Chapter 136 Stealth Master Zhou Dunji asks for a monthly ticket)
Everyone was in awe, the person sent must have narrowly escaped death.
Who to send?
The messenger may not be received at night?
As if he had read through everyone's thoughts, Zhou Dunji immediately said: "Ordinary messengers may not be able to get through if they don't wait at night. So we need a warrior with excellent skills and courage, especially one who is good at traveling at night and fighting at night."
The range was suddenly narrowed down, and after all the generals thought about it, there were only a dozen or so people who probably fit the bill.
Zhou Dunji then added: "Because it is a person who shoulders an important mission and enters the Hunhe Bastion to explain the situation of our unit to Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui, and General Qi Jin, and agrees to attack in the morning. This person's words must have some weight, so below the rank of President Qian
can be excluded.
"Because we are alone, we have to choose someone who is familiar with the terrain. Among those who have been there many times, there are only 4 generals and 3 generals left."
!
The generals were awe-inspiring. The four generals who were familiar with the terrain near the Hun River were Zhou Dunji, Wang Hongyu, Qin Bangping and Qin Minping, and the three General Qian were under their command.
This means we must send out the core backbone.
"boom"
There was a roar of heavy artillery from the northwest.
"Boom boom boom boom"
You can vaguely hear the sound of dense artillery, which is the sound of hundreds of Folang machines and Tiger guns.
The action of building a slave is really fast!
Everyone's expressions suddenly became very, very serious.
"Without further delay, I, Zhou Dunji, will set off right away. The army must recharge its batteries tonight, and Jiannu will set up an ambush on the road. Tomorrow morning, Jiannu will be trapped and horses are exhausted, and it is the time to defeat the enemy in a flanking attack. Thank you for your help!"
Zhou Dunji had already thought that he would sneak back alone.
"Brother, I'm going too."
Zhou Dunji seemed to have expected what he would say, and responded very quickly: "Third brother, if you stay, you have surpassed me in terms of war command. Jiannu is no match for you. You will be indispensable to defeat the enemy tomorrow."
When he proposed to go by himself, he had already thought about how to refuse Wang Hongyu, so what he said made sense.
The eldest brother had already thought of how to reject him, but didn't he think of how to persuade him?
Of course I thought about it.
"Does everyone feel any difference when listening to the sound of heavy artillery?"
When Wang Hongyu asked, everyone went to listen to the sound of those heavy cannons.
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom"
There were seven blasts of heavy artillery.
"Li Tiezhu brought 4 heavy artillery pieces, but now there are 7 gunshot-like sounds. This is because the enemy brought 3 heavy artillery pieces from Shenyang City to bombard our army.
Li Tiezhu, my uncle and nephew from the Lu family, and I have specially discussed the preparations for the artillery battle. In addition, I also built the bastion, so if I go back, I will definitely win the defense."
What he said was very reasonable. Zhou Dunji could not refute, and he had no time to hesitate anymore. The eldest brother said solemnly: "Okay, then you and I will go together. Anyway, I, Zhou Dunji, will protect Wang Hongyu to the death."
"I, Wang Hongyu, will swear to death"
Before he could say anything, Zhou Dunji interrupted him: "I'll leave it to the four generals here!"
"Do not worry!"
He quickly picked up his weapons, put on two layers of dark-colored outer coverings on his armor, and immediately walked to the Hunhe Bastion.
It's a distance of 20 miles on a dirt road. Normally we'd get there very quickly, but if we were traveling late at night and there were Jiannu ambush, we had to be very careful.
On the way out, the two of them agreed not to use words, but mainly to communicate with each other through gestures, supplemented by the chirping of birds, insects, and beasts.
After walking for 5 miles, I found that the new leaves of the grass nearby had been eaten completely by the horses. There was also a large amount of steaming and smelly horse manure around.
Zhenghuangqi, Zhenghongqi and Zhengbaiqi take this shortest road.
The sound of artillery was getting closer and closer, and the sound of war drums became more intensive. It seemed that Jiannu's night offensive was extremely fierce.
Suddenly I found two shadows moving behind a rock.
I quickly stood still and observed for a while, and found that two Jiannu sentries were chatting quietly.
Judging from their clothing and armor, they were following the red flag. They were supposed to be crouching behind the rocks to prepare an ambush, but now they were sitting on the ground chatting.
Of course Jiannu set up an ambush.
Nurhachi's ambush was by no means a low-level ambush where the army squatted beside the road and hunkered down in the woods, waiting for the enemy.
Instead, ten scouts were left here, and the main force was one mile away.
If the Ming army is discovered, the scouts can report it immediately.
The army behind can attack, surround, and besiege.
This is a higher level of ambush than just sitting around and waiting.
However, the two secret sentry scouts were lazy on their own, and this hidden and high-level ambush was in vain.
While the two of them were chatting, Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu quietly leaned over.
One person said with a louder voice: "We are still squatting in this place in the middle of the night. As soon as the Ming army comes over, the two of us will suffer."
"Well, then we either follow the request or follow the order and hide behind the rocks to keep a lookout?" This man's voice was a little unconfident, and he was obviously lower than the one who spoke first.
"Need not"
The loud one refused directly: "The rocks are too cold at night. We marched around the back in a hurry today without bringing thick clothes. If we really had to hide behind the rocks, we would freeze to death before we encountered the Ming army."
This was also true, so the two of them tacitly understood each other and continued to sit on the ground and chat, waiting for the cold night to pass.
"boom"
Another cannon shot from the northwest.
The low-ranking man shivered and asked, "The Great Khan and his men attacked all night. The sound was so fierce."
"Yes, this battle is much more powerful than Salhu. Fortunately, we don't have to go, otherwise"
"Otherwise what?"
"Otherwise, he might not still be alive now."
The two of them were silent for a while. In fact, the soldiers who established the slaves were also afraid of death.
Each of them wanted to rob more and bring more things or livestock home. They had won many battles before and had countless plunders, which gave the whole army a confidence in victory. However, this time they fought against the Confederate army, it was obviously more serious than ever before.
All anxious.
"But if that group of Ming troops go to support us, we may not be able to win the ambush with only a positive red flag."
Only one positive red flag lurking in ambush?
Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu heard this sentence.
"We can't be alone! It's true that our flag is prepared nearby, but there are also the elite guards of the Han Dynasty and the yellow flag."
"With the yellow flag, they are here too."
"Of course they are here. Shenyang's cannons and gunners were escorted here by them. So if you encounter the Ming army, you should run to report the news and you will win for sure."
The two of them were chatting and laughing, completely unaware that there were four ears listening beside them.
Suddenly, they felt something strange around them.
There was no chirping of insects or birds.
Even though it was night, it was too quiet.
They looked around, always feeling terrified.
His hand reached for the weapon involuntarily, and when he was halfway out, two big men suddenly rushed out of the darkness.
One is strong and decisive, the other is tall and swift.
He reached for the weapon as quickly as possible, and as soon as he touched it, the two men threw them to the ground.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
With the knife on his neck, there was no point in struggling anymore.