The night in the wild is particularly dark, and the black and oppressive mountains surround the Baishi Village, which looks completely different from the daytime, like a group of silent beasts crouching in the night, as if there is an unknown danger hidden, which makes people feel awe-inspired.

There are more than a dozen bonfires lit in Baishi Village, illuminating the village brightly, and Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers sit around the bonfire in groups, drinking and barbecuing, talking and laughing loudly, either scolding mothers or women, and passing the boring night. There were two dim lanterns hanging on the gate of the village at the intersection, and the two sentries leaned on the leeward side of the lanterns, hooking their heads and constantly looking into the village, with a look of envy.

On the opposite side of the far hillside, two Chu army scouts hid in the dense woods, holding a telescope to look at Baishizhai, the bushes behind them suddenly cracked softly, the two scouts' faces changed slightly, and suddenly they turned around and drew their knives in their hands, and threw themselves into the bushes left and right, but heard the voices of their companions in the dark.

"Zhang Binggui, don't do it, Master Tan and Master Wang are here!"

Before the words fell, several people appeared behind the bushes, led by Tan Xiao, and Wang Meng followed him.

"Master Tan, Master Wang, why are you both here?" Zhang Binggui hurriedly put the knife into his arms, and reprimanded his companion: "You don't say hello, I thought I was touched by the Tartar, and I almost hurt Master Tan!" ”

"Don't put gold on your face, can you hurt me? …… Binoculars for me. Tan Xiao took off the binoculars from Zhang Binggui's neck, looked at Baishizhai and asked, "Have you squatted here for a day and a night, do you see any doorways?" ”

Baishizhai is just stuck on the throat road of the Chu army out of the mountain, if the grass is startled, it will cause the passivity of the entire battle situation, so although there are only 200 Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers, Tan Xiao and Wang Meng also went to the front line to command.

"Back to Master Tan's words. The beacon tower of the Tartar is in the back village, and it will definitely not work to attack it, so it is better to steal the camp and rob the village in the second half of the night......"

It was the late winter and early spring, the night in the mountains was very cold, and the head of Niu Lu Zhangjing occupied the only intact house in the village, and ordered someone to light a brazier in the house, and then snored comfortably. (Niu Lu Zhangjing was a mid-level officer in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Han military banner also held this position.) ）

The other Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers didn't have such a good fate. They could only sleep in tents with ventilation on all sides, and the soldiers in charge of the night vigil were even colder and shivering, and they all gathered around the campfire to keep warm in the second half of the night. You take a sip and I drink it again.

That Niu Lu Zhangjing happened to get up at night, and saw that his soldiers were so slack. I can't help but be furious. One of his subordinates, Bashiku, heard the movement and hurriedly went out of the account to persuade him. (Pashiku, the name of a low-ranking officer in the Han Army Banner, one level higher than "Daizi".) ）

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's not a big deal for the sons and daughters to drink two sips of wine to keep out the cold." Nabashiku said: "Everyone else is enjoying happiness in the county. But we were thrown into the ravine to suffer, so why should we be so serious? There are no ghosts in this barren mountain and wilderness, as long as the gate is closed, there is no need to guard it all the time. ”

"How's that going to work? In case the southern dog comes. I don't know what's going on with my head off! Niu Lu Zhangjing, surnamed Du, said: "I have always been generous to everyone, but everything also has a degree, the sentry must at least go to stand guard, and the beacon tower must also be guarded." ”

"Yes, yes, I'll let the sons go back!" Nabashiku scolded the sentries a few words, drove them back to stand guard, and said to Niu Lu Zhangjing, surnamed Du: "There are cliffs behind the beacon tower, and the monkeys can't be sent up, let's block the Qianzhai road, in fact, we don't need to send people to guard the ......."

He was just halfway through his speech when a cannon rang out suddenly outside the stockade, and then the sound of killing shook the sky!

That Niu Lu Zhangjing was suddenly startled, and hurriedly looked up, only to see countless torches suddenly appearing outside the village, and they were rapidly approaching Baishi Village, and they could see clearly under the light of the fire, they were playing the red flag of the Ming army, and there were thousands of people.

"Night Raid! Get ready for battle! That Niu Lu Zhangjing was shocked and angry, and shouted at Bashiku: "You stop it here, I'll go and light the beacon!" ”

The group of Shiku was already stunned, and rushed to the gate of the village in a panic because of this drink, and turned back to his tent halfway, and rushed out again with a knife in armor. But countless Chu troops had already climbed over the wall, opened the gate of the wall, and let in their companions, and then the wolves pounced on the camp of the Qing army.

That Niu Lu Zhangjing with a few soldiers, all the way to the Houzhai beacon tower, they held the lit pine torch, in addition to illuminating the road, more importantly, in order to be used as a fire, the beacon tower is all kinds of flammables, as long as the torch is thrown up can ignite the raging fire, to the other Qing army to send a warning signal.

The beacon tower was built on a high platform in the back village, the Niu Lu Zhangjing ran fast, and saw the beacon tower when he turned the uphill corner, and his heart was just happy, and more than 20 Chu soldiers suddenly appeared in front of him, wielding knives and guns to intercept him, and the Niu Lu Zhangjing hurriedly turned around and changed direction, and climbed up the dirt slope, but his own soldiers were blocked by the Chu army, and with a few screams in the fight, they fell to the ground one after another.

The Niu Lu Zhangjing didn't care about it, he climbed up with his head down, climbed to the top of the dirt slope in one breath, and then waved his arms vigorously to throw the torch to the beacon tower.

As long as he can light the beacon tower, he will have no fault, and he will never be punished after escaping back, that Niu Lu Zhangjing has already thought about it, and after throwing out the torch, he jumped and rolled down the cliff outside, if he was lucky enough not to fall to his death, he could take advantage of the protection of the night to escape with his life.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow flew and hit him right in the heart.

That Niu Lu Zhangjing didn't wear armor, he was immediately shot through the cold, fell to the ground like a piece of wood, the torch in his hand fell to the ground, and rolled down the cliff along the dirt slope, he wanted to see who shot him, but his body had lost control, he couldn't raise his head at all, and he barely struggled for a few seconds, and his eyes lost their brilliance.

Outside the Baishi Village, the layers of Yuezhou battalion soldiers were like a human wall, blocking the water around the village, and the cavalry of the Jiang Cavalry Battalion formed a second line of defense outside them to ensure that nothing slipped through the net.

"These clothed soldiers are not good, they are worse than Xu Yong's green battalion." Wang Meng pursed his lips in boredom, after the success of the raid, the battle had turned into a one-sided massacre, and the two hundred Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers were all killed by the Chu army with almost no resistance.

"They just bear the name of a Eight Banner Soldiers, and they were all bitter farmers in their early years, and they don't look like princes when they wear dragon robes, and they can't be compared with real Tartars." Tan Xiao said with a smile: "Wang Junmen is the old lady, who eats persimmons and picks soft ones, and ran here in a big circle, just to bully these coated soldiers......"

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After the Qing army occupied Chongyang, Song Daguan, the former treasurer of Long Maochang, turned over and became a hot celebrity.

When Wang Kefan first arrived in Chongyang, Song Daguan offended him severely, and was later driven out of Longmaochang by Li Sizhuanji's brothers and sisters.

In the past two years, Wang Kefan has made steady progress, although he did not deliberately embarrass him, but Song Daguan's life is still very difficult, the so-called wall is down and everyone pushes it, and those gentry and officials know that he is a water dog, and they will step on his feet by the way. Song Daguan's heart was full of resentment, after the Qing army occupied Chongyang, he immediately sold himself and took refuge, and was assigned to temporarily manage the sixth room in the county.

There is no endless road, and Song Daguan felt that his life was suddenly full of hope.

He secretly determined that he must do a good job in the promising profession of a traitor, and conscientiously serve the Qing army every day, collecting grain and taxes, running non-stop, and tirelessly like a chicken.

But in the past two days, Song Daguan has always felt restless, and he has been irritable for some reason, but he has never been able to find the reason, so he has to put down the "work" at hand for the time being, and go out of the county office.

As he walked, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Song Daguan has lived in Chongyang for more than 40 years, and even if the people in the county can't recognize it, at least they are familiar, but today they found several groups of strangers, and their actions are a little suspicious.

He tried to stop one of them for interrogation, but the person suddenly sped up and walked away, and when he was about to chase, Zhao Butou suddenly appeared, looking very happy to meet unexpectedly, and he had to invite him to drink, which provoked Song Daguan to turn his face before throwing him away, but the suspicious person was gone.

This caused a high degree of vigilance of the Song official, and immediately arranged for people to go to Simen to investigate, he strictly suspected that the Ming army had been mixed in the city, but now he did not have conclusive evidence, and he did not dare to alert the Qing army lightly, otherwise if he put an oolong, it would not be able to end.

A few days ago, the Chu army evacuated Chongyang, and the three classes of officials in the county were basically gone, and Song Daguan found some lama gangsters to act as minions, these people carefully checked in the county, and finally found a group of suspicious characters.

Song Daguan no longer had any suspicions, and immediately rushed to the Qing military camp to call the police, the Ming army mixed in the city was not one or two, this is going to be a big incident!

Just walked halfway, the east gate and the south gate direction are a big chaos, shouting to kill the sky, seeing the red flag of the Ming army planted at the head of the city, Song Daguan knew that it was not good, immediately rushed home, packed up some soft, and hurriedly escaped out of the north gate with his family.

Out of the north gate, Ben Puqi, Song Daguan like a lost dog, fled in the wilderness, walked out less than ten miles in a car, a group of Wuzhen Chaoha rout soldiers chased up, and couldn't help but say that he would cut with a knife, only to hear a poof, Song Daguan's head fell to the ground, and he rolled out with a grunt. (To be continued......)