Chapter 219: Nightmare

"That's a problem, too, you make me think about it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xu Lang took out the map and spread it on the table and thought for a while, "I don't think it's a big problem." Wan Tao saw that Kuandian was still 400 miles away from Shengjing, and there was a Benxi in the middle. Now that Wang Zhaoxing has let go of Lushun, all the Eight Banners in Liaodong should go to reinforce Lushun, so it doesn't matter if this news is leaked, I'm afraid that the Eight Banners have no army to stop us. ”

"And." Xu Lang said again, "Actually, we can also take some people away, since most of the people here are Han Chinese, those who are willing to go with us can be organized into the baggage team." Now that the baggage team is full of North Koreans, I am not very relieved. ”

The mixed brigade rested in Kuandian Fort for 2 days, and Xu Lang recruited more than 80 Han Chinese into the baggage team.

When the mixed brigade was deployed, it took away some food in the fort, and Xu Lang also explained a lot of things for this:

"You are all Han Chinese, we are the army of the Ming Dynasty, and we are here to destroy the reverse Jin and rescue you. But we have some difficulties with our current grain and grass, so we will borrow your grain for the time being. We have already written an IOU for all the grain we have taken away, and in the future, when the reverse money is destroyed, the court will repay you double. ”

Regardless of whether the people in these forts can understand Xu Lang's vain work, no one raised objections, and I'm afraid no one dared to mention it. That Lu Mian couldn't stay here, and Han Wantao ordered him to be taken away as well.

The mixed brigade walked for a few more days, and on the way it routed several Manchu stragglers, and slowly approached Benxi.

A few days after the mixed brigade left, a large group of Eight Banners soldiers drove into Kuandianbao.

Zilharang sat on horseback: "If you don't leave any of them, you will be executed." ”

The blood in Kuandian Fort suddenly flowed into a river, and both the Han and the Manchu who stayed behind fell in a pool of blood.

Benxi City in later generations is 170 miles away from Shenyang, the territory is mountainous, and the natural landform has the saying of "eight mountains and one water and half of the field, half of the road and the manor".

The Ming Dynasty government set up the Liaodong Command Envoy Dongning Thousand Households in the Hongwu period, and now it is still a small acropolis.

The mixed brigade set up camp about 30 miles away from the city of Benxi, and Han Wantao sent a herald to inform Liu Guannan's vanguard battalion to camp on the spot and wait for the large army.

Liu Guannan took Deng Zhaohui and others to stand on a hill outside the city to lookout.

"Battalion commander." Deng Zhaohui suggested, "Just order a small city, you don't have to wait for Brigade Commander Han and them, we will fight it ourselves, and our pioneer battalion also has two cannons." ”

"What are you anxious about?" Wu Zhenhan next to him said, "Don't look at this small city, it is very close to Shengjing, maybe there are many Eight Banner soldiers in it." We can't rush in, so let's wait for the big army. ”

"Zhaohui, are you in such a hurry to get married after the war?" Liu Guannan asked with a smile.

Deng Zhaohui smiled embarrassedly, "What's the hurry to get married, when can't you get married." ”

Deng Zhaohui's words caused several people around him to burst into laughter.

"We're camping here." Liu Guannan ordered, "Wait for the big army to come tomorrow and then attack the city." ”

"Battalion Commander Liu." Tang Han pointed to the surrounding hills, "The terrain of this place is too complicated, what do you think of our 3 companies being stationed separately?" Company Commander Wu and I each took our own companies to camp on the hills on both sides, so that we could not only occupy the commanding heights, but also form a situation of fighting at the corners and take care of each other. ”

"Do you want to divide the troops?" Liu Guannan was a little hesitant.

"I think so." Wu Zhenhan agreed, "This place is indeed a complex terrain, if we get together, it will be difficult to find out in advance if there is any situation." ”

"That's fine." Liu Guannan nodded, "Anyway, in one night, the two of you will take people to the mountains on both sides, and Deng Zhaohui and I will camp here." ”

"Yes, Battalion Commander." Wu Zhenhan and Tang Han glanced at each other, and both of them showed a trace of imperceptible weirdness.

It was late at night, and there was no movement in the barracks of the mixed brigade.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Han Wantao and Xu Lang were snoring and sleeping one after another.

"Wan Tao, Wan Tao." Xu Lang suddenly woke up from his sleep and shouted.

"What's wrong with you?" Han Wantao was awakened, "Have a nightmare? ”

Xu Lang was sweating profusely: "I had a nightmare. Wan Tao, how do I have an intuition that something big is going to happen. ”

"What's your intuition?" Han Wantao poured Xu Lang a glass of water, "It's just a dream, drink some water and sleep well, I have to go to war tomorrow." ”

Xu Lang took a few sips of water: "No, Wan Tao, something really has to happen." ”

"What the hell is going to happen?"

"Wan Tao, I've never felt this way." Xu Lang grabbed Han Wantao's arm, "Send someone to transfer the pioneer battalion back immediately, I feel very bad." ”

"When is this, three watches in the middle of the night." Han Wantao patted Xu Lang, "Even if you send someone to go, it will be dawn, and the pioneer camp is 20 miles away from us." ”

"Send the cavalry." Xu Lang almost pleaded, "Wan Tao, you believe me once." ”

"Ugh." Han Wantao sighed, "Okay, I'll send someone, you can sleep well, you're under too much pressure these days." ”

When it was almost the fourth watch, Wu Zhenhan rode a horse and held a white flag in his hand and came to a mountain col alone.

After waiting for a while, a few Eight Banner soldiers who were also flying white flags came over on the opposite side.

The first one said in Manchu: "The sun is thinning." ”

Wu Zhenhan also replied in Manchu: "The world is clear. ”

"The sun and the moon fall together."

"Dajin lives on forever."

After listening to Wu Zhenhan's answer, that Ezhen dismounted and made a thousand: "May I ask if Mr. is sent by a master?" ”

"Exactly." Wu Zhenhan replied, "Is the Great Khan's side ready?" ”

"Everything is ready, just wait for the guidance of the master."

Wu Zhenhan was just about to speak, when the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the distance.

By the light of the moon, a herald of the Yulin Army ran towards this side from a distance.

Wu Zhenhan waved his hand, and several Eight Banner soldiers dodged and hid in the woods.

"Who, password." Wu Zhenhan changed to Chinese and shouted.

"Mountains and rivers are unified." The herald reined in his horse, "It turned out to be Company Commander Wu, why is the commander here alone so late?" ”

"The battalion commander asked me to take a look at the terrain." Wu Zhenhan replied casually, "What are you doing here so late?" ”

"Brigade Commander Han gave the order to humble his post, and the pioneer battalion withdrew overnight."

"Withdrawn overnight?" Wu Zhenhan was stunned, "Why did you withdraw overnight?" ”

"It's not clear what the hell is going on. It seems that Chief of Staff Xu thought of something not very good and felt that we were in danger. ”

"Really? What danger did Chief of Staff Xu think of? Wu Zhenhan asked as he quietly touched the hand crossbow hanging on the saddle.

"Chief of Staff 。。。。。。 Xu" The herald suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, and Wu Zhenhan's hand crossbow was aimed at him, "Company Commander Wu, what do you mean by this?" ”

"It's not interesting, you earned 200 taels of pension for your family."

With a crossbow sound, a crossbow arrow shot into the throat of the herald, and the young herald covered his bloody neck, unable to figure out why this Wu Company Commander, the lord of Yulin Bay, would take his own life.

Several Eight Banners soldiers emerged from the woods.

"Things have changed." Wu Zhenhan said eagerly, "They may be aware of it, so we have to act in advance." ”

"How in advance?" The cow asked the truth.

"You go back immediately to transfer troops, first deal with the pioneer battalion, quickly surround the mixed brigade, and the rest will proceed according to the original plan." Wu Zhenhan ordered, "If this herald doesn't go back to restore his life, they will definitely know that something happened." ”

As soon as Wu Zhenhan finished speaking, there was a sudden stampede of dead branches in the woods behind him.

"Who?" With a shout, several crossbow arrows shot into the woods, followed by several Eight Banners soldiers flying into the woods.

It didn't take long for these Eight Banners soldiers to come out of the woods: "I didn't find anyone, but I should have been hit by an arrow, and there was blood on the ground." ”

"Leave him alone." Wu Zhenhan said, "The most important thing is to transfer troops, remember, Tang Han and I are both the people of the Great Khan." ”

"The minions obey." A few Eight Banners soldiers left.

The sky was slightly bright, Liu Guannan opened his sleepy eyes, got up and shook Li Xiao next to him: "Get up, get up, the sun is shining on your buttocks." ”

Li Xiao opened his eyes in a daze: "Chief Inspector." ”

"I haven't woken up yet." Liu Guannan pointed to his epaulettes and said with a smile, "Pioneer Battalion Major Battalion Commander." ”

"I forgot, I'd better call the chief inspector to talk about it." Li Xiao got up from the bed and said with a smile, "I'll go and wash your face with water." ”

Li Xiao had just brought back the washing water, when the alarm bell in the barracks suddenly rang incessantly, and a sentry rushed in from outside the tent: "Report to the chief, Tartar, Tartar is here." ”

"Here are the Tartars?" Liu Guannan threw down the towel in his hand, "How many?" ”

"More than a thousand."

"More than a thousand? How can it be? Liu Guannan didn't care much, grabbed the armed belt on the bed, "Go and see, how can there be more than a thousand?" ”

When Liu Guannan rushed to the position on the top of the mountain, the two 6-pounder guns had already fired, and Deng Zhaohui was shouting hoarsely: "Everyone enters the position, and the artillery platoon shoots scattered shells." ”

"What's going on?" Liu Guannan ran to Deng Zhaohui's side and asked.

"The Eight Banners are here." Deng Zhaohui pointed to the bottom of the mountain, "There are almost more than 1,000 people." ”

"What about the second and third companies?" Liu Guannan suddenly shouted, "How are Wu Zhenhan and Tang Han doing?" ”

"I'm afraid that there will be less luck." Deng Zhaohui pointed to the hills on both sides, and the banner of Houjin was already fluttering on the positions of the second and third companies.

Xu Lang turned around in the big tent of the Chinese army for an unknown number of times: "Wan Tao, something must have happened, and our herald has not come back yet." ”

"We can't wait any longer." Han Wantao also felt that something was wrong, "Heralds, heralds, heralds mixed brigades to assemble and set off." ”

"Sir, sir." With the sound, several soldiers carried in a man covered in blood.

"Who is he? What's going on? Han Wantao and Xu Lang asked at the same time.

"Sir, he said he was going to give this thing to you." A corporal handed something to Han Wantao.

Han Wantao grabbed the injured man and lay on his face: "Who are you?" If there's anything to say, say it quickly. ”

"Letters, tokens."

Han Wantao took out his coin from his body and held it up in front of the injured man's eyes.

The injured man smiled, struggled with what little strength he had, and said intermittently to Han Wantao's ear: "I'm a rattlesnake, Wu, and Company Commander Wu is a traitor." Also, there is another one named Tang Han, who is also a traitor. Sir, my name is Zhang Fubei. ”

"Medic, hurry up, you must save him."

Han Wantao tightly held the one-yuan coin in his hand and did not speak for a long time.

"Not good." Han Wantao woke up from his grief, "Liu Guannan and Deng Zhaohui are in danger. ”

"Wan Tao, what's wrong, what are you taking?" Xu Lang didn't hear what Zhang Fubei said clearly, nor did he see clearly what Han Wantao was in his hand.

"There's no time to explain, Xu Lang. Wu Zhenhan and Tang Han are traitors, and the Eight Banners may have attacked the vanguard battalion. ”

Xu Lang didn't ask any more, and rushed out of the tent directly: "Zhang Hai, Zhang Hai, Andreas." ”

"Here." Zhang Hai and Andreas ran over from different directions.

"Zhang Hai, bring all the machine guns and rifles, as well as grenades; Andreas, assemble the cavalry company, give your horse to the marine company, and let's set off at once. ”

"Why?" Zhang Hai asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Don't ask." Xu Lang shouted loudly, "I don't have time to explain to you, execute the order immediately!" ”

"Yes." The two men split up and ran away.

Nearly 100 war horses gathered at the gate of the barracks, Xu Lang rode on a horse and held a 03 rifle and said to Han Wantao: "I'll take people first, you will immediately lead the mixed brigade to set off, maybe it's still too late." ”

Han Wantao didn't say anything, and clenched his hands into fists: "Pay attention to safety." ”