Chapter 123: The First Bloom of the Flower of Hell
The scouts are only a small prelude to the war.
For both sides, the most important thing is to do a good job of offense or defense. The victory or defeat of the scouts does not matter, its effect is that Liu Zongmin, as the main attacker, knows that there is a Ming army in front of him in the scout's return, and Zhou Huchen on the defending side knows that the enemy army is coming.
The defense line has been arranged, but there are some things that Zhou Huchen does not dare to rest assured. Because, there is also an escape champion outside the city of Datong Mansion behind him - Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Xuanda.
The three-surnamed slave in Zhou Huchen's mind is worthy of being a veteran who has been tested for a long time and will see the development of events. What made Zhou Huchen even more admired was that this Jiang Zongbing actually brought back all his soldiers completely, which is also a talent! Let Zhou Huchen only admire, willing to bow to the wind.
Originally, Zhou Huchen considered whether to directly enslave the future family of the third surname like this, but no matter how he looked at it and pondered it carefully, he felt a little bad. Although Jiang Xuan, the general soldier, did not fight well, his soldier characteristics were too distinct, not only the clothes and structure were well maintained, but the banner of the general soldier was kept fluttering. No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like Li Zicheng's rogue army, so Zhou Huchen really can't start.
Jiang Hao was let go for the time being, but Zhou Huchen was never at ease. If you are not at ease, there is naturally a way to be at ease, Zhou Huchen definitely belongs to the kind of strongman who should be covered up and never covered up if he should not be covered. Very simply, Zhou Huchen directly sent 5,000 soldiers, and then asked the general Wang Deyong to be close to Jiang Jiu's soldiers. Of course, Zhou Huchen also secretly said something to Wang Deyong.
Pingyao is more than 40 miles away from Qi County, in the Ming army scouts continue to retreat, when Liu Zongmin led the army to Qi County ten miles away, it happened to be the evening of the fifth day of the first month of the 17th year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
The distance was far away, but both sides had already seen the shadow of the other army, but it was too late for the battle to be impossible. Liu Zongmin's army began to set up camp, in fact, it was to place some simple antlers and wooden fences to prevent the enemy from stealing the camp at night.
Countless bonfires were lit, and in the night, it was obvious that the bonfires of the Ming army were much smaller than those of the Dashun army, and the strength seemed to be very limited.
The night was very peaceful, the Ming army did not come to steal the camp, and Liu Zongmin was too lazy to engage in those conspiracies.
The weather was very cold, and the Dashun soldiers, who had spent the night in the cold night, got up and hurriedly moved their hands and feet.
According to the habit of the old army, every time a major battle comes, the chief general must let the soldiers eat a full meal, which can be regarded as a way to increase morale, so that the soldiers have the strength to fight and die.
The sun rises, the scouts of the Dashun army begin to dispatch, and a great battle is coming.
The scouts of the Ming army have been retreating, and today is no exception. Although it was a retreat, the Dashun army scouts already knew that these Ming army scouts were very despicable and always used that kind of powerful firecracker. This made Liu Zongmin's scouts have a headache, they couldn't threaten the enemy, and there were always dead and wounded, so no one dared to get too close.
The scouts of the Dashun army were slowly advancing in Tima, and the scouts of the Ming army were retreating, and some of the retreats made Liu Zongmin's scouts incomprehensible. No one understands that while these Ming scouts are retreating, they are not constantly retreating, but constantly moving sideways left and right, and then retreating for a while, and then continuing to move laterally
Strange is strange, the scouts of the Great Shun Army must always follow up, otherwise the main general behind them may cut them down.
The four scouts pulled the distance a little and marched together, and the twenty or so people behind followed slowly, these Dashun army scouts were very careful, these Ming troops were too despicable, and never acted according to the rules of the battle between the two armies. It is better to be careful with this kind of ungraceful army.
The earth is red and yellow, this area is the standard Shanxi loess earth, the ground is full of traces of people walking and horseshoe prints, unremarkable.
The meaning of mediocre is - well disguised.
With a deafening muffled sound, several Dashun scouts realized what it meant to be well disguised and unremarkable.
The war horse of a Dashun scout happened to step on a mine with its hind hooves, and at the moment of the explosion, the two horse's legs flew up, and the soldiers on the horse were thrown far away. Not only the soldiers, but also the soldiers and horses on both sides were also swept far away by the air waves. Then, a cloud of yellow mushrooms rose.
This is a completely incomprehensible phenomenon, since these soldiers have not seen mines. Two of the four soldiers were silent, while the other two began to wail and roll on the ground in pain while their horses went wild, including the soldier who had been thrown out first.
War horses are timid animals, and after this huge explosion, the war horses behind were startled by the explosion almost at the same time. The madness of the war horse could not be stopped at all, and some soldiers were directly thrown off the war horse.
Zhou Huchen held the clairvoyant mirror from afar, and he could see all this clearly.
"It's not bad luck to die, it's not dead, this firearm is too evil, fortunately it belongs to us!"
"This mine is okay, but the young marshal still has to look at our artillery battalion, his subordinates remember that the young marshal said that artillery is the king, so please take a look at us!" The one who took over the conversation was Wu Yunguan, who was the cousin of Wu Yun, who was guarding Wu Yun, and this young man was completely an admirer of Zhou Huchen.
"Hundreds of cannons, enough, it won't explode, it won't stop, plus guns and grenades" Zhou Huchen seemed to be discussing with Wu Yunguan, and seemed to be muttering to himself.
Adjutant General Mo Xiancheng also put down the clairvoyant mirror at this time: "I am afraid that this enemy army is no less than 200,000, and our army has 30,000 soldiers, and there are less than 50,000 soldiers and masters in the back." The enemy's miscellaneous servants are estimated to be more, even if it is four against one, there should be a battle. ”
Of course, Mo Xiancheng didn't say how strong the Dashun army was, but that his side had a chance of winning. Mo Xiancheng has been fighting with Zhou Yuji for many years, and he has developed the habit of victory, and he is a little blind to the 200,000 Dashun army.
"This Li Zicheng's army actually has soldiers who dare to fight, otherwise they would not have taken the entire Henan and Shaanxi, and we must not underestimate the enemy!"
Zhou Huchen began to have a headache again, he had already decided in his heart, but now it is a little difficult to implement the ideas in his heart in this situation.
Just when Zhou Huchen was still having a headache, a small commotion suddenly came from behind him.
Turning his head, there was still a distance away, and when he saw someone coming, Zhou Huchen suddenly had a splitting headache.
"Dashuai!"
"I've seen the big handsome!"
Zhou Yuji, who was sitting in the rear, actually came, although with Mo Xiancheng's assistance, it was obvious that Zhou Yuji was still not at ease. Zhou Huchen now not only has a splitting headache, but also has the idea of crying.
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