Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 470

Daxian Mountain.

The mountains are undulating, the Great Wall is winding, the majestic pass stands tall, and the trees are shady.

A Jurchen light cavalry was walking in the mountains, and the mountains became more and more dangerous. They could only dismount and lead them. "I didn't expect that Shandong also has the Great Wall. I thought that only the north has the Great Wall..."

Before he finished speaking, suddenly an arrow shot towards him and hit his throat fiercely. The young face of the rat-tailed bannerman was full of pain. He fell to the ground clutching the arrow and wanted to speak, but his throat Braving blood bubbles and leaking air, he couldn't make a sentence.

The black and strong man with a scar on his face in the team quickly rolled aside, "Enemy attack!"

More arrows came.

Another banner soldier was hit by an arrow, and he grabbed the wounded banner soldier's leg with his scarred face and dragged him behind a big rock. He hid behind the stone and began to observe the situation.

This place is not far from Muling Pass on the Daxian mountain range. It is approaching the top of the mountain, and the stone road is narrow and winding.

There are even several sections where even horses cannot be ridden.

The arrow is still shooting.

But except for those two unlucky guys, the rest of the team had already gone into hiding.

Not so lucky for their mounts, the raiders were already shooting at their horses.

Scarface was very calm, he didn't rush to save the horse, so don't act rashly at this time.

"Uncle?" a teenager called out to him.

"Don't move around." Scarface ordered.

After a while, the random arrows stopped.

On the mountain road, apart from a body that fell to the ground with an arrow in its throat, there were ten horses. One horse was still neighing but couldn't struggle, but it didn't make up for the arrow.

There was no movement.

Scarface looked back at the wounded soldier who was pulled back by him, the guy was shot in the chest by an arrow, the blood soaked the cotton armor, but the guy gritted his teeth and endured it.

Not dead yet.

He went over to check carefully, and found that the cotton armor had a good protective effect. Although the ambushing archers shot at a very short distance, the cotton armor still blocked most of the force, and the arrow pierced through the armor and pierced into the chest. , but not too deep, and there was a lot of blood, but it was not fatal.

"You're lucky, kid. The armor on the chest is thickened," Scarface smiled at the guy, "Be careful next time, you may not have such good luck again."

The young wounded soldier gritted his teeth, "If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. Fortunately, you didn't shoot him in the back. Damn it, Captain, where did the ambush come from?"

Scarface didn't know either, but he guessed it might be Tianzi's imperial soldiers.

"It must be Emperor Ming's imperial army who has seized Muling Pass."

"Damn it, why is it faster than us? Didn't it mean that Denglai had just been defeated, why did they all come to Muling Pass?" the wounded soldier gritted his teeth and cursed.

Scarface carefully listened to the movement on the other side, but there was still no sound.

"It's probably a sentinel cavalry, not many in number, otherwise we would have rushed out early, we have to leave here and go back to report."

I don't know the enemy's situation, and my scar face is not impulsive.

He began to pull out arrows for the wounded soldier, and bandaged him urgently to stop the bleeding.

Scarface's movements were rough but quick, and the wounded soldier bit his knife handle, sweat dripping from his head in pain.

But compared to the young corpse still lying in the middle of the road, he was much luckier.

Scarface was dealing with the wounds of his subordinates. Behind a stone next to him, a man with a thin face picked up a stone and threw it into the bushes in the distance.

This movement attracted more than a dozen arrows.

Scarface and others knew it well, and estimated that there might be 20 people on the opposite side.

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At this time, in the bushes not far from them, twelve Ming soldiers stared at the road with bows and guns.

"Team leader, these Tartars are holding their breath, what should we do?"

Captain Wen Hu is a young man who is less than 20 years old. Although he is young, he is already a battle-hardened veteran. He is a fellow from Huzhou, the chief soldier of Shence Town, and he is also an in-law.Of course, his Wen family has a bigger background. He is a clan member of Wen Tiren, the minister of power in Chongzhen. Although it is said to be a branch, the Wen family in Huzhou is very famous.

Wen Hu learned literature and martial arts very early. When Jin Gongyu raised his army, he also abandoned his pen and gun to join as a scholar. After several failures, he finally joined the imperial camp with Jin Gongyu.

Originally, with his qualifications and background, it is impossible for him to be a team leader now.

Wen Hu is famous as a tiger, and he is like a fierce tiger. He is very fierce in battle, but he has a problem, his temper is a bit violent, he has killed prisoners in disregard of military orders several times, and often violates military orders.

Therefore, they are often promoted after meritorious service, and then they are demoted several levels in a row.

When he attacked Qingzhou Mansion with Jin Gongyu, he was the first to climb the city and made his first contribution. As a result, after this guy entered the city, his eyes turned red and he killed the prisoners again.

The governor of the town was going to kill him, but Jin Gongyu tried his best to save him. In the end, he was demoted from the battalion officer to the captain of Yebushou and became the leader of the 12-member team.

But Wen Hu was also quite a bachelor, so he was not unconvinced, so he took off his battalion official uniform and went to the night squad.

His team consisted of ten Zhengyongs and one Huoyong, plus him, they were all thorns, and it was a good temper to get together. Wen Hu was also well-known as a thorn in Shence Town. They all obeyed him, and this time they were ordered to go through Muling Pass for reconnaissance, but in the end they encountered a group of Tartars.

The first arrow was shot by Wen Hu, killing a thief with one arrow.

It's a pity that this group of Tartars were very powerful, and they reacted quickly. They only shot one, wounded one, and shot their horse.

"Calm down, wait!"

Wen Hu is not in a hurry.

The numbers on both sides are equal, they now have an advantage in killing and wounding, and the opponent has no horses.

At the beginning, he accompanied Jin Gongyu of the general town to intercept the Eight Banners soldiers of Zhang Cunren in Hangzhou in Huzhou.

That failure was a great lesson for the entire Huzhou Town. Since then, the soldiers from Jin Gongyu to the bottom have become much more cautious.

"Xiaofeng, return to the pass carefully and tell General Meng that the Tartar scouts have appeared, and the Boluo army is probably coming soon."

Fei Xiaofeng is the hero of the team.

Their team that does not close at night is under the command of Shence Town Zuoxie General Meng Xian, and is directly under the general. There are 12 people in the team, one captain, one Huo Yong, and ten Zheng Yong.

Although Fei Xiaofeng is a brave man, he is mainly responsible for chores and cooking, and when he is on mission, he is mainly responsible for watching horses, etc., but in fact, those who can stay in the night are at least one out of ten elites.

"The other party is just a small group of people, why don't we just kill them and go back together?" Fei Xiaofeng was a little reluctant to go back alone.

"Hurry up, reporting the letter is also a credit. If we wipe out this team of Tartars, you will also have a share of the credit."

Only then did Fei Xiaofeng back away quietly reluctantly.

Next, Wen Hu continued to guard.

He is very patient.

Because behind him is Muling Pass.

There is a general in Muling Pass, Meng Xian, who is his old boss and the most powerful member of their Shence Army. When he intercepted Zhang Cunren, he took the initiative to go to the rear. He was injured in more than ten places, but he didn't die.

Meng Xian, who survived the catastrophe, fought more and more fiercely since then, and was promoted all the way to the General of the Zuo Association with his military exploits. He led his troops all the way to Muling Pass yesterday, broke through the small and northern passes of Muling Pass, and finally captured the city of Muling Pass .

Now Mulingguan is in the hands of the Ming army, and Jin Gongyu is still leading his troops to come.

Muling Pass is not only a pass, but also a pass outside the pass. It forms the upper part of the Qi Great Wall, and a large pass city is surrounded on the mountain. Standing on the mountain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There were not many Qing troops stationed here before, they were all green battalions with no fighting spirit, they were led by Meng Xian to sneak attack and fell in one battle.

Wen Hu, who had suffered under the Tatars before, was very patient. He believed that the Tatars must be more anxious than him.

Sure enough, the two sides spent almost half an hour.

Obviously the Tartars couldn't take it anymore.

They tentatively made some noise at first, throwing stones, etc., but Wen Hu was not fooled.

The position they occupy is more favorable than the place where the Tartars have been hiding in haste.

Seeing that the Ming army could not be fooled, Scarface began to draw up a new plan, gestured with several subordinates for a long time, and decided to move in groups of twos and threes, and went around behind the stone and trees where the Ming army was.

Without their horses, they couldn't leave directly. Once they appeared on the open road, they would definitely be attacked by the bows and arrows of the Ming army.

They moved their bodies carefully, constantly looking for stones and trees to cover them alternately.

Wen Hu stuck the arrow on the ground in front of him, lit the matchlock wrapped around his wrist, put the pre-loaded firecracker beside him, pulled out the knife and put it on the ground.

The Tartars kept approaching.

Wen Hu is still waiting for the opportunity.

Finally, the Tartars were very close.

A Tartar held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and rushed over shouting, followed by two Tartars holding shields, and behind them, another Tartar was leaning on a tree trunk and holding a bow and arrow for cover.

Wen Hu shouted and shot an arrow.

Ten Ye Bushuo's subordinates also shot arrows in groups of three and three, but they were all blocked by the Tartar shields.

The Tartars accelerated and approached.

Wen Hu shot a few more arrows one after another, then quickly picked up the musket, lit the matchlock, buckled the trigger, the fire door opened, and the priming powder in the gunpowder pool was ignited.

There was a bang.

It hit the shield of a Tartar, almost knocking that Tartar unsteady.

Then there were a few more gunshots, and there was another night of firecrackers.

With a scream, finally a tartar was shot.

But there were still two Tartars who had already rushed forward, and they swung their knives and slashed.

Wen Hu also roared, throwing away his gun and raising his knife, he rushed forward.

The two sides finally fought hand-to-hand.

At this time, all the Tartars rushed over, and the two sides fought in a scuffle.

Scarface stared at Wen Hu and rushed forward with his knife. He saw that this was the leader, but Wen Hu blocked the tartar in front of him, and was also wary of the side, raising his shield to block Scarface's knife.

Scarface swung his knife and slashed again. Wen Hu came from behind for two nights and did not stop him, guarding both sides for him, but Scarface was trapped and surrounded.

There was another bang.

Scarface screamed and fell to the ground. He didn't expect that there was a musketeer hidden by the Ming army in the tree.

Although the cotton armor has a good ability to prevent bullets, it can only prevent part of the attack. Such a close-range hit still caused a blood splash on Scarface's thigh, causing him to stagger and fall.

Wen Hu roared, and rushed forward like a tiger descending a mountain.

Scarface held up his shield to block, but he was no longer Wen Hu's opponent when he was injured, not to mention Wen Hu had two helpers, and there was a team member on the tree, and soon fired another shot.

Scarface was shot again, then stabbed by Wen Hu, and then stabbed in the ribs by another Ye Bushou.

After several hits, Scarface's shield also missed.

Wen Hu made up for it with one knife and finished him off.

Scarface miscalculated after all, he didn't expect Wen Hu to hide two musketeers in the tree, under the tree in groups of three and three, three teams of nine people.

What's more, these Ming soldiers who didn't accept the night were actually covered in full armor, even equipped with bows, crossbows and muskets, their weapons were better than theirs, and their fighting ability was not weak at all.

Scarface and the other two tartars fell to the ground one after another, and the remaining six tartars ran away quickly.

Wen Hu and the others immediately gave chase. The Tartars who had lost their horses were injured, and they didn't run very far. As a result, Wen Hu and the others caught up after riding their horses.

A sharp arrow roared in pursuit, and soon all six Tartars fell to the ground.

A total of ten Tartars were wiped out on this mountain.

The night squad of 12 members of the Ming army went back to report the letter, and the remaining 11 people killed one enemy first and injured the other, and finally fought hand-to-hand, paying the price of two deaths and five injuries, and wiped out the enemy.

Wen Hu was also injured, but luckily he didn't hurt his vitals.

"Bah, these tartars are pretty tough."

Wen Hu spat out a mouthful of blood, and began to lead everyone to cut off their heads and strip their armor.

Jin Hao even went directly to the horse that was injured by a tartar, stabbed the horse's neck with a knife, took a bag of hot horse blood, and drank a few swigs with his neck up, then cut the horse's hide and cut off a few hot blood. As for the horse meat, I took out the salt bag and sprinkled some salt on it, then threw it into my mouth and chewed it.

Wen Hu took the water bag, drank a few mouthfuls of horse blood, and began to cut horse meat to eat.

As a man who does not collect at night, he has to face various tasks in the enemy's rear, and the conditions will be very difficult. He cannot be picky about what he eats. If he has the opportunity to eat, he must quickly replenish it, whether it is a bug or a rat, a snake, and an ant.

It is already very good to have this horse blood and horse meat.

When there is nothing to eat, a bit of dry bone marrow in the rotting animal bones can sometimes save lives.

Hand-to-hand combat in close quarters consumes a lot of energy.

Fortunately, Wen Hu was more experienced, so he arranged two soldiers on the tree in advance, and used bows, crossbows and firecrackers to make surprise assists. Otherwise, the battle would have been more difficult and the casualties would have been greater.

The cotton armor on their bodies is also the key to their survival. Arrows and knives can block most of the damage.

Of course, the harvest is also extremely rich.

The horses were all shot and failed to be captured, but all ten Tartars died, and ten real Tartar heads were harvested, ten pairs of cotton armor, bows, arrows, knives, guns, Guduo and other weapons were seized. Some dry food and carry-on silver.

After replenishing his strength, he hurriedly packed up the loot, and Wen Hu quickly evacuated without much delay.

Leaving ten headless naked corpses on the side of the road has already attracted crows circling in the sky.

On the way to retreat to Muling Pass, they encountered reinforcements led by Fei Xiaofeng. General Meng Xian came with his own soldiers, followed by infantry.

"solved?"

Meng Xian looked at the heads held high by Wen Hu and others.

"Well, ten Tartars, all resolved."

Meng Xian glanced over Wen Hu and his party, and finally saw the two dead bodies carried on horseback, and several wounded soldiers sitting on the horses.

"Broken two brothers,"

"Brothers, you have worked hard, you go back to the gate first, and I will go to the front to take a look." Meng Xian patted Wen Hu on the shoulder, "I will reward you for your credit later!"

"General, I'm fine, I'll go with you."

"His mother's dog tartar," Meng Xian yelled, the hideous scars left on his face when he narrowly escaped the last battle became more prominent. "Walk!"

(End of this chapter)