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

Chapter 519
"The behavior of the Tartars is very strange. They are like this, are they going to capture Jinzhou, or not?"

Jinzhou has Muye Mountain in the east, Dong and Xihongluo Mountains in the west, Xingshan Mountain in the southwest, Rufeng Mountain in the southeast, and Daling River and Xiaoling River in the east.Shamao Mountain and Putuo Mountain are more than ten miles west and northwest of Jinzhou City.

At this time, in the forests of Putuo Mountain, there were a few soldiers from the Jingbian army's sentinel battalion holding up binoculars, looking at Jinzhou City at the foot of the mountain.

Sensing the weirdness of the Jinzhou incident, Wang Dou mobilized a large number of nights to carry out detailed investigations on the local area. Without sufficient intelligence support, he would never act rashly.

Long before the battle of Huangtu Ridge, there were a large number of people who did not collect at night. Under the leadership of the leader of the sharp whistle camp, Wen Daxing, they scattered to Jinzhou to reconnaissance in all directions.They crossed the Xiaoling River, Nuerhe River, and Daling River, and their activities were extensive. Jinchang Fort, Shahe Fort, Dalinghe Fort, and all parts of Yizhou were the targets of their reconnaissance.

However, compared with previous wars, hundreds of thousands of troops occupied a narrow area in this battle, and the scope of activities was inevitably smaller, and the danger was greater, because the Qing army sentry against the Ming army, especially the Jingbian army. The hunting and killing efforts have been strengthened, and many Jingbian soldiers have been killed in battle without closing the night.

At this time, these nights are not closed, and all of them are dressed like local people, only wearing chain mail inside, and are careful not to let the reflection of the binoculars reveal their location.

These are lessons of blood. There was a brother from the sharp sentinel camp who held up a binoculars to look out in the sun, but was spotted by the Bala sentry cavalry of the Tartars. In the end, he was outnumbered and died in battle, and he couldn't even get his body back.Therefore, the Sharp Whistle Camp summed up the experience and lessons, do not look out in the sun, try to stay in a dark place, and avoid the telescope from being exposed to light.

Mount Putuo is known as the number one Buddhist mountain outside of China. It has a vast area, many strange caves and strange rocks, and many places to hide. However, it is still cautious to close it at night. Not far below the mountain is the camp of the Tartars, which can be said to be surrounded by many enemies. If you are in a tiger's den and a dragon's pool, you can't help but be careless.

And because during the day, Jinzhou is surrounded by enemy horses galloping, they are all nocturnal, and they try to act at night as much as possible.

The one who was speaking was Qian Zong Long Er of the Sharp Whistle Battalion. When he returned from Liaodong, because of his military achievements, he was promoted from the original to Qian Zong. He was also rewarded with [-] merit points. There are [-] mu of fertile land outside the Great Wall.

Beside him, there is Yu Mao'er, the team officer who does not accept the night. Similarly, Yu Mao'er also gained military merits for exploring Liaodong with the second dragon sentry. Lu Xiangsheng, the servant of the Supervising Biao Battalion, has become a very qualified Jingbian Army.

Beside Yu Mao'er, there is Qian Hai, a sergeant who has just joined the Jingbian Army. He is wearing a worn-out padded jacket and a folded scarf on his head. Judging by his attire, he looks like a poor peasant in Liaodong, silent. , unremarkable.

He leaned quietly beside a big tree, his thin body seemed to merge with the shadow of the tree, and he obviously knew the knack of getting out.

Look at Yebushou next to them, everyone is like this, in fact, the military uniform of the Jingbian Army Yebushou is a short crimson armor, with no arms and hands, mainly fast and light.However, if you go out on sentry duty, this outfit will inevitably be eye-catching, which increases the risk of exposure, so if it is not for the front-line sentry, all those who go out at night will disguise themselves.

At the foot of the mountain was the camp of Tartars, everyone was very careful, the horses' mouths were all bited, and their hooves were wrapped in cloth.According to the old rules, they have three war horses every night, which makes them extremely mobile. Relying on many excellent horses, they can often escape when encountering a large number of enemies.

They are the branch of the Jingbian army with the most horses. In fact, a qualified cavalry also needs three horses, one for main use and two for backup.Wang Dou really wanted to equip each of his cavalry battalion with three horses, but such a cavalry battalion needed [-] horses, which he couldn't afford at present.

Long Er squatted beside a boulder so that the shadow of the boulder enveloped his whole body. He held up the binoculars and looked down the mountain cautiously.

Looking down the mountain, the Xiaoling River looks like a cloth belt, meandering inlaid in the vast brown and yellow wilderness in the south.

On the south bank of Xiaoling River is Jinchang Fort.

On the north bank of the Xiaoling River, to the northwest of Jinchang Fort, and at the south foot of Mount Putuo, is Shahe Fort.

Looking east from Putuo Mountain, Jinzhou City is more than ten miles away.Jinzhou is located in the ancient pagoda area of ​​later generations, not very far from Longer. From the binoculars, you can clearly see the situation there.

In the binoculars, there seems to be no bounds, and the tide-like Qingqi is attacking Jinzhou City.

The sound of artillery, the shouts of the attacking side and the defending side can be faintly heard even on the mountain.There are also densely packed Qing soldiers following in and out of Jinchang Fort and Shahe Fort, transporting baggage, carts and horses back and forth.

The section where the Xiaoling River enters Shahebao and passes through the southwest of Jinzhou City is somewhat dry, but it is not a place where people and horses can wade through. Just see the section of Jinchangbao, across both sides of the Xiaoling River, densely built pontoon bridges , The bridge deck is full of people like ants.

From Long Er's point of view, although the Qing soldiers attacked Jinzhou City with great momentum and fierce attack, he had a vague feeling that they did not try their best.

These days, he also observed that Dasheng Fort and Dafu Fort Qingqi on the west side of Putuo Mountain were continuously gathered in Jinchang Fort and Shahe Fort, and the defenders of several forts were all withdrawn.Before the battle of Huangtuling, Long Er sentry sentry to several forts over there, and each fort was defended by at least a few thousand soldiers and horses, but now they have been evacuated, what does it mean?
Although the sentry personnel only collected reports, and the suspensions inside were analyzed by special personnel, but Long Er still couldn't help wondering what the Tartars inside were, and he also observed that the Tartar soldiers in Jinchang Fort were the same as The Tazi soldiers in Baimiaobao communicate frequently, and there seems to be a conspiracy in it.

"What's the plan of the Tartars, it's best to catch a few alive and ask."

Long Er thought this way, but compared to before, it was much harder to catch the Tartars now, when they sentry and cavalry they were all in groups, and there were almost no single Tartar soldiers.

This made it much more difficult for the Jingbian army to obtain information.

……

"This time, we must send out specific information about Baimiaobao!"

When Ce was on the horse, Xie Yike thought of this.

At this time, he led a team of Jingbian soldiers, who were running on the field from Daxingbao to Nuerhe without stopping at night.

The sound of hooves was booming, although there were only 50 people in the group, but each of them had three horses, most of them were fat war horses, the sound of hooves hitting the loess ground caused a lot of momentum.

The terrain in this area is flat, with occasional hills, which are also very gentle. Along the way, you can see some small rivers from time to time, but most of them are dry, and the iron hoofs rush past, stepping on the shallow water, making a sound.

At this time, it was You time, and there was still some time before dark, which was just right for Xie Yike. When he reached the daughter river, it happened to be dark, so he could cross the river in the dark.There is no way, the Tazi soldiers are on both sides of the Nuer River, and the guard is too strict.If it is broad daylight, it is impossible to avoid the endless sentry cavalry of the Tartar soldiers.

They even guarded tens of miles up the Nuerhe River, and deployed a large number of hounds, so that the sentry cavalry of the Ming army could not outflank from the upper reaches.Of course, it is not impossible for the sentry cavalry of the Ming army to outflank upstream and upstream, but it is too far to outflank.

Because of the strict security of the Qing army, in order to detect the intelligence of Baimiaobao, the Jingbian army did not accept them at night, and many people were lost. Every time Xie Yike thought of it, he felt great hatred, so he decided to go out in person.

During this period of time, he mostly stayed in Daxing Fort. Apart from the local soldiers and horses in Liaodong, Daxing Fort also had a part of the new army of Wang Tingchen, the former commander-in-chief of the guards. Not far south of the castle was Wudaoling Mountain.

Like the Changling Mountain defense line of the Jingbian Army, Wudaoling also set up a three-dimensional upper and lower fire defense line. Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's new army stayed behind on the mountain.

Xie Yike has a lively personality and likes to make friends. During his stay in Daxingbao, it can be said that he became one with the local guards.Of course, there is also the reason that Xie Yike is a general of the Jingbian Army, and even more of a loyal uncle and younger brother-in-law, and everyone deliberately became friends.

When he came out of the fort, the guards inside the fort warmly sent him off, and before leaving, Xie Yike and the others were entertained with a hearty dinner.

After everyone left the castle, they walked all the way, the wilderness was desolate, and there were few people in the wilderness, a faint desolation came oncoming.

In fact, before the Battle of Jinzhou started, the area from Daxingbao to Nuerhe River was densely populated. After all, the soil quality in this area is excellent, and there are many rivers everywhere, so drinking water and irrigation are very convenient. It is just a battle of tens of thousands of people. All the military households in the fort had to hide in the big forts, and these forts were temporarily abandoned.

Everyone passing through these castles, there are only ruined houses and broken walls in many places, the surroundings are blank and silent, and there are few people. It seems that Xie Yike and the others are the only living creatures left in this field.

But Xie Yike didn't have so many emotions. When the horse galloped, he was in a good mood, ah, this is the life he likes, nervous and exciting.

At this time, although there was only a team of people following him to scout, among the dozens of people, there were many people who would not accept officials at night, so it can be said that there are many officials and few soldiers.

Wen Daxing's entire Jianshao camp only had 600 people, and it was divided into three thousand generals. Although Xie Yike was the thousand generals, he only managed 200 people.At this time, in addition to him, Chief Qian, there is also Ma Ziren, the chief executive, in the team, but Ye Bushuo, who had scouted with him in the ninth year of Chongzhen.

Thinking about the extremely strange fate, Xie Yike was the captain back then, and he took Wen Daxing, Li Youde, Huang Guoxiang, Ma Ziren and others to the sentry.

A few years passed in a blink of an eye, Wen Daxing became the chief general of Jianshao Battalion, Xie Yike became his subordinate, Ma Ziren was also promoted to general, and after Xie Yike returned to Jianshao Battalion, he returned to his command.Regrettably, the brothers of the same team, Huang Guoxiang, Li Youde and others all died in the battle.

The brothers who sent out for the first time had very different official fortunes.

(End of this chapter)