Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 188 Bloody Battle in Shigou Ningxiaping (1)

I apologize to the book friends, I haven’t updated it for a few days, mainly because the past few months have been very bad, severe neurasthenia, especially these days, I have insomnia every night, until three or four o’clock in the evening. go to sleep.How many times have I told myself to go to bed at nine or ten o'clock in the evening, but the result is often that I lie in bed at ten o'clock, but I can't fall asleep until three o'clock. Can't afford to write with the slightest spirit.

As a matter of fact, before writing this book, I researched the information and conceived it, and prepared it for half a year. The plot behind the book, from the three major signs, from the north to the south, how the protagonist develops, and what changes it will cause, has already been conceived in detail.I have a lot of things to write in my heart, and I am very anxious to explain the things in my heart, and strive to finish the book as soon as possible, but I sit in front of the computer and feel weak and have no energy to write.In the past two days, I found a friend and prescribed some sleeping pills, hoping to let myself have a good rest and sleep, and nourish my body.I owe readers ten chapters this month, and there are still ten days left in this month. I will try to make up these chapters. Here, I would like to express my apologies to the readers.

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Near noon, a gust of wind blew up a piece of sand and slapped everyone's faces.

After passing the Yellow River, from Lingzhou City to the south, the scenery of the river and canals has changed, and there are desert grasslands everywhere, sparsely populated.This area was originally desolate, coupled with years of severe drought, after the cars and horses passed by, the sky was filled with dust.

At this time, an army with a hurried look came along the road, including camels, horses, luggage and ordnance, there were about ten thousand people winding like a long snake.Looking at the banner, it was Huang Laifu and Ma Guiling's bidders.In the scorching heat, although everyone was not wearing armor, everyone was sweating profusely, their faces were covered with dust, and many camels and horses were also foaming.

According to the reports from the horse scouts, the [-] Mongolian cavalry who invaded from the Shapaikou of Huamachi this time have already gone in the direction of Xiamaguan.Therefore, the direction where everyone goes is over there.

Since Huang Laifu's army is all cavalry, most of his army horses are located in the front army.Huang Laifu, as well as his three hundred servants, some servants from Ma Guiling, and some standard bearers and drummers are in the central army.Finally, there is the baggage and Magui's brigade of infantry, located in the rear army.

In this battle, about one-third of the horses led by Ma Gui were cavalry.It's not that Ma Gui is short of horses, but because among the horses he brought, due to the lack of food and grass in the city of Ningxia, many of the horses either starved to death or were starved and emaciated. Some of the sergeants rode horses.

It's not like Huang Laifu's soldiers, no matter they are people or horses, they are all well-fed and vigorous, and they go all the way, which has attracted the envy of many Magui's soldiers.Of course, Huang Laifu's army is strong and strong, so the important task of the former army is naturally taken by his army.

The brigade went all the way, and the detective horses had already scattered in all directions, and had been scouting the surrounding area for thirty miles.

At this time, the smoke and dust billowed in front of him, and a Wuzhaibao detective horse in full armor and with a colored flag on his back rushed from the front. In five miles, we will arrive at Shigou City."

Huang Laifu nodded, and said to Ma Gui who was beside him: "Old General Ma, let's hurry up and rest in Shigou City?"

Ma Gui rode on a healthy horse, all the way here, his face was already flushed by the sun, but he was still full of energy, an old soldier is an old soldier, even though he was 50 years old, he still didn’t see anything when he was riding a horse The color of depression.

Hearing what Huang Laifu said, Ma Gui touched his bearded cheeks and said, "Alright, the soldiers are also tired, let's go to Shigou City ahead to rest."

Huang Laifu's whip twitched in the air, pointed at the whip, and shouted: "Send the order, the whole army will speed up and go to Shigou City to rest."

Huang Laifu and Ma Gui were surrounded by the flag bearers of the Chinese army. Immediately, the Wuzhai Fort Superintendent of the Chinese army passed on Huang Laifu's orders one by one: "The general has an order. rest."

Amidst the successive orders, the Wuzhaibao army did not say anything, but silently urged the horses to move forward.But there were bursts of complaints from Magui's army, and many soldiers complained that they couldn't walk anymore.

When the news came back, Ma Gui was furious and said, "Whoever doesn't obey orders will be dealt with by military law."

Immediately, the servants beside Magui rode out, carrying whips and military sticks, and just lashed at the heads of those procrastinating soldiers. Amidst the screams, the complaints from the rear immediately disappeared, and everyone They are all full of energy and rolling forward.

Seeing that the marching pace of the army accelerated a lot, Huang Laifu couldn't help but praised: "I've heard for a long time that General Ma is a frontier general, and he runs the army rigorously. Seeing him today, he really lives up to his reputation."

Ma Gui looked at the silent march ahead, but he glanced at the Wuzhaibao army that was always neat and orderly, sighed, and said: "Ashamed, compared with the army horses marked by General Huang, my men are far behind. "

Huang Laifu smiled slightly, feeling a little complacent in his heart, he said: "Old General Ma is really too modest, brother is a junior, how dare you compare with Old General Ma."

Hearing what Huang Laifu said, Ma Gui grinned and felt better. He has an arrogant personality. He usually claims to be one of the few brave generals in the Ming Dynasty, and he is always proud of the bravery of his subordinates. One of the elite soldiers, he is rarely convinced.At such a young age, Huang Laifu is the deputy commander in chief, equal to him, how can this convince Ma Gui?

However, Huang Laifu's achievements in governing the army are in front of his eyes. Even the order just now, the whole army is like a finger.Looking at those sturdy soldiers and horses under Huang Laifu, Ma Gui was jealous, but also felt that he was getting old.A Li Rusong is already young enough, but a Huang Laifu will be even younger, perhaps the world is dominated by young people now, Ma Gui sighed inwardly.

Huang Laifu pondered for a while, then said: "Old General Ma, brother has something in mind, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Ma Gui said: "General Huang, just say what you want, I am a rough person, my favorite thing is to go straight."

Huang Laifu gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, happy, brother, what I appreciate the most is General Ma's boldness!"

He said: "This time our army is strong and strong, so it is inevitable that the invading captive will return home. However, there is a saying that brothers and sisters will settle accounts clearly. We must explain in advance that we will kill the captive's head, so as not to Hurt the peace of the two armies."

Ma Gui immediately looked at Huang Laifu with piercing eyes. His eyes were as bright as light bulbs. He stroked his thick beard and said, "Then according to what General Huang said, how should the heads be divided?" Ying and Ma Chengzhao also stared at Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu said: "This time our two armies cooperated closely and worked together to kill the enemy bandits... Well, a few days ago, the brothers who killed the 118 heads of the Ningxia bandits don't need it. To kill the thieves, our army will take the lead in the battle, and General Ma will be on hand to assist, and we will divide the leader into four or six, how about I six and you four?"

Ma Gui was furious, and said: "General Huang thinks that my bid for Erlang will not be able to fight?"

But Ma Gui said so, and he also knew that if he met the Mongols, he was afraid that the army under Huang Laifu's bid would really be the main battle at that time. The rest are not worth mentioning.

Ma Kongying and Ma Chengzhao also stared at Huang Laifu angrily.Jiang Dazhong, who was beside Huang Laifu, also hurriedly glared back.The atmosphere was tense for a while.

Huang Laifu sighed in his heart that the generals of Ming Dynasty were all the first-level commanders, but on the face he laughed, and said, "Just kidding with old general Ma, brother knows that old general Ma is brave... so, when the time comes, our two armies If you work together to kill thieves, the head will be divided into [-]-[-] points, what does Old General Ma think?"

Ma Gui turned his anger into joy, and said, "This is what makes sense."
The more he looked at Huang Laifu, the more pleasing to his eyes he said, "General Huang, although you are young, I admire you very much. You are my friend. I am old enough to make friends with you." Ma Kongying and Ma Chengzhao also changed their eyes , Opened his mouth and laughed.

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "It's Laifu's fortune to have a friend like Old General Ma."

He said: "If you succeed in killing the captives this time, the old general Ma will be reinstated. Maybe the old general will be transferred to Yansui Town as the commander-in-chief, and become neighbors with our Shanxi Town. It would be better to work together.”

Ma Gui was even more delighted, almost couldn't close his mouth, and said repeatedly: "Thanks to the auspicious words, thanks to the auspicious words."

Huang Laifu said: "Come, come, let us sing "Auld Lang Syne" together."
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Soon, Huang Laifu and Ma Gui's army came to Shigou City.Shigou City is a post station. According to "Jiajing Ningxia Xinzhi", Shigou Station is ninety miles southeast of Lingzhou City. Seventy miles. Three hundred steps around the city. There are 113 garrisons, led by one member of a hundred households."

This place, not to mention the desolation in front of it, even in later generations, the surrounding area is still sandy and grassy, ​​but there is a coal mining company with a mine group of tens of millions of tons settled in, mining countless coal every year.

However, due to the turmoil in Ningxia, Shigou City is located on an important food and payment route from Xiamaguan to Lingzhou City. Food teams often pass by here to rest and drink water. Therefore, this desolate place has suddenly become more important, and the garrison has also been strengthened. Hundreds, led by a handful.

At this time, Huang Laifu was sitting on the horse, letting the wind and sand sweep over his face, squinting his eyes to look at the Shigou City not far in front of him. In a piece of grass and sand on the plain, this post city built with rammed earth looked rather strange. It is tall and eye-catching, with the sun and moon flag of Ming Dynasty and the Canglong flag flying over the city.However, it seems that because it has not been repaired for a long time, the top of the city has collapsed in many places.

On the battlements, some Ming soldiers were looking around, seeing that the banner was the Ming army. Besides, not long ago, the scouts of the Wuzhaibao army had already informed the guards of Shigou City that they should know the origin of their army.

Sure enough, not long after, the gate of the east city opened wide, and General Yang, who was guarding the city, came out with a few soldiers.

"Shigou City General Yang Jianren has met the two generals."

Huang Laifu raised his hand and said: "Excuse me, Mr. Yang, you have seen the traces of the captives."

Yang Bazong knelt on the ground on one knee and replied respectfully: "Back to the two generals, the last general received the message of the beacon fire, and heard that Tang Ma returned, and captured most of the thieves. Be alert, but have not seen any traces of captives yet."

Huang Laifu and Ma Gui looked at each other, Ma Gui stroked the bushy beard on his face, and pondered: "According to the days, they should be close to Shigou City. Where are they now?"

Huang Laifu said: "No matter where they are, let the soldiers rest first."

Magui nodded.

Soon, all the gong players in the central army rang the gong, and when they heard the sound of the gong, in the army, no matter whether it was the front army, the middle army, or the rear army, everyone sat down and drank water. rest.At the same time, Phnom Penh sounded, Huang Laifu's army and Ma Gui's army scouting horses rushed to all sides in teams to scout and guard.

After the break, Huang Laifu's army remained quiet, just quietly drinking water and eating some dry food from the army gourd, or giving water to the army horses, drinking food and fodder, etc. Mules and horses relax their bellies.As for the people under Ma Gui's bid, it was extremely lively and noisy.Seeing that Ma Gui frowned uncontrollably, the gap between the two armies can be seen at a glance. Although his servants are comparable to ordinary soldiers in the Wuzhai Fort army in terms of equipment and sharpness, overall they are is far worse.

Yang Jianren, the general of Shigou City, is also a veteran of the army, so he can naturally see the elite level of Huang Laifu's army at a glance. Seeing that Huang Laifu is so young, he was secretly surprised in his heart, but respectfully said on the face: "Two generals, the soldiers in the city I have prepared food and drinks, can the two generals go to the city to rest?"

Ma Gui raised his hand and said: "No need, our army will leave after a short rest."

Huang Laifu said softly, "Boss Yang, there is nothing wrong with this place, you go back to the city and be careful."

Na Yang ordered the chief to go back and close the gate of the city.

While resting, they suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers coming from the northeast, Huang Laifu and Ma Gui's expressions changed, and the army became commotion.Then they heard the sharp sound of beeping, Huang Laifu and Ma Gui looked at each other, thinking in their hearts: "The Mongols are coming."

The method of using Ming Di to inform the brigade is an old method of nomads. It was used from the Hun rebellion in the Han Dynasty to the Mongols in the Ming Dynasty.Before their brigade was dispatched, scouts would go out everywhere, and when they met opponents, they would eat as much as they could, or pester them if they couldn't, and they would use Ming Di to notify the brigade to come.It is certain that after Mingdi, the Mongolian brigade will come.

Huang Laifu's blood boiled for a while, and he finally found the Mongols and could fight them.

Huang Laifu stood up abruptly, and shouted: "Pass the order, the whole army is assembled and put on armor!"

The sharp sound of Polo sounded from the position of the central army, and all the sergeants stood up one after another, each of them took out his armor from the mule and put it on.Soon, on the side of the Wuzhaibao army, a sea of ​​iron armor appeared in front of everyone.

Seeing that Ma Gui's soldiers were all envious.These Wuzhaibao sergeants, everyone has a strong horse to ride, even every ordinary soldier has an iron armor.On the other hand, except for the servants and cavalry who have iron armor, the rest only have leather armor or single clothes.This person is really incomparable.

But to be honest, although the Wuzhaibao army, from the officers to the soldiers, everyone has iron armor, which looks glamorous, but it is hard to know.It's still hot right now, and I'm sweating profusely in unlined clothes, not to mention putting on iron armor weighing dozens of kilograms, it's really like being shrouded in a cage.But life-saving is the most important thing. Whether there is iron armor or not, it is related to the safety of one's own life. This is the most important thing.

Everyone was forming a team, and saw the Wuzhai Fort scouting horses in the distance waving the small yellow flag. Looking at the flag, the enemy came, there were about ten thousand people, and it was the Mongolian team of ten thousand people led by Dazheng. After entering the entrance, we have already arrived at Shigou City.Then there was a faint tremor on the ground, as if cavalrymen were coming.It seems that the Mongols are not far from here.

(End of this chapter)