Walking on the frozen sea is relatively effortless as long as you master the skills. And Jianlu happened to be used to the ice and snow, so their marching speed on the sea was not slow.
When Zhangzi Island was in sight, it was almost noon. Under the leadership of Obai, the Jianlu forwards exerted their remaining strength, accelerated their march, and attacked Zhangzi Island in three directions.
Closer, closer, closer. Obai was slightly nervous, but it was more of the excitement before the fight.
No one was seen on the pier of Zhangzi Island. This made Ao Bai even more happy. The Ming army must have been afraid of the cold and hid in their houses to keep warm!
Obai drew out his knife and led his men to approach several houses in the dock. In order to prevent being discovered by the Ming army, they issued a warning. Obai and the others approached cautiously. If someone who didn't know the truth saw them, they would think they were a group of people wearing armor.
The chicken thief.
As the number one Batulu in Dajin, Aobai was of course the first to rush forward. As soon as he got close to the wooden door, he kicked the door hard, causing the wooden door to fall down.
Oboi followed the wooden door falling and broke into the house. He held the knife in front of his chest to protect his body. At the same time, he scanned the situation in the house and was ready to fight at any time.
At first glance, it was impossible. When I scanned it again, it was still the same as the first time I saw it. There was no one in the room.
There was no suite in this house, it was just a small space, and there was no one here. Obai held his breath and prepared to fight, but there was no opponent, and he suddenly felt depressed and panicked.
He turned back and walked out of the house, and found his companions coming out of several other houses. Then they all looked at him and shook their heads.
The Ming army must have thought that the wind and snow at the pier were too heavy, so they all hid on the shore. Thinking this, Obai moved his hand and continued to attack the island.
However, it didn't take long for Obai to experience one disappointment after another. No matter it was a thatched house or a brick house, no matter it was a commoner's house or a general's house, there was no one there. Not only were there no Ming troops, but even ordinary people were
no one.
Now Obai was dumbfounded, how could there be no one there? He went crazy and ordered a search of the entire island.
But Zhangzi Island is not small, and it is a snowy day with snow everywhere. There are only 3,000 people there, so it is unrealistic to search them.
But it was impossible for the Ming army to run away. The responsibility for losing the land would be to lose one's head. Obai could only think that when he led the attack, the Ming army had already discovered him from a distance, so he hid in the mountains.
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No footprints? The Ming army didn't know how to smooth it with branches, or the wind and snow were so heavy that the footprints were covered in a blink of an eye. Oboi himself found the answer to such a superficial question.
Just as the following two thousand Jianlu troops arrived, Obai had 5,000 men, so he ordered the island to be searched in the wind and snow.
As a result, when it was getting dark, only 4,500 Jianlu returned from the five thousand, and the rest were buried in the wind and snow on the island and could not come back.
What disappointed Oboi most was that he found no sign of the Ming army, or in other words no sign of people.
At this point, Obai could be convinced that the Ming army was not on the island and had escaped! This conclusion could be regarded as a conclusion that he had paid for with the lives of 500 Jianlu.
When Obai led the army back to the Jianlu camp, it was already dark. But Huang Taiji did not sleep. He took a copy of "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and read it at night.
Hearing that Obai was back, Huang Taiji immediately put aside "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and stared at Obai who entered the Chinese military tent. Before he finished the greeting ceremony, he asked: "How many Ming soldiers have been captured? Is there any clear answer?"
A senior general in the army?"
Obai heard that Huang Taiji's speaking speed was slightly more urgent than usual, and he knew in his heart that his master was very concerned about the outcome of this battle.
"Damn it, slave. We didn't catch any Ming soldiers. There weren't even any Ming people on the island, not a single soul was seen." Ao Bai lay low on the ground, but his voice was still loud so that Huang Taiji could hear him clearly.
The tent was quiet and there was no sound. Obai was a little surprised, so he raised his head slightly and looked at Huang Taiji. He found that Huang Taiji's face looked very pale under the dim light.
"You slave didn't search carefully, and was hidden by the Ming army on the mountain on the island!" After a while, Huang Taiji's face turned red again, and he stared at Obai and asked quickly.
Obai knew that Huang Taiji could not accept this reality. He had tolerated it for several months and prepared for so long. Now he struck out with a heavy punch, thinking that he would wipe out all the Ming troops on the island in one fell swoop. But he did not expect that this heavy punch would be thrown out.
It simply hit the air.
In this situation, not to mention Huang Taiji, the initiator of the battle, even Obai himself felt very aggrieved at this time.
"Master, the reason why I came back late is that I searched the entire island and broke some big gold warriors. The Ming army is indeed not on the island." As he spoke, Obai lowered his head again, not daring to look at the emperor again.
Tai Chi's face after he was convinced of the news.
There was no sound, and the tent was surprisingly quiet. After a while, obeis with sharp ears heard Huang Taiji muttering to himself over there: "How could it be like this? These are the strongholds of the Ming army, and they didn't defend them and abandoned them."
In other words, are we not afraid that the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty will impeach them, and are we not afraid that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will punish them for losing their land?"
"There are no Ming people on Zhangzi Island, and there must be some on Napi Island. That's where the headquarters of Dongjiang Town is, so there can't be no one there. Maybe the Ming army on Zhangzi Island was afraid of my revenge, so they hid on Pi Island when it was frozen.
Went. In this way, we are far away from Liaodong and will not let the Ming Dynasty court know. I know that it must be like this, it must be like this!"
Ao Bai went to Zhangzi Island in person, and through the clues on the island, especially since there was not even a single Ming Dynasty citizen, he had a vague feeling that Huang Taiji's conjecture was wrong.
But he was not sure, and he did not dare to attack Huang Taiji again, who was grasping at a straw of hope. Therefore, he lowered his head and did not dare to express his opinion.
"I order you to lead an army of 10,000 men on my behalf, and rush to Pi Island along the Korean coast overnight. You must capture the senior generals of the Ming army alive, and kill all other soldiers and Han people!" Huang Taiji suddenly ordered to Obai.
Oboi didn't dare to say that he was tired after a day out, so he quickly responded: "I obey my orders!"
After receiving the order, he still knelt there, raised his head and looked at Huang Taiji and said: "Master, what should we do on Zhangzi Island? Do we want to garrison it?"
Huang Taiji stared at Obai and asked with a glimmer of hope: "Have you found any food?"
Even if there are no people, it’s okay to have food. Dai Jin doesn’t have much food and grass, so if there is food on the island, he can just send people.
"You deserve to die! I haven't found a grain of food." Obai lowered his head again. At this time, he felt that the Ming army had a premeditated plan and had already decided on the strategy of abandoning the island.
Huang Taiji's hope was shattered again, and he suddenly became irritable. He roared at Obai: "Why are you still kneeling? Get out of here! If you don't catch the Ming army, don't come back to see me!"
Amid Huang Taiji's roar, Obai crawled out of the camp, ordered 10,000 elite troops, took several days' worth of food, and headed for Pi Island along the coastline.
Huang Taiji fell down on his seat and looked at the "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the table. He found that the page opened by the wind that Obai came out of the tent was a chapter about the Empty City Plan.
Is it true that the empty city strategy is impossible? No, there must be Ming troops on these islands, especially Pi Island. There is absolutely no way there are no Ming troops! Huang Taiji said to himself secretly in his heart.