Tong Tao would definitely not dare to stay alone in Qiufenglin. Even if he was angry again, he would have to march at night with the army. The same goes for caravans.
A large group of people walked out of the autumn forest in the night.
"Huhuhu..."
The cold wind howled and the snow fell heavily.
Except for the lanterns at the head of the battle, which were dimly glowing, all the soldiers in the army had been dyed white by the wind and snow.
By the third watch of the march, the troops and horses were indeed exhausted.
Song Che chose a short slope relatively leeward and let the entire army rest for two quarters of an hour.
"Enough liquor, please cheer me up. There may be Japanese pirates hiding in the ice and snow at any time!"
Bao Dayou whipped his horse and ran back and forth in the team himself.
Song Che went up to the top of the slope alone. Although it was extremely cold at the height, he still liked the feeling of standing on a high place and looking at everything, even though the visibility was pitiful in this cold night.
He held up his telescope and looked around intently.
Maybe I am worried too much?
Maybe we shouldn’t kill that Xizuo, maybe we can still ask for some information.
As I watched, I became more and more fascinated.
Until there was a sound of "rustling..." behind him.
Song Che suddenly felt a chill on his back. This was definitely not the cold wind, but the blade.
He hesitated for a moment, turned around suddenly, and saw a man in black clothes covered with snow, stabbing him with a dagger.
He could have dodged back, but the man's dagger was too fast!
Ruined!
Can't escape!
The moment the blade was about to pierce his throat.
"Pfft!"
A sword penetrated the chest of the man in black! The man in black's eyes suddenly bulged, and a mouthful of blood spurted onto Song Che's mask!
"Pfft!"
The sword was pulled out, the man in black fell to the ground, and a beautiful face appeared in front of him. Although she was a young woman, her movements and skills were no less than those of a heroine.
Song Che didn't have time to thank him and shouted down the hillside:
"There's a night attack!"
The dead night, suddenly noisy!
I saw seventy or eighty men in black leaping up from the snow on both sides of the road, each lighting a torch and shouting, quickly charging towards the team's baggage.
"Musketeers!"
Jiang Yuntian rode his horse and shouted.
One hundred and fifty musketeers who had already been arranged by Song Che beside the baggage were neatly lined up on the left and right sides, kneeling on one knee and aiming their guns.
"emission!"
Jiang Yuntian gave the order.
"Pa bang bang..."
The gunshots roared like thunder, resounding throughout the snowy night.
In an instant, half of the eighty Japanese pirates fell.
The momentum of the charge also disappeared along with the fear!
"Load!"
The musketeers quickly reloaded their ammunition.
"emission!"
After the second round of shooting, there were only a dozen Japanese pirates left.
The Japanese pirates lost their momentum and turned around and fled into the snow.
"Hunt!"
Jiang Yuntian and Bao Dayou each led a cavalry force to pursue the Japanese pirates from the left and right wings.
Of course, two legs can't outrun four legs. The Japanese pirates will be wiped out tonight.
Seeing that the defensive counterattack was successful, Song Che sighed the breath he was holding in his heart. He looked at the blood-stained corpse at his feet, and then looked up at Ning Nuxia with snow-white hair. His gratitude was beyond words.
He was just a little bit away from leaving this world and losing everything.
"You act like this, everyone knows they will kill you first." Ning Yehong smoothed the fine snow stuck in her hair and smiled at Song Che.
Song Che turned his back and lowered his voice: "I didn't expect Mrs. Chu to have such skills. Thank you for saving me today."
"This is a huge favor."
"Um……"
"Is it you? Is it you?"
Ning Yehong asked side by side, blinking at Song Che.
Song Che took a step forward, "Bai doesn't know what Mrs. Chu is talking about."
Ning Ye's bright red eyes kept circling, also circling around Song Che, "Hiding your face with a mask is the lowest method. You also have to change your voice, change your posture, change your eyes, change your way of speaking... If you want to learn, you can ask me I am a teacher, and I have extensive knowledge in the art of disguise."
That's right, in front of a woman who is good at disguise, a mask can't really hide anything.
"You still don't admit it? Then look at this."
Ning Yehong took out a pair of binoculars from her sleeve and handed them to Song Che.
The telescopes are all made by Baiyulou. Except for the different patterns, the styles are exactly the same. This blue and white telescope was a gift from Ciyin Temple in Hangzhou in the past.
"And your Musketeers, don't forget, I am the first person besides you to witness its birth."
Ning Yehong tilted her head, opened her big eyes, and looked up at Song Che, with a hint of playfulness in her gentleness: "Uncle Song..."
Song Che sighed: "That's it, so what?"
"Haha!" Ning Ye Hongfa laughed from the bottom of his heart, "You are here after all. I knew you would not stay in a corner. Deep down in your heart, you still care about the world."
"Call me Mr. Bai," Song Che paused, looked at Ning Yehong seriously, and added: "Mrs. Chu."
"As you wish...then don't you want to know why I became 'Mrs. Chu'?"
Ning Yehong asked with a smile.
Song Che didn’t understand the style:
"You can be a heroine who kills people without blinking an eye, or you can be an courtean who accompanies others. Now that you have become Mrs. Chu, it is probably because that man has what you need. Just like you used a beauty trap to seduce me, your identity is too More, even if I guess this one, maybe there will be the next one in the blink of an eye, I am not as smart as you think, nor as generous as you think."
After that, he strode down the hillside.
Ning Yehong's smile brought by the reunion one moment was like ice and snow frozen on her face the next moment. It took a long time, until the snow turned white, that the smile completely disappeared, leaving only endless sadness in her eyes.
…
Song Che was originally worried about the power of the musket, but he didn't expect that he would show off his power in the first actual battle.
There were a total of eighty-one Japanese pirates. Excluding the thirteen who were chased and killed, most of the remaining sixty-eight were killed by one shot. Even if they were not dead, they had lost their ability to fight.
Song Che asked the army to conduct a reconnaissance in the nearby snow to confirm that there were no remaining Japanese pirates before continuing on their way.
In the early morning, the wind and snow gradually subsided.
Dawn has just broken on the horizon, and Yancheng comes into view.
Under the half-dark sky, groups of soldiers were limping back and forth, supporting each other and retreating toward Yancheng from the southeast. His face was covered in blood and he looked exhausted. He knew he had lost the battle without even thinking about it.
Gradually, more and more German soldiers returned from defeat, and there were at least four to five thousand soldiers.
"Hey, brother, which army are you from?" Jiang Yuntian dismounted and stopped a soldier.
The soldier replied weakly: "Huainan Navy..."
"Navy?" Jiang Yuntian wondered: "Shouldn't the land battle be mainly fought by horse and infantry?"
The soldier shook his head: "They were defeated yesterday, and they are taking turns today..."
No wonder they are dejected and defeated in turn, who can withstand it?
"Brothers, hold on, our Yangzhou Army is here to help!" Jiang Yuntian was filled with enthusiasm and clenched his fists in encouragement.
But the soldier just glanced at the team, forced a smile, said "Oh", and left.
Jiang Yuntian put his hands on his hips and smiled bitterly: "It seems they are in urgent need of a victory to boost their morale."
Song Che glanced at Yancheng, which was immersed in the dawn, and said with a smile:
"Go to town and have breakfast."
