Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 413 Ding Guo Slays Ren Zhen

In the Qinling Mountains in winter, the moonlight in the sky and the snow on the ground complement each other, illuminating the night like the day.

At this time, night had just fallen, and a green battalion of more than 2000 soldiers escorted more than 1000 carts quietly out of Dasan Pass and headed for the Hanzhong Plain.

Nanzheng is the prefectural city of Hanzhong. In ancient times, Cao Man and Xuande competed for Hanzhong, and they fought for Nanzheng. It can be said that whoever wins Nanzheng will occupy the entire Hanzhong.

Hauge rushed to Nanzheng excitedly, the city was occupied, but what he got was an empty city, which made him feel completely out of control of Hanzhong.

Although Hauge had been prepared for a long time, he still had some trembling in his heart. He first sent soldiers and horses to collect food, but the returned cavalry did not gain much. He only said that the Han people were either removed by the Great Western Army, or were deprived of their rations. The Qing army basically could not obtain food and grass in Hanzhong.

This situation surprised Hauge. Although the Qing government transformed from a fishing and hunting dynasty to an agricultural dynasty, the acquisition of soldiers and rations was still the same as that of the northern peoples in the war. means.

Now he met the Daxi Army in the Central Plains Dynasty who also maintained the traits of rogues, such as being good at robbing food and fierce methods, but he was a little uncomfortable.

Right now, Hauge can’t get grain and grass from Hanzhong, so he can only honestly transport grain from Shaanxi. The more than 1000 carts coming out of Dasanguan contain the grain and grass prepared for Hauge by Meng Qiaofang, the three-sided governor of Shaanxi in the Qing court. .

Ren Zhen, Meng Qiaofang's deputy general, was in charge of escorting the food and grass. He was originally a deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, but later surrendered to the Qing court. appreciation.

In another period of history, Ren Zhen was listed in the "Biography of Two Officials" established by the Qing court, and he can be regarded as a traitor with a history.At this time, Ren Zhen was wearing a silver mountain pattern armor and riding on a tall white horse. She looked very conspicuous and coquettish. Surrounded by the personal guard cavalry, they galloped to the front of the team, then slowed down and marched southward slowly.

Not long after the convoy left the customs, on the top of the mountain in the distance, a figure suddenly climbed under Bai Xuexia. He stepped on the snow a foot behind, and scrambled to the back of the mountain. In a tent at the foot of the mountain, Several western army scouts heard the movement and immediately opened the curtains and came out with their knives.

The scout who came down the mountain hurriedly said with a sigh of relief: "Touer Zhao, there are more than 1000 carts and 2000 escorts. They have just left the customs, and they must be sending food to Nanzheng."

Several scouts saw that they were from the top of the mountain to investigate the enemy's situation, so they put away their knives, and one of them hurriedly took out a quilt to wrap up the scout. Go back and report to Your Highness. Li Er, you replace Xiao Wu and continue to go up the mountain to monitor~"

"Got it~"

"Don't worry, boss."

The two scouts who were named clasped their fists together, and then one of them climbed to the top of the mountain, while the other took a snorting horse from the edge of the tent, and hurried up the winding path.

The cart escorted by Ren Zhen's army marched along the ancient road in a mighty way. Except for Ren Zhen and fifty personal guards riding on horses, the two thousand green battalion could only follow the cart on foot. The heavy snow made the team's marching speed very slow, and the green battalion soldiers were very silent. No one spoke, only the rustling footsteps and the wheels of the big carts stepped on the snow.

These two thousand green battalion soldiers are Ren Zhen's headquarters. They have followed Ren Zhen for many years. He was able to change from a lieutenant general of the Ming Dynasty to a lieutenant general of Dashun, and then a lieutenant general of the Qing court. The treatment with them is far better than that of ordinary soldiers.

Ren Zhen had 3000 soldiers under his command, and he halved the treatment of the other [-] to support these two thousand elite soldiers, so that they had sufficient food and well-equipped equipment, and this army was also very loyal to Ren Zhen.

Sending food and grass to Nanzheng this time is of great importance, so Ren Zhen took this reliable soldier to send it. However, transporting food and grass in the wild in the cold weather is hard work after all. Although the two thousand green battalion soldiers did not complain, they The atmosphere was also silent for a while, and morale became a little low.

Ren Zhen set off from Dasan Pass, and his goal was Nanzheng hundreds of miles away. The road was tortuous and difficult, and he might have to walk for a few days. He heard that although Haoge occupied Nanzheng, the western thieves did not return to Shuzhong. , so Ren Zhen was very vigilant, and kept looking at the mountains on both sides of the road along the way.

After leaving the customs, the team walked more than 40 miles on the first day without any accidents. Ren Zhen felt a little more at ease, and walked another [-] miles on the second day. But suddenly remembered a trumpet.

Between the snow-white mountainside, countless soldiers and horses suddenly appeared. Arrows, stones and logs fell like hailstones. Huge rocks rolled down from the mountainside, the sound was like thunder, and the ground trembled. The green camp soldiers looked up. Everyone was scared out of their wits, seeing rocks and snowballs rolling down, cutting off their retreat in an instant.

At this time, arrows and rocks had already killed a large number of green battalion and civilian husbands. Countless soldiers were hit by boulders and died in a miserable state.

"咚咚咚~" the war drums were beating, and the flags of the Western Army on the mountainside were waving for a while. This was a signal to attack. Countless Western Army immediately cheered, "Kill the captives ~ rush~", the soldiers jumped up one after another, holding their swords , The spear rushed down from the mountain, the momentum was like a flood, and the sound shook the sky.The soldiers of the Green Battalion walked for thirty miles on the mountain road, and they were already very tired, and now they were ambushed by the Western Army, how could they not be chaotic.

Ren Zhen's face paled for a while, he drew out his saber, and commanded in a trembling voice: "Hold it! Hold it!" At this moment, the ground shook, and Ren Zhen's soldiers shouted in horror when they saw this: "General, the front Come too!"

Right now, the way back was blocked by rocks, and there were western troops coming down on the mountains on both sides. Ren Zhen looked up and saw another hundred cavalrymen coming to them, she almost fell off her horse in fright.

The momentum of this cavalry is like thunder, and the cavalry wield sharp swords and sharp spears, and a powerful murderous aura swept over them. The first general, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, is wearing a golden helmet, a light yellow robe, and a chest mirror. Reflecting bursts of golden light, the horse galloped like the wind, and a sharp spear in his hand pierced through the green battalion in front of him in an instant, dragging the corpse three feet away on the ground.

The Green Camp became even more flustered. Ren Zhen couldn't help but gasped. He suddenly pulled his horse and ran forward. Dozens of cavalry guards immediately followed closely, but the road was narrow. His actions immediately attracted Zhang Dingguo's attention. He pulled the horse lance out of the corpse, then grabbed the horse's belly, and went straight to meet him.

The two horses crossed each other, Ren Zhen only felt a pain in her chest, and then the whole person left the horse, and was pierced through the chest by a spear.

Zhang Dingguo let out a loud roar, and lifted Ren Zhen's body high with a horse spear. Seeing this, the Daxi Army roared angrily, "Your Highness, Wan Sheng~" Seeing that Ren Zhen was stabbed to death by Zhang Dingguo's spear, the Green Battalion soldiers also despaired They also ran away one after another, but the road was basically blocked by the Western Army, and some clever ones surrendered together with the peasants, while the rest were mostly chopped into meat paste by the Western Army.

When the battle was over, Zhang Dingguo jumped off his horse, strode to the cart, and then drew out his saber and inserted it into the sack. The white flour with yellow wheat husks flowed out along the knife edge. Zhang Dingguo and the Western Army general behind him looked at it and laughed .

(Thanks to Yuedong Woxin for the reward, and thanks to vimpire for the monthly pass)
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