In early spring, it gets dark quickly, especially in the dense forests of the north, and it is only about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the scene ahead is already very blurry, and it is impossible to see clearly from a little distance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Beiwei put down the corpse that had just died in his hand, and gave up the idea of "maybe he could be rescued again" - he was a scout after all, not a doctor, and he was very good at turning the living into dead, and vice versa.

"What? Is this guy still dead? It's a pity, looking at his outfit, it seems that he has some identity, and I thought I could ask for some information. ”

Xie Xi Shi Ran walked over from behind, holding a brand-new five or six and a half in his hand, and the muzzle of the gun was still billowing green smoke. Obviously, he himself was the culprit who caused the man's death, which made Beiwei look at him angrily, shook his head and said:

"Isn't it just because you have accurate marksmanship, this shot just pierced his lungs, so that he couldn't even speak, or maybe he could squeeze out some news."

Xie Xi heyed and patted the new gun in his hand:

"Who made this gun so good in ballistics...... I also followed the old habit of using a Qionghai rifle to hit the torso a little up, thinking that it would actually hit the lower limbs...... Besides, the dog is bent on escaping, I can't help but shoot, right? If you really let him get into the old forest, you may not be able to catch it, right? ”

Beiwei pouted and said nothing, and he really hit his sore foot on this point - as the king of soldiers trained in the reconnaissance battalion of the field troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, in this old forest of Liaodong, he was really not sure that he would be able to defeat those old hunters in Houjin. A few days ago, he almost made a fool of himself in a pursuit battle, and was almost ambushed by several desperate Houjin scouts. In the end, he still relied on the huge advantage of weapons and fired indiscriminately to beat people out, so as to save face.

The two men laughed at each other for a moment, and then the reconnaissance and assault units scattered around, numbering as many as a reinforced company, returned one after another, reporting that no more enemy personnel had been found. Beiwei looked at the sky, shook his head, and said:

"Looks like there won't be any fighting today...... Let's go back first. ”

Xie Xi looked around very depressedly, and spat on the ground angrily:

"Grandma, these dogs have the ability to fight with Lao Tzu in the light! Where did the energy that repeatedly harassed us go some time ago? ”

-- Half a month has passed since the start of the battle of revenge, and he led three battalions and one reinforced company -- two infantry battalions of the Third Regiment plus the Baiyantan Base Garrison Battalion, and a reconnaissance brigade of the entire company under Beiwei -- from Jinzhou Chengguan and all the way north along the official road, with the intention of having a good battle with the Houjin army, and also showing the evil spirit of being harassed and attacked all winter.

Unexpectedly, in the half month since the dispatch of troops, except for the occasional scattered Houjin scouts, they have never encountered a large enemy force of more than 50 people! It seems that the Houjin soldiers around Lushun have disappeared overnight. I don't know if it was because the Houjin side had realized that they might be retaliated against, and even the fixed barracks and outposts along the way were basically abandoned, and the few who still had guards were only more than ten people, and most of them were Han soldiers under Kong Youde. After the attack, the prisoners were interrogated, but they couldn't ask for any news, only that they said that most of the people were temporarily transferred from above, but they didn't know what they were doing.

Therefore, Beiwei has always wanted to capture a prisoner with a high status, so as to find out the enemy's movements, but it has never been able to do so. The first few times, the Houjin soldiers I met were dressed similarly to Hanako, and it was difficult to identify the leader from them. And today, it was easy to bump into a more neatly dressed, like a bit of status, but as soon as they met, he ran away, and ran very fast, and finally he had to shoot before he fled into the woods, and then only got a corpse.

That night, several Qiong naval commanders, including Xie Xie, Beiwei, Hu Kai, Xu Lei, as well as Wei Aiwen and Ye Mengyan, met in the camp to discuss the current embarrassing situation. At the meeting, everyone agreed that their prior inference might be wrong, and that the Houjin army was not as arrogant as they imagined - or rather, they were not so arrogant in front of their Qiong navy green skins, and they would not take the initiative to come over to meet them as soon as they saw that there were troops attacking here.

The other side has been avoiding the battle like this, and their original strategy of attacking and inviting battle cannot be realized, and it is not meaningful to simply march to the north like this. Unless they rush all the way to a big city like Liaoyang or Shenyang, they will definitely be able to force Houjin to fight them in a decisive battle at that time - but the problem is that they have no plans to have a decisive battle with Houjin at this time. Although Xie Xi is actually leading more actual combat troops than when he first sent troops to Dengzhou, for the sake of lightness, he is not equipped with artillery, and he is not sure that these people alone can go to the main force of Houjin.

"We've already broken the contact limit twice, and if we go any further, we'll soon have to break through the third limit, which is a bit dangerous......"

As the commander-in-chief, it is still more prudent to dismiss. He had discussed with Pang Yu in advance the limit of the attack: that is, it was determined according to the limit range of wireless military radio contact. First of all, from the commanding heights of Lushunkou, the launch pad on the top of the Golden Mountain, all the way to the position where the signal cannot be received, this is the first boundary. If there are no enemy forces within this range, then find a high enough mountain, set up a relay site, and continue onwards until you reach a place where you can't get a signal, and you'll be on the second line.

Theoretically, they can always pass through the relay station in this way, and extend the contact range forward without limit, but in actual combat, the possibility of the relay station being discovered, destroyed or naturally damaged must be taken into account. The point is that this sortie is not a strategic action, but only a tactical need - to retaliate against the opponent and let Hou Jin know that they are not easy to mess with, and that's it.

Therefore, Pang Yu had agreed with him on the principle of this battle before he was relieved of the battle: that is, he would never occupy an area. No matter how far you hit, you have to withdraw in the end. Because there was no practical benefit, after the initial breath was discharged, Xie Xi began to wonder: Is there still a need to fight this battle?

Listening to the sigh of relief, there was a little retreat in his tone, and the others were not doing anything, and Hu Kai next to him was anxious:

"I said, Brother Xie, you can't back down now. Our three regiments suffered such a big loss this time, and sent troops to retaliate with great fanfare, but in the end, they didn't do anything and rolled back, shame! ”

Seeing this, Wei Aiwen also quickly interjected:

"Brother Xie, the garrison battalion is so big and pulled from Hainan, I have to let them see blood. Otherwise, if you keep it at home as a watchdog, it will be scrapped! ”

Xiao Yezi, the commander of the garrison battalion, opened his mouth, and didn't seem to agree with Wei Aiwen's opinion, but in the eager eyes of the surroundings, he was embarrassed to speak after all. And Xie Xi also felt that such a high morale should not be suppressed, so he looked at the northern latitude:

"What do you think?"

The latter touched his somewhat unshaven chin and muttered:

"Judging from the performance of the enemy troops encountered in recent days, I don't think the Houjin army is consciously avoiding us."

"Do you think they were doing something else by taking the troops away? A conspiracy against us? ”

Xie Xi narrowed his eyes and knocked on the table:

"Huang Taiji...... I really don't dare to underestimate him. Could it be that he had anticipated from the beginning that we were going to send troops to retaliate? Or was the harassment all winter deliberate to lure the snake out of its hole...... Phew, lead us to war? ”

Beiwei shook his head:

"This man is a good military strategist, but there is no need to deify him too much. With the strength of our army's firepower, even if he really set up an ambush on ten sides, he would still be able to penetrate it with one blow...... It's almost Fuzhou. Fuzhou Wei is a relatively important guancheng, and Houjin should not give up easily. We can try to find out what is true and true in Houjin. ”

"Do you want to attack the city? We didn't carry heavy firepower......"

"Explosives packs and grenades should be enough. Besides, I don't think the ruined walls in this part of Jinzhou Fuzhou can hinder our infantry much - even the obstacles for our daily training are higher and thicker than those rammed earth walls. ”

Seeing that Beiwei looked full of confidence, and everyone around him also agreed with this, it was not easy to oppose the dismissal alone. After thinking about it, he turned back and summoned an orderly, and gave him the order:

"Go and call Shang Kexi."

The orderlies turned to leave, and everyone in the camp had some kind of inexplicable look on their faces, but no one spoke. After a while, the curtain was lifted, and a big man with a gloomy face and wearing a Ming army robe walked into the tent. I didn't cower in front of the dismissal, but I just bowed my hand a little and signed up:

"In the next, the deputy general of Guangludao is still gratifying, see the Liberation Army!"

Then he stood there calmly, looking up and down the scrutinizing gaze of a group of short-haired generals in the tent, but he could also turn a blind eye and not care, at least on the surface.

Xie Xi, like Beiwei and the others next to him, although it was not the first time he met one of the famous Kangxi feudatories in history, the "Southern King of the Great Qing Dynasty", he also looked at him with some playful eyes for a moment, and deliberately let Shang Kexi stand for a while, before he smiled and pointed to the chair next to the table:

"General Shang, please be seated."

-- Strictly speaking, this move is quite rude, his own official position in the Ming Dynasty is only a mere general, and the four major levels of the Ming Dynasty's military ministers are "general, deputy, participation, and tour", and the level of deputy general is still gratifying, but it is above him!

But whether it was dismissal or Shang Kexi, neither of them took it seriously - Shang Kexi entered the door for a roll call, except for changing the "mark" to a more vague Jianghu tone "below", he was completely acting according to the etiquette of his subordinates. And Xie Xi's attitude towards him is completely a condescending posture.

Of course, there is a good reason for the dismissal to do so, because his next sentence is:

"General Shang, are you interested in the position of the commander of Dongjiang Town?" (To be continued.) )