Ta Wei tremblingly knelt outside the military tent in Goxinga, waiting for his final fate, and it was his troops who were in charge of standing guard tonight. There were more than 100 recruits who were replenished, and there was still a surplus after being formed into a recruit company, and some capable ones were directly incorporated into the two companies of the infantry, and Ta Er's subordinates were also divided into seven or eight people. When arranging to stand guard, Ta Er felt sorry for his old subordinates, so he asked Cao Meng and Li Zhi to take people to rest, and he took the recruits to stand guard himself.

I didn't expect such a thing to happen before it was time to make it to the changing of the guard. If Ta Er was carrying his own veterans, he would definitely have to defend himself, but these recruits Ta Er didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he wasn't sure if the recruit had made a mistake. Listening to the roar of Guo Xing'a in the military tent, Ta Er felt that his head was extremely unstable.

"My lord, I figured it out, it was a company of Cao Meng and Li Zhi's two squads who caught more than a dozen teenagers when they set up the camp, and there was no problem in other directions. The identities of these people and how they got in, Cao Meng and they are still interrogating. Zhang Yi entered the military tent and reported to Guoxinga.

The tower who was kneeling outside had mixed feelings, and it was actually his own people who found the problem, it was really providence, and his subordinates who took care of him pushed himself to the guillotine.

"What can they ask, let Fushun take someone there, I want the result in half an hour!" Goxinga seems to have dropped something.

"Huh!" Zhang Yi hurriedly ran out again.

The camp was guarded and all the units resumed resting, but the military tents in Goxinga were kept lit. I couldn't figure out where these people came from, Guo Xing'a couldn't sleep at all, Ta Er outside was more nervous than him, and both of them were worried about their heads.

"My lord, it's been found out!" Fushun entered the military tent, but he was slightly embarrassed when he spoke.

Looking at Fushun who came in, Guo Xing'a was instantly embarrassed, and he seemed to have done something wrong in his anger. Even if you bring someone to try it yourself, you shouldn't let Fushun interfere, the gains outweigh the losses. Fushun, a hairy boy who was doing chores for Xishou in the supply company, had no good injuries on his body! Why did he have to be assigned to interrogate prisoners? It's too abrupt, and Fushun will definitely be noticed by people in the future.

"What's going on? Did you make it clear? You're young, and they're low-minded. Goxinga tried to cover it up.

"It's all said that they are villagers from the neighborhood who fled into the mountains to escape the war. Because he had no food, he saw the army passing by and wanted to steal some food. It's not a sentry either, they were squatting there before we set up camp, and they were wrapped up in by us. Fushun said naturally.

Guo Xing'a didn't make a sound, but Ta Er outside the tent breathed a sigh of relief, and his head was saved.

"Has it been verified?" Guo Xing'a is still a little worried, don't be a child soldier of the Taiping Army pretending to be it! Chen Yucheng seems to be from this kind of child soldier, and there are many child soldiers in the Taiping Army.

"It's verified, I asked Cao Meng to take someone into the mountains to find it, and arrested dozens of people back, the oldest thirteen or fourteen, and the youngest eight or nine years old, what I said should be true." Fushun's delicacy is comparable to that of a woman.

"It's all children!" Goxinga asked.

"Yes adults, all of them are children, not a single adult!" Fushun said with certainty.

"This is not false, the only ones who can escape are the children, you all believe this!" Guo Xinga felt that Fushun didn't seem to be very reliable.

"It was the slaves who didn't make it clear, they were people from the village down the mountain, and their parents hid them on the mountain and brought them some food every few days. However, there may have been an accident, and no adults from the village have come for almost ten days. They did not dare to go back to the village, and they were too hungry to stand it, so they broke into our camp. The village they were talking about, the one we passed through on the march, the one where there were no children in the whole village. Fushun verified what the children said.

"I remember, the one who just entered the mountain!" After Fushun mentioned it, Guo Xing'a also remembered the village full of adult corpses when he first entered the mountain.

"Adult, how to deal with these children, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to let them go." Fushun asked, but instinctively he didn't recommend leaving a tongue for the Taiping army to question.

"How did you settle it now?" Goxinga asked rhetorically.

"Li Zhi's class is watching! Li Zhi's brothers took out half a month's worth of dry food and jerky, and Cao Meng also gave out five days' rations, but it didn't seem to be enough to eat! Fushun said with a smile.

"These two guys are kind-hearted! You go back and replenish their rations, and you can't go hungry. As for these kids, bring back the supply company! Follow you to do some chores, you can use it. Guo Xing'a seemed to arrange it at random, after all, the sound insulation effect of the military tent was average, and the low voice was even more suspicious.

"Hey, the slave will arrange it." There was a flash of light in Fushun's eyes. These children are a blank sheet of paper on which they write whatever they are.

Early the next morning, the two armies began to race again, and the speed of the Taiping army, which had rested all night, was significantly improved, while the Qing army was constrained by the speed of the vehicle march and could not get up, and the distance between the two armies became closer and closer.

"My lord, the long hair is getting closer, why don't you leave some bulky things behind!" Xiande suggested.

Guo Xing'a looked at several carts and had a hard time choosing, if it was just grain, grass, gold and silver, he would throw it away. Guo Xing'a has grabbed a lot of these things recently, and he doesn't particularly care about them. But food and grass are not things that slow down the march, and what really slows down is the tools used to forge artillery. Machine tools and stoves are big and heavy, and they are extremely difficult to move. However, these things are the most reluctant of Goxinga, although there are already twenty-two Napoleonic guns, but the artillery needs to be repaired, and there may be even greater needs in the future. It is good to say that the machine tool is not easy to find in China in these years.

"I'll fuck it, Huang Daping, this mad dog, I'll let him chase him. If you don't leave, you'll fight with fucking Huang Daping in this place. Guo Xing'a, who was reluctant to leave and right, became furious.

"My lord, our army is at a disadvantage, be cautious!" Xiande felt that he was a little bored in persuasion, you Guoxing wanted to fight for a long time, what are you running these days!

"Lao Tzu destroyed 1,500 of his elites when he lost more than a dozen brothers, and he was afraid that he would only have more than 2,000 people, so he would ambush him again." Goxinga shouted.

"Huh!" The nearby officers bowed down to answer the order, but they all had some slander in their hearts, and the Qing army had been chased by more than 2,000 people for almost ten days.

Goxinga raised his eyes and looked at the nearby terrain, it was really a good place to ambush. The hills are undulating and full of woody trees, which is very suitable for the concealment of troops.

The supply company escorted the baggage forward, and the cavalry company went to the mountain ridge and lay in ambush for the final charge. Each company gathered all the soldiers who could fire the artillery, and deployed all our 22 guns on the commanding heights on both sides of the mountain beam. The first company and the special operations team formed a frontal defense line in front of the artillery, the second company and the recruit company formed an encirclement on both flanks, and the assault company was now ambushed on the spot, and when the battle began, it would be ruthless to the long hair from behind. Guo Xing'a casually pointed to the dangers around him.

Guo Xing'a has actually been very depressed, and he has always copied the cases in the book or copied the content of the game by directing the war, and often felt powerless. And these banner officers under his command, although they have their own characteristics, but in fact, they can only be decent, and none of them have the potential to be famous generals. At the moment, it's relatively good, that is, Chengtai, Cao Meng, and Acton, but it's not the kind of immortal genius that I imagined. However, the officers of the Qing army have an advantage, that is, they are extremely obedient, Guo Xing'a said that he wants to fight, then fight!

After the assault company was formed, it quickly disappeared among the weeds and trees, and even Guo Xing'a couldn't see him clearly. After the supply company escorted the baggage, most of the Qing army picked up the shovel again and began to dig trenches and level the artillery positions. The Qing army is like a man with open arms, the second company and the recruit company are two arms, the artillery and the first company are hot chests, and the assault company is the heels and feet behind the back. After a period of busyness, the Qing army completed the simple fortifications and covered them with trees and weeds. opened his hot chest, and waited for Huang Daping's fawn to crash in.

The distance of more than ten miles was not far, and almost as soon as the Qing army was hidden, the outpost of the Taiping army ran in front of him. Obviously, the concealment of the Qing army was not perfect, and several Taiping soldiers sitting on the horses were a little suspicious. They looked left and right at their surroundings, as if looking for some clues. After watching it for a while, several people got together again and began to discuss, as if they didn't find any problems, but they were a little uneasy.

"Bang!" Suddenly, a Taiping soldier raised his musket in his hand and fired a shot in the direction of the recruit company.

Guo Xing's heart instantly mentioned his throat, if it is exposed, and he starts fighting in a dignified manner, the Qing army will not take advantage, after all, the Taiping army is outnumbered. Fortunately, Fuquan is also a rigorous person, and the effort and energy spent on the recruit company is not small, and he has repeatedly explained to the troops when he is deployed. After a long time after the gunshots rang out, there was no movement in the direction of the recruit company. Several Taiping soldiers fired a few more shots at random, but they didn't gain anything, and after discussing with each other for a while, they turned their horses and ran away again. Guo Xing'a wiped the sweat from his head, raised the binoculars and continued to observe the direction of the Taiping army.

After waiting for another half hour or so, the Taiping army appeared in Guoxinga's field of vision. The Taiping army of 2,500 men was divided into three marches, with neat appearance and clear banners, and the momentum was quite calm, not arrogant or rash. The military flags ordered by Huang Daping's three armies marched slowly in the Chinese army, fluttering with the wind, quite mighty.

Huang Daping sat on his horse and urged the troops to advance, and when the front was about to walk up the mountain beam, he suddenly felt that there was something strange about the surrounding environment here.

"Hansheng, do you think something is not quite right here!" Huang Daping, who felt strange, turned his head to Miao Hansheng, the last cronie brigade commander next to him, and asked.

"It's nothing else, it's just a little quiet and weird, it may be almost noon, and the birds and beasts are wilting!" Miao Hansheng also felt that something was wrong, but he didn't find anything after looking at it.

"Yes! It was too quiet, and the army passed by, so not even a bird was startled. Huang Daping felt more and more inappropriate.

"Pass the front team to stop." Huang Daping didn't want to take risks.

"The commander is not in the way! Perhaps the hungry people in the vicinity ate almost all the birds and beasts in the mountains. Miao Hansheng didn't want to miss the opportunity to pursue Guoxing'a.

"That kid is very good at ambushing, don't suffer any more losses. Be cautious, he won't be able to run either. Let the front team stop first......" Huang Daping's words were not finished, and there were already changes on the upper beam.

Suddenly, dozens of figures jumped out of the grass, and quickly pulled away some of the messy trees, revealing the muzzles of the black holes that had been obscured.

A sentence flashed in Huang Daping's mind, poor Kou Mo chase!