The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 27 Encountering the enemy
The second year of Chongzhen was the first time that the Jin army entered the customs. The common people in the capital city hated them deeply.

In fact, if the Ming court had enough mobilization power, it could completely mobilize the masses to defend their homes and the country, and it was very possible for these tens of thousands of people to march into Wang Yang, who was caught in the people's war.

It's a pity that things backfired. The Ming Dynasty government's decree couldn't even reach the villages. In the local area, the gentry and clan basically had the final say.

Huang Han's strength was too weak in its infancy, and it was impossible to forcibly challenge Jiannu. Nowadays, it is especially important to preserve strength and seek development. Choosing to fight a small-scale annihilation battle, slipping the first battle is the main theme of this attack.

On the morning of December [-], the second year of Chongzhen, in the cold wind, sixteen knights set off.

In addition to their crotch horses, they also had nine spare horses. Huang Han didn't use a banner, and he didn't even think about what banner to use for this small team.

Huang Han wanted to do good deeds this time without leaving his name, to be a lively Lei Feng, so as not to be remembered by the slave chiefs, which is not conducive to development.Today's Huang Han is too insignificant, high-profile is not good, and low-key development is the kingly way.

Fame is nothing more than floating clouds, benefits are Huang Han's only pursuit now, opportunities are rare now, and the time is not waiting for equipment, horses, and gold and silver.

Because the Later Jin Army had been plundering the Gyeonggi area for at most half a year, Huang Han had to seize these few months to earn enough military exploits and captures, trying to get his father promoted three or four ranks to become a military attache in a certain place.

If the Hou Jin army returned to Liaodong, Huang Han would have great difficulty in relying on his military exploits to rise to the top.

To get the head of Jiannu in the pass, it is not possible unless you go to Xuanfu and Datong in the seventh year of Chongzhen.Because the next time slaves entered the customs was to rob Xuanda in the seventh year of Chongzhen.

This means that in the next four years, if you want to build a slave leader, you will have to take your troops out of the customs to fight guerrillas in Liaodong. There is no comparability, and the risk factor can be imagined.

The most important thing is not military exploits and capture, how to do everything possible to reduce the casualties of the soldiers is the big thing.

In order to preserve the color of the robe as much as possible, it is especially important to improve the protection of the equipment.

During this month, Huang Han's mother led a group of women to make characteristic love cotton armors, which were slowly sewed by the women like the soles of shoes.

This kind of cotton armor is not only light and warm to wear on the body, but also has better protection against the penetration of feather arrows, and it can also buffer the impact force of cold weapons when lined in iron armor.

During this period, Yang Laoshi has equipped the iron helmet with the visor required by Huang Han. This design is not worth mentioning, and the craftsmanship is not complicated. It is a curved iron plate with many holes, the size of which is similar to the face. The strength reaches [-] steps of the step bow, and the direct shot cannot penetrate.

Soldiers wearing armor can push the visor above the helmet so that it does not fall off. It is similar to the brim of a hat. When it is pulled down in battle, it can cover 90.00% of the face area.

With this equipment, the casualty rate caused by the enemy's face-shooting will naturally be reduced to [-]%.

This is not a self-talk, because the iron helmet and iron face armor are also lined with the cotton armor tailored by the women. Even if the enemy's arrows shoot through the weak part of the face armor, the broken iron armor will be cushioned by the cotton armor, causing The damage effect will be weakened too much.

This means that only when the enemy's arrows accurately hit the holes in the visor can they have a chance to seriously injure these servants, otherwise they can only lose their combat effectiveness by slashing and killing them face to face.

With the armor and sharp weapon, every soldier is full of confidence in this attack.

They had all heard Song Pengfei tell the story of how Huang Han killed the enemy and took the horse back home. Everyone had a sense of substitution. They thought that what Huang Han could do by himself should be easier to do now that there are 16 people.

The mental state of the soldiers was very good. They talked and laughed along the way, and no one was afraid of the unknown.More than half of the people still feel a little excited, they all have the pride of finding the Marquis immediately.

Huang Han also intentionally laughed with everyone to ease his emotions. He looked at the stalwart man who was as strong as an ox, and asked, "Why didn't you get a wife? If we are unlucky this time and lose our lives, you don't even have a woman?" Wouldn't it be a shame that you haven't tasted it yet?"

Hanzi smiled and said: "Brother Han still has the nerve to talk about me, aren't you also a bachelor?"

Yang Danian interjected: "Last year someone proposed a marriage to Yang Dalang, it was a girl from Xiaoliu Village, he didn't take a fancy to her, and he disliked her for being too dark."

The fool said: "I don't think her face is dark, but I can see that the girl is a bit stupid. The folks in Jiulitai have already called me a fool. If I marry a fool, I will not be laughed to death in the future."

All the family members were happy, even Huang Yizhou couldn't help laughing.He said: "Da Lang, after the Jin army has retired, uncle will definitely tell you a fair and bright girl."

Huang Han said: "Our idiot is going to be a general in the future, and of course he wants to marry a beautiful girl. Which blind matchmaker actually tells you a dark and stupid girl, tell me, I will go to smoke whenever I have time." she."

The fool said indignantly: "Yes! The stinky matchmaker actually looks down on me, it's a shame."

Song Pengfei said loudly without losing the opportunity: "There is no such thing as a general."

All the family members responded: "A man should strengthen himself!"

A dozen or so heroes full of passion, they galloped on the mountain road for the first time.

Hou Jinnu Chief Hong killed Man Gui and captured two generals under Man Gui's command--Ma Dengyun and Hei Yunlong. Then he continued his efforts and personally commanded the soldiers of the Eight Banners to wipe out the lieutenant general Shen Fu who dared to go out of the capital to fight near the Lugou Bridge. The 7000 people.

So far, the Ming capital had no generals who dared to take the initiative to attack the Hou Jin army, and all the Ming troops huddled in the city and watched the Hou Jin army burn, kill and loot.

The capital city of the Ming Dynasty had high walls and thick walls, and the later Jin army came from afar as a cavalry raid without carrying siege equipment at all.

In fact, his thinking is similar to Huang Han's. He only picks soft persimmons, and his purpose is to pick up cheap ones and avoid wars of attrition and tough battles that hurt the vitality of the Jin army.

There was no longer any Ming army to go to battle, and the Houjin robbers of course continued their great cause of robbery. During this period, Jiannu broke into Zhangjiawan and robbed them with a smile on their faces, and then broke into Xianghe County for another carnival of robbery, rape, and murder...

Jiannu, who had entered the land of no one, never expected that a small team had already sneaked up to Sijiao Mountain in the north of Yutian County, and they even didn't expect that a team of only 16 people came to chop off the head of the Empress Jin Army.

The Hou Jin army was about to attack Yutian County, but Yang Chufang, the magistrate of the county, read the sage book into the dog's stomach, and he surrendered to the barbarians regardless of shame.

The Jiannu soldiers took Yutian without bloodshed and became even more arrogant. They began to loot outside Yutian County.

A group of 11 Zhenglan Banner armored men rushed into the village at the foot of Sijiao Mountain, burned, killed, and looted. Many ordinary people who did not have time to escape into the forest became innocent souls.

It was more than twenty miles away from the county seat, and the mountains were rolling. Huang Han, who was hiding on the hill, saw that the village below the mountain, which was about the same size as Jiulitai Village, was on fire, and immediately realized that it should be the Hou Jin army who was looting.

It must not be a large group of people who robbed such a small village. Huang Han decided to rush over to see if there was any opportunity for fighters. He asked his father to take a few servants who were not capable of riding and fighting to wait in ambush at the foot of the mountain.

Huang Han chose Hanzi, Yang Hanwei, Yang Danian, and Huang Sifang to follow him in the battle, and ordered Song Pengfei to follow him a mile behind him to be a good messenger.

He agreed with everyone in simple sign language, and raised his single fist to indicate that there are not many enemies, and his side can completely wipe them out in one fell swoop, and the whole army attacked quickly.

Waving the palm means to lure the enemy to the ambush point according to the plan. Taking off the leather shield and waving it above the head means that there are too many enemies and our army is very dangerous. Try to escape one by one.

In the 16-man team, apart from Huang Yizhou, only Hanzi and Yang Hanwei were able to ride and launch long-range attacks calmly on horseback. Song Pengfei's riding skills were first-class, so it was a good choice for him to be the correspondent.

(End of this chapter)