So of course, his soldiers were naturally very difficult, especially those foot soldiers-

However, to Bai Tianfu's satisfaction, Dong Ce really hasn't come yet.

He's not here now, and there's a little less of a family, only about six or seven people here.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and soon it was approaching, about less than ten horses, and the man at the head, burly and tall, was Bai Tianfu. And on the back of the family next to him, there are more or less prey, most of them are hares, pheasants and the like.

It turned out that after Bai Tianfu arrived here, he saw that Dong Ce had not come, and this was an ancient river channel, and the water source was more or less abundant, so the weeds were overgrown and the reeds were everywhere, which was a good place for hunting. Sure enough, as he expected, he gained a lot, which also made Bai Tianfu feel very good.

His hobby of hunting is extremely persistent.

When Bai Tianfu came back, the family members hurriedly caught up, and naturally they didn't mention it.

Bai Tianfu took the coconut scoop and drank a few large sips of water, and asked, "Then Dong Ce hasn't come yet?" ”

The family members shook their heads one after another, and some saw that Bai Tianfu was a little dissatisfied, so they said: "This surname Dong's shelf is also too big, and he even asked us adults to wait for him!" ”

Many family members are catered to, Bai Tianfu didn't speak, just squinted his eyes and looked at Nan Bian'er, he was only a little unhappy in his heart, but when he told these family members, he suddenly felt that Dong Ce seemed to be a little too big, and he hadn't arrived for a while when he came by himself. Don't forget, but Dong Ce brought it up first. Bai Tianfu thought that this was because Dong Ce was unable to deal with those Daqing Mountain thieves by himself, so he had to rely on himself.

He didn't know Dong Ce's true plans.

As he was talking, suddenly there was a burst of horses' hooves in the south direction, and the family members looked south, only to see a cloud of smoke and dust, and the scale was very large, and they didn't know how many riders came. But it can be concluded that there must be a lot of them, because even the earth is trembling, and this momentum is much greater than the return of Bai Tianfu and them.

Bai Tianfu's face changed, and he secretly said in his heart, which force is this? Looking at it like this, I'm afraid that there are less than fifty or sixty cavalry in the ranks, and there are more than hundreds, who can have such a cavalry force on this ground? Could it be that it is Lord Huang, the general of Beidong Road? Still is...... Those horse thieves?

In addition to these two forces, Bai Tianfu really couldn't think of anyone else, he mentioned it in his heart, and hurriedly said loudly: "Assemble, assemble, all the family members come over." Mr. Sun Bai, take those foot soldiers with their backs against the hills, leave the riverbank, leave the riverbank, and form a formation! ”

"Yes!" There was a chorus below, and the family members jumped on the horses in a hurry and gathered around Bai Tianfu. Bai Tianfu took these family members to the west, leaving the river for a long distance, and he sighed softly when he arrived here, so as to win himself space to cross and horizontally, at least he would not be forced to jump into the river, if the enemy came at the right time, even if he couldn't beat it, he could still run.

And those foot soldiers were too bad, and there was still a panic at this time, some of them jumped up from the ground and didn't know where to stand, running around, and some didn't react at all, and several officers punched and kicked them, making them form a formation.

Seeing the performance of these infantry troops, Bai Tianfu's face darkened, and he thought that Fang Cai's reaction was still fast and accurate. First take the family away from the river to get yourself the space to cross and cross, and then let the infantry form a formation against the hill, so that the enemy will have to face a choice - whether to fight the infantry first or the family first. If the enemy fights the family first, Bai Tianfu decided to take a look at the opponent's combat strength first, if he can fight all of them, then he will fight, if there is a disparity in strength, then he will temporarily escape. And when the enemy starts to attack the infantry army, he will kill back again, and deal a fatal blow to the enemy in the back. And if the enemy chooses to eat the weak-looking foot soldiers first, it is even better to say, Bai Tianfu will lead people to constantly harass, inflicting damage on the enemy little by little, until the opportunity test appears.

In all fairness, this strategy was at least decent, and Bai Tianfu was able to stay and not flee as soon as he encountered the enemy, like the other border generals, at least it showed that this person still had the spirit and courage. But what he didn't expect was that these foot soldiers were really unbearable. If the enemy kills them, I'm afraid they themselves will disperse first.

At this time, the team was getting closer and closer, the speed slowed down, and the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and when Bai Tianfu saw the two flags in the team clearly, his mouth suddenly opened wide, and his face was full of disbelief.

One of them is the military flag, with black characters on the vermilion background and a big character in the middle: Ming. This military flag is triangular, indicating that the size of the team is less than 100 households.

The other is the recognition flag, which can be referred to as the general flag. It is a flag used to indicate the identity of the leading officers, this flag is more than eight feet high, the flag is rectangular, it is a five-clawed coiled dragon painted on a blue background, and the middle is a huge black letter: Dong.

The banner is eight feet high, indicating that it is a person of a thousand households and a level, and in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the military household system has collapsed, and the military title may not really have so many soldiers and horses under the hands of a thousand households, which generally corresponds to the specific official position, which is the level of garrison.

The two flags were hunting and flying in the wind, which was particularly conspicuous, which showed that it was the Ming army, and it was not General Huang Shen as Bai Tianfu had expected, but a garrison-level officer surnamed Dong. Looking at the entire North Hebei Province, who else can there be besides Dong Ce?

At this time, the speed of that team was even fuller, which can be described as a letter horse, and the smoke and dust completely dissipated, and it can be seen that the number of this team is about forty horses, which is less than Bai Tianfu's original estimate. Bai Tianfu sighed softly, thinking of his previous guess, his face suddenly became hot, and he was a little panicked.

He originally thought that Dong Ce wanted to rely on him because of his lack of strength, but in his mind, Dong Ce was not from a wealthy family, he was just a white man before, and he didn't have much savings, how many families could he support? Ten is afraid of the sky!

How can you feed so much? Could it be that he embezzled all the money and used it to support his family?

The more Bai Tianfu thought about it, the more he felt that this guess was reliable.

Moreover, this number is also a bit of a violation of the regulations -- according to the decree promulgated by the imperial court in the 19th year of Wanli: the chief military officer Ding Ding set 60 people, 30 deputy generals and generals, and 20 guerrillas, all of whom were given double rations, and their grain was to be supplemented in the old and weak items of the camp. In the twenty-second year of Wanli, Li Hualong, the governor of Liaodong, made another request: garrison, prepare ten people, deputy generals and generals, guerrillas from Liaodong, and hundreds of people from Guanxi.

This is also a more reasonable number, after all, no one can have such an opportunity to get many horses like Dong Ce. The cavalry may not all be family members, and the family members must be all cavalry, and for many border generals, it is not easy to get those horses, let alone how large-scale.

In other words, only at the level of the chief military officer can support sixty family members, and at the garrison level like Dong Ce, that is, ten people can go up and down. Although there are not many people who really abide by this rule, it is a matter of high-level generals, and the higher the level of generals, the more they can do it at will, and like low-level military attachés, they are generally more disciplined.

Bai Tianfu saw it, but he just sighed.

In the blink of an eye, Dong Ce's team came to the front and stopped about twenty steps away from Bai Tianfu and the others. The next person rode out of the horse, it was Dong Ce, he was wearing a bright silver iron valve armor, wearing a bright helmet, two copper buckles were fixed on the shoulder armor leaves of the iron valve armor, and a bright red cloak was added, the cloak was made of high-quality red gold satin, extremely long, extremely wide and very thick, afraid of weighing five or six catties, hanging down on the horse's back and drooping down, until it hung down to the horse's belly.

People are like tigers, horses are like dragons, silver armor is like snow, and cloaks are like blood, they look so powerful and majestic!

Bai Tianfu couldn't help but sigh when he saw it, this Lord Dong is really a talent, and what is even more rare is that he is not a straw bag. He was originally quite conceited, but he was still a little ashamed of himself in this regard.

Bai Tianfu also greeted him, the two rode their horses and slowly stopped, Dong Ce laughed, and arched his hand: "Brother Bai, I haven't seen you for many days, but it makes the little brother think about it." ”

Although he brought a lot of family members, Dong Ce's attitude was not arrogant, of course, he was not inferior, but neither humble nor arrogant, just like the attitude that two normal-level officials should have when they meet. This also made Bai Tianfu feel a little more comfortable.

"Haha, long time no see, long time no see, Brother Dong is still in style! Ahha, I would like to congratulate my brother for his promotion to garrison, and he has been added the title of commander. Speaking of which, to my brother, I have to call myself humble. Bai Tianfu was half joking, half sour.

Dong Ce was slightly stunned, glanced at him deeply, and then looked at the family members behind Bai Tianfu, he understood a little, he smiled: "Brother Bai, don't make fun of the little brother, then the command is useless, who of us doesn't know?" It's not good to be a garrison, I don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are not at home, and the younger brother used to only be in charge of fighting, and ignore everything else. This side of the box has to be handed, and the other side of the car has to be allocated silver, alas, it is really dizzying, and in the end it is still a mess! Speaking of which, it's been a hard time! Bai Tianfu listened to him complain for a while, but he was a little gloating in his heart, and suddenly had a feeling that since you were not doing well, I was very happy. However, he also has a concern, these military forts at the border are all grasped by the military and government, and all affairs need to be handled by them.

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