The two horsemen rushed from afar, and Yang Zhaofeng, who had originally ordered the soldiers to be on guard, saw the appearance of the person thirty steps away, and couldn't help but shout: "Gong Chen! Wonhyung! ”

One rode Chen Hongfan, the other rode Zhao Yuanheng, playing with his life to urge the horse, and his expressions were different.

"Gong Chen, how can you two ......" The two of them met, Yang Zhaofeng looked at them covered in dust, their hair was unkempt, and he asked.

"Let's not talk about that, there are pursuers behind us." Chen Hongfan said eagerly, but when he saw Yang Zhaofeng and Hao Mingluan surrounded by hundreds of riders, his panicked expression eased, "The Tartars are chasing after them." ”

"Tartar?" Yang Zhaofeng's heart tightened, and he raised his eyes to look into the distance, and sure enough, there were three small black dots shaking hundreds of steps away.

"But three Tartars, why are they like this?" Hao Mingluan said incredulously.

"This is the most powerful armor of the Tartars, and it should not be underestimated." Chen Hongfan swallowed his saliva and looked at the chase that had not yet recovered from the startled chase.

"Armored soldiers?" Yang Zhaofeng and Hao Mingluan glanced at each other.

The founder of the Qing Dynasty and the grandfather of the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Nurhachi, did not have a clear distinction between "armor" and "horse army" and "infantry army" in the army at the beginning of the army.

The battle of the Eight Banners Army is a team of five Niu Lu, and the "forward" who rushes to the front line is wearing long thick armor or weighing armor, and most of the presiding weapons are spears and long-handled broadswords, and the second-hand weapons are equipped with short-handled swords, which can not only charge on the horse and become a heavy cavalry, but also dismount and fight on foot, specializing in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Following the forward, it is the archer wearing short armor or two pieces of armor and light net armor, holding a short bow with more than seven bucket strength, not nearly fifty paces without shooting, getting on the horse to become a light cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, and dismounting is through the forest Yuejian and is extremely flexible.

As for the elite soldiers, they are the reserve troops that are on standby at the end, and the source is temporarily drawn from the ranks of long and thick armor soldiers and short armor soldiers. Long and thick armor soldiers and short armor soldiers often take the lead in battle, and are collectively referred to as battalion soldiers. The elite soldiers are usually called Bayala in Jurchen language, and the Chinese language is the protector army, which belongs to the most elite soldiers who are carefully selected, and are directly commanded by the generals in the rear during the war, and are put into the battlefield according to the battle situation, so as to play a key role in influencing the battle situation.

During the Later Jin Tiancong period, Huang Taiji established the Bayala Battalion, and used the Bayala of each banner in a centralized manner, and independently formed the Baya Laja Ezhen at the flag level and the Baya Lajia Lazhen at the first level of the Jiala, and there were positions at all levels below. Bayala is strong, so for example, the Yellow Flag Baya Lama Zhangjing Aobai, the Yellow Flag Baya Lama Zhangjing Tulai, etc. are all political forces that cannot be ignored outside the main flag - Tiancong eight years Huang Taiji reform, in addition to Gushan Ezhen, its balance is really called "Zhangjing".

The basic life of Bayala is still subordinate to the original Niu Lu. There are ten people in each cow, there are wars, eight people are on the expedition, two people are left behind, and because the outermost layer of these Bayala is uniformly hung with white cloth armor, it is also called white armor Bayala. As for the other kind of red armor bayala, in fact, it is generally an ordinary armored soldier, which was only brought out separately during the Tiancong period and appeared more frequently, but it was immediately revoked and assigned to ordinary armored soldiers. Regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty or North Korea talked about the "elite of the Baya Ranainu chieftain", they basically referred to the white armor Baya Lama wearing "mercury armor".

There are not many white nails. On the eve of the Qing army's entry into the customs, there were 309 and 18 half-cent cattle records in the Manchurian Eight Banners, 117 and 5 half-cent cattle records in the Mengba Banner, and 157 and 5 half-cents in the Han Eight Banners. Bayala is only selected from the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, even if the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners are counted according to one Niu Lu and ten Baijia Bayala, there are only thousands of people. Of course, if you count all the red armor bayala and black battalion soldiers, there are tens of thousands of people in armor.

In addition to being the mainstay of the battlefield, the Baijia Bayala, who was excellent in all aspects, was also sent as a sentry agent, so the Qing State specially set up a Gebush Xianchao Ha battalion under the Baya Laxu Zhangjing to govern these sentry agents. Obviously, the three white-armored Qing army horses chasing Chen Hongfan and Zhao Yuanheng were all white-armored Bayala of the Qing army's Ge Bush Xianchao Ha Battalion in Guangling County.

Yang Zhaofeng and Hao Mingluan have been in battle for a long time, and when they saw that the opposite side was only three horses, they were not at ease at all. The bamboo whistle sounded three times, and hundreds of horse troops lined up.

"Tartars are not small." Hao Mingluan squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, more than 200 steps away, the three Qing soldiers Baijia Bayala were not frightened by the large number of Ming troops, but dismounted one after another, watching the movements and stretching their bows to shoot.

"Let our army scatter and scatter in all directions." Yang Zhaofeng said, "Get ready first, Brother Hao, you lead people to the left, and I lead people to the right." The first 100 steps can be slowed down, and there are only 100 steps left, so you can charge together. He often heard that the Qing soldiers were extraordinary, and he kept an eye on them, even if the other party only had three horsemen, he did not support them.

At a distance of about two hundred paces, it was indeed very cautious to start charging at nearly a hundred paces. But the next scene greatly surprised Yang Zhaofeng's expectations.

The hundred horsemen of the Ming army were still deployed in an orderly manner, but they suddenly heard two screams sliding through the air, and the two Ming army horses were hit by arrows and fell from their horses in the blink of an eye.

"So far, Tartar ......" Yang Zhaofeng was still stunned, but a thought flashed, and an arrow came. This time, on his left, a knight who was close to him was hit hard and fell off his horse.

"Back off, back off!" Hao Mingluan immediately made a decision and drove the horse backwards.

Yang Zhaofeng didn't think about it, and then ordered to retreat, and at this time, several arrows came in succession, full of strength, but fortunately, none of them hit.

"Tartar wants to run!"

The Ming army retreated more than ten steps, and when they looked back, the three white-armored bayalas had already quickly retracted their bows and mounted their horses.

"Tartar of the shit, don't try to run!" Hao Mingluan gritted his teeth angrily, and at the same time beckoned Yang Zhaofeng, "Let's rush directly!" ”

Before Yang Zhaofeng's words were spoken, Hao Mingluan galloped away with a tiger-headed gun. Dozens of horsemen followed him in all directions, shaped like a crescent moon.

"Keep up!" Yang Zhaofeng beckoned, and dozens of horses under his command turned around, following closely behind Hao Mingluan and the others.

When the three white-armored Ba Yala saw that the pursuers were coming, they made adjustments on the spot, and the three horsemen who had been gathered together quickly separated and ran wildly in three different directions, while not forgetting to turn around and shoot backwards. But the horse's back was bumpy, and the accuracy of the arrows was much worse, and a series of arrows did not hit.

Hao Mingluan's military flag shook violently, and the Ma army also chased after each of them in three groups.

By the time Yang Zhaofeng arrived, Hao Mingluan had already led more than ten people to surround one of the Baijia Bayalas.

As soon as the white armor Bayala took the bow, the more than ten Ming soldiers who dismounted and besieged suddenly loosened their formations due to fear. The white armor Bayala has a bow in one hand and a knife in the other, advancing and retreating, constantly intimidating the Ming army to find a gap to break through, and the Ming army has shot a few arrows, but these arrows are almost difficult to cause damage in front of the cloth iron armor lined with cloth and cotton lined with iron sheets, so two more Ming soldiers are holding waist knives and preparing to fight in close quarters.

But seeing that the white armor was agile, he first flashed two knives, and then suddenly counterattacked, strangled the neck of a Ming soldier with a bowstring, and struggled to turn him to death. The Ming army was suffocated, his waist knife fell to the ground, his hands involuntarily grabbed his neck, he was dragged diagonally to the ground, and his feet kicked lifelessly. Seeing this, another Ming soldier hurriedly came to the rescue, not giving Bai Jia Baya a chance to raise his knife and kill Paoze. It's just that he fought two knives, but the white armor Baya suddenly approached in front of him with an arrow step, and the knife couldn't be retracted, but he hit the opponent under the chin with a heavy wrist armor, and his body was weak, and he instantly lost his combat effectiveness.

Seeing that two of his subordinates were about to die in the hands of the white-armored Ba Ya La, Hao Mingluan couldn't hold it back, drank violently, jumped over the crowd, and went straight to the white Jia Ba Ya La. The white-armored Ba Yala hurriedly spread his hands and rolled to the side, Hao Mingluan didn't allow him to dodge, turned over and dismounted, took out the tiger's head spear, and stabbed it to the ground against the opponent's blocked knife.

Even so, the white armor was not seriously injured, and after rolling on the ground a few times, he had to fight again. At this time, more than a dozen Ming soldiers rushed up, pressing the legs and dragging the hands, and worked together to subdue him.

Hao Mingluan raised his hand and slapped the white armor into a slap. Yang Zhaofeng saw it clearly, and said worriedly: "The Tartar soldiers have good combat skills, I don't know what happened to the other two ways." ”

When Yang Zhaofeng and Hao Mingluan led their men and horses to find Chen Hongfan and Zhao Yuanheng, the other two chasing soldiers also returned. However, without exception, every soldier of the Ming army had a frustration on his face.

"Three were injured along the way, one was killed and one was injured along the way, and both Tartars ran away." Hao Mingluan shook his head and sighed, "I'm so angry!" ”

Only three horsemen, in the face of hundreds of Ming troops, not only escaped two, but also took four lives and injured several people, such a fierce skill, even if Yang Zhaofeng has been fighting for more than ten years, it is unheard of. I'm afraid Hao Mingluan also knows that if he hadn't made a timely move, I'm afraid that hundreds of horsemen would have been busy for half a day, and in the end, a Qing soldier Baijia Baya would not be able to catch it. He was frustrated, and it was reasonable.

"The thieves escaped into Shanxi, divided the troops to guard the pass and the road in the north of Zhending Mansion, I and Yuan Heng were not allowed to go south and west, so we had to change the road halfway, and wanted to take the road of northern Jin and northern Shaanxi." Chen Hongfan said, "But I didn't expect that this road is even more chaotic, and the thieves and Tartar forces are intertwined, which can be described as full of dangers." Yuan Heng and I went out day and night, traveled to many places, and finally touched Xuanfu, and through the relationship with Tang Tong, we came to Shanxi smoothly. ”

After the battle of Shanhaiguan, the Ming general of Shun and the Dashun Ding Xibo Tang Tong led the remnants of the army all the way to Xuanfu, which is located in Beijing and the north of Datong, where he breathed and breathed, and the current situation is similar to Jiang Liang, swaying in the Ming, Qing and Shun triways, but he is far from Jiang Jiu's strength, so even if the Qing general Ye Chen led his troops to pass by, he did not dare to stop him. He and Chen Hongfan are old acquaintances, and at this delicate moment, they intend to help and leave a good impression on each other.

Chen Hongfan continued: "It's just that I didn't expect that there were Tartars entrenched in Datong Mansion for a long time, and we walked to the nine-story mountain in Guangling, and targeted the three Tartar sentry scouts in front. I hate that the three Tartars did not give up, and chased us for a day and a night, alas, I was really sleepy before, if you didn't show up in time, I was afraid that ......"

At that moment, Yang Zhaofeng and Hao Mingluan ordered all the soldiers to rest on the spot first, and found a secluded place with Chen Hongfan and Zhao Yuanheng to talk and understand the situation east of Datong Mansion.

Yang Zhaofeng saw that Zhao Yuanheng's eyes were red, and there seemed to be irrepressible resentment between his eyebrows, so he asked, "Yuanheng, since you have passed through Guangling, do you know any information about Tartar?" ”

If you don't ask, Zhao Yuanheng is tears rolled down, and he shouted: "Dog Tartar is really not a thing!" ”