Han’s Son is Not a Slave

There is no cavalry battalion in the fifth town, but the town guard directly under the town command post has a team of cavalry, who are usually responsible for guarding the town generals and sending orders to carry the flag. Because it was a cavalry, there was only one team, but Wei Zhong was a hundred households. The cavalry team under him were all veterans of the Green Battalion, and the three general banners were also from the personal soldiers of the town generals, and they were considered direct relatives. Different from the established cavalry in Laosi Town of the Taiping Army, the cavalry team in the fifth town has the spirit of wild rivers and lakes. The team pays attention not to military regulations and orders, but to brotherhood, which is similar to that of the Qing army horse team. Those horse bandits are very similar, and the composition of the troops is also similar, except for a few battalion soldiers who know cavalry, the rest are the bandits who surrendered or were captured in Chaozhou.

Wei Zhong is very confused now, and his subordinates are also in the same mood, because they have not found any trace of Brigade C so far. At this time, it has been two hours since the Brigade C went south, and almost an hour has passed since they sent people to the town command post to report the victory. According to the time, Wei Zhong and the others should have found out that the C Brigade contacted them, but it happened. Just can't find anyone. When I came over, I found the dozens of auxiliary soldiers left by Brigade C to clean the battlefield, but the general flag leading the team did not know where their brigade was now.

If you can't find Brigade C, you can't do it. The town general is leading the whole town south to meet Brigade C. If you can't get in touch with Brigade C, how will you fight this battle?

Wei Zhong felt a little depressed, and had a bad idea. Did the Qing army deliberately release water in the battle that the Brigade won at Guojiapu, to lure them into it, and then turn around and eat the Brigade? If it weren't for this, how could the more than 2,000 people in Brigade C not be found.

Wei Zhong didn't dare to think about it. He and his three general flags combined and decided to expand the search range further south. Even if they rushed to the Qing army camp, they would still have to find out whether the Brigade was alive or dead. One understands, otherwise they can't go back and explain.

It was almost dusk when Wei Zhong brought his cavalry to the north of Songjiawolou. Along the way, horses ran and stopped, but no one was in sight. Passing through several villages, either the ruins or the people went to empty buildings.

After stopping to gather up, and after feeding the horses, Wei Zhong first sent two soldiers back to the town command post to report where they were, and then he led the rest of the people to continue to search south. In the current February day, this place in Guangxi can't talk about the spring flowers blooming, on the contrary, it is a bit chilly. After searching for so long, the cavalry team felt tired, but they didn't stop to rest and go back.

"Wei Tou, there is someone ahead!"

Just when it was getting more and more confused, a general flag beside Wei Zhong shouted in a low voice. As soon as he shouted these words, the cavalry team immediately jumped up and down, and they all looked around. Sure enough, Songjiawolou was not far away. Nearby, dozens of horses appeared in sight. At dusk, because of the light, Wei Zhong and the others couldn't see clearly when they looked at the dozens of cavalry on the opposite side, but the other party saw Wei Zhong and the others clearly, and they obviously paid attention to this side, and could even hear a sound. The sound of shouting and beating horses chased over here.

Wei Zhong had his feet in stirrups, and his body stood upright on the horse. He wanted to see as far as possible. His mount was snorting anxiously and a little uneasy, but he couldn't see clearly.

"Wei Tou, is it from Brigade or Qing Gou?"

The surrounding cavalry soldiers asked nervously and excitedly. Wei Zhong shook his head and only gave a low drink: "Whoever he is, first fire the ignition rope and press the fire gun. If it's not right, let him go." He thought to himself. However, he did not think that the people who came would be from Brigade C, because Brigade C only had a dozen or so cavalry in the brigade guards, but there were dozens of cavalrymen.

Baihu ordered, and some tired soldiers immediately turned over and dismounted, and took out the hanging gun from the side of the saddle. Another soldier held five reins in one hand and slowly backed away. This man is the so-called horse stake. After calculating, the other party should turn over two short dirt bags to get here. Half of the cavalry team is holding fire guns, and the rest have bows, and the rest are either spears or sabres. Before the cavalry mounts, the guns must be filled with ammunition and plugged with wooden plugs to avoid delays when loading ammunition when facing the enemy. Just do it.

The dozens of horsemen on the opposite side finally arrived at a distance of about a hundred paces in front of the Ming army. No matter what the light was, they could still see clearly. Some wore leather caps, some wore helmets, and some were bareheaded. The back of their heads was impressive. Saw a money rattail hanging down.

"It's a clean dog!"

Wei Zhong exclaimed

Dozens of Qing troops scouting horses were less than a hundred paces away from the cavalry team in the fifth town. They were all wearing leather or cotton armor.

Looking at the dozens of Ming army cavalry in front of them, the Qing army was not nervous and afraid when they visited the horses. Zuo Ling, the leader of the team, just stared at them with puzzled eyes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Some Qing soldiers were still looking around, as if they were searching for something.

The cavalry team in the fifth town, which regards Zhao Ziqiang as the top treasure, is not inferior to the Qing army on the opposite side. They are dressed in the leather armor of the Manchu soldiers captured in the Chaohui War. The key parts are inlaid with iron leaves, and the red helmets are also In this way, the war horses on the crotch are also the first-class Mongolian horses ridden by the Manchus. The horses are not bad, the weapons are not bad, and the number of people is about the same, so Wei Zhong never thought of retreating from the meeting. He was a dead brain. The order he received this time was not to retreat all the way north, but to go south to find Brigade C, so he couldn't find Brigade C. No matter how tired and dangerous it was, Wei Zhong would not be able to bring people back. .

On the opposite side of the Qing army, they were soldiers under Liu Desheng, the leader of the Han army. They were all from Liaodong. Some of their fathers and ancestors worked for the Manchus as early as the old slave period. After coming out, after returning to Beijing, it may be possible to enter the palace to guard the Qing emperor, which is a great honor at that time.

The leader of the Han army was called Cao Rong. He was not originally a member of the Han army flag, but the royal residence of the regent Dorgon's family. After the death of Dorgon in the eighth year of Shunzhi, he was found to have committed a serious crime by the current emperor. Not only was the white flag taken over by the emperor, but a group of coats in the palace were also converted into coats of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and became the emperor's family slave. Fortunately, although the emperor disliked Zhengbaiqi, he did not discriminate against the coats of the palace, because these Han coats were the emperor's own property. Since it became his own property, the emperor was also very gracious. Cao Rong's elder brother Cao Xi was promoted from the palace guard to the second-class Han army guard in the inner court. Cao Rong was able to be released this time as an assistant leader, and his elder brother Cao Xi replaced him. He was invited to the emperor so that this brother could also have a good future. When I was in Yunnan last month, the elder brother of Jingshi came over with a letter saying that his sister-in-law had given birth to a son and named him Cao Yin. (To be continued.)