Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 318 Heaven Village

This is almost a replica of the last defeat of the Fifth Gezuo Battalion, only in a different direction. The soldiers in the front are the bravest and the most physically strong. On weekdays, the most domineering and domineering soldiers in the front row are more than 5000 people begging for firearms and bayonets. The offensive was like melting snow under the bright sun, collapsed everywhere in a short period of time, exhausted from running behind, and the soldiers who followed the archery, waved the flag and shouted for soy sauce were rushed away and fled all over the mountains and plains.

Last time, the soldiers of Tiantangzhai exhausted the mental and physical strength of the elite soldiers of the fifth Gezuo battalion with endless sneak attacks, and used the flood as a breakthrough to defeat the much stronger fifth battalion of Gezuo in one fell swoop. Using the two divisions as bait, they exhausted the physical strength of the soldiers and horses in Tiantangzhai, and then crushed their spirits in one fell swoop with overwhelming musket shooting.

The killing in this battle was even more tragic than that encountered by the [-]th Gezuo Battalion last time. The exact number of killings and injuries was not counted even after the battle ended for an hour. The huge bloodletting effect caused is really bloody, and compared with knife cutting, this thing is almost sure to die if it is stabbed, and it is an efficient killing.

From the ambush attack in front of the Dalongzhai Mountain to Song Qingshu's order to stop the pursuit, the mountain road stretched for more than three miles. When the truce order was issued, the side effects of the begging army who had killed dragons and tigers just now also came up, almost one-third The sergeant covered his mouth and vomited aside.

The significance of this battle to the begging army is also particularly great. After all, Song Qingshu expanded the army too fast, and most of them were recruited from Henan disaster victims and local mountain people. Moreover, according to Qi Jiguang's recruitment method, most of the recruits were honest and solid. , In this way, it is easier for people to follow orders, and it is not easy to run away. However, from recruits to veterans, they still need to go through some battles.

It is said that once a general succeeds, his bones will dry up, and the breeze of the army is accumulated from victory to victory.

However, this withered bones was too tragic. Looking at the blood on the ground, Song Qingshu was a little dizzy. The people of Dabie Mountains have such a unique character. Their ancestors came from the Central Plains and were repeatedly driven away by Wuhu, Houjin, and Mongolia. In their homeland, the Han people who had to flee to the mountains, had this indomitable fighting spirit in their bones.

In later generations, this is the old revolutionary base area. In the battle against the Qing Dynasty, Qihuang 48 Village also fought almost to the last moment. Unfortunately, in order to gain a foothold here, Song Qingshu had to fight them.

"Big guy!"

This is Sun Chuanting's first battle after he joined the Qihuo Army. After all, he is not the right servant of the Ministry of War who suppressed the peasant army and suppressed Shaanxi's powerful for several years. He is still a scholar who has just debuted. , although he still had a poker face, it was obvious that there was a bit of excitement on his face.

"Mr. Boya, if the court governs Yinghuo, will it be better than it is now?"

Unexpectedly, what Song Qingshu asked made Sun Chuanting really stunned. Looking at the bright red of the mountain and smelling the strong smell of blood in the air, Sun Chuanting understood immediately.

Compared with Sun Chuanting in Dai County, Sun Chuanting at this time has almost completely changed his personality. Anyway, he is getting deeper and deeper. Maybe he has seen too much corruption in the court and the displacement of the people. He also believed in Song Qingshu's promise to end this troubled world. Sun Chuanting is quite Asked indifferently.

"Marshal, originally this Yinghuo was under the rule of the imperial court, Xin County, okay? These guys in the mountains resisted the imperial court and suppressed the good people. They are the parasites of the imperial court. Only by getting rid of them can the commander give this There is real peace in Yinghuo."

"As for those who died in vain, Marshal, since ancient times, those who achieve great things don't care about small things!"

Seeing Sun Chuanting's natural expression, Song Qingshu understood that he would never be able to compare his mentality with these bureaucrats who came from the imperial examination.Fortunately, it was just a feeling, and immediately put the thought behind him, took a deep breath of bloody air, and Song Qingshu returned to normal immediately.

"How's Gezuo doing?"

"Ge Liyan has a bag of advice from the general. He ran fast and had almost no losses. He replenished his equipment, ate something, and then recovered. On the contrary, he admired the general even more, and beat them to the ground. The opponent, the commander-in-chief will solve it as soon as he makes a move."

"As for He Jin, the loss of the third division was a bit bigger, and the resentment of Zuo Jin Wang was also deeper. Fortunately, they were not expected to be loyal. In addition, it is worth mentioning that He Jin and He Yilong just fought. One, now the fifth battalion of Gezuo, was completely dismantled by the general."

"very good!"

After all, there is an uncontrollable force waiting in his heart. Song Qingshu always feels uncomfortable. After nodding his head, he looked gloomyly at the direction in which the soldiers and horses of Tiantangzhai are retreating. The village is afraid of being attacked by us, so we immediately gather people and horses, overnight..."

But halfway through the conversation, Song Qingshu paused again, looking back at his son in the mountains who was grabbing his throat and throwing up desperately by the river, Song Qingshu shook his head with a helpless wry smile, and immediately showed a ruthless look on his face.

"Forget it, just set up camp here in Dalongzhai, rest for a while, order He Jin to clean up the battlefield, and let him know what will happen to Song who rebelled against me!"

This rest period lasted for more than three days. Not only did the [-]nd and [-]rd Gezuo divisions used as bait need to rest, but in fact, the three main divisions of the begging army also needed to rest!
Tiantangzhai is not a good place to meet, not to say how strong the assembled soldiers are, but the terrain is too dangerous.How dangerous is it? At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the famous patriotic prime minister Wen Tianxiang recruited soldiers and horses here, and resisted the Mongolian army that was rampant in Eurasia for several years. In the era of Song Qingshu, the fifth battalion of Ge Zuo, Zhang Xianzhong, etc. A combined army of more than [-] men and horses took nearly a year to attack the plague-ridden Tiantangzhai. Later, even Liu Deng's army that marched into the Dabie Mountains used it as a base.

As for Song Qingshu's era, the defense here reached the peak level, the entire mountain was enclosed, and if you don't buy a ticket, you just want to go up the mountain!There are no doors!
The world's major events are changing, and Song Qingshu has no time to spend more than a year in Tiantangzhai. Although the trade in Xinxian area is prosperous, it is small after all and has become saturated. He urgently needs to open up a new situation.

In the entire Yinghuo Mountain area, he is going to serve as the rear area and the tortoise shell. Time waits for no one!Even according to the normal historical trend, this year or next year, various peasant armies will dig Fengyang Imperial Tomb and attack Luzhou under the leadership of Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang. Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion are not far from here. This remote mountainous area will surely become the center of attention of the imperial court. If a team of officers and troops marches into Tiantangzhai, Song Qingshu will be too late to cry.

In order to attract the main force of Tiantangzhai to be wiped out on the spot, the entire begging army has been tossed miserably. Just after sending He Yilong and He Jin two divisions to set off, Song Qingshu immediately led the main force to follow behind, and also went straight to heaven. come from the village.

These days, for the sake of concealment, fires cannot be made, and the large team can only eat dry food, drink raw water, live in wet bedding, and be bitten by mosquitoes crazily. Soak raw pheasant legs in vinegar, the taste will never be forgotten.

In this battle, Song Qingshu had been waiting for the begging army to select the forward army, but at this time it came in handy. 500 people fanned the front of the army to detect and ambush in advance. All hunters and soldiers who came to investigate will be killed. Zhai Fang completely focused his attention on the two divisions of Gezuo, and even if some personnel were missing, he could push them to the two divisions. He didn't know that this prehistoric beast was lurking beside him, staring at him hungry.

In the end, it was hard work, and Fang was a master. In the battle of Dalongzhai, he killed no less than 4000 soldiers in Tiantangzhai, took more than 3000 prisoners, and probably more than [-] scattered in the mountains. , These days, most of the disbanded officers and troops can't be brought back, let alone the temporarily formed village soldiers. Originally, there were no less than [-] men who could fight in the eighteen villages. It's over the top.

Moreover, he has suffered devastating blows and is a defeated soldier with low morale.

At the end of June, after a rest, the begging army brigade regained its vigor and became lively again, and those fledgling recruits also gained a lot of vigor.

Dalongzhai is already the outermost part of Tiantangzhai. The slightly remote Qingtiankou has lost its strategic value. A small number of soldiers and horses were left to guard the captives. Leading the rest of the soldiers, Song Qingshu directly attacked Huanglong and came straight to Tiantangzhai. up.

This is a famous scenic spot in later generations. Two of Song Qingshu's classmates once came here, and the two of them belonged to fare evasion. It can be seen that this mountain is dangerous. Duoyun Mountain, where Tiantangzhai is located, is one of the main peaks of Dabie Mountain. It was not comparable to those cottages that Song Qingshu had encountered before. He set off in the morning and arrived at noon. Looking at the main peak of Duoyun Mountain, Song Qingshu suddenly felt dizzy.

This mountain is so fucking high!There are many peaks and ridges, and there are no less than 25 or six peaks at a distance of one thousand meters. From a distance, it is surrounded by clouds and mists. The wall of the village was built along the Xiefeng Ridge in the middle of the mountain, not to mention attacking, even climbing up would be exhausting.

And the only road down the mountain ridge is also surrounded by a corridor made of stones, just like the stairs going up the mountain in the gymnasium. There is an archway blockhouse several hundred meters away, but the archway in the gymnasium is for good looks. The one in Tiantangzhai Stone bunkers are purely fatal.

There are ponds and barns on the mountain, and the cannons can't hit them. If you defend against danger, even if you have an army of [-], you can't do anything about him easily. No wonder it took almost a year for the rebel army to attack here. time.

Fortunately, he tricked out his main force first, eating more than half of it.

Full of luck, Song Qingshu looked through the binoculars for a moment, then waved the command flag violently: "Order the first division, make a tentative attack!"

Holding the thigh-thick tiger squatting cannon and flintlock guns, more than 200 elite soldiers of the beggar army rushed up the mountain road first. This is also the maximum force that this narrow mountain road can accommodate at one time. As the soldiers with bows and arrows watched nervously, the ten tiger squatting guns were set up high, and their elevation angles were facing the direction of the watchtower.

(End of this chapter)