Chapter 0292: First Blood
Jiannu is coming!
Zhou Qingfeng was in charge of the training of the guards in the military camp in the city, and when he heard the news, he was directly excited, and his cold hairs stood on end, and he was indescribably frightened in his heart. Even if he thought about it a thousand times in his heart, when he really learned that the war was coming, his will couldn't help but waver - imagining, the enemy was overwhelmingly attacking, the flag covered the sky and the sun, and the queue covered the four fields.
After the First World War in the 'Coal Mining Village', Li Shuwei repeatedly laughed at himself that he couldn't move his legs at that time, and lamented that he was not the material for war. Zhou Qingfeng fought countless battles on the battlefield, and felt that he should not be afraid of war. It was only now that he heard the news that he realized that he was as vulnerable as a straw in a large-scale war.
"Blow the trumpet, assemble!" Zhou Qingfeng was in a trance for a few seconds, but he still gave the right order. The people in the communication squad blew the suona, and the entire barracks was full of running figures. He himself grabbed the person who came to report the news and asked for the details of the enemy situation, but the person who reported the news could not tell the specific situation, only that the Jurchens had appeared in the direction of the ferry terminal.
How many people are coming from the enemy? Where do you come from? Who is in command? What is the purpose of the operation? None of the questions could be answered. Zhou Qingfeng's head was sweating densely, and he now understood why the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would choose to simply close the city gate and not be able to defend it when faced with the enemy's situation-it was completely because their eyes were blackened, and they would be in chaos when they heard the enemy's attack.
"meow, it's really not easy to fight, and I'm not going to be there." Zhou Qingfeng was confident for more than half a year before he realized his shortcomings, and secretly scolded him for thinking about everything too simple in the past. When the enemy takes the initiative, your own response becomes a mess.
The guards gathered very quickly, and when Zhou Qingfeng was about to lead the team out of the city, he saw that the streets in the city were depressed, the families were closed, and the panic spread very quickly. Li Yongfang was under his control, but the other officers of the Thousand Households in the city were running around in panic. The garrison Wang Mingyin, who was sick at home, hurriedly ran over and asked Zhou Qingfeng not to go out of the city to fight, and to go to the city wall to guard it strictly.
What the situation is not clear, Zhou Qingfeng is also worried, and he does not dare to go out of the city at will. He led his team to the north gate of Fushun on horseback, and when he went up to the city wall, he found that thousands of people were blocking outside who wanted to enter the city. The garrison ordered the king to order that the city gates should not be opened, so as to prevent the enemy from mixing in them and taking the city.
The beads of sweat on Zhou Qingfeng's forehead were still dripping heavily, this was the moment to test a commander's decision. He took out the bronze telescope and scanned the outside of the city, which was connected by strange houses and villages, and he really couldn't see anything unusual. He also couldn't figure out the enemy's situation, so he didn't dare to open the city gate casually. Because Nurhachi drove out the rebels and rebelled against the people, and sent spies to seize the city, there were many cases of war.
What should Lao Tzu do? Is it just so stupid to stand at the head of the city and watch the mess in front of you continue to deteriorate? Zhou Qingfeng's heart was like a mess, and he couldn't find anyone to talk to, let alone find a way to solve the problem. Just as he was angry at his incompetence, a strong wind suddenly blew in the sky, and the 'triplane' landed firmly in the city gate.
Guo Jiao beckoned to Zhou Qingfeng from the driver's seat of the plane and said, "Come up quickly, let's fly out and see what's going on?" ”
It's nice to be able to fly into the sky!
Zhou Qingfeng ordered the guards to stand by, and he jumped directly from the city gate tower and quickly climbed into the back seat of the plane. Guo Jiao took him to take off quickly, and first inspected all the directions outside Fushun City - strange, there was no hostile situation. Kaitian's eyes can't see the existence of large-scale enemies on the ground, only the villagers fleeing everywhere in a mess.
yes...... what the hell is going on? Didn't you say that Jiannu was coming?
"Go to the ferry terminal." Zhou Qingfeng patted Guo Jiao's shoulder in the front seat and pointed in the direction of the Hunhe River.
Guo Jiao's heart moved at will, and the 'triplane' turned in a direction and flew south. The Hunhe River is one or two hundred meters south of Fushun City, and it will be there in a few breaths. At first, the wharf and ferry where the news of the enemy attack came out were calm, and hundreds of people gathered around an open space to watch the excitement.
Zhou Qingfeng frowned as he circled in the sky. After Guo Jiao landed, he saw a corpse lying in the clearing, with a smooth skull, dragging a rat tail with money, wearing a piece of leather armor, and throwing a bow and a knife beside him. There were several more bloody holes in the corpse, which looked like a fatal wound from a spear piercing.
"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Qingfeng looked left and right, and wondered how the military information of this enemy attack came from?
A person immediately stood out in the crowd, with a spear in his hand, and shouted with his head held high: "Report to your lordship, the second platoon of the guards is on guard here." Finding that several Jiannu people were attacking along the river, our squad stepped forward bravely and killed one enemy, while the rest of Jiannu fled. ”
What......? Just five enemies to make such a big fuss?
Zhou Qingfeng was even more inexplicable. He turned back to Guo Jiao and said, "You fly upstream along the Hunhe River until you reach the direction of Salhu to see if there are any other enemy brigades." He also called several people who were in charge of the dock and ordered them to go back to the city to report the situation, first, to reassure Xu Bing and others in the city, and second, to avoid causing further chaos.
After the order, Zhou Qingfeng continued to ask in detail what happened at this dock?
In the morning, Wu Bao'er's group of pirates was arranged to train sailors on rafts at the dock, and Xu Bing specially brought a spear squad to beat the supervision. She left when she was sure the scene was calm, and the spear squad stayed to watch.
Wu Bao'er and his gang were training on the upper 100 meters of the wharf with more than 20 sailor apprentices, and suddenly saw several rafts approaching down the river. At first, everyone didn't notice anything wrong, until the raft that floated down came close that someone exclaimed, "It's the Jurchens." ”
The Jurchens were good at fishing and hunting, and it was easy to get a raft down the Hunhe River. Wu Bao'er saw that the five Jurchen barbarians shouted and invited to fight, wearing armor and holding swords, and leading horses with bows. He immediately jumped ashore, turned around and ran. His men ran even faster. The sailor apprentices lost their command, and naturally they also rushed ashore and ran away, shouting 'Jiannu is coming'.
That's how the news of the enemy attack spread.
As for the corpse on the ground.......
It was the spear squad in charge of overseeing Wu Bao'er. The squad leader excitedly said to Zhou Qingfeng: "Adults educate on weekdays, saying how ferocious and murderous the barbarians in the north are. He also said that we Han people have been fighting with the barbarians in the north since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and have suffered from them for one or two thousand years. He also said that if the Jurchens went south, the women and children of our Han family would either be killed or enslaved.
The subordinates felt angry every day when they heard such things, and today they felt their blood surging when they saw this Jurchen with a smooth scalp and long braids. I saw that there were only five of them, and that when they came ashore they had an opportunity, they took the brethren with their spears and came to a surprise attack. ”
Zhou Qingfeng was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he knew in his heart that the ideological and political lessons he repeatedly talked about on weekdays had worked.
Rejoice!
The spear squad leader's eyebrows fluttered, "Those Jurchen barbarians didn't take us seriously when they saw our people fleeing with their lives at first. When they saw us rushing up with our spears, they were terrified. Some of them retreated, some with swords, some with bows. As a result, one of them was stabbed to death by one of our brothers in a panic, and the rest fled on horseback. ”
Speaking of this, the squad leader scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "Now that I think about it, I'm actually a little scared, my brain rushes as soon as it's hot, and the formation is not neat." One brother was also hit by an arrow, but fortunately the injury was not serious. Those Jiannu are also fierce enough, ten of us attacked, and they even resisted for a while. If we hadn't practiced for so long, we wouldn't have dared to say that we would be able to beat them away. ”
Looking at the shy smile of the squad leader, Zhou Qingfeng was really afraid, and his whole back was sweaty - down the river, with horses, he could probably confirm that this should be a harassment and reconnaissance team sent by Nurhachi.
But just five people made a mess all over the city. They were unlucky enough to bump into a spear squad under Zhou Qingfeng, otherwise as long as they killed a few people casually, it would lead to the complete collapse of Zhou Qingfeng's situation in Fushun - think about the Japanese invasion of China in the future, a few soldiers can run rampant and capture the county seat. Zhou Qingfeng's worries are not impossible.
"Good, very good!" Zhou Qingfeng, who had palpitations, asked the ten people of the spear squad to line up and slapped the soldiers on the shoulders and chests one by one, "You heroes fought bravely and raised the prestige of our army." My Han family boy should be like you, he will kill the enemy when he sees him, and he will fight when he is a thief.
Your courage deserves recognition. Today, I will award you the title of 'Hero Class for Meritorious Service in the First Battle', and all soldiers will be rewarded with five taels of silver each, and the squad leader will be rewarded with ...... and fifty taels. ”
Wow......!
There was a burst of exclamations from the hundreds of onlookers at the riverside pier, and they couldn't believe their ears - didn't they meet five Jurchens, ten people bullied five people, and only killed one and let the rest go. That's ....., it's worth fifty taels! Wouldn't that be too much of a fuss?
Many people thought to themselves: If you want to know how much money you can get, I will do it too!
Make a mountain out of a molehill?
No, not a fuss at all.
This is the first battle against a foreign enemy since the formation of the Guards, the first drop of blood!
When this class rushed up, they didn't know that they could get a reward, and they were completely brave. That's a rarity.
If everyone in the land of China has this courageous spirit, Nurhachi will not be afraid of being ten times stronger and one hundred times stronger. The key is that every time a foreign enemy invades, no one bravely rushes forward and fights desperately. Everyone wanted someone else to be a substitute for the dead, so everyone became a dead ghost.
Zhou Qingfeng just wanted to encourage this momentum, he took out the title as an honor, and also took out a silver coin as a reward. In order to maintain this momentum - the enemy will do it with him when he comes, and resolutely do not be afraid. To dare to fight and dare to fight is to have this desperate spirit.
"What's your name?"
"The subordinate's name is Li Yanxi."
"Okay, I'll make a note for you." Zhou Qingfeng really took out the small notebook he carried with him, and seriously wrote down the name, team, honorary title, etc. of the team leader. When he was done, he patted the other party on the shoulder again and encouraged: "Train hard, be brave and fight, and you will have a future." ”
After Zhou Qingfeng's praise and thinking that he would have fifty taels of silver, Li Yanxi's face turned red as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, stood straight with his legs together, and shouted loudly: "I am willing to die for my lord." ”
"Not to die for me, but for our people."
Zhou Qingfeng turned his head after encouragement, and his face was instantly gloomy. He scolded in his heart: "Damn it, Nurhachi sent people to investigate and harass at this time, is he going to attack?" Lao Tzu's side hasn't officially started to evacuate yet. This is a big problem. ”