There are now less than 300 fire riflemen in the three sentries of Wei Liao Fort. Yesterday, the left sentry sergeant who defended the city and participated in the battle suffered 74 casualties, of which more than 30 were fire rifle soldiers.

Although Zu Dalue added dozens of new auxiliary soldiers, they were young and strong, but these people had not gone through the complicated seven-year training with fire guns. Zu Dalue could only let them carry spears and temporarily serve as spearmen for each team. This battle

It was no small matter. In order to prevent these untrained recruits from hindering the army in the battle, Zu Dale still let these dozens of people stay in the fort and not go with the army.

In addition to practicing firecrackers on weekdays, the firecrackers in Weiliao Fort also practice sword skills. However, after yesterday's battle, Zu Dale found that the swordsmanship of the firecrackers did not play any role in actual combat. He decided that in the future

Let's equip these firecrackers and soldiers with blunderbuss and swords.

In the late Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, each fire gun was equipped with four unified sharp swords. The blade of the lock sword was nearly two feet long, and the hilt had a curved eye, which could be inserted into the slit and twisted to fix it. Later, the fire soldiers were equipped with

If you put on a sharp sword, let them use the firecracker as a bayonet or a spear.

Each sentry in Weiliao Fort consists of a company of sentry officers, as well as the escort flag-bearers, drummers, etc. of the officers. Originally, each sentry had 249 people. The third sentry sergeant had a total of 747 people. However, after removing

Among the seventy-four casualties, even including Zu Dalue's flag bearer and a few discipline sergeants, there were only about 660 people left in the three sentries.

Let the three sentries, who numbered less than 700 people, go out to rescue the city. When facing more than 1,000 Qing soldiers in the wild, everyone knew that the odds were stacked against them, but Zu Dale had no choice.

The rapid beating of drums and gongs in Weiliao Fort kept ringing. Teams of soldiers were neatly dressed, and under the leadership of their respective officers, they all ran to the battle field outside the city. Zu Dale issued a strict order to lead the army.

When going out to the city for rescue, although fighting with the Tatars in the field made many soldiers feel fearful and uneasy, they all chose to obey after defeating the Tatars.

At the gate of the city and on the streets, there were densely packed auxiliary soldiers and civilians from military households. Groups of soldiers passed by in neat rows with straight faces. Military households crowded at the intersections, just silently

He watched them go away.

There was silence inside and outside the fort. After this trip, how many of those soldiers and brothers will return? Will my children, father and brothers have a chance to come back?

Amidst the sound of footsteps, I suddenly heard a woman shouting loudly: "Fifth brother, you can go at ease, the slave family is waiting for you to come back!"

A child next to her also jumped and shouted: "Daddy."

Amidst the call, a sergeant who was running with the army turned around at the city gate and showed a smile to the mother and son.

In an instant, cheers echoed through the sky.

"Go ahead with peace of mind."

"We're waiting for you to come back.

At this moment, whether inside or outside the fort, whether they were soldiers or civilians, they all had tears in their eyes, but they still laughed and waved, as if this time they were not going out to fight to the death, but going out for a trip.

The grassroots waved their hands with tears in their eyes. A good man dares to fight to the death with the Tatars. It is worth having such a man in his family.

In the Qianhu official hall, a pregnant woman also prayed devoutly to the Buddha statue: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, who saves the suffering, please ensure that my brother returns to peace."

At the training ground of Weiliao Fort, Zu Dale listened silently to the cheers coming from the Fort. He waited quietly, waiting for the sergeants at one sentry after another to line up in formation on the training ground and watch them line up.

They stood neatly, and everyone clenched the spears and guns in their hands tightly.

After a long time, he said: "I know that many people are afraid of sending troops to rescue Jingliao Fort this time. Also, the Tatars are famous in field battles, and it is difficult to have an opponent in the field. To be honest, I am also afraid in my heart!"

He raised his voice and shouted: "Just because we are afraid, can we hide in the fort and do nothing to save us? We, Wei Liao Fort, Jingbian Fort, and Jingliao Fort, are all brothers connected by flesh and blood. If a brother is in trouble, we will not save him."

If we do nothing to save our lives, what is that called?"

"coward!"

"When you left the castle, you all heard the cheers of your parents and your wives when you were young. Do you want them to regard you as a coward?"

"Today we dare not help our brothers, and they will not dare to help us tomorrow. We huddle in the fort, even if we can defeat the bandits once, but we are alone and helpless. One day, a more powerful enemy will break through us.

They invaded our cities and lands, insulted our wives and daughters, and killed our fathers and brothers!”

Zu Dale said sternly: "Those Tatar soldiers will definitely do this. Are you willing to see this day?"

There was no sound in the teaching field, but everyone's eyes were blazing with anger, and many people's chests were rising and falling rapidly.

Zu Dale's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. He scanned the crowd and shouted: "To escape from a greater disaster and make our descendants hateless, we have to fight bravely! Kill all those Tatars and let them know that we are defending Liao.

The heroes of the fort are so powerful. From today on, those Tatars will be afraid when they hear the reputation of our Liao Guard Army. From now on, they will not dare to set foot in our Liao Fort. Soldiers, pick up your weapons!"

He whipped out his heavy sword, pointed it straight at the sky, and roared: "Kill the slave!"

"Wonderful victory! Wonderful victory! Wonderful victory!"

The shouts on the teaching ground came one after another, and all the Wei and Liao soldiers waved their weapons and shouted as loud as they could.

They all screamed till they were hoarse. From this moment on, they were no longer afraid, no fear!

"Brothers, kill the Tartars."

The top of the city of Jingliao Fort was filled with smoke, and the sounds of firecrackers and shouts of killing were heard. One by one, the Qing soldiers jumped on the top of the city and fought bloody battles with Zu Dayin and others on the wall.

The ten soldiers guarding Jingliao Fort have suffered more than 30 casualties. The casualties have reached 30%, and the remaining sergeants are also covered with scars. There is still a steady stream of Qing soldiers climbing the city from the walls on both sides of Ying'en Gate. Zu Da

Yin, Zu Datong and others were fighting frantically. They had only one thought, Jingliao Fort could no longer support it. Sir, will he come?

Two miles southwest of Jingliao Fort, Najia Lazhangjing's army set up a large camp here. At this time, two hundred steps away from the city wall of Jingliao Fort, most of the Qing army formed a solemn formation.

In the formation, the flag of Jia La Zhangjing stood high. Under his orders, the soldiers and horses under his command just kept moving forward, taking turns to attack the Ming army in Jingliao Fort.

Looking at the situation at the top of the city, Jia La Zhangjing was very ambitious, stroking his big face and saying: "Seeing that this castle will be breached soon, huh, after the city is breached, everyone in the castle must be killed."

Stay and let those people in the Ming Dynasty know the consequences of resisting our Qing soldiers."

Next to him, stood the Niu Lu Zhang Jing Twist Gulu. Looking at the city head, he was secretly surprised. Attacking such a small castle, he had already suffered more than fifty casualties. The Ming army here was so tenacious and sacrificed so much.

I don’t know if the price is worth it, but he said with a smile on his face: "This is all because of your command, and we, the Qing soldiers, were able to achieve this victory!"

As he said this, Jia La Zhangjing burst into hearty laughter. Suddenly, Jia La Zhang Jing frowned and saw more than ten mounted spies running towards this direction from the southwest.

The more than ten cavalrymen were all Qing soldiers with vests, and the leader was Bashiku. He was ordered to stay in the Weiliao Fort area to monitor the movements of the Weiliao army. At this time, he came in a hurry and quickly arrived at Jia La Zhangjing.

In front of the big flag, he rolled off his saddle and dismounted, knelt on the ground and reported: "Sir, the Ming army in the fort has come out of the city to come to the rescue. I estimate the number of people, I am afraid there are thousands of them. Judging from their heavy armor, even

They are elite soldiers in the fort."

All the generals of the Qing soldiers present took a breath. They didn't expect that this Ming army really dared to come out of the fort to come to the rescue. Najiala Zhangjing sneered and said: "These Ming people are so brave. They really dare to lead the army to come to rescue. It's okay."

, just kill them all in the wild and kill them without leaving a single piece of them."

He shouted loudly and ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. Immediately, the sound of the trumpet sounded, resounding over the Jingliao Fort and the entire battlefield. The Qing soldiers who were fighting at the top of the Jingliao Fort were startled, and many of them had expressions of unwillingness on their faces. However,

At this time, the Qing army's military discipline was strict, and the order to withdraw troops was sounded. No one dared to disobey the military order. They all withdrew from the top of the city and escaped from various ladders.

Seeing the Qing soldiers suddenly leaving, Zu Dayin and others on the top of the city had incredible expressions on their faces. Some of them couldn't believe what they were seeing. They saw that the Tatar soldiers were about to get in the way, but they suddenly left. Could it be that this

Is there any trick that can’t work?

Everyone looked down the city and saw the Qing soldiers attacking the city dispersed like a tide, but it didn't look like they were being deceived.

Everyone felt relieved and asked one after another: "What happened?"

"Why did the Tatars withdraw their troops?"

"Could it be that reinforcements have arrived?"

Suddenly a sergeant pointed in the distance and shouted joyfully: "The flag of Wei Liao Fort is really your lord, your lord's reinforcements are coming."

Everyone looked anxiously, and sure enough, under the sun, many flags were poked out from the ground in the distance. They could faintly see that the flags were red, the color of the Ming army. Looking over again, under each flag, there was a neat

The phalanxes, each phalanx, are mostly silver-gray, which is the unpainted, signature gray iron armor of the Wei and Liao armies.

Those square formations came slowly, and the sound of neat and powerful footsteps seemed to be heard even in Jingliao Fort. That kind of unique marching combat array, who else could it be if it wasn't the Wei Liao Army?

There was a cheer on the top of the city. Zu Dayin and Zu Datong saw it clearly and laughed at each other: "Sure enough, your lord is here. Your lord has not left behind our brothers from Jingliao Fort."

Zu Datong shouted in joy as he rushed out of the city. Suddenly he remembered something and his face changed drastically: "Your Excellency came out of the city to rescue us, but we just faced Tatar soldiers in this wilderness."

Zu Dayin's laughter suddenly stopped.

The land around Wei Liao Fort is flat, making it easy to march. In order to form a battle formation faster, after the army was organized on the training ground of Wei Liao Fort, Zu Dale ordered every sentry to march in a battle formation. From Wei Liao

They went all the way from Fort to Jingliao Fort, although

Although everyone is marching on foot, the Wei Liao Army's training is difficult on weekdays, and the concept of formation has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, even during this march, the formation is extremely neat. When encountering a large group of enemies, it only takes a moment to complete the formation.

, you can quickly enter the battle.
Chapter completed!