(0692) Liaodong, Gaizhouwei, Liaohe Estuary. [Full text reading]

Due to the ravages of the Jianyu Tartars, the entire Liaodong region was desolate, and a large number of people fled. The area around the Liao River Estuary is no exception. Standing on the bow of the ship, holding up the binoculars and looking out, there was no figure to be seen. As far as the eye can see, there is only artemisia grass that is tall as a human head. Densely blocked the view. However, the wind kept blowing, and the artemisia grass continued to rise and fall, as if there were countless people hiding in the artemisia grass.

The weather in October is already a little chilly. The sea near the mouth of the Liao River was constantly blown by the north wind and caused ripples. From time to time, small fish jump out of the water and then dive into the water, leaving a series of splashes on the surface. In the morning light, five lucky boats slowly came out and docked at the humble wharf next to the mouth of the Liao River. After jumping off the wide gangplank, a small group of cavalry, pulling their horses, descended from the fortune boat one by one.

The people of this team are none other than Xu Xingxia and others. Only one squadron of the chasers was equipped with Han-style rifles, and Xu Xingxia took this squadron to Liaodong. The rest of the chassars have already returned to Ningxia Town, ready to receive more Han-style rifles. At the same time, they will feedback the practical use of Han-style rifles to the Ordnance Department for further technical improvements.

Due to technological problems, the output of Han-style rifles has not been very large, and the cost is relatively high. The Han-style rifle itself has an experimental surname and has not yet been finalized. Almost every day the production of Han-style rifles has different degrees of process improvement. Therefore, the Han-style rifles produced in advance, Xu Xingxia was all equipped with chasers.

This means that, when necessary, the chasseurs, who themselves are the guard troops, will appear more on the front line. Only by constantly experiencing actual combat can Han-style rifles better find problems and improve the technology of the surname. If it is simply used as a guard force, it will definitely not meet the requirements. However, this is exactly what Xu Xingxia wants. He would rather fight on the front lines with his troops than sit behind a desk and work on papers.

Putting aside the perspective of national feelings, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Dolgon and others can indeed be regarded as a generation of heroes. They were indeed the best of their time. Under their leadership, the Houjin Tartars came out of the deep mountains and old forests, occupied the entire Liaodong, and finally won the entire Central Plains by chance. Don't just assume that they rely on luck. They still have a certain strength.

"My lord, there is the Niangniang Palace in front." Zhang Nai came back and reported.

Niangniang Palace, in fact, is just a place name, it is estimated that there used to be a palace called Niangniang Palace here, and now it must not be seen. Niangniang Palace is only less than two hundred miles away from Haizhou Wei. If the cavalry is fast, it can kill Haizhou Wei in one night. And Xu Xingxia's goal is Haizhou Wei.

Intelligence indicates that Nurhachi is leading his army to Quang Ninh City. Xu Xingxia did not rush directly to Guangning City, but chose Haizhou Wei as the target of the attack. This is to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Haizhouwei is very close to Liaoyang and is the south gate of Liaoyang. If Haizhou Wei was attacked, Jianyu's first reaction would definitely be to increase the number of troops in Haizhou Wei. If Jianyu felt that Haizhou Wei was not safe, then Nurhachi would definitely not dare to continue attacking Quang Ninh City.

Xu Xingxia sat on horseback and looked around with a telescope. This is just the junction area of the mountains and the plains, and there are some uplifted hills, with a relative height of about a few tens to a hundred meters. Such a hill pack did not affect the actions of the cavalry. However, the line of sight of the telescope has a natural blocking advantage. What's behind the hill bag, you can't see it at all.

The scouts of the chasers had already been sent out by Zhang Nai. On the nearby hills, there are scouts of the chasseurs. Suddenly, Xu Xingxia saw through the binoculars that a scout was making a gesture to his side to find the enemy. Zhang Nai, who was in charge of leading the team, immediately gave the order, and all the chaser warriors immediately entered the battle state.

"Returning to my lord, a large number of Liaodong routs were found behind the mountain bag!"

Soon after, a scout came down from the mountain bag and reported the enemy situation directly to Xu Xingxia.

"A large rout?" Xu Xingxia frowned, and subconsciously rode forward. He wants to see for himself what these Liaodong routs are like. If these routs can be used, it will still have some effect. However, if these routs cannot be used, they must be cleared out so as not to harm the place.

After the Ming army in Liaodong was defeated by Jianyu, they scattered and fled, each seeking a way out. Some fled into the interior, while others scattered to escape the pursuit of the captives. Others simply fell into the grass and became executioners who brutalized the common people. They did not have the ability to kill the Tartars, so they took out their anger on their own people. These people have completely lost their personality. There were also some people who simply surrendered to Jianyu and became shameful Han anniversaries.

Seriously speaking, many Han people in Liaodong died at the hands of their own people. At first, Nurhachi did not think of purging all the Han Chinese. At that time, he only wanted to scavenge wealth from the Han people and strengthen himself. On the contrary, those Han annihilation who took refuge in Jianguo killed people desperately, in order to create a letter of surrender and flatter Jianlu. This kind of person is even worse than the Tartars. If you find one, you must destroy one.

From a strategic point of view, the strength of the Jianyu is indeed quite limited. Except for a few important places, they have not yet touched most of the wilderness. As a result, these wildernesses were overrun by many routs. It is said that when Xiong Tingbi arrived in Liaodong to preside over military affairs, Liaodong was able to collect more than 100,000 defeated soldiers.

Xu Xing Xia Ce immediately came to Xiaoshanbao, raised his binoculars to take a look, and found that there were actually as many as seven or eight hundred people in this rout. After observing for a while, Xu Xingxia's face slowly turned cold. These damned routs are indeed the masters of burning and looting everywhere. In addition to weapons and equipment, they also have a large number of looted civilian goods. Some of the routs actually carried five or six stolen burdens. That's what he hates the most. I don't have the ability to kill Tartars, I only know how to do it against unarmed people, what is this?

"There's someone up ahead!"

"They have war horses!"

When the routs spotted the chasseurs on the mountain bag, their expressions actually became excited. At first, they thought it was the Jianyu cavalry, but later they found out that it was not. As long as it's not a cavalry, it's easy to do. These defeated soldiers, the military discipline in peacetime is not very good, and the cruelty of the people is nothing at all. As for looting supplies from friendly forces...... In this chaotic time, in a chaotic place, are there still friendly forces?

I only saw that after these routs hesitated for a moment, they actually began to wave their weapons and pounce on Xu Xingxia and them violently. Obviously, they wanted to snatch the war horses of Xu Xingxia and others. It is no wonder that the number of chasers who appeared was indeed a little less, only more than a hundred. More than 100 other people, still behind the mountain bag, did not appear in the field of vision of the rout. And the number of routed soldiers is several times that of the chasseurs, and they naturally have a crooked mind.

"Bastard! Look for death! Zhang Nai was furious and immediately rushed forward with the chasseurs.

These hateful guys, when they fought with the Jianyu cavalry, behaved so badly, not to mention the loss of their division and land, and also lost all the face of the Celestial Empire. It was precisely because of their fiasco that Jianyu felt that the Celestial Empire was weak and could be bullied. Unexpectedly, when he did it to his own people, he was vicious and ruthless, and he was really impatient.

"Fire! Kill them! Zhang Nai ordered without hesitation.

Those routs didn't know the origin of the chassars, let alone Xu Xingxia, and they didn't know the power of the Han-style rifle. They simply thought that the other party was also another defeated army. As long as you eat this rout, you can grab all the horses. As long as these war horses are obtained, the territory where they can be active will be even bigger. They didn't think that this was simply their own death.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Three hundred Han-style rifles opened fire at the same time, and the sound of gunfire shook the sky.

The routs who rushed in front suddenly fell to the ground with screams. The power of the Han-style rifle made these routs completely slaughtered. In a matter of moments, two or three hundred of those routs were killed and wounded. The other routers realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly threw away the baggage on their bodies, threw away the weapons and equipment on their bodies, and desperately scattered in all directions.

But where are they the opponents of the Chasseurs? You must know that these routs are just simple infantry, and what they are facing is the elite of the elite, or all cavalry. As soon as Zhang Nai gave the order, the chaser warriors chased after him. Soon, all the defeated soldiers who were not killed were all expelled back and put under centralized supervision.

"Get out of here!"

"Hold your head in your hands and kneel on the ground!"

Zhang Nai angrily pulled out several officers of the rout and interrogated them one by one.

Under careful questioning, Zhang Nai learned that these routs had all retreated from the direction of Haizhou Wei. After capturing Liaoyang, Jianlu sent part of the army to continue the offensive to the south, occupying Haizhouwei, Gaizhouwei, Fuzhouwei, Jinzhouwei and other places. However, they all just took over the town. Outside the town, there are many Liaodong routs.

Behind this rout, half of Niu Lu's Jianlu was chasing them, about a hundred or so people. At that time, the Eight Banners of Manchuria had just been established, and each Niu Lu should have had 300 people according to the establishment. However, the population of Jianlu is small, and the combat soldiers are insufficient, in fact, many Niu Lu are not satisfied. Especially those who are not the main force of the Niu Lu, there are basically only 200 people. If losses are suffered in battle, not even two hundred people.

(To be continued)