Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 468
At midnight the next day, the boundless darkness still shrouded the vast land. When everyone was immersed in their dreams, the Ming army hiding in the mountain depression had been awakened by their respective superiors.

After a short period of chaos, the soldiers sleeping in their clothes arranged their luggage under the bright moonlight, and then lined up under a deep password. When the whole army was lined up in less than half an hour, Liu Guoneng gave an order, the front Under the leadership of Shangguan, a group of soldiers marched towards the pass of the mountain in two columns.

Under the blue sky, the silvery moonlight covered the ground, providing good conditions for the march of the army. Although some soldiers with poor eyesight still stumbled from time to time, the team like a long dragon was still winding towards the northeast amid bumps and bumps. and go.

After the team of nearly 5000 people walked out of the Hushan Pass, under the supervision of a small group of Ming soldiers who were in charge of the delay, more than a thousand young and strong Ming people walked out from the innermost part of the pass in a mess, and then followed the Ming army's footsteps.

Due to the lack of sufficient nutrients, most of the ancient people suffered from mild or severe night blindness, so night walking and night fighting rarely happened. Although the food of the Ming army has been greatly improved compared with the past, the There are still many soldiers who are visually impaired.

Fortunately, Liu Guoneng had considered this a long time ago, and he deliberately selected 1000 people with no vision problems as the pioneers. After leaving the mountain col, he and Zhang Wenyao led these 1000 people to speed up their thinking about Hetu. Allah go.

The troops behind only need to follow slowly, and wait until the sky is bright before arriving at the destination, because they don't need to enter the city to participate in the battle, they only need to be responsible for the support on the periphery.

After spending nearly an hour, the 1000 forwards entered the mountain forest on the east side of Hetuala City just after the ugliness. , Countless bird droppings fell from the sky, and the birds sang and flew to a safe place.

"Bah! It's fucking bad luck! Old Liu, I heard that the ancestral graves of the Nu Chiefs are all on this boundary. Do you want to dig up his ancestral graves after we finish fighting?"

After Zhang Wenyao reached out to wipe off the pool of bird droppings that fell on his face, he asked in a low voice.

Liu Guoneng, who was trying to observe the movement in the city at night through the gap between the trees, said without turning his head: "This is impossible. Since Shangfeng didn't explain it, let's not break the taboo. Listen to those soldiers from the Ministry of War. As I said before, the emperor has ordered that as long as Jianu kneels down and begs to surrender, he must not be killed, so let's just fight and don't cause trouble!"

"Forget it! After all, it's a matter of wickedness and fumes. We are officers and soldiers now, not thieves, and we have to accumulate virtue for future generations! After this battle is over, I don't think there will be many battles. If you can mess with the boss Bing, find a place to marry a wife and have children, this life is enough!"

Zhang Wenyao sat on the ground leaning against the trunk of a big tree next to him and muttered.

As time passed, the moon hanging in the sky slowly moved westward, and the sky began to turn white. After a while, without paying attention, the boundless darkness suddenly faded away, and the scenery on the earth became clear.

"Teams check their equipment!"

Following the low voice of orders, there was a rustling sound, and the soldiers began to check whether there was any problem with the equipment they were carrying.

"out!"

After the inspection of the whole army was completed, Liu Guoneng gave an order and stepped forward, stepping on the thick fallen leaves on the ground and leading the way to Hetuala, which was a few miles away. More than a dozen soldiers with simple ladders on their shoulders followed closely behind, and hundreds of soldiers followed. The famous soldiers followed in small groups, and there was a mess of voices in the silent mountain forest.

Hetuala, who was sleeping, was peaceful. The Qing soldiers on duty at the city gate had completely relaxed their vigilance during the long peaceful days. The Ming soldiers who came over had already set up crude wooden ladders on the wall of the village. At that time, there was still no figure of Jiannu on duty.

Sun Kui first climbed up the wall of the village along the ladder, then sat on the narrow wall, stretched out his arms and lifted the climbing ladder up, then erected the ladder inside the wall of the village, and then climbed up from the ladder Quickly went down to the city.

At this moment, the sudden sound of dog barking broke the silence of the morning. First, it was the barking of a dog, and then the barking of dogs in the whole city became one.

"X's!"

Sun Kui cursed casually.

The barking of so many dogs must have alarmed Jiannu, and now the planned surprise attack could only be turned into a violent attack.

After he waved his hand, he walked quickly, and a dozen Ye Bushou who had climbed into the city quickly followed behind him and rushed towards the east gate of the village.

Just when Sun Kui was dozens of steps away from the gate of the village, a few sentry Qing soldiers who were awakened by the barking of dogs, either with bare arms or wearing cloth robes, came out of the wooden house next to the gate of the village with bows and knives. Jumped out.

When these Qing soldiers saw the color and style of the armor worn by Sun Kui and the others, they were obviously quite surprised. One of them even stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously, as if he was afraid that he might have hallucinations.

The moment these Jiannus rushed out of the house, Sun Kui cried out inwardly, there was an archer among them!
The Qing army, who lived in the deep mountains and old forests all year round and made a living by fishing and hunting, was the best at bows and arrows and hand-to-hand combat. They used long-range and accurate long-range bows, and their arrows were only heavy with iron heads.

Many Qing soldiers with excellent archery skills like to use three-edged arrows with barbs at the end of the arrow. As long as they are shot by this kind of arrow, even if the part of the arrow is not fatal, it will kill them if they think about it. I have to give you It is impossible to bring a large piece of meat,

Taking advantage of the stunned effort of several Qing soldiers, Sun Kui, who was running at the front, accelerated forward and quickly brought the two sides closer to within ten steps. Seeing that the archer was about to shoot a heavy arrow with his bow, Sun Kui The short flintlock in Kui's hand fired first, and with a loud bang, a cloud of rising white smoke enveloped Sun Kui, and also slightly blocked part of the line of sight between the two teams.

Hearing a scream from someone in the back team, Sun Kui rushed out of the gunpowder smoke, swung his arms and threw the short gun at the archer vigorously. With a short shout, he rushed straight to the archer.

A Qing soldier who was standing scattered stepped forward and raised a long-handled tiger-tooth knife to slash vertically. The archer with bare arms took the opportunity to move to one side. , narrowly avoiding the opponent's slashing.

Two more screams sounded, and the Jiannu archer opened and closed his long bow continuously while moving, and two more Ming soldiers fell to the ground with arrows. In just a few tens of breaths, this archer had already killed and wounded three Ming soldiers. .

Just as Sun Kui's body was slashed by the tiger-tooth knife, a long spear stabbed towards him silently. Although Sun Kui reacted quickly, but his old strength was exhausted and his new strength was not born, so he could barely avoid the vital point by turning sideways. , the spear that had been aimed at his abdomen pierced hard in his right rib.

In the agony, Sun Kui yelled, discarded the knife and grasped the barrel of the gun with both hands, and was about to fight with the opponent, a small crossbow arrow flew from behind, hit the right eye of Qingjun who was using the gun, and stuck deeply in his brain , The Qing soldier fell on his back and died on the spot after letting go.

Sun Kui, who was exercising his strength, suddenly lost control of his body. He retreated a few steps and sat down on the ground holding the gun barrel. Seven or eight Ming soldiers rushed past behind him. A long swordsman and an archer were killed on the spot one after another.

"Go and open the gate of the village! I can't die!"

Seeing that his subordinates were rushing over to check on his injury, Sun Kui shouted in desperation.

　Thanks for the sweet and non-salty tip.Wish me a happy birthday!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)