Chapter 52: Half Crossing
On a hill three miles from the shore, Li Tao stared at his reddened eyes and observed the busy Jiannu in the distance with a telescope.
They followed the Houjin army all the way to Xuanchuan, yesterday covered two teammates to get the ship to report, there are only four people left, there is no shelter on the shore of Midaopu, they can only observe the movement of Jiannu from afar. When chasing Jiannu, they could only walk small roads and mountains, and could only rest for one hour a day, and after arriving at Xuanchuanpu, Jiannu quickly closed off the coast, and they had to hide in a hill far away from the military camp.
Li Tao rubbed his red eyes, bursts of sleepiness kept coming, he bit his lip hard, and the pain made him sober up a lot.
There was a crawling movement from the side, and the voice of buckteeth came, "Team leader, you rest." Then a plucked dead bird was handed to Li Tao.
Li Tao didn't look back, handed the monocular to Luoya, and ate the dead bird alive, and said while wiping the blood stains on the side of his mouth, "Jiannu has captured a lot of Koreans and is building ships." ”
Buckteeth while looking, grinding their lips with their protruding upper teeth, the Jiannu camp in the telescope was built behind a hill, surrounded by lush forests, and could not be seen from the sea at all, two trenches were dug outside the camp wall, and there were Jiannu sentinels on each commanding height, if it weren't for the telescope, they wouldn't be able to see the situation over there.
The camp was very busy, with cavalry coming and going, large numbers of Koreans cutting down trees all around, and many craftsmen building boats and large rafts lined up on both sides of a river near the camp. Here, shipbuilding and rafts were built to prevent the Ming army from being discovered by the sea, and soldiers were loaded on the river when crossing the sea, and they could enter the sea along the river.
Bucktooth said after a while: "There are seven or eight fishing boats loading people, where are they going?" ”
"Minmi Island, or even closer to Xuansha Island."
Bucktooth laughed, "That is to say, the Tartar did not borrow a boat, so he had to use this fishing boat." ”
Li Tao nodded. Looking at the current appearance of Tartar, he was planning to build his own ship, and Bucktooth looked west with the telescope. In the direction of Xuanchuanpu, you can see a big battalion, "Team leader, we can't go back now if we want to." All the boats on the shore were robbed by Jiannu, and there were Jiannu on all the hills of the sea. ”
Li Tao replied coldly: "Now it is said that there is a fart, we can only hide in the mountains near here, the adults should have received our information, and when they do it, we will take the opportunity to touch a big fish, so we have to keep an eye on the camp at any time, see those flags, and don't kill the wrong one at that time." ”
Bucktooth shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult, so Lord Chen brought a thousand people." This Jiannu camp has more than 800 armor soldiers, two deep trenches, if you send 200 people to guard the southern hill, you can't beat it without 2,000 people, Shekoupu, Xuanchuanpu and Jiannu. The three large battalions are not far apart, and the cavalry can reach them in the blink of an eye, and I am afraid that it will not be 3,000 men to fight. ”
Li Tao's face did not change, "Why don't the soldiers fight, we don't care, Lao Tzu is staring at the solid mountain flag of the Chinese army, what is the name of the solid mountain of the white flag." ”
"Ka. Kak, Kakduli, these Tartar names are very strange. Bucktooth thought for a long time, and finally remembered, he smiled and said to Li Tao, "If you can't recite the real name of Gushan, you will be fined five dollars in silver and twenty military sticks."
Li Tao glanced at him dissatisfiedly, "Lao Tzu originally remembered, I didn't sleep well in the past two days, and I forgot it." ”
Bucktooth suddenly touched Li Tao with his hand, "Someone is coming again, and the bull is recording the flag." ”
Li Tao took the telescope, only to see a team of Jiannu on horseback entering the camp from the north, Li Tao opened his booklet and read it again, "Zhenghuang Banner Niu Lu flag, accompanied by thirty horsemen up and down, these two days have not been Zheng Niu Lu out of the camp, it should be a new arrival." ”
Bucktooth quickly wrote it down in the book......
"Cut, cut, Lao Tzu hacked the dog barbarian Li Liang to death."
Three miles away from Li Tao's location, in the Houjin Central Army, a strong man in bright silver armor swung his knife and chopped a pear wood chair into sawdust, because his movements were violent, and the pigtails behind his back were shaken sharply.
"Lord Gushan Ezhen, please calm your anger, now that North Korea is no longer able to come out of the water, my lord will see if he still attacks Phi Dao."
The one who spoke was the Zhenghuangqi Niu Lu Zhen Man, who had just entered the camp, although he was only Niu Lu Zhen, but this time he had the important task of contacting North Korea, so he dared to speak out and persuade him.
The strong man in silver armor shouted violently and raised the Shun knife violently, slashing at the chair surface, the Shun knife full of gaps was finally overwhelmed and broken into two, and the broken blade in front of it bounced high, and fell in front of Man Dahan with a bang.
The silver-armored strong man gasped and returned to his seat, he was the left-wing commander of the left wing this time, Kake Duli, the white flag Gushan Ezhen, sometimes called the chief military officer in Houjin, and the Gushan Ezhen in the Nurhachi era is different, the current Gushan Ezhen is only the commander of the army, not the banner master.
After he finished breathing, he gritted his teeth and scolded, "My army has been stationed in Xuanchuan for three days, and the soldiers of Pidao are not blind, how long can the fake camp of Tieshan be hidden, Li Liang, a dog slave, dares not to borrow a boat, Lao Tzu will one day slaughter Hancheng and take Li Liang to the grange as a slave." ”
Mandarhan and Dong Nami glanced at each other, the two of them were ordered by Huang Taiji to send a message to North Korea, asking them to provide food and ships, originally thought that North Korea would give some, who knew that Li Liang refused, saying that the Ming Dynasty was like the father of North Korea, and the favor was more than 200 years.
Mandarhan and Dong Nami were still easy to talk about, retorting that Phi Dao is the territory of North Korea and cannot be regarded as the border of the Ming Dynasty, but in the end, Li Liang still did not let go, although the Korean monarchs and ministers were careful to flatter them, the two saw their contempt for Houjin from the demeanor of the Korean monarchs and ministers, and the two had no choice but to come back empty-handed and return to the leading officer.
Kak Duli and Leng Eli worked hard to finally lead the Dongjiang naval division to Tieshan, and the main force of the army also lurked on the Xuanchuan line, but it fell short because North Korea did not give ships, and yesterday there were already Dongjiang military ships nearby, and it is estimated that it will not be long to hide.
A Jiala Ezhen next to him stood up and saluted Kake: "Lord Gushan Ezhen." Without a ship, we can't attack Phi Dao, let's order a large army to take Seoul now, and the Korean dog king will naturally send a ship. ”
Mandarhan stood up and said angrily: "My Dajin and Korea are brothers' alliances, and the Great Khan has strictly ordered not to coerce the Li Dynasty, and you dare to disobey the Great Khan's express order." ”
The red flag Jia La's forehead really stopped with some indignation, and now the authority of Huang Taiji is getting stronger and stronger, especially after Amin's incident. Ordinary middle-level generals did not dare to disobey his will.
Another Niu Lu with a red flag replied: "This place has not been hidden for a long time, and if you want to attack Phi Island, you have to do it earlier, and those island robbers will find out." Don't think about going over as soon as the warship comes, let's go back to Shenyang as soon as we don't fight, and let's go back and hug the Han girl. It's better than blowing the wind in this place. ”
Kak Duli was also deeply depressed, Huang Taiji wanted him to take down the Phi Island, but also did not give him the power to oppress the Li Dynasty, now there is no sailor, has forced him to a dead end, indeed as this Niu Lu Ezhen said, whether to fight or not, it needs to be settled earlier, he swept around the flag generals, and led this group of people to walk for more than ten days before arriving here. If he slips back, how can he save face, and his fierce gaze finally fell on Mandarhan, "Without a North Korean ship, grandpa still has to fight Phi Dao." When you return to Shenyang, Lao Tzu will go to the Great Khan to accuse you of the crime of incompetence. ”……
On the 14th of June, on the southern side of Yamato Island, where the vegetation was barren, the soldiers of the Second Bureau of the 1,000th Headquarters could not help but shout in unison as they watched the sails rise, they had been here for more than ten days. There was not much water on the island, only enough for them to drink, and now they could finally leave the place.
Zhou Shao'er leaned against the guard of a No. 2 Fu ship, he was already the flag captain of the second killer flag team, and he also went to the officer training class for three months in winter, although he was far inferior to his first slender man partners, but he was very satisfied, after coming back last year, Zhao Xuan gave him a matchmaker, and found a local woman in Wendeng to marry, and his wife seemed to have joy when he left.
"Captain Flag!"
The sound of the report interrupted Zhou Shao'er's thoughts, his old comrade-in-arms Chen Ying handed over a cigarette, and Zhou Shao'er looked at Wen Dengxiang, a pack of twelve yuan.
Chen Ying waited for him to light it before saying, "It's time to make a briefing." ”
Zhou Shao'er nodded, took a cigarette around the cable on the deck, smoked the cigarette at the hatch and threw it into the sea, and then went to the lower floor, the floor on the second floor was full of soldiers of the second killer flag team, and after going to sea for a month, they all felt a little disgraced, and when they saw the flag captain come in, they all stopped talking, and the cabin was narrow, and there was no need to stand up and salute.
"Everyone, listen, the place of this battle is Shenmi Island, that is, the big island in the north that we have seen for more than ten days, the day before yesterday, there were 300 Jiannu to Shenmi Island, and there are still about 50 on Xuansha Island."
When he was on Yamato Island, the soldiers had seen the map many times, and these place names were all familiar by heart, Zhou Shao'er continued: "Jiannu is concentrated in the north of Minmi Island, and yesterday there were four hundred Jiannu and five or six hundred people on the island, the people are all Koreans, they are cutting down trees on the island to build more ships, the number of people who landed on the island today is not clear, the Chinese military department judges that they will start attacking Phi Island tomorrow, so we will arrive at the north of Minami Island around noon today, and the Dengzhou Navy Division and the Phi Island Navy Division will also be dispatched to cut off their retreat." The total strength of Jiannu directly used to attack Phi Dao should have more than 700 soldiers, and 300 to 500 Zhenyi auxiliaries, who were stationed in the flat areas in the north. This is the case with the introduction of the enemy situation, and everyone can ask questions first. ”
A Wu commander raised his hand, it was Liu Yue, the swordsman who killed horses in Luanzhou, and he asked loudly: "Since the sailor can cut off their retreat, wouldn't it be better to trap Jiannu on the island and die, or wait for them to starve half to death before going up." ”
Zhou Shao'er said lightly: "Shenmi Island is only ten miles offshore, and there is Xuansha Island in the middle, once the sailor appears, Jiannu will withdraw in the dark and early morning, and the sailor cannot guard it for twelve hours, and the fishing boats in Dongjiang Town may not be able to hold it, once Jiannu retreats to land, we will lose our fighters." Therefore, we have to land directly on the north side of Minmi Island, defeat most of the Jiannu, and burn the ships they hide on the shore, so that the Jiannu can be trapped on the island. Don't think about waiting until Jiannu crosses the sea and relies on the sailor to beat them all into the sea, the sea will see it from afar, Jiannu will turn around and flee, just this short distance, the sailor will go ashore before they arrive. ”
Another commander raised his hand, "How did the Central Military Department know that there are only 700 soldiers, what if there are 2,000 soldiers?" ”
"Then ask your daughter-in-law to burn more paper for you."
A group of soldiers laughed, and Zhou Shao'er also smiled and said, "Two thousand Jiannu will fight, we have sailors and artillery, and we can't help Jiannu guarding the shore." Having said that, he knew that the information was from the third squad of the special service team, and they had already gone to Minmi Island early to investigate, and the news of the special service team's first merit had spread in the past few days, and all the soldiers were paying attention to this unit.
Seeing that no one asked again, Zhou Shao'er continued: "The task of our flag team, after the sailor division disperses the enemy troops near the shore, go ashore in the northwest of Shenmi Island, and be the first to land to establish a defense line to cover the entire thousand headquarters to go ashore, and then our bureau will cooperate with the Weihai peasant company to form a large battle group, and our flag team will follow the bureau to deploy on the left flank of the peasant corps company, and will be used as the main attack ...... frontal" (to be continued......)