538 lack of food, Fengjiabao

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"General, you can't chase anymore, there is a bamboo and stone forest in front."

Suddenly, a personal guard approached Luo Chao and reminded.

The bamboo and stone forest is a relatively dangerous place in the vicinity, there is a large dense forest, and at the same time there is a piece of gravel on the other side, and the cavalry can only have one exit when they enter.

If Luo Chao led the Flying Eagle to rush in at this time, in case the Tartars really set up an ambush in the bamboo and stone forest, they had little chance of fighting back, and the terrain here would be too unfavorable for them.

"Damn, the dog Tartar chose such a terrain, it's really stupid, but it's a pity that this battle can't be fought again, stop the pursuit."

In the end, Luo Chao could only reluctantly order, stop continuing the pursuit, and did not enter the bamboo and stone forest.

At this time, in the bamboo and stone forest, the Tartar elite cavalry led by Tumen Fei Dongying had indeed set up an ambush here, waiting for Luo Chao's arrival.

"Report, my lord, the cavalry of the Ming army did not chase in." Soon, Tumen Fei Dongying also received a report from his subordinates.

"It's a pity, this Ming army general is a smart man, the terrain here is too treacherous, he would rather let go of the bait we sent than chase it in."

Tumen Fei Dongying frowned and said unwillingly.

"My lord, what then?"

"What else can I do? Continue to fight with him, this Ming army has been looking for us for several days, and now it can be regarded as being bitten by them.

If we can't defeat it, or even annihilate it, we won't be able to do anything next, so let's see who has the last laugh. ”

Tumen Fei Dongying said coldly, and then ordered to withdraw.

But he also understood that he would have more battles with this Ming cavalry next, and if he didn't defeat it, he would not have the opportunity to attack the White Dragon Army from all over the world.

It's just that at this time, Tumen Fei Dongying ignored a situation, that is, they didn't have much food in their hands.

Two days later, Tumen Fei Dongying found that they were almost exhausted of the dry rations they were carrying.

"No, we are about to run out of food, we have to find a village to replenish food and grass, and we will take advantage of the fact that we have just gotten rid of the Ming cavalry, let's wait for a rest."

Tumen Fei Dongying's face was also tired, and he said in a deep voice.

These Tartar spirit horsemen, since they arrived in the Phoenix area more than half a month ago, have been running around and fighting, and they haven't even entered Phoenix City.

In the past five or six days, they have been pursued by the Flying Eagle Battalion led by Luo Chao every day, and the two sides seem to be playing a game of cat and mouse.

Such a pursuit and evacuation made these Tartar cavalry even more tired, they were not iron-clad, they would be tired, and they needed to eat more.

In fact, Tumen Fei Dongying didn't dare to fight Luo Chao's Flying Eagle Battalion, but he didn't have the full certainty of winning.

Before he was absolutely sure of winning, he would not rashly fight with Luo Chao's Flying Eagle Battalion.

Because, Tumen Fei Dongying can't afford to lose.

Luo Chao is defeated, at most it will affect Li Zixiao's immigration plan, and it will not let Tumen Fei Dongying turn the tide of the war.

And once Tumen Feidong's camp is defeated, then for a long time in the future, there will be no formed Tartar team outside the pass that can come over to block the movement of Li Zixiao's army.

In that way, Li Zixiao can act recklessly and recklessly, at least the cavalry of Tumen Feidongying is here, and he can still contain Li Zixiao.

However, when the dry food of the Tartar cavalry under Tumen Fei Dongying was almost exhausted, he wanted to find a village to scavenge for grain and grass, and take a rest by the way.

He was shocked to find that in the three-legged area from Phoenix City to Tang Station and then to the Dangerous Mountain Fort, they couldn't find a village with people.

The only three villages found were still empty, and they had long been moved to the city by the White Dragon Army.

Helpless, at this time, Tumen Fei Dongying had to go south with the Tartars to find food supplies, to put it bluntly, he just went to rob it.

After all, to the east and north, he didn't dare to go, to the east was the dangerous mountain fort and Zhenjiang, both of which were Ming troops, and to go was to die.

To the north, Li Zixiao was attacking everywhere in Phoenix City, and it was estimated that he could not find food in the past, and the west was a mountainous and dense forest, which was not conducive to the entry of cavalry.

It is more appropriate to go south only.

It's a pity that Tumen Fei Dongying didn't know that even if he went south, he wouldn't be able to find food, because Xuancheng had already been beaten down by Li Zixiao.

Not to mention the people around Xuancheng, even the entire Xuancheng has long been burned by the White Dragon Army, but unfortunately Tumen Feidongying has not yet gotten this news at this time.

"This is Spiral City?"

Two days later, Tumen Fei Dongying led people to Xuancheng, and looked at the city wall cracking and turning into ashes, and he was also confused.

"Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on? How did the city become like this, and the people? ”

Tumen Fei Dongying roared loudly, and the green tendons on his neck burst out.

At this time, the Tartars of the Tumen Feidong camp had been out of food for more than half a day, and there were already complaints among the Tartar cavalry.

Running out of food is a taboo in war, and no matter how strong an army is, it is impossible to fight a war when it is hungry.

Originally, Tumen Fei Dongying thought that when he arrived in Xuancheng, he would be able to complete the supply, but he never expected the current situation.

Listening to the whispering of the tartar behind him, Tumen Fei Dongying's face was gloomy like a drop of water, and he didn't say a word.

But he knew in his heart that if he couldn't find any more food, there was no need for Luo Chao's Flying Eagle Battalion to continue the pursuit, and they would soon be defeated by themselves.

As for starvation, it is not enough, but the combat effectiveness of their cavalry, don't count on it, and even a self-defeating rout.

After all, even if people can stand it, their war horses can't stand it now, and they must be resupplied and rested.

Although Tumen Fei Dongying was unwilling, he also understood that he could not fight this battle for the time being.

They had to find a city or village, replenish their food, and recuperate before they could continue fighting.

Fortunately, there were not many Tartar cavalry in the hands of Tumen Feidongying, only about 2,000 people, as long as they could find two or three villages with more than 100 households, they could supplement their food for a period of time.

"Let's go, look for it west, it's really not good, I can only go to Xiuyan City, let the soldiers grit their teeth and hold on."

In the end, Tumen Fei Dongying made a decision.

Tumen Feidong's camp retreated south to find food supplies, and Luo Chao led the cavalry of the Flying Eagle Battalion and also tracked them all the way.

At this time, combined with the return of the scouts in the past few days, Luo Chao also guessed that the food of the Tartar cavalry must be insufficient.

This made Luo Chao realize that their opportunity had come.

Although the Flying Eagle Cavalry has been running continuously for the past few days and is also very tired, it is much better than the Tartars.

It was impossible for Luo Chao to give the Tartar a chance to breathe, so he continued to chase after the Flying Eagle Battalion, all the way to Xuancheng.

Luo Chao's cavalry of the Flying Eagle Battalion is more convenient to supply than Tartar, and there is no dilemma of lack of food at this time.

"Report, General, according to the scout's report, the Tartar cavalry came here half a day ago, but then they headed west."

Luo Chao led the cavalry of the Flying Eagle Battalion, and at this time he was also standing outside the burned Xuancheng City, listening to the reports of his subordinates.

"Haha, those Tartars should have wanted to come to Xuancheng to replenish, but when they came here, they must have been dumbfounded." Luo Chao couldn't help laughing.

"Go and continue to chase westward, and you will definitely catch up with this Tartar." Luo Chao then continued to take the cavalry of the Flying Eagle Battalion and chased westward.

What Luo Chao and Tumen Fei Dongying didn't know was that at this time, in the west of Xuancheng, less than ten miles away, there was a large village and town with more than 300 households and thousands of people.

At the beginning, Li Zixiao mainly moved away, and the villages east of Xuancheng were not moved away much, and they were originally intended to be completed by Zhao Zilong.

In the village, at this time, there was a team of more than 2,000 Bailong soldiers and horses, none other than Zhao Zilong, who was left by Li Zixiao before.

Before, when Li Zixiao rushed from Xuancheng to Phoenix City to support Luo Chao, he left Zhao Zilong's men and ordered him to move freely.

And Zhao Zilong led more than 2,000 of his men to march west of Xuancheng, exterminated two villages of the Tartar people, captured more than 600 Tartar women and children, and killed more than 100 Tartars.

For the village that is not a Tatar people, Zhao Zilong did not move, these people all speak Chinese, they used to be the common people of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Zilong did not start according to Li Zixiao's order.

Zhao Zilong fought all the way to Xiuyan City, but unfortunately the Tartars in Xiuyan City already knew that Xuancheng was attacked and had precautions.

Zhao Zilong's sneak attack could not be done, and he did not order a strong attack, but led the army back, preparing to move away the people of other villages here.

Fengjiabao is the largest village in this area, as long as Zhao Zilong can persuade Fengjiabao to move away, and then want to persuade other surrounding villages, it will be much simpler.

Immediately, Zhao Zilong took the captives and chose to camp in Fengjiabao, and ordered his subordinates to rest here, as well as other battalions of the White Dragon Army.

"Wind Patriarch, are you not thinking about it anymore?"

At this time, Zhao Zilong was in Fengjiabao, and he persuaded Fengyou bitterly, hoping that he would take the people of Fengjiabao and follow them to move to Zhenjiang.

It's just that it is obvious that Zhao Zilong's persuasion was unsuccessful, and the people of Fengjiabao did not plan to move away.

"General Zhao, I have convened the clan elders to discuss, we have been here for decades, I really don't want to leave, I hope the general will forgive me."

Feng You, the patriarch of Fengjiabao, has a high prestige in Fengjiabao, and said helplessly to Zhao Zilong at this time.

As Feng Yu said, although the Tartar rule is brutal, after all, they have been living here for decades, how can they leave easily!

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Zhao Zilong's eyes, if he couldn't persuade him, and in the end, he really couldn't do it, he would have to use coercive means.

In short, he resolutely obeyed Li Zixiao's order, and all the people in this range must move away, and those who are unwilling to move away are the people of Tartar, and they don't have to be soft.

"General, the scout has come to report that a Tartar cavalry, more than 2,000 people, is coming towards us."

At this time, a soldier ran over and reported to Zhao Zilong.

"Huh? How could such a Tartar cavalry appear here? Zhao Zilong was a little puzzled.

"Forget it, the Tartars of more than 2,000 people are a lot of force, don't fight hard with them, order to take the prisoners and withdraw from Fengjia Fort."

Zhao Zilong immediately ordered to take the Tartar prisoners, evacuate Fengjiabao, and lurk in the nearby mountains and forests, preparing to avoid this group of Tartar cavalry.

"Whew, it's finally gone, and you want us to move away, it's a joke. We were indeed the people of the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately the Ming Dynasty abandoned us, and now we are the people of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Feng You looked at Zhao Zilong who was leaving, and said with a sneer.

Fengjiabao has a large population, so there are many young people who are forcibly conscripted every year to be Tartars as Aha traitors.

The Tartars are much younger, and there are always some people who can get out of the Tartars.

At this time, Fengyou's eldest son was in the Tartar Han Eight Banners Army, as a traitor soldier, and he had already achieved the position of assistant leader, this official position was equivalent to Niu Lu Jingzhang in the Eight Banners of the Tartars.

Of course, the leader of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, not to mention comparing it with the Tartar's Niu Lu Jingzhang, even if he sees a Tartar's vest on weekdays, he has to nod his head.

But this is a general, pretending that his grandson is afraid of something in front of the Tartars, and when he turns around, they are angry in front of the other Han people, and they also learn to bully the people from the Tartars.

The Tartars are the masters, and those of them who are lackeys are better treated than those who are slaves.

Moreover, many people go down to collect grain, collect taxes, etc., and this kind of thing, the Tartars will often hand over to these traitor soldiers to do.

And these traitor soldiers are often more ruthless than the Tartars, and there has never been food and taxes that they can't collect, and on the way, they can collect a little more of their own money and go into their own pockets.

It can be said that in the land outside the gate at this time, ordinary people are afraid of Tartars, but more of them do hate those traitors.

His son was the leader at the time, and Feng You was proud of it for a long time, thinking that his eldest son was shining on the lintel.

In this case, Feng You still thought that in the future, his son would be a bigger official in the Tartars, how could he be willing to move away with the Ming army.

At the same time, Feng You turned to the people around him and said: "Send a message to all households, tell them, keep your mouth shut, no one is allowed to say anything about the Ming army that has come to our fort." ”

At the same time, five or six miles to the west, the Tartar scouts sent out by Tumen Feidong's camp also came back to report to him.

"My lord, there are still people in Fengjiabao in front, and the people inside are still there." The Tartar scout also said excitedly.

Finally, they found a village fort with people, and a village fort with people living in it, which means that they have found food.

Tumen Fei Dongying took out the map, found the location of Fengjiabao, and also showed joy, and said: "This Fengjiabao seems to have hundreds of households and more than 1,000 people, it can be regarded as a big fort."

It seems that this area has not been poisoned by the Ming army, and the people here have not plundered the Ming army.

Then we don't have to walk more than 20 miles to Xiuyan, just choose Fengjiabao, the food in this big village fort should be enough for us to eat for a while.

It's really not enough, then look for other villages and forts around, we have a full meal tonight, go, go to Fengjiabao. ”

At this time, more than 2,000 Tartars such as Tumen Fei Dongying were also overjoyed.

Since their last meal last night, their dry food has been completely gone, and until this afternoon, they have not eaten for a day.

At this time, they are still nearly thirty miles away from Xiuyan City, and it is estimated that they will not be able to arrive tonight, that is, they will be hungry tonight.

This is also true, at this time, the Tartar cavalry under Tumen Fei Dongying's camp became angry one by one, and even became irritable.

(End of chapter)