golden scales

The guard camp of the Eastern Palace was still stationed in Hejin for a few days, and the Crown Prince said that he would go to Shanxi for the New Year, but Cai Maode did not dare to stay longer. .In fact, in his heart, he really desperately hopes that the powerful army of the Eastern Palace can stay in Hejin... Although it is useless to stay, everyone now knows that Li Chuang's army is dispatched, tens of thousands at every turn, and it is no longer enough for eight thousand officers and soldiers to resist that's it.

Zhu Cihong sent Min Zhanlian to inspect the training of the Jin army. If the morale is available, they can also help with training. Many of the work of robbing houses can be entrusted to them.The real troops are better off staying away from those illegal activities, in case they get addicted to it.However, the news that Min Zhanlian brought back was: It's better to make bandits.This can be regarded as completely dispelling Zhu Cihuang's idea of ​​training Jin soldiers.

Speaking of bandits, there are also mountains near Pingyang. The mountains are not high, but there are bandits.When the Donggong Guards Battalion was stationed, they dispatched a small group of troops to take down a few bandit villages to earn some subsidies.However, after doing this kind of small unit training a few times, the habitual bandits in the mountains knew how powerful they were and avoided them from afar.They didn't know which cave they hid the money in the cottage, so it was impossible to search all over the mountains and plains.

The entertainment of exterminating bandits soon ceased.

Li Zicheng would not let the crown prince, a big fish, slip away without a trace, and sent a small group of people to track down the traces of the Eastern Palace guard camp.Finally, a sentry team got the news that Zhu Cihong was temporarily stationed in Hejin, and the intruders gathered in one place, and there were as many as 500 people, most of whom were cavalry soldiers.

"Ha, these bastards actually know that Yu's gate is the gate of hell, and it's not so easy to break through. They even detour to Ganzepo! Detour! If you detour, you have to send it to grandpa!" Xiao Donglou stood on the top of the hill haha laughing out loud.

After Zhu Cihong incorporated Qin Bing, his reconnaissance ability has risen by more than one level.At the same time as the intruders gathered, those experienced Bian Zhen Ye Bu Cai also sent the news back to the Chinese army camp.Zhu Cihong was able to arrange it calmly, and ordered Xiao Donglou to lead the army to fight, relying on favorable terrain to attack him.

Xiao Donglou had never fought against Xiao Mo in the Hejin sniper mission before, and watched helplessly as Xiao Mo led the right army to garrison at Longmen.At last, there are still some people among the Li thieves who didn't come from the dragon's gate foolishly, detoured for fifty miles, crossed the river at Ganzepo, and came straight to Hejin City by taking the mountain road in the north.

If the original Eastern Palace's reconnaissance capabilities were used, these intruders would have definitely escaped from the Eastern Palace's security circle.Whether it's slapping Xiao Mo on the back or directly harassing Hejin, it's possible to take advantage of it.It's a pity that Yansui Town has been guarding against Mongolian cavalry all year round, and these Yebushou from Yulin could easily understand the movement of this wave of troops.

As another unit of the Donggong Guards Battalion who had just recently appointed a battalion officer, the Zuo Military Department had long wanted to fight a fierce battle and completely remove the hat of the logistics and supply battalion.Under the leadership of Xiao Donglou, this thousand headquarters took out the attitude of marching in a hurry, took a short rest in Fanjia Village, and continued northward, rushing into Luliang Mountain.

Luliang Mountain is a large mountain range in western Shanxi, stretching eight hundred miles from north to south, and Longmen (Yumen Gate) is the southern end of Luliang Mountain.To the west of this mountain range is the Loess Plateau of later generations. Today's soil erosion is not serious, but to the east is lush vegetation, and the peaks over a kilometer are still covered with trees.Although it was the twelfth lunar month of winter and there was no green in the mountains, the uneven growth of Chinese pine, white bark pine, and oak trees all over the mountain still provided natural cover for the left army.

"Our fat jacket is too conspicuous." Cao Ning stood beside Xiao Donglou, beating a worn-out folding fan in his hand, and said with a frown, "We have to find a way to cover it up."

Hei Pi came over and said: "The master..." Hearing this, Xiao Donglou raised his whip as if to beat him.Hei Pi quickly changed his words: "Colonel! Master Colonel!" Xiao Donglou stopped in mid-air, controlling the whip, and said: "Say! If you say something bad, you still have to beat!"

Hei Pi was originally a captain of the Tianxiong Army, and after falling into the grass with Xiao Donglou, he was also considered a big boss.This time he was meritorious in capturing Niu Jinxing, and after passing the assessment, he was awarded the title of Major.He was able to pass the examination because he was clever, and even the strict military judge was fooled by him.As soon as he arrived in the camp, he showed a bandit spirit again, which made the military judge with the army headache and helpless.

"Big... Colonel!" Heipi said, "Let's wear the fat jacket inside out, it might be better."

Cao Ning stepped forward and tore off the fat black leather jacket, and saw that the lining was made of natural cotton cloth. Although it was still a bit out of place with this environment, it was much better than the bright red outside.

Heipi covered his chest with both hands, pulled it back forcefully, and said with an aggrieved face like a pissed daughter-in-law: "Military teacher, if it's broken, no wife will sew it for me!"

Xiao Donglou finally got his wish and whipped it down.

"It's okay if I'm wrong! Lieutenant Colonel Cao! Staff Officer Cao!" Hei Pi jumped up covering his head.

"This is to let you remember your last name!" Xiao Donglou said with a face: "Don't think about women all the time! If you are beheaded for committing the crime of annihilating money, I won't feel bad at all!"

"Don't dare, dare not!" Heipi shouted while jumping, only ran away from the range of Xiao Donglou's horsewhip, and took up Fangbu again, walking towards his defensive section with infinite dignity.

"This black monkey, you can't fight it!" Xiao Donglou spat at Heipi's back, and said, "I think this method is okay. We are on the mountain, even if the intruder looks up, he may not be able to see it. So carefully, not to mention there are so many trees."

Cao Ning nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let me tell my brothers, you have to shout 'tiger' when you go down to kill. Don't blame me for fucking his mother if anyone dares to swear!"

Cao Ning was the combat staff officer of the Zuo Army Department. Later, the Military Command Department sent a notice asking him to temporarily act as the training officer of the Qian Headquarters.This is also a way for Donggong to express trust, but various work indicators will not lower the requirements.Cao Ning has already been sued by the military judge several times for soldiers yelling slang words and looking like bandits when they charged into battle. If he commits the crime again, he will definitely be punished.

This made Cao Ning very helpless. He greeted his brothers several times, but there were still people who made mistakes every time they fought.If you practice military law for this matter, you can't do it if you think about it, but if you can't correct it, it means that the training officer is not doing his job well!

"What's the use of you telling me about me." Xiao Donglou curled his lips and said, "If you punish you from above, it's fine if you punish the subordinates?"

"Those eunuchs? They commit crimes just by looking at them. It's a shame." Cao Ning said.

In the beginning, it was a hard job for a middle officer to act as a trainer, and no one was afraid of it being burdened on him.But with the promotion of the military rank system, middle officials can also be awarded military ranks and enjoy the treatment of the guard battalion, which has become a beautiful job.Different from the punishment principle of ordinary military officers, once a middle official is demerited, he will be sent back to the palace to serve as a handyman.After serving as an officer, who wants to go back and empty the sputum bucket and urinal?Therefore, Zhongguan is more flattering in his work.

"You speak Shanxi dialect for me..." Xiao Donglou said speechlessly.

"Do as the Romans do!" Cao Ning suddenly narrowed his eyes, pointed to a ridge in the distance, and said, "See if there is someone there!"

Xiao Donglou took out the binoculars from his clothes like a treasure, put it in front of his eyes, looked at it, and said, "There are still a lot of people! Let the brothers get ready to fuck their mothers!"

The left army turned over the fat jacket up and down, and lay down on the high ground on both sides of the mountain road. Some even cut down small trees and put them in front of them as a cover.Years of banditry experience perfectly combined with the strict discipline of the East Palace, and there was no human voice on the entire mountain road.

Li Zicheng's pursuers originally belonged to one battalion, and in order to expand the range of pursuit, they dispersed their actions, and now they got the news and gathered together.The leading general is also General Guo Yi, and his status is not low.He wholeheartedly wanted to drink the first soup, so he intentionally waited a long time to spread the news. By that time, he was already more than ten or twenty miles ahead.

"General," Tan Ma returned to the team, "I don't see any officers and soldiers in front of me, and there are no birds anywhere I pass."

General Guo Yi thought for a while and said, "Did you see the birds flying?"

"That's not true." Tan Ma was a little puzzled.

No one expected that Xiao Donglou moved too fast and rushed to the ambush point. The birds were startled away long before they broke into the camp to explore the way.

"I'm afraid it's a disaster here, and all the birds have been killed." General Guo Yi is from Henan.Let alone birds in Henan, even the feathers of birds are eaten clean.When he saw that the trees all over the mountain still had bark, he already lamented that Shanxi is a good place.

Tan Ma is a little unbelievable, birds are not cats and dogs, how can they be so easy to light up?

"The mountains on both sides are full of trees, and there are no rocks hanging high, so I'm not afraid that he might have an ambush." ​​General Guo Yi glanced at him from a distance, and said again: "Everyone, be careful! It's too fast! Enter the city to eat the prince go!"

The soldiers below were jubilant, and after resting, the Chuangjun marched southward along the mountain road again. (To be continued.)