Mercenaries of the Heavens

Chapter 196

The reason why scouts are powerful is that:
[-]. The scouts are all disciples of Ding Baifeng's disciples, and they are all powerful masters. Small-scale contact warfare is their strong point;

[-]. After Qin Qing taught them martial arts, their combat power has been greatly improved. Even the elite scouts among the Tartars are not their opponents;
[-]. Wang Zhi provided them with small but powerful hand crossbows, and weapons made of manganese steel from later generations, which instantly killed the opponent's scouts in terms of range and melee power.

Therefore, since the scouts started the war, Ding Baifeng's scout battalion has never suffered a loss or lost any manpower.

And Wu Sangui has been completely addicted to it since he joined the personal guard camp and began to practice national postoperatives. He must not fall behind in his daily practice, and the speed of progress is incomparable to the personal guards.

This is also because Wu Sangui has no shortage of meat since he was a child, and he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, so he has a solid foundation.

The physical fitness completely crushes the guards, and the national art is originally the evolution of the art of killing the enemy on the battlefield. Wu Sangui practiced it like a fish in water, without stagnation.

Early this morning, the scouts brought news:
The Tartars have assembled 10 horses, only a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan.

Among them, a total of [-] horsemen from the Tartars, [-] horsemen from the Mongols, and [-] horsemen from the Han army who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty are moving towards Shanhaiguan.

Wang Zhi knew that the big battle he had been waiting for was coming.

Victory in this battle will destroy the arrogance and arrogance of the Tartars, completely cut off their backbones, and turn them into soft-legged shrimps on the grassland.

Lay the foundation for calming down the border, and then you can go back and clean up Li Zicheng and other rebels who started to take the lead.

Another day passed, and the next day, the scouts came to report:
The Tartars, with 10 horses, have already arrived forty miles outside the Shanhai Pass, and will arrive outside the pass by this evening at the latest.

Wang Zhi asked the guards at the gate to call a group of generals to a meeting, and after thinking about it, he asked Wu Sangui to come to the meeting as well.

In fact, Wang Zhi also had a plan in his heart, since he accepted Wu Sangui, he should give Wu Xiang some benefits!The [-] Tartar army can be defeated by its own strength, but it is impossible to completely eliminate it.

After all, even with bombardment, rifle shooting, and cavalry charge, at most only half of the enemy can be left behind, and it will be very difficult to pursue them. It is better to ask Wu Sangui to come forward and bring ten thousand cavalry from Sanhaiguan. At that time, we will be able to hunt down and kill more Tartars, right?

Just as he was thinking about it, the monk, Gangzi, Zhuo Yifan, Shen Lian, Pei Lun, the deputy commander, and Wu Sangui came to the commander's tent together.

When everyone entered the account, they clasped their fists together and saluted and said:
"See Your Excellency the Governor!"

Wang Zhi waved his hand and said:

"sit!"

Everyone responded:
"Yes! Thank you, my lord!"

After taking everyone to their seats, Wang Zhi said directly:
"The Tatars have gathered 10 horses, and they will arrive outside the pass in the evening today! Among them, there are [-] Tartars, [-] Mongolians, and [-] Han soldiers who surrendered! Tell us what you think!"

Hearing Wang Zhi's words, everyone fell silent. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Zhuo Yifan spoke first:
"Isn't this what we expected a long time ago? It will be a matter of time before the Tartars gather 10 troops for a decisive battle. We can just follow the original plan!"

Hearing Zhuo Yifan's words, the deputy commander of the artillery battalion stood up excitedly and said:
"Your Excellency, it's time for our artillery battalion to show off its power! One hundred thousand cavalry, if you bombard them within a kilometer, I guarantee they will make them cry!"

Pei Lun snorted without cutting and said:
"Boom, it's impossible for the Tartars to come up and charge with a group of 10 people, right? It's not a good thing for your artillery camp to be exposed early!"

When the deputy commander heard Pei Lun refute him, his face immediately turned red and wanted to refute, but Zhuo Yifan stopped him and said:

"Just rest! Commander Pei is right!"

Wang Zhi was impatient to listen to them, and said directly:

"Let me arrange it directly! Just like Commander Pei said, 10 Tartars will not launch a group charge as soon as they come up, Wei Dayong!"

The monk stood up, cupped his fists and said:
"The end is here!"

Wang Zhi said:

"At the entrance of the canyon outside the pass, set up iron horses, pull up barbed wire, and block the entire canyon entrance!"

The monk ordered:
"The end will be ordered!"

I arranged directly:
"The rest of the troops have arrived in the valley, depending on the situation, listen to my order and start fighting! By the way, Wu Sangui!"

Wu Sangui, who was rehearsing how to start a war with 10 Tartars, suddenly stood up and clasped his fists when he heard Wang Zhi call his name:
"Subordinates are here!"

Wang Zhi said:

"Since you have joined my army, I have to give your family some soup if I eat meat! Go back and tell your father that you will bring [-] Shanhaiguan cavalry out. When the Tartar cavalry fled, pursue and capture the prisoners. How many prisoners you can capture depends on your ability!"

Hearing Wang Zhi's arrangement and knowing that he would be giving meritorious service to his family at this time, Wu Sangui said gratefully and excitedly:

"Yes! My subordinates obey!"

Seeing this, Wang Zhi waved his hand and said:

"Okay, let's all go down and prepare the subordinates. After a quarter of an hour, we will drive to the canyon to set up camp, and let the scout battalion disperse to the canyon, so as not to be attacked by the tartars from above!"

Everyone clasped their hands together and said:
"Yes!"

Afterwards they each left Wang Zhi's tent, and the monk and Gangzi went straight to Taniguchi with their personal guards, where they set up iron horses and secured the barbed wire.

Wu Sanguixing hurried back to Daoguan, after meeting Wu Xiang, he said to Wu Xiang:

"Father, the governor is going to start a war with 10 Tartars! I~~~"

Hearing his son's words, Wu Xiang stood up in shock and exclaimed:
"What, start a war with a hundred thousand Tartars! You, the governor, are crazy, but that is a hundred thousand Tartars! With more than 2000 of you, how could you possibly win?"

Seeing his father questioning in surprise, Wu Sangui pulled his father to sit down, pointed to the knight armor on his body and said:

"Father, do you know what I'm wearing?"

Glancing at the armor on Wu Sangui, Wu Xiang glared at his son and said angrily:

"Niezi, what's wrong with bullying me that I don't know anything! Isn't this the knight armor? Have I been a soldier for decades for nothing?"

Seeing his father getting angry, Wu Sangui hastily explained:
"Father, this kind of armor is the standard equipment of the cavalry under the governor's command, but the armor's protective ability is the best in the world! No weapon can break through the armor, and the weight of the armor is only 20 catties. Do you understand what this means? What are you wearing?"

Hearing his son's explanation, Wu Xiang couldn't help taking a deep breath, and said in a heavy tone:
"This means that no cavalry can fight against it, hiss! It's so terrifying!"

Wu Sangui went on to say:

"Not only that, but the governor also has a firearm that we have never seen before! It is said that it can shoot eight times without stopping, with a range of three hundred steps, and it is not allowed to be filled with gunpowder!
It is only allowed to change something called a 'magazine', and it can be fired continuously in a maximum of two breaths!Father, do you understand how powerful this weapon is against cavalry? "

Wu Xiang took a deep breath and said:

"Awesome, with this kind of weapon, the team of thousands can stop the charge of thousands of riders! Hiss, this~~this~~horrible!"

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