Zukfa had just left the city when a cold wind blew up, causing him to shiver and shrink his neck. He looked up at the sky and cursed.
As for whether he was scolding the weather or something else, only he knew in his heart.
It was getting late at this time, and the night was about to begin. Xingshan, which was vaguely visible during the day, was only gray. It was indeed a punishment to go out on such a cold day, but this was also the daily requirement of the Tashan Fort Ming Army reconnaissance cavalry. In addition to the regular three-shift reconnaissance cavalry, there are also many lurking spies outside. They may turn into civilians and hide in a certain village, or huddle in a den somewhere.
It's just that Zukfa is leading the team today.
"I've drunk all the wine, and the rest of my life is up to my fate. But for the sake of the wine, I'm going to get something useful for me today," Zukofa said calmly as he looked at the twelve riders behind him.
Some people looked solemn, some looked calm, and some looked careless: "Whether we can get anything useful depends on God's will. The best we can do is go to Songshan to see what they are doing. Whether we can catch the tongue or not is just a catch." When we arrive, what can we ask from them, and what can they know?"
"Let's just grab the tongue and hand it over, the rest is not our business." Zukofa took a long breath and looked into the distance with complicated eyes. Someone behind him sighed: "Let's not say whether we can catch it or not, and Maybe someone got caught instead. Even if we get caught, how many will be left when we come back?"
"You're so fucking cute right after you leave the house. You're so cowardly and afraid of death. Stop being a fucking soldier and just run away." Someone couldn't help but cursed, and that person suddenly became furious: "I'm a coward and afraid of death." ?I have been in the army for seven years. If I wanted to die, I would have died earlier. If I were a coward, I would have fled earlier. I am too lucky to die..."
"If you can't die, you call a ghost..."
"Why, it's not enough to sigh with emotion. The brothers around me who have been through life and death together have died one after another. Isn't it enough for me to sigh with emotion..."
Seeing his men quarreling, Zukofa frowned: "Shut up, if you want to express your feelings, wait until you come back alive. If you die during this trip, you don't have to express your feelings!"
This is not the first time Zukofa has led a team on a mission. Ever since he rebuilt Tashan Fort, and even before that, he had often been ordered to go out for reconnaissance, and encounters with enemy spies were commonplace. Luck and strength allowed him to escape death even though he narrowly escaped death. Also survived.
As for why I wanted to take the risk myself, I have already said it before. In a simple sentence, I would submit a certificate to Ning Yuanjun to clear my name.
Every time in the past, it was extremely dangerous, because this is the forefront position of the two armies. The two sides' scouts and horses penetrate each other for reconnaissance. The chance of encounter is very high, and the fight is also very fierce. Whenever we encounter it, we will do it. Either you will die or I will live.
Zukefa knew that this time was equally dangerous. Although he had learned from other spies before setting off that the Qing army's reconnaissance cavalry was much smaller than usual today, and most of them were active between Xingshan and Songshan, while almost no one was seen around Tashan. , but Zukofa knew that the calmer the lake, the more dangerous it was below.
What's more, during the day, Ji Jike and Ma Ke had just gone to flirt with someone, and at night they sent out reconnaissance cavalry to sneak up on someone's door. When they couldn't protect her, the other party suddenly overturned the table. It was really not a joke to say that this trip was extremely dangerous.
Zukfa divided the twelve cavalrymen into four teams of three. This is a standard operation for night reconnaissance cavalry. This can expand the scope of the investigation and prevent it from falling into the opponent's ambush circle. If one team is ambushed, other teams can rush to rescue in time. , if you are defeated, you can evacuate in time without annihilating the entire army. In terms of active skills, you can also use one team as bait to ambush the opponent.
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If you want a tongue, I will grab it for you. If you want proof, I will prove it to you! Even though Zukefa felt helpless in his heart, he still had to bite the bullet and go for it. He had to use practical actions to block Yuyou's mouth and use blood to clear his name. He also knew that he might not be able to succeed every time he went out. Back, this time too.
But what he didn't know was that in this mission, whether it was catching tongues, detecting the enemy's movements, handing in certificates, or clearing his name, they were all secondary. The most important thing was to cover for someone.
Whoever that person is, it is naturally Chang Yu.
He was huddled in a grass nest in a ravine more than ten miles northwest of Xingshan Fort. There was a small village a few hundred meters away, and the barking of dogs could be vaguely heard.
The grass nest is built with dead branches and dry grass in the bushes. It is very hidden. Most people can't find it, even if they are nearby and don't look carefully. This is a foothold for the Ming army who stays at night. The thatched nest can't accommodate more than three or five people. It's a pit dug half on the ground and half underground. It's covered with hay and you can huddle up in it to avoid the wind and rain, but it's not too cold. But that's the extent of it. You can't light a fire, let alone make food. , when there are many people, it is so crowded that even turning over is a problem.
The four of Chang Yu were huddled inside, and the two of them were standing guard in the bushes outside. They were veterans of Ma Ke's army, one was called Ergen and the other was Shuisheng. He is also quite familiar with the geography. He followed Ma Ke to Tashan Fort a few months ago and was responsible for several secret investigations. He lurked outside Jinzhou City for a long time. This time he was responsible for leading Chang Yu.
The two regarded this as a career honor, and they worked hard and cautiously along the way. Therefore, they walked for a whole day before they reached the west of Xingshan Fort. Calculated, the straight-line distance from Tashan Fort to here was no more than thirty miles, but in reality Traveled nearly a hundred miles!
Chang Yu's legs felt weak after walking, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed here right after dark and refused to leave. In fact, it was a bit too much.
"Are there any of us in the village?" Chang Yu took a few mouthfuls of dry food and asked in a low voice. Ergen outside heard this and quietly crawled to the door of the hut: "Go back to the big... boss's house, are there any of us?" People, but they are just informants, they are unreliable and they must not stay overnight in the village.”
Oh, Chang Yu became curious: "Why is it unreliable?"
"Those villagers not only tipped us off, but also tipped off the Tatars... It's fine to keep each other informed on weekdays, but right now, the safety of our boss is the first priority. We can't take risks. Otherwise, there are people in the village. Tartars”.
Good guy, double agent, Chang Yu said hey, this kind of thing is so common and easy to understand, most people in this era don't have much deep feelings about their family and country, especially this kind of border residents, coupled with the Qing Dynasty in recent years The imperial court started a policy of appeasing the people and was gentle to the Han people. The people here didn't care anymore. Whoever becomes the emperor doesn't care about me, just let me live a stable life. Therefore, my place belongs to the Qing court and belongs to the Ming court. What's the difference? Is it important?
Because of this, the two sides are now at war with each other, and various scouts have begun to infiltrate and spy on each other. Many people in the area have become eyes and ears, but few of them are absolutely loyal, so they deal with both sides.
"It's easier to fish when the water is muddy!" Chang Yu grunted, and Wang Zhengnan raised his eyebrows: "Is the boss going to enter the village?"
"It's hard to live in this hut, why don't you go into the village and find a spacious place to sleep comfortably?" Chang Yu said casually. Ergen outside was a little anxious when he heard it: "Master, the road is easy to walk at night. During the day, there are more eyes and ears on the way. What an inconvenience..."
What this means is that if you work in our industry, you have to leave at night. How can you go to sleep?
Chang Yu smiled: "Ergen, you haven't figured out the situation yet. Our trip is not to take advantage of the situation. We are not going to Xingshan or Songshan. We are going to enter Jinzhou City openly!"
Ergen made a sound and entered Jinzhou City.
In fact, he didn't know much about the purpose of Chang Yu's trip in advance. He only wanted to lead the way to Jinzhou. As for Chang Yu's purpose in going to Jinzhou, he didn't know, and it was impossible to know. But he didn't expect that even the way to go to Jinzhou was different from what he originally thought. It was different, and what he said meant that he was not only going to Jinzhou to spy on intelligence, but also going to the city!
But before that, I had contacted those who stayed overnight to ask for maps...
Um, you can't be just being mysterious, right...
Deliberately releasing smoke bombs, which is false and true.
Yes, Zu Dashou had professional reconnaissance cavalry and night guards under his command. Regular reconnaissance cavalry during the day and night could monitor the movements of the Qing troops in Xingshan and Songshan. Outside Jinzhou, there were also many night guards secretly watching the troop movements there.
Therefore, if Chang Yu is just spying on the opponent's troop deployment or mobilization, there is really no need to take risks, and it will be meaningless.
Professional things are left to professional people, and there are professional scouts and Ye Bushou to spy on military intelligence, but his profession is to fish in troubled waters.
If you want to catch fish, you have to muddy the water. The muddier the better, because Chang Yu himself knows how dangerous his situation is at this time. As long as Dorgon knows that he is in Tashan Fort, he will definitely come and kill him!
Then why did he come to Tashan Fort with great fanfare, and when he came, he went to Xingshan and Songshan to fight, for fear that others would not be able to confirm his arrival?
It's still the same set of falsehoods and realities. The more this happens, the more confused the other party becomes, and the less sure he is whether he is really here.
This actually means that the water has been muddied. Once the water is muddy, you can not only protect yourself but also take advantage of the chaos.
Chang Yu is a cautious person, bold and cautious, but he also likes to take risks. In order to reduce the risk to the lowest point, he must muddy the water before setting off. He will do it first so that the other party does not know the truth and the truth, even if he is sure to come. He was hiding in Tashan Castle at this time. Who would have thought that he had sneaked in secretly.
Not to mention that in order to make the water more muddy, Ji Jike and Marco were asked to collect the corpses outside Songshan City. Do you think it was a provocation? Or he was trying to be mysterious so that the other party could not figure out his status, and at the same time, he also attracted the other party's attention.
This is the case even when Zukefa is asked to catch the tongue, because under normal circumstances, the Ming army's regular reconnaissance cavalry will wander farther during the day, and will basically wander around Tashan Fort at night. Within the area of the division, after all, what can you detect if you go outside the opponent's city at night? If the opponent really sends troops, there is a watchtower in the fort, and you can see it from dozens of miles away, so there is no need to return it. Sending people to the other party's door to keep an eye on them, that is to say, to catch tongues, basically during the day, and at night if you want to go to the other party's sphere of influence, the risk is extremely high, but such an abnormality will definitely cause The other party’s doubts.
