338 Rogue Thieves
PS: I took my daughter today, and I didn't send it until now, sorry. The next chapter is estimated to be around 21:30.
Long before the Heavenly Army was called out, the reconnaissance company had already set off first. One of the platoon commanders, Kang Quanan, was responsible for going west to the Yulin area to supervise the Yansui border army.
It stands to reason that this should be an easy job, just wait after arriving at the location, unlike comrades in other directions, who need to constantly scout forward as the main force of the Heavenly Army advances.
This was mainly because he had just come from Datong and had completed the task of supervising the army of Lin Dan Khan. Hu Guang saw that he was tired, so he sent this task.
The group rode forward, although it was considered an enemy territory, but everyone was in a good mood.
Or maybe he felt too bored, and one person suddenly said out loud: "Lin Dan Khan fought so many people, and he didn't get any benefits in Datong, so it is estimated that life will be sad!" ”
"Yes, I didn't expect the Ming army in Datong to be really powerful, and they dared to go head-to-head with Lin Dan Khan. That Man Gui really deserves to be a tiger general! The other person listened to him talk about the topic and immediately followed suit.
Kang Quanan listened, turned his head to look at them, and said contemptuously: "There is a big fart, don't you just dare to fight!" Have the ability, run to the gate of the naturalization city to kill people like we call the heavenly army! If you have the ability, how many times will you take a few strokes without a conscience? ”
As soon as he heard the platoon commander speak, a few people who also wanted to praise the Datong Ming Army immediately changed their words.
"That is, we told the Heavenly Army to dare to kill people at the gate of Naturalization City, Lin Dan Khan didn't even dare to let out a fart, which Ming army has ever done it?"
"Yes, don't look at those Ming troops who are so powerful against Lin Dan Khan's beggar army, believe it or not, they were bombarded with a few shots without conscience, and they kept their farts and pee!"
"Their Ming army is full of courage and bravery, but the leader of our heavenly army is even more powerful. It's just that the Taizu of their Ming Kingdom can compare with the chief! ”
“……”
As they spoke, their words and demeanors exuded pride. These are called the elites of the Heavenly Army, they are all veterans of the war, and they only said a sentence because the Datong Ming Army was more powerful than other Ming armies. But once it comes to calling the Heavenly Army and the Datong Ming Army, no one is optimistic about the Datong Ming Army.
Kang Quanan listened to them, you said everything I said, and I called the heavenly army powerful. Gradually, he talked about the miracle created by the chief, and he only listened, and did not stop it. Anyway, it's still far from Yulin, so you don't need to be on guard.
The road ahead turned a corner, and you will reach the official road, and then walk dozens of miles, so you should be more careful at that time.
However, what Kang Quanan didn't expect was that he had just turned a corner. What he saw in front of him made him flutter there.
I saw that on the slightly winding official road, a corpse fell to the ground a few feet away, and there was more than one body in some places.
These corpses are all face up, most of them are old and weak, women and children, and they have a common feature, that is, all of them are yellow and thin, and even a few of them are real skin and bones. It can be seen that these bodies have also been looted.
Kang Quanan lives on the grassland. At most, he had seen cattle and sheep on the grassland get the plague, and when he was on the road, he had this situation of lying all the way. As for people. But he hadn't seen it.
"It's... There are groups of victims passing by, and there are still a lot of them! When a subordinate from Kannai saw it, he immediately concluded.
In the past, he had experienced it, but fortunately, he finally met the Heavenly Army. Together with his family, he ended this nightmarish days of wandering and begging.
The main task of calling the Heavenly Army to enter the customs this time is to rescue such a group of refugees, take them to the grassland, and become a part of the Heavenly Army. Therefore. After hearing this, Kang Quanan immediately waved his hand, and the whole platoon immediately dispersed, moving forward to check the traces on the official road.
"Platoon commander, there's a big herd of horseshoe prints!" One of the soldiers immediately shouted loudly to report his findings.
In addition, some soldiers also immediately followed: "Platoon commander, the footprints of the large group here are neat, not like the footprints of the victims!" ”
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After a while, Kang Quanan's face was serious, and he deduced a conclusion based on the traces on the official road: the people who left these traces were definitely not ordinary disaster victims, but legendary thieves, and the number was at least three thousand, including at least five hundred horse troops.
Judging by the traces on the official road, only this information can be obtained. After all, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company are not Zhuge Liang, and they can pinch and calculate.
However, according to the confession of the Ming army prisoners in the Qingshui camp, the biggest thief in this area is Wang Jiayin's team. As soon as Kang Quanan got this conclusion, he groaned a little, and immediately ordered: "The first squad continues to the west to monitor the movements of the main force of the Yulin border army. The second shift sent two people back to report the discovery here. All the rest, follow me down the whereabouts of this group of thieves. ”
"Yes!" The soldiers stood up in unison to receive the order, their voices were loud, and with a little excitement of discovering the enemy, they turned on their horses, and in the blink of an eye, they quickly rode away.
"Let's go too!" Kang Quanan shouted, and immediately led his subordinates to chase down the official road.
The officers and men of these reconnaissance companies may not have the highest ideological consciousness among the heavenly army, but their bravery and fearlessness are definitely the top.
Kang Quanan took his subordinates and chased them all the way down the official road, so he didn't have to worry about losing at all. The corpses along the way are the best signposts.
However, after chasing for a while, his face slowly became more and more serious. With Kang Quanan's intuition, he felt that the strength of this thief far exceeded his previous expectations.
"Platoon commander, look!" One of the soldiers suddenly pointed to the far left and shouted.
Kang Quanan was scanning the traces on the official road, and when he heard the voice, he hurriedly looked up and saw that there was thick smoke there. Don't say that this is not the point for cooking, and even if it is, it is impossible to have such a thick black smoke.
"Let's go, let's see!" As soon as Kang Quanan gave the order, he quickly rushed with his subordinates.
Unexpectedly, the corpses along the way also slowly left the official road, pointing in the direction of the smoke.
"Be careful, there may be thieves nearby." After Kang Quan'an reminded, two sharp soldiers immediately sped up, broke away from the team, and went forward to explore the way.
Riding a horse is fast, looking far away, in fact, it didn't take long to arrive. One of the top soldiers quickly returned and told Kang Quanan: "Platoon commander, it was a thief who slaughtered a village fort, and there were corpses everywhere, and he should have left for less than half an hour." ”
When Kang Quanan heard this, he didn't speak, and urged the war horse to go over and see it himself.
When I got closer, I found that the scale of this village fort was still relatively large, with tall walls, trenches, and suspension bridges, and the general thief team might not be able to attack it at all without hard work.
But what I saw now was that the trenches were all filled with corpses, and the walls were full of corpses. You can see that there is a fierce battle here. (To be continued......)