At the northern foot of Damao Mountain, a red-clothed man and horse galloped southward quietly, and behind the red-clothed soldiers were auxiliary soldiers pushing carts and horses, the so-called auxiliary soldiers were actually temporary conscription of the people, and what made people strange was that these auxiliary soldiers not only did not have the frustration of being caught, but also had a trace of excitement on their faces.

"Master Guo......"

"Hmm!"

An old man in the red uniform of the Three Guards in the auxiliary soldiers coughed vigorously a few times, and his previous voice changed repeatedly: "Manager Guo, Manager Guo, when are you old enough to get me a three-guard military uniform!" ”

In the face of the obvious envy, jealousy and hatred, the old man reached out and brushed the double-row copper buckle on the placket, tightened the wide belt of cooked cowhide tightly tied to his waist, and the hem of the military uniform was unfit and shook on his buttocks.

"Hey! This military uniform was specially approved by Mao Zhenfu, don't dream about it...... Hey, I said Niu Dan, you are all a member of the board, can you show some old man, look at Zhou Mazi's family......"

As he spoke, the old man gestured to a sturdy man who was driving a carriage not far from them.

"Look at the people, after becoming a director, not only is the traitor department gone, but also leading the big guy to stop the crime, you are looking at you, how many things did you promise the big guy to do when you ran for election?"

"What Master Guo said is so unreasonable, if I hadn't stared at Zhou Mazi, he would have been able to stop like this?"

"Gotta get it, let's not fight for this, seeing that we are about to reach Beiloukou, your kid's eyes are bright, and when you see that the situation is not good, you will run quickly, you know? The sword has no eyes......"

The speed of the auxiliary soldiers was not slow, but they were still left behind by the soldiers in front, and the tight force under Niu Dan's feet was still a little unable to keep up with the rhythm, and he glared at Guo Binghuan who was riding a donkey.

"Did Master Guo let me be a deserter? Although I don't have much ability, it's not my character to be a deserter! ”

Master Guo laughed, "The heart is not small, and he is not a soldier, what is the hard work, our task is to transport the materials to the battlefield safely, don't be ignorant!" ”

An inopportune voice interjected, "Listening to your tone, it seems that the chief soldier will lose this battle?" ”

Master Guo rolled his eyelids, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it was Zhou Mazi.

"You don't know this, you know that Beiloukou in front of you is not ......"

Niu Dan and Zhou Mazi don't look at it now, they are both directors of Chaoyang Castle, but they are still villagers who have never seen the world, and their eyes are black when they leave their hometown.

"You don't know, Beiloukou belongs to the eighteen mouths of Yanmen. Yanmen Pass knows, right? And the partial head pass, Ningwu Pass is known as the three passes outside the Great Wall, the three passes are called a dangerous point, the thieves occupy the Yanmen Pass, how can it be so easy for us to take it down with a thousand people? ”

Master Guo, no, it's Manager Guo now, but few people who are used to calling Master Guo and are familiar with him have changed their words. After all, Master Guo has seen the world, and the two of them seem to understand what they said, so they can only nod their heads.

"Manager Guo's words are wrong, Yanmen Pass is a dangerous pass, it is difficult to shake it if it is well armed, but it may not be the case with the eighteen mouths of Yanmen, General Li is unexpected, do you know that you can't win?"

was dismissed by others, Master Guo's face was a little unbearable, and it looked like Tian Fuzhen, one of the people in charge of the iron factory who had recently been in contact with the Chaoyang Fort Council, was said to be a fourth-grade official who was demoted, and he had long been a phoenix who had fallen on the shelf, what kind of cow is it? I just wanted to refute but held back, I can't say that the chief soldier will be defeated this time, right?

Tian Fuzhen continued, "Do you know what your brothers are pushing? ”

"Nothing more than gunpowder, buckshot, grain, utensils, ......"

"If you know that it is gunpowder lead bullet, you should know that it is used by artillery, and the place where the 12-pounder cannon of our Third Guards Army is all cracked, and the rammed earth wall in the North Loukou District is in disrepair, and how can it be blocked?"

"This, this, this ......"

Master Guo has never seen what a cannon looks like, but he has also heard of the story of Yuan Inspector Hongyi's cannon bombarding the slave chief Nurhachi......

A few people were talking as they walked, and suddenly there was an earth-shattering bang in front of them, followed by a sound, and the crowd of auxiliaries suddenly fell into a commotion, not knowing whether to move forward or retreat.

Master Guo, as the manager of Chaoyang Fort, was really a little decisive, and immediately jumped into the carriage full of goods, stood up, pulled his neck and shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, this is the chief soldier bombarding the thieves, rest in place, and then continue to move forward when the thieves are killed!" ”

These words really worked, and the auxiliaries all quieted down, sat down to rest, and were tired from rushing along the way, so they could finally rest. Master Guo leaned over to Tian Fuzhen again, and asked in a low voice: "Tian Huiban, this, this is the cannon of our Three Guards, right?" ”

Tian Fuzhen did not answer directly, but read in his mouth as the cannon sounded: "Six-pounder cannon...... Six-pounder gun...... Eight-pounder gun...... Twelve-pounder cannon ......"

Master Guo's heart was put down, needless to say, it must be the cannon of the Three Guards, and after a while, there were scouts who came to pass on the general military order, and ordered the auxiliary soldiers to rest on the spot and wait for the order.

The sound of the cannon sounded for about half an hour before it gradually weakened, until it disappeared and there was no movement at all, Master Guo's heart hung again, presumably the victory and defeat had been divided, but it was unknown who won and who lost.

After a while, the scout who passed the military order of the general army came galloping again, and only said lightly, "The battle ahead is over, and the auxiliaries continue to advance!" Then he struck his horse and departed.

That's the end of the battle?

Not only Master Guo and Niu Dan, but even Lord Tian Fuzhen Tian felt incredible, no matter how powerful the cannon was, no matter how good the Three Guards could fight, they couldn't take Beiloukou, which was occupied by thieves, in half an hour, right?

The auxiliaries walked along the mountain road for half an hour and suddenly became clear, looking at the open flat land formed by the impact of a large river, but somehow it was the warm spring when the snow melted, but the riverbed was dry and cracked. Through the diffuse gunsmoke, you can faintly see the rammed earth side wall more than two zhang high in the distance, and the North Loukou Fort is inlaid on it, and a scarlet Ming army battle flag is inserted in the city head and is hunting in the wind.

Master Guo suddenly sighed with emotion: "It's really fun to fight with the Three Guards!" ”

Suddenly, a knight flew in, and Master Guo knew that it was a personal soldier beside the chief soldier.

"May I ask which is Manager Guo, Tian will do it?"

The First Battle of the Three Guards was successful, and the first post-war meeting was held on the enemy tower at the north gate of Beiloukou Fort.

Present at the meeting were the battalion officers of the three guards, as well as Guo Binghuan, the head of the auxiliary army, and Tian Fuzhen, the head of the Gaoshan Guard Ordnance Bureau.

The military uniform of the Three Guards is more unique, different from any Ming army, belonging to the top red and black below, the red cotton top and below the hips, the placket is open, the neck is a tight lapel, the front chest double plate copper buckle, both practical and durable, the waist is a five-finger wide cow belt, a goose knife hangs on it, the metal buckle is shining, the whole person is more heroic and upright.

Not only Li Xin, officers and soldiers at all levels wear this military uniform, the only difference is the color of the lapel, and the style of the hat, for example, Li Xinhe's collar is blue, the battalion officer Cheng Mingjiu's is earthy brown, and the ordinary soldier's is black......

Also present at the meeting were a group of generals in bright armor, whose faces were both embarrassed and a little embarrassed. Compared with the majestic Three Guards, it immediately dwarfed. These people were originally the defenders of North Loukou Fort, with about 3,000 people in the establishment, but after many years of empty salaries, there were actually only more than 1,000 of them. But there are many officers, in addition to a general, there are also a number of commanders, garrisons, and thousands of generals.

It turns out that this North Loukou belongs to the North Lou Road, Yanping Road, Shanxi Town, the North Lou Road has a staff general, and each fort is set up separately to garrison, but the staff of the North Lou Road is stationed in the North Loukou Fort, when the thieves attack, they are all afraid of war since the general below, and they do not have the courage to garrison the pass and dare not abandon the pass and flee, so they took the cronies and soldiers to hide in the siege of Nanyue Shengliang in the North Loukou. Therefore, when the thieves invaded at this time, there was only one thousand generals in the city with more than 100 people to resist to the death, and finally the whole army was wiped out under the defeat.

Just when the thieves were besieging the dangerous Yue Shengliang siege city, Li Xin's three guards came, and under the cannons, the city was damaged and destroyed, and the thieves fled without knowing the truth and the truth, which solved their crisis and recovered Beiloukou in one fell swoop.

Li Xin did not blame them, and would be held accountable by the imperial court, and for the sake of today's plan, they also needed to guard the northern Loukou and guard the back road of the Three Guards. The military attachés on Beilou Road were afraid that Li Xin would report the fact of their loss of Guancheng to the imperial court, so that they would obey his promises in order to gain Li Xin's favor and understanding.

"Sit down, sit down, and tell me what you know!"

Li Xin said this to those generals of Beiloukou, and when they saw that the legendary general of the Three Guards who turned the Datong Mansion upside down was actually pleasant, they didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for a while, and they became even more detained.

"Lord Hui Zongbing, it is said that there are 500,000 thieves, when, of course, it is claimed, according to the judgment of the general, there are always around 100,000."

Li Xin gasped, I'm afraid that what this general said is not true, the 500,000 in front is naturally exaggerated, but the 100,000 people guessed in the back should be discounted, but he doesn't debunk it, he wants to know more about the activities of the thieves in Shanxi Town, as well as the deployment of troops. But after asking a few words, I couldn't help but be deflated, these are all people who are afraid of wolves and tigers, and naturally the distribution of thieves is not very good.

There is only one thing that everyone is sure of, that is, Daizhou City has actually held on to the present. Obviously, Daizhou City has become a chicken rib stuck in the throat of the thief, which was originally a pity to abandon the tasteless food, but now it has become a situation like a fish in the throat, which means that the success or failure of the thief is in the battle of Daizhou. If you win, you can go out of the flat pass and approach the Bauhinia Pass of the inner three levels, and once the Bauhinia Pass, which is the last barrier of the Ming Jingshi, is captured, the Jingshi will face the scourge of thieves for thousands of miles.