serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 164 Another Hunter
On the seventh day of May in the third year of Jianwu, Suiyuan City.

"Quickly, bring the arrow up."

"Bastard! Leave those Mongols alone and destroy the Rakshasa ghost's artillery!"

After one month, the general of Suiyuan City lost a lot of weight, his cheeks and eye sockets were sunken, and his eyes were bloodshot. He shouted hoarsely, "Fire!"

On the wall of Suiyuan City, artillery fire blasted towards the Mongol army formation in the distance!
About three miles away from the city wall, countless Mongols carrying shields guarded the Luocha people and pushed the artillery towards the city wall.

In October last year, the grassland began to snow, and the snow became bigger and bigger. The artillery on the city wall of Suiyuan has not been replaced. They are still the old-fashioned artillery of the Chahar people. farther away.

The gunners of the sixteen old-fashioned artillery kept adjusting the angle of the muzzles. With a loud noise, one old-fashioned artillery fired first, and a five-jin iron shell smashed into the Mongol army formation with dense smoke. The iron bullets hit the shield formation fiercely, and a gap was torn open in the shield formation of the Mongols in an instant. At this time, there was a violent and intensive cannon sound on the city wall, and iron bullets whizzed and smashed into the shield formation , the artillery under the shield was hit by shells, and the gunners of the surrounding Raksha State were beaten to a bloody body by the shards of the gun mounts, and fell to the ground and wailed.

As the artillery shells on the city wall continued to fall, the Mongol shield formation was blown to pieces. In an instant, the artillery of the Raksha people was exposed to the artillery of the Zhou army. The artillery, as more and more artillery were destroyed, the Raksha people panicked. These artillery were transported from Western Lia to the Mongolian grassland after untold hardships, and they were their sharp weapons to suppress the Mongols and Manchus.

With the sound of a sharp horn, all the Raksha gunners felt relieved, and immediately pulled the artillery back.

On the city wall, the guard of Suiyuan City breathed a sigh of relief. Like Guihua City, Suiyuan City's city walls were built with adobe and wrapped with a layer of blue bricks. Such a city wall could not withstand bombardment. It was the Raksha people who blasted the city wall with artillery, and it was breached in less than a day.

Fortunately, there are artillery in Suiyuan City, which can suppress the artillery of the Raksha people.

About two miles to the right of the Manchurian camp is the Han army camp, and hundreds of carts are lined up outside the granary.

Countless Han people were carrying grain and grass. A Han army camp officer in armor sat on a chair next to the granary, watching the captured Han people move bags of grain and rice from the cart to the granary.

Xue Pan slightly arched his body, and stood cautiously beside him.

At this time, Xue Pan had already changed his outfit, and he was wearing a blue and black uniform of the Han army camp, with a big word "pawn" in the circle on his chest.

He became the leader of these captured Han people and helped the Han army camp manage them.

It is also their luck, because the Manchus had to rely on the Han barracks to fight, so the treatment of the Han people in Liaodong was improved.Instead of letting Xue Pan and other captured Han people serve as cannon fodder to attack the city, they were handed over to the Han army camp for disposal.

The Manchus did not kill these Han people in the Zhou Dynasty, and the generals of the Han camp naturally would not, so Xue Pan and others became handymen in the Han camp, helping the soldiers to wash clothes, clean the sanitation in the camp, and It is also theirs to work hard.

It is not all luck that Xue Pan became the leader of the captured Han people. Although he is ignorant and does not know much about management, he still knows some management methods under the influence of his ears and eyes. The soldiers and the people building the city are much stronger, and they are rare talents. Coupled with their stupid appearance, they can be seen as honest people.

Or to say that stupid people have stupid blessings. Xue Pan met his nobleman. This armored Han army camp officer is the deputy commander in charge of logistics and supplies. According to this, Xue Pan, whose alias was Xue Da, was appointed by Xue Renli as the leader of the handymen. He didn't have to work, as long as he managed the captured Han people well.

At this time, a fast horse galloped from the direction of the shaft gate.

Xue Pan said softly: "General."

Xue Renli turned his head and watched closely.

Running to Xue Renli and reining in the reins, the knight jumped off his horse and said, "General, Shengjing's ammunition has arrived. Lord Dutong asked you to take someone to the camp to bring them back."

"understood."

Xue Renli stood up, thought for a while, and said to Xue Pan: "Choose three hundred people you trust, and come with me to carry the ammunition."

Xue Pan deliberately hesitated, "This thing will explode, return it, let the Mongols do it."

Xue Renli looked at Xue Pan with a smile for a long time, and then said slowly: "Don't worry. This is the ammunition of the Raksha Kingdom. It is very safe. You will understand after reading it later. Go quickly."

Xue Pan replied with a bitter face, "Yes."

Manchu Camp

Chinese military account
In front of the sand table, the guards of Jinzhou, the generals of the Eight Banners, and the Han army camp all stood there with their heads lowered and their hands down.

Prince He Shuorong, Aixinjueluo Yongqi, glanced around on the sand table and said after a while, "Jia Hu's main force is really Helinger?"

Guard of Jinzhou: "There are our rangers from the east bank of the Yellow River all the way to the Chahar Grassland. It is impossible not to find them. Besides, Jia Hu didn't dare to divide his troops. The information from the capital and the White Lotus Sect showed that he had less than Fifty thousand cavalry."

One of the Eight Banners generals went on to say: "Our cavalry is more than twice that of theirs. Now that the Han people don't know our strength, let's attack with the whole army immediately and wipe out the Yongwei Battalion!"

Another Eight Banners general: "The place Jia Hu chose is less than [-] miles away from the Great Wall pass, so it is difficult for us to cut off their grain roads. It is also difficult for our army to transport grain and grass, and the captured grain, grass, cattle and sheep can only last for one year." Many months."

Yong Qi's eyes turned to the commander of the Han army camp, "What do you think?"

The commander of the Han army camp pondered for a while, and then replied: "The current situation is in favor of our army and not in favor of the Zhou army."

At this moment, a white-armored soldier hurried over and said: "Young master, the Luocha people have withdrawn, the Mongols' attack on the city has been blocked, and there have been heavy casualties."

Yong Qi's face sank: "Where is the Rakshasa now?"

White Armored Soldier: "Withdrew directly to the camp at the rear."

Yong Qi slapped the edge of the sand table, "Let Ivanov come over!"

Bai Jiabing: "He said that the contract clearly states that their opponent is the Yongwei Battalion. He also said that half of the four-month employment period is almost over, so let's not waste time."

Yong Qi's eyes burst into flames: "Shameless robber"

Guard of Jinzhou: "Young Master"

Yong Qi raised his hand: "Let the Mongols withdraw first."

The white armored soldier responded loudly: "Hey!" He bowed and retreated.

Yong Qi asked the guard commander: "Have all the spies sent out to investigate come back?"

Commander of the guards: "Go back to Young Master, except for the direction of Helinger, everyone has returned, and there is no division of the Zhou army."

Yongqi: "Okay. Then don't wait, pass on the order, and the army will march out tomorrow." As he said, he pointed to Helinger on the sand table, "We will compete with the Yongwei Battalion!"

The guard of Jinzhou and others responded in unison: "Hey!"

Yongqi: "Everyone, go back and get ready."

The guard of Jinzhou stood still and waited for everyone else to go out before asking, "What about Suiyuan City? The people in the city are all the elite guards of Datong!"

After a while of silence, Yongqi said: "The Xilin Gol League is not credible, let them continue to attack the city, you stay and monitor them."

The guard of Jinzhou replied loudly, "Hey." Then he withdrew.

Yong Qi turned around and walked to the chair in the middle to sit down, took a sip from the teacup in the hands of the commander of the guards, and asked, "Has there been any news from the Zasaktu Khan and Tuxie Tu Khan?"

The guard commander replied: "Yes."

With a snort, Yong Qi put down the tea bowl, leaned back on the chair, closed her eyes and rested her mind.

All the plans are being carried out step by step. The Great Zhou Dynasty has become chaotic in the south, all the elite frontier troops have been held back, and the only Yongwei Battalion that can be mobilized has also been released. This has won development for Yang Kaiwu, Zhang Xuesheng and others time.

Counting the time, those military officers are about to complete the reorganization of Yang Kaiwu's men and horses, and they will soon be able to surprise the Great Zhou court.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes outside the tent, and then a Sauron soldier rushed in and knelt down to Yongqi: "Young master, the people from Zasaktu Khan's tribe are here, and they are less than twenty miles away from the camp. "

Yong Qi opened her eyes suddenly: "How many people are here?"

Sauron Bing: "Twenty thousand."

"it is good!"

Yongqi stood up: "Notify all the generals, go with me to meet King Zasaktu Khan!"

Guard Commander: "Hey!"

and Ringle
Chinese military account
Jia Hu was also looking at the sand table, and his eyes scanned the sand table. In fact, there was nothing to see, except for a few rivers and the unobstructed prairie.

The Yongwei Battalion is dominated by infantry. Formation is the only way for infantry to resist the impact of cavalry. As long as the formation is large enough and thick enough, it can defuse the impact of cavalry and prevent the cavalry from penetrating the formation and being surrounded by divisions. .

There are Juma pits, trenches and so on.

However, the situation is different this time. The Manchus also had firecrackers, which were also self-generating firecrackers, and their power should be similar to that of Xiyi muskets.

This battle will be divided into two battlefields, the duel between the cavalry and the shooting between the musketeers.

Whoever can win one of them first will win the final victory of this battle.

In the duel between the cavalry, my side was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Fortunately, they were all elite veterans who had experienced battles, which made up for the disadvantage in numbers.

If you want to win a hand first, you have to start with the firecrackers.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu pressed his palm on the edge of the sand table, and decided to arrange the old camp in the middle, trying to defeat the opposite Han camp in the shortest possible time, and then expand the results to both sides, and then defeat the entire Han camp.

The old battalion is full of soldiers from Jiangsu, and Jia Hu has always led it personally. There are 8000 people, and a lot of Xiyi muskets are much higher than other firearms battalions, whether it is a row of guns or close combat.

Thinking of Zhao Yi again, Jia Hu sighed, but so far no news has come.

Jia Hu turned around and walked back to the desk to sit down, picked up the blank paper on the desk, picked up the pen and stroked it in the inkstone pool, paused, and put down the pen again.

At this moment, Lin San walked in and whispered something in Jia Hu's ear.

Jia Hu was startled: "Oh? Where's the person?"

Lin San: "I'm leaving, leaving a letter." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Jia Hu.

Jia Hu took the letter suspiciously, and on the envelope was written: "Master Jia's secret message!" After hesitating for a moment, he tore open the letter and showed it.

After reading the letter, Jia Hu sneered, threw the letter on the desk, stood up, took a few steps back and forth, and said to Lin San, "Go and find Liu Xianglian."

"Yes." Lin San turned and walked out.

This letter was written by King Zhasaktu Khan. The letter said two things. He and King Tuxietu Khan each led [-] main forces to participate in the war between the Manchus and the Great Zhou Dynasty.Another thing is that he and King Tuxietu Khan did not want to be enemies of Dazhou, so they would not really attack Dazhou's army, but would help Dazhou defeat the coalition forces put together by the Manchus, The most important thing is to eliminate the Raksha people.

However, there is a prerequisite for this matter, that is, he must see that Zhou Jun can defeat the Manchu and Qing allied forces by virtue of his own strength.Only in this way would he attack the Raksha people from the side and rear, and the main cavalry of the Tuxietu tribe hidden deep in the prairie would also show up.

After the war, all the equipment of the Raksha people and half of the firearms of the Manchu people belonged to them.

Another ambitious man who wants to be a fisherman.

However, at this time, he did have the qualifications to raise conditions. Not to mention the [-] cavalry of Tuxietu, even the [-] cavalry under his command could change the outcome of the battlefield.

Thinking of this, I walked to the desk, picked up a pen and started writing.

At this time, Lin San led Liu Xianglian in, "Commander, Liu Xianglian is here."

"See the commander in chief!" Liu Xianglian saluted.

Jia Hu didn't look up and continued to write quickly, saying, "You should read this letter first."

Liu Xianglian was slightly taken aback, and looked at Lin San.

Lin San walked to the desk, picked up the letter and handed it to Liu Xianglian.

Liu Xianglian immediately took the letter and looked at it with astonishment on her face.

Jia Hu sealed the envelope and said to Liu Xianglian: "There are too many people and the goal is big. You take these two letters and choose another 200 people. They all wear plain clothes and leave after dusk." As he spoke, he handed over the letter in his hand .

Liu Xianglian: "Yes. I'll arrange it right now!" After receiving Jia Hu's handwritten letter, she strode out.

Lin San hesitated for a moment, and said, "Second Master, aliens cannot be trusted!"

Jia Hu looked up at Lin San, he hadn't called himself that for a long time, a gratified smile appeared on his face, and then he picked up a pen and began to write.

After finishing writing, he said: "Thank you for your reminder. You send this to Zhao Yi immediately, and tell him that there is no [-]% chance of winning in anything, and there is a [-]% chance to do it! The Yongwei Battalion was defeated, Datong I can't keep it anymore."

After a pause, "After this battle, he owes nothing to the Jia family."

"Yes." Lin San took the note and walked out.

The sun has gone down.

The sky above Suiyuan City was still full of shouts and killing.

Han army camp

Xue Renli was sitting in the camp drinking for himself, two dishes of food and a jug of wine were placed on the wooden table in front of him.

Xue Pan walked in, with a long strip of livery torn on his body, a bloodstain on his face, and several footprints on his back.

Xue Renli was startled: "Did you fight with someone?"

Xue Pan: "They scolded my mother."

Xue Renli sighed, and said: "In Liaodong, people like us would be scolded as ancestors in the past few decades, and it will be like that after a long time."

Seeing that Xue Pan remained silent, he continued, "I called you here to tell you that the camp will be pulled out at the fifth watch tomorrow, so at the third watch, your miscellaneous labor camp will have to pack up its belongings and help carry ammunition."

Xue Pan froze for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay, cheer up. After this battle, I will promote you to be the chief of the foreign committee of the ninth rank, and become an official official of the Qing Dynasty. Then they will not dare to bully you anymore, and will only curry favor with you."

Xue Renli smiled and picked up a fire folder from the table, "You take this, and I'll send you a lantern later."

"Yes." Xue Pan bowed, took the fire folder with both hands, and retreated.

(End of this chapter)