Chapter 52: Deterrence in Manchuria
Wang Wu, who had shaved his hair, led the team to set off after a few simple words of explanation from Tongtian Wen.
Right now, the most precious thing is time.
The place where the Manchurian Red Flag Leader Yatu Department encountered was less than thirty miles away from Cizhulong in a straight line, and it was not far away, but on the way it had to climb over a mountain range hundreds of meters above sea level, and it would take at least half a day to walk on both legs, that is, it would be possible to arrive at Cizhulong tomorrow morning.
This is an optimistic estimate based on all the good.
If there is an accident on the way and encounters other Manchurian soldiers who are on the mission of "sweeping the cave", it is unknown whether they can successfully sneak to Cizhu Cage.
According to Kang Enbei's confession, their camp was in Magou, which was a stockade inhabited by local people about five or six miles in front of this place.
Yatu's subordinates Zhenman and Aha have more than 470 people, in addition to the team commanded by Yatu himself, there are also two teams commanded by Ma Futa and Taiyinbu, who are the leaders of the cavalry.
Mafuta and Taiyinbu are all "sweeping holes" nearby.
What remained in Magou was a logistics support team composed of Ahha, with only more than 30 people, but the equipment and combat effectiveness were not weak.
Since more than a dozen Manchurian soldiers escaped from the Ming army, Wang Wu could not determine whether these escaped Manchurian soldiers would go directly back to Magou or flee to report to the other two Manchurian soldiers who were "sweeping the holes", so he did not dare to lead his troops directly through Magou, so as not to be ambushed by the Manchurian soldiers, or blocked by the Manchurian soldiers in Magou.
Then it can only be led by Kang Enbei, who has been "sweeping the holes" here recently, so as to be familiar with the terrain, and choose a small road to bypass the horse ditch.
In order to increase their speed, the Ming army brought only two meals of dry food per person, in addition to carrying the necessary weapons.
I didn't bring any iron armor, only one person put on a cotton armor.
Kang Enbei's guide did a good job, and it only took a little more than an hour to lead the Ming army around Magou from a small road, and he did not bump into the Manchurian soldiers along the way, but saw two massacre points.
The tragic situation is really the kind where the stone has to be cut and the thatch has to be burned.
Perhaps he was one of the creators of these tragedies, and Conn was so ashamed that he didn't dare to look up and face it.
Wang Wu ignored Kang Enbei, but led the mute and the blind man up to a high slope and looked at the horse ditch behind.
Far away, I can't see the situation of the village.
There was also silence all around, which made Wang Wu, who was in the mountains, a little trance-like.
It's like a paradise.
Only this peach source is now bloodstained.
Every corner of Wushan is full of blood.
The blind man Wan Si said: "Captain, it seems that the other two Tartar teams have not received the news. ”
Wang Wu also thought that the escaped Manchurian soldiers might not have delivered the news to Magou, because Magou was only left behind by a group of Han Aha.
As the master, the Manchurian soldiers looked down on the Han minions at all in their bones and didn't want to be embarrassed in front of Ahha, so the Manchurian soldiers who fled were very likely to go to the other two teams to "sweep the holes", causing Aha on the side of Magou to not know the situation at all.
"No matter, let's go!"
After jumping off the slope, Wang Wu ordered to continue to set off and walk along the mountain road.
Around evening, in a place called Heigou, Xu Lin, who was exploring the road ahead, sent back the news that there was a team blocking the road ahead.
Wang Wuyi was startled and hurriedly took someone over to check.
From a distance, the team blocking the road seemed to be Manchurian soldiers, but not all, because there were a group of Han people in the team.
If you look closely, the group of Han people and husbands are carrying looted goods and grain for the Manchurian soldiers, and a lot of pigs, sheep and other livestock have also been driven.
At the back of the line, two Manchurian soldiers closer to the Ming army were smoking and chatting, one with a few chickens and ducks tied to his back, and the other with a sheep in his hand.
I smoke a bong.
The Manchurian soldiers are good at this.
While chatting, there was laughter from time to time.
Wang Wu found that there were not many Manchurian soldiers in the team, and there were more than 20 people, but there were hundreds of Han people.
Since he did not know the specific situation of the Manchurian deployment in front of him, Wang Wu did not dare to order an attack easily, so he asked someone to bring Kang Enbei and ask him what was going on with the team in front of him.
Kang Enbei looked at it for a while, and said that the group of people in front of him should have come back from the twelfth leader, but it was not really Manqiding, but Ahha.
The Eight Banners Army is organized by the staff leader and the assistant leader, the staff leader is equivalent to the brigade, and the assistant leader is equivalent to the squadron.
That is to say, the Manchurian soldiers in front were the 12th Squadron of the Seventh Brigade of Manchuria with the Red Banner.
More accurately, it should be a squad of the 12th Squadron.
This squad is not really full, but the Han Aha who was ordered to send the loot to the stronghold.
The people were captured by them from the vicinity, and they did not kill them all, after all, the Qing army also needed people to work for them.
Hearing that there was a Tartar in front of him, Gou Yu touched it from behind, and leaned on Wang Wu's side and asked in a low voice, "Fifth brother, to fight or not to fight?" ”
Wang Wu looked at Kang Enbei: "Do you know how to do it?" ”
"Yes, yes!"
Kang En nodded repeatedly, and Wang Wu gave Xu Lin another look, and the latter immediately understood.
So, Ahha, who was resting, found a team coming from the rear, not playing the green flag, but the red flag of the ninth leader.
swaggered, and as soon as I saw the posture, I knew that it was the return of the Manchurian masters.
"Which one are you from?"
Kang Enbei, who was walking in front, first drank twice in fluent Manchurian before switching to Chinese.
When the two Han Chinese, Aha who were smoking and chatting at the back of the team, heard the Manchurian dialect, and they were immediately frightened and helpless, and instinctively bent down.
"Greetings to my lordship!"
The Qing army led the team by a horse armor soldier named Bahada, whose surname was Liang.
After entering the customs, whether it was Baoyi or Aha, they were proud to change the name of Manchuria.
Those who have the master's discernment to give grace to others can even follow the master's Manchurian surname.
Seeing that it was the team of Lord Yatu, the ninth leader, how dare Bahada slack off, and hurriedly walked through the crowd to the back to "trumpet" to hit a thousand.
I didn't want to be slapped by the Manchurian soldiers in front of me before I had time to salute, and scolded: "It's getting dark, why don't you go back and do here!" ”
"My lord, I..."
This slap Bahada was infinitely aggrieved in his heart, but he didn't dare to complain, and explained with a smile that they were ordered by Zuo Ling Naha to send food to Cizhulong, because the road was far away and the mountain road was difficult to walk, so they would rest here for a while, and they had no intention of being lazy.
Kang Enbei's heart moved, and he asked, "What about your assistant?" ”
"Back to adults, my family leader is in Baijiachi to clean up the Han thieves, and I can't come back until tomorrow."
Because of the darkness and awe, Bahada did not dare to look at the people of the Ninth Leader, and he hung his head when he spoke.
Kang Enbei didn't speak again, and turned to look at Wang Wu at the back of the crowd.
Wang Wu nodded, and Kang Enbei stepped forward and pushed Nabahada, and then rushed towards the crowd with a group of "pigtailed soldiers" of the ninth leader.
Bahada thought that the people of the Ninth Leader were going to rob them of their things, so he dared not say a word, and only cursed a few words in his heart and followed them.
But the feet are obviously moving, why is the body still in the same place?
Confused, he looked back, but there was a flash of cold light, and then a red line suddenly appeared out of thin air on his white neck.
As his eyes enlarged, the red line instantly spurted blood out.
"Big?"
There was no word for words, and Bahada was casually pushed aside by the "Manchurian soldiers" in front of him.
Ahead, the exclamation sounded a few times before calm was restored again.
On the ground, there were more than 20 Aha who died without knowing what was going on.