293 Scouts Meet

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Li Zixiao led a team of more than 4,000 people of the White Dragon Army, and Haohao entered the territory of Xuzhou, and Qiu Guangming, the prefect of Xuzhou, could not help but receive the news in advance.

When Qiu Guangming received the news, he was so frightened that he even smashed the teacup he was drinking tea and smashed it, he thought that Li Zixiao couldn't wait to attack his Xuzhou!

It wasn't until Qiu Guangming sent someone to contact Li Zixiao that he finally received Li Zixiao's reply.

"He's going north to fight the Tartars?"

At this time, Qiu Guangming, who was the prefect of Xuzhou, had just learned the news of the Tatars' entry into the customs.

When he learned that Li Zixiao sent someone to reply to him like this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

In this way, Qiu Guangming, the prefect of Xuzhou, dared to refuse Li Zixiao's request, even if he refused, it was useless, but it was better to provide convenience.

Li Zixiao did not send troops to Xuzhou, but directly managed the canal wharf in the north of Xuzhou, and this is also the place where he waited for the other White Dragon Army barracks to come and gather.

Even if Li Zixiao had already been fully prepared, after getting the news of the Tatars' entry into the customs, he led his troops to set off, but in order to gather all the men and horses in Xuzhou and collect ships.

In the end, it took them three full days, and at this time, the time of this era had entered the beginning of October of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and the heavens and the earth were already very cold, especially in the north.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army, all wearing thick cotton clothes, did not suffer from the cold, and after staying at the canal wharf in the north of Xuzhou for four days, they finally set off for the north.

In these four days, Zhou Dazhu, Liu Chong, Luo Chao, Qi Wei, Xu Wei, Qi Lin and others all led their troops to arrive in person, making the number of the White Dragon Army here close to 10,000.

And Li Zixiao built and mobilized nearly 100 boats on the canal, all of which are in place.

Some of these ships were built by the White Dragon Army themselves, and some were hired by them, in short, Li Zixiao was going to transport his men north through the waterway.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao led nearly 10,000 soldiers of the White Dragon Army to board the ship and go north along the canal, but stopped at the boundary of Zhaoyang Lake at the junction of Xuzhou and Shandong.

"General, the guard camp has arrived at them."

At this time, on Zhaoyang Lake, Li Zixiao was standing on the deck of a large boat, standing next to Quartz, pointing to a few small boats rowed in the distance and said.

"Let them get on board."

Soon, three small boats carrying more than a dozen people boarded Li Zixiao's big boat, and the leader of them was Wei Hong.

And he was followed by several men, a few of them wearing armor like the White Dragon Army, while the other few men were wearing ordinary Ming army battle armor, which was very shabby.

Among them, there was a strong man in his thirties, looking at the nearly 100 boats on Zhaoyang Lake at this time, stretching for several miles, and his eyes were straight.

"General, Wei Hong is here."

After Wei Hong took people to board the ship, he came to Li Zixiao, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully.

"Get up, get up, Brother Wei, you've worked hard."

Li Zixiao walked over, picked up Wei Hong and said, .

"It's not hard, it's not hard."

"These are the heroes on Zhaoyang Lake that you mentioned to me in your letter?"

Li Zixiao turned his gaze, and a few men behind Wei Hong asked.

"Yes, General, this is Lu Yuan, this is Hong Sheng, they are the leaders of the Zhaoyang Lake Bandits, and they are also the two heroes I mentioned in the letter who are willing to surrender to the general."

Wei Hong introduced the two men around him to Li Zixiao, and Li Zixiao looked at these two people carefully.

"Little Lu Yuan (Hong Sheng) visits the general." The two saluted Li Zixiao.

"The two heroes got up."

Since he surrendered to himself, Li Zixiao had to make a polite corporal look and help the two up.

"Wei Hong has great respect for the two heroes in his letter, and the two of you must have learned a lot about our White Dragon Army from Wei Hong.

Our White Dragon Army has strict military discipline, and the generals can't deduct military salaries, and there is not much oil and water to fish, now are you sure you are willing to join our White Dragon Army? ”

Li Zixiao said with a serious face.

"We do." Lu Yuan and Hong Sheng glanced at each other and immediately replied.

"In this case, now I will announce that our White Dragon Army Sailor Battalion is established, Wei Hong temporarily assumes the position of battalion general, and appoints you as two generals of the sailor battalion, and allows Wei Hong to promote one more person as a team general.

Your sailor battalion is temporarily stationed at Zhaoyang Lake, and after I finish fighting the Tartar army in the north, I will make detailed arrangements for you. ”

"General Xie." Lu Yuan and Hong Sheng replied gratefully.

It turned out that a few months ago, Li Zixiao asked Wei Hong to take the second and fourth battalions of the White Dragon Army recruits north to exterminate the water bandits in Zhaoyang Lake.

Subsequently, Wei Hong led more than 2,000 men and horses to compete with the many bandits here in the area of Zhaoyang Lake.

Although the water bandits here occupy the advantage of the terrain, they are no match at all in the face of the well-trained, elite combat, and well-armed White Dragon Army.

Soon, when Wei Hong arrived in July, he wiped out many bandits in Zhaoyang Lake, and finally left the team of Lu Yuan and Hong Sheng.

These two had long heard of the name of the White Dragon Army, and they had seen Wei Hong's power, plus they did not condone their subordinates to harm the people, so they had the intention of returning to the White Dragon Army.

The two led a group of subordinates to submit to Wei Hong, and then let Wei Hong lay a foundation in Zhaoyang Lake, and Li Zixiao secretly sent orders to Wei Hong.

Let him take advantage of the opportunity to suppress bandits and plot against Zhaoyang Lake, Wei Hong has already guessed Li Zixiao's deep meaning, and has been doing it with special care.

Today, Wei Hong knew that Li Zixiao was going to lead troops north to deal with the Tartars, so he brought two people to meet Li Zixiao.

"General......

In the end, Wei Hong wanted to say something, but before he could say it, he was interrupted by Li Zixiao, who had already guessed what Wei Hong was going to say to him.

"Wei Hong, this time your mission is to completely settle down in Zhaoyang Lake, and when I come back from the northern expedition, I want to see a brand-new sailor battalion in your hands."

After Wei Hong heard Li Zixiao's words, he knew that he had no chance to go north to lead the troops this time, so he could only sigh and say helplessly.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao's fleet continued to go north.

On October 10, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Li Zixiao's fleet arrived in Linqingzhou, Shandong, and nearly 10,000 White Dragon troops then landed, preparing to give those who swept away the Tartars.

Then Li Zixiao sent Han Tong's scout team to the north to look for traces of the Tartar army.

Time flickered again, a few days passed, and a scout team of the White Dragon Army went north to collect military information, and there was a small town called Ping'an Town, forty miles away from Baoding Mansion in Beizhili.

Originally, the town was still very populous, but now it has run out of people, leaving only vacant houses and wild dogs that roam the streets from time to time

In the evening, from the southeast came the sound of horses' hooves, and after a while, a small group of cavalry appeared in the town

There are eight cavalry in this team, they are wearing relatively light cotton armor, and even the people and horses are full of dust, it is the scout team sent north by the White Dragon Army.

When they arrived outside the town and retreated, a big man with a meaty face said to a few companions around him: "This is the Ping'an Town of Baoding Mansion."

Now two men will rush to the horse, feed and water the horses, and restore their horsepower, while the others and I will go to the nearby hillside to observe the enemy's situation. ”

The big man who spoke had a waist knife hanging from his waist, four short javelins stuck in his belt on his back, and a leather case for throwing knives.

This big man's name was Yang Zhou, and he was a vanguard sentry commander of the Han Tong Scout Team under Li Zixiao, who was good at wielding knives and javelins.

Because of his strong martial arts, Li Zixiao was selected a few days ago when he selected scouts from the whole army.

In any country or army in the world, scouts are always the most elite soldiers in the army, and this has never changed since ancient times.

When Yang Zhou's words came out, a scout of the White Dragon Army with an ordinary appearance and a tall and thin figure next to him asked a little: "Yang Tou, we have traveled so far and we haven't seen a Tartar, and our horsepower is almost exhausted."

Even if we feed the horses soybeans and water now, it will take at least a few hours to recover their horsepower, what if we encounter the Tartars' brigade at this time? ”

"I know, but at this time we can't run anymore, let the brothers be vigilant, let the enemy touch you."

Although the two of them were talking, they were not slow, and soon they were climbing to the top of the hill, and looking down from the hillside, the road from the northwest was within their observation.

Especially now that it's winter, the ground is still a dead grass.

People on the hillside can see the situation of the road in the distance clearly.

The people behind followed one after another, and five or six people each occupied an unobtrusive place, observing the situation in front.

Night is the elite of the Ming army, and the requirements for non-commissioned officers are the highest and strictest.

At the same time, it is also the class with the highest casualty rate, and no matter what army it is, it is the most hated for the opposing scouts.

Therefore, Li Zixiao's standards for forming the scout team were also extremely strict, even harsher than the Ming Dynasty's recruitment of nights.

Li Zixiao's strict rules say that if you want to enter the scout team, you must have strong martial arts, keen vision, and good riding skills.

One of the most troublesome rules is that you must also be literate, because if you are illiterate, you will not be able to write down and pass on the information.

Therefore, Li Zixiao can be said to have been selected from thousands of people, and it is not an exaggeration to say that these scouts of the White Dragon Army are all the elite of the elite, and they are selected from thousands of miles.

After observing for a while, they still found no sign of the Tartar soldiers, and the sky had begun to darken.

A scout crawled to Yang Zhou's side and whispered: "Yang Tou, I haven't seen the shadow of the Tartar yet, and I estimate that the Tartar should not appear today."

It's going to be dark in half an hour, shouldn't we find a place to rest? ”

Yang Zhou didn't even look back and said: "Then wait until it's dark, you must be cautious on the battlefield, when you feel safe, it is also the time when you are most likely to relax, that is, the more dangerous it is." ”

After Zhou Yue finished speaking, seeing that Yangzhou had rejected his proposal, he sat on the ground and drew his saber and began to wipe it.

The saber that Zhou Yue took out had a handle of cast aluminum combined with wood, the body of the fist scabbard was all chrome-plated, and there was a copper clamping blade between the handle and the fist.

The scabbard is a leather bag, the knife chamber is wooden, the double hanging ring, the curvature of the knife body is slightly larger, the blood groove is wide, the total length is 0.96 meters, and the total weight is nearly three catties.

This is also the six-five type sabre used by our army in later generations, and the spur is more durable and durable than the spur equipped by the Ming army.

This saber is very easy to chop and is loved by many scouts once equipped, so many scouts will pick a saber and carry it with them.

After Zhou Yue wiped the saber, he lay on the ground and looked into the distance, suddenly his face changed slightly, and then he turned over and put his ear on the ground.

After listening for a while, he immediately got up and said urgently: "Yang Whistle, there are cavalry coming from the northeast, I estimate that there are about twenty horsemen, according to the habit of one person and two horsemen of the Tartar soldiers, there should be more than ten people." ”

As soon as Zhou Yue said this, everyone's faces began to become solemn.

Zhou Yue is recognized as the one with the best ear power among their sentry scouts, and he can distinguish the sound and direction of the horse's hooves more than ten miles away.

Naturally, everyone would not doubt his words.

Yangzhou glanced around at everyone and said: "Now if you can come from the northeast, there is a ** Tartar, what do you say?" ”

Everyone was silent after listening to Yang Zhou's words, at this time, they had just stopped repairing, and they were sleepy and tired, and it was really difficult to deal with the Tartar scouts.

At this time, a tall and thin scout said in a deep voice with a cold face: "What are you afraid of, people and birds will not die for thousands of years, we will die in battle, at least the wife and children of the family, and there will be generals to take care of them."

But if we let these Tartars go, we will violate the military law, we will be killed, Lao Tzu would rather die on the battlefield than be executed by military law, I want to say, we are here, do it, he has a vote! ”

Zhou Yue also stomped his foot violently, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, Dong Lao Er is right, fuck it."

At this time, we have no choice, just let us see how powerful these Guanwai Tartars are. ”

Yang Zhou's face was gloomy, and then he made up his mind, and said to his subordinates: "Okay, let's **** a vote, Zhou Yue, you will immediately notify Xiaoliu and lead the horse to the hillside to standby."

Let Dong Lao Er and Lao Turtle go down to pull the stumbling horse, and the others will follow me to the side of the road to ambush, this time we will attack for the first time, we must leave this group of Tartars behind, the first credit is ours. ”

Zhou Yue smashed his mouth and said, "Damn, the general said that the heads of these Tartars are worth ten taels of silver."

If we can wipe out this Tartar scout, we will have a lot of credit, hehe. ”

Yang Zhou patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "If you want to get the reward, you have to slaughter this group of Tartars first, and you hurry up and arrange your tripping horses." ”

As he spoke, everyone went down and set up their own arrangements.

A thick and swarthy tripwire was placed on the road, covered with a layer of floating soil, and the other end was ambushed on the side of the road, and Zhou Yue pulled it in his hand.