Although Han Dashan is big and thick, dark-skinned and bearded, he looks like a vulgar man, but in fact he is as careful as silk. When he went to the Xinqinzhong Grassland to find Ezhe, he took two hundred people to the Xinqinzhong Grassland. Halfway through, he remembered something, so he sent people back to Shabigou Village, and then pulled a team of about one hundred people at night to guard the area near Junzijin Ferry to monitor the movements of the Qing army.

The Hetao Grassland, the south bank of the Yellow River. The Hetao Grassland after heavy snowfall was white, and the surface of the Yellow River was frozen. The Ming army's team leader Xu Qingliang was wearing white armor and a white cloak, hiding in the snow. He picked up his telescope from time to time and observed the movements on the other side from afar. In order to avoid the Qing army's discovery of movements after crossing the river, these horses that were not collected at night were taken care of by specialists and placed on the far-off grassland without snow. Xu Qingliang and the others carried snowboards.

The surface of the Yellow River is frozen, which is not conducive to the Chahars avoiding the search of the Qing army. The Qing army can cross the frozen Yellow River at any time. There were not many ferries that could cross the river, but now the surface of the river is frozen, and the Qing army can cross the river from any location, which increases the difficulty of surveillance that does not collect at night.

Looking at the frozen river surface, Xu Qingliang wished he could have the ability of Sun Wukong. He could make the frozen Yellow River thaw immediately. It seemed like he was wrong. It should be Red Boy who had such ability. With a mouthful of Samadhi True Fire, the ice layer on the river surface immediately burned. But if you have such ability, why do you have to fight so hard? Wouldn't it be enough to burn all Jiannu?

"Fire?" Thinking of this, Xu Qingliang had an idea in his mind.

To the west of the Hetao Grassland, there is a dry grassland where you can’t see a piece of snowflakes. In autumn, the grass is dead. Looking around, there is a large yellow grassland.

"As long as we get on the wind position in the northwest and set fire, we can burn the grassland to see how many Tartars can be killed by this fire." Xu Qingliang said in his heart.

"Xiao Wu, please report to General Han quickly, saying that I have a good plan to defeat the enemy! If I find that the enemy crosses the river, I will be rewarded quickly." Xu Qingliang called Wu Haotian.

After Wu Haotian left, Xu Qingliang continued to lead people to monitor the movements of the Qing army on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Xu Qingliang and Yebuqiu took dry food that can be eaten for one month at any time. When they were thirsty, they would ate a bite of dry food in the snow, and when they were sleepy, they would lie in a cotton coat wrapped in a leeing snow nest. In order to avoid exposing themselves, they had not burned fire for more than ten consecutive days. They ate dry, cold and hard food, and drank water and snow on the ground. The surveillance night was divided into three shifts, with an average of four hours, and they would monitor the north bank of the Yellow River day and night.

Three days later, Xu Qingliang was just asleep when he was woken up by a brother: "Sir, I discovered Jiannu! He is a fake slave! They are all Mongolian Tartars! They are on the other side of the Yellow River!"

Xu Qingliang woke up in shock, immediately turned over, walked to the observation position, took the Qianli Miles Miles from his brothers on his shift, and looked to the other side. He saw that the black cavalry were all over the cavalry. From the Qianli Miles Miles Miles, he could find that the Eight Banners Cavalry came across from the opposite side, and they were wearing a long tassel gun on their helmets and covered with cotton armor. He did not see iron armor. If you look closely, they only had cotton armor, not equipped with iron armor, and they were all riding short Mongolian horses. It was obvious that it was the Mongolian Eight Banners.

After Huang Taiji became emperor, both the Eight Banners of the Mongolian and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were equipped with all cotton armors, but the armors of the Eight Banners of the Mongolian and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were different from those of the Manchu Eight Banners. Experienced Ye could tell at a glance that the armors of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were not that strong and were thinner when worn because they were not equipped with multiple armors, and the helmet on the head was not an iron helmet, but a leather helmet.

Xu Qingliang observed for a long time but did not find any cavalry of the Eight Banners, all of which were Mongolian Eight Banners.

"It's the Korqin Tartars, with a population of at least 20,000 to 30,000." Xu Qingliang silently counted the number of enemies and said to himself.

"The Tartars are powerful, it seems they are going to deal with the Chahars." Ye Bushou said.

"Speak softly, the Tartars are ready to cross the river." Xu Qingliang made a gesture of not speaking.

The Qing soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners on the other side stopped on the river bank. Several Qing soldiers got off their horses and walked carefully to the ice surface. Each of them was holding a wooden stick in their hands and poked it a few times on the ice surface, and then carefully tentatively stepped forward step by step.

The Qing soldiers who were exploring the way crossed the river, took out the small flag, and sent a signal to the other side.

On the other side, there were Qing soldiers from the Eight Banners holding horses, holding sticks in their hands, and carefully leading the horses across the ice.

After a while, a group of Qing soldiers from the Eight Banners of Mongolia crossed the river. When crossing the river, several ice holes appeared on the ice, but because they were prepared, they did not see anyone and horses falling into the ice hole.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia crossed the river carefully. After about half an hour, more than a thousand people had crossed the river.

"This is too slow to cross the river?" Manzhu Xili said with some dissatisfaction when riding on the horse. "At this speed, more than 30,000 of us can only pass until dark."

"Prince," said Hubiltu, who was riding on the horse next to him, "This is not Liaodong. I am afraid that the ice surface is not strong, so I should be careful. Otherwise, if a large crack appears and a group of brothers fall in, wearing cotton coats and armor on their bodies, the people will sink to the bottom of the water."

"It's reasonable, there's no need to let the men make meaningless sacrifices in vain." Manzhu Xili nodded.

All the cavalry of the Eight Banners dismounted and led the horse across the river. The distance between people was relatively scattered. This prevented the pressure on the ice surface from being too high, and the second was to avoid the phenomenon that a large group of people fell in if a crack appeared.

"Captain, have we sent someone to report the news?" Ye Bushu lowered his voice and asked softly in Xu Qingliang's ear.

Xu Qingliang shook his head and lowered his voice and said softly: "No need for now. At this speed, they can only camp on the shore tonight. We will wait until it gets dark and send someone back to report the news, so that we will not expose ourselves."

The Eight Banners of Mongolia passed another five thousand cavalry. At this time, a team of scouts and wardrobes were released and patrolled around to hold a watch.

Xu Qingliang, who was hiding in the snow, said in his heart: Fortunately, no one was sent back to report the news just now, otherwise the horse hoof marks would have been discovered by Dazi!

The Ming army hid themselves tightly. The soldiers were all wearing white clothes. They dug out a pit in the snow at the observation point, and the people hid in the snow pit, covering it with another layer of snow. Even if the Qing soldiers walked in front of them, they could not find the hidden yebu. What's more, the location of the observation point was not too close to the river bank, and there was a thousand-mile mirror. Yebubu can hide one mile away to observe the opponent far away.

However, the Qing army's scouts and cavalry released were also very far away. They searched the area within ten miles of the river bank and found no movement.

"There are horseshoe marks here!" A scout whistle driver found horseshoe marks on the snow, immediately summoned his companions and came towards the horseshoe marks.

Several scout cavalrymen of the Mongolian Eight Banners turned over and dismounted and checked the horseshoe marks on the ground. A scout cavalry squatted on the snow for a while, looked up and said, "This is the horseshoe mark left three days ago. It seems that there is no one nearby."

Several other scouts and whistle riders from the Mongolian Eight Banners took brooms and cleared a piece of open space on the snow, revealing the soil and dead grass under the snow. Then one scout and whistle rider was lying on the ground, his ears pressed against the ground, listening to the movements on the ground. After a while, the scout and whistle rider stood up and said, "Sir, I didn't hear the sound of horse hooves."
Chapter completed!