Datang New Order

Zhong Silang stood at the first position in the first row, his eyes fixed on Li Chengzhong's mouth in front of the queue, and suddenly he heard Li Chengzhong's loud voice: "Go!" Immediately followed behind Li Chengzhong, and walked towards the closed door.The wooden gun rested on Zhong Silang's shoulder, and he felt a little awkward, as if the gun barrel was about to fall backwards, so he quickly lowered the wooden gun again to stabilize the gun body.He stepped on the ground carefully to draw a dot, and walked through the closed door first.After arriving outside the pass, the dots were divided into three rows and turned to the left. According to Li Chengzhong's instructions, he carried his gun and stepped on the outermost row of dots to the left, and then stood on the first dot on the left. like a statue.

Outside Yuguan City, there are three rows of dots like this, thirty in each row. After stepping on a dot each, the soldiers of Jiadu waited for Li Chengzhong's order.Li Chengzhong said loudly: "Turn around!" All the Jiadu soldiers turned around collectively, facing the outside of the pass, behind them was the open closed door that had been burned.

Li Chengzhong shouted again: "Fire the gun!" The 60 people in the first two rows raised the guns on their shoulders and held them forward.The guns in the first row are held horizontally, while the heads of the guns in the second row are slightly upward, leaning on the shoulders of the people in the first row.The 30 people in the third row are composed of two groups of sword and shield soldiers and one group of archers. The two groups of sword and shield soldiers are divided into left and right sides, with a group of archers in the middle.Following Li Chengzhong's command to "set up the gun", the sword and shield soldiers raised their shields to their chests, raised the horizontal sword in their right hand above their heads, and the archers buckled their bows and arrows to the bowstring.

Li Chengzhong took a look, corrected a few wrong postures, and then shouted "Kill!" The soldiers in the third platoon also shouted "Kill!" and took a step forward.Li Chengzhong yelled three times in a row, and the entire phalanx also yelled "kill" and took three steps forward.Li Chengzhong nodded and shouted: "Turn around!" The entire phalanx also turned back immediately, returning to their respective dots, and under the leadership of Li Chengzhong, they stepped on the dots back to the closed door row by row.

For such a simple action, it took Li Chengzhong a whole day for the formation of Jiadu to initially take shape.This rough array made Li Chengzhong very dissatisfied. First of all, when leaving and entering the customs, the front and back of the queues were not evenly spaced, sometimes loose, sometimes compact.The second is that everyone does not distinguish between left and right when they are walking, and their steps seem very messy when they walk.Finally, what worried Li Chengzhong the most was that if he left the dot marked on the ground, the entire Jiadu queue would collapse immediately.Especially in the last three steps that seem to be full of majesty, Li Chengzhong deliberately drew three lines with stones in front of the dot, so that the Jiadu brothers could barely achieve a preliminary order. Without these three lines, Li Chengzhong really Can't imagine what will happen.

Li Chengzhong knew that the enemy he was facing was the Khitan people who were about to create the Daliao. Although he didn't know the exact time and deeds, he knew that his opponent would rule the entire northern part of China in the next 200 years.Throughout the Five Dynasties and up to the Northern Song Dynasty, the iron cavalry of Daliao will become the masters of this area. They will overlook the land of the Central Plains in a condescending attitude. They will set up their son emperor Shi Jingtang, and until they control the sixteen prefectures of Youyan, they will sweep the Central Plains The invincible imperial army of the Song Dynasty trampled under their feet, and even hit Bianliang at one point.They are the eternal pain in the hearts of the emperors and scholars of the Song Dynasty who pushed Chinese culture to the peak, and they are the nightmares of all Song people who are gnashing their teeth but have no choice.

This nation is in the rising period of history. They are about to establish a country, they are about to conquer the grasslands, they are about to rule Hebei and Liaodong, and their military power will traverse the entire East Asia!Such an opponent made Li Chengzhong feel flustered every time he thought about it.Maybe another ten, twenty years?Even 20 years?Li Chengzhong comforted himself silently, at least right now there is no such country as Daliao, and there is no such term as Daliao Iron Cavalry, so let's guard Yuguan first. …,

At dusk, Wang Dalang came back.He was sent by Li Chengzhong to investigate outside the customs to see the situation nearby.

"Ten miles away from the pass, there is a camp of Khitan people." Wang Dalang took a sip of the water Li Chengzhong handed over, and told what he saw.

Li Chengzhong was a little nervous, and quickly asked, "How big is it? How many people?"

"Someone counted, and there are 23 leather tents in total. The number of people is not clear, about 40 to [-] people."

"Who knows the military system of the Khitan people? How many people are there in 23 leather tents? What is the combat power? Which tribe does this Khitan team belong to?" Li Chengzhong asked after glancing at the various team leaders beside him.

Among these people, Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao are rangers who grew up outside the pass. They have a little understanding of the situation of the Hu people of various ethnic groups outside the pass. Meng Xuxing said: "A Khitan man's leather tent is a regular soldier, and a regular soldier usually brings a Up to two auxiliary soldiers, calculated in this way, there should be 23 main soldiers and 23 to 46 auxiliary soldiers. The leather tents of the Khitan people are very small, and each tent can only accommodate one or two people at most."

Jiao Chengqiao also said: "The Khitan people have never been to Yuguan before. At most, they are nomadic around Yingzhou, which was the pasture of Pinbu and Wukaibu a few years ago."

Li Chengzhong pondered for a long while. From the looks of it, there are less than 100 enemies outside Yuguan, and more than 20 of them are elite soldiers.There are not many Khitan soldiers, but I don't know if there is a bigger military camp to the north of this military camp?He immediately ordered Wang Dalang, Meng Xuxing, and Jiao Chengqiao to go to investigate again tomorrow morning, and they must go deep into the area twenty miles north of the Khitan people.

At this moment, a warning message came from the city tower. Li Chengzhong was startled, and hurriedly led the gang leaders up the stairs. He leaned on the closed wall and looked out. He saw three riders slowly running over from a distance, and one rider ahead. , after two rides sideways.After a while, Sanqi came to Guanxia and looked carefully at Guancheng.

Li Chengzhong turned around and asked Meng Xuxing, "Can you get the shot?"

Meng Xuxing shook his head: "It's a bit far, just outside the range, even if it hits, it won't have much power."

Li Chengzhong turned his head and told Wang Dalang: "Make a team immediately and gather in the school grounds!" Wang Dalang agreed and walked quickly.The school grounds are located within the closed gate, and Li Chengzhong needs to take precautions early.

Jiao Chengqiao murmured on the side: "It would be great if these three bastards rushed in, we happened to catch them and ask them."

Li Chengzhong looked at the "Zhou" flag that had been erected again on the Guancheng, and shook his head: "The flag of our Pingzhou Army is here, if there are only these three people, they will definitely not come in, I'm afraid Behind them there is a large group of Khitans rushing to the city."

Right now, the closed gate of Yuguan has not yet been repaired. If the Khitans attacked the city, they would definitely not climb the ladders, and they would definitely come directly towards the closed gate. Therefore, there is not much need for guards on the closed city. Most of the Jiadu brothers would Came to the Guannei school grounds to gather, and stepped on the dots where I was standing according to the way I was training during the day. Only two people were left on guard in the Guancheng.Li Chengzhong drove most of the gang leaders off the wall and asked them to go down to lead the troops. He only left Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao with good archery skills by his side.

Closed and closed, just facing each other, staring at each other.The three Khitan cavalry led their horses and moved forward a few steps, Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao had already quietly taken off their bows and arrows, and when the three moved closer, they were about to shoot their arrows.

The three Khitan cavalrymen didn't move any further, they just observed the place, muttering something from time to time.Li Chengzhong sometimes stared at the movement of the three, and sometimes looked behind the three, his palms were already soaked in sweat.

After a while, the three men finally turned their horses and galloped away from Guancheng.Looking at the backs of the three of them, Li Chengzhong frowned.

Li Chengzhong got off the wall and came to the school field. When he saw dozens of recruits waiting in line, he couldn't help rushing up in anger.These soldiers heard that there were Khitan people coming from outside the pass, most of their calves were shaking, some of them were pale, their lips were dry, and they were swallowing saliva.Looking at this posture, if there were not a few gang leaders and officers to suppress him, he would have turned around and fled long ago. …,

He was a little annoyed, and said loudly: "I know that you were all people who fled from the customs before, and you were all killed by the Khitan people. When I heard the Khitan people came, I guess many of you wanted to turn around and run away. The farther away from here the better. But, think about it carefully, where else can you escape? If you escape Yuguan, the Khitans can occupy Yuguan. If you flee to Pingzhou City, the Khitans can fight to Pingzhou City, flee to Youzhou, and Youzhou will become a pasture for the Khitan people! Before you get scared, please think about your current identities! You are soldiers in Pingzhou, your current responsibility is to defend Pingzhou, and your future responsibility is to protect Pingzhou. Restoring your homeland outside the pass! If even you are scared and want to run away, what about your parents and relatives! Think about it, if you are a man, stand up straight!"

After speaking, Li Chengzhong returned to the pass city angrily, watching the gradually dark wilderness outside the pass in silence.Wang Dalang followed up, and comforted him: "Dutou, they are all recruits who are afraid of being killed outside the pass, and they are incomparable to the elite of our Southern Expedition."

Li Chengzhong nodded and sighed.The aftermath of the Southern Expedition has gradually emerged. Now it seems that the loss was not only tens of thousands of soldiers, but also the elite and courage of the entire Lulong Army Town.In addition to the heavy losses of the battle-tested veterans, even the Yanzhao soldiers and rangers who were able to carry their knives into battle were almost lost, and the rest were courageous guys.

When Li Chengzhong's breath subsided and he went down to the school grounds, all the soldiers in Jiadu were still waiting in line.Li Chengzhong gave a self-conscious smile, waved his hands and said, "Disband!" Everyone dispersed carefully and slowly.It seems that these two days of training have achieved some results. Everyone has initially formed the habit of obeying orders. At least no one acted without authorization until they heard "disband".Take your time, Li Chengzhong comforted himself.

Before it was completely dark, Feng Dao and Jiang Miao escorted the convoy from the Minfuying to Yuguan.Li Chengzhong is now interested in these civilian husbands in the civilian husband camp. Since the soldiers are incapable of fighting, it is better to get more manpower to fill the scene and scare the Khitan people.

"Accompanying the army, do you need these fifty civilian husbands? These people escaped from the customs and came in. They don't need to pay, just feed them. I just accompany the army to recruit new soldiers. I wonder if it's appropriate?" Feng Dao Xiaoyi reminded Li Chengzhong .Without the military order of the military envoy, Li Chengzhong's arbitrarily recruiting recruits into the army is a violation of military law, and it is also something that is extremely taboo by his superiors.

Li Chengzhong sighed, talked about the day's events, and said: "The three Khitans scared ninety of my subordinates into trembling. Now I have nothing to do. I just want to make the scene stronger. Adding more manpower is always a must." Alright. Besides, I don’t want to recruit them, I just need them to stand on the tower when the time comes.”

Feng Dao nodded: "Doesn't the accompanying soldiers need someone to urge the civilians to block the door? It's too late to make a door closed, but it can be done with some stones."

Li Chengzhong asked: "How long will it take?"

Feng Dao calculated: "It will take at least seven or eight days to close the door. If you just use stones to block the door, it will be faster, and it will only take three days. I saw it when I came here. There is a mess two miles away. Stone beach, you can pull stones from there, mainly because it takes time to polish the stones..."

Li Chengzhong shook his head and said: "It's too late, Khitan people have come over today to check our reality, I reckon there will be a fight tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Feng Dao said "Oh": "Since that's the case, someone will issue this order. Well, they need to rush to make some ordnance overnight."

Li Chengzhong hurriedly said: "Then I'll leave it to Brother Kedao. Ordnance is simpler, just get some wooden guns."

Feng Dao agreed, and summoned the peasants to make wooden guns.Not long after, there was the sound of logging on the hillside in Guannei.