Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 260 Second Skirmish

On October 11th, the 25th year of Chongzhen, Ming Dynasty, Gaoyang.

The weather at the end of October is already very cold.Although the land of Hebei has not yet ushered in the first snowfall, the weather is already so cold that the soil is frozen hard in the morning, and the soil is melted again when the sun is at its strongest at noon.

This brought a lot of trouble to the cavalry operations. At least, when the Qing army turned from October to November, the soldiers were no longer as unstoppable and quick as they had been in the previous month after entering the customs.

In Gaoyang County, a place very close to the county seat, a group of people were hiding in a small forest, and some of them, who looked like leaders, were staring intently toward the north, taking advantage of the wide view of the slope. [

Everyone was wearing gray or black padded jackets, and thick woolen felt hats that are common in the Northland. The clothes and hats were all new and not old, and there were even many damaged places. With simple and thick black faces, no one will think that there is anything special about this group of people.

But the occasional flash of light in everyone's eyes, the flickering cold light of the iron helmet under the felt hat, the faintly visible iron armor leaf in the skirt... Only after seeing these things, people will be shocked. This group of people is not simple, They looked like ordinary peddlers selling goods on horseback, but a group of soldiers disguised as peddlers.

Among the crowd, there are two most conspicuous.

They are all short in stature, very thick, and their arms are round and bulging, as if they can split mountains.They all had sticks stuck in their waists, fine iron waist knives slung across their shoulders, and fine iron sickles pinned to the buttocks of their horses, and they threw spears. The excellent weapons on the horses, and the disdainful demeanor, let alone the merchants, even ordinary heroes, people walking in the rivers and lakes, must show timidity in front of these two people.

"From tonight to tomorrow night, from one night to the next, the main force of the Tartars will surely arrive and encircle them."

After watching it for a long time, Ma Sanbiao frowned and said: "We have already reached Baoding in the far north, and the main force of the Tartars only besieged the city and did not fight. It seems that Baoding is fine. But the city here in Gaoyang is small and thin. , It’s only three or four miles around, and there are no soldiers and horses, only a thousand soldiers from the countryside, what’s the use of this? This Grand Scholar Sun is really stupid.”

"If you don't have this stupidity, you are not considered a good official, and your lord will not pay attention to him! Where do you people from the Secret Service get so many complaints?"

It was Zhu Wangli who answered the question. Unlike Ma Sanbiao, he only focused on matters of internal defense, especially on the operation command and process design of the action team. Apart from murder and arson, he had no other thoughts. Don't fuck at all, don't care about anything.

Zhu Wangli had already started to read and write in the army, and read the mansion newspaper published by the Fushan Army, so he was no stranger to Mingshi.

A big man like Sun Chengzong, the old governor of the Liao Dynasty, a former imperial scholar, Ma Sanbiao, a murderer, doesn't understand, but he is very aware of the weight of this old man.

However, he also has doubts in his heart. The peak of Sun Chengzong's political influence was in the reign of Tianqi. The world worked hard for the king's soldiers and horses. Later, he saw that Chongzhen was concerned about Meng Lang's affairs. He had no rules, so the old man returned to his hometown directly, and he didn't care about government affairs and military affairs.