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

Chapter 888 Surprise Encounter
Sun Sanjie knew that heavy rockets should be placed in front, and at the same time felt regretful, he could only fight for more light rockets, but it was not easy.

After entering this month, although the Jingbian army has [-] light rockets in stock and [-] heavy rockets in stock, rockets are consumables. Taking light rockets as an example, there are [-] rocket launch slots. Twenty rounds are fired per launch slot, and [-] rockets are gone.

Moreover, there is no overheating problem such as artillery in the launch slot, and you can shoot as many rockets as there are. If you don't pay attention, another [-] rockets will not be enough.

Looking at what those rocket soldiers had done, a large number of sergeants were watching, and those rocket soldiers were all very high-spirited. Sun Sanjie was thinking about how to ask the general for rockets, especially heavy rockets, just to have a fun.

They rode their horses and walked around Tangshan Mountain. This Tangshan Mountain is not big, only three or four miles from east to west, and two or three miles from north to south. The altitude is not high, less than [-] meters. There is also a resort farm here, and there is only a small village at this time.

There are quite a lot of mountain springs like this in the east of Changping. There are a lot of mountain springs in Shenling Mountain and Baifu Mountain, especially Baifu Mountain spring water is more famous.

At that time, Guo Shoujing surveyed that the altitude of Baifu Spring was 55 meters, and the altitude of Wengshan Po (Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace) was 40 meters. He built Baifu Weir to the west of Baifu Village, built canals along the way, and turned a large circle around the West Mountain. The line gathers all springs at Wengshan Park.

It also diverted water into the Jishuitan in the inner city, with a total length of 160 miles and [-] steps. It is a stunning masterpiece in the history of water conservancy.

At that time, the concept of altitude came into being, and various complex terrains had to be overcome during water diversion, which was very rare.

But now the Baifu Weir has been abandoned, and the Baifu Spring flows directly south into the Beisha River.

Of course, Sun Sanjie didn't think so much. There is a lot of mountain spring water here, and he was only happy that the army had enough drinking water.

They rode their horses and walked along the three mountains and two walls. Seeing that the defense line was strong and their morale was high, all the generals beside them said happily: "General Sun, the defense line is strong, the guns are sharp, and there are rockets. If the Tartars really come to attack, they will definitely attack." Beneath this low wall, I was bloodied."

Sun Sanjie's soft and feminine "gentle" voice sounded, and he said firmly: "This is for sure, just like the defense line of Changling Mountain back then, if the slaves really come to attack, let them come and die as many as they like."

Like Zhao Xuan, Sun Sanjie is a technical officer. He has a simple and honest temperament and is very bad at intrigue. However, in the Jingbian Army, he does not need to intrigue and flatter others. Over the years, with his own merits, he has been promoted step by step.

This made him very grateful to the great general Wang Dou. When Wang Dou first arrived at Shunxiang Fort, Sun Sanjie's wish was to lead a team of outstanding firecrackers. He never thought that he had already brought over ten thousand troops, and he had no other ideas. , just work hard and conscientiously.

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On the [-]th, the main force of the Jingbian Army began to move towards Gonghua City, Dangerling and other places. In view of the fact that the more outposts the Tartar thieves were spying on, Wang Dou also sent more Ye Bu Shou soldiers to drive away and cover them. The thief knows everything behind Daerling.

On the same day, Dorgon also began to move towards the Shahe River. The Shahe River merged with the Nansha River and the Beisha River, which basically formed a large arc of "7". If you go south from Changping, you will encounter the water of the Shahe River, and go west from Shunyi. , will also encounter sand river water.

Dorgon always pays attention to the thief and Wang Dou, especially the movement of Wang Dou. He wants the snipe and the clam to fight and the fisherman wins, so he has to catch up and catch the time.So after arriving in Shunyi, he only rested for one night, and he was busy rushing to Shahe in the west again.

It was about thirty miles from the west of Shunyi City to Shahe, and he did not raise any banners, but only led the Gabush Xian camp of the pro-army to the west. In the sea, the ground is shaken by the sound of horseshoes, especially the carts driven by the coat-coated servants of each flag are like ants.

The problem of logistics and supplies has always troubled Dorgon. He has a large number of soldiers and horses, especially too many horses. The food, rice and fodder consumed in a month will not be worse than that of Wang Dou's Jingbian army. Or so, and that's without loss.

Especially when going to war, the horses cannot eat too badly, and need to be properly supplemented with food, otherwise let alone fighting, how far an empty horse can run is a problem.

This is very similar to human food. In analogy, eating grass is equivalent to eating porridge, eating hay is equivalent to eating dry rice, and adding beans and grains is equivalent to adding meat. The higher the ratio, the more meat, and finally there will be enough food Physical work.

Therefore, even if the horses of nomads, fishermen and hunters are usually free-range on the grasslands, they must be replenished suddenly to supply some grain and beans when they are in war.It's like doing heavy work on a construction site, what is the result of not having meat to eat?
The horses of the Jingbian army usually have soybeans and grains, and even half of the hay and half of the soybeans and grains when they go to war. With sufficient nutrition, the horses naturally look tall and strong.

The horses of the Qing Dynasty can't reach this level, but because of the large quantity, they also consume a lot. In the past two months since sending troops, the grain and rice looted by Dorgon from Japan and North Korea have been rapidly consumed, especially because the supply line is too long, he can't After arriving in Shunyi, food was still supplied from the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

So after entering the customs, the fact is that his army's supply is to seize food on the spot and eat it from the enemy. He told Wu Sangui and others that the army entered the customs without committing any crimes, but in fact, the places where his army passed were as clean as thieves , All villages and towns are on fire.

It's just that Dorgon was very careful not to offend the gentry, especially not to endanger their lives—if they didn't resist.Therefore, compared with the previous burning, killing, looting, and the burning of jade and stone, it gives people a refreshing feeling. Some gentry have already praised the benevolence of the Qing Dynasty.

But even so, the massive supply of grain and grass still plagued Dorgon. Even including the coating, his 25 troops, oh, it's more than that now.

The daily grain consumption is five or six thousand shi, which is too much, so after collecting grain, Dorgon gave priority to supplying his Manchu Eight Banners, then the Mongolian Eight Banners, then the Outer Fan Mongols, then the Han Eight Banners, and then the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. The Eight Banners of Korea and Japan, and then the newly surrendered Mingshun Army.

There are so many disputes surrounding food every day, so Ruxin surrendered to the Mingshun army, hoping that he would be treated the same as the Han Eight Banners, and they even robbed each other of food.

The last is the packers, these people are still suffering from hunger and hunger.

Of course, if the war is won, they can search for ordinary Ming people.

They did logistics and other chores in the camp, and when they arrived in Shunyi, they rushed to cut down trees, collect planks, build pontoon bridges, and make shield vehicles, without a break all day long.

Dorgon went to the edge of the Shahe River. He rode his horse and looked at a hillside not far from the edge of the river. There was already an ant-like flow of people along the river bank, especially in the shallow water, densely wrapped in the river water. Under Ding's roar, he was desperately building the pontoon bridge.

After the Sha River arrived here, the water surface was not narrow, and it had already exceeded a hundred paces. At the same time, Dorgon believed that at least ten pontoon bridges were necessary for Jieshi's army to cross the river quickly, so all the surrounding trees were cut down. Planks and timber from many villages and towns were also looted.

Looking at the busy scene below, Dorgon nodded, and the pontoon bridge should be ready tomorrow.

He looked into the distance again, and there was a faint sound of gunfire. On both sides of the river, there seemed to be many horse teams chasing and running.

"The Jingbian army found us."

Beside him, Kabush Xianga La Angbang Ubai said worriedly.

Dorgon took out his binoculars and looked there for a long time, but he was too far away to see clearly.

He said: "This is for sure. Wang Dou is not waiting for the idler. When our army arrives in Shunyi, he will definitely send someone to guard the cavalry."

He admired it in his heart, the Jingbian army was indeed a famous and powerful army in the world, they came to watch from such a long distance, if they were put in other Ming army, they might have been approaching the city themselves, and they suddenly woke up.

However, he said confidently: "However, my teacher is good at covering up, and Wang Dou will be difficult to figure out the reality for a while. Although he will be on guard, his plan to attack the thieves will not change. My Qing Dynasty will definitely be able to reap the benefits of fishermen."

Dorgon got the information that the Jingbian army built a large defense line on the east side of Changping, which should be a move to protect the rear, fearing that the bandits would encircle his rear.Now that he has arrived in Shunyi, although Wang Dou may be suspicious, he has sent too many elite cavalry to cover the battlefield, and they can't get close at night.

Therefore, Dorgon thought that Wang Dou probably didn't know his reality, whether the current Shunyi troops were his main force, and besides strengthening his guard, he would still attack the bandits as originally planned.

Moreover, Dorgon believes that Wang Dou is going out in the name of righteousness. His main enemy now is the thief. Even if he knows that his main force has arrived in Shunyi, he will pretend to be deaf and dumb. He hopes to defeat the thief as soon as possible. This is his chance. .

Dorgon admitted that Wang Dou was very strong, but he was not strong enough to fight on two fronts, so even if he found himself, he would defend against himself, and then concentrate his forces to deal with the bandits. They fight to the death.

A large formation is arranged in the middle, especially tens of thousands of cavalry are concentrated, as the main force of fast maneuvering, and the results can be harvested calmly in a short time.

Everything is ready and under control, except for one thing.

He turned his head to look far to the southwest, and murmured, "I wonder if the thieves can detect the soldiers and horses of our Great Qing Kingdom?"

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A troop of Shun Army cavalry galloped along the Qinghe River in the east. They wore red tasseled felt hats and black uniforms with the word "Shun" on them.All of them have capable manners, excellent equestrian skills, long swords, strong bows, and horse gait, but they are very elite old soldiers in his battalion.

They were ordered to spy, and the soldiers and horses with more thieves gathered in Qinghedian, but they didn't know anything about the situation behind Dan'erling. Li Zicheng sent a large team of horses to sentry in the middle of the mountain, but they were all captured by the Jingbian army. The cavalry resolutely blocked it back.

This group of people also tried to go, but the horse guns that the Jing frontier army did not collect at night were too scary. If they fired at fifty or sixty steps away, their own horse bows would be useless even if they were not dead. land.Want to use a step bow?The cavalry of the Jingbian army had already run far away.

So they found another way to see if they could go around Daierling, make a big circle, and look behind the Jingbian army from the flank.

They rode their horses and galloped. In the billowing smoke and dust, there are all good horses and exquisite equestrian skills. As an old battalion, they live on horses all year round, gallop on horses, and fight on horses. Their equestrian skills may not be comparable to many Mongolians outside the Great Wall. .

Everything is fine except their armor.

Li Zicheng's army can be regarded as lightly armored or unarmored soldiers. Even the old battalion soldiers, many of them only wear cotton armor, which is still in the form of full armor, without armor leaves inlaid inside.

They were galloping, and it was estimated that they were more than ten miles away from Dangerling. They were about to turn around when they suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in front of them, as if there was a wave of people coming this way.

"Jingbian Army?"

Immediately, this group of old soldiers from the front battalion became alert, and then the group of people and horses ran closer, and these old soldiers were surprised to find that this was an army they had never seen before, dressed in a very strange way.It can be seen that there are more than 20 of them in number, all of them are wearing blue cotton armor covered with shiny foam nails, and thick painted iron helmets with high crowns and fluttering red tassels.

There are also a few riders wearing silver armor, which is extremely thick, and it seems that each piece is made of fine iron, and there is a small flag with a slanted point like fire on the back.

There is also a cavalryman with the same thick and heavy iron armor, with a flying tiger flag planted behind him, and a few carved feathers on his helmet.

Their unified look is violent eyes, ferocious eyes, full of chilling barbaric atmosphere, all of them have various weapons on their horses, all of which are thick and heavy, and the quiver hanging on them is full of various light weapons. Arrows and heavy arrows.

"Who are these people? It's not like the Jingbian army."

The old battalion soldiers in the front battalion looked at each other in blank dismay. Where did the cavalry soldiers come from? Why have they never seen them before?
Judging by their attire, they are quite different from the ordinary Ming army.

Seeing the sturdy and barbaric aura on them also makes people feel drummed.

Strange, how come a grandson monkey appeared on the ground?

The old battalion soldiers in the front battalion were on guard, and the strange horse team on the opposite side also spotted the people here. They slowed down their horsepower and came slowly. The leader seemed to be the horse soldier with eagle feathers on his helmet, with a blunt smile on his face. He said in blunt Chinese that they were troops from the Qing Dynasty, and they were dedicated to helping the Dashun Heavenly Soldiers fight against the Wang Dou traitors.

Seeing their amiable expressions, which seemed to be flattering, the old battalion soldiers in the front battalion breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time their vicious nature came up immediately.

Looking at these people's armor and their horses, greed appeared in many people's eyes, and suddenly the whistler shouted: "Presumptuous, how dare you call yourself big in front of the heavenly soldiers? I have never heard of the Qing Dynasty, that is, I have heard of it." The new emperor is in power, why don't you congratulate him face to face, and sneak around here?"

Each of them looked around, and the whistle always pulled out his saber with a clang, and shouted sharply: "You lowly barbarians, for such a crime of disrespect, you really deserve death, why don't you dismount quickly and catch them with nothing?"

(End of this chapter)