Chapter 31: The Red Lady
After defeating Jiannu under the city of Datong, the weather also began to improve, the sun was shining every day, the ice and snow outside the city began to slowly melt, the soil was slowly exposed, and the earth became a "thousand holes".
After Cao Yue personally rewarded the meritorious soldiers, commemorated the dead, and comforted the wounded, he also continued to devote his energy to training. The officers and men of the 1st Battalion showed very good quality in this battle, but there were still many areas that needed to be improved in the overall coordination, and he also proposed corresponding rectification measures for the 1st Battalion's inadequate performance in the war, and strengthened its training.
The physical fitness of the soldiers must be strengthened, not only the soldiers of the first battalion, but also the "quasi-special forces" that Cao Yue is preparing to build. In the cold and snowy situation, it is a good opportunity to train the physical endurance of the soldiers.
Cao Yue was personally responsible for these trainings, and he and those outstanding people selected from the Jiading army also participated in the training.
The training subjects were all formulated by Cao Yue with reference to the selection standards of special forces in later generations, which was completely different from the training method in the Ming Dynasty. Cao Yue hopes that through his own efforts, he can establish a special forces force loyal to him.
On this day, when Cao Yue was leading his "quasi-special forces" to conduct training in sneaking and sneak attacks in the ice and snow, the vigilant sergeant issued a battle and warning.
Cao Yue taught the sign language used by the special forces in later generations to the officers of the "quasi-special forces", and the soldiers who participated in the training used sign language to send warning signals.
This is not part of the training, it is the discovery of foreign intruders near the training ground, these people are people other than the officers and men in the barracks.
Cao Yue did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the soldiers participating in the training to round up these unknown people who were close to the barracks, and if they resisted arrest, they would be killed on the spot.
The quasi-special forces who are idle and painful, when Jiannu attacked this time, they did not participate in the battle, and watched the military exploits fall into the hands of other brothers, and today they encountered an opportunity, and they all rushed forward in a hurry, ready to show what they have learned these days in front of Cao Yue, strive to make some credit, and prove that they are a qualified "special forces".
Although it is said that these candidate special forces have just been trained for a short time, and the devil training has not yet been finally experienced, they have learned the content taught by Cao Yue before, and they have a tacit understanding with each other, and they soon surrounded the team of unknown people close to the barracks on a small hill.
"Lay down your arms, raise your hands and surrender, or you will be killed!" The muskets and crossbows in the hands of the soldiers were all raised, and over and over again the besieged men were ordered to lay down their arms and surrender.
However, the group of unknown people who hid in the woods on the hill did not intend to lay down their arms and surrender, but prepared to break out.
Several men wielding war knives rushed out of it desperately, trying to rush the encirclement to a hole, only to be shot to the ground by the impatient sergeants waiting. Cao Yue ordered to catch the live mouth, he had already noticed that these people who were close to the barracks were not simple, and wanted to find out what the origin was and what the purpose was, and asked the soldiers not to beat them to death as much as possible.
If it weren't for Cao Yue's order, then these people would definitely have lost their lives.
Several of the men who tried to break out of the encirclement were wounded and fell to the ground, but the others who were hiding in the grove on the hill still had no intention of surrendering. A few more men rushed out desperately, trying to break through a hole, but their onslaught turned to futile, and all of them were wounded and fell to the ground by the excited para-special forces.
"Don't kill them, we surrender!" Just when Cao Yue commanded hundreds of quasi-special forces to slowly approach the grove and prepare to forcibly rush in to search for it, a voice finally came from inside, but it was a female voice with a crisp voice.
"How can it be a woman?" Cao Yue couldn't help but be stunned. This woman is definitely not an ordinary person, Cao Yue made a judgment in an instant.
Cao Yue immediately ordered that the woman should be captured alive, and he would interrogate her personally. From that crisp voice, Cao Yue could tell that this woman must be a beauty. What kind of beautiful woman would be accompanied by a large group of people and come to the vicinity of the barracks to inquire about the situation?
Cao Yue is curious!
A team of sergeants rushed into the grove under Cao Yue's personal order, and the two sides did not fight and clash again, and soon several women walked out of the woods under the escort of the team of sergeants who entered.
There are three women in total, and several men, judging from their walking posture and figure, Cao Yue can tell that these people are all from the army. There can be no women in the Ming official army, and there can be no women in the Jiannu army, and the only army that may have women should be Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's rogues.
The army led by Li Zicheng's general Li Yan is in Henan, only a few hundred miles away from Datong, and these people should be Li Yan's subordinates.
Several women were wearing hats to protect them from the cold, and they were covered with sand scarves around their waists, so they couldn't see clearly. One of the women, wearing a snow-white robe on the outside and a fiery red dress on the inside, was tall and peachy, which was very eye-catching.
Needless to say, Cao Yue can also tell that this woman is the one who spoke out just now, and she is also the leader of these people.
Seeing the appearance of this woman and the fiery red clothes, Cao Yue subconsciously thought of a woman who was quite famous in history and legend.
"Take them back to Xingyuan, I'm going to inquire in person!" Cao Yue ordered the sergeant to bring these people back to the camp and bring back those who were wounded, "Let the wounded be treated by Langzhong in the army, and whether they can save their lives depends on their luck." ”
Hearing Cao Yue's order, the female leader threw a stunned glance, but did not say anything.
The woman was followed by thirteen men, including two female guards and eleven men. Cao Yue had the female leader held in solitary confinement, with the two female guards together and the other men in another barracks.
After returning to Xingyuan, Cao Yue asked the female leader to take her to his big tent and prepare to inquire about the situation.
After ordering the soldiers to bring the female leader into the tent, Cao Yue ordered the soldiers to untie the ropes tied to her, but at the same time pointed to the sergeants with crossbows in the tent, and threatened: "Don't plan to run away or attack the general, otherwise you will be shot here." ”
The female leader's beautiful big eyes shot a strange gaze, and finally nodded.
"Take off your headscarf, we really face each other," Cao Yue smiled and approached the female leader, standing at a distance of about two meters, "There is no need to introduce, you must have guessed that I am Cao Yue, the new chief soldier of Datong." I'm also annoying you girl, introduce yourself. If my guess is correct, you are a subordinate of Li Yan, a general of the rebel department, and your official position is not low, looking at you wearing a red dress, you should be the famous red lady, Li Yan's wife, right? ”
The female leader, who was rubbing the sour place where her arm was tied, was stunned when she heard Cao Yue say this, and looked at Cao Yue in disbelief: "You, you...... Why guess that? ”