"What time is it?" Wu Shigong asked.

"Fourteen. Master! Tao Xin replied, "We will run for half a day to Jining." ”

"Rest for an hour. Anyway, if we are wearing full armor like this, we can't enter Jining City. These days, we are in a hurry, and we can afford it, and the horses are also a little unbearable. Except for this brute! Wu Shigong lovingly slapped the horse's buttocks. When people go crazy, they hiss in enjoyment.

The guards immediately dismounted, found some dead branches nearby, and lit a few bonfires on the side of the road. On the bonfire, Wu Shigong and the others roasted the frozen dry food and cooked food they bought on the road, boiled a pot of hot water, and had lunch.

This time, all 50 members of the Shanchuan Division Action Team were dispatched, and under the leadership of the captain Zhang Rubao, they all became Wu Shigong's guards. The reason why he wanted to bring the action team of the Yamakawa Division was that Wu Shigong was prepared to help him escape in case he was trapped in the capital, after all, the guards of the pro-soldier team were not as professional as the action team of the Yamakawa Division in doing this kind of thing.

Zhang Rubao absentmindedly bit the white flour cake with salted meat, looked at Wu Shigong who was sitting on the side, made up his mind fiercely, and said to Wu Shigong: "My lord, I have something I want to tell you." ”

"Huh?" Wu Shigong suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Rubao, "What's the matter?" ”

Although Wu Shigong's attitude was still very kind, Zhang Rubao felt that the courage he had just gathered seemed to be about to fly away, and his back was sweating nervously. But at this time, it was also on the bow, Zhang Rubao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said: "My lord, our action team has been practicing for so long, and the brothers can't sit still. Do you have any tasks for us to do? ”

Wu Shigong understood. After the establishment of the Yamakawa Division Task Force. Except for the assassination of the head of the Qi family, a salt merchant in Yangzhou, there was indeed no other action. The reason why Wu Shigong established the Shanchuan Division Action Team at that time was also misled by modern movies and TV series, and he paid too much attention to the role of special forces.

You must know that the power of modern special forces is reflected in their high-tech weapons, communications, intelligence, transportation, and so on, and even the operations of several special forces members will be supported by military satellites.

And at that time in the Ming Dynasty, there was no need to set up any special forces at all. Special operations in the military can be done by the elite of the army. And assassination or something. It can also be cultivated from ordinary people, and some killers can even be recruited from the rivers and lakes. There is no need for such a high-consumption, high-quality task force.

At that time, when the action team was established, Zhang Rubao and others were all selected elites from the whole army. To be honest, if these people all stay in the Runing army. Now it's an officer, big and small. And this large-scale expansion of the Runing Army also happened to lack a large number of experienced officers. So now these members of the task force can be said to be a bit wasteful.

Wu Shigong thought about it for a while. immediately agreed to Zhang Rubao: "Wait until I go back." All the members of your action team are integrated into the officer's personal team, make up for all the lessons you have missed, and then release them according to your performance. ”

"Alas!" Zhang Rubao didn't expect his persuasion to be so smooth, and he was immediately overjoyed. And some members of the action team who pricked up their ears to eavesdrop on the side were also overjoyed.

The Runing Army, which had been on the expedition for four days, had been attacking. At this time, they were already one hundred and thirty miles away from Ye County. And Xue Yongli and other officers of the Runing Army were listening to Zhang Biao, who was in charge of the reconnaissance cavalry, reporting on the reconnaissance situation.

"This situation is really unclear!" Zhang Biao ran up and complained, "Until now." We can say that we have already encountered the Shaanxi bandits, or we can say that we do not know where the main force of the Shaanxi bandits is. ”

"There are groups of people gathered on the roads and in the fields, and it is impossible to tell whether they are fleeing civilians or Shaanxi bandits. The costumes are the same, the only difference is whether or not they have weapons in their hands. However, even the weapons of the Shaanxi bandits are mostly hoes and other agricultural tools. It's hard for us to tell. ”

"We can only judge from the number of people gathered, and think that a crowd of more than 1,000 people is a bandit. Early yesterday morning, a group of children took the initiative to attack a group of nearly 1,000 bandits to try their combat effectiveness and tactics. But I didn't expect that after a few rows of firecrackers went down and fifty horses rushed like this, this group of Shaanxi bandits would break up. ”

"And it's ridiculous that they threw away their weapons when they fled, and after a while, we didn't know who the people were. Who are the Shaanxi bandits? ”

"After the little one got the news, he took two cavalry companies to press up, and cooperated with ten squads of reconnaissance cavalry for a total of 700 cavalry, and defeated a total of four bandits in one day yesterday, and the largest bandit group had 3 or 4,000 people."

"But they were all crushed at the first blow, and we killed more than 700 people and took more than 600 prisoners. Truth be told, they trampled to death as they fled than we did. There was basically no grain and grass in the seizures, and there was no need to say much about the seized rags. To tell a joke, if the Shaanxi bandits are all of this kind of combat effectiveness, there is no need for Li Ye to bother, just let the small one go up with the cavalry corps, and the hundreds of thousands of Shaanxi bandits can be wiped out. ”

Zhang Biao's words caused a burst of daxiao among the officers.

Zhang Biao continued: "But we all know that this is not right. From the second year of Chongzhen's reign to the present, the officials and troops have repeatedly encircled and suppressed, but they are getting stronger and stronger, so they must have two brushes. Therefore, we certainly did not encounter the main force of the Shaanxi bandits. ”

"But the main force of the Shaanxi bandits is hidden among the rabble, and we have no way to find them unless we strip away the rabble on the periphery. But as a result, we don't have enough food and grass, so we don't have so much time to look for it. ”

What Zhang Biao said is indeed the actual situation.

At that time, when the peasant rebel army was surrounded, there was a clear distinction between the Ming army and the peasant rebel army. However, when the peasant rebel army crossed the Yellow River, with the addition of a large number of refugees and the entry into a vacuum of defense of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant rebel army immediately spread like a flood that broke the embankment.

Moreover, it was impossible for the peasant rebel army to gather its ranks together, because they could not afford to supply so many people with food and grass, so they could only let the rebel armies go out to fight everywhere and plunder grain on the spot.

And as more and more people took refuge, to be honest, even the leaders of the peasant rebel army could not tell which was their own army, let alone the Runing army.

At this time, although the direction of the peasant rebel army's attack was from north to south, and the direction of the Runing army's attack was from south to north, the route of the peasant rebel army was along the western border of Henan, while the Runing army was slightly easterly. Therefore, the positions of the main forces of the peasant rebel army and the Runing army were on the left front of their respective positions. So what Zhang Biao encountered was indeed the cannon fodder regiment on the periphery of the peasant rebel army.

But even these cannon fodder regiments also brought a lot of trouble to the Runing Army. The key point is that we don't distinguish between friend and foe. The Runing Army couldn't tell who was the peasant rebel army? Who are the refugees on the run? It's not necessarily that the Runing Army killed all the people they saw along the way!

In addition, the Runing Army also knew that the identities of the fleeing refugees and the peasant rebels could be changed at any time, and it was useless to distinguish them clearly. Coupled with the defeated peasant rebel army, they can regroup as soon as they reach the rear, it can be said that they cannot be defeated, if they are not completely eliminated, it can be said that even if the Runing army wins a hundred battles, it will be exhausted and defeated by this group of unbeatable Xiaoqiang.

The Runing Army was in a completely new kind of battle, which was completely different from the previous battle between the two armies. Runingjun is like a giant who has picked up a large vertebrae, but it has been waving towards the air, and there is a feeling of empty energy but no results. It's really the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!

Xue Yongli walked over to the large hanging map and examined it carefully. The other officers gathered behind him and looked at the map carefully.

After studying for a while, Xue Yongli said: "It seems that the possibility that we want to fight the main force of the Shaanxi bandits is very small. Then let's fight according to our own ideas. ”

Then Xue Yongli pointed to a point on the map: "Right here, Qingshui Bend." Don't let our scouts out again. Zhang Biao, you take your cavalry corps of 1,300 men, and cooperate with five mobile companies equipped with two-drawn carriages, make a detour to the east, and rush to Qingshuiwan in two days. ”

"Remember, don't get entangled when you encounter enemies along the way! The goal is to block the point of the clear water bend. And I led the main force to press forward and crush all the bandits in the way. I estimated that it would be pressed to the area of Clear Water Bend in three days. ”

"After that, we used the fastest speed to wipe out all the Shaanxi bandits between the two armies. Then retreat to Ye County. On the way back, the walls are clear, everything that can be brought with you is brought with you, and what you can't bring is destroyed. The people who saw it, whether they were Shaanxi bandits or refugees, were arrested and brought back to Ye County. ”

"No matter how you say it, you can't give the Shaanxi bandits any more strength. All the captives will be screened after they go back, and all the Shaanxi bandits will be sent to the iron mine to work as mining slaves. If it's a refugee, leave it to the place and let them have a headache. ”

"In this way, although we may still not encounter the main force of the Shaanxi bandits, at least we have the results of the battle, and we can also make the rear feel at ease."

"Then Liye." Li Sanhe asked, "What if when we retreat, the main force of the Shaanxi bandits bite up?" We have captives and captures, but we can't run fast? ”

"That's for the best! Those rabble captives and worthless seizures are nothing to lose. If the main force of the Shaanxi bandits presses up, then we will turn around and completely hurt the main force of the Shaanxi bandits. To tell you the truth, I'm afraid they won't come. "Xue Yongli is very heroic.

There was another burst of laughter in the tent.

"Alright!" Xue Yongli clapped his hands, "Go back and prepare." Zhang Biao, you hand over the prisoners and captures in your hands to the engineering regiment, and then set off quickly. (To be continued......)