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Chapter 18 Target Tarragon Sentinel
Zhang Cheng was afraid that the Tartars would cross the Yu River and would not be able to pursue them, so he sent Wu Zhizhong's right post to set off first to block the pontoon bridge on the Yu River on the south side of Mafang. .

At this time, he said to Wu Zhizhong: "There are only a hundred captive cavalry, and your troops will set off early to block the pontoon bridge. When I fight against the captive cavalry, you can leave a team of cavalry to guard the bridge, and lead two teams to sneak attack from the south of Mafang. captive ride.

It is very important for you to guard the Yu River, especially to prevent the captive cavalry from going back to ask for help, and also to prevent the captive cavalry brigade from discovering the situation and coming to rescue.If the situation is critical, please report to me immediately. "

Wu Zhizhong replied solemnly: "Yes, sir, don't worry. It's just that the cavalry are brave and good at fighting, so you should be more careful, sir."

Zhang Cheng smiled, looked up at the sky, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

Wu Zhizhong led the right sentry to set off as a whole team first, turned to the south not far from the front, and followed the north bank of the Yu River to the Yu River pontoon bridge just south of Mafang to set up defenses.

Along the way, Zhang Cheng dispatched two teams of cavalry from each of the three posts except the right post, plus his guards in the center, a total of more than two hundred fierce knights. Now two teams of cavalry are going out to explore the road. In the back, at a distance of about two hundred steps, they headed straight for Mafang Village.

Chen Zheng and Hu Dake each led more than 120 cavalry from the headquarters to cover and advance at the later positions on the north and south sides of Zhang Cheng. They kept a distance of more than [-] steps from Zhang Cheng's main cavalry.

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Mafang Village is located in a small place about sixty miles east of Changping, bordering Shunyi. Horses, so there are mostly horse households, so it is named Mafang Village.

As the horse administration in the late Ming Dynasty became increasingly paralyzed, the place was no longer as good as before. Many horse households fled in all directions, but there were always some who couldn't leave and had to rely on raising horses to survive.

At this time, the village was in a mess, and black smoke rose from time to time in the village. About a hundred steps to the southwest of the village, there was a rather spacious place surrounded by a simple wooden fence, and a large group of people gathered inside. Ragged poor people.

Mafang Village is small, with only a few hundred households. The houses in the village are either set on fire or dilapidated.

The total number of this group of Tartars who looted wantonly in the Mafang area should be around 200 people. Among them, there is only one team of real armored soldiers, about 50 people, led by a distributed Shiku.

Among them, there are about 20 vest soldiers, divided into two divisions, each led by a Qing army strongman; the remaining 30 are infantry soldiers, divided into three divisions, each led by a Qing army strongman.

Although the name is infantry, in fact they all have horses, but the title is different from vest cavalry, vest cavalry is the best in infantry, and its status in the Qing army is also higher than that of infantry.

The rest also have 40 auxiliary soldiers, all of whom are members of the various banners. They voluntarily went out to fight and plunder with the army, and prepared their own horses and weapons, so that they could be promoted to soldiers, infantry armor, vests, etc. after making military exploits. At this time, their combat capabilities are still very limited.

There are also Aha and coated servants brought by the vests and infantry. There are also nearly a hundred people. Whenever the Tartar vest cavalry go out to battle, they will bring their own coated Aha and one or two to serve them. , take care of the horses, help keep the spoils of looting and so on.

Depending on the wealth of their masters, these coated slaves basically have mules and horses to ride, otherwise they will not be able to keep up with the master's footsteps, and many of the coated slaves are equipped with weapons, which can assist the master in fighting against the Ming army. No more, at most, some outstanding performers can be worn by infantry armor.

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At this moment, this group of Qing army captives who came out to plunder are gathering in Mafang Village for lunch and are planning to return to Tongzhou in the afternoon.

At lunch today, the leader of the team, Shiku, found out that the sentry cavalry who went out to plunder in the morning encountered a sentry from the Ming army in Lügezhuang in the southwest, but this Kushiku had already followed many times. The master invaded the capital, very arrogant, so he didn't take it seriously.

But there was another report just now, saying that the sentry cavalry of the Ming army appeared near the Mafang again, and the deserving Pashiku only sent two strong men, each with a fine cavalry, to continue the sentry in the west and north directions respectively. Explore.

I was still in the yard of a larger house in the north of the village, surrounded by a pile of charcoal fire with the remaining three Zhuang Da, roasting a leg of lamb, not taking it seriously at all.

"My lord, these Ming dogs are too courageous. They dare to fight against our sentry cavalry. I think they are tired of living!" A strong man of the Qing army with a beard on his face held a hand-relief knife in his hand. , said while cutting off a piece of lamb leg and feeding it to a disheveled woman cowering in his arms.

"My lord, Minggou Senqi dares to spy on our army, do you want to be on guard?" The incumbent Bashku stared, but didn't say anything. The disheveled but dying young woman pushed into the corner, and then said with a little worry.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhss Or lie down on the ground, all of them with torn clothes and haggard faces.

"Mom, call me a fuck, and tell me to eat your mother!" A strong man stood up and glared angrily at the group of poor women in the corner, with a fierce look on his face.

In particular, he had a scar from his right forehead, crossed his right eye, and reached his upper lip. Under the flickering lights, he looked like a devil coming out of hell, scaring those poor women into silence for an instant... dare not scream loudly, Just squatting or lying there sobbing softly...

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the deserving Pashiku looked solemn, and suddenly raised the right hand of Yau Ma Hua Hua, holding a piece of lamb leg that had just been cut, and shouted tremblingly: "Shut up, it seems that there is something wrong with you." Something is wrong..."

As everyone stopped moving, the room was eerily quiet for a moment, and a needle could be heard.

There were bursts of roaring sounds from a distance, the sound was very soft, faint, but it gave people a strong sense of oppression, as if it was far outside the village, and it seemed to be just outside this house.

The faces of all the Tartars in the room changed slightly, and the barbarian Zhuangda, who was a little worried just now, spit out: "Could it be Minggou..."

When he said this, he saw that Fende Pashiku was staring at him fiercely, so he immediately shut up and swallowed the rest of the words.

"Boom...dang..." the door was suddenly knocked open, and a coat-coated Aha who was assigned to Shiku ran into the room in a hurry, yelling incoherently: "Ming dog... is here... Ming Dog... came,... many... came in..."

Although the Tartarist's Pashku was a little flustered in his heart, he was very calm on the surface. After all, he was an old bandit under the old slave's hands for many years. He was promoted by relying on the accumulation of corpses and blood. He didn't see any scenes. Pass.

He raised his foot and kicked the wrapped Aha who rushed to report in a hurry, and shouted angrily: "Useless bastard, panic grandma."

　The first small climax "Mafang Encirclement and Annihilation War" has begun. Zhang Cheng's first battle with real swords and guns since he traveled, and it is directly against the strongest army in the late Ming Dynasty, the first battle against the cavalry.

　　Because this is the first time I write this kind of battle scene, I try my best to integrate myself into the scene and write it more excitingly, but after all, I don’t have enough experience. Please give me any comments or suggestions in time when watching, support me, and help me. I grow up together.

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