"Brothers, I have won the opportunity for you. From now on, it's up to you whether you want to eat or eat porridge."
"In front of you are a bunch of people who have never held a knife. If you can't even beat these guys, don't shout about how powerful you are in front of me in the future - it's a shame."
Zhao Wangquan looked at the swarming Qing troops and made the final mobilization before the war. I saw him patting his cheek as he spoke, for fear that he might not speak vividly enough.
Finally, Zhao Wangquan shouted with all his strength to the soldiers of his battalion: "Everyone, tell me if you have the confidence to kill them."
"have…"
A neat voice shouted in reply.
After the shouts from the left wing came out, there was also a uniform shout from the right wing.
"Snapped…"
"Snapped…"
More than a hundred musketeers in the Chinese army were divided into two rows, and the sound of volleys continued to be heard.
The Qing army originally expected to wait for the bandit-suppressing army to enter the pocket and then encircle it, in order to completely annihilate the bandit-suppressing army. But they didn't expect the bandit suppressing army to discover them at the entrance of the pocket and launch a bombardment.
Nowadays, the Qing army can only use a concave formation and rely on the large number of people to overcome them.
However, as the distance got closer, the Qing army's casualties continued to increase. Today, the Qing army Xiangyong has not retreated completely because there are too few musketeers in the bandit suppression army, and the green battalion inspectors' ruthless law enforcement is holding them on.
The distance kept getting closer, just as the Qing army was preparing to organize archers to shoot a wave of arrows.
"Bang...bang...bang..."
At this moment, the artillery fire of the bandit suppressing army sounded again.
Shotgun shells filled with iron bead fragments were emitted in a fan-shaped pattern along with the flames ejected from the cannon muzzle.
"ah…"
The three artillery pieces fired out and instantly wiped out the Qing troops who rushed in front of the bandit suppressing army. Those who can die directly are happy and do not know pain, while those who do not die can only lie on the ground and howl in pain.
Artillery is always a fear of new recruits. If the continuous firing of guns before had only continued to weaken the morale of the Qing army, the sound of cannon fire again completely defeated the last courage of the Qing army Xiang Yong.
"If you can't beat me, run away!"
Some people shouted loudly and ran away. Many rural warriors even dropped their knives and farm tools and ran away.
The horrific scene of death and injury in front of him completely frightened Xiang Yong who rushed forward. At most they only fight, and rarely kill anyone. But there were bleeding corpses all over the ground, and there were constant wailings. When had they ever seen such a scene?
At this moment, no one is still thinking about the silver reward, and no one is thinking about killing the thief. Some are just thinking about how to escape from this hell on earth.
A major retreat on the battlefield often starts with a small wave of people fleeing. If it can be suppressed from the beginning, it will have little impact.
However, the green battalion soldiers responsible for supervising Xiang Yong were also frightened by the bloody battlefield. For many years, they had not experienced a bloody war. How could they bear the bloodshed before their eyes on the battlefield?
Xiang Yong's retreat even directly triggered the retreat of many green battalion soldiers who were monitoring the situation. How is this a war? It was clearly a one-sided massacre. So many people were dead before the rebels even got close. How could they fight?
"Sir, it's not that we are not brave enough, it's just that the rebels are too powerful. This battle is really unwinnable, and we can't be blamed." Some Green Camp soldiers had even thought of ways to retreat.
The sudden retreat of the Qing army stunned the auxiliary soldiers of the bandit suppression army who took out their knives and prepared for a bloody battle.
"Is this... still a war?" Many auxiliary soldiers couldn't help but ask in their hearts.
At this moment, the Chinese army ordered the pursuit to begin.
The left and right wings also issued orders to pursue.
"You bitch, don't run away so fast. I don't have military merit yet." An auxiliary soldier shouted loudly to the defeated soldiers running in front.
"I want to become a regular army, you bunch of bullshits come back quickly and fight!" Another auxiliary soldier shouted.
However, instead of provoking the fleeing Qing troops to turn around and resist, these words made them speed up their escape.
Beiqi Mountain
The mountain is steep and sloping, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The mountain that should have been conducive to the Qing army's attack has now become a nightmare for many rural warriors.
"Damn it, why didn't you think this mountain was so difficult to climb just now?" On the mountainside, a breathless country warrior was yelling and cursing.
Suddenly, Xiang Yong felt someone pushing him from behind.
"Wang...Liumao, you...you can't...go...if you have...the strength here...to talk...if you don't...just run a few more steps. If you don't climb over the mountain quickly...escape, the rebels will catch up in a moment...the rebels will catch up... I see you are not allowed to be beheaded." Xiangyong looked back, but it was Li Dagou from the same village who was also panting and pushing him away.
"Old... I can't fucking move, let them do it if you want to kill or behead me!" Following Li Dagou's words, Wang Liumao lost his last strength and slumped down on a stone, with a look of resignation. A respectful look.
"Wang...Liumao, you...you have the guts. I won't accompany you to die here. If you are not afraid of death, I will still live! I will escape by myself." Li Dagou couldn't help but get angry when he saw Wang Liumao.
"Li Dagou, haven't you been clamoring about how many rebels you want to kill before? Why don't you go down and kill them now?" Wang Liumao, who had regained his breath a little, asked as he looked at Li Dagou's back.
Hearing this, Li Dagou turned around.
"Wang Liumao, don't you know what the rebels below are like? Why don't you go down and kill them." Li Dagou pointed at Wang Liumao, who was sitting slumped on the stone slab and shouted.
"I never thought about coming in the first place. It was just those dog officials who forced me to come. Now I have experienced it. If you can escape, just run away. If you can't escape, forget it." Wang Liumao took a few deep breaths and said:
"By the way, I just saw your Ermu and Sangou."
"Really, great. Where are they?" Li Dagou asked happily. From the very beginning when they rushed down, they were scattered by the crowd. Li Dagou saw that the situation was not right, so he quickly retreated and ran away.
"The two of them didn't run over just now. They seemed to have knelt down and surrendered." Wang Liumao replied.
"What? It must be Ermu pulling Sanmao. Why don't you know how to escape? What will you do if you are caught by the rebels?" Li Dagou said anxiously.
I saw Li Dagou also slumped down on a stone slab and sighed and said: "Forget it, I won't run away. Just do whatever you want!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed..."
As Li Dagou finished speaking, the voice of the bandit suppressing army calling for surrender came from the battlefield.
Waves of calls to surrender announced the end of the war. The bandit suppression army won with overwhelming force, and less than a quarter of the Qing army escaped.
What Xu Liguo didn't expect was that the Qing army's Green Camp garrison Wang Zaiyuan and the county magistrate Cui Yixian were captured by their organization Xiang Yong when they were escaping and were sacrificed.
"You will be punished if you commit any unrighteousness. You two people who betrayed your ancestors and rebelled against the king for the sake of the Tatars really don't know whether to live or die. Your ancestors' face has been completely ruined by you!" Xu Liguo pointed at the man who was being killed. The two men on the ground yelled and cursed.
