More than ten miles east of Fuzhou City, there is a mountain system like a screen, here is Fuzhou Dongping Mountain, the top of Dongping Mountain is open, there is a steep rock wall on the top of the slope facing Fuzhou, and then there is a gentle hillside, the shrubs and weeds on the hillside are overgrown, because of the lack of rain, under the dazzling sun in summer, there is still a scorched yellow sè.

On the top of the hill, you can see the city wall of Fuzhou. The Fuzhou River meanders five miles below the mountain, although Liaodong is also a thousand droughts, but here is already the middle and lower reaches, all the tributaries are gathered, the water is still relatively abundant, it should be able to irrigate a lot of fields, but at this time the ripe fields on both sides of the bank are a scorched and corrupt scene, which is the credit of the special service team and the sentry cavalry.

"Burn your white spoons of wheat, and see how long your dog can transport grain." Bucktooth looked at the charred black very proudly, he only wrapped his head in a cloth towel, and there was a pile of weeds on top of it, lying motionless in the grass, as if he had become a part of the earth.

Buckteeth chewed grass roots, and there were still a few mosquitoes crawling on his face, but he didn't pay attention to it, but just whispered to Li Tao who was lying next to him: "The rì head is too poisonous, deputy captain, let's not stay here for a long time, the top of the mountain behind is so smooth, it is not even easy to find a place to run if it is detected by Jiannu." ”

Li Tao ignored him, and used a telescope wrapped in cloth to observe the official road under the mountain, he has been promoted to the deputy captain of the special service team, and Bucktooth is the captain of this team, each team is still twelve, and here this group plus Li Tao has a total of seven.

The special service team lost Yan zhòng in Dengzhou, and the team in Dengzhou lost more than half, after the expansion after the war, the team members increased to 200 in, and these entries were also selected from one in a hundred, there were more than 30 newcomers from Xuanda and Yulin who did not receive it at night, they were recruited by Shanxi merchants who bought cigarettes last time, and there were even two bandits from Daze Mountain who were selected because they were good at climbing in the mountains. The training time of the new recruits is not long, and the level of combat skills cannot be compared with the old teams, and many recruits still rely on the original old experience to fight. Therefore, Li Tao adopted the method of taking action with the old and the new in each action, and took them to act together.

Between June and July, the special service team and the sentinels of the 4th Mixed Battalion attacked together, and repeatedly fought with the Jiannu sentinels between Fuzhou and Jinzhou.

It was not until mid-July that Jiannu increased the Fuzhou garrison, including nearly 100 troops with Zhengbai Banner and Zhenglan Banner, that the scout line in Dengzhou Town was repulsed, leaving Li Tao and them to only move secretly.

"There are about 300 more fishskin tartars, and the banner is the positive white flag, and the total number of soldiers is about 1,500." Li Tao read in a low voice, and a member of the team next to him wrote it down in the booklet.

Bucktooth spat out a piece of grass root and said in a low voice: "The two teams to the north have not come back yet, and Zhu Dajin has asked to at least find out to Gaizhou, and I don't know if they can sneak over." ”

"Fuzhou all the way over, there are still more than ten fortresses on the way, this year they have begun to take charge of the Zhenyi garrison, the number of entries is different, they can only go to the edge of the mountain. Half of these collectors are blue flags, and it can be seen that at least two flags are partially included in the cover. ”

Luoya listened to Li Tao's words and said: "Zhu Dajin is just worried that Jiannu has a large army ambush, now Jinzhou is stable, there is no Jiannu garrison along the Hongzui Fort and Guifu Fort, and the Jiannu cavalry must come from the east, and they have to bring their own grain and grass. Lao Tzu can find the old forest where they are hiding just by the smell of horse manure, and then burn them down with a fire. ”

Li Tao tilted his head slightly, "Don't talk nonsense, did you let the other group record the number of firewood and water in the city yesterday, as well as the number of grain trucks entering the city?" ”

"Don't worry, I've said it all. In addition to the few things you mentioned, that group also has to review the number of Hongyi cannons in Fuzhou, and revisit the water level and wading points of the Fuzhou River at night."

Li Tao nodded, "There are a lot more white armors in Fuzhou, everyone should be careful." In the evening, we will go back to the secret camp in Jianzi Mountain, where we will wait for the other two teams to return. ”

Luo Ya smiled nonchalantly, revealing a few yellow sè teeth, "What are you afraid of, Lao Tzu has entered the border dozens of times, and he hasn't lost his head." These Jiannu are not just like that bird. Lao Tzu is not afraid of building slaves, it is this lying on his stomach that he is exposed to the sun, which makes him panic. ”

After Bucktooth finished speaking, he was looking up and squinting at the position of his head, when Li Tao suddenly touched him with his hand, "There is a convoy of oxen transporting grain and grass coming, why are they going northeast?" ”

"No matter why he is, there are only a dozen or so Jiannu who are holding it, either to make a vote, or Lao Tzu will follow them to find their white spoon camp."

Li Tao looked at it carefully for a while, and handed over the telescope, "I'm afraid it's not so simple, let's not underestimate Jiannu, you can take a closer look." ”

Luoya took the telescope and saw that there was indeed a team of ox carts on the avenue on the bank of the Fuzhou River, about a dozen of them, slowly walking to the northeast, with some pocket-like things on them, and some covered with weeds.

"To the northeast is the source of the Fuzhou River and Shangmaoshan, along the way there are Shajialou, Tumenzi, Niejiatun, there are water sources in several places, but those places can not be hidden, is there really a hidden horse in Monk Maoshan?" Bucktooth muttered, "But if they want to be more secretive, they can go through the north gate, why go to the east, there are few armor soldiers to escort." ”

Li Tao listened quietly, but his eyes began to scan the jungle around the ox cart, his buck teeth flashed, and he also thought of what Li Tao was looking for. Just as a cloud drifted in, temporarily blocking the scorching sun, the surroundings suddenly became much cooler......

About a mile away from the bottom of the mountain, a team of ox carts squeaked on the avenue, there were about more than a dozen armor soldiers and Yu Ding guards, there were a few woods along the avenue, the car driver knew that there were a lot of Denglai soldiers recently, quite worried to look left and right, walked for a while to see that there was no movement in the woods, and then continued to hurry with confidence.

When the oxen convoy walked through the outer edge of the woods, the avenue was quiet again, and at this time the sun poked its head out again, and the mottled fall of the sunlight was imprinted on the glade, illuminating some bare overheads, and there were more than twenty hidden Houjin soldiers, who also did not wear helmets, and carried knives, axes, bows and arrows on their backs, and were quietly scattered and hiding among the dense branches and leaves, carefully observing the slopes of the west side of Dongping Mountain opposite.

The leader was a white armor with multiple scars on his face. His skin was dark, his eyes were beastly fierce under his thick eyebrows, and there was a long knife mark at the corner of his mouth, and the entire left side of his face was crooked by this scar, making the width of one side of his mouth greater than the other.

"Fortunately, master, there seems to be something moving over there." Another soldier next to him said in Manchu and pointed into the distance.

Xingna's eagle-like eyes cast on the southern slope of Dongping Mountain, only to see the grass and trees on the mountain shaking, Xingna looked carefully for a while and shook his head, his hunting career in the mountains since he was a child, exercised his rock-like will and keen eyes, he can even track the figure of rabbits running in the woods.

"It's not a Wenden soldier, it's just a clump of dead grass on a knoll."

After Xingna finished speaking, he turned his eyes to other places, he just came to Fuzhou not long ago, since the Denglai soldiers gained a foothold in Jinzhou, they began to continue to send small teams to attack, each time there were nearly a hundred infantry cavalry to respond and support, the scouts of the two sides repeatedly fought in the mountains between the two places, this Ming army stragglers into a large number, skilled in combat, yīn scheming and tricks, and even some strange equipment, under their white spoon attack, Fuzhou's scout line retreated again and again.

At the beginning of July, after the Great Khan was transferred to Masi to conquer Har, the sentinels of the Jinzhou side became more frequent, and even twice Bai Yao swaggered to the city of Fuzhou, and the remaining Dolgon and Mang Gurtai could not afford to lose this entry, so they had to send Baijia reinforcements, these two rì repelled the other party slightly, and Xingna was the reinforcement of the Baijia soldiers.

Xingna was in charge of the sentry during the first expedition to Chahar, and found the Mengyi Department outside Zhangjiakou, lurked in the wind and snow for three nights, and finally contacted the Azig department, and then personally led the troops to defeat the Mongols, and most of them were captured by him. His excellence made him a Ba Ya La, whom Dolgon greatly admired, and this time he and the other Bai Jia were specially sent to Fuzhou to regain the initiative in battlefield reconnaissance.

After his arrival, he had already clashed with the Denglai soldiers twice, with more than a dozen white armor and armor soldiers assigned to him, he unexpectedly attacked a team of more than ten Denglai sentinels, killed three of them, and lost one of his own, although there was a slight victory, but the combat will of those Denglai soldiers far exceeded all the Ming troops he had encountered, so he had to pay attention to it.

With the arrival of other Houjin troops, the sentinels of the Denglai soldiers have retreated, and the two sides are currently disengaged, when the Houjin soldiers thought they were retreating, five more armor soldiers were attacked yesterday, and three were killed by a thousand, which once again tightened the nerves of the Houjin soldiers.

Now Xingna didn't know if those Ming troops were still nearby, but he knew what these Ming soldiers wanted to sentry. Therefore, he specially asked the Jialae Zhen in Fuzhou to arrange a team of ox carts, pretending to transport grain and grass to a certain camp, so as to lure out those Denglai Ming army sentry posts.

The armored soldier just now whispered, "Fortunately, Master, Nikan is a coward, and when he saw so many warriors coming, he may have fled." ”

"Perhaps?" Xingna stared coldly at the eyes of the armor soldier, as if looking at a dead thing, the armor soldier swallowed a mouthful of saliva and did not dare to answer, the scar on the corner of Xingna's mouth twitched and said: "Baylor sent us to fight them back, save them the idea of fighting Fuzhou, and wait for the Great Khan to return to the army and then slowly clean them up." They're not timid, and ......," Kona turned her head to stare into the long, hillside secret eyes, "they're here, I can feel it." ”

The armor soldier breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed the topic: "Dongping Mountain is full of dry grass, so do you want the minions to light a fire and force them out." ”

Xingna didn't answer at all, and the armor soldier stepped aside stupidly.

Another Bai Jia from his village laughed and scolded in a low voice: "You are a fool, this Dongping Mountain is so wide, we can't burn it at all, so it really burns, and the wildfire is full of smoke, so they will find a place to go generously, you can still see if you can't do it, you are still far from fighting, wait for Xingna's orders." ”

Cinna suddenly spoke: "Ashdar Khan, you lead seven people in and out of the forest, follow the ox convoy, don't go out from here, go to the other side of the forest." ”

The soldier agreed, called the two soldiers from the same village to lead the horse behind, escorted the horse's face all the way out of the woods from the other side, and then swaggered onto the avenue, far behind the ox convoy.

There are more than ten remaining Houjin soldiers, they all know that it is a fishing bait, these have been hunting in the mountains and forests for a long time, and have experienced wars for a long time, they are all in the same village or close neighbors with each other, and the tacit understanding of cooperation is very high, they are all engrossed in observing the opposite slope, but after a few far away, the opposite slope is still not moving, only gusts of mountain wind blowing, driving the slope of the barren grass to swing like waves.

The white-armored soldier who spoke just now came over, and saw that Xing Na was calm, he hesitated and asked: "Xing Na, it seems that they are not nearby, they should have returned to Jinzhou, at least not on Dongping Mountain, or let's return to the state first, and then visit Shuangtaizi Mountain." ”

"No, they must be here, I can't see it, but I'm sure." Xingna sneered, "They came from Jinzhou, and they have been sentry in the vicinity for more than ten consecutive years, but they can ambush my warriors repeatedly, and there must be a secret place to rest nearby, I will follow them, and when I find that place, I will mobilize the Fuzhou army to gather and annihilate it once and for all." ”

The white armor soldier looked at the opposite hillside suspiciously, he suspected that Xingna might be tired and everyone waited in vain. If there were Denglai soldiers on the other side, then their first step should be to attack the ox convoy, even if they suspected that it was a trap, then they had already released eight in, and Xingna had made a lot of money. It stands to reason that the Ming army should have thought that the ambush had left, and should follow the ox cart to find out the destination of the grain and grass, which is the highest priority for the scouts, but there is no movement at all.

Bai Jia hesitated: "Then let's ...... now"

"Let's wait and see who can't bear it."