The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 62
Huang Tianfeng who was in the village immediately ordered people to put out the fire. He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. At this moment, he was in a dilemma. He couldn't decide whether to stay or not. Moreover, the roofs are all thatched. If the fire spreads, Xun will also be smoked to death.

Outside the village, Jiang Tao didn't give the Green Battalion soldiers much time to react, and directly ordered Tiger Leopard Cavalry, Strong Bow Guards and other soldiers to shoot randomly at the village's thatched huts, but wrapped the arrows with lit kerosene cloth, and ordered the tigers to squat Non-stop bombardment.

Immediately, the village was engulfed in a large area of ​​flames, filled with thick smoke, and the green battalion soldiers turned pale with fright, became ants on the hot pot, no longer organized, and ran around. The guards around him were also scared out of their wits, and their morale was no longer there.

"Hahaha, the heavens will kill me!" Huang Tianfeng let out a stern laugh, and with a puff, he spurted out a big mouthful of black blood, and died in a moment.

I saw his cloudy eyes staring wide open, as if he was unwilling, but at the same time he seemed to be cursing...

"Haha, pass on the order, and those who surrender will not be killed!" Jiang Tao laughed when he saw this scene, and finally heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. Once this army is eliminated, no one within a hundred miles will dare to compete with it!
Some of the Green Battalion soldiers trapped in the village surrendered directly, some fled across the water, and some ran directly to the road leading to Gwangju. Jiang Wudao had already ambushed there, and just happened to catch him.

According to the statistics after the war, only the death guards had more than half of the casualties, only a hundred or so left, and the rest of the army suffered a little casualties. Jiang Tao knew the merits and demerits of the death guards, and also knew that he had made a mistake. General meeting.

"In this battle, some members of the Death Guard refused to obey orders, and became deserters, and were executed by the general on the spot. However, some of the Death Guard soldiers fought bloody battles, opened the gap, and showed their prestige. It is really gratifying. From today From now on, the Death Guards will be renamed the Blood Clothes Guards, and the pay will be the same as that of other armies, and all the officers and soldiers of the Blood Clothes Guards will be rewarded with an additional ten taels of silver each. I couldn't help but look at the envious eyes of the other soldiers, and a sense of pride rose in my heart.

"In addition, the other armies are also good, especially Luo Qian's men, who are well-trained and calm in the battle, and I will reward everyone under him with five taels. However, the Tartars are not destroyed, and the armies still need to work hard." Jiang Tao swept the crowd. The commander glanced at it and said again: "Now let's make a conclusion. Although this battle is over, there are inevitably some inappropriate things. Do you have any other ideas?"

All the leaders were listening with great interest, especially Luo Qian showed a rare smile, not wanting to hear this, and all of them looked embarrassed.

After a while, Commander Xueyan said softly: "Report to General Black Tiger, our army can win this battle, it depends on strategy, if we rely on real materials, the outcome is still unknown."

Jiang Tao nodded, and said with a smile: "Commander Xueyan said well, everything is waiting to be done now, our army has not been in the army for a long time, and it really can't be called well-trained, so the officers and men should not be careless, and we need to work hard in the future Training, do you have any other ideas?"

Niu Mang has been fascinated by the tiger squatting cannon since he was injured by the stray bullets from the tiger squatting cannon. Now he can fire the tiger squatting cannon. He scratched his head and said, "My dear brother, no general, the tiger squatting cannon is small but powerful Xiao, our army should forge more, I think it will be wonderful to kill the Tartars without having to face each other in the future."

Jiang Tao really didn't see it. He didn't expect that Niu Mang could think seriously about problems. He really learned a lot from a fall, and laughed: "That's right, brother really deserves to go to a private school. Cannon is the king of war. But this is a matter for the future, now let’s practice the martial arts of the army, and when conditions permit, we will forge even bigger cannons, does uncle teach my nephew?”

Jiang Zhong stroked his beard, and said with a red face: "Uncle practiced martial arts in his early years, and abandoned martial arts in his middle age to pursue literature. In fact, he didn't experience any great battles, but if he wants to compete with the Tartars, he must train a large number of cavalry, and the long-distance troops must increase."

"That's true." Jiang Tao scanned the audience, and continued: "Cavalry must have military horses, and they must be trained for more than three years. Don't even think about it for the time being. Strong bows are complicated to make, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. In the future, we can only do our best to make self-igniting fire. Gun, Mr. Wei, how is the artisan recruitment going?"

Wei Donglai pulled himself together, cleared his throat and said, "There are hundreds of craftsmen in the county, except for the three who escaped, all of them were invited, but only three doctors were recruited, as there are many wounded, it's okay if there are fewer doctors. trouble."

"Well done, without artisans and doctors, we will train them slowly. Now that we have opened up the situation, Mr. Wei will work harder and immediately bring the tiger and leopard cavalry, the strong bow guard and the Iron Spear Battalion under Jiang Wushang's command. Go to Gushi County to see if we can get some benefits. After seven days, we will return regardless of victory or defeat. The rest of the army will pack up and return to the city. Tomorrow, uncle will take the convoy and go first, and Jiang Wudao's subordinates will be in charge of guarding." Jiang Tao also No longer embarrassing everyone, he immediately ordered the next move.

The generals felt that they were not enjoying themselves enough, and they were about to withdraw their troops before they had finished fighting. They all looked at Jiang Tao eagerly, and Wei Donglai was also a little excited. Although he was familiar with military books, he did not lead the army alone. With the power to bind chickens, all the generals were born recklessly, fearing that the generals would not accept, even if he had various strategies, it would be difficult for him to do so, so he still looked at Jiang Tao.

Jiang Tao was surprised, thinking that the leaders didn't want Wei Donglai to be the general, he said angrily, "Mr. Wei has all kinds of clever tricks, and he also mastered the art of war to attack Gushi County. If anyone dares to disobey, he can beheaded first and then played. Do you understand?"

"Follow the general's orders, everyone knows Wei's military division's ability, how dare you disobey orders?" Jiang Shi, Jiang Wuhui, Jiang Wushang and others said in unison.

"Then don't go down and prepare!" Jiang Tao laughed and smoothed things over.

When all the generals left, Jiang Zhong held Jiang Tao back and whispered, "Heihuer, where is the body of the eldest brother?"

"Uncle, don't blame me. There are a lot of people in this place. During my father's lifetime, the child was not able to fulfill his filial piety, but he was not able to be buried in a grand manner when he died. The child is really ashamed." Jiang Tao said softly with shame on his face.

"Why is that so?" Jiang Zhong asked still puzzled.

"Uncle and nephew are also helpless. Now that we are fighting against the Qing Dynasty, if the Tartars know the place where my father is buried, I will definitely make my father feel uneasy, so I can only bury him in secret. Now he has been buried on a mountain ten miles away from Heihuzhai. Let’s talk about other things later.” Jiang Tao sighed, staring into the distance in a daze.

Jiang Zhong also sighed endlessly.

"General, general, it's not good!" At this moment, the messenger came galloping on a fast horse.

(End of this chapter)