The cold wind was still blowing from the east, and the fields were empty except for the village on the other side of the woods, and the curling smoke indicated that it was time for lunch.

A few miles east of the village lies a small river. But the river is completely sealed!

This is winter in the Northeast, and it's so cold.

The troops that landed in the northeast had already raised people from Hanzhong, Henan, and Hubei as much as possible, and the leather and cotton clothes they wore were also very thick. Wrapped up like a big stupid bear. But it's still cold.

From the time the army landed in southern Liaoning to the present, the Qin army has reached Heilongjiang in half a year, and the overall number of casualties due to the war is not as large as the number of non-combat attrition caused by the severe cold brought by the cold winter in the past three months.

Now, an army in white capes and white lint caps lurks in the sealed riverbed. In order to completely hide the whereabouts of the troops, all the men were prostrate on the ice and on the banks of the river, and even their horses were pressed down by the soldiers, lying on their sides, and their noses were ringing one after another. Many war horses hate this posture and flirt their hooves from time to time.

Some of the horses of the Qin army were captured from the Qing army, and some were purchased and requisitioned from the people. The land is vast and sparsely populated, horses are the main means of transportation here, and there are many families with horses, and most of them are banner men with no human rights. The last part was sent by North Korea.

The ships coming by sea had only military supplies and foodstuffs on board.

As the commander of this cavalry unit, Fang Zhen himself was also prostrate on the earthen embankment by the river, his eyes always staring at the west.

There was a small village in the wilderness, and there were hardly any people to be seen. But Fang Zhen knew. The goal of his own line is in this Zhuangzi.

The Northeast is worthy of being the old base of the banner people, and the meaning of resistance is much stronger than that of Shandong. And the number of Qin troops was smaller. It's absolutely sparsely populated here. Coupled with the Manchu Qing Dynasty's more than 200 years of mountain closure and forestation, there are many wild things in this mountain in summer and autumn. The mountain goods are abundant, and those recalcitrant elements will drill into the mountains as soon as they encounter hardship, which is enough to annoy the Qin army.

Until the winter, some of the guys were short of food and had to go down the mountain. As for the many villages, some of them resolutely resisted and sent a signal to the Qin army, while others welcomed each other with joy, just like the village in front of them.

So. Although the troops were not cold-tolerant, and many of them died from swords and guns in each operation, as well as frostbite and frostbite, Xiang Fa still firmly attacked and suppressed the strategy. This is a good time to clean up the Northeast! Clean up the 'own people' who pretend to be on weekdays.

On the opposite side of the enemy was a remnant of the Eight Banners and the Banner Men, as well as a mixed infantry contingent of four or five hundred mountain bandits. Hiding in the mountains, although the Qin army encircled and suppressed several times, they could only be wounded but not destroyed. Since the heavy snow closed the mountain, it has not even been possible to go into the mountain to encircle and suppress.

According to reconnaissance, this unit did not have heavy weapons, only rifles. And it can't be done for everyone. Many of them were armed with knives, guns, bows and arrows. And judging from the tattered military uniforms and the lazy ranks, it is obvious that the morale is also very low and depressed. Fang Zhen was fully confident that he would fight a beautiful ambush battle here and annihilate this stubborn bandit.

But this requires the enemy to obediently get out of the village. On the other side of the village, to the north, is the mountains and forests. Fang Zhen dared to swear by the ancestors of his family. As soon as he led his troops to appear, those bandits would definitely run back to the mountains like rats. They must wait for them to get out of the village and into the wilderness. Only then can we give full play to the tactical advantages of the cavalry and wipe out the enemy.

And the wilderness in front of you is indeed a good battlefield. It was originally farmland. Now of course, nothing will grow in winter, there are no crops in the fields. The extremely low temperature froze the ground very hard, just right for the cavalry assault.

Little by little, time passed. Waiting is the most painful of all. Fang Zhen glanced at his pocket watch again, feeling very anxious in his heart. Of course, while he was on fire in his heart, he was also worried about the army behind the woods. A unit composed of 30 percent of Koreans - the 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion in the Northeast.

I don't know if the sharp knife of the Second Cavalry Battalion in the past can still fight after the reorganization.

Fang Zhen, who was the captain of the cavalry, was worried.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want his men to mix in with the squishy North Koreans. Thinking about it like this, this heart became even more anxious.

He admits that he has some prejudice against North Koreans and that he is unbalanced. He commanded the cavalry for three or four months, and he was hardworking, meticulous, and strict with his subordinates, but he was also very considerate of his subordinates, and he respected his superiors very much, and he carried out orders without hesitation.

But when the cavalry battalion was promoted to deputy battalion commander a month ago, how could he, the captain of the First Cavalry Brigade, fall behind the guy surnamed Chen in the Third Cavalry Brigade? Just because when the cavalry wanted to mix in the Koreans, he refused, and the surname Chen agreed?

Although he never said anything flattering, Fang Zhen knew his impression in the eyes of his superiors. When the Second Cavalry Battalion was formed, he was the captain of the First Brigade of the division and the battalion, why did he fall behind Chen Guochao? Fang Zhen was very aggrieved in his heart!

You must know that the Northeast Cavalry is going to build a brigade. The camp seat will definitely be one of the sub-seats! Now I have to be the deputy battalion commander, and I will probably be the battalion commander in the near future.

What Fang Zhen lost was not a level, but a step. And what is even more aggrieved is that in the end, his own brigade still stuffed twenty or thirty Koreans.

Originally, when he heard that three cavalry battalions were going to be combined into a cavalry brigade, he was very happy and excited. Now it's like a frost-beaten leaf, wilting and drooping.

Fang Zhen really had a complaint in his heart. But military discipline, that no one can disobey. The army is not a teahouse, and it is an iron law for subordinates to obey their superiors, which is the discipline that the Qin army has repeatedly emphasized.

No matter how annoying Fang Zhen is, he must accept this fact. The people below him are now jumping on top of him.

This knot has never really been untied. He didn't dare to complain about the imperial court, but he really didn't have a good impression of the North Koreans. Before, it was just because I looked down on it, but now it's a complete disgust.

But the army is for the government. Liu Xian trained a new army for North Korea, and also set up a new cavalry unit. Then a group of qualified officers is needed, and the officers are not qualified. Now I have walked through the battlefield.

This time, the DPRK selected a total of 300 infantry cavalry to come to the northeast, and almost all of the nearly 100 cavalry were the sons of the Korean nobility. The Qin army will be in the next few months. Convert these North Korean officers and soldiers into standard pro-China factions. This is the political zhì!

So Fang Zhen refused to transfer the North Koreans into the first brigade at first, so of course he had to stand aside. Even though the army is a 'war machine'. But this 'war machine' is also for the political zhì, and it can't be separated from the political zhì no matter what.

Fang Zhen's resolute attitude of refusing the North Koreans to enter the army may be for the sake of the combat effectiveness of his own troops, but it can also show his inferiority in politics from another aspect.

Xiang Fa does not care whether junior officers are 'political' or not. However, the battalion-level officer, the battalion-level officer who has already touched the threshold of the high-ranking officer of the Qin Army, is definitely going to 'stress politics'.

Fang Zhen does not talk about politics, which only shows that he has poor understanding.

Xiang Fa himself is still only a divisional seat, and the army-level unit has not yet been put on the head of the Northeast Army, and it is estimated that there will be no way to put it on in the future. The number of troops is too small. Below Xiang Fa himself, there were two brigade-level officers, and then there were a few battalion-level officers. People like Fang Zhen should take it slowly. No big picture! Or to put personal hills too seriously. The original order was issued by Xiang Fa himself.

There are not many people who understand the truth, but there are many people who don't understand, and Fang Zhen is one of them.

More than half an hour passed in Fang Zhen's 'Imagination', and Fang Zhen himself was about to freeze and become numb. This is also the reason why he personally led a team to lurk in the riverbed. Without him as the captain, the soldiers below would have complained. And now, everyone is just as cold, and the soldiers are immediately no longer resentful.

No matter how noble you are, can you be as noble as a captain? Chinese soldiers have such a tradition. Generals only need to lead by example. Take the lead, and most of the suffering can be OK.

The smoke from the cooking in the village had also disappeared for a while, and finally there was movement.

"Herald! Everyone moved their hands and feet to check the condition of the horses. Check the weapon. The trumpet did not sound, and no one was allowed to jump out of the river, so they were all laid down for me. Wait for this group of recalcitrant bandits to get closer! ”

Fang Zhen's orders were fully implemented. The cavalry was ready for battle. Before they can rush over on their horses and slash and slash, they must be infantry again. Give the bandits a fire rush.

The wait was more than half an hour, and the stubborn bandits drove out of the village slowly. It seems. The number was less than 400 people, only more than 300.

There were only a dozen or so people in the team on horseback, and they were all of that kind of donkey.

"Watch for secrecy!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy had not yet approached, Fang Zhen shouted, and all the people lay on the foot of the river embankment, leaving only a few observation posts on the top to carefully poke out half of their heads.

"Two thousand meters!"

"Fifteen hundred meters!"

"Five hundred meters!"

The observation post measured the distance between the enemy and the riverbed with binoculars, getting closer and quieter, while the soldiers adjusted the gauge of the carbine according to the reported distance. Carbines are no better than rifles, and because of the short barrel, this effective range is close, and it is necessary to achieve the most intense firepower effect. You have to put the enemy at close range and then fight.

Fang Zhen's firing distance was two hundred meters, and a burst of random shots was fired, and then the cavalry attacked.

Each cavalryman was armed with a pistol. There is no need to worry about this victory or defeat at all, just look at how to fight quickly.

"Two hundred meters!"

Fang Zhen stretched out half of his head and glanced at the oncoming enemy team: "Fight!" ”

"Hit!"

Fang Zhen roared, raised the repeating pistol in his hand, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Smack! Syllable! ……”

The crisp sound of carbinol fire mingled together, turning the calm field into a killing field in just an instant, and the stubborn bandits who had entered the range of fire suddenly lay down and howled miserably.

The team in front of them was hit hard, and the team behind reacted immediately, but instead of rushing to help their comrades, they turned around and ran wildly in the direction they came. But I can run there again!

This military heart, this morale, is simply dedicated to delivering food to the cavalry

"Blow the trumpet!" (To be continued......)