Dragon Sea Empire

night time.Three carriages form a triangle.Yin Feng, Zeng Shan, Xu Hongji, Chen Zhongji and others lay down on the ground in the carriage formation.We talked for a while.Everyone is not optimistic about the situation in Liaodong.June in the Northeast.It was still cold at night.So a bonfire was lit in the center of the carriage formation.The treasurer Jin is getting old.Already asleep in the carriage.

Within 1 mile of their periphery.There are 100 special battalion fighters lurking in fields, woods and grass.Be alert to everything around you.

Yin Feng couldn't sleep.Go out to inspect the sentry situation of the special battalion.Zeng Shan accompanied him.Xu Hongji took the opportunity to ask Chen Zhongji: "The military academy established by the ship owner. Why is there so little talk about Sun Tzu's art of war? Isn't Sun Tzu the master of the art of war?"

Chen Zhongji smiled: "I only trained in the military academy for a short period of three months. I don't know much about what the military academy teaches. The military academy is now divided into junior high school and high school. There is also an officer academy. There are infantry, navy, and artillery. , logistics engineering, command, staff and other majors. It takes four years to complete all of them; there is also a juvenile enlightenment military academy. It is a school for orphans of soldiers who died. If you start from the juvenile military academy, it takes eight years to graduate. So far So far. Because the military academy is constantly adjusting the school system, there is only one batch of graduates. It is Yan Siqi's batch... Oh. You haven't seen Yan Siqi and Yan Zhenquan yet." Chen Zhongji knew that Xu Hongji was actually still in the probationary period.So didn't say much to him.

"I've heard of it. This is a fierce general."

"So. I studied in our military academy. Now most of them are short-term training courses. It varies from three months to half a year or a year. I mainly learn some specific combat tactics. The owner of the ship said it. I am familiar with military books and war strategies like Zhao Kuo. And You don’t necessarily know how to fight. And the perception of Sun Tzu’s Art of War varies from person to person; water has no shape, and soldiers have no way. Therefore, the grasp of strategy and tactics must be learned by oneself; when fighting, what is more needed is the grasp of details... ..."

"Details." Xu Hongji was confused.

Chen Zhongji chuckled.Changing the subject, he said: "Most of the soldiers in the imperial court today are hereditary military households. There are really very few people who really came out of the bottom with a knife and a gun. These generals are all literate. Most of them have read Sun Tzu's Art of War. Then there are several generals who can really fight. The army fights. The marching and formation, the formation of troops, and the logistics equipment all require special personnel to be responsible. .In those specific matters, there is no possibility of summarizing, integrating, and improving. Therefore, although officers and soldiers have firearms, they cannot use them legally; firearms cannot be modified according to the needs of the battlefield..."

Xu Hongji was silent.Nod and sigh.

suddenly.A black shadow suddenly flashed by the campfire.Xu Hongji was taken aback.Did not wait for him to react.Chen Zhongji had already asked aloud, "Are you a brother from the special battalion? What's going on?"

That black shirt and black pants.The brother from the special battalion with a black mask on his head cupped his hands and said to Chen Zhongji: "Major Chen, where is the owner of the ship? I'm on guard in the east. Now a group of people are coming to the river bank. I'm here to report..."

Chen Zhongji reacted quickly.Quickly lifted a water jug ​​beside him.Poured all the water on the campfire.The flames were immediately extinguished.at the same time.The guards sleeping in the carriage had already drawn their weapons.stood up.

"What's going on." Yin Feng happened to check the sentry and returned.asked immediately.

"To the ship owner. A group of people are coming from the direction of Shenyang City. About fifty or sixty people. Unidentified. They are coming towards us."

"Do you have any weapons?" Luo Aquan suddenly appeared at some point.Xu Hongji now knows.Handling such emergencies is completely useless by itself.Therefore shrink in a corner.He felt that Luo Aquan was always mysterious.Always appear inexplicably.

The black-clothed soldier shook his head: "Old Cheng is watching. This group of people is walking on foot. They don't look like officers and soldiers in their clothes. But they have weapons."

"Prepare to meet the enemy." Luo Aquan didn't wait for Yin Feng to speak.Directly issued the order: "Captain. You stay here. Don't go out."

Yin Feng nodded: "Attention. Don't do it if you can."

Luo Aquan nodded.quickly disappeared into the darkness.

No more campfires.Everything around is shrouded in darkness.Everyone fell silent.Only the rustling of the wind through the trees.Behind him was the slight flow of the Liaohe River.

Yin Feng kept recalling the contents of the manuscript he copied from his laptop in the dark.Can't remember anything specific.It's just a general feeling: before Nurhachi turned against the Ming.The entire Liaodong capital has been in internal chaos.I have witnessed the reality of Liaodong's depletion with my own eyes.This trip by myself.Should have served its purpose.Do you want to continue to investigate in the Northeast?He originally planned to go to the border to have a closer look at the situation of the Jurchens.Now look at the chaos in Liaodong.I'm afraid I won't be able to go.

suddenly.A horse tied up beside the carriage let out a long cry.Startled everyone.In the dark night, the sound of horse crowing can be heard far away.A bodyguard immediately grabbed the horse by the reins.He pulled out a handful of grass and stuffed it into the horse's mouth.These carts and horses were temporarily found by the treasurer Jin in the local area.Not trained in the military.easily startled.

Yin Feng slapped his palms together: "That's right. That group of people will find us now."

but.There was still no movement ahead.An hour passed.A short fight erupted at the edge of the woods ahead.

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This time, the Shenyang Zhongwei officers and soldiers made a mutiny.It involved a group of middle and lower rank officers of the Ming army.under their leadership.Nearly [-] officers and soldiers are distributed in Shenyang and surrounding Dunbao and Tuntai.Simultaneously.

The troops of Liaodong Town Commander-in-Chief, Guangning Commander-in-Chief Zhang Chengyin, and Li Rumei's representative were all involved in the mutiny.The two people who were in dire straits had to cooperate to suppress the rebellion.this night.Shenyang City was opened by the surrendered rebels.Counter-insurgency officers and soldiers and mutiny soldiers fought in groups on the streets everywhere.

The Liaodong Frontier Army has a large number of cavalry.Some of the cavalry are Mongolians.Some of them were military households who surrendered to the Ming army in the early Ming Dynasty and were incorporated into the army.There are also small Mongolian tribes who have defected from the grasslands to the areas directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty over the years.Some of them became servants of the generals.Li Xiao, Lieutenant of the Zhongtun Shoujun School west of Shenyang who participated in the mutiny, was not from the Li family.Most of his soldiers and servants are Mongolians.Li Xiao is also a child of a military household. He joined the army at the age of 12.Now 40 years old.He fought against barbarians, participated in the Korean Anti-Japanese War, and participated in the suppression of the Jurchen rebellion.Although he has made military exploits.But just because he's not from the Li family or doesn't know how to flatter his boss.So he was still a small lieutenant.

It is also because he is not a member of the real Li family.So he and his subordinates have not received military pay for a year.This time he was forced to rebel with his own soldiers.unexpectedly.It was the night when Shenyang City was captured by officers and soldiers.Inside Zhongtun, garrison soldiers surrendered to the officers and soldiers.Secretly opened the gate of the village.

In the melee.Li Xiao took his own soldiers and servants with him.I only had time to bring my son and daughter.Not even my wife.Chengchao highlights the Tunbao.Flee west.

His leader, the Mongolian cavalryman Balihai, said to him: "My lord, we can't stay here any longer. Why don't we go to the grassland."

Li Xiao dejectedly said: "Hey. Now we have no way to go to heaven and nowhere to go. You came to me when you fled famine, and now you fled back to the grassland. What will your tribal leaders say? Let us Han brothers stay here .

Balihai clapped his hands and said: "Master. Heroes are most welcome on this grassland. We brothers are all heroes who can fight. Find a larger tribe to settle down. It is a good place to go. We can't stay in the place of the Ming Dynasty. The sky is endless. The way, sir. Let’s go to the western grassland and settle down.”

Li Xiao rode on the horse.Still hesitating.The servant at the back of the palace rushed over suddenly.He hurriedly shouted: "Officers and soldiers are chasing them. It's cavalry."

really.In the dark night behind.The rumble of hooves shook the ground.There are at least a thousand chasing soldiers.Li Xiao and Balihai looked at each other.He jumped off the horse and said: "Brothers, our horse can't run anymore. Get off the horse. Drive the horse away. Hide."

They drove the horses north.He hid himself in the grass near the river.The officers, soldiers and cavalry chased after them with torches.Some knights who caught life and explored the way found the horseshoe prints.There was a whistling sound.The brigade chased northward.

Li Xiao and his party of more than 50 people waited for the cavalry to go away.Quickly put on the clothes of ordinary people.Flee west.

When they approached the Liao River.Suddenly there was a horse cry in front of him.This is the sound of the horse that startled Yin Feng and others.

Li Xiao and the others were also taken aback.They all fell down in the grass by the side of the road.Not daring to move.

A Han soldier climbed up to Li Xiao's side and said, "Brother Li, don't tell me the officers and soldiers have set up an ambush here."

Li Qinghai, a 16-year-old soldier, is Li Xiao's brother.Li Xiao suddenly reached out to cover his mouth.In the dark night, his eyes were cold and terrifying.Barry Hai, who had been dealing with wolves on the grassland all year round, fell in Li Qinghai's ear.Whispered: "The surroundings are not right. It seems that there is an ambush. Don't move, don't make a sound."

Luo Aquan slowly moved behind a big tree.Cheng Laosan, the first sentry officer of the special battalion ambushing behind the tree, whispered in his ear: "The other party is not an ordinary person. There are experts in it. It seems that we have been spotted."

Luo Aquan blinked in disbelief.Made a gesture to signal to continue lurking.Do not move.

Around these more than 50 unidentified persons.There were about 70 special battalion fighters in ambush.

Neither of the two parties dared to move first.Just lie there.They're all doing their best to lurk.Race against time and endurance.Wait for the opponent to start first.

Luo Aquan's side had the upper hand: they had already ambushed here beforehand.Familiar with the terrain; Li Xiao and his group are fugitives.Tired of running most of the night.Rush to escape officers and soldiers.Time wasted: they could not cross the Liao River after dawn.It is difficult to escape the pursuit of officers and soldiers.certainly.Yin Feng and others are also unwilling to deal with officers and soldiers.It's just that Li Xiao and the others don't know.Li Xiao and the others always thought that the people ambush here were officers and soldiers.

finally.Impatient Li Xiao and the others stood up.Suddenly ran out of the woods.They wanted to escape first.Then detour across the river.but.Their retreat has also been blocked.Dozens of men in black suddenly jumped up from the grass without warning.The method is fierce.A barrage of clubs and crossbow bolts.Li Xiao and other leaders were caught off guard and knocked to the ground inexplicably.Under the order of Luo Aquan.None of the crossbow arrows of the soldiers of the special battalion hit to death.Most of them hit the opponent's legs and feet.

Balihai still resisted for a while.In the end, he was beaten unconscious by four or five men in black. More than 50 former Ming soldiers.Most are tired and hungry.There was the opponent of Luo Aquan, the 70 members of the special battalion who had recharged their batteries for a long time.