Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 109 Array
Li Mu spent this night in tension.

Although the troops stopped advancing, the entire camp was extremely tense. From time to time, various soldiers could be seen running forward. Orders were also issued from above, requiring each team to take turns to rest and remain vigilant at all times.

Luo Laosan, who is familiar with Fujian, told Li Mu directly what happened.

It's probably not that far from here to Xianyou, and it's even possible to see Xianyou.

But now the army has stopped, so it is very likely that there is something going on ahead, but if the entire army can be stopped, then the Japanese pirates in front...

There may be more people than his own here. General Qi never acts rashly. When encountering Japanese pirates who exceed his own strength, he often stops the troops first.

This is Luo Laosan's guess, but it makes sense to Li Mu.

Qi Jiguang is strict in running the army and has careful planning. He is also experienced in fighting Japanese pirates and knows the enemy's roots well. If he does this, it is very likely that Qi Jiguang feels that the front is difficult.

But how many Japanese pirates will make Qi Jiguang feel troublesome?In front of such a powerful army, how tough are these Japanese pirates?

Li Mu thought about this question in his heart, but he didn't get half of the answer until he received the previous order after dawn.

Qi Jiguang asked his followers to organize death squads and mobilize forty mandarin duck formations. He also required that they must be veterans.

Suddenly the camp became lively. Although the number of 6000 people did not seem to be many to Li Mu, who had experienced several battles involving tens of thousands of people, the flags of the camp were fluttering and the solemnity was different from usual. Find it more attractive.

The Death Squad was quickly selected. Li Mu's squad already had a brilliant record. Except for Li Mu and Luo Laosan, they were all veterans from Yiwu, so the team naturally joined them.

It was because of joining the Death Squad that Li Mu was able to follow this forward team to the front of the camp.

After climbing over a hill, Li Mu finally saw the situation below the low hillside thanks to the clear weather.

There is a small city at the foot of the mountain. At this moment, people's heads are surging on the top of the city, and there are beacon smoke surging from every corner.

Outside the city, it was already muddy, with all kinds of debris piled at the foot of the city wall, extending far into the distance.

And one mile outside the city, there are already contiguous tents gathered at this moment. These messy tents look like a slum, but the barriers formed by the fresh trees placed outside remind them all the time. with everyone.

That was the camp of Japanese pirates.

In this long camp, there may be tens of thousands of Japanese pirates entrenched. They surrounded Xianyou City, set up camp outside the city, and waited for a certain opportunity to eat the entire city.

And they may know that Xianyou will call for reinforcements, or they may already know that Qi Jiguang's troops are behind them.

So they are now cutting down many trees and dragging them into the camp, as if they are preparing.

Li Mu couldn't see the more specific situation, and at this time, the people around him were full of doubts.

"Sure enough, there are so many Japanese pirates, the general still doesn't want us to attack rashly." Luo Lao San grinned and said, but tightened his equipment.

Li Mu glanced at him, but looked around again. Among the many flags, he found a big flag, and under it, he found the bright red figure smoothly.

At this moment, Qi Jiguang and several generals were discussing something in the open air. There was a thick yellow paper spread out in front of everyone, and several people were pointing their fingers on it and shaking their heads from time to time.

Taking advantage of one of the gaps, Li Mu saw Qi Jiguang looking up. His expression was also tense. The general next to him was saying something, but he shook his head repeatedly.

Although Li Mu didn't know what kind of problem he encountered, he still realized at this moment that Qi Jiguang wanted to find a way to get rid of the pirates below.

But now Li Mu can't provide any help, after all, he doesn't have any good strategy, so he can only follow the orders of others.

If Li Mu really had a way, it would be to join forces with these soldiers and have a head-on confrontation, but he didn't know what the result would be.

Li Mu had no idea in his mind, so he naturally gave up the idea of ​​showing off. He just stayed here and occasionally looked around, especially when he saw people looking around like him. I paid more attention.

Li Mu did this to see if he could still meet someone like Xing Rui in this world.

Of course, Li Mu hoped to meet Xing Rui, because that would mean that he had successfully escaped and he would have a companion anyway.

In fact, before coming here, Li Mu also thought about learning the secret codes in the novel about the "odd and even changes" in the novel, but when he got here, the strict military discipline did not even allow Li Mu to move around at will. , These two days were another hasty march, and Li Mu couldn't find a chance.

Time also passed very quickly at this time. The death squad composed of Li Mu and others came out and stood at the front of the team, next to Qi Jiguang, but there was no movement anymore. Qi Jiguang did not issue any orders at all. Many soldiers could only sit on the ground.

I ate something at noon, but the team was still not called up, so everyone sat under the sun. The sun in winter shone warmly on people's bodies, making them drowsy.

Li Mu also felt a little tired mentally, and he didn't have a good rest last night.

But at this moment, a loud voice suddenly entered Li Mu's ears, and the surrounding soldiers immediately cheered up one by one, and the soldiers in front even stood up immediately.

Li Mu also stood up abruptly, looked around for the source of the sound, but finally locked on the foot of the mountain.

It was afternoon, the sun was still high, and when people were most sleepy, the Japanese pirates took this opportunity to launch an attack on the Xianyou City.

Li Mu stood in the team. He could not clearly see the situation below due to his body cover. Instead, he saw several soldiers with small flags running in the direction of Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang and others also rushed over after hearing the sound, and looked down the mountain in front of the team. Several generals also had expressions surging at the moment, kneeling in front of Qi Jiguang and saying something.

Li Mu didn't hear what they said clearly, but he heard what Qi Jiguang said.

"We have to wait for reinforcements to arrive, so we can be safe!"

One sentence let Li Mu know that it is impossible for him and others to rush down to join the battle. Qi Jiguang insisted on waiting for the reinforcements to arrive before launching an attack. At this moment, the city can only be defended by the people inside.

The soldiers around him were a little excited, but Li Mu saw Qi Jiguang pushing through the crowd and walking directly to his side, and then shouted loudly to the back.

"Let all the gunmen come out! Give me the front line!"

Qi Jiguang spoke loudly, and there was shouting and shouting in the entire army formation. Li Mu saw that the musketeers in the surrounding mandarin duck formation also came out one after another, and he hurried forward with Luo Laosan.

Li Mu didn't know what Qi Jiguang was going to do, but he held the three-eyed gun tightly in his hand, passed through the crowd, and came to the front with many musketeers.

In addition to his own musketeers who were organized into the Yuanyang Formation, there were also dense footsteps coming from behind. Li Mu turned his head and saw several musketeers who had formed their own firearm formations and were also running towards the front.

President Song rushed from behind at this time and directed Li Mu and others to stand in four rows. Li Mu stood at the front, but he also had a clear view of the situation down the mountain.

At this moment, a raging crowd is pouring out of the dead tents in the slums, rushing towards Xianyou City with all kinds of weapons, and among them there are many people who are holding ladders, and some people are holding various kinds of weapons to fill holes. s things.

Behind them, there are several simple catapults, which are pouring stones into the city.

There was a dense crowd of people running around the city farther away, and smoke and dust were rising from time to time. It might be that someone used firearms or something.

At the same time, hundreds of soldiers with muskets were already standing around Li Mu. They stood in four rows under the orders of the generals, and Qi Jiguang appeared at the front.

Li Mu immediately turned to look at him. Qi Jiguang drew out his saber and shouted at the array of musketeers in front of him.

"Raise the muzzle high! Fill it with gunpowder, not lead pellets, and follow my orders!"

Qi Jiguang shouted loudly, and the commanders immediately walked through the crowd and shouted again, and all the musketeers began to lower their heads and charge.

Li Mu also immediately took out a small bamboo tube from his waist, peeled off the wrapping on it, and poured the gunpowder into the mouth of the gun.

The three blunderbuss were loaded with gunpowder and the fuses were installed. Li Mu stabbed it with a small iron stick, raised the three-eyed blunderbuss, held the gunpowder in his hand, and turned to look at Qi Jiguang not far away.

Only a moment later, the Musketeers were all loaded, and Qi Jiguang also turned around, looked at the anxious battle in the distance, and shouted.

"ignition!"

……

(End of this chapter)