Chapter 388: Decapitation
After the grenadier battalion entered the Chinese army camp of the Qing army, it was immediately divided into two groups, one went to the baggage camp to look for gunpowder and firearms, and the other was led by Mi Yan under the personal leadership of Zhang Shi to the Chinese yurt in Baiyintu.
Zheng Sijiu, as a pioneer, took the lead in kicking open the front door of the yurt, it was pitch black inside, it was difficult to see, he rushed in without hesitation despite the danger, stumbled straight into the bed, stretched out his hand but touched the air.
"It's broken, the Tartar slipped ahead of time!"
Zhang Shi also followed when he heard this, and someone had already found the butter wax in the yurt and led it, and everyone suddenly saw a fire in front of them. Looking at the mess of the futon on the couch again, he stretched out his hand to test the futon, and immediately changed color.
"There is still residual warmth in the bedding, disperse according to the squadron, and you must catch the Baiyin map!"
The grenadier battalion had two tasks this time: First, it ignited the gunpowder that detonated the Qing army's baggage battalion and confused its morale. The second is to capture alive or behead Bai Yintu, the chief general of the Qing army, so that he will lose his unified command and undermine their morale.
Seeing that the beheading operation was about to fail, Zhang Shi's heart was worried, and when he went to war, he could feel the worry in the general's heart, which he had never seen before. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Shishi feels the heavy burden on his shoulders, so he will never allow the mission to fail.
In an instant, Zhang Shi's mind was racing, judging that the possibility of leaking the wind was extremely small according to the current situation, and it was very likely that Bai Yintu went out to relieve his hands, or he was invited out in the middle of the night due to an emergency. Seeing that another unit of men and horses is about to ignite the gunpowder of the Qing army, the Qing army camp will inevitably be in chaos at that time, and Bai Yintu, as the main general, will naturally become the key protection object, and it may not be so easy to succeed at that time.
Therefore, time was extremely short, and four squadrons out of the yurt were scattered in four directions to find them. At this time, although the cannon in the night sky was like thunder, the Qing camp seemed to have become accustomed to this, and all the departments were resting as usual, and only a few places in the camp were lit with fires, but they could only be used to guide the direction, and they didn't even think about it if they wanted to look at the way.
But it was precisely this situation that created excellent concealment conditions for the grenadier battalion, and the four squadrons scattered around the yurt of Baiyintu, and the squadron led by Zheng Sijiu was heading to the east, only a few dozen steps away, and the gate of a yurt was suddenly pushed open from the inside, and the dim light came out, and I saw a bearded man shirtless and stepped out.
At this moment, the big man was only seven or eight steps away from Zheng Sijiu, and Zheng Sijiu could almost hear the heavy breathing of the bearded big man. Fortunately, the big man's eyes had not yet adjusted to the darkness outside, but he had already heard the noise, trying to see who it was.
Zheng Sijiu couldn't understand the Manchu language in his mouth, and inferred from this person's sleepy-eyed virtue that he didn't come out after discovering the actions of the grenadier battalion, and there was no weapon in his shirtless hand, so it was very likely that he came out to relieve himself.
In the midst of lightning, Zheng Sijiu knew that he could no longer hesitate, otherwise everyone's whereabouts would be exposed in advance, and it would be dangerous. The right arm was greatly rotated, and the Yanling knife flew out of his hand, heading straight for the bearded man.
The bearded man seemed to have heard the sound of the wind brought by the swift sword of the wild goose, and he had a premonition that something was wrong, and he suddenly became short, and the whole person almost fell to the ground. The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, Zheng Sijiu immediately took three steps and made a step forward, and then a rise and fall fell directly on the bearded man.
At the same time, he drew a dagger from his cowhide boot and slashed at the big man, ready to slash him. Who knew that the big man's movements were more agile, although he was facing the ground, he still tilted his head, and then supported the ground with both palms, and the whole person seemed to retreat in a hurry.
Zheng Sijiu's dagger fell into the air, stabbed heavily on the grass, and sank into it. With this turning point, more than a dozen soldiers from the grenadier battalion rushed forward and caught the bearded man who was about to get up.
The big man whined and screamed, Zheng Sijiu jumped straight to his feet in a hurry, for fear of revealing his whereabouts, and was besieged by the Qing soldiers in the camp.
"Spare your life, spare your life! If you don't kill me, it's good for you! ”
The blade of the knife was only a finger away from the big man's neck, and if Zheng Sijiu had reacted more slowly, this person would have already been splashed with blood.
It turns out that this big man understands Chinese, and the Manchurians understand Chinese, and he lives alone in a yurt, as long as he is not a fool, he can guess that this person is either rich or expensive. Zheng Sijiu immediately changed his mind, maybe this person could take them to catch the Baiyintu.
"Ask and answer, otherwise this knife will still be cut down!"
The Han Dynasty resisted repeatedly, his face was full of greed for life and fear of death, Zheng Sijiu was disdainful in his heart, it turned out that the Manchu Tartars also had this kind of goods.
"Who are you? Where's the Buyin Chart? ”
"Inlaid with yellow flags and chapters in Beijing Ortai, Gushan is really naturally in his yurt!"
Zheng Sijiu's knife frame added a little strength to the big man's neck, "Don't play tricks, you see that yurt is clearly empty!" ”
In the faint light of the fire in the distance, the cold blade had already penetrated into the flesh, and a trace of dark red blood flowed down the strong man's neck. The strong man was also anxious, "Gushan Ezhenping has two yurts, not there, I want to come to another place, I'll take you there!" ”
Zheng Sijiu's heart ignited hope again, this cowardly virtue who is greedy for life and afraid of death dare not lie, but he didn't see the eyes of the strong man in the dark turning fast! The group escorted this person to the depths of the barracks, and finally outside a yurt, the strong man stretched out his hand and pointed, "Gushan is really here, the general can go...... You ......"
Zheng Sijiu didn't wait for him to finish the rest of the words, he plunged a knife into the strong man's chest, and quickly pumped it again, blood gushed out, splashing his whole face, no matter what this person said was true or not, there was no time. He was born in a frontier area, fed up with the infestation of the Tartars, and had no mercy for these people!
"Get in, get someone!"
The Qing army on duty outside the yurt obviously noticed the movement, and was about to step forward to investigate, when more than a dozen Yanling knives came from all directions in the dark, and a few poor Qing soldiers didn't even see who their opponents were.
The soldiers of Zheng Sijiu's squadron swarmed in, and sure enough, a man with thin eyebrows and long eyes was raised on the couch in the yurt. At this moment, the earth shook twice without warning, followed by a deafening explosion, which was by no means the sound of the cannon of the Three Guards in the night.
The person who went to blow up the gunpowder of the baggage camp succeeded, Zheng Sijiu reacted immediately, raised his hand and knocked the man with thin eyebrows and long eyes unconscious with the back of the knife, and ordered his subordinates to mention this person and prepare to find the camp officer Zhang Shishi. Who knew that after getting out of the yurt, he suddenly found that the entire Qing camp had been illuminated by the fire as if it were day, and a large number of Qing troops were running in a panic in disheveled clothes.
Zheng Sijiu was stunned, could this be the legendary Manchu Eight Banners? Doesn't it say that the Jurchens are less than 10,000 and invincible? How are they all like local chickens and dogs? He immediately changed his attention, and there were dozens of people under him, rushing forward in formation, and this group of headless flies was afraid that it would be difficult to fight back.
Sure enough, dozens of people rushed left and right in the Qing camp, killing a falling flower, and only then did the Qing army realize that the other party not only blew up the gunpowder baggage, but also had already entered the barracks. After the initial panic, the Qing army, under the constraints of the leaders of the various departments, began to assemble a counterattack, and when Zheng Sijiu reflected, he was desperate to find that he had been deeply encircled.
Five miles north of the Qing camp, Li Xin waited anxiously in the dark, until the dazzling light of the fire rose with a loud bang, and the horn of the attack sounded one after another. Countless soldiers in the darkness roared and went straight to the Qing camp.
Heisenberg led his artillerymen and followed closely behind the team with iron cannons.
Someone laughed at him in the dark. "The red-haired battalion officer, the gunpowder is gone, what are you still pushing a scrap iron lump for? Wait in the back and see how the guys come out victorious! ”
The Three Guards have always called Heisenberg a red-haired ghost, and after entering the previous wars, he was gradually recognized by the army, and his nickname changed from a red-haired ghost to a red-haired battalion officer. Heisenberg didn't care much about the attitude of these people, but anyone who touched his bottom line and violated the honor of his artillerymen would be worse than the consequences of scolding him.
On several occasions, the ruined nobles from the Holy Roman Empire shouted for a duel with several officers who had violated the honor of his artillery, and the officers were so frightened that their faces turned green after learning that his so-called duel was actually shooting at each other with muskets.
Since then, although no one dares to provoke reasonably, there are still many ridicules in secret, and now I see Heisenberg, who has always been arrogant, pushing the cannon forward without gunpowder, and I can't help but make teasing words.
Heisenberg was surprisingly calm this time, urging the artillerymen to speed up, while calmly responding: "Artillery is the life of artillery, even if there is no gunpowder and no shells, we must fight side by side on the way to charge, advance and retreat together, and move forward!" I ask you, aren't your muskets out of gunpowder? How not to throw it away? ”
These words made several team officers speechless!
There was a shout of killing from the front, and everyone's hearts were terrified, knowing that this was the vanguard army and the Qing army, and the battle plan formulated by the general was to flank and outflank, and they all accelerated their pace and rushed to the rear of the Qing army's camp, because that was their weakest place.
The Qing army was divided into three parts, the Chinese army was all Manchu Eight Banner soldiers, the left and right flanks were composed of Mongolian departments, and the main attack direction chosen by Li Xin was the Chinese army and the right flank.
Li Xinqin led hundreds of his own soldiers and Lu Jiu's cavalry battalion to the rear of the entire Qing camp, and followed the route of the grenadier battalion to the Qing camp and went straight to the Qing camp. If they succeed in exploding, they are already halfway there, and now they only need to successfully break through again, and then have the cooperation of the Mongol coalition forces......
"Signal! Let the Horde Coalition all go out! ”
A slender rocket soars into the sky with a sharp whistling sound!