The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 251 Carefree and dripping
After two days and two nights plus half a day of marching in the wind and snow, the cavalrymen and Jinyiwei of the Fubiao Battalion were a little tired.

Seeing the "Red Banner Army" at this time, everyone relaxed and felt cold and hungry.

Zhao Kun had never fought side by side with Lou Yun, and he did not participate in the fight in the ambush, but was helping manage the horses, so Lou Yun didn't know him.

But Zhao Kun knew Li Ruolian and the four Jin Yiwei who took the initiative to join the "Red Banner Army" to compete with the Jin Army.

He warmly invited Lou Yun and his party into the camp, and immediately arranged for dozens of people to roast mutton to entertain all the brothers of the Ming army.

Liu Quan, Liu He, a dozen Fubiao battalion officers and 23 Jinyiwei were accompanied by Zhao Kun personally to a large yurt that could accommodate five to sixty people to drink kumiss and eat roast lamb.

Everyone lowered their heads and entered the low gate of the yurt, and saw that there were more than a dozen women waiting inside, and the guards in brocade clothes were all surprised.

As soon as he sat down, Lou Yun couldn't wait to ask: "Lord Zhao, you have captured many yurts, cattle and sheep, so the battle must be going well!"

Zhao Kun proudly said: "It's not only smooth, it's like breaking a bamboo. Not far from Xiaguan's camp, more than [-] Karaqin cavalry encountered our army, and my 'Red Banner Army' won a complete victory. Qin Tartar lost more than half of his life and escaped, and now his mentor, General Huang, is sitting in Qingcheng."

Lou Yun was surprised and said: "Qingcheng has already been captured by General Huang? How did you fight? Were there many casualties?"

"Haha, our army will decide the world in one battle, and the Karaqin people were scared out of their wits. They didn't dare to fight anymore, so they voluntarily gave up Qingcheng and ran away."

Liu Quan felt incredible, opened his mouth wide and asked, "Huh? How could the Tartars be so cowardly?"

Zhao Kun replied with a smile: "You barbarians! They're just bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, and they are doing it! Haha..."

Hearing this place, Jin Yiwei and the officers of Fubiao Battalion felt very happy. They sang loudly while drinking, and they put away the feeling of suffering two nights in the biting cold wind hoping for the dawn.

After taking a few sips of wine, Lou Yun couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He went out of the pass with confidence and chopped off the heads of the Tartars for military merit. Now that the "Red Banner Army" has finished their work, isn't it a waste of time?
Lou Yun sighed: "Oh! It's a pity that I came a step late! I still want to take my brothers to the battlefield to fight again so that I can show off in the capital. Who knows that sleeping in the open in the wind and snow along the way is a waste of hard work. myself."

Liu Quan also said: "We also want to chop some tartars to enjoy our hands. Who knew that General Huang's hands and feet are so fast. Sigh! What a waste of time!"

Zhao Kun wanted to kill the Tartars wholeheartedly, because he hated the Empress Jin army, his family was ravaged by Jiannu and the Tartars, and only his father and he survived.

Now Zhao Kun's father has gone to live in "Tiger Cave" city.Mr. Zhao, who can write and count, refused to be idle, and found a job as a warehouse manager in a quilt factory.

Zhao Kun lamented that he was leading the infantry, and the Tartars did not come to take the initiative to attack. He and his subordinates basically had no chance to kill the enemy.

Today, when he saw Lou Yun and Liu Quan coming here with more than [-] cavalry, he thought in his heart that he would instruct them to attack, fight cheaply, fight for military exploits, and win gains.

He was amused to hear Lou Yun's unwillingness, and said, "Master Lou, Master Liu, are you making a mistake? Could it be that this is the land of Gyeonggi?"

Lou Yun asked: "How does Mr. Zhao say this?"

"This is the Harqin Grassland! The young and strong here are all Tartar light cavalry."

Lou Yun was already excited when he woke up the dreamer with a single word, he said: "Why did Master Zhao teach me? Please tell me in detail!"

"It's hard to travel in the ice and snow. It's not easy for the tribes of the Karaqin people to escape with their families and cattle and sheep. They can't run fast at all, so they can't run far. As long as they catch up with a tribe, they will capture and capture a lot."

Lou Yun swallowed, his eyes widened and he said, "Is that true? But we don't know where to go to find the Karaqin Tartars!"

Liu Quan and Liu He also asked: "Is it easy to attack the tribe of the Tartars? Don't we have too many troops to take the initiative to find them and launch an attack?"

Seeing that Lou Yun and the others were moved, Zhao Kun raised his voice and said:
"My lords, the wine we drink, the mutton we eat, and the yurts we live in are all shot. Our army has also captured many Tartar women. These women are completely different from Han women. They are very coquettish. Basically, no one is unwilling. sleep for you."

A group of Jin Yiwei has long noticed the women who serve everyone drinking and eating meat, and now they know that they are also captured, as long as they are willing, they can...

Lou Yun took a sip of wine and said viciously: "Do it, of course we have to do it. We will go look for the Karaqin Tartars early tomorrow morning."

A group of soldiers dared to beat the king after drinking a few glasses of wine, and wished they could set off immediately to snatch the Tartars.

Drinking and chatting, not only was full of wine and food, but also learned that there are many Karaqin tribes to fight. Lou Yun, Zhang Chao, etc. were inexplicably excited, and Liu Quan and Liu He were also starry-eyed.

Zhao Kun also gave Lou Yun some directions, and he said: "The cavalry of the 'Red Banner Army' in the north of Qingcheng have spent five days searching a radius of [-] miles, and now they are concentrating on the west of Qingcheng.

Lord Lou and Lord Liu's troops can use the general banner as a unit to go to the east of Qingcheng to pull the net, and the officials guarantee that there will be gains within a day or two. "

Lou Yun led his men and horses to walk for three days in such bad weather. They were all cavalry with two horses and basically had no luggage. The situation can be imagined, and it is not surprising to be overtaken by cavalry.

The fugitive Tartars entered an endless loop at this time. They were not stupid. They didn't know that they could not run dozens of miles a day with their families and cattle and sheep. If the enemy's cavalry wanted to chase them, they would definitely be able to catch up.

But what can they do? What's the use of leaving behind their belongings, livestock, and food, even if they run away?They simply cannot survive the harsh winter.

They are blocking their luck. The grassland is too big and it is snowing again. There will always be tribes that can escape. Many tribes simply don’t run away. They choose to hide. In order not to be discovered by the Ming army, they do not light fires during the day, and in the middle of the night Dare to eat hot mouth.

It is also true that the snow is blowing and the north wind is howling, and the horseshoe marks and rut marks left on the grassland will be covered by the snow blown by the strong wind. When night comes, no one will still be active in the wild. It is indeed impossible to be discovered by the Ming army with fire.

After all, the grassland is too big, and the experienced Tartars played hide-and-seek with the Ming army with good results. Indeed, more than half of the tribes got rid of the fate of being hunted down.

There were four or five large tribes of Tartars who fled northward, and only two tribes were unlucky enough to be discovered by the "Red Banner Army".

(End of this chapter)