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Chapter 176 For the tribe!

Dongluo County is a border county, so there are naturally guards.

There are [-] county soldiers stationed in the county, and fighting in the city can at least block the invasion of [-] northern barbarian cavalry.

When the defenders on the city wall in Dongluo County spotted the northern barbarian rangers heading straight for the city in the dark, they immediately beat their drums vigorously to report.

The thick and steady sound of war drums spread throughout the small Dongluo County in an instant.

All the defenders, holding weapons, ran out of the barracks and lined up neatly to support the four walls.

"How many enemy troops!"

Before the Deputy Qianhuren in charge of Dongluo County's defense arrived, the voice came first.

When he hurried up the north city wall, the hundreds of households guarding the city wall shouted: "City guard, the northern barbarian rangers are attacking, there is at least one cavalry from a thousand households!"

"what?!"

The deputy Qianhu who was in charge of the defense of Dongluo County quickly took the binoculars and looked into the distance.

Although it is now night, the prairie is vast and dark.

However, under the guidance of the starlight, one can vaguely see the cavalry army rushing around a few miles away.

The sound of more than a thousand horses galloping together is clearly visible.

Even the ground trembled a little.

"Cannon ready!"

Don't care about so much, let alone whether these northern barbarian cavalry came to attack the city.

Deputy Qianhu immediately started preparing for a counterattack!
Every year, there are incidents of northern barbarian invaders happening on the border.

Especially in the capital city of Daning outside the Great Wall, this situation is even more normal.

When winter comes, there are always some small and medium-sized tribes in the northern barbarians wandering on the grasslands because of insufficient food to survive the winter, or because of their own internal struggles. They wandered on the grasslands and other reasons.

Even some large tribes would gather thousands or even tens of thousands of northern barbarian cavalry to plunder Daning in times of disaster.

There is no way, in the eyes of these barbarians, the city of Daming represents wealth and no shortage of food.

Daning, as an important city for the safety of the Great Wall guarded by the Ming Dynasty, received a steady stream of food every year.

Sometimes even if Beiping is hungry, it is necessary to ensure that there is enough food in Daning!
This kind of food-rich place is not protected by the Great Wall, so it would be strange if the Beiman didn't grab it!

On the southern city gate facing the charge of the northern barbarian cavalry, a three-inch howitzer was pulled out and loaded with shells.

The county town can't afford five-inch guns, but four-inch mortars. Last year, when five of them arrived, they were all put out.

Six three-inch guns and five four-inch mortars fired violently at the incoming Northern barbarian cavalry after a simple range measurement by the artillerymen.

However, the situation that deputy Qianhu had predicted, the bombing of the northern barbarians in the future, did not happen.

Among the northern barbarian cavalry who were charging, two riders did not wear any leather armor for defense, but only wore fox fur velvet suits. They raised their staffs high and shouted in the northern barbarian language, A thick defensive cover was erected.

All artillery fire is blocked by the defensive cover.

The thousand northern barbarian cavalry did not slow down at all, still maintaining the fastest charging speed, and quickly approached the south city wall of Dongluo County.

The distance between the two sides was only two or three miles away in an instant, and it was just a matter of charging.

Deputy Qianhu looked at the undamaged enemy after the shelling, his eyes were tearing apart, and he roared loudly:

"Not good! Beiman brought a high priest!"

"Damn it, why is there a high priest accompanying a team of thousands of people!"

"Quick! Send the signal and ask for support!"

A paper cannon firework as thick as an adult's waist was lifted out, and the soldier lit the fuse with the torch in his hand.

A pure green firework with a diameter of seven or eight meters exploded more than 100 meters above Dongluo County!

Even the northern barbarian cavalry who were charging were attracted and looked up a few times.

Gorgeous fireworks, really very beautiful.

But this represents a dangerous signal!
This firework seemed to have triggered some signal. It went south ten miles into the hinterland of Daning, and another green firework rose high into the sky.

Like a relay, every ten miles, a green firework rises into the sky until it exceeds the line of sight.

"Ming sent a signal for help!"

The leader of the thousand-man team of Beiman spat and shouted loudly: "Thirty miles to the south of here, there is a guard stationed by Ming people!"

"After receiving the signal, they will come to help immediately!"

"They will arrive in less than an hour at the earliest!"

"We must fight quickly!"

About 5600 miles north of Dongluo County, there is a military guard of the Great Ningdu Division stationed there, and there is a [-] first-line troops of the Ming Army stationed there!
The northern barbarian tribes who lived around Daning all year round still knew this information.

However, what they didn't know was that the imperial court had just equipped Daning with a batch of the latest mass-produced military transport vehicles last year.

The Xinchengwei, which is responsible for the safety of Dongluo County within a radius of [-] miles, has also obtained [-] military transport vehicles, which can transport two thousand households with live ammunition and light and heavy weapons at one time, and quickly reach any place within the jurisdiction!
Although the steam transport vehicle is still a newly developed equipment, the current speed is not very fast, but it can travel sixty miles in an hour!

So in fact, the time that can be given to these northern barbarian cavalry to attack the city is only half an hour, not an hour at all!

In fact, this group of northern barbarian cavalry had already chosen the best attack direction, and they just happened to be stuck in the extreme rescue area of ​​the new city guard.

According to the previous speed, it would take at least an hour for the cavalry troops of Xinchengwei to arrive, even if they responded the fastest.

But this is light and simple, and it is really only a speed that only light cavalry can barely support.

In fact, considering the speed of information transmission, mobilization speed, and the endurance of war horses, the difficulty of migration of heavy weapons and heavy armored soldiers of the Ming army.

If you want to win a decisive victory, if you bring heavy armor and artillery, the support distance of [-] miles usually takes two to three hours to arrive.

This is still the most ideal situation!
But the cautious northern barbarian cavalry still chose to resolve the battle within an hour!

Can't take any chances!
What if there happened to be Daming's first-line combat troops patrolling nearby?

"God please!"

The leader of the Northern Man's [-]-man team let out an angry roar, and the two Beiman priests accompanying the army began to chant the mantra again.

These northern barbarian priests are not the little trash of Jianzhou savages who know a little primitive magic.

Beiman's divine art is the same as Daming's Qi practitioners, with a complete set of systems and training methods!
Following the chanting of the priest of the Northern Man.

Not only did the figures of these northern barbarian cavalrymen begin to swell, each of them grew to more than two meters tall, and their arms were as thick as tree roots.

Even the war horses under them had grown bigger, their eyes were red, and their noses were breathing fire, like visitors from hell.

"For the tribe!"

"kill!!!"

A thousand northern barbarian cavalry rushed to the south wall of Dongluo County, set up a ladder, and climbed up to the top of the wall!

(End of this chapter)