Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 434 Hunting
A month passed quickly, and the time came to late March.

The land of the Central Plains has woken up from the cold spring, and patches of new green have emerged on the originally withered and yellow vast land, which is pleasing to the eye.

While chewing the wheat rice, Yabran asked Oboi in a low voice: "Master Zhang Jing, this guy Badahai dares not to take you seriously because he is the red armor of the Zhengbai flag. It's really abominable. Otherwise, wait a while." Killed him while hunting tonight? Then reported to the Ten Kings that he died at the hands of Ming Dog."

"Forget it, after all, they are all good men from our Manchukuo."

Obai still had a general view, shook his head and said, "At the moment, Nanming is the biggest enemy of the Qing Dynasty. Before Nanming is wiped out, how can the Manchurian warriors kill each other."

"But Badahai is too rude to you." Yabran said angrily.

"It's not his fault." Aobai snorted, "He was just following orders."

"Your Excellency said so." Yabran said hastily, "It's because the lowly position thinks too simply."

After a pause, he said again: "But Master Zhang Jing, what exactly does the Ten King want to do?"

"It's not what the ten kings want to do, but the regent wants to monopolize the military power of the Eight Banners Manchuria."

After Oboi finished his last mouthful of barley, he turned his head to look at the setting sun that had already fallen below the horizon, and immediately got up and said, "Okay, it's almost time, let's go to work."

With an order, more than a hundred riders hidden in the small woods began to prepare.

Because he didn't bring armor for this expedition, Jiannu could only put on the armor by himself.

Oboi also had to put on the armor himself, first put on the chain mail, then the cotton armor, then the shoulders, and finally put the iron-welded bowl helmet on his head.

Originally, there was an iron armor on the outside.

But in order to lighten the load on the horse, it was not worn.

After carefully inspecting the big bow and the eighteen heavy three-edged arrows in the quiver, they found that there was no problem, so they hung the big bow and the saber on the leather belts around their waists.

The quiver is fixed obliquely on his back with a leather strap.

There is also an eighteen-jin heavy copper hammer hanging from the side of the saddle.

After trying to run for a few steps, he made sure that the binding was secure, and then Ao Bai got on his horse.

Seeing Oboi get on the horse, more than a hundred real slaves including Yabran also got on the horse one after another.

At this time, the sky has gradually darkened, and the whole world has quickly become dark.

"Let's go." Aobai raised his right hand and waved forward lightly, more than a hundred riders galloped out of the small forest.

Because the horseshoes were wrapped in cotton cloth, they didn't make too much noise, and the smoke and dust raised were also covered by the night, so unless they were very close, it was difficult to spot the cavalry.

They only dispatched at night, took off the bells, put muzzles on the horses, and wrapped the horseshoes in cotton cloth. These were all forced out by the Ming army in Xuzhou, otherwise every attack would be in vain.

Only by keeping the secrecy to the extreme, and then going deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou at night, can it cause certain damage.

But it can only cause certain damage to the Ming army patrolling at night. It is delusional to want to plunder people or property, because the Ming army and the people are all hiding in the fort.

These strongholds are heavily guarded, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of them.

Unless the red-clothed cannons were brought in, it would be impossible to take down such a strong fortress.

There is no moon tonight, only dim starlight, which is a good night for Jianu.

However, the fort next to Yanzhou Mansion has learned to be smart, and no longer raises torches even at night, and the patrolmen on the wall only patrol in the dark.

After passing through several forts in a row, there was no chance to make a cold shot.

So we can only continue to go south, and continue to go deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou.

Finally, another fortress appeared not far ahead, and it was actually lit with torches.

Aobai couldn't help but cheer up, let out a low drink, and the hundred or so riders behind him immediately dispersed to the surroundings.

Their target was the patrolling soldiers on the wall of the stronghold. They shot and killed a wave of Ming army patrolling soldiers with the help of firelight, and then immediately moved on to the next stronghold. This is how they fought for more than a month.

However, just as he was quietly sneaking towards the fort, Obai heard a dull sound in his ears.

"Huh?" Obai turned his gaze to the front left, but there was only darkness in his field of vision, and he saw nothing.

However, Oboi still took out the bow from his waist.

He took another heavy arrow from the quiver and put it on the bowstring.

At a certain moment, the two Jiannu running ahead suddenly fell to the ground without warning.

The war horse was tripped, and because its mouth was covered, it couldn't neigh, but even the horse and the horse hit the ground with hundreds of catties, and there were still two muffled bang bang bangs.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sharp cracking sound.

"Not good, there is an ambush!" When Aobai raised his head anxiously, he saw several sparks rising from the fort in front of him.

But it was a dozen rockets. After the rockets landed, dozens of fires sprang up on the ground. I dare say that the Ming army had already arranged firelighters such as sulfur, fire, nitrate, and hay around.

With more than a dozen fires together, they immediately illuminated more than a hundred Jiannu approaching from the encirclement.

In the next moment, there were dense "bang bah bah" sounds on the wall of the fort.

Good guy, the Ming army ambushed at least a thousand musketeers on the four walls of the fort.

Although it was night and the distance was still fifty steps away, there were still more than a dozen Jiannu who fell from their horses.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Obai had experienced many battles, and immediately recognized that this was a well-designed trap.

With a loud roar, Oboi reined in his horse and ran back, Yabran and others also reined in their horses and turned back.

However, just as Oboi and the others turned their heads, the sound of horseshoes sounded like a tide in the surrounding wilderness.

"Go, go north, break through with all your strength!" Aobai returned his bow to its sheath, and pulled out the saber from his waist.

This black light is blind, the big bow can't be used, and he can only use the saber to fight in close combat. I hope it is not Yi Ding, otherwise they will be in big trouble this time.

……

The next day, Qufu County in Dagon Prefecture.

Duoduo is feasting on Yansheng Gong's mansion.

Tao Shi, the concubine of Kong Yinzhi, the contemporary Yansheng Gong, was in messy clothes and stood beside him to accompany the wine.

Kong Yinzhi waited outside the lobby, wanting to cry, but the year before last, the Kong family had already offered almost all their property to Duoduo, and even most of the servants in the mansion were taken away. Let them go, but I didn't expect Duoduo to come again in the spring of this year, and this time he was directly stationed in Yansheng Gong's mansion.

What's more, Doduo asked his concubine Dow to accompany him almost every day.

If you ask Dow to accompany you, you can accompany the bar, anyway, out of sight, out of mind.

But Duoduo has a special habit, insisting that Kong Yinzhi wait outside the lobby.

Seeing his concubine turn into a joy under Duduo's crotch, Kong Yinzhi dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

"Wine, bring the wine!" Duoduo shook the jug and shouted angrily, "Kong Yinzhi, bring the wine quickly."

"Hey, here we come." Kong Yinzhi hurriedly picked up a pot of Qiulubai and sent it in, only to see that Tao Shi had already sat in Duoduo's arms, and his clothes were unbuttoned, revealing a large piece of crisp breasts.

Seeing Kong Yinzhi coming in, Duoduo squeezed a few times vigorously.

Kong Yinzhi didn't even have the courage to look directly, so he could only pretend he didn't see it.

Seeing that Kong Yinzhi didn't respond, Duoduo was about to go further,

A red-armored lala suddenly stumbled in from the gate.

"Master, something is wrong!" Hong Jiala said out of breath, "Something happened."

"Badahai?" Duoduo stared at Hong Jiala, "Why did you make such a ghostly look?"

Bada Hai said: "Master, we were ambushed by the Ming army when we went deep into Xuzhou to harass Xuzhou last night. The Ming army not only dispatched a large number of musketeers to ambush in the fort in advance, but also dispatched a large number of cavalry to ambush Around the stronghold, we were caught off guard and suffered a big loss, even Lord Oboi was injured."

"What are you talking about, Oboi is injured?" Duoduo's expression froze.

"Yes." Badahai said solemnly, "I got shot in the right shoulder."

Duoduo asked again: "Then, how many Oboi and the others died?"

"Nearly half of them." Badahai replied, "Less than fifty escaped."

Just as we were talking, more than a dozen Hongjiala broke in one after another, all reporting that they were ambushed.

Finally He Luohui, Ashan, Etuhun, Waxing'a and other two white flag generals also rushed to hear the news.

"Master, this is not quite right." He Luohui frowned and said, "More than twenty Niulu were ambushed at the same time overnight, and every Ming army involved in the ambush had at least a thousand musketeers And five hundred cavalry! Where did Xuzhou get so many cavalry and so many musketeers?"

"He Luohui, do you mean that the main force of the army has arrived in Xuzhou?" Duoduo's expression became serious.

"It must be." He Luohui said in a deep voice, "Except for the main force of the Ming army, it is impossible to have so many cavalry."

Etuhui said: "Master, if the main force of the Ming army really came to help the battle, we may not be able to get a bargain just because of our Eight Banners Manchurian warriors, or we can just withdraw our troops?"

"How can I do that?" Dodo flatly refused.

"This time, in addition to killing and injuring the Ming army and looting the population of Nanming as much as possible, there is also an important task to destroy the Ming army's fields along the Huanghuai line. Spring plowing is about to begin. How can we retreat at this time?"

Etuhui said: "But now that the main force of the Ming army has arrived in Xuzhou, it is no longer safe for the Manchurian warriors to hunt in depth with Niulu as a unit. They will in turn be hunted by the Ming army cavalry."

"What's the matter." Duduo snorted coldly, "Then continue hunting with Jiala as a unit. A Manchurian cavalry of Jiala is enough to walk across the Huanghuai line."

He Luohui still reminded: "Master, do you want to report this situation to the Regent?"

"It's not a big deal, so there's no need to report it." Duoduo said, "I'm in charge of this matter."

He Luohui didn't say any more, he didn't think it was a big deal, even if the main force of the Ming army really came, so what?After all, they never thought of a decisive battle with the Ming army.

If it is just hunting and anti-hunting, what fear do the Manchurian warriors have?
The Manchu warriors who grew up in the white mountains and black waters are definitely the best hunters in the world.

(End of this chapter)