Blood from Daming

Chapter 420 night crossing
Xue Polu was worried that Jianlu was coming soon, and seeing the light of day, he resumed the sailing of small wooden boats with less than 50 people in order to speed up the transportation of Xue's army across the river. Now the Liaodong army ferry can transport thousands of people across the river at a time. Xue Polu believed that he should get rid of the situation where Jianlu broke off the tail of the Liaodong Army.

After the first batch of Xue's army left the west bank of the Yalu River, the Xue's army was left with Lu Yaojin, Zhang Sanzhu and Zuo Ming's firearms battalion elites, as well as Xue Polu's Chinese army soldiers, and Man Gui also lined up more than 1000 Liaodong Jingqi, and others The officers and soldiers of Mangui were cooperating with the Liaodong Army's horse-drawn carriage to cross the river.

Man Gui came to Xue Polu on horseback and said: "Brother Polu, Mr. Mao is a miser in life, and he is reluctant to leave any rags behind. If the team is overtaken by Jianlu, he will be a sinner of Ming Dynasty."

Xue Polu said: "Alas. Brother Man, you are right, but North Korea is barren and the people are poor. It is a good thing that we can bring more supplies there."

Man Gui said: "Next time Master Jinglue will send Man to work with Mao Zanhua, I will still be anxious with Master Jinglue."

Xue Polu smiled and said: "Brother Man, you are indeed a man of temperament, you are not very good at being an official."

Man Gui smiled and said: "Brother Polu, I, Man, am a rough person, and I rely on my fame earned with real knives and guns. I can't do those twists and turns in the officialdom."

"bang"

A firework exploded in the western sky, and it still looked very dazzling in the slightly bright sky. Xue Polu suddenly became nervous, staring at the sky firmly, and took it back after a while. look.

Man Gui on the side was asking: "Brother Polu, Jianlu has arrived, right?"

Xue Polu said: "Yes, but a firework just shows that Jianlu was found. There should not be many people. It may be Jianlu's forward ranger or something."

Xue Polu turned his head and looked at the other side of the river. A large number of wooden boats were coming back, but there were two or three hundred carts on the pontoon bridge. Xue Polu estimated that Jianlu was still more than ten miles away, and was in charge of monitoring Jianlu. Before Wang Ping and Tao Yaofu came back, Xue Polu restrained his impatience and let the carts continue to cross the river.

Xue Polu said to Man Gui: "Brother Man, you lead the team and retreat across the river."

Man Guimu paused and said, "Brother Polu, what will you do if I leave you alone?"

Xue Polu said: "Brother Man, after getting those carts over, brother, I'm going to burn the bridge."

Brother Man said: "We are good brothers, I will not leave, we will advance and retreat together."

Xue Polu said: "Brother Man, hurry up, or you will block this place, brother's soldiers won't be able to get on the pontoon bridge for a while."

Man Gui said: "This soldier ordered my subordinates to cross the river, but I have to stay and advance and retreat with Brother Polu."

Xue Polu smiled wryly, "Okay, it's up to you."

Man Gui went to command his troops to cross the river. At this time, the wooden boats also docked one after another, but the generals of the Xue family army wanted Xue Polu to go first. Xue Polu ordered Zhang Sanzhu's department and Zuo Ming's firearm battalion to board the boat. However, Zuo Ming's brother-in-law refused to board the boat, Xue Polu was very angry, and repeatedly scolded Zuo Ming to leave, but after Zuo Ming sent away the firearms camp, he still left a hundred elite soldiers to guard Xue Polu with him.

Zuo Ming said, "Second uncle, do you want to give Jianlu another big firework?"

Xue Polu looked at Zuo Ming, feeling very comfortable in his heart. This Zuo Ming is loyal enough, but he is also cunning, so he ignored him. He immediately followed the pole and said the roof. It really belongs to that kind of three days Xue Polu wryly smiled at the master who would go to the house to expose the tiles if he didn't fight.

Xue Polu said, "Xiao Mingzi, did you leave the last bit of gunpowder behind?"

As soon as Zuo Ming heard his second uncle call his nickname, he knew that his second uncle was not angry with him anymore, so he licked his face and said, "Second uncle, not much, just a little."

Xue Polu asked: "How much is a little bit?"

Zuo Ming said embarrassingly, "I didn't get a thousand catties of gunpowder."

Xue Polu said angrily: "My Xue family army only has more than 1000 catties of gunpowder left in total, and you still say that a thousand catties of gunpowder is just a little bit, you prodigal son."

Zuo Ming argued strongly: "Second Uncle, Zongbing Zhao brought a letter to his nephew, saying that he had seized thousands of gunpowder in Bitong City, so my nephew thought that there was plenty of gunpowder anyway, so I left the gunpowder for Jianlu to enjoy. gone."

Xue Polu shouted: "Is the gunpowder of the Koreans gunpowder? I'm afraid it won't ignite even if it is lit."

Lu Yaojin persuaded Xue Polu: "Second Uncle, Xiao Mingzi is free to use him if he wants to use it. Since the Korean side fills in the gaps, my nephew will make some gunpowder when he arrives at the Korean side."

Xue Polu said: "If you want gold, you can get such good gunpowder early."

Lu Yaojin blushed and said: "Actually, my nephew taught my father to make gunpowder, and the nephew was taught by the young master himself. He just took care of his father's face, so my nephew never mentioned it."

Xue Polu was overjoyed and said: "With you as a living treasure, let Xiao Mingzi separate his hands and feet to use the gunpowder. Xiao Mingzi, since your elder brother Lu begged for you, you should be bold enough to use the gunpowder."

After receiving Xue Polu's affirmative answer, he quickly left with a hundred of his men to bury explosives and gunpowder on the only way Jianlu must pass. Lu Yaojin took the initiative to ask for orders to meet Wang Ping and Tao Yaofu. The two, Xue Polu nodded and agreed to Lu Yaojin's request.

Xue Polu saw that Mangui's soldiers basically put the carts on the pontoon bridge, Xue Polu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but Lu Yaojin just went to the west with his soldiers and horses, but Xue's army rangers came to report , Jianlu rushed over along the bank of the Yalu River, Xue Polu thought it was bad, and he ignored Jianlu coming from the direction of Yongdian.

Only Xue Polu and Man Gui's nearly a thousand soldiers of the Chinese army were left at the ferry. Xue Polu had a brief discussion with Man Gui, but facing the south, Xue Polu couldn't help but look west, hoping Wang Ping, Tao Yaofu and the others followed Lu Yaojin and hurried back.

As the last team from the south returned safely at night, Xue Polu had vaguely seen Jianlu's flag flying in the distance, and now the last batch of wooden boats were berthing on the west bank one after another. The small number of tents left behind, as well as straw bags, wood, broken carts, old clothes and other inflammable items left behind for grain and beans were all piled up at a road junction from the south of Jianlu.

Just when Xue Polu was very worried, a brigade of Xue's army from the west appeared, and the team quickly rushed towards the river where Xue Polu was. The distance from the pier was about the same. At this moment, Man Gui patted Xue Polu on the back.

Man Gui said: "Polu, there seems to be people from the Zhenglan Banner to the south."

Xue Polu let out an "oh" and suddenly said: "What are the soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner? Could it be that Huang Taiji is here?"

Man Gui said: "It should be Huang Taiji's striker who has arrived, but I don't know which Jurchen Baylor will lead the Zhenglan Banner troops after Mang Gurtai is disabled."

Xue Polu said: "The only ones who still have the blood to fight hard with our Eastern Route Army are Huang Taiji and his gang."

Man Gui said: "Now that Huang Taiji is back and the Zhengbai Banner is under Huang Taiji's command, then the inlaid red flag will fall into Yuetuo's hands. Then, as a suffering brother, Abu Tai is very likely to be in charge of the Zhenglan Banner."

Xue Polu said: "These guys were all disabled by my young master on the side wall of Datong. Nurhachi is now the vanguard of Liao Hua, a general without a general in Shu, and he Huang Taiji, Abu Tai, and Yue Tuo are in our East Route Army. You can't play any tricks in front of the soldiers."

Man Gui sighed and said: "If Yuan Ningqian was willing to cooperate with our East Route Army, we would not be forced to cross the Yalu River and go as far as North Korea."

(End of this chapter)