Beiqi Mountain, northwest. ◢Sui*dream◢小*.lā
There are many rocks, huge and messy. The mountain is quite steep, making it easy to hide.
"Brother Big Dog, the county captain just sent someone over to say that after winning this battle, each person can receive two taels of silver. If he can kill a rebel, he can also get a reward of one tael of silver." A man wearing a patchwork coat Xiangyong in linen clothes came over and said to the person hiding behind the boulder.
"Sangou, is this true?" Li Dagou asked in surprise.
"Brother Gou, how dare I lie about this!" Li Sangou argued hurriedly.
"Haha... That's good. I just said, those dog officials force us to fight. If there are any benefits, I and them are fools." Li Dagou said happily.
"Brother Big Dog, I heard some people say that these rebels are good people. Once they conquer a piece of land, they will give it to poor people like us. Isn't it bad for us to resist them?" asked a person next to him.
"Ermu, others didn't call you wrong, you are just a piece of wood. Have you ever thought about what would happen if we don't come? Besides, it's unclear whether the rebels will divide the land, but now the dog officer is giving It’s just free money.” Li Dagou looked at Li Ermu with disdain and said.
"Sangou, do you think you've ever seen white money?" Li Dagou asked the visitor.
"No, Brother Big Dog. We usually rarely see copper coins. Where can we see silver." Sangou, who had just come over to talk, replied.
"No, let's work together to kill a few more rebels later. Sangou, you have enough money to marry your little girl." Li Dagou said with a smile, which made Li Sangou touch his bare forehead in embarrassment. .
"Brother Big Dog, the rebels are here." Li Gou Si next to Li Big Dog called in a low voice.
Li Dagou gently poked his head out and looked down the mountain, but that was not the case.
The bandit-suppressing army was not far from the mountain. Watching their footsteps, they would reach the ambush point in a short while.
"Everyone, please be careful and don't make any noise to disturb the rebels. Anyone who violates the rules will be beheaded immediately and the whole family will be executed. Do you understand?" A low-pitched order from the green camp supervisor came from behind.
"yes…"
A few sporadic replies came.
"I will follow the order to attack. Anyone who dares to disrupt the morale of the army will be beheaded; anyone who dares not to advance will be beheaded; anyone who dares to retreat without mercy will be beheaded. Do you all know?" Another deep shout came.
Although the voice was low, the three killing words scared these village warriors to death.
"The rebels are approaching, so stay hidden."
…
"Brother Big Dog, what are the rebels doing?" Li Ermu pointed at the bandit suppressing troops not far from the ambush point and said.
Li Dagou looked out again and saw that the bandit suppressing army was pushing cannons forward. There is no such thing as a cannon in Yudu County, and Li Dagou has never seen one, so naturally he can't understand it.
At this time, the bandit suppression army was at the Iron Fist Camp.
"Commander Xu, please let our logistics auxiliary troops participate in this battle no matter what." Zhao Wangquan, the battalion commander of the logistics auxiliary troops, asked Xu Liguo of the Iron Fist Battalion of the regular army.
"Captain Zhao, this is a bit against the rules. Isn't it, Commander Li!" Xu Liguo looked at Wangshan, the commander of his battalion, and asked.
"This is indeed inconsistent with the rules of our bandit suppression army. After all, the work of the auxiliary army battalion is not a frontal battlefield. The auxiliary soldiers do not need to participate in the battle unless they are forced to do so." Wang Shan, the leader of the battalion, nodded and replied.
"That's not what you said, Wang Junzheng. What kind of battlefield is this? It's just a bunch of rabble. There's no need for you to take action against the rabble. If the rabble doesn't let us take action, when will we, the auxiliary soldiers, become regular troops?" Another logistician said. Liu Yitang, commander of the auxiliary barracks, said.
"Here, Battalion Commander Xu. You have the final say on military matters. What do you think?" Wang Shan looked at Xu Liguo and asked.
"According to what the brothers in the scout department have discovered, it will be easier if the brothers in the auxiliary army help share the pressure." Xu Liguo looked at the two auxiliary battalion commanders who were staring at him and had no choice but to say something.
"Okay, I will explain the situation to the superiors when the time comes." Wang Shanxian replied.
"Okay, thank you Captain Wang and Battalion Commander Xu." The two thanked them happily.
"The two battalion commanders, let's discuss how to arrange the troops first!" Xu Liguo said.
"Okay..." the two replied happily.
"In this way, we will bombard with artillery here in a while. Then my battalion will be the center army, Battalion Commander Zhao and you will be the left wing, and Battalion Commander Liu will be the right wing. Is there any problem?" Xu Liguo said after discussion.
"no problem…"
"So much the better…"
The two replied happily.
…
"Bang...bang...bang..."
In the Beiqi Mountains, the sound of shells was deafening.
At this moment, three three-pound artillery pieces of the bandit suppressing army were firing shells rapidly at Beiqi Mountain.
"Battle Commander Xu, what kind of shell is this? It's so loud and it can explode." Yuan Wu, the guard captain next to Xu Liguo, asked.
"This is the latest artillery shell. I heard that it was made for the navy. Later, when our commander heard about such a good thing, he went directly back to Guangzhou to ask for it. Even so, we didn't get much. We also had a hard time this time. Just over thirty." Xu Liguo replied.
After the artillery fired three times, it stopped in order to save shells.
"Brothers, the rebels have no more artillery shells. Charge them all!" Wang Zaiyuan on the mountain gave an order loudly.
Now that ambush is impossible, the only option is to attack by force.
Fortunately, the bandit suppressing army did not fire much artillery fire and only fired a few artillery shells. Although the damage caused to the ambushing Qing army was not great, the effect was extremely good.
If the artillery bombardment of the bandit suppressing army had not been rapid and short-lived, it is estimated that these ambushing Qing troops could have been defeated by direct artillery bombardment without the soldiers of the bandit suppressing army fighting.
Following Wang Zaiyuan's order, the Xiangyong and Green Camp soldiers who were ambushing in ambush had to rush forward regardless of whether they wanted to or not. As for those Xiangyong who refused to go out, they all went out one after another after being killed by the green battalion soldiers who were monitoring them.
At this moment, most of the Qing troops had forgotten the joy of receiving the silver reward. Many people's minds were blank and they just ran forward with the footsteps of everyone.
"Kill..."
The Qing army shouted and rushed down the mountain. The crowd was turbulent and chaotic, and there was even a stampede.
At this moment, the three square formations of the bandit suppression army were waiting solemnly.
To outsiders, this funny scene looked like the Qing army had more rebels, while the bandit suppressors looked more like the soldiers of the imperial court.
"Dong...dong...dong..."
The war drums of the bandit suppression army sounded.
The heavy drum beat made the green battalion soldiers rushing in front feel nervous.
"Is this really a rebel? Why does it look more elite than the elite of the imperial court?" Many Qing soldiers who saw it naturally thought.
"Pah...pah..."
A brief volley of gunfire rang out.
