Chapter 548: Galloping Out of the Stopper
Fang Huan'er was surprised: "Out of the stopper?"
"Not bad!" Chang Wei said resolutely: "In this situation, only by galloping out of the plug can we seize the opportunity, otherwise, the harm will be endless!"
Ma Yuan pointed to the map and asked with a frown: "But the Great Wall near Yinchuan winds for hundreds of miles, if King Qing bribes the guards, he can get out of the jam at any node, where can he be intercepted?"
Chang Wei said hatefully: "I will give strict orders to the guards of the Great Wall, the patrol of the imperial history, and the eunuchs of the town, if anyone does not allow me to order people to enter and leave the Great Wall, hum!
The felonies of all dynasties and dynasties were punished by nine clans at most, namely: four clans of the father, three clans of the mother, and two clans of the wife. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Only after Zhu Dijing's success was difficult, Fang Xiaoru's friend and protégé were also listed as one clan, and together with the clan, they were combined into the "Ten Clans", and all of them were executed at Ling Chi!
After finishing the hair, Chang Wei pointed to the map and said: "Yinchuan is between the inner and outer Great Wall, if King Qing and the thieves run inward, naturally there is no big deal, just chase and kill slowly; if it is outward, there is no Great Wall between Zhenyuan Pass and Weizhen Fort on the west bank of the Yellow River, and if he wants to enter the Donghetao, he can only go here; if he wants to cross Helan Mountain to the west and enter the Xihetao, he must also cross the Black Mountain near Zhenyuan Pass, let's go straight to the Black Mountain Pass, and take into account Zhenyuan Pass and Weizhen Castle!"
Everyone nodded in unison, if the guards still want their own ten clans, they will definitely not dare to let King Qing out of the Great Wall, then the Black Mountain Pass is the only place where King Qing can get out, and there must be nothing wrong with choosing there.
Chang Ping suddenly asked, "Then what should I do here?"
"Before leaving, I will talk to Wang Jiayin, and then, I will take two thousand light horsemen to intercept King Qing, and I will leave it to you and Wuding here. ”
After saying this, Chang Wei gritted his teeth and said: "Order the artillery to immediately retreat to Banpo Mountain to set up a position, if anyone dares to play tricks, use barrage and cavalry to block the frontal position between Banpo Mountain and Gushan Fort for twenty miles, even if these 80,000 homeless people are killed, no one is allowed to return to Yulin." ”
Banpo Mountain is a horizontal hill in the south of Fugu City, Gushan Fort is a fortress under the Inner Great Wall, there is a hundred households stationed in it, these two places and the Inner Great Wall, the Yellow River flowing north and south, form a triangle to enclose the small area north of Fugu County.
The artillery of the volunteer battalion can bombard ten miles away, and the artillery in the middle of the Banpo Mountain can just control the frontal battlefield of twenty miles, and the mobile and flexible musketeers can just block the 80,000 displaced people. If the displaced people go west and cross the Yellow River into Shanxi, there will be no way, but at this stage, as long as the situation in Shaanxi is stabilized, it will be enough for the time being.
Now that Chang Wei gave the death order, everyone has no worries. At that moment, he ordered Hu Yang and He Wenlie two 2,000 light cavalry, and brought Feng Lu, Leng Xin, Guo Jinmi, and Chu Qijue these unruly masters, and the most strange thing was that Chang Wei actually brought Li Hong, the No. 2 gunner of the Volunteer Battalion.
What can you do without artillery and gunners in a light cavalry assault? Chang Wei's explanation was that if King Qing occupied the palace and defended it, he could use the artillery bombardment of Ningxia Town to reduce casualties.
In the end, Fang Huan'er and Hu Wenqing insisted on following Chang Wei's attack. Fang Huan'er's reason is very sufficient, because the Frost Hall has moved to the Saiwai River Loop, maybe it will be encountered on the way, so make some preparations first.
Hu Wenqing is more strange, but this little old man must go, and said that he is physically tough, and he will not lose to the warriors outside the Saiwai on horseback, and he promises not to lag behind, Chang Wei will never agree, but Chang Ping said that Lao Hu is cautious, and it is good to bring it.
Chang Wei remembered that Lao Hu had just said that King Qing might be out of the jam, so he reluctantly agreed.
Considering a certain matter, Cheng Laohu and He Wenlie went to prepare manpower and dry food, and Chang Wei found Wang Jiayin, Wang Monk and other fourteen homeless guards, and calmly explained King Qing's rebellion, his own personal leadership of the troops out of the fortress and the arrangement on Banpo Mountain.
Chang Wei was so frank that the leaders were surprised, and immediately, Wang Jiayin patted his chest and said: "Your Excellency is so sincere, it shows your trust in us! ”
Monk Wang, Wang Ziyong, and Wang Zuogui even took the initiative to invite Ying to follow Chang Wei to fight.
This made Chang Wei very puzzled, and the most courageous monk Wang among the displaced people explained: "The poor people hate the vassal king the most, and it is like a dream to kill the vassal king." ”
The king with the highest prestige said to himself: "All of us have fought hard with the Tatar and Warat cavalry, and we have been to many places in the Hetao, so we can guide the way for the adults!"
Wang Zuogui even said bluntly: "Our rebellion was forced by dog officials and gentry, and when we meet a good official like an adult, this life is an adult's! My lord asked me to go into battle to die, and I will never frown!"
The other thirteen people shouted in unison: "That's right! From the moment the adults invited the Holy Decree to stay in Shaanxi to take care of us, this life has already been sold to the adults!"
Chang Wei said with a look of shame: "You brothers are so heroic, I have arranged artillery to guard against everyone, it is really the heart of a villain! I will let my subordinates withdraw the artillery!"
"It doesn't have to be like this!" everyone stopped together, and Wang Jiayin even said: "Your Excellency is the general who leads the troops, and this arrangement is the proper strategy." What's more, 80,000 people and 80,000 hearts, no one knows if anyone has crooked brains, so they should be on guard!"
Chang Wei said movingly: "Good man! As long as I am in Shaanxi for one day, I will definitely let my brothers live a good life!"
At that time, Monk Wang and others found a hundred and ten people who were familiar with the desert and grassland, Chang Wei ordered more than 2,000 horses, ran to the Qingshui camp, an important node of the inner Great Wall, and saw the generals guarding the camp, patrolling the imperial history, and guarding the eunuchs.
The three of them all said that they would obey the order, and explained that a few days ago, Huangfu Chuanbao, who let Wang Er and Gao Yingxiang steal out of the Great Wall, abandoned the pass and followed the thieves out of the fortress, and this kind of thing would never happen next, and they also hoped that Chang Wei would say a few good words to the imperial court and not punish them for serious crimes.
The eunuch of the town guard even asked Chang Wei to intercede with the imperial horse eunuch Lu Gonggong, otherwise, he would be beaten to death.
After slapping and feeding sweet dates, Chang Wei said that as long as the order is strictly implemented, he will intercede for them.
They also asked them to convey the order to the west: If King Qing can be captured and killed this time, the defenders on the three sides will each be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and the officers will be doubled! If someone is found to have secretly crossed the Great Wall, they will immediately send a message to the beacon fire, and once it is determined, the beacon tower that issued the news will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and they will be collectively promoted to the first rank! Moreover, these rewards will be personally distributed to everyone by the Jinyi Guard, and it is guaranteed that they will not be deducted!
The three of them happily agreed, agreed on the details of the beacon color, type, distance and node, and Chang Wei led the troops to the foreign minister's town of Qiangbao to reiterate the order and bounty again.
You must know that ordinary soldiers in Shaanxi can only receive five yuan of silver a month, which is only enough to buy a bucket of rice, and the border army is treated better with one or two silver a month.
What is this concept? A bucket of rice is 12 and a half catties, a tael of silver buys 25 catties of rice, two meals a day are 7 taels of rice, and only 4 catties of rice are left in a month. The barracks of the soldiers, the 25 catties of rice are taken home to feed their wives and children, barely enough to eat for a month, it is difficult to change a little salt, and life is quite tight, but in this way, it is much stronger than ordinary soldiers, at least the salary of the border army can still be paid.
Chang Wei promised ten taels at a time, which is equal to their income for a year, between the switch and release of the ten clans and the reward for meritorious service, normal people will choose the former, right? Moreover, Chang Wei also promised to send it to his own hands and would not be deducted, which is extremely tempting!
Arrange everything, 2,000 light cavalry did not play the flag, quietly set off from Zhenqiang Fort, the cavalry team set off at sunset, out of Saichangwei to know that the legendary river loop with abundant water and grass is not all grassland.
Outside the Great Wall, in a large area north of Yulin, west of Shenmu County and between Wushen Banner, along the rolling hills, there are large areas of primeval forests and abundant aquatic plants. In the middle of the night, out of the forest and grassland area, close to the edge of the Mu Us Desert, the temperature is getting lower and lower.
When they arrived here, Monk Wang and other guides said that they should go southwest and follow the direction of the Great Wall, but Chang Wei pointed straight to the west, "Follow the straight road along the northern edge of the Mu Us Desert, so that it is fast enough!"
This is a straight line, which is indeed fast enough, but more than 100 miles north of it is Ordos, where Mongolian households are stationed, and Mongolian rangers often come to patrol, which is very dangerous.
Chang Wei couldn't take care of it so much, when he encountered an enemy, he rushed into the Mu Us Desert, he and Ma Yuan, Yin An and others carried a compass, not afraid of getting lost. Moreover, Chang Wei also has a secret weapon - the divine soul!
His terrifying soul is terrifying, and his sense of direction and position is extremely accurate, even if he rides alone, he can distinguish between southeast and northwest, and he will never get lost!
More than 2,000 horsemen marched in the quiet desert and grassland junction area, and encountered herdsmen and Mongolian rangers of small squads on the way, Chang Wei was able to find them early, hide in the desert and bypass, except for the necessary rest and replenishment of water, basically did not stop, and walked out of 200 miles in one night.
After walking another eighty miles, it was noon, and the temperature on the edge of the desert was already frightening to death, so everyone found some leeward and backlit sand nests, slept well, avoided the heat, and continued to get up and hurry at sunset.
After advancing for another twenty miles, he arrived near the Hangjin Banner, where there were more rangers, and for the sake of safety, Chang Wei asked the team to hide in the desert and move far away from the range of the Hangjin Banner.
This time, the cavalry from Jiangnan tasted the power of the desert, because how to climb the sand dunes is learned. Due to the effect of the wind, the sand dunes in the desert are divided into virtual and real, and if you can't tell the difference, not only will you not find the best way to climb the dunes, but you will waste time and energy.
Usually, the leeward slope of the dunes is false sand, and the windward slope is solid sand. Therefore, when climbing the sand dunes, you can't go straight, let alone take the leeward slope, you should pick the windward slope and walk along the sandy bay.
But in this way, I can go around and around, dizzy, the whole world is full of yellow sand, I can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, not to mention, there is a feeling of dizziness, besides, when I move forward, I can neither go against the wind nor leeward, I have to go sideways, my face and neck are hot sand, and I am simply miserable.
Looking at the zigzag direction of travel, Chang Wei secretly sighed, "Fortunately, I brought a guide, otherwise I would have died of exhaustion in the dunes!"
By the time it got dark, Monk Wang estimated that he had already walked half the way, and there were still about 400 miles away from the Yellow River.
When it gets dark, the herdsmen and rangers will go back, everyone thinks it's safe, and they all want to go around the desert and stick to the edge of the grassland.
However, when the cavalry team went around the desert in a brisk mood, it ran into a group of Tatar cavalry of more than a thousand people!
This sudden situation stunned both sides, and the well-trained volunteer battalion immediately shouted: "The enemy is attacking, prepare to meet the enemy!"
The Tartar rangers over there also drew their scimitars and rushed forward with a roar.
Chang Wei commanded his subordinates to retreat into the desert under alternate cover, and shouted to the other party with a smile on his face: "Saibainu, yes!"
The knight who rushed up was suspicious, slowly reined in his horse, and asked in Mongolian, "Are you Han Chinese, what are you doing in the desert?"
Chang Wei's system has most of the world's languages, and the prestige value required to exchange one is extremely low, he has already exchanged the main language, and at this time he speaks Mongolian very fluently, "Hey, friend, my brother and I are going to Etok to do business, please don't get me wrong!"
Dozens of people on the other side gathered around and asked vigilantly, "What kind of business do you have?
Chang Wei opened his eyes and said nonsense, "We came from Shanxi to smuggle horses, and you know that horses were very valuable in the Ming Dynasty. ”
This is not nonsense, but the Jin merchants in Shanxi ran out of the customs and traded with Houjin, Tatar, and Warat, and used contraband such as grain and iron tools in exchange for horses, furs and other goods for huge profits.
After a while, there was a whistle from behind, Chang Wei knew that it was time to retreat, but the Tatar knight also found that his people were fleeing, and immediately rushed forward brandishing his saber, "Quick, stop them, this group of cunning Han people are going to escape!"
Run away? Grandpa just wants to get into trouble in a hurry! You fools carrying broken copper and iron are a piece of shit!
Chang Wei turned his horse's head, and was just about to speed up and gallop, when five or six knights with superb riding skills had already surrounded him, and several sharp scimitars with a howling cold wind slashed at him head-on!
With the help of the high-speed momentum of the horses, these knives have a thrilling momentum!
Chang Wei's heart sank: "Master!" (To be continued.) )