nanming man

Chapter 272
Outside the city of Zhengzhou, more than a dozen Tatars rode on horses, drove a group of ragged civilians, and escorted several carts loaded with grain, and walked slowly towards the city gate.

Zhao Maosheng and Zhou Xiaohuan were also in the team. Because they didn't resist, the Tartars didn't kill him, but let him push a wheelbarrow back to the city.

At this time, Zhou Xiaohuan's clothes were ragged, and he followed behind him with a dull expression.After the little girl was insulted by the Tartars, she became somewhat insane, sometimes quiet, sometimes crazy.

Looking at it, Zhao Maosheng was heartbroken, and couldn't bear to see her being abandoned by the roadside, so he found a rope, tied one end around her waist and the other end around his own waist, and pulled her forward.

The Tartars were brutal and ruthless. If anyone refused to leave, if anyone wanted to escape, the Tartars would kill them without talking nonsense.

Fortunately, as long as you don't resist and listen to the Tartars, you won't have to worry about your life.

The tartar who raped Xiaohuan said that they are all his slaves now, and they will be taken to Beizhi to farm for him.

This made Zhao Maosheng see a little hope. As long as he can survive, who is it not to plant?
"Xiaohuan, just follow me until you reach Beizhi!" Zhao Maosheng turned his head, looked at the little girl who was being pulled by the rope behind her, walking with one deep foot and one shallow foot, and said something, but Xiaohuan still remained silent. The dullness of the face.

Zhao Maosheng turned around and couldn't help sighing, but at this moment, a tartar next to him suddenly whipped him, leaving a long and shocking scar.

Zhao Maosheng jumped up in pain, but he didn't dare to howl, but hurriedly nodded and bowed, pushed the cart with both hands, and moved forward at a faster pace, which made the tartars laugh for a while.

At this time, in the woods outside the city, two figures hid in the bushes and branches, watching the tartars who entered the city, a stalwart black man said: "Boss, Zhengzhou has indeed been taken by the tartars."

The leading man continued to observe for a while, and found that not long after, another group of Tartars entered the city with the captured people and property.

He narrowed his eyes at the moment, "The grain and grass robbed by the Tartars should all be placed in Zhengzhou."

He just made a judgment, but the man next to him pointed to the west of the city, "Look, boss."

The head of the scout post hurriedly looked up, but saw a large group of vehicles, escorted by the Tartar cavalry, leaving Zhengzhou and heading west.

Boss Xiao was slightly taken aback, "It turned out to be in Xingyang."

Southwest of Zhengzhou, the hilly area near Meishan.

At this time, the autumn wind blows, the leaves are rustled by the wind, the sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, and shines into the dense forest. Columns of sunlight illuminate the shady ground. Sleeping figure.

It is a very painful thing to fight on the plain without the advantage of cavalry.

Not only worried about being raided by the cavalry, but once the battle is defeated, the cavalry will often end up destroying the entire army under the cover of the cavalry.

Gao Yihuan learned that the Tartar cavalry was hunting grain in the south of Zhengzhou, and worried that the army would be discovered by the Tartars, so he hid in a small hill southwest of Zhengzhou, so he went out at night and day.

The scouts explored many places, and there is a flat river in a radius of a hundred miles. It is such a small place suitable for Tibetan soldiers. Gao Yihuan has been there for three days.

The soldiers took off the blanket rolled into a column on their backs, and laid them on the ground to rest, but Gao Yihuan called several of his subordinates over to discuss how to contain the Tartars.

At this time, Gao Yihuan picked up a branch, drew a picture on the ground, pointed to a point and said: "This is our location, this is the location of Hulao Pass, and Zhengzhou and Mixian County are between us and Hulao Pass!"

"According to the news from the scouts, most of Zhengzhou and Mi County have already fallen into the hands of the Tartars." Gao Yihuan said and looked up at the few people, "The problem we are facing now is that we cannot defeat the Tartars in a head-on confrontation. There are other ways to contain the Tartars so that they cannot continue to attack Hulao Pass. Do you have any methods to contain the enemy?"

Several generals pondered for a while, Wang Deren looked at the map drawn by Gao Yihuan, and cursed: "Zhengzhou is not lost, we can still enter Zhengzhou, and then directly send cavalry to attack and harass. Now there is no city to rely on, and if we want to contain the Tartars, we can't get around it The enemy of Zhengzhou, and once we are discovered by the Tartars, tens of thousands of Tartars will attack us, and we will not be able to escape."

Now the strength of Duoduo has been verified, there are more than 4 people in total, and most of them are fierce Eight Banners, while Gao Yihuan has only [-] elite soldiers, and the rest are three new attached battalions.

In terms of combat power, Gao Yihuan is definitely not an opponent of the Tartars, otherwise he would directly attack Zhengzhou and flank the Duoduo army.

At present, Gao Yihuan's troops do not have a city to rely on. Once Duoduo finds out, tens of thousands of cavalry will roll in. Gao Yihuan is really not ready to fight the Tartars in the wild.

The gamble is too big, and there is no suitable terrain, so the chances of winning are not great. Once defeated, it will be difficult for him to return to Runing, and he may lose most of his family fortune.

Jin Shenghuan frowned and said: "If Zhengzhou is not lost, we will be stationed in Zhengzhou and then send cavalry to attack, which will be able to harass and contain the Tartars. Now the general thinks that there is only one way to contain the Tartars, and that is to rob the Tartars of food and grass." , and then quickly retreat south.”

Gao Yihuan frowned when he heard this, "To rob food?"

Jin Shenghuan nodded, "Since the Tartars are hunting food everywhere, it means that they are short of food and grass. If we can find their food storage place and set it on fire, the Tartars will definitely retreat."

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, "If it's just to rob food, just send cavalry over there, and slip away after the robbing, and you won't be afraid of the tartars chasing you."

Everyone agreed with this plan, but Wang Deren asked, "It's just the food and grass for the Tartars, where are they stored?"

Gao Yihuan drew pictures on the ground with branches, but without information, it is difficult to judge the location of the grain storage.

When everyone was helpless, a scout was suddenly brought over by Hu Dawei.

"Marshal, the scout has something to report!" He said something, then stood aside and did not speak.

Gao Yihuan persuaded Wang Shicong to help him as a lobbyist. After lobbying in Nanjing, he asked Hu Dawei if he would like to stay in the house or do something with him.

Hu Dawei saw that the house where more than a dozen people were originally locked up was slowly left with him and Wang Shicong. When Wang Shicong left, he was the only one left. Finally, he blushed and put down his face and gave in. Expressed their willingness to contribute to the fight against Qing.

However, when he took refuge late, Gao Yihuan didn't give him soldiers and horses, but just asked him to be the commander of the scout bureau, which made him feel very humiliated.

At this time, a scout behind him knelt down on one knee, "Report to the commander, I found that the Tartars have occupied Zhengzhou, and their cavalry are hunting for food everywhere, and all the plundered food and grass have been sent to Xingyang. A batch of artillery has just arrived in Xingyang."

When Gao Yihuan heard this, his face showed joy, "How many Tartars are there in Xingyang?"

The scout clasped his fists and said, "The Tartars are in the city, and their humble positions cannot be determined, but judging from the frequency of the Tartars leaving the city and the number of troops, it is estimated that there are only one or two thousand Tartars in Xingyang. There are quite a lot of Tartars in Zhengzhou, it is estimated that there are nearly six 2000 people."

"Commander, Xingyang is between Hulao and Zhengzhou. There are Tartars in Zhengzhou again. Let's attack Rongyang, not to mention whether we can take it down. Even if we succeed, Zhengzhou's Tartars will definitely block our way back." Jin Shenghuan Analyze immediately after listening.

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