Nanming Engineer

Chapter 434 Mountains
"Pfft!"

A lingering flame gave off its last flame in the drizzle, which was then extinguished by water droplets, leaving a wisp of light black smoke floating in the air.

Qi Nihafan Zuo Menggeng, the first-class elite of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army of the Qing Dynasty, stretched out his hand and slapped his nose, dispelling the wisp of smoke in disgust, then touched his cheek, and looked around.

All around him, corpses of Qing soldiers were lying in a pool of blood, without breath, Zuo Menggeng had nowhere to set his feet, and if he walked in any direction, he would step on the dead, which made him frown, so he had no choice but to step on it casually. On the corpse that had not yet become stiff, the bottom of the military boots rubbed and squeezed against the corpse, making a "creaking" sound, as if a mouse was gnawing on it.

The sun at noon occasionally showed half of its face among the thick clouds, illuminating the mountain col with beams of less intense sunlight. Thin and dense drizzle sprinkled from the sky, dancing in the sunshine, which was extremely gorgeous. The weather, which is half rainy and half sunny, appears in the sky in Jinzhong.

But at this moment, Zuo Menggeng didn't have the heart to appreciate this rare beauty. In the beautiful scenery, being rushed by the strong smell of blood in the air was dull, but there was a kind of thrilling horror in it.

Zuo Mengeng carefully wrapped his cloak tightly, avoiding a spear stuck upside down on the head of an unlucky Qing soldier, and walked to the edge of a collapsed tent, where several people wearing general uniforms were squatting. , Seeing him coming, they all stood up.

"Master!" they said respectfully.

Zuo Mengeng nodded and asked, "Found it?"

"It should be this corpse." One person replied: "Although the head was cut off, according to the guards in Liu Zeqing's army, there was a horizontal wound on his left arm, which was an old wound when he was in Liaodong. There was an arrow wound in the shape of a plum blossom, and these two wounds appeared on the corpse at the same time, and the corpse held Liu Zeqing's usual long knife, with the word Jingwu on the knife, so there is no mistake."

"Then drag it away, this lewd rain is falling, it's very uncomfortable, don't let him suffer in the rain." Zuo Menggeng sighed, shook his head and said: "Find a coffin and drag it back to his family."

Several people agreed and called the soldiers who were patrolling around to get started.

Zuo Menggeng looked around again, he probably didn't want to stay in the rain for a long time, so after staying for a while, he stepped over the pile of corpses and walked towards a remnant house.

This house is the best one in the bandit's den, and it was also Liu Zeqing's residence last night. Apart from being a little messy inside, there is no major damage. It can be used to rest, but it can also be used.

When Zuo Menggeng went in, some soldiers brought him a chair, set up a square table, and put a bamboo kettle on it.

Zuo Menggeng drank saliva, rinsed his mouth, and went to get rid of the blood that he smelled in his mouth just now. As soon as he spit it out, he saw two big men coming in.

The people who came were the generals of the army, Zhang Yingxiang and Xu Ensheng. These two men had served with the Zuo family since his father Zuo Liangyu's time. Without these veteran generals, Zuo Menggeng might not be able to control the huge Zuo family army.

"Two generals, how is the situation?" Zuo Menggeng stood up and asked Su Rong.

The two wiped the rain off their faces, looked at each other, frowned and shook their heads.

Zhang Yingxiang said: "Commander, the opponent's movements are very quick. No wonder Liu Zeqing underestimated the enemy and was incompetent. We found many corpses of soldiers in front of the mountain and in front of the village. It should be the secret sentry sent out by Liu Zeqing. They were all killed by cutting their throats , didn’t even struggle before death.”

Xu Ensheng said: "Also, judging from the fighting situation in front of the wall, the Ming army who attacked at night didn't delay, they just turned over from the wall. Jump over, but the difficulty is that there are more than 2 soldiers in the camp. No matter how powerful the night attack is, it is impossible not to disturb the people in the camp. They broke up without resisting for half an hour. I asked the defeated soldiers. They said that they heard screams outside in their sleep. When they went out, they saw people running all over the mountain. There were white armored soldiers hacking and killing like ghosts. Too frightened to resist, the entire camp collapsed."

After the two of them finished talking, Zuo Menggeng had already ordered two chairs to be set up for the second general to sit down, and he just said anxiously: "So, Liu Zeqing didn't do anything wrong with the battle, but the opponent was too strong?"

Xu Ensheng is the oldest among the three. When Zuo Liangyu was still a general under Hou Xun, he had already served as the general flag in the army. He had fought more battles than Zuo Mengeng had ever seen. many.

Now when it comes to military affairs, he has the most right to speak, so I only heard him say: "It is true, anyone can do a sneak attack at night, but the difference lies in the organization of his own people. I don't know, to find Liu Zeqing's camp accurately, you have to find and clear the secret sentinels, and then attack the center in one go, disintegrate the fighting spirit of 2 people in an instant, and take the head of the general. This ability is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Arrived."

Zuo Menggeng's frown deepened: "General Xu said that the Ming army at Shiling Pass is so powerful?"

Xu Ensheng twisted his neck anxiously, and said sadly, "I'm afraid that's the case!"

Zuo Menggeng's face turned pale, and the body sitting on the chair was a little shorter: "I didn't expect that after Huang Degong, the Ming Dynasty would have such a strong army. It was a surprise. No wonder Boluo would die here."

Zhang Yingxiang looked at the two of them, his face trembled, and he said loudly: "Master Zuo, General Xu, although the Ming army is strong, they are no match for four hands. It means that they are really invincible, even if they are all ten enemies, and the regent leads an army of one hundred thousand, they will be crushed to death, so why be afraid?!"

Zuo Menggeng smiled bitterly, and said to Zhang Yingxiang: "That's true, but now we are the second army here, and the regent is still in Xinzhou, a hundred miles away, and the heavy rain is difficult. In terms of the situation, we are now with Liu Zeqing. Not much difference."

Zhang Yingxiang waved his hand: "Don't worry, Commander Zuo! Now that we know the methods of the Ming army, we can take precautions. Tonight we will choose a place to camp, leave half of the people awake, and dig a pit to wait for him. If the Ming army comes back again Come to steal the camp, just to catch a turtle in the urn, and kill him without leaving a piece of armor, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"

Xu Ensheng was overjoyed, and said happily: "This is good! Just plan, I am afraid that the Ming army will not come, and our army has 2 people. Even if we fight against the enemy, we will not be afraid. , It's hard to guess, the Ming army will definitely be fooled!"

Zuo Menggeng looked at the two of them, he was a person with few opinions, and when he heard what the two said was reasonable, he readily agreed, and the three of them sat down and began to discuss where to set up camp.

Before finishing a few words, there was a commotion outside, there was a huge roar, the whole house was shaking, the dust on the beams fell straight down, and three people fell on them.

The three of them got up in a hurry, and before they could go out, they saw a soldier stumbling in, without any salute, they shouted eagerly: "Commander, Commander, it's not good! The Ming army is attacking from outside! "

"What?" The three of them changed color at the same time, and cold sweat broke out from Zuo Menggeng's forehead.

(End of this chapter)