Nanming Engineer

Chapter 248 The Huiren Village in the Qinling Mountains
Ren Zhen was killed by piercing the chest with four long spears. The moment he saw Chen De's head, he knew that the situation was over and there was no way back.

He wanted to surrender, but before he could throw down his weapon, he was stabbed to death by the surrounding white-robed soldiers. At the moment of dying, he was still thinking in his mind, when did the Ming army have such a strong army, Who is the main general, why have I never heard of it?Didn’t the capable generals and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty turn into bones at the foot of Songshan Mountain in Liaodong?

No one gave him an answer, the cold gun blade sliced ​​open his body, as easy as cutting tofu, and the warm blood column rushed to the sky, dissipating his vitality, leaving a godless skin on the ground.

"The old rule is that each person carries a bag of food, and burns all the rest!" Wang Huan wiped the blood on the blade of the spear in his hand, and gave an order calmly.

The Kuizhou army are all soldiers who are used to walking on mountain roads, and they can cross mountains and mountains with a bag of tens of catties of rice after being fully armed, but the speed is much slower.

The grain carts scattered on the official road were put on dry wood, and a big fire was lit. In the raging fire, just like when it appeared, the Kuizhou army quickly disappeared into the vast mountains.

When the Qing troops in Feng County saw the huge plume of smoke rising over the valley road, they immediately felt something bad. They immediately ordered their troops and went into the valley to check. When they cautiously arrived at the place where the plume of smoke rose, they saw only corpses and burned objects all over the ground. The grain carts turned into ashes, not even the shadow of the Kuizhou army.

Looking at the corpses all over the place, the generals of the Qing army were secretly startled, and Zhang Jing, who led the team, gasped even more. In a short period of time, all the soldiers and horses of the Han army were killed. , asked the surviving laborers, and learned that all this was actually done by a group of Ming soldiers. In the Hanzhong area, except for the group of Ming soldiers who ran from Yinping Road, there will be no more activities under the banner of the Ming army. It must be a good thing they did.

Looking at the towering mountains on both sides of the official road, the trees are densely covered and steep and difficult to walk. How did the Ming army come and how did they go? The laborers said that the Ming army had thousands of people. How could it be possible for such troops to march on such terrain? Could it be that they were all monkeys?

If you don’t want to believe in labor, but at both ends of the official road, there is Dasan Pass on one side and Feng County on the other. Both are guarded by Qing soldiers. It is impossible for the Ming army to pass through. The words of labor are highly credible.

So after collecting the bodies of the war dead, the Qing soldiers immediately sent a team of fast horses to Xi'an, asking Meng Qiaofang to send more food and grass as soon as possible; the other team went to Ankang and informed Tan Bai that the food was gone again, so tighten your belts; Then the brigade turned around and went back to Hanzhong to report to Marahi.

The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were busy in a mess, but Wang Huan ran happily on the Qinling Mountains. He lived in Shizhu for more than a year, and his physical fitness has improved a lot. , although not as good as the white soldiers who have been climbing mountains since they can walk, it is still possible to keep up with the speed of the brigade.

"My lord, it's really fun to fight like this." Zu Bian followed him with a smile on his face, and said with a smile on his face, "We fought a battle without anyone noticing it, and turned around and left after winning, never wanting to fight. Let the tartars suffer and there is no reason to reason, and if they can't catch up and find them, they will be mad at those grandchildren."

A native of the north at the ancestral border, he is not used to walking on mountain roads. Although he is physically strong, he can't carry heavy loads over the mountains. He is currently bare-chested, carrying his ghost-headed knife, and his whole body is relaxed. Even the armor is helped by a white soldier. Carried on his back, just like this, he can barely follow behind Wang Huan's buttocks.

Wang Huan smiled and said calmly: "This is pediatrics. There is a master. He is a master of guerrilla warfare. There are sixteen-character mantras passed down in the world: When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we fight; The enemy retreats and we pursue. These sixteen characters are the great art of military strategy, and if you understand the profound meaning of it, you can call it a great achievement in the art of war."

Zu Bian, Ma Long, Zhang Jianchun and others listened attentively, and silently recited it several times in their hearts, all of them showed surprise in their eyes. Just take your time.

Ma Long walked and said in admiration: "The one who said this must be a great sage, my lord, isn't it your master? Only such an expert can say such golden words."

Wang Huan sweated, and thought that it would be great if he could be my master, but it's a pity that he doesn't have such a blessing.

Hurriedly yelling two haha, and perfunctory, everyone saw him like this, and they became more and more convinced that this must be the case.

The team of 6000 people formed a straight line with a distance of several miles between the head and the tail. They walked through the shade of trees among the mountains, climbed several mountains, and gradually came to a hidden valley in the Qinling Mountains when it was dark.

This place is already close to Gansu, separated from Gongchang Mansion in Longxi by a mountain, and belongs to the communication place between the two provinces, with few people.

However, after turning out of the woods, as soon as you enter the valley, your eyes suddenly open up. Surrounded by mountains, the valley is flat. A clear small river flows from a distant mountain stream, winding through the entire valley bottom. On both sides of the small river, the fields planted in early spring The wheat is just taking shape and swaying in the wind. Dozens of thatched houses are dotted among the fields, and some fruit trees and vegetable fields are planted in front of and behind the houses. With wild flowers blooming and smoke bursting, it is as beautiful as a picture scroll of a peach blossom garden.

"It's really like the Longevity Valley here." Ma Long was almost fascinated, and sighed sincerely: "It was also like this when we reclaimed the Longevity Valley."

Zu Bian shook his head, and said in disbelief, "I never thought there would be such a valley with abundant water and grass in the yellow land of Shaanxi. My lord, how did you find it?"

Wang Huan smiled, shook his head and said: "This place is so secret, how can I find it, the people inside are looking for me."

He clapped his hands, and two soldiers dressed in white soldiers stepped forward, respectfully bowed to Wang Huan and said, "My lord, may we go in and tell Lord Ding first, so that we can make preparations?"

The clothes and armor worn by these two people are the same as those of ordinary Kuizhou soldiers. The only difference is that after taking off their iron helmets, their heads are not tied with buns like ordinary people, but are wrapped with a piece of white cloth. .

Wang Huan waved his hand and said, "That's fine, you guys go and report it, lest there be any misunderstanding due to our large number of people."

The two bowed deeply, then turned around and left quickly, running towards the valley.

After the two left, Wang Huan immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing and rest on the spot at the entrance of the valley. At the same time, he put the rice bags carried by each person in front to form a hill.

Zu Bian and the others were still in the dark, ignorant of what was going on, Zu Bian couldn't hold back, and after a while he couldn't help asking: "Master, you are so cautious and don't go in rashly, what is the origin of this village? How can you be so courteous?"

Wang Huan glared: "When you say this, do you mean that I am not polite at all?"

Zu Bian waved his hands hurriedly and said awkwardly: "Don't dare, I'm just curious, just curious."

Ma Long hurriedly came to the rescue and said: "Sir, I noticed that the two people who left just now had their heads wrapped in white cloth. They were different from ordinary people. Could it be that they were Hui people?"

Wang Huan turned his head in surprise, and asked, "Huh? Do you know how to get back?"

Ma Long looked at him strangely, and said, "You know, there are many generals in this dynasty, such as Ma Wensheng, the veteran of the Five Dynasties in the Chenghua and Zhengde years, Ma Gui, the anti-Japanese general in the Wanli period, and so on, which are widely spread."

"Oh?" Wang Huan gained insight. He originally thought that the Hui people lived in the northwest and had little involvement in the change of dynasties in the Central Plains. Especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, apart from a big event that was about to happen, there should not be many people from the Central Plains who had contact with the Hui people. But I don't know that in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the officials and generals of the Hui people also had a rich stroke.

So Wang Huan coughed, turned his eyes to the village in the valley and said, "Yes, they are Hui people. This valley is also a Hui village. I asked the two Hui soldiers in our army to bring us here." road."

He looked left and right, met everyone's confused eyes, and continued, "Because we came here to meet two people. These two people play a very important role in our fight against the Qing Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)