A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 372 Want to Ambush?
The battle ended in a short period of time, ten of the rogue sentinel cavalry, eight of them were killed or injured in a short while, while Jie Yifeng and the others had no casualties at all.

Only the white felt hat had some strength, but it was a department head in Li Zicheng's old battalion. He fought with Li Zicheng and others for many years, but died under an inconspicuous pistol.The few rogue sentry cavalry who were hit by the fire guns either died on the spot or died soon afterwards.The people who were hit by the arrow lay on the ground moaning, Jie Yifeng and others gave them a happy after cleaning the battlefield.

In this battle, two prisoners were captured, twelve horses and mules, some weapons, bows and arrows, and some silver and silk.However, among the ten rogue sentry cavalry, there is no armor worth collecting.This time, Wang Dou had made a promise to suppress the bandits this time, not to use their heads to register military merits, so Jie Yifeng, the head of these bandits, and others were not interested.

They quickly cleaned up the battlefield, took the captives with them, tied the two captives to the horses, stuffed their mouths with rags, and left quietly.Leaving behind some scattered corpses exposed to the cold wind, the blood slowly coagulated, making the bloody smell a lot lighter.

"Jing Jun's accent, we are also from Henan? I don't know if it is Henan Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, or Runing Mansion?"

After Jie Yifeng and the others galloped for more than ten miles, they came to a hillside to interrogate the two captured prisoners.They simply, like pouring beans, told everything they knew.

These two people, one from Lushan, Ruzhou, and the other from Lushi, Henan Province, both joined the Peasant Army not long ago.Because they had practiced boxing and kicking before and knew how to ride horses, they had a good status in Li Zicheng's peasant army, as the existence of the horse army.This time, Xiaoqi from the old battalion went out to spy, but he didn't expect to meet Jie Yifeng and others, and the whole army was wiped out.

The interrogators of these two people were "Da Ya" and "Er Ya". In fact, they were also from Henan, with similar accents and understood the situation. It was most appropriate for them to interrogate the two prisoners.During their interrogation, Jie Yifeng and others were patrolling nearby, especially Jie Yifeng, who held a binoculars in his hand and just looked around.

The terrain here is good, and the scenery on all sides is unobstructed. Especially with a phoenix telescope in hand, you can know immediately if there is any movement around.

Through interrogation, "Da Ya" and "Er Ya" have obtained detailed information that the bandits are indeed planning to ambush the Shun Township Army near Ruzhou.

In fact, as early as when the Shunxiang Army and Chen Yongfu's troops left Kaifeng, Li Guo, Liu Fangliang, Hao Yaoqi and others who were in Ruzhou had already received news.Perhaps the intelligence protection of the Shunxiang Army is tight, but the officers and soldiers of Kaifeng City have big holes in their defenses, and they can't stop the spies of these rogues at all.

Therefore, Li Guo and Liu Fangliang, who besieged Ruzhou, made an ambush plan early on.It was lured by a small group of men and horses, and then more than ten thousand infantry ambushed in Xiaotunzhai area, and nearly three thousand "cavalry" ambushed in Shenwu Mountain.

They are divided into several steps, the small group first lures the enemy, and then throws gold and silver treasures along the way. If the officers and soldiers chase after the plan, or if there is a chaos in the gold and silver competition, more than ten thousand infantry suddenly mobilize and besiege. According to experience, the officers and soldiers are often defeated at this time. .

However, Li Guo and Liu Fangliang were cautious, and set a second step. If the ten thousand infantry could not ambush perfectly, and if the government army continued to pursue after being defeated, the three thousand cavalry would play a decisive role. There is no reason for officers and soldiers to be invincible.

According to their experience, as long as the forwards of the officers and soldiers suffer setbacks, the follow-up main force will lose their morale. This time, the rescue of Ruzhou will definitely become empty talk.

The thief was so treacherous that Jie Yifeng and the others next to him breathed a sigh of relief. "Da Ya" and "Er Ya" who were in charge of the interrogation exchanged glances while quickly recording.

Among the two captives, one was acquainted with each other, and the accents of "Da Ya" and "Er Ya" sounded familiar, so he asked tentatively.

"Someone is from Zhangde Mansion."

"Da Ya" said lightly, watching "Zi Lai Shu" gobbled up his own fried noodles, and at the same time praised vaguely, even said that the taste of this dry food is really good, it is better than the rough meat that I gnawed, it is in the sky, One is underground.

The two captives cooperated so well, told everything they knew, and there was no sign of escaping. Da Ya was much gentler to them, not only changing the binding position, but also giving them dry food and drinking water.

"Zhangde Mansion? Great place!"

"Self-cooked" fussed and authentically said: "I went there once when I was a teenager, and the roast chicken and sesame candy there are really amazing, and now I still can't forget it."

He smiled sweetly: "It's really a hometown. You say that the world is not big, and you meet fellow villagers everywhere."

"Where are you from?"

"Big Ya" silently smoked his own pipe, and asked a familiar question.

"The small one belongs to Lushan. A few months ago, the Chuangwang... No, the intruders broke through Lushan, and all the things in the city were robbed. In order to survive, the villain had to be a thief. The villain also practiced riding. Therefore, if you enter the bandit army, you can count it as being reused and incorporated into the cavalry."

"A few months ago... you have fought a lot of battles, right?"

"That is, Jiaxian, Yiyang, Baoshan, Yiyang, Lushi, Yongning, and the younger ones all participated in the attack, but judging by the mighty appearance of the soldiers, those bandits are absolutely incomparable."

"Da Ya" was silent for a while, then said lightly: "Have you ever killed anyone? Officers and soldiers, or ordinary people."

Zilai Shu was startled for a moment, and carefully looked at "Da Ya"'s face, but he was expressionless and just smoked his pipe silently.

The old acquaintance smiled again: "To be honest, I have killed officers, soldiers, women and children. Alas, this murder will be addictive. Rich women come so easily. Think about the past. I can't settle down in my field either."

He said: "Not only me, but also those young men among the bandits, I'm afraid they won't settle down anymore. To be honest, being a thief is more comfortable than being a citizen. Willing to look at the little ones, break the city, but obediently kneel at the little ones' feet, let them go east, they dare not go west, hehe..."

Zilai cracked his mouth, as if reminiscing about the "happy" life in the past, he glanced around secretly, and quietly said to the big girl: "If you don't want to be a thief with me, you are all fellow villagers. Let me introduce you to his skills, he must be in charge of hundreds of troops, not like being a soldier now."

"Da Ya" remained expressionless, took off his pipe and put it away, took out the two hand guns, and silently loaded the ammunition.

The acquaintance had nothing to say: "Brother, what kind of firearm is this? It is really powerful. I have never seen it among the bandits."

Da Ya didn't answer, he packed the gunpowder, stood up silently, and looked down the hillside. This beautiful place in the past is now in depression.He pondered for a long time, turned around, and pointed a pistol at his familiar body.

Zilaishu was stunned for a moment: "Brother, what are you?"

There was a loud bang, and a flash of fire came out from Da Ya's gun, and "Zi Lai Shu" staggered and fell backwards. His body rolled a few times, and when his body stopped on the ground, his eyes were wide open. , I am absolutely out of breath.

"Erya" who collected the information next to him was stunned for a moment, and then called, "Brother..."

Jie Yifeng and the others were startled, and they all looked at "Da Ya".

After "Da Ya" killed "Zi Lai Shu", he took another pistol in his hand and pointed it at the remaining rogue prisoner.

That one quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged desperately, and shouted again and again: "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."

A look of sadness flashed in the eyes of "Da Ya", and he said, "Brother, in the next life, live in a peaceful and prosperous age, and don't be a thief."

A flame came out, and he pulled the trigger.

……

In the afternoon of the same day, I went to Changxi Village, which was close to the border of Ruzhou.

The official road here is not far from Rushui, and the surrounding area is open. The fields of Zhuangzi in the past have been abandoned, although it is convenient for farming in this area near the river.However, under the perennial raids by soldiers and bandits, Zhuangzi villages in the land of rivers are often the targets of their looting. In order to avoid all kinds of banditry, most of the villagers in these Zhuangzi near the river hid in the mountains.

Although the mountains and wilds are much more difficult than the rivers and rivers, but they can survive to a certain extent.

The small snowflakes that fell from the sky from time to time could not change the dryness of the loess land at all. Every time people and horses moved around, there would be a large cloud of dust.So with the thunderous sound of horseshoes, the smoke and dust from the official road in the distance seemed to cover the sky, and with the rising smoke and dust, a large black cavalry rushed towards Changxi Village.

These cavalry marched in a strict order, with five cavalry in a row, ten steps apart from the front and back, two steps from the left and right, and 25 steps between the teams.The knights on the horses all wore eight-petal caps and iron pointed helmets, the sergeants in iron cotton armor carried bird guns on their backs, and the sergeants in iron armor had spears inserted in their saddle holsters.

With the blowing of the cold wind, everyone's iron helmets and red tassels, as well as bright red cloaks and cloaks fluttered along with the horses. In addition, everyone's armor was painted with red paint, creating a dazzling fiery red color.

In the front of the cavalry, a large banner with the word king was particularly eye-catching. Nearly a thousand cavalry came rolling in, their faces were full of vigor, and an indescribable aura spread.

"Stop moving forward!"

When they rushed to Changxizhuang, an order came from Wang Zida's banner, and then the sharp horn of the Chinese army trumpeter sounded.Hearing this voice, shouts of orders rang out one after another, from Chief Qian to General, then Chief to Team Officer, and Team Officer to Chief Jia. Soon the transmission was completed, and the rolling cavalry stopped immediately.

"The sentinel has a report!"

Rolling several horses, he rushed to Wang Zida's banner to report something, Gao Shiyin under the banner touched his fleshy face, and said: "There is always an emergency military situation at Yeburenqian?"

He said: "The order goes on, the whole army dismounts and rests for a quarter of an hour."

With the sound of a gong, the whole army dismounted, sat on the ground to rest, drank water and ate dry food.

However, the military discipline of Shun Township was strict, but no one made any noise.Over the years of joining the army, abiding by the regulations has been deeply rooted in the bones of every Shunxiang army officer. Even a reckless person like Gao Shiyin now relies on the regulations to fight.

Moreover, the sergeants under his command, especially those veterans who joined the army in the ninth year of Chongzhen, or even the seventh year of Chongzhen, are all literate. In terms of literacy, they may be close to the level of scholars.Military officers such as Gao Shiyin, who are least willing to study, also know hundreds or thousands of characters, so writing documents by themselves is no longer a problem.

Gathering beside Gao Shiyin at this time, there are also the town and comfort officers in the Qian headquarters, the comfort officers, and some staff officers Zan Hua and others.When the Shunxiang Army was marching in formation, these personnel from the Thousand Headquarters were also behind Gao Shiyin.

Only the quartermaster led some fire soldiers, but they were driving the baggage vehicles and were located behind the army, but their carriages would not be too far behind most of them, at most a hundred steps behind.

Not long after, Jie Yifeng appeared in the sight of Gao Shiyin and others under the leadership of Gao Shiyin's sentry cavalry for five nights. They captured a lot, and nearly thirty horses galloped, which aroused a great momentum.

Although each cavalry department and infantry department of the Shunxiang Army has a team of people as sentries, they are the pioneers of the army.But their amateur scouts, of course, cannot be compared with the professional sentry cavalry of Mr. Ye Bushouqian. It must be very important for them to bring back emergency military information.

Soon, Jie Yifeng and five people came to Gao Shiyin. After saluting, they presented the information they had found. After explaining it in detail, they left a copy, and then they mounted their horses and ran back to Jia County.

"These thieves are so brave, they want to ambush my vanguard?"

Gao Shiyin yelled angrily, and a Zanhua from the Qian headquarters took a refined oil leather ring tube, pulled out a map from it, and spread it on a mound of soil.Then the generals in the army, as well as the governors, comforters, military supplies and other officials in the ministry gathered together with Gao Shiyin to discuss matters while looking at the map.

The town governor, comfort officer and others have the right to express their own opinions and suggestions, but the military executions of the first department are all decided by the first minister Gao Shiyin.And this map was also obtained by Gao Shiyin from the battalion when he dispatched troops.

Wen Daxing's Yebushouqian always arrived at Jia County many days earlier than the Shunxiang army. Yebushou in his department had already surveyed the terrain from Ruzhou to Jiaxian and drew many maps.

"Ye Bu Shou Qian Zong's exposing team officer said that the thieves set up an ambush in the small villages near Ruzhou. Our army is less than twenty miles away, so we need to make an early decision."

The person who spoke was a praise painting from the Qian headquarters, but he was also a soldier, with the title of General Manager.Most of the staff officers of the Shunxiang Army were soldiers, and they selected well-literate, resourceful and decisive officers and sergeants to serve as praise paintings.

The high literacy rate in the Shunxiang Army led to the fact that most of the praise paintings of the various ministries were warriors. Although there were some literati among them, they mostly took on copying and writing clerical work, because they were difficult to understand military affairs. The high regulations of the Shunxiang Army The fighting style is not something they will be able to adapt to in a short while, so it is generally difficult for these literati to enter the hall of elegance and be reused in the military.

"According to the information, there are tens of thousands of thieves in the ambush. Can you suspend the march and ask General Dingguo for help?"

"Stop the fart!"

Gao Shiyin let out angrily.

It is the role of the vanguard to test the enemy's situation and disrupt it when the war starts, so the general army has a vanguard.Without a striker, like a sword without a point, it has no lethality.Only equipped with elite forwards can be invincible.

Gao Shiyin was appointed as a striker, just when he was full of ambition, how could he back down?So what if the bandits set up an ambush?Let them taste what it is like to set up an ambush and get killed.

(End of this chapter)