Night gradually fell, and Tian Hengdao was slowly shrouded in darkness. The traces of the battles that took place during the day were completely shrouded in darkness. The gunshots that had been ringing throughout the day were completely silent. Listen closely, only the sound of the sea breeze blowing through the magpie forest. Even the chirping of autumn insects can't be heard at all. The sea breeze is constantly blowing, gradually blowing away the rich smell of blood, and the air at night is still very fresh and pleasant.

It's just a pity that no one appreciates such a beautiful view. Whether it is the soldiers of the escort or the remnants of the Tartars, there is only one thing they have to do, which is to seize the time to rest, recuperate, and prepare for tomorrow's battle. Before the storm, the calmer it is, the more violent the upcoming storm. The same was true of the battle on Tayokoshima. Almost everyone can feel that tomorrow's battle will be more fierce than today's.

Of course, it is also necessary to send people to harass the other party and prevent the other party from resting. The most basic principle in military affairs, to put it bluntly, is actually very simple, that is, you will not let the enemy do whatever he wants to do. Whatever the enemy doesn't want to do, you do. For example, if the convoy wants to get enough rest, the Tartars must stop it.

"Be on guard at night!"

"The Tartars will definitely come out at night to tempt!"

Zhang Zhun cautiously commanded.

In order to allow most of the soldiers to get enough rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle, Zhang Zhun only arranged a sniper detachment and a squad of Zhang Yatie to be on duty south of the Magpie Forest. The rest of the fighters were already asleep in the rear. Within the sniper detachment, there was also a division of labor. The snipers on duty in the first half of the night were Liu Jixiang and Shi Liwei.

Shi Liwei, like Zhu Chengtai, is a new member of the sniper. They performed well in their original unit and were selected by Zhang Zhun to the sniper detachment. Under the leadership of the old members, their sniping level has improved very quickly. However, for Shi Liwei, there is still a lack of practical combat experience. The battle of Tian Hengdao was his first actual battle.

The two of them lurked quietly in the woods, taking turns monitoring the movement ahead. In front of them is the old fairy cave where the Tartars are entrenched. From where they were lurking, there was no sign of the Tartars. However, they were able to surmise that the Tartars in the Old Immortal Cave must have wanted to rush out, break through the encirclement of the guards, and escape. So, tonight is not destined to be peaceful.

Because it was the end of the month, there was no moonlight at all, and there was no starlight, and the sky was pitch black, like the bottom of an upside-down pot. For lighting, in the meadow to the south of the magpie forest, in the middle of the magpie forest and the old fairy cave, Zhang Zhun arranged a large number of torches. The firelight, which was constantly swaying by the sea breeze, was as bright as day. Under such light, it is absolutely impossible for the Tartars to come out without being discovered by the convoys. As soon as they appeared, what was waiting for them was Shi Liwei and Liu Jixiang's bullets.

"It's coming!"

Shi Liwei suddenly gestured quietly.

Liu Jixiang nodded and squatted up like a cat.

One of the advantages of the Tiger Gun is that after the ammunition is loaded, the personnel can crouch down or lie down and hide behind the trees. Even if the Tiger Gun is crooked, the Mini bullet will not slip out of the chamber. Even, put the barrel upside down, it's okay. That's probably the benefit of rifled guns. Ordinary smoothbore guns can't do it.

Very slight footsteps were heard.

Sure enough, in the firelight, there were three fully armed Tartars, quietly descending from the old fairy cave. They all had bows and arrows in their hands, scimitars hanging from their waists, and they were dressed in thick animal skins and animal skin hats on their heads. The light of the fire shone on their bodies, and a long shadow fell on the slope in front of the old immortal cave. Whether it is their figure or their shadow, it is very clear.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Tartar's actions are a bit like covering their ears and stealing the bell. As long as it is a person, everyone knows that the escort team will definitely closely monitor the movements of the old immortal cave. It is impossible for the convoy not to find out when they run out like this. Therefore, their actions are completely unnecessary. As long as they leave the Old Immortal Cave, they will not be able to hide.

Perhaps, they are in the old fairy cave, and they can't stand it anymore. Even if you might be discovered, you can't help but run out. Even if you die outside, it's better than suffocating inside the old fairy cave. In fact, the limestone area does taste very bad. Especially if the air is not circulated, the dust produced by the limestone will soon fill the entire cave. These dusts are deadly and severely affect the body's breathing. If there is a lack of water, it is even worse.

Coupled with the siege time of the officers and soldiers, the Tartar should have stayed in the old fairy cave for almost three days, which is basically the limit of the human body's endurance. In this context, even Ao Bai probably can't completely suppress the actions of his subordinates, even if they take the action of suicide and death, they can only let it go.

In general, in such a situation, it is better to launch a night attack, preferably barefoot. However, the Tartars did not have the habit of taking off their shoes. The abundance of beast furs provided a cheap raw material for tartars to make leather boots. This slight sound is the sound of leather boots crushing limestone. Even if there is no fire, such a sound is enough to attract the attention of the enemy.

"Put it on."

"Come closer, and then fight."

Liu Jixiang reminded gently.

They are two snipers, and to eliminate three Tartars, it takes some skill. Because, they can only shoot two shots, and then they need to reload. The speed of reloading, which takes about twelve seconds. At the same time, the white smoke produced by the Tiger Gun will also reveal its own position. After the shooting is over, they must be transferred as soon as possible. It takes about five seconds to transfer the position.

A total of seventeen seconds is not long, but it is not short. A fast person can already run a distance of 50 zhang in 17 seconds on a flat sports field. Of course, the Tartar was heavily armed, and it crossed the grass again, obviously not so fast, running at most twenty feet.

Therefore, they couldn't let the Tartar get too far away from the old fairy cave, lest they retract and miss the third shot. But you can't let the Tartar get too close to you, otherwise, you will threaten yourself. The arrows of the Tartars, at a distance of twenty zhang, have extremely strong lethality. Once shot, the consequences are unimaginable.

In order to make it easier for snipers to find targets, Zhang Zhun also specially sent people to clean up the grass between the magpie forest and the old fairy cave. The grass is basically bare, and the longest grass is only half a foot. In this meadow, it is absolutely impossible for the tartars to hide. In other words, even if they change positions, they won't lose sight of their target.

After the three Tartars got out of the Old Immortal Cave, they quickly galloped in the direction of the Magpie Forest. It seems that the Tartars have also felt that only speed is the only way to defeat the bullets of the escort. As long as they successfully get within range of the bow and arrow, they have a chance to kill the target. However, they were facing the convoy fighters to the onslaught, and speed did not help them much.

"Bang!"

Shi Liwei pulled the trigger first.

"Poof!"

The tartar at the head fell on the grass.

The two Tartars in the back, instead of retreating, are moving faster.

"Bang!"

Liu Jixiang also pulled the trigger.

The fastest Tartar also fell headlong.

However, there was also a tartar that quickly approached the two of them. In the high-speed running, the tartar had already buckled the arrow, and the bowstring had been drawn, and as soon as it entered the range of the bow and arrow, it would immediately shoot at the two of them. The white smoke from the shooting of the two has already revealed the latent position.

At this time, Liu Jixiang and Shi Liwei were both in a state of transfer. They quickly came to a place about five feet away from their original position and quickly reloaded.

Over time. The distance of the Tartars is getting closer. Because of the constant swaying of the firelight, the movements of this tartar look particularly fierce. The bow and arrow in his hand are in a state of being ready to fire at any time.

Thirty zhang ...... Twenty-five zhang ...... Twenty zhang ...... "Whoosh! ”

The Tartar shot sharp arrowheads.

Arrows whizzed and swept through the woods where the white smoke was.

Didn't hit.

The tartars, who were illuminated by torches, did not accurately see the people in the dark, had already shifted. In the dark, he could judge the white smoke produced by the shot, so he accurately hit the white smoke. The problem is that Shi Liwei and Liu Jixiang both shifted their positions after shooting, and this kind of sword-seeking shooting will certainly not have any effect.

Finally, Shi Liwei finished reloading.

At this time, the Tartar was less than twenty feet away from the two.

"Bang!"

Shi Liwei raised his gun to aim and decisively pulled the trigger.

A gunshot rang out, and the Tartar fell unwillingly.

At such a short distance, Shi Liwei of course hit the vital point of the target with one shot. Therefore, even if this Tartar is 10,000 unwilling, he has to fall down obediently. The curved bow in his hand also took off his hand, and he kept rolling on the grass, and finally fell helplessly.

"Shh

Shi Liwei exhaled softly and hurriedly changed his position.

Liu Jixiang was in charge of the vigilance, observing whether more Tartars appeared.

Shi Liwei was relieved when he finished reloading.

"What's the situation?"

Behind them, Zhang Zhun's voice suddenly came.

But Zhang Zhun and Song Degang both came.

Liu Jixiang briefly described the situation just now.

Zhang Zhun raised the clairvoyant mirror, looked at the old fairy cave carefully, and said slowly: "It's just night, and the tartar can't help it...... Looks like it's going to be a lively night! ”

Shi Liwei said a little whimsically: "My lord, you say, will the Tartars break through?" ”

Zhang Zhun didn't answer and asked: "What do you say?" ”

Shi Liwei reasoned: "I think it's possible. Listening to the old people in the family, the spleen surnames of Tartars are more impulsive and like to take the initiative to attack. If you want them to wait in the cave and wait for death, it is better to kill them directly. As long as there is a chance, the Tartars will definitely find a way to break through. ”

Zhang Zhun said with some surprise: "Your old man has been to Liaodong? ”

Shi Liwei said obscurely: "He turned out to be Shang Kexi's subordinate. ”

Zhang Zhun paused for a moment, put down the binoculars, and his face was a little surprised.

A gratifying subordinate?

Officers and soldiers in Dongjiang Town?

For Dongjiang Town, Zhang Zhun is naturally familiar. The chief soldier of Dongjiang Town is the famous Mao Wenlong. Originally, there was no Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty, only a nine-sided town, but after Mao Wenlong arrived at Phi Island, he was stunned and tried every possible way to pull up a team of tens of thousands of people, known as 100,000. He haunted the flanks of the Tartars and successfully threatened Shenyang. Eventually, the imperial court established Dongjiang Town on Phi Dao and appointed Mao Wenlong as the chief military officer.

Regarding the grievances between Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan, I will have a chance to talk about it later. The reason why Dongjiang Town is mentioned is because there are many people in Shandong who have close ties with Dongjiang Town. There are many people in Shandong who went to Phi Island to seek refuge with Mao Wenlong, and there are also many of Mao Wenlong's subordinates who came to Shandong to spread wilderness. The three major Han annihilations familiar to the Han people in later generations, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, were actually miners in Shandong. In the end, the three of them became Mao Wenlong's most powerful subordinates. Later, the Qing Dynasty opened the country, and these three people became the Sanshun kings of the Tartars.

However, this is not to say that all three of them wear the same pair of pants. There were actually differences between the three of them. The time when they surrendered to the Tartars was also different. The first to surrender to the Tartars were Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. On May 20 of the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), Kong Youde and others were pursued by the Ming army and fled to Lushun, and the general army Huanglong defeated Kong Youde's army in the island, beheaded Yingyuan, and captured Mao Chenglu, Chen Guangfu, Su Yougong, etc., Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming fled and descended to Jin. The former Dengzhou firearms, cannons and those who are skilled in their skills are all attributed to Houjin.

As for Shang Kexi, there was no sign of surrendering the Tartars at that time. On the contrary, he is still quite supportive of the general soldier Huanglong. Kong Youde rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and fell into Dengzhou (now Penglai, Shandong), and the deputy generals of Lushun and Guangludao all followed. The Yellow Dragon sent Shang Ke to pacify the islands. Later, the Jin soldiers were stationed in Lushun, and Shang Kexi shot them away, so they were stationed there. Soon after, he was promoted to deputy general of Hirokashima.

In July of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Huang Long, the commander of the Dongjiang River, committed suicide in defeat, and Shen Shikui replaced him as the commander-in-chief. The ministry schools Wang Tingrui and Yuan Anbang are still gratifying, and they are falsely accused. Shen Shikui summoned Shang Kexi to Phi Island. Shang Ke is happy to hear about the fear, according to the defense of Guanglu Island, Chongzhen seven years of the first month of the second day of the second day of the second month of the second month of the lead to surrender to Houjin. To put it simply, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's surrender to Tatars was active, but Shang Kexi had a passive surname.

Of course, no matter what, the surname of Han Zhan will not change.

(To be continued)