Early this morning, the Dongjiang Expeditionary Force of more than 5,000 people was about to set off again, and most of the auxiliary troops transporting the baggage remained in Hetuala. Over the past two days, the Dongjiang Corps stationed in Hetuara has scattered and cleared Tatar villages in the mountains and forests on a large scale. Most of the Jurchens living here were the Jurchens of the Jianzhou Department, and they were all the basic plates of the Houjin, and they suffered great losses.

Lieutenant Colonel Shang Kejin had led his army to attack Jiannu many times, and he knew very well how to deal with the enemy in the deep mountains and old forests. What's more, many Saurons and Jurchens from other tribes in the army will also help the Dongjiang army. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Shang Kejin, the Dongjiang Army and the Korean vassal army were divided into small units and entered the mountains and forests under the guidance of Sauron guides.

The Jiannu who lived in the cottage could not resist the Dongjiang army at all. They had no artillery, no flintlock pistols or arquebuses, only weak bows and axes. At the same time, they faced several times as many enemies as them. Along the Suzi River to the east, the wolf-like Dongjiang army swept 30 miles and turned seven or eight cottages into a sea of fire.

This time, the Dongjiang army did not slaughter Jiannu. The warriors captured more than 100 old and young slaves, who dressed the captives with collarbones, tied them with ropes, and handed them over to the convoy to take back to Kuandian. Incidentally, our Mr. Abel Tasman acquired more than a ton of skins in the Battle of Hetuala, which undoubtedly drained his cash flow. Of course, the Tasman manager believed that he had agreed to Deng Jianshan's invitation to become the manager of the Daming Northeast Business Group - that he would make 100% of the profits as long as he shipped these skins to Taiwan; If the processing is lucky to the Jiangnan of the Ming Kingdom, he can earn 300% of the profit... If he sells the goods to the Governorate of the Straits in one go, he can even make a 500% profit. Oh my God, the thought of the capital he had invested would be six times back into his pocket, and the Tasman manager began to think about a bigger wallet.

"My dear friend, you can't imagine how many leather goods I have bought. The forests of the northeastern Ming Kingdom are full of wild animals, and their fur is as high as a hill. As agreed, the quartermaster of the Dongjiang army took me to inspect the Tatar treasures.

Although honestly, the smell of fur made of simple nitrate was not pleasant, but what I smelled at the time was clearly the aroma of banknotes. What's even more satisfying is that I borrowed a sum of money from the bank before going to Liaodong, which happened to allow me to eat all the leather goods. If I missed the chance to invest one gold coin and earn back six gold coins, my dad would have shed tears for me.

Early this morning, a group of convoys turned back, and the food they were carrying had already been eaten, and it was useless to continue pushing the carts. The Dongjiang army found more than 2,000 stone of grain in Hetuala, which could feed us for more than a week. I hired a convoy to bring my furs back with me, along with some Tatars who had been lucky enough to survive. They were roped through their collarbones and led away by whip-wielding Dongjiang troops, like sheep taken by farmers to sell at the market.

During the march, I found a lot of abandoned land on both sides of the road. The land in Liaodong is very fertile, and as far as I can see, they are all black soil. Like the regions of Ukraine under the Poles, it was as if by holding these muds with your hands, you could squeeze out the oil. If all of these lands are cultivated efficiently, millions of people can be fed as a result. ”

As he wrote this, Tasman looked up and saw Deng Jianshan leading his horse over: "Abel, it's time to go." ”

Tasman nodded, thanked him, and took the reins from Deng Jianshan's hand: "Deng, where are we going to fight today?" ”

"Go west and walk along the Suzi River." Deng Jianshan turned over his horse and buckled the hat in his hand on his head, "The scout reported that a large army of Jiannu was found on the side of Ma'erdun Village, and we are ready to go over to meet it." ”

Tasman mounted his horse and left the camp with Deng Jianshan. Outside the camp, thousands of Donggang and North Korean soldiers had already packed up. The fluttering white flag obscured the sky, and Tasman squinted his eyes to see that there seemed to be an extra layer of blood on the flag.

The shouts of the knights of the Dongjiang Army interrupted his thoughts. Tasman basically learned Liaodong Chinese, so he didn't need Deng Jianshan's translation: "Pass the order of the marshal!" The Jiannu striker has arrived at Maerdun, which is only a few dozen miles away from us! At noon today at the latest, we will collide head-on with Jiannu! The handsome said, after beating Jiannu, we will have lunch again! ”

The herald on horseback shouted as he ran. As he faded away, Tasman's attention was drawn to a North Korean army close to him. Not far from him, the officer of the Dongjiang Army who commanded that army was speaking loudly, and Deng Jianshan helped him translate Korean into Chinese: "I'll emphasize discipline to you again!" On the battlefield, if you hear an order but refuse to act, launch an attack but choose to retreat, covet to capture and break away from the troops, and in any way contradict your commander, you will be beheaded on the spot! In battle, if one person retreats, one person will be killed, and the whole team will be killed if the whole team retreats! If the officer does not retreat and die in battle, the whole team will be killed! ”

The officer held the hilt of the waist knife in his right hand, glared and scanned the circle, and continued to shout: "Lao Tzu has made it clear to you, Jiannu killed my father and mother, and today Lao Tzu will not take a step back even if he gives up his life!" None of you dare to retreat will not escape the machete of the military judge! ”

"Didn't you hear clearly!"

"Hear me clearly!"

"Fuck me louder!"

"Hear me clearly!!"

Tasman rode slowly past the officers, and the shouts of the North Korean soldiers were as loud as thunder. In the troops of thousands of people, the roars of various accents and languages were constantly sounding, and all the officers were mobilizing their subordinates for war. The scouts' report was clear that they had caught a live mouth near Maerdun and heard the name "Dudu".

Du Du is the son of Chu Ying, the eldest son of the old slave, and was named "Baylor". After Chu Ying was hanged by the old slave on suspicion of rebellion, Du Du was not held responsible, and even became the owner of the white flag in the later period of the old slave. Later, Nurhachi gave the white flag to Hauge, and Dudu was transferred to the red flag. Chu Ying and Dai Shan are half-brothers, and Du Du will not be discriminated against when he arrives at the red flag.

According to the information obtained after the war, Du Du led his army to garrison Salhu after the outbreak of the Southern Liaoning Campaign. He had five self-managed cattle under his command, as well as five cattle with red flags, and about 200 female soldiers. In addition, there are more than 1,000 people in Wuzhen Chaoha, and nearly 3,000 coatings.

Such a large number of armies will not all be taken out of the field. Du Du left at least 40% of his troops in the walled cities of Sarhu, Jiefan, and Gule, and only brought more than 2,500 men to rescue Hetuala—he did not know that Hetuara had been breached on the same day.

However, speaking of which, this expedition led by Mao Wenlong himself was actually the first large-scale offensive campaign launched by the Dongjiang Army after accepting the adaptation of the Ao and Song Dynasties. Prior to this, the Later Jin had not fought the new Dongjiang Army in a field battle at all. The impression of the Dongjiang Army in their minds is probably still in the era of the ragged beggar army.

The pressure Du Du is facing at this time is not small. At that time, he didn't know that the main army led by Huang Taiji had been surrounded on the Liaonan Peninsula, and the military strength of the Later Jin Dynasty had suddenly slipped to the point of storm. But he must have known that a series of fortresses such as Soul Yang, Lonely Mountain, Alkali Field, One Wall, Pine Tree Pass, and Reed Valley in the original Liaodong border wall have all been attacked or have been breached. Now that the Dongjiang army is attacking Hetuala, if he can't defeat Mao Wenlong, all the land outside the border wall of Liaodong will be occupied by the Dongjiang army.

Abel Tasman, along with Deng Jianshan, marched west along the Suzi River with the Dongjiang Army. The rest of the caravan remained in Hetuala, and the two of them offered to go with the army, and Mao Wenlong himself agreed to come down and ask the Tasmans to follow him.

"It's evening, my dear friend. The battle was over, and the Tatars who had rushed to the rescue of Hetuara were vulnerable and were almost completely annihilated on the banks of the Suzi River. This afternoon was the most exciting time of my life, and until now, as I write to you, my hands are still shaking unobediently. I'm so excited, please allow me to save the battle for tomorrow, I shouldn't be able to write such a fast and violent attack scene in my mental state.

The staff officer for this unit is Major Mao Chengzuo, the son of General Mao Wenlong, who once went to study in Australia and the Song Dynasty and has very professional staff skills. Of course, like every officer in his twenties, his lack of real combat experience was his biggest drawback. In my personal opinion, Major Mao ignored many details that were only known to those who were good at marching, which made his staff inevitably a little scrambling.

However, objectively speaking, Major Mao is still a very good staff officer, and his level is better than those staff and advisers in Europe who don't know much about words, so much so that he doesn't know where to go. In addition, the officers of the Dongjiang Army maintained great tolerance and respect for Chief of Staff Mao, and believed that Major Mao would become a better chief of staff in the future after this practice.

Okay, that's it, the sun is about to set. Today we should live in the Ma'erdun village, where the defenders fled after the collapse of the Tatar field army.

Your friend: Abel Tasman.

On the battlefield of the Suzi River. ”