The sacrificial Guards cavalry was dragged back by a horse with one leg tethered. His head was cut off in anger, but the fatal wound was caused by a heavy axe splitting his chest.

Huang Taiji paid special attention to the bloody cavalry cuirass, bent down and reached out to touch it, and deliberately knocked it. He was young, but his brow was furrowed deeply. The cold wind blew his hair in braids, and he looked up in the direction from which the enemy had come, the clouds in the sky were rolling and the trees on both sides of the road rustled and the grass rustled. There seems to be a fierce beast hidden in the far reaches of the earth.

Huang Taiji looked at Sakhalian and asked, "This is the leader of the Han people?" He jumped off his horse and examined the corpse, well-armoured and well-built. The corpse also carried a kettle, a dagger and other gadgets, as well as some dry food. The fabric of the clothes is excellent and clean. The cuirass and skirt were extremely fine and strong, and he even deplored that such a good piece of armor had been cut off.

Sakhalian hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "No, it's just a small soldier." I fought against the leader of this group of Han Chinese cavalry. That guy can use a military formation, and I couldn't do anything to him with an axe. But which guy is very slippery, and when he sees that the situation is not right, he will run. I only slashed a few of his men and came back. ”

"How many slashed?" Huang Taiji asked emphatically.

"Slash ......, three." Sakharen bowed his head apologetically. He is Nurhachi's son-in-law, and it stands to reason that he is the same as Huang Taiji. But Huang Taiji is the owner of the Eight Banners, one of the four major Baylors, and his status is much higher than him. was forced by the other party to ask how many people he had killed, and he was immediately ashamed and annoyed - because the difference in the proportion of casualties this time was too great.

Huang Taiji immediately asked again: "You brought a team of 100 people, and a few were killed and wounded." ”

"At first, it was blown up by the Han people with mines. The power of that mine is comparable to that of a ninth-level spell, and we can't bear it at all. Fortunately, we were loosely formed, so there were few people who died on the spot, and many people who could be blown up and dizzy. was ambushed and killed by the Han people again, so he died more. ”

Sakhalian said that this was already a joke, and he led the attack to make the same mistake as the previous Niu Lu Zhen, carelessly underestimating the enemy. After receiving a five-kilogram explosives package, he rushed forward in anger and did not restrain his subordinates, but he failed to take advantage of Han Shi's fight. The military formation naturally obtains a suppressive effect on individuals.

Listening to Sakhalian repeatedly making excuses, Huang Taiji asked angrily again: "I only ask you how many people were killed and injured?" ”

"Seven or eight." Saharen turned around, unable to figure out how much he had lost.

Huang Taiji wanted to find out about this, and after careful counting, he found that the men and horses brought by Saha only fought with the opponent for one round, and lost 16 people. There were only three results. Of these, Sakhalian personally hacked one to death, and the other two were obtained under siege.

"These Han people don't ride well, they don't look like people who ride horses all year round. They are good at armor and good knives, and they are very imposing. The horses are well fed, the fat is very fat, and they are all good horses. Sakhalian thought for a long time, and then added, "The leader of the other party's team has some ability and can fight." ”

In just half a day's effort, Zhengbai Qi almost reimbursed an elite soldier of Niu Lu and lost a Niu Lu's amount. How can Huang Taiji stand it if it goes on like this? He immediately ordered Sakhalian to continue to lead the team south, and he must find out where this group of Han cavalry came from and whose team it was?

"This gang of Han people is not coming in the right way. You take a thousand people, pick some Han people to explore the way, it doesn't matter if you are slow, be careful along the way. Huang Taiji frowned and looked south, "They are from Liaoyang, where should they change the commander general." If these generals are not afraid today, if something else happens, I am afraid that it will be a big trouble. ”

Sakha replied and led the team back to the city to gather more men, so that it was a long time. It would be an hour or two before he left the city again.

Between Liao and Shen are plains, dotted with a large number of villages. Because of the war, most of these villages were abandoned, and the people fled. This meant that there was no danger between the two cities, making it ideal for cavalry combat.

Due to the cold weather, Sahaha, who was leaving the city, even had a headache when looking at the snow-covered roads. Although it is a plain between Liao and Shen, there are also a large number of low slopes and high hills on the plain. At first glance, the field of vision is wide, but there are many blind spots hidden in the open field.

Sakhalian, who had been bombed by the mines, walked very carefully, and he took more than 100 cavalry and more than 300 infantry troops to drive these four or five hundred Han slaves all the way. He scattered a large number of cavalry to reconnoitre, but the road of his brigade in the snow was very difficult. Even if the Jurchen barbarians cut the whip, the slaves who lacked food and clothing would not be able to go fast.

However, not long after they walked out, the Jurchen cavalry who reconnoitred kept coming back to report that they had found Han rangers who were also scattered in front of them. These rangers worked in pairs and were not afraid of the Jurchen cavalry at all. The two sides often fought each other, with casualties on each other.

A Jurchen cavalryman reported: "As soon as the Han Chinese saw us, they blew their whistles and summoned their nearby companions to flank us. As soon as our men go out of the wilderness, they often fall into their encirclement. They were so strong and well armoured that we had no choice but to turn around and run away. ”

The cavalry reconnaissance was suppressed, and Sakhalian suddenly felt constrained.

It stands to reason that the more this is the case, the more important it is to find out the enemy's movements, otherwise we will suffer a great loss. But Sakhalian cherished his men, because every loss was his. In the end, he could only take back the cavalry, and the hedgehogs gathered together and moved forward along the road. Without a strong enough avant-garde, the army will be on guard and march very slowly.

In the middle of winter, he didn't go out of thirty miles at night, and Sakhalian had no choice but to find a deserted village to camp in, and arrange sentry posts at night to strictly prevent sneak attacks. The Jurchen barbarians forced the slaves to find some dry wood to make a fire and cook some hot soup to fill their stomachs. As for whether the slaves are hungry or not, cold or cold, the masters do not care at all.

"Where the hell did these damn Han people come from?" Saharen looked at the dark night with a sad face, secretly thinking that the Han people should not come out on this snowy day tonight. "Wait until tomorrow to go south, find a few villages and slaughter it, don't let those Han people be too proud. When I arrived in Liaoyang to find out who the opponent was, I immediately led the team back to Shenyang. ”

The night was overcast, clouding Sakhalian's eyes, and he didn't realize who the enemy he was facing was. But the Guards, who were the opponents, were riveting enough to teach the opponent a profound lesson.

Located at the Hupi Post Station at the midpoint of Shenyang and Liaoyang, Han Shi was reporting the day's battle process to Zhou Qingfeng, who had rushed over. "Today, I had two skirmishes with Jiannu, and my subordinates were fortunate to win small victories. About 40 of the enemy were killed, three of our were killed, one was seriously wounded, and 26 were lightly wounded. The establishment remains intact.

After that, the sentinels of the two sides also fought many times, although the results were not large, but it ensured that our main force was still out of the enemy's sight. The enemy is not yet clear about our layout and operational intentions.

Today's defeat of Jiannu is mainly due to the carelessness of the enemy, and the armor and weapons are far inferior to our army. Both times they fell into a panic and were beaten by our two platoons. The main lesson for us was that I made mistakes in my personal command and was not resolute enough in the second confrontation with the enemy. If I had put aside my scruples and fought hard against the enemy's cavalry, the casualties would have been greater, but the enemy would have died more. ”

The cavalry company clerk in charge of recording recorded Han Shi's words in detail, and these things will be passed down as the history of the army's war. Zhou Qingfeng expressed his satisfaction with Han Shi's battle today, and he nodded slightly: "If you can play an exchange ratio of forty to three, Jiannu will die of pain." It's not a small win, it's a big win. We are still weak and under-armed. It is also correct to control casualties. ”

Han Shi laughed twice, he was much older than Zhou Qingfeng, but now he felt that it was the most correct choice for him to come to seek refuge with a cheeky face. There is now a cavalry battalion under his command, with hundreds of people, all of whom are elite soldiers, and any one of them is better than the generals in the past. Now give him a Ming army general soldier who doesn't do it, or the revolutionary army is comfortable here.

"According to the news from the secret sentry we left behind, Jiannu sent a team of about 1,000 people out after we left. They also carried more than half of the slaves to explore the way, probably frightened by the explosives packets we planted halfway through. Han Shi continued to laugh and said: "Because the avant-garde was suppressed by us, they walked slowly on heavy snowy days, and settled in Shahepu, fifteen miles away from Hupiyi, before nightfall. ”

At night, the cavalry is not easy to use, at most it is used for monitoring and transmitting information.

Zhou Qingfeng turned his head to look at the tall bull who came with him. Gao Da Niu immediately straightened up and shouted: "Young marshal, hand over this enemy to our battalion, and we will give him a night attack." Our battalion has been specially trained for night battles, and it will certainly be able to hit the enemy hard.

I personally led two infantry companies and a combat engineer company to blast through the enemy's line with explosives, and then attacked with spears to kill them. You can also chase them after dawn with cavalry to ensure that they have nowhere to escape. ”

To say how elite the current Guards are, that's a joke. After all, it has only been half a year since it was formed, and most of the recent expansion is new recruits. But their morale is indeed strong, they dare to fight, and they are not afraid of sacrifice.

"It's not easy to attack at night on a snowy day." Zhou Qingfeng said in a deep voice: "We have never done the special training of the snowy night attack. ”

"Eat and drink plenty and dress warmly. We brought with us sixty horse-drawn sleighs, which could be reached in half an hour for fifteen miles with all the men lightly armed. It was not easy for us on a snowy day, and the enemy could not have imagined it. Gao Da Niu scratched his head after speaking, "Please also ask the young marshal to personally press the formation, and the brothers below will definitely not be afraid." ”

Under the light of the oil lamp, Zhou Qingfeng looked at the map on the desktop. In fact, he really wanted to fight, and it was difficult to fight on a snowy night, and the difficulty was in the organization and logistical supply. The severe cold weakens the combat effectiveness of both the enemy and us, but it is obviously even more detrimental to Jiannu, who has even worse logistics—only by completely hurting the enemy can the other side not be able to figure out the details and dare not act rashly.

"Ye Na, you personally lead the team to send out the scouts, figure out the enemy's deployment, and look for a breakthrough." Zhou Qingfeng made up his mind to fight, "Give more meals to the combatants, and the meat and eggs are enough." Each person has a Bigu Dan to ensure that the combat power is abundant all night. ”

Bigudan is similar to a high-energy food, and you won't be hungry for a day if you eat one. At the beginning, Zhou Qingfeng got a lot from Guo Jiao, and now after Wen Ruolan, he has begun to produce in large quantities, which is used to maintain physical strength when the army goes out to fight, and it also has an exciting effect. It's just that you still need to eat some food to eat this thing, and you can't eat it continuously, otherwise your stomach will be uncomfortable with acid reflux.

As a maid, Ye Na set off with the scouts on a 'dog meat', and the tiger skin post began to set up a pot stove for supper. Seven or eight converted cooking cars immediately opened fire, and honeycomb coal was a non-technical thing, and it was now the standard Guards field fuel. Sweet potato flour made from boiling water in a large pot, pre-cooked vermicelli is easy to cook, and it is a beautiful meal with salted fish and cured meat.

Other armies didn't even have pig food to eat when they were marching, but the Guards did their best to satisfy the stomachs of their soldiers. Sweet potatoes have a large yield, and they do not pick fields, so they have always been the staple food of the poor in eastern Liaodong. But if you eat too much of this thing, you will have a sour stomach and nausea.

At present, the grain output is insufficient, and in order to let sweet potatoes play the role of a staple food, Li Shuwei, who is engaged in agriculture, is stunned to set up a vermicelli factory. He washed, crushed, and filtered the sweet potatoes, and got the starch out of the sweet potatoes to make vermicelli. It tastes much better this way.

Pre-cooked and then dried vermicelli are shelf-stable and easy to recook, and are the first field food to pass the Guard's inspection - not to mention canning, it still requires some skill.

Compared with the Ming army, which could only use vinegar cloth to cook soup for seasoning, the guards were full of oil and water, and the officers and soldiers were not dissatisfied. Many people tried their best to enlist in the army for this full meal.

Zhou Qingfeng himself ate hot sweet potato noodles in the cauldron, and the soup was mixed with a large number of egg flowers, which were specially pickled salted eggs, and hundreds of them were beaten into a large pot - in winter, the hot soup and hot rice were eaten into the stomach, and every soldier became warm. He himself ate three bowls in a row, and his forehead was sweating in the snowy weather.

After eating and drinking, Ye Na had already run back and forth in front of the enemy on the 'dog meat'. After learning some culture, she can clearly describe the battlefield information and draw the situation of the enemy army that she has detected.

"There are more than 400 Jiannu, most of whom are infantry troops. They live on the east side of the village, with more than a dozen sentry posts on the periphery. There were a lot of slaves who served Jiannu, all of them were in the west of the village, and there were not many bonfires, and many of them had neither food nor drink. It was too cold, and the enemy sentry was not very vigilant, and if we touched it in the second half of the night, they would definitely be dizzy from the beating. ”

Ye Na pointed to the map and finished speaking, then raised her head and concluded to Zhou Qingfeng: "These guys are real barbarians. They are all veterans who have been fighting for a long time and are very experienced. But their vision is limited, they can't think of many things, and there are too many loopholes in doing things. The defeat of the Ming army at the hands of these people is really undeserved. ”