: The willows and flowers are bright

Desert, northern foot of Yinshan Mountain.

After a short period of heating and rest, the team embarked on the journey again. Although the road to returning to Datong is difficult, no matter how difficult it is, it has to continue.

"Brothers." Wang Pu strode in the middle of the team and shouted loudly, "I will teach you a song."

"General, what is a song?" As soon as Wang Pu finished speaking, a soldier asked, "Is it just a little song?"

"It's almost the same." Wang Pu said, "But you all have to sing this little song with me to be energetic. Everyone sings it vigorously, so it won't be hard to get on the road."

"Is it that amazing?"

"General, you are not lying to us, are you?"

The bearded man, Tang Sheng and a few others always make excuses.

Wang Pu said: "Okay, I will sing a passage for everyone first, you guys will listen."

After saying that, Wang Pu started singing loudly, he sang the famous military song "The Flag is Flying" in later generations:

The flag is fluttering, the horse is slalom, the gun is on the shoulder and the knife is on the waist, the blood is like a craze,

The flag is flying, the horse is shaking, and a good man is good man and a good man serves the country today.

Don’t be an old and sick man, don’t be a sick man together, don’t be a dispersed sand, rise quickly, don’t be an old and sick man, don’t be a sick man, don’t be a dispersed sand,

unite quickly, unite quickly, unite quickly, unite quickly, unite and unite, unite and unite, rise and unite, rise and unite,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is slalom, the gun is on the shoulder and the knife is on the waist, the blood is like a craze,

The flag is fluttering, the horse is slaloming, the good man is good man is serving the country today,

The country is destroyed and the family is ruined, and the whole country is relied on my compatriots. How can the heavenly revenge? I will not kill Jiannu?

Let’s unite quickly, let’s unite quickly, let’s unite quickly, let’s unite quickly, let’s unite and rise to unite.

The flag is fluttering, the horse is slalom, the gun is on the shoulder and the knife is on the waist, the blood is like a craze,

The flag is flying, the horse is shaking, and a good man is good man and a good man serves the country today.

This song "The Flag is Flying" and another song "New Army Military Song" are Wang Pu's favorite anti-Japanese war songs. Wang Pu sang a song that was already passionate and exciting, and was heart-warming. Although the soldiers marching did not understand exactly what the song meant, the momentum of this song made them excited after listening to it!

This is the charm of the song. A good song can greatly mobilize the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the three armies. It can make the arduous march no longer difficult, and the boring military life no longer boring. In short, the political propaganda and condolence performance that appeared only more than three hundred years later. Its role in boosting morale is unquestionable.

When singing this song, Wang Pu had this idea in his mind. If he could still return to Datong this time, he would have to set up a choir in the army and teach them to sing a few morale-boosting anti-Japanese songs. If he had the chance in the future, Wang Pu would also want to set up a female condolences performance team. As for where the members of the female condolences performance team were recruited. Whether the nature was pure, I will talk about it later.

After Wang Pu sang a song, the soldiers who were marching cheered.

The bearded man cheered, "General, let's have another one?"

"Yes, let's have another one?"

Tang Sheng and Zhao Xin still had a few more fighters.

Wang Pu smiled and said, "Brothers, this song is not as powerful as singing by one person. It is only more exciting to sing more people! Now you sing with me, how about you?"

"good!"

The soldiers responded loudly.

Wang Pu sang at the top of his voice: "The flag is fluttering..."

"The flag is fluttering..."

All the soldiers who heard Wang Pu's voice roared in unison. They were not singing but roaring. But by accident they secretly matched the momentum of the song. In fact, this song was used to roar. Not to sing. Hundreds of soldiers who heard Wang Pu's singing roared in unison, and instantly gathered into a huge wave of sound, rushing towards the clouds.

The soldiers who were marching in front and behind and did not hear Wang Pu's singing were shocked when they heard this. They raised their heads and threw a look of surprise and surprise at the Central Army. Then when the Central Army sang the second line "Ma Zheng Xiaoxiao", they also yelled randomly. As for what they were yelling, they couldn't care much about it.

When Wang Puzheng taught the soldiers to sing one by one, the bearded man suddenly shouted: "General, Scarface is back!"

"Um?"

When Wang Pu heard this, he looked up and looked forward. Sure enough, he saw Scarface running back from the front. Because it was far away, it looked like he was sliding on the snow. Seeing this scene, Wang Pu suddenly felt his heart moving, and then looked at the vast Yinshan Mountains ahead. A fast and energy-saving marching method emerged in his mind.

In less than a cup of tea, Scarface grabbed Wang Pu and said breathlessly: "General, there is smoke in front... in front... in the mountains... in the valley... huh, huh..."

"There is smoke in cooking?"

When Wang Pu heard this, a hint of ecstasy flashed through his heart. Smoke from cooking means there are Mongolians, Mongolians means there are cattle and sheep, and cattle and sheep means that the brothers can finally have enough food without having to go hungry anymore. More importantly, they can finally rest in the Mongolian camp for a few days!

This is really important for this army that is almost collapsed. It is simply a sight for the heavens!

Wang Pu tightly held the right hand of the waist knife and shouted loudly: "Big Bearded!"

The bearded man rushed to take the lead two steps and replied loudly: "I am in a humble position."

Wang Pu shouted: "Call five hundred musketeers immediately, and then collect all the remaining Dragon King cannons!"

"yes."

The bearded man agreed and took the order.

In less than a meal, the five hundred musketeers had already gathered together. Wang Pu ordered the bearded man to send all the remaining more than a thousand Dragon King cannons to the five hundred musketeers, and then took the five hundred people straight to the valley ahead. The five hundred musketeers had more than a thousand Dragon King cannons to prepare for the Mongolian herders in the valley ahead.

Wang Pu handed over the army to Zhao Xin, and he led five hundred musketeers to the valley where smoke was rising in front of him. Before they could reach the foot of the mountain, dense Mongolian cavalry appeared on the ridge ahead. Almost at the same time as Scarface discovered the Mongolian camp, the Mongols also discovered the Ming army that suddenly appeared. After receiving the alarm, the Mongolian herders in the valley quickly completed the assembly, and then took the initiative to attack the Ming army.

There were about 300 Mongolian cavalrymen appearing on the ridges.

Obviously, there is a large-scale winter camp hidden in the valley behind the ridge. Wang Pu believes that as long as these more than 300 Mongolian cavalry are destroyed, the Mongolian camp behind the ridge will become a paradise for soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, where there are food, clothes, drinks, and women!

If you are lucky, you might have enough war horses!

The bearded man pulled out his waist knife and shouted loudly: "The whole army stops moving forward. Line up!"

With a command, five hundred musketeers stopped in unison, and then formed a five-element horizontal lineup on the snow at the fastest speed. Each team had 100 people, and five generals also pulled out their waists and stood at the far left of the queue. On the contrary, Wang Pu had nothing to do, surrounded by more than 20 personal soldiers and stood on the side and watched the battle.

The north wind whistles and the broken snow flies.

More than 300 Mongolian cavalrymen were screaming and waving their swords, rushing down from the ridge in a mess, rushing toward the musketeers of the Five Hundred Ming Army. It is obvious that these Mongolian cavalry did not take the hundreds of Ming troops in front of them seriously. In fact, these Mongolians didn't even know that the group of people in front of them was a Ming army.

After half a month of hard marching, the army under Wang Pu had already become unrecognizable, all of which were ragged and haggard. In addition, the beards that had not been shaved for more than a month and the heads of chicken coops were full of chicken coops, so where would it look like a soldier? If they hadn't held weapons in their hands, the Mongolians would have thought this was a group of refugees!

The horse's hooves were churning, the snow was splashing, and the thin snow did not have much impact on the charge of the Mongolian cavalry. Soon, more than 300 Mongolian cavalrymen were left with less than 300 steps (about 450 meters. One step was about one and a half meters) away from the 500-Ming army musketeers!

The bearded man raised his waist and waved his knife forward. He shouted coldly: "The first team... prepare!"

The first team raised their knives and pulled them forward. One hundred musketeers quickly took two steps forward and raised the muskets in their hands in unison. One hundred black muzzles had already aimed at the Mongolian cavalry rushing in front. The Mongolian cavalry in front was ignorant of the shadow of death that had covered them, and they still urged the horse to move in...

Wang Pu carefully observed the expressions of the 500 musketeers and found that they were all very calm. The more than 300 Mongolian cavalry rushing up from the opposite side did not cause any fluctuations in his psychology. It can be seen from their eyes that they were all very confident and believed that it was natural to defeat these more than 300 Mongolian cavalry.

The chaotic sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and even the ground under his feet began to tremble slightly. Wang Pu probably estimated the distance between the enemy and us, which was less than 300 meters. The Mongolian cavalry had already started sprinting. Usually, they could rush within 100 meters in about 20 seconds. One hundred meters was the effective range (direct shooting) of the Mongolian cavalry bows and arrows. At this time, the Mongolian cavalry would start firing arrows until three to five arrows were shot, and the two armies would be close to each other.

If the Mongolian cavalry has the advantage, they will defeat the enemy with melee weapons such as scimitars, knives and forks. If the Mongolian cavalry has the advantage, they will turn their horses and cut across from the enemy's formation, and then start the second round of sprint until one goes up and down, and the Mongolians will take the advantage and then launch the final blow!

The bearded man looked cold and his raised waist knife did not fall. The effective range of the new flintlock musket was 200 meters. The Mongolian cavalry had not yet entered the range of the musket. Now the gun was only a waste of ammunition.

The 100 musketeers who raised their guns also looked cold and did not shake their muskets in the air. They were as calm as a mountain. After several actual combat, the musketeers under the bearded man were now considered a well-trained and disciplined army. Without the general military order of the Hundred-man team, they would never fire randomly.

Finally, the Mongolian cavalry entered the range of the Ming army's muskets.

The bearded man waved his waist knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Let's fire!"

He kept looking at the bearded man's hand from the corner of his eyes and waved the knife in his hand, shouting loudly: "Let's fire!"

With the general order, the musketeers of the first hundred-man team pulled the trigger one after another, raised a row of one hundred muskets and shook them violently. Balls of flames spewed out from the muzzle, followed by a deafening loud roar, and then a strong smell of gunpowder drifted away in front of the formation.

The Mongolian cavalry in front fell down dozens of cavalry in an instant, and the formation was suddenly filled with people and horses!

The bearded man in front of the Ming army without blinking, and raised the waist knife in his hand again. The second hundred-man team raised the waist knife and lifted it forward. The first hundred-man team, who had already shot, quickly retreated. The second hundred-man team's musketeers had already come forward and lined up to raise their guns to prepare for shooting.

In less than four seconds in total, the two hundred men completed the alternation.

The bearded man waved his waist knife again and shouted again: "Let's fire!"

The second hundred-man team's boss waved his waist and shouted: "Let's fire!"

Another deafening gunshot, and more Mongolian cavalry fell into a pool of blood. As the distance between the two armies approached, the hit rate of the Ming army's muskets increased significantly. When the third hundred-man team completed the shooting and retreated, the remaining more than 200 Mongolian cavalry finally rushed within a hundred meters.

"Swish swish..."

A shrill sound of breaking through the air, dozens of arrows shot in the head, and more than half of the arrows fell to the ground before they hit the Ming army formation. With less than ten arrows left, seven of them fell to nothing. Only three arrows shot over two musketeers. Compared with musketeers, the hit rate of bows and arrows was much lower. The shooting rate of arrows on the back of a high-speed horse was even lower.
Chapter completed!