The morning sun shines through the thin clouds and shines on the desolate land. This is already late autumn, and winter is about to begin. The oceanic monsoon on the Shandong Peninsula has brought a biting chill. The two on the official road
On the side are full of undulating mountains and scattered trees and plants. The ground is full of yellow fallen leaves and dead branches.
At this time, a convoy was slowly moving on the official road. The donkey and horse's hooves fell on the ground. When the wheels turned, it made a "Gezhi-Gezhi" sound, breaking the silence of the mountains and forests.
A cavalry officer with a full body of armor but without a helmet exposed his bare forehead and a rat-tailed braid on his forehead rode his horse back and forth in the team, waving the whip in his hand and shouting: "Go away,
Let's leave now, we are all working for the court. The things we give are all needed by the man in Manzhou. Being able to do things for the man in Manzhou is our blessing. Everyone doesn't have much energy to buy.
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Although he was dressed in the Qing army, he spoke in Chinese with the original Chinese pronunciation. Someone whispered in the team: "Tsk, I shave my hair, and I really thought I was from Manzhou.
Here is a powerful man."
"What's the matter? It's still a thousand households of the Ming Dynasty for a few days. The Qing army surrendered as soon as they came. Now they hugged the thick legs of a man and started shaking again."
"Don't look at his prestige in front of us, in front of real Manzhou people, he is actually not as good as a dog."
As several people were talking, the officer had already found this place, and rushed over and said, "Why are you trembling? Why don't you hurry up and hurry up. If you don't send it to Qingzhou within three days, be careful that Master Beile blames you, how many lives do you have?
But I can't afford to be guilty."
While he was talking, suddenly, a "bang" sound was heard. The officer screamed and fell from the horse's back. The entire army was also in chaos. The soldiers were each carrying swords and guns, looking around, looking for the enemy.
The people who pulled the cart and pushed the cart were all so scared that they pedaled to the ground, holding their heads in their hands without moving.
But the whole thing happened in an instant, and the gunshots rang out again, and they rushed to the convoy from the mountains and forests on both sides. The Qing soldiers were shot one by one and fell to the ground and died. The other soldiers also knew that they were powerful.
I looked for the side of the car and hid at the bottom of the car, and I don’t know who shouted in the convoy: “It’s the merchant army.” The team immediately became in chaos.
At this moment, someone suddenly heard a shout, "Brothers, rush."
Countless soldiers holding bayonets and rifles rushed out of the mountains and forests on both sides and rushed towards the convoy. The Qing army escorted the convoy actually surrendered the Ming army, although they had just shaved their hair and had small braids,
In essence, it is still the veterans of the Ming army. When they heard that the carjacking was the merchant army, they were already scared to death. They dared to fight with them, and they threw away their swords and guns and fled in all directions.
The soldiers of the merchant army chased after him for a while, chased the young defeated soldiers, and stopped their steps and returned to the convoy one after another. A soldier touched several cars for a while, turned back to an officer, and said:
Leader Teng is all about food and cotton jackets. Now it is so developed, enough for us to eat for several months."
The leader of the second regiment of the Second Division of the Merchant Army was Teng Yinyu. After hearing this, he was very happy and said, "Okay, move away if you can move away. If you can't move away, you will burn all the fire.
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At this time, more than 300 people who were responsible for driving the car were left, and they were all squatting on the ground and motionless. Teng Yinyu gathered the people together and said, "Friends, don't be afraid, I am
The merchant army only attacks the Tartars, and they fight both real and fake Tartars, but they will never hurt the people."
In fact, there are still many people in the Jinan and Qingzhou areas who are looking forward to it. Therefore, after hearing what he said, a few bold people said: "Chief, is what you said true?"
Teng Yinyu nodded and said, "Friends, I know you are all forced by the Tartars to do things for them, so you can't blame you. We will let you go back, but you must be careful, don't do it next time.
He was captured by the Tartars again."
Teng Yinyu immediately ordered that he would share the snatched food for each person and let them go. The people were moved and burst into tears and thanked him repeatedly. More than 20 people said at that time,
He was willing to go back and join the merchant army, but Teng Yinyu did not refuse and took them all in.
After the people left, Teng Yinyu ordered the food vehicles to collect, but if they really couldn't finish it, they lit a fire and burned them all.
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The sky has no stars or moon. The thick dark clouds block the sky so that even a trace of starlight cannot be revealed, making the whole world cage in a thick and dark darkness. Only the call of the north wind makes people feel from the bottom of their hearts
A hint of chill even more.
Yang Anmin hid behind a big tree, carefully poked his head out and looked around.
I saw several fires behind a small hill more than fifty steps away, and the bonfire was burning, and the "crackling" sounds were made from time to time. Some of the fires were equipped with large iron pots, while others were carrying roosters.
Animals such as wild animals emit a strong aroma of oil. Next to each fire, there were more than ten Qing troops sitting around, talking Manchu, drinking hot soup, and eating barbecue, chatting and laughing loudly.
Perhaps it was a late rest, these Qing soldiers did not wear helmets, many of them did not even wear armor, and their weapons were also loosely placed aside. The flame marks shone on the shaved head, and the small and slender ones behind their heads were
The rat-tail braid of money is also swung back and forth with everyone's movements.
Beside the fire, there are more than ten tents. There are a few tents where you can vaguely see figures shaking. From time to time, the woman's crying and the man's rough breathing sounds are coming, and from time to time, it makes the outside world clear
The soldiers burst into laughter. It seemed that this was a small military camp.
Yang Anmin was so angry that his teeth were chewing, and he cursed in his heart: "This group of Tartars on the turtle day, let's see how long you can be proud today."
At this moment, a soldier quietly touched Yang Anmin's side and said, "Company Commander, I have figured it out. There are about fifty Tartars in this group, but there are only twenty of them inside.
.It seems that many women have been captured, all of whom have been caught from the village in front. The brothers from each platoon have been lurking, just waiting for your order, no matter how many of these Tartars are called, they cannot escape."
Yang Anmin nodded and said, "Okay, then start and tell your brothers to prepare the grenades and not let anyone go."
As he said that, Yang Anmin took out a string grenade from his back, twisted off the string cover, broke the lead, rushed forward a few steps, shouted: "Heavenly killed Tartars, today I'm
You will be killed."
As he said that, he threw the grenade hard at the place where the Qing soldiers gathered. Behind Yang Anmin, there were more than ten soldiers from the merchant army, and Shidu threw the grenades.
The Qing soldiers were also unprepared for this attack. They knew it was not good if they were smarter, so they hurriedly dodged. However, they were slow to react and looked at them stupidly. Some people actually took the grenade with their hands.
"Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-"
The explosion of the grenade immediately made the fire storm fall and scream.
Yang Anmin took off the rifle behind his back and shouted: "Brothers, rush, kill Taji and take revenge."
The sound of shouting and killing also sounded from all directions of the Qing army camp, mixed with a lot of rifle shooting. The Qing army was blown up by a grenade and was approached by another round of musket shooting. Most of the victims had been killed or injured, and the rest were
All the people who were under the cusp were frightened, and in the dark, they didn't know how many people were ambushed. They were guilty and had no fighting spirit. They were killed by the merchant army and fell to the ground and died. How many wanted to escape
Most of them were also killed by rifles.
The battle ended with just one incense stick. A total of 53 Qing soldiers were killed, and none of the merchant army was killed. More than 20 war horses, many weapons and armor were killed, and the
A lot of gold, silver, clothes and food were harvested in the Qing army's tent, and more than 20 women were also harvested. They were all plundered by this group of Qing army in nearby villages.
Yang Anmin brought the women together and told them that he was a rank of the merchant army, who was here to kill the Qing soldiers and protect the people. He also gave each of these women some silver and cloth so that they could go home and seek refuge with their relatives.
Of course, the women were grateful. Several women were homeless and were willing to join the merchant army. Yang Anmin also took them in, and then brought all the property, food and war horses, and the bodies of the Qing soldiers together with the tents.
A fire burned and retreated deep into the mountains.
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In the northwest of Boxing County, Qingzhou Prefecture, a small team of Qing soldiers were looting people's property in a village. Suddenly, a military army suddenly broke out and used muskets and grenades as weapons to attack the Qing soldiers of this team in an instant.
Most of the casualties were killed or injured. When the Qing soldiers stationed in Boxing County received the news and came with a large group of people, the merchant army had long disappeared. Only the bodies of the Qing soldiers on the ground were left, as well as the Qing army.
The head of the white-armored soldier who led the team was raised high with a bamboo pole.
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Zhanhua County, Jinan Prefecture, a new magistrate appointed by the Qing Dynasty, and a group of more than 60 people were assigned by the Qing Dynasty. On the way, they walked to the Shang River more than 20 miles away from the county town and were attacked by a merchant army, except for a few hired sedan chairmen.
In addition to the handlebar, the other county magistrates, the yamen runners, followers, servants and others died. Moreover, the eight big words "If you are accomplice to the tiger, you will not die well" were written in blood next to the county magistrate's corpse.
The county magistrate who came to collect the body was rushing to see it and was stunned and thirsty.
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Outside Zichuan County, Jinan Prefecture, a team of merchants had just attacked a small group of Qing troops. After receiving the report, the Qing army stationed in Zichuan County immediately broke out of the county town and rushed to the location of the accident. At this time, the merchants were in charge.
Just now, there were many clues left, so the Qing army followed these traces and rushed into the mountains. As a result, they chased for a day and a night. Not only did they not pursue the merchant army this time, but on the contrary, they were constantly attacked by the merchant army during the pursuit process.
The merchant army was not caught in a corner. At night, it was attacked by the merchant army and was beaten to death and wounded. It had to retreat back to Zichuan County in a mess. After returning to Zichuan County, the number of people was checked and brought them with them.
There were more than 800 people going out, but less than 400 people left when they came back.
Things like this are also constantly being performed in Shandong.