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When Zhang Chunniu drank water, he saw the crowd winding up the mountain road, the mountain lacked the necessary tools, and even the wheelbarrows were only a few dozen, and a large number of grain bags and the rest of the materials were carried up by manpower. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, there is a shortage of others on the mountain, but it is not bad for manpower.

Halfway up the mountain, someone started to sing the trumpet, and the simple and melodious sound of the trumpet gradually aroused everyone's response, and the whole mountain road was full of passionate and soothing harmony.

There is no doubt that the morale of all the people on the Thirteen Mountains is very high, and the morale is very high.

If it weren't for the high morale, there would have been considerable trouble when the old and weak descended the mountain.

When the strong men carried the grain up the mountain, there were still old and weak people coming down the mountain one after another. The mountain road is very narrow, and it is easy to go down the mountain in the west pass only this one, to go down the mountain from the east entrance, you have to detour for ten miles, the road is not easy to walk, it is better to squeeze here at the west pass.

It may be that in later generations, there may be a winding mountain road here, and the car is very fast up and down, but at this time, the official road can only accommodate the width of a large car, surrounded by deep streams and dense forests, the mountain road is winding, nine bends and eighteen bends, and some slopes are very steep, in this kind of mountain close to the original ecology, there is no quality of life, it is completely survival.

The road down the mountain is rugged and difficult, and it also makes it possible to walk less than 20,000 people in ten days, if it is a plain avenue, these 100,000 people on the mountain can run all at once, and in ten days, at least a few hundred miles can be run.

The original mountain people were forced to go up the mountain, otherwise there would be a large plain to live in, so why should they go up the mountain to suffer like this.

The old and weak helped each other down the mountain, and when they gathered to about a thousand people, there would be a cart that transported people to take them away, all the way to the west of the Thirteen Mountain Posts, telling these people to walk less.

There, they would also meet up with the men in their families, and they would continue together on their way to western Liaoning.

Zhang Chunniu originally didn't have any feelings for these Liaodong people, people in this era are like this, everything is a Ming country or a Chinese family, this is not to talk about, only to talk about the friendship of fellow villagers, but also divided into big and small townspeople, outsiders die and die, as long as they don't die at the door of their homes, listen to it as a strange anecdote, for example, a few years ago there were major earthquakes in southern Jinnan and southern Shaanxi, more than 100,000 people died, everyone listened to it and that's it, only women can recite a few Buddhas.

This mentality has long changed under Zhang Han's intentional training, but only when he was far away from his homeland and witnessed the hardships experienced by people like his parents and relatives, Zhang Chunniu faintly felt that the Huaxia clan that Zhang Han said that day was not divided into Shanxi and Liaodong, and one lost and one was prosperous.

If Dongyu gains the whole land outside the Guan, and then attacks Xuanda, his hometown relatives will also be poisoned by this...... Zhang Chunniu shook his head and didn't continue to think about it.

There was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the sound was very urgent, because it was coming from behind, everyone was not too worried, recently due to the retreat of the main force of Houjin, the threat was very great, almost all the cavalry of the Ming army scattered in various places retreated, and the fine work and sentry of the Eastern Captives also increased significantly, but overall the threat was not very great.

A white-robed young man took the lead, and his image was very attractive, and the soldiers and sappers who were still busy were all looking sideways.

Zhang Chunniu also saw this young man in white robe and white horse, knowing that he was the nephew of the deputy general Zu Dashou, who had been running around with the cavalry recently, this kid was only ten years old, his equestrian skills were very strong, and his physical strength was also outstanding.

"It's going to rain." Wu Sangui's attitude was not very arrogant, but he was also very indifferent, he arched his hand to Zhang Chunniu on the horse, and said: "Under the subordinates and subordinates, Zhang commanded here to take shelter from the rain, is it okay?" ”

Zhang Chunniu also said with a cold expression: "Brother Wu, please feel free." ”

Wu Sangui flattened his mouth, not very satisfied with this title, but he knew that the people of He Yusheng were an independent system, with sufficient manpower and financial resources, and they had made great contributions to the matter of transporting grain.

The sky was getting darker, and there were scattered raindrops falling.

Wu Sangui's entourage hurriedly found a place in the canopy in the middle of the convoy, surrounded a small curtain with felt cloth, set up spliced tables and chairs, and put some fruits and other food.

Wu Sangui sat down with a big thorn, and at first he looked like a person, chatting with the ancestral generals sent out by Zu Dashou to follow him, discussing the recent war, and after a few words, he began to eat the fruit anxiously.

Everyone looked at it and laughed secretly, in the end, they were only teenagers, and Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang were still too anxious.

However, if everyone knew that Wu Sangui had become the chief soldier before he was thirty years old, and had mastered the strongest armed Guan Ning soldiers of the Liaoxi military generals group in the late Ming Dynasty, I am afraid they would not be able to laugh.

The heavy rain finally fell, and there was a lot of scolding up and down the mountain.

Most of the grain bags were covered with oilcloth, but there was no way to cover them when they went up the mountain, and the wet grain bags had to be unpacked immediately when they arrived on the mountain, even if they could not be dried in the sun, they could not be covered.

After the rain fell, the mountain road was slippery, and it was more difficult to carry it, and the rain-soaked food bales became heavier.

The women and children are fine at the foot of the mountain, they can enter the temporary camp to rest, those who are struggling to go down the mountain road are bad, the rain is heavy on the head, the feet are slippery, these people are all old and weak women and children who are not in good health, seeing them difficult to go down the mountain road, many people have their hearts hanging.

A squadron leader scolded: "Oh my God, it's okay to make trouble for us." ”

"It's a good thing when it rains." Another officer said, "At the very least, it is inconvenient for the East Captives to hurry, and they can't come to us for trouble." ”

"That's just as well."

"But the rain doesn't last long in the summer, and you don't have to worry about drying the bowstring."

On rainy days, Heyusheng's firearms are certainly affected, but Dongyu's sharp weapons bows and arrows are even more unusable, and the rain will cause the bowstring to be damp and open the glue, and on rainy days, the bowstring must be taken off and stored in a dry place, otherwise a good bow will be wasted.

Amid the thunderstorm, the battle sappers continued to reinforce the camp and the trenches, their uniforms quickly soaking wet.

The officers looked at each other and shook their heads together.

Combat sappers are also soldiers, and their salaries are much higher than those of the baggage soldiers, but this money is still not counted.

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"Be careful, the bowstrings are all stuffed into your arms, and if you get a little wet, it will kill your dog."

The rough voice of Bashiku kept ringing in Li Mingli's ears, making his head buzz loudly, as if it was about to explode.

Since the sneak attack failed that night, the soldiers and horses besieging the Thirteen Mountains began to memorize.

A large number of Ming troops continued to attack, first a small-scale sentry cavalry battle, and then a group of Ming troops burst in from all directions, and there were Ming cavalry who came to sneak attack everywhere.

The battalion soldiers of the Ming army are weak and are completely cannon fodder, but the soldiers of Neiding personally led by the generals are not much worse than the ordinary Eight Banners armor, and there are even some macho men-level Neiding, which is not much worse than the white armor in terms of force value.

Presiding over the overall situation of the Thirteen Mountains is Fushun Forehead attached to Li Yongfang, and his deputy is the judge Mandarhan, Li Yongfang has presided over Houjin's foreign wars many times, and this one is undoubtedly the most difficult.

The attack on the Thirteen Mountains is unfavorable, Li Yongfang has already received the most severe reprimand, fortunately, there was Shuotuo at that time, otherwise, this pot Li Yongfang really may not be able to carry it.

After being reprimanded by the old Khan, Li Yongfang persisted despite being attacked by the superior Ming army, and fought with the Ming army's rangers every day, and a large number of Han troops were wounded or killed every day.

Li Yongfang didn't care about the casualties of the Han army, he knew that the Jurchen high-level would not care too much about the casualties of the Han army.

Relying on the efforts of the Han army, Li Yongfang managed to maintain the garrison from the East Pass to the old city of Guangning and Yizhouwei, and was not surrounded or eliminated by the Ming army.

Feng Debashiku used Manchurian dialect, fortunately, the Han army understood that these Jurchens became extremely vicious and had a very violent temper because of the unfavorable war, and the Han soldiers had to be very cautious and cautious, so as not to anger these angry masters, and if they were not careful, they would be whipped or even executed by these Jurchens.

Everyone squatted under the tarpaulin or under the mountain rock to hide from the rain, more than 1,500 Han troops, more than 400 bannermen, more than 200 red armor soldiers, and more than 30 white armor soldiers.

These soldiers and horses were withdrawn from the steppe in advance, and all of them were bannermen and armor with white flags.

The white armor came from three and a half ox records, the red armor soldiers were made up of four Niu records, and the bannermen were from more than a dozen Niu records.

There are only more than 30 cattle in total, and this time the soldiers and horses are less than a quarter of the strength of the flag sent by Huang Taiji, and they are also the white flag soldiers and horses of the grassland this time.

In order to help Li Yongfang in advance, the people of the white flag left directly after the oath, leaving only a few people to watch the captured Dingkou and cattle and sheep, and along the way, Daishan also planned to sweep several peripheral pastures of Inner Khalkha, capture the herdsmen Dingkou and cattle and sheep war horses, and the white flag people and horses left early, of course, these benefits are gone.

But Huang Taiji's will is very resolute, since it is unrealistic to capture the Thirteen Mountains now, but he can't let the Ming army keep supplying military supplies and food to the Thirteen Mountains, Dai Shan and Amin can't see how dangerous the existence of the Thirteen Mountains is, Huang Taiji not only sees it, but also puts it into action.

Due to the addition of the soldiers and horses of the Zhengbai Banner, plus the remaining armor men and Han troops, Li Yongfang and Mandarhan decided to engage the Ming army.

A part of the soldiers and horses were sent out, involving the Ming army that was already retreating, Mangui stationed a cavalry of more than 1,000 people on the north side of the West Pass, and more than 2,000 Eight Banner soldiers planned to break the Ming army first, and then raid the pass, forcing the Ming army to give up supplies and re-encircle the Thirteen Mountains.