Although the bandits ran all the way in front, the regiment soldiers who were following behind followed them slowly. Because Tang Zhen had confidence in his heart, the bandits had spent most of their energy after fighting for most of the night.
The regiment soldiers were waiting for work and had a huge physical advantage. The bandits would definitely not be able to outrun the regiment soldiers. Moreover, Shang Yi was very clear that chasing the bandits was not the real purpose and took advantage of the situation to seize Qiliu Town and Jinshan.
Pingcun is the ultimate goal.
Therefore, Tang Zhencai always controlled the speed of the team, and at the same time resolutely maintained an orderly formation, keeping a certain distance from the bandits, but never completely catching up. Once the distance between the bandits was shortened, he would use bows and arrows.
Shooting forced the bandits to speed up. And for the few bandits who fell behind due to lack of physical strength, they were killed mercilessly. After all, the regiment soldiers now did not have the energy to capture prisoners.
The bandits were also forced hard and slow, and stopped and walked, and finally arrived at Qiliu Town at around noon. The bandits had already been exhausted from menstruation.
At this time, Tang Zhen ordered the regiment to suddenly exert force and launched a fierce attack behind the bandits. They carried the bandits' butts and rushed into Qiliu Town. At this time, the bandits were unable to resist at all, so they had to brace themselves up and fight.
They fled from Qiliu Town again. The one hundred bandits stationed in Qiliu Town were full of physical strength, but they could not withstand the rush of the defeated army. Before they could figure out what was going on, they fled with the defeated army in confusion.
Willow Town.
As a result, the militia took back Qiliu Town from the bandits without any effort. In less than half an hour, Shang Yi also arrived at Qiliu Town with a group of cavalry.
It turned out that after capturing Wang's Datun, Shang Yi gathered all the horses, donkeys, mules and other livestock that he had snatched, and gathered nearly a hundred of them. He ordered two groups of soldiers to ride. If there were not enough horses and donkeys, he would ride two horses and two.
Then he followed behind and rushed up to support. Seeing that Tang Zhen had captured Qiliu Town by force, Shang Yi was also very happy. He immediately went down again, leaving a small team to maintain order in Qiliu Town. The focus was on taking care of the supplies. Others
People continued to chase the bandits.
Besides, at dusk, Old Luotuo led the bandits to Jinshanping Village, but not long after, the militia followed and killed them. In fact, all the bandits had entered the village at this time. If the suspension bridge was pulled up and the village was closed,
It was not impossible to defend the gate. But now the bandits were so frightened that they caught up with them. They were so frightened that they even lost the courage to resist. They gave up Jinshanping Village and fled directly back to Qinghai.
Went to Wolf Peak.
At this time, Shang Yi gave the order to stop the pursuit, because it was getting late and he would definitely not be able to return tonight, and he also estimated that the bandits would never dare to return tonight, so Shang Yi decided to spend the night in Jinshanping Village tonight and stay there tomorrow.
Then he took away all the recaptured supplies. At the same time, he sent people to ride fast horses back to the village to deliver the message. At the same time, he sent out a reconnaissance team, and then ordered all the regiment soldiers to enter the village.
After entering the village, Shang Yi immediately ordered people to pull up the suspension bridge, close the village gate, and strictly guard it. Then he ordered that all the surviving villagers who were imprisoned be released.
But after the imprisoned villagers were released, Shang Yi couldn't help but be shocked, because there were more than a thousand imprisoned villagers, most of whom were in their prime, a total of six to seven hundred people, and the others were young women and teenagers.
, almost all the elderly and young children were killed. For the bandits, the young adults could be taken to the village to work as laborers, and the young women and teenagers could be used as slaves. Except for some who were killed for resisting and intimidating everyone,
, the rest were left behind, except for the elderly, middle-aged women and young children, who were useless and burdensome to carry around, so they were all killed.
However, the detention of the villagers was not strict. In fact, they were locked together in several large houses. The people inside could break the door locks and escape with a little force. But when the regiment soldiers broke open the doors, the villagers
Almost all of them were sitting in the room honestly, with expressions of resignation on their faces, showing no intention of resisting.
After the villagers were released, they all found their relatives and cried together. Those who had no relatives would beat the sky and cry non-stop. It made the regiment soldiers feel a little sad, and many of them secretly wiped their heads.
tears.
But the more Shang Yi watched, the more angry he became, and he suddenly shouted: "You know how to cry, what's the use of crying? Don't cry anymore."
After hearing this, the villagers were stunned for a moment. They all looked at Shang Yi and didn't even dare to express their anger. However, some people still couldn't hold back, but they didn't dare to cry out, so they had to sob in their noses.
Shang Yi said: "Are you just crying now? Men, why didn't you resist when the bandits attacked? Even if you couldn't defeat the bandits at that time and were arrested by them, their brigade
The troops left the village and only a hundred people were left to guard it. Why didn't you resist and just let them do what they did?"
After hearing this, the male villagers almost all lowered their heads in shame, not daring to meet Shang Yi's eyes. Shang Yi also smiled bitterly. This situation is actually very common among the Chinese people, especially in modern times. Strictly speaking,
He said that he couldn't blame them, but there was something he couldn't bear to see.
After a while, someone timidly said: "Sir, we are just ordinary people. We have been farming for generations and we don't know how to fight at all."
Shang Yi sneered, pointed at his regiment, and said: "You all raise your heads and look at them."
The villagers all raised their heads and looked at Qingchu. It seemed that the people who rescued them were not the army. However, judging from the momentum and appearance of this group of people, they seemed to be no worse than the army.
Shang Yi continued: "More than a month ago, they were also farmers and did not know how to fight, but in order to protect their villages, they have undergone rigorous training, and now they can fight to the end to defend their homes. They can
If you can do it, you can do it too. Tomorrow I will take you out of Jinshanping Village and resettle you, but everyone must accept my training, so that in the future you can become like them and have enough ability to defend
My own home. But I won’t want people who are afraid of hardship, tiredness, and want to be lazy and don’t want to train. I will let them fend for themselves. Do you understand?”
At this time someone asked again: "Who are you?"
Shang Yi said: "We are the joint militia group of Qingshui Village, Bajiaotai Village, and Shilitun Village, and you will be the same in the future."
This immediately aroused some discussion, because Zhou Shiqi once invited Jinshanping Village to join the United Militia League, but was rejected. Later, the four villages competed in the ring to compete for teachers of the General Militia League. Several nearby villages knew that Jinshan
Many villagers in Ping Village had gone to see the fun. After hearing what Shang Yi said, some people recognized him. Someone said: "You are the teacher who won the game in the ring that day, right?"
Shang Yi nodded and said: "Yes, it's me. But now I am the chief teacher of the Three Villages United Vigilante Group. You will also accept my training in the future. How about it? Do you want to do it or not?"
Someone stood up again and asked: "Chief Teacher, if we train with you, will you lead us to avenge the bandits in the future?"
After hearing these words, Shang Yi was somewhat satisfied that he had not wasted so much talk, so he said: "Of course, as long as you can meet my training requirements, I promise you that I will take you to kill in a month at most.
Go up to Qinglang Peak and take revenge on the bandits."
After hearing this, the man gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll do it. I can endure any hardship. As long as I can avenge my family, I will train with you."
With the first one, there is no need to worry about the second one, and the third one. After a while, all the men who came again stood up and expressed their willingness to accept Shang Yi's training and avenge their relatives in the future.
Only then did a smile appear on Shang Yi's face. In fact, Chinese farmers are not without courage and bloodiness, they just have not been inspired. Once the farmers' courage and bloodiness are fully inspired, they will unleash powerful power.
Later, this point has also been fully verified in modern China.
On the next day, Shang Yi returned with the villagers of Jinshanping Village and all supplies. When passing through Qiliu Town, he merged with the regiment soldiers from Qiliu Town and returned to Qingshui Village together.
This battle, involving more than 1,200 regiments from three villages, lasted three days, and was the first time they went out to fight in the village. It was a great test for the militiamen who had just received training for more than a month, but
In the end, they achieved perfect results. Not only did they successfully drive away the bandits, but they also rescued Wangjiadatun, Jinshanping Village and Qiliu Town. A total of 3,453 people were rescued in the three villages and towns.
According to the final statistics after the war, during this battle, the militiamen killed a total of 674 bandits and captured 53 people. Added together, the number of bandits killed and captured was close to one
One thousand two hundred people.
At the same time, the results of this battle were also very rich. In the battle to rescue Wang's Datun, a total of 17,700 taels of silver, 220 taels of gold, more than 200 other utensils, and 3,000 grains were harvested.
More than two hundred stones, three hundred and twenty stones of flour, thirty-one large and small vehicles, forty-one horses, and sixty-four donkeys. Four hundred and fifty-three spears, one hundred and eighty-three single swords, and twenty swords.
Five handles, one hundred and five shields, twelve bows, twenty pairs of iron armor, and sixty-one pairs of leather armor.
In the battle to rescue Jinshanping Village and Qiliu Town, a total of 3,800 taels of silver, more than 580 pieces of other utensils, more than 6,500 shi of grain, 550 shi of flour, and three large and small vehicles were harvested.
Seventeen vehicles, seventeen horses, twenty-nine donkeys, one hundred and nineteen spears, thirty-four swords, and thirteen shields.
In this battle, a total of thirty-one people from the militia were killed, including fifteen from Qingshui Village, nine from Bajiaotai Village, and seven from Shilitun Village. Sixty-seven people were injured.