Chapter 130: Three Forks (5)
The sound of artillery on the right ridge of Pantuo Ridge is rolling, the reinforcement of the village is suppressing the left town, the right chong town, and the town mark of the left road of Fujian Province that is attacking the village, the artillery fire of both sides is one after another, and the sound of killing is shocking.
At this time, on the mountain path in the north of Pantuo Ridge, a team of more than 200 people, all dressed in the short fights of ordinary people, but the weapons in their hands were all standard equipment, were gradually bypassing Pantuo Ridge. However, this small army bypassed the heavy gathering of the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but did not go to Zhangpu County in the distance, but turned south, as if to better approach Pantuoling.
"Joining the army, the fog is too big, and many places are no longer recognizable, let's not get lost."
After more than a month of training, the queue seemed to be a little more neat than when he arrived at Changlin Temple, but that was all. Chen Kai's thoughts in the past few years have almost been used in the Ordnance Bureau, and in terms of tactics, his thoughts are much less. However, this time, he had to come, so he had to take this semi-finished product to Pantuoling to join in the fun.
This time, the Qing army took advantage of the dense fog to attack, and Chen Kai was still marching in the thick fog. Whether he was lost or not, Chen Kai didn't know, but he had come to this point, even if he went back, he was afraid that he might not be able to find the way back to Changlin Temple.
"There is a way for an old horse to know the way, if you can't even trust the guide, is it difficult to ask the official to throw his shoes to choose the way?"
This march began earlier when Zheng Chenggong's army appeared in Haicheng County. Daozong brought back the news, and Chen Kai hurriedly set off, because he knew very well that Zheng Chenggong couldn't wait for the opportunity, so he simply chose to create an opportunity, and came to transfer the tiger from the mountain, taking advantage of the more powerful mobility of the sailor, and taking advantage of the time difference to play the Qing army.
His target, Chen Kai remembered that it was Yunxiao Town, followed by Zhao'an County, so Pantuoling was the place that must be guarded. He didn't know if Zheng Chenggong would still send Ke Chenshu to guard this place, but no matter who it was, even if it was Shi Lang who was guarding this place, he would have to save it, because those soldiers who guarded Pantuoling should not die here, and Zheng Chenggong's military operation to march into southern Fujian this time could not be put on hold.
"Forgive the concubine for being blunt, I'm afraid this is not Chen's style to join the army!"
I don't know if I was touched by this sentence, but at least Chen Kai's mind still hasn't forgotten the girl's anger when she said this. But in any case, as a traverser, if you don't try to change the doomed failure of history, then what's the difference between it and a salted fish!
The dense fog covered the tracks, and for the Qing army and Chen Kai, they were treated equally. The small army of more than 200 people slowly advanced, and the movement was even more imperceptible, and under the guidance of the guide specially recommended by Chen Kai for the Taoist sect, they continued to approach the goal of his trip, Pantuo Ling.
I don't know how long it has been, and I don't know how far away it is, there is a vague sound of cannons, but I don't know if it is directly transmitted or the refraction of sound waves in the valley, but what can be confirmed is that they are really getting closer and closer to Pantuoling.
"How far is it, can you estimate it?"
The guide is a hunter, who has been in the mountains for a long time, and his understanding of the terrain is only more familiar than that of his home. However, the fog was thick, and it was already a great luck to be able to get here, and in the face of Chen Kai's inquiry, the guide squeaked and whined, but in the end, he still couldn't give any meaningful answer to Chen Kai's question.
"Then keep walking, in the direction the sound came from."
Outwitting Chaozhou, the image of a lupine scarf gave Chen Kai great prestige, and then Wanli was like a fish in water in Zheng Chenggong's army, Chen Kai also fulfilled his duty as a local official, and tried his best to arm them, and these volunteers who stayed in Changlin Temple also had the obligation to obey Chen Kai's orders.
The guide was in front, and the two hundred or so people marched forward in silence, and no one complained even a word. After a few moments, I didn't know where I had gone, and I couldn't even find where I had come. But as the guide suddenly stopped, he fell to the ground and listened to the movement from the ground with his ears, and soon gave Chen Kai a shocking answer.
"Tell me to join the army, there are not more than two hundred steps ahead, at least hundreds of people are advancing in that direction!"
The guide pointed out that Chen Kai didn't know the southeast and northwest, but in any case, there were people, and there were hundreds of people, even if it was a few hundred Qing troops, it was better than walking alone through this dense fog.
"Forward, catch up."
With a goal, the small forces accelerated forward. Gradually, he got closer and closer to the group in front of him, but every time the guide fell to the ground, his face became a little heavier when he got up again. After a while, the small army gradually caught up with the team in front, but a team suddenly appeared behind them, and the team in front was not too defenseless, still moving at this speed.
Realizing this, Chen Kai's uneasiness became more and more intense, but Lin Dezhong and Lu Ruoji maintained the formation in the middle and tail of the team respectively to avoid the chaos and falling behind in the fog, and he couldn't find anyone to discuss, so he simply stubbornly commanded this small army to continue walking.
After a while, he could already hear the footsteps of the team in front of him, Chen Kai ordered in a low voice, and the forward of the small army began to slowly adjust the formation of the queue to resist the enemy during the march. But before the formation was completely adjusted, the team in front seemed to have spotted them, and a voice simply came through the fog.
"Who's in the back?"
The other party's mouth was a northern, but Chen Kai couldn't tell what place it was. Seeing this, he waved his hand, signaled everyone not to speak, and changed to a northerner accent and handed over the words at the top of his voice.
"Lao Tzu is the person of Wang Zongbing."
The answer passed through the thick fog, and the other party did not reply, but it seemed that Suosuo's movements had not moved at all. Saying that, Chen Kai was already sweating profusely, but he didn't stop talking here and there, and he didn't hesitate to signal his soldiers to hurry up and catch up.
But in the next second, a small wind blew from somewhere, the fog dispersed slightly, and a green battalion soldier who was forming a team appeared in front of Chen Kai's eyes, and the rear team of the green battalion soldier was all stunned to look at Chen Kai, who was only ten steps away from them.
"What are you waiting for, rush up and tie these tartars into skewers!"
Chen Kai shouted, and the volunteers of the front team rushed forward without hesitation. After five or six seconds, the Qing army, which had just reacted, was about to return fire with a gun, but unexpectedly, the spear of five feet had shortened the distance of the other half. Immediately, a loud shout rang out, and the spear pierced through several of the last rows of Qing troops without hindrance.
"Press it up, don't give the Tartar a chance to breathe!"
The order was given, and Chen Kai strode forward, but more volunteers overtook him at a faster speed, adding to the area that had already entered the battle in front.
When the shouts of killing sounded, and when more Qing troops turned around to face the battle, the follow-up volunteers also rushed up. This is the result of the training in the past six months, and the first reaction of the volunteers when they encounter the enemy is to line up. Chen Kai is very glad that the investment of time and materials has not been in vain, at least there is already a bit of the weather of the regular army, as for the victory or defeat, it will be decided by God.
"Kill!"
The spear pierced straight ahead, and the volunteers marched forward in formation. In contrast, the Qing army was not only caught off guard, but the seven- or eight-foot spear did not even have the strength to fight back in front of the one-foot-and-five-foot spear.
The casualties were one-sided, and after a few rounds of direct stabs, the Qing army encountered could no longer continue to maintain the battle formation. With the first rout, a large-scale rout broke out, and the spears of the righteous could no longer keep up with the speed of the Qing army's escape.
"Say whatever you know, hurry up! If you dare to lie for half a word, Lao Tzu will cut off the thing under your crotch and send you to the palace to be a eunuch! ”
Leaving behind more than a dozen corpses and dozens of wounded soldiers, the defeated Qing army fled by storm, and Chen Kai pulled out an officer from among the wounded soldiers, who was the one who had just shouted to him. Now that his identity has been exposed, Chen Kai knows that time is not waiting for me, so he simply pulled out his saber and slapped the spine of the sword three inches below the navel from bottom to top, the latter was immediately a chill, and the color of the gray-blue cloth under his crotch was immediately like ink entering water, and the dark color gradually became brighter.
The smell of urine came, and the officers trembled, busy telling what they knew and discerning. His department was originally a thousand generals under Wang Zhigang, and this person was just a general of the queen of the palace. They are the last batch of Wang Zhigang's offensive sequence, the troops in front have just broken through the reinforcements on the left ridge to suppress the left town and the right chong town, Wang Zhigang ordered, they did not participate in the attack turned around to reinforce Wang Bangjun, because Wang Bangjun still has to guard the Chaozhou capital, and the soldiers are really not much.
"Damn, it's still too late."
Originally, Chen Kai planned to cooperate with the soldiers and horses of the three towns and use the fog to defeat the Qing army. Unexpectedly, while the thick fog covered his tracks, it also delayed the hour. At this moment, the two towns of Huang Ting and He De were defeated, and the Ming army was left with only Zhongchong Town on the battlefield, and the disadvantage of the troops was too huge, and it can even be said that under such a large disadvantage of troops, the Changlin Temple volunteers he brought were only afraid that it would not be enough to plug the teeth of the Qing army.
However, whether to move forward or look for opportunities to retreat, in fact, he has no choice anymore. Because of such a big fog, who knows if the retreat will directly retreat into Wang Zhigang's arms.
Since this is the case, Chen Kai immediately made a decision, and shouted: "Brothers, catch up, go to Pantuoling, and follow this official to stab Wang Bangjun's eyes!" ”