294 were completely annihilated, a crushing victory

(Today's chapter presents, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I wish you brothers a New Year, and the Year of the Rooster is auspicious!) There was a slight error, which has been modified~! ）

After Li Zixiao's fleet went north along the canal, he let his men and horses land in Linqingzhou, Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong, and stationed in Linqingzhou as a rear base camp.

Li Zixiao chose Linqingzhou for a reason, first of all, Linqingzhou is close to the canal, water transportation is convenient, and Linqingzhou is located in Dongchangfu, Shandong Province and Guangping Mansion in Beizhili.

This is adjacent to the Shunde Mansion of Beizhili (Xingtai of later generations), and Li Zixiao will also wander around here in the future, even if he goes north, at most he will go to Baoding Mansion, and it is very suitable to choose Linqingzhou as the base camp.

Moreover, according to Li Zixiao's memory, this time the Tatars entered the customs, and finally there was a way of people and horses to go south from Linqingzhou, cross the canal, and then raid Jinan, and finally break through Jinan City.

That is to say, Li Zixiao is now stationed in Linqingzhou, with his back to Jinan, and the front is directly facing Julu in Shunde Mansion in the north and Gaoyang in Baoding Prefecture.

These three places are also the places where the Tartars entered the customs this time and the fiercest battles broke out.

Lu Xiangsheng, a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, died in Julu Jiazhuang, Sun Ge's old Sun Chengzong's family of more than 40 died in Gaoyang, and King De was taken away by the Tartars in Jinan.

At this time, the Tartars had just entered the customs for half a month, had just bypassed the capital, and were galloping and looting on the Qianli Plain from the west of Beijing to Shanxi.

But Li Zixiao knew that it wouldn't be long before the Tartars would go around in a circle, turn around and go south all the way to Beizhili, and finally enter Shandong, looting countless people, livestock and livestock, and piling up mountains of gold and silver treasures.

From beginning to end, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have been surrounding the vicinity of the capital, watching the Tartar army burn, kill and loot on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but they dare not fight.

This is not only because Chongzhen tried to make peace with the Tartars, and he has been hesitating and changing the order, but also because his officials and generals are instinctively afraid of the Tartars and dare not come forward to fight with them.

Since, sooner or later, Tartar is going to go south, Li Zixiao is simply here to work at ease, why bother to go north.

In Li Zixiao, for Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng, two well-known loyal ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty of the two was also thunderous in later generations.

Li Zixiao also admires the two of them, and if it is possible, Li Zixiao will do his best to save the two and prevent them from dying in the hands of the Tartars.

Even Li Zixiao knew that the two of them were absolutely loyal to the city, and maybe they would be grateful to him when he wore the 'coat' of General Daming.

But when Li Zixiao exposes his ambitions, the two will definitely stand up against Li Zixiao at the first time, and they will always be loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zixiao stood by a river, looking at the slow-flowing river, and behind him was a large group of soldiers of the White Dragon Army, who were busy setting up camp.

"Quartz, Han Tong has come to report, the scout sentry team he sent out to observe the situation only came back, and found nothing, and the rest of the way is even deeper.

Among them, a scout team of eight people sent by the Han team to Baoding Mansion to investigate the military situation did not come back last night, and there was no news back, so they were afraid that something would happen. ”

Quartz walked up to Li Zixiao and said respectfully.

"Let Han Tong scout his subordinates, scatter a little farther, pay close attention to the movements of the Tartars, and report back immediately if there is intelligence, and don't delay the fighters."

Li Zixiao waved his hand and said.

What Li Zixiao didn't know was that at this time, hundreds of miles away, the scouts of eight people under his command were in big trouble, and the first battle between their White Dragon Army and the Tartar Army was about to arrive.

On the other side, outside Ping'an Town at this time!

At this time, more than twenty horses came from the northeast, and more than a dozen figures were riding on horseback, and Yangzhou counted a total of eleven people.

After a while, after letting them get closer, Yang Zhou and the others had already seen the faces of the cavalry on the opposite side.

These people were indeed the scouts of the Tartars, and everyone's faces began to become solemn.

Perhaps because they were riding on horseback, the Tartar scouts were still sweating profusely on their horses at this late autumn and early winter.

The arrogant ones even took off their helmets, anyway, no Ming army dared to sneak attack them all the way.

All of them showed their shiny scalps on their foreheads and the pigtails of money that hung down behind their heads.

Although they haven't officially fought with the Tartar soldiers in Yangzhou yet, since they are scouts, they have naturally learned how to distinguish between the Tartars' troops and the clothing of officials.

The Tartar army is divided into eight banners, and they are divided into three types according to their status and status: Ahapi, Jiaren and Qiding.

Aha, that is, slaves, are mostly Han Chinese and Koreans; The armor people are descendants, with different nationalities, and their status is higher than that of Ahha; And the flag man is the Tartar soldier, with the highest status.

The establishment of bannermen in the Tartar army is divided into infantry armor, horse armor, white armor, and Baya soldiers according to the force and type of troops.

Now in Yangzhou, they saw that among the Tartar army, there were six people wearing cotton armor nailed with copper nails, and their helmets were long and pointed, like lightning rods.

Judging from the clothing, these six people must be the horse armor soldiers of the Tartars, and according to their rank in the army, the cotton armor they wear should be the dark armor contained in the iron leaf.

However, one of them was dressed in a bright helmet and iron leaf armor, and his equipment was obviously much better than that of the other tartars.

The man still had a helmet in his hand, but it was a black tassel, and he still had a back flag on his back, and this man must have been a small leader in the Tartar army's waistcoat, known as the 'Captain Shichang'.

Seeing that there were six vests in this Tartar army, and one of them was Shi Chang, Yang Zhou and others who were ambushed next to the small slope, they couldn't help but gasp.

These people are very familiar with the basic situation of the Tartar Army, thanks to the fact that half a year ago, Li Zixiao began to tell his generals about some basic information about the Tartars outside the Guanwai in White Snake Village.

But they knew that those Tartar soldiers had been tested for their military service since they were ten years old, once every three years, first as a guard, then as a foot armour, then as a horse armour, and then as white armor as a vest.

The infantry armor and horse armor in the Tartar soldiers do not depend on whether you are a cavalry or not, but their strength and status level in the army.

In the vests of the Tartar soldiers, everyone has at least seven or eight years of military experience.

That's a veteran with very rich combat experience, and he can be regarded as a real professional soldier, and his combat effectiveness can be imagined, so it must be very high.

The remaining five people were dressed in armor costumes, although it was not known whether they were Han or not, and what their combat effectiveness was.

But there is one thing in Yangzhou at this time, it is certain that these Tartar soldiers are definitely a hard bone for the eight of them, and if one is not done well, they may capsize in the gutter.

All the scouts squinted their eyes and looked in the direction where Yang Zhou was lying on his stomach, Yang Zhou turned his head and looked at the seven brothers behind him, gritted his teeth, his heart was horizontal, and ordered in a low voice: "When the Tartars come, Dong Lao Er will take someone to pull the horse rope, and the others who have javelins and bows and arrows will greet those fallen Tartars."

After killing one or two new people, we immediately ran to the dirt slope and got on our horses and fought hard with the Tartars. Do you remember this plan? ”

Everyone nodded in unison, and Yangzhou asked them to lead their war horses to a hillside behind them and hide them, they had to ambush the Tartar army once, and then mount the horses and ride to fight.

Zhou Yue took out the javelin on his back and scolded in a low voice: "Damn, let Lao Tzu kill a few more Tartars with his own hands today, and go back so that the general can send more rewards." ”

It wasn't long before the Tartars came to the hillside, and as they rode along, they shouted something in a murmur they didn't understand.

From time to time, a burst of wild laughter came, and everyone also observed that on the empty horses next to these Tartar soldiers, there were also large bags and small bags, which Yangzhou estimated were all the belongings they had plundered from everywhere.

When two Tartars approached the tripwire first, the two White Dragon Army scouts, who had been waiting anxiously, worked together to pull up the tripwire.

Only an exclamation and the neighing of the horses were heard, and the horses ridden by the two Tartars who were in the front of them tripped over the rope and stumbled in front of the horses.

The two Tartar armourers who were originally riding on their horses were caught off guard and fell off their horses, and even these Tartar soldiers were veterans of battle, and they suddenly panicked.

There was also a loud shout from the hillside: "Hit! ”

With this shout, several arrows flew down the hillside, and along with the arrows, there were also several javelins.

All these things flew towards the two Tartars who fell to the ground, and the Tartars who fell to the ground could not dodge, so they had to watch as the arrows and javelins flew towards them.

From a great height, just over twenty nears, the lethality of the arrows and javelins was staggering, and each of the two Tartars was stabbed by the arrows or javelins, piercing the cotton armor.

Yang Zhou was on the hillside, and after throwing the javelin in his hand, he didn't have time to watch the results, so he immediately got up quickly and ran back, shouting loudly: "Everyone run, get on your horse, and prepare for battle!" ”

The eight White Dragon Army scouts immediately put away their guys and ran backwards.

When they were attacked, the Tartar leader was stunned for a moment, then jumped to his feet, got up immediately, and rode his horse in pursuit.

This wave of waiting for work and unexpected sneak attacks made Yangzhou and them kill the two elite Tartar vest soldiers at the beginning and make a lot of money.

After Yangzhou returned to ride, he found that there was already a rush of horses' hooves in front of him, and the remaining four horse armor soldiers had already chased after him on horseback.

Yangzhou roared: "Kill the Tartars!" ”

Eight White Dragon Army scouts rode their horses and rushed forward.

The distance of more than 100 paces, for the two sides of the horse charge, less than ten seconds of effort, is already close to the distance of more than 20 steps.

And these vest soldiers reacted really quickly, and at the same time, they were superb in riding and accurate in archery, and soon shot sharp arrows at them with their bows.

"Whoosh ......"

The tense sound of three bowstrings sounded instantly, and three heavy arrows flew towards Yangzhou at a high speed.

These vests, sure enough, are veterans with very rich experience in the Tartar army, and the three heavy arrows are shot quickly and accurately, and they are rushing to the front door of the three White Dragon Army scouts in front.

Among them, except for Zhou Yue, who reacted quickly and was able to dodge, the two scouts next to Yangzhou were hit by heavy arrows because they couldn't dodge, screamed miserably, and fell off their horses.

In each of their chests, arrows rolled off their horses, and they fell heavily to the ground, and they probably couldn't survive.

In fact, the range of the Tartars riding lunge bows was not very long, but the arrows they used were large and heavy.

The arrowhead is made of steel with an armor-piercing hammer, the stone is not rolled, the armor-piercing power is strong, and the shot is extremely deep, and after being shot by their bow and arrow, the person who is hit by the arrow will not stop bleeding and will soon lose his combat effectiveness.

The two scouts who were hit by the arrows were all arrows in the chest and mouth, and the cotton armor they wore could not protect against such heavy arrows at all.

The arrow passed through the cotton armor and passed through the chest, falling in a low voice, convulsing constantly, and blood foamed in the mouth, which could not be saved at all.

Seeing the two Ming soldiers in front of them fall to the ground, these three Tartar vest soldiers laughed cruelly, and immediately took out the arrows from the quiver, put on the bowstring and prepared to shoot arrows.

Buzz Buzz......

Three more arrows were fired, two screams rang out, and the two White Dragon Army scouts did not dodge, one was hit by an arrow in the face and one in the chest, and died.

The last arrow was dodged by Yangzhou Kankan, but his left arm was shot and injured.

At this time, Yang Zhou, who was stimulated by the death of the two brothers, also roared, quickly took out a throwing gun from behind his back, and threw it forward.

A vest soldier was stabbed in the heart by the throwing spear thrown by Yangzhou, and finally fell off his horse.

And several White Dragon Army scouts who followed behind Yangzhou also threw their throwing axes or throwing guns in their hands.

said that it was too late and that it was fast, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was less than ten steps, and in such a short distance, there was no need to be accurate at all.

The two vest soldiers who were roaring and galloping, dodging in no hurry, were hit by the spears or throwing axes, and the heavy bodies of the two vests fell off their horses.

In the end, a Tartar vest soldier was left behind, screaming, waving a saber in his hand, and rushed over, slashing a White Dragon Army scout with a single slash.

"Kill!"

A spear stabbed at it without any fancy stabs, piercing straight into the chest of the Tartar vest, and Yang Zhou's shot was steady and ruthless, killing with one move.

At this time, Yangzhou unexpectedly killed the six vests of this Tartar scout, and there were still five Tartar soldiers alive, who should not be bannermen, but armor-clad people.

It's just that at this time, five of Yangzhou's seven scouts died, and he was also injured, leaving the two intact.

"And a few Tartars, kill, follow me to kill them!"

Everyone was suddenly awakened by a loud roar from Yangzhou, and immediately rode down the hillside.

When they rushed down the hillside, they found that the five armored men had also ridden over and killed, and it was another bloody battle.

Five armoured men also rode up to meet them, three against five, and they drew their sabers, or machetes, suitable for melee combat, and slashed them with the power of their horses.

A man in armor screamed loudly, his hands pressed on his neck, blood continued to spurt out from his hands, but it was Zhou Yue's saber that cut his neck and deeply slit his throat.

It didn't take long for the remaining four armored men to be quickly chopped into meat sauce by the scouts, and the combat power of these armored men was much worse than that of the Tartar horse armor soldiers.

But it also made a scout of the White Dragon Army suffer a heavy blow, and finally struggled for a long time in Zhou Yue's arms and died.

Looking at the corpses all around him, Zhou Yue was stunned for a while, and after he woke up from the bloodthirsty state just now, he cried loudly: "Yang Tou, our brothers are gone, and we are still alive!" ”