When he was camping that night, he found Zhen Huan, the company commander of the Li Miao Company, and asked him to lead the Li Miao Company out first.
"The guide has found it for you. There are several Yao villages in Yonghua Township. You guys have a rest and then set off overnight -" he looked at his watch. "We will set off at 9pm and arrive before dawn the day after tomorrow. Then we will attack separately. These villages create tension."
Zhen Huan nodded: "Yes."
"Just harass, no need to attack. There shouldn't be many strong men in these villages. It will be easy for you to take them down. But you just need to scare them."
"I see."
"We are here to suppress riots and focus on appeasement. When you act, be careful not to cause too much damage."
After Zhen Huan accepted the order, he immediately set off with his company and guide.
The mountain road was difficult to travel, and the troops quickly fell asleep after eating after camping. On the contrary, Huang Chao couldn't sleep at all. He has a Yunnan horse to help him travel, and a porter to carry his luggage. He can be said to be the most relaxed person in the team. But the feeling of riding a horse for a day is not pleasant. After getting off the horse, my whole body ached.
The most terrible thing is that this is the first time to stand alone. Although he has regular army officers under his command and does not have to manage and command the troops by himself, he still has to decide the general direction, which makes him feel quite pressured.
However, there are still operations in the Sanlian area. The scale of "Fuli" in Ding'an is completely different from that of "Zhenyao" in Guangdong. Not only is the population of the settled people much smaller than that of Yao in Guangdong, but the terrain is also far less complex than here...
He looked through his notebook, which contained his plans and records of activities in the Sanlian area. He tried a lot of methods and read a lot of information, but he was not sure whether it would work. He has worked at the grassroots level for several years and knows that no matter how good the plan is, the results are completely uncontrollable.
Now the elders of the Senate and the Guangdong Region are all staring at him. Huang Chao thought to himself that if he couldn't calm down the Yao chaos in the Sanlian area as quickly as possible, it would be better for him to go back and raise chickens. He looked up at the bright night sky of the 17th century without light pollution, and suddenly felt that he wanted to stay with his wife and son in Lingao.
At noon on the third day, Huang Chao led the team to Yonghua Township and met up with the Li Miao Company who had set out to carry out the raid in advance.
Zhen Huan reported that he had raided various Yao villages in Yonghua Township, which was similar to Huang Chao's estimate. No Yao village came out to challenge them, and all of them closed their doors. And according to their observation, there are indeed very few men in the village, most of them are teenagers and old people.
"That's good." Huang Chao was half convinced.
At this time, all the Yao villages in Yonghua Township were empty. Huang Chao immediately sent envoys everywhere to tell them: "Those who surrender to the Song Dynasty will forget about it, and those who refuse to welcome the Senate will leave nothing behind." They also asked each village to immediately send grain, grass, chicken and wine as "condolences", and at the same time, each village must hand over hostages.
The arrival of the messenger immediately caused chaos in all the villages. Almost all the men in each village were empty - after the siege of Yangshan County, the strong men and even some strong women in the village went to carry "trophies" near the county seat. Each village was full of half-breasted men who had not even grown their hair. The young man went to the old man to "hold the garrison and defend the stronghold". If these "officials and soldiers of the Song Dynasty" really wanted to fight, they would be unable to resist. So he sent people over with "gifts" to express "surrender" and at the same time sent envoys to Yangshan County to ask for help.
Huang Chao ordered the troops: Don't intercept, let them call for reinforcements.
Within a few days, the scouts sent out reported that the Yao people who occupied Yangshan County knew that there was a fire in their backyard, and they could no longer calm down. They began to evacuate Yangshan, and a large group of people was heading towards Yonghua Township.
There are two roads from Yangshan County to Yonghua Township. One is through Dalangwei and takes the mountain road; the other is along the Lianjiang River to Libuwei and goes south along the Zhaigang River. The mountain road is shorter, and although the riverside road is relatively flat, it is a long distance away. The Yao people returning to aid will probably take the mountain road in order to return to their villages as quickly as possible.
"The entire army will set up an ambush at the mouth of the Liangjia River," he issued an order, "and the mountain company will be responsible for luring the enemy!"
Zhen Huan led his troops to spread out in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road. When he saw the Yao people returning with torches, he ordered the entire company to "shoot freely."
According to Huang Chao's order, the soldiers used more cold shots and less killing, and used sparrow warfare to harass them. Although the Yao people were fighting in front of their own homes and were very familiar with the terrain, it was difficult for them to communicate with each other at night, and the large groups dared to disperse to pursue them. They can only fight back randomly. However, the Li Miao Company had good physical strength, high level of training, and tacit cooperation, so it received a burst of cold shots. When they rushed forward, the Li Miao Company had already escaped without a trace, and then as soon as it stopped, there was another burst of cold shots.
As a result, although few Yao people died, they were already furious. Pan Tianshun, Tianchang Gong of Sankeng Village, was relatively calm. After thinking about it, he found that the other party was using their usual method of dealing with the army. They, what they faced was not like the Ming government. So someone must be ambushing them ahead, waiting for them to be fooled.
Pan Tianshun shouted: "Don't chase! There is an ambush!" At the same time, he asked the people around him to find the Tianchang Gong in each village team and asked them to stop the pursuit immediately.
However, at this time, there were several tongues of fire shining by the forest, and with the sound of gunshots, a young man fell slumped. The team that had been restrained by him started to commotion again, and dozens of young people swarmed towards the place where the fire was lit.
Pan Tianshun was so anxious that he stamped his feet. He wanted everyone to stop, but under the current situation, not even the people in Sankeng Village might listen to him, let alone the other villages. This is especially true in Baimangzhai. Although Baimang Village was registered together with other villages during the Wanli Period, it was not "submissive" and would go out for plunder from time to time.
Pan Tianshun felt that he was powerless, so he just prayed that there were not many people on the other side. Their four villages totaled only more than 400 people. If the other side had fewer people, they would still be able to fight - at worst, it would be a fight to the death.
The angry Yao people quickly took the bait and were lured into the encirclement after the Li Miao Company fought and walked. As a signal rocket flew into the sky, all members of the Li Miao company turned around and lined up. The first round of volleys knocked down more than ten people at the front, instantly suppressing the pursuit team.
Immediately afterwards, on the two changing ridges and woods, rapid horn sounds and shouts of death were heard, and the shadows were filled with crowds.
Everyone was shocked: "I've fallen into a trap!"
Pan Tianshun shouted: "Quick, rush out!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a crackling sound of gunfire on the ridges on both sides, like a golden snake dancing along the ridge. Densely packed projectiles poured into the team. In a moment, there was a sound of wailing and screaming in the team, and they were so injured that they died. , and suddenly a large piece fell down. The remaining crowd instantly exploded into chaos.
Pan Tianshun complained secretly. He gathered the strong men around him and shouted for everyone to calm down. Fortunately, the enemy stopped shooting after this row of shots and became completely quiet.
Since they have fallen into the trap, they must escape as soon as possible. In fact, the strength of the two sides is almost the same, and the terrain here is complex. Huang Chao's team cannot completely surround the Yao people's armed forces - not to mention that the Yao people are more familiar with the local terrain.
However, this Yao people's armed forces came from multiple villages in Yonghua Township. Although they were nominally led by leaders, in fact each village acted on its own. There was no unified command to concentrate the forces to break through one point. People from each village spontaneously formed teams to attack the places where they thought they could "escape", but were defeated by the National Army every time. Instantly fell into chaos.
"Tell all troops not to shoot as long as the enemy has no intention of breaking out." Huang Chao issued the order, "But keep them under guard and don't let them run away!"
This made the troops very puzzled: This group of barbarians just shot and killed them all - this is what officers and soldiers have done in Zhenyao since ancient times. Not to mention that the opponents were "bandits" with swords and guns, they were women and children in the village. After the stronghold was broken, they were all killed regardless of their leadership.
"Mere massacre cannot solve the problem. We need three parts military and seven parts politics. We should not solve the problem entirely by shooting and killing people. It is easy to kill people, but it is impossible to bring them back to life." Huang Chao said, "Everyone, please work harder. We will end the battle after daybreak."
The trapped Yao people rushed in chaos for a while, killing and injuring many people. But they found that as long as they did not try to break through, the opponent would not fire a single shot.
Pan Tianshun understood that the opponent wanted them to surrender and capture them all alive.
The people facing them were not officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Although Pan Tianshun and others in the team were a little confused by the sudden appearance of the "Song Dynasty", there were more people on the opposite side than them, and they had blunderbuss in their hands. It is also powerful, and the gun is equipped with a short sword. It's certainly not a team that's easy to mess with.
"Everyone, don't move!"
The Tian Changgong of each village maintains their own village men, but the people in Baimang Village don't care about so many people. Their Tian Changgong is an old man in his seventies, and he can't control the youth of his men at all.
"If you hit the gun once, you won't be able to fire the next round. You can rush them away with one shot. If you want to survive, follow me!" shouted a young man with a white awn, and half of the young men in the white awn village followed. Rushed out.
Huang Chao picked up the SKS rifle that he had bought with the help of North American people before crossing over. He shot and killed the one who was leading the charge with one shot, and then shouted: "Li Miao Company, kill the one who takes the lead!"
There was a crackling sound, and more than thirty corpses were left on the ground. The Yao people did not dare to move any more, and the Tianchang Gong of each village held a small meeting. Only a hundred guns were fired just now. If six hundred guns were fired at the same time, at least nine out of ten of them would die. Keeping the green hills intact and not afraid of running out of firewood, the remaining more than 300 Yao people put down their weapons and chose to surrender.
Huang Chao did not dare to slack off, leaving a squadron of the National Army to guard the prisoners, and then led the remaining troops to Yangshan County overnight. Shortly after dawn, Yangshan, which had become an empty city, returned to the hands of the Senate.
Next update: Volume 7 - Guangzhou Governance Chapter 394
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