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Volume Four, Empire East Rising, Chapter 77, Beacon Fire

. Zhao Heidan's shouts alarmed the Ming army in the fort. Two Ming troops quickly came to Zhao Heidan. One Ming army grabbed Zhao Heidan's horse's head, and the other Ming army asked: "Where are the Tartars, how many people are there?"

"So many, so many." Zhao Heidan actually had never seen the Mongolians. He just knew it from his father.

Ming Jun frowned when he asked. The half-aged child couldn't speak clearly. Who knew how much he said, maybe dozens or hundreds of people. He said to his companions: "Look at him, I'll report to him."

The Ming army had twelve people, including Yishihe, and in order to adapt to the firearms troops, the Ming army organized major changes. The system of Yishi and twelve people was set up with reference to the Qi family army. Ten people were war soldiers, one was the chief commander and the other was the chief commander. However, the Ming Dynasty replaced all the weapons commonly used by soldiers with muskets. The teams that were originally cold and half of the hot weapons became fully heated weapons teams.

The leader of the three teams is above the command of three teams, with a total of 37 people, and a total of 3 teams is a company, with a total of 120 people; the third company is a battalion, with a total of 400 people. The third battalion is a regiment, with a total of 1,500 people.

The company, battalion, regiment, and brigade organization were not owned by later generations. In fact, these organizations were organized by the Tang Dynasty. However, the government regiment was above the brigade, the sixth regiment of the Shangfu, the fifth regiment of the Central Government, the fourth regiment of the Xiafu, the second regiment of the First Regiment, the second regiment of the First Regiment, the second regiment of the First Brigade, the second regiment of the First Brigade, the second regiment of the First Brigade, the second regiment of the First Brigade, the first regiment of the First Brigade, the first regiment of the First Brigade, and the first regiment of the First Brigade, the first regiment was five fires, and the ten people were one fire. The later regiments only had one more company level.

Among the reorganized Ming army, the company commander was equivalent to the hundreds of households. In addition to the company commander, there were eight direct personnel in the company, including two communication personnel and six firepower strengthening personnel. The Ming Military Weapons Bureau has developed a bead gun that can continuously fire twenty-eight bullets. Each of these six people was equipped with a bead gun; and there were thirty-nine direct personnel at the battalion level, including an artillery team, with a total of four cannons, and one battalion level could be used independently.

Such a corps is suitable for use on the grassland. Generally speaking, a company has enough troops to cope with most Mongolian tribes on the grassland, while a battalion-level troops can deal with the cities built by the Cossacks. It will not waste troops and maintain its combat advantages over the Russians and Mongols.

In the eyes of the Ming army, who was asking questions, no matter how dozens or hundreds of Mongols came, as long as one person was dispatched, he could defeat the invading Mongols.

However, two Ming soldiers took Zhao Heidan into the gate of the fort, and a "clang sound came from the fort, which was the alarm sound in the fort. The two Ming soldiers changed their faces and took Zhao Heidan to quickly walk towards the schoolyard in the center of the fort. When the two arrived at the schoolyard, nearly a hundred soldiers had gathered in the schoolyard.

The docks distributed on the grassland usually have a company, but the personnel are slightly different. Some docks have a reinforced company, one more team than the standard organization, and some docks only have a second team. This docks are numbered as No. 7 docks in the Ming Army series, and there is a complete company stationed.

Although the Ming army on the school ground did not appear nervous after receiving the alarm. The No. 7 Fortress is far away from Urge City. After several years of construction, many Mongolians were determined to be the dock, but were defeated by the Ming army in the dock. After destroying three Mongolian tribes in a row, only the Ming army in the dock fort was driven away by the Mongols in the dock fort in recent years. There was no idea that the Mongols dared to fight No. 7 Fortress.

Now there are obviously Mongolians who are not afraid of death and want to fight for the No. 7 Fort. If it weren't for the military regulations, the Ming army in the school would have been cheering long ago.

The Ming army commander on the stage was not as relaxed as the Ming army in the school grounds. The personnel who were performing alerts just now reported that the attacking Mongolians were probably no less than 5,000 cavalry.

The five thousand cavalry were just estimates, but there was no obstruction on the grassland, and the Ming army guards held telescopes in hand, so their judgments on the enemy were often not much different.

"Report to the company commander, the army in the fort has gathered, and there are 98 people who should arrive, and there are actually 96 people. Two others have asked for leave to go out, please give instructors." A communication soldier walked onto the stage and reported to Wu Chunyan.

Although there are 120 people in the company, there are still people on duty. Apart from two people, it means there are 118 people in the fort at present.

"The order was sent to the first team to leave the city to meet the people who were withdrawn nearby, and the second team left a place to organize the young and strong people in the fort, and all the rest went to the city wall."

Wu Chunyan's order made the Ming army, which seemed extremely relaxed just now, nervous. In previous history, if there were no more than ten times the Mongolians, the Ming army would never guard the fort, but would go out to fight, let alone organize the young and strong people. How many Mongolians did they come this time?

Despite the doubts, the Ming army, who received the order, took action quickly. The Ming army in the first team turned over and ran out of the fort, while the other Ming army climbed to the top of the city.

Zhao Heidan was anxious to see his father and wanted to follow him out of the city, but fortunately he was held back by a soldier, so he did not leave the city. The alert from the high places of the Ming army won him about a quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, the entire fort was surrounded by the Mongolians, and the soldiers who had previously left the city retreated. In a short time, they shot and killed nearly a hundred Mongolian cavalry and brought dozens of people into the city.

The Ming army did not suffer any casualties. However, more than ten people who had no time to enter the city were chopped into meat paste by the angry Mongolians. The Ming army on the top of the city was furious and fired several shells in succession and killed more than ten Mongolians. Only then did they get a little angry.

Fortunately, the Ming army left the city in time and asked the people to leave all cattle and sheep, and then returned to the city. Otherwise, these dozens of Han people would have encountered the same as those more than ten people who did not enter the city.

"So many Mongolians."

Seeing the dense Mongolians outside the fort, the Ming army on the city wall was a little confused. They were not worried about themselves, but about the Han people who had not yet entered the city. If they met the Mongolian army, they would probably be unable to escape.

"Big black, big black." Zhao Heidan shouted, with a crying voice in his scream. He saw his own big dark horse. This big dark horse has always been Zhao Laogen's mount, but now it is sitting under a coat of his house. In his heart, this is something that his father Zhao Laogen will never allow.

Wu Chunyan frowned and asked, "What's going on? Who allows the child to go up to the city wall?"

A soldier whispered back to Zhao Heidan's origin, and Wu Chunyan felt soft. He had already guessed that the half-baby father was probably killed by the Mongols. He said hatefully: "If these thieves and Tartars fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, they should be executed." After pausing for a moment, Wu Chunyan said: "Take him down."

The soldier responded and walked towards Zhao Heidan. After a while, the soldier brought Zhao Heidan to Wu Chunyan and said with shame: "Company Commander, he will not go down and will stay on the city wall to fight the Tartars."

Looking at the half-aged child who was only twelve or thirteen years old, Wu Chunyan shouted: "No, can you shoot?"

Zhao Heidan stood up and replied loudly: "Yes, my father taught me, and I also beat a wolf."

Hearing Zhao Heidan's firm tone, Wu Chunyan could not tell the truth for a moment. He had no time to entangle a child for a long time and ordered: "Give him a musket."

After a while, Zhao Heidan got a new musket. After receiving the musket, Zhao Heidan immediately pointed the muzzle at the Mongolian outside the fort, and fired a shot with a "bang". However, Zhao Heidan was not familiar with the gun, and the Mongols were too far away. The bullets he fired flew to nowhere. Instead, he misjudged the recoil of the musket and knocked himself to the ground.

Zhao Heidan was holding a military musket, which was much better than the muskets in his home, and naturally had a greater recoil. Zhao Heidan was not aware of it for a while and naturally suffered a loss. When he loaded the bullet and was about to shoot again, a sergeant hurriedly grabbed him and said, "No shooting is allowed without the command of the squadron leader."

Looking at the Mongolians in the distance, they were really unsure of hitting them. Zhao Heidan had to put away the musket and curse in the direction of the Mongolians. Why didn't you get closer and come to die?

At this time, the Mongolian commander Danjin Heshuoqi was also cursing his subordinates. He led 5,000 people as the vanguard, originally in order to wipe out the Ming army fortress in front of Urge City and prepare for Galdan to capture Urge City. Unexpectedly, when he met the first fortress, nearly 100 people were lost before the attack was attacked, Danjin Heshuoqi was angry again and vaguely afraid of the Ming army.

Danjin and Shuoqi were deeply trusted by Galdan and were another veteran. They had defeated Kazakhs and Russians. They were just irritable and the Mongolians who were scolded lowered their heads deeply, and they dared not express their dissatisfaction even if they were dissatisfied.

After a while, Danjin and Shuoqi stopped cursing, glanced at the commanders and said, "Okay, I don't need to say more about it below. Capture this fort and kill all the Han dogs inside."

The husbands responded loudly, and a cruel expression appeared on the corners of the mouths of several thousand men.

"Woo" dozens of cow horns sounded, and the Mongolian cavalry that were originally far away from the fort gradually gathered under the jurisdiction of their own thousands of men. There was a pocket full of soil on the backs of the Mongolian horses in front.

The sound of cow horns became fierce. Under the leadership of various officers, the Mongolians in front began to rush towards the fort. They raised their pockets from afar and prepared to throw them away at the city to pave a way to climb the fort. This siege was first invented by Genghis Khan, and the Mongols had used it for hundreds of years.

With the strength of the fort, no matter how many troops are, they will probably be exhausted. The Mongols have high hopes for this move to siege the city. In the eyes of the Mongols, this fort is not high. As long as you give up some people and fill out a road to the fort, the fort will fall easily. However, the effect will be done, and the facts will have to wait for the facts to speak.

"These Mongolians have not yet made any progress over the years." Wu Chunyan sighed and turned to the side and said, "Light three beacon smoke, two black and one blue."

There was naturally a connection between the various forts of the Ming army. As long as the first beacon is lit, the information will be transmitted to Wuerge City a hundred miles away in less than half an hour. Wu Chunyan did not ignite the beacon in the first time and could not judge the strength of the Mongols. Now the Mongols have begun to attack and finally have a preliminary judgment.
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