Chapter 607: Azig is provoked

North Zhili,.

Scattered snowflakes continue to fall, rendering the earth mottled white. As far as the eye can see, the entire field is a white expanse. However, there is no snow. The falling snowflakes will soon be trampled by the horses' hooves. The black dirt, which was covered with snowflakes, turned out like a scar on the head of a leprosy when it was turned out by the horse's hooves, became very ugly.

At the canal crossing to the west of the Xiang River, a group of Tartar cavalry was crossing the canal in an orderly manner. A large number of boats and hay were piled on top of each other to form a natural bridge that completely cut off the canal. These scattered snowflakes did not have the slightest obstacle for the Tartars who lived in the ice and snow all year round, and they kept urging the war horses to pass by the grass bridge.

In the upper reaches of the canal, a large number of corpses that had been shot were piled up. There are Caoding's, and there are ordinary boatmen's. The blood on the corpse had been congealed by the cold. Falling snowflakes are trying to hide their bodies. This is a team of boats from Jiangnan, I didn't expect the Tartars to come so soon, but they were stopped by the Tartars. The Cao Ding who guarded the Cao boat was basically slaughtered, all the boatmen were also killed, and the Cao boat was also sunk and turned into a bridge.

Behind them, the county seat of Xianghe was also a sky-high fire. The fire was so fierce that the falling snowflakes had no chance to hit the ground. Large puffs of smoke kept rushing to the sky. White snow, red firelight, and black smoke are intertwined to form a tragic picture. Xianghe County, which had been slaughtered by the Tartars, was wailing in pain.

Xianghe is a very special county. After Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan soldiers who fled to the north of the prairie often violated the border. So, Zhu Yuanzhang named the fourth prince Zhu Di as the king of Yan, took command to sweep the north, and sent the military advisor Liu Bowen to accompany the army. Soon, King Yan pacified the Yuan soldiers. At this time, King Yan deliberately established himself as a monarch, so he sent Liu Bowen to find land to build the capital.

One day, King Yan brought people to Shuyang Town, Xianghe. It is June, Shuyang is surrounded by small rivers on all sides, and the lotus in the water is in full bloom, the scenery is beautiful, and the fragrance hits people. King Yan was full of praise: "This is really a fragrant river!" As soon as Liu Bowen saw that King Yan intended to build the capital here, he surveyed and mapped. When the construction started, due to the lack of bricks and wood, it had to be built in a big picture and a small city, which was a mile in all directions, which was ten times smaller than Beijing. The four gates of the city are still the same as those of Beijing, with no evasion walls and no official pavilions. Therefore, Xianghe City is known as Little Beijing.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Xianghe County is directly under the control of the imperial court, no matter how big officials come, Xianghe Zhixian will not receive or send, so it is called Zhili Xianghe. The first two times when the Tartars entered the Kou, Xianghe was lucky enough to avoid the catastrophe. However, this time, they did not have a chance to hide from the past. Passing by here, Azig completely leveled the Xiang River. More than 30,000 people who were hiding in the county were all killed.

"Hurry up!"

"Hurry up!"

"Catch up with the people ahead of you!"

Azig brandished his horsewhip and shouted at the soldiers behind him.

He was a very tall slave chieftain, with a burly figure and powerful limbs. There were thick black hairs on the cheeks, arms, chest, and thighs. Ordinary intelligence uses such words to describe Azig - fierce and scheming, which means the same as courage and no strategy. Azig is quite self-aware of this, so he basically listens to his younger brother Dorgon in major matters, especially in politics.

During Dorgon's active time, Azig made a lot of achievements. He had a share in the expedition to North Korea, he had a share in the expedition to Lin Dan Khan, and he also had a share in the previous two invasions. After Amin and Mang Gurtai, he, like Abatai, relied on his own bravery and repeatedly served as the vanguard of the Dajin Army, so as to obtain military exploits. Azig's bravery, Dorgon's deep cunning, and Dordor's youthfulness form a powerful iron triangle that makes it difficult for Emperor Taiji to start.

Unfortunately, without warning, Dorgon and Dordor were suddenly trapped in Dengzhou City, isolated from the world, and Azig suddenly felt isolated and helpless. With his own strength, it is absolutely impossible to deal with Huang Taiji. Therefore, under the pressure of Huang Taiji's step-by-step, he had to endure humiliation and retreat continuously.

The past few months have been the most painful for Azig. The red flag he commanded, as well as the white flag of Dolgon, and the white flag of Duoduo, were all found by Huang Taiji to find all kinds of excuses and constantly weaken their strength. Now, Commander Azig's Zhenghongqi has only twenty bulls, four fewer than the original. However, this is not the worst of all.

The worst thing is that almost every Niu Lu is not full of members, and some Niu Lu even have only about 200 people. What made him feel even more aggrieved was that the five most capable Niu Lu under his command were all transferred to Haoge's Yellow Banner by Huang Taiji in the name of combat needs, and then five weak Niu Lu were replenished from the Yellow Flag. If there is no accident, it is impossible for him to get back to the original Niu Lu.

What made Azig even more depressed was that in this military operation to enter the customs, Huang Taiji did not arrange for him to be assisted by Mongolian cavalry, nor did he have other servant troops. Other slave chieftains, such as Haug, Abatai, Yueto, and others, were accompanied by a large number of Mongol cavalry, and some had a large number of servants, but Azig had nothing.

Huang Taiji's statement is that the number of Mongol cavalry is not large and cannot be distributed. In this way, all Azig has is pure tartar, and even if he wants to find a cannon fodder, he can't find it. In fact, the number of Mongolian cavalry in this entry is more than that of the Manchurian Eight Banners, where is there any saying that it cannot be distributed? It is entirely possible to send him a few Mongolian thousand-man troops. Azig knew that Huang Taiji was fixing the three brothers, but there was nothing he could do.

With the increasing marriage of the Mongols and the Manchus. The Horqin tribe, the Tumut tribe, and the Harashen tribe of the Mongols have all become the help of Huang Taiji. The other Mongol tribes combined were not as strong as these three tribes. Therefore, Huang Taiji tried every means to strengthen the ties between himself and the three major tribes of Mongolia.

Huang Taiji himself married several women from the Horqin tribe, and Haoge also married women from the Tumut and Harashen tribes, and then Huang Taiji arranged for his daughter to marry the princes of the three major tribes of Mongolia, and also referred to the customs of the Han people, and set a lot of doll relatives for both parties. He unscrupulously turned the two sides into a family. The current Mongolian cavalry does not feel like an alliance of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but a thug of Huang Taiji's family, and has nothing to do with other Manchurian nobles.

Huang Taiji's approach, many Manchurian nobles actually have opinions behind the scenes. It's just that Huang Taiji's power is strong, and they can't express their opinions if they have them. Azig's opinion of Huang Taiji is getting bigger and bigger, but he is helpless. Because, apart from fighting, he is really not good at playing tricks. If you want to deal with Huang Taiji, you must first rescue Dolgon.

Dolgon's clever life was confused for a while, and he accidentally planted it in Dengzhou City, which is really wronged. His mistake not only greatly damaged his reputation, but also implicated Azig. Xianghe slaughtered the city, and Azig just wanted to vent his grievances. The massacre of Cao Ding and the boatmen on the canal is also venting.

"Lord Belle, Mafuta has been gone for four days."

Suddenly, someone came to report to Azig that it was Turkun, his henchman.

Turkun is the Jialazhangjing of the Zhenghong Banner. At present, there are only four Zhenghong Banners, and the status is still very important. At the same time, Turkun also has a daughter, who is Dolgon's concubine, which makes the relationship between the two parties a lot closer.

"Mafuta? Four days? ”

Azig's face suddenly became gloomy.

Mafuta's name, he knew, was quite a fierce warrior, and he was still a red-armored soldier. After joining the army this time, there is a great hope that he will become a white-armored soldier. He was sent as a scout to build up his exploits as much as possible, and then promoted to the rank of White Armor. This guy, has he forgotten the rules again?

The scouts of the Tartars, who are active outside all the year round, do not mean that the sheep are completely herded, and in the course of four or five days, they always have to send people to contact the large army. One is to report the information detected, and the other is to report one's own safety. If there was no such rule, even if the scout was killed, the army would not know. How can this work?

Maforta disappeared for so many days, and he didn't show his face, and there was a chance that something happened to him. Azig is very concerned about this. The origin of the people who can destroy Mafuta is certainly not simple. Otherwise, with Mafuta's ability, even if he can't beat the other party, it's always okay to escape and report the news. Since they can't even escape, it means that they have encountered a strong opponent.

"Where is the Han dog? Beijing's? Tianjin's? ”

Azig asked with a gloomy face.

"It's not clear yet."

Turkun replied helplessly.

"Did you notice anything unusual around us?"

Azig asked with a frown.

"Nope."

Turkun replied cautiously.

"Keep going!"

Azig said quickly.

Turkun agreed.

Azig nodded thoughtfully, waving the whip in his hand vigorously. He wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible. It shouldn't be a big deal that a squad of scouts didn't come back on time. Especially for a flag owner like him, it is simply completely negligible. If there is really a large number of enemy activities nearby, other scout teams will definitely find out.

But, strangely, for some reason, the name Mafuta always lingered in Azig's mind. He always had a strange feeling as if something was going to happen. In the previous two times, he played as a striker, but he didn't feel that way. This time, it's really weird.

"Could it be that there are any powerful opponents lurking nearby?"

For the first time, Azig was a little worried.

There are only two possibilities for the opponent to be able to eat Maforta's squad in one go. The first is that the other side is outnumbered, and hundreds of people besiege Mafuta and the five of them, exchanging their lives for their lives, and finally killing Mafuta. The second is that the opponent's combat effectiveness is stronger than that of Mafuta. Obviously, the second may not exist. The combat effectiveness of the Ming troops around the Beijing Division, they are not unaware. How could they be more powerful than the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom?

What's more, even if there are really large forces of the Ming army around, Azig has no need to worry about it at all. He has a full twenty Niu Lu warriors of the Great Golden Kingdom. Even if most of the cattle are not enough, there are always 5,000 people. The Dajin army of 5,000 people was enough to deal with the Ming army of 50,000 people. Even if the Ming army in Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan poured out, Azig had no need to worry at all.

I thought about it.

It must have been overdone.

Azig finally nodded thoughtfully.

"Gedhong!"

After a moment of silence, Azig suddenly shouted.

"Lord Belle, what are your orders?"

A thin, fierce-looking white-armored soldier quickly arrived.

"Double the number of scouts, keep an eye on your surroundings!"

Azig shouted.

"Yes!"

The Tartar named Gedhom agreed.

"It should be all right, right?"

After Azig sent more scouts, he felt that his psychological shadow had finally disappeared slightly. If anything unexpected happens, the scouts will find out. On the ground near the Jingshi, it is impossible for any Ming army to dare to go out of the city and fight with the Dajin army, it must be that he is too sensitive.

Perhaps, Maforta and the others encountered something, and they forgot the time of the report. Most of them have met beautiful Han Chinese women. These guys are just a little underwhelmed, and they can't walk when they see beautiful women. When you come back, you must teach them a good lesson.

"Lord Belle, the forward troops have encountered the cavalry of the Han dog!"

However, at this time, someone rushed to report to Azig.

This man's name is Maubali, and he is also Azig's henchman, and he is also the striker arranged by Azig. A cousin of Maubali is also Azig's concubine.

Azig shouted without thinking: "Kill! What to report? ”

Mao Bali looked strange, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to say it directly, and he stopped talking: "Lord Belle, the cavalry of the Han dog just touched us, and then fled in a hurry. ”

Azig frowned and said, "Bastard! Why not chase? ”

Mobali had a strange look on his face, and said with difficulty: "I didn't catch up." ”

Azig was so angry that he almost gave him a whip.

The dignified warriors of the Dajin Kingdom can't even catch up with the cavalry of a few Han dogs? Speaking of which, Zhenghong's face doesn't know where to put it! It has always been the cavalry of the Dajin Army chasing the Han cavalry, is there an abnormality today?

Maubali bowed his head, not daring to say anything. He actually had a lot to say, but he didn't dare to say it directly. The reason is simple, Azig has a short temper and is prone to anger. In a fit of rage, it is easy to kill. He didn't want to be killed by Azig by a knife. He had to say what he was trying to report, slowly, slowly, little by little.

In fact, the cavalry of the Dajin Army fought all the way from Xifengkou, and although there were two war horses in rotation, they were still relatively tired. From the grassland outside the Saiwai to the vicinity of Beijing, it is at least three or four thousand miles away. Such a long distance, even the legendary sweat and blood BMW can't hold on. And the cavalry of the Han dog is waiting for work. When you are caught off guard, it is indeed difficult to catch up with the other party.

Azig gritted his teeth hard, trying to calm himself down. Forget it, if you don't catch up, you don't catch up. I didn't catch up this time, and I will have a chance next time. He didn't believe it, and there were Han dog cavalry who had the courage to fight in the field with the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom. Suddenly feeling wrong, Maubali still lowered his head, as if he had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it. He asked irritably, "What else is going on?" ”

In a mosquito-like voice, Maubali said, "We were killed by seven people......"

Azig was suddenly furious, his face was red as if he was a boiled crab, and without thinking, he slapped the other party's body with a whip, and scolded angrily: "You! You shit! ”

Of course, Maubali didn't dare to fight back, and was beaten with his head down. Azig was furious, and after a whip, he felt that he still didn't understand his hatred, so he whipped again. After two lashes, he still didn't get rid of his hatred, and he gave a third whip. As a result, Maubali received three whips in a sturdy manner. Even though he was covered by a thick bearskin garment, it still hurt to the bone. Azig was furious, and his strength was very great.

In fact, Maubali felt very aggrieved. The forward cavalry of the Dajin Army, a total of thirty men, led by a white-armored soldier, galloped all the way south. There was nothing wrong, and the scouts along the way all reported that they were fine. Who knows, suddenly a group of strangely dressed cavalry appeared from the front. As soon as the two sides fought, the other party turned around and ran away, and he couldn't catch up if he wanted to.

After Azig whipped three horsewhips, his anger subsided slightly, and he fiercely bent the horsewhip in his hand into the shape of a twisted flower, and shouted angrily: "How many Han dogs have you killed? ”

Maubali's face was even more strange, and it could be described as pain and shame. What is about to be said below is not only an insult to him, but even an insult to the entire Dajin Army. However, he didn't dare to lie in front of Azig, so he had to say helplessly: "Not a single one." ”

Azig's cheeks suddenly twisted, and the horsewhip was raised high, but it did not fall. He suddenly found that even if he killed the other party, he couldn't vent his anger. The warriors of the Dajin Kingdom were killed by seven people, but they didn't even touch each other's buttocks, it was simply ...... It would be strange if that bastard Hauge knew that he wouldn't be ashamed to laugh to death. When did such a miracle happen in Dajin Country?

Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Dajin Army has always had the upper hand in the face of the Ming army. Especially after the Battle of Dalinghe, the Ming army was no longer the enemy of the Dajin army at all. In the field, the Ming army met the Dajin army, and only was killed by three down five divided by two. To say that seven Ming troops were killed, and the Dajin army itself did not suffer a single casualty, it is really too normal. Even if seventy or seven hundred Ming troops were killed, it was normal for the Dajin army itself to suffer no casualties. But if it's upside down......

Azig suddenly said, "Maubali, are you wrong? ”

Mobali said with a sad face: "I don't know what kind of firearm the Han dog used, it fired at us from a long distance, and we were killed seven people and wounded five at once. The Han dog didn't wait for us to get close, and then ran as fast as he could. ”

Azig said angrily, "I'll take a look." ”

Maubali hurriedly took Azig to the front.

There are already quite a few Dajin troops gathered there at the front. Their expressions were a little weird. It seems to be unbelievable, as if it is incomprehensible, and it seems to be a trace of horror. Seeing Azig coming, they all silently moved out of the way. This silent and sad atmosphere made Azig feel very uncomfortable. His last glimmer of hope was disillusioned. It was indeed the Dajin Army that was killed, not Maubali who was wrong.

In the middle of the crowd, the corpses of seven warriors of the Great Golden Kingdom were placed on the ground naked. Their armor and clothes have been taken off. The main purpose of this is to examine the wounds and find out the origin of the enemy. Everyone has only one or a few wounds on their body. Because of the cold weather, the blood near the wound was frozen.

Obviously, this was a small hole that was hit by a projectile from the fire gun. The question is, who can use a firearm to kill the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom at such a distance? The Ming army is obviously impossible, and the life of the Ming army, Azig knows very well...... Suddenly, Azig felt a chill all over his body, and then thought of a terrifying existence.

"Lord Belle!"

At this moment, a scout suddenly hurried back.

They brought back three notices and stuff like that. Azig did not understand Chinese. However, it doesn't matter if you don't know Chinese. Because, on the top of this notice, there is also Mongolian. The Manchu and Mongolian languages are basically the same. The contents of the proclamation could be read clearly by Azig at a glance.

"Zhang Zhun ......"

"Tiger Army......

"Dongjiabao ......"

Azig popped out between his teeth, word by word.

He finally understood why the warriors under his command had such expressions. Because, on the top of the notice, it is clearly stated that these Tartars were killed by the Tiger Ben army led by Zhang Zhun. Now, Zhang Zhun is in Dongjiabao, waiting for their arrival. At the back of the notice, a simple map was used to indicate the location of Dongjiabao, as if it was afraid that the Tartars would not know the location!

It's so arrogant!

It's rampant!

It's so hateful!

This is what Azig and all the nobles of the Dajin Kingdom think.

The other party is clearly provoking them!

Zhang Zhun!

Tiger Army!

Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?

These two names are not unfamiliar to them. If you want to explain that in the past two years, what other military strength can make the Dajin army fearful, only Zhang Zhun's Tiger Army. Unexpectedly, they would meet each other here.

The burning battle intent suddenly filled Azig's chest. He quickly made up his mind that he must give Zhang Zhun a little color to see. With the help of the sea, the Dajin Army can't help the Tiger Army, and now, without the sea, how strong can they be?

"Let's go to Dongjiabao!"

Azig suddenly let out a roar of rage and pointed his whip at the southeast.

A falling snowflake, shattered by his horsewhip.