155: Despicable

Ma Gang's spear was paused, and a drummer standing behind him began to ring the drum beat. The drum was tied to his waist and the size of a face. The drum beat was just a "one, two, one" tune. Speaking of which, this is not a reference from foreign countries, and there is nowhere to learn from it. However, Li Meng found that when he was training, the officers who shouted trumpets during the march often shouted dry mouth at the end, and it was impossible to speak out at the same time by shouting trumpets and giving orders.

As a result, I thought of using drum beats to control it. However, the folk drummers were not willing to have anything to do with the officers and soldiers. Li Meng could only train from the soldiers and give high salaries. Fortunately, the tone was relatively simple and it was quickly mastered.

There was a drum of four hundred people, and there were four teams led by Ma Gang. The drum sounded at the same time after Ma Gang's movements, and the soldiers also walked forward.

For Jiaozhou Camp, this is just a marching on the battlefield. For the rioters in Xiajin County opposite, this was the first time that such soldiers had seen such soldiers. The psychological pressure suddenly increased. The thousands of people who were originally noisy suddenly became quiet. After a little quiet, the soldiers in Xiajin County began to get restless again, but this time it was not the arrogance he had just started, but a little panic and fearful.

But at this time, the soldiers and salt dicks of Jiaozhou camp did not even lay the weapons in their hands, and they still maintained the queues they were during the march, just stepping forward step by step with the rhythm of the drum beats.

Li Meng and a few people around him rode on horseback and watched the battle from a high place. Li Meng led a team of 100 horses this time. Although this team was not large in number, Li Meng believed that these people were enough to change the situation on the battlefield.

"These rioters are really tricky. Although they are in a panic, they still do not retreat. Could it be that the bandits in the South Mountain are really talented?"

While speaking, both sides were already close to thirty steps. According to Jiaozhou Camp's Cao Dian, if you take another ten steps, you will start to charge quickly.

The spear in Ma Gang's hand shook left and right slightly, and the drum beat changed. Hearing this rhythm, the queue began to slowly disperse, and the distance between the front four rows of spearmen slowly opened up. The sword and shield hands in the team rushed out trotting out.

Twenty steps, the restless but unretreated thieves of Xiajin County suddenly shouted in unison, several people raised their bows and arrows, and more people raised their arms and waved them hard.

A piece of stone roared over with the sound of the wind. It was really unexpected that the sword and shield hands stood at a distance from the spearmen when charging, just to hold the shield to cover their companions.

Seeing the opponent's stones thrown, almost at the same time, the sword and shield hands were raised up, and a "dangdang" sound was heard, and the stones hit the shield and all fell to the ground. There were also a few scattered pieces that were not stopped and leaked, and the soldiers' wide-brimmed felt hats also acted as intercepting.

At present, the distance between the two sides is not too far, but for the stone throwing, the strength of the man's arms is still a little small. The soldiers and Yan Ding of Jiaozhou Camp also had several unlucky ghosts hit by the stone, but at most they left a bruise on their faces and did not cause much damage.

This sudden stone attack really scared Ma Gang and Li Meng, who was watching the battle on the hillside, but because the sword and shield hand attacked Cao Dian, he defended against this wave of attack.

In fact, when the invading formation charges, there will always be similar arrangements in Li Meng's queue to prevent the opponent from attacking from exerting his power during charge. Of course, if there are bows and arrows in the opponent's weapon, the musketeers in the Jiaozhou Camp will fire and disperse it, and the hands-on training should be the main focus in front of him.

It seems that such a rock-drop attack in the past played a great role. However, in the past, when dealing with officers and soldiers or civilians, they were usually about ten steps away before throwing them out. This is the greatest power.

This time, the neat queue of Jiaozhou Camp put a lot of pressure on the rioters in Xiajin County. This was the time for the Jiaozhou Camp to throw out the stones in advance. But the next step was the performance time for Jiaozhou Camp.

Ma Gang's spear was flat, and the spearmen in the four rows of spearmen in the front also flattened the spears, or placed the spears on the shoulders of his companions in front. The rhythm of the drumming began to speed up slightly. The soldiers and Yan Ding from the four teams of Jiaozhou camp began to run in small steps and rushed forward.

After the stones were intercepted, some rioters ran towards the back. Seeing the other party coming with a spear, the rioters in Xiajin County were actually quiet for a while. In just a short moment, Ma Gang thought the other party was going to fight with him. Just when he was about to make an order, the rioters on the opposite side collapsed.

This kind of collapse is not a retreat, there is no organization at all, it is a bit exaggerated, and no two people even run in the same direction, running around like headless flies.

"Mr. Li, how about asking his subordinates to lead the horse team to chase him?"

Tang Er asked excitedly on the hillside, the Jiaozhou Camp was to have a formation that was not chaotic and could not easily disperse and pursue the defeated soldiers. In this current situation of dispersion, the army that maintained its formation could not catch up with too many chaotic people and could not expand the results of the battle. The role of the horse team was here, and it could chase the enemy and increase the victory as much as possible.

Li Meng shook his head as he looked at the battle situation and said calmly:

"They are all poor poor people. Do you think they can get together again after we take Xiajin County? I'm scared to see the one who is lying on the bamboo bed."

Zhang Chengye was lying on the bamboo bed, looking extremely calm. Ma Gang also thought that this person was weak and it was very simple to catch him. Seeing that the person was almost disintegrating, more than a dozen sword and shield hands came out of the queue and ran towards the bamboo bed, preparing to catch him.

Who would have thought that this middle-aged scholar in brocade robe turned over and got out of bed and ran towards Xiajin County. His movements were so quick and his running speed was extremely fast. Even though the soldiers and salt genitals in Jiaozhou camp had worked hard to train and had good physical fitness, they could not catch up with him.

Li Meng and the cavalry behind him were stunned when they watched on the high slope, and Tang Er whispered there:

"So fast, maybe even riding a horse won't catch up!"

Then a group of people burst into laughter. Since they couldn't catch up, Ma Gang stopped chasing him. On the battlefield where he was still chaotic, in a while, only the soldiers from Jiaozhou camp were left. The ground was full of discarded wooden sticks and farm tools. Ma Gang was not in high spirits, and the battle was really not at all.

At this time, Li Meng was already riding a horse and ran over from the high slope, and said with a smile:

"You are doing well in training your troops, and I can't tell the new recruits and veterans anymore."

After hearing this comment, Ma Gang was a little happy. Li Meng looked at the discarded wooden sticks and farm tools on the ground, shook his head immediately and said:

"Jiazhou Camp is now 35 miles away from Xiajin County. It is estimated that it will be dark in the past. Let's set up camp on the spot, you can arrange it."

Ma Gang nodded and agreed. Li Meng called out a few cavalrymen and gave a few simple instructions. The cavalrymen also rode their horses and galloped towards Xiajin County.

"It's better not to fight this kind of inexplicable battle. I'll send someone to the city to call for rewards. The leader of the thief is 500 taels, and the Zhang Nanshan is 300 taels. Whether he lives or dies, he will always mess up their hearts first."

Li Meng smiled and explained to the personal soldiers around him that everyone felt very relaxed about the battle. After camping at night, there was no need to search for firewood around for the fuel. The farm tools and wooden sticks discarded on the scene were enough. What the soldiers were talking about was the rumors that the military pay had been changed from cash to land.

Everyone was very excited. Even Zhang Liang asked questions at dinner when he had something to do. Li Meng was very satisfied with the effect, but he just made a noise and would not reveal anything.

Xiajin County is a little colder than Jiaozhou. Even if there is a charcoal brazier in the tent at night, it will not work. However, when everyone is marching and fighting, they are not going to enjoy their happiness. Except for those who keep watch, the rest of the people fell asleep as soon as possible and will attack Xiajin County tomorrow.

Not long after Li Meng fell asleep, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside, "There are only two thousand people in Jiaozhou Camp, and the camp is not big, and there is a sound outside, so the Central Army Can hear it clearly."

In this case, Li Meng was extremely alert. When he heard the sound, he had already lifted the felt and was wearing a hanger outside and was completely asleep, so he would not take off his clothes at all.

The entire camp was a little disturbed. Although Li Meng was alert, he was not nervous. However, if other Ming generals were here, they would probably be scared to death. At night, the army camped in a camp, requiring silence. Even if there was a little sound, they were afraid of causing huge chaos. The entire army might collapse, the so-called "camp roar".

However, the training of Li Meng's army is completely different from that of the troops of his time. When they are in the barracks and groups, the soldiers will just feel at ease, and the situation of collapse in their hearts will not suddenly appear.

It didn't take long, and several soldiers guarding outside the central army tent greeted him and lit the brazier outside. The soldiers reported outside:

"Sir, the brothers on the night said that this man was shouting outside the camp, asking to see Lord Dusi and report it urgently if there is something important. We don't dare to make decisions when we see him as a scholar."

Li Meng was also confused and said:

"Bring it in!"

The curtain of the tent was lifted and a person was thrown to the ground. Of course, the soldiers were angry and wanted to sleep well and were awakened by inexplicably. They were nervous and alert for a long time, and no one would have a good temper.
Chapter completed!