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

Chapter 117 Integrity, Master Xu's Surprise
The soldiers and civilians of Dongjiazhuang fell to the ground when Wang Dou and others arrived, and everyone shed tears to thank the soldiers of Shun Township for their rescue.

Among the thanks, the soldiers of Shunxiang Fort, with their heads held high, lined up neatly and entered the Dongjiazhuang Fort from the city gate one by one.They all had proud expressions on their faces, but no one thought it was inappropriate. They risked their lives to come to the rescue from Shun Township Fort. They deserved the gratitude of the people of Dongjiazhuang.

Yang Tong rushed to arrange the soldiers of Shunxiangbao to rest in the barracks on Northwest Street, and took the horses to the stables to feed them. It was going to be evening, and Wang Dou sent two nights to return Shunxiangbao to report safety. He also ordered a fire to be made for cooking, and the killed and wounded Qing army horses were cooked, roasted, and eaten. The soldiers and civilians in the fort each got some, and they were all beaming.

Gao Shiyin, as the host, of course entertained Wang Dou and others in the official hall of Dongjiazhuang, and everyone ate large pieces of horse meat.

All of you here are warriors, and they are all close brothers. Naturally, they are not so refined, and they all gobble up the soup and gravy with their cheeks and beards.

Yang Tong stood up, opened his mouth without front teeth, held a wine bowl and said loudly: "My lord came to rescue me from afar, this kindness and kindness will never be forgotten, come, come, let us all toast my lord a bowl."

Everyone responded loudly, Wang Dou also smiled and said: "Okay, I will accompany everyone to do it."

He raised his neck and drank a bowl of wine in one gulp.

Everyone applauded loudly, even calling it massive.

Han Zhong shouted to Gao Shiyin: "Old Gao, my lord and I have come to rescue you this time, how can you thank us?"

Gao Shiyin stared and said: "How can I thank you? My old man is so poor, do you still want me to make a promise?"

Everyone laughed even more, and Wang Dou also shook his head with a smile.

After the meal, Zhen Fu Chi Dacheng also counted the situation of this harvest: beheading level 68, most of which are the elite vest, infantry and white armor soldiers in the Qing army.Three knives and guns, 150, 46 throwing axes, javelins and iron bones, and 57 sets of step bows and horn bows were seized.

Separated from iron-free cotton armor, iron-inlaid cotton armor, willow-leaf iron armor, and chain mail, 130 pairs of armor from the Qing army were also seized, and 41 pairs of round shields and other shields were also seized.Thirteen more excellent war horses were captured.Dozens of dead horses were carried into the fort to eat meat.

Like last time, these captured armors, round shields, knives and guns are full of holes and gaps, and all need to be repaired.

Wang Dou estimated that the actual number of casualties of the Qing army was higher, but in field battles, if most of the enemy troops were not chaotic, it was impossible to take all the enemy corpses into his hands. It is estimated that some of the corpses were taken back by them. Dou did not give the order to pursue, and the wounded Qing soldiers who were active took the opportunity to run away.

In addition, Sergeant Dongjiazhuang also beheaded [-] ranks, and seized Qing army armor, knives, guns and shields.

Even the 140 level seven beheaded at the foot of the Shunxiang castle yesterday, overall, the Shunxiang army has already beheaded 220 level nine Qing soldiers in the battles in the past few days. Credit goes.

Even if Wang Dou was promoted not long ago, it is certain that he will be promoted to two or three levels after the war, and each tribe will definitely have his own promotion, which makes everyone smile.

However, the casualties of the Shunxiang Army in this battle were not small. Not to mention the more than 25 casualties of the Dongjiazhuang sergeant, as many as 66 people were killed in battle.Even the sergeants of Shunxiang Fort suffered 44 casualties, including those who were seriously injured. It is estimated that the number of casualties was as high as [-].Most of the casualties were in Han Zhong's left post and Han Chao's right post.

In yesterday's battle, the Shunxiang army had suffered 74 casualties, including 51 who were seriously injured and died. Counting today's battle, in just a few days, the soldiers of Shunxiang Fort alone had killed nearly a hundred people. .Wang Dou sighed heavily. With so many brothers casualties, his own subordinates suffered a lot. One sentry has already been disabled.

Wang Dou took everyone to visit the wounded soldiers who were being treated in the barracks. Many of them were wounded by arrows.The bows and arrows of the Qing army were vicious. Many of their arrows had barbs. If they were pulled out rashly, it would cause greater trauma, and even cut off the blood vessels inside, causing the injured person to bleed to death.

For this kind of arrow, Wang Tianxue and the doctors responded by inserting a special spoon into the wound, attaching the barbed arrow inside to the spoon, and then pulling it out without causing serious trauma to the surrounding area.

However, in order for this kind of spoon to go into the wound smoothly, when pulling out the arrow, it is necessary to use a sharp knife to cut off the meat on both sides of the arrow, and then keep the spoon inward. This process can be said to be amazing. The pain was so painful that the injured sergeant suffered a second injury and pain, but no matter how painful it was, it was better than pulling out the barbed arrow directly.

When Wang Dou came to the place where the wounded soldiers were being treated, there were bursts of shrill shouts and the smell of medicine and blood. Wang Tianxue led all the doctors to keep busy, digging and cutting arrowheads, washing wounds, and applying medicine Bandaged, the vessel next to it was filled with boiling water.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Han Zhong said bitterly: "The bows and arrows of the Tazi soldiers are vicious, but they are not much better if they are hit by our gunshots."

Han Chaodao: "After such a big setback, the slaves should have retreated. I think there should be no war in the Shun Township Fort."

Gao Shiyin, Yang Tong, and Sun Sanjie also agreed with his point of view. Wang Dou murmured: "Don't take it lightly, slaves and thieves will retaliate if they show their teeth, who knows if they will come again, we still have to be careful."

Everyone nodded solemnly.

……

In the early morning of July [-]th, the ninth year of Chongzhen.

At the beginning of Maoshi, the sky was just dawning, and Wang Dou and all the generals were looking at the top of Dongjiazhuang City. They saw a man named Ma Si at the Qing army camp two miles south of the city, and groups of Qing soldiers were only closing the camp.Slowly, their red and white uniforms merged into one, and it seemed that they were about to withdraw their troops.

These Qing soldiers finally came to their senses, the siege was not going well, and the field battle they were proud of could not take advantage of it. They wanted to rob the area but there was no oil and water, it was inconvenient to supply, food and grass were difficult to support, and they finally had to leave.

Seeing that the Qing soldiers were about to leave, everyone in the city was overjoyed. Yang Tong clasped his hands together and said reverently: "Thank God, these Tartars are finally leaving. I will go to the Town God's Temple on the East Street to worship and burn incense to fulfill my wish."

Everyone looked at Wang Dou, and Han Chao tentatively asked: "My lord, can I pursue it?"

Wang Dou sneered: "Of course we have to pursue them. Is it so easy to let those Tartar soldiers leave? They treat my Shun Township Castle as an inn, come and leave whenever they want?"

"I want them to know how powerful our Shun Township Army is, and they will be afraid when they think of this place in the future, and they will wake up from nightmares in their dreams."

He ordered Gao Shiyin and Yang Tong to continue guarding Dongjiazhuang City, and the soldiers of Shunxiang Fort followed him out of the city to pursue them, but he also ordered: "When you leave the city, you must maintain a strict formation. If there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, don't act rashly. Then send an order to Jing Bianbao, let them come out together to fight the dogs in the water!"

The beating, bang and drum sounded, and the sentry Shunxiang army came out of the city to meet again. They formed a phalanx, but due to yesterday's casualties, the phalanx was smaller than yesterday.They formed a strict formation, accompanied by drums, guns and guns like a forest, and they rode horses and galloped around the phalanx at night, slowly approaching two hundred steps away from the Qing army camp.

Seeing that these Ming troops came out of the city again, every Qing soldier since Najialazhangjing was quite surprised. What happened to the Ming army in this department? Why did they fight yesterday and come again today?I want to leave, can't I?All of a sudden, many generals and officers of the Qing army were angry and wronged.

After yesterday's battle, many Qing soldiers in Jiala have become afraid of this Ming army.In fact, if they were determined to fight fiercely, they might not be able to deal a heavy blow to Wang Dou's army.However, after these two days of fighting, each team suffered heavy losses, and they were unwilling to fight again and lose their precious armored soldiers.

Fortunately, these Ming troops just formed formations and stared from a distance, and did not come up to attack, which made them feel relieved.However, someone was watching from the side, and many Qing soldiers felt a panic that they had never experienced before. They collected the camp faster and discarded some unimportant things.

At last they marched away in formation, with the best infantry in front, either on horseback or on foot.There are also those followers with horses or without horses who escort their vehicles and luggage behind them, and finally a group of elite Qing soldiers lead the formation at the end to cover the marching of those auxiliary soldiers.

Wang Dou led his army to follow unhurriedly. The terrain around Dongjiazhuang was flat, allowing his pursuit phalanx to march on the field without hindrance and maintain a formation.Shunxiang Fort's usual rigorous array training also made it as easy for the sergeants to maintain the phalanx march as they usually take a walk.

Seeing that the Shunxiang army has been following closely, those Qing soldiers turned their heads to harass them from time to time. When a small group of them came, Yebushou from Shunxiang Fort went up to intercept them. The phalanx just slowed down a little, but seeing the muzzles of the muzzles held up in the phalanx, none of the cavalry of the Qing soldiers dared to charge up and kill them.The firecrackers in Shunxiang Fort had already made them terrified.

Many Qing soldiers in Gaiala did not have horses, especially those auxiliary soldiers who had horses, and there were even fewer people with horses. In addition, they also brought a large number of mules, horses and vehicles, and the march was even slower.The Ming army behind him just followed hundreds of paces behind him unhurriedly, unable to shake off no matter how hard he tried, this inevitably caused a panic in the hearts of many Qing soldiers, and their marching steps also became scattered.

After chasing for a few miles, until they reached the vicinity of Zhouzhuang, the Qing soldiers behind had spread out in front and back, and their marching steps were even more scattered.

At this moment, they saw smoke and dust coming from the east, but it was Zhong Tiaoyang, the sentry officer of Jingbian Fort, leading the soldiers from his own fort, and there was an array of people coming from the other side, I don't know how many people there were.The Qing soldiers panicked even more, some shouted and fled forward, their rear was scattered for a while.Even some Qing soldiers and elite cavalry thought they were in an ambush, so they ran far ahead.

Wang Dou saw it clearly, and shouted: "Three outposts send out a team of soldiers each, and together with Yebushou, chase and kill them!"

Immediately, the shouts were loud, and the three captains of spearmen and firecrackers rushed out from the phalanx. Each of them was in the middle of each team of firecrackers, and the spearmen guarded both sides. It's chaos.

……

"My lord, our army captured 21 slave heads, captured 34 people, seized more than [-] swords and guns, [-] mules and horses, vehicles, and tents! No one in my team was killed, and six people were injured."

Soon, the chasing teams came back one after another and reported their harvest to Wang Dou.

Wang Dou nodded in satisfaction, Han Zhongyue was eager to try, and said: "My lord, let's catch up again, maybe we can get more."

Wang Dou waved his hand: "Forget it, don't chase after the poor, in case slaves and thieves rush back."

In this pursuit, Wang Dou just wanted to give the Qing soldiers a little color, lest they use his Shun Township Fort as an inn, but if the pursuit was too tight and the kill was too hard, the Qing soldiers would turn their heads and fight back, but the consequences would be unknown , It is already very good to have such a harvest, and we can withdraw our troops in victory.

Everyone nodded and was beaming again. They did not expect such a reward in this pursuit.

The smoke and dust billowed, but it was Zhong Tiaoyang who led the sergeants from Jingbian Fort, and it seemed that he had brought three teams of soldiers with him.

Zhong Tiaoyang rode on a war horse with several guarding flag bearers beside him. He ran up to Wang Dou, rolled his saddle off the horse hastily, and saluted Wang Dou, saying that he was late.When his three groups of soldiers arrived from a distance, the battle was over.

Wang Dou helped him up with a smile, and said: "It's not too late, Officer Zhong Whistle, you have worked hard to lead the army here."

Han Zhongchong shouted at him: "Old Zhong, you stay safe in Jingbian Fort. We have been fighting bloody battles these few days."

Zhong Tiaoyang looked at the situation of the Shun Township Army and saw that many people still had the scars of yesterday's hard battle on their bodies. He couldn't help being surprised. He clasped his fists and saluted and said: "My lord, I hope to be transferred to Shun Township Castle to fight side by side with the brothers."

Wang Dou smiled and said, "We'll talk about this when we return to the castle."

Surrounded by everyone, he looked at the newly seized materials with satisfaction. Those mules, horses, tents and vehicles were all good, and they would be useful in his fort in the future.He also took a look at the captured Qing soldiers, they were all auxiliary soldiers, most of them were wearing cotton armor without iron leaves inlaid on them, some didn't even have cotton armor, they were wearing cloth and leather robes, Without exception, they all had bald heads, long and slender money rattails, and spoke Manchurian, which they did not understand.

Only the Han and North Korean brothers and some of them can understand their language.

These people were all tied up, and some of them still had scars on their bodies. They were either unyielding or fearful looking at the Ming army in front of them.Beside them, many Shunxiangbao sergeants and Jingbianbao sergeants pointed at them and studied their eyes and noses curiously, as if to see how these Tartars were different from themselves.

The disposal of these people in the future will be decided by Wang Dou.

The smoke and dust billowed, and another group of Shun Township Fort Ye Bu Shou came back, and they rolled off their horses one after another in front of Wang Dou. These Ye Bu Shou were all tall and sturdy, dressed in light armor, and armed with different weapons. There is still a round shield hanging on my horse.

The leader was a bearded man with a red badge on his waist, but he was Wen Fangliang, the new leader of the Ye Bu Shou B team. He had several scars on his body, but he didn't care.He excitedly dismounted from his horse, lifted a person from the horse, and reported to Wang Dou: "My lord, I was lucky to have captured a general in the Tartar army, and now I am here to report to your lord."

"Oh."

Wang Dou was very interested, and he captured a Qing army general, and he might be able to learn some core secrets of the Qing army. This is a great gain.

He looked at the Tongshi, but saw that he was dressed as a Han Chinese, in his forties, standing at the side tremblingly, trembling all over his body.

Wang Dou frowned, and he shouted: "You are a Han, why do you want to surrender yourself and become a slave to a tiger?"

That Tongshi knelt down on the ground and kowtowed again and again. He cried loudly: "Students are ashamed, and students have nothing to do. The students' wives and daughters have been captured by thieves and slaves. If I don't work for thieves and slaves, they will die tragically in the hands of thieves and slaves." under the knife."

Wang Dou asked him a few words. It turned out that this official was a Han official official at Dushikou, Fenxundao North Road, Xuanfu Town. After the Qing soldiers captured Dushikou, the official was captured by the Qing soldiers. Effective in the Qing army.

He walked forward on his knees, took out something from his arms, and said in a trembling voice: "The student has something to offer to the adults."

Wang Dou took it over and saw that it was a wooden waist card with big characters "Huang Guoxiang, a sergeant of the Second Squad who will not be accepted at Shun Township Castle Night", was engraved on it. Wang Dou was surprised and shouted: "This waist card of Brother Huang Guoxiang How could it be in your hands?"

Han Chao beside him was taken aback, and hurriedly took the badge from Wang Dou's hand for a closer look, and Wen Fangliang and Li Youde, who were not accepted by Team B at night, were equally surprised, and they all turned their eyes to the badge in Han Chao's hand. They shouted: "Sure enough, it's Brother Huang's badge."

The Tong said in tears: "Soldier Huang is unparalleled in loyalty and bravery. The students are very grateful and feel ashamed."

He told the story of that day, and said: "At the end of his life, Sergeant Huang said that he has no regrets, and that the Lord will avenge him!"

Han Chao and the others burst into tears, Wen Fangliang yelled, and rushed to the captured Qing soldiers, grabbed a man, and beat them fiercely. The soldiers and captives beat and kicked them.

Wang Dou stopped them. He closed his eyes and faced the east for a long time. Finally he opened his eyes and shouted to the sky: "Brother Huang, you have a spirit in the sky. I, Wang Dou, promise you that I will definitely do it for you." You take revenge. One day, I will use the heads of millions of Manchurian slaves to pay homage to you."

His rolling voice spread far away, the entire Shun Township army stood in silence, and bursts of firecrackers blazed across the sky!
Wang Dou said to Wen Daxing fiercely: "Wen Daxing, I want you to lead a team that will not accept you at night, and follow those Tartar soldiers far away, all the way to Huailaiwei. I also want you to spy on most of the Tartar soldiers over there. Do you dare to go?"

Wen Daxing's eyes were still red, he clasped his fists at Wang Dou and said: "Decapitation is nothing but a scar as big as a bowl, the small ones are all gone."

Wang Dou stared at him: "If you come back from meritorious service, you will be the team officer who will not accept you for the whole night!"

Wen Daxing lifted the scarlet cloak behind him, knelt down on the ground, his armor clattered: "I am willing to die for my lord!"

……

Chongzhen ninth year July [-]th.

After staying in Dongjiazhuang for another day, seeing that the Qing soldiers had indeed withdrawn from the boundary of Shunxiang Fort, Wang Dou led the Shunxiang army back to Shunxiang Fort.

"What, the soldiers of Shun Xiangbao defeated the slaves and beheaded 240 levels?"

In the afternoon of that day, in the mansion of integrity in Baoanzhou City, Xu Zucheng, the integrity officer, looked at a Shun Xiangbao who came to report the victory in front of him, and jumped up from his seat in surprise.

(End of this chapter)