The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 58
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Huang Sheng took a boat to Juehua Island to investigate the icy situation around the island, and found that this year the Ming army had already begun to dig through the ice to prevent Jiannu from landing on the island and sneaking attacks.

It may be because the first month was cold six years before the apocalypse, and the ice layer was not thick enough to run a horse, so it could last for a period of time when the ice surface was dug open.

Huang Sheng was extremely depressed. The heavens are helping Jiannu. If there will be extreme cold this year, the Ming army will find that it is impossible to stop Jiannu cavalry in this way.

Maybe it will strengthen the defense of Juehua Island Tunliang City. In fact, it was a whim for Jiannu to come to Juehua Island to plunder, and it was just luck.

Unexpectedly, he was so lucky that he won a lot of money and also destroyed the logistics supply base that Daming spent a lot of manpower and material resources on.

There is still three nautical miles between Huangjiashan Island and Juehua Island. It is estimated that next year it will be impossible to freeze the two islands into one piece.

After on-the-spot investigation, all Huang Sheng's worries were eliminated, and he could only take the method of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot, just looking for an opportunity to reduce Daming's losses.

The eighth day of the first lunar month is the day Huang Sheng set to cross the sea to find fighters to attack Jiannu.

This time there was no pre-reconnaissance, because the ice breaking and landing were too noisy, and traces might be left when they retreated.This will scare the snake, leaving a hidden danger of being ambushed by the enemy.

Because if Jiannu found out that the Ming army was still active here in the ice and snow, they would of course be more careful, and they might even play a game of inviting the king into the urn, so such early reconnaissance is not worth the candle.

There is no preset battlefield, so he chooses a familiar battlefield. Huang Sheng is going to take his servants to copy the route of the last cross-sea attack, and come to Wanghaidun with a second attack.The art of war is true and false, how likely is Jiannu to predict that he will repeat the old trick?

Huang Sheng didn't know, but he was familiar with the terrain there. The place where he moored last time was a natural deep-water port, and he could guarantee a safe retreat if he didn't succeed.

Besides, Wanghaidun, which has been demolished, did Jiannu give up?If you give up, there will be a gap in the defense here, and there will be no beacon communication between Caotaibao and Liujiabao, and you will find a fighter.

Everything is ready, and this time it is still fully dispatched, including a total of eight knights equipped with stainless steel pulley bows including the panthers, 15 heavy infantry pikemen, three flintlock rifle shooters, and 12 loaders. Rumi Gunner.

These 38 people are all landing attack forces. The task of the 28 gunners and 34 sailors is to defend the warship, monitor the enemy's movements, and ensure that everyone can retreat safely.

There is no need to worry about the safety of the island. No sea boats will come here in the ice and snow. Even if a few small thieves come here, all the people on the island are soldiers. There are nearly 100 people who have received assassination training. They are led by Gu Shanhai who has been on the battlefield. It will be weaker than a [-]-member Wei Suo Ming army.

Gu Shanhai and the nine middle-aged servants with outstanding training results are big and small bosses. They all have iron armor and cotton armor. To defend their homeland and fight with their wives and children behind their backs in familiar places, their combat effectiveness will double.

Just when a full 100 people were ready to go, a small accident occurred.

He Xiang rushed to the barracks, and she didn't care about the eyes of everyone, knelt down and cried, and said: "Young master, when I follow you, you have agreed with my family, and you will bring my family with you when you are a slave, and now you leave immediately , why did you go back on your word?"

Since the two of them have been lingering for a few times, He Xiang no longer calls herself a slave but a slave. Maybe she thinks that calling herself this way will bring her closer to the son.

Huang Sheng thought that the girl had lived happily on the island these days and had forgotten what he had said to her, so he could only lie to her softly: "He Xiang, who said that the young master is going to fight Jian slaves this time? We are Go to reconnaissance, come back and practice!"

He Xiangbuyi said: "To scout He Xiang, you have to follow the young master. You promised to always take the servant with you! Master Huang Mingli can prove it."

He Xiang and Zhao Rui know the rules, and now they have already called several high-ranking servants adults. Other servants and family members are respected by everyone, and they are so polite to them, so of course they are.

At first, Heihu was very uncomfortable hearing people call him an adult, but he felt so proud in his heart.Of course, Huang Sheng thought that his small group should be strictly hierarchical, and that officers and soldiers should not be hypocritical to deceive people. If everyone was the same, who would be motivated?
Huang Mingli was carried out by He Xiang and said in embarrassment: "Secretary He Xiang, fighting is a joke, it's very dangerous. The adults love you so much that they don't want you to follow."

This kid did something bad with good intentions, and the clever He Xiang immediately knew that the young master was tricking her, so she hugged Huang Sheng's legs and cried even harder.

"Young master, you are not afraid of hardships and dangers yourself, how can the slave family hide on the island and just survive, please take the slave family with you!"

Huang Sheng glared at Huang Mingli viciously, the boy quickly hid, there was nothing he could do, this girl was stubborn, Huang Sheng shied away and said: "He Xiang, it's not that I don't want to take you with me, it's just that the military order is like a mountain, how can any general go out and return it?" The principle of bringing wives, concubines and maidservants."

He Xiang said: "The slave family is the young master's secretary. He has responsibilities. He should participate in writing official documents and nuclear military exploits. Didn't Master Han Shizhong of the Song Dynasty bring Mrs. Liang Hongyu with him when he went out?"

This girl is educated and thoughtful, and she began to find reasons for herself to join the army.

Han Guang admired He Xiang the most. Seeing that the adults were in a dilemma, he said to the other family members: "Brothers, Secretary He Xiang is willing to go out with the adults. Shouldn't we warmly welcome such a good girl?"

Everyone immediately began pleading for He Xiang with your words and me talking nonsense, please bring Secretary He Xiang with you.

Huang Sheng thought for a while, and the days of floating on the sea with a beautiful woman by his side would be much happier, so he said along the way: "He Xiang, we can take you with us, but there are three rules of contract!"

Seeing that Huang Sheng's tone softened, He Xiang said happily: "As long as the young master is willing to take me with you, I will agree to any conditions."

Huang Shengdao: "This time, most of the people will stay on the warship to ensure that everyone can retreat at any time. You also stay behind and are not allowed to leave the warship?"

"Well, I know, what else?" He Xiang quickly agreed.

"I haven't figured it out yet. I'll talk about it when the time comes. Remember that you can't get off the boat. It's too inconvenient for you to be the only girl on the boat. Why don't you just bring your two maids with you?"

Huang Sheng had already entrusted two girls, Cao Yueqin and Li Juan, to Hexiang's command. They were the two educated girls who rescued the women last time, and they were only one year younger than Hexiang.

He Xiang treats them very well, letting them continue to study every day, and they often help the servants write new words silently and correct homework. Now they are a good helper for He Xiang.

"Hey! I'm going to prepare now, you must wait for me! We can continue to teach everyone how to read on the boat." The beauty was already smiling.

"Don't worry, my Liang Hongyu, it will take another hour for our personnel to be brought on board. Don't worry, bring all the things you need to bring. You don't know how many days you will be floating on the sea."

Huang Sheng suddenly felt that it would be good to bring the three of them along, as it would indeed allow the servants to read and write while taking the boat.

When He Xiang heard Huang Sheng say that she was his Liang Hongyu, she was so excited that she felt a little dizzy for a moment. She gave the young man who was full of heart affectionately, and hurried away.

Wanghaidun, which was attacked by Huang Sheng last time, was the fortress built by Jiannu Niuluerzhengu Lupuchi. If it hadn’t been for the team that Jialaerzhen Borziji personally sent to patrol the defense area on a regular basis, it would have been attacked, and the losses would have been huge. On the premise, he might lose his head.

The Baijia soldiers under Borziji's command fled back and died after only three days. Jiala Ezhen actually lost six of them, and one of them was Ba Yala. Truthfully reported to the above that he was attacked by the Ming army and suffered a lot of losses.

Their defense area just happened to have recently repelled the troops of Dongjiang Town, and let these losses be counted in that battle. Jialaerzhen Borziji concluded that it was Ming who came to secretly fight for a vote and ran away without a trace. The soldiers are undoubtedly Mao Wenlong's team.

Gulu Puchi sent people to detain more than 100 Ahas to repair Wanghaidun as quickly as possible, and sent three Ba ​​Yala to lead 20 people to garrison here, because they didn't know how Wanghaidun was breached. This time, he didn't dare to bring a single Aha.

Because when analyzing the reasons for this failure, many people think that it may be the gate of the fortress that Ahari should have opened, or that he used Mongolian sweat medicine to make his warriors lose their combat effectiveness.

As for how the Ming army came here, everyone agreed that it should be escorted by the Ming army navy, and then escaped by boat.

Borziji was also frightened by the hundreds of miles of coastline here. This time, the loss of troops was a fluke. If the Ming army came back again, the two crimes would be one, and the heads of the two would definitely move.

Their master, Wild Boar Pi, seemed to have lost his mind recently. He would kill everyone, including many of his own. Of course, he would not be merciful to the two of them.

Borziji was not at ease, and several of his men were killed. Every day, a few groups of people patrolled the pier fort along the coastline. Almost everyone participated in it. limited.

It was hard for them to wait until the snow fell, and they gradually subsided. Now there is a mile of ice on the sea surface. Borziji thinks that it is impossible for the Ming army's naval ships to come again. The slave cavalry breathed a sigh of relief.

The number of patrols dropped from five times a day just after being attacked to twice a day when it just snowed, and now it has become once every two days.

Wanghaidun was repaired in a hurry, and the house was leaking everywhere. The 23 Jian slaves stationed here were miserable.They don't have Aha to serve them here, so they have to do all the work by themselves, and even have to find a way to drink saliva.

Because when the bad Huang Sheng retreated, he used Jiannu's body and mixed soil with stones to fill up the only well in Wanghaidun.

It had been a few days since Jiannu found out that the well had been filled, and remembered that when he dug up the well, he dug up a headless corpse that had begun to rot.

They were so disgusted that they gave up their plan to dig the well, and now they all go to the foot of the mountain five miles south of Wanghaidun to get water.There is a hot spring there, the water is sweet, much better than well water.

(End of this chapter)