Chapter 147: Picking Peaches

On the wall of the mushroom valley wall, I watched the Tartars who hurriedly launched an attack two miles away, and then hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield.

The puzzled expression that had been hanging over Wei Zheng's face from beginning to end became even thicker at this time. It wasn't until the figure of the Tartar cavalry completely disappeared from everyone's field of vision that Wei Zheng muttered to himself.

"What the hell is this Tartar fighting... They attacked us in a mighty way, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses, and then quickly withdrew from the battlefield, I really don't understand what their purpose is in doing this, is it that the Tartars have so many troops that they can not care about the life and death of more than a thousand cavalry..."

Zhou Shuyuan shook his head and replied: "I don't know, I hope the brothers can find something on the battlefield..."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Shuyuan directly pointed to the battlefield that was still full of Tartar corpses.

With the Tartars' usual combat style, after the battle is over, those who can take away the corpses of the dead soldiers will definitely be taken away. However, on the battlefield in front of them, all the Tartar carcasses were thrown within range of the Haw Par Arsenal. If the Tartars wanted to take these corpses, they would have to risk being shot at by the Haw Par firearms, which would be very costly.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses in the troops again, Huang Taiji could only risk affecting the morale of the troops, abandoning the more than a thousand corpses on the battlefield and withdrawing from the battlefield with the surviving troops.

As he spoke, hundreds of soldiers stationed in the front-line troops had already walked out of their positions under the command of Wang Feng to clean up the battlefield......

In order to find out the true purpose of the Tartars' trip, Wei Zheng also led everyone into the battlefield that was still filled with a strong smell of blood.

Soon, a Tartar military flag that was different from what he usually saw appeared in Wei Zheng's field of vision.

Wei Zheng had just unfurled the general's flag. An exclamation immediately came out of Zhou Shuyuan's mouth.

"General, this is not a military flag with a white flag...... It is inlaid with a yellow flag. A military flag with a yellow flag inlaid with a tartar. ”

Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then reacted suddenly. He asked Zhou Shuyuan, "Yellow flag." The starting troops of Emperor Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty, can you confirm it......"

Zhou Shuyuan nodded and affirmed: "Yes, general, it is definitely a yellow flag." Not only the inlaid yellow flag, but also the positive yellow flag are several flags personally controlled by the Later Jin Emperor. It can be said that where these flags are, the Later Jin Emperor Huang Taiji is there. ”

Wei Zheng's brows furrowed, and he said thoughtfully: "In other words, it was not Dolgon and his white flag that attacked us just now. It's Huang Taiji's inlaid yellow flag, Huang Taiji he came to Zunhua......"

"It must be so. Otherwise, with Dorgon's military talents, he would never have launched a near-suicidal attack on us knowing that there was no chance of victory. Zhou Shuyuan said in a firm tone.

Wei Zheng nodded again, which was regarded as acknowledging what Zhou Shuyuan said. Subsequently, the whole person fell into contemplation again, thinking about the specific reason why Huang Taiji came to Zunhua.

When the answer to the idea that the Tartars were going to end this raid appeared in Wei Zheng's mind after another ten days in history, a sudden expression of realization quickly appeared on Wei Zheng's face.

In front of all his subordinates, he shouted, "I see." The Tartars are about to withdraw their troops......"

"Withdraw the troops, general, how do you know......" Zhou Shuyuan asked rhetorically with a face full of incredulity.

Wei Zheng waved his hand and said, "You don't care how I know. You just need to know that once the Tartars withdraw their troops. The whole Zunhua will fall into a situation where there is no one to manage and no troops to garrison for a short time. And at this time, it is our full occupation of Zunhua. The perfect time to expand the strength and influence of the Haw Par Army. ”

Subsequently, it didn't matter whether Zhou Shuyuan listened to it or not. Wei Zheng directly ordered: "Military advisor, you immediately send the order." The whole army of the Haw Par Army is ready to attack Zunhua at any time. ”

At this moment, Wang Feng, who had finished cleaning the battlefield, hurriedly walked over and reported to Wei Zheng with an excited face: "General, these Tartars are really too rich, not to mention one person wearing iron armor, everyone has a lot of gold and silver hidden on their bodies. ”

"According to statistics, in addition to more than a thousand cold weapons that are not of much use, we have taken off more than 1,400 pieces of intact iron armor from the Tartars. 12,300 taels of silver, 86,000 taels of silver, and more than 8,450 taels of gold were seized. With these alone, we can afford to capture several fortresses of Tartars. ”

For these gains, Wei Zheng only regained his composure after a brief shock. Then, he said to Wang Feng in surprise.

"You must know that we are playing with a yellow flag, and if it is placed in our Ming Dynasty, it will be the emperor's Imperial Forest Army. In addition, this group of Tartars has just come back from our Ming Dynasty, if she is not rich, then she Huang Taiji, the emperor, will be a hundred people. ”

Speaking of which, what did Wei Zheng suddenly think? asked Wang Feng.

"Commander Wang, what happened to the people I handed over to you temporarily before the war?"

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, a trace of anger flashed directly on Wang Feng's face, which was still excited just now, and complained to Wei Zheng: "General, I will be angry when you mention the sand that the Zunhua general soldiers have participated in. ”

"After the battle began, if it weren't for the fact that I had found a few henchmen to keep an eye on them. The first deserter of our Tiger and Par Army is about to appear on the battlefield......"

"Fifteen people, three of whom became deserters in the first round of the Tartar attack, were directly killed by me by military law."

"Of the remaining twelve, six were killed by me in the second round of the Tartar attack for being deserters."

"These dog-day court officers, intrigued, greedy for life and afraid of death, are good hands, and when they really go to the battlefield, they are all fucking bad seeds."

Speaking of this, Wang Feng seemed to think of something, and his face full of anger also eased a lot. Right

Wei Zheng continued: "Of course, these fifteen people are not all bad breeds. Of the remaining six people, three were very courageous. In the face of the Tartar attack, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, and when he was cleaning the battlefield, he personally cut several wounded Tartar soldiers, and at a glance he knew that he was a veteran who often fought battles, not afraid of death, and had backbone. ”

According to the rank of these officers, if these three people are used well, they will be at least three battalion commanders, or even regiment commanders.

Faced with this windfall, the smile on Wei Zheng's face became even stronger. He resolutely ordered to Zhou Shuyuan: "Military Division, this is an opportunity. You arrange the three people mentioned by Regiment Commander Wang, for the time being, to be the deputy battalion commander first, and after passing the qualifications, give them a battalion commander to be the commander. However, throughout the process, be sure to look after them and make sure they don't have dissenting intentions.

"As for the remaining three, don't arrange them for the time being, wait until the next battle, and then look at their table."

Zhou Shuyuan affirmed: "General, in my opinion, the last thing a qualified soldier wants to do is intrigue. As long as these three people really have the ability and really want to make a difference in the army, then I have a way to take them down and let them really join the Haw Par Army. “

When the entire Haw Par Army was in full swing to prepare for the attack on Zunhua, the troops scattered in various parts of the country, and the rivers that flowed into the sea, continued to assemble in Zunhua and prepare for the withdrawal.

While everyone waited, a cavalry rushed into Mushroom Yu at a gallop.

"Report to the general, the brothers who are monitoring Zunhua City have come back and report that the Tartars have begun to withdraw their troops......" Wang Feng rushed into the general's mansion with a face full of excitement and reported to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, and a hint of surprise quickly came to his heart. Facing Wang Feng's expectant face, he ordered: "Then what are you doing in a daze, bring the brother sent back in immediately, I have something to ask." “

The cavalry, who was tired from the continuous rush, walked up to Wei Zheng and reported loudly: "General, starting this morning, the Tartars have begun, and the Tartars have begun to withdraw from Zunhua in large numbers. ”

"The food and materials looted by the Tartars in my Ming Dynasty were all loaded, and they drove out of Zunhua City in a steady stream, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance. In addition, the people who were captured by the Tartars were all driven out of Zunhua by the Tartars, and retreated to Guanzai with the convoy. Our brothers saw tens of thousands of people in the morning alone. ”

"What about the Tartar cavalry......" Hearing the report, Wei Zheng's first thought was to find a way to recapture some supplies and population from the Tartars. He asked the herald with a look of anticipation, hoping that the Tartar would give him a chance.

However, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Under the gaze of Wei Zheng, the herald replied with a solemn face: "General, the convoy where the Tartars are transported out of the prison is all escorted by the infantry. As for the Tartar cavalry, they were scattered around the convoy in units of a thousand to patrol and guard. Almost every two miles apart, a thousand-man Tartar cavalry could be seen. ”

After a hint of disappointment quickly appeared on Wei Zheng's face, Zhou Shuyuan beside him sighed: "General, it seems that the Tartars don't give us any chance to rob them." However, Zunhua City is so big, even if it has been plundered by the Tartars, there must be a lot of things that can be used by me. ”

"So, I mean, let's not be too greedy...... If you can take Zunhua down, it's fine......"

After a smile full of embarrassment flashed on Wei Zheng's face, he affirmed to Zhou Shuyuan: "What the military advisor said is right, I am too greedy. Now, our goal is to take Zunhua before the general army of Zunhua. ”

"Now I order all the officers and men of the Haw Par Army to prepare for battle immediately......

"Yes, General......" replied the subordinates with hot eyes.

Just as everyone was about to return to their respective units, another sound of horses' hooves reached the General's Mansion. As the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer to the General's Mansion. A loud roar also reached Wei Zheng's ears......

"Dodge, everyone dodge, Zunhua General Army's order to ......"

When Wei Zheng heard these words clearly, his expression, which was still hot just now, quickly became solemn. looked at Zhou Shuyuan and said inexplicably: "It's a shame, the peach picker is here...... I really didn't expect that the intelligence of the Zunhua General Army would be even faster than ours......" (to be continued......