520 Qin Zhen, Zhenjiang Fort

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Lao Yuan takes good care of Qin Zhen, Lao Yuan's eldest son is the best friend with Qin Zhen, and even Lao Yuan plans to marry his eldest daughter to Qin Zhen.

It's a pity that aha like them don't have any autonomy on the side of the Tartars, their lives, everything about them belongs to their masters.

Lao Yuan is a slave, his wife, and the children he gave birth to are all slaves.

If Lao Yuan wants to marry his daughter to Qin Zhen, he must get the consent of his master.

However, half a year ago, Lao Yuan mentioned to his master that he wanted to marry his daughter to Qin Zhen, but he did not get consent.

This time, before Ilgen Jue Luo Duoluo set off from Phoenix City, Lao Yuan's Tartar vest master found Qin Zhen and told him.

If Qin Zhen was able to kill five Ming soldiers in this battle, then after he came back, he could agree to marry Lao Yuan's daughter.

Faced with the sinister intentions of the Tartars, Qin Zhen was very angry in his heart, and he was absolutely unwilling to attack his own compatriots.

But he also hoped to marry Lao Yuan's daughter, which made Qin Zhen very entangled along the way.

Ilgen Jue Luo Duoluo took 4,000 men and horses and galloped all the way for dozens of miles before ordering to stop and rest, feed the war horses, and finally let Lao Yuan and others get a chance to rest.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lao Yuan walked up to Qin Zhen and asked in a low voice, "Qin Zhen, I see that you are absent-minded along the way, what are you thinking about?" ”

Qin Zhen let the war horse block him and Lao Yuan, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Yuan, I want to escape." ”

After listening to Qin Zhen's words, Lao Yuan was taken aback, turned his head cautiously and looked around, and scolded in a low voice: "Qin Zhen, you are crazy, we are outside the gate, where can you escape?"

It's been so long, have you ever seen a person escape, how many times have you escaped, and you haven't been caught yet, and you almost lost your life, you don't have a long memory. ”

"But I don't want to be a slave to the Tartars for the rest of my life, these damn Tartars don't treat us as human beings at all, it's better to fight like this, even if it's worth it even if you die."

"Qin Zhen, bear with it a little longer, you will get used to it in a few years." Lao Yuan persuaded.

"Qin Zhen, you kid is a martial artist, this is the first time you go to the battlefield, you will have a chance to make meritorious contributions. If you have made meritorious contributions, you will have the opportunity to carry the flag. ”

"Hmph, raise the flag? That's not yet for the Tartars to be a minion. I, Qin Zhen, will never be willing to be a slave to the Tartars for a lifetime, and I will let my children be slaves for them in the future.

Uncle Yuan, I secretly inquired before, this time there is a team of people from the imperial court, who landed on Phi Island and just laid down Zhenjiang Fort.

The reason why Ilgen Jue Luo Doro was in such a hurry to go south was to deal with this Korean army and recapture Zhenjiang Fort.

When we get to Zhenjiang, let's find an opportunity to escape, anyway, we have horses, we can escape into Zhenjiang Fort and join the imperial army. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Zhen was a little excited, but Lao Yuan's face on the side turned cold.

"Hey, Qin Zhen, I know that you are unwilling to be a slave to the Tartars, if you really want to escape again, Uncle will not stop you, but Uncle can't be with you, I still have a family in Phoenix."

Lao Yuan sighed, patted Qin Zhen's shoulder and said, and then walked away.

After listening to Lao Yuan's words, Qin Zhen also fell silent, which was also what he was most worried about.

He was worried that once he really managed to escape, his so-called master would be angry with Uncle Yuan's family, and even if he escaped, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

"Uncle Yuan, your life-saving grace, Qin Zhen will not forget, Qin Zhen will not go alone, if you want to go, I will take you with you, wait, there will be a chance."

In the end, Qin Zhen made a firm decision in his heart and groaned.

Just when Ilgen Jue Lodoro asked his 4,000 men to stop repairing, he also sent a group of Tartar scouts in advance to the front to investigate.

Soon, there were several horsemen riding Tartars and rushing back.

Qin Zhen looked up, but saw several Tartar cavalry coming back, all covered in blood, and a few horses behind him were carrying three wounded soldiers and two corpses.

"Isn't this the Tartar scout who just went out to explore the way? A vest with ten elite Tatar cavalry, such a strong force, how can it come back in such an embarrassment now? ”

Qin Zhen saw the tragic situation of the Tartar people who came back, and whispered in some surprise.

On the other side, at this time, Ilgen Jue Luo Doro looked at the returning scouts, when they went, there were eleven people, and when they came back, there were only four left, three seriously injured, plus two corpses, and two less.

Since they didn't bring back the corpses, it means that the situation was critical at the time, so that this Tartar scout didn't have a chance to bring back the corpses of the other two Tartar soldiers.

When the Tartars fight, they will not give up the corpses of their comrades if they can, this is the rule of the Tartars.

Moreover, the scouts sent out by the Tartars to reconnoiter are definitely first-class good players, and they are the most elite Tartar cavalry.

But now these are the eleven most elite Tartar cavalry, but they suffered a big loss and fled back in embarrassment, which made Qin Zhen even more curious.

What kind of people can make the Tartar scouts suffer such a big loss?

"My lord, we were about six miles to the south, and we encountered an ambush by a Ming cavalry, and we suffered heavy casualties." The vest knelt down in front of Ilgen Kyorodoro and reported.

"How many enemies have you encountered? So much to lose? Ilgen asked with a gloomy face.

"Wearing black cotton armor and red vests, everyone has two horses, with two short guns, and there are about twenty horsemen, and they are carrying a white snake flag."

"White Snake Army, Li Zixiao!"

Ilgen Jue Luo Duoluo's face was gloomy, he had already heard about Li Zixiao and the White Dragon Army under his command, and now he could figure out that it was the Ming army that defeated Zhenjiang.

This made Ilgen Jue Luo Doro even more worried, the shadow of the tree, the name of the person, and Li Zixiao's reputation in the Tartar can be described as notorious.

"Encounter a difficult opponent." Ilgen Jue Lodoro muttered in a low voice,

Immediately, he turned his head and asked the officer behind him: "How far are we from Zhenjiang Fort?" ”

"About twenty miles."

Ilgen Jue Luo Duoluo turned his head, looked at the remnants of the returning Tartars, looked at the Tartar vest kneeling in front of him, and said in a cold voice: "You eleven people, the elite can't beat the twenty or so Ming army scouts?" ”

The Tartar vest lowered his head in shame and said in a deep voice: "My lord, it's not that the minions are incompetent, but that those Ming troops ambushed us.

In addition, each scout on the other side is equipped with a short gun that can be fired instantly.

As soon as we rushed to a distance of more than ten paces from them, we saw two flashes of fire in the hands of these Ming scouts, and several of our warriors who rushed to the front fell.

If it weren't for the minions noticing that something was wrong and leading people to withdraw in time, it is estimated that none of us would have returned. ”

"Nonsense, there will be such a terrible firearm there, Erjiku, if you dare to lie about the military situation and disturb the morale of the army, you are not afraid that I will kill you!"

After listening to the story of this Tartar vest, Ilgenjue's first reaction was not to believe it, and he roared angrily.

After all, the White Dragon Army's short-flintlock pistol, after equipping the White Dragon Army, has never been used on the Tartar, and it is normal for the Tartar not to know.

As for the White Dragon Army being equipped with the kind of flintlock pistol that does not use the arquebus, the Tartar high-level knows about it, after all, the Tartar has a lot of eyeliner in the territory of Daming.

"My lord, what the slave said is true, don't dare to deceive in the slightest, if you don't believe it, you can ask other brothers, the White Snake Army really has a terrible short gun that can be used by cavalry!"

The Tartar shouted with a cry.

Immediately, Ilgen Jue Lodoro called two more Tartar scouts to ask, and the answer turned out to be the same as that of Erjiku.

"Go down." Ilgen Kyoro waved his hand and told the three scouts to step down.

At the same time, at this time, the feeling of uneasiness in Ilgenjuelo's heart became more and more intense.

"My lord, a small group of cavalry of the Ming army appeared near here, and now we have been discovered, it is estimated that the Ming army in Zhenjiang Fort must be on guard."

A Tartar general next to him said to Ilgen Kyoro.

"yes, it's a bit of a problem." Ilgen Jue Luo Doro also looked worried.

"Pick another group of warriors, let them be careful, and then go to the direction of Zhenjiang Fort to investigate."

At this time, on the west bank of the Yalu River, Zhenjiang Fort.

The banner of the Ming army fluttered on the head of the city, and this important castle outside the pass once again fell into the hands of the Ming army.

After Luo Chao defeated Zhenjiang Fort, he knew that the Tartars would soon counterattack, and he began to arrange city defenses in Zhenjiang according to Li Zixiao's deployment, set up forts, and waited for the arrival of the Tartars.

Zhenjiang is the eastern end of Liaodong, the largest fortress among dozens of forts, and it is also the end point of the original Liaodong Post Road.

Originally, there were castles built here since the Jin Dynasty, and there were nine stone castles along the river in the Ming Dynasty, so it was called Jiulian City.

Later, the imperial court built a number of new forts in the Kuandian area, expanded the defense to the northeast, and Jiulian City gradually abandoned.

However, when the Japanese were rampant, Liaodong also reorganized the coastal defense, and then built a new city not far from Jiulian City, which was Zhenjiang Fort.

Zhenjiang Fort is only five miles away from the west bank of the Yalu River, and across the river is North Korea.

Later, the Ming court opened in Zhenjiang Fort, and the border market with the Tatars and Koreans became lively.

The fort is home to thousands of people, and outside the fort are large farmsteads and countless villages nearby.

This area is an open and flat plain, the terrain is flat and well-watered, and the annual harvest is excellent.

Every year, cattle, salt, timber, medicinal herbs, etc. from North Korea gather at the Zhenjiangbao wharf, and Liaodong also transports ironware, farm tools, cloth, etc. into Zhenjiang, and the mutual market makes this place more and more prosperous.

However, later the Tartars rose up and seized Liaodong, and many people in Zhenjiangbao fled to Korea for refuge.

At that time, Mao Wenlong was in Phi Island, established Dongjiang Town, and had counterattacked many times, Zhenjiang Fort was very close to Phi Island, and repeatedly became the main point of contention between Mao Wenlong and Phi Dao.

Mao Wenlong's department and the Tartars in this area, the perennial war has made the prosperity here no longer prosperous, the population has been greatly reduced, and only the lonely Zhenjiang Fort is left within a radius of dozens of miles.

It wasn't until Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan that Zhenjiang completely calmed down after the Tartars defeated the remnants of Mao Wenlong left on Phi Island, completely occupied Phi Island, and eliminated Mao Wenlong's henchmen.

Without the military disaster, coupled with the geographical advantage of Zhenjiang, the Tartars were once again able to take advantage of it, and Zhenjiang Fort and Uiju on the other side of the river were the main locations for their trade with Korea.

After Luo Chao led his troops into Zhenjiang Fort, he immediately summoned the craftsmen in the city.

Started the city defense renovation project of Zhenjiang Fort, and repaired the nine castles of the size of Jiulian City, and added forts to make it the barrier of Zhenjiang Fort.

Defeat Zhenjiang, then hold on, build a new fortress, and wait for the main force, this is Li Zixiao's instructions to Luo Chao.

Luo Chao gathered craftsmen to build a new type of fortress in Zhenjiang, with stronger crossfirepower and a new castle designed with a special fire cannon, which is also the most commonly used type of fortress in the White Dragon Army.

Li Zixiao had already made up his mind to build Zhenjiang Fort into an immovable fortress, which would be their most stable retreat.

Even, Li Zixiao still considered in his heart whether to make Zhenjiang Fort a second Golden State.

Just when Luo Chao ordered people to speed up the construction of the fortress, the scouts reported back and the Tartars also arrived.

Ilgen Jue Luo Doro sent a stronger scout force to investigate Zhenjiang Fort.

This time, these Tartar scouts, after meeting with the White Dragon Army scouts, did not suffer a big loss because of the increase in numbers.

The Tartar scouts succeeded in finding out the information they wanted and returned to report to Ilgen Jue Luo Doro, informing him that the Zhenjiang Fort of Ilgen Jue Luo Doro had been occupied by the Ming army, even Jiulian City.

"There were about three or four thousand Ming troops in Zhenjiang Fort, and they not only occupied Zhenjiang Fort, but also stationed in Jiulian City. The Ming army temporarily summoned a number of craftsmen and people, and is building a new fortress with a strange appearance. ”

"Are you sure that the Ming army only has three or four thousand people?" Ilgen Kyoro asked.

"Humble duty can be determined."

"There are only three or four thousand people, and they dare to garrison forts in Zhenjiang, do they still want to stay here and not leave, it's really bold.

My lord, please immediately send troops to attack Zhenjiang Fort, and your subordinates are willing to be the vanguard, and they must annihilate this bold Ming army. ”

A Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing next to Ilgen Jueluo Luo, at this time he heard that the Ming army that defeated Zhenjiang Fort was only three or four thousand people, he immediately became a little angry, and asked for battle.

"It is estimated that the Ming army in Zhenjiang Fort will not be alone, and now that the sea is controlled by the Ming army, I estimate that Phi Dao should have fallen into the hands of the Ming army now, and Zhenjiang Fort has horns."

After a little thought, Ilgen felt that after a little thought, he thought of a lot.

"So what's the matter, anyway, the Ming army on the sea can't grow wings and fly to land."

"Let's recover Zhenjiang Fort first, but there are only three or four thousand people, if the Ming army on Phi Island dares to land again and come to support Zhenjiang.

At this time, we must not let the Ming army build a fortress in Zhenjiang smoothly, and it will be even more difficult to recover Zhenjiang Fort at that time. ”

The Tartar Jialajingzhang next to him said to Ilgen Jue Luo Doro at this time.