Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 320
Night combat, even in modern times, is a big problem. Lack of lighting conditions, reduced visibility and command range, and the loneliness and fear of soldiers in the dark. If an enemy can't be dealt with well, the whole army will be defeated.The reason why there are so many successful night raids in history is because every successful night raid is a military adventure and miracle.

But just like Napoleon in the West decades later, the soldiers believed in him, and followed him into the cold land of Russia without hesitation without knowing the target. Today's beggar army is similar, although they don't know Why did Song Qingshu want to fight tonight on a whim, but the soldiers of the two divisions also dispatched the whole division without any complaints, and followed Song Qingshu up the rugged Duoyun Mountain.

Although Liu Tichun's attack on the mountain gate was very brutal these two days, Song Qingshu didn't send him a special mountain army that selected the forward army, and all the members were dispatched tonight. These teams of five who were specially trained for night forest combat were like ghosts. In that way, he sneaked into the forest of Duoyun Mountain and protected the left and right wings of the army.

Soldiers with torches on both sides illuminated the entire mountain road. Liu Tichun got a foot in Liu Zongmin's artillery after all, and brought about [-] guys who had made outstanding achievements in the battle these days, carrying cannons, and walked across the country. At the forefront of the army, if they are usually asked to do this tiring work, they will probably be miserable, but this is an opportunity that my commander-in-chief has the cheek to ask for, and he will have the opportunity to participate in the war if he moves up the mountain. If he does not move, he will not even touch Mao , In such a situation, a group of military men moving things is full of enthusiasm.

But even with the lighting, the marching speed is still sufficient, the night is already dark, the six cannons were panting and transported to Fenglongjing, and then along the edge of the mountain road, transported to a higher Fengyuping, here, A large area of ​​Dazhai in Tiantangzhai was exposed to the range of the cannon.

After all, more than 6000 people went up the mountain, which alarmed the guards of the village. Amidst the noise of footsteps, the ants-like soldiers climbed up the stone wall of the village. In this case, they dared not light torches for the last 100 meters. Watching the vanguard infantry get down one after another, they crawled towards Tiantangzhai.

"It's still a little less, if it's a thousand guns, it would be so exciting!"

Seeing dozens of artillerymen nailing the chain under the artillery cart to the ground with a sledgehammer, Song Qingshu muttered rather greedily, but Liu Zongmin, the head of logistics who was in charge of blacksmithing for equipment, felt his legs go limp, almost dead get down.

"Marshal, the little one is not the deputy commander, do you think so?"

"Look at what you're doing."

He gave him a helpless look, seeing that the cannon cart was ordered, Song Qingshu smiled sinisterly again, pointed to the dark fortress and said: "Did you see that piece of fire, shine it there, boom!"

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Lighting up lamps at night is a luxury these days. Let alone lighting up lamps in common people’s houses, they can’t afford oil for cooking. Naturally, only the landlord class can be brightly lit. The cottages in this mountain are close to the feudal castles in Europe. There is only one big landlord family, and the one who collapsed is his old rich landlord!

At this time, the landlord's compound under the artillery fire was also in chaos. The well-dressed guys in the 20th place walked away like ants on a hot pot, and hurried around for a long time. The fat ones followed the pigs. Zhu Meichen, the general owner of the rich pig village, couldn't hold back anymore, knocking on the table and shouting anxiously.

"Sun Xunjian, when will the imperial court send reinforcements?"

"Don't worry, everyone. It won't be long before Luzhou and Anqing's reinforcements will arrive to wipe out this bandit in one fell swoop. Chao Ting won't forget our old Yinghuo!"

Inspector Duoyun, Sun Daqi, is a burly man from the north, and he speaks in a buzzing voice, straight to the point, but the village owners who heard this are all impatient. The thin, dry old man couldn't help shouting angrily: "Master Inspector, the last time the thieves invaded our Hejiazhai, you said that the imperial reinforcements would arrive soon, and now the thieves have all hit the gate of our Tiantangzhai. It's all broken, or the reinforcements will arrive soon, will the officers and soldiers come? If they don't come, they will have to wait for us to collect the corpse!"

"If reinforcements don't come, will you betray the court?"

There was a sudden loud shout, which shocked the material room to silence. The person who spoke was wearing a heavy shackle of more than ten kilograms. An old man in his 50s, with both hands in the shackles, still had his eyes wide open, listening When he spoke, the landlords in the room did not dare to fart.

The former governor of Gansu, Mei Zhihuan, made Song Qingshu miserable. He did not hesitate to climb more than 100 miles to help the imperial court guard the strategically important Tiantangzhai. He caught the capital for trial, this head was put on shackles and was about to be taken away, but Song Qingshu called again, and Liu Zhixun, the owner of the heavenly village in panic, had to pay hundreds of taels of silver to buy Jinyiwei, and Liu Meizhihuan led Guys for a few days.

They were also afraid that Tiantangzhai would lose their responsibility, so the Jinyiwei agreed, but the shackles on this set were all affixed with the Jinyiwei seal, and they dared not take them off. Mei Zhihuan had to wear the shackles to command the battle these days.

Although Mei Zhihuan has a strong personality and is quite famous in the Yinghuo area, but now his wealth and life are in danger after all, after being suppressed by him for a while, some people still couldn't help whispering.

"The thieves who surrender can save their lives. If the reinforcements don't come, they will lose their lives."

I didn't hear who said it clearly, but the dozen or so village owners below couldn't help their heartbeat speeding up a little.

At this juncture, Liu Zongmin ignited the fire, and the first cannon rang out in Tiantangzhai. It hit the turret in front of the hall, and there was a bang, the wood creaked and broke, and the turret about ten meters high collapsed. The small half slammed obliquely on the hall, and the crackling tiles fell to the ground.

After being stunned for a while, Zhu Meichen was the first to shout like a pig: "The thief has guns, run!"

With a bang, the landlord leaders who were still well-dressed just now scattered in an instant, looked at Mei Zhihuan and stomped their feet angrily and cursed: "Shuzi is not enough and tricks! Sun Xunjian, let's go, go to the city with the old man, resist Rogue!"

"My lord Mei goes first, and the next official goes to the barracks to ask the brothers to take the firecrackers, and those bandits will never come back!" Sun Daqi also pumped his fists impassionedly.

Although there are only six cannons, which cannot achieve the effect of blooming everywhere, and the reloading time is quite long, and it takes 3 minutes at the fastest to fire one shot, but the continuous shelling still caused great panic in most of the cottage, and people everywhere It is the mountain people who escaped from their supplies and shouted in a panic.

There was a bang, and even the gate of the village was hit. The hard rocks were torn apart under such a huge bombardment, and collapsed everywhere. Poor Mei Zhihuan and his son were both wearing shackles. He couldn't even dodge it, and the broken stones left streaks of blood on his face.

The painful beard twitched, looking down, Mei Zhihuan was in shock, in front of him, the torches of the beggar army were shaking everywhere, the sound of shouting and killing could be heard for more than ten miles, and stray bullets came from time to time, he was so scared The soldiers guarding the stockade were terrified, but there was loud thunder and little rain, and the shouts were lively, and no one really launched an attack.

"What are the thieves doing? Such a big battle, just to harass them?"

After being in doubt for a while, Mei Zhihuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he turned around and yelled at Liu Zhixun, the owner of the Tiantang Village, who was following him: "Mr. Liu, immediately send someone to arrest all the members of the village at the gate of the village." here!"

"Why?" Liu Zhixun, who is also about 50 years old, couldn't help shivering. Everyone is a person of status. If he did this, he would offend a lot of copycat owners. However, seeing his hesitation, Mei Zhihuan But anxious like something.

"Hurry up, someone has turned against the water and cast a thief, and the thief is waiting for him to open the door! If you don't suppress it sooner, the village will be lost tonight!"

"Ah? Little one, let's go, let's go!" His brow was sweating, and Liu Zhixun was about to walk down in a panic, but at this moment, there was another burst of fierce footsteps, and Mei Zhihuan was in a bad mood. Turning around nervously, he was relieved immediately, all the people who came were inspectors from the Duoyun Inspection Department dressed as officers and soldiers.

"Inspector Sun, don't go to the city! Just be on guard there, someone will betray you!"

"Master Futai is right, there are people who betrayed!" Sun Daqi in full armor clasped his fists heavily, and immediately waved his hand violently: "Kill!"

Under Mei Zhihuan's incredulous gaze, more than 200 officers and soldiers held the firearms of the begging army captured last time, and hugged the backs of the soldiers guarding the stockade. Such a close range, no matter how inaccurate the firearms could hit. A few of them saw that a large number of soldiers who had been paying attention to the bottom of the village fell down, and those who were not dead screamed in pain, which made those soldiers even more frightened.

"Sun Daqi, how dare you betray the imperial court? Aren't you afraid of copying the Nine Clans?" Mei Zhihuan, who was frightened and angry, jumped up and down and cursed, but Sun Daqi didn't pay any attention to him at all, and rushed to the last place with a bayonet in his hand. In front, a bayonet stabbed the head of a dazed village soldier to the point of chills.

More than 200 bayonets were raised, and the soldiers near the gate of the village collapsed and scattered away crying. At the gate of the village, Sun Daqi shook the torch and turned around three times. Zhou Yuji, who received the signal, stood up abruptly and faced Tiantangzhai He swung the firecracker violently.

"Unify Yinghuo, today! Those who kill thieves will be rewarded, and those who retreat will be beheaded! Follow me, kill!"

"kill!!!"

Crashing, the impatient thousands of begging army soldiers who had been waiting for a long time stood up excitedly and followed Zhou Yuji to the narrow gate of the village.

Not only at the entrance, but also in the village, more than a dozen fires ignited, which added a bit of panic to the chaotic village. Xiaoluobo's front-running army and a few cottage owners who couldn't bear the pressure were also The rebellious Zhai Ding tied a red rope around his left arm, and also smashed the head of his enlightened companion.

Wearing heavy shackles and unable to even resist, Mei Zhihuan and his son were held there by Sun Daqi's inspectors. Seeing the cottage in flames and crying, he couldn't help heaving a long sigh.

"Yinghuo is finished! These idiots are in danger!"

(End of this chapter)