As the two people were talking, Xie Youzhi came in. Listening to the two bosses excitedly giving a general introduction to the situation.
Xie Youyi said: "I agree to lead troops to fight. But there is a condition. Please give me two hundred more archers."
Wan Zhifu saw that Zhao Tongzhi had no objection and nodded in agreement: "Okay, no problem. Then when do you estimate that we can send troops?"
"Of course, the faster, the better. It's not a short distance from here to Dong Qi's station." Xie Youyi said that he would come to the map, draw on it and explain it, telling them the key to achieving surprise.
"This guy is very alert. It takes a whole night of marching from here to his station. No one can guarantee that someone will not tip him off in the meantime. If he knows that we are rushing towards him, he might turn around and run away, which will be very troublesome. Big!
I can't eat it in one bite. I wonder how much trouble this guy will make in the future! ” Magistrate Wan and Zhao Chongbi looked at each other and both said it made sense.
They know that either they don't want to fight, or if they want to fight, they have to round them up. If old gangsters like this are left alive, they will be the source of disaster!
Xie Youyi is a veteran of about forty years old and has been on the battlefield for many years. There are two scars on his face. It looks a bit scary. However, there is nothing to say about his experience, and his words are reasonable and worthy of reference.
In his opinion, Shikou is a long and narrow high hill facing the lake on three sides. From the top of the mountain, you can overlook the surrounding area for dozens of miles. Further south, only Mei Tangxuan on the Wuni Port side is slightly higher.
So Dong Qi hid in Shikou because of the terrain advantage.
During the wet season, the government troops would be spotted by the enemy's sentinels looking out for their ships if they were sent out from a long distance. However, now is the dry season. The lake has receded and a large meadow at the bottom of the lake has been exposed. The grass below the heads of people can hide the personnel and make it easier for the troops to walk. Approach at night.
"It may rain today and tomorrow. Although it won't rain heavily, it will be enough. As long as there is no big moon shining down!" Xie Youzhi said, the scars on his face trembling.
"How did you know it was going to rain?" Zhao Chongbi was surprised and asked the enemy, "Are you sure?"
Xie Youzhi chuckled twice and patted his leg: "Everyone who has been injured in war knows what it feels like. Don't worry, sir, you can't be wrong!"
So everyone decided that Xie Guerbi immediately went back to make arrangements and began to order troops at the school grounds in the city.
Zhao Tongzhi immediately sent people on horseback to cross the Changjiang River eastward, passing through Longfeng Station to Raofeng and other places. He ordered Raofeng to garrison thousands of households and lead 300 guardsmen and local warriors to Lefeng Town to set up defenses, and ordered Raobu and Zibu to A total of 300 soldiers from the guard station and their fellow villagers rushed to Chengjialing to set up defense.
The purpose of these two roads is to prevent fish that have slipped through the net from escaping to the east and southeast mountainous areas and entering the mining area.
The prefect is responsible for arranging food supplies, dispatching ships from Shuanggang, Lianhu, Gudu and other places, and will start sending troops to land at Xikou tonight.
After the plan was finalized, Zhao Tongzhi first went to Pojiang Gate to explain the details to Yu Gan's messenger here, and then revised the letter and asked him to bring it to Li Dan.
Zhao Chongbi hurried to the south gate and met the staff officer sent by Li Dan on the Flower Bridge. He told him about the dispatch of troops here, and wrote a letter, asking him to tell Li Dan to capture Lulu Port and Wuni Town in time. , closed the door, preventing Dong Qi from joining Liao Huazi.
The staff officer put the letter in his satchel and put it away, saluted him with a military salute, and turned to leave.
Zhao Chongbi was surprised to see his series of actions that were completely different from those of the officers and soldiers. This was his first close contact with the members of the Qingshirt team, and he felt their capable, concise and simple style.
Then Zhao Chongbi returned to the tower and saw Wan Dajun standing there, stretching his head and looking down.
He walked over with a smile, and looked side by side with the magistrate at the ship with a pointed nose, a wide body and a narrow tail. After clearing the water, it turned its head nimbly like a big carp and rumbled towards Yugan.
Wan Zhifu held up his palms and sighed: "It's such a good boat, but it's a pity that there is only one!"
After hearing this, Zhao Chongbi thought about it and said, "I thought the ship they sent to Dongtang to intercept Dong Qi was probably a very fast ship like this." Then he joked again:
"When the war subsides, Brother Yuntai (Wan Dajun) might as well buy it from Li Dan for his own use. I think it will be very beautiful to take this boat to Beijing, which is enviable and attracts the attention of women. !」
He hinted that after the pacification of Raozhou, Wan Zhifu would be promoted for his merits, and he might even be received by the emperor. Wan Zhifu was also happy, pointed at him and said:
"I understand. It turns out that you, Zhao Anliang (also known as Zhao Chongbi), are Li Dan's agent, and you only help him sell boats?" The two laughed. Thinking that Dong Qi, who had repeatedly done evil things, would be destroyed tomorrow morning, they were both nervous and looking forward to it.
As expected, the government's strength was not bad. That night, two hundred large and small boats gathered outside the south gate, led the officers and soldiers on board, and then headed to the mouth of the creek along the waterway.
Xie Guerrilla's tactics are to divide into encirclements. The premise of this style of play is that the officers and soldiers have the upper hand, causing the opponent to lose sight of one thing and finally collapse in panic. Then the officers and soldiers can secure the victory.
Qianhu Houjin led 800 people to set off first. They entered the lake area in a small boat through the narrow waterway at the mouth of the creek. Finally, they disembarked at Ganquanzhou, crossed to Guzhu in the south, and ambush on the road from Shikou to Shizi Rock to prevent the enemy. Return to the old nest.
This is the longest and most time-consuming journey.
Zeng Yan from Zhe Qianhu sneaked into Xinfeng with 400 people in the early morning, because Xinfeng had 40 patrol inspectors and more than 100 guardsmen left. With the help of these loyal forces, they had to hide behind Dianshan for a whole day. Then as the main wing assist on the night.
Another hundred households were sent to lead three hundred regiments to Dongtang to ambush and cut off the enemy's land access. Xie Guoji personally led the main force and set out with two hundred regiments (as auxiliary troops carrying supplies) to land at Xikou in the evening of the next day.
After a night of walking and stopping, they sneaked among the grass and reeds, their feet sometimes dry and sometimes wet.
Fortunately, Zeng Yan, who arrived in Xinfeng earlier, sent an inspector who was familiar with the roads and led them to the foot of Hongbu Gang, where they took advantage of this small mound, which was only a few feet high, to rest.
A scout came forward, and the others took the time to eat, drink, sleep, and make preparations for the war.
It was indeed raining lightly in the sky, and Zhao Chongbi was already soaked inside and outside as he walked along. However, since it was his first time to participate in actual combat, his eyes were full of uncontrollable excitement.
Xie Youqi brought two hundred households to look for him, and said in a low voice: "We will go in later. Your Excellency and this Zhu Baihu will stay to guard the entrance."
"What are you doing? Do you think I can't carry the knife?" Zhao Chongbi asked dissatisfied.
"No, someone has to guard here."
"What about him?" Zhao Chongbi pointed to another hundred households.
"He has to defend Huangnitan, and the enemy may break out from there."
Zhao Chongbi rolled his eyes and said to the hundred households with a smile: "Let's switch. I'll go to Huangnitan."
"grown ups……."
"What are you afraid of?" Zhao Chongbi nuzzled at Zhu Baihu: "Isn't there him beside me?"
Xie Youzhi licked his lips, nodded and said, "That's fine! Sir, please remember that there is a bamboo bridge behind Huangnitan, which must be guarded.
However, there is a shoal twenty steps away from the southern reservoir. The people from the Inspection Department said that you can get across by wading through the water at this time. People who are not very familiar with the local area may not know.
The lake bandits have been entrenched here for many days, so it's hard to guarantee that anyone knows about it. Sir, be sure to pay attention to this! "
Zhao Chongbi agreed, and after Xie Guerba left, he asked Zhu Baihu: "How many people do you bring?"
"In response to my lord's words, I gave two hundred and forty people in humble positions."
"Okay, how about you and I each take half to guard the bridge and the ford?"
"At your command!" Zhu Baihu simply agreed and immediately agreed.
Seeing that the color in the sky was getting less dark, Zhao Chongbi became a little anxious: "What's going on? Why don't you attack?"
Zhu Baihu pursed his lips and smiled but did not answer. Only then did Zhao Chongbi realize that he seemed to be very young, about eighteen or nineteen years old. There is a short, light beard on his upper lip, and the beard on his lower jaw is still soft.
"Don't make any noise, start putting on your armor, and the corps commander and chief commander should go to the front of the queue!" A messenger whispered, running back along the queue.
A soldier opened his bag and took out the leather armor to help Zhu Baihu put it on. "My lord, don't you wear armor?" Zhu Baihu suddenly asked. Zhao Chongbi opened his collar, revealing the soft chain armor underneath.
Zhu Baihu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Zhao Chongbi, a fourth-grade civil servant, would actually follow the march and wear armor all the way here.
, couldn't help but hold his hands in admiration.
Zhao Chongbi smiled, reached out and took a weapon from his attendant, with the front end wrapped in a black cloth belt.
"When the fight breaks out later, you don't have to worry about this. I'm not a weak scholar!" Zhao Chongbi told him.
At this time, the team began to move, and people walked through the grass and trees one by one, hunched over. After a while, they crossed a wooden bridge, and there were several corpses lying on the bridge.
Zhao Chongbi guessed that it was a killed enemy soldier or sentry, but with just a glance, he ran towards Xie Guobi, who was waving to him.
"Sir, that's the Yellow Nitan over there." A soldier wearing the uniform of the inspection department stood next to Xie Youyi and showed him the way.
Zhao Chongbi looked up and saw some trees and white walls in the hazy morning light. He nodded, waved his hand behind, and the group left the main group and headed south quickly. Read the book
After running more than two hundred steps, Zhao Chongbi remembered that he had not asked if there was anyone stationed inside, but it was too late to look back, so he had to grit his teeth and rush forward.
When they were approaching the entrance of the village, there was a sudden gust of wind, and it happened that Zhao Chongbi was about to cross a field bank.
He jumped down and heard the "Ouch" sound from behind, and then another arrow flew towards him. The arrowhead sank into the soil, and its tail feathers swayed slightly.
Zhao Chongbi looked angrily to the left and forward, while speeding up his steps, he took off the cover of the weapon and threw it to the ground. It turned out that it was a steel spear with a one-foot-long tip and two yellow tassels at the end.
Then the third arrow arrived, and he hit the ground with the tip of his spear.
"Whoosh", someone from behind shot an arrow, and someone fell down from the big camphor tree. When Zhao Chongbi turned around, it was Zhu Baihu who stood on the field ridge and shot the arrow.
"I'm going to Qiaotou!" Zhu Baihu shouted, turned around and led people to the southeast.
At this time, Zhao Chongbi could no longer stop and ran straight into the street, and almost bumped into a gangster at the intersection. The guy turned around and ran away, but Zhao Chongbi rushed forward and stabbed him in the back of the heart. He twitched twice and then ran out of breath.
"Sir, are you okay?" A sentry commander caught up and stepped on the body to help him pull out his gun.
"Quick, half of us search for the remnants of the enemy, and the rest quickly go to the place about twenty steps behind the pond. There is a ford there where you can cross the river. Someone will ambush nearby to stop any lake bandits who want to cross the river!"
"Follow the order!" The sentry commander directed three soldiers to follow Zhao Chongbi, and he quickly led them to the river.
Soldiers immediately began to seize and search the village. Zhao Chongbi ran a little too fast just now. He leaned on his gun and gasped for a few times. Only then did he remember the three arrows and felt a little scared.
A general flag officer came over and reported that the prisoners told him that there were more than fifty people in the village, more than a dozen had been killed or captured, and there were still thirty people, most of whom were hiding in a wealthy family's house and resisting.
"Kill anyone who dares to show their weapons at you. We don't have time to argue with them. If we hide in the house and don't come out, we will use smoke!" Zhao Chongbi knew that this was just a warning post and of little value.
Sure enough, as soon as they saw the officers and soldiers holding firewood, the people in the house were so frightened that they shouted, quickly threw away their weapons and went out to kneel down and surrender.
As soon as the work was finished here, I heard shouts from the west to kill Zhentian. Soon a soldier ran over and shouted: "Sir, here we come, here we come, there are many people, they are all running this way!"
It turned out that Zhu Baihu had experience and asked his subordinates to imitate the enemy and climb up the camphor tree to set up a lookout post. When they saw the enemy's situation, they immediately came down to spread the news.
Zhao Chongbi left ten men to guard the prisoners, and the rest followed him to the entrance of the village to block the attack.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the entrance of the village, my mind was blown. The enemy had no intention of entering the village. Some of them went north, and some were probably smarter. The number was not large, but they separated and went south. Damn this village is useless to them!
"Follow me!" Zhao Chongbi was anxious. If they rushed across the shoal and escaped, he, a dignified fourth-grade fellow, would lose all face! He took the lead and rushed towards Huangnitan.
At this time, there were already shouts of killing in Huangnitan. The ambush suddenly appeared, and the bandits were shocked to see the ambush here. They hurriedly resisted with all their strength. Those who escaped to the other side were killed by more than a dozen officers and soldiers who jumped out of the grass in an instant.
However, the hope of survival lies ahead, and the Lake Bandits still burst out with stubbornness.
Although they were scattered with no formation or command, everyone fought desperately, and the number was getting larger and larger.
When Zhao Chongbi arrived, he happened to cut into the opponent from behind, which indeed caused some chaos.
But these people were obviously experienced and old bandits. Three or five of them gathered around to fight against the officers and soldiers, and sometimes a dozen or so people could not hold them back.
Suddenly, another wave of enemies rushed in. This time, the officers and soldiers were attacked from both sides. The situation reversed and the officers and soldiers began to fall one by one.
The gun in Zhao Chongbi's hand became slippery with blood. He loudly encouraged his men and adjusted his manpower to weak areas.
Some gangsters saw him and paid attention to him, and shouted: "Kill him, that's a yellow belt!" Then gangsters began to rush towards this direction desperately.
Zhao Chongbi snorted, and suddenly stabbed an elderly gangster in the ribs with his gun, and then shouted: "The descendants of Emperor Taizu can only die in battle and never surrender!"
When the soldiers heard this, two shields immediately approached him.
"Don't come over, go forward and kill the thief, leave me alone!" As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow came with a sound of wind, and was knocked away by the big gun.
"You have no guts, you are plotting in secret, what a hero!" After Zhao Chongbi finished cursing, he felt his waist feel heavy, and there was another feathered arrow. Fortunately, it failed to penetrate the armor. He spat, pulled out the arrow, and dodged. He passed another arrow, but his feet slipped and he fell sideways.
"Young man with a yellow belt, take your life!" A fierce man knocked away the soldier with his shield and swung the hammer in his hand, but his eyes suddenly opened wide, an arrow came out from the back of his neck, and his body fell down with a "clunking" sound.
Zhao Chongbi looked up to the shore and saw Zhu Baihu again. He fired three arrows in a row and hit three people. He turned around and dropped his bow and shouted. He took a simple knife thrown by his subordinates and rushed into the crowd, chopping melons and vegetables as invincibly as he could.
The twenty or thirty people following him also shouted and rushed into the enemy group. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements and the strong morale of the officers and soldiers, Zhao Chongbi also got up, picked up his gun and rejoined the battle.
A quarter of an hour later, with the arrival of hundreds of officers and soldiers who were pursuing them, the remaining lake bandits finally couldn't hold on any longer and either jumped into the river or knelt down and surrendered. Those who were standing had no heads.
Zhao Chongbi came to Zhu Baihu, who was sitting on the ground and grinned happily at him, and stretched out his hand to pull him up. "Brother, you saved me twice, how can I thank you?"
"It's my humble duty." Zhu Baihu replied.
"What a great responsibility." Zhao Chongbi nodded: "I will remember you." After saying that, he looked back at the body of the strong man and shouted: "Bring a prisoner over and identify him. Who is this guy?"
Soon, two prisoners were dragged over and thrown to the ground. After a while, cheers were heard, and a small flag came over to salute: "Congratulations, sir, that guy is Dong Qi. He thought that no one knew this road, and he died unexpectedly." In your hands!"
"Find a few more people to see if it's the thief!" Zhao Chongbi said and pointed at Zhu Baihu: "But this is the credit of Zhu Baihu's amazing shooting. I don't dare to take the credit!" Everyone called for a few more people. After identification, it was finally determined that this was really Dong Qi.
"Well done!" Zhao Chongbi patted Zhu Baihu on the shoulder with appreciation and gave a thumbs up: "Zhu Baihu shot through the poplar at a hundred steps and shot the bandit commander Dong Qi to death. With a simple sword, it was like entering an uninhabited land, and he helped many victims to be blind. Revenge was taken. Let’s give him a shout!”
"Okay!" Hundreds of people on the river bank cheered loudly, which shocked the birds on both sides of the river to fly and linger for a long time.
