Zhu Mingxia had a gloomy face all the way, and Huang Xiong kept muttering to himself as he watched, not knowing what the leader was thinking. He was a former soldier in Dengzhou, and he was always used to trying to figure out his boss's intentions. As long as his boss had a gloomy face, he would panic. It’s hard to ask, so I can only follow you honestly
"Huang Xiong, do you think there are too few people I brought out?"
When Huang Xiong heard Zhu Mingxia's question, he perked up and immediately said: "Report to the captain, this containment team consists of two infantry companies, an axis heavy company, a rural brave company, a cavalry squad, and a working group. There are four hundred and seventy people in total, which is not a small number.”
"It's enough to take in refugees." Zhu Mingxia glanced at Huang Xiong coldly, and then said: "But if you want to do something other than taking in refugees, this is not enough."
"Captain, what are your plans?"
"Humph - I just want to complain."
Huang Xiong naturally didn't understand what complaining meant, but he also knew that Zhu Mingxia had something to say. If his boss wanted to open up the conversation, it was best for his subordinates to listen patiently. Any interruption would be asking for trouble, so he followed closely with his head down. Boss, listen carefully to what Zhu Mingxia said, for fear of missing anything.
"Huang Xiong, our army is brave and good at fighting. You can fight ten with one. You were trained by me personally. You are all solid soldiers." Zhu Mingxia pointed in the direction of Dengzhou. Thousands of people, despite their small number, if we want to destroy Dengzhou City, can we still achieve the result? We can only huddle on Qimu Island because we want to avoid direct military conflict."
Huang Xiong was once a soldier in Dengzhou. After the rebels broke through the city, the news came that local soldiers and civilians were massacred in the city. He felt quite sad. However, the leaders had been standing still, and he, a small officer, could not say anything. Hearing Zhu Mingxia's words Said, couldn't help but sigh
"We can't even attack Huang County. It is a barrier for the rebels to defend us. Once we attack Huang County, it will be a serious battle. Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng have to mobilize a large army to fight us to the death. Of course there is nothing wrong with them - It's easy but my current mission is not to fight the rebels after all, otherwise it would be much easier to capture Huang County than me wandering around here collecting refugees."
After the Senate intervened in the Jiaodong Peninsula, it had a great impact on history. Although the refugee camp on Qimu Island does not appear to be a military camp to the outside world, there are still thousands of people gathered there. It is better to say that they are refugees. To put it bluntly, they are potential large groups of bandits. In the eyes of people at that time, if so many people gathered together, even if they were not bandits, they would not be good birds - if there was not enough food one day, they would be humanoid locusts.
Shortly after occupying Dengzhou, the rebels immediately attacked Huangxian, preparing to use Huangxian as a stronghold to consolidate their rear offensive to Laizhou in order to expand the scope of their activities. The capture of Huangxian was to ensure reliable support on the outskirts of Dengzhou. Point - once the imperial court is about to attack, the first batch of officers and soldiers will definitely attack from the direction of Huang County
Because Qimu Island has gathered a large number of refugees, not only were there more rebels attacking Huang County than recorded in history, but after capturing Huang County, the rebels actively captured young men to increase their own strength. If they did not come out, Taking the initiative to pick up these refugees, I am afraid that none of them will be able to escape and will be captured. Zhu Mingxia jokingly called this collection "Operation to Plunder the Younger Brothers". What he has to do is to try not to fight or fight as little as possible. To plunder the population from under the opponent's nose, "Why don't we just overturn the rebels?" He wailed in his heart more than once.
The containment team came to an abandoned village amidst Zhu Mingxia's vomiting. The buildings in this village were relatively intact, and there were tattered fences and barely recognizable earth walls. It would be more suitable to set up camp here if the local area could replenish water. Zhu Mingxia immediately ordered the dispatch Search teams enter the village to search
"No one in the village has a well -" the scout hesitated, "somebody has thrown a body into the well and it can't be used anymore."
Wang Qisuo, the scout sent to search the village, reported that he was from a local salt lord, could speak dialects in Dengzhou and surrounding areas, and was quite smart and had good training results, so Zhu Mingxia chose him to join the advancing column. A scout was hired to assist the regular army's scouts in local activities.
"It seems that the rebels have already arrived," Zhu Mingxia said. Throwing corpses into the well destroyed the necessary conditions for local survival and forced the local people to flee. Even if someone was lucky enough not to be captured by the rebels, they would not be able to stay. in the village
Zhu Mingxia had no doubt that if it hadn't been snowing recently and it was difficult to start a fire, the rebels would have completely burned the village.
However, this is a suitable relay camp. If there is no clean water source, it is enough to collect snow from the ground. If we only need fuel, then we have to demolish the houses. Zhu Mingxia thought to himself, the people in this village will not come back anyway.
He ordered some personnel to be left in garrison, including some of the refugees collected along the way, and placed them in empty houses to light fires for warmth so that they could rest temporarily. Others used the debris in the village and some heavy axes to build a replica version of the street fort to block the east and west ends. Mines were laid on the north and south sides of the village to guard against sneak attacks.
He himself led the large troops to move forward. He sent out all the cavalry in his hands to proactively contact the largest group of refugees. When encountering small groups of enemies, he directly annihilated them. Zhu Mingxia estimated that the rebels would probably send a small number of cavalry to harass the refugees and slow down their movement. The progress is convenient for follow-up troops to capture. Of course, it is also possible that some stragglers will come out to rob.
On the frozen land of Shandong, more than a hundred refugees were huddled together, and several were lying motionless on the ground. Blood was gurgling from their wounds. A dozen executioners were riding horses and happily looking at their trophies. Who were they? The rebels under Kong Youde, the cavalry like them, and about a dozen other groups went out with only one purpose: to rob refugees, plunder young and beautiful women, and snatch away their belongings. The others were robbed regardless of life or death. Sometimes you can find good treasures by plundering, and there is not much risk. Many rebels are happy to do this.
The leader, a bald-browed man, jumped off the horse first and wanted to take a closer look at the women among the refugees, but everyone bowed their heads and huddled up. They reluctantly grabbed their hair and forced their heads up. The black eyebrows were so black that people couldn't see clearly. They suddenly became furious and raised their heads. The knife slashed two more refugees to death. He grinned and shouted: "Grandma, you are a bitch. Women, hurry up and come to the uncle. I will sharpen my knife one by one and chop you all down."
As he spoke, he raised the knife and wanted to kill the third person. Before the knife could be cut down, someone shouted: "Cavalry"
Bald Eyebrow followed the sound and saw that more than a hundred feet away, a small group of cavalry was slowly running towards them. Bald Eyebrow abandoned the refugees and quickly picked up the knife and got on his horse - the view immediately was better.
Tumei was also a cavalryman in Liao Town in the past, and fought against the Manchus in Liaodong. Although he lost every battle, he was always safe and sound with his horse control skills and ability to seize the best time to escape.
With this ability of escaping, he worked hard to become the governor. However, Mao Wenlong was awarded too many official positions in Pidao, so after his death, the official title of Dongjiang General was several levels lower. Bald Eyebrow was just a Take the total
Years of experience in escaping have made him very cautious about enemies, especially enemies on horseback, because the biggest threat to the fleeing cavalry is the chasing cavalry.
Putting his feet on the stirrups, he stood up straight. Looking over, he saw that these cavalry were not wearing armor, and they were dressed in clothes that he had never seen before: wearing gray cloaks and tall hats on their heads. They were marching towards him in double columns. Come
The comers were unkind, and the number of both sides was about the same. Bald Eyebrow and the rebels under him were also people who had seen the battle formation. Seeing that the other side had no strength advantage and no one was wearing armor, they did not flee. Instead, they gathered together and planned to Let's have a cavalry charge
Although the Liaodong cavalry performed mediocrely when facing the Manchus, they could still fight with it. Guan Nei was known as the "iron cavalry," so neither Bald Mei nor his cavalry took the dozen or so cavalry in front of them seriously. ——Although the two sides' military strength is evenly matched,
However, the opponent did not draw their swords and charge directly. Instead, they reined in their horses seven or eighty feet away. Except for three or four riders, everyone else dismounted and lined up in a row.
Bald Eyebrow pulled down the iron helmet on his head, a little confused. Could it be that the opponent was dismounting and preparing to shoot with a bow? He had seen the Tatars do this in Liaodong, but the distance was too far - even the Tatars, who were famous for their strong bows and arrows, would not dismount from their horses and shoot arrows from such a distance. He waved his hand and said, "Come on and kill everyone." "
More than a dozen cavalrymen drew their swords at the same time and charged forward on horseback.
Because there were only a few people on both sides, Tumei didn't order his men to adopt any formation, and just pounced on them.
Almost at the same time as they galloped, there was a crisp explosion in their ears.
"It's too early," Bald Eyebrow roared. He lowered his head, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and continued to gallop.
However, the second row of gunshots soon rang out. The horse of a rebel cavalry suddenly fell down, and then another fell down.
The gunshots became more intensive, and the opponent's cannon seemed to be able to fire continuously. Before they had traveled a distance of twenty feet, three or four people had already fallen. When another person fell, everyone did not wait for orders and circled in unison. He turned the horse's head, whipped it wildly on its buttocks, and ran away without saying a word.
The rescued refugees looked at these cavalrymen in horror. They didn't know what this group of people wanted to do. Fortunately, they could understand each other's language. After some exchanges, they found out that the other party was from Qimu Island and had come to take them to Qimu Island. Island refuge Qimu Island was not originally a place for these refugees, but in front of these cavalry who had just killed someone, they had no other choice. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation)
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