Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"What's the date today?" Wu Shigong asked.

"NO.14. Master!" Tao Xin replied, "We will arrive in Jining after half a day's running."

"Rest for an hour. Anyway, we are in full armor, and we can't enter Jining City. We are rushing these days, and we can bear it, and the horse can't bear it. Except for this beast!" Wu Shigong lovingly patted the mad horse's ass. one time.Ren Lai Crazy let out a long hiss in enjoyment.

The guards dismounted immediately, found some dead branches nearby, and lit several bonfires by the roadside.By the bonfire, Wu Shigong and the others roasted the frozen dry food and cooked food bought on the road, and boiled a pot of hot water for lunch.

This time all [-] members of the Shanchuan Division's action team were dispatched. Under the leadership of the captain Zhang Rubao, they all became Wu Shigong's guards.The reason why Wu Shigong brought Shanchuan Division's action team was that if he was trapped in the capital, the Shanchuan Division's action team could help him escape. There is no action team professional of Shanchuan Division.

Zhang Rubao was absent-mindedly biting white flour bread sandwiched with bacon, looked at Wu Shigong who was sitting aside, made up his mind, and said to Wu Shigong: "My lord, I have something I want to tell you."

"Huh?" Wu Shigong suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Rubao, "What's the matter?"

Although Wu Shigong's attitude was still very kind, Zhang Rubao felt that the courage he had gathered just now seemed to be flying away, and his back was sweating nervously.But at this time, the arrow was on the line, Zhang Rubao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said: "My lord, our action team has practiced for so long, and the brothers can't sit still. Is there any task for us to do, my lord?"

Wu Shigong understood.After the establishment of the Shanchuan Division Action Team.Apart from assassinating the head of the Yangzhou salt merchant Qi family, there was really no other action.The reason why Wu Shigong established the Shanchuan Division Action Team at that time was also misled by modern movies and TV dramas, and overemphasized the role of special forces.

You must know that the power of modern special forces is reflected in their high-tech weapons, communications, intelligence, and transportation. Even the operations of several special forces members will be supported by military satellites.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no need to set up any special forces.Military special operations can be done by the elite of the army.And assassination or something.It can also be cultivated from ordinary people, and even some killers can be recruited from the rivers and lakes.There is no need for such a high-consumption, high-quality action team.

When the action team was established, Zhang Rubao and others were selected elites from the entire army.To be honest, if these people stay in the Runing Army.Now the size is an officer.And the large expansion of the Runing Army happened to lack a large number of experienced officers.So now these members of the action team can be said to be a bit of a waste.

Wu Shigong thought about it.Immediately agreed to Zhang Rubao: "When you go back, all members of your action team will be merged into the official's personal team, and you will make up for the lessons you missed, and then we will let you out after seeing your performance."

"Alas!" Zhang Rubao didn't expect his persuasion to go so smoothly, and his face immediately beamed with joy.And some members of the action team who pricked up their ears to eavesdrop were also beaming with joy.

The Runing Army has been on the offensive for four days.At this time, they were already 130 miles away from Ye County.And Xue Yongli and other officers of the Runing Army were listening to Zhang Biao, who was in charge of reconnaissance cavalry, report the reconnaissance situation.

"This situation is really unclear!" Zhang Biao ran up and complained, "Up to now. We can say that we have encountered the Shaanxi bandits, or we can say that we don't even know where the main force of the Shaanxi bandits is."

"There are groups of people gathered on the road and in the fields. It is impossible to tell whether they are fleeing civilians or Shaanxi bandits. The clothes are all the same. The only difference is whether they have weapons in their hands. But even the Shaanxi bandits have big weapons. Most of them are farming tools such as hoes. It is difficult for us to tell."

"We can only judge from the number of people gathered. We think that the crowd of more than a thousand people is the Shaanxi Bandit. In the early morning of yesterday, a group of children took the initiative to attack a bandit group of nearly a thousand people. They wanted to try the Shaanxi Bandit Combat strength and their tactics. But I didn’t expect that after a few rows of firecrackers went down, and fifty horses charged like this, the group of Shaanxi bandits would collapse.”

"And what's ridiculous is that when they fled, they threw away the weapons in their hands. After a while, we didn't even know who the common people were? Who were the Shaanxi bandits?"

"After the little one got the news, he took two cavalry companies and pressed them up. He cooperated with ten teams of scouts and cavalry for a total of 4000 cavalry. Yesterday, he defeated a total of four bandit groups. The largest bandit group had three to [-] people. .”

"But they were all defeated by one blow. We killed more than 700 people and captured more than 600 people. To be honest, they trampled to death when they escaped more than were killed by us. There is basically no food and grass in the seizure , Needless to say about the captured junk. Just a joke, if the Shaanxi bandits have this kind of combat power, you don’t need to worry about it, just let the little one go up with the cavalry regiment, and you can kill the Shaanxi bandits. 10 people were wiped out."

Zhang Biao's words caused the officers to burst into laughter.

Zhang Biao went on to say: "But we all know that this is wrong. The Shaanxi bandits have been encircled and suppressed by the government and army repeatedly since the second year of Chongzhen until now, but they have grown stronger and stronger, so they must have two brushes. Therefore, we are also sure Did not meet the main force of the Shan bandits."

"But the main force of the Shaanxi bandits is hidden among those mobs. We have no way to find them unless we strip off all the mobs on the periphery. But in this way, we don't have enough food and grass, so we don't have so much time to go. Look carefully."

What Zhang Biao said is indeed the actual situation.

When the peasant rebel army was surrounded at that time, the Ming army and the peasant rebel army were quite distinct.However, when the peasant rebel army crossed the Yellow River, with the addition of a large number of refugees, and entering a vacuum zone defended by the Ming court, the peasant rebel army immediately raged towards the surroundings like a flood that broke the embankment.

Besides, it was impossible for the peasant rebel army to gather their teams together, because they simply couldn't afford to supply so many people with food and grass.

And as more and more people turned to them, to be honest, even the leaders of the peasant rebel army couldn't tell which was their own army, let alone the Runing army.

At this time, although the peasant rebel army attacked from north to south, and the Runing army attacked from south to north, the route of the peasant rebel army was along the western border of Henan, while the Runing army was slightly closer to the border. East some.Therefore, the positions of the main force of the Peasant Rebel Army and the Runing Army are both on the front left of their respective positions.So what Zhang Biao encountered was indeed the cannon fodder group on the outskirts of the peasant rebel army.

But these cannon fodder also brought a lot of trouble to the Runing army.The key point is that there is no distinction between the enemy and the enemy.The Runing Army couldn't tell who was the Peasant Rebel Army?Who are the fleeing refugees?It may not be that the Runing Army killed everyone they saw along the way!

In addition, the Runing Army also knew that the identities of the fleeing refugees and the peasant rebel army could be changed at any time, and it was useless to distinguish them clearly.Coupled with the defeated peasant rebel army, they can regroup as soon as they reach the rear. It can be said that they are invincible. Tired of running for his life, he was defeated by this group of unbeatable Xiaoqiang.

The Runing Army has encountered a brand new kind of battle, which is completely different from the previous battle between the two armies with clear divisions.The Runing Army is like a giant with a big vertebra, but keeps waving it towards the air, feeling like it's wasting energy but getting no results.The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!

Xue Yongli walked to the large hanging map and examined it carefully.And the other officers gathered around him and looked at the map carefully.

After studying for a while, Xue Yongli said: "It seems that the possibility of us wanting to fight the main force of the Shaanxi bandits is very small. Then we will fight according to our own ideas."

Then Xue Yongli pointed to a point on the map: "Here, Qingshui Bend. Don't release our scout cavalry anymore. Zhang Biao, you take your cavalry regiment with 300 people, and cooperate with five pairs The horse-drawn motor company detoured eastward and arrived at Qingshui Bend two days later."

"Remember, don't get entangled when you meet the enemy along the way! The goal is to block the main point of Qingshui Bend. And I led the main force to press forward and crush all the Shaanxi bandits along the way. I estimated that it will be pressed to Qingshui Bend in three days area."

"Afterwards, we wiped out all the Shaanxi bandits between the two armies as quickly as possible. Then we retreated to Ye County. On the way back, we strengthened the walls and cleared the fields. We took everything we could bring with us, but we couldn't. Those who saw it were destroyed. Anyone who saw it, whether it was a Shaanxi bandit or a refugee, was arrested and brought back to Ye County."

"No matter how you say it, you can't give the Shaanxi bandits any more strength. All the captives will be screened after they go back. All the prisoners from the Shaanxi bandits will be taken to the iron mines as slaves. Those who are refugees will be handed over to the local government to make them a headache."

"In this way, although we may still not meet the main force of the Shaanxi bandits, at least we have the results of the battle, which can also make the rear feel more at ease."

"Then Li Ye." Li Sanhe asked, "What if the main force of the Shaanxi Bandits bites us when we retreat? We have captured and captured, but we can't run fast?"

"That's the best! Those mob captives and worthless seized are nothing to lose. If the main force of the Shaanxi bandits comes up, then we will turn around and beat the main force of the Shaanxi bandits completely. To be honest, I'm afraid they won't come. "Xue Yongli is full of pride.

There was another burst of laughter in the big tent.

"Okay!" Xue Yongli clapped his hands, "Go back and get ready. Zhang Biao, hand over the prisoners and captured items to the Engineering Corps, and then set off quickly." (To be continued...)