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

Chapter 278

Chongzhen 11 December [-]th.

Although the sky was bright, it was still gloomy. There were even some snowflakes falling from the sky, which were getting bigger and bigger.With the cold wind blowing, Wen Daxing and the others all covered their heads and faces tightly, and also wore thick woolen gloves on their hands.Even so, everyone was still shivering with cold.

Wang Douche was on the horse, and he didn't feel the slightest cold. On the contrary, his blood was boiling.

The haze disappeared from his face, and he showed a cheerful smile. He rode his horse faster and faster, and saw the broken jade and chaotic jade, and the world was white.With a surge of pride in his heart, he suddenly shouted loudly, and the horse under his crotch neighed even more, and galloped away at a fast speed.

Wen Daxing and others rode their horses and chased after them. Their whereabouts were hidden in the wind and snow. The cold wind bulged their cloaks and cloaks, only faintly showing a bright red.

After breaking through the wind and snow, Wang Dou returned to the barracks. Many soldiers who were used to getting up early in the camp had already got up, chatting and laughing around the campfire outside the tent.Seeing Wang Dou approaching, they all stood up and saluted.

Wang Dou greeted the soldiers, Wang Dou looked happy, but the Yebushou people behind him had strange expressions.The sergeants are strange and at the same time feel at ease. As long as the general maintains his fighting spirit, they will have a pillar and a backbone.

Zhong Xiancai, the new general manager of the Second Department, was wearing armor and led a few guards to patrol around the camp. The cold wind made his cloak and cloak rattle, and his fair face was bruised and swollen from the cold.During these months of fighting, his round face has lost a lot of weight, revealing a bit of determination and handsomeness.

Seeing Wang Dou coming back from outside the camp, Zhong Xian rushed up to meet him, held Wang Dou's rein, and said softly: "If the general wants to patrol the camp, he will do so. Why bother to go out in person? It's freezing cold, Be careful not to freeze your body."

He glanced at Wang Dou, then lowered his head again, with deep concern in his tone, as if there was a hint of distress in his heart.

Wang Dou smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."

He patted Zhong Xiancai on the shoulder: "Xiancai, it's very cold, you should also keep warm."

He looked at the camp: "It's time for breakfast, you go and inform some of your subordinates to come to my tent for dinner together."

Zhong Xian shrank back, responded in a low voice, and hurried away.

The senior officers gathered in Wang Dou's tent again changed a few new faces.Han Zhong died in battle, and Zhong Xian came to power.With his promotion and Yang Tong's death in battle, there were two vacant commanders in Part B, Shen Shiqi and Yin Yijin respectively.

Yin Yijin used to be the officer of Yang Tong's Inner Armor Team and concurrently served as the chief deputy, and he is also a veteran of many battles.Yang Tong died in battle, he took the position, and the seat he vacated was taken over by his team deputy.

Fortunately, Wen Fangliang, the general manager of Department C, and his subordinate Sun Sanjie were all there, so that Wang Dou would not be too sad.However, Xie Yike and Zhong Tiaoyang of Wang Douzhong's army were seriously injured. If they couldn't make it through, there would be a few less familiar faces in front of Wang Dou.

Wang Dou looked at everyone one by one, Zhong Xiancai and the others felt sad but also joyful, the competition in the Shun Township army was fierce, and there were many casualties among the brothers in this battle, and because of this, they had the chance to rise to the top.The feelings that war brings to everyone are really complicated and difficult to understand.

Wang Dou looked down at Shen Shiqi sitting upright, the flesh on his face was shaking constantly because of being too excited.He swept his eyes over all the officers present, with a complacent expression on his face, and looked at Zhong Xiancai and Wen Fangliang, obviously thinking when he would be able to sit in their seats.

This guy is more tyrannical than Han Zhong and Gao Shiyin. He is ruthless against the enemy, but he can compete with Wen Daxing. He also beat and bullied Wu Zhengchun, the current general of the Ministry of Armies, and even won the love battle.However, after Wu Zhengchun worked hard, Shen Shiqi was frustrated for a while. Every time he saw Wu Zhengchun, he had to kneel down and salute to this person whom he usually looked down upon, not to mention how depressed he was.But there is no need now, I don't know how proud Shen Shiqi will be when the two meet again.

Wang Dou swept over Chi Dacheng, Gao Xun, Li Guangheng, Zhao Xuan, Wen Daxing and others, and everyone was silent.When Wen Daxing met Wang Dou's eyes, his expression was more respectful, and there was a faint sense of joy that was hard to suppress.Gao Xun was silent, but when he swept past everyone, his eyes shone sharply.

These are all rebellious people, and only Wang Dou can subdue them.

After a long time, Wang Dou smiled and said, "Let's eat."

First of all, he raised his chopsticks, seeing Wang Dou eating a few bowls of rice in the blink of an eye, everyone felt relieved, the general regained his fighting spirit, and they also gained confidence.But today Wang Dou seems to be very happy, the past gloom has been swept away, and the generals are secretly wondering, what is the general happy about?
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After the meal, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei sent someone to invite Wang Dou to discuss the matter, and then announced that the army would withdraw from camp.

According to the predetermined goal, thousands of troops crossed the land and water, first arrived at Longping, and then transferred to Tangshan in the west.Then follow the Sishui River to Lincheng, and finally enter the territory of Zanhuang.There were no people on the roads in the prefectures and counties along the way, and Xuan Da's army did not enter the city, but only marched in the wild, all the way peacefully.

Three days later, the whole army arrived at a mountainous area at the junction of Emperor Zan and the Yuan family. Later, in the area of ​​Beisuyang Township, they camped quietly by a tributary of Huaishui River.

After entering Lincheng, Zanhuang's territory, Xu Yuee's influence can be seen everywhere, the local villages and folk forts, seeing Xuanda's officers and soldiers approaching from afar, all closed their doors tightly.Only when Xu Yuee's slave-killing army went to shout out, did they change their expressions, and respectfully sent some food, rice, pigs, sheep and labor to the army, which made Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei deeply moved.

And entering Zanhuang's place, going up from Beisuyang, seems to be one of Xu Yuee's army villages, named Xu Le Village.Further up the river, there are many villages and stockades, living and farming on both sides of the river.According to what Dacheng said, Xu Yuee has many similar villages, especially in the mountains between Zanhuang and Leping, where her nests are densely covered.People say that the cunning rabbit has three caves, Xu Yue'e doesn't know how many caves there are in this area.Especially Xu Yue'e's Huwei Village is in the dangerous place of Yangjialing.

Xu Yue'e invited Wang Dou, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei to come to Xu Le village to rest and recuperate. Wang Dou and others did not refuse, and each brought some personal guards to move in.The rest of the Xuanda army camped densely on both sides of the river outside the stronghold, and the whole army rested.

When they arrived at Zanhuang, the whole army calmed down, just rest in peace and calm down.

That night in the village, Wang Dou, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei also carefully discussed the future of the army.

There are only Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, and Wang Dou in the room. Wang Dou's series of outstanding performances has won the affirmation of the two veterans.Even Wang Dou faintly became the backbone and morale guarantee of this army.Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei had to think carefully about every word Wang Dou said.In the minds of the two of them, only Wang Dou is qualified to be a person below the commander-in-chief of the army.

At this time, the house was quiet, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were speechless for a long time, both of them felt dazed and afraid of the future, the coach died in battle, what should they do?If you go to Baoding to find Liu Yuliang, Chen Xinjia and others, you will have a military leader, but how will the court punish itself after learning the news of Lu Duchen's death?Because the future was unknown, they were afraid, and both of them subconsciously avoided mentioning the meeting with Chen Xinjia.

Wang Dou was also thinking about this question. In the Battle of Julu, although the three of them had a lot of military exploits in hand, and there were reasons why they were outnumbered, the court often only looked at the results, not the process.It is a fact that the main general will die in battle if the soldiers are lost.

Moreover, Wang Dou thought more about it. In history, after Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Yang Sichang also made a series of difficulties, so that Lu Xiangsheng could not be buried in the earth after his martyrdom, and his body was exposed to decay for [-] days.More people were tortured to death by Yang Sichang.In the next few years, the title of pension will not be pursued. Wang Dou wants to avoid all this, so that the gods of heaven and gods will not be in vain for loyal ministers.

But now that he is showing up with a disheveled face, even if he has a lot of military achievements in his hands, it may be difficult to get the desired result.

Wang Dou pondered for a long time. It is not that there is no chance. Now that Xuan Da's army is defeated and Guan Ning's army is defeated, the Qing army must be invincible, and the state affairs are in ruins.In the gloomy state affairs, if there is an exciting victory to turn the tide, it will definitely attract the attention of the whole country, and the Qing people will be afraid to fight!

With this dazzling light and a lot of military achievements, Wang Dou and others can come back confidently.In this way, Wang Dou can also make a deal with Yang Sichang, and return Lu Xiangsheng's due glory and destiny.

Thinking of this, Wang Dou's mind slowly calmed down, and he said: "You two military sects, the final generals have to think about it, and I, Xuan Dajun, have to fight another victory."

Yang Guozhu looked deeply at Wang Dou: "General Wang, tell me carefully..."

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How to win another battle requires an appropriate opportunity. When will the opportunity appear?Wang Dou was deeply in thought.

While he was thinking, Xu Yuee was busy in the house, she made the bed for Wang Dou herself, brought a basin of hot wash water, and put a new snow-white face towel on the copper basin.After finishing her work, she said to Wang Dou: "General, it's getting late, you should rest earlier."

Wang Dou nodded silently, watching Xu Yue'e slowly retreat.

Walking to the door, Xu Yue'e suddenly turned around and said to Wang Dou: "General, you... don't you really look down on me?

Wang Dou was startled, and then said in a deep voice, "Miss Xu, I have never looked down on you."

Xu Yue'e stood there for a long time, then retreated silently.

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Xuan Dajun was resting in Zanhuang, and under the prying of Yebushoumen, intelligence from all over the place kept coming.

After the Battle of Julu, the news of Lu Xiangsheng's death spread widely throughout Daming, and the whereabouts of the whole army was unknown.Like Xuan Dajun, all the generals in Guan Ning seemed to have disappeared, there was no news of a single commander in chief, and there was no news of Gao Qiqian, the commander in chief's army.

Lu Xiangsheng died, and he rose up and hid. All the troops of the Ming Dynasty who could fight were defeated, and the whole country was shocked.Since Liu Yuliang, the chief assistant who was invited to inspect the military situation, arrived in Baoding, he heard that Lu Xiangsheng had died, and Guan Ning's army was defeated. He was terrified and deserted, and hurried to Jinzhou to escape.

In this situation, the Qing army took advantage of the victory and drove straight in, and fell into Baodi, Pinggu, Wuqing and other places. The Ming army fled in anticipation, and the capital was shaken.On the [-]th, Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to lead the army into the defense.

After hearing the information sent back by Yebushou, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei looked at each other and sighed.

At the end of December, near the end of the new year, Wen Daxing, who had been sent out, came back with an important piece of information.

"The main force of the Tartars is gathering their troops to go to Shandong. Only the Tartars are left to guard the population and wealth looted in Tongzhou and Zhuozhou. When they finally arrive in Zhuozhou, they are still transporting the looted livestock grain and rice to Tongzhou day and night. At the end of the rough estimate, the Tazi soldiers left in Zhuozhou still had a lot of wealth and population. It is estimated that at least more than [-] people were looted, hundreds of thousands of grains and rice, more than [-] cattle, horses, pigs and sheep, gold and silver, There are countless pieces of precious satin, perhaps as many as one million taels."

Wang Dou said indifferently: "You said yes, now the slaves in Tongzhou and Zhuozhou are only a part of the Red Flag's army?"

Wen Daxing said affirmatively: "Return to General, that's right."

Wang Dou looked around at everyone in the house, all the generals of the Shun Township Army were gathered in the house at this time, and everyone had joyful expressions on their faces. This news came very well.

Wang Dou laughed loudly: "Don't send people and money to your door, you will be punished by God!"

He shouted: "Wen Baizong, you should immediately send a message to Mr. Han Qian who is staying in Baoanzhou. The new and old troops in Baoanzhou. The old army will stay with one general, and the new army will stay with two generals. The rest of the sergeants will be transferred out. Gather in Yizhou and wait for our army to join up."

Wen Daxing took the order loudly, Wen Fangliang said with a smile: "With our Shun army in front, how dare the Tazi soldiers divide up and capture them? No, the people and money they have worked so hard to capture will be used as wedding dresses for our Shun army." .”

Everyone in the room laughed wildly.

(End of this chapter)