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Chapter 773 Li Bubai

"It's best to catch a few strangers, or ask the Tartars about their tricks!"

Shi Meng thought this way in his heart, but compared to some time ago, it's getting harder and harder to catch the Tartars now.

After all, it was a battle between the two armies, tens of 10 people criss-crossed in such a long and narrow area. When the Tartar sentry cavalry went out to investigate, they were all in groups. They galloped on the north side of Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain, intending to cover The area around Jinzhou City.

In this way, there are almost no single Tazi soldiers anymore, which makes it impossible for the Xuanbei Army to catch the raw people without closing the sentries at night, and the information acquisition has to rely on the observation of the sentries, which is relatively more difficult.

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"This time we must get specific information about Baimiaobao!" Li Changsheng, who was riding on the horse, thought so.

At this time, he took Ye Bushou, who was the left sentry on the left side of the Huwei camp, to go out to investigate, and he was galloping across the field from Daxingbao to Nuerhe.

The sound of hoofs was booming, although there were only a hundred people in his line, each of them had three horses, and most of them were fat and healthy war horses. It is indeed not small.

The terrain in this area is relatively flat, with occasional undulating hills, and they are not too steep. Along the way, some small rivers can be seen from time to time, but most of them are dry.

At this time, the sky was approaching Youshi, and there was still a long time before it got dark, but it was just right for Li Changsheng. When he rode to the edge of the Naughty River, it happened to be dark, so he could cross the river in the dark .

There is no way, the Tazi soldiers have been active on both sides of the Naughty River recently. After Zhang Cheng got the letter, he synthesized his slightly vague memory, and then sent Li Changsheng to lead the left part of the Tiger Guards to the vicinity of the Naughty River. Investigate the movement of the Qing army.

Starting from Jinzhou, the south bank of the Daughter River was heavily guarded. From time to time, groups of captives galloped past. They were trying their best to cover up the battlefield in this area, so they must have some kind of conspiracy.

Therefore, for the sake of safety and concealment, Li Changsheng took his left team to Daxing Fort in the northwest of Xingshan Mountain, and from there, he took a long way to sneak up to the Daughter River to investigate.

They calculated the distance and set off, intending to rush to the Daughter River when it was dark. Not far ahead was Dafu Fort.

Now, Li Changsheng is heading towards Dafubao. If that place is indeed not occupied by the Qing army, they intend to use it as a transit point.

Now the captives criss-cross the Naughter River, and it is impossible to hide in broad daylight. Not only can they not cross the Naughter River, but it is also inconvenient to move on the south bank of the river.

The Qing army always paid attention to fishing and hunting. When they were not fighting, they often organized soldiers from various cattle records and even banners to hunt, so there were quite a lot of hunting dogs in their team.

Along the Nuerhe River to the west for dozens of miles, they were all under the guard of the Tartars, and even released a large number of hounds, making it very difficult for the sentry cavalry of the Ming army to outflank and investigate from the upper reaches.

Of course, it is not impossible for the sentry cavalry of the Ming army to go around upstream, but it would be too far to go around in that way.

Because of the strict security of the Qing soldiers, in order to detect the intelligence of the Qing troops stationed around Baimiaobao, the Tiger Guards have already lost many people. Every time Li Changsheng thinks about it, he feels great hatred, so this time he just Decided to go out in person.

Two days ago, he led his left troops to Daxing Fort. In addition to the local soldiers and horses in Liaodong, this Daxing Fort also had more than a thousand troops under the command of Zuo Guangxian, the training commander of the Central Association. In the distance is the Wudaoling mountain defense line.

Like the Xuanbei Army's defense line on Changling Mountain, Wudaoling also set up layers of trenches and low wall defense lines, forming three firepower defense lines up and down. However, the configuration of guns and guns is more advanced than that of Chen Zheng's position on Changling Mountain. Much less.

Li Changsheng has a more active personality and likes to make friends. Although he has only been in Daxing Fort for a day, he has become one with the local Liao generals who guard the fort.

After he led the people out of Daxing Castle, he headed north all the way, and there was depression everywhere, and there were few people in the wilderness, and a faint desolation came oncoming.

In fact, before the Battle of Jinzhou started, the area from Daxing Fort to Dafu Fort by the Naughty River was densely populated. After all, the soil quality in this area was excellent, and there were many rivers passing by, so drinking water and irrigation were very convenient.

It’s just that during the Jinzhou war, tens of thousands of Qing soldiers came and went to harass the surrounding area, and the military households in various forts fled one after another. It was thus temporarily abandoned.

Everyone passed through these uninhabited villages. In many places, there were only ruined houses and broken walls. The surroundings were silent and deserted. It seemed that Li Changsheng and the others were the only living creatures left in this wilderness.

However, Li Changsheng didn't have so many emotions now. When the horse galloped, he was also very nervous. Although this place was far away from Jinzhou, there were occasional squads of cavalry, so he had to be careful.

At this time, he was accompanied by a hundred people from the left post, and a hundred people from the right post. They will start from Daxing Castle tomorrow, and they are equipped with four Mongolian cavalry at each post. It was borrowed from Su Laohu's command on the right side of the Huwei Camp.

The entire Tiger Guard battalion led by Lin Fangping only had more than 600 people, and the lower part was divided into three parts. Li Changsheng was the head of the left part, and he was in charge of only two hundred people.

After all, the Tiger Guard Battalion is Zhang Cheng's personal guards, and those who can enter the Tiger Guard Battalion are the most loyal cavalry, so the treatment is naturally higher than that of other battalions.

At this time, in addition to Li Changsheng, the general manager Qian who led the team himself, there was Wan Guangjin, the sentry officer of the left post, and three team leaders under his command. Wan Guangjin Chongzhen was the commander of the cavalry under Chen Zheng in 11 years.

Later, he was incorporated into the Ranger Division of the Cavalry Battalion and became the sentry officer of the Ranger's right post. He followed the army all the way to Henan.

And Tong Shoushan, the left wing of the rangers, was taken by Zhang Cheng as a hidden move, and buried in the team of the rogue Li Zicheng. Now the rangers in the riding camp only have more than 100 rangers under the command of the former outpost Ma Sanzhuang.

Because, after Zhang Cheng led the army back to Xuanbei, he integrated the right post and rear post of the Ranger Department into the Tiger Guard Camp, and made them the left part of the Tiger Guard Camp.

It is precisely because the left part of the Tiger Guard was born out of the previous rangers, and most of them are old night fighters, so whenever there is a need for sentry, they have to go out to fight.

Sometimes when I think about it, fate is really a very strange thing. Back then, Li Changsheng was just a personal guard under Zhang Cheng's command, while Wan Guangjin was already the sentinel of Chen Zhengqian's headquarters back then.

But now Li Changsheng has become Chief Qian, and Wan Guangjin has become his sentry officer. Although the status and treatment of the Tiger Guards are not comparable to that of other battalion officers, a guard in the past has become his immediate boss. , Thinking about it still feels awkward.

This is actually the biggest advantage of being around the leader. In addition to having more opportunities to contact the leader and being easily discovered and promoted, you will often get suggestions from the leader, and the speed of progress is also very fast.

The old people who followed Zhang Cheng to King Jingqin back then had very different official fortunes and fates!

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Daughter River, also known as Niaoxin River or Eqin River, the river is not deep, but it is covered with luxuriant vegetation, like brocade. Especially there are many fish in the river. When war horses step on the river, silver carp and carp will bump into them from time to time.

The moon was crooked in the sky, the stars were bright, Li Changsheng led the horse, arched his body, and trudged carefully through the river water. The river water seeped into the iron mesh boots and soaked the lining of the inner socks. Feelings came to my heart immediately.

There was a cool breeze at night, and it blew from time to time. There was a constant slight rushing sound when wading through the water, and some gurgling sounds of running water reached everyone's ears.

The feet are also soft and unstable, sometimes stepping on sand and stones, sometimes stepping on mud, and some damn fish bumped into them in a daze.

None of this affected Li Changsheng. He walked forward cautiously and without hesitation, his nimble eyes scanning suspicious places on the opposite bank from time to time.

His ears were also erected high, and any slight abnormal movement around him could not escape his ears.

Behind Li Changsheng there were many horses and warriors who did not accept the night, and the horses of those healthy horses were all bited so as not to neigh and startle the Tartar soldiers who might be hiding somewhere around.

And those who don't accept the night are all silent, only one after another, and always pay attention to try not to make their movements too loud, so as not to make too loud a sound of water.

Like Li Changsheng, they also scanned the surrounding places vigilantly with their eyes when they walked forward, and their ears were also erected high.

Their movements were full of toughness, like agile leopards, but many of these leopards were wounded.

On the backs of several of the horses were even the corpses of several dead soldiers, and some of the more seriously injured were also tightly tied to the horses.

Everyone endured their own pain and tried their best not to groan. Some seriously injured soldiers even stuffed thick wooden sticks wrapped in cloth strips in their mouths.

Li Changsheng even raised his left hand from time to time to direct the crowd to stop. Even the horses stood in the river very docilely and cleverly, without moving.

After he re-confirmed that there was no danger in the surrounding area, the crowd started to move slowly again. They couldn't help but be cautious. At this time, everyone was in the daughter river section of the Reclining Buddha Temple, which is also a place where Tartars often haunt.

Most of those Tartar sentinels were hunters in the white mountains and black waters. They made a living by fishing and hunting all year round, and they had long been accustomed to lurking at night, especially when they went out to battle with hunting dogs, they were even more powerful.

Those hateful dead dogs had sharp noses. Before Li Changsheng and the others got into the river, they smelled the scent, and immediately barked wildly. Immediately after, hordes of Tartar elite cavalry came after them.

Fortunately, Li Changsheng and the others brought some captured rabbits with them on this trip. After these cute little things were released, they had to lure the hounds to chase them in the wrong direction.

Now that they entered the river again, the smell was first blown away by the wind, and then washed away by the river water, so that they were not afraid of the hounds of the Tartar soldiers smelling it.

However, now is not the time to relax. Once you cross the river, the river bank is still a place where the Tartar sentry cavalry often appear, so you need to be more careful.

Li Changsheng was only slightly relieved when he crossed the Nuer River and came to the south bank of the river.

Although the south bank of the Daughter River is the place where the Tartars most need shelter, it is not like the north bank after all, and the Ming army's activities are more frequent. Both sides have a brigade of hundreds of people.

As a result, small groups of rangers are not common, so the gaps between the sentry teams are relatively large, and the cover of the battlefield by the Tartars and barbarians is not as tight as that on the north bank of the Daughter River.

However, Li Changsheng is still very careful. Dangers often come when he is most lax. He doesn't want to cause any accidents because of his negligence.

At the same time, Li Changsheng was also secretly delighted. This time he personally led the team out, and he gained a lot. He obtained detailed information on the surrounding area of ​​Baimiaobao. He must be very happy when he returns.

However, during this sentry, several of his brothers on the left were killed in battle, and six or seven of them were seriously injured. Thinking of these, Li Changsheng's joy could not help but fade away, and he couldn't help feeling a surge of sadness in his heart .

This side is not too different from the north bank. The south bank of the Daughter River is also luxuriant. There are various bushes and weeds one after another. It seems to be a dense and continuous area. Its complexity is like a gossip array, which is enough to make people dizzy. .

Any battle on the map, those who talk about war on paper, will be beaten to death in this kind of terrain.

This is also one of the main reasons why there are few large-scale night raids in this era. Except for a small number of elite troops, fighting at night is very easy to cause chaos. Even before approaching the enemy camp, most of your own troops will disperse. That's why night raids rarely happen.

Even though he thinks he has a good sense of direction, and there are stars and moons in the sky to guide him, Li Changsheng still has to stop and go, stopping from time to time to determine the direction.

The many Yebushou who followed behind him also moved forward cautiously. It is not known if there are any Tartars riding on horseback in this area, so everyone is very vigilant.

The terrain under their feet is still ups and downs, and everyone must maintain their own center of gravity, so as not to accidentally fall, break their feet, or dodge their waists, it is not worth it.

After walking forward for a while, suddenly, Li Changsheng raised his left hand again. Immediately, everyone stopped, looked around vigilantly, and touched their own short guns.

Li Changsheng's nose twitched for a while, and his ears were pricked up. Suddenly, he made another move with his left hand. Immediately, the sentry officer Wan Guangjin led Liu Shouzhu, the team leader in the post, and quickly came to Li Changsheng's side with his head bowed.

Li Changsheng whispered to the two, then pointed in a direction to the left.

Immediately, the two people's spirits were lifted, and they listened attentively. They couldn't help but admire Li Changsheng's keen sense of smell, especially the team leader Liu Shouzhu, who even regarded Li Changsheng as his idol.

He thought to himself: "Master Li just thinks differently. I heard that he was the personal bodyguard of the Lord General earlier. No wonder he is so outstanding. He is really born to stay at night!"

Since returning from suppressing the thieves in Henan, Liu Shouzhu also became a tiger guard, and he was excited about it for a long time. This time, he went out with Li Changsheng, the general manager, and obtained a wealth of spying results, which increased his admiration and admiration for Master Li .

Everyone on the left side of the Tiger Guard Camp called Li Changsheng Lord Li on weekdays. In fact, Li Changsheng also had a nickname "Li Bubai", which was a homonym of his name. Long victory means undefeated.

However, this nickname used by the bosses as a joke is not something that a team like Liu Shouzhu can always call it!

(End of this chapter)