Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Zhu Youxiao and the others only delayed for less than an hour outside Liaoyang City, and then continued northward.

The soldiers who were silent during the march in the past started to chatter and whisper excitedly, but together they merged into a river of laughter.

The gunners who had just wiped out Jiannu with artillery were very excited, and all the soldiers in the army were so excited that they almost ignored the military order not to make noise during the march.

Great, nearly ten thousand slave cavalry were wiped out without a single casualty.

Everyone's faces are filled with laughter.

Those imperial guards who were responsible for taking care of the shells became more cautious.As for the gunners in charge of the artillery, looking at the artillery carried by the horses, their eyes were as happy as looking at Erba Meijiao Niang.

Marquis Taining was by Zhu Youxiao's side, listening to the louder and louder noises in the entire team, he wanted the messengers to order the general soldiers to restrain the soldiers.

Zhu Youxiao stopped him and said: "Make the soldiers laugh. It's rare to have such a happy time."

Marquis Taining let go of his thoughts, took half a step forward on his horse, and said to Zhu Youxiao, "Do you want to go back into the carriage, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Youxiao shook his head, forget it.The road conditions at this time, the car has no shock absorption, it is better to ride a horse.

In front of him was a vast expanse of white snow.Because Jiannu went south and Liaoyang City enforced solid walls to clear the wilderness, there was not a single footprint in the wilderness, and the army did not find or find a way at all, so they could only march northward.In fact, it was such a rush mode not long after leaving Shanhaiguan.

They chased after them to deliver supplies such as artillery and shells, and they only caught up with them once in Shanhaiguan in the past few days.Zhu Youxiao asked the British prince to count the food and grass carried by the army, which was enough for three days.So after the battle just now, Duke Ding, who cleaned the battlefield, picked up as many of Jiannu's dead war horses as possible, and put them on the original mule cart that pulled the cannonballs.These horse meat will be used to supplement the meals of the soldiers today and tomorrow.

Although the horse meat is rough and unpalatable, it is better than starving, and it is still ok when roasted.In case the soldiers run out of food, it will cause mutiny.

The army went forward for about [-] miles, and Zhu Youxiao ordered to set up camp.

Inspired by victory, all the soldiers were busy with smiles on their faces in the cold wind.Zhu Youxiao and the soldiers all ate the same meals.That's all for dinner. Before it was dark, Zhu Youxiao summoned the sons of the two princes, Taining Hou, and the leading soldiers to the imperial tent to discuss matters.

"Half of the people have to stay on duty tonight. I always have the feeling that Jian slaves will come to attack the camp."

The emperor said so, and other people, no matter whether they have doubts or not, can only immediately make arrangements according to the fact that Jiannu will definitely come to attack the camp.

Dingguogong Shizi led the army soldiers, and sprinkled square steel cones as usual around the three hundred feet around the barracks.After thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he scattered all the square steel cones, and spread around the camp intermittently with square pyramids approaching ten feet to ambush.

The gunners in the army also took turns according to the arrangement of upper and lower nights.Since they were following the emperor, the commander-in-chief Yang Lin, Ma Shilong, and Liu Qu cooperated with Tai Ninghou and the two princes to act very quickly and efficiently.When it was completely dark, all those who should be on duty at night and who should go to sleep in the entire barracks were in their positions, and it was so dark that there were no lights.

Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua had to rest early when they saw the emperor, so they hurried forward to serve.

Zhu Youxiao said to the two: "You go to bed anyway. If there is any movement at night, don't make any noise or leave the tent, so as not to get in the way."

The two obediently agreed, put out the candles and found a corner in the imperial tent to settle down.

Zhu Youxiao didn't meditate either, and went directly under the quilt to sleep.About three o'clock, he got up and touched the clothes placed beside the pillow and began to dress himself. Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua, who were huddled in the corner, opened their eyes, but because the emperor had spoken first, they did not dare to get up.After the rustling sound of getting dressed disappeared, the curtains were raised to let in the cold wind, and the two knew that the emperor had gone out.Then came the greetings of the soldiers standing outside the imperial tent.

Every time at the end of the month and the beginning of the month, the moon has only a little crescent crescent.There was continuous snowfall, and there were not a few stars in the dark night sky.The northwest wind cut his face like a knife, and the hot breath he exhaled was all white. In a short time, the front of the helmet and the eyebrows were covered with hoarfrost.

Zhu Youxiao saw that it was time for the soldiers to change their positions, so he took some twenty guards to the north of the camp, and met Yang Lin and Ma Shilong who were inspecting and changing guards.

The two immediately stopped what they were doing and saluted.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Go on, I'll look to the west again."

The people who followed Zhu Youxiao were all carefully selected Habayashi guards, and they had just changed their guards.The group was silent, and their steps were very light. After walking around the camp, they returned to the north gate.

It's the fourth watch, and the night is darker at this time, and it's the coldest time when you can't see your fingers.

Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao rushed to the artillery position at the north gate. He took the position of the gunner who was shivering from the cold, and shouted sharply: "Load the artillery shells."

When the gunner saw that it was the Son of Heaven, he was so frightened that his legs went limp, but after twenty days of intensive training, he still preparedly loaded the shells into the barrel.

A loud bang shattered the darkness before dawn.The flames from the explosion of the shells reflected the dark shadows moving quickly in front of them.As Zhu Youxiao's first shot fired, all the gunners woke up.Following the faint instructions of the explosion of the shells in front, with skilled operation, the shells were quickly filled and fired.

The British prince was on duty in the first half of the night. He had just fallen asleep when he heard the continuous roar of artillery, and subconsciously got up and dressed.His personal guard came in and said, "My lord, Your Majesty has ordered that those on duty at night should take care of their own schedule."

The British prince put down the armor in his hand, and listened quietly to the sound of the rumbling guns outside in the dark military tent. The feeling of not being able to find the foundation and not knowing what to do made him dare not and did not want to go back to the bed to continue. sleep.

The sound of the artillery finally became sparse and finally disappeared completely. The British prince sighed and forced himself to go back to sleep.When he was woken up again by his personal guard, it was already dawn.

"Master, go and have a look, the soldiers outside are going crazy with joy."

"Did you pick up the dog's head gold? Or did the snow change to silver instead?"

While helping him to dress and put on his armor, the guard continued to say, "My lord, it was the cannon fire in the early morning that killed an unknown number of Jiannu. They were everywhere. The son of Duke Dingguo has brought The rearguard soldiers have gone to clean up the battlefield."

"There is really a night attack?"

The Prince of England washed his hands hastily, and then went to the gate of the camp. Before reaching the gate to the north, the smell of blood from the wind filled his heart.

Zhu Youxiao and his people stood at the gate of the camp in the north.The prince of England hurriedly saluted.

"The end will see the emperor."

"No. Why did you get up so early? It's your turn to be on duty this morning."

The Duke of England smiled and replied, "After hearing the cannon fire in the early morning, I couldn't sleep well. Who found out that there were Jian slaves coming to attack the camp?"

"It's me."

The Prince of England was dumbfounded.

He raised his head and looked at the emperor's face in surprise, because last night the emperor ordered the entire camp not to set fire after dark, and the night was very dark last night, it really took good eyesight to spot the Jiannu who came to attack the camp.But the Son of Heaven is not like someone with such vision.

But he immediately came to his senses and pleaded guilty.

"Your Majesty, I take the liberty to be rude."

"It's okay. I just smell the smell of mutton in the northwest wind."

"what."

Is this all right?The guard standing behind the emperor was dumbfounded.If someone else smelled the smell, would you dare to shoot like that?

During breakfast, Duke Ding's son came to the imperial account to report the result of cleaning the battlefield.

The emperor asked Cao Huachun to add a pair of chopsticks to him, "Eat first, and then we will talk after eating."

Dingguogong Shizi walked over, sat on the side of the emperor, warmed his hands with the porridge bowl Cao Huachun sent, and when it was almost warm, he stretched out his hands to pick up some side dishes and started eating.Fang Zhenghua saw that Duke Dingguo's son was eating at the emperor's place, so he hurried out of the imperial tent and asked the guards to bring another breakfast.

After Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua withdrew their breakfast, Zhu Youxiao said to Duke Dingguo, "How many horse heads are there?"

"The numbers from the four-sided newspaper have been added several times, and it is more than 9000, which is close to [-]."

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly, and then asked: "Do those square steel cones work?"

"It works. Yesterday evening, I threw out all the steel cones. Counting around, thousands of horses stepped on the square steel cones."

"Okay. You can go back to your tent to rest in the morning. The army will camp here today, and wait for Nu/Erhachi to come over."

"Your Majesty, how can it be possible to live in the wilderness on all sides and not relying on the front and rear?" Ding Guogong's son turned pale with shock.

"The wilderness is good. There is no shelter everywhere. Our soldiers can see clearly. Jiannu's cavalry has no place to hide from shells. If they don't fight head-to-head with Jiannu, they won't have the heart to fear Daming."

Duke Ding took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, do we have enough shells?"

Zhu Youxiao shook his head, "Not only shells, but also landmines. You go to rest and hand these over to the people who should be on duty this morning. At noon, remember to get up and go to the imperial tent to discuss matters."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey the order."