Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 316

The mountain road is rugged and winding in the valley, with a rugged mountain wall on one side and a valley more than ten feet deep on the other. Walking through it, the army is as long as a python, and it can accommodate two people side by side.

The equipment of this army is quite modern. It is composite paper armor. It is close to the flintlock guns of the Napoleon Legion, which was invincible in Europe for more than 100 years. They still use the pointed-tipped Minie bombs from the [-]th century, and the gleaming Chongzhen three-year-made bayonets. Even the officers and soldiers can’t keep up with the equipment alone.

But this excellent equipment did not bring much sense of security to the legion. While walking, these soldiers lined up were still looking around cautiously. A bird popped up by chance, which scared several soldiers to tremble. .

There is no way, the last raid on the road leading to Tiantangzhai really frightened them. The veterans of the [-]th Gezuo Battalion basically rebelled for several years, and they have experienced hundreds of battles. There must be five or six of them out of ten. It can't be said that they are not rich in experience. If you want to say that they are doing real swords and guns, they dare to pat their chests and not be afraid of anyone. They can do all kinds of desperate things.

However, the enemy is right by your side, he can hit you, you can't see him, no one even fights hard, people are not machines after all, even if the casualties caused by the little bit of harassment are minimal, death may fall on the head at any time , everyone has to be on tenterhooks, this mental tension is still unbearable.

After all, the experience of the last big defeat was still shocking.

Anyway, there was a horse riding, but while walking, Zuo Jinwang He Jin was still gritting his teeth and humming. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he simply pulled the horse and moved forward.

The leader of the front was Ge Zuo's second division, who also walked forward in fear, but hearing the sound of horseshoes behind them, a dozen or so of our own people were scared and rolled down.

"Old eight!"

A sudden slap on the shoulder made He Yilong, who was lowering his head and thinking about it, couldn't help being clever, and almost fell off the horse.

Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zuojin King He Jin, and Yansui General Soldier He Renlong were all from the Mizhi He family, so they were all connected to relatives. He Jin was still He Yilong's cousin, called His old voice was quite apt, seeing He Yilong's big reaction, He Jin snorted disdainfully, but on his face he looked concerned and asked with concern.

"Are you all right? What's the matter?"

"Ah? No, no! Brother, what's the matter with you?" But when he came back to his senses, Ge Liyan, who was bravely going forward in the battle, seemed a little guilty, but after all, he stumbled here, Hehe Jin didn't think much about it, and took the opportunity to spit hard on the ground.

"Fucking idiot Song, it's none of our business, but death pushed us to the front."

"Brother, don't talk nonsense!" He Yilong shuddered again, hurriedly looked around, and then lowered his voice complaining.

In the second division, a lot of beggar army veterans were recruited as junior officers, no better than the third division. He Jin suddenly understood, and looked around guiltyly, seeing that no one was paying attention, he climbed cautiously again. He Yilong's shoulder.

"Old man, brother, where am I talking nonsense? Look, we were doing well with King Chuang, but after only a few months in Song Fool's territory, what has become of him? I think it's Song Fool who sincerely betrayed us. , put our Gezuo Fifth Battalion ahead of us to die! He always returned phlegm and lost his mind, and he begged to swallow up our Fifth Battalion, and he was so stupid that he gave his life to Fool Song!"

Not to mention, King Zuojin's scolding was quite reasonable, and Song Qingshu had indeed cheated the fifth battalion of Gezuo. , Song Qingshu made it clear that we need to wait a few more months, but Gezuo Fifth Battalion just couldn't wait. They took a large amount of supplies from Song Qingshu and failed to win the battle. Jin is also careful enough.

Hearing what He Jin said, He Yilong also felt sympathetic. At the beginning, he followed Chuang Wang across the world and stood alone. Although he is much more stable in Xin County, he has lost his independence after all. It depends on his face. , Can't help it, He Yilong couldn't help but nodded.

Seeing Youmen, He Jin continued to mutter in a gloomy voice again: "Old Ba, I've seen through it. He is a fool on the face of righteousness, and there are a lot of thieves in the mainland, but he just likes our soldiers! Bah, the stinky cook who started his restaurant also wants to order us Mizhi guy? It's a good idea!"

"Old Ba, your Sixth Brother, I've made up my mind. Didn't Fool Song send our Ge Zuo's soldiers over here as cannon fodder to die first? Let's give him a chance to steal chickens and lose money. At this end, we and Tiantangzhai The bumpkins on the other side greeted each other well, and the other end led him into the army, Song Fool, and when the two sides got into a fight, we would run away with oil on the soles of our feet and let him beg for work and fight with these bumpkins in the mountains. I heard that King Chuang has already fought We're at the edge of the Yangtze River, let's go east and join King Chuang!"

"Once back, let him be a slave to Fool Song himself! And Liu Xiyao, you go and find out what he has said, if he wants to be determined by the bastard, let's..."

Fiercely, He Jin made a cutting movement with his hand downwards, and Ge Liyan's nearsighted eyes couldn't help shivering tremblingly, and quickly shook his head like a rattle.

"Brother, don't you fucking talk nonsense! We came to Yinghuo from the fifth battalion, didn't we all discuss it ourselves? What does it have to do with him, Marshal Song? Besides, we lost the battle with Tiantangzhai because our skills are inferior to others. King Chuang , Do you think King Chuang is a good thing, in that case King Chuang might find a reason to take all five of our lives, and then swallow our soldiers and horses."

"Song Dashuai added to us that the guy didn't say anything, he gave us money to build a house, and returned the soldiers to us. This is enough benevolence and righteousness. Although our eyes are not very good, our heart understands! Sixth, I just pretended I didn’t hear what I said just now, don’t blame me for turning against you if you talk about it again!”

It never occurred to him that He Yilong would be so angry. He blushed because of Song Qingshu and his relative, and he was stunned for a long time before He Jin spit on the ground fiercely with a doggy face.

"Counsel, you will be the life of a slave who herds sheep for the rest of your life, bah!"

Cursing, He Jin angrily pulled the horse and turned back to his team. Seeing him walking and swearing, He Yilong couldn't help but wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, stretched his hand into his arms, and touched After a few strokes, I took out a delicately embroidered kit, and immediately gritted my teeth and hummed.

"Fucking He Lao Liu, come to trick me!"

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The goal of Ge Zuo's two divisions this time was not to go straight to Tiantangzhai, but to Dalongzhai, Baimazhai, and Guyangzhai near Tiantangzhai.

Tiantangzhai is still tens of kilometers away from Xin County on the mountain road. It is true that it is hearty to go straight to Huanglong, and it is estimated that there will be no fighting spirit to win the rest of Tiantangzhai. It can be said to be once and for all.But in this way, the front line will be very long and the attack distance will be extended. Not only will the soldiers be exhausted, but the fragile supply line will be easily cut off by these elusive mountain people. If there is another defeat in the front battle, the entire army will not be far away up.

When the world was in chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang competed for the hegemony. The first time was when the light military trade attacked Zhu Yuanzhang's capital Yingtian. Many people on the Internet commented that the second crucial battle between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang should not be set in Poyang Lake, but to direct Yingtian while Zhu Yuanzhang was the main force to rescue Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin, but after thinking about it, this was Chen Youliang's smart move .

Poyang Lake and Hongdu are far away in Jiangxi. Jiangzhou, Chen Youliang’s old nest, is almost at the door, and Zhu Yuanzhang’s Yingtian is thousands of miles away. The decisive battle is set at Poyang Lake. However, Mr. Chen didn't know if it was fate or bad luck. The 60 army still lost to Zhu Yuanzhang's 20 exhausted soldiers, which laid the foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to rule the world.

Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Zhang Shicheng and the Yuan Dynasty, he also cut off the barrier first, and then steadily captured the opponent's base camp.It is not far from Haozhou, where the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang started his family. Recently, Song Qingshu has made up a lot of Zhu Yuanzhang's war examples.

However, this is also one of the reasons why He Jin is unhappy. After gnawing down one cottage after another, it is all a war of attrition, and he has to face the threat of the natives all the time in the mountains. It is clear that he is going to be cannon fodder, but He Yi Long didn't respond to him at all, and with He Jin alone in this deep mountain, he couldn't do anything alone, so he had to continue walking forward full of complaints.

On the first day after leaving Hejiazhai in Xin County, he did not encounter any attacks. It seems that Song Qingshu had an effect on the Tiantangzhai army from the court, and the command system of the Duoyun Inspection Department was chaotic. The small attack came like a mosquito.

Another large team was walking, suddenly several sharp arrows shot out from the grass, and at the same time, more than a dozen headache hornet's nests were also thrown out from the cloth, and they were still thrown at He who was muttering. Near Jin, seeing the wasp rushing towards his face, He Jin's scalp felt numb, and he subconsciously turned around and wanted to run away.

But compared to last time, almost everyone in the 30th Gezuo Battalion has firearms in their hands this time, and it is still a flintlock gun that has been advanced in Europe for 20 to [-] years. Everyone is nervous, but this gun has already been loaded. , You don’t have to worry about the matchlock like a matchlock gun. The more than [-] infantrymen of the Gezuo Division who are close to each other will fire at the position where the cold arrow was shot without even thinking about it.

For bayonet hand-to-hand combat, the firecrackers of the beggar army are better than the birdcracks of the official army. The barrel is long and accurate. Although it is not as good as the rifled rifles, it is better than the birdcracks. After a while of random gunshots, bursts of screams immediately came out of the grass.

In view of the fact that they had already been attacked by hornets last time, the two divisions that entered the mountain this time were specially equipped with some insect-repelling herbs. Lighted herbs, thatched torches, and drove forward with smoke. Although it was a bit troublesome, within ten minutes, several hornets in the hive were still smoked away.

There was a big bump on his face, and He Jin gritted his teeth and ordered people to go up to check, but three corpses were dragged out of the barley, and another unlucky guy was injured in his leg, sitting on the ground and crying.

The last time this kind of attack was encountered no less than a hundred times, but the reaction was not as fast as the opponent's. Many times, the Gezuo soldiers who chased out were ambushed again, and the number of kills was less than one-tenth of their own losses. In addition to having more hornet buns on our own side, one of them didn't die, but killed two and a half of the opponent. All of a sudden, the morale of Ge Zuo's third division was lifted.

Even He Jin felt much more at ease, and ordered someone to break the hands and feet of that unlucky ghost and throw him into the mountains to die. It was rare for him not to continue cursing his mother, and hummed a ditty.

This can be regarded as finding a way for the 100th Battalion of Ge Zuo to deal with the attack. While marching, the soldiers of each group are also nervous. Whenever there is a disturbance, they will go directly to the fire. There were no more than [-] sneak hunters, but the rabbits, wild boars and wild birds in the mountains were unlucky. At night, the two divisions produced more than [-] wild animals.

After flaying these things, the spirits of the two masters became stronger again. He Jin calmed down a bit and discussed with Lin Chengcheng, who was also ambitious. Since this time it is not impossible, let's do it first. Wait for the opportunity in the future, and then find a way to escape.

On the third day, it may have been dead yesterday, and almost no more attacks were ambushed on both sides of the road, and the two Gezuo divisions were also led by old hunters from Huoshan County, and almost all the traps set by Tiantangzhai on the road were discovered. Well, a few unlucky ones sprained their feet, and the two divisions reached Dalongzhai this afternoon in unprecedented peace.

This place is similar to Hejiazhai, and the cottage has also escaped, leaving only a field of crops and rice.

He unceremoniously ordered the harvest, and then left a small group of men and horses to guard them. After a day's rest, Gracean and King Zuojin went to the next village, Guyang Village, to kill them.

It seems to know that fighting alone is definitely not the opponent of the begging army. Guyangzhai and Dalongzhai have also been abandoned by the Duoyun inspection department. The three divisions hardly fought any decent battles.

This continued until the ninth day of the dispatch.

Coming out of Guyangzhai, the two divisions rushed directly into Mitianao, which is next to a mountain and river, and the terrain can be regarded as a rare flat land in the mountains. The V-shaped valley is full of crops on both sides, and it is still the long and narrow marching formation. In the shape of a [-]-strong army marching in the middle of the valley like a dragon, he seemed to be very preoccupied all day long. He Yilong, who was in the lead, seemed to be a little absent-minded all the time.

It was another safe morning. Seeing that there were still two or three miles to pass through Mitianao and arrived at Qingtiankou, the third mountain village, Ge Liyan, who was on the march, seemed to come back suddenly. Looking at the terrain, he was suddenly shocked, pulled out his saber, and shouted loudly.

"Stop marching, listen to Lao Tzu's order, and hide in high places!"

This order came for no reason, and the nearby soldiers were stunned, staring at their commander in a daze, but within a few breaths, an indescribable roar suddenly came from above Mitianao. From the ground, under the inconceivable gaze, a silver thread was like a churning beast, revealing its ferocious minions on the horizon.

"Fucking water attack again!!!"

(End of this chapter)