stubborn thief

Chapter 271 A Six
Liu Chengzong did not come to fight.

The hunter who entered the camp last night brought him the despair of Linka Daiben.

He believed that the time had come. The Linkadai army guarding the ruins had become a lone army and was at a disadvantage in terms of strength. As long as he sent someone to persuade him to surrender, he should be able to subdue this enemy army.

Therefore, the whole army made meals at the third watch, set off before dawn at the fourth watch, and sent Monk Wang to convey the news that he was willing to surrender before the battle.

It's a pity that Linkadai didn't have this tacit understanding.

Linka Daiben not only refused to surrender, but also scolded Monk Wang who persuaded him to surrender.

Liu Chengzong was furious because of this, and ordered the artillery to fill the lion cannon with powder, raise guns and large blunderbusses to charge them, and discharge layers of large horizontal formations, pressing straight up from the northeast of the river valley.

The strong charge is to penetrate the simple wooden barriers built by the enemy overnight, and it is also armor-piercing.

Through the binoculars, he saw the enemy's refusal to surrender. It was a heavy infantry supported by cavalry.

The size of the heavy infantry is 800, with more than 400 sleeveless iron armors, equipped with Zhangba spears and large door shields, and multi-support crossbows handled by two or three people.

Liu Chengzong called this kind of armor a circle armor, like a big iron sack with a narrow top and a wide bottom. When not wearing it, it can be lifted up and put down, and it can be stacked into a circle of iron sheets.

On the one hand, the equipment of this group of people is unbelievably good, on the other hand, the equipment style does not belong to Xifan, but more like Southwestern Yi.

If fighting in the mountains, these heavy infantry will cause him a lot of trouble, but in this river valley, it is meaningless.

Liu Chengzong can foresee that there will be a battle here that will make him feel unmotivated.

One inch long and one inch strong are used in military affairs, which means that any short board is very fatal.

The large crossbow with multi-support structure they used looks powerful, but the range is not too far. Liu Chengzong estimates that it is only a hundred paces, and his artillery and gun are enough to launch an attack from two hundred paces away.

Just a hundred steps away is enough to make these enemies feel isolated and helpless.

After all, judging from their deployment, they intend to resist based on the simply built fortifications. The fortifications are dead. Either stand there and be shot, or jump out of the fortifications to charge, no matter which one is dead.

The enemy army obviously also thought of this situation.

So when Liu Chengzong inspected the enemy's situation with a telescope, he found that the heavy infantry in front of the enemy's formation was commotioning, and the enemy's generals seemed to be arguing fiercely.

Then they fell out.

The cause of the internal strife was that a barbarian soldier ran out from the line of defense. It seemed that he wanted to talk to Liu Chengzong's people again, but before he could reach the middle of the battlefield, he was slashed on the neck by the Baili nobleman who was riding behind him. superior.

Then the enemy was in chaos, and some heavy infantry turned their heads to attack the Baili army. Some of the Baili army who were suddenly attacked by friendly forces joined in the counterattack, and more fled to the mountains on both sides.

Liu Chengzong did not let them fight among themselves, and ordered the army to continue to advance. The artillery fired at the fleeing enemy troops on both sides, and the infantry charged the enemy troops who had lost their formation in small groups. Wherever they went, the heavy infantry were very obedient. Then he surrendered to the 'official army'.

The frontal battle only lasted for a moment. When Xie Erhu on the other side led the Mongolian horse team galloping across the valley, the battle had come to an end.

The surrender process made Liu Chengzong full of emotion. Any biased policy will affect the war.

Up to now, everyone in Kham knows that this group of Han troops called by Nangqian Gama will take over the land of the nobles when they see them, and even make a slave boy a master.

The consequence of this policy is that even if he is at a disadvantage, the nobles are unwilling to surrender to him, so that the battle must be fought.

Because the slaves with low status have no right to decide whether to fight or not, but the advantage is that when fighting with real swords and guns, most of the enemies will have very weak resistance.

After all, it is not the high-ranking lords who really fight with weapons in array, but the slaves who are low in the dust. If there is no other way, they are willing to surrender.

The heavy infantry consisting of more than 700 people also surrendered to him, and their leader was quickly brought before Liu Chengzong.

The leader was an old man over forty years old. He held Linka Daiben's head and was brought over to kowtow upright. , Kowtow to the Generalissimo."

Daliang country?He is also a general of Daliang State, with an official title.

Liu Chengzong felt very strange, he looked at the gray-haired veteran in front of him.

Always a little old, but it doesn't look like he has lived for more than 700 years. Zhu Wen has been dead for so many years, and there are still survivors?
Ah Liu explained respectfully, and it was only then that Liu Chengzong figured out that the Great Liang Kingdom was the Great Liang of Sichuan Yongning Chieftain She Chongming.

Ah Liu's life experience is almost the epitome of Sichuan's turbulent era since Wanli.

He was born in Yongning, 28 years old in the 15th year of Wanli, and joined the battlefield under the call of the Ming emperor.

The sixth day of June of that year was a fine day, he carried a crossbow and captured Yang Yinglong's Hailong Tun in the turbulent crowd.

For many years later, Ah Liu served as a low-level officer in She Chongming's army. By the first year of Tianqi, he was already the head of the Yongning Xuanfu Department. If there were no accidents, it would probably be the end of his official career.

But that year, the imperial court issued an order to Yongning Xuanfu Division to send troops to aid Liao. In a very short period of time, Yongnian Xuanfu Division frantically expanded its armaments and recruited local soldiers. He caught up with Dongfeng and was promoted to Chief Tuqian.

In September of that year, the Xuanfu Division of Yongning sent [-] troops to Chongqing. Ah Liu thought they would go to an unimaginable distance to fight against the chieftain of Jianzhou on the battlefield.

It wasn't until the night of September [-] that officers of his rank knew about She Chongming's plan. The next day, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Liao army's martial arts demonstration in the school grounds, She Chongming's son-in-law Fan Long ordered to kill governor Xu Keqiu and other military and political officials. More than [-] people officially declared the rebellion.

On October [-]th of that year, Ah Liu was already standing under the city of Chengdu as a general of the Daliang Kingdom. There were only [-] defenders on the city, and it only took a few days to break through the city.

But they are running out of time.

Shizhu chieftain Qin Liangyu's younger brother Qin Minping and nephew Qin Yiming entered Nanping Pass to cut off their way back to Chongqing, while Qin Liangyu led [-] troops along the west of the Yangtze River.

The official army of the imperial court also gathered everywhere. From October to December, they had to fight every day. No matter where they went, they were all official troops. In the chaos, Ah Liu’s army was separated from the main force, and retreated from the big and small Jinchuan to the western Sichuan plateau. .

At that time, his army was strong enough to fight against the Ming army with spears and large shields, and they could also use matchlock guns to fight against the Ming army, and they even did not lose the wind in many cases.

But the local tribes didn't look good on them, and it was much easier to deal with these enemies than the Ming army, so they were still alive, but with great losses.

Finally he found a person willing to take him in, Linka, the leader of the horse bandit in Kham.

Although the two sides did not understand each other, Linka treated this barbarian army very well. He not only provided Ah Liu with the best wine and meat, but also set aside a forest from the territory for Ah Liu's tribe to live in.

Ah Liu also lived up to Linka's hospitality. Even though he lost more than half of his subordinates due to exile, he still had a complete military system and weapons and equipment.

However, on the plateau in western Sichuan, the change in oxygen brought about by altitude made the fire starter unreliable, and the power of gunpowder weapons dropped sharply. There were no professional gunpowder craftsmen among the wandering soldiers composed of remnants and defeated soldiers, so they couldn't figure out what the problem was.

Later, the muskets were all sold for food, and the soldiers had to pick up the old craft of making large crossbows...Compared with gunpowder, the powder crossbow was more reliable and more suitable for the exile economy.

And even with the big crossbow, compared to the army in Kham, the excellent weaponry and good organizational structure can still make Ah Liu invincible in the face of the same number of enemy troops.

Before today, Ah Liu never thought that he would kill Linka.

When he saw Liu Chengzong's army, he wanted to persuade Linka to surrender.

They are not ignorant bumpkins, they are very familiar with the tactics and firepower superiority of the Ming army. Under the city of Chengdu in the first year of the apocalypse, [-] defenders could bring out [-] small cannons to shoot at his arquebus.

Now he doesn't even have a matchlock gun, and the soldiers are holding crossbows with a maximum range of one hundred paces. He doesn't want to fight Liu Chengzong, especially when he sees those big pipes in the Lion Army.

This kind of terrain, this kind of disparity in firepower, fighting has nothing to do with the courage of soldiers.

They couldn't reach their opponents at all, so they were bombarded to death.

After discussing with the officers under his command, Ah Liu found Linka Daiben who was encouraging the nobles of Baili again: "It's still too late to surrender."

Linka was blown out of anger, so much wine and meat supported you, you still can't speak a few words of Spanish language, and finally came out with a coherent sentence, is it for you to persuade me to surrender?
Linka cares about territory, Ah Liu cares about life.

They died so many people and suffered so much, not for the sake of this place.

But neither he nor Linka thought of what happened next.

While the two were still arguing, one of his officers had already crossed the low wall privately, trying to surrender to Liu Chengzong's army.

Then Linka's nobleman galloped to the officer and killed him. For a moment, his army was in chaos, and the people were furious. He and Linka stared at each other.

Ah Liu drew his sword and killed Linka.

"smart people."

Liu Chengzong has been quietly listening to Ah Liu's narration, and when Ah Liu finished speaking, he looked at the head that was still dripping blood, waved his hand and said, "Linka did not treat you badly, you killed him because of the current situation, I allow you to collect his body and find a place to bury it."

After all, he said: "Your people surrendered to me, you should know what to do next."

Ah Liu still maintained his posture of prostration, and responded, "I know, I am willing to lead them to fight for the Generalissimo after defeating the other two surrogate armies of King Bailey."

"it is good!"

Liu Chengzong applauded: "She Chongming is dead, and Liang Guo no longer exists. Since you claim to be a general, I will make you a general of Yongning camp. When the war is over, you will be rewarded separately. Go and tell your soldiers to follow me. I won't treat you badly."

Ah Liu thankfully backed away more than ten steps, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief, and turned his head to restrain the soldiers who put down their weapons.

Monk Wang looked at his figure, his words were a little sour, and he said: "Generalissimo, with their little army, can they be a general?"

Monk Wang was very confused. His boss, Crooked Liangzi, was so powerful on the battlefield that he was only named a general after the war.

This soldier leader who surrendered to kill the old lord before the battle, can be a general just because of this thing?

Liu Shizi laughed, shook his head and said, "You don't understand, what is a general."

He had tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, but it was indeed difficult for him to behave calmly, and he was more than ten times happier than this in his heart.

Ah Liu's soldiers are quite good, and the equipment is also good, but this is not what Liu Chengzong values. These troops are not worth giving a battalion, and a general is almost enough.

After all, the Lion Army now counts the elder brother's Xining camp, and there are only four generals, no matter which generals are involved, they are much more powerful than Ah Liu.

Liu Chengzong attaches great importance to Ah Liu, this person is not as meaningful as three hundred heavy armored infantry in front of any leader in Qinghai-Tibet.

But for him, this person is a key to open the gate of Sichuan, better than [-] heavy armored infantry.

In this place, it was easy for him to find a key to enter the snow area, but it was too difficult to find a key to enter Sichuan.

What's more, for some people, being a general is always just the beginning, and he will not always have only a few generals; but for some people, being a general is likely to be the culmination of this life.

He couldn't explain these things to Monk Wang, and he didn't want to explain. He just smiled and said, "I told you that people who understand Chinese will be treated well no matter what they do."

This is not a good word for Monk Wang. Hearing this sentence, he always felt that there was still a vacancy for the post of quarry supervisor in Hainan.

Monk Wang shrank his neck: "The generalissimo is right."

Xie Erhu's Mongolian soldiers were chasing after the fleeing nobles. Everyone likes the opportunity to beat the dog in the water. At this moment, Tang Qi brought another good news to Liu Chengzong. Zhang Tianlin's troops were defeated this morning with [-] troops The enemy's Chinese military agent.

This news made Liu Chengzong overjoyed: "How did you win?"

Tang Qi truthfully reported: "Last night, a hunter from the left wing broke into the general camp of Zhang Qian. After some interrogation, he sent the news to the Chinese army that the left wing was besieged. Zhang Qian then put the hunter into the Chinese army camp. "

"Wait a minute, last night, some hunters also broke into Zhang Qian's general camp?"

Liu Chengzong and his generals looked at each other, and everyone showed funny expressions.

Co-author Not only hunters ran into my camp last night... This group of hunters is also considered to be extremely talented. Yesterday Liu Chengzong tried to find Zhang Tianlin but couldn't find it, but this group of hunters found it as soon as he looked for it.

Except for the person Linka Daiben asked them to find, they found everything else they shouldn't have found. Liu Chengzong said with a smile: "The hunter Linka Daiben's ability to search for enemies is comparable to that of carrying a knife!"

After he had finished laughing, Tang Qi continued: "Knowing that the friendly army is besieged, the general of the Chinese army wanted to lead the army to escape this morning, but was caught by General Zhang Qian. Taking advantage of their unstable marching formation, he broke through the formation for a long time. There are 12 officers and more than [-] captured soldiers."

Liu Chengzong and the generals looked at each other, clapped excitedly and said: "Okay, only the right wing is left, encircle and eat them, the whole Baili will no longer have the power to fight, and the surrounding big and small states will also look forward to surrender. From Qinghai From the lake to Qamdo, how much land we can control depends on our ability!"

　good evening!

　　
　
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