Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 747 The Undefeated Legend of the Wolf Soldier

Although Guangxi is located in a remote place in the southwest, by now, the wasteland in the area under the jurisdiction of Wuzhou Prefecture has been completely developed.

Since the "San Francisco Rebellion" was put down, there has been no war in Guangxi.As the Qing court spared no effort to implement the immigration policy, a large number of Guangdong immigrants poured into Guangxi. So, except for those places where sand and rocks accumulated and were difficult to cultivate, even the rugged valleys were burned and cultivated, and rice, including buckwheat, Various grains including broad beans and peanuts.

Some people may say corn and sweet potatoes. Sorry, the corn planting area is mainly in Guizhou, and there are very few plants in Guangxi.Historically, it was not until the Daoguang period that corn, that is, corn, was widely promoted in the mountainous areas of Guangxi. The reason for this change was actually the degradation of cultivated land caused by excessive land reclamation.

Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, the entire river valley is golden as far as the eye can see. The rice that is about to mature is like a huge and undulating yellow carpet spread among the green mountains. The surrounding peaks and hills are covered with masson pine, fir trees and various Bamboo, the scenery is really pleasing.

However, Chen Wenxiu and the twenty soldiers under him were not in the mood to look at the scenery, they had seen too many such scenes in Hoi An and Java Island.Their current appearance is similar to that of the beautiful country soldiers who walked in the rice fields of Vietnam more than 100 years later. They wore green combat uniforms, sleeves rolled up, steel helmets, fixed belts on their chins, and rifles in both hands. On the ridge.

When they rushed north along the east bank of the Jianjiang River for more than two miles, Meng Denggao and his men appeared on the golden "carpet" like black ants.It's just that because the distance between the two sides is one kilometer, and there is a hill more than 30 meters high in the middle, they didn't find each other.

Now Meng Denggao's first goal is to occupy the hills ahead and use it as a foothold for the next battle.

There is a saying in the art of war, where the army is against the enemy, the mountains are far away from the valleys, the place of life is high and the land is easy, the right back is high, the front dies and the back lives.What this means is that when fighting in mountainous areas, you should choose a "natural place" that is high and sunny; while fighting in plains and hilly areas, you should choose a place with flat terrain, preferably with your back against a high place, with the front low and the back high.

As an [-]th-century intellectual capable of both literary and military skills, although Meng Denggao had never been on the battlefield, he was familiar with military books, such as "Sun Tzu", "Wu Zi", and "Sima Fa" Several gangsters were caught in the county.

Historically, before the Jiaqing period, in addition to passing the outfield examinations such as bow horse riding and archery in the martial arts examinations of the Qing court, it was also necessary to pass the infield examinations of "one strategy and two theories".According to the Qing Dynasty martial arts examination papers preserved by later generations, it can be said with certainty that the martial arts students in the Shunkang and Yonggan periods were all proper intellectuals, and the writing in lower case, tsk tsk, is better than that of Zhao who has practiced calligraphy for several years. Everything is new.

So Mr. Meng Xiucai and Mr. Meng Qian sent a ten-member team to climb the mountain first, and he led a large team to follow behind.On the other side, Chen Wenxiu also planned to climb up this hill. Without the drone, he could only climb up and look far away, but he sent two pioneers.

Although the wolf soldiers from Pinglefu were all mountain hunters, and they had no difficulty climbing a hill of more than 30 meters, they were far inferior to the scouts of the Beihai Navy in terms of physical fitness.Just started climbing over there, and the two soldiers here were like rabbits, swishing and swishing to the middle of the mountain in a blink of an eye.You must know that during the war, time is always counted by minutes and seconds.

Now being a scout in the Beihai Navy is a particularly enviable thing. Among other things, there is a daily quota of half a catty for meat alone, and there is no limit to canned fish.All the people who knew about it were envious and jealous. These days, even big landlords only eat a few catties of meat during festivals.

After the two soldiers came to the top of the mountain, they quickly looked around and felt that everything was normal. One of them turned on the walkie-talkie and reported the situation to Chen Wenxiu at the foot of the mountain.Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the companion in charge of security heard a slight abnormal noise, and hurriedly made a gesture, and the two immediately dodged and hid behind the tree.

Ten seconds later, in the one-meter-high grass more than ten meters away, two guys wrapped in black turbans and wearing floral armor and armor slowly emerged from bottom to top.One of the leaders held a small round shield, and in the other hanging down he held a six-inch iron javelin with one dangling from his mouth.The person walking behind him held crossbows in both hands.

This kind of javelin is a unique weapon for wolf soldiers. It is called "iron standard". The whole body is made of fine iron, and the head is sharp and sharp.When going into battle, hold it with four fingers, and put the tail against the palm of your hand. When you encounter an enemy, you can swing your hands out. It can reach as far as [-] steps, and can penetrate iron armor.

Whether it is a crossbow arrow or an iron mark, it is smeared with the unique "poison venom" in Guangxi-that is, snake venom, and it is not one kind, but a mixture of many kinds.Except for the antidote that the wolf soldiers brought with them, they would die if they saw blood.

Immediately behind the two wolf soldiers came three guys with pick knives and steel forks, all in the same attire.The pick knife is a standard weapon of the Green Army of the Qing Army. It is 70 meters long, with a long and narrow blade of more than 1.5 centimeters, and a [-]-meter-long wooden handle underneath.Immediately afterwards, several Qing soldiers also showed their figures.

Seeing that more and more Qing troops emerged from the grass, and Chen Wenxiu behind him hadn't come up yet, the two scouts only hesitated for a moment, raised their rifles and opened fire.

"Crack~~! Crack~~! Ah~~!" The two leading wolf soldiers were shot and killed without any accident.However, almost at the same time, a wolf soldier who was walking behind the two also fell down and let out a heart-piercing scream.

Because the 7.62mm bullets used by the Beihai Navy had too strong penetrating power, coupled with the close-range shooting, the bullet first passed through the chest and back of the person in front, and then hit the target with blood and visceral residues. The abdomen of the person behind broke the intestines.

The few remaining wolf soldiers didn't know what happened, how did they lose three in one fell swoop?One of them hurriedly leaned over to check, but he didn't know that this action saved his life.Just at this dazed time, the crisp voice sounded again, and the companion standing beside him fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, while another bullet whizzed past his turban.

Wang Yuanfang, the ancestor of the Northern Navy's scouts, has a famous saying: the first enemy to fire is king.

Well, he didn't actually say this, but he heard it from his superiors when he was a soldier.It means that it doesn't matter if you can hit it or not, at least you can scare the enemy into hiding, so that you have a chance to fire a second shot.Otherwise, after aiming for a long time, is there any difference between hitting the left eye and the right eye?

"There is a situation! Squad [-]! Detour from the right side of the mountainside! The others follow me!"

Chen Wenxiu, who had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, heard gunshots from the walkie-talkie and immediately gave an order.He swung the rifle from his shoulder to the front, held it in his hand, and used his hands and feet to speed up.

On the other side, Meng Denggao, who had already climbed halfway up the mountain, also heard the movement.However, the sound of the gun with the addition of a silencer became very crisp, not at all the "thumb" sound of a bird's gun firing, as if someone was using a split bamboo strip to beat hard on a hard object.Mr. Meng Qian said to himself, what are those people in front doing?Got to the top of the mountain and have nothing to do, so bored?
Meng Denggao was thinking in his heart that he would give those bastards a good reprimand when he went up later, when he saw a black shadow rolling down from the top of the mountain like a bereaved dog.Seeing that person getting closer and closer to him, two subordinates immediately stood in front of him and stopped him.

"What's the matter?"

Hearing someone's question, the soldier raised his head blankly, his eyes were blank as if he had lost his soul, and he muttered to himself: "All dead! All dead! The top of the mountain, there are ghosts on the top of the mountain!"

all dead?Meng Denggao was taken aback, but he reacted immediately, stepped forward and slapped the soldier across the face, cursing: "I throw you a carrot across the sea, where did you come from in broad daylight!"

Mr. Meng Qian, an intellectual, knows very well that he can't be polite with these illiterate guys under his command, and he has to use a few swear words when giving lectures, and these people will eat this.

The wolf soldier was slapped heavily, and immediately became sober. He recognized Mr. Qian Zong who slapped him, so he said in a crying voice: "My lord, the four brothers are all dead, their heads exploded, and their blood flowed." There was a lot of blood. I didn't even see a person."

Just as Meng Denggao was about to ask, he heard someone exclaiming not far away. When he looked up, it seemed that something was rolling down from the top of the mountain, emitting faint green smoke.

This is?Meng Denggao's pupils shrank, his keen sense was wrong, and he was about to order his subordinates to avoid it, when he heard a loud bang, and then another bang, a wave of air rushed towards his face, knocking him back, and his ears buzzed. There was a great buzz.

After an unknown amount of time, Meng Denggao, who was tightly hugging a pine tree, felt someone shaking his arm, and at the same time faintly heard someone shouting: "My lord! My lord!"

Meng Denggao shook his head, shook off a few grass clippings, and poked his ears with his fingers, only then did he feel that the sounds around him were no longer far away.At this point, if you don't know what's going on, you'd be a fool.

He stretched out his hand and pulled out his waist knife, and shouted: "Brothers! The North Sea Pirates are on the mountain, and there are not many of them. No matter whether they live or die, they will reward you with 50 taels for catching a commander! You will be promoted to general manager!"

As he shouted, the flag bearers who followed him also began to wave the black pennant and pointed the crown of the flag towards the top of the mountain.The wolf soldiers lying on the hillside heard Mr. Qian gave an order, looked at each other, and then got up one after another under the leadership of several veterans, and began to climb towards the hill more than 20 meters away.

These people did not get together in a swarm, but were naturally divided into left, middle and right. The leaders of each team also flew green pennants and rushed to the front.This situation startled the two scouts squatting on the top of the hill, thinking that this was a hornet's nest, right?

By the way, why are the Guangxi wolf soldiers so brave?Some people say that Guangxi is poor, so the folk customs are tough, and there is also the practice of martial arts since childhood.The problem is that the Yao people and Zhuang people who are also natives of Guangxi are not doing well, and they are equally tough, but they can't beat the wolf soldiers every time.

In fact, the bravery of wolf soldiers lies mainly in their unique organization system, which completely complies with "Yun Lingjun's Art of War" or "Cen's Family Law".

To put it simply, "Whenever one person goes to the enemy, the left and right will call for flanking attacks, and both sides will fight to save him. Otherwise, if one person dies and the left and right do not flank, they will all be killed at the front of the battle. The whole army will be punished for crimes, and even worse. It cuts off the ears." This is true for one person, and so is the case for a team.

In addition, "It is better to cut the one who commands, the one who retreats, the one who walks, the one who speaks to fear the crowd, the one who rushes and makes chaos, the one who is defeated and pretends to leave the ground with gold and silk, or the one who fights but does not pursue."

Faced with severer combat regulations than those of the regular imperial army, who cut off their heads and ears at every turn, the comrades-in-arms around them are all relatives and friends from the same village and village, so that the wolf soldiers can only fight forward on the battlefield. This also created the myth that "wolf soldiers can die but not be defeated".

The Japanese pirates, Houjin, Manchu, and Sun Yanling, who rebelled during the "San Francisco Rebellion", all suffered greatly at the hands of wolf soldiers.Although the number of wolf soldiers today is not the same as before, the military law and organization are still there.

No matter how fast the two scouts fired, they couldn't stop the more than 200 Qing troops who were close at hand.Furthermore, because of the addition of a silencer, the movement and movement during shooting cannot form a deterrent.At the same time, Meng Denggao's [-] shotgunners also opened fire. They hid behind the rocks on the hillside, aiming without aiming.

There were loud gunshots above the hillside on the north side of the entire hill, white smoke filled the air, and the musketeers coughed as they choked on the strong breath of burning black powder.

In fact, it was not the blunderbuss that posed a fatal threat to the two Northern Marines on the top of the mountain, but the wolf soldiers and javelin soldiers holding crossbows.At the same time, Meng Denggao, holding a birch bow, would also take a cold shot and throw feather arrows. His strength was much stronger than those of the javelin soldiers.

Watching the three groups of wolf soldiers rushing up the hill, the morale of the wolf soldiers behind them was greatly boosted, thinking that the battle would be won.Unexpectedly, at this moment, Chen Wenxiu arrived with eight of his men, the bullets and a few grenades caused heavy casualties to the wolf soldiers rushing forward.

As the people rushing in front fell down one by one, the timid ones turned around and ran away in fright.Meng Denggao's eyes were burning at this time, and he swung his knife furiously and killed a young man who fled at the front, and the few behind were all frightened.I saw Meng Deng raised his knife and shouted: Brothers!Military law is ruthless!Anyone who dares to escape will be shot to death!If we win this battle together, I will not take any rewards! "

When everyone heard it, Mr. Qian had said so, so they had no choice but to turn around and fight again.

It was also the first time for Chen Wenxiu and his subordinates to encounter such a brutal opponent who was not afraid of death, so they couldn't help feeling timid in their hearts, and their movements of loading bullets in a panic were also not smooth.

The distance between the two sides at the beginning of the battle was too close, no more than 30 meters apart. Now the wolf soldiers are going all out to fill up with their lives, coupled with the three-way attack, making each other keep getting closer, and hand-to-hand combat is inevitable.

The wolf soldiers who rushed to the top of the mountain were all red-eyed. As long as they saw the green figure, they would slash with their knives and stab with their forks.On the reconnaissance team's side, due to the addition of a silencer, the sword-shaped bayonet could not be deployed, and the soldiers who had emptied their bullets either waved their guns to resist, or dropped their guns and drew their daggers.

Gradually, several soldiers who had been shot with iron javelins on their arms and legs began to develop toxicity as they exercised vigorously. They foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.

As the captain, Chen Wenxiu was equipped with one more pistol than the soldiers under him. It was because of this that he was able to keep retreating and keep firing.Seeing that fewer and fewer of his subordinates were still standing, Chen Wenxiu thought that today might be over.

When he finished firing the last bullet, he slammed the pistol at a wolf soldier with his hand, and was about to face the ensuing hand-to-hand combat, when he heard a sudden burst of shooting not far away, accompanied by the sound of grenades. Explosion.A group that went around from the side finally arrived.

Facing the sudden attack from the side, the last courage of the wolf soldiers was exhausted.Seeing that they could not win, the living people turned around and ran back, even Meng Denggao did the same. The Qianzong flag was thrown on the hillside, and no one paid attention to it.Looking at the enemy in the distance, Chen Wenxiu, who was exhausted, had her legs go limp, and she slumped on the ground.

In this battle, the reconnaissance team of the Hui'an camp killed five people, seriously injured two, and slightly injured three; almost all the dead and seriously injured were hit by poisoned marks and arrows.Among the 230 wolf soldiers led by Meng Denggao, more than [-] were killed in battle, and more than [-] were injured and captured.

　[-]. Mr. Yunqian (pronounced Tongduo) is Yunqianniang.This person was a Guangxi chieftain in the Chongzhen era, and the cottage where he lived was called Xiangsi Village.This man is quite knowledgeable about soldiers, and can attack many people with less.At that time, a Cantonese literati named Kuang Lu was traveling in Guangxi, met Yun Qinniang, admired her quite a lot, and recorded him and the tactics he used in his book "Chi Ya". "The Art of War of Yun Lingjun" is likely to be a family tradition, because the wolf soldiers have fought according to this system since the Jiajing period, and both Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang have borrowed it.[-]. Kuang Lu said that "the fur of the purple phoenix, the skirt of the butterfly gauze, and the seal of the rhinoceros are worn on her face, she looks like a god." There is an old play in Shangpai Peking Opera called "Acacia Village". It was Yun Erniang.Later, Cantonese opera also adapted a play called "Princess Qingqing".

　　
　
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