Chapter 64 Where is he?
In the evening, Fuzhou City, the martial arts field.

Forty-seven Han soldiers of the Bordered Blue Banner and more than 270 Haixi and Wild Jurchen soldiers were kneeling on the ground, waiting for punishment from the Liaoxi generals.

"You are all guilty people. Only by following me to kill the Tartars can you wash away your sins."

General Li said a few random words and began to select elite soldiers.

"Everyone stand up, pick up your guns, press one, two, advance, three, block, four, wrap, five, grab, six, and dance with your guns."

Huang Long, who knew a little about "Jixiao Xinshu", was responsible for recruiting Han soldiers from the Bordered Blue Banner. Right from the start, he ordered these Han soldiers who had rebelled to brandish their spears.

Zu Kuan, Gou Quanzhong and others were responsible for selecting from the Haixi Jurchen soldiers. Their approach was much rougher. They first used the Jiannu longbow to test the arm strength of the Jurchen soldiers, and then ordered them to mount their horses to observe whether their riding skills were proficient.

Of course, the teeth and the presence or absence of frostbite are also included in the assessment scope.

The reason for doing this is very simple. The commander Li Hao is going to lead his men all the way to attack Jianzhou Wei. Naturally, he cannot take all the surrendered men with him. Whether there is enough animal power is secondary. The key is that some of the surrendered men with their families will seriously reduce the marching speed.

So General Li and Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang discussed it and decided to carefully select 130 to 150 men from the surrendered men from various places, and the rest would be left in Fuzhou, under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town.

Of course, the five brave generals and soldiers who were injured will also stay to recuperate. They will probably have to stay in Lushun and other places until June or July before they can take a boat to Juehua Island.

"Will you guys go in alone?"

Looking at the Han soldiers, who were originally Liao troops, waving their spears, General Li asked.

Pikemen were a traditional advantage of the Han army, and heavily armored pikemen were particularly outstanding. With a large group of cavalry protecting the flanks, heavily armored pikemen could even withstand the charge of cavalry with lances.

In the Ming-Jin War in recent years, the Sichuan Shizhu Tusi soldiers nicknamed "White Spear Soldiers" made a name for themselves as spearmen. Although their fighting style was somewhat different from that of the spearmen trained according to the Jixiao New Book, their spear formations were mostly similar.

Of course, among the White Spear Soldiers, only the ones who fought in the bloody battle of Hunhe were truly elite and could be ranked among the top few in the Ming army, because Liaozhen equipped them with iron armor and provided them with adequate food and drink. In addition, they had lived in a foreign land for a long time and had a strong desire to return home, so their morale was very high and they were able to charge head-on into the Eight Banners infantry and archery formation without the protection of shield carts.

Although the subsequent White Spear Soldiers were quite powerful and just barely reached the average level of the soldiers in the Nine Border Camps of the Ming Dynasty, there was still some gap between them and the first generation.

"of course."

Cao Bianjiao, who was wearing iron armor, answered.

Soldiers who are good at swordplay will basically fight with guns alone.

Li Hao was a little confused, "Why not use a spear?"

"That's a long story." Cao Bianjiao pointed at the Jurchen soldiers. "The bows and arrows of the Haixi Jurchens are not a big threat. No one dares to take the long bows of the Jianzhou Tartars who are hunters. Once you use a gun, you have to leave a two or three step distance for stabbing. In these two or three steps, the Jiannu will draw their bows and shoot arrows. In order to force them not to use bows and arrows, we can only get close to them and chop them with knives."

What he said were all experiences gained by the Liao army and the guest troops coming to aid Liao at the cost of their lives.

Li Yongxi added: "The Jiannu's inability to fight in close combat is also an important reason. I was recruited into the army three years ago and have been training on Juehua Island for more than half a year. My sword and spear skills are already quite good. The border troops are mostly veterans who have been wielding swords and spears for many years, so they can easily train new recruits. The Jiannu are mostly Tatars who are half farmers and half hunters. Apart from archery, they fight by not fearing death and daring to fight. Their sword and spear skills are actually very average."

After nodding, General Li asked again: "If you were to fight a fierce general like me, what weapons would you use?"

This group of Ming troops had fought dozens of battles with the Eight Banners. If the old Aijia were not completely fools, they should have realized their mistake and discussed and worked out a strategy to restrain Li Hao.

Cao Bianjiao pointed at the red tasseled spear in the hands of the Han soldier and said, "If I can fight against the general, I must choose the spear, and use flexible footwork to move around, stabbing and hooking back and forth."

The commander's giant axe and heavy sword will not only tear the Tartars apart, but will also chop down the Ming soldiers with one blow. This group of fierce generals and soldiers have discussed this privately, and they all believe that they can't withstand a single axe from General Li.

"My son Yongxi, you have had many dealings with the two blue flag Tartars. Tell me, how will they treat me, your godfather?"

"Traps, fishing nets, hook spears, and heavy swords are all possible. The Tartars' dead soldiers don't practice bows and arrows, but practice swords and guns so that they can climb ladders and attack cities." Li Yongxi replied based on his own experience. Dead soldiers are a special type of soldiers of the Eight Banners. Their main responsibility is to push shield carts to the designated battlefield, and then use melee weapons to charge into the enemy formation or climb ladders to attack the top of the city. They also dig the city walls and knock down the city gates under the rain of stones and arrows.

Generally speaking, the main sources of dead soldiers were the Solon soldiers in the north and the captured Han soldiers, and occasionally some Mongolian soldiers.

However, the Mongolian soldiers could not endure hardship, and the Ezhen of the Eight Banners did not dare to let too many Mongolian soldiers join the dead soldiers, because once someone took the lead in escaping or surrendering on the battlefield, the flag soldiers in the camp supervising the battle would not be able to suppress them, which would cause partial defeat on the battlefield.

Li Hao thought for a while, "They won't have time to set the trap. As long as we move fast, we won't be afraid of it. We can improvise with fishing nets, hook guns, and other things on the battlefield. At worst, we can go into the woods and fight the Tartars."

Before dark, the screening of elite soldiers was finally completed, and twenty-two Han soldiers were selected.

A total of thirty-four wild Jurchens, or Sauron soldiers, were selected, while there were quite a lot of Haixi Jurchen soldiers, reaching sixty-four.

In addition, twenty able-bodied and hard-working Han men from Liao will also join the army to serve as auxiliary troops.

Together with the nineteen fierce generals and soldiers from Ningyuan, Li Yongxi and his two trusted servants, the number of troops that will set out tomorrow will reach 162.

The remaining soldiers, able-bodied men, women, the old and the young, all stayed in Fuzhou, waiting to march south with the Dongjiang troops.

At the beginning of the morning on February 11th, outside the east gate of Fuzhou City.

Li Hao's troops, who were equipped with two war horses and two pack horses, had already packed up. After bidding farewell to the Dongjiang generals, they would march north to Hetuala.

"Brother Li, take this letter with you to Kuandian and other places. Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde will follow you. I have arranged the rest of the supplies, horses and other miscellaneous matters."

Mao Wenlong handed his handwritten letter to the young general in front of him.

He was originally stationed on Pi Island at the mouth of the Yalu River. However, in the fifth year of the Tianqi reign, Zhang Pan who was stationed in Lushun, Zhu Guochang who was stationed in Changxing Island, and Zeng Yougong who was stationed in Sanshan Island agreed to dig the isthmus together, which led to the death of Zhang Pan and Zhu Guochang. The Later Jin Dynasty went south again and destroyed the city of Lushun. The situation in southern Liaoning became unstable, so he came temporarily to appease the people.

"The next time we meet, it should be in Haizhou City or Liaoyang City."

Li Hao has great ambitions. At least in the spring and summer of this year, he wants to push the Liaozhen front line to the Sancha River, Haizhou and Gaizhou areas.

"I will wait for good news. I will prepare a few jars of Zhejiang daughter red wine, and we will drink to our heart's content."

Mao Wenlong believed General Li's words 70% and was 30% skeptical. He believed in Li Hao's personal strength, but did not believe that the Liaoxi Army could reach Sancha River.

After a hearty laugh, General Li mounted his horse, and the soldiers on both sides clasped their fists and bowed to each other before parting ways.

……

February 18th, Phoenix City in the Qianshan Mountains.

Yangguli, who led a large group of troops here, was listening to the replies from the Phoenix City defenders and the scouts.

"So you spent two or three days without finding any trace? That means there must be at least several hundred people."

After requisitioning enough ox carts and bean fodder, Yangguli led his troops south. The good news was that Li Hao's troops were not on the post road leading to Shengjing, which meant that the enemy had not penetrated deep into the heart of the Eight Banners.

The bad news is that the Eight Banners could not find this Ming army.

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