Traveler Major League

Chapter 167 Ambush on the Road

The goose feather snow is coming, and the weather is suddenly cold. Although the saying goes, "Snow is not cold, snow is cold", but this march in the snow still makes people feel bitingly cold. A group of people walk in the white snow, like black spots , Gathered into a black line, behind them, there are strings of light gray footprints, although the weather is cold, the footprints in the snow are very neat.

Eight hundred cavalrymen dismounted and trekked in the snow. Most of these people were infantry who could ride horses. Only 300 people from the original rifle company were holding guns. The rest were selected from the militia who were good at riding and shooting. , using the standard weapons of the army, and everyone is wearing the clothes of the army. Fortunately, the people in Shaanxi are so strong that they can gather so many cavalry.

The main force of the infantry one day away is an infantry company and a naturalized company, plus an artillery platoon, and behind it is the luggage and the accompanying nearly [-] militia miscellaneous. This is all the strength to rescue Ganquan County. If so, as time goes by, more reinforcements will come after the main forces of the counties return.

"The wind follows the dragon, the cloud follows the tiger, fame and wealth, dust and soil. Looking at China, the people are suffering, and thousands of miles of fertile land are barren. Looking at the world, there are no barbarians, and the law of heaven is broken. Good man, leave your parents, only for the common people and not for the Lord." .”

Unlike the cavalry who went ahead, one of the tasks of these cavalry is to use the uniforms of the officers and soldiers to carry out sneak attacks. They didn't even fight the red flag along the way, but these thousands of infantry walked on the mountain road in the snow, the military song Lang Lang, Like a giant gray dragon, it swims wantonly among the high mountains.

The heavy snow that fell just after passing Fu County could not quench the enthusiasm of the soldiers. Although it was more than a day later than expected, the sufficient meat in Fu County last night was enough to boost their morale. These unpretentious peasants cherish the recent greasy and well-fed meals.

The snow under the feet is getting tighter and tighter, and when people step on it, it makes a "rustling" sound. Everyone is wearing cotton shoes. These are made by the women in the camp who work overtime. With socks and stuffed with hay, it is extremely warm.

"Uncle, how far are we still? It's really a disaster in this cold weather. Hurry up and kill these officers and soldiers to keep warm." Zhang Gou'er's face was flushed from the cold, and his mouth was steaming. Singing with the soldiers, but as the company commander, he followed Boss Zhang and talked.

"It's seventy miles from Fu County to Ganquan County, and we'll have to walk for at least two days to get there." Boss Zhang babbled, and stopped at the side of the three-row queue to look back. He couldn't see the militia team on the side. Let him be full of pride. Less than a year ago, he was just a villager, struggling to make a living in the village, but with the strength of his old frontier army, he trained new soldiers, and now he can manage a battalion of militiamen.

"Speed ​​up, walk more today, and walk less tomorrow, then you will have the strength to fight with the officers and soldiers." Boss Zhang yelled at the side of the team to encourage the soldiers, then turned to look at Zhang Gou'er beside him , complaining a little, "It's just that the equipment is a bit poor. It would be great if we can also equip it with the first-year-style rifle sometime, and there is no need for these miscellaneous guys."

Because of the lack of weapons, most of the people were wearing gray cloth clothes, and even a few were carrying long guns. Most of the people in the team were holding hoes, flails and other agricultural tools.

"I heard that there is no iron material at the steel factory, so they all stopped." Zhang Gou'er patted the rifle on his shoulder with a smile and said, "If they can use this, they don't know the year of the monkey."

Boss Zhang also nodded, and said with his mouth curled up: "Not only is there not enough iron, but I heard that even food is short. If we go back to Hongmaoman's land, many people may starve to death."

Hearing these words, the faces of these two people changed color, and sorrow was written all over their faces, but they didn't know more detailed news, that is, there had been no thunderstorms at all in the past few months, and they couldn't go back even if they wanted to.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Liu Yingyu, who is under the Ganquan County at this time, is also very worried. After many days of continuous bombardment, the city walls are still defended as before, and the soldiers sent to attack are getting more and more tired. After drumming for a long time, they still lingered timidly near the trench, not daring to step into the range of the rifle on the city wall.

The soldiers who dared to fight before were almost exhausted, and the corpses were lined up from the trenches to the city wall, forming the current Shura field in a haphazard manner. Fortunately, it was winter, so the corpses would not rot and smell strange, but the stiff The dead bodies and the frozen blood clots on the ground still frighten the remaining soldiers to turn blue. Every time the soldiers pass by here, they will suffer a psychological injury, so now they dare not look at the tragic situation on the ground.

Especially in this winter, when the faces on the corpses are still vaguely discernible, if you see your acquaintances, you will be even more frightened.

"My lord, it's freezing cold, I'm afraid the bandits won't be able to come so soon." Yang Zuo gasped. One of the purposes of these officers and soldiers besieging the city here is to attract the people's army in Luochuan County, and set up camps along the road. ambush.

This ambush is actually done based on the experience of the last battle. There is no chance of winning the front-on enemy with the People's Army with the first-year-style rifle. The weak combat effectiveness of the barbarians and the militiamen is far from being fully compensated by the will to fight. After the formation of the formation, the officers and soldiers were slaughtered like dogs.

As long as the people's army with rifles is not allowed to take advantage of their range and pull them into a complex field where they fight hand-to-hand, they will still be able to fight. At least the army has the advantage of many small artillery, and the short-range advantage is obvious.

This is also Liu Yingyu's tactical arrangement against Li Kefu who was huddled in the county seat. More than 3000 officers and troops were divided into more than 1000 to besiege the city, and the remaining [-] were all scattered in the mountains near Mazijie Village. There are many detours along the avenue and other trails, and the ambush site, which is nearly ten miles away from the county seat, is in the mountains on both sides of the narrow mountain road, and the location is obvious.

But a plan is a plan, but the weather is unfavorable. Liu Yingyu understood what Yang Zuo said. The officers and soldiers in ambush were almost unable to hold on. It had never snowed, so he could still hold on, but the sudden blizzard caught him off guard. In the ambush, the officers and soldiers couldn't light a fire to keep warm and cook, and they couldn't even eat hot food. "I can't stand hard work." Liu Yingyu made a comment.

Liu Yingyu held the hot tea bowl in his hand, frowned and said, "You didn't lead the soldiers to ambush there, and you came back just for this?"

Yang Zuo felt a little guilty, but he had to say, because nearly half of the [-] ambushing officers were soldiers under He Huchen's battalion, and he couldn't hold back.

"My lord, Mr. Wang Qian is watching over there. It doesn't matter. The cavalry team under the main general has been investigating all the mountain roads. It is true that no bandits have come to help. It has been snowing again for three days. Why don't you let the brothers Come back, warm and warm, and save yourself from the wind and freezing."

"When the bandits come, our army will not be in the way. Otherwise, the two armies will fight, and our soldiers will be exhausted from lying in ambush in the snow for days. I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight against the bandits."

After Yang Zuo finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Liu Yingyu again. Hearing Yang Zuo's words, Liu Yingyu's eyes showed impatience. a way out.

Liu Yingyu didn't take it seriously, he rubbed the fingers of his right hand on the hot tea bowl, stared at the hot air wafting from it, and said, "Now the thieves in the city are as timid as a mouse, and there are bombardments day and night, so they think that our army Siege, don't take this opportunity to mobilize the elite to ambush the reinforcements. They were defeated two months ago, and the superior officials blamed them. Your heads are still hanging on our necks. Once we miss the opportunity, our army will be in vain. To be dismissed from office and sent to prison is just waiting.”

As he spoke, Liu Yingyu stood up amidst the steam of tea, untied the saber from his waist and handed it over, "Now take my long sword and go back. If anyone dares to disobey the military order, you can cut it first and then play it."

Yang Zuo hurriedly knelt down on one knee to receive the sword and said, "This subordinate will definitely live up to his trust." Then he got on his horse and galloped away. When he returned, he could see smoke and dust in the forest on both sides of the ambush site , it is clear that the army is burning fires in the snow to keep warm.

Riding his horse and taking a closer look, it was indeed the case, ignoring the little soldiers, Yang Zuo went straight to the main tent in the forest behind the mountain, opened the curtain of the tent, and found that there was no one inside, so he came out of the main tent again , asked the guard on the side: "Mr. Wang Qian, where did Mr. Zhang Qian go?"

"The two adults went to check around, and it seems that the time is coming back soon."

Sure enough, Yang Zuo didn't make him wait too long. Wang Wei and Zhang Zhicheng came in the snow, with their hands in their sleeves, like old farmers in the village. As soon as they entered the main tent, they kept shaking the snow on their bodies and screaming. The hot air condensed on the beard, forming a ball of ice skates: "Old Yang, how is it? What do you say?"

"Your Excellency, let's hold on for a few more days. Regardless of whether the bandits come to help or not, we will withdraw the troops when Lord He comes back at the latest." Yang Zuo took a few steps forward and waved his hands as a sign of helplessness.

"Hold on, hold on, shit, last night more than a dozen people froze to death, and the frostbite doesn't count." Wang Wei was full of anger, shaking the ice skates on his beard up and down. Seeing that there was no one else in the tent, he scolded without hesitation. road.

Hearing this, Yang Zuo also got angry, took out the saber that Liu Yingyu had given him and said, "Master Wang, those who dare to disobey orders and disrespect them, cut them first and then play."

"You behead me? I am the chief executive of the imperial court. How dare you behead me with a small hand? Take a chicken feather as an arrow, and I'll be damned."

Zhang Zhicheng hurriedly stopped Wang Wei who was about to perform a full martial arts at this time, and quickly patted the shoulders of the two of them, saying: "They are all my brothers, don't hurt your peace."

Yang Zuo walked back a few steps, looked at the blazing bonfire outside the tent and the soldiers who were still shivering and said indignantly: "My lord's order, why don't you let me do it? I saw this man in the forest from a long distance away. Yan, if the thieves are here, how dare you go here?"

"Brother Yang, didn't your subordinates spread their scouts all the way? It's not too late to put out the fire, otherwise we'll always be freezing in the woods, and no one can bear it. Look at our hands, They're all rotten! Not to mention the other soldiers."

Zhang Zhicheng stretched out his hand full of frostbite, touched the frostbite on Yang Zuo and Wang Wei's hands again, and sighed: "We are our own brothers, we must not hurt our friendship!" hands together.

Yang Zuo looked at the chilblains on everyone's hands and ears, and couldn't bear it, so he sighed and smiled, and the matter was over.

The two agreed, which made Yang Zuo feel at ease, but the scouts were sent out, but he didn't think that those scouts belonged to Liu Yingyu's subordinates, and he didn't even know this guy who came back and was wearing an officer's uniform. Eight hundred cavalrymen met on the road nearly [-] miles away from the ambush point. Using the full set of He Huchen's seals, they easily found out the location of the ambush.

"Brother, I am Mr. He who bid for the general Wang Youyuan. Don't work hard. Those bandits can't come anymore. Our Mr. He attacked the bandit camp in Luochuan a few days ago. Although we failed to kill Liu Ze, we burned it. All his workshops were destroyed, and his big camp was burned down, causing uncountable losses, see?" Wang Youyuan pointed to the rifle he was carrying as if offering a treasure, and then pointed to the seven or eight sentries behind him proudly. Said: "These are quick guns for capturing bandits. Everyone has them. How dare Liu Ze, the bandit leader, come to help?"

"Let the brothers behind you also come over and drink some wine to warm up." Wang Youyuan took off the wine bag from the side of the saddle, got off the horse, walked a few steps closer and handed it over with a smile.

At the beginning, the officers and soldiers were on guard against the sentry post, and let the other comrades scatter a hundred paces away, and only stepped forward cautiously, but after this contact, they checked Wang Youyuan's seal and relaxed their vigilance. He got off the horse again and handed over the wine, so he quickly got off the horse and cupped his hands and said, "Be polite, sir. Since you think highly of a villain, the villain will be abrupt." He took a few sips of the wine bag with both hands, closed his eyes and smashed it Smack your mouth, as if you still have something to say, and said again and again: "Good wine, good wine."

Then he whistled to the few people behind, and greeted each other when they got close, and then they were no longer restrained, took the wine and drank it happily: "Master, you are so refreshing, we have been together for a long time. I can't smell the wine anymore, it's freezing cold, it's hard to live without wine."

"Brothers are welcome, just don't blame brother when you get down there." Wang Youyuan saw that they were all drinking, then moved a few steps closer, stuck out his head and smiled kindly.

"Be polite to Mr. President, huh?" Hearing that the words were not right, and seeing that the so-called Mr. Wang's subordinates had surrounded him, "No, it's a thief!" Amidst the exclamation of these officers and soldiers , They were all pushed down before they could pull out their knives, and they were all tied up.

After Wang Youyuan joined the brigade with a few captives, the whole team immediately stopped advancing and stood in the snow while eating dry food and chatting for a rest.

"That's the situation. The officers and soldiers have ambushed near Mazi Street Village in front. There are a total of two thousand officers and soldiers, nearly half of them are elite frontier soldiers. There are many small guns such as tiger squat guns and Fran machine guns, waiting for us to go over. It's over." Wang Youyuan concluded to Yang Zeming, Chao Zhongchen and others.

Yang Zeming, the supreme commander of this army, said: "Let's take advantage of his unpreparedness and charge up?"

"The officers and soldiers are all in the mountains and forests, so it's not easy to rush." ​​Chao Zhongchen said.

"Why not, how about we bypass this place and directly raid Ganquan County?" Wang Youyuan patted his horse whip in one hand and patted the other. He was a veteran of the army, and Yang Zeming's gap could be seen at this moment.

"Good idea, let's take a detour to raid Ganquan County, and then go back to block the mountain pass, and close the door to beat the dog!" Yang Zeming and Chao Zhongchen looked at each other and smiled, and being kind is also an advantage.

Learning war in war is the right way.

(End of this chapter)