"How many people, where are they?" Chang Wei pulled out a thousand libo with his hand. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ma Yuan replied: "There is a large sandy beach and a few small silted dirt bags at the mouth of the lake, and there are about a thousand people with weapons gathered there. However, the enemy had a clear post and a secret outpost, so I didn't dare to get too close. ”

The night was dark, and Chang Wei couldn't tell where the thief in front of him was from the Qianli tube, but this did not affect his attack plan for the thief.

Although the fleet was only 300 men, it was a well-trained musketeer, and there was no difficulty at all against a rabble of more than a thousand.

However, it is better to observe the details of the thieves up close before starting the battle.

"Order: The fleet retreats three miles and waits for orders, taking care not to let the thieves touch it. Jinyi, let's take a look. ”

After disembarking and running along the embankment for a quarter of an hour, the flat lake of Llama appeared in front of them, standing on the shore and reflecting the light of the lake, the flat outline of Llama Lake was indeed like the back of a horse, and the tail was sweeping on the canal to the west.

After a 300-step detour to the west, the two jumped off the embankment after leaving the mouth of the lake. The lake is a circle of sand with a small slope, and the terrain gradually rises and falls along the beach to the east, and you can see at a glance the dirt bag that Ma Yuan said.

Four earthen bags are arranged on both sides of the lake mouth like a door god, firmly holding the entrance of the Yanghe River, and there are people on duty on both sides of the earthen bags, and tents are set up on both sides, and some simple horse pens are enclosed in the middle, and there are 100 horses in it.

"Damn thieves, these are Lao Tzu's war horses. ”

A cursory count of the number of tents shows that 1,000 people is just a little more. As Ma Yuan said, in this case, it is indeed not easy to quietly lean on the past.

"Go into the water!" Chang Wei and Tang Jinyi glanced at each other and looked at the lake at the same time.

The water of the lake is clear and sweet, the fish and shrimp roam in the water, the reeds, water chestnuts, lotus leaves are all over the water, and there are a few small islands looming in the reeds. On the edge of the island and the mouth of the lake there were a dozen small boats, which did not look like fishing boats, but were empty, presumably used to transport thieves and horses.

The two of them swam like big fish in the lotus leaves and reeds, and the people on the shore were unaware. After taking a closer look at the thief's details, he swam towards the mouth of the lake and prepared to return to the fleet from the river.

At the mouth of the lake, Chang Wei found that the water was densely covered with harpoons, javelins, fishing nets and other objects, which were clearly to prevent people from diving closer. ”

Carefully crossing this water, the water surface in front of him began to narrow, the flow speed increased significantly, and the riverbed was getting higher and higher, Chang Wei suddenly saw a black thing at the bottom of the water in front of him, and slowly got closer to see that it was a large iron cable the thickness of an arm.

"Iron lock Hengjiang? This gang of thieves is here to block the mouth of the lake, and they are afraid that the Beidou Jiuzi and others on Handian Island will run away. ”

In an instant, Chang Wei understood the enemy's sinister intentions, and looked back at the small dirt bags on both sides of the estuary, "This doesn't look like it was formed by natural siltation, it was piled up by thieves? Fortunately, I went into the water first to take a look, and if I had driven the boat straight in, the boat would have been knocked over. ”

Chang Wei was afraid for a while, so he quickly swam back to the ship and began to arrange the battle strategy.

In front of the iron-locked Hengjiang, the fleet could not directly rush over and bombard, so Chang Wei decided to land and fight.

At the command, all the musketeers changed into new flaming red troops and long leather boots, put on black and shiny round-edged iron helmets, and walked off the ships with muskets on their shoulders, and lined up in a neat array on both sides of the river embankment.

"This, is this going to war, or is it the New Year?" Perception rubbed his eyes fiercely, revealing an expression of disbelief.

Wang Zhuang instructed his subordinates to adjust the position of the bow gun, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Master Understanding, you don't know, my family calls this a queue shooting tactic, and you will see how we fight soon." ”

According to Chang Wei's orders, Wu He and Wang Zhuang and others protected the warship and were responsible for the shelling, and the remaining more than 200 musketeers were led by him and Tang Jinyi to attack the bandit positions from the east and west.

While talking, someone got off the boat with gongs and drums, suona, pan flutes and other family members. Perception knows the truth that when the drum is beaten in the army, the gold will be retreated, so he understands it with gongs and drums. But what is the use of bringing these instruments to the battle array?

Perception shook his head, and kept reciting Amitabha Buddha in his heart, only hoping that Chang Wei would not underestimate the enemy, although this is just a group of thieves, but there are thousands of people. Although Perception knew that Chang Wei was a very shrewd and capable person, and he also knew that he had fought a war, Perception was still very worried.

In a state of apprehension, the morning sun jumped out of the horizon, and the red sun broke through the shackles of dark clouds and illuminated the entire Llama Lake.

After crossing the river bank and stepping on the embankment, the terrain suddenly opened up in front of them, and at the command of the officer, the soldiers changed from a marching column to a battle column.

Advance more than 100 steps, the flat like a mirror of the Luoma Lake is just below the slope, the intersection of the lake and the sky, a round of red sun erupts, ten thousand golden lights reflect the clouds brilliantly, and the white sails dotted on the lake surface in the distance are also like fire.

"It's a sunny day!"

Chang Wei fixed his eyes on the four dirt bags, and the thieves on duty also spotted him and the musketeers. They wear such grandeur and dazzling clothes that it is difficult not to be discovered.

Chang Wei drew his sword and roared: "Brothers, give me a good fight, and show the majesty of the musket battalion! This is our first official appearance, and it is the same as the night of candles in the cave room." It's a man who can't fuck me, understand?"

"Understood!"

Chang Wei put down the knife and shouted: "Hu Yang is handed over to you, I will give you a raid!"

"Don't worry, my lord!"

Hu Yang looked at the soldiers like hungry wolves, licked his lips and said: "If these rabbit cubs are soft and slow, I will definitely practice when I go back, they will be called grandpa!"

Yin Anxin complained for a while, "Oh my God, this demon, I don't want to go back and be whipped by him even if I die on the battlefield." ”

Yin An is not bad, because he is the best of the recruits. The other soldiers were swept by the poplar's gaze, and cold sweat broke out on their backs. They will never forget the training methods of veterans led by Hu Yang, Liao Shun and others, who are almost abusive to them.

That's really cruel and tyrannical, if it weren't for the strict discipline of the Volunteer Battalion, there was no bullying except for cruel training, and the welfare was super good, I was afraid that all the recruits who came in would run out.

Looking at the frightened eyes of the soldiers, Chang Wei nodded with satisfaction.

It was not muskets and artillery that really changed the way of warfare, but the military system. A neat queue will give soldiers a sense of dependence, and strict military discipline and a system of rewards and punishments will make soldiers sacrifice their lives to fight bravely.

However, this temporary new tactics and queues did not produce good results by merely teaching, lecturing, and drilling, and the most effective thing was brutal and ruthless whipping. Let them move forward and backward according to the command and music, and someone will always forget and make a mistake, and scolding ten times is not worth a whip.

As a result, there is such a concept among the soldiers of the volunteer battalion: "Officers are more terrible than the enemy!" They would rather go to the battlefield to face the enemy than accept the cruel training of officers in the barracks and school yards every day.

Chang Wei glanced back at the forty people in a horizontal row, three rows in front and back, neatly arrayed, energetic musketeers, and nodded with satisfaction.

The Wind Splitting Blade pointed to the sky and said loudly, "Play music!"

Suddenly, gongs and drums, suona, and pan flutes were played, and the brisk and joyful Wuzhong folk song "Late Pear Flower" was played on the south bank of Luoma Lake. (To be continued.) )