The four hundred and sixtieth chapters are at peace with each other
"Huangtou! Do you think we can stop the Shaanxi thieves with just these children?" one of Huang Qifa's men asked in a low voice.
After Huang Qifa surrendered to Wu Shigong, most of them went through a period of training and passed the military assessment of the Runing Army. More than half a year ago, Wu Shigong transferred all these six to seventy people and became
Instructor at the children's camp.
In fact, the reason is very simple. This time at the Runing Army Boy Camp, a large number of male orphans were trained to become navy soldiers. Especially the group of trainees aged 14 to 16, all of whom were navy soldiers.
Targeted training.
Huang Qiqi, the defectors from Dongjiang Town, all had experience fighting on warships and on land, so it was natural for them to become instructors at the Children's Camp.
Of course, after leaving the front-line combat troops, they came to the children's camp and became the king of children. People like Huang Qiqi always felt a little disappointed after being excluded. However, when they became instructors, they were all promoted one level, so from an economic point of view
That said, it can also make up for their loss.
This time, because of the critical situation, the older teenagers from the Children's Camp were also dispatched. Although they also had their own cadet officers, as usual, they were still commanded by Huang Qifa.
"The Runing Army has not treated us badly during the time we have been here. I, Old Huang, am prepared to stay here for the rest of my life." Huang Qifa sighed and said, "I thought that sooner or later there would be a day when the adults would
Take us back to Liaodong. As long as I can sweep the graves of my parents once, I, Lao Huang, will have no regrets in my life. But I didn’t expect so many Shaanxi thieves to come this time!"
Huang Qifai stood up, walked to a boy from the nearby children's camp, touched his head, and then shouted: "There is nothing to say. When the war comes, you old brothers will all stand with me, Huang."
First row. If we hadn’t fallen down and these dolls had been injured, we would have slept on our stomachs in the coffin!”
The instructors around Huang Qifai also laughed. They also shouted loudly: "Okay! We all listen to Brother Huang. Children! Open your eyes and take a good look at our style!"
The boy next to Huang Qiqi raised his head, opened his eyes and said seriously: "Instructor Huang! It is said in the instructions of our children's camp: We are all personal guards around adults. So we will never give anything to Instructor Huang.
You are in disgrace."
Huang Qifai laughed out loud immediately. He patted the young man on the shoulder and asked, "Instructor Huang was very cruel to you in the past. Do you remember hating me?"
The training of Huang Qiqi and these people must have retained some of the bad habits of the Ming army, so when the students in the boy camp did not complete the training, they often punched and kicked them and performed some corporal punishment.
"No!" the young man denied flatly. Then he hesitated and said, "We also know that Instructor Huang is doing it for our own good, but we are all afraid of seeing Instructor Huang." After saying that, the young man felt embarrassed.
smiled.
Huang Qifai also burst into laughter. He raised his head and ordered loudly: "Boys, get happy! Sing a few more songs for Instructor Huang!"
A burst of singing suddenly came from the children's camp.
From a distance, I heard singing coming from the children's camp. Xue Yongli smiled at those around him and said, "Those kids have good morale!"
Leader Qi of the militia around Xue Yongli also laughed and said: "It was good when Captain Tao led the children's camp. But now these children in the children's camp are too young. Is it appropriate to bring them out? Is that possible?
Are you trying to pull back the seedlings and encourage them to grow?"
"It doesn't matter!" Xue Yongli shook his head with a smile, "Bringing them out will be a great way to build up momentum. We can also let those babies experience how to fight. This wolf cub won't grow up if he stays with the old wolf all the time."
"Besides, we may not necessarily fight the Shaanxi bandits this time. When the Shaanxi bandits appear, we will ignite the gunpowder placed on the ice and blast the ice on the river so that the Shaanxi bandits cannot cross the river. In the future,
It only takes a while to explode once, unless those Shaanxi bandits are willing to fill the river with corpses, otherwise they won't be able to get through."
"But what if they rush over regardless of casualties?" The Runing army's deliberations before the war were relatively democratic, and everyone could raise their own objections. Of course, during the war, they must strictly implement the battle plan. So this
At that time, Commander Qi raised an objection, "Look, the river is not very wide. If the Shaanxi bandits are willing to be cruel, they will be able to cross the river with only two to three thousand casualties."
"Then give them another round of bullets and then retreat!" Xue Yongli had already been confident about this issue. "Let the Shaanxi thieves lose another one or two thousand. Then we will withdraw to the camp and wait for the Shaanxi thieves."
Thieves are coming to attack!"
"Didn't Mr. Deng ask you to stay here for three days? It's not good for you to leave like this!" Captain Qi asked again.
"There's nothing wrong with it. Think about it! Since the Shaanxi bandits want to cross the Shenshui River regardless of casualties, their target must be Fucheng and our camp. If this is the case, then we must be prepared to defend the city for a long time.
Therefore, fighting the Shaanxi bandits here and consuming our own strength is the worst option. Instead, relying on the strength of the city to kill a large number of Shaanxi bandits is the best option. As long as we wait until my uncle returns with the army, we can fight back together.
Completely wake up these dizzy Shaanxi bandits."
"In doing so, although it seems that the Shaanxi bandits are approaching the city and we are in greater danger, we have preserved our strength to the maximum extent, which will be beneficial to the future of our Runing Army and will achieve the greatest results. As for Mr. Deng,
! Let me tell you. He is a scholar and doesn’t know much about fighting. It’s up to us to handle the matter of fighting ourselves!”
Xue Yongli's words made everyone around him laugh out loud. In any political group, there is always a comparison between the civil and military forces. Although the contradiction between the civil and military forces of the Runing Army is not obvious yet, Deng Qifan, Xue Yongli and others laughed out loud.
There is always some vague competition between the two giants Wynn.
On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the peasant rebel army's cavalry appeared on the other side of the Shenshui River. The Runing army, which had been prepared in advance, lit gunpowder in turn and blew up the ice surface about a mile and a half long. Seeing that the Runing army was here,
The scouts immediately reported back to Zhang Xianzhong.
After Zhang Xianzhong received the report, he immediately led his own soldiers, King Sweeper and King Taiping to observe closely, and discovered the camp and position set up by the Runing Army on the other side of the Shenshui River.
Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong, who did not want to get entangled here, immediately ordered the main force of the peasant rebel army to go eastward about ten miles away from the Shenshui River to avoid contact with the Runing Army. The Runing Army also maintained its position on the other side of the river.
Stay on the defensive and monitor the actions of the peasant rebels.
The two armies were in such a situation of mutual wariness. Under Zhang Xianzhong's urging, the peasant rebel army accelerated its pace and passed through Shangcai and Xincai areas in one day, heading straight for Fengyang Mansion. (