Chapter 117 Not heroic, not passionate, not romantic
To the north of Dingzhou is the Tang River. There is a forest on the north bank of the river. The Ye Bu Shu leader, who is called Niu Tou, is leading a group of subordinates and is lurking here.
There was a member of his team called Qiu Yougong who stayed up all night. He was a lively and cheerful young man who could sing folk songs well. He only liked to do two things on weekdays. One was to smoke dry cigarettes, and the other was to take a knife and trim his beard.
, has always been the pistachio in the team, but I didn’t expect that when I went out for a scouting trip a few days ago, I would go like this.
This Niutou is Zhang Cheng's outpost officer Niu Sheng. He was ordered to lead the team out of Dingzhou at night. Niu Sheng is a relatively calm middle-aged man and a veteran of the army. He never takes a step back at night.
Bu Jigong was promoted to team officer.
Niu Sheng was playing with a sharp dagger in his hand at this time. It didn't look exquisite, it was a very ordinary dagger, but it was very practical and looked very sharp. He was holding a small whetstone.
, carefully polishing the edge.
Next to him was Changcheng Dashan, the veteran of the team, who was playing with a black ceramic lump. This was actually the original form of the hand grenade in later generations.
In fact, this is a throwing mine. Its outer shell is made of pottery, and there are many bald thorns on it, which are as prickly as thorns. When it explodes, these thorns will burst and fly in all directions.
It can also increase the lethality. This kind of grenade was called "Tribulus Clay Bomb" at the time.
In the late 1970s, 594 "Tribulus pottery bombs" were unearthed in Jixian County, Tianjin at one time. They were all about four to seven inches in size and were very suitable for throwing by hand.
At that time, the Ming army also had a grenade called the "Ten Thousand Enemies" grenade, which was larger than a caltrop bomb. It had many holes all over the body and a frame on the outside. Once the enemy attacked the city, they would light the "Ten Thousand Enemies" grenade and throw it away.
Since the firepower of each hole is different, the "Ten Thousand Enemies" will move around and burn the enemies.
However, the caltrop bombs at this time were still very large, almost as big as a human head, and were still ignited by a fuse. Since they were thrown by hand, everyone still used to call them "grenade".
Of course, such a large grenade cannot be used in field battles. In that case, the chance of killing friendly troops may be greater than the chance of killing enemies. Generally, the Ming army used this grenade to defend cities.
Zhang Cheng's troops did not bring a grenade with them when they entered the Wei Qinwang this time. This grenade was given to Cheng Dashan by a friendly soldier.
After Cheng Dashan entered the guard, he frequently went out to scout, and he became familiar with the Yebushou men from other battalions. When they had the opportunity, they always exchanged their experiences with each other, for no reason.
Learn, but in the future when out on duty, when encountering danger, we can help each other.
This grenade was given as a gift to Lu Xiangsheng during a night in Supervisor Biao Camp. His name was Liu Jinhai, and he was originally from Guangning, Liaodong. The Tatar soldiers destroyed his home and massacred his relatives.
Dai Tian's hatred.
Liu Jinhai later joined the teaching army led by Zhao, and was promoted to deputy 100 households with meritorious service. When the Tartars invaded the border in the second year of Chongzhen, he followed the left governor who was sealed by General Ping Liao.
A fierce battle broke out, Zhao led his followers and died for the country, and he escaped alone.
After that, he successively joined the command of Cao Wenzhao, Zu Dashou and others. He fought against Tatar soldiers and rogue bandits. Later, when he served under Lu Xiangsheng with Zu Kuan, he joined Lu Xiangsheng's army and served as a close guard.
Until now.
In the past month, Cheng Dashan has had more contact with Liu Jinhai. When they went out to scout, they also had several pleasant cooperations. Cheng Dashan and Liu Jinhai are similar in age, they are both thirty-four or five years old.
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Niu Sheng admired Liu Jinhai's skills, not to mention riding and shooting. He was also able to dance like a tiger with a sword weighing dozens of kilograms. He was indeed a very brave Liaodong man.
More importantly, the two of them have a lot in common. Cheng Dashan looks calm and calm on the outside, but has a rich inner world. In fact, the biggest fear is that he will fall into the hands of the enemy if he stays awake all night.
Therefore, when they are in a desperate situation, as long as there is a chance, they will choose to commit suicide immediately. Although the methods of death are different, each has its own magic method.
When Cheng Dashan was fine, he was always thinking about what method of suicide he would choose if he was captured by the Tatars.
He also thought about many things, but none of them were very satisfactory. In the words of later generations, it was not heroic, not passionate, and not romantic.
It wasn't until he saw the grenades Liu Jinhai was carrying in his horse's trousers that his eyes lit up.
In Liu Jinhai's words at the time, if he was in a desperate situation, he would quietly light a grenade. Even if he was killed, he would have to drag a few Tatars to support him.
Cheng Dashan thought this was a good idea and set off the grenade, turning himself into a rain of flesh along with the nearby Tatars.
The fireworks are filled with flesh and blood flying everywhere, which is both desolate and poetic.
Immediately, he asked Liu Jinhai for a grenade, and Liu Jinhai was not stingy and gave him two on the spot.
At this time, he was fiddling with the grenades and thinking in his mind. This morning, he, Liu Jinhai and other supervisors of the Biao camp stayed up all night to patrol the camp. It was almost time to rendezvous. Why hadn't they appeared yet?
"There shouldn't be any accidents."
Cheng Dashan was beside Niu Sheng, muttering in a low voice.
Niu Sheng was also making wild guesses in his heart, but he said calmly: "No, wait a little longer."
Suddenly, a man who was looking around shouted in a low voice: "Niutou, there is movement in the east...it's Tatars..."
Everyone immediately jumped up and looked over there, without stopping, with three-eyed blunderbuss, bows and arrows, and spears all ready.
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Smoke and dust were billowing, and dozens of horsemen were running wildly in pursuit in the cold winter wilderness. The sound of arrows piercing the air, mixed with the incomprehensible curses of the Tatars, kept coming.
Liu Jinhai whipped his horse whip hard, urging the horse to gallop forward like lightning. He only had one thought in his mind: "As long as I run to the woods ahead, I should be safe."
In front of him, his brother Chen Huzi, who was sent out with him, was galloping on his horse without making a sound.
He looked back and saw that the eleven Qing army captives behind him were still chasing after them. They were dressed in pure white cotton armor, but they were the sentinels of the Qing army's white flag.
While they were chasing after them on horseback, they were shouting loudly in Tatar dialect, and they were shooting arrows at Liu Jinhai and the other two people.
Hearing the sound of arrows piercing the air behind him, Liu Jinhai knew that a sharp arrow was shooting towards the back of his heart. He hurriedly pushed his feet hard, jumped up suddenly, and pounced on the other horse next to him.
On horseback.
A "whoosh" sound.
Another sharp arrow flew over, and Liu Jinhai quickly jumped back on his original horse. The situation was extremely critical.