Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 899 Boiling
More than twenty miles away, a cavalry was relentlessly urging their horses and galloping towards Yangquan.The knight on horseback had a braid like a money rat's tail, and his cotton armor was full of thick copper nails. He didn't appear to be tall, but he was extremely thick, muscular, and full of explosive power. Coupled with that fierce, wolf-like gaze, they are like a group of wild beasts.

What came was the reinforcement that Oboi longed for, the elite of the Two White Banners under Dorgon's command.

After receiving Aobai's letter, Dorgon immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rid of Yang Menglong. The Tianxiong army got entangled, and immediately led all the elite to kill Xiangyangquan, and this Niu Lu was the vanguard of the entire army, and it could be regarded as a tentacles extended by Dorgon towards Yangquan.They rode three horses alone, and traveled day and night. They were exhausted. At least 1 people fell off their horses and were injured or frostbitten along the way, but no one complained.Born in the primeval dense forest of Tunguska, the Manchurian athletes who grew up in the white mountains and black waters have long been accustomed to this kind of hard life of traveling day and night, braving the wind and snow, and never leaving the saddle for several days during the war. The harsh environment gave them a very special look Human bodies, they don't care about life at all-whether it is the enemy's or their own.What's the point of being a little cold and a little tired?As long as you can kill Yang Menglong, avenge the more than [-] Manchu warriors who died in Lushun, and risk your own life, so what!
It has to be said that the Qing army at this time was at the beginning of the founding of the country and when it was full of vigor, all of them were soldiers, whether it was a 15-year-old boy or a 50-year-old man, they could ride a strong horse and draw a strong bow.Traveling in the severe cold, drinking blood and chewing grass roots, eating dead horse meat and roasting it when hungry, sleeping on the saddle when sleepy, these are all normal for them, they are the well-deserved number one force in Asia in the seventeenth century, It was precisely because of this sincerity and bravery that the Qing Dynasty was able to maintain a momentum of expansion during the long period of more than 100 years from the founding of the country to Qianlong. In the northeast, it captured Yaksa, which was defended by [-] Russian Cossack warriors, with [-] elite soldiers. , forcing Tsarist Russia to spit out the fat in his mouth; pressing Junggar in the northwest and attacking Lhasa in winter. The unruly Burma, who has made great military achievements, is completely a creature of two planets with those bannermen who walk around with a pipe in one hand and a birdcage in the other.

This trip to the south, they have not been able to fight very well. The Tianxiong Army is too difficult to attack, and Dorgon, who is dedicated to preserving his strength, played too cautiously. Never head-on, this made the Manchurian athletes who were used to tough battles very upset, and privately nicknamed Dorgon: "Mother-in-law!" In their opinion, Dorgon is smart but smart, but using soldiers is too much for a mother-in-law. It's not fun to fight with him!Either fight to the death with the Tianxiong Army in the Datong Basin, or bypass the already dilapidated defense line of the Tianxiong Army and go straight to the hinterland of Shanxi, penetrate the entire Shanxi and then compete in the Central Plains. What is there to think about?Fortunately, just when they were getting impatient, Yang Menglong appeared, and the old mother-in-law changed her previous indecision, and brazenly ordered to use all her elite to bypass the Tianxiong Army's defense line as if she had been beaten to death. Puyangquan's order to remove Yang Menglong's head!The coach is strong, and the athletes under his command naturally cannot lag behind. Zhengbaiqi Niulu Ezhen Sotulu, who is famous for his bravery, beat his chest and roared to grab the task of becoming the forward of the army. He led the athletes under his command all the way, non-stop, and came straight to Yangquan .He marched very fast, and he crossed half of Shanxi in just a few days, and he was only [-] miles away from Yangquan. Although the horses were killed and injured by the continuous march day and night, in his opinion, it was worth it , The war horse can be replenished when it is gone, but it is difficult to get it back if the fighter plane is lost!
After turning over another mountain, Yangquan City in the distance can already be seen faintly in the light snow.Looking around, the grass is luxuriant, the trees are sparse, and the continuous mountains seem to be frozen. There is no sound at all, only the sound of killing from a distance. This scene of killing makes Solutu feel refreshed , beckoned, let the guide come over, and asked: "How far is it from Yangquan?"

The guide's name was Fan Yongquan. He was originally a child of the Fan family. He was good at doing business and gaining profits. The billions of dollars of wealth accumulated by generations have all been cheap for the court.Because Fan Yongquan was in Liaodong at that time, he was lucky enough to save his life, but when the Fan family was gone, he became a bereaved dog, his status plummeted, and he became the leader of the Qing army.He hated the Tianxiong Army to the bone, and he hated Lu Xiangsheng who uprooted the Shanxi Merchants Group. This time when the Qing army invaded, he volunteered to guide the army. He suffered a lot along the way, but he He didn't care at all. To him, as long as he could annihilate the entire Tianxiong army and avenge the Fan family's destruction, he didn't care about anything!Hearing Suolutu's question, he hurried over, panting and said: "If you go back to the master, there are only more than [-] miles away from Yangquan, the master can let the army stop to take a breath, and then move forward at full speed. The hour will come."

Suorutu chuckled. His face was covered with scars and his beard was unkempt. This smile was really scary.He patted Fan Yongquan on the shoulder and said: "You are proficient in business and drilling, and you know the terrain of Shanxi, but you don't understand war! The closer you are to victory, the more you can't relax, let alone the shadow of victory now. Haven’t seen you yet?”

Fan Yongquan said: "But master, your troops are already exhausted, I'm afraid if you continue to forcibly travel..."

Before he finished speaking, more than a dozen white-armored soldiers changed their expressions, stared at him fiercely, and asked in a cold voice: "What did you say? You want to die, don't you?"

Solutu waved his hand to signal these elite confidants to be calm, and turned around to ask those soldiers who were panting heavily: "Warriors, some people say that you are tired and can't ride a horse or draw a bow. Is there such a time?" thing?"

All the cavalrymen straightened their waists suddenly and shouted: "We don't know what it means to be tired!"

Solutu said: "He also said that your horses are exhausted and are about to run!"

The cavalry yelled even louder: "Fuck your farts!"

Solutu clapped his hands and said: "Very good, very good, this is the warrior who is facing the white flag! The warrior who is facing the white flag should have such viciousness and tenacity! Warriors, rest for half a stick of incense, eat some jerky, Feed the war horses some fine ingredients and spirits, and then continue to set off! Five years ago, the Heluo New Army and the Tianxiong Army traveled hundreds of miles a day to Liaodong. flying army!"

The cavalry suddenly agreed, got off their horses, took out the jerky that was frozen as hard as a stone, stuffed it into their mouths, and chewed it. Put the mouth into the mouth of the war horse and tilt it, coo coo coo coo coo!Poured most of the bag of spirits down the horse's throat.That’s not enough, after the horse finished drinking, he took out a salt block and a few eggs and beat them, beat the eggs, added them to the horse feed, added salt and stirred vigorously for a while, until they were well mixed, they were delivered to the horse’s mouth .The starving horses gorged themselves unceremoniously, and the Adam's apples of these Manchurian warriors gnawed on the dried meat also moved... Needless to say, the horses ate much better than they ate, and it made them drool just watching it!But they didn't mean to grab food from the horse. Not only did they not grab it, but they patted the horse's back lightly and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, eat slowly, there is more to eat after eating, what's the hurry?"

I'm afraid that even his own woman is not as good as his horse?
What Suorutu was chewing was also dried meat, cut from a dead horse. Due to the rush, it was half-cooked and extremely unpalatable.But he devoured it voraciously, accidentally thinking that he was eating some delicacies from mountains and seas.Fan Yongquan was biting into a sesame seed pancake that had been as cold as an iron plate. He took out horse feed and spirits and fed them to Solutu's horse.This is a very honorable job, but not every coater is qualified to record cattle and feed horses.

While busy with work, Solutu suddenly frowned and called, "Yongquan, come here!"

Fan Yongquan quickly put down the horse feed and asked respectfully: "Master, what's the matter?"

Solutu pointed to the distance: "You have better eyesight, help me see what that is?"

Fan Yongquan stood on his tiptoes and looked in the direction of his finger. In the distance, the official road leading to Yangquan in Yuxian County was covered with snow powder flying, rolling like a wall, and fiery red figures flew past, heading straight for Yangquan!His expression changed in astonishment, and he called: "Master, it's the Tianxiong Army! It's the Tianxiong Army cavalry!"

Solutu jumped up abruptly, threw away the dried meat in his hand, took out a life-saving monocular, opened it, and looked over there.Sure enough, he saw several horses and fierce cavalry wearing blood-red military uniforms flashing out from the mountain path and heading straight for Yangquan. You don't need to look at anything else, just by looking at the neat military appearance and flame-like military uniforms, you can tell that the Tianxiong Army arrive!
The Tianxiong army was indeed a formidable opponent. When Dorgon's main force shifted, he immediately realized that there was a change in the battle situation, and sent reinforcements to Yangquan!Presumably they also galloped all the way day and night. People were tired and horses were exhausted, and they could be seen through binoculars. From time to time, war horses swayed and hissed and fell to the ground. The cavalry on horseback didn't even think about it. After overcoming the pain of the horse, he jumped from the horse with relatively strong physical strength, bypassed the corpse of the horse connected end to end in front of him, and flew wildly at Yangquan without looking back!

The judgment, decision, and command of the generals of the Tianxiong Army, as well as the tenacity, tenacity, bravery and warlikeness of the Tianxiong Army soldiers are not inferior to the Manchu athletes who were polished by the cold current in Siberia that can drive people crazy!

Solutu licked his lips, and a few rays of light burst out of his eyes. It would be interesting to fight against such an opponent!He retracted the binoculars and shouted: "Don't eat, the Tianxiong Army's reinforcements have arrived, catch up and stop them! Even if you can't stop them, you must reach Yangquan before them! Running thousands of miles in the wind and snow is our Jurchen! Don't let Ming people compare to the warrior's housekeeping skills!"

More than two hundred Manchu athletes didn't even think about it, stuffed the jerky into their mouths, jumped on their horses and rushed over.Solutu called a legendary cavalry: "Turn back immediately and tell the main force of the army behind that Tianxiong army reinforcements have appeared, let them speed up, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable!"

The Chuanqi didn't say much, he responded, and galloped towards Taiyuan.Solutu kicked the horse's belly, and the horse ran wildly, and the elite of Niulu rushed towards the direction where Tianxiong's reinforcements appeared.

Almost at the same time, the vanguard of the Tianxiong Army also discovered the vanguard of the Qing Army.Qi Polu, who led the vanguard of the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army, yelled, "You son of a bitch, you came very quickly!"

Deputy General Wang Feng asked: "Should we intercept them?"

Qi Polu said: "Leave them alone, our goal is Yangquan! It is serious to reach Yangquan as soon as possible!"

Wang Feng said: "Understood!"

The Tianxiong Army also accelerated their speed.Relatively speaking, their horsepower is stronger, because they met with the troops at the military horse farm in Dingxiang and changed a group of horses, and most of them rode iron-shoe horses known for their endurance, while Solutu did not get such a horse. Therefore, Qi Polu made up his mind not to ignore the vanguard of the Qing army, and rushed forward regardless. Suolutu really couldn't catch up with him, so he could only look at the back of the Tianxiong army and yell, venomously Chase from behind!
Of course, Qi Polu would not forget to send someone back to report the enemy's situation to Zu Dabi.

When Zu Dabi received the newspaper, he frowned tightly and cursed: "Damn it, I drove day and night, worked so hard, but in the end I still couldn't get to Yangquan before Jiannu! Jian's stupidity Nu, they are all rabbits, they run so fast!" After complaining, he ordered angrily: "Go at full speed! Arrive at Yangquan before Jiannu!"

Dorgon was also surprised when he received the report from Chuanqi.After bypassing the defense line of the Tianxiong Army, he drove straight in, all the way unimpeded, day and night, regardless of the life and death of the mules, horses, and peasants, he thought he was fast enough, but he didn't expect the Tianxiong Army to be faster than them! ?These days the Xiongjun cavalry has grown wings, right? Otherwise, how could they run so fast!

"Go forward at full speed and behead Yang Menglong before the Tianxiong army arrives!" He ordered fiercely.

With a military order, the mountains and rivers boiled. From Taiyuan to Yangquan, from Xinzhou to Yangquan, on the wide official roads and rugged mountain roads, there were hundreds, thousands, and even tens of thousands of cavalrymen rushing wildly, flocking to the small town like a storm. Small Yangquan.At the entrance of Jingjing, thousands of Sichuan troops even threw away their armor and ran wildly on the snow with their feet spread wide. The target: Yangquan!

Behind the Sichuan army was the iron cavalry led by Zu Dale, dressed in black and armored, like a black storm passing over the snow field, the target was still Yangquan!If a plane can fly over the sky and look down at the ground from a high position, the people on the plane will be surprised to find that with Yangquan as the center, it is boiling like a volcanic crater in a radius of tens of miles. The army that Xue Xue marched in day and night is the erupted magma!

Nearly [-] of the most powerful troops of this era gathered around the small Yangquan. Such a scene had never happened in the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)