CHAPTER XXII

Shen Jia and Wen Qing, led by their own soldiers, went to the warehouse where the assault vehicles were stored, and took five boxes of ammunition, thirty shells, and a barrel of oil on two ox carts. Shen Jia, www.biquge.info pen "Fun" pavilion, launched the assault car, let the two bodyguards stand in the back row, and Wen Qing sat in the co-pilot's seat.

The rear seats of the assault vehicle have been removed, a 120 howitzer has been installed, and the remaining space barely stands for two people.

Turning on the headlights, with the help of the headlights of the assault car, Shen Jia guided the baggage soldiers towards the north gate. It was the first time for the baggage soldiers to see such a bright night light, and many people were surprised to call it a demon mirror.

After leaving the north gate and arriving at the assembly place of the Ming army, Shen Jia still underestimated the curiosity of the Ming people about new things, and soon many people flocked to see this immortal treasure.

This made Shen Jia feel a deep helplessness, and he didn't know how long it would take for Ming Jun's curiosity to disappear. Now we have to march in a hurry, and nothing can go wrong.

Just when Shen Jia was still worried, suddenly a few of He Shixian's personal soldiers came out of the big tent, walked to the front of the crowd, grabbed the two leading Ming soldiers, pinched their necks and went to the school field.

Shen Jia's heart was not good, and sure enough, it didn't take long for the Ming army's mournful cry for help to come from the air, and after a while, the air was filled with a faint smell of blood. Shen Jia thought to himself, this is probably the use of human heads to sacrifice the flag before sending troops.

Seeing that their companions were dragged away to sacrifice the flag, the remaining Ming troops saw that the situation was not good, and quickly put aside their curiosity and returned to their respective teams.

Chen Ce had already formulated a marching strategy, with the 10,000 Ming army led by He Shixian and You Shiquan as the vanguard, and would set off an hour in advance, mainly responsible for clearing obstacles and breaking the road. The 30,000 Ming army led by Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghua followed behind with baggage and grain. Chen Ce is an old fritter, in order to see the power of the monster in Shen Jia's hands as soon as possible, he naturally arranged Shen Jia and He Shixian together.

In order to avoid command interference from Liaoyang, Chen Ce decisively played a small trick. It was not until last evening that he sent the news of the dispatch of troops to Liaoyang, and he also attached a high-sounding reason: "I was shocked to hear that the slave chief had died, and his son returned to Hetuala, and the rest of the people who were subordinated to the army were less than 10,000 people, but they could go down with one drum." ”

This is the latest news sent back by the spies from Fushun yesterday, which makes everyone who is preparing to send troops feel extremely excited.

"There are less than 10,000 people left", this is obviously Chen Ce deliberately said this for the sake of Lord An Jingluo's heart, and everyone knows it.

Chen Fuke didn't think so, he reminded euphemistically: "The other party is a mourning soldier, if we don't attack, the sons of the slave chieftain will fight for the throne of the Khan, if we attack, the sons of the slave chief may be bent on rejecting the enemy, but it is not beautiful." ”

Shen Jia knew that what Chen Fuke said was also reasonable, but the benefits brought by the Ming army outside the Guanwai were too small, and this was not the result that Shen Jia expected.

Shen Jia knew that his future successor, Huang Taiji, would be more flexible than Nurhachi's methods, and he gradually turned an army that could only rob into a political force capable of competing for the Central Plains, and even led them to echo the rebel army of the Ming Dynasty, leaving the Ming court overstretched and in a dilemma.

For Shen Jia, Huang Taiji is even more difficult to deal with, if he can't take the opportunity to compress Houjin's living space as soon as possible, and in a few years, there will be no chance, and at that time, the Central Plains will be in civil strife, and everything will come to naught.

Shen Jia disagreed with Chen Fuke's opinion, he was suffering from not being able to tell others what he knew about history, so he had to boast of the sharpness of his weapons, and repeatedly assured that Houjin had no confidence or morale in the current battle.

In the end, everyone agreed to attack Fushun, not because what Shen Jia said made sense, but because they trusted the weapon in Shen Jia's hand more.

After waiting for about a short time near the main camp, in the dark night of the early morning, the yawning Ming army formed a column and began to march in the direction of Fushun. Their first stop was Qianbao, a military fortress stuck on the road between Shenyang and Fushun, and the first target for the Ming army to clear was it.

No one in the team spoke, most of the people who participated in this surprise attack were elites, and some recruits with good physical fitness, in order to achieve a surprise effect, the Ming army did a lot of work.

According to Shen Jia's suggestion, He Shixian eliminated some soldiers with night blindness, brought only seven days' combat rations, reduced the number of auxiliaries as much as possible, and loaded mule carts as much as possible to increase the speed of the march.

After walking on the official road for a while, the team began to relax a little, and Wei Liangyu's soon floated in the silent night sky in the early morning.

"Lord Shen, why is your car so powerful, you can run by yourself, why is this?"

Shen Jia smiled bitterly, not knowing how to talk about it, but unexpectedly Wei Liangyu asked again.

"Lord Shen, how far can you hit with this cannon, can you break the city? By the way, how did the lights in front of the car come about, and why are they so bright? The emperor is about to get married, why don't we remove this lamp and give it to the emperor as a gift, do you think it's okay? ”

Listening to Wei Liangyu's words, Shen Jia had the urge to hit his head against the wall.

Wei Liangyu might have wanted to ask these questions for a long time, but Shen Jia has been busy lately, so he has to hold it in his stomach. Sitting on the assault car today, he was idle anyway, and Wei Liangyu's big mouth simply kept asking.

Just when Shen Jia had a headache how to answer Wei Liangyu, He Shixian scolded angrily from behind: "Damn, do you understand the discipline of marching, close your beak for me, and then let me hear your chirping, and go back to Shenyang immediately." ”

Wei Liangyu was scolded by He Shixian like this, and he was immediately speechless. Shen Jia smiled bitterly and patted Wei Liangyu, Wei Liangyu was also straightforward, and he stopped making a sound after smiling.

After the team walked for about an hour and a half, He Shixian ordered a short rest.

Shen Jia got out of the car and went to the grove to relieve himself, and when he came back, he didn't know what he tripped over and fell. Falling to the ground feels uncomfortable, especially if the wound is pulled.

Shen Jia touched the white snow on the ground and wanted to stand up, but his hand touched the raised snow in front of him, which seemed to be a little soft and a little cold. Shen Jia carefully touched it, and when he looked closer, he found that it seemed to be a dead corpse. Shen Jia was startled, sat up and retreated sharply, and then thought, it's just a corpse, what are you afraid of.

To be on the safe side, Shen Jia returned to the side of the assault car, found a torch, and called He Shixian to take a look at it.

When he came back, Shen Jia already knew that there was a corpse here, and he was ready in his heart, but when the torches approached, he was still startled.

There were corpses of women everywhere, most of them looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the youngest was even thirteen or fourteen years old, who had been killed and abandoned here after being humiliated. Most of the corpses had expressions of fear and muna on their faces, and their eyes were wide open, as if they were reluctant to leave this world. The blood had solidified into ice, and the corpses were clinging to each other, making it difficult to separate them.

Everyone was gloomy, knowing that there could be no survivors, but everyone still silently searched carefully.

Shen Jia walked around the scene of the massacre, carefully looked at the clothes of these women, and found that most of them were Han Chinese, and it was estimated that they had been dead for at least three days.

Shen Jia's preliminary judgment was that when Houjin retreated to Fushun, he slaughtered civilians in order to vent his anger at defeat. This made Shen Jia sad, all along, Shen Jia was in order to survive in this world, and passively joined the Ming army to fight, at this time, when he saw the corpses all over the place, a wave of anger was secretly breeding in his heart.

Shen Jia didn't say a word, and returned to the side of the assault car, his face extremely ugly. Wen Qing had already discovered Shen Jia's abnormality, and she didn't ask at this time.

Although Wen Qing looks bold and uninhibited, she is extremely thoughtful. She was originally Shen Jia's flight instructor, and she had seen Shen Jia's file, a boy who grew up in an orphanage, was admitted to college through unremitting efforts, and then in the third year of college, he had to sign up for the army because of tuition fees in order to complete the rest of his studies. Later, she was sent to the Airborne Forces, and because of her outstanding performance, she was sent to practice driving transport aircraft.

Although Shen Jia looks giggling and carefree, his years of experience as an orphan have filled his heart with darkness and loneliness, and if one day Shen Jia's personality suddenly changes, Wen Qing will not be surprised at all.

The break was over, and everyone continued on their way. The distant horizon was already visible as the dim faint light before the sun rose. Soon, people saw a red sun climb up.

Seeing the sun, Ming Jun's frozen stiff body finally had a trace of warmth, and some people began to cheer, but the centurion's cold eyes quickly made them shut up.

About twenty miles out of the city, the Ming army encountered a wandering group of Houjin cavalry. Most of them, with their angular bows on their backs, quickly rode their horses into the marching formation of the Ming army, and when they came to the front, they lightly turned their horses' heads and ran away from one side.

Many recruits in the Ming army were pale with fright from the sound of the Tartar war horses, which provoked the ridicule of some veterans. The veterans knew that these were the Rangers used by the Tartars to scout, and although they were strong in force, they were few in number, and at most they could only scare and scare the new recruits.

Seeing the veterans continue to march calmly, the recruits' panicked hearts began to slowly calm down. However, Houjin's rangers still persevered, repeatedly charging into battle, quickly turning their horses' heads, and then running away.

The Ming army didn't have much to do about it for the time being, and the archers often just drew their bows, and the other party had already run away after calculating the time.

Shen Jia was puzzled in his heart, and said to himself, Is this a psychological harassment war, or a sparrow war? He decided that it would be better to go over and consult He Shixian.

"Uncle He, what's the situation with the Tartar? Attacking is not like attacking, defending is not like defending, what does it mean? ”

He Shixian laughed and grinned: "Boy, learn a little, the Tartars are scouting the equipment and the composition of the troops in our formation, or it won't be long before they make a move." ”

Shen Jia opened his mouth and was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that the ancient war was so meticulous about reconnaissance, and it was not like he imagined that he would directly fight the main battle as soon as he came up.

He Shixian estimated that Hou Jin's trick was almost played, and then said to Zhang Shi next to him: "Brother Zhang, you let the five hundred people in front of the formation prepare to prepare, and when the Tartars approach next time, you will work hard to keep these miscellaneous people in one fell swoop." ”

Zhang Shide ordered to start preparing, and Shen Jia suddenly realized that He Shixian was waiting for the Tartars to remove their vigilance and prepare to take it in one fell swoop.

Back in the car, Wei Liangyu began to ramble again: "Did the marshal say that he would attack with an assault car?" I've already seen the tank, the assault vehicle hasn't seen it yet, and I can't wait. ”

Shen Jia glanced at Wei Liangyu with a smile and said: "The ammunition on this car, the small half of the incense stick will be finished, if you can make ammunition, we can try it." ”

Gan Liang originally turned his head and stared at Shen Jia to listen to the following, but at this time, seeing that the assault vehicle had many restrictions, he turned around and continued to look into the distance without saying a word.

Soon, when Houjin's rangers approached again to play the same trick, hundreds of Ming troops on both wings suddenly surrounded them like bows and arrows off the string. The Houjin cavalry had just turned its horse's head at this time, and its speed was almost zero, and it was very close to the Ming army's formation, so the two sides were quickly entangled.

The commander of the Houjin cavalry was extremely cunning, and when he saw the Ming army of the brigade surrounding, he hurriedly beckoned his men and horses to retreat. The Tartar cavalry, mostly horned archers, rushed left and right, relying on the advantage of their bows and arrows, and soon regained a short distance.

He Shixian was furious, and it was too embarrassing that Zhang Shi's five hundred cavalry could not help the other party's more than 100 rangers. So he sent an order to Zhang Shi to continue the pursuit, and to clear the Houjin rangers in front of the army.

After receiving the order, Zhang Shi quickly followed behind the butt of the Tartar Rangers, bypassed the low hills in front of him, and left everyone's sight.

Shen Jia felt a little weird, but he couldn't say the reason, and he thought that the five hundred cavalry of the Ming Army should not be a problem if he couldn't beat and escape, so he didn't think much about it.