672 thousand miles of uninhabited, special forces at the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Thundered!

The violent sound of artillery roared outside Tongzhou City at this time, and the iron cannonballs crossed an arc in mid-air and fell into Tongzhou City.

At this time, the Tartars were attacking Tongzhou City, and more than 100 Hongyi cannons were used to bombard.

"General, the artillery fire of the Tartars is too fierce, General Han in Dongcheng sent someone to ask for help, and General Han said that if he didn't send him reinforcements, he wouldn't be able to take Dongcheng."

In the government office in the city of Tongzhou, a Ming soldier rushed to the door of the government on horseback, and then rushed into the government office at a speed of 100 meters, and came to Hong Chengchou to report.

When Hong Chengchou heard this soldier's report, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he took a treasure knife from the wall and said to the general next to him: "Order 3,000 men and horses, and follow me to support Dongcheng." ”

Hong Chengchou was rescued by Lu Xiangsheng since the defeat of the Battle of Songjin, and under Lu Xiangsheng's intercession, Chongzhen did not kill him, and after being deposed for half a year, he was reactivated.

And Hong Chengchou, who was reactivated, was only appointed by Chongzhen as the deputy commander-in-chief, leading 20,000 horses and horses to garrison Baodingwei in Tongzhou.

This time, after the news of the Tatars' entry into the customs reached Hong Chengchou's ears, he immediately led his 20,000 soldiers to enter Tongzhou overnight.

By the time Dolgon led the Tartar army to the city of Tongzhou, Hong Chengchou had already set up a defense in Tongzhou.

Hong Chengchou knew that after Tongzhou, it was the capital to the west, and Tongzhou was the eastern barrier of the Ming capital, and Hong Chengchou did not intend to easily cede the passage to the Tartars.

Originally, Dolgon led his troops to the outside of Tongzhou City, but in fact, two days have passed, and he has been hesitating to open up the state.

After all, this time Dolgon knew very well that they did not enter the customs this time to break through the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but to enter the customs to rob.

Because Huang Taiji, Dolgon and other high-level Tartars agreed that the power of the Ming court had not been reduced to the weakest at this time, and if they attacked the capital at this time, they would have to pay a lot of price.

But then Dolgon still ordered the Han army led by Geng Jingzhong to attack Tongzhou, mainly to test the power of their new Hongyi cannon, and to scare Chongzhen by the way.

Boom Boom!

Iron cannonballs fell on the east city wall of Tongzhou, and the stone chips splashed up had great lethality, and they would cause a lot of damage to the city wall.

The gravel flew over, and many places on the city wall of Tongzhou were smashed, and the falling stones and iron bullets caused a lot of damage to the Ming soldiers guarding the city wall.

As for those who were even more unlucky, the Ming soldiers who were directly hit by iron shells, or were hit by the rubbing, basically few survived.

I have to admit that after the redesign and improvement of those Furlans, red-haired ghosts and Spanish gunners, the Hongyi cannon in the hands of the Tartars at this time has better performance.

While the weight of these Hongyi cannons was reduced, the power was not weakened, which greatly facilitated the carrying of the army, and at the same time, the Tartars had larger caliber artillery in their hands.

At this time, the artillery of the Tartars has even surpassed the Ming army by a lot, all because Li Zixiao used artillery to hurt the Tartars several times, so that Huang Taiji had to make changes.

"The Tartars have brought so much artillery this time, are they really planning to attack the Jingshi this time?"

When Hong Chengchou led people to Tongzhou Dongcheng to support, he stood on the city wall, looked out of the city, and saw the rows of artillery of the Tartars, and his face was also grim.

In the past, although the Tartar army would also carry artillery, they did not mainly rely on artillery for combat, and Hong Chengchou had never seen the Tartars send such a large array of artillery groups.

"Someone came, immediately sent someone to inform the capital, and said that the Tartar army was carrying a large number of artillery pieces and was attacking the notice.

We don't have enough troops in our hands, so please send troops to support Lord Lu, and Hong will definitely defend Tongzhou until the last moment. ”

At this time, Dolgon outside the city was also watching Geng Jingzhong lead his troops to attack the city, and he mainly came to see the power of these new Hongyi cannons.

"Well, yes, our artillery is much more powerful than the previous ones, and those white-skinned and red-haired devils are really good at building artillery."

Dolgon rode on his horse, looking at the more than 100 new Hongyi cannons that were bombarding Tongzhou City, and he also appreciated it with rare satisfaction.

"Indeed, the emperor's creation of these artillery equipment for Geng Jingzhong and these minions this time has indeed helped us a lot.

However, if you want to win the battle, you have to look at the bravery of our Eight Banners athletes, these Han dog minions, we must always be on guard, they have grown fat in the province, and they bite us in the back. ”

Duoduo next to him was also very satisfied with these new Hongyi cannons, but he was worried that the Han Eight Banners, which had increased in strength, would lose control.

"Ben Shuai knows this in his heart, give these dog minions a hundred dares, and they won't dare to betray us." Dolgon said confidently.

"Brother, do we really want to conquer Tongzhou? Judging from the deployment of the city walls, the guys who defended the city were smart people, and they had a lot of troops.

Although Geng Jingzhong's men and horses have artillery to help, if they want to conquer Tongzhou, I am afraid that they will have to pay a lot of casualties, which will affect our later combat operations. ”

"Well, it's time for Geng Jingzhong to stop, we have already seen the power of these new Hongyi cannons, whether Tongzhou City is defeated or not is not important to us.

Earlier, our spies reported that in the southern area of the Daming capital, the Baijia Bala of the Zhenghong Banner had been discovered.

Azig entered the customs before us, and at this time he was probably unable to bear it, and before the time agreed between us and us, he sent people to plunder everywhere. ”

"Our brother, these want to overpower us in this raid, our brother has never given up the opportunity to take charge of our two white flags."

Duoduo said unkindly beside him.

Although Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo are brothers of the same mother, they are closer than other brothers such as Huang Taiji, Daishan, and Abatai.

But the intimacy between Azig and Dorgon and Dorgon is far less than that of Dorgon and Dorgon, and even Azig has always been angry with Dorgon in his heart because he failed to become the leader of the White Flag.

"He's not going to have a chance."

Dolgon sneered, and then continued: "Give Geng Jingzhong an order to stop attacking Tongzhou City, we should go south." ”

And just when Dolgon was about to lead his army south, Azig sent to the south of the capital and arrived at the Zhenghongqi Tartars who were plundering around Zhuozhou, and also encountered Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army for the first time.

The first to come into contact, no doubt, was the scouts of both sides.

In the northern land, under the dim night sky, there were twenty fast horses, accompanied by the sound of thunderous hooves, galloping across a plain.

Originally, such a big movement, if it was normal, would cause a burst of chickens and dogs to bark in the villages they passed through at night.

But at this moment, the whole land was silent, and there was a dead silence.

Because, this scout team of the White Dragon Army had already rushed north for hundreds of miles, but to their horror, they didn't see a single village with human tracks.

Years of famine, perennial wars, and several raids by the Tartars in Hebei in the past have made Hebei at this time really uninhabited.

Except for some big cities in the state capitals, at this time, on the land of Hebei, there was not a single village at an interval of several hundred miles, and it was already commonplace for these White Dragon Army scouts to go all the way north.

This kind of uninhabited situation for hundreds of miles can also be regarded as some benefit to these White Dragon Army scouts, allowing them to better conceal their whereabouts.

But these White Dragon Army scouts were still very depressed all the way.

These scouts are accustomed to seeing the scene of villages and rivers, chickens and dogs, and flocks of chickens and ducks in Jiangbei, and then let them see the desolate and dead scene of the land of Hebei at this time, how can they not panic in their hearts!

After some time, the sound of horses' hooves gradually slowed down, and they finally found a village with light.

Twenty fast horses stopped at a distance, and two horses carrying two White Dragon Army scouts quietly approached the lighted village.

This White Dragon Army scout team is a standard ten-person team, but one person and two horses, which can ensure that they can run long distances.

Soon, the three fast horses of the White Dragon Army scouts stopped a hundred meters away from the village, and the three scouts jumped down from the three fast horses.

After they dismounted, they tied their horses to a nearby tree, and then quietly approached the entrance of the village under the cover of night.

There was no moon tonight, the sky was dim, only a little starlight shone on them, and the bodies of these three White Dragon Army scouts should not be discovered.

These three White Dragon Army scouts were all wearing fine and light fish scale iron leaf armor, which had good defense and was light.

One of the White Dragon Army scouts at the front also held a sturdy round shield in his left hand and a long knife pinned to his waist, while the weapons of the two people in the back were not the same as his.

For the main battle weapons of these White Dragon Army scouts, there are no hard standards in the White Dragon Army, and they are good at what to use, and they can choose freely.

Moreover, their main battle weapons are all made by specialized craftsmen, which are excellent and handy.

If you want to talk about other standard weapons, in addition to a fine set of fish scale armor, it is the dagger tied to their legs and the two short spears pinned to their waists.

These scouts of the White Dragon Army, who are equipped with the most sophisticated armor and have undergone strict training, can be called special forces in the late Ming Dynasty.

The scouts of the White Dragon Army have always been the most valued by Li Zixiao, they are the most rigorously selected, the most well-equipped, and the most arduously trained.

And now, Li Zixiao has introduced them to the future generations, and the training methods, combat skills, and ideas of some special forces have made the scouts of the White Dragon Army at this time more effective than a few years ago.

Now, the three White Dragon Army scouts who had already touched the entrance of the village looked ordinary, but at this time they all showed a vigilant look on their faces.

At the forefront was a tall and thin man in his thirties, tall and thin, with high raised cheekbones, giving people a gloomy feeling.

His main weapon, in addition to a round shield held in his left hand, was a horse cleaver hanging from his right side.

This kind of horse chopping knife, with a total length of 0.86 meters and a total weight of nearly three catties, is improved, and the handle is longer, which is a combination of cast aluminum and wood, which is convenient for them to ride a horse and slash, and can also hold it with both hands in foot combat.

This improved horse chopping knife has always been the favorite of the White Dragon Army scouts, and more than half of them are equipped with this main battle weapon.

Behind him was a White Dragon Army scout, who was relatively burly, with a face full of horizontal flesh, and looked like a wicked person.

He slowly followed behind the tall and thin man in front of him, about five or six paces, and also carried a saber at his waist, and his hand was pressed on the hilt of the sword.

As for the other White Dragon Army scout, it was a young man, and he stood at the front, and the tall and thin man was on the left side and behind him.

The young man did not carry a saber, but in his right hand he held a black repeater, and although the White Dragon Army scouts were armed with short spears, they still needed crossbow arrows.

Because, many times, they need to kill the enemy quietly, and short guns are not allowed to be used unless they are absolutely necessary.

The position of the three of them is not casual, but the valuable experience that has been exchanged for blood after the summary of countless old scouts.

Similarly, the position of the three of them is also based on the actual situation at this time.

The vicious-looking White Dragon Army scout in the back, the position he stands in can ensure that his companions in front can quickly support his companions in front of him when they are suddenly attacked.

To their right was a plain, open to the ground, and if an enemy approached, they would find it far away.

Only on the left is a higher hill, once there is an enemy in this ambush, it is easiest to ambush them, and the young scout on the left is responsible for protecting the flank.

They slowly touched the place fifty steps outside the entrance of the village, and the man who was walking in front suddenly stopped, raised his hand, and the two companions who were walking behind suddenly stopped.

The evil White Dragon Army scout behind him asked in a low voice, "Old Miao, what's the situation?" ”

The tall and thin man who walked in front didn't look back, but said softly: "Deputy team, there is a fire in the house in front of you, and there are figures." ”

The evil man in the back is the vice captain of the White Dragon Army scout team.

At this time, after he heard the words of the tall and thin man in front of him, he immediately replied in a low voice: "Old Fang, be careful, don't be discovered." ”

At the same time, he also shouted in a low voice to the young man scout on the side, "Xiao Fang, prepare for battle." ”

When the young scout called Xiao Fang heard this, he silently wound the two short arrows on the crossbow in his right hand, and the arrows of these short arrows were fed with poison, and the blood sealed his throat.

In fact, until now, they did not know whether the fire in this village was caused by the Tartar soldiers.

But they had never seen a few populated villages along the way, and at this time in this burning village, whether there were Tartar soldiers or not, they had to be cautious and probe clearly.

However, these combat veterans, who lick blood on the knife all year round, have an almost perverted perception of blood.

At this time, the old seedlings, who had already touched the head of the village and squatted behind a low wall, whispered to the two companions behind him: "I smell the smell of blood." ”

"Hmm."

The deputy captain in the back also snorted softly and said in a low voice: "Most of the people in the village are Tartars, and we have finally found them." ”

At this time, a sneer appeared on the face of this vice-captain, and this smile made him even more hideous and terrifying.

(End of chapter)