At this time, the official troops who fought out of Yanzhou City entered the front camp of the rogue bandits. However, the current rogue bandits had no intention of continuing to fight, so they could not resist the attack of the official army and were killed until they retreated to the rear camp.
place.
At this time, the rear camp was even more chaotic. The soldiers of the bandits were mixed with their families, and several leaders were missing. Therefore, they could not organize effective resistance. What's more, the bandits' minds were completely scattered at this time.
No one was in the mood to fight anymore. At the same time, Shang Yi also led the troops of the Muling Army to fight out of the darkness again.
Therefore, under the attack from the front and rear by the official army, the rogue army was quickly defeated, and was killed by the official army and fled in all directions. The official army finally won a perfect victory.
However, although the main force of the rogue bandits was defeated, local and sporadic fighting continued until after dawn and Mao hour. The fire in the rear camp continued until the afternoon and gradually extinguished. Because the rogue bandits basically collapsed at the first touch, and in the dark
During the war, it was difficult for the official army to catch up, so the statistics after the war showed that only more than 6,000 people were beheaded in this battle, and a considerable number of them were family members of the bandits, who were also included in the calculation. In addition, nearly 1,000 people were captured alive.
The remaining people.
At the same time, because the rogues' rear camp was burned, most of the food, grass and supplies were burned. Therefore, the officers and soldiers did not receive much loot. They only harvested some weapons and armor, and most of them were inferior and inferior products.
.The well-equipped Muling Army would hardly even take a glance at such equipment. However, for other officers and soldiers, it is a good thing if it is free of charge, so as to save themselves money to buy or manufacture it in the future.
In addition, fifteen thousand taels of silver were harvested. A small part of this silver was pulled from the bodies of the dead, and the other part was found in the waste after the fire. Of course, the officers and soldiers themselves also
I kept a lot of them privately.
The Muling Army did not participate in the post-war separation operation. On the one hand, Shang Yi thought that the trip to Yanzhou obtained more than a hundred muskets and a team of musketeers, which was a very good harvest. Now his eyes are on
They had their eyes on the three Folan cannons and planned to take them away when they returned. That would be a worthwhile trip. And the soldiers all believed that after returning to Muling Pass, Shang
Yi will definitely reward according to merit, and everyone will get a reward, so there is no need to find things from the dead. This thing is so unlucky!
However, in the final statistics, none of the big bandit leaders such as Xu Bian, Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, and Li Yangchun were found. It turned out that these people were indeed old bandits with rich experience. When they saw that the general situation was not right, they immediately went their separate ways.
Escaped with some of his personal entourage.
After daybreak, everyone gathered the remaining troops and gathered some troops one after another. However, although some people gathered, food and materials were extremely scarce. At the same time, several leaders also had disagreements about the next plan, and Xu Xu became the leader.
He led his troops to break away from the large army, return to the Central Plains, and join Li Zicheng.
Because of their disagreement, Wang Guoning and Ma Jinzhong got into a quarrel. In the end, they even went to war, and the two sides fought. As a result, Wang Guoning was defeated by Ma Jinzhong, and he took the remaining defeated soldiers to the north. A few days later
, met a group of Qing troops, but all of them died under the iron heel of the Eight Banners Qing troops.
Ma Jinzhong defeated Wang Guoning and surrendered some of his troops, but food became increasingly scarce. He simply did not stop doing anything, and led his army to attack the remnants of Li Yangchun, killed Li Yangchun, and annexed them. Most of the troops robbed two more villages, and after obtaining some food supplies, they turned south.
At this point, the rogue bandits, which had once been so aggressive after the joint venture and planned to enter Shandong, completely collapsed.
Of course, the officials and others in Yanzhou City did not know the various outcomes of the rogue bandits, but they also knew that after suffering such a heavy blow, the rogue bandits would inevitably be in ruins and no longer be able to threaten Yanzhou City.
Therefore, Zeng Hualong and Wang Yingtai also held a feast in the governor's office to celebrate this victory. During the banquet, they also discussed their merits and rewarded people from all walks of life. Anyway, Lin Zhiyang donated 20,000 taels of silver, and then In addition to the more than 15,000 taels of silver confiscated from the bandits, Shandong Governor Wang Yingtai was also extremely generous.
Shang Yi was naturally regarded as the first hero in repelling the bandits, and the reward he received was 10,000 taels of silver. This assessment was also widely expected. Although some were jealous and some were unconvinced, there was no reason to object. Come. Shang Yi is not polite. Although he has a lot of savings now, there will be many things where money will be used in the future, so the more money, the better.
Although the other generals did not receive as many rewards as Shang Yi, each of them received some. Moreover, many generals also hid a lot secretly. In addition, everyone had a share of credit for defeating the bandits. Maybe in the future There was also a chance to level up, so everyone was happy. The celebration banquet also ended happily.
After the banquet, Shang Yi returned to his barracks with the money, only to find that Luo Yuanbin was waiting for him here. He was chatting with Zhou Shaohuan and others. During the past few days of fighting side by side, he and the soldiers of the Muling Army The generals are all very familiar with each other. They have fought guns together, and they are one of the four irons in life.
Seeing that Shang Yi was back, Luo Yuanbin immediately stood up to greet him. Shang Yi was also looking for him and wanted to recruit their team to his subordinates, so he was very happy and hurriedly told him not to be polite and sit down to talk. .And Zhou Shaohuan and others also withdrew.
Luo Yuanbin then said: "Master Qian, after defeating the bandits, will you return to Qingzhou Mansion?"
Shang Yi nodded and said, "Yes! We will leave Yanzhou tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Luo Yuanbin was startled and said: "Is it so fast? Sir, you won't stay for a few more days?"
Shang Yi thought to himself, what's the benefit of staying in Yanzhou? If he stays for a few more days, he won't be able to leave until the Qing army comes to kill him. But he wants to find a way to bring the topic to this group of people! So! He smiled and said: "I was originally Qian Zong, the commander of the Qingzhou Prefecture stationed at Muling Pass. This time I came to rescue the Yanzhou Prefecture. Now that I have defeated the bandits, I will naturally return to the station. What's more, my Muling Pass is being rebuilt. , many things have to be dealt with when I go back, so I can’t stay in Yanzhou for a long time.”
Luo Yuanbin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up and knelt on the ground, saying: "Although we have only been with Mr. Qian for a few days, we deeply feel that you are generous and kind-hearted, and love your soldiers like your own children. Therefore, we want to follow you, but also Please help me, sir."
Shang Yi was stunned for a moment. He was still thinking about how to attract Luo Yuanbin and the others, but he didn't expect them to take the initiative to join him. This was unexpected. Is there really a law of time travel in the dark world? Shang Yi cough
After rinsing, he straightened his back, and as if to release his bastard spirit, he helped Luo Yuanbin up, and then said: "You are living a good life in Yanzhou Prefecture, why do you follow me to a small Muling Pass?"
Luo Yuanbin gave a bitter smile and said: "We can live a good life in Yanzhou Prefecture. The royal court's salary cannot be paid for most of the year. Even if it is paid, there is not much left. It is just to avoid being forced to get involved.
One mouthful of food will prevent you from starving to death. It is comparable to the food of the adults. Just talking about this meal, there is meat for every meal. The past few days with the adults have been the best I have eaten in the army since I joined the army.
Meals. So we all decided to at least follow the adults and have meat to eat."
After hearing this, Shang Yi felt a little dumbfounded. He originally thought it was his character's explosion, but in fact it was nothing like that. They say that people in modern society are realistic, but in fact the ancients were not bad at all in this regard. So he said: "
Okay, it's rare that you think highly of me. Just follow me in the past. As long as I, Shang Yi, have a mouthful of food, I will never miss you. But are all of your people willing to follow me? If there are some who are not willing,
Don’t avoid force either.”
After hearing this, Luo Yuanbin was moved to tears and said: "Sir, please rest assured, all thirty-two of our brothers are willing to follow you, and we will stay the same for the rest of our lives. However, our brothers' current military status is in Yanzhou Prefecture, and we want to transfer to Qingzhou Prefecture.
I’m afraid it won’t be easy.”
Shang Yi said: "Don't worry about this, I have my own way to handle this matter. You go back now, notify others, pack up everything at home, and then just leave with our people.
It would be nice to have someone to take care of you on the way."
In fact, the procedures for transferring military registration are not only very troublesome, but also require a lot of ups and downs. And now that the bandits have been defeated, his own words will naturally not be so strong, and he will definitely encounter a lot of difficulties. Therefore, Shang Yi does not intend to mess with it.
He didn't plan to transfer this trouble, but first got this group of people to Muling Pass.
Anyway, in this year and month, soldiers who fled their country were caught in large numbers, and there were not more than these thirty. Moreover, Shang Yi also knew that at the end of this month, Yanzhou would be captured by the Qin army. By then, who would be there?
We can take care of these thirty soldiers who escaped. After the Qing army retreats, I'm afraid it will be a fool's errand. Then we can apply for a new military registration for them at Mulingguan, and everything will be fine.
When Luo Yuanbin saw Shang Yi agreeing so happily, he thought he really had some connections. So he was very happy, so he kowtowed to Shang Yi again, then got up to leave and went to inform other brothers.
Who knew that he had just taken a few steps when he heard Shang Yi say: "Luo Yuanbin, please wait a moment."
Luo Yuanbin turned around and said, "Is there anything else, sir?"
Shang Yi said: "I remember you mentioned to me last time that you know a person who makes bird guns and Rumi guns. Is it true?"
Luo Yuanbin nodded and said: "Yes!"
Shang Yi said: "Tomorrow morning, you take me to visit him."