looks at it, he feels that his body is full of vitality. He had a bearded face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, which could be regarded as a dignified appearance, but he had an extremely large scar on the left side of his face, which spread from the left corner of his forehead to the corner of his mouth, almost splitting the left side of his face in half. The scar twisted like a giant centipede crawling on his face, adding a bit of hideousness to him.

This person was wearing a green cloth iron armor and a pointed iron helmet, and at a glance, he knew that his status was quite special in this group of people.

Next to him was a knight holding a large flag with a huge Liu character written on it.

If there is a person in the army who is familiar with the situation of Beidong Road, after seeing this banner, he should be able to guess the identity of this person. In the entire Beidong Road, among the eight military forts - of course, now with the Panshi Fort it should be regarded as nine military forts - only the garrison of the Barrier Fort is surnamed Liu, named Liu Dachuan.

This person is Liu Dachuan, the garrison officer of the Fortress of Rejection, with the title of a thousand households on his body, and he is a military attache of the fifth grade.

Liu Dachuan asked the family next to him: "Third son, you have been to Rock Fort before, let's get there soon, right?" ”

The family named Sanzi hurriedly said: "Yes, master, we still have two or three miles to go at most, and we can see the Huanshui River after a short walk." ”

Liu Dachuan nodded and stopped talking.

The team continued to walk forward, and soon, Liu Dachuan saw the towering city wall in the distance, and a rather large river appeared not far ahead. He raised his eyebrows, for he saw that at this time on the south bank of the river had been built an earthen platform. This earthen platform is about two zhang high, and the bottom of the platform is full of flags, and near the left of the platform, there are dozens of cavalry, who are playing horses and slowly turning around, and I don't know what they are doing?

Liu Dachuan was quite puzzled in his heart, so he beckoned the team to stop and stop advancing.

He looks rough, but in fact he is a very cautious and careful person. After receiving Dong Ce's order, he began to prepare, and before dawn today, he set off with his team, for fear that it would be too late to arrive at Panshi Fort, and he would be taken the opportunity by the newly appointed staff general to be sent down, which would really be wronged.

What happened in Fort of Victory spread at this time throughout Beidong Road and even the entire Datong Town. The newly appointed Beidong Road Counselor General Dong Daren was ruthless and ruthless, first cleaning up the outgoing Huang Shen General, and then dismissing all the subordinate officials of the General Yamen, leaving no one. After the news of this incident spread, the people who heard about it were basically a little more jealous of Dong Ce. Although this Lord Dong is young, his methods are very old-fashioned, and he is ruthless enough to make people have to be afraid.

If Dong Ce hadn't made that move in Fort Victory, then he had issued an order for the garrison officers of each fort to come to Rock Fort, maybe these people would still have some resistance, and they might make some small moves. But after seeing Dong Ce's methods, they didn't dare to disobey Dong Ce's orders again.

Not only Liu Dachuan, but also the garrison officers and integrity officers of the other military forts also rushed over with troops early. In fact, the Fort is the farthest away from the Fort in the entire North East Road, and this Fort is not even inside the side wall, but 'stands out from the three sides', that is, this Fort is outside the side wall.