Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 206 The Wala army is coming

For ten days, Lin Cunde organized the Shenji Battalion to train in the use of heartless cannons, and organized the infantry and cavalry to use grenades!

Crossbows no longer require training. They have become a must-have weapon for cavalry and archers, and they will train on a daily basis.

This morning, Lin Cunde received a report from the reconnaissance cavalry and discovered a large-scale cavalry in Wala!

After Lin Cunde learned about it, he stopped going to the training ground. Instead, he sat in the central military tent, opened the gate of the city tower, looked into the distance, and waited for Oala's army to come.

After Shi Heng and Xu Xianyong learned the news, they rushed to the Zhongjun tent from the rest area.

"My lord, the Ora Cavalry is here?" Shi Heng came over and asked Lin Cunde.

"Here we come!" Lin Cunde nodded and said.

"How long will it take to get to the bottom of the city wall?" Xu Xianyong then asked.

"At noon!" Lin Cunde said, pouring tea for the two of them.

Lin Cunde was now tanned. In the past few days, he had been with the soldiers below.

"They probably won't attack the city. However, Oala's army has arrived at Shanhaiguan. It is estimated that Oala's cavalry will soon be discovered in Liaodong Town!" Xu Xianyong sighed and said to Lin Cunde.

"Well, drink tea and watch quietly!" Lin Cunde nodded and said to the two of them.

When Shi Heng heard what Lin Cunde said, he also smiled and said: "That's right! Since Wala won't attack the city, we don't care about them! Although I also want to kill them all, but after they suffered a big loss in Hequ, They will definitely not attack the city rashly, let alone fight us decisively!"

"Yeah!" Lin Cunde just said yes.

Whether there will be a decisive battle, I can't say now, and I also need to know how many people are coming from Wala. If it is only 10,000 or 20,000, then there will definitely not be a decisive battle. If it exceeds 30,000, Wala may not. decisive battle.

For Wala, if they break through from Shanhaiguan, they can rob more.

Greed can drive people into madness!

"Chief Commander, this time, we can just stay here and hold on. Holding on will be a great achievement!" Shi Heng continued to smile at Lin Cunde.

"Yes!" Lin Cunde nodded and said without objecting to Shi Heng.

Shi Heng couldn't decide whether he wanted to have a decisive battle with Wala. Most of the people he commanded this time were the Third Battalion of the Capital. His influence on the Third Battalion of the Capital was not comparable to that of Shi Heng, and he was the commander-in-chief. The soldiers, the entire Shanhaiguan officers and soldiers, are all under their own control, including Shi Heng, they are all under his own control.

Shi Heng himself couldn't count on him, and Xu Xianyong himself couldn't count on him either. This man had never been on the battlefield and had been controlling the army in the capital. This was also the first time he went on an expedition.

Lin Cunde sat on the tower and looked outside. Sure enough, near noon, Oala's cavalry arrived. Lin Cunde also stood up at this moment, looking at the dust in the distance.

Lin Cunde took out his monocular and looked carefully at the Wala soldiers on the opposite side.

The Ora cavalry who came first were all heavily armored!

"Heavy armor?" Lin Cunde put down the monocular and said doubtfully.

It would be uncomfortable to wear heavy armor on a hot day. Most of the armor is made of heat-absorbing iron. When worn on the body and exposed to direct sunlight, it is no different from barbecue.

However, Lin Cunde discovered that the Wala heavy cavalry all wore cloaks to protect them from the sun. Moreover, some people's armors could still see water stains. The Wala heavy cavalry had obviously watered their armor to cool it down.

"Heavy armor, it's impossible, right?" Upon hearing this, Xu Xianyong took the monocular telescope from Lin Cunde's hand, looked into the distance, and found that it was indeed heavy armor.

"Why wear heavy armor?" Xu Xianyong also found it hard to understand.

On this day, the Ming army was all shirtless, and the soldiers guarding the city wall were also shirtless and wearing leather armor.

"Wala is crazy, wearing heavy armor?" Shi Heng couldn't understand.

"No, they still want to attack us!" Lin Cunde squinted at the Wala heavy cavalry in the distance.

"Use heavy armor to resist our crossbows?" Xu Xianyong asked, staring at Lin Cunde.

"That's probably true. Heavy armor is difficult to wear. They are worried that we will attack them, so they never leave their heavy armor! Humph!" Lin Cunde sneered at this moment.

Shi Heng took Xu Xianyong's monocular telescope and looked into the distance with a confused look on his face.

"We're going to fight hard!" Xu Xianyong also nodded and said.

Wala came with heavy armor, but it was not that simple. They still wanted to break through Shanhaiguan.

But now Shanhaiguan has almost 100,000 people, and including the civilians, the number exceeds 200,000. It is impossible for Wala to break through from here.

However, Wala probably doesn't know how many troops Shanhaiguan currently has, so he has such ambitions.

But then again, if the Ming army went out to fight in the city and was killed by Wala, then the Shanhaiguan defense line would not have enough troops, and Wala could concentrate on one area and attack them.

"They are crazy. They dare to attack our Shanhaiguan. As long as we don't leave the city to fight, they have nothing to do. We have enough troops, with crossbows, and with the grenades you made by Cunde. They come to attack just to die. !" Shi Heng put down the monocular and said angrily.

He felt insulted. He said before that it was impossible for Wala to attack Shanhaiguan, but now, it is possible for Wala. "Chief soldier, you can't go out of the city to fight!" Shi Heng reminded Lin Cunde at this moment.

Lin Cunde looked at Shi Heng with a smile.

"Chief soldier, Uncle Luling, what do you want to do?" Shi Heng asked anxiously when he saw Lin Cunde smiling like this.

Lin Cunde turned to look at the Wala cavalry troops in the distance, smiled and shook his head: "I didn't want to do anything, just look at them!"

Shi Heng looked at Lin Cunde with suspicion. He always felt that Lin Cunde was hiding something from him, but he couldn't tell it.

Of course Lin Cunde could laugh. Lin Cunde was not afraid that Wala would attack, but he was afraid that Wala would not attack. If they were all light cavalry and the Ming army chased them, they would run away. If the Ming army wanted to support Liaodong Town, they would invade. This It's hard to fight.

Moreover, Lin Cunde has always wanted to fight a decisive battle with Wala's army. He originally thought that it would be difficult to find an opportunity and would require planning. But now, it is estimated that there is no need for planning. Wala also wants to break through Shanhaiguan.

If so, then it's easy to do.

"Sit down and let's see how many people can come from Wala!" Lin Cunde said to the three of them with a smile.

As night approached, Wala's cavalry numbered more than 30,000, distributed in front of the eleven city gates of Shanhaiguan.

The goal is very clear, that is, they do not want Ming's army to come out and support Liaodong Town.

In addition, they also discovered that there did not seem to be many defenders on Shanhaiguan, but they had more information than before.

Lin Cunde only allowed 20,000 infantry troops to go up the city wall. A large number of infantry troops were under the city wall. If a war broke out, those infantry troops could support them on the city wall at any time.

Azizhiyuan also arrived in front of Shanhaiguan at this moment. There were more than 10,000 heavy armored cavalry on Shanhaiguan, and all the other cavalry were scattered by him.

The cavalry move quickly and they can assemble together at any time.

Azizhiyuan was standing at the door of the tent, looking at Shanhaiguan in the distance. After he arrived, he discovered that there were roaring sounds from Shanhaiguan from time to time. Azizhiyuan was very familiar with these sounds, which were the artillery of the Ming Dynasty. bombing.

Azizhiyuan is also aware of the power of the Ming Dynasty artillery. It sounds scary, but it fires slowly, and even if a big iron ball hits it, it won't kill a few people. The power is average.

"The news hasn't come yet?" Azizhiyuan said to the person next to him.

"Not yet, probably just in the next two days!" The man behind him immediately lowered his head and said.

"Then just wait two days!" Azizhiyuan said with a sneer.

They are not afraid of the Ming Dynasty's army. They have their own people in the Ming Dynasty. They can quickly grasp the situation of the Ming Dynasty's army mobilization.

The next day, Lin Cunde received news that Azizhiyuan had brought more than 50,000 people, of which 20,000 were distributed in the other ten city gates and 30,000 were concentrated in front of Shanhaiguan.

Lin Cunde stood on the tower and looked at the tiled tents in the distance with a monocular telescope. Those tents were endless!

Yang Zhengxiang and Xiang Qing were also standing next to Lin Cunde.

Shi Heng and Xu Xianyong have not arrived yet.

"No heavy armored cavalry was found in other city gates?" Lin Cunde turned to look at Xiang Qing behind him and asked.

"No, it's all leather armor and light armor!" Xiang Qing said to Lin Cunde.

"When Xiang Qing goes to Xingmen Pass, Yang Zhengxiang, you go to Three Passes, each leading five thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry. Among them, you order one thousand cavalry to take crossbows and go out to attack them. Warn our thousands of households that they are attacking. , if you find the Wara cavalry at other passes moving, retreat. If they don't come to support, please attack them!

Don't get caught up in them, bring your crossbows, they are no match for us without heavy cavalry!

In addition, when the cavalry comes back, be careful of being entangled and followed by the Wala cavalry. Therefore, there must be enough infantry on the city wall, equip them with crossbows, and also bring some grenades. The infantry must not only defend well on the city wall, but also build a defensive line inside the city. Once the Wala cavalry wants to attack them, kill them inside the city!

The troops in the city are arrayed. Before our troops come back, they can sit on the ground and rest! If it is discovered that our army is coming back, the soldiers will form a formation! Prepare more water for the soldiers and add salt to the water! Lin Cunde stood there and said to the two orders.

"Going out of the city to attack?" Xiang Qing and Yang Xiangzheng looked at Lin Cunde in surprise and asked.

"Go to the Chinese military tent!" Lin Cunde said and walked towards the Chinese military tent.

When they arrived at the Zhongjun tent, Lin Cunde went to the map and began to tell the two of them how to fight this battle. They also understood that as for the light cavalry, the Ming Dynasty's light cavalry was equipped with crossbows, one-on-one, one-on-two, all Advantageous.

"Sir, we don't have many cavalry. What should we do if we are surrounded by a heavy army of Wala troops?" Xiang Qing looked at Lin Cunde and said worriedly.

"Don't give them a chance. You choose the clever Qianhu to lead the army and tell them that I don't expect them to kill many enemies. I just want to harass them!" Lin Cunde said to the two of them with a smile.

"What's the purpose of this?" Xiang Qing asked, still not understanding after hearing what Lin Cunde said.

(End of this chapter)