Long Wenguang had just taken office, so he was not considered a defeated general under Zhang Xianzhong, and his thinking was different from that of Yang Sichang and others. Even if Li Zhi came and killed everyone, the princes in the court would not label him as mediocre and incompetent.
.At this time, he was focused on fighting and meritorious service, and wanted to prove that he was different from Yang Sichang and others who had lost to Zhang Xianzhong in a row.
What he was worried about was that he had too few troops to fight the Xian thieves. At this time, he met Li Zhi who led a strong army. It was as if he met a pillow when he was dozing. Naturally, he had to rely on Li Zhi and fight with Zhang Xianzhong.
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Li Zhi couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that Long Wenguang was also willing to serve him, and suddenly he had eight thousand more troops. Li Zhi said: "Since Governor Long is willing to cooperate with our troops to fight, it is the best."
Long Wenguang knew that Li Zhi's troops were powerful and were not on the same level as his eight thousand Sichuan soldiers. In a real fight, Li Zhi's troops would probably capture and behead all the heads. It would all depend on Li Zhi how many heads he would allocate to him.
Mood. Long Wenguang secretly thought that his posture must be lowered, and then Li Zhi would give him more heads.
"Master Taibao, I am willing to serve as the Taibao's assistant and obey the Taibao's command."
Li Zhi smiled and understood what Long Wenguang was thinking. However, it would be easier to defeat Zhang Xianzhong if he had more command power. Li Zhi also wished for it, and said: "Okay! If our three armies merge into one, we will have two
Eighteen thousand soldiers and horses. Even if we attack Luzhou City head-on, Zhang Xianzhong is no match for us!"
"When the time comes when I have achieved military success, I will naturally not treat you two badly!"
What Cao Bianjiao and Long Wenguang wanted was Li Zhi's last words. They looked at each other and were overjoyed.
Fighting alone is in danger of being defeated by Zhang Xianzhong. Relying on Li Zhi not only no longer fears Zhang Xianzhong, but also can gain military exploits. This is a good thing falling from the sky.
Long Wenguang had long forgotten about "using culture to control military force". He stood up with Cao Bianjiao, cupped his hands and said, "It's all up to the Taibao Lord!"
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Forty cavalrymen from the fourth platoon of the third company of the fifth battalion of the Selected Frontier Regiment were conducting reconnaissance at Xujiaba outside Luzhou City.
Xujiaba is only fifteen miles away from Luzhou City, and is already considered the core area controlled by bandits. Those who are not the most elite scouts would not dare to lead troops into such a bandit hinterland for investigation.
The platoon leader of this reconnaissance platoon is called Feng Yi. He joined the Army Selection Corps in the seventh year of Chongzhen. He is really a veteran who was killed in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. At this time, he was riding on a horse, holding a white board in his hand, using charcoal to paint
On the white board, the terrain recorded along the way was recorded, marking rivers, mountains, roads, passes and villages.
This kind of investigation work has now been standardized by Li Zhi. The scouts all carry wooden boards when they go out, and when they come back, they draw the investigation information on the big map. In this way, the senior officials of the Huben Division can quickly obtain all the terrain information nearby, and
It will help Li Zhi and others make correct military decisions.
Feng Yi was carving out the terrain when he suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in front of him. A squad leader raised his telescope and looked at it, shouting loudly: "Platoon leader, you are a bandit's Tangma! I think there are two hundred people coming for us."
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Two hundred people? Feng Yi felt excited and shouted loudly: "Everyone reload and prepare to fight!"
The forty cavalrymen of the Selective Regiment are all veterans and have experienced many battles. Before the battle, these veterans were not at all confused. They skillfully took out their rifles and began to load the rifles with gunpowder and bullets. There were only a dozen of them.
In seconds, the soldiers of the Selective Regiment finished loading their ammunition. They rode on their horses and pointed their rifles at the invading horse thieves.
Ten minutes later, the billowing smoke and dust rushed in front of Feng Yi. There were about 200 horse thieves in the group. They stopped more than 200 meters away from the reconnaissance platoon of the Selection Corps, looking at the soldiers of the Selection Corps in surprise.
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The forty officers and soldiers did not run away when they saw two hundred pond horses coming to kill them. This was the first surprise.
And the equipment of these officers and soldiers is so sophisticated. This is the second surprising thing.
The soldiers of the Selection Regiment rode tall horses. Those horses were all captured in previous battles. Among them, the strongest horses were selected for the cavalry of the Selection Regiment. They were all good horses picked out of ten. The soldiers wore clothes on their feet.
Leather boots, wearing full body armor. The lower part of the full body armor has skirt armor, leggings, and the upper part has breastplate, shoulder guards, and arm guards. The armor is gleaming with cold light, and it looks like it is made of steel. Ordinary swords cannot cut it open at all. Choose
The soldiers of the Feng Regiment were still wearing helmets captured from the Qing army, with red tassels fluttering on their heads. It could be said that they were armed to the teeth.
Not only that, these cavalrymen were also holding firecrackers. At this time, each one of them pointed the firecrackers at the Tangma here.
Although there were only forty people, these forty official cavalry did not panic at all when they encountered two hundred bandits. These cavalrymen held blazing guns in their hands and exuded a murderous aura that can only be seen after killing people.
The leader of Tangma, a middle-aged man with a beard on his face, rode in circles, looking at the small group of elite officers and soldiers in front of him, hesitating whether to go up and fight.
His men are also Tangma who have experienced hundreds of battles. These Tangma are wearing captured cotton armor from the army, and they are all cotton armor inlaid with iron plates, which can be considered well-equipped. Against ordinary officers and soldiers, these
One Tangma can fight two. But facing the army in front, these two hundred Tangma are at a loss.
The murderous aura emanating from this small group of officers and soldiers sent shivers down the middle-aged man's spine.
After a long time, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and made up his mind, shouting loudly: "Donkey Hair Ball, I don't believe this evil anymore! There are two hundred of us!" He turned around and shouted to the pond horses behind him: "Come up! Take this guy!"
Kill the Zhiguan Army! Don’t let them keep coming to Xujiaba to spy on our military situation!”
The pond horses sang loudly, drew their sabers one by one, and started shouting on their horses. They mobilized their horses and raised their sabers to kill the officers and soldiers more than 200 meters away.
The Tang horses were not rushing too fast, and the distance was slowly getting closer: 250 meters, 220 meters, 200 meters. The Tang horses gradually entered the shooting range of the soldiers of the Selection Corps. The soldiers took aim.
The howling pond ponies opened fire.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, forty rifles fired one after another, spitting out flames and smoke from the muzzles, and suddenly the surroundings of the reconnaissance platoon were filled with thick smoke. Forty high-speed rotating cones
The shaped bullet shot out of the barrel and towards the two hundred thieves in front of them.
In an instant, more than twenty pond horses were covered in blood.
The iron-studded cotton armor that the thieves were proud of looked like paper in front of mini bullets and was easily penetrated. After the lead bullets broke through the iron armor, they deformed irregularly and rotated at a larger angle.
, opened wounds far larger than the caliber of bullets on the body of the thief. The skin and muscles of the thief were pierced by the bullets, and a hole appeared in his body. He screamed and fell down on his horse, and the blood spattered from his body smeared the surrounding thief.
