Chapter 137 Discipline him for no return

Haoge was ordered to attack Xianghe, which was a good step with a very strategic vision. The chapter was updated the fastest. If the historical process was followed, after Xianghe was attacked successfully, the entire Ming Dynasty's military deployment was greatly affected. The final counterattack was delayed until May, which shows how much impact the entire Northern Zhili battle situation after the canal was cut off.

On the other hand, a mere side division could actually capture Xianghe, and the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty could not shake the small county towns such as Changli and Leting. This also fully illustrates a problem. During this period, the city battle between the Later Jin army was a serious shortcoming. As long as local officials handled it properly, even a county town would be difficult to conquer. It is not that the combat effectiveness of the Later Jin army was not good, but that Huang Taiji could not consume so many soldiers. From the perspective of the population of the Later Jin Dynasty, the price of 500 people required to fight a county town was already very high, and even to an unacceptable level.

It can be seen how painful it was to fight Huang Taiji in Jizhou, but it was not time to settle the score.

When He Xian came back, he was covered in blood. He went out to two teams, and only fifteen of the 20 people came back. Chen Xie, who was standing at the gate of the camp, watched He Xian come down from his horse and insisted on the march report: "Report to the commander, I returned successfully. I lost five brothers, but Jiannu didn't ask for it. Five of them left 20 to 20." As he said that, He Xian pounced forward, with an arrow inserted on his back.

Chen Xie's face was as deep as water, and his body was still. He waved his hand and signaled that the person to carry it down for treatment. As the case was, the team leader stepped forward and continued to report: "There were always five or six thousand people in Jiannu's brigade. The team was very long and there were no supplies and horses. The captain took us to observe for a while, but unexpectedly, Jiannu's service surrounded from both sides and fought an encounter. In one round, our troops attacked with a powerful crossbow, put out five. With a fire gun, eight more were turned over, and they moved the knife and killed two more. The two brothers were shot into the door by Jiannu's bow and arrow. The three brothers were killed by Jiannu's heavy weapons during close combat. The brothers' bodies were hidden in a wood. They were retrieved and buried after the battle."

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go down." Chen Xie finally spoke and signaled the scouts to go down. Chen Xie had not many cavalrymen, only fifty scouts. After this encounter, five people were missing. It was so heartbreaking. Fortunately, the horses were brought back and the equipment was also brought back. What made Chen Xie feel uncomfortable was that there were more people and fewer people, and the casualties in melee battles were the greatest. Twenty people came back. Only half of them were injured.

The brigade rolled forward, and suddenly stopped in front of him. Haoge in the middle of the team looked ahead with anger. It was only thirty miles away from Xianghe, and the horse team could arrive in less than half an hour. While it was dark, it might take it down with a sneak attack. The raid had very high requirements for scouts. Around the way, you must clean up the Ming army scouts you might encounter around.

The sudden stop in front of him could only indicate that something unexpected happened. The lightning rod looked very majestic on his head, and Haoge was wearing a pinch. Under his crotch was a horse, and his bright armor was covered with a layer of dust due to the march. Five thousand troops, including three thousand Mongolian soldiers. Daermo, who had not captured Changli, was sent by Huang Taiji to follow Haoge.

The scout who was stumbled and covered in blood knelt in front of him to apologize, saying: "The slave has lost his master's face and deserves death. I don't ask the master to spare his crime, but I ask the master to let him finish his words so as not to ruin his master's major affairs."

Haoge was unexpectedly not angry and said calmly: "Tell me!"

"Return to the master, the slave took twenty cavalry and moved downstairs. He found a Ming army scout, surrounded him from left to right, preparing to hit them. Unexpectedly, these Ming dogs were very hard on their hands. First, blocked my bow and arrow with their shields, and then shot me with strong crossbows. I thought that once they approached, the Ming dog would definitely lose, but I didn't expect that everyone in their hands had short muskets. The slaves were not prepared and suffered a great loss. Later, they approached fierce battle, and the slaves took their brothers back.

Kill, in order to cover up the slave, the two brothers tangled Minggou, and they wouldn't be able to come back. Master, be careful, this Minggou is extraordinary, even if it is in close combat, he dares to fight. The slave smashed Minggou's leader with a mace, but unexpectedly, a Minggou jumped out from the side, blocking the fatal blow with his body. These Minggou are all wearing green skins and do not wear armor. Master, don't forget Xiteku's defeat outside Jizhou City."

When Haoge heard this, he chuckled loudly: "Hahaha, it's indeed this Ming army. The opportunity to avenge the previous shame has come. People come, send orders to camp on the spot, and kill Xianghe early tomorrow morning. I want to meet this Ming army for a while."

The sky was dim, and Chen Xie sat peacefully in the camp, smoking, drinking tea, and crossing his legs to watch the sunset. The first time he didn't go to inspect night defense, he left it to Wang Qinian to do it. Ma Xianglin was so anxious that his butt was smoking, and he was circling around Chen Xie, and then stopped and asked, "Sihua, aren't you worried? These are five thousand Jiannu."

"What do I have to worry about? Isn't it just five thousand Jiannu? It's not enough for me to kill. If you are afraid, run away while it's dark." When Ma Xianglin mentioned running away, he was anxious. When he was about to defend himself, he came to report from outside: "Master Song of Xianghe County has arrived." Chen Xie laughed when he heard this, walked out of the tent, and strode towards the camp gate.

When Song Yi saw Chen Xie, he was as if he had seen a savior, and he was no longer as a civil servant. He rushed forward and shouted: "Ambassador Chen, I just heard from the messenger's report. The Jiannu army has come to fight. I am here to verify."

Chen Xie smiled and looked at Song Yi with a pale face. Although he was disdainful, he said with a smile: "This matter is true, but it's not a big deal. The scout investigated. Jiannu had about 5,000 troops, and our camp was outside. Guixian was stationed in the city, forming a horn. Jiannu might not dare to take the risk of attacking the city when he saw this situation."

What this means is, I am outside the city, why are you anxious? If you want to die, I will die first. Problem, County Magistrate Song, doesn’t think so. You bastard, run away overnight, where can I cry?

"Ambassador Chen, it's better to move into the city." When the news was true, Song Yi's legs were weak and he almost stood firm. He reached out to support the camp gate before he didn't fall. Chen Xie sighed secretly when he saw this. These civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were really unstoppable. Thinking about Qian'an, Luanzhou's big cities were broken, probably similar to Song Yi now. The chief officer did not have the courage to fight and did not dare to run away, so he sat in the city and waited for death. This was pretty good, after all, it was "repaying the king when he was in danger."

The current emperor is Chongzhen, and he is definitely a good player in the future to settle accounts. Even if he runs away, Song Yi will not be able to escape. Interestingly, he has the courage to commit suicide, but he has no courage to resist. Just like those driven people, he has the courage to bear the drive away by swords, guns, and whip, disperse their own formation, and has no courage to turn back and fight to the death.

"I won't go to the city. The Ming Dynasty is not a single army that dares to fight Jiannu. So let me come down and be the first one. County Lord, hurry back and prepare for the war. Please rest assured that if Jiannu wants to fight Xianghe, he must step on the body under his feet." Chen Xie said passionately, but Song Yi was like eating a fly. You are not afraid of death, I am afraid!

"Amistant Chen, those who know the current affairs are heroes, why should we compete with Jiannu for a while? After all, this is five thousand Jiannu, not five hundred. Even if we withdraw to the city, no one will say that you are not. Please rest assured, this county will report to the court to explain this matter." Song Yi was still persuading, but Chen Xie smiled slightly, turned around and walked back slowly. After laughing three times, he shouted: "I will laugh at the sky, and I will stay with my own kids and keep my liver and courage."

Which bastard said that Chen Xie is a martial artist? These two lines of poetry are very good. Song Yi has not yet come out of the poem, and Chen Xie has disappeared. Ma Xianglin heard it clearly and knew that he could not persuade him. He stepped forward and said, "Song County Master, let's go back and prepare for the fight. I have a thousand white-rod soldiers and will never take a step back."

Chen Xie sincerely thanked Qin Liangyu for the one thousand white-rod soldiers sent. Although they had only been training for more than ten days, they were all veterans. If nothing else was possible, it would be a problem to set up a hedgehog array. As long as the white-rod soldiers assisted each other with their wings, the guns and cannons in the array were Jiannu’s slaughterhouse, and he would be punished without going back.

In the morning, war horses neighed and the voices were boiling. Five thousand troops set out, everyone had two horses. How big is this scene.

Haoge in the army watched the army rolling, and a heroic aura rose. He raised his hand and pointed at Xianghe, and said loudly to Daermo beside him: "Look at me sweeping over the green-skinned Ming army, I'm afraid he will huddle in the city."

At this time, what Haoge wanted to see most was the Ming army in green skins, who lined up in the field just like the previous two battles. The twenty miles were not too far away. After walking two moments, the scout in front came back to report: "A Ming army stood in the field, and the vanguard saw that there was no chance, so he did not take the initiative to ask for battle."

Haoge was overjoyed. What he was most worried about was that the Ming army was huddled in the city. For this unit of light and fast horses, if it needed to attack the city, at most it would try and go around, sweep along the canal, and then withdraw by itself in three or five days. Now the Ming army dared to line up in the field, saying that Haoge was not happy.

Chen Xie could not hide his excitement and tension. As the scouts cavalry kept reporting, the Later Jin army really came over under the command of Haoge. So what was waiting for them? In fact, it was nothing, just three barbed wire mesh and a shallow trench. Chen Xie had eight infantry teams in his hands, and could leave two infantry teams as reserve teams, setting up six horizontal teams in infantry teams, with more barbed wire mesh protection, and calmly playing with three-stage shooting. Looking forward from behind, there were two infantry phalanxes with passages in the middle, and they were not particularly thick formations. But this seemingly thin formation was the product of Chen Xie's careful preparation.

The artillery team was placed at a point behind the middle of the infantry team. This time, the six 6-pound bronze smoothbore cannons of the cadet artillery team were placed side by side with the infantry team. The formation that Chen Xie set up was based on the barbed wire mesh that had enough time to lay down, and it was a bit of a bully Haoge who was a local bully and didn't know what the barbed wire mesh was useful.

Chen Xie didn't leave, and Song Yi was even more worried. This guy actually gave up on the camp and made an array in the wild. My living ancestor, this is Jiannu, how dare he fight in the wild? Song Yi really didn't know how to write this song? Oh, it depends on whether he could defend Xianghe. If he couldn't, he was going to go back and chop off his concubine, and then find a rope to hang himself. (To be continued...)
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