Nanming Engineer

Chapter 241 Battle in Hanzhong ([-])
The preparations of the Qing army were very high-grade. Less than a quarter of an hour later, Tuge had already left the city gate with 600 cavalry, because considering the relationship between the defenders, his men were not all the troops and horses under his command. People guard the city.Among the 600 people who were taken away, one hundred white Jiaba Yala guards were to be taken, and among the other 500 people were [-] red Baya soldiers and [-] vests.

Six hundred strong horses struck the ground with their iron hoofs, roaring and galloping across the land of Guanxi, stirring up smoke and dust from Lao Gao. Tuge was riding high on a fat yellow horse in front of him, with a helmet on his head and armor on his head, looking arrogant.

He was a little excited, slightly agitated, holding the rein tightly with his hand, and an emotion that was about to reap great achievements filled his brain. In his opinion, the soldiers and horses of the Ming army except Liaodong were worthy of a battle. In addition, since entering the customs, I have never encountered a decent opponent. When the southern barbarians went to the battle, they would randomly release birds and guns from a long distance away. They will collapse; or they will not even let go of the bird system, and the two sides will run away when they meet each other, without the appearance of an army at all.

Even the Zhang Xianzhong army horse he met a few days ago was inferior, Tu Ge thought so, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Thousands of Ming troops?So what, even if there are more than a thousand people, three thousand four thousand is not just a number, it is different from combat power. Although my Eight Banners have only 600 people, they are more than enough, and it is easy to break them. Those cowards, when they are strong and brave In front of the soldiers, he will immediately show his original shape and run away.

Almost everyone in the Six Hundred and Eight Banners thinks this way. They are very relaxed, as if what they are about to face is not a fight with several times the number of enemy troops, but to hunt, drive, capture, and enter the customs The experience of many battles over the past year told them that the Ming army in Guannei was like this.

The Qing Dynasty was invincible in field battles and unparalleled in siege. If it weren't for the relatively small population, it would have occupied Kyushu of China long ago. How could the small court of the Southern Man be allowed to linger in the south.

The distance of fifty miles was measured by the horseshoe, and it was reached in an instant. Far away, the low-rise buildings of Fangjiaji appeared in front of my eyes.

Fangjiaji, a common Zhuangzi in Kansai, has a radius of one mile and more than a hundred households. There is a long circular rammed earth wall around Zhuangzi. A ditch about [-] zhang wide was dug outside, about [-] chi deep, there was no water in the ditch, there were doors in front and back of the wall, and a wooden suspension bridge above it, which was suspended with ropes, and it was in a state of being pulled up high at the moment.

Tuge reined in his horse more than ten feet away from Zhuangzi and stopped the whole army because he felt something was wrong.

Too quiet.

There was not even a single sound in the whole Zhuangzi, it was so quiet that one would think it was a deserted and uninhabited village.

There was no sound of weapons colliding, no roaring and fighting, and no sound of screams and pain. The weather was clear and there was not even the sound of wind.

Tu Ge didn't feel weird, only anger in his heart.

Burning anger rose in his heart, flowed along the blood vessels to the four meridians, ignited every cell in his body, and then rushed straight to the top of his head.

Damn, there was no sound, only one explanation, that gang of bastard Ming soldiers killed all the centurions that went in, leaving no one alive to escape.

"Go, run around this village and see if there are any abnormalities around." Tuge ordered, and the long knife was unsheathed with a "swipe", and his face was covered with frost.

Two Bashiku agreed, one on the left and one on the right, and led a group of people along the two sides separately.

Tuge looked up at the tall watchtower Fang Jiaji stood inside the wall, and there was no one on it.

He got off his horse, stood firmly on the ground, frowned and looked at Fang Jiaji. The bannermen behind him got off their horses and gathered behind him.

Not long after, two groups of Qing soldiers riding around the village, one on the left and one on the right, met at the other end of the village. They found nothing. There were no ghosts outside the village, and they didn't meet anyone. The two groups joined forces and guarded the village. At the back door of Fangjiaji, he sent someone back to report the news to Tuge.

Tuge soon received the report from Pegasus, and his brows frowned even deeper. He called the vest that reported the message at first, and asked, "Did you really go in here and meet the Ming army?"

The vest replied affirmatively: "That's right, it's here. When the little one ran out, this suspension bridge was put down, otherwise the little one wouldn't be able to get out."

Tuge nodded thoughtfully, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said bitterly: "The suspension bridge on the other side is also pulled up, and the dog is still inside! It can't be wrong!"

"Bold and reckless, these southern barbarians are really hateful, my lord, let's go in, maybe we can save a few brothers!"

"Sir, you came too quickly. The Ming dogs must not have time to retreat and hide inside!"

"Sir, attack and kill those southern barbarians, otherwise you will not be able to explain to Prince Su."

The people around him suggested to Tu Ge that they were equally annoyed and filled with righteous indignation.

Tuge actually still had concerns. If six hundred cavalry attacked thousands of Ming troops in a field battle, he would have no fear. He would be absolutely sure of victory. However, the Ming troops were hiding in Zhuangzi, where the terrain was unknown and there were many Ming troops. The risk was high.

In particular, this village is surrounded by moats, and it is impossible to get in unless you dismount and fight on foot. The wooden boards used for the suspension bridge are riddled with holes.

After hesitating for a moment, the consciousness of the powerful army defeated his reason. Tuge gritted his teeth, raised his sword high, and shouted sternly: "Dismount the whole army, follow me to fight on foot, we rush in and chop off the heads of the Nanman!"

Hundreds of people behind him shouted in unison: "Kill!" They got off their horses one after another, drawing weapons, bows and arrows in their hands.

Tuge looked at the two white-armored soldiers beside him. The two men understood what they were thinking, and they stepped forward in unison, bowed their bows and set their arrows.

The suspension bridge was originally hoisted by hemp ropes. As soon as the arrow arrived, it hit the rope impartially. When the rope broke, the suspension bridge lost its support. a channel.

Tu Ge waved his hand, and the bannermen behind him filed forward, shouting Manchu and rushed over.

At the front are two strong and healthy white armored soldiers. They wear hoods and chain mail inside. The iron leaves on the surface of the armor are painted white, clearly distinguishing them from other soldiers, showing the special status.The two kicked open the vacant villa gate one by one, and rushed in first.

Tuge rushed into Zhuangzi following the banner soldiers in front of him, and he saw a loess alley. On both sides of the alley, there were low thatched houses. Occasionally, one or two brick houses were sandwiched between them, which made them look very spacious. In the alley or in the houses on both sides, it was lifeless and lifeless.

The flag soldiers swung their long knives and sticks, smashed open the doors on both sides, and went in to search. A Bashiku took two steps forward, twisted a piece of red soil on the ground, and smelled it on his nose. Hearing that, he frowned and said to Tu Ge behind him, "It's blood!"

In fact, it goes without saying that anyone with eyes can see that the ground of this loess alley is full of bright red blood. Because it hasn't been too long, the color of the blood has not turned black, but it is still bright red, which shows that this alley Among them, a bloody battle just took place not long ago.

The strange thing is, apart from the bloodstains, there was no body, not even a piece of armor or a weapon. The bannermen who rushed into the huts on both sides came out with nothing, shaking their heads and reporting that there was no one in the house.

Tu Ge felt strange, looking at this posture, his soldiers were more likely to be in danger than good, but why did the Ming army take their bodies away?It would be a waste to take it back and ask for credit and beheading. How troublesome it is to remove the corpse.

"Rush forward, look ahead." Tuge made a decisive decision and urged the banner soldiers to move forward. It seems that after the Ming army ambushed their own people, they ran away with the corpses. It's cumbersome, it must not be far away, there must be remnants of the Ming army in this village, and now the front and rear gates of the village are blocked, they can't escape!
The bloodstains on the ground continued to move forward along the path in the middle of Zhuangzi. The Qing soldiers gnashed their teeth and ran all the way, and soon passed through this short alley and arrived at the center of Fangjiaji.

This is a large open space with an earthen platform on one side, which seems to be the place where the rich families in the village invite troupes to perform big plays during the slack season on weekdays. The earthen platform is not high, reaching to the waist of ordinary people. But at this time, the table was full of things.

All corpses.

The corpses of nearly a hundred Qing soldiers, stripped naked, were piled up on the earthen platform, forming a hill like a Jingguan, with blood dripping in all directions.

Many corpses still stared at the sky as if they were dying.

"Ah~~!" Tuge roared, stepped forward quickly, ran to the pile of corpses, and yelled like crazy: "Damn Nanman, cowardly Minggu! How dare you treat our soldiers like this!"

The clothes and armor on these corpses were all stripped off, not even close-fitting clothing. Their bodies were naked, like pigs that had been depilated. The mouth, as small as the holes of a gun, is densely packed and countless. I don't know what kind of killing they suffered to have so many wounds.

"Search! Search carefully!" Tuge roared: "There must be some Ming soldiers in this village who have not escaped. They found every inch of cut meat!"

The Qing soldiers who followed him into the village were all very angry, and were about to agree, but when they heard the door of the village coming to the village, there was a sudden burst of noise like fried beans.

The shouts of countless Han people sounded at the gate of the village: "Kill the Tartars!"

Tuge was startled when he heard the sound, and his angry face became even more angry, these Nanban were too arrogant, hiding in this village and laying an ambush, could they really win the Eight Banners Army with these indiscriminate means?The Eight Banners Army is invincible in field battles, and of course it is even more invincible in melee combat. I brought 600 people here, which is enough to strangle the ambush army here.

"Don't panic, the white armored soldiers will follow me forward, open the gate on the other side, and let the outsiders come in. The rest, in a team of ten, will disperse into the village and fight in the melee. If they encounter the Ming army, they will kill them and leave no one alive!" Tuge deployed calmly, without any panic.

He didn't notice that around the open space, in the dark windows and broken doors of the thatched houses, and in the alleys among the houses on all sides, there were bird barrels and mountain crossbows sticking out.

(End of this chapter)