Chapter 26: The Night Is Not Closed

The eastern sky was a red sky, and the earth was covered with splendor against the backdrop of fiery clouds.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the cavalry, pulling out a long shadow, and the beautiful picture scroll was so pleasing to the eye, as if it was not a battlefield, but a fairytale shijie.

As the sunset was about to disappear, Jiannu's huge contingent began to enter Yangliuqing Town, while Zhou Yuji's cavalry was still hovering behind Jiannu's large army.

There were too many people, and with the addition of cars and horses, the small Yangliuqing Town was filled up in an instant. Dumale's cavalry had been pinned down for almost a whole day, and they were already very tired and tired, and when Shijie fell into darkness and the bonfire in the town was lit, Dumal and the others were finally allowed to enter the town of Yangliuqing.

Of course Tulow doesn't eat, because his men carry water, but this is a team of 100,000 people, and they need a lot of water, and people need water, and a lot of livestock need water. These Ming troops were so despicable that they filled in all the wells, and the ponds in the town were even more miserable, and the yellow and white things on the ice were disgusting.

Tulo began to curse these despicable and shameless Ming soldiers incessantly, people can hold on, but a large number of livestock have no drinking water, and now they must find a way to get water.

In order to defend against the sneak attack of Zhou Yuji's cavalry, the town was full of antlers, as well as the sundries in the town, and a large group of black shadows slowly moved away from these obstacles, and then, quietly ran out of Yangliuqing Town to Wuqing Lake on the east side.

It was the end of the month, and there was no trace of the moon, and as far as the eye could see, there was darkness everywhere.

The leader of the Jiannu muttered quietly, and the people behind him followed closely behind, if there is a Songming torch, you can see that these Jiannu soldiers are divided into small columns, each small column is composed of a spear shaft, and the Jiannu soldiers are holding the spear shaft in their hands, and they are also carrying a lot of items in a mess.

This dark night seems to be about to swallow people, these Jiannu soldiers groped their way forward in the dark, about a thousand or so, of course they went to dig ice to get water, those insidious Ming people have destroyed the water source of Yangliuqing Town, and now they can only go to Wuqing Lake on the east side to dig ice.

Except for some chaotic rustling footsteps, the silence of the vast dark night of winter is terrible.

These Jiannu soldiers had already walked far out of the town, and they did not dare to raise fire, otherwise they would become the target of those terrible Ming troops, and according to judgment, it seemed that the Wuqing Lake that was silent in front was not far away.

Just as the leader of Jiannu was judging the distance, a palpitating voice came from the silent night, the voice was so familiar, yet so neat.

It was the sound of the bowstring pulling, the palpitating sound was so clear in the darkness, so terrifying, and as the sound of the arrows breaking through the air came out, the screams of the assembled Jiannu team began to sound.

"Volley! Volley! "The leader of Jiannu is very experienced, the enemy's situation is unknown, this is the only way to dodge the bow and arrow in the dark, your own side is attacked, you can't fight back, now the only way is to lie on the ground and dodge.

There was a faint shout in the night, and another round of bows and arrows was fired, screaming and screaming, and no one knew how many people were shot, and no one knew how many enemies there were.

"Lying on the ground ~ the enemy is on the right, all silent!" The enemy was on his right, and the leader of Jiannu finally judged the enemy's position:

Although he judged the enemy's position, he could not fight back, and it was a joke to lie on the ground and shoot his bow and arrows. The screams caused confusion among the Jiannu soldiers, and the orders issued by the Jiannu leaders could not be completely carried out at all, the chaos continued, and the sound of running was constantly heard behind them.

"Don't take it all night!"

The judgment of the leader of Jiannu was right, and it was indeed "not collected at night". In the official literature, this branch of the army is called "Whistle Night", "Whistle Detective Night Unknown", "Far Whistle Night Detective Unknown", "Patrol Detective Ambush", "Whistle Dial Night Detective", "Dial Night" and so on. The pier sentry on the side wall is also called "pier night" or "direct dial, horizontal dial". In fact, "night does not collect" is the sentinel of nocturnal activities, they all have a distinctive characteristic, can move smoothly at night, and the equestrian skills are exquisite, and the personal ability is super strong.

If the individual ability is not strong, they will be killed by adults under the constant killing of each other, and those who can survive are almost all strong people who have been tempered by thousands of tempers, this is the life of "not collecting at night", they are the masters of the night.

Zhou Yuji's subordinates have a lot of "night does not collect", these people have his original subordinates, and some are from his father-in-law Liu's family, these people account for half. And the other half of them came from recruitment, these people were the children of military families near the border wall, and some simply deserted. "The night is not collected" is synonymous with outlaws, they are the most survivable soldiers, cunning and not afraid of life and death.

After a few waves of arrow rain, except for the wounded who were still screaming, the Ming troops who were hiding in the darkness did not move at night.

The task of digging ice and fetching water can no longer be completed, the leader of Jiannu judged according to the arrows that were shot, these Ming army's "night does not collect" no less than 100 people, in this dark night, there is no "night sentinel" that can confront the other party among his more than 1,000 people, and now he is a lamb, he no longer considers the possibility of winning, and now he has to think about his own life.

After a long time, the order of the leader of Jiannu reached behind him, and in addition to the moaning of others, those chaotic voices finally gradually calmed down. Now you need to run, this is the first choice of the leader of Jiannu, and if you don't dare to raise fire, it is tantamount to committing suicide; As for attacking the other party, there is no need to think about it, the other party is the king of the night, and he is powerless to resist at all.

The leader of Jiannu knew that the Ming army's "night is not closed" on his right, and his choice was very wise, those Ming troops could not move to the left in such a short time, and after slowly moving to the left for some distance, the leader of Jiannu shouted loudly: "Run back!! ”

In the shouting of the leader of Jiannu, there was a terrifying sound of bowstring pulling on the left at the same time, and there was also the "night non-collection" of the Ming army in this direction, and they were lurking in the night, waiting for this opportunity.

There is no suspense anymore, and now it depends on luck if you want to escape!

The sound of screams, shouts, footsteps and the sound of palpitating bows and arrows mingled together, life was so fragile that life and death were only in a moment

Finally, someone ran back to Yangliuqing Town to report the news, Tulo gritted his teeth again, he kept cursing these despicable Ming soldiers, but unfortunately, there were too few words in Manchu, and it was only the Ming Dog and the damn ** that were turned over and over.

"Noni, you personally lead the team, select three thousand people, form an infantry formation, bring enough shields, bring more archers, burn the Songming, and use the archers to open the way, I want to see how capable these despicable Ming troops are!"

Tuo has no choice, tomorrow, tomorrow, he can't wait for tomorrow, now he can only attack hard, without enough water, these soldiers can still hold on, but the livestock will not be able to move without drinking water, and they can't abandon the livestock and those belongings.

Half an hour later, a huge phalanx of foot soldiers slowly walked out of the protective area of Yangliuqing Town.

The phalanx composed of torches was so eye-catching in the night that the Ming army lurking in the dark was clearly visible.

"Dog*'s Jiannu, this time it's going to be hard!" This is the strong voice of the scout Qian, he is the leader of the "night does not collect", and he is also the leader of the scout team.

"Shoot the dog*! This target is too obvious! I don't know who it is, he followed the strong voice of the scout Qian, and then he said:

"Jiannu's infantry phalanx must have a large number of shields, and there must be a large number of archers in the middle, which is not easy to deal with!"

"Then you can't watch Jiannu get water, Lord Qianhu hurriedly think of a way! Otherwise, the tiger will not spare us tomorrow! Again, the same voice, this time with obvious anxiety:

"There's no way, only to see the right time to use a bow and arrow to deal with them, it is estimated that Jiannu's archers will shoot at us, but it doesn't matter, Jiannu's bow and arrow are not as far as we shoot, master the distance, I don't believe it, 'night does not collect' can not deal with such an obvious target! Everyone, prepare! ”

The team of 3,000 people lit countless torches, and as the distance got closer and closer, even the expressions on the faces of those Jiannu soldiers could be faintly seen.

"Shoot!"

The distance was just right, and with Gao Qiang's order, the nearly 200 "Ye Bu Hui" gathered together shot their first arrow at the same time, which was a shot accumulation.

Jiannu's foot soldiers are a phalanx composed of wooden shields, but no matter how many shields there are, there will be gaps, and as the whistling arrow rain falls, the fire shines on these white feathers hideously, making people shudder.

A few screams came faintly, and it was obvious that there were constantly people in Jiannu's shield phalanx who were hit by arrows.

The constant shouting from the Jiannu phalanx could be heard, and it should be the leader of the Jiannu who was suppressing the order of the troops. When the high-strength "Night Doesn't Collect" team shot the third round of bows and arrows, Jiannu finally began to counterattack, and in an instant, more arrows were shot in Jiannu's phalanx than the Ming army's "Night Doesn't Collect".

On this cold night, under the reflection of the torches, the staggered arrows of both sides flew into the sky, and the white feathers formed a magnificent picture, it was so beautiful, it seemed that it was not a war, but a beautiful performance of passion.

Gao Qiang has a lot of experience in fighting Jiannu, and he used to be the "night does not collect" in Liaodong.

Just a few years ago, because of a military defeat, Gao Qiang could no longer return to his army, and if the army was defeated, he might be cut off his head when he went back, and he would not dare to go home, which would implicate his family. In desperation, he was arrogant and came to Beijing with a strong ability, and he took refuge in Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Yuji's courage and good fighting really deserve his reputation, much stronger than Gao Qiang's original general soldier, not only is the treatment good, but also, Zhou Yuji is a real soldier, he is never afraid of fighting, and he will not let his subordinates starve; On top of that, Zhou Yuji's army never knew what a rout was, which was enough for Gao Qiang, who was full of hatred for Jiannu. He wants to live, to pay the blood debt for his dead brothers and the people, that's all. As for the original name, Gao Qiang seems to have forgotten it, he only believes that he is Gao Qiang now, and he is the scout Qianzong Gao Qiang under the young guard of Zhou Yuji, the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiannu's bow and arrow range is very well understood, Jiannu's archers generally use heavy arrows, this kind of arrow has a strong armor-piercing ability, but heavy arrows with strong armor-piercing ability also bring disadvantages, that is; The range is much closer.

Gao Qiang knew Jiannu too well, and felt that an arrow lightly touched his leg, which was almost the maximum range of Jiannu's bow and arrow, unless those super archers could bring effective damage, but how could those super archers appear on such an occasion, they were a valuable resource in the army, Gao Qiang believed in his own judgment, at this distance, these Jiannu did not pose any threat.

The two sides shot as much as they could, and the beautiful scene continued. None of Gao Qiang's side was seriously injured, and Gao Qiang couldn't know how many people in Jiannu's team were shot, but what he knew was that Jiannu was in the light, and he was in the dark, and he had already caused a lot of damage to Jiannu.

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