Chapter 212: Sneak Attack on Grain and Grass
Huang Fei was ordered to lead 3,000 soldiers of the Naval Division to escort more than 300 truckloads of military supplies to Liaoyang.
The distance from Fushun to Liaoyang is not far, less than 180 miles.
Although it is not far, because it is all carrying weights, it will take about three days to reach Liaoyang.
At that time, the only way to transport large quantities of materials was to take the official road, and there was no other way.
Now the road from Fushun to Liaoyang has been opened by the Ming army, and under normal circumstances, there will be no large number of eastern Tartars.
But no one would have thought that in the woods not far away, there was an ambush of the Eastern Cavalry.
The Eastern Cavalry ambushed in the woods was none other than the nine Niulu led by Shuoto.
At the beginning, Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo led the red flag out of Shengjing, and their original purpose was to cut off the supply of the Ming army in Liaoyang.
However, Yue Tuo was young, vigorous, short-tempered, and arrogant, and actually traveled in two ways.
Along the way, Shuotuo led the team to search for the Ming army escorting grain and grass.
On the other hand, he personally led the attack on Liaoyang City.
I wanted to lure the Ming army out of the city and annihilate it, but I didn't want to be provoked by the Ming army instead, so I attacked the city angrily.
As a result, Qi Jiguang and Li Cunxiao joined forces to kill Yue Tuo under Liaoyang City.
If it weren't for the fast escape of the Tartars, he would not have been able to escape from Liaoyang with a single soldier.
The remaining deserters did not dare to return to Shengjing, so they could only flee in all directions to find Shuotuo.
When I finally saw Shuoto, there were only about 500 people left in the fifteen oxen and thousands of horses.
Hearing the news of the death of the eldest brother Yuetuo, Shuotuo was stupid at that time.
Shuotuo is the second son of Prince Li Daishan, while Yue Tuo is the eldest son of Daishan, and the two are brothers.
Although Shuotuo is the second elder brother, he and Yue Tuo's personalities are completely opposite, and he is much more stable than Yue Tuo.
This time, Yue Tuo did not listen to his advice, and he was destroyed only after being greedy for merit.
Don't look at Shuotuo's age, but he has a lot of combat experience and a delicate mind.
He not only followed Amin in the attack on Korea, but also participated in the Battle of Jinju.
Later, he went south with Azig and made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty.
The red flag was originally controlled by the two brothers, but now the life and death of the eldest brother is unknown, and he has lost thousands of Niu Lu.
If Shuoto returns to Shengjing now, what awaits him will be Dolgon's Thunder Fury.
As the owner of the small flag with red flags, Shuoto estimated that he was also likely to be killed.
In order to be able to alleviate the crime, he immediately led the remnants of the Red Banner to continue the search for the Ming army's supply team.
Only by cutting off the supply of the Ming army will make up for it, maybe the regent Dolgon will be able to spare him from death.
They never heard of the Ming army escorting supplies, let alone how often the Ming army replenished.
Searching for the Ming army's supply contingent was not an easy task.
Now it's completely trying to be lucky, like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it's extremely difficult.
After three days, there was no news at all, and Shuoto had no choice but to search in multiple ways and send a lot of scouts.
The sky paid off, and finally four days later, a scout came to report:
"Report to Lord Belle, I found that the Minggou supply team is coming from the direction of Fushun."
Shuoto was overjoyed and immediately asked:
"Great, how many centaurs do they have? Where exactly is it now? ”
The scout hurriedly replied:
"Back to Lord Belle, there are about three or four thousand people in the Ming army, all of them are escorted by cavalry, hundreds of carriages, and they are more than a mile away, and now they are about fifteen miles away from us."
Shuto couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, he knew he didn't have to die.
"Haha, immediately gather the other teams, and we will set up an ambush ten miles in front of them."
"Chirp"
In this way, the Eastern Capture Tartars began to quickly assemble their troops, and then set up an ambush on the road that the Ming army must pass, preparing to defeat the Ming army's supply team in one fell swoop.
If he can get the food and grass of the Ming army, and he can kill thousands of Ming troops, Shuotuo feels that he can overdo it.
"Da Da Da"
"Squeak, squeak"
Ten miles away, the vanguard of the Ming army's supply team soon arrived.
While passing by a mountainous area, Huang Fei took out his telescope and looked around.
Although nothing unusual was found, Huang Fei carefully ordered the team to pause.
The order was given, the team stopped moving and rested in place, and the carriages quickly gathered together.
"Yes"
The soldiers immediately moved into action, gathered the vehicles into a single shape, and the men and horses stayed in it to rest.
This was the arrangement of Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and it was also to prevent the Eastern Cavalry from sneaking off.
If it's hard to do this in Kannai, there are almost no spacious places available.
But it's different here, it's a sparsely populated prairie, and there's no problem at all.
The Ming soldiers were very afraid of the impact of the Eastern Cavalry, and Huang Fei did not dare to be careless, and every time he rested, he would strictly enforce it.
What the supply meant to the Ming soldiers in Liaodong, Huang Fei knew very well, and there could be no accident at all.
When the grain cart was about to close, Huang Fei called a centurion:
"Liu Jinpeng, you lead a team of 100 people to explore the front, and once you find a problem, you will immediately sound the arrow to warn, there must be no mistake!"
"Yes"
The centurion immediately led a team of centurions to rush out of formation and go to the woods three miles ahead.
"Lord Belle, you see that the dog food transport team is stagnant, it seems that they have discovered us and killed us directly, right?"
In the woods, a Niu Lu Ezhen saw the Ming army stop, thinking that the Ming army had discovered them, and hurriedly asked Shuotuo for instructions to attack.
Shuoto shook his head:
"No, they should rest in place, this is the way they have to go, don't worry."
After Shuotuo finished speaking, he reached out and took out a single-barreled telescope to look at the Ming army.
As the owner of the Eight Banners of the Eastern Empire, it is not surprising that the single-barreled telescope is also standard.
When the Ming army clearly appeared in the telescope, Shuoto couldn't help but be surprised:
"The current Ming army is becoming more and more difficult, resting in place and making a tight defensive formation, it seems that my Qing army is now bound to lose in every battle, it is definitely not accidental."
Suddenly, Shuoto's face changed, and he noticed a group of cavalry speeding towards where they were.
After a rough count of the number of people, about a hundred, Shuoto immediately ordered:
"Ariake Dog is coming, probably to check the situation, be careful not to move, if they find out, immediately attack and annihilate them."
"Chirp"
Shuo Tuo gave an order, and the Eastern Tartars immediately jumped off their horses.
Quickly lie motionless on the grass in the woods, so that the target will be much shorter.
"Da Da Da"
Liu Jinpeng led a hundred Ming troops to fly horses, and his eyes were vigilantly observing the situation around him.
The forest is more than 100 meters away from the official road, and the artemisia grass in the forest is overgrown, and the height of the periphery is more than one person, and it is difficult to find the tartar until it is close.
Liu Jinpeng reined in his war horse on the official road, looked around again, and did not find anything wrong.
Now the Ming army that can come to the battlefield in Liaodong is almost all elite.
Liu Jinpeng is also a centurion with rich combat experience, although he did not find anything wrong, he will not withdraw immediately.
"Brothers, take off your flintlock pistol, target the woods ahead, and get ready to shoot!"
"Yes"
The hundred-man team immediately took off their flintlock pistols and began firing into the woods in front of them.
"Bang Bang Bang"
In an instant, hundreds of bullets flew towards the Tartars' hiding place.