Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 80: Liu Dadao's Swiftness (IV)
As a general with outstanding personal martial arts, Liu Jing always liked to command from the front when leading his troops into battle. Therefore, this time his tent was very close to the defense line, and he reacted immediately when there was a slight noise in front.
He stood up and a personal soldier handed him his sword. With the sword in hand, Liu Jing was about to leave the tent.
"General Liu, please put on your armor!"
"Haha, the enemy attacked at night. It seems that this battle will not be as easy as the previous days. We cannot waste any time. I will go to the front to take a look. Lord Sun just sit in the tent!"
After saying this, Liu Jing did not make any extra moves, but turned around and walked out of the tent. A team of personal soldiers followed him quickly.
With a few big steps, Liu Jing had already run to a place not far from the defense line. Looking up, he saw that although the sound of fighting continued to come from his own defense line, it was still in good order overall. He couldn't help but feel relieved!
"Hey, I've heard that Ma Xuanfu's white-pole soldiers are a rare elite among the Ming Dynasty's guards. Seeing them today, I find that they are indeed worthy of their reputation!"
The soldiers on duty that night were not Liu Jing's own troops, but the Shizhu White-Pole Soldiers led by Ma Qiancheng. Although the White-Pole Soldiers were well-known, they were not Liu Jing's own men. So when Liu Jing heard that there was a change in the defense line, he rushed forward without even putting on his armor. When he got closer and took a look, he felt relieved.
When they got closer, in the faint light of the fire, they saw the white-pole soldiers with white cloth wrapped on their heads, either wielding their white-pole spears individually or forming a gun formation of a dozen people, steadily keeping the surging Burmese army outside the defense line.
Among them, there was another tall figure, waving a white spear like snowflakes dancing and pear blossoms drifting. Wherever he passed, there were screams of various accents, and there was no enemy who could match him!
"What a brave general!" Liu Jing praised sincerely and was about to step forward to join the battle himself, but was eventually stopped by his own soldiers: "General! Our army's front line is as stable as a rock, and you haven't put on your armor yet, so there's no need to do this."
"Yes." Fierce generals are not all stupid. Liu Jing naturally knows the priorities. After thinking for a while, he said, "Send the order, let our Ruifeng Battalion line up 20 feet behind the defense line, ready to support the brothers of Shizhu Division at any time. Let the Jinfeng Battalion line up in front of the big tent, ready to replace the Ruifeng Battalion. All other battalions, retreat to the back of the big tent to rest, and it is strictly forbidden to run out of the camp! Violators will be beheaded!"
"Yes, sir!"
He had just given the order when he looked up again and saw Sun Chengzong and Liu Shimin already dressed in their uniforms and coming to his side.
"Lord Sun, Ambassador Liu." Along the way, Liu Jing had been extremely satisfied with these two military supervisors: he had fought in battles all his life, and had come into contact with at least a dozen civil servants and eunuchs. He had never seen anyone like these two who could share the joys and sorrows with the fighting Han people. So at this time, although they were only a few dozen meters away from the front line, Liu Jing did not ask them to go to the rear for temporary shelter.
"How is the battle going?"
"The bandits must have sent out the Burmese king's personal army this time. Their fighting power is much stronger than the cannon fodder of more than ten days. And they chose the right time. After all, they have been fighting for more than ten days without launching a night attack. So this time the bandits successfully got under our low wall. But..." Liu Jing said with great admiration: "Ma Xuanfu has good soldiers! They are not afraid of danger, and they can quickly organize to fight back against the bandits. Even my family servants are no better than this."
After sighing, Liu Jing raised his finger and said, "Master Sun, Ambassador Liu, please look, the soldiers of Shizhu are all brave and their cooperation is tacit. That unstoppable general really makes people feel that thousands of troops are afraid of him!"
Just as Sun Chengzong and Liu Shimin followed Liu Jing's finger and searched from afar with their hands on the awning, a tall man with a bloody face hurried over and said, "I, Ma Qiancheng, pay my respects to all the lords ! I failed to guard against the thieves' night attack and allowed them to approach the low wall. I am guilty of death!"
"Haha, Ma Xuanfu, what's the big deal? After more than ten days, we have been paralyzed by the thieves. But your soldiers are really good! I am so envious of them!"
After looking at Liu Jing with gratitude, Ma Qiancheng turned around and looked at Sun Chengzong.
"Hahaha, Ma Xuanfu, who is that fierce general?"
"Who? Uh... Lord Sun, that's my wife!"
"ah?!"
Time slowly came to the hour of Chen, the sun jumped out of the clouds, and the battlefield that had been fighting all night slowly quieted down. After leaving behind more than 2,000 corpses, the Burmese army retreated again.
"Calculate our casualties and pull down the bodies of our fallen brothers. Hurry down and treat the injured brothers. The Sharp Front Battalion will take over the low wall and have the auxiliary troops at the back come up to repair the damaged wall..."
Here, Liu Jing began to command the soldiers of Sichuan Town to clean up the battlefield and replace the Shizhu soldiers who had been fighting all night. On the other side, Sun Chengzong and Liu Shimin were amazed at Qin Liangyu.
"Alas, when I was a child, I listened to storytelling from my hometown. When it came to Mu Guiying in the Yang Family Generals, I felt that there were many exaggerations. I wondered how this woman could be so powerful that all the famous generals were no match for her! Haha! Today, when I met Madam Ma, I realized that Mu Guiying might not be a fictional person!"
"Yes, yes." Liu Shimin also smiled and stroked his chest: "Today, I have learned a lot . When I return to the palace, I can brag about it for two or three years!"
Outside of China, there are barbarians, but there are also capable fighters among the barbarians. As for tonight's battle, the Burmese army really spent a lot of money to make this night attack a success.
Tens of thousands of cannon fodder were sent to die for more than ten consecutive days, and more than 5,000 people died on the spot. Some elite soldiers dug pits near the low wall and half buried themselves during the charge yesterday, using the cover of cannon fodder, so as to knock out the sentries sent by the Ming army at night... All these were done to constantly paralyze the Ming army for tonight's thunderous attack!
Unfortunately, although they successfully reached the low wall, they still failed to gain any advantage in the face of the brave and combative white-pole soldiers.
During this process, Qin Liangyu, who was outstanding in personal martial arts, shined. In this field battle, at least thirty to fifty elite Burmese soldiers died at her hands. It was precisely because of her bravery that any Burmese general who dared to stand up and organize his own soldiers was killed by her, which made the Burmese army's night attack unable to form a key attack. This effectively protected the overall defense line of the Ming army!
But no matter what, it was a serious military mistake to let the enemy touch the low wall before reacting. So Ma Qiancheng quickly apologized after seeing Sun Chengzong and others.
However, neither Sun Chengzong nor Liu Shimin intended to pursue the matter. Instead, they praised Qin Liangyu and lightly let the matter slip.
Just when Ma Qiancheng was breathing a sigh of relief, one of Liu Jing's personal soldiers hurried into the tent and said, "My Lords, my commander ordered me to come here to report that the bandit Red Barbarians have set out!"
