The air was always stirring in the sky, the sun was hiding in the dark clouds, there was not a trace of cool breeze around, and the whole weather was unusually hot and sultry. Perhaps the weather was too hot and humid, and even small animals rarely appeared in the open wilderness.

On a path trodden out by animals and passing merchants, a mighty army was walking neatly, most of the people of this army were on foot, these walking sergeants were wearing three-color camouflage uniforms, with iron helmets on their heads, grass-green training boots on their feet, and "Zongbeis" flintlock pistols on their shoulders.

These sergeants also carried a backpack on their bodies, and carried some bits and pieces such as water bottles, ammunition packs, and bayonets around their waists, and the iron armor on these sergeants was all placed in the carts of the baggage camp and pulled by pack horses, after all, if the sergeants were still allowed to march in dozens of pounds of iron armor in this sweltering weather, the burden on the sergeants would be too great. Along the way, dozens of sergeants suffered from heat stroke and had to be sent to the medical camp to be taken care of by the nurses.

In a big car, Zhang Bailing, who was wearing a green camouflage uniform to set off her slender figure, was fixing her ankle with a splint for a sergeant who had broken her foot, and she instructed while fixing it: "Your injury is nothing, I have already applied herbs to you, and I will help you remove the splint in two days, and it is estimated that you will be able to walk, but you must not move before that, otherwise don't blame me if you become lame in the future." ”

After coming to Jiangning Army for a few months, Zhang Bailing's image has also undergone earth-shaking changes, the original slender appearance has disappeared, replaced by a still slender but vigorous figure, and her complexion has changed from the original sickly pale to a healthy red with wheat, and even her speech has become much louder.

This sergeant is about twenty-one or twelve years old, with dark skin and an honest and honest gaze, he looked at Zhang Bailing who was helping him bandage his wounds, smelling the fragrance with a woman's unique fragrance in his nose, his face was faintly red, looking at Zhang Bailing's eyes was a little shy and a little evasive, and said shyly: "Thank you, Sister Bai Ling!" ”

"Thanks, isn't that what I'm supposed to do?" Zhang Bailing smiled heartily, and after she finished speaking, she clapped her hands, "Okay, it's okay, you can walk on the ground in two days at most." Now all you have to do is stay in the car honestly and don't go down to the ground indiscriminately, you know? ”

"Understood!"

"That's good."

Zhang Bailing smiled heartily and jumped out of the car to leave.

"Sister Bai Ling!"

The sergeant shouted out to Zhang Bailing in the back.

"Something?" Zhang Bailing turned her head.

The sergeant gritted his teeth and lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhang Bailing's eyes, and after two snorts, he whispered, "Thank you...... Thank you. ”

"Didn't I say it earlier, this is what I should have done." Zhang Bailing waved her hand and walked towards another big car.

Watching Zhang Bailing's slender figure disappear into the ranks, the young sergeant took his gaze back.

"Young man, don't look at it, you won't be able to pull it out if you look at it again." A slightly joking voice sounded next to him, and the young sergeant didn't need to look at it to know that this was the one from the Liaodong Guanning Army who was rescued by his own cavalry yesterday.

This night is not collected is the old Wang head, yesterday was rescued by Yang Da Niu was placed in the medical camp, after being injected with antibiotics, the old Wang head's high fever finally subsided, but because of his age, his body bones are still a little weak, so he was arranged to the medical camp to act with the army, and this scene was clearly accepted by the old Wang Tou just now.

The old king has lived for most of his life, he has never experienced anything, and he has been a night guard for so many years, so how poisonous these eyes are. He had already seen the sergeant's careful thoughts, and he said with a smile: "Young man, do you like someone?" It's okay, just tell her if you like it, you are always like this, even if you see through her back, people won't know. ”

"What do you know, there are more people who like Sister Bai Ling, how could she fall in love with me." The young sergeant shook his head slightly: "Sister Bai Ling, they used to be too bitter, and they won't marry." ”

"Oh, tell me why, I looked at it today, how can there be so many women in this medical camp where we are now. At first, I thought it was a military ...... with the army So what. The old king finally swallowed the word "prostitute", because he saw the angry eyes of the young sergeant, and he could guarantee that if he dared to say that word, the young man promised to pounce on him and play with him.

"Well, it seems that my old man was wrong, they are all good women. It's just that the old man is strange that you adults have recruited such a group of women to serve as military doctors, you must know that what we do is a work of licking blood with knives, and it can't be said that you can fight with a group of girls, right? The clever old king quickly changed the subject.

"Hmph...... What do you know! If you pick up the fighting eyes, the young sergeant is ten tied together, and it is not the opponent of the old fox of the old king, and he quickly told the origin of the medical battalion and Zhang Bailing and others, and said a little stupidly at the end: "In our Jiangning army, there are more people who like them, but Sister Bai Ling and these people said openly some time ago that they don't want to marry in this life, just such a group of people have lived together for a lifetime, and we can't do it." ”

"That's it......" The old king shook his head and laughed when he heard this, and the time passed slowly in the march of the procession, and soon it was noon.

At noon, Zhao Shujiao, who was originally opening the road in front, hurriedly found Yang Feng, "Lord Yang, this situation is a little wrong, it stands to reason that the closer we get to the Tartar outpost of Dalinghe Fort this way, the more it should be, why has it been several hours in a row, we rarely encounter the Tartar outpost, this is really abnormal?" ”

"yes, I'm aware of that, too." Yang Feng also frowned and said, "It stands to reason that our army has come here with such fanfare, even if the Tartars are blind, they should know." What the Tartars should do according to their virtue is to constantly send out sentries to spy on our movements and figure out our every move, but now they seem to have disappeared, which is not like the style of the Tartars, so I think there are only two reasons why the Tartars do this. One is that the Tartars thought they were invincible to us and ran away overnight. The other is that the Tartars are waiting for us in front. ”

Zhao Shujiao shook his head: "The Tartars have been arrogant all these years, although the city of Jinzhou suffered a loss the day before yesterday, but it is impossible to let the Tartars run away when they see us." So it can only be the second result, the Tartars are waiting for us. ”

"Hmm...... I think so too. Yang Feng nodded, took out a map from his pocket, and pointed to the southeast corner, "Now we are less than twenty miles away from Dalinghe Fort, if the Tartars want to snipe us, there is only one place that is the most suitable, and that is the Dry Grass Ridge fifteen miles away from Dalinghe Fort." This Dry Grass Ridge is flanked by two hills, and in the middle is a narrow strip of land that stretches for two miles, and as long as Amin and Daishan are not too stupid, they will definitely intercept us here. ”

Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on Yang Feng's face: "Tartars may think that they can deal with us by waiting for work, they are too naïve." ”

"I think so too." Zhao Shujiao looked at Yang Feng with a very serious expression: "Brother Yang, I know that your Jiangning army is well-armed, especially the artillery is sharp, and the day before yesterday it hit Dai Shan's Zhenghong Banner hard, but my brother has dealt with Tartars for many years, and he knows a lot about Tartars, so I still have to remind you of some things." ”

Seeing that Zhao Shujiao was so serious, Yang Feng also said with a straight face: "Lord Zhao, please speak." ”

"The most powerful thing about the Tartars is that their combat methods are varied and fierce, in addition to their cavalry coming and going like the wind, their bows and crossbows are also very sharp, and they will attack you from places you don't expect, so don't underestimate the Tartars, otherwise you will suffer one day."

Looking at Zhao Shujiao's unprecedentedly serious expression, Yang Feng also took a deep breath and nodded solemnly, "Thank you Brother Zhao for reminding me, my little brother has been taught." ”

This time, Yang Feng did not commensurate himself with his official position, but solemnly called him Brother Zhao, which also showed that Yang Feng had taken Zhao Shujiao's words seriously to heart. In any case, at least Yang Feng has accepted and is grateful for the kindness shown by Zhao Shujiao.

Yang Feng, who had been reminded by Zhao Shujiao, almost scattered all the cavalry in his hands, and they carried out a carpet search around them in a unit, and the results were soon obtained. They found a large army of Tartars in the Dry Grass Ridge, numbering at least about 15,000 to 16,000 people.

"Brother Zhao, you're right, the Tartars really set up an ambush in the Dry Grass Ridge, and there are quite a few of them." After receiving the information sent by Yebu, Yang Feng and Zhao Shujiao got together to discuss.

"Look at ......" Zhao Shujiao pointed to the map and said: "The Tartars have arranged seven or eight thousand people on each side of the Dry Grass Ridge, and if our men and horses want to cross the Dry Grass Ridge, then we have to honestly dismount and make a feint, explaining that our losses are too great, and I am afraid that we may not be able to take it down if we fill in all our men and horses." ”

"That's not right." Yang Feng shook his head: "According to the information sent by Ye Bu, now that Daishan has joined forces with Amin's soldiers, that is to say, the total strength of the Tartars has reached at least 26,000 people, and now there are only 16,000 Tartars on the Dry Grass Ridge, so where are the remaining 10,000 Tartars?" ”

Speaking of this, Yang Feng and Zhao Shujiao glanced at each other, and a chill appeared on the bodies of the two of them at the same time. They can imagine that if they were attacking the Dry Grass Ridge fiercely, 10,000 Tartar cavalry suddenly killed from behind, explaining that more than 10,000 of them were all crowded on the road to the Dry Grass Ridge, I am afraid that they would only have the result of the destruction of the whole army, and there would be nowhere to run if they wanted to.

"What a good calculation for the Tartars."

Zhao Shujiao gasped, and he turned around several times before saying: "If the Tartars want to attack us from behind, then they can't be too far away from us and can't be too close, too far away will be too late to attack, and if they are too close, they will be discovered by us, so I think the distance of twenty miles away from us is the most appropriate." ”

Yang Feng closed his eyes and thought for a while and shook his head, "No, the farthest distance we sent out today is already more than twenty miles, if the Tartars were hanging behind us, they would have been discovered by us a long time ago, I estimate that they must be hiding at least forty miles away from us now, slowly hanging us, and then send a sentry to stare at us secretly, and when the time comes, they will slowly approach us, and finally give us a fatal blow!" ”

"Yes, exactly!" Zhao Shujiao a row of thighs, "His grandmother's, the Tartar is too cunning, I will immediately send out the night to investigate the location of the Tartar, otherwise I will not worry." ”

After speaking, Zhao Shujiao was about to make arrangements, but was stopped by Yang Feng, "Brother Zhao, don't bother anymore, now the Tartars must be covered with dense sentry posts behind them, we send fewer people just to deliver food, and send more people to run away, don't waste your efforts." We're still in a hurry, I'd like to see what tricks the Tartars play in the Dry Grass Ridge. ”

At Yang Feng's insistence, the team continued to march towards the Dry Grass Ridge, and when it arrived, the army came to a place less than three miles away from the Dry Grass Ridge, and the first order given by Yang Feng was not to prepare for an attack, but to set up camp.

At the highest point of the dry grass ridge, Dai Shan and Amin were standing side by side on a dirt slope looking southwest, two miles away, a group of Ming troops were preparing to set up camp, tens of thousands of people were working in full swing, and the prototype of a camp slowly appeared in front of them in less than half an hour.

"We've been discovered." Amin snorted coldly, feeling a little unhappy.

"That's natural." Dai Shan said lightly: "Ming Jun is not a fool, why are there so many people here, it would be strange if they couldn't find out." ”

Amin stopped talking, fighting is not a joke. The kind of situation where thousands of troops and horses are ambushed in a dangerous place, and when the enemy swaggers over, they rush down unexpectedly and annihilate the enemy are basically rare, because even the most stupid generals will send spies to reconnoiter the terrain when they pass through some difficult terrain, and the army will not pass until it is confirmed that there is no danger.

Dai Shan pondered for a while and said: "It was expected that we would be discovered by the Ming army, and now I am worried about whether the Ming army will attack tomorrow, if they are here with us, it will be troublesome." ”

"No, the dogs can't afford it." Amin said with certainty, "They don't know anything about the situation in Dalinghe Fort, aren't they afraid that we will take the opportunity to take Dalinghe Fort?" I expect that tomorrow the Ming army will definitely attack us! ”