East Factory Governor

Chapter 148
On the third day of November in the second year of Chongzhen, Haishi.

After Zhao led the [-] troops to withdraw from Da'ankou, they passed near the catfish pass, and then went straight to Shimenzhai, cleverly avoiding the [-] elite soldiers of Manggurtai and Dorgon who had reinforced Da'ankou in advance.

The strategic location of Shimenzhai is very important.It is located in the southwest of Zunhua City, only more than 60 miles away from Zunhua City.At the same time, it is located in the northeast of Jizhou City, only more than 80 miles away from Jizhou City. It can be said that it is at the middle point of these two places.If the army can be stationed in Shimenzhai, then Yuan Chonghuan will have more strategic choices.

The army stopped its flags and drums, held a horse and bound its hooves, and marched quietly.When he took a small road to a forest more than 50 li away from Shimenzhai, three guards in Jinyi came to report panting.

"Reporting to Qianhu, three Tatar horse sentries were found three miles ahead!"

Qin Shuhuai was startled, Shimenzhai was far away from here, it was impossible for the horse sentry to patrol so far for no reason, the only possibility was that a Tartar army was about to pass by here.

I couldn't help but get a chill down my back, could it be that my intention was discovered by Hou Jin?

To be honest, he didn't have much hope for the fighting power of the five thousand Ming army.Although this is already the strongest unit that the Ming army can produce at present, under field conditions, as long as it encounters two or three thousand golden soldiers, it is almost impossible to win.If these 5000 people enter Shimenzhai and cooperate with the Ming army from all walks of life, it will be an excellent move, but if they lose here, I will be busy these days.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was unlikely.Even if Huang Taiji guessed that he was trying to scare him deliberately, he would definitely ignore him and continue to attack Zunhua City, at most he would wait until after Zunhua City to trouble him.

Could it be that after learning that Luo Wenyu had fallen, the reinforcements sent by Huang Taiji to reinforce Da'ankou passed through here?This is even more impossible.If you are going to reinforce Da'ankou, you can take the official road from Zunhua to Da'ankou, or you can take a shorter path, why come to the catfish pass and make a big detour?

So he quickly told Zhao Ratejiao the news.

Zhao Ratejiao was also surprised when he heard about it, but his judgment was also consistent with Qin Shuhuai's. First, even if there was a Tartar army passing by here, everyone just met by chance, and the other party could not have come with his five thousand troops. Second, the main force of the Tartars is either attacking Zunhua City, or they have already assembled in the direction of Da'ankou, so the number of this Tartar army should not be too large.

In this way, the next thing will be easy to handle.Since the opponent is not the main force of the Tartars, there is no need for the army to evade, and they can also make an ambush to see if they can pick up something.

So the army immediately divided into two groups, and took advantage of the night to lie in ambush on both sides of the forest path.The cavalry tied their horses at a distance, then took their weapons and changed into infantry.This way the panting of the horse will not give away the army.

After more than a quarter of an hour, three Tartar horses galloped past the path, two of them continued to run forward, while the other stopped.

The forest at night was pitch black, except for the little moonlight shining in because there were no trees on the path, you couldn't see your fingers on both sides of the path.

The horse whistle listened for a while, then suddenly urged the horse to walk into the forest on the right side of the road.

Qin Shuhuai watched the horse whistle coming towards him, and his heart raised his throat, wondering if he had discovered something unusual?
The ambush positions of the five thousand Ming troops were all about 30 meters away from the path. The horse sentry walked about [-] meters in and suddenly dismounted, as if he was unbuttoning his pants.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After finishing the post, the Tartars got on their horses and ran forward again.

After a while, a horse sentry turned back and ran back, probably reporting to the troops behind.

Everyone waited patiently until another quarter of an hour later, they finally heard a burst of chaotic footsteps not far away.

A team of Tazi troops consisting of [-] horsemen and [-] infantry hurried forward on the forest path, and there were nearly [-] soldiers behind them. Each of these soldiers carried heavy bags, and some They were also leading a donkey and a poor horse. Both the donkey's back and the horse's back were full of stuff, which was obviously the harvest of their trip to the fortress.

It didn't take long for all the 1000 people to enter the ambush circle.

Zhao Ledjiao immediately gave an order, and fifty crossbowmen first fired three consecutive volleys. The Tazi soldiers who were caught off guard immediately fell six to seventy people, and half of them died immediately.Then the 70 troops ambushing on both sides of the road immediately rose up and killed them suddenly!
The Tarzi army was in chaos immediately, under the bleak moonlight, everyone's face was full of surprise and fear.They never imagined that they would be ambushed after such a secret march, and they chose this unremarkable trail on purpose!They will never understand, where did this Ming army come from?And how did he know his marching route and lay an ambush in advance?

No wonder they were surprised, saying that this was just a "coincidence" and they didn't believe it!
On horseback, a man who looked like a post-Jin general shouted hoarsely in Manchu, trying to stabilize the troops.However, when encountering an ambush suddenly, the enemy's strength is still ten times that of his own. Even soldiers with strong psychological quality will inevitably panic, so how can they be stable in a short time?

Especially those troops composed of Han Chinese, Koreans, and a small group of Mongolians at the bottom were so frightened that they frantically ran around. Infected the regular army.

The crowded path quickly turned into a slaughterhouse, under the pale moonlight, swords and swords were scattered, and wailing and screams were intertwined. The Ming army rushed up like a tide, and the space of the Jin army was continuously compressed.

When the Hou Jin cavalry saw that something was wrong, they prepared to forcefully break out of the encirclement.But soon a dense crowd of spearmen gathered around them. These spearmen held spears nearly three meters long. Without a word, they stabbed down the horse first. Hornet's nest.

Four thousand of the five thousand Ming troops were well-trained Guan Ning troops, and they took advantage of the ambush. Naturally, they were able to deal with only five hundred Jin soldiers with ease.As for those soldiers who don't even have decent weapons, they are even more dismissive.

Because Qin Shuhuai hadn't recovered from his injuries, he sat on a wheelbarrow with Li Jingting and Meng Wei to watch the battle leisurely this time.Because Li Jingting and Meng Wei took the medicine that Qin Shuhuai bought from the system, their injuries improved a lot, and they are now awake.

But Meng Hu couldn't stay idle, relying on his own strength, regardless of the layers of gauze wrapped around his body, he rushed into the enemy's line screaming, and he didn't know how many Tartars killed him with his sword Down.

The battle lasted for less than half an hour, and the five hundred Tartar soldiers were wiped out, half of the other five hundred soldiers died in the battle, and the other half chose to surrender.The Ming army only lost less than 200 people in the battle, which is an excellent casualty ratio.

I found a Han servant to interrogate him, and he obediently recruited everything he knew without threatening to go to prison.

His words surprised everyone.

PS: Thank you Caiyunzhinan 85 for being the master of this book!In addition: today is even later, but the third update remains the same!
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