The cavalry town platform was completely reloaded with rifled guns.

The next step is to hunt the Eight Banners of Mongolia.

Before sending troops, Hu Guozhu asked Zhu Cijiong's opinion.

"King Ding, I don't know what your opinion is on how to hunt the Eight Banners of Mongolia?"

Hu Guozhu is very knowledgeable, and Zhu Cijiong did not put on a stand as a prince, because Chongzhen often told him that as a king, there is no need to put up a stand with his subjects, and everyone is equal in personality.

"Xiao Wang doesn't have any high opinions here, Mr. Hu can do whatever he says."

Hearing Zhu Cijiong say this, Hu Guozhu's hanging heart immediately fell back into his stomach, and he immediately smiled and said: "That's the case, the riding skills of the Eight Banners Mongolia are really good, and the war horses are not much worse than us, under the same conditions, we are afraid that it will be difficult to catch up with them, and this is the case on the way to Dengzhou in the south, and we have not been able to catch up in several chase battles." ”

Zhu Cijiong said in his heart that the more than 2,000 horsemen I brought from Liaodong did not have such a thing.

The reason is also very simple, because the war horses of the Liaodong cavalry are all the three thousand white-armored war horses that Aobai brought to Korea, and all of them are good horses that the Mongolian tribes paid tribute to the Qing court.

Therefore, at the time of Liaodong, the cavalry of the Ming army was able to catch up with the Mongolian cavalry.

But these cavalry in the cavalry town platform obviously did not have such good horses.

"But after the Eight Banners Mongolia penetrated deep into Shandong, it will definitely be difficult to supply grain and grass."

Hu Guozhu continued: "So we can use grain and grass as bait for fishing." ”

"That's a good idea." Zhu Cijiong said happily, "Then let's do it." ”

"Okay, get the map." Hu Guozhu motioned to the accompanying Guozisheng to open the map, and chose a small stronghold called Qingtuozibao along Laizhou Bay, "King Ding, why don't you leave it here?" ”

"Done." Zhu Cijiong said, "That's Qingtuozi Fort." ”

……

In Qingzhou, there is a big lake not far from Laizhou Bay, which is called Qingshuibo.

A thousand cavalry of the Eight Banners Mongolia was camped on the south bank of Qingshuibo at this time.

At this time, it was already the eighth day of February, but the Xiaoice River period in the late Ming Dynasty had not yet passed, so the territory of Qingzhou was still cold, and the ice surface of Qingshui Bo showed no signs of melting.

Shandong at the end of the Ming Dynasty would not warm up until the end of March.

Therefore, the life of Eight Banners Mongolia is also very hard.

Not only people, but also war horses suffered, because they could not find grass to eat.

It is said that war horses must eat grass, otherwise they will have diarrhea, which is nonsense.

At least Mongolian horses are not so delicate, as long as they are grass, they can digest it, and they will not lose fat and diarrhea.

Having said that, if it is a high-intensity march or battle, then the war horse must be fed with beans or even wine, otherwise the war horse will really lose weight or even die.

Bart was drinking sullen wine in front of the wine gourd.

Although there was wine and beef jerky to accompany the wine, Bart was not in a good mood.

One is worried about the supply of military rations and forage, and the other is worried about the retaliation of the Ming army.

A few days ago, six or seven thousand Ming cavalry marched along Laizhou Bay to Dengzhou, and Bart instinctively felt that the Ming army must be planning a retaliatory action, and it would not drag on for too long.

Amid the sound of horses' hooves, a group of 100 horsemen hurried back to the camp.

"Agoura." Bart shouted and asked, "Have you found the Hangou Village?" ”

A burly Mongolian man came to Bart, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "No, we have searched all over the area within a radius of 100 miles, and even found a county seat, but there is no one in the city at all, all of them are deserted." ”

Bart sighed when he heard this, this was all caused by the war, most of the population of Jinan Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and half of Qingzhou Mansion were captured by the Qing soldiers, and even the Confucian family in Qufu was taken captive.

Later, the remaining population was relocated to Denglai by the Ming army.

So the current Qingzhou Mansion has almost become a blank field.

In such a situation, it is not easy to find food and forage.

But if you don't look for it, you can't do it, because the dry food and forage you brought are almost exhausted.

"Dutong, if you really can't do it, you will go to Laizhou Mansion to rob it." Agoura said in a cruel voice.

"You're talking lightly." Bart snorted, "The Han dogs are hiding in the city, even if a few big families don't live in the city, most of them have built dock forts, how can you rob them?" ”

"Why don't you storm the camp on the Ming Dog Food Road?"

Another Mongol general said, "If you build a camp, you will have everything." ”

Bart was a little moved in his heart, but he was worried about casualties: "Let's take a look again, it's better to wait for Minggou's baggage team to come out of the camp before fighting, so it's easy to fight." ”

As I was saying, I didn't take it back and report it at night.

"Du Gong, Qingtuozi's Minggou Baggage Team has come out."

"Is it finally out? I thought they could keep hiding. ”

Bart sneered and asked, "How many people and how many carriages have come out?" ”

The scout cavalry said: "More than 300 people, more than 100 carriages and more than 200 mules and horses. ”

Bart asked again, "How many Ming infantry are there to protect?" ”

The scout cavalry said, "About a hundred or so of them." ”

"That's great." Agoura smiled and said, "I grabbed this batch of grain and grass, enough for us to eat for a month, all of them, let's do it!" ”

"Don't worry." Bart shook his head and said, "Minggou's baggage team has just come out, let's go too soon, they will definitely retract again, so we have to let them go as far as possible." ”

"Oh, yes, yes." Agoura woke up from a dream, "That's the truth. ”

After waiting for half an hour, it was estimated that the Ming army's baggage team had already walked out of seven or eight miles, and Bart got up and said: "Order, all get on the horse, and Qingtuozi will fight in the grass valley!" ”

……

The coast of Laizhou Bay.

A heavy baggage team of the Ming army, composed of more than 300 people, more than 100 carriages, and more than 200 mules and horses, was heading north, and there were more than 100 Ming infantry accompanying them to protect them.

At one moment, the ground suddenly trembled slightly.

"Cavalry! There are cavalry! There's cavalry coming this way! ”

A "folk man" sitting on the wheel of one of the carriages suddenly jumped to his feet.

Immediately, the man took out a telescope from his bosom, and stood on the wheel of the car and looked around.

Soon, Minfu saw a large group of black-pressed cavalry on the southwestern horizon, sweeping towards the direction where the baggage team was.

However, there was not the slightest fear on the face of the people, but there was a sense of joy.

"Act as planned." As soon as the people gave the order, more than 300 people were "in a mess," and more than 100 Ming infantry ran to the southwest of the baggage brigade to line up.

Soon, the Mongol cavalry from the southwest approached within a thousand paces.

The "baggage team" of the Ming army also retreated to the seashore and set up a chariot formation behind the sea.

Obviously, the "baggage team" of the Ming army knew that it was too late to withdraw to the Qingtuozi stronghold, and it was too late to go to the forward stronghold, so they could only set up a defensive vehicle formation with their backs to Beihai and try to resist stubbornly.

The sound of hooves rumbled, the heads of horses moved, and the Mongol cavalry soon approached within a hundred paces.

At this moment, as soon as the "minfu" just now roared, the more than 300 minmen who were originally "panicked" immediately took out a flintlock pistol from the carriage, and then quickly entered the line formation behind the more than 100 Ming troops in the queue.

There are three rows in front and back, with about 150 people in each row.

……

"Thief!"

Seeing this scene, Bart couldn't help but be taken aback.

It's a pig, and it's going to be fooled.

What kind of baggage team is this, they are all disguised by Minggou infantry.

"Fooled, evacuate quickly!" Bart jerked the horse's head and leaned to one side.

The cavalry in the front row who followed behind Bart also saw this scene and turned around.

In an instant, the cavalry frenzy that had been surging forward was like crashing into a reef, instantly splitting into two halves, and then going around the sides of the reef.

However, even with the diagonal detour, the distance between the two armies continued to close.

Soon, the distance between the two armies was less than fifty paces, and the next moment, the Ming army lined up in a line began to advance again and again, taking turns to release their guns.

With the sound of "Woo Woo Woo", the Mongolian cavalry instantly turned on their backs.

Even Bart, the capital of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, was also shot in the chest and fell to the horse.

After a few moments, the Mongol cavalry made a detour from both sides of the Ming line, and was able to complete the turn before rushing onto the ice of the North Sea, and then ran straight to the north and south along the coastline, they did not even have the courage to approach the Ming infantry from the flank, and only thought about fleeing quickly.

However, can you still escape at this time?

Before the Mongol cavalry could flee, billowing smoke and dust were raised in both the north and south directions at the same time.

Immediately, the two Ming cavalry swept over like two red hurricanes.

"Flee west!" The two Mongol cavalry immediately turned their horses and broke through to the west.

Unfortunately, not long after running, there were also red hurricanes on the western horizon.

The two Mongol cavalry fleeing to the west immediately changed directions, one to the northwest and the other to the southwest, trying to escape through the two gaps between the three Ming armies.

Naturally, the cavalry of the Ming army would not let the Mongolian cavalry get their wish.

Soon, the cavalry of the three-way Ming army moved closer to the middle.

At this time, it is time to compete with the speed of both sides.

Eight Banners Mongolia is also Mongolia, and in the end it is also a nation on horseback.

In the end, the Ming cavalry failed to complete the encirclement before the Mongol cavalry fled, and still let some of the Mongol cavalry protrude through the two gaps.

However, the Mongol cavalry also paid a heavy price.

Not only was Tutong Bart killed on the spot, but more than 1,000 cavalrymen were also killed by more than 500.

The cavalry of the three-way Ming army quickly converged, and Hu Guozhu asked, "King Ding, do you want to pursue?" ”

Zhu Cijiong held his forehead with his hand and said helplessly: "Hu Guozhu, you are the head town of the cavalry town, and Xiao Wang is just the deputy head town, so you don't need to ask for instructions on everything." ”

"Okay, then don't chase it, even if you chase it, you can't catch up."

After a pause, Hu Guozhu continued: "But fishing can only be fished once, and fishing for the second time will not work, so the next step is to change the way of playing, it is better to divide into eight thousand cavalry and hunt the Mongolian cavalry separately." ”

"Yes, that's a good idea." Zhu Cijiong couldn't wait to say, "Then let's start quickly." ”

Zhu Cijiong was really a little impatient, and he didn't have a good time just now.

(End of chapter)