Dashun Yongchang

Jiannu, who was shaking the barbed wire fence, couldn't help but look back when he heard the movement behind him, but he could only see a piece of flesh and blood, dyeing the flat ground into a blood-colored carpet.Even Ba Yala, the bravest in the Eight Banners Army, couldn't help hesitating when he saw this scene.

It's just that the Shun army's musket shooting did not stop, and the heavy arquebus gunners once again lined up at the front of the queue.Although the white smoke of gunpowder obscured their sight, the antlers were no more than five steps away from the barbed wire. At this distance, the figure lying on the barbed wire could still be seen. The musketeers made a subconscious aiming action, and then buckled the matchlock .

This time, Hetuo's luck was not so good. He was trying to forcefully pull back with the wire between his arms, but was hit in the chest by a heavy lead bullet, and a hole appeared in his chest immediately, and then he lost After losing consciousness, a red liquid began to slowly flow out of the hole.

Although He Tuo let go of his hand, the barbs on the barbed wire grabbed his cloth face, preventing him from falling down.This is where the trickiest thing about barbed wire is that it snags on anything soft and prevents you from going through it.No matter how strong a person is, there is nothing they can do with this kind of iron wire with a certain degree of toughness. On the battlefield, it not only prevents you from passing, but also makes you a living target.

Losing the support of the archers in the rear, He Tuo died in battle again.The five or six Jian slaves who managed to survive in front of the barbed wire finally felt frightened, turned around and fled towards the gate.They didn't care, and even bumped into their companions who were about to enter the gate.

Jiannu's first attack failed under the pincers of muskets and cannons. Seeing this, Gao Sheng finally stopped the musketeers' shooting. boundary.

Gadahun on the zigzag slope forcibly stopped the escaped Bayala soldiers. Facing the frightened few people, he was so angry that he almost wanted to execute the leader immediately, but the soldiers on the side stopped him he.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, when the soldiers on the side persuaded him to retreat to the bottom to regroup, Kadahun, who was standing against the cliff, looked at the top of his head, and still gritted his teeth and said: "If you retreat now, it will be impossible to attack again, because If our morale declines, the morale of the other side will definitely increase. If they can hold on, can we still confront them in this icy world?

Right now, either attack again, or simply withdraw to the town and admit defeat in this battle.Otherwise, we will be dragged down alive by these southern barbarians.However, if we just leave Hetuo and their bodies behind, how can we hold our heads up when we go back?There are nearly 40 Ba Yala, and this is half a Niulu. How many Ba Yala Niulu are there in total for my red flag?

I want to attack again, either bring He Tuo and them back, or die here. "

Seeing that the situation was not right, Ahanikan who had just come up from below just heard Gadahun's words, he couldn't help but feel tighter, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Zhu Zhangjing, you can't break here. Why don't you hold the line for me?" , I'll take someone to charge once."

Kadahun's eyes were already red at this time, and he was unwilling to listen to Ahanikan's persuasion. He said loudly: "When your people and my people change positions, it will be dawn. These Nanban are waiting now. At dawn, it will be even more difficult for us to attack. I will personally lead the team and form a rattan array to reach the gunners inside. The archers will suppress the artillery positions and kill the gunners. You can transfer 20 rattan players to I, and then continue to suppress the Nanban above."

Seeing this, Ahanikan had no choice but to agree. While mobilizing the rattan players behind him, he said to Kadahun: "Qi Zhangjing, if it is not feasible, then retreat. If you retreat in the dark, these Nanmans will not Those who dare to pursue..."

But Kadahun interrupted his words, listened carefully, and said, "Did you hear any sounds?"

Ahanikan calmed down and listened, and then said: "It seems that there is a sound of fighting in the north."

Ga Dahun said: "It should be Alxa and the others who made the move, and they are about to take advantage of this opportunity to attack..."

When Gadahun was organizing an attack below, Li Dadou, a hundred households on the stone wall here, also ran to Gao Sheng and asked him for instructions: "Why don't we drop the iron watermelon and iron cantaloupe now, Jiannu will definitely not expect it Until we still have this thing that can attack them."

Gao Sheng hesitated at this time. Before, he only thought about being able to repel the attacking enemies, but after seeing Jian Nu's inability to resist the gunpowder weapon in his hand, he couldn't help but have other thoughts in his mind.

He was originally just a policeman in Tai'an City. Although he had studied in a private school for several years, he was not qualified for the imperial examination as a son of a public family, so he could only take over his father's class honestly.When the Dashunyi Army entered Shandong, he followed Wang Zhixiang and raised troops to respond, and got the official position of the General Banner.

If there are no accidents, he should be honest and slowly gain qualifications under Wang Zhixiang's hands.But when Li Zicheng went south, he was selected by Wang Zhixiang to go to Jining for a 40-day short-term military training, and was received by Li Zicheng.This short-term military training had a great impact on him. On the one hand, it allowed him to acquire a lot of military engineering knowledge and common sense of science; on the other hand, it allowed him to see the world beyond Tai'an.

Compared with being a small officer under Wang Zhixiang, he felt that working with Li Zicheng was obviously more promising.This is not his only thought. Almost all the students who participated in the training class think so.Especially at the end of the training class, Wang Zhixiang did not reuse him, and sent him to serve as the general manager of Qiaolingqian Village, which made him feel excluded.

For example, the supplies in Qiaolingqian Village were not provided by Wang Zhixiang, but were allocated directly by the Marshal's Mansion through the logistics department.He wrote letters with those students in the training class, and found that Wang Zhixiang even withheld part of the army's rations.This was naturally a normal thing in the past, but after inquiring about the treatment of officers in the regular army of the Shun Army, Gao Sheng felt a little unbalanced, so he has been working hard, trying to transfer from under Wang Zhixiang to the troops directly under the Marshal's Mansion to go.

But now wanting to join the directly subordinate troops is not as casual as before, and even some rebel troops have been abolished or downgraded.However, there is a kind of people, the Marshal's Mansion has always opened the door, that is, grassroots officers and soldiers with military merits.Thinking of this, Gao Sheng couldn't help but want to take another gamble, betting that Jiannu would not give up and retreat so easily.

So he said to Li Dadou: "Wait a little longer, Jiannu may launch another attack. At that time, the Jiannu on the mountain road will be more dense, and our battle results will be more brilliant. You pay attention to my orders , as long as I start throwing iron watermelons here, you can start throwing people out..."

Li Daedou was dubious about Gao Sheng's statement, and he felt that it was already very good to scare Jiannu away with an iron watermelon.If Jiannu had just retreated like this, they wouldn't even have a chance to throw the iron watermelon.

However, Gao Sheng's waiting was fruitful. While the two were talking, a circle surrounded by rattan boards appeared beside the gate.Gao Sheng quickly stood up to observe, and then asked Li Daedou to return to his position.

It's just that the circular array got stuck at the gate, and didn't go in hastily.Just when Gao Sheng was wondering what these slaves were up to, he saw the rattan plaque on the top of the circle suddenly removed, and then four or five archers appeared, standing in the middle of the gate and shooting continuously towards the stone wall.Several soldiers standing by the cannon were caught off guard for a moment and were shot down to the ground.

Gao Sheng retreated towards the wooden wall on the side, and at the same time shouted loudly to the soldiers beside the cannon: "Squat down, squat down, hide behind the horse's face..."

Chapter 314 Night Attack Five

Ga Dahun, who was standing among the rattan players, took a look at the situation inside the gate, and felt his scalp tingling for a while.The ramp has an angle at the gate, changing from west to north.That is to say, people standing outside the door can only see the cliffs and stone walls inside the door, and only when they enter the door and turn around can they see the real face of Yukou.

The Shun army took advantage of this and set up a structure similar to an urn inside the gate.But what is worse than the Wengcheng is that although the barbed wire fence on the front prevents the attackers from advancing, it does not prevent the defenders from shooting with firecrackers. In addition, this gradually opening and upward terrain gives the defenders the greatest advantage. .

Kadahun, who was rich in combat experience, quickly came to a view that was similar to Hetuo's. The barbed wire had to be cut down and rushed into the hands of the firecrackers to break the deadlock, otherwise they could only stay here as living targets.

However, Kadahun was calmer than Hetuo. He had heard the description of the barbed wire fence by the ax soldiers who had fled back, and he knew that cutting the wire directly would not break it, because the wire was elastic and hard to break.After seeing the real thing, he quickly thought of two ideas.

Gadahun said to the two Niulu Zhangjing beside him: "Tusab, you move forward with the rattan armored soldiers, close to the barbed wire, first cut off a column, and then use a long weapon to pry open the barbed wire to make a piece that can pass through. As long as one or two people rush into the firecrackers at the entrance of the people's cave, the barbarians will be in chaos.

Tenzin Dorje, you command the archers, continue to suppress the right side, you can't let the barbarians fire the cannons, and the rest of the people shoot the gunmen to disturb them.Act fast, in this weather, archers can't shoot many arrows..."

Tusab and Tenjindorji were also veterans of the battle, so they naturally knew what Kadahun meant.As soon as the weather is cold, the bow string will become frozen and hardened, and the bow strength will increase. The original 7-9 strength war bow will become 9-11 strength.Although Manchus practice bow and arrow daily with 12 strength as qualified and 15 strength as excellent, this is after all a training requirement. Accuracy and continuity are more important in combat, so the bow strength will be reduced.

In a battle, an archer must be able to shoot 30 arrows, and anyone with more than 30 arrows can be considered as talented.When a 7-9 power war bow becomes a 9-11 power bow, shooting more than 20 arrows in a battle is not bad.Therefore, suppressing the Shun army with bows and arrows is not unlimited. Once the archers are exhausted, they will be in danger.

Tusab and Tenzin Dorji talked for a while, and then commanded their troops to go down, and Kadahun also moved forward with the rattan soldiers.Just because Kadahun stood on the front line, the Bala soldiers who had been demoralized once again mustered up their courage and launched a second attack on the barbed wire fence at the valley entrance.

On the other side, the front of the musketeers led by Zhao Huai was still filled with white smoke. Because there was no wind, it was difficult for the smoke to disappear in a short time.This time, Zhao Huai placed two rows of heavy arquebus gunners at the end of the team, and he paid attention to the lanterns hanging on the roof of the bungalow on his left. One lantern was for standby, two lanterns were for firing, and three lanterns were for ceasefire. .

He paid attention to the instructions with all his attention, ignoring the shouts coming from ahead and the sound of some feathered arrows passing through the barbed wire.Unlike lead bullets that easily pass through the barbed wire with large gaps, the heavy arrows used by Jiannu are one meter long, and it is difficult to pass through the gaps in the barbed wire, and the smoke also obscures the sight of both sides. Jiannu is also shooting blindly. , This also hits the arrow, it can only be bad luck.

And after repelling a Jiannu attack, the soldiers of the Musketeers also began to fall into a mysterious state, that is, as long as they do their jobs well, death will not come.At this time, even if a companion around them falls down, they will not leave their position, because only in the group can they feel that they are safe.

Zhao Huai once again saw that the lanterns had become two, so he once again issued an order to his subordinates to shoot.The stagnant line flowed again. Although some people were unlucky and were actually shot by arrows, soldiers soon entered the line to bring out the wounded, and the vacancy was immediately filled by the latter.

On the other hand, after hearing the muskets start firing again, Gao Sheng also felt that the time was almost ripe.He pointed to the iron ball on the side of the soldier squatting under the horse and shouted: "Light it up and throw it out."

Wang Yuan and Wang Lei subconsciously moved over the nearest iron ball, tore open the oiled paper bag on the protruding part, saw the position of the fire rope inside, took a piece of wood from the brazier, lit the fire rope, and then The two of them worked together to throw an iron ball weighing nearly [-] kilograms over a stone wall that was half a person high.

After the iron ball hit the ground, it continued to roll towards the depression on the flat ground. Although the Jiannu archers who were paying attention here saw a black object thrown from the stone wall, they didn't realize what it was for a while.When they saw that it was just a round object, the archers immediately looked into the stone wall, and according to their calculations, they took turns shooting at the position behind the muzzle.

The iron ball rolled to a corpse and was blocked and stopped immediately. This position was only seven or eight steps away from the rattan soldiers, three or four steps away from Gadahun, and five or six steps away from the surrounding archers. It was quiet for a few minutes. After the breath, the iron ball exploded suddenly.

Gadahun's right calf was broken immediately, and a guard standing beside him was killed immediately.The rattan soldiers who were trying to destroy the barbed wire immediately lost their formation after eating the bomb, and Shunjun's musket shots began to hit the archers behind them without hindrance.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third iron balls were thrown consecutively from the stone wall.On the stone wall at the top of the slope, iron balls, large and small, were continuously thrown out.These iron balls are actually an empty shell made of pig iron, which is filled with gunpowder and iron sand, thus becoming a simple explosive.

In essence, this is no different from Ming mines, but after removing some complex self-igniting devices, the cost of this explosive becomes quite low.Although such explosives are only suitable for defending the city, they also exert the best effect in the environment of Qiaoling and Yukou.

When explosions sounded one after another on the entire zig-zag hillside, there was no need for anyone to issue an order to retreat. The Jiannu soldiers lost their discipline and fled down the mountain one after another. Pushed down the valley.

Ahanikan was very desperate seeing this scene, but he still tried to rush into the gate to rescue Kadahun.But as the cannon inside the door rang again, his soldiers were finally timid, and forced him to retreat back down the mountain. They kept persuading him: "My lord, Mr. Gadahun can't live anymore. You can save him if you go." If you don’t kill him, now my lord has to think about this army. If you are also trapped here, our entire army will really be wiped out..."

When Jiannu began to flee, Gao Sheng did not agree to his subordinates' pursuit request out of caution.One is because it is not easy to open the barbed wire fence, and when the barbed wire fence is opened and lined up to attack, Jiannu has already fled to a safe place; the other is that looking at the cloth masks and helmets worn by these Jiannu, you can know that these are all from Jiannu. Elite, the cotton armor Gao Sheng is wearing is not as good as a small soldier on the other side. If this is a hand-to-hand fight, he thinks that his side will definitely lose.

So Gao Sheng ordered his subordinates to start counting the injured and the consumption of supplies, and sent people to the northern outpost to inquire about the news, and notified the villagers to lift the alarm.Liu Yishi, who was going to the northern outpost soon, ran back and reported to him that although Jiannu was found in the north, Jiannu retreated when he realized that he had been spotted. Two Jiannu who climbed up, One jumped off the cliff on his own initiative, while the other was stabbed to death on the spot.

After the sky was bright, Gao Sheng asked people to open the barbed wire fence, asked the villagers Qing Zhuang to help clear the mountain road, and ordered two nimble soldiers to go down the mountain to investigate, and he brought a team of people who had not participated in the battle to support him.After searching for Crouching Tiger Stone, they saw abandoned supplies all over the floor. It was obvious that Jianu had fled overnight.

Gao Sheng ended the search operation and returned to the village.At noon, two hundreds of households reported to him excitedly, "The found slave heads are 89th level, and they are all real slaves. There are also many Jian slaves who fell into the valley. There are at least three or forty people. We will at least eliminate them this time." It can be said that it is a great victory to build more than 40 slaves. General Manager, we must report the victory to He Shoubei as soon as possible."

The defenders at Yukou killed five people last night, seriously injured three, and slightly injured more than ten people.Gao Sheng thought for a while, this is indeed a great victory, at least it can be compared with Ningyuan's great victory.However, it is not the Ming Dynasty anymore, such a victory may not be very important in the eyes of an old man like Emperor Yongchang, because the two sides are fighting for the world, and the casualties of hundreds of people are nothing at all.

Therefore, what he thinks now is not to repay his superiors, but how to use this victory to win over the relationship with the teacher of the training class.If there is no one in the court, how to be an official, he understood this truth when he was a fast arrester.

However, he would not disgrace the faces of his two subordinates, so he nodded and said: "You guys deal with the head, and I will write a document. In the morning, Liu Baihu, you bring a few strong-footed soldiers to pick the head." Go to Qingshiguan and report victory to the guard..."

After dismissing the two subordinates, Gao Sheng sat in front of the desk in his room, spread out a piece of paper and picked up a brush to write: "Teacher Guo Junjian..."

When Gao Sheng left the official document and reported the night attack to his teacher first, Ahanikan finally stopped the army's fleeing footsteps on the way and began to gather the defeated army.

Then he got a very bad news. Although the 200 Han troops did not go into battle, they also lost 50 or 132 people during their escape. The Han army flag was intact, but the Manchu soldiers lost a total of 23 people. The 70 people with minor injuries were returned.The most unacceptable thing for Ahani was that he lost nearly [-] elites from the Baya Latiao camp in Zhenghongqi, and even lost the capital of Zhangzhang. This was an unprecedented defeat.

Ahani panicked and wanted to commit suicide for a while, but was stopped by the soldiers around him.Then he brought it back to Yanshen Town. If even Ahanikan died, they, the Manchurian soldiers, would be charged with crimes. Everyone understands this truth.

Section 315 Reporting Methods

For Gushan Erzhen Ma Laxi with the red flag, the failure of the attack on Qiaoling was tolerable. After all, it was just a struggle, and there was not much certainty of victory in itself, because their biggest enemy was not the Shun army of Qiaoling. But Qiaoling's geography and winter climate.

But Marahi couldn't figure it out anyway, it was just a sneak attack, and he would suffer such a heavy loss.The worst failure in his mind was the loss of thirty or forty Manchu soldiers, because Qiaoling was just a village, not even Guancheng.Even if the sneak attack failed and was repulsed by the Shun army, it was impossible to cause so many casualties all at once.

Malaxi still understands the power of firecrackers and cannons. After all, Xianhan has been building cannons since he got the firearm tactics of the blacksmith in Guannei and King Sanshun. During the Battle of Songjin, Manchuria's cannons were already overwhelmed. Artillery of the Ming army.

As for the power of firecrackers, although it is not as important as cannons, the Eight Banners, in addition to recruiting Korean musketeers, also set up shotgun soldiers in each banner, but the power of shotguns is still not as powerful as Manchurian longbows and heavy arrows, at least at thirty paces. The heavy arrows from Inner Manchuria can penetrate double armor, but the light and fluffy lead can't.

For the Manchurian soldiers in long armor, even if they stood in place and shot randomly at the Shun army, they would not suffer fatal injuries for a while.This is also the prerequisite for the Manchurian soldiers to dare to charge the Ming army's firearms soldiers. Of course, the best defense is the shield car. The several-inch thick pine boards cannot be pierced except for the solid bullets of the cannons, and it is difficult for the cannons to aim at this small moving thing. This is also the magic weapon for them to repeatedly defeat the Ming army.

Of course, this time it was an upward attack, and the mountain road was tortuous, so it was understandable that they couldn't bring a shield car.But they still brought rattan cards. If the Manchu soldiers who came back were not all describing the amazing power of Shunjun's firearms, Marahi would never have believed Ahanikan's words.

Although the burning earth dragon in the hall made the room warm like spring, but Malaxi looked at the window and always felt that there seemed to be some air leakage.When Marahi was sitting on the chair in a daze, Ahanikan was on one knee and didn't even dare to lift his head.He was still wearing the cotton armor he wore in battle, although it was warm, it was really not suitable for kneeling in this position for a long time.

Although Ahanikan still felt ashamed in his heart at this time, it was past the time to apologize with death.Seeing that Marahi didn't speak, he could only plead with discretion: "I just want a chance to wash away my shame, and I don't want to die under the law of the country."

Malaxi withdrew his gaze from looking at the window. The owner of this house is a big player in the colored glaze industry, so he replaced the window paper with burnt colored glaze on the windows. The best window paper is much better.When Marahi entered the house for the first time, he felt that although these barbarians were not good at fighting, there were so many good things.

For example, Yanshen Town, which is located in the valley, is only a remote place, but because of the extremely prosperous glass industry, coal mining industry, and ceramics industry, a stone city with a radius of one mile was built to resist bandits.Seeing that the fortified Stone City of the Shun Army had given up without a single battle, Malaxi felt that this time it was probably another armed march.

For this reason, he also restrained the military discipline a little bit, and asked his soldiers not to kill indiscriminately, and not to set fire at will, because these Nikan would be his own Ahha in the future.Just like what the Nine Kings said, this time they entered the customs to fight for the world. It is different from the previous few times when they entered the customs to cut trees, because from now on, the customs will be the world of the Qing Dynasty. How can anyone kill people and set fire at home at will? of.

Although some soldiers still couldn’t change their habit of killing, setting fire and plundering Han people for a while, most of them agreed with the Nine Kings’ statement. What reason is there to hack and kill them indiscriminately?

The goal given by the Nine Kings is still very attractive to the new generation of the Eight Banners. After all, everything outside the pass has long been occupied by the old people.Looting every time you enter the customs is not a good job, because the resistance of the Han people is getting more and more fierce, and the bulk of the looting is also going to the top.

After all, although the population of the Eight Banners has been decreasing due to the war, and it is necessary to fill the population by capturing Jurchen, most of the people who died were lower-level bannermen, because the lower-level bannermen did not have good armor.These lower-level bannermen either borrowed usury from the upper-level to buy weapons, or they risked their lives to fight their luck.That is to say, the income from plundering the Han people is greater than their expenditure on offering sacrifices to the upper class, so the Eight Banners are willing to go out.

But for the upper-class Manchu clan and nobles, there have been children who are unwilling to practice martial arts and start to read and write and take the civil service route.Huang Taiji even dismissed several world positions because of this, and asked the collateral to inherit the titles of these Eight Banners who were not qualified for the expedition.And repeatedly appealed to the Eight Banners, asking them to maintain the Manchurian custom of riding and shooting.

But now, the battle at Qiaoling has completely awakened Maraxi. It seems that the dream that the Nine Kings wove for everyone is not so good.Because not all Han people are docile sheep, there are also tigers and wolves that eat people.The seemingly insignificant garrison of Qiaoling had killed so many of the elite Ba Yala of Zhenghongqi, he had never even heard of the name of the garrison of Qiaoling.

Marahi put his eyes on Ahanikan, and finally heaved a long sigh and said: "Get up and talk, you should not be blamed for this matter. The sneak attack plan this time was too rough, if it wasn't... alas. Now don't talk about your crimes, even I can't escape.

He Tuo is a young talent in the Dong'e clan, and Ga Dahun is a veteran with outstanding military exploits. I don't know how to explain the loss of these two.After all, it still depends on what Boluo Beizi means. "

Ahanikan fully understood what Marahi meant. If Boluo Beizi refused to take responsibility, neither Marahi nor he could escape the fate of being punished.For Nine Kings, this is probably an excellent opportunity.Thinking of this, he couldn't help shivering.

Yanshen Town is less than 40 miles away from Zichuan City. Malaxi and Ahanikan racked their brains all night to discuss and come up with an unsatisfactory battle report. People sent to Zichuan.

Before noon, Boluo and Ashan received the battle report, and they sat opposite each other in the back hall of the county government office, not wanting to talk for a while.After being silent for a long time, Ah Shan felt that there was no way out, so he could only bite the bullet and said to Bo Luo: "Bo Luo Beizi, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to report this battle report like this? The ten kings are probably going to be furious."

Boluo remained silent. He knew what Ah Shan said was right, but this failure cannot be concealed, because not only hundreds of Manchurian soldiers died, but also people like Gadahuntong and Tuo. A dead end.

Although his qualifications are not as good as Ah Shanshen, he feels that his political vision is better than the other party's.Gada Huntong and Hetuo not only lie in their status as heroes, but also in that they are the real backbone within the Eight Banners.For example, Ga Dahun is already a general who can lead the army alone, while He Tuo is a young general who is being trained.

The loss of these two people in such a small battle was a great shock to the upper echelons of the Eight Banners.After all, it is really not easy to train a few generals who can fight independently. The method of cultivating talents through actual combat during the period of Taizu and Xianhan was based on the fact that there were many weaker enemies around.

But now, there are no such enemies in Liaodong that can be used to practice, and the fighting power of the Han people in the pass is very unstable. There are Han people who surrender without firing an arrow, and there are also cunning and insidious enemies like Li Zicheng. Suitable for training novices.Moreover, the Han people inside the pass are very different from those outside the pass. It is difficult for them to be Manchurianized and they have their own values ​​of life. That is to say, even if the Han people inside the pass are defeated, they cannot be turned into Manchurians immediately.

For the Eight Banners, the losses of Kadahun and Hetuo were actually greater than the more than 100 Manchurian soldiers.Because, the various actual battles they participated in before consumed not only the lives of more than 100 Manchurians.And the reason why they died in a small mountain village, in the final analysis, was that he and Ah Shan had miscalculated the strength of Shun Army's resistance.

Bo Luo thought for a long time, then shook his head and said: "It is still necessary to report the truth to the ten kings, but a battle report should also be sent to the nine kings. Although Kadahun and He Tuo died because they underestimated the enemy, they died for the country with their lives. , There is hard work without credit.”

Ah Shan came back to his senses and thought about it, and suddenly realized that what Bo Luo said was right.Only the Nine Kings can save them now, because any words that exaggerate the strength of the Shun Army are not conducive to the national policy formulated by the Nine Kings.The reason why the Nine Kings are now able to become the uncle regent who monopolizes the government is because of his national policy of fighting for the world. If this national policy cannot be implemented, how can he monopolize the government?

Ah Shan immediately nodded and said: "I am willing to write a letter to the Nine Kings together with Beizi, pleading for Kadahun and Hetuo, and caring for their families."

Boluo frowned again and said, "However, we still have a bigger problem, what should we do next?"

Ah Shan pondered for a few breaths and then said: "Since we failed to capture Qiaoling this time, it seems that we will not be able to cross Mount Tai this winter. After the ten kings receive the battle report, I am afraid that we will not let us stay here, Maodong, who has nothing to do." . I think we need to collect some supplies, in case the military order comes down and we are caught off guard.”

Boluo knew what Ah Shan meant by collecting materials, which was actually to plunder the people.Before, they used local gentry to collect grain and fodder, which caused relatively little damage to the local area, and the gentry were willing to cooperate. After all, as long as the local order is not chaotic, the gentry are still the local rulers, which is better than Qing soldiers going to the countryside to rob. .

The reason why Boluo restrained military discipline was also to respond to the call of the Nine Kings, and regarded the struggle for the world as the main task now.But now, if he can't even take care of it, how can he care about the lives of these Han people.

So Boluo nodded and said: "Master Ah Shan is old in military affairs, you can make up your own mind about such matters. But please ask Master Ah Shan to be serious about military discipline. The Nine Kings sent Wang Aoyong, a former Ming official, to appease Shandong. I heard that he is from the local area. Man, it would be bad if the plan of the Nine Kings is ruined."

Ah Shan curled his lips and said: "Their masters say they are a group of subjugated ministers, and I don't know why the Nine Kings treat these scholars so favorably. I will let people protect the house of this old Han dog. As for the others, I will I can't care less..."

Chapter 316 Qingzhou One

On December 12th, a village at the foot of Pishan Mountain in the south of Qingzhou City was extremely lively. Hundreds of people crowded the village with dozens of families to the brim. The streets and alleys were full of people. It seemed that it was difficult to turn around. .

However, although the villagers in the village stayed at home quietly and reduced going out, they did not show too much fear of these people.Because the discipline of this army is still good, at least there is no random murder or robbing of women, and they are willing to give money for shopping.In a world like this, it's hard to come by.

The sentinel at the head of the village huddled in a thatched hut, poked his head out from time to time to look out, and then took out a copper flat wine jug from his arms, opened it and took a sip. Artemisia wine, the real high-quality baijiu, is much better than those private brews in the village.If it's not for the winter expedition, you can't get such a good thing.

Of course, if it was in the Ming Dynasty, soldiers would not be able to drink such good wine at any time, unless they were going to make you work hard.That is to say, under the logistics provided by the Marshal's Mansion, such good wine will be distributed to these little soldiers as military supplies.

Just as the sentry smacked his lips to savor the aftertaste of the wine, he jumped up in fright, "Damn Li San, I told you to go to the sentry, but you secretly drank it again. This is to keep you warm, isn't it?" For your enjoyment."

Sentinel Li San looked around and found that General Ma Dai had turned out from the village to check the post. He hurriedly said, "The cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded shoes issued by the Marshal's Mansion are thick and not cold at all. I'm worried about keeping the wine for a long time." If you run out of alcohol, take it out and taste it, it’s definitely not a sneaky drink.”

Ma Dai took the whip and really wanted to whip Li San, but after looking at the new cotton coat on the other party, he finally put down the whip. With this cotton coat, it doesn't hurt after being whipped, and it would be a pity if the cotton coat was damaged.He could only point at the other party and said bitterly: "If someone sneaks into the village, I will definitely take your skin off. You can stand on guard one more time today, and then let me catch you drinking secretly. Be careful yourself."

It doesn't matter to Li San to stand one more shift, as long as there is wine and food, it is not a nest where he lives.But seeing that Ma Dai's expression was not very good, and he didn't intend to tease him, he could only change the subject while responding: "Yes, yes, the little one accepts the punishment, accepts the punishment. But my lord, when will we start a war with Jiannu. "

Hearing this, Ma Dai looked Li San up and down with a strange look in his eyes, and then said, "When did you, Li San, become so active? Don't you always hide or hide from the battlefield? "

Li San laughed and said: "Your Excellency, you are joking. I, Li San, am not a person who does not know what to do. If I am really timid and afraid of death, why would the Chief Soldier take me with you? It's just that in the past the imperial court made us work hard. But even the money for working hard is owed. There are old and young in our family, and we just count on our little military salary to live, so how dare I die so easily.

Now the Marshal's Mansion doesn't ask us to go all out, but just let us guard our own defense zone, the military salary owed has been paid, the land has been allocated to the family, the weapons and equipment have been changed, and even the cotton clothes on our bodies have been provided. sent.If the Marshal's Mansion is wiped out by Jiannu, will anyone still give us money?We dare not say that we are going to fight those real Manchurian soldiers, beat those spineless bastards and traitors, I think I can still do it. "

Hearing Li San's simple remarks, Ma Dai couldn't help nodding his head. Indeed, it was a little hypocritical to fight with those real Manchurian soldiers, but he didn't have any fear in his heart when he beat his colleagues who had passed by. Know how bad those former colleagues are.However, he soon came to his senses. The problem was that he could only beat those former colleagues and the country gentry who surrendered to the slaves, not the surrender of the slaves.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help becoming a little confused again.After admonishing Li San casually, Ma Dai turned around and walked back to the village.Pishan is about ten miles away from Qingzhou City. The mountain runs from southeast to northwest, with four peaks lined up. To the top of the peak, there is no artificial building, not a single tree, only a bare mountain and a whole piece of huge rock.

However, the mountains on all sides of Pishan are covered with lush forests, so hundreds of people are hiding in the small village in this valley, and it is difficult for outsiders to find them.What's more, now that the war is in turmoil and the roads are cut off, no one will come to this small village.

When Ma Dai scolded Li San, he really didn't worry that an enemy would come to attack them. After all, Qingzhou is now the hinterland controlled by Jiannu, and no one would suspect that their troops were hiding outside the city.