Chapter 678 Peacock Hill(1/2)
"Master, it's here. Look, they built the shed with these broken woods. There are still a lot of new ash here, which has not been washed away even when it rains..."
Just when Xu Changqing got the trend of the Qing army, there were also big figures among the two red flags coming to the valley where the model army lived yesterday.
It is Du Du’s confidant picture!
At this time, several old Tartars were carefully introducing the situation to Mapian. Mapian looked at it and nodded from time to time.
Although Xu Changqing had already overestimated the strength of the Qing army enough before, he was still a little arrogant at this time.
Mainly, there are a large number of old Tartars remaining in the two red flags. They fought with Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army in this mountainous area for several years, and were extremely familiar with the terrain.
Xu Changqing did not have enough time to fully strengthen the walls and clear the world in Zhenjiang. The Qing army has local benefits, and has gathered new and old experts. In addition, with the help of hunting dogs, he found clues in one day.
Soon, several old Tartars reached a unified judgment, and the Model Army was in the northwest direction at this time.
Tuban nodded slowly, smiled evilly and said coldly: "Send good men to search carefully and determine their detailed location as soon as possible, but remember not to alert the enemy!"
"twitter!"
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"Mr. Marquis, this mountain is called Peacock Ridge. Twenty or thirty miles west is the base of the wall. Thirty or forty miles around the wall is the dangerous mountain fort. There is a small official road there. If you go east, it will take thirty-six or seven miles to see the official road, which leads to the Xindianbao. The road is very narrow and not easy to walk on..."
In the dusk, Xu Changqing and his more than 100 personal soldiers came to a magnificent mountain with steep cliffs on both sides. An old medicinal farmer was carefully explaining the surrounding terrain to Xu Changqing.
Not far from the foot of the mountain, there is a turbulent stream six or seven meters wide, gurgling by, two or three miles ahead, forming a medium-sized waterfall.
On the east side of the stream is a low but complex valley terrain, stretching for seven or eight miles or even more.
If you look down from a high place, it is like the lushness in the mountains being stepped on by a big footprint, forming a peacock with a somewhat lazy flapping wings, which is extremely majestic and magnificent.
Although the Kuandian Mountains are primitive, there are many traces of human activities.
Mainly, there are many precious herbs growing here, especially wild ginseng. In order to support their families, what are the tigers and leopards in the mere forests?
In order to transport these treasures out, together with the surrounding large and small forts, there are several official roads that cannot be regarded as official roads.
The surrounding area of Peacock Ridge is very suitable for setting up ambush on battlefields, but the scale is definitely not too large.
While listening to the old medicinal farmer, Xu Changqing also fell into thought.
Is it a big battle or a large-scale battle, or should I eat the meat I can eat first?
Large-scale battles are undoubtedly the ideal state, and they can solve problems once and for all.
But the problem is that the Qing army was really cunning and nothing unexpected happened. Even at this time, Daishan's main force did not enter the mountain, which was a bit embarrassing.
Although eating meat on a small scale is easier to form, it also has a huge disadvantage!
That is, if the Model Army wants to take action, it will definitely use many firearms!
But at this time, I was not deep into the mountain. Once I took action, I would definitely be noticed by the surrounding Tartars...
How to choose?
For a moment, Xu Changqing was also in a dilemma.
But there is not much time left for Xu Changqing to make a decision, and the Qing army's sergeant was much faster than expected!
While thinking, a messenger rushed up the mountain to report: "Master, the peacock tail is over twenty miles south, our son
He hit the head with the Tartars!"
Xu Changqing looked at the green dense forest in the south and quickly made a decision!
Ten birds are in the forest, nothing is as good as one bird in hand!
Since the Tartars do not take the bait, they can only use the most irritable way!
This time, the results were not great in a short period of time, but Xu Changqing and Erlang had already understood the surrounding terrain very well. The key is that the Model Army has never walked through the official road. Even if the Qing army was fighting locally, they must be in the direction of the official road to the east. If they came in, the Model Army would have the advantage of the home court!
"Transfer our military orders. Don't entangle the Tartars at night, and lead them here! In addition, Zhao Zengjin and Zhang Hu's troops are ready to go around this depression from the north and spread the front line to the east!"
"yes!"
Soon, a rustling wind and cranes came from the greenery all over the mountains.
Xu Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth!
Now, it depends on how many people came to the first wave!
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As Xu Changqing expected, after discovering the movements of the model army at the tail of Peacock Ridge, Tuban was overjoyed and informed Du Du and Luo Luohun, eight and nine Niulu's elite troops in his headquarters plunged into the mountains overnight.
"Hurry, move faster! Those who seize a model army head will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver!"
It was already the end of the Xu hour, and it was almost nine o'clock in the evening. On a small official road dozens of miles east, four or five thousand elite red flags were like a group of ants, walking through the mountains and forests in densely with the faint moonlight.
In order to win this great achievement, Tuban also invested a lot and wrote a big check, which was completely treated the same as the Ming army's head who killed Zhen Manchu.
This also made the servants a little excited.
The Inlaid Red Flag has not gained any benefits in the past few years. They have hardly participated in the battle within the pass. These old men have long been poor.
If it is in an ordinary state, the map will definitely not dare to enter the mountain overnight, but this is the right time. As long as it does not rain, the moonlight will be very good, and it will be even more comfortable than during the day.
In addition, the terrain in the mountains is complicated, and even if it encounters problems with the main force of the Model Army, it is not too big.
And his servants rested for more than a day and were in a good condition.
"Master, be careful."
Several followers were working hard to open the way for the map, slashing with machetes, and some uninteresting vine paper slipped all the way.
Tuban was also a little panting at this time, but he was in a very good mood.
The task he was assigned yesterday was to search for the West Road of Jianshan Fort, which was definitely a chore.
This place has always been a rare trip. Apart from the suffering of life-threatening, basically no one will come here.
If you go to the old village from here, the most experienced old hunter and old medicinal farmers will also have to peel off the skin.
Including Luo Luohun and Du Du also agreed that Xu Changqing and the Model Army must have gone to the front line of Changdianbao, so their main forces were basically spread on the East Road, leaving only one map spot here, and Du Du was to give Dai Shan face.
Who would have thought that the blind cat actually encountered a dead mouse!
This kind of good thing made him catch the map.
When they rushed to the middle of the road, the Mamatu came to a soothing hill to rest for a while. They had already advanced to more than twenty miles of the mountain, almost no less than the Model Army.
A thin layer of mist was already spreading in the mountains ahead, and the map spots frowned slightly.
This way, I can't get stuck in any more.
After thinking for a while, he waved his hand and said, "Notify the warriors, we will rest here tonight, and the whistleblowers will add
Keep searching overnight! When tomorrow morning, all of us will be promoted and made a fortune!”
Wealth moves people's hearts!
As the command of the map spots was passed, the red flags in the mountains and fields were all forced to withstand the excitement, and did not dare to make too many sounds. Even the mosquitoes in the mountains began to become cute.
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During the ugly moment, the sentry detectives from both sides encountered each other head-on again.
However, just like a ghost scaring a ghost, both sides were shocked and did not dare to bother them, and soon retreated.
The news came back, and the map was overjoyed!
It was indeed not as expected by him!
I hurriedly asked the provocate to continue to explore, and while scaring the model army, I also got more accurate news!
After receiving the news, Xu Changqing sneered slightly. While asking Ye Bushang and others to continue to explore the terrain, he went ahead to check the terrain in person.
By the end of Yin, the model army did not receive accurate information from Ye. After exploring from all sides, the location of Mapan and others could be determined, and they were still within the range of Peacock Ridge!
Xu Changqing and the main force of the model army were on the back of the peacock at this time, while they were on the right wing of the peacock, occupying almost three or four small hills. Even if there was a mist at this time, they could see the location of each other's hills clearly at the naked eye.
Xu Changqing looked carefully for a while, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth couldn't help but become even worse!
Soon, the model army quickly began to cut down trees in the range...
At the beginning of Mao hour, the sky was slightly brighter.
The map, which had just fallen asleep, was soon woken up by the slaves around him.
After washing his face briefly, even though his mind was a little drowsy, Tupan quickly raised his energy and greeted the servants around him, "Stay for a quarter of an hour, finish breakfast for a quarter of an hour, and clean up well, let's scatter into the mountains! In addition, let the servants collect more dry firewood, and everyone should prepare more!"
"twitter!"
The slaves did not dare to neglect and rushed to work hard.
But before they started to clean up, they suddenly heard someone screaming: "Master, look, look, there is something in the sky!"
"Hmm? What?"
Tupan was in a good mood, as if she had seen this model army berries into roasted mice, so she hurried to the open area and looked at the sky.
Just saw it!
There were more than thirty hot air balloons, colorful and as if the rising sun had bubbles. They were divided into several directions and slowly drifted towards them from all directions.
To be continued...