198 [Rolling all over the floor and fee like a crane]
Chen Ting stood on the mountain and used a telescope to observe the military situation at the foot of the mountain.
He is still confused. Why did the landlords and farmers become thieves together?
The imperial court did not pay enough, the reward money was not paid, and the soldiers looted and made money on their own. This is a principle that applies to all countries. He did not go too far. Most of the officers and soldiers in the north encircled and suppressed the bandits. Otherwise,
I can no longer fight anymore.
Even Sun Chuanting, who was appointed governor of Shaanxi this year, had already loosened the constraints on his generals because the court had been underpaying him.
There is no way, we can't raise troops without grabbing food.
Once the restraints are relaxed, military discipline is like water that breaks a dam, and it cannot be recovered even if you want. Sun Chuanting may be a better model, but he is only better. Since he led the army in Shaanxi, military discipline has been corrupted by impeachment.
The tribesmen burned, killed and looted the people, but Sun Chuanting pretended not to see it, neither encouraged nor punished them.
How can Sun Chuanting control it?
He came on the scene too late, and when he became the governor and commander of the army, the imperial government's finances were on the verge of collapse. If he did not acquiesce in the robbery by his subordinates, the officers, soldiers and generals under his command would dare to show him what it means to mutiny and pay!
Among all the governors in the late Ming Dynasty, only Lu Xiangsheng was kind to the people and had very strict military discipline. The Tianxiong army once went without food for three days without collapsing, making noise, or looting, and finally won the battle. At that time, Lu Xiangsheng divided out the last rations,
As the commander-in-chief, he accompanied the soldiers to starve for three days.
Therefore, Chen Ting found it difficult to understand. People all over the country were doing this, so why was he the only one to get kicked?
Because someone is connected in series!
Missionary officers who came from poor scholar backgrounds went to connect with the landlords and gentry. Missionary officers who came from poor backgrounds and backbones of the peasant associations went to connect with local farmers and tenants.
As long as there was someone to take the lead in organizing a series of actions, and Fei Ruhe to lead the troops as a back-up, what was there to fear? In just a few days, an army composed of landlords and farmers was mobilized.
"Master Taishan," Huang Hanliang put down his telescope, "our army is condescending, so we can send the main force to defeat the local militia. They are all a mob, they don't even have a formation, they are in a mess in the east and west, and they will be fired by volleys of fire and cannons. Once these people are defeated, they will flee.
, it is likely to cause the defeat of the old thieves from Luling, and then our army can take advantage of the victory to pursue them."
Chen Ting sighed to him, "That's all we can do."
In fact, this series of battles seemed particularly weird, completely beyond Chen Ting's understanding.
He risked crossing the river to set up an ambush, but it was a helpless move, because the rebels formed a peasant association outside the city and trained peasant soldiers. The longer the delay, the stronger the rebels would be, and Chen Ting had to take risks.
Immediately, Chen Ting spent as much time as possible to defend the weak brigade and sent out elite troops to directly attack the coalition of landlords and peasants.
"Bang bang bang!"
The officers and soldiers fired a volley from the cannon battalion, causing more than 3,000 militiamen to flee in an instant.
Several Fujian generals took the opportunity to cover up the attack, and the nearly ten thousand militiamen collapsed. Most of them fled in all directions, while a small number rushed towards Fei Ruhe's main force.
When the sound of gunfire came from the friendly forces, which meant that the elite officers and soldiers were not in sight, Fei Ruhe immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
Fei Ruhe learned this tactic from Zhao Han.
You hit yours, I'll hit mine.
Fei Ruhe was too lazy to rescue those friendly troops. He didn't even leave a reserve team behind, and made a desperate move towards the direction of the commander's flag.
More than 5,000 troops began to rush towards the mountain.
Fei Ruhe, who had been a wise general before, now transformed into a fierce general, rushing to the front with his own soldiers.
"Boohoo!"
The officers and soldiers were still hiding their bow and arrow troops. Fei Ruhe was halfway through the charge, and six arrows had been shot at him. Some of the arrows fell to the ground, and some were still stuck in his body, which could not stop Fei Ruhe's charge. Anyway, he was
Wear cotton armor and a bamboo helmet with iron plates embedded on your head. Just don't get shot in the face or neck.
The general charged forward, and the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted.
All the elite officers and soldiers were sent to fight against the coalition of landlords and peasants. Those who were left behind to defend were relatively weak, but Fei Ruhe's timing to attack was just right.
If he hesitated for a moment and all the friendly troops fled, Fei Ruhe would be attacked from two sides.
When Fei Ruhe led his troops to attack the top of the mountain, the moment the two sides came into contact, the weak brigade of officers and soldiers immediately opened a hole.
"Fill it in with me!"
Chen Ting is worthy of being the top scholar in martial arts, and he doesn't know what it means to be afraid.
Seeing a gap in his own line, he immediately led the Chinese army to fill it.
Coach bumps into coach!
"Bah!"
Chen Ting suddenly slashed down with his sword, and with the help of the charge from above, he wanted to kill Fei Ruhe on the spot.
"when!"
Fei Ruhe hurriedly blocked with his sword. His mouth was numb from the shock, and even half of his arm was numb.
This guy is so strong!
Chen Ting showed no mercy to the opponent and struck him with another sword. Fei Ruhe could not change his move and could only block again in a panic.
"when!"
The sword in Fei Ruhe's hand was knocked down by Chen Ting. Regardless of his appearance, he hurriedly took advantage of the situation and threw himself down, then rolled back to the formation along the slope.
Go back in the physical sense. Fei Ruhe has never been so embarrassed.
"kill!"
Chen Ting still wanted to pursue him, so he stabbed him head-on with several wolf spears. These things were not only ferocious, but also insidious and could obstruct his vision.
At this moment, several spearmen crossed the shield wall and stabbed Chen Tingdui in the throat and calf.
Chen Tingdui hurriedly dodged the vital point, and his calf, which was not well protected by the armor, was stabbed. Chen Tingdui was so frightened that he quickly retreated into the formation.
The coaches and soldiers of both sides started fighting like this, and it was hard to tell the winner for a while.
However, the troops fighting next to them quickly determined the winner.
Those who attacked this time were all elite Datong soldiers, while those left behind by Chen Ting to defend were troops with weaker combat effectiveness. To put it bluntly, they were all Fujian Xiangyong recruited two years ago. They had defeated the peasant army at the border of the three provinces.
Other than that, I only train once every eight days.
Chen Ting's opponent's two-wing front collapsed bit by bit. When he saw this, he shouted: "Put another half of the incense, if you hold another half of the incense, we will win!"
Indeed, if you stick to half a stick of incense, you will win.
Because his son-in-law Huang Hanliang had defeated the coalition of landlords and peasants, and led his elite troops back to the mountains, trying to attack the rebels from both front and rear.
By then, the rebels will be defeated!
However, there was not even half a stick of incense, and even a tenth of the stick was not held up.
"Kill!"
A Datong army commander named Liu Erliang, who was born as a tenant farmer, took the lead in defeating the enemy in front of him. He immediately led his troops to help the friendly forces and launched a side attack on a Fujian soldier. It was like smashing tofu with a hammer, instantly smashing the enemy's formation.
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As if dominoes were falling, the Fujian soldiers collapsed one team after another.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Chen Tingdui, who had previously been so brave that he had beaten Fei Ruhe and fled in embarrassment, immediately fled with his own soldiers.
"Pursue the enemy from one to ten posts. Be sure to chase the enemy until they are scattered and flee for their lives. The rest of the troops must form an entire army to defend against the enemy!"
Fei Ruhe finally picked up his steel knife and began to give orders calmly.
This knife was about to be scrapped. Chen Ting made two big cuts. Wu Zhuangyuan was really not an ordinary person.
"Listen to the order and wind up!"
A thousand archers bent their bows and set arrows, and fired a volley at the elite officers and soldiers attacking from the mountain.
"Come back, come back quickly!"
Huang Hanliang led a battalion of thousands of muskets and wanted to continue the attack. Unexpectedly, the other officers and generals all fled with their troops. Seeing that the commander on the mountain had been defeated, how could they have the courage to continue fighting?
"Follow me to pursue the enemy!"
"Dududududu da da da da da..."
Fei Ruhe ordered the charge again, the suona sounded the charge horn, and four thousand Datong soldiers descended from the mountain like tigers.
"Bang bang bang!"
Huang Hanliang had one last chance. He asked all the fire gun battalions to aim in the direction of Fei Ruhe's flag.
However, before the Datong soldiers entered the effective shooting range, the Fujian gun soldiers opened fire in advance, then turned around and fled regardless of Huang Hanliang's military orders.
Huang Hanliang could only follow him and escape, but he escaped late and was quickly overtaken by Datong soldiers.
This man still wanted to fight desperately, but was stabbed to death by several spears.
A man who was born as a child prodigy and had both civil and military skills. Historically, he recruited soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty and died for his country. At this moment, he died on an unknown hillside outside Ganzhou City. From the beginning to the end, he never fought a bloody battle with the rebels.
"The Fujian soldiers lost, the Fujian soldiers lost!"
The missionary officers and backbones of the peasant association who were among the defeated militiamen suddenly cheered with joy when they heard the charge horn coming from the mountain.
They collected the defeated troops along the way, turned back, and beat up the drowned dogs.
As for those Fujian elites who fled, they didn't have a single wound on their bodies. Facing the super weak peasant soldiers, they simply couldn't muster the courage to fight.
The battlefield at the foot of the mountain was a mess, with peasant soldiers armed with hoes, poles, kitchen knives, and bamboo spears. They had no formations to speak of, with a group in the east and a group in the west, chasing Fujian's elite soldiers to kill them.
Whenever Fujian elites fell down, they would immediately rush up and beat them.
Sometimes, a small group of Fujian elites counterattacked, frightening several times the peasant soldiers and fleeing.
The mountains and plains are filled with deserters and pursuers everywhere. Sometimes it is even unclear who is fleeing and who is pursuing.
Chen Tingdui, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, rushed down the mountain from the north and fled all the way into the mountains further north. After entering the mountain, he finally saw no more pursuers. He quickly counted the number of people and his eyes suddenly turned black with anger.
There are only about forty people left around him...
The other troops, including his own soldiers, had completely fled, and there was no way they could reunite in a foreign land.
Chen Ting did not dare to delay. He rested for a while and continued to escape in the mountains. He had to find a nearby county seat as soon as possible. As soon as he entered the county seat, he immediately wrote a letter to complain and put the blame on Zou Weilian.
The content was all thought out. The governor of Fujian, Zou Weilian, and his whole family were captured by the rebels, so he secretly took command from the thieves. Zou Weilian first stood still and watched the rebels occupy the Wan'an natural danger, and then commanded the navy to send the rebels into a trap, causing Fujian to
The main force of officers and soldiers was surrounded by rebels.
It's all the governor's fault!
Fei Ruhe spent a day and a night cleaning the battlefield and captured more than 3,000 officers and soldiers.
In fact, more prisoners could be captured, but the local gentry and farmers would vent their anger by beating prisoners to death. Many Fujian soldiers would rather jump into the river and escape than be caught by the local villagers.
Of those dead soldiers and boatmen who were responsible for luring the enemy, only six died, and more than eighty people were missing. It is not known where they were washed ashore, or their bodies were not found after they drowned.
Just when Fei Ruhe moved across the river and planned to surround Ganzhou City, Gu Jianshan suddenly received a military order: the navy immediately went north to fight!
Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of the five southern provinces, could not sit back and watch Ganzhou's friendly troops besieged.
His idea was very correct. Zou Weilian only needed to hold Ganzhou City until the autumn harvest on his side was completed. As soon as there was enough autumn grain, Zhu Xieyuan would send troops to attack Fengcheng County and force the main force of the rebels to withdraw from Ganzhou.
In this way, the rebels can be exhausted and Ganzhou City can be saved.
Maybe Zou Weilian can send troops from Ganzhou and take the opportunity to knock down Wan'an County!