On the evening of February 9th, in the Runing Army camp.
"Tomorrow you will lead the engineering regiment to guard the camp. You must not let the Tatars attack the camp, otherwise you are the only one asking!" Wu Shigong ordered the commander of the engineering regiment.
"promise!"
"The rest of the armies need to be prepared. The whole army will be dispatched tomorrow to fight the Tatars!"
"promise!"
Wu Shigong secretly sighed in his heart. The battle was about to begin, but there was no sign of the officers and soldiers who came to help. What was even more distressing was that in order to ensure that there would be a fortress for help after the defeat, it was necessary to protect the army.
Without enough food, grass, and luggage, Wu Shigong had to arrange for an engineering regiment to stay at the camp.
The Qing army on the opposite side went into battle lightly. They believed that they would not be defeated, so they could devote their entire army to this battle. Therefore, comparing the inside and outside, the gap in numbers between the two sides was even greater.
Wu Shigong calmed down, and then ordered Shumo: "You lead a regiment, strengthen your six one-pound cannons, set off in the middle of the night, and occupy the hilltop on the east side of the battlefield. In tomorrow's battle, you must ensure that
Don't lose that hilltop, pay attention! This is very important for us to win."
"No! Master!" Shumo quickly nodded in agreement.
Because they were at a disadvantage in the strangulation battle, although the Runing army moved in every possible way afterwards, they still could not actively choose the battlefield. In the end, the preset battlefield between the two armies was a large open space with no woods in the middle.
, the creek acted as an obstacle, so this battlefield was actually beneficial to the Qing army with more cavalry.
In order to reverse the disadvantage, Wu Shigong asked Shu Mo to occupy the hilltop on the east side of the battlefield first, using this as a nail to prevent the Qing army from moving smoothly on the east side of the battlefield. In this case, the Runing army only had to concentrate on dealing with the Qing army on the west side.
Fighting with the middle lane makes your disadvantage smaller.
Wu Shigong then said to Li Lu: "Brother Li! Tomorrow your people will protect the Chinese army together with my personal troops."
Li Lu nodded, then hesitated and said: "Brother-in-law! I know you take care of me. You didn't send my people out to investigate a few days ago, and now you ask my people to stay behind. But since I'm here with you
Together, you can use it when it’s time to use it, don’t be polite!”
Wu Shigong smiled at Li Lu and said, "You're welcome! Tomorrow's battle will be a bit tricky. The final blow may determine the outcome. I need to trouble Brother Li."
In fact, the reason why Wu Shigong arranged Li Lu's troops in this way was indeed to take care of him. But the main reason was that tomorrow the Runing Army would fight mainly with his own troops, and Wu Shigong was afraid of interfering with Li Lu's troops.
This leads to gaps in cooperation.
Of course Li Lu understood Wu Shigong's good intentions, and he quickly said: "Then we will wait for my brother-in-law's order. Don't worry, I will never embarrass my brother-in-law. I..."
"I know! I know!" Wu Shigong interrupted Li Lu with a smile, "You are a man from the capital!" A burst of laughter immediately broke out in the big tent.
Wu Shigong made the final arrangements: "We will fight tomorrow. He Fei will be in command, and Chu Ge will be his deputy. You all need your lives. Show the power of our Runing army! A great victory!"
"Wan Sheng!" Everyone in the tent also shouted loudly.
This battle started when Shu Mo set off in the middle of the night.
It wasn't until the rooster crowed that the regiment climbed up the hilltop in sweat. Fortunately, the Qing army did not notice the importance of the hilltop and did not send troops to seize it. This made Shumo breath a sigh of relief and immediately ordered the soldiers to speed up the excavation.
Simple fortifications were built on the ground in preparation for the battle after dawn.
But after a while, the officers in charge of building fortifications everywhere reported: The top of the mountain was only covered with a thin layer of soil, and the bottom was full of hard rocks. And because the soil was shallow, there were only shrubs and weeds growing on the top of the mountain.
, there were no trees, and there was no way to build fortifications at all, so they were looking forward to Shu Mo, the defense expert, to come up with an idea.
Shu Mo was so angry that he almost wanted to scold his mother: These officers think they are gods? They can raise an earth wall from the ground with just a move of their fingers? Do you understand that it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice? What can you do?
But Shu Mo saw his soldiers looking at him eagerly, with some admiration in their eyes. In desperation, Shu Mo could only swallow the three words "no way" back in his stomach.
That is to say, Shu Mo's reputation for being good at guarding was so great that the soldiers all placed their hopes on Shu Mo. At this time, Shu Mo felt that he had a huge responsibility and responsibility! This is responsibility!
So Shumo felt his body trembling slightly. Don't they know? He is the most afraid of death! Don't they know? The reason why he followed the young master was just to live a life of debauchery in the future! Who?
What responsibility does Tamar have to bear? But look at the situation before us?
Shu Mo looked around at the soldiers, gritted his teeth, jumped on a big rock, and began his speech: "Brothers! You have been asking me what is the best defense? How can we build the strongest city, Xiongguan?"
, I, Shuye, will tell you today."
"Actually, city walls made of clay or stones are not the strongest. Even city walls made of iron cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery. So what is the strongest city wall made of? Only people! Yes! That's people! One
A tiger general leads an army of tigers and wolves. This is the pass! This is the city wall! It can stop any enemy attack."
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After a speech, the minds of these soldiers miraculously stabilized. Under the command of the officers, the soldiers set up artillery positions, took turns to rest and regain their strength, and were ready to defend the mountain with their flesh and blood after the war began.
Early morning of February 10th.
Zhao Gan rode his horse and led his team to inspect the camp. He saw the soldiers of the Runing Army lined up in long lines in an orderly manner. After taking food from the cooks one by one, they went to the side to have breakfast.
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In addition to breakfast, the soldiers also gave each soldier two large steamed buns filled with meat. Today's battle may last for a day, and there may be no time for lunch. These two steamed buns filled with meat are just for the soldiers to satisfy their hunger.
"Dare! Dare!"
Zhao Gan suddenly heard someone calling him. So he immediately looked in the direction of the call and saw Cheng Niu waving to him.
"Brother Cheng!" Because he had a mission, Zhao Gan couldn't jump off his horse to chat, so he rode on the horse and waved to Cheng Niu.
"Gangzi! That's good! You're all in the team! You will at least be a battalion deputy after you are released!" Although Zhao Gan did not dismount, this did not prevent Cheng Niu from chatting with him.
Because of his contribution in rescuing Wu Shigong, Zhao Gan was personally promoted by Wu Shigong to the squad leader of the personal army. Once he was decentralized, he would indeed start as a battalion deputy, so Cheng Niu was quite envious. (To be continued...)