Several official roads from Hejian Mansion to Shuntian Mansion, and from Shuntian Mansion to Yongping Mansion are already dilapidated, you must know that this is the key place in the land of Gyeonggi in Beizhili, and the quality of the official road is directly related to the degree of army allocation, but there is still no one to manage it.

In these years, it is fortunate to be able to take care of yourself, who will pay attention to the road in this important place in Gyeonggi, and occasionally someone asks, and the officials of Jizhen and Yongpyeong Mansion are all full of words.

In the past few years, the Tartars have all come from the Great Wall Pass in the north of Yongping Prefecture, if we repair the official road, wouldn't it give the enemy a smooth passage, wouldn't it be the enemy? As soon as such a big hat is spoken, then no one dares to refute the question.

But then again, even in good years, these official roads can only be used in dry weather, as long as it rains, it will inevitably be muddy and difficult to walk, whether it is the cavalry of the Tartars or the officers and soldiers of Jizhen, they have already found a way, anyway, the west of Luanzhou is full of flat rivers, the official roads are not easy to walk, and it is okay to walk the fields, just a little troublesome.

However, the infantry and cavalry can go through the farmland, but they can't go through the farmland with the carts pulling the baggage, and if they take the unofficial road, the soil in the fields is soft, and the wooden wheels are sunk in, and it will be difficult to get out, and the cattle and horses pulling the carts will be dragged down, and the materials and livestock will be damaged.

When Zhang Kun, the deputy garrison of the regiment, arrived at the east of Lutai Town in Shuntian Mansion, it rained for two days, although the autumn rain was not heavy, but the road surface of the official road became muddy, calculating the time, and leaving Dihejian Mansion in early August. The requirement is to enter Vinh Binh by September.

At present, these 500 people are not able to relax with the help of the cart, but because the cart full of supplies often falls into the mud, and the 500 people are much more tired than the cattle and horses. Endless lifting and pushing.

Because of the slow progress of the line. It is often impossible to reach the next halfway post station or settlement before the end of the night, so they can only camp and rest in the fields.

This side of Lutai is close to the Bohai Sea. The wet, salty, and salty sea breeze has already eroded the surface of the official road that uses the soil as a base, and now the rain is even worse.

Compared to a convoy with heavy loads, the condition of the light riding is much better, and with a little handling of the horses' hooves, it is not a problem to get stuck in the mud, and the horses are easier to steer. Comparatively speaking, you can choose those surfaces that are not so difficult to walk.

It's just that these light horses are not Shandong's light horses. Since the team led by Zhang Kun passed through Beitang Town, there were some horseback riders cruising far away on the way through the march. At first, I was quite cautious, and I used to shrink my head and shrink my head to describe it as more sticky

If the current Jiaozhou camp convoy notices them. Immediately, the swift horse evacuated and disappeared from view. But the more you walk along the official road to the direction of Yongping Mansion, the more arrogant these cruising light riders around become, and they are not afraid of exposing their tracks, and they often rely on very close to observe.

Despite his arrogance, he acted in a very orderly manner, such as keeping the distance out of the six-pounder gun, and occasionally running in and retreating like a frightened rabbit, which made it difficult to see the identity of the other party.

As a result, during the march, Zhang Kun and the 500 soldiers he led had to carry and push the carts that were stuck in the mud, and also had to dedicate a part of their men to guard.

On the third day of encountering the cavalry, Zhang Kun, the deputy garrison of the Hebei Army, finally saw the dress of these cavalrymen with a clairvoyant mirror - they were cavalrymen riding Mongolian horses and wearing Mongolian leather robes, and it seemed that these people were the rumored "Mongolian horse bandits".

In addition to Zhang Kun's arrest of the general in this advance team, there are also four generals, these four generals were privately told by Zhang Jiang before they came, saying that this Zhang Kun is easy to be hot, don't be set up by the enemy because of impulsiveness, after all, the main task of this team is to lay a point in Yongping Mansion, not to eliminate those "bandits" along the way, Zhang Kun is also a well-known role in the army.

Zhang Xiucai became a madman when he was fighting, everyone knows a little bit, watching those cavalry cruising around the periphery, these officers are worried that this Zhang Kun will rush out and find those bandits to fight to the death, but although this Zhang Kun is crazy, he is definitely not stupid.

On the road from Beitang through Lutai, Zhang Kun behaved more steadily than anyone else, although the road was difficult and the official road was very narrow, but Zhang Kun still ordered the cart to move forward in two columns. One of Garris's contributions to the Jiaozhou battalion.

A hundred years have passed since the Hussite War, a Czech peasant uprising for religious reasons, but his chariot formation tactics were still effective in the Ming Dynasty, and this tactic was not practiced, but only as a suggestion to commanders at all levels, especially the commanders of the baggage troops.

The large chariot formation in two rows can be connected to each other in the event of an attack, turning into a circular formation, effectively defending against enemy charges.

I don't know if the enemy saw the characteristics of this formation, or if they were cautious, they never attacked on the road between Lutai Town and Yongping Mansion.

The siege of these "Mongolian horse bandits" is not a headache, the key is that after leaving Lutai Town, it still rains intermittently, making the ground more difficult to walk, which makes Zhang Kun and his soldiers more and more tired.

Despite this, every day when it was dark, Zhang Kun and his soldiers still built camps and fortifications in a decent manner, regardless of the fatigue on their bodies, and arranged a team of soldiers to keep vigil, and the construction of the camp on the march was one of the strictest regulations of the Jiaozhou battalion.

If a troop does not build its own camp and garrison itself on the march, but goes to a civilian house, the punishment is only a little lighter than escaping.

In clear weather. It is allowed when camping, but in such an environmental climate, there is only one option to camp, perhaps because the camp is complete, and the cavalry who are cruising and observing on the periphery have not made any major moves. Only the night before entering the Yongping Prefecture.

The sky was overcast. Except for the camp's campfires for drying and heating, it was dark around the campsite. Only the croaking of frogs and insects could be seen by the soldiers on the night guard, that is, the area where the campfires in the camp lit up, not too far away.

The fatigue of the day made them drowsy, but their duties could not be sloppy, and the cavalry that roamed outside during the day would certainly not have come to protect the convoy. Everyone was looking forward to a shift break after an hour of sentry, and there was nothing to see from the sky. However, it is estimated that it will be almost late at night.

Suddenly, the sounds of frogs and insects in the surrounding ground fell silent. And it became a little scattered, and the soldiers on night duty in the Jiaozhou battalion noticed it. But when I turned in that direction, I couldn't see anything. And the sound is back to normal, this visibility, such weather, the occasional abnormality is even more frightening.

The person in charge of the night guard always stared at the direction of the abnormality for a long time, but in this case, who knows if he heard the voice wrongly.

Rather mishear, don't let it go, this is the experience summed up by the cavalry of the horse bandits in the Jiaozhou camp, and it is also listed as one of the rules for camping at night, and the proportion of the 500 advance team is also fifty percent, and almost half of these guards on the night vigil are holding firearms.

Gunpowder and lead bullets were loaded into the chamber of the gun, and the front was blocked with paper balls of ammunition packets, although the weather was humid, it would not affect the shooting of the gun, and more than a dozen soldiers ran to the abnormal direction with the gun, ready to shoot two rounds with the gun.

But at this time, the night guard was a little angry, and he scolded in a low voice:

"Your brain is confused, isn't it, look at where the bonfire shines, and then calculate where the firearm in your hand can hit, pull out a cannon, and prepare to shoot flat!"

The soldiers agreed, and called a few sleeping artillerymen up in the camp surrounded by carts, don't look at the fact that there are only 500 soldiers here, more than 40 carts, but there are 10 cannons of all sizes, of course, these cannons are one-pound Franc machines and two-pounder guns specially designed for this kind of small troops, relatively light and easy to carry, but the artillerymen have to take care of the artillery, and they have to carry carts like ordinary soldiers, but they are a little more tired.

For them, the night's sleep is a rare rest, but they are called up by their comrades, it is really reluctant, the two-pound guns are also with iron wheels, when they camp at night, they are placed on the inside of the cart around the camp, three people lift the gun mount, and several infantry behind them help push it in the direction where the abnormality appears.

Three two-pounder guns were placed in the gap between the carts, and several artillerymen listlessly finished loading the ammunition, gritted their teeth and scolded:

"I don't know where the dog came from, let Lao Tzu not even sleep well, blow up your mother!!"

Flat-firing this thing only guaranteed a range of about 200 paces or even closer, but it had already hit a place beyond the light of the campfire, and there were three muffled "booms", "booms", "booms", and the shells flew out with a scream.

Although it was to avoid the ground as much as possible, but the large convoy except for gunpowder, everything was very damp, from Zhang Kun to the ordinary soldiers below, they did not sleep very well, these three artillery sounds woke up most of the people, and the tired advance team soldiers all scolded in a low voice, and then turned over and continued to sleep.

For them, if they are required to wake up and go into battle, then the corresponding order will come out, and as for now, it is clear that there is no need to be careful.

Cannonballs whizzed out, and there was a noticeable commotion and shouting of men and horses on the dark side that had returned to normal, followed by several screams.

The general on duty at night had already put the bronze whistle to his mouth, because around the camp, he could hear the sound of a large number of men and horses retreating, and it seemed that his three cannons were right

Every team of soldiers who got up to watch the night that night was vigilant, and everyone knew that there were fierce enemies, but these enemies actually dared to sneak attack in the middle of the night outside Yongping Mansion, and did it so secretly, if they were caught by the "Mongolian horse bandits" on the periphery and rushed in, it would really be a big trouble.

Although they knew that they might have wounded and killed the enemy, the soldiers of the advance team did not dare to go out rashly to check. There are too many dangers in this darkness, so it's better not to take risks.

The next morning, Zhang Kun sent a group of soldiers to check in the direction where the cannon had been fired last night, but found nothing but the corpse of a horse.

In the wilderness in this season, if there is a smell of blood. It's easy to attract critters. And last night those people carefully cleaned all the traces, and it was true that nothing would be visible. The saddle harness on the horse's corpse was also taken away, the horse was relatively short, and it did look like a Mongolian horse on the steppe, although Jizhen and Liaozhen were very close to the Mongolian steppe, but the horses used were slightly taller.

For those who know how to read horses, the Mongolian horse and the Liao horse can be seen at a glance. The land is a "Mongolian horse", is it really a Mongolian horse bandit.

"Damn. If the Mongolian horse bandits really had this ability, Jizhen would have been occupied by the Tartars a long time ago. There's also a place to go in the Gaudis. ”

Hearing the report of his subordinates, Zhang Kun made a vicious judgment. After the night of shelling, the next day the convoy departed. But I didn't see the knights who were hanging on the ground far away, and I thought I was frightened by the blow of last night, who would have thought that I would follow at noon.

The weather was very gloomy, it was about to rain, the ground was still so difficult to walk, the soldiers of the advance team were still tired and abnormal, and at night, under Zhang Kun's orders, several small cannons were loaded with ammunition before going to bed, ready to shoot at any time, and then the soldiers were arranged to sleep at night.

That night, there was a lot more harassment outside, and it was clearly aimed at disturbance, not the kind of attack-based sneak attack.

The "Mongolian horse bandits" were far away from the convoy, and they hid out of the range of the artillery as carefully as in the daytime, and they didn't know what these people thought.

During the day, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion were extremely tired, and at night, if there was such a disturbance around, the rest would be even worse, and the fatigue was constantly accumulating.

Moreover, if the advance party had not fired a gun and fired back at this kind of harassment at night, these horse bandits would have approached cautiously, this time not in one direction as they had done that night, but immediately moved to another direction after making a sound.

At night, the artillery of the advance team also fired sporadically, but this time it had no effect......

The next morning the bandits did not appear as before, and it seems that these "horse bandits" are also constantly improving.

Zhang Kun knew in his heart that the other party's preparation was to use the muddy roads caused by this rainy day, as well as the harassment at night, so that when the advance team of the Jiaozhou battalion was too tired to bear, they chose to retreat or collapse in the sneak attack.

However, on this day, the official road was much better than before, because there was only light rain these days, and the roadside was actually in the process of continuous drying.

The road on this day was much slower than usual, the soldiers yawned for days, it was indeed tiring, and the number of people pushing the carriage into the mud today was also much less, because there were also special people with weapons in their hands ready to guard, today's Mongolian horse bandits were bolder than usual, maybe those who knew that they were tired would be slow to reflect, some bold horse bandits would shout and run to the edge of the range of the firearms, and when the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion reacted, they turned their horses and ran away.

At present, the Hebei army in Hejian Province does not have much spare strength to provide support, according to the tired condition of the soldiers, the possibility of being intercepted and killed by those "Mongolian horse bandits" on the way back is also very high, and Zhang Kun, the leader of the advance team, finally feels embarrassed.

This day was the 12th of August, and from morning to afternoon, Zhang Kun, the deputy garrison of the advance team, had a gloomy face as gloomy as the sky......

The moon on August 12 was already quite small, the night sky was clear, and the moonlight could shine on many things, and the camp was much easier than usual.

In the moonlight, the Mongolian horse bandits who came by at night could not be seen, and even outside the illumination range of the bonfire, the shadowy horse bandits were easy to see.

The weather in Beizhili in autumn is changeable, and the rainy days encountered after the departure from Hejian Province are encountered. On August 12, it finally cleared and the wind began to blow.

At night, when the light is good, the enemy can't sneak attack at all, but the sun and wind can dry the wet and muddy ground faster.

This evening. The horse bandits, who ventured closer, were hit twice by artillery. Then he didn't dare to do another harassment, the next morning. The corpses of four horses were found in the place of the shelling, and the corpses of the knights were secretly taken away.

After a night of drying, the road surface was much better than before, and the soldiers of the advance team were in better spirits than the previous days.

The horse bandits cruising around appeared late this time, perhaps because of the losses of the previous night, or because of the weather conditions. The convoy from Shandong will definitely go more and more relaxed, and there will be no fatigue and slackness.

By August 14. The weather has been good for several days, and the car has been able to move forward relatively smoothly. The soldiers basically didn't have to worry about the cart getting stuck in the mud.

Perhaps even these Mongolian horse bandits had to go to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they did not appear on the night of August 14. August 15 and August 16 were not present.

The advance team has already entered the territory of Yongping Province, on this official road. The first to arrive at the big city was Yongping Zhongtun Guard, and the advance team arrived at this guard with the official documents of the imperial court and Li Meng, and according to the rules, they could take over the defense of this guard station.

Of course, Yongping Zhongtun Wei will not accept orders so obediently, and there will be many catty practices, but after entering the guard, any actions are completely different from those outside the guard.

After entering the city, if there is any unfavorable move against this advance team, it will be a naked provocation and confrontation, and the people in Yongping Mansion and Jizhen also know that Shandong must have planted spies in Jizhen, and this news cannot be kept secret, and when the time comes, it will give Li Meng's soldiers a reason to attack.

If you do it on the official road outside the city, the problem can be pushed to the so-called Mongolian horse bandits, maybe this method can't be delayed for too long, but if it drags on for a while, it is impossible for the Mongolian horse bandits to be eradicated anyway, and this kind of thing can continue to be done several times.

The journey of the advance team is getting easier and easier, and the soldiers can even take turns to rest on the cart during the day, enjoying the autumn sunshine, and the horse bandits who have been following the unrelaxed in the territory of Shuntianfu have completely disappeared in the past few days, such a movement even makes Zhang Kun feel that they are really horse bandits from Mongolia.

I didn't know the benefits of Shandong when I arrived in other places, and along the way, I took the main road, but I couldn't see any relays and post stations, and it was also a loss because of the supplies for military supplies on the carts, and a lot of them were purchased in the two towns of Beitang and Lutai, which is the support until now.

According to the report of the people below, it is said that the materials can still support about two or three days, Zhang Kun didn't care, anyway, there is still a day to go to Yongping Zhongtunwei, and then it will be replenished.

Yongping Mansion is the only way for the Ming soldiers and horses to go out of the customs, the soldiers pass through, the people along the way are naturally complaining, and the last few times the Manchu army enters the customs are in the pass of Yongping Mansion, Yongping Mansion except for the big city, the villages and settlements scattered in the wild have suffered the catastrophe.

As a result, walking on the official road, the environment along the way is as if it is on the prairie, and there are no people to see at all, but wolves often run by.

And it is called Guandao, since Lutai, Zhang Kunxian himself has no companions, and there are no oncoming merchants.

It's really different from Shandong, on the waterway 6 in Shandong, if you want to see such a situation, it can only be possible during the Chinese New Year, Zhang Kun thought to himself, what kind of disaster has suffered outside Shandong, so that there will be such a withering scene.

But on August 17, when he had just finished tidying up the camp and was cooking on the fire in the camp, Zhang Kun didn't have time to sigh. On the east side of the official road, smoke and dust poured up, and the surface of the soup pot on the fire pit began to ripple, and a large force of cavalry rushed over......

"After holding it for so many days, I still can't help but do it!!"

Zhang Kun drank the salted broth in the bowl, stood up and said with a sneer, no matter from that aspect, before entering Yongping Zhongtunwei, these days it seems to be a fly-like "Mongolian horse bandit", after all, it is necessary to really do it once, if you wait for the advance team to go to business, then everything will be difficult to do. Hard work, please vote for a monthly ticket to support me, thank you