Chapter 137: Discipline Him and He Never Returns

Hauge was ordered to attack the Xianghe, which was a very strategic move. If according to the historical process, after the Xianghe was successfully attacked, the military deployment of the entire Ming Dynasty was greatly affected. The final counterattack dragged on until May, which shows how much the situation in the entire Northern Zhili War was affected after the canal was cut off.

On the other hand, a mere partial division was able to take Xianghe, and the main force of Houjin could not shake small counties such as Changli and Leting. This also fully illustrates a problem, after this period, the Jin army's urban fortification is a strict shortcoming, as long as the local officials handle it properly, even if it is a county seat, it is difficult to overcome. It's not that the combat effectiveness of the Houjin army is not good, but Huang Taiji can't afford to consume so many soldiers. From the perspective of the population of Houjin, the price of 500 people to fight a county town is already very high, even to the point of being unacceptable.

It can be seen how painful Chen Xie's fight in Jizhou was to fight Huang Taiji, but it was not time to settle accounts.

When He Xian came back, he was covered in blood, and when he went out in two squads, only fifteen of the 20 people came back. Chen Xie, who was standing at the gate of the camp, watched He Xian get off the horse, and insisted on the military salute report: "Report to the chief, I returned from my humble duties and broke five brothers, and Jiannu didn't please him, 20 to 20, and 5 left." As he spoke, He Xian pounced forward, with an arrow stuck in his back.

Chen Xie's face was like sinking water, his body did not move, he just waved his hand, signaling someone to carry him down for treatment. As usual, the squad leader stepped forward and continued to report: "It seems that there are always five or six thousand people in Jiannu's brigade. The procession was very long, and there were no heavy wagons and horses. The captain took us to observe from a distance for a while, but we didn't expect Jiannu's attendants to surround us from both sides and fight an encounter. In one round, our unit attacked with a strong crossbow and overturned five. With a firebolt, he overturned eight more, moved his knife, and killed two more. Two brothers were shot in the face by Jiannu's bow and arrows, and three brothers were killed by Jiannu's heavy weapons in close combat. The bodies of the brothers were hidden in a wood. After the war, it will be retrieved and buried. ”

"It's hard work, let's go down." Chen Xie finally opened his mouth and motioned for the scout team to go down. Chen Xie did not have many cavalry in his hands, only a scout team of fifty people. This one encounter was fought down. There were five people missing. It's really distressing. Fortunately, the horses were brought back. The equipment was also brought back. What made Chen Xie uncomfortable was that there were obviously more people and fewer people, and the casualties in close combat were the largest. Twenty people returned. Only half of them were unwound.

The group rolled forward, and the front suddenly stopped, and Hauge, in the middle of the group, looked ahead with an angry face. It is only thirty miles away from the Xianghe, and the horse team will not be able to arrive in half an hour, and it will take advantage of the darkness to touch the city, and maybe a sneak attack will take it down. The raid is very demanding for scouts, and along the way, it is necessary to clear the surrounding area of the Ming army scouts that may be encountered.

A sudden stop ahead can only indicate that something unexpected has happened. The lightning rod looks very powerful on the head, and Hauge is wearing one right now. Under the crotch was a horse, and the bright armor was covered with a layer of gray from the march. The 5,000-strong army, including 3,000 Mongol soldiers, the Dar Desert who did not defeat Changli, was sent by Huang Taiji to follow Haoge.

The scout, who was stumbling and covered in blood, knelt in front of him and pleaded guilty, saying: The slave broke the face of the master, and the crime deserved death. I don't ask the master to forgive the slave's sins, but I ask the master to let the slave finish speaking, so as not to spoil the master's affairs.

Hauge was unexpectedly not angry, and said with a calm face: "Speak!" ”

"Back to the master, the slave took twenty horsemen to move around, and found a group of Ming army scouts, surrounded left and right, ready to beat them off guard. I never thought that these bright dogs were very their hands. Defend me with my shield and shoot me with a strong crossbow. I thought that once it approached, Minggou would be defeated, and I didn't want everyone to have a short fire gun in their hands, and the minions were defenseless, and they suffered a big loss at once. Later, the fierce battle was imminent, and the minions took the brothers to kill back, and the two brothers entangled the Ming dog in order to cover the minions, and they were afraid that they would not be able to come back. Master, be careful, this Ming dog is not ordinary, even if it is close combat, he dares to fight for his life. The minion smashed the leader of the Ming Dog with a mace, but he didn't expect a Ming Dog to come out of the side and block the fatal blow with his body. These bright dogs are all dressed in green skins and have no armor. Master, don't forget the fiasco of Xiteku outside Jizhou City. ”

When Hauge heard this, he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, sure enough, this Ming army, the opportunity to be ashamed has come." Come on, send the order down, camp on the spot, and kill Xianghe early tomorrow morning. I'm going to meet this Ming army for a while. ”

The sky was dark, Chen Xie sat peacefully in the tent, smoking, drinking tea, and watching the sunset with Erlang's legs crossed. For the first time, he didn't inspect the night defense, and left it to Wang Qinian. Ma Xianglin's anxious eyes smoked, and he circled back and forth beside Chen Xie, stopped after taking two steps and asked, "Sihua, aren't you worried?" This is 5,000 slaves. ”

"What do I have to worry about, isn't it just 5,000 slaves? It's not enough for me to kill, if you're afraid, run away before it gets dark. When it came to running away, Ma Xianglin was anxious, and when he was about to defend that he was not that kind of person, the guards came outside to report: "Xianghe County has ordered Lord Song to arrive." Chen Xie laughed when he heard this, walked out of the tent, and strode towards the camp gate.

When Song Yi saw Chen Xie, it was like seeing a savior, and he didn't have the reserve of a civil official, so he rushed forward and said loudly: "Ambassador Chen, I heard the messenger report that the Jiannu army was killed, and this official came to ask for verification." ”

Chen Xie came over with a smile, looked at Song Yi with a pale face, and although he was disdainful in his heart, he said with a smile on his face: "This matter is true, but it's not a big deal." Scouts investigated, Jiannu about 5,000 people, our camp is outside, Guixian is stationed in the city, into a horn situation, Jiannu sees the situation like this, may not dare to risk attacking the city. ”

What do you mean by this, I'm outside the city, what are you anxious about? If you want to die, I will die first. Question: Song County Ling doesn't think so, you bastard ran away overnight, where did Lao Tzu cry?

"Ambassador Chen, let's move to the city." Hearing that the news was true, Song Yi's legs were weak, and he almost didn't stand firm, so he reached out to help the camp gate so that he didn't fall. Seeing this, Chen Xie sighed secretly in his heart, these civil officials in the Ming Dynasty really can't support the wall. Thinking about the big cities of Qian'an and Luanzhou being broken, it is estimated that it is similar to the current Song Yi. The commander did not have the courage to fight, and did not dare to run, so he sat in the city and waited for death. This is not bad, but it is "a death to repay the king".

The current emperor is Chongzhen, and he is definitely a good scorer in the future, even if he runs away, Song Yi will not be able to escape death. Interestingly, there was the courage to commit suicide, but there was no courage to resist. Just like those people who were driven away, they had the courage to endure the drive of swords, guns and whips, and broke up the formation of their own people, but they did not have the courage to turn back and fight hard.

"I don't go into the city, it's dignified, and no army dares to fight with Jiannu, so let me be the first to come down." Lord County, hurry back and prepare for the war. Please rest assured, if Jiannu wants to hit the Xianghe, he must step on the corpse below. Chen Xie said impassionedly, but Song Yi was like eating a fly. You're not afraid of death, I'm afraid!

"Ambassador Chen, those who know the times are handsome, why bother with Jiannu for the length of the moment? Anyway, this is 5,000 Jiannu, not 500, even if you withdraw to the city, no one will say that yours is not. Please rest assured, this county will definitely play this court and explain this matter. Song Yi was still persuading, not wanting Chen Xie to smile slightly, turned around and walked back slowly, hahaha After laughing three times, he said loudly: "I smiled at the sky from the horizontal knife, and went to save the liver and gallbladder two Kunlun." ”

Which bastard said that Chen Xie was a martial artist? These two poems are very well done. Song Yi is still in the poem, Chen Xie has disappeared. Ma Xianglin heard it clearly, knew that he couldn't be persuaded anymore, and stepped forward and said, "Song Xianzun, let's go back and prepare for the battle." I have a thousand white pole soldiers, and I will never take a step back. ”

Chen Xie was sincerely grateful to Qin Liangyu for sending a thousand white-pole soldiers, although they had only been trained for ten days, they were all veterans. Nothing else, there's no problem at all with a hedgehog array. As long as the white pole soldiers help each other's wings, the guns in the array are the slaughterhouse of Jiannu, and there is no way to discipline him.

In the morning, the war horses neighed and the voices of people boiled. The 5,000-strong army set off, everyone had two horses, how big this scene could be.

Hauge in the army watched the army roll, and a heroic spirit rose. Raising his hand and whip to point at the Xianghe, he said loudly to Dar Mo beside him: "Seeing me sweeping the green-skinned Ming army, I am afraid that he will shrink in the city." ”

At this time, what Hauge wanted to see most was the green-skinned Ming army, like the previous two battles, lined up in the field to meet them. The distance of twenty miles was not too far, and within two moments, the scout in front came back and reported: "A Ming army is standing in the field, and the forward sees no chance, so he does not take the initiative to fight. ”

Hauge was overjoyed, what he was most worried about was that the Ming army was shrinking into the city, and as far as this lightly mounted and fast-riding army was concerned, once it was necessary to attack the city, at most it would try to go around, sweep along the canal, and have to withdraw by itself in three or five days. Now the Ming army dares to line up in the field, so how Hauge is not happy.

Chen Xie couldn't hide the excitement and nervousness in his heart, and with the continuous reporting of the scout rangers, the Houjin army under the command of Haoge really killed him. So what awaits them? In fact, it's nothing, just three barbed wire fences and a shallow trench. Chen Xie has eight infantry teams in hand, and he can have the luxury of leaving two infantry teams as reserves, setting up six horizontal teams with infantry units as units, adding the protection of barbed wire, and calmly playing a three-stage shooting. Looking forward from the back, there are two infantry phalanxes, with a passage in the middle, which are not particularly thick formations no matter how you look at them. But this seemingly thin formation is the product of Chen Xie's careful preparation.

The artillery corps was placed a little behind the middle of the infantry unit, and this time in the middle of the two large phalanxes alongside the infantry column were the six 6-pounder bronze smoothbore guns of the cadet artillery corps. Chen Xie's formation is to rely on the barbed wire fence laid with sufficient time, and he is a little bullied that Haoge is a turtle, and he doesn't know what the barbed wire is and what it is for.

Chen Xie didn't leave, but Song Yi was even more worried. This thing really gave up the camp and did not defend it, but lined up in the field. My living ancestor, this is a slave, how dare you fight in the wild? Song Yi really didn't know how to write this recital? Oh, it depends on whether you can hold the Xianghe, and if you can't keep it, you are ready to go back and chop off your concubine, and then find a rope to hang yourself. (To be continued......)