Yuan Yuanwu, the chief steward of the military dormitory platoon on Jinfeng Mountain, had long noticed the Australians surrounding Yanxi Mountain. When he saw the black smoke on Yanxi Mountain, he understood that Li Sanjiu wanted him to attack and attacked from the side. The Australians who besieged Yanxishan assisted him in breaking out.
"Tell everyone to prepare their weapons and prepare to go down the mountain!"
He gave the order, and his men immediately picked up their swords and guns. Compared with other Yao platoon men and horses, these two hundred strong men are excellent. Not only are they all young and strong, each of them also wears a collar of rattan armor. Although this kind of armor is not high in defense, it is more powerful than iron armor. Lightweight and breathable, it is very convenient for moving in the mountains.
"Chief in charge! Everyone rushed out, what should we do with the things we got?" the subordinate asked.
In the past few days, they had been looting around Lianzhou and robbed a large amount of supplies and soft goods. They were all piled in the camp waiting to be sent back to the village.
"If we win, no one dares to move. If we lose, we have to run away. Why bother!" Fang Yuanwu raised his sword, "Everyone, kill the Kun thief first!"
Fang Yuanwu used to dare to fight and kill, and he was quite prestigious among the Yao Pai. He raised his sword and shouted, and his men followed him and rushed down the mountain in a swarm.
Fang Yuanwu had fought many battles with officers and soldiers, and he had also seen the firearms of officers and soldiers. I know that although the fire cannon is very powerful, a row of people will be killed and wounded when hit. Fortunately, this firearm does not last long. As long as it can withstand one or two rounds of fire and rush forward to fight hand-to-hand, the officers and soldiers can often be defeated - at least they can fight to a close. If they were suppressed by several volleys from officers and soldiers, they would not only be defeated, but they would be defeated miserably.
Yang Zeng put down the telescope. He knew the information about the Yao people in Jinfeng Mountain last night. Looking at the map, it was easy to understand why the opponent put a force here. Speaking of which, Li Sanjiu really has some knowledge about the terrain. The mutual support between control and troops is quite self-taught.
"Order the artillery to fire." He gave the order.
The six 12-pound mountain pomegranates have been loaded. Crouching quietly in the grass, as soon as the order was given, the gunners immediately stuffed the firing tube into the ignition port.
The shooting parameters have been calibrated long ago - if the enemy on Jinfeng Mountain wants to attack, that section of the hillside is the only way to go.
Following the company commander's order, the six mountain grenades spit out tongues of fire one by one, and the cast-iron shells roared towards the Yao people at the foot of the mountain. They all crashed into the crowd, bouncing around and reaping lives.
Fang Yuanwu didn't react at all when the cannon sounded - he was completely stunned when the cannon sounded. When he woke up, the surroundings were in a mess, dead bodies and severed limbs were everywhere, and blood was everywhere.
Fang Yuanwu had seen cannons, but due to the local terrain, officers and soldiers generally did not bring cannons with them when they went to "Fuyao". At best, they were small artillery such as tiger crouching cannons and Xiaofo Langjis. As for private wars among civilians, hardwood was also used as cannon. Regardless of whether it is lychee wood or ironwood, the muzzle of the gun should not be opened too wide, nor should the gunpowder be loaded too much. Most of the time you can only hear a sound.
This round of shelling by the Australians was far more powerful than they imagined.
Seeing his men fleeing in all directions, Fang Yuanwu became anxious and shouted: "Everyone, rush!" After one round of cannon fire, it would take a lot of time to reload the next round. As long as you rush up in time, you won't be beaten a second time. Second-rate.
However, his estimation was wrong. When he finally gathered his troops, the second round of artillery shells roared in. Amidst the screams and screams, his troops scattered, and Fang Yuanwu himself couldn't stand it anymore. Wrapped in the chaos, he fled for his life.
"The Wuzhou Squadron of the National Army attacks and must annihilate them all."
The Wuzhou Squadron quickly attacked and quickly annihilated all 200 of Fang Yuanwu's men. Except for Fang Yuanwu himself who escaped with his cronies relying on his familiarity with the terrain, almost no one else escaped.
Li Sanjiu, who saw this scene on Yanxi Mountain, was immediately discouraged. The two hundred people didn't even have time to drink water and were defeated in an instant. With the huge gap in strength, Li Sanjiu suddenly woke up and became the governor of the country. It is completely impossible. There is no need to think about plundering Lianzhou City. It is not their turn to pay the redemption fee for Lianzhou City. It was urgent to escape right now - I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do it during the day, so I would have to wait until night to break out, hide in the mountains and hang out with the Australians, since they wouldn't be able to search and suppress them.
While shouting loudly for everyone to "hold tight", the shells flew towards the mountain.
Although the range of the 12-pound mountain grenade is relatively small, the shooting angle is large. At this time, the grenade was thrown towards Yanxi Mountain. In an instant, the camp was filled with smoke and rumbling, and the Yao people's armed forces, who were already frightened, suddenly became chaotic.
"Everyone, don't mess up!" Li Sanjiu shouted desperately, while rushing towards the village gate with his cronies - that was the pass on the road up the mountain, the only way for the bandits to attack the mountain. The bandits will definitely concentrate their main force to seize this pass first.
Sure enough, as soon as they rushed to the entrance of the village, they ran into soldiers from the Li Miao Company. Li Sanjiu yelled, and rushed forward waving a broadsword. However, Li Miaolian used a double-barreled shotgun. He was met with a burst of gunfire, and bullets rained down. Almost all of Li Sanjiu's cronies were killed or injured. Li Sanjiu himself was injured and was finally rescued by the soldiers. The Yao people's armed camp on Yanxi Mountain suddenly lost its command.
In the chaos, a large group of Fubo troops came up the mountain and eliminated them one by one. The camp on the mountain had fallen apart, and each row rushed to escape for their lives. However, there was an ambush by Fubo troops on the way down the mountain, and a row of guns fired at them. , and then directly bayonet charge from the flank, and the large group of troops can be defeated in an instant.
Before nine o'clock in the morning, the Yao people's armed forces on Yanxi Mountain no longer existed, and only a few hundred people were left gathered in the "old camp" where food was stored. The terrain here was so dangerous that Fubo's army could not rush up for a while, and reluctantly Can stay. It's just that it is surrounded by Fubo troops on all sides, and its fall will be a matter of time.
Although Li Sanjiu was injured, he was not seriously injured. At this moment, he no longer thinks about the great cause of "local knowledge of the state" - how to break out from here is the real thing.
While I was thinking about something, someone came to report: "Pan Tianshun from Yonghua is here."
He recognized Pan Tianshun, and it was obvious that he was going up the mountain at this moment, so he was naturally here to persuade him to surrender.
"What are you doing here!" Li Sanjiu looked at Pan Tianshun, wishing he could chop off the old man's head and cut him into pieces to vent his anger. However, it was tantamount to seeking death at the moment. He could only hold back his anger and asked.
Pan Tianshun was also very scared - this Li Sanjiu was not a good person! What's more, he and Tian Changgong of Yonghua Gayao had drank blood wine. If they really wanted to get angry and kill him directly, no one would dare to say anything wrong. However, now that all the people in the village, young and old, are in the hands of the Australians, they would not dare not come if they were asked to come up to the mountain to surrender.
Pan Tianshun finally conveyed the message: Yang Zeng wanted them to surrender immediately and wait for their fate. As long as they can surrender in time, the other side will guarantee the safety of the surrendered people. After the war, they will be allowed to return to their respective platoons without leaving any difficulties.
"Otherwise?" Li Sanjiu asked.
"Otherwise...otherwise..." Pan Tianshun quietly looked at the leaders and Tiangang Gong around him, "The Australians will set fire to the mountain, leaving no one behind...kill them all..."
As soon as these words came out, the platoons and elders gathered around Li Sanjiu all whispered. If just before the Fubo Army attacked, they had some thoughts of desperately breaking out of the encirclement and returning to the mountains to do other things. However, After the melee just now, no one thought so.
Li Sanjiu is unwilling to surrender - once he surrenders, life and death will depend on the enemy. Since ancient times, when officers and soldiers came to suppress Yao, although they said they "never asked for threats", in fact the killings were brutal. Not to mention the leaders of Yao village, even ordinary Yao people were often slaughtered. He who leads the rebellion will definitely die.
He wanted to fight again to see if he could stand out. As long as he returned to the mountains, neither the Ming army nor the Australians could do anything to them. However, he was commanding the "Allied Forces" after all, that is, the strong men of his own platoon. It was unclear whether he could still listen to himself in this precarious environment. The only ones who can be relied on are a dozen of his buddies - and most of them were killed or injured.
Seeing the Tian Changgong and the boss looking at him in different rows, Li Sanjiu was secretly worried. Wasn't he going to take the blame as the "chief culprit"? Wouldn't it be a bad thing if they tied him up and went down the mountain to surrender?
Just as he was secretly frightened, Tiangong, who was lined up with horses and arrows, also came up to him and said in a low voice: "Surrender, otherwise all the young and strong people of Bapaiyao will die on this mountain. Even if the Australians don't take action, the Han people at the foot of the mountain will die." The village will also have to destroy each of our platoons."
At other times, Li Sanjiu, who was already the emperor of Ma Jian Pai Tu, would not have taken him seriously, but now Li Sanjiu had to bow his head. Where there is life, there is hope. "Just caress" first, then worry about it.
Pan Tianshun brought back the news of victory, Bapaiyao was willing to surrender, and Lianzhou City announced the relief.
There were approximately more than a thousand Yaoding who surrendered and were captured during the battle. Except for the hundreds who fled, almost the entire army was wiped out. Since almost all the men of the Eight Pai Yao were mobilized, and most of the leaders of each platoon also arrived at Lianzhou City, their casualties were not small, at least one-third of them were killed or injured in the battle.
"Treat the wounded and bury the dead." Huang Chao issued the order. "The prisoners were given road notes and allowed to go home. The leaders of each platoon remained in the camp as hostages - and were handed over to the temporary nationals of Yangshan. The military team will take care of it."
The road note was issued because they had to pass through Luming Pass to return to Badaiyao. Without the road note, they would not be able to pass at all.
"Is it appropriate to release them all?" Fu Debang was worried, "Will they have to rebel when they go back?"
Zhou Liangchen also hurriedly came to suggest that he should take this opportunity to massacre all the captured people and deal with Bapaiyao once and for all.
"Bapaiyao suffered heavy losses this time. More than 600 men were killed in the battle alone - this is not a small number." Huang Chao said, "The number of men in Bapaiyao probably does not exceed 5,000. "
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