A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 100 Worth It
On the eighth day of July in the ninth year of Chongzhen, early in the morning.

Xie Yike, Wen Daxing and the others ran wildly along the mountain path after fleeing into the mountain yesterday.They went west all the way, passed many villages in the mountains, and passed through Luanzhuang in Wubao. In the early morning of this morning, they finally crossed the Dongfang River and entered the boundary of Shunxiangbao.

Xie Yike was injured by an arrow, but he still sat on the horse without saying a word, but his expression was extremely exhausted, the blood had already soaked his back armor, although the shaft of the arrow was broken off, but the arrowhead did not dare to pull out, To avoid bleeding.

A dozen or so steps ahead of Xie Yike, Wen Daxing scouted the way ahead, returning from time to time to inform Xie Yike of the situation.Behind Xie Yike, there were more than ten war horses, some of which belonged to Shun Xiangbao himself, and some were taken from the Qing soldiers. They carried several dead bodies that were not collected at night, and the captured Qing soldiers. Specialized.

At the end, Yebushou Li Youde carried the injured Yebushou Ma Ziren, but followed closely.Ma Ziren was seriously injured and had been unconscious for a long time.

After crossing the Dongfang River, Xie Yike and the others relaxed their hearts, and they arrived home, finally safe.

As soon as he relaxed, Xie Yike felt that he couldn't hold on anymore, and his horse was precarious.

Three miles away from the fort, at an intersection when entering the fort, Xie Yike saw Wen Daxing talking hurriedly with several soldiers who had jumped out of the roadside hiding place, and then these soldiers ran towards Xie Yike and the others screaming.

After the Qing soldiers entered the bandits at the end of June, Wang Dou set up ambush road officers. At several intersections around Shunxiang Fort, there were ambush road sergeants, divided into several squads.Each shift is in charge of a few shifts, equipped with rockets, lanterns, yellow flags and other things. When Qing soldiers invade, they immediately release three rockets and wave the yellow flag to report back.

The Army Sergeant at this intersection was under the command of an armored commander named Chen Shoufu. After he ran over, he saw the corpses that had not been collected for several nights. He took a deep breath: "So many brothers died in battle, ah, and a Tartar was also captured." sub-head."

He ordered a group of sergeants to help Xie Yike and others back to the fort, and led the horses back.

Everyone came to the south gate, put down the suspension bridge and entered the fort, and entered the fort. The soldiers and civilians who were busy preparing for the battle on the street all came to watch, and they all pointed at Xie Yike and the others who were supported by them in surprise, and said repeatedly: " It's really tragic, another brother died."

At this time, the Qing soldier Bo Daji woke up. He was tied to the horse, but he straightened up vigorously, while looking at the things in front of him in bewilderment.

Seeing the Qing soldier's attire on his body and the long and slender money rattail on the back of his head, the residents of the castle surrounded him one after another, pointing at him and cursing: "The Tartar who killed a thousand knives."

From time to time, several women screamed and rushed up, grabbing him in the face.

Na Zhuanda roared angrily, yelled loudly, and stared at everyone with ferocious eyes. These years, the cruelty of Houjin soldiers has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Seeing him like this, some women and children were afraid, and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Wen Daxing swaggered ahead. He was not injured, so he walked by himself.He turned around, strode over, and slapped the boss heavily on the face, and shouted: "You son of a bitch, you dare to be rampant in the castle?"

He slapped him left and right, and slapped the master more than a dozen times, causing his mouth and nose to bleed, and stars flashing in front of his eyes.

Na Zhuanda roared even more, how could he have experienced such a shame and humiliation before?He was bleeding from his mouth and nose, and he just kept screaming.

Wen Daxing looked at the top of his head and sneered, "What a scalp, my old Wen's hands are itching again."

Suddenly everyone in the street parted and said, "Your Excellency is here."

Na Zhuanda looked up, only heard footsteps in front of him, a large group of people came towards this side, and quickly walked in front of Xie Yike and others.

Na Zhuanda saw that among this group of people, a large group of Ming army generals in armor surrounded only a young Ming general, who was less than thirty years old, with a burly figure, sharp eyes, and a very imposing look.The guard soldiers following behind him were all tall and sturdy, holding shiny spears in their hands.

Suddenly Na Zhuanda roared loudly, and he recognized it. The silver and white iron armor worn by the young Ming general was exactly the protective armor of his brother. Two years ago, his brother died in the customs. A fell into the hands of this wise man.He glared at Wang Dou viciously, his eyeballs almost popping out.

Seeing the Qing soldier yelling and staring at him like he was about to eat people, Wang Dou gave him a flat look.Han Zhong beside him cursed angrily, strode up, and shouted, "You son of a bitch, what's your name?"

He punched him hard on the face, and cursed: "Wait, I will cut you with a knife!"

That Zhuanda had been injured yesterday, and he had been running around all day, just now Wen Daxing slapped him more than a dozen times, and Han Zhong punched him hard, and passed out for a while.

Xie Yike broke free from the support of several soldiers, threw himself at Wang Dou's feet, and cried loudly: "Brother-in-law, all my brothers are dead!"

Wang Dou looked at him, frowned and said, "Good man, why are you crying?"

"Warriors fight on the battlefield, shrouded in horse leather, this is their destination!"

After a while, he said softly: "You have worked hard this time, and the sentry has done a good job. Go down to rest and heal your wounds, and report to me after your wounds are healed."

He looked at Xie Yike's group. There were 11 people before the departure, but now there are only four people left, and two people were injured, which shows the brutality of the war at that time.

He looked at Wen Daxing: "What's your name?"

Wen Daxing's eyes flashed with joy, and with a sound, Wen Daxing knelt down on one knee, and he clasped his fists together and said loudly to Wang Dou: "Wen Daxing, a senior sergeant of the Ye Bu Shou B team, has seen the guard."

Wang Dou patted him on the shoulder: "I remember you, good job."

He asked Yebushou Li Youde's name again, then walked to the front of Yebushou's body, stood still for a while, he bowed slightly to the body, and everyone around him also saluted together.

Wang Dou raised his head and said solemnly: "Brother who died, you should be buried alive and worshiped together after the war!"

Lin Daofu beside him agreed heavily.

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Wen Daxing and Li Youde went to the barracks to rest, and Wang Dou rewarded the two heroes who returned from killing the enemy with good wine and meat.

Xie Yike and Yebu accepted Ma Ziren, and were helped into the Qianhu government hall, where Wang Tianxue bandaged and cleaned their wounds. Since Wang Tianxue came to Shun Township Castle, he has brought out more medical apprentices and developed many healing methods. drug.

Wang Tianxue is lazy and likes to drink as much as his life, but fortunately his business has not been neglected and his medical skills are excellent, so Wang Dou let him continue to serve as the medical officer of Shun Township Fort.

Yebushou Ma Ziren had already passed out, so it would be easier to heal his wounds.

However, when Wang Tianxue pulled out the arrows on Xie Yike's shoulders and cut the arrow sores, Xie Yike let out a series of screams. It can be said that those who heard it were crying and those who saw them were sad. In the end, he almost passed out.

Fortunately, Xie Yike survived, and Wang Tianxue washed his wound, applied medicinal powder, and bandaged the wound.He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, it's all right."

He looked at a small sharp three-edged arrow on the plate in front of him, shook his head, and cursed: "What a vicious tartar."

This kind of arrow has always been used by sentry soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. After hitting a person's body, the wound is the largest and the treatment is the most difficult.

Fortunately, Xie Yike's arrow wound didn't go deep into the flesh, the wound didn't last long, and there was no infection. After cutting the carrion around it, he just bandaged it up.Afterwards, I washed the wound with light salt water every day, and then changed the dressing. It is estimated that the wound will heal within ten days. This is because the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers are too vicious.

While Xie Yike was healing, his sister Xie Xiuniang also heard that her younger brother was injured, and couldn't help but shed tears.

Wang Dou just comforted her, saying that Xie Yike was fine, Xie Xiuniang was about to give birth, and when she needed peace of mind, Wang Dou couldn't make her worry.

After bandaging the wound, Xie Yike lay down on a wooden board. Although he was very tired, he still struggled to tell the ins and outs of the incident one by one.

In the end, he said again with tears in his voice: "Brother Huang has been captured, and he can't survive seeing it."

A large group of military officers in the fort gathered beside Wang Dou, and Chi Dacheng, the governor, said coldly, "Will the capture of Huang Guoxiang leak information about our fort?"

Xie Yike shouted: "Brother Huang is not such a person!"

Wang Dou shouted: "Shut up, Shangguan didn't ask you, how can you interrupt?"

He looked at Han Chao, and Han Chao said affirmatively, "I agree with Brother Xie's statement. I know Huang Guoxiang, a sergeant. His family members were all killed by the Tartars. He hates the Tartars so much that he will never betray him." Brothers in our castle."

Wang Dou nodded, and he asked Xie Yike carefully about the situation of the battle at that time, every detail.

Judging from the results of the battle, there were 11 people on our side at the time, but six people were killed and two were injured.Six Qing soldiers killed five of them and captured one alive.

Wang Dou was still satisfied with this result.

Those Eight Banners soldiers are all year-round fighters, and their daily life is fighting.Each of their soldiers has gone through countless battles, big and small, and has rich battlefield experience, especially those sergeants in vests. Everyone has at least eight years of combat experience.

Moreover, the Eight Banners soldiers are now on the rise. When the army is full of vigor, look at the combat power of the Eight Banners soldiers. They are nothing in the entire Chinese history. The Huns, Turks, Rouran, Jurchen, Mongolia and other tribes are all better than them. Stronger fighting power.

It's a pity that the Eight Banners soldiers were lucky and were born in the late Ming Dynasty. It is undeniable that they were a very elite army in the East at that time.

Among the people on our own side, except for a small number of people who have been trained for two years, most of them have been trained roughly for one year or half a year, and most of them have not gone through bloody battles.

With this exchange ratio right now, this result is already very outstanding.

In Wang Dou's original estimate, if his ordinary army could exchange two to one with the Eight Banners soldiers in field battles, he thought it was worth it.In the future, if ordinary soldiers in one's own army can exchange one-to-one with Eight Banners soldiers, then one's chances of victory will be assured.

According to his own training system, he can continuously produce large-scale soldiers capable of fighting, but the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners are dying one by one.Although there is a shortage of people in Shunxiangbao and Baoan Prefecture, there is no shortage of people in Ming Dynasty. As long as there is a steady stream of manpower to supplement, the rank of officers and the training system will remain the same, and the same army can be raised by itself, with continuous capabilities. war sergeant.

If it is possible in the future, our own army can die hundreds of thousands, but whether it is a bandit or a Manchurian Tartar, their core army cannot afford 10 deaths.

It's really to the point of fighting consumption, no one can fight themselves.

Moreover, according to Wang Dou's understanding of history, although the Eight Banners soldiers are extremely vicious and have outstanding individual combat capabilities, their casualty tolerance of a large force is not high.Wang Dou's later generations have studied historical data, and the Eight Banners soldiers are known as invincible, but their casualty tolerance is less than [-]%, which is the case when the casualties of lower-level officers are not large.

At that time, more than 1 people in Mao Wenlong faced more than 300 people of the Eight Banners soldiers Zhenghongqi. At that time, Zhenghongqi had only more than [-] casualties, and the result was collapsed.When the Qing soldiers went south, under the city of Yangzhou, under the city of Jiading, the Eight Banners soldiers often had more than [-] soldiers, and they collapsed after only more than [-] casualties.

And my own Shunxiang army, in order to protect their homeland and their wives and children, can at least bear 30.00% to [-] casualties at the head of Shunxiang Fort.

If they want to attack Shun Township Fort, these robbers are not determined to trade their lives for it.

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From Xie Yike's mouth, Wang Dou also saw that the pistols and crossbow arrows he used at night were not very effective against the padded armor of the Qing soldiers, but the javelins performed brilliantly.It seems that you have to think carefully about the long-range weapons used by Ye Bushou.

In addition, the Qing soldiers had crossed the Yanghe River and entered the territory of Baoan Prefecture in large numbers, and they would arrive at the fort of Shunxiang in a few days.

It seems that the fierce battle is about to begin.

Before the battle, it is also good to have more information about the enemy.

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Old White Bull: There is another chapter tonight.

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