The tragedy in Lijiacun was firmly suppressed by Seng Gelinqin, and the local government of Daming Prefecture even provided assistance.
No one wants this to be made public.
However, this matter was discovered by investigators sent by the Renaissance Army.
The Mongols are rough in their work, and Burigude is just a vulgar warrior.
Although when he left the next day, he buried all the villagers' bodies under He Qing's repeated advice.
But they couldn't get rid of this village. Moreover, this was not a remote mountainous forest with few people, but a relatively densely populated North China Plain.
The screams of villagers when they were killed, the screams of women when they were insulted, and the laughter of Mongolian soldiers could be heard far away.
It was not late at night when the tragedy occurred, and there were even some people from neighboring villages working in the fields.
Naturally, someone saw this tragic scene, and all of the surrounding villages fled.
News of the Mongolian massacre spread quickly the next day.
When Dong Shuheng got the news, he had already led the security team to Yuncheng, Caozhou Prefecture.
Under Dong Shuheng's instruction, the Fuxing Army's newspaper made a detailed report on the behavior of the Mongolian cavalry in Daming Mansion.
"The tragedy of the massacre of the Han people two hundred years ago has happened again." The newspaper used this sentence.
Under the rule of the Fuxing Army, scholars wrote articles criticizing this issue, and for a while people's hatred of the Manchus reached its peak.
Even the black accounts from when the Qing troops went south two hundred years ago were brought out one by one.
In response to this wave of public opinion, the Fuxing Army's rear, in Jiangyin and Jiading, organized sacrificial activities for the people who died in the tragedy that year.
In the Liangjiang area, people also organized support for the front line. The gentry and common people donated money and materials to support the Renaissance Army in overthrowing the Qing army as soon as possible.
College students went everywhere to preach, and the Women's Federation organized women to make shoes and socks to give to soldiers on the front line.
Factory workers voluntarily work overtime to produce supplies. Especially in arsenals, workers work more than ten hours a day, in two shifts, without taking breaks to produce weapons and ammunition for the soldiers on the front line.
Everyone felt that this Manchu Qing court must be overthrown as soon as possible.
These reports even reached the current Qingtong District through many channels, causing the prestige of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to plummet.
Emperor Xianfeng knew about this and cursed Seng Gelinqin, but it was too late.
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Here is the Renaissance Army.
The Third Division, led by Cai Shusen, moved north along the canal from Texas. The canal navy was responsible for cover and logistical supplies along the way.
Regarding Cai Shusen's journey, Dong Shuheng's requirement is also to proceed steadily. Once a place is conquered, it must be occupied and consolidated.
Therefore, after Cai Shusen set out from Dezhou, he successively marched to Jingzhou, Dongguang, Nanpi, Jiaohe, and Yanshan until he besieged Cangzhou, but he was not in a hurry to break the city.
They just sent out a cavalry regiment to clear out the Qing strongholds near Cangzhou City.
Emperor Xianfeng ordered Imperial Envoy Duanhua to sit in Tianjin and direct Zhili's defense work.
Duan Hua ordered all the cities to hold on. He seemed to see that the Huaihai pirates wanted to transfer his main force to Cangzhou.
On the other side, Dong Shuheng was furious after learning the news that the Mongols were massacring Han people. He ordered Zhang Dabiao of the Seventh Division to send out the cavalry regiment to annihilate this Mongolian cavalry group.
In order to quickly deal with the incoming Mongolian cavalry, Dong Shuheng sent out all his guard regiments, because the guard regiments were all mounted infantry and could maneuver quickly.
In the plains, the only thing that can completely destroy a cavalry unit is the cavalry.
"Pan Qiliang, you don't have many opportunities for actual combat. You must fight well in this battle, otherwise the guard regiment will be completely disgraced by you."
On the outskirts of Yuncheng, Dong Shuheng saw off Pan Qiliang. The guard regiment had not yet participated in any battles.
To be honest, Dong Shuheng was a little worried.
"Don't worry, President, we have always been the sharpest sword in your hand." Pan Qiliang is no longer the naive big boy.
After following Dong Shuheng for so long, he has transformed and become a qualified officer.
After a night of release, Burigude found that his men seemed to have changed. Their eyes became more ferocious and their wolf nature became more intense.
"Okay, okay, massacre is the best teacher for Mongolian men, and this is what it should be like." Bu Rigude thought in his heart.
He Qing's eyes were as dull as the eyes of a dead fish, and he numbly followed Bu Rigude's cavalry as they continued to move eastward.
Only now did they enter Guan City, which is the boundary of Caozhou Prefecture.
In the distance, Bu Rigude saw a village.
No need for his greeting, the cavalry under his command had already rushed forward with howls.
They had already tasted the sweetness yesterday, just like cats that had already tasted the fishy smell, how could they withstand the temptation?
But this time they were disappointed.
The cavalry rushed into the village, but failed.
A line of smoke ignited behind a mound in the distance.
"No, it's exposed." Bu Rigude's heart skipped a beat.
But no matter what, the Monk King originally wanted to come out and make a bigger noise.
Since there was no one in the village, he must have hid in the town.
"He Qing, come here." Bu Rigude shouted to He Qing, who was a little stunned. He was greatly stimulated by the killings and atrocities of the Mongols last night.
Although he was not a good person, he could not be so cruel. The actions of the Mongolian cavalry were simply cruel.
"Yes, General." He Qing came back to his senses.
"Are there any towns near here?" Bu Rigude asked.
"Sir, just walk along the road." He Qing couldn't explain clearly, but he knew that the roads in the village usually lead to the town.
Three thousand cavalry advanced along the road and encountered an empty village on the way. Another column of smoke appeared in the distance.
Apparently someone had been watching them. Burigude sent cavalry to capture the messenger, but failed.
But Burigude was not afraid. This was all plains, and even if the road was blocked, they could break through from the farmland.
Continuing forward, we finally saw a market town. The market town was surrounded by an earthen wall three meters high and nearly two meters thick.
The eastern part of Shandong used to be an active area for bandits and bandits, so most of the towns were walled.
Although the earthen wall was only over three meters high, it was enough to block the cavalry.
Bu Rigude was going to try to attack this town.
He knew that Han Chinese in other places were probably hiding in small towns like this.
Now that you have come, there is no reason to leave empty-handed. The materials and women stored in such a town are definitely not comparable to that of a small village.
"Wolves, there is food, gold, silver, jewelry, and women in the town ahead. Do you want them?" Bu Rigude shouted to his men.
"Think!" The cavalry below shouted in Mongolian, a roar like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, mixed with some strange laughter and whistles.
Wu Zhicheng is the commander of the Xianzhuang Town garrison company. He originally belonged to the Yancheng garrison regiment.
This time their entire regiment was transferred to the Shandong area.
When the defense was first changed, the areas bordering the Qing court were replaced by garrison troops. Other places were replaced by militia.
This time the walls were fortified and the country was cleared, and the superiors urgently increased the defense force for this Li.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for a town like Xianzhuang to have a defensive force of one company.
Wu Zhicheng lay on the top of the city and looked at the Mongolian cavalry in the distance. The formation of more than 3,000 cavalry seemed much larger than the formation of more than 3,000 infantry.
However, he only had more than a hundred brothers, one rotating machine gun, two mortars, four grenades, and ten grenades per person.
The machine guns were temporarily supplied to them because of this crisis. Fortunately, the machine gunners came with the machine guns, otherwise their company would not be able to use them.
In addition, there were five hundred people temporarily organized in the town. These people were armed with cold weapons, and some were even forks for picking grass.
They can act as a guard, but their real combat power is unknown. However, these people have a strong fighting spirit.
The news of Li Zhuang's massacre has spread. These people are really willing to risk their lives for the lives of their families and for their mother-in-law not to be insulted.
The cavalry on the opposite side moved, and one-third of them were divided to surround us from the front. The rest were divided into two parts. Some of them went around from the left to the side of the town, as if they were going to seize the back entrance.
There is also a part that stayed in place with Bu Rigude.
There are only two gates in the town, and the enemy will normally only choose two gates to attack.
The disparity between the enemy and ourselves was too great, so Wu Zhicheng could only do his best. There were 80 soldiers led by him on the front, plus heavy firepower.
There were only twenty soldiers at the back gate, but there were three hundred young men from the city standing beside it, so it looked like there were more people.
There are also two hundred young men stationed on the town walls on both sides. They mainly serve as a warning.
Wu Zhicheng wanted to give these Mongolian cavalry a fierce attack, frightening them in the first wave and making them retreat.
A normal general would not be willing to suffer too many casualties for such a small town.
"Have the heavy machine gun ready. Others should not rush to shoot. Don't save the heavy machine gun's bullets when you are ready to fight."
The only heavy machine gun was placed on the highest gate building. There was a hole in the wall pointing in the direction outside the door, where the machine gun position was located.
Wu Zhicheng knew that the range of this machine gun could reach one thousand meters. But he was not prepared to use it at such a long distance. That would not consume a large number of the enemy's cavalry.
He only has one machine gun, and it doesn't have many bullets.
The enemy came on horseback from a thousand meters away. When they entered 500 meters, Wu Zhicheng could see these Mongolians starting to take their bows.
At two hundred meters, the charging cavalry began to nock arrows. They were preparing to use the speed of the charging horses to throw the bows and arrows onto the wall.
In that case, even with the protection of the female wall, the soldiers on the wall can be killed.
"Fight!" Wu Zhicheng could not give them a chance to shoot arrows.
When these cavalrymen entered two hundred meters, guns rang out.
The garrison still used front-loaded rifled guns. After firing a shot, the soldiers quickly changed their ammunition.
However, the machine gun on the city gate did not stop. The shooter turned the crank and swung the muzzle left and right to let the bullets shoot out in a fan-shaped pattern.
Among the thousands of horses under the city, one or two hundred people fell instantly. People shouted and horses neighed for a while.
The first reaction of the attacking cavalry was to scatter to both sides. The machine gun bullets followed one of the waves of cavalry like gangrene in their bones.
At this time, the infantry also reloaded their bullets, and they aimed at the cavalry on the other side.
"Bang bang bang..." The target of the cavalry is very big, and the effect of shooting horses and shooting people is the same.
Just now I saw a wave of cavalry going to the back door, and Wu Zhicheng moved the mortars and grenades over.
Half of the more than a thousand cavalrymen were wiped out in a single confrontation. These Mongols were already frightened.
They retreated one after another, with bullets from the heavy machine guns still chasing them.
"Trash, they are all a bunch of trash!" Bu Rigude cursed loudly.
Soon, the remaining few hundred riders fled back in embarrassment.
Burigude swung his riding whip at a cavalryman who was escaping, almost knocking him off his horse to the ground.
"Why are so many of you running? Are there many defenders in the town?"
"The report tells us that their weapons are very powerful and the muskets can't stop ringing. We can't rely on them at all."
Burigude was a little far away and could not clearly see how many people were on the wall of the town.
He thought it would be very easy to conquer a small town with two thousand people.
At this time, bursts of explosions sounded from behind the town.
After a while, the cavalrymen who had circled behind also ran back. When they passed the front door, another round of long-distance machine gun fire was fired.
These cavalrymen originally thought that it would not matter if they were a few hundred meters away from the city wall, but they did not expect that they could still be hit.
The speed of escape accelerated again.
From a distance, Bu Rigude could see the cavalry being chased by bullets.
There were constant cavalrymen being shot in the back and falling off their horses.
Bu Rigude was scared this time. How could the musket fire so fast and far? It was a nightmare for the cavalry. He really couldn't blame his men.
Two thousand people were sent out, but the total number of people who have returned now is only a little over a thousand, which is just a few sticks of incense time.
No matter how stupid Bu Rigude is, he knows not to rush anymore.
But he didn't know he had brought them. The Renaissance Army's heavy machine gun bullets were about to run out. If he continued to charge now, those rifled guns alone would really not be able to stop them from approaching the city wall.
Wu Zhicheng's idea was to scare them and make them retreat in spite of difficulties.
He made the right bet, and Bu Rigude did not dare to take any more risks.
He hurriedly left the battlefield with his two thousand cavalry.
When hunting, wolves will also avoid difficult prey. As long as you are patient, you can always find a suitable target.
After leaving Xianguan Town, Bu Rigude and his men continued westward.
He did not retreat to Damingfu, but prepared to continue deeper into Shandong. If he couldn't tear open the prey's skin, he would simply get into the prey's belly.
Bu Rigude guessed that it was impossible for these people to clear the entire Shandong Province.
But Bu Rigude had no chance to continue moving forward. In front of him was Guancheng County. After struggling for so long, Pan Qiliang finally arrived with the guard group.
He Qing told Bu Rigude in advance that the county seat was ahead of him. Because there was usually a Wuli Pavilion when arriving at the county seat, he could identify it in advance.
So Bu Rigude and his men turned their horses and headed northeast.
The running all the way just now has exhausted the cavalry's horses.
They came to a small river to drink and recuperate.
Less than a stick of incense passed.
The sound of horse hooves came from the southwest. As a Mongolian, Burigude could easily hear it. There were about two thousand cavalry coming.
What appeared at this time must be the so-called Huai Hai Pirates' cavalry.
Bu Rigude thought in his mind.
The corners of his mouth curled up a little, Han Chinese cavalry? I really want to go and meet them for a while.
"Get on your horse, men. The Han cavalry is here. Let's go see if they can still fight after leaving the city wall." Bu Rigude ordered loudly to his men.
If they were asked to attack the city at this time, probably not many people would think about it. But when they heard that they were going to fight the Han cavalry in the field, the eyes of these Mongolian cavalry all lit up.
It was as if he wanted to vent all the grievances he had suffered during the previous siege.
"Commander, the enemy is charging towards us." A cavalryman who was scouting reported.
"Well done!"
"Is our heavy machine gun position well hidden?" Pan Qiliang asked his regiment staff officer.
"They are all hidden, regiment commander, are you sure you can lure them there?" the regiment staff officer asked.
"That's natural. If they can't be lured away, we will drive them over." Pan Qiliang raised the Type 54 rifle in his hand, which was their reliance.
The riding skills are not as good as those of the Mongols, which can be made up for by weapons. It is much easier to shoot a gun while riding a horse than to shoot an arrow.
Especially a lance like the Type 54 which is very easy to load and use.
The Guard Corps has the priority to equip new weapons. This is naturally because they are responsible for protecting the president's safety.
When facing each other, the two cavalrymen soon met.
When the guard group enters the shooting range, they raise their guns and shoot.
"Bang, bang, bang..." gunfire sounded, and immediately a Mongolian cavalry fell off its horse.
The accuracy of shooting while riding a horse is not good, but when chasing the enemy, the Mongolian cavalry arranged in a dense formation.
The cavalry regiment only needs to shoot at the opponent's team, and there is no need to aim individually.
"Catch up and close the distance." Burigude shouted. If there was another cavalry general, he would make the same decision as Burigude.
Seeing that the Mongols had taken the bait, Pan Qiliang immediately led his cavalry to turn to one side.
To the Mongols this was an attempt by the enemies to keep distance from each other.
Of course, Bu Rigude would not let the other side get what he wanted. He led his men to urge their horses to catch up. The distance between the two sides was indeed getting closer.
If Pan Qiliang and the others were to sneak into a village or valley at this time, Burigude would still suspect fraud, and they would not necessarily continue to pursue them.
But now that the two sides are chasing each other on the plains, Bu Rigude doesn't have to worry about an ambush on the other side.
The two sides headed northwest, and the guard regiment, carrying the Mongolian cavalry, finally reached the ambush machine gun position. The guard regiment knew where the machine gun position was from the marks left.
The originally somewhat scattered formation became a little more orderly, because the guard regiment had to pass between machine gun positions.
This change of formation slowed down the guard regiment, and the distance between the two sides became closer again.
Just when Bu Rigude thought he was about to catch up with the cavalry in front.
Suddenly, tongues of flame appeared on the ground. This was a hidden defense line composed of six heavy machine guns.
Each machine gun position is a pit, camouflaged with grass. If you don't get close, you can't find it at all. The position only has a shooting port.
This bunker-like position is only suitable for firearms that use smokeless powder bullets. Otherwise, the thick smoke of black powder in the bunker will suffocate the soldiers.
Bu Rigude felt as if his cavalry had been cut in half by a huge sickle.
All around were the sounds of men and horses falling to the ground, and the "click-click" sound of machine gun fire.
Bu Rigude wanted to order a retreat, but before he could say the word "withdraw", a string of bullets flew and knocked Bu Rigude off his horse. The bullets almost tore his abdomen into pieces.
Pan Qiliang and his guard regiment stood behind the machine gun position and stopped. Looking at the Mongolian cavalry opposite being harvested, he felt filled with emotion.
"Damn it, it's a good thing I'm not a pure cavalry. Where will there be room for cavalry on the battlefield from now on!" Pan Qiliang sighed sincerely when he saw the heavy machine guns quickly mowing down the Mongolian cavalry who were so arrogant just now.
"Captain, the enemy is going to die. Do you want to shout for them to surrender?"
Pan Qiliang glanced at his chief of staff and shook his head. There was no need to capture these beasts.
"I didn't hear that they were about to surrender. They were clearly resisting. These Mongolian cavalry were ready to fight to the last man. They were so damn fierce."