It was already past noon when Geng Zhanghua, Geng Da, and Geng Qi left Zhangjiakou City.
The three of them did not carry their helmets and armor, but packed their armor and carried it on their spare horses.
They were all good at shooting and had strong bows, so they all brought horn-stepping bows and feather arrows full of six arrows.
Geng Da and Geng Qi are very knowledgeable. They not only have martial arts and riding skills, but also know how to track.
Not long after leaving the city, the two of them identified the horse hoof prints left by Huang Yi's dozens of men and horses. However, they set off a long time late and could not catch up for a while.
Since the horses carried pots and tents as well as enough food and horse feed for twenty to thirty days, they were not in a hurry.
They knew that Huang Yi's men would stop once they reached the ambush point, and they would definitely be able to catch up without missing the Jin army after the ambush.
Therefore, Huang Yi didn't know that Geng Zhanghua and the others had been following him, and the distance was about half a day's journey.
On the tenth day of Xiaoxing's overnight stay, the situation was completely different. Huang Yi and his party found a large number of horse hoof prints, footprints and ruts.
Those marks all went to the northeast and due north, with no traces going to the west or northwest.
After checking several abandoned campsites, including Huxiao Valley, Yang Shihu, Zhang Dong, etc., Huang Yi came to the conclusion that people and horses were constantly passing through here returning east and going north.
It is certain that the small groups of Tatars and slaves who entered the customs and established slaves were escorting the people, livestock and looted gold, silver, silk and silk back home.
Now that you have found the place, what are you waiting for?
Choose the battlefield, arrange the battlefield, and wait for the enemy to appear!
Hu Xiaochuan, Zhang Dong, Yong, Shuang, Quan, Bi Daxi, Liu Chuanzong, etc. began to choose campsites in the hidden places behind the mountains. This time they did not just stay for one day and then set off.
The plan given by Huang Yi was to camp for at least seven days.
The camp requires concealment, shelter from wind and sun, and the ability to retreat quickly.
Of course Huang Yi didn't need to do this kind of work. He called Yang Shihu and Huang Dazhi, and the three of them continued to explore eastward.
After about twenty minutes of walking, a hill lay in front of us. The snow was too thick and the hillside was too steep to climb on horseback.
Huang Yi simply dismounted and climbed up the mountain. He said to Huang Dazhi and Yang Shihu:
"You may encounter the Hou Jin Army here at any time. You two wait a moment while I climb to the top of the mountain and take a look!"
Huang Dazhi agreed: "Yes!"
The enemy is very powerful, but your own strength is very weak. If you rush headlong into the large team of Hou Jin Army, you will be reckless.
There are only thirty-eight riders, and it is estimated that they will be killed by Jian Nu within a few minutes.
Therefore, the closer to the destination, the more careful Huang Yi becomes.
In the past two days, he climbed high and carefully observed the unknown path with a telescope. Only when he felt that there was no danger would he continue on the road with his men.
There is a mountainous area in front of us, blocking our view. If we don't go up the mountain to take a look, we can just go around the foot of the mountain, just in case a group of Jin soldiers happen to come over.
An encounter will occur immediately.
At this time, Huang Yi was unwilling to fight an encounter with too much uncertainty. He hoped to be prepared for the unprepared and fight a well-prepared ambush.
So he went up the mountain himself to take a look at the unknown front!
He was really lucky. He had just climbed a hillside and picked up the telescope when he saw two people and six horses coming on the mountain road three or four miles away.
It can be concluded that the two Houjin troops came over because Huang Yi saw Jiannu's unique helmet.
That kind of helmet has a pointed iron spear head standing up like a lightning rod.
I don’t know if any armored men from the Hou Jin Army were struck to death by lightning during thunderstorms.
Huang Yi was delighted and murmured in a low voice: "Nima, you just come up with whatever you want. Let me see if there is anything going on behind the two slaves."
He looked along the mountain road with his binoculars to the end of the road, but he didn't see a person or a horse.
Huang Yi took another good look at the two Hou Jin soldiers who were leading the horses. There were six horses but they were not riding. How much gold and silver should the six horses carry?
Thinking of this, Huang Yi almost fell into disgrace. He felt that these two might be messengers, and he must not let go of such a good opportunity.
However, the distance between the two Hou Jin troops was too close, and Huang Yi had no time to arrange an ambush, nor did he have time to notify Huang Dazhi and Yang Shihu, who were waiting on the south slope of the mountainside.
He could only choose to intercept it himself.
Therefore, he trudged hard in the knee-deep snow, trying to get close to the position where the two Jin troops would arrive within a quarter of an hour.
Fortunately, the two Hou Jin soldiers were greedy. Their horses carried a lot of good things, which made them worried that the horses could not bear the food.
In order to bring back as much good stuff as possible, Jin Jun always rode on horseback for half an hour and then dismounted and walked for half an hour.
At this time, he happened to be walking with his horse, which was slower than Huang Yi walking down the northern slope of the hill.
These two post-Jin soldiers were serious soldiers, registered soldiers of the Eight Banners, not just extra-staff members who sneaked back after grabbing enough good things.
They were messengers sent by Jia La'e Zhen, and they were distant relatives of Jia La'e Zhen.
Being able to get an errand to go home at this time was definitely a great job. They took the stolen horses and belongings with them.
well! There were too many good things and the transportation capacity was limited. The two of them were delivering a message to Jia La E Zhen to report that they were safe, so there was absolutely no way they could drive a carriage or an ox cart on the road.
They had to throw away more than a dozen pieces of cotton cloth and several bags of flour, and took only silk, gold and silver treasures, pork, flatbread, two bags of white flour, and two pairs of fine iron chainmail belonging to the Ming army's servants.
The two of them had decided that when they came back, they would take the wrapping slaves at home with them, and try to grab at least two oxcarts filled with goodies to drive back to Liaodong.
At this time, Huang Dazhi was holding his horse and waiting halfway up the south slope, chatting with Yang Shihu. When he looked up, he found that Huang Yi was missing.
He was so frightened that the hair on his body stood up. He quickly handed the reins to Yang Shihu and climbed to the top of the mountain using his hands and feet. When he climbed to the top of the mountain, he saw that Huang Yi had already gone to the foot of the mountain.
Huang Dazhi was not a reckless person. He said nothing and looked carefully ahead. Then he saw two Houjin soldiers leading six horses and chatting happily as they hurried on.
He ran back quickly.
When Yang Shihu saw it, he immediately realized something was going on and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"The master discovered two Jianzhou Jurchen armored soldiers and ran to the foot of the mountain to ambush them. Let's go around and help!"
"Two armored soldiers? Your master is going to fight alone?"
"Yeah! My master is brave enough to be worthy of all men, not to mention two mere Jurchen soldiers!"
"just in case……"
"Nothing unexpected! Let's go there quickly."
"Since there is nothing wrong, why do you need us to hurry over? You don't know what's going on, right?" Yang Shihu said warily.
Since following Huang Yi, Huang Dazhi, who has never suffered a loss, has already regarded Huang Yi as a myth in his heart.
He didn't notice Yang Shihu's hesitation, so he immediately mounted his horse and urged:
"The two Jurchen soldiers carried a lot of things. There may be Jurchen soldiers coming and going here frequently. We must clean the battlefield as quickly as possible, cover up the traces, and retreat as quickly as possible!"
"Is this really true?" Yang Shihu was still hesitating.
"What else can you do? Oh! I understand, you are afraid of death and fighting with the Jurchen armored soldiers!"
Huang Dazhi suddenly figured it out and mocked.
Yang Shihu's ugly face turned red and he argued:
"I'm not afraid of death. I just think we can organize dozens of people, so why only three people come?"
"I guess it was because there was no time, so the master ran away in a hurry! Stop talking nonsense, let's go and pick him up quickly!"
"Alas! Your master is so heartless and bold."
