Chapter 506: The Man Has Gone, the Snow Is Coming
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The march on the second day did not bring back any horse meat, and did not ask the general to lead the ten thieves. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info called the excellent rider, and walked around from a distance, but shot hundreds of yellow sheep back.
"If it's on the other side of the Qinglong River, a group of hundreds of yellow sheep can't be killed!"
After the floating general came back, he said with a smile, the Qinglong River is on the grassland north of Jizhen, and Wang Tong can't remember that there are so many yellow sheep on the grassland. Perhaps by that time, the yellow sheep would have been killed.
Stewed mutton, laughter, the camp at night was similar to the team going out to play, and during the day the shells hit the body of the cavalry, almost breaking the upper body. The companions around him felt the shock firsthand, and they must have been terrified. Not even a ranger at night.
However, when he got up the next morning, the general on duty at night reported that he could not see the scene fifty paces away in the second half of the night, and he did not know whether the enemy had sent sentinels, but a few wolves probed their brains.
There is no starlight on the grassland, and it is indeed dark and abnormal, because I get up in the morning. The sky suddenly fell, and the thick lead-colored clouds made people feel bored.
"God, it's really rare, there hasn't been a cloud in the past two months, why are there so many clouds today
The general sent by the Miyun guard to lead the way said in amazement, Wang Tong noticed that the north wind that had been blowing intermittently for the past two days had also changed direction and was blowing from the east.
"Lord Wang, it looks like it's going to snow heavily, let's be lucky, we only let us go to the Hara Hetao, even if the snow falls, the three-day journey is not too far" If you walk further north, there is a white plague, and you can't find the road, so you can only freeze to death outside
"What is the White Calamity?"
"The white plague is snow, sometimes it snows on the grassland for several days and ten days, people and cattle and sheep can't go out, they are frozen to death in the station, and this is what the shoes are most afraid of."
Wang Tong nodded with a smile, pointed to the sky and asked:
"Can this snow come down today?
"I can't say, but it's going to fall at night today, and the weather is still very cold, so you always have to cover it a little when it snows, and it will only fall when it's warmer.
The Miyun guard has been plugged for a long time, and he is naturally experienced, Wang Tong nodded and said:
"We can go to the Hara Hetao at noon today, maybe we have to engage in a battle, it is naturally good if it does not snow, if it snows, it is really inconvenient to use firearms
"Alas, Xiaguan's sister was favored by the garrison, but Xiaguan married her sister to Huangxian, which was hated by the above, and today I am afraid that it will be "Alas! ”
Sighing in one go, the relatives behind Wang Tong all glared angrily at this hand, although he didn't say it explicitly, but everyone knew what he meant by sighing, and a small war was imminent. This is really unlucky, Wang Tong shook his head and smiled. But he paid no heed, got on the horses brought by the guards, and began to patrol the camp.
The Hara Hetao is the place where the rebels are entrenched, and there are still two or three hours to go, judging from the other party's preparations for harassment along the road, it must have been known for a long time, and the possibility of attacking in advance and meeting each other halfway is also very large, and after breakfast, lunch will be eaten after the battle.
Therefore, in the morning, each battalion took turns to be on guard, and then prepared breakfast according to the specifications of dinner, and the sheep water and sheep bones left over from yesterday were stewed in the pot, and the multigrain cakes were also heated by the pot, and they were full of food and drink.
The sky is so cloudy, it is not easy to judge the time, but seeing that the clouds have become brighter, I also know that it is the morning, and the teams of the Huwei battalion that have been prepared have begun to prepare out, and the arrangement of the march has been adjusted.
"All the scouts are scattered, and the distance between them is limited to half an hour, and the enemy is not allowed to engage in battle, and report back!"
Wang Tong ordered in a cold voice, dozens of scouts scattered in all directions, each to inquire about the situation, Wang Tong 1,000 people beat horses and moved forward slowly, originally yesterday there were more than 100 carriages on both sides, but this time it was changed to more than 60 carriages on each side, but the width was greatly lengthened. It's completely turned into a moving car formation.
With such a formation moving, if you want the team to not be chaotic, you can't go too fast, but the cavalry on the grassland is too mobile, and the Huwei battalion must take the lead safely and not let the other party get into the loophole.
After marching for half an hour, Wang Tong rode to the side of the van where Cai Nan was riding, said hello, grabbed the horses on the wheel of the van, climbed to the roof of the car along the ladder on the side of the van, looked around, turned his head and shouted to the guard on the upper floor:
"What can you see?
The guard stood up on the watchtower and looked around, and then replied loudly, "I didn't see anything" Wang Tong rode back to the front again, looked at the dry grassland in front of him, and said in a deep voice:
"The Hara Hetao is the place where that person is entrenched, the scale of tens of thousands of horsemen, not to mention tens of thousands of troops, we have all come to this place, it is said that individual stocks are harassed. It was even right to see their army lined up, but now there is nothing. I'm afraid it's gone! ”
The general also nodded, the strength of tens of thousands of horsemen, and the ten thousand households under Altan Khan, think that they are old generals, turtles and others will not take the cavalry stupidly to line up on the opposite side and wait for Zhan, and they can see far away above Yin Lou, and there is no trace of it, how can it still be over there.
"My lord, if the shoe captives are not there, let's continue to search or return!"
"Naturally return, whether it is the will or the military order, we are alone, can we wait for the food and grass to run out and starve to death here, let us do it, we are done! , Wang Tong replied with a smile, and the floating general also smiled, things are so benevolent and righteous, and there is no need to give up yourself to do things that have no results.
The Hara Loop is the confluence of the Luan River and the Yixun He, surrounded by hills, and sheltered by the cold winds of the north, according to the guide of the Miyun Guard, this is one of the most abundant places in the grassland, and it is the direct location of Altan Khan.
The hills and the two rivers were covered with withered grass and clouds, and Wang Tong couldn't see how such places could be associated with the word "Fengmei". But as expected, there were no enemies, not even people.
The scouts have all returned. Within half an hour's distance of the camp. Only in the northwest direction of the Huwei camp used to be the detective cavalry sentry of the prisoner, but they only looked at it from a distance and did not get close.
"There should have been a large number of people living here the day before yesterday or earlier."
Traces of the tent, ashes from the fire, and all kinds of garbage, traces of people's lives can be seen everywhere, Wang Tong and the generals dismounted here to check, Wang Tong led the horse to watch, and then turned back and said:
"Let's stop and rest, and we'll go back the way we came after lunch!"
When the floating soldiers and Li Hutou and their two regimental deputies heard this, they were all happy, and they hugged their fists and bowed down and hurriedly went.
Wang Tong and his cadres walked here for a while, and got on the horse again, but they could see ruts, traces of cattle and horses, and a huge team flowed, but after about three miles to the north, they began to separate, and the team with more people continued to go north, and the team with fewer people went west.
At this time, it showed the role of the Mongolian villagers who were following Wang Tong, and Chihei rode a horse in front of him to carry his sleepy son, turned around and said:
"Sir. There are more cattle and fewer carts to the west, and more cattle and carts to the north than here. ”
The people on the grassland moved, and the tents and household utensils were loaded by carts, and the cattle, horses and sheep followed.
"It seems that a large force of cavalry has gone in circles to the west, and their troops have taken refuge in the north for the time being, which is about the same as we thought. Ignore it. Go back to eat and come back in the afternoon!! ”
Everyone was worried, but they could only go back to eat with the three links.
The important place of Jizhen is Xifengkou, and the shoes are captured into Kou and the northern expedition of the army, which is basically along the Qinghe River, and the Mohe River basin in the north of Xifengkou is in the east of the Hara Hetao.
At this time, Wang Tong was in the Hara Loop, the sky was full of dark clouds, but it was already snowing heavily in a place about 150 miles away from the Hala Loop.
A large group of Ming troops walked among the fluttering snowflakes, all of them turned into snowmen, the snow should have fallen not long ago, and the snow on the ground was not too thick.
In the Chinese army team, dozens of horsemen surrounded a general, running back and forth in front of and behind the team, the handsome flag behind the general fluttered in the wind, with a big "Qi" character on it, and a flag with official rank written on the side. Sen Ran Gong Guard.
"Dashuai, this bit of snow is nothing, the little ones are all familiar here."
"But it's still going to be slow!"
A military general yelled at the report, Qi Jiguang asked indifferently, this question, the general immediately fell silent, and only after a while did he speak:
"Dashuai, you have to walk ten to fifteen miles less every day, and the snow is troublesome after all."
Qi Jiguang's expression did not move, and he said:
"It's easy to get lost in the snow, you go and arrange someone to take care of the front and back, don't make any mistakes!"
The general bowed down immediately to receive the order, and hurriedly went, as soon as the man left, Qi Jiguang's face was a little worried, and when the henchmen on the side saw it, he asked in a low voice:
"Dashuai, I don't know if it has been on the top for so long!"
"Don't worry about this, outside the Xuanfu they rely on the iron wall guarded by the turtle formation, and this time it is more prepared than last time. If you can withstand it, I'm afraid that Najit won't bite and go first, so we'll come out in vain this time, brave, you're now."
Qi Jiguang paused and whispered a few words, but after listening to it, the henchman hesitated a little and said:
"Dashuai, will Wang Tong do such a thing?"
If Wang Tong is really like what Yu Zhifu said, he will do it! ”
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