The next morning, the rising sun had not had time to emit its own heat, and the air was filled with the rare tropical coolness, and the mist in the mountains and forests that were filled with the night finally dissipated.

Shao Tingda greedily breathed the fresh air with his waist and raised his general's belly. The cave not far away was emitting heavy steamed smoke. The personal soldiers held the wooden bowl and said, "Tiger, Snake Soup."

The soup was boiled in the cave last night while the fog in the mountains and the baggage soldiers were boiling it. It was hot again in the morning. If it weren't for the heavy fog, no one would dare to make a fire and cook.

They were too close to the Western Army, so close that they didn't need a telescope. Just climb high and look far, you could see the smoke rising from the Herrera Legion's headquarters at this time.

Shao Tingda took the soup bowl, looked at the snake meat and chicken in the soup and drank it with satisfaction, and said, "There was a scout last night. The Westerners sent two teams to the valley entrance to the west. They probably found me, well... it was so fresh. The big chicken tasted good when it was made into soup."

It can be foreseen that the Ming army will live a colorful and rich life in this duty in the future. The seven-day military rations they brought have not been eaten yet, so it is basically impossible to encounter a disaster.

The cost of garrison here is 50% lower than that of Nanyang. Of course, this is a situation where no war with the indigenous people is. If we continue to fight with the indigenous people in Peru, the cost will be ten times higher, just like Spain.

When the war is over, he will find a few relatives from his hometown to build a chicken farm. Although the big chickens here can fly, the meat is more and the feathers are longer... No, in the future, there will be six guards near Mexico, and each hundred households will raise chickens!

"Time is tight, why don't they take action?"

The reincarnated man felt wise to lead his troops to the southwest of Herrera's base. Taking this opportunity, their troops crossed the dangerous zone between one day, and if his decision was made one day in the evening, the troops would be seen by the scouts sent by the Spanish.

The situation is different now.

They had already passed through dangerous areas. Although the artillery was placed on the other side of the mountain and lacked support, the Black Cloud Dragon's cavalry had already reached the southeast of Herrera. Although his garrison was only six or seven miles away from the Western Army, this area was very deceptive.

They were mountains to the west and mountains to the south. As Herrera suspected, even if Shaw Tingda and Herrera changed positions, he would think that the enemy was in the valley to the west, and would not look at the mountains here.

"General, the Major General found the enemy's movements on the mountain. Please go up!"

Before the soup was finished, Shao Tingda quickly swallowed the meat from the soup base into his mouth, handed the wooden bowl to his personal soldiers and walked up the mountain quickly.

Because of the terrain, although they did not need to climb too high, their camps were higher than Herrera's station on the plains. Ming army craftsmen set up a simple lookout on the mountain, and the sick man took his scouts to monitor the movements of the Western Army on the mountain.

When Shao Tingda climbed to the observation deck, the sun had already started to heat up. Although the cotton uniform was breathable, the first instance armor was still very dry.

"Father, nearly a thousand of them scattered out of the camp and headed west."

Shao Tingda took out the agarwood telescope and looked in the direction pointed by the sick man. He could only see the empty official road to the west of the camp. The place to the west was blocked by the dense jungle, and the enemy's movements could not be seen clearly.

"At this time, we still have a greater advantage now. They should be looking for us. The road to the west cannot be walked. If their army makes any moves, we will go south from the camp."

Shao Tingda was still giving advice on the strategy on the tower, and suddenly he saw smoke and dust rising from the West Army camp in the distance, and the north gate opened. A group of soldiers arranged square formations outside the camp, and advanced forward through the plain grass beside the river bank.

The square formation consists of two or three hundred people, square, with solid spearmen in the middle holding a thick and heavy spear. The musketeers on the outer side of the spearmen were unable to see clearly due to distance problems, but he could clearly see that there were four small square formations outside the four corners of the square formation, which seemed to be composed of musketeers.

There was a gap in the middle of each square formation, and several teams of more than a dozen musketeers walked towards the woodland to the west, covering the two wings of the square formation with heavy cavalry. In front of the large formation, scattered small second-wheeled cannon vehicles were pushed out to form a single row of military formations. Shao Tingda fought with the Westerners many times, and for the first time he saw the representative Spanish square formation.

It's daunting.

The most fundamental reason is that Shao Tingda did not have artillery in his hand. His artillery was left on the other side of the mountain because it was difficult to cross mountains and ridges. This made him slam his fist on the guardrail of the Wanglou hatefully and said: "It is difficult for such a military formation to achieve results from behind the attack. It requires artillery!"

Only ten artillery pieces, even if they are just two kilograms of cannons, they can shoot with a jump shot, and the two vertical leaps of the shells can smash a square array through, but he does not have artillery.

Without artillery, this kind of military formation can be used to enemies from all directions. Even cavalry attacks from both sides may not be useful, so they can only use conventional battles to fight... But Shao Tingda cannot afford to spend money, he is just a few people.

The sick man also frowned and asked, "Where is the tiger squatting cannon?"

"The tiger squats can't be done. They all wear breastplate, and at the least they have cotton armor, hey!" Shao Tingda turned his head: "How many rockets do we have?"

"Old small flag arrows are 140, total flag arrows are 40; new Shenwei Machinery Arrows are launched with six sets of arrows, and 48 rockets are 20,000."

The so-called old small flag arrows are the rockets with arrow shafts installed in a single wooden tube, while the new Shenwei Mechanical Arrows are rockets that were modified by Zhao Shizhen and Chen Mu, which had no arrow shafts when spinning the tail wings.

The new system has a longer range, and its power is similar to the old flag arrows.

Shao Tingda turned his worries into joy: "That's okay, they stand so closely, some of them fight."

Immediately afterwards, Shao Tingda discovered a question: "Did they not stay in the camp with troops? We can only see horses, why can't we see people?"

"Someone, the child just saw a man who looked like a vendor, but he didn't see someone holding the weapon."

Shao Tingda nodded slowly and said, "We may have to fight this battle. Lao Hei's cavalry is mostly useless against this hedgehog formation. No matter how many locals have, it is difficult to win against this thing. I will be ordered to let the soldiers prepare to detach the camp. Let us go to the south of their camp first."

"These flag bearers stay on the mountain. You go and command the hundreds of households. I am here to watch the enemy's movements. Follow my flag command in everything. Do not fight blindly. You must wait until the enemy's two wings of cavalry were dispatched before capturing the camp."

"If they are lucky, they are fighting not far from the camp, they can lay the magic arrows on the village wall, and then shoot them at the enemy's formation after the infantry approaches, killing the enemy and causing the smoke to disturb their inch."

Seeing the doctor holding his fists and responding, Shao Tingda took a deep breath, raised his hand and slapped him on the shoulder, and reminded him: "Remember not to fire the gun too early. The enemy stands very closely and has armored clothes to protect him. If you want to take the rounds, you must first win!"
Chapter completed!