Daming Military Empire

Chapter 502 The sentry post on Tianshan Mountain
Tens of miles north of Hamiwei is the Tianshan Mountains. The Tianshan Mountains stretching thousands of miles can be called the pearl of the Western Regions, the jade belt in the desert. Because the mountains are covered with snow all the year round and the snow water is abundant, the Tianshan Mountains are different from the deserts on both sides. , but the vegetation is rich and full of greenery.

Of course, if it is a thousand-meter-high mountain, this kind of greenery usually starts from the mountainside, because the top of the mountain is a world of ice and snow.

Erlang Mountain in the north of Hamiwei is such a high mountain. The top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, but the mountainside and the valley are full of greenery.

March is the season when the ice and snow melt, the grass sprouts new shoots, the treetops appear green, and all kinds of animals start to liven up.

On this day, five men in fur coats suddenly appeared on the mountainside of Erlang Mountain. They were all burly, holding machetes in their hands and carrying longbows on their backs. At first glance, they looked like hunters in the mountains, but their equipment But it was a bit too neat, and, after they hunted a goat, they didn't go down the mountain, but carried the goat to the top of the mountain!

There are neither tents nor houses in the direction they are going, except for rocks and ice and snow. What do they want to do?

The answer was soon revealed. When they got near the snow line, a young man with binoculars on his back suddenly jumped out from behind a boulder and said excitedly: "Third brother, you are here. I saw you carrying your goat from a long distance away. My saliva is about to flow out!"

The leading man among the five shook his head, and scolded with a smile: "little six, you are itchy, don't you hurry back to the sentry post, be careful, the captain will find out and beat you."

Hearing the words, Little Six touched his head, and ran back in a hurry, laughing as he ran, "Third brother, you won't know unless you sue the captain. He has already gone back to the cave to boil water. He said today If you want a whole pot of mutton soup, then you have to leave a big bowl for me."

It turned out that this was a sentry post of the Ming army. Hiding near the snow line and looking down, it happened to be able to see the wilderness below at a glance.

The five people threw the goat into the nearby stream, and quickly walked into a cave behind. Soon, they came out of the cave again, but this time, the longbows on their backs were gone, and neither were their hands. Holding a machete, but a bucket, a basin, and a sharp bone-eviscerating knife.

Soon, the five men skinned and washed the goat in the stream, and cut it into several pieces.

They spread the sheepskin directly on the boulder, and brought the lamb and washed viscera into the cave.

This is a huge semi-open cave, not very deep, and the furnishings inside are very simple, just two military tents, with a small open space in the middle, on which a simple firewood stove was built with stones, and a mouth was placed on the stove. Big iron pot, that's all.

At this time, a middle-aged man was lighting a fire there, and the snow water in the big iron pot had already boiled.

As soon as the five men came in with mutton and haggis, the man who started the fire said loudly: "Third brother, hurry up, take out the bones and throw them in first, then cut the meat and viscera into small pieces and throw them in together."

The third child responded, and led everyone to work together to skillfully pick out a large piece of lamb bone and throw it into the pot, and then began to cut the meat and viscera into pieces.

The man burning the fire ran into a tent quickly, and ran out with two cloth bags after a while.

A cloth bag contained spices, such as star anise, cinnamon, grass fruit, and fragrant leaves. These things in the Western Regions are very cheap, and the man grabbed a few handfuls and threw them into the pot without hesitation.

The other bag contained coarse salt, which he didn’t dare to throw in large quantities. The man grabbed a handful and threw it in, stirred it a few times with a spoon, took another sip of the soup, and then threw a small amount of it in. Bundle.

He was seasoning there, and another man reminded: "Captain, why don't you find some mushrooms and put them in, that will enhance the flavor."

The captain glared at him and scolded: "Fuck you, you bastard, you didn't kill us by mistake last time, many mushrooms are poisonous!"

The strong man nicknamed Mouse heard the words, touched his head, and said innocently: "In our side, the mushrooms are not poisonous, and every family eats them."

The captain smiled and said: "That's fine, if you want to eat, you can find some and put it in your own bowl. If you don't have diarrhea after eating, we will eat again."

"This." After hearing the words, the mouse seemed to be really moved, but after thinking about it, he still gave up. Last time, he stretched too hard, especially him, who ate the most, and his whole body collapsed He really didn't have the courage to try again.

Seeing his embarrassment, everyone couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, Little Six, who was watching from a distance, suddenly ran in and asked loudly, "What are you laughing at, is the mutton ready?"

The captain immediately put on a hard face and scolded: "Your skin is itchy, right? Why don't you just stay at the sentry post and come back? Can we lose your mutton? I will give it to you when it's ready." You send it over."

The little six trembled when he heard the words, and said aggrievedly: "No, Captain, I didn't come to eat mutton. Just now Shitou and I saw Yang Qianhu coming from the north with two men on horseback, so I came to tell you something." , it is estimated that he has gone up the mountain now."

Hearing this, the captain threw away the fire stick in his hand, stood up, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Liu, hurry back to the sentry post, Lao San, you stay here and watch."

After saying that, he quickly walked out, and Xiao Liu quickly followed.

At this time, at the foot of Mount Erlang, three men dressed as herdsmen had dismounted from their horses. The leader hurriedly tossed the reins back and said, "You are here to watch."

Then it quickly swept up the mountain, flashing and moving, and soon turned into a black spot.

The captain had just walked not far from Xiaoliu's sentry post, when Yang Qianhu had already swept over like a gust of wind, his figure was like a bird.

When Yang Qianhu came in front of him, the captain hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I see Mr. Qianhu."

Yang Qianhu raised his hand and hurriedly said: "Excuse me, hurry up, I have an urgent military situation to report to General Hou."

After all, he went straight to the direction of the cave.

The captain quickly got up and ran to the cave.

After Yang Qianhu came to the cave, he didn't care about the third child who was kneeling and saluting, let alone the smell of meat that filled the cave, but directly rushed into a tent.

The captain followed behind and shouted: "Third brother, hurry up, shake the generator."

After all, he followed into the tent.

The third child quickly got up from the ground and ran into the tent.

After Yang Qianhu entered the tent, he went directly to the small table where the telegraph was placed, and when the pair of captains came in, he urged, "Hurry up."

The team leader hurriedly lay down in front of the table, took out a telegram, and then directly picked up the brush, dipped some ink that had been ground long ago, and looked at Yang Qianhu with the brush.

That Yang Qianhu's face straightened, and he said in a loud voice: "Your subordinate, Yang Daoying, Qianhu, Fusi, Jinyiwei South Town, reported to General Hou that the Wacha Department issued a summoning order three days ago, summoning nearly 30 soldiers and horses. It seems that there is a plan. In addition, the Kazakh Khanate also assembled [-] cavalry four days ago, and went straight to the Khan Court of the Wacha tribe, and the Wacha tribe did not send troops to stop them on the way."

This is clearly an attack on Ming Dynasty. There is no country in the Western Regions that needs the joint efforts of the Wacha Department and the Kazakh Khanate!

(End of this chapter)