Chapter 60 The Man Avoids War

Let's put aside these things. This Spring Festival is not idle for Xiao Tianjian. After meeting Luo Li and Li Xin and sending away a large number of rescued people, he once again led the army to start to act. First, he led his troops north to enter the jurisdiction of Zhendingfu, and went straight to the area of Zanhuang and defeated Zanhuang. A Tart soldier and horse once again seized a lot of what a Tart got, and turned to the east. At the end of the lunar month, he entered the area of Xinhe County and encountered another Tart soldier and horse, and won the battle.

However, Xing Tianjun also walked hard along the way. Along the way, they could only sleep in the wild, and the government everywhere was very hostile to them. They closed the gate and even fired guns and arrows to treat the Xing Tianjun around the city. Xing Tianjun was so angry that they all cursed.

Moreover, Xiao Tianjian strictly ordered the generals not to plunder the military. Their food and drink have to be maintained by the things they carry in their own army. Although they have won two more battles and robbed some materials from the Tart, it is actually very difficult for the soldiers and generals.

Due to the influence of the small glacier period during the twelfth lunar month, the temperature in Beijing is extremely low, and the cold can be said to be dripping water into ice. For Jiannu, who live outside the customs all year round, this may not have much impact, but for the Xingtian soldiers who are mostly from Henan people or Shanshan, it is a great test.

Although Xing Tianjun has improved materially over the years, it is not really rich. After all, many of the economies in the jurisdiction have been destroyed by the war. It will take a long time to recover. When Xing Tianjun occupies a place, the first thing he considers to recover is agricultural production, and the rest is put in a secondary position. I'm worried, so although I change clothes in the army, it's just to ensure warmth such as cotton-padded clothes and shoes or sheepskin jackets, which can't be too thin.

Therefore, the soldiers have to fight around against the cold wind like knives every day, lying on the ice and stepping on the snow, and the handa is not easy to deal with. At night, in order to prevent the attack of the Taara, it is necessary to send a lot of soldiers to set up bright whistles and dark whistles or mobile whistles around the camp. In this way, as long as there is a little carelessness, people will be frostbitten. There were even many soldiers on guard duty at night, who were frozen to death alive because they fell asleep.

Even Xiao Tianjian himself's face was frozen blue and purple, and many ** skins on his hands and face were frozen and cracked, becoming frostbite and flowing yellow water.

However, with the progress of the battle to the north, the adaptability of the Xingtian Army's Northern Expeditionary Army is also increasing. Along the way, they robbed a lot of Tarmas from the skins, furs, cotton clothes and other things of the Ming people. These things were quickly and fully used and sent to every soldier to keep out the cold. Even at the end of the year, Even each soldier put a rough but practical and warm leather hat on his head, and he no longer had to run around with an extremely cold iron helmet. Everyone also wore a pair of thick fur gloves on his hands and warm fur shoe covers on his feet, which reduced the case of Xing Tianjun's frostbite and freezing death.

However, soldiers go with hardships, but their morale is very high. After all, their coach Xiao Tianjian is now the same as them. He also follows them with ice and snow every day. He travels long distances like them. He even often dismounted and walks with the soldiers. At night, he often patrols around the camp in the cold wind. , to the soldiers on duty and ask for warmth. Soldiers do not ask for luxury, but only ask for fairness. Even their commanders accompany them to suffer like this. What else do they have to say? Therefore, although it is hard and powerful, their hearts are often warm.

And for Xiao Tianjian, this expedition to the north is also a rare training for their Xing Tianjun, which makes them accumulate a lot of experience in fighting in the north and lay the foundation for one day to go north again in advance. Therefore, although it is hard, he admits that But it's worth it.

Especially several battles with the Jiannu army, which also familiarized them with Jiannu's fighting style and combat effectiveness. At the same time, they thoroughly tested their Xingtian Army's tactics, which also accumulated full experience for the large number of Jiannu troops to go north again in the future, at least to avoid going north like the Dashun army in history. After that, the situation that broke down with the touch of the sah.

After a few victories, the soldiers who accompanied the expedition no longer have any fear for the Jiannu army. To a large extent, the reputation of Jiannu was blown out by the Ming army and the people of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, they are not really strong, and the concerns of the Jiannu army are more than theirs. There are more. Many times, Jiannu is not willing to fight for his life. After all, the number of clan is very limited. They absolutely can't fight for each other. Therefore, when they know that the Xingtian Army is powerful, the Jiannu army of all walks of life is no longer as arrogant as when they began to face each other. Along the way, they encountered the blue flag. As soon as the Jiannu Army saw the Xing Tianjun, they immediately began to retreat. They did not dare to fight with the Xing Tianjun. They just tried to rely on their cavalry to wander around the Xing Tianjun and try to attack the Xing Tianjun, which fully showed that Jiannu was not as arrogant as when he first entered the raid.

For Xiao Tianjian, this situation has also greatly enhanced his confidence. Some people in later generations boast that more than ten thousand people are invincible. Now, through the fight with the Jiannu army during this period, it is simply that some people in later generations are farting. At least now, Jiannu is not really powerful. Whether it is the tactics they use or their discipline, they can't surpass the Xingtian Army. Of course, it can't be denied that the military discipline of the Jiannu Army is at least much better than that of the Ming Army, and its soldiers are indeed brave and belligerent, but this is nothing compared to the Ming Army. In front of the Xing Tianjun, this is nothing. .

Although the Tatars are fierce, they are not beasts they don't know what to fear. When they watch their robes cut down like grass by Xing Tianjun's fire, and the strong bows and hard crossbows in their hands that they are proud of can't exert their power at all, they will still be afraid. Some people will retreat, and they will still be scattered. At this point, after a few battles, it has been proved that they are not really not afraid of death, but arrogance raised in front of the Ming army.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, it is about to enter the new year of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, but the Jiannu army still has no intention to retreat out of the customs. Xiao Tianjian can't help but feel a little anxious. In his opinion, with his own strength and combat effectiveness, although it is not enough to defeat the Jiannu army that entered the bandit, but You can also choose one, fight him hard, beat the Jiannu, and force them to return to the north. In this way, it can also somewhat reduce some of the scourge of the Jiannu army to the northern provinces, and strive to keep more vitality for the Ming people.

But since the Battle of Neiqiu, Dorcong and Yue Tuo seem to have realized Xiao Tianjian's idea. Some people simply joined forces from all walks of life to have a decisive battle with Xing Tianjun in the land of Beijing to completely kill this group of Xingtian thieves, but Dorcon should drink. Retired from these main warmen, what are you kidding? They want to kill more than 10,000 criminal thieves. God knows how much they have to pay. Even if they exchange one-to-one, they are still lose money. And the six flags they came out this time (the two yellow flags and yellow flags did not come out, and they sit outside the gate with Huang Taiji). If they suffered heavy losses, Even if he kills this Xing Tianjun, it will eventually hurt his vitality. After going back, he and Yue Tuo will be blamed by Huang Taiji, so it is absolutely impossible for Dorgan to do this kind of business.

And Yue Tuo also agreed with Dorgun's opinion. Their main purpose this time is to enter the bandits and plunder. They can't fight with Xing Tianjun here. There are too many Han people, and they can afford to lose. They can't afford to lose. If they are forced to be the Mongolian Eight Banners as cannon fodder, the Mongols will revolt when they go back, so The decisive battle is not in their interests.

Therefore, under the insistence of Dornon and Yue Tuo, the Tatar soldiers still began to divide their troops and plunder in the Funan area. However, Dorgan and Yue Tuo warned all the soldiers and horses under their command, so that they should not underestimate the Xing Tianjun, and they are absolutely not allowed to fight with the Xing Tianjun. Anyone who encounter the Xing Tianjun, they should take the initiative to avoid the punishment. There was a large-scale war in the heavenly army.

Although the generals of the Tatar people from all walks of life were not convinced that it was true at first after receiving the instructions of Dorgon and Yue Tuo, the messengers were all the cronies of Dorgon and Yue Tuo. They spoke very seriously and told them about their battle situation in the Battle of Julu and Neiqiu and the fierceness of Xing Tianjun. The generals of the Tate army sternly warned them that this was a strict order of Prince Rui and should not disobey.

So these Taritan generals began to pay attention to this, but some people are still not convinced and think that the southerners are really not terrible. The officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can clean up as much as they want. Can they still be afraid of this rebellious civilian army?

But the unconvinced person immediately suffered a loss. After meeting the Xing Tianjun, he was hit all over the ground by the fierce firepower of the Xing Tianjun. He lost the body of the morgue soldiers on the ground in front of the Xing Tianjun, and then he was killed by the Xing Tianjun cavalry, and he was killed by a discarded armor and fled.

After several small-scale contact battles, the reputation of Xing Tianjun quickly spread among the Tata Army, so that these Tata people knew the strength of the Xing Tian Army and no longer dared to fight with it easily. As long as they found the traces of Xing Tianjun, they would immediately leave. In short, they would not fight with Xing Tianjun.

In this way, it is really not easy for Xing Tianjun to catch the main force of the tarrans who are plundering everywhere. It has been a few days, and they have not been able to catch most of the tarrans. Only Situ Liang led the cavalry and Lin Luo's scout brigade from time to time will catch some tarriers wandering around. Knocking, but these are all small fights, which basically can't hurt the muscles and bones of the serrat. This situation makes Xiao Tianjian a little depressed, but there is no good way for a while.

He knew something about Jiannu's entry into the bandit this time. At least he knew that the Tatars would run to Jinan and break through Jinan City. But now because of his appearance, he is not sure whether the Tatars will do this, so how to catch the main force of the Tatars for a while. Picking them up gave Xiao Tianjian a headache.

In this case, even Li Xin, who participated in the military, could not come up with a good way. He could only put the scouts under Lin Luo's command as far as possible to pursue the whereabouts of the main force of the Taran.

However, the situation of the Tartants entering the bandits is different. They only attack the city and uproot the land, but do not defend the city. Often after attacking the county, they first plunder, and then escort the men and women with the obtained things and leave immediately. The goal is very uncertain. If they take the initiative to avoid the war, the Xing Tianjun is really not easy to catch. They.