Chapter 077
In fact, the worst victims of war are always ordinary people.
Don't look at the fact that Kong Youde targeted the gentry and landlords in order to obtain food and money. However, the problem is that in such clearly targeted attacks, it is always ordinary people who suffer.
The Deng family compound in Zhaoyuan County was the first landlord's compound in Kong Youde's tribe to be attacked. The Deng family's food and wealth were completely robbed. Although seventy-four members of the Deng family died, the problem is that the Deng family in Zhaoyuan was not exterminated. Normally, the Deng family's south mountain house is the weakest and does not show off. It is not even qualified to live in the Deng family's old house. No.
Deng Chaoxian, the head of Nanshanfang who was sent to Huang County to take charge of family production, learned that Kong Youde was leading his men to attack the Deng family compound. However, liquidation began.
Regardless of whether he had received food from Kong Youde at that time or whether there was no one in his family, he was framed as a thief. Especially Zheng Laoshi from the next village. His eldest son Zheng Dagui got sick two years ago and had no money for treatment. He ultimately failed. Zheng Dagui, who had died of illness for two years, was still framed as a thief.
Zheng Laoshi's family of five were sentenced to hanging. As a result, the land and property of Zheng Laoshi's family were quickly divided up. Just like dozens of wealthy families and powerful people in Zhaoyuan County whose houses were captured by Kong Youde's army, but some of them were not exterminated. Naturally, they used their influence and power to confuse right and wrong, make things out of nothing, and rob their families. The losses are passed on to the people. Deng Chaoxian's approach is not an exception, but a basic operation.
This is like a very classic case in later generations. In the field of herbal tea, Jiaduobao, Wanglaoji and Heqizheng are basically three-thirds of the world. Wonglaoji competes with Jiaduobao, but Heqizheng is gone.
In fact, this just represents a truth, weakness is the original sin.
In history, whenever the wolf tribe in the north of the Central Plains Dynasty encountered a white disaster or a black disaster on the grasslands, the people in the northern counties would definitely be unlucky in the end. Because the wolves on the grassland suffered losses from natural disasters, they would be passed on to the people in the north.
Of course, there are exceptions. In the winter of the third year of Zhenguan, the East Turks encountered a rare blizzard. Jieli Khan led a dozen East Turks to go south. Then Li Jing led 3,000 Tang troops to attack Yinshan at night. The East Turks were gone. Jieli Khan gave Li Shimin Went dancing.
Relatively speaking, the common people are always a vulnerable group. Even if the landlords and powerful people suffer military disasters, as long as they are not exterminated, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it is the common people who will suffer in the end.
Refugees are the weather vane of the enemy's attack. Although Kong Youde's strength has skyrocketed, his more than a thousand cavalry have also been dragged down. The refugees can always rush into our own defense line one step ahead of the enemy. These people must have been frightened. They all ran away without their lives. The children could not find their parents, the mothers could not find their children, the elderly were helpless, and they cried loudly all the way.
When a large number of refugees from Zhaoyuan poured into Laizhou Prefecture, Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, panicked. He hurriedly called for help from Sun Yuanhua in Dengzhou Prefecture. Sun Yuanhua was now an empty frame, asking for soldiers but no soldiers, no food, and money. There is no money, and if you want weapons and equipment, you don't have weapons and equipment.
Sun Yuanhua's method of handling the matter was to write the following nine words on the official document asking for help from Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou: "I have read it, and I will forward it to Cheng Shijie for handling."
Cheng Shijie, who was originally planning to hold a swearing-in ceremony for Shen Mingyu, the leading force of the Ning Navy, at the dock of Penglai Water City, had to change his plan temporarily after seeing this official document.
Of course, Cheng Shijie actually has no bottom. Ning Haijun currently has only more than 3,000 soldiers in the camp outside Penglai Water City, including more than 1,000 new troops.
Although Kong Youde's command had more recruits, the number of people was larger. Especially after they captured the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine, Zhaoyuan County, and dozens of landlord compounds, Kong Youde's command changed their guns for guns.
Although the powerful landlords did not have much armor, a prohibited item, but the swords, guns, bows and arrows, firecrackers and artillery equipment they equipped their servants and guards were of better quality than the Ming Dynasty standard equipment in the guards.
In this case, with more than 3,000 soldiers and only less than 2,000 veterans taking the initiative to attack Kong Youde's army, which had more than 15,000 troops, Cheng Shijie was no longer absolutely sure of victory.
Cheng Shijie's help to Ning Haijun Youdusi was limited, but later generations had extremely strict control over weapons and equipment. If they were in the beautiful country, it would be easy.
Cheng Shijie can buy a few .50s and .30s through scattered transportation. He doesn't even need too many, just a few.
However, the problem is that Cheng Shijie has no way to get these things.
In desperation, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to return to his later life and buy sixty liters of gasoline, the most lethal weapon he could get his hands on.
When sixty liters of gasoline were brought over, Cheng Shijie was very weak at this time: "Come here, get me something to eat!"
"yes!"
This saves trouble. The guard has just received the dishes sent by Yang Yuniang. These are two dishes she carefully cooked for Cheng Shijie. One dish is a small rooster stewed with dried mushrooms, and the other is a fish. She first put the fish head into a pot and fried it until brown, then put it into a casserole and simmered it over a slow fire, and then concentrated on fighting the fish body.
Under Yang Yunniang's careful cooking, two home-cooked dishes, one chicken and one fish, were cooked. Cheng Shijie opened the lid and took the warm food box with him. He immediately smelled the alluring aroma, which made people salivate.
They say that if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach. Now Yang Yuniang is working hard in this direction.
Cheng Shijie's chopsticks were like the wind, as if fighting a war. The autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves and swept away the two dishes and the large bowl of rice for two people. After regaining his strength, Cheng Shijie went directly to the camp of Ning Haijun Youdusi.
"Meet the Marshal!"
"No gift!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Blow the trumpet and assemble."
Following Cheng Shijie's order, the buglers began to blow the assembly horn.
"Woooo..."
The sound of whining is majestic and exciting, reaching straight into the night sky. Upon hearing the sound of the trumpet, three thousand people immediately gathered around their respective sentry commanders, formed a column, and under the leadership of the sentry commanders, they gathered the flag at Cheng Shijie's flag as quickly as possible. The movements were rapid and orderly. It is rare that among the more than 3,000 people, not one of them made a sound. This shows how effective Ning Haijun has been in training them in the past few months.
In just one stick of incense time, more than 3,000 troops from Ning Haijun's Right Division were assembled.
With Sun Yuanhua's equipment warehouse in hand, Ning Haijun is no longer an army composed of grass-roots teams, at least 70% of the armor is achieved.
As for why the other 30% don't wear armor, it's not that Cheng Shijie doesn't have armor. The main reason is that these soldiers are thunder gunners or artillerymen. They wear iron armor, and the armor blades are clanging. The armor blades collide with each other and produce sparks. For these soldiers, For soldiers who play with artillery or thunderbolts, this is simply a joke with their lives.
More than three thousand soldiers, with spears like a forest, were in strict formation and their morale was high.
After mutinying with the navy and quickly capturing Dengzhou City and Penglai Water City, this army has undergone earth-shaking changes. In the eyes of these Ning Navy soldiers, they are the best in the world.
"Do you know why I changed my itinerary and plans and gathered you all?"
"have no idea!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the soldiers and said, "Do you still remember the duties of a soldier?"
"Remember, protect the homeland and the country, and protect the environment and the people!"
"Very good, you have not forgotten your responsibilities!"
Cheng Shijie continued: "Now Kong Youde of the Dongjiang Army has rebelled. Some of you may know this Kong Er. He is very fierce and capable of fighting. Now he is leading an army of tens of thousands to attack Laizhou City. Are you afraid? ?”
"Don't be afraid!"
Ning Haijun said in unison that in the usual battles to suppress bandits, Ning Haijun had more wolves than meat. Some soldiers were unlucky and couldn't even catch hair. But now Kong Youde's tribe has tens of thousands of troops, so this is a fat sheep, which is also land and money.
Although it was said that after Cheng Shijie issued an order to all Ning Navy officers to move to southern Liaoning, these soldiers from the Dongjiang Army suddenly became excited.
You know, they have been forced to leave their homes for more than ten years, and now they finally have the opportunity to go home. Regardless of the fact that soldiers from the Dongjiang Army are considered recruits in the Ning Haijun Army.
However, the problem is that these so-called recruits are actually fake recruits. Many of them have been fighting against the slaves for several years or more than ten years. When they were in the Dongjiang Army, they were too poor and had not enough to eat. , and there was no one who could take advantage of him, so he felt very aggrieved that he couldn't defeat Jiannu.
Now, their equipment has been greatly improved. Each soldier has a long gun, a crossbow and a dog-leg knife. With these sophisticated equipment in hand, they are confident that they can compete with the most elite white-armored soldiers of Jiannu.
Cheng Shijie said anxiously: "To be honest with you, I originally planned to lead you and others to Liaonan by boat, but it's a pity that Kong Youde, a bastard, started to cause trouble. He disrupted my plan and delayed it a lot. The soldiers are on their way home. Now I am ordering the right commander of Ning Haijun to send all the troops directly to Laizhou Prefecture to annihilate the rebels. Set off."
The Ning navy soldiers, who were fully armed to the teeth, lined up in neat lines and began to walk towards Laiyang.
Lifting their legs neatly and settling down neatly, Ning Haijun's soldiers walked towards the battlefield with Ning Haijun's unique temperament.
Laizhou Prefecture, Linguo Town.
Linguo, as the name suggests, is probably similar to the later names such as Chengxiang Township or Chengguan Town. This Chengguo Town borders Zhaoyuan County to the east and Ye County to the west.
As a town close to the capital and major transportation routes, Linguo Town had a population of more than 6,000, and was considered a prosperous town even in later generations.
But it's a pity that this is a town. The so-called town means that it has no city walls. Because commerce is developed, expansion and transportation are convenient at any time. This advantage is simply the worst result in troubled times.
At this time, in this bustling town, black smoke pillars rose into the sky, and the sound of horse hooves trampling on the stone streets of Linguo Town was extremely clear.
The entire town was engulfed in flames, with burning, looting, and cries for mercy everywhere. The corpses of hacked civilians were littered in the streets.
Kong Youde wore cotton armor studded with copper and iron nails and inlaid with iron plates, and stared fiercely at the town that was burning everywhere with a pair of sharp eyes. Although he had gathered more than 1,300 cavalrymen under his command, he was able to get rid of the large army. , the sneak attack on Linguo Town in Ye County was successful. However, the problem was that the town was too big, and it was impossible for more than 1,300 people to surround the town.
There were many wealthy families in the town. After hearing about Kong Youde's reputation, these wealthy families resisted and broke through. In the end, three to four hundred people fled to the county seat of Ye County, which was Laizhou Prefecture, thirty miles away.
Without the suddenness of attacking Ye County, Kong Youde knew that it would be difficult to capture the county seat of Ye County.
Kong Youde was very angry when he thought that he had been made trouble by Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou. The prefect Zhu Wannian was a fourth-rank civil official, and he was a general of the third rank. However, Zhu Wannian did not have a prefect in charge of the army, but he could get in Kong Youde's neck everywhere, because Unable to take revenge immediately, Kong Youde vented his anger on Linguo Town.
Originally, the military discipline of Kong Youde's army was poor, especially when the military discipline increased from more than 1,000 people to more than 15,000 people. This was actually the result of Kong Youde's intentional control. He only needed to be young and strong, that is, over 16 years old and 40 years old. Under the age of 10, otherwise his troops might really exceed 20,000 to 30,000 men, or even 40,000 men.
From this point of view, the people of Shandong have suffered from the gentry and powerful people of Shandong for too long.
As Kong Youde ordered not to seal the sword, the people of Linguo Town suffered. Unlike the powerful wealthy people who had horses, they couldn't outrun Kong Youde's cavalry, and they were no match for Kong Youde's cavalry even if they wanted to fight. After a while, The whole town of Linguo fell into the miserable scene of Shura Hell.
A seemingly large house was successfully breached by Kong Youde's rebels with the help of Neiying's servants. From inside the huge house, women's pleadings and cries were heard, as well as men's screams and begging for mercy. Voice.
It's just that all this is in vain. Kong Youde's army, which has become more animalistic, has lost its last conscience and moral bottom line.
When he entered the compound surrounded by his troops, he could see killed servants, servants and older women everywhere in the compound.
The unscrupulous smiles of Kong Youde's soldiers could be heard in many rooms, accompanied by faint bursts of mournful cries.
"Commander!"
At this time, a thin woman wearing a small cowhide armor bowed towards Kong Youde and saluted.
This woman is called Qiao Siniang, and she was rescued from the firewood shed when Kong Youde attacked the Deng family compound. Qiao An'er became rich through dyeing cloth because of her father Qiao Meng's industriousness and thrift in running the house. After years of hard work, Made some money.
As the saying goes, the common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of the crime. Qiao Mengde's wealth attracted the prying eyes of the Deng family. The Deng family set up a trap to introduce Qiao Mengde's old son and Qiao Siniang's sixth brother Qiao Pu into the game. Qiaopu was deceived by the Deng family's casino and lost all his money. Qiaopu was so distraught that he borrowed a gambling debt of two thousand taels from the Deng family.
After the interest was compounded, Qiao Mengde could not repay the debt even if he sold out all his property. When he saw Qiao Pu being cut off by the Deng family for seventeen or eight yuan and sent to Qiao's family, Qiao Mengde was furious on the spot. Qiao Siniang was caught and tortured by the Deng family, because Qiao Mengde, as a rich generation, was also a ruthless person.
He burned the family's secret recipe for dyeing cloth and all the fabrics in stock. Although the Deng family felt pain for the Qiao family's thousands of pieces, they burned them, but they were determined to get the recipe for dyeing cloth. Unfortunately, Qiao Siniang didn't know the Qiao family's secret recipe for dyeing cloth.
After being tortured for a long time, Qiao Siniang was rescued by Kong Youde.
Even though she was a woman, Qiao Siniang turned a blind eye to the screams of the women around her. She even believed that all wealthy people and powerful men should die.
Qiao Siniang even controlled several handsome young women in the compound and handed them over to Kong Youde.
Kong Youde is not a saint, he is also a villain.
When Kong Youde entered the main room in the inner courtyard, a woman's screams immediately rang out.
At this moment, a cavalry commander from the Dongjiang Army walked toward the compound.
When passing by the hanging flower gate, Qiao Siniang reached out and stopped the manager: "You can't go in!"
"Emergency military situation!"
Qiao Siniang looked at the house and said, "Commander, you are in high spirits, you can go ahead!"
"I……"
This boss has been with Kong Youde for more than six years. He knows Kong Youde's temper. If he rushes there now, he will definitely lose two ounces of meat.
I felt a cold feeling between my legs: "I'd better wait!"
After half an hour, Kong Youde pushed the door open and walked out.
He looked at his confidant at the door and asked, "Is something wrong?"
"The officers and soldiers are coming!"
"coming?"
Kong Youde smiled slightly: "Aren't they just officers and soldiers who can be defeated in one strike? What are you afraid of?"
"It's Ning Haijun!"
"interesting!"
Kong Youde smiled faintly: "I have heard about Fatty Cheng for a long time. He is a kind-hearted person. He actually took down Dengzhou City over a disagreement. Siniang!"
"The general is here!"
"You go and select some things for Fatty Cheng from the supplies we seized. The silver... is about eight thousand taels. I can't get rid of anything less. Now I just discovered that the silver can neither be eaten nor drunk. It is completely useless." use!"
Kong Youde was not afraid of Cheng Shijie, but because his lips were dead and his teeth were cold.
Don't look at Kong Youde's easy words. Shandong is the heavily-garrisoned area of the Ming Dynasty. There are more than 200,000 troops. Although there are many vacancies, he knows better what the more than 15,000 elite troops under his command are.
Once the imperial court reacted and mobilized troops from Henan, Nanjing, and Northern Zhili, he simply couldn't handle it. In the face of Cheng Shijie, a big rebel, he was just a child.
Cheng Shijie occupied Dengzhou City and captured Sun Yuanhua alive. Once the court took action, Cheng Shijie would be the first to take the blame. Kong Youde also wanted Cheng Shijie to block his gun from the front.
Qiao Siniang quickly found gifts for Cheng Shijie, totaling more than 8,000 taels of silver, 2,000 shi of grain, and antique calligraphy and paintings, totaling more than 30 carloads.
Under the protection of more than a thousand troops, more than 30 carts got on and drove in the direction of Ning Haijun's arrival.
…
Daqushe Township, Qixia County, Dengzhou Prefecture.
This place is not far from Zhaoyuan County. A large number of refugees are fleeing towards Qixia County. The continuous procession of refugees and their cries are heartbreaking.
These refugees occupied the official road and really affected Ning Haijun's marching speed. Looking at more and more refugees, at the end of the refugee flow are the flames rising into the sky from the burning villages and towns...
Seeing more and more smoke pillars rising high, Cheng Shijie's face turned extremely ugly.
Both Kong Youde and Wu Sangui had people to clear their names in later generations. Qin Hui, who had been kneeling for thousands of years, also wanted to stand up. Cheng Shijie was very unhappy. Now he finally felt the taste of power.
But at the same time, Cheng Shijie was also very angry. Kong Youde was more cunning than he imagined. He actually evolved into a different kind of team. Especially his actions of dividing grain, destroying land deeds, and burning IOUs were much smarter than Li Zicheng's methods.
Li Zicheng is still the rebel general under Gao Yingxiang, and Gao Yingxiang is the rebel king of the Thirty-sixth Battalion. Gao Yingxiang's rebellion has no technical content, he only knows how to use force to coerce the people to join, but Kong Youde played it very skillfully, and his troops were originally small. , there is too much food to eat and take away.
As the number of parts increased, Kong Youde dispersed the parts and went out everywhere, and the scope of his influence became wider and wider.
Cheng Shijie said: "Let the soldiers in front drive the people to the roadside, and let's speed up the march!"
"yes!"
Zhang Yu also understood Cheng Shijie's good intentions. Now Ning Haijun is also dividing his forces for operations, especially in the south of Liaoning, which is more important. This is related to whether Ning Haijun can gain a foothold in southern Liaoning.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
As Ning Haijun's officers drove them away, these refugees were forced to walk to the roadside. Soon after, five carriages parked on the official road, blocking Ning Haijun's way.
I saw some women in the carriage. These women looked at the slowly approaching Ning Haijun soldiers and were so frightened that they began to cry. One of them, a woman in her thirties, cried so hard.
These should be the wives and concubines of a wealthy family. They probably exploited the servants and servants too much. At the critical moment, these servants and servants just threw the carriage on the side of the road, while they pointed at several women. He looked like he was watching a good show.
The military discipline of the Ming Dynasty was really bad. When they met such a delicate beauty, let alone the military discipline, I couldn't stop them. The refugees and a few servants around were waiting to see the show.
More than a dozen Ning Navy soldiers came forward and surrounded the carriage, and several women cried louder.
At this moment, these dozen Ning Navy soldiers rushed towards the carriage.
The surrounding refugees also shouted: "This is right!"
"Pull her clothes off!"
"Take off her pants!"
"Touch her (.person.) son!"
"Straight her!"
Since ancient times, watching the excitement is never too big a deal.
It was just the performance of the Ning Navy soldiers that disappointed these refugees and servants. These Ning Navy soldiers just walked to the carriage and moved the carriage to the side of the road.
The marching team of Ning Haijun soldiers continued to advance. They raised their legs and settled down neatly, without even looking at the frightened women.
Not far away, a carriage was found to have overturned, and a silver box rolled down from the carriage. Dozens of silver ingots in the silver box fell to the ground, which looked extremely dazzling under the sunlight.
However, Ning Haijun soldiers turned a blind eye and continued marching.
Because every Ning Haijun soldier knows that you can't look at things you shouldn't see, and you absolutely can't touch things you shouldn't touch.
Ning Haijun's marching speed is very fast, although Cheng Shijie has never completed the construction of mules and horses for Ning Haijun because he lacks mules and horses.
According to Cheng Shijie's plan, at least 400 four-wheeled carriages and at least 800 horses or mules are needed to complete the huge carriage supply fleet. Not to mention that Cheng Shijie had no money. Even if he had money, he would not have the place to buy so many horses and mules.
However, after Ning Haijun occupied Dengzhou City, Ning Haijun had more than 500 more war horses. However, because Shen Mingyu's troops needed more war horses, Cheng Shijie could only transfer the war horses there as the first wave of attack. Liaonan's vanguard troops.
However, Ning Haijun's marching speed still left almost everyone stunned, because it started from the camp outside Penglai Water City in Dengzhou, passed through Qixia County, and then ended up at Linglong Town in Zhaoyuan County.
The whole journey was more than 240 miles. The last time it took Ning Haijun four days, this time they only took two days, and Linglong Town already belonged to Zhaoyuan.
However, after more than 240 miles of long-distance march, Ning Haijun became exhausted.
Just when Cheng Shijie saw that it was getting late and was about to order the camp, he received a message from the scout: "Report!"
"speak!"
"There is an urgent military situation. The subordinates arrived for reconnaissance and discovered that Lou Jian, a rebel from Kong Youde's tribe, leading a thousand men and horses, was attacking Crouching Tiger Village."
Before the war, Cheng Shijie had learned through the governor's office of Dengzhou Prefecture that Kong Youde, a cavalry general, had three major soldiers under his command: Li Shaoan, Zhao Wencai, and Lou Jian. Among them, Lou Jian, whose real name was Lou Shitou, was Kong Youde's co-worker when he was absent from work. He took good care of Kong Youde at that time.
But Lou Jian is a fool, his brain is not very bright, his reaction is slower than others, but he is cruel, bloodthirsty and easy to kill.
Cheng Shijie walked to the map and found the location of Crouching Tiger Village. In later generations, this place already belonged to the urban area of Zhaoyuan City, but it was an industrial zone in the suburbs. It had a large number of gold processing plants, chemical plants, building materials factories, etc. place.
"Liu Qingsong"
"exist!"
"Take your troops and go to the vicinity of Crouching Tiger Village to attract this group of rebels!"
"yes!"
Liu Qingsong received the military order and immediately set off with more than 300 men under his command.
If Wohu Village can persist until now, it is thanks to the fact that there is an iron factory here. With the current turmoil, the demand for weapons from wealthy families has greatly increased. The iron craftsman of Wohu Village just obtained the steel from Cheng Shijie half a month ago. The factory bought more than 50,000 kilograms of steel. The steel was sold at a low price, which allowed the iron factory in Wohu Village to recruit more than 200 craftsmen.
Their ironworks factory had sixty small furnaces and more than four hundred craftsmen. They made a batch of knives, but before they could deliver them, Lou Jian led the bandits to Crouching Tiger Village.
Although Crouching Tiger Village has long been conquered, the ironworks factory has tall walls and covers an area of more than 100 acres. It is not as strong as the mansions of wealthy families. However, the owner of this ironworks factory, Sun Jingtang, is a benevolent and righteous man. Man, he eats meat himself, but gives soup to the craftsmen.
Although the craftsmen working in the iron factory did not earn much per month, they were able to have enough to eat. In this era, it is actually difficult to find such a boss.
Craftsmen fought fiercely against these rebellions in order to keep their jobs.
The iron factory has weapons and more than 400 blacksmiths. Being a blacksmith in this era requires gravity and a strong body.
Especially in the furnace of the iron factory, the coke burning inside is directly shoveled on the shovel and thrown out, like a goddess scattering flowers, and it burns into a large area.
The rebels made dozens of attacks, but failed without exception.
When Liu Qingsong came to Crouching Tiger Village with three hundred Ning navy soldiers, he found that something was wrong. There were more than a thousand rebels here, almost as many as Ning navy soldiers, a total of two to three thousand people. .
Liu Qingsong looked at these chaotic troops. He didn't know that after Lou Jian failed to attack the iron factory, he proposed to other rebel leaders to join forces.
At this time, Kong Youde's army expanded its army too quickly, and the captured equipment was far from enough to meet the demand. The Sun's Iron Factory became very important.
Through interrogating the people of Wohu Village, they have learned that Sun's Iron Factory has tens of thousands of kilograms of iron, which can make seven or eight thousand knives. It is too important for Kong Youde's tribe.
They were also determined to win, but some of the rebels who were busy looting everywhere received Lou Jian's letters, some ignored them, and some were smart but willing to cooperate with Lou Jian because he was Kong Youde's confidant.
In this way, Lou Jian's troops attacking Sun's Iron Factory exceeded 3,000 troops, and they continued to increase.
How to lure the enemy?
Liu Qingsong also had a headache.
His eyes fell on the Thunder Gun beside him.
As the commander-in-chief, Liu Qingsong also has a fire support post with a total of eight Thunder guns.
"Move the Thunder Gun forward and hit a disc. Let's retreat!"
When Liu Qingsong thought about it, if eight discs and 214 lead bullets were fired, at least ten of these rebels would die. They would definitely pursue this small force. Once they pursue, it will be easy to handle.
When Liu Qingsong's Ning navy soldiers took advantage of the darkness to approach Crouching Tiger Village, the rebels, who did not have unified command and uniforms, saw Liu Qingsong's troops approaching and thought it was some officer leading the troops.
The sentry didn't ask, and no one came to investigate. Some rebels even pointed out the location of Lou Jian to Liu Qingsong. Outside the gate of Sun's Iron Factory, there was a high platform that looked like a opera.
Liu Qingsong took advantage of the opportunity and asked: "My younger brother Liu Qingsong, I have never met General Lou. Do you know who General Lou is?"
"That's the one with the scar on his face!"
After being identified by Kong Youde's rebels, Liu Qingsong was ecstatic: "God helps me..."
Liu Qingsong's Ning navy soldiers, less than a hundred steps away from Lou Jian's position, began to quickly form an array, cock their crossbows, and establish a shooting position with thunderbolts.
A lot of work and preparations are complete.
"Ding-deng-deng..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Liu Qingsong and Ning's navy soldiers were firing with full force. As the triggers of the crossbows and thunder cannons were pulled, a continuous metallic vibrato and the roar of the thunder cannons were heard.
Although the crossbow machine and the thunder gun are fired at the same time, the crossbow machine has a low muzzle velocity, which is far less than the high muzzle speed and longer range of the thunder gun.
As the thunderbolt barrels ejected streaks of orange-red fire, which were very obvious in the darkness, almost all the rebels looked in this direction invariably.
Then……
Accompanied by the deafening thunderous sound of gunfire, a large cloud of blood mist suddenly exploded on the rebel soldiers. They screamed, hissed, and collapsed.
Large areas of rebel soldiers were shot with muskets and almost wiped out.
Lou Shu was shocked out of his wits by the almost sudden sound of gunfire. As a veteran in the army, his first reaction was not that the army was calling. What he thought was: "What the hell, what kind of gunfire is this that can hit so far..."
Other rebel soldiers were equally stunned.
One after another, the rebel soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. Lou Jian's body shook suddenly. He felt as if he was flying up. That's right, Lou Jian, a big man from Liaodong who was nearly 1.8 meters tall, was shot by 32 mm. A lead bullet hit him in the waist, and he was cut in half.
Half of his body was hit by the huge impact of the lead bullet and flew more than two meters away. He didn't even have a chance to scream and died immediately.
However, at this time, what was even more terrible was that the arrows also arrived as promised.
"Pu Chi, Pu Chi..."
The sound of crossbow arrows sounded like meat, and no one knew how many rebel soldiers were hit by the crossbows.
Liu Qingsong said quickly: "Retreat quickly. If you run too slow and they make dumplings, they won't use guns. They will punch each one. We will heal them all and they will be flat..."
Ning's navy soldiers put away their crossbows, hung the cloth straps with the crossbows on their backs, picked up their spears, faced the rebels, and slowly retreated.
As for the thunder gun soldiers, they put away their cannons and hoes, one person in front pulled the cart, and the two on the left and right pushed the thunder gun cart and ran away.
"Lord Mr. Bai!"
"Lord Mr. Bai!"
"What's wrong!"
"Something's wrong!"
Liu Qingsong turned around and looked at the rebel soldiers behind him. He found that these rebel soldiers actually dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground, and raised their hands.
Liu Qingsong was stunned: "Are they surrendering?"
"Yes, they seem to have surrendered!"
Liu Qingsong couldn't believe it. Although their attack was very sudden, the damage done to the rebels was actually limited, and very limited.
In order to deal with Lou Jian, two Thunder Gun Carts were specially used to deal with Lou Jian. The other three to four thousand rebel soldiers only had six Thunder Gun Carts with one hundred and eighty lead bullets. Even if they all hit the target, they could only kill him. There are one hundred and eighty people, and the crossbow arrow counts as one arrow, so it can only kill three to four hundred people.
As a force with three to four thousand men, with these casualties, even if it collapses, it won't lead to a collective surrender, right?
However, reality is so magical.
Liu Dingsong was not Cheng Shijie. He didn't know that the late Ming Dynasty was actually an era of comparing oneself to the other. The competition was not about who was better than the other, but who was worse than the other.
There are more than 200,000 troops in the Beijing camp. At least 60% of the soldiers' pay and supplies can be retained. The civilian officials are very corrupt, but they dare not force the more than 200,000 troops to rebel against the capital.
Once there is a mutiny in the capital, all civil servants will be killed.
The price is too high and no one is willing to bear it.
But the local guard soldiers are different. They only have one shelf left, and they can't even fill up one shelf.
"Mr. Bai, what should we do now?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
Liu Qingsong felt a little embarrassed for the first time. He looked at the three to four thousand rebel prisoners in front of him, and they were so densely packed and dark that his brain didn't even have time to think too much: "Accept their surrender!"
If Liu Qingsong did not agree to accept the surrender of these rebels, these subordinates would tear him apart.
Three to four thousand people, this is 40,000 to 50,000 acres of land.
PS: Since it was released on the 27th, I have been working during the day and coding at night for the past few days, with daily updates ranging from 12,000 to 20,000. Lao Cheng is seriously sleep-deprived. He will write less than 4,000 words tomorrow night and will go to bed at about three o'clock. Yes, I'm very sorry. I forgot to remind everyone not to wait. This chapter has 9,000 words. I will continue writing after I have some food! I wish everyone a happy New Year. What the heck, monthly tickets are doubled, so don’t keep them for the New Year!
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