Chapter Twenty-Eight: The County Order to Suppress Bandits - Attack (7)

Not long after the vigorous conscription movement in the entire Fugu County began, just as the midsummer was coming, Zhao Kang was preparing to cross again, but a very bad thing happened.

It was a sunny morning, Zhao Kang was about to go to the coal bunker outside the city to collect the coal coal that the refugees had dug up for himself in the past month into the space warehouse, who knew that as soon as he walked halfway, Zhao Fugui hurriedly chased after him.

Zhao Kang, who was afraid that his crossing of this matter would be exposed, said angrily: "Didn't I tell anyone not to follow me?" Can't you understand me? ”

Zhao Fugui said with a panicked face: "Young master! Listen to me, it's a big deal! ”

Zhao Kang said angrily: "If you don't tell Young Master Ben why come out today, see if I go back and don't clean you up!" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Fugui cried: "Young master, the militia troops on the front line of Tianjiazhai have been defeated, General Chen Erdian is now seriously injured and is being treated, more than 1,000 soldiers have only fled back more than 300 people, and the others ...... I'm afraid the others won't be able to come back! ”

This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, almost frightened Zhao Kang and fell off his horse, and his lips trembled a little and asked, "What?" How so? Did the one-eyed dragon and Tian Hu fight? Zhao Kang's first reaction was to quickly tell Zhao Fugui and Chunmei to pack up their things and run away, in case the thieves called, he would be finished.

Zhao Fugui said: "Although the militia soldiers on the front line were defeated, they still gave the other party a lot of casualties, according to General Chen Erdian, the anti-thieves should not attack so quickly." ”

Zhao Fugui's words finally made Zhao Kang breathe a sigh of relief, as long as the thieves can't fight for the time being, his life safety is still guaranteed. Zhao Kang, who came to his senses, said: "Take me to see Chen Erdian right now." ”

The two rode to the lounge in the backyard of the county government, where Chen Erdian was temporarily treated by the doctor.

Seeing Chen Erdian covered in blood on the bed, Zhao Kang, who was already a little dizzy, felt a blackness in front of him. Holding back the fear in his heart, he asked the doctor, "How is General Chen's injury?" Will it be life-threatening? ”

The doctor said: "If you go back to the county, if the wound does not worsen, then it will not be life-threatening, but the injury is too serious and bleeding is too much, and it may take a period of time to recuperate." ”

Zhao Kang nodded and said, "You go down first, I have something to say to General Chen." ”

"Yes, sir!" The doctor bowed to Zhao Kang and retreated.

At this time, Chen Erdian also woke up, saw Zhao Kang sitting beside him, and wanted to get up to salute Zhao Kang, Zhao Kang hurriedly held him down and said: "Now that you are injured, just rest well, don't care about those etiquette." I came here just to ask, why did the more than 1,000 heavily armed militia soldiers lose so badly, and the combat effectiveness of those anti-thieves should not be so strong, even if you can't beat them, you can always outrun, right? I remember that the army training manual I gave you had you told to do retreat training. ”

Chen Erdian said: "That's not the case, my lord. Yesterday, our troops were attacked by the opposing cavalry. Originally, I thought that the one-eyed dragon and Tian Hu would not have cavalry, but we were indeed attacked by cavalry, and there were many of them, no less than two thousand cavalry. If the last general guessed correctly, Tian Hu and the one-eyed dragon must have colluded with the Mongolian Ordos Department, otherwise even if they knew how to demons, it would be impossible to conjure so many cavalry. And around our Fu Valley, there are only the Mongolian Ordos Department that can have so many cavalry. ”

Zhao Kang asked suspiciously: "Ordos Department? Isn't that north of the Great Wall? Did their cavalry grow wings, and how did they cross the Wall? ”

Chen Erdian said: "It's not clear how they came over. However, it is not very difficult for Arita Tiger and One-Eyed Dragon to respond in the pass, and the defenders on the three sides, all who can fight, have basically been transferred to the Henan and Huguang battlefields to exterminate the anti-thieves. The rest were the old, weak, sick and disabled who could not even hold a knife, and it was not impossible for the Mongols to invade the south. Moreover, when Chongzhen was eighty-three, the Mongolian Ordos Department surrendered to the Tartar Emperor Huang Taiji, and has been constantly attacking the three sides of Shaanxi for many years. It's just that this time it's on a larger scale. ”

Zhao Kang said: "Then you mean that it is possible for Tian Hu and the One-Eyed Dragon to collude with the Mongols?" Is it even possible to secretly prepare for the surrender of the Tartars? ”

Chen Erdian said: "If you go back to the adult, it is not that it is possible to collude with the Mongols, but that you will definitely collude with the Mongols. Otherwise, even if the defenders on the three sides were paper-paste, it would be impossible to break into the thousands of iron horsemen in the pass without realizing it. It is possible for a few horsemen or a dozen horsemen to sneak in and rob the people, but thousands of iron horsemen, no one is in the pass to answer, and it is impossible to set foot on the land of our Ming Dynasty unknowingly. ”

Zhao Kang nodded, thinking: If you collude with the Mongols, it will be difficult to deal with. However, he still asked: "You said that if the training of our four Wei militia is completed, can we defeat those rebels and the Mongols of the Ordos Department?" ”

Chen Erdian said: "I'm afraid it's difficult. Even if we win, we won't be able to catch up, and if we slack off, the cavalry will be able to use their speed advantage to surprise us. The most annoying thing is that they can send a part of the light cavalry to harass us day and night, so that we do not have a rest, and for days, even decades, when all our soldiers are exhausted, and then attack with fresh troops. In the event of a decisive battle in the field, we simply cannot resist such tactics. This is also the reason why our Ming Dynasty has been pressed and beaten by the Jurchen Tartars, and the cavalry against them, even the most elite Liaodong soldiers in the entire Ming Dynasty, have been pressed and supported in several castles outside the Guan. ”

Zhao Kang said: "Then what do you think we should do now?" ”

Chen Erdian said: "The last general thinks that it is best for your Excellency to immediately report the invasion of the Mongol Tatars to Lord Ding Qirui, the governor of Shaanxi, and Lord Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides. And the militia soldiers who are now training outside the city will be trained inside the city. Otherwise, once the Mongol Tartars of the Ordos Department completely colluded with Tian Hu, One-eyed Dragon and other thieves and stationed in Tianjiazhai and did not leave, then all the miners who were digging ditches outside the city and digging coal for Lord Zhao would be in danger, and they would be able to come to Fugu City at any time. ”

Zhao Kang thought to himself that if he asked the superior leaders to send troops to his territory, then he would not be able to become the emperor of the soil. Moreover, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, these officials and soldiers heard that they were worse than anti-thieves, and the so-called "bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and officials are like shavings", and it is impossible not to exploit all their own skins. But this is like a cavalry with a plug-in, how should I deal with it?