Chapter 166: The Battle of Mengjin (1)
In the Henan region in winter, the gradual cold, the snow in the sky is fluttering, and the trees on the roadside have already fallen off their branches and leaves and become bare. The sky was overcast, and there was no sound on the entire snow-white earth except for the howling of the wind.
On the north bank of the Yellow River, a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the ground, but under the trampling of tens of thousands of horses, the white snowflakes have now become dirty and messy.
"Drive!"
"Hoo~~!"
"Report!"
"Back to the prince, three miles ahead is the Yellow River, and now the surface of the Yellow River has been completely frozen, and it is very strong to step on."
On the handsome war horse, Duoduo shook the snowflakes on his body, this heavy snow can be completely ignored by people like him who have lived in the extreme cold land of the Northeast since he was a child, compared to the cold of more than minus 20 degrees in the Northeast, even if it snows heavily, it is only minus seven or eight degrees. Still, the cold froze a thin layer of ice on the beard on Dord's lips, turning the black beard white.
"Give the order to go down and rest on the spot. Order the scouts to cross the Yellow River first to explore the way. ”
The guard received the order and rode away.
On the opposite side of the Yellow River is Mengjin City, and now Duoduo only needs to walk across the frozen Yellow River to reach the hinterland of Luoyang. Duoduo still doesn't know about the Tiger Prison Pass, so Duoduo is still very confident in taking Luoyang and defeating Liu Xia. After all, if it is a two-sided attack, no matter how strong the Tiger Prison Pass is, no matter how powerful the Pingbei Army is, it will definitely be destroyed in the end.
"This year's snow is a little late!" Duoduo looked at the snow and said abruptly.
The guard next to him said respectfully: "Lord Wang, here is not as good as our Liaodong, I'm afraid it will already snow in Liaodong in October." ”
"En" Duoduo raised his head, looked at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and said heroically: "What I said is that I heard that when it is already snowing heavily in the north, you can still wear thin clothes in the south. If it is winter, the king can go to the south to escape the cold, and if it is summer, he can return to the north from the south to escape the heat. This great country must be won! ”}
"What the prince said is that this country was originally our Manchurians, but it was forcibly occupied by the Han people, and now we are just taking back our previous things and destroying these Han dogs by the way."
"Well, our Qing Dynasty iron riders will definitely go all over China, turn these Han dogs into our captive livestock, beauties provide us, food provides us, hahahaha!" Duoduo laughed maniacally.
Seeing Duoduo laughing, the guards around Duoduo also laughed, after all, the master laughed, if they didn't laugh, it would be bad, in order to please the master, they must also laugh.
"Lord Wang, I'm afraid it's getting dark now, should we cross the Yellow River and camp on the spot?"
Hearing this, Dodor looked up at the sky, which was unusually gloomy because of the snow, not to mention that it was winter, so it was dark earlier. Duoduo thought for a moment and said, "Camp on the spot, if you cross the Yellow River, it will arouse the vigilance of the enemy." At the same time, a large number of people were sent to monitor the surroundings at all times, if any unknown person was found, he could not be arrested immediately, regardless of whether he was a citizen or a soldier, hmph, it would be better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go. ”
"Yes!"
The guards spoke, and then the order was quickly given, and the personnel in charge of the baggage began to set up the tent.
The snowflakes were still falling quietly, and they did not stop because there were 30,000 more people in this place, and heavy snow was not a good time for war, so Duoduo hoped that tomorrow the sky would be clear, and then cross the Yellow River and go straight to Luoyang.
"Luoyang, this king has been there once before, and I believe that this time it will be very smooth."
Ruixue Mega Year is a special favorite for the people of heavy snow, because there is more snow this year, and the end of next year will be relatively better. Isn't there a proverb: In winter, the wheat covers the three-layer quilt, and the next year sleeps with steamed buns. However, for some people in the land of China, even if the snow is heavy this year, they still have no harvest, but will freeze to death and starve to death because of the snow and cold.
The war has left the population uprooted and exiled, these people have no fixed shelter or food, and their resistance to the cold winter is weak. In today's world, there are migrant workers and left-behind children who die because they are sheltering from the cold in the garbage bin, so three or four hundred years ago, in that troubled era of social turmoil, relatively backward productivity, and poverty of the people, I don't know how many people died of hunger and cold this winter.
The Wolf Howling Regiment sent out a large number of scouts to patrol the banks of the Yellow River every day, even in heavy snowy weather like this. The soldiers did not dare to slack off in the slightest, after all, behind them lived their own family and friends, if they did not guard this line of defense, then their relatives and friends might be slaughtered by the Qing army Tartars.
On the south bank of the Yellow River, there were two people in a dilapidated thatched hut, and two war horses, those two people were wearing black military uniforms, and they could be recognized at a glance as the Pingbei Army.
In the center of the room was a lit fire, where the two were roasting their hands.
"You said that the enemy will come after this heavy snowfall?"
Another scout of the Pingbei Army, who put his cold hand on the flame and roasted it for a while, took a breath and muttered: "This is not necessarily, maybe the enemy has already arrived at the edge of the Yellow River, just wait for the snow to stop coming, we will continue to set off to inspect when we have warmed up." ”
"Alas, this Tartar who killed a thousand swords knew that when they attacked us, their 70,000 army was defeated, and I don't know what these 30,000 troops can do."
Another scout continued: "Hehe, don't underestimate the Tartars, the combat effectiveness of the Tartars is still very strong, but our general's tactics are good, so that the enemy's army is unstable, and he will be defeated, and he can't win if he wants to." Alas, the weather is so cold, and I don't know how your sister-in-law is doing in Luoyang, I guess in a few months, she will be able to give birth to a big fat boy for me, so that my old Li family can be regarded as a queen, worthy of the ancestors, and has not broken its roots in my generation. ”
"Big brother, I don't have a daughter-in-law yet......"
The scout smiled and said, "Don't worry, after this battle, the eldest brother will tell you the matchmaker." ”
When the little scout heard this, his face suddenly showed joy, and he said, "I don't know what it's like to be a woman." Hehe, big brother, you have to talk and count! ”
"Talking counts, counts. Alright, now that the fire is extinguished, let's ride and go around again. ”
"Okay!"
With that, the two of them extinguished the flames on the ground, and then led the horses out of the house, and rode away.
"Da-da." There were rows of horseshoe prints on the snow-white earth, but the snowflakes that fell quickly covered the horseshoe prints.
The two of them had been running for two quarters of an hour, and the little scout shouted to the other scout, "Big brother, stop, stop." ”
The other scout looked back and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The little scout said, "Big brother, look at it, it's black again." Above the Yellow River. The little scout pointed to a few black dots on the surface of the Yellow River, which had already been covered in heavy snow.
"Oh mom, there really is, there shouldn't be anyone on the Yellow River at this time! troops, the other side is still a clear soldier. ”
"Not good! This must be the enemy's advance scout, we are afraid that we are in trouble, let's go! With that, the scout shouted at the young scout.
It was the first time that the little scout had encountered this situation, so he asked, "Big brother, what should we do now?" ”
Another scout said: "You hurry up and go to Mengjin to tell the regiment commander that the enemy is afraid that it is coming." I'm here to continue to monitor this group of people, and I must not let them infiltrate Mengjin. ”
"Big brother, this, this is too dangerous. I'm not going! ”
"I'm the eldest brother, I say it! Hurry up, or I won't recognize you as a brother." Remember to tell the general as soon as possible, if it is late, maybe Luoyang City will be in danger, and now the general's reinforcements have not yet arrived, and there are more than 2,000 brothers in our wolf howling regiment in this place. ”
"Big Brother ~~"
"Let's go!"
PS: Don't go away, there's another shift at night.