Just when the officials of the Ming Dynasty were working hard for their future in the capital, the Yiwu Lushan Mountain in the north, which was the border of the Ming and Qing dynasties, also began to slowly rejuvenate.

Although most of the snow on the mountain has not melted at the beginning of February, and some of the peaks are still plain white, with no greenery in sight, the road into the mountain is almost walkable.

Since the Ming army and the Qing army fought several fierce battles around the mountain passes of Yiwulu Mountain more than a year ago, it has been quiet since the peace agreement between the two countries was reached.

It's just that in the war for Yiwu Lushan more than a year ago, it was the Qing army that suffered. After all, the sudden death of the commander Yue Tuo in the later stage of the war completely disrupted the steps of the Qing army, and in order to be able to free up his hands to solve the domestic political changes after Yue Tuo's death, Huang Taiji had to adopt the tactics of shrinking the front and took the initiative to propose peace to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, after this battle, the Ming and Qing dynasties were originally evenly divided in Yiwu Lu Mountain, but in fact, the Qing army still had some advantages, and it soon became a situation in which the Ming army had the upper hand. The Qing army largely relinquished control of the northern section of the mountain pass and concentrated its forces in the southern and central sections.

Even in the most important middle mountainous area, the Qing army only occupied one of the highest peaks and a few hills, barely blocking the mountains west of Beizhen, so as to prevent the Ming army from occupying the high ground in the west, thus condescending and directly threatening Beizhen City.

However, because the Qing army was at a disadvantage in the middle of the Yiwulu Mountain, the Qing army was even more nervous about the mountains and key passes in this area. Especially in this season when spring has not yet fully opened, but the mountains can barely pass, the Qing army stationed in Beizhen began to patrol this section of the mountain, for fear that the Ming army would send people to attack the cottages and strongholds on their side.

Although the New Year has passed, the night in the mountains is still cold, and a regular patrol takes at least 2-3 days, so it is obviously not a good task to be assigned to such a patrol mission.

For Nimatsa, who is inlaid with red flags. As far as Ebao is concerned, he was sent to patrol the mountains on this kind of day, obviously because he gambled money in the first month and hurt his boss Niu Lu Zhang Jingke Qili. Saul and Noo's sake. Otherwise, this kind of tiring work would not have been on the head of him, a veteran who has fought for his master for ten years.

Of course, in Nimatsa. Ebao also has such a little bit of unspeakable resentment in his heart, that is, Yue Tuobeile is gone, otherwise how could this kind of hard work and tiring work be pushed on the head of the red flag. When Yue Tobel was there, no one dared to abuse them so badly.

But right now, the inside of the red flag is a mess, so don't blame other flags for bullying the door. When Yue Tuobeile was there, there was only one owner of the red flag, and everyone naturally worked together to the outside world. However, after the death of Yue Tuobel, Yue Tuo's son Luo Luohun, his cousin Adari, and several uncles made some trouble about the inheritance of the red flag.

And behind these masters, there are also the figures of the Great Bel Daishan, the Khan King, Haug Bel and Dolgon Bel, etc., which is destined to make this power struggle impossible to stop easily. The Niu Lu Zhangjing of this banner are all concerned about this battle in fear, after all, once the bet is wrong, it is a choice to lose their heads, and naturally they don't have much energy to pay attention to whether they are doing well or not.

When the masters fought so fiercely, Nimatsa. Even if the tasks assigned to him don't seem very reasonable, he can only complain a few words behind his back, and then obediently order people to go up the mountain, otherwise he will be taught how to be a man by others.

Follow Nimatsa. There were a total of 15 people patrolling the mountain. Among them, five Manchus, including him, and the remaining ten were Han Chinese. Among the five Manchurians, there were also two young men who had just been sent from Shenyang. Unlike the lazy and silent veterans in the team along the way, these two young men who had just joined the army were about the first time to participate in this kind of military operation, and they showed some excitement along the way, and their mouths never stopped.

Although Ebao felt that the two of them were a little noisy because they had something in their hearts. But on this quiet and difficult mountain road, a little human voice can keep everyone pay enough attention, and he acquiesced to the behavior of the two young people. What's more, who hasn't come over like this, the recruits who are performing military operations for the first time, in order to relieve their tension, most of them will seem to talk a little too much, and the forehead insurance is also a little used to it.

Their group set off from Beizhen City in the morning, arrived at the mountain temple at noon, and continued to move forward after lunch here, and from here it was considered to enter the defense area of the Qing army. When they had gone up and down the hill and walked three hills, Ebo stopped in front of a large rock that looked like the bottom of a pot.

Ebao turned his head to the team behind him and said: "Everyone should cheer up on the next part of the road, especially you two newcomers, the mountain opposite is under the control of the Ming people, and we may encounter the Ming army patrol at any time when we take this mountain road."

I said ugly things in front, no one is allowed to act rashly without my orders, otherwise don't blame me for being rude. We don't have to look at the valley across the hill from us, but with bows and muskets on both sides, we can still reach it..."

The team that was listening to Ebao's words suddenly squatted down, and the two young men quickly took out their bows and arrows and walked forward, and one of the young people shouted to him loudly: "Ebao, Lord Ebao, get out of the way, there is a Ming army behind you..."

However, the two young men were quickly held down by two Manchurian veterans standing next to them, preventing them from moving forward. Before he had time to reprimand the two of them, he subconsciously turned around and looked back. Sure enough, a Ming army officer in a brown coat was standing on the opposite hill, although there was a valley between the two, but Ebao could clearly see the face of this Ming army officer.

The Ming officer was standing on a large raised rock, a man taller than them. In such a condescending position, it is natural to have an unobstructed view of their side, and you can see their team at a glance.

However, the Ming army officer just stood on the big stone with a little snow, unscrupulously observing the situation on their side, and did not pay any attention to their team. Ebao could even observe the disdainful expression on the other party's face, this arrogance and arrogance made him feel extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

In the past, such an arrogant and arrogant posture should have belonged to the Manchurian soldiers' posture of showing themselves to the Ming army. For example, the two young soldiers with red flags who were held down behind Ebao did not understand why their companions did not attack when they saw the Ming army officers opposite, but prevented them from reacting.

What surprised them even more was that the two sides confronted each other in place for more than a minute, and only after the other party jumped off the stone and disappeared behind the stone, did Eho continue to lead them on.

After walking through a hill and away from the place where they met with the Ming army, the two young men finally broke their silence and asked Ebao, "Lord Ebao, why didn't we shoot that Ming army with a bow and arrow just now?" At what distance, we were sure to hit him..."

Ebao looked back at them fiercely, and reprimanded them coldly: "Where did you come from so much nonsense, is it leading me, or am I taking you with you?" If you feel that you are too idle, old five, give them a few things that you are carrying. If you don't make it to camp before dark, you'll have to wait to be cleaned up. ”

After Ebao's reprimand, although the two young men felt extremely aggrieved, they did not dare to go against their immediate superiors after all, after all, the law in the army is really unsympathetic.

However, after arriving at the camp in the evening, the old Manchurian soldiers in the group still gave the two young men a few words. It turns out that today's amicable ending with the Ming army is an unspoken rule reached between the Ming army and the Qing army.

Naturally, this unspoken rule between the two armies was not negotiated, but was genuinely fought. Although the Qing Dynasty signed a peace agreement with the Ming State more than a year ago, this does not mean that the two sides will really live peace between the troops stationed in Yiwu Lushan.

Since Nurhachi raised the banner to rebel and won successive victories against the Ming army in Liaodong, in the past ten or twenty years, the Ming army has never broken away from the protection of the city wall and has engaged in a long-term confrontation with the Qing army in the field.

Although a peace agreement was signed between the two countries, it was regarded as a disgrace to the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, who were accustomed to fighting in the wind, after all, the Ming army's performance in the past was too poor. Despite the defeat at the Battle of Yizhou and the Battle of Yingkou, most of the Manchurian Eight Banners refused to admit that the Ming army had the ability to fight them in the field.

Therefore, when the Ming army tried to stay on Yiwulu Mountain for a long time, it was naturally counterattacked spontaneously by the low-level soldiers of the Manchurian Eight Banners. Although the political situation in the country made it impossible for these Eight Banners soldiers to launch an attack on strong fortresses and strongholds, they could still take the initiative to attack the small units of the Ming army encountered while patrolling in the mountains.

At first, these Eight Banners soldiers probably thought that by constantly eliminating the patrol troops of the Ming army in the field, the Ming soldiers would be afraid of the task of patrolling in the field, and finally give up control over the strongholds, so that the various strongholds of the Ming army in the mountains would become isolated points, so that the Qing army would actually control the entire Yiwulu Mountain.

However, although their ideas were good, the outcome was not as they expected. The Ming army not only did not shy away from this friction of small forces, but also adopted a model of reciprocal retaliation. And these Ming troops showed amazing tenacity and adaptability in such local battles, which was completely different from the previous Ming troops in Liaodong, who fled from the wind.

After nearly eight months of fierce friction, with almost equal casualties on both sides, the Qing commander in Beizhen, Zilharang, called off the senseless clash and agreed with the Ming generals not to attack each other's patrols. For a Manchurian veteran like Ebao, this kind of commitment was undoubtedly a shame to the soldiers of the Eight Banners, so he was reluctant to tell the two young men.

However, in the nearly eight months of conflict between the two sides, their side really did not take advantage of anything. If the Manchus and the Han people lost one to one in the war, the Manchus could not afford to fight such a war, and Ebao was extremely afraid of this fact, so he could not fail to abide by this tacit agreement.

And today's sudden appearance of the Ming army officer made him worry about whether the Qing Dynasty would be able to survive forever without being settled by the Ming Dynasty. This night, he felt the biting cold of the mountain wind.

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