Datang New Order

Zhong Silang's right arm suddenly stopped, stopped for a moment, and then slowly lowered it down.

I don't know what the fat man said, so the Khitan followed him and turned into a mountain road on the left.

"This is... what are the Khitan people going to do?" Zhong Silang has been following Li Chengzhong to investigate the topography of Bailang Mountain for the past few days, and he is familiar with the mountain road that the Khitan people turned into. The mountain road circled a small hill for a few times Turn around, and eventually return to the main road.Zhong Silang remembered that when he entered the mountain road, he walked around for a long time.

The brothers behind him were also puzzled, and they all said, "They went the wrong way!"

"Can that road lead to the army camp? It seems not?"

"Hey, that fat man is a rascal, he doesn't even know the way, I'm afraid he'll lose his head if he comes out this time!"

"It's good to kill him. He is obviously a Han Chinese. If he insists on leading the way for the Khitan people, this guy should be hacked into pieces!"

In any case, the Khitan people turned into the mountain road, and they would have to walk a long way. For this result, Zhong Silang was very satisfied. He breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly hoped that the Khitan people could hang around there for a while longer.

Let the brothers relax for a while, Zhong Silang waved: "Go." He led everyone back to the second blocking point.

This is a very curved corner, and the mountain road is relatively narrow. Zhong Silang chose this place because he was ready to fight recklessly.It is not conducive to the Khitan people to deploy their troops here, and at the same time, there is a mountain wall on one side for cover, which can avoid most of the incoming arrows.Zhong Silang planned to line up the gun formation taught by Li Chengzhong, divide it into two groups, five people in each group, and hold it here for half an hour. He didn't know if he could hold it for that long, but since he took over this task, He must finish, unless he dies here!

The brothers of the accomplices all knew that they were going to fight hard here, and their moods began to lift, but none of them had the idea of ​​retreating.The atmosphere seemed a little tense, and Zhong Silang didn't know what to say, he just silently glanced at the nine brothers in front of him one by one, his eyes full of apology.

If Li Chengzhong was here, he would never have imagined that such a situation would happen.All along, what worries him the most is the courage of these soldiers.He has always believed that, apart from formal training, what his soldiers lack the most is the courage to face-to-face with their opponents.In his consciousness, every time he encounters an enemy, his first reaction is to take advantage of the favorable terrain and terrain, and then adopt various methods to make up for this shortcoming.

Even for Zhong Silang, the most elite of his men, he didn't dare to place too much hope on him.He would never have imagined that this short man he had recruited from the dead in Yongji Canal half a year ago would dare to bring only nine soldiers and plan to block hundreds of Khitans in the middle of the road!And every brother in this group has no complaints at all, no, don't complain, not even the slightest hesitation.If Li Chengzhong knew about this, he didn't know whether he should praise Zhong Silang's group for their courage and courage, or severely scold them for their stupidity and rigidity.

Zhong Silang planted a branch on the ground, which was exactly the one Li Chengzhong gave him at that time. He watched the shadow of the branch change from long to short, then appeared on the other side, and then gradually grew longer... He was very happy to see With this change, I completely forgot everything.Every time the shadow grows, it means that he needs less time to lead the brothers to the hard top here. He watched the shadow grow longer with trepidation and anticipation. When the length reached the position requested by Li Chengzhong , he breathed a long sigh of relief, then raised his head, and couldn't help laughing a little.The nine brothers around him formed a circle, all staring at the branches with their heads buried, and then raised their heads at the same time as him, and let out the foul breath that had been held for an unknown amount of time. …,

The task was completed with such ease?Zhong Shiro was a little puzzled.According to the distance of the mountain road, the Khitan people should have arrived here long ago. What are they doing?At this moment, he was able to return to the White Wolf Mountain Military Stronghold. He glanced at the brothers under him, and they all waited for his order with expectant faces.

Zhong Silang also wanted to go back, after all the task had been completed, it would not be worthwhile to stay here and fight recklessly with the Khitan people.But he hesitated for a while, and never gave the order to return, because he was very uneasy all the time, and he wanted to know where these Khitan people went.

Zhong Silang turned around again, carefully staring at the deserted mountain road, for a long time...a long time...finally reason overcame curiosity, and he planned to order to turn back.

At this moment, a man suddenly ran out on the mountain road, running towards the corner where Zhong Silang and the others were hiding, looking back while running.

Zhong Silang made a gesture to signal the brothers to copy the guys.Zhong Silang didn't realize until the man came close that he was the fat man who was serving as a guide for the Khitan people.

When the fat man saw Zhong Silang and others appearing, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground, froze for a moment, and then called out, "Are you Lu Longjun?" Calling "lucky", he told Zhong Shiro about the matter very quickly.

"You mean, you led the Khitan people to that gravel road?" Zhong Silang looked at the fat man with a strange expression.

The fat man chuckled: "That's right, so-and-so led them along a few wrong roads, and then entered the gravel road. They are probably still circling in it at this moment. Let's hurry into the stockade, so-and-so still has a lot of military information to report to your family." General..."

"It's Dutou, Lieutenant Zhibie Yuhu." A brother corrected in a low voice.

"Hey, Dutou is Dutou, as long as he is in charge here!" the fat man said indifferently.

Unexpectedly, this fat man had such means, Zhong Silang couldn't help admiring him, so he ordered the team to return.He chatted with the fat man while walking, asking what the fat man did and why he was forced to lead the way by the Khitan people.When talking about the gravel road, he laughed even more. It is not easy to turn the inside out, and now the Khitan people will have to delay for a while.Just as he was talking, he suddenly remembered something and asked the fat man: "Someone remembers that war horses cannot enter the gravel road..."

The fat man replied, "They left the horse at the crossing."

Zhong Silang paused, turned around slowly, stared at the fat man and asked, "How many Khitan people are there to watch horses?"

The fat man thought for a while and said, "It should be four, at most five..."

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Everything in the White Wolf Mountain Military Village has been arranged according to Li Chengzhong's instructions. Of course, this arrangement is very rough and simple, so simple that Li Chengzhong has no confidence in being able to use this defense system to stop the fierce Khitan people in his impression. attack.But although he didn't have confidence, he didn't dare to show his thoughts at all. He was the general of the entire army. Not only did he want to hide his thoughts, but he also wanted to show more confidence than anyone else.

What Li Chengzhong was most concerned about was the trench inside the stone wall. At this moment, the trench had been dug under Jiang Miao's supervision.Under the leadership of Old Craftsman Zhang, the fifty peasants had already retreated to a distance to rest. Just looking at the exhausted appearance of each of them, you can know how desperately the peasants have worked hard to dig this trench.At the moment when the trench was completed, Li Chengzhong praised these peasants with all kinds of praises, until everyone had a smile on his face, and Zhang Laojiang, a calm old man, was full of tears Smiling, he patted his chest and expressed that only Li Dutou couldn't think of it, and there was nothing they couldn't do.Hearing this sentence of deja vu, Li Chengzhong took old craftsman Zhang's hand for a long time, and asked him carefully which era he traveled from. …,

Brothers Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao had already led a group of archers to climb up the stone houses on the cliffs on both sides. On the land in front of the stone walls, six areas were marked out with stones. Do calibration exercises with your hands.Li Chengzhong didn't have time to climb up to give more instructions, everything that should be said has been said, and everything will wait for the start of the war.

According to Li Chengzhong's request, Zhang Xingzhong gathered the spearmen by the stone wall, divided each group into two groups, and made a detailed arrangement.The key point of the defense of the stone wall is at the gap. When Zhang Xingzhong deployed his troops, he placed four groups of soldiers here.These soldiers did not simply block the gap, but passed through the gap, forming two human walls on both sides of the inside of the gap. Once the Khitan rushed in along the gap, they would face a crowd of forty wooden guns on both sides. prick!At the same time, lining up in this way can effectively avoid the frontal shooting of Khitan archers and greatly reduce the casualty rate of the arrows.

In addition, Li Chengzhong also gathered all the leather armors, and made a total of 23 pairs, all of which were distributed to the soldiers standing in the first row on both sides of the gap.

On the front line inside the entire stone wall, Zhang Xingzhong deployed a total of eight groups of spearmen, and these soldiers will be commanded by him personally.

Li Chengzhong gathered the sword and shield soldiers from the three capitals together, a total of six groups, and he handed over five of them to Zhou Baidao to lead. These fifty sword and shield soldiers will take on the task of filling in the gaps. Just rush to where to fight.In addition to the defensive task, Zhou Paidao was also required to take on the attack task. Once he found the opportunity, he had to lead the sword and shield soldiers to rush out from the gap and try to kill and injure the Khitan people.

"Especially those injured Khitans, as long as they see those who are too late to evacuate, they will order their brothers to kill them! I don't want any prisoners in this battle!" Li Chengzhong ordered Zhou Machete somewhat ferociously.

After hearing this, Zhou Chopper showed a knowing smile: "Don't worry, I know! It's fun to fight like this! Haha!"

The other group of sword and shield soldiers was handed over to Jiang Miao, and they would serve as the law enforcement team on the entire battlefield.Li Chengzhong announced the battlefield discipline in public. If anyone dared to turn around and run away during the battle, the law enforcement team would immediately behead him without mercy!Moreover, Li Chengzhong also announced that after this battle, anyone who was found to have wounds on their backs would be expelled from the Pingzhou Army, and all the food, salaries and acres of land they had paid when they joined the army would be recovered.Of course, if there is a reward, there must be a reward. Li Chengzhong also announced the reward for this battle. In the military merit evaluation after the war, all individuals who rank in the top [-] will be promoted to one level; all combat units that have won collective merit will be rewarded each ten thousand!

Li Chengzhong didn't have that much money on hand, not even a single one.[-] yuan is ten guan, and if you put it on a person, you can put him down.The reason why he offered such a high reward was because according to the practice of this era, he didn't need to cash the money on the spot, and everything could wait until he returned to Pingzhou.At that time, whether it is to ask Zhou Zhiyu or Zhang Zaiji, there is no need to think about this issue now.

Li Chengzhong organized people to reinforce and raise the original inspection platform in the general's stronghold to a height almost equal to that of the stone wall.Standing on the high platform, he could see the situation on the entire battlefield more clearly, and at the same time ensured that his position was out of the range of the Khitan people's bows and arrows.The newly assigned recruits, except for the two groups of swordsmen and shields commanded by Zhou Chopper, the remaining 70 people were distributed under the high platform. The only reserve team.But at this moment, there is no time to train these recruits, and there are no officers around him, and he plans to lead them up in person if there is a crisis at that time.

Everything was arranged properly, and Zhao Da's logistics partner delivered hot meals. Li Chengzhong was very satisfied when he watched the soldiers stuffing bread and dried meat into their mouths. It seems that the brothers are more adaptable to war He was much stronger than he imagined, and being able to eat something meant that he wasn't too nervous.Of course, the brothers who ate and drank were all those who had participated in the Yuguan defense battle, and the newly arrived soldiers were a bit unbearable in comparison.Many people trembled so much that they couldn't stuff their mouths when they held the bread in their hands, which made Li Chengzhong frown.He could understand the timidity and nervousness of these recruits when they first entered the battle, but this moment was not a time for timidity.

Looking at the recruits under the high platform, Li Chengzhong yelled: "I have experienced the Battle of Beizhou, Weizhou, and Yuguan. Do you know why I can live well? I will remember them all. If you are afraid, the more you will greet him with swords and guns! No matter how scared you are, now, finish my meal for me! Anyone who can't finish eating will be served by the military law!"

Li Chengzhong didn't know if his words had any effect, but at least these recruits stuffed the bread and jerky into their mouths one by one.He didn't have time to take care of these recruits anymore, he was very worried about the safety of Zhong Silang's group.Now that the time he needs is in hand, everything that needs to be prepared is ready, why hasn't Zhong Silang come back yet?

God bless you, come back alive, you are the most elite soldiers in my hands!Li Chengzhong kept praying secretly in his heart.