After being stared at by everyone, Hu Biao became inexplicably angry.
In the end, the bachelor slapped the neighbor Lang Qing on the thigh and cursed: "His grandma is a jerk. She will starve the timid to death and starve the bold to death. This vote is enough~"
However, after this guy shouted aggressively, the following series of arrangements sounded quite orderly:
"Lao Yang, Huang Yizhi, AT, you bought a lot of things today, and the money is almost used.
So instead of continuing to purchase tomorrow, the three of you will switch to night-time mode and go to the surrounding areas to inquire about the whereabouts of the Tatar cavalry.
I know this is difficult, but you must find out where their campsite is at night.
Whether this vote can be successful and whether subsequent missions can continue depends mainly on the investigation of the three of you, so be careful on the road.
As long as it is done, the three of you will be the first success in this night attack.
Lang Qing, Fengrui, Xu Feng, you guys have prepared combat supplies, so that everyone has a serious weapon, the more rattan armor and the like, the better.
At the very least, the swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen rushing at the front should be equipped with this thing to increase their combat effectiveness.
The others will only train for half a day tomorrow. They will have a good rest after eating at noon. After Lao Yang and the others find the Tatar camp, they will set off to attack the camp in the evening.
Don't be too nervous, we still have advantages.
The Tatars would never think of a night attack.
On the one hand, because the Ming army has always been afraid to take the initiative to leave the station, allowing them to come and go freely these days, I am afraid they have long been used to being arrogant; no matter how strong their vigilance originally was, they will be lowered, right?
No one would have thought that someone would take the initiative to attack them.
On the other hand, we are all modern people, and one of us does not have any night blindness, which is definitely a huge advantage that they cannot understand."
Hu Biao said that these reasons sounded more or less true, and a group of netizens gradually gained a little confidence.
Then, they began to discuss some details of this operation in detail one by one, and their expressions were still a little solemn.
Because they knew that if this night attack failed, the price would be too serious for them to bear...
Without waiting until early the next morning, Hu Biao and the others had already begun to take action.
In fact, after the meeting ended, Lao Yang, Huang Yizhi, AT and other three people took action overnight; they were uniformly unarmored and only wore a makeshift black cloth cloak.
I didn't bring a long gun that was more than three meters long and would get in the way.
He only brought a long knife over one meter tall and a short knife as his self-defense weapons.
In addition, they also brought some dry food, emergency medicines, etc., and set off in a hurry overnight; with the worries and expectations of Hu Biao and others, they stepped into the vast night.
Even though the three of them brought torches and lanterns, none of them lit them up.
When I was on my way, the only light I could rely on was the bright starlight in the sky tonight.
The reason why they set off overnight despite threats such as wild beast attacks and poor visibility was that there was nothing Lao Yang could do about it.
The mission of these three veterans can be said to be the most dangerous and important link in the entire operation.
Because they have no horses, their maneuverability is far inferior to those of the Tatar soldiers. If they are discovered by those Tatar cavalry, they cannot run fast and cannot be defeated, which is basically equivalent to giving up.
So it is the best time to go out under the cover of darkness at night.
Instead of wearing armor, they only wear a black cloak, which is also for the purpose of making it easier for them to escape quickly and hide themselves if they are discovered.
Anyway, relying on the strength of the three of them, they never thought about fighting the Tatar cavalry head-on...
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Early in the morning of the next day, the group of people who stayed at Huo Road started training as planned.
Because a night attack was about to begin, the huge pressure on their hearts made everyone feel inexplicably nervous; their training attitude was also unprecedentedly serious.
After the weapons were issued, I became familiar with them immediately.
Although speaking of it, there doesn't seem to be much about this kind of spear with a temporary tip attached to it that is worth being familiar with.
Yesterday, after Yang Dongli and the others went to Loess Fort, although during the process, some people misunderstood that Lao Yang's orientation was abnormal.
But after a busy day, I really brought back a lot of things.
In addition to one stone of rice, thirty pounds of pork, fifty eggs, a sheep, some vegetables, and a large gourd of vegetable oil, these are the essential foods.
I also bought two walking bows, four shields, a waist knife, some gun heads, a blunderbuss and other weapons.
These weapons and equipment were all standard equipment of the Ming army. Lao Yang found a middleman and bought them privately from the warehouse of the Loess Fort conduct officer with a little money.
The gun head and waist knife among them were already rusty and looked like they had not been well kept. Fortunately, they were still usable after polishing them.
The four shields are all rattan, specifically woven from processed rattan.
However, Yang Dongli tested it and found that the defensive power used to defend against arrows and knife cuts was quite good. Moreover, this thing was a one-handed shield, which was relatively light in weight and not small in area at all.
If a person squats down with a shield, after bending down, the whole person can be covered.
As for the bird gun, it was actually a matchlock gun, imitating the style of the Qi family's military bird gun, and it was made by a local craftsman in Datong Town.
But according to everyone's understanding, craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty had always been of low status, and it was difficult to even have enough to eat.
Due to cost reduction by superiors, the quality of the equipment produced has always been quite questionable.
Other cold weapons are okay, but the bomb blast rate is frighteningly high.
Therefore, among the many gun guns in the warehouse, Yang Dongli carefully selected them for a while before choosing one that looked relatively sophisticated and thick in terms of barrel and components.
In addition, they brought back a large bag of lime powder and a small bucket of about ten kilograms of black powder.
Originally, Lao Yang wanted to buy some armor back, but he couldn't afford iron armor for seven or eight taels of silver a piece. It would be better to buy a few pieces of leather armor and cotton armor.
After all, just wearing DIY rattan armor to fight, they really felt a little unsure.
It's a pity that the above equipment and supplies alone cost them two silver bricks brought by AT.
In addition, at that time, they did not know that Xie Gui was already planning a conspiracy against them; they did not make the decision to take the initiative to attack the Tatars at night.
There were only one or two pounds of gold jewelry left and five pounds of pepper, which they planned to use to purchase raw materials and DIY some combat supplies.
So I only have a few supplies on hand.
What needs to be explained is that the five kilograms of pepper powder are still in Yang Dongli's hands and have not been sold.
The main reason is that after asking around, I don't know that those stores are deliberately lowering the prices, and the selling prices are really too low.
According to the combined knowledge of netizens, during the Yongle period, the pepper brought back by the Sanbao eunuchs from overseas voyages weighed 590 grams per pound. The imperial court regarded it as worth 10 to 20 taels and paid officials.
Over the years, with the continuous introduction and import of more pepper, everyone is mentally prepared that the price of pepper has been greatly reduced.
But the total purchase price for five kilograms of fine pepper is only 10 taels of silver. Aren't those stores trying to trick people?
In desperation, I can only keep these peppers on my body and wait to see if there are better channels to take action.
As for the bag of lime powder, it was planned to be packed in small cloth bags and each person would be given a small amount. During the battle, I would find an opportunity to throw it at the Tatars' heads and faces, so as to inflict death on these beasts first.
Let’s talk about it when you’re blind…
In this way, relying on the equipment brought back above, Hu Biao's three combat groups were finally equipped.
Each combat team consists of nine people. Among them, two of the Sword and Shield Hands are led by AT, Huang Yizhi, and Fengrui, and three more sturdy rookies, including Corn.
They are all armed with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.
It's a pity that only AT and Fengrui have iron armor, and the others have unreliable DIY rattan armor.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Lang Qing, who was acting as an archer at the back of the battle formation, donated his iron-clad cotton armor with arm armor and asked Huang Yizhi to put it on.
In addition, there are two archers in each group, and now everyone has one walking bow.
It's a pity that apart from the veteran Lang Qing, and the two rookies Lao Snake and Singer who have some basic archery skills, the accuracy of the remaining three rookies is really not that good.
The rest of the people naturally all have a spear in hand.
That's right! That gun is now in the hands of Lao Hei, and the reason is simple. This guy is from the PLA's ground missile force, and he has more basic skills in shooting than other rookies.
In short, the preparations for arming and combat formation are complete.
But the specific effect cannot be known until you try it once.
