"Have Chito and the other officers been caught?"
"Liu Qianhu has been caught, and most of the officers have been killed. [Read full text] Not many of them survived."
"Did anyone escape?"
"No one escaped."
"Okay, you go and bring in all the officials."
There were more than 20 officers in the city from Xiaoqi and above, Baihu, Shibaihu and those without official titles but with specific positions. More than half of them had been killed in the violence before the city was broken. Only a dozen people were escorted to Wei Aiwen.
Each of them had their hands tied behind their backs, their buns were messy, and some of them were bleeding. All of them were breathing heavily and seemed to be in shock.
"Which one is Liu Qianhu?"
As soon as Wei Aiwen asked, the thousands of households roared loudly: "Sooner or later, the imperial court will deal with you rebels."
Wei Aiwen knew a little military language. After hearing his scolding, he frowned and asked, "Is this Liu Qianhu?"
Lin Fu said: "It's him. There are several soldiers around this bitch. They fought tooth and nail to protect him and saved his life."
"Did the soldiers catch him and survive?"
"There was one, a half-year-old child. He was stabbed and cursed constantly. If we hadn't snatched him away, he would have been killed by the military." Lin Fu asked, "Should we spare his life..."
"Of course I have to stay. I forgot the three major disciplines and eight points of attention again," Wei Aiwen said dissatisfied, "Show it to the health worker and save him if you can. He is just a little soldier. How big a crime can he be?"
Lin Fu quickly responded: "Yes."
Wei Aiwen glanced at Qianhu who was arrested. It doesn't fall immediately. Ask: "How are the military households doing?"
"I will place a few of them in the martial arts hall, and the rest of the young men will be waiting in front of the martial arts hall." Lin Fu said, "Should we call them here?"
"Okay, call me." Wei Aiwen made up his mind.
Two military households were summoned. When they saw Wei Aiwen standing in the middle of the crowd, they knew he was a high-ranking official among the Kun thieves and quickly knelt down.
"Get up, we don't care about this." Wei Aiwen said in military terms, "What are your names?"
One of the two military households was named Hao Guoxin and the other was named Cui Zheng. They were both around thirty years old. They were thin, small, and withered. To put it bluntly, they looked like soldiers, not even as good as local farmers. Wei Aiwen asked and found out that Hao Guoxin was the blacksmith here and Cui Zheng was a horse breeder.
Wei Aiwen had a few casual conversations with them and found out that they were all local military children. Because of the relationship between Zhenli and Zhenli, the military equipment of the guard station is quite complete, and the young men also practice regularly. Not only are they fully equipped with weapons and armor, but they also have some horses and mules.
Wei Aiwen knew from the conversation that they hated this group of "masters" very much. The hereditary officers and military households in the guard house were originally the relationship between lords and serfs, but gradually the relationship became the relationship between landlords and serfs. In theory, the official land in the guard house belonged to the state, and it was cultivated by the guards for food and salary. In fact, almost all the harvest went to the officers. If we take it, ordinary military households can only get a small amount to make a living. Military households were not only state serfs, but also servants of military officers. They were used as slaves for free for generations. Not only were they extremely poor, they were often tortured and killed by military officers.
Wei Aiwen had known these contents for a long time. After he entered the city, he saw military households killing the families of Japanese military officers, including women and children. He knew that the hatred during this period was extremely deep and far from ordinary conflicts.
"In this case, I will vent my anger on your suffering brothers today." Wei Aiwen said, "I will hand over the person to you in a moment. You can judge by yourselves. It is up to you to decide whether to behead or kill the dogs." .”
Hao Guoxin and others originally did not know how the Kun thieves planned to fall. They were very afraid that the Kun thieves would recruit traitors and wanted to surrender. They said Liu Qianhu and others would surrender, which made them a little uneasy. Now that I heard that I was going to vent my anger on them, I felt very happy. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed again, saying:
"This group of wolf-hearted guys, the little ones have long wanted their lives."
"Okay, take the people away." As he said that, he ordered the soldiers to take most of them to the martial arts hall and hand them over to the military households for a "struggle meeting", and then hang them all. The master who managed the accounts of the Thousand Households was left alone to prepare for the inventory of supplies, and another Hundred Households were left behind.
At present, the planning institute's search team led the prisoners to inventory and check the supplies in warehouses and mansions. There was nothing exciting in Qianhushu City, just food, weapons and livestock. The most valuable was the capture of more than twenty horses and mules. The horse is very small, about the size of a common horse in the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan areas.
It took a day to count the supplies and hold a struggle meeting. In the fanatical atmosphere of the struggle meeting, all members of Liu Qianhu's family were hanged on a tree outside the village. How to deal with their family members caused a quarrel among the military households. Some wanted to divide the women, while others advocated killing them all. The two sides argued so hard that they almost went to the knife. In the end, the idea of "eliminating the roots" prevailed. The military households pulled the officers' families and doglegs to the river beach outside the village, made them kneel down, and then chopped them off one by one.
When the military households were killing people, Wei Aiwen called the hundreds of households who had been left behind specially. This hundred households had been frightened out of their wits for a long time. As soon as they saw Wei Aiwen, they collapsed on the ground and begged for their lives.
"Spare your life." Wei Aiwen said, "Get out of here immediately and go to Haikou Qianhu Station to seek help from Tang Yunwen."
"The little ones don't dare. The little ones don't dare."
"Go quickly, if you dare not go and ask for help, your whole family will be handed over to the military household." Wei Aiwen turned his head to indicate the direction of the river beach, where screams kept coming.
"Yes, yes, yes, the little one will definitely go." Baihu quickly got up.
Wei Aiwen called two soldiers and asked them to escort the hundreds of households to the border of Lincheng.
Subsequently, all the military households in the two camps were moved and they were dispersed and resettled in various communes. As for the houses, materials and land in these two settlements, the People's Committee for Civil Affairs will accept them and resettle the immigrants separately.
As for Hao Guoxin and Cui Zheng, one was assigned to be trained as a worker in a machinery factory and the other was assigned to raise horses under Nick. Wei Aiwen recruited a group of vigorous young people aged sixteen or seventeen from military households to join the teaching team, preparing for preliminary training and then political training. Now that they have blood on their hands, they will be in trouble if they don't follow the traveling group.
You Huhu and his more than 300 horses roared across the county border of Lingao-Chengmai. He was a little regretful that the flag was not ready yet and the march was not impressive at all.
The task of this task force is to build momentum, so the tigers can slow down the march along the way. When encountering a village, he always takes a rest. The people in the village flee, and Youhuo doesn't send anyone to chase him. He just reminds everyone to pay attention to discipline and is not allowed to enter people's houses without permission, and is not allowed to take away people's things. Before leaving, put some slogans on the wall.
When encountering larger fortified villages along the way, Youhuo always sent people to collect grain. Seeing that they had cannons in the village, they didn't dare to disobey them, so they gave them more than ten shi of food. You Huhu didn't ask for much. Anyway, he just wanted to spread the news of the arrival of the Fubo Army.
In this way, his men and horses walked and rested all the way. They walked for a day and just arrived at Chengmai County. This speed made You Huhu feel that it was extremely slow. In fact, according to the government's normal post road itinerary, it took half a day from Qiongshan to Chengmai and exactly one day from Chengmai to Lingao.
When You Huhu's scouts arrived at the city, the summer days were getting longer, and the city gate of this county town had not yet been closed. Villagers were coming in and out, showing no intention of preparing for war. It wasn't until a large group of people appeared that the county town panicked and rushed to close the city gate.
You Huhu knew that if he wanted to seize the city, he could do it even if he ran and charged. But since He Ming didn't want him to occupy Chengmai County, there was no need to bother. He immediately ordered to occupy a high ground outside the city and set up camp on the high ground.
The commander of this infantry company is also a veteran, named Yu Zhiqian. Yu Zhiqian is a fair-skinned young man who loves reading and has a rather bookish spirit. He is a semi-military enthusiast, but the object of his enthusiasm is modern military, and he is not interested in modern gadgets. Belonging to queuing up to shoot party members.
Because he loves reading and usually thinks of himself as a "staff officer" or "strategist," You Huhu simply uses him as his chief of staff to advise him.
"Lao Yu." You Huhu calls everyone "Lao I don’t know how frightened the officials here are. According to the commander’s intention, he wants to create a great momentum. Can you think of a better way to create a momentum?"
"Of course we have to assume the posture of attacking the city." Yu Zhiqian was confident, "But just setting off cannons outside will not create pressure."
"Stop analyzing the situation and just tell me what to do."
"You can't run away from the county seat. I'll try to harass the place as much as possible." Yu Zhiqian came up with an idea to leave some troops here to monitor the county seat. Other troops launched an armed march nearby, collecting grain along the way, hitting a few big households, and collecting many more by the way. The common people came to cut down wood and build siege equipment, dig trenches, and build camps under the city, pretending to be fighting.
"We have a small number of people, and the people in the city are not blind. So we have to make it look like we are the vanguard, and there is a large group of people coming from behind. In this way, the people in the county will panic and have to go out and ask for help. .”
You Laohu laughed loudly and patted him on the shoulder: "Thanks to you, let's have a good night's rest today, and then we will divide our troops and go out to harass Chengmai tomorrow. Let's arrange camp now."
The Army's regulations stipulate that as soon as they camp, they must dig trenches, build earthen fences, and set up deer villages. Youhuhu estimated that harassing Chengmai would not end in a few days, so he needed to make the camp's defenses stronger. When I left, I picked up a few rolls of barbed wire. Then the soldiers built a simple watchtower about ten meters high, so that they could clearly see every move on the top of Chengmai Nancheng. The three mountain guns they brought also built artillery forts, and built rainproof shelters for artillery and ammunition trucks.
You Huhu led people to inspect various camps. Not to mention the soldiers, the morale of the militia was also very high. Everyone speculated that the city would be attacked tomorrow, and everyone was talking about how to break the city quickly.
You Laohu did not say that this mission was just harassment. He inspected the sanitary conditions of each company platoon in accordance with the regulations, and urged the cooks to boil water for everyone's feet. The hygienists carried medicine boxes on their backs to treat the foot blisters. , add some Chinese patent medicines prepared by Liu San, and you can continue walking the next day. Compared with regular infantry, militiamen rarely have long-distance marching training, and they also have to drag artillery and luggage along the way. Many people fell asleep as soon as they set up their tents. You Huhu urged the militia captains to wake up all the sleeping people and ask them to eat and wash their feet.
After the inspection, You Huhu and Yu Zhiqian went to the watchtower and used night vision binoculars to watch what was happening on the top of the city. I saw that many torches and lanterns were already lit on the top of the city, and many more men were patrolling the city.
Compared with the strange-shaped Lingao County, Chengmai County can be said to be a regular county, with a square shape. The north gate is also set up but not opened, but the city wall is not high and thick, and the fortification is not very tight. The two led their troops along the way and felt that Chengmai had a slightly larger population than Lingao and the land was better developed. I wonder if it was because it was close to the capital.
There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, Yu Zhiqian led the team and separated half of the troops. They went deep into Chengmai County and collected food along the way. ,bluff.
The people in the city became emboldened when they saw that they left a group of people and left only more than a hundred people. There were constant shouting and cursing on the city, and sometimes arrows were shot down. The Fubo Army was five to six hundred meters away from the city, and even the cannons on the city couldn't hit them. They were yelling at each other both above and below the city.
You Huhu stood on a mound surrounded by guards and messengers, directing the harassment battle. Seeing the militiamen firing their single-eye and three-eye firecrackers in a lively manner, he knew that there was actually no iron in them and it was just for fun. He couldn't help but laugh. This kind of fighting was a bit rare, and he didn't know if it was considered a sparrow fight. While I was thinking wildly, suddenly the suspension bridge was lowered, and more than two hundred Lian Yong and Min Zhuang swarmed out from the city gate, rushed through the ditch, and shouted to kill.
You Huhu did not expect that the enemy would dare to go out of the city to fight, but necessary precautions were still in place. The infantry platoon covering the militia immediately formed a double-layered line.
The native second lieutenant of the infantry platoon commanded by "Shoot" swung his command knife down fiercely, and the gunshots of the Mini rifle were deafening. You Huhu clearly knew that the dozen or so rural warriors and civilian elephants rushing in front were rushing forward as if they had hit a wall. Then fell down. The village heroes probably didn't expect that the Kun thief's firearms were so powerful, capable of killing and wounding people from more than half a mile away, so they hesitated in their charge.
The soldiers of the infantry platoon immediately loaded their bullets, followed by the second and third volley fire. The Mini rifle shot far exceeded all the firearms at the time. Within a few minutes, more than ten village warriors were defeated. The rest of the people were in disarray and ran towards the city noisily.
"You son of a turtle still wants to come out and fight hand to hand." You Huhu spat, "Just shrink back." He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The militiamen around him all picked up their spears and formed a formation, ready to join the fight at any time. He himself I also want to try the power of Bianjun Changdao.
"Battalion Commander, let's set up the cannon and fire a few fucking shots." The leader of the artillery cadet team excitedly ran over to ask for a fight, "Kill the dog officers in the city for their majesty."
You Laohu looked at it for a long time before saying, "Forget it for today."
He already knew from the scouts' reports that a dozen people secretly descended from the other two city gates in the middle of the night. The scouts followed his orders and did not capture them, but just followed them. I think three or four people went to Fucheng, and the rest went to various parts of the county.
You Huhu analyzed that this must be the reason why the county sent people to various parts of the county to mobilize villagers to strengthen the defense of the city. The more heroes from all walks of life gathered in the county, the wider the news that they were going to Chengmai to besiege the county. Therefore, he did not intercept these envoys and allowed them to go around asking for help. Today, Minzhuang Township in the city bravely came out to challenge, which shows that they are not going to mobilize too few people.
In his heart, he longed to fight a big battle under Chengmai City and achieve great success. Moreover, he was full of confidence in his firepower and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers. He believed that as long as he remained vigilant, he could repel any number of people who attacked him.
The next day Yu Zhiqian brought back dozens of stones of grain and two to three hundred people. The two of them started fighting outside the city. While repairing the camp, he cut wood to make ladders and rams for siege. The officials and gentry in the city saw that although the Kun thieves only had a small force, they were driving the civilians to make various preparations to attack the city. In addition, they already knew that the Kun thieves had sharp firearms. They were very frightened and kept sending people out to call for help. Mobilize the township warriors in the county to go to the city for reinforcements.
"There are more and more brave warriors in the city." You Laohu said, "If we capture the city, we can capture a large number of prisoners."
Yu Zhiqian said nothing. He felt that because his own troops had not increased in the past few days, the defense on the city had gradually relaxed, so he suggested starting to bombard the county seat.
"We don't have enough people, so others will look down upon us, so let's give them a taste of cannonballs."
"Okay, the provincial militiamen will bring back the artillery shells and gunpowder."
In order to increase the tension, Youhuo approved the artillery cadets to bombard the south gate of the county seat. Although the shells of the 12-pound mountain howitzer could not destroy the city wall, they destroyed half of the city tower and many battlement parapets, killing and wounding many people and village warriors defending the city. In particular, the grenades and incendiary bombs fired greatly shocked the soldiers and civilians defending the city - they had never encountered such powerful artillery fire. Several fires broke out in the city, and some houses were damaged by shells fired into the city. After continuous shelling, the soldiers and civilians defending the city were disheartened. If He Ming hadn't wanted them to break the city, Chengmai would have taken it immediately.
You Laohu felt that this was not powerful enough, so he discussed with Yu Zhiqian: Instead of wasting artillery shells here, it is better to use howitzers to break down a few villages, wipe out a few big households, and take advantage of the fighting to eliminate a group of local powerful factions and lay the foundation for future rule. . By the way, we can also earn more spoils. Doesn’t the Executive Committee shout “We can’t afford the war” every day? Arresting people and taking away food and property can somewhat serve as a gag v! ~!
