At this time, the three Franconian artillery pieces of the Muling Army began their second round of firing, and this time the distance was even closer, only fifty or sixty steps, thus entering the most effective killing range of shotgun shells.
After three more loud noises, a large group of bandits immediately fell down. The killing power of this round of shelling was almost double that of the last time, and the formation of bandits was destroyed in a short time.
Large concave shape. Some steel balls and iron pieces even shot through the bodies of several people in succession, and many people's bodies were beaten into a honeycomb shape. The appearance was simply horrible.
In fact, there are still more than 2,000 bandits at this time, and they are only more than fifty steps away from the Muling Army. If they can hold on for a while, they will definitely be able to rush to the Muling Army's position before the third bombardment.
, and started hand-to-hand combat. But these bandits had never seen such a lethal weapon, not to mention there were countless companions right in front of them, lying on the ground and letting out heart-rending screams, so they were all frightened.
Their souls were shattered, and their endurance finally reached the limit. Regardless of Tongshan Yao's repeated orders, they all turned around and fled. Even Tongshan Yao was involuntarily trapped and retreated towards the village.
However, all this was within Shang Yi's expectation. After many battles with bandits and bandits, Shang Yi had a deep understanding of the characteristics of bandits. To put it nicely, he could only fight with the wind and not fight.
Fighting against the wind, which sounds ugly, is a typical example of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, so as long as they are given a heavy blow at the beginning, the entire team will collapse.
The result was just as Shang Yi expected. After two consecutive shellings, the bandits could no longer resist and were defeated. Upon seeing this, Shang Yi immediately ordered the entire army to attack and hunt down the bandits.
At this time, the bandits fled to the village one after another. However, the capacity of the village gate was really limited. More than two thousand bandits could all escape into the village at once. Moreover, the bandits were pushing and hugging each other, and they all wanted to compete with each other.
They squeezed into the village first, fearing that they would be left behind. As a result, they were crowded in front of the village gate, and the village gate was blocked.
But Mu Ling's army carried the bandits' butts and killed them from behind. Hearing the shouts of killing behind them, the bandits naturally became more panicked. The people in front were stuck at the door and could not get in, while the people behind them
They were still pushing forward desperately, pushing and shoving, squeezing, and even pushing and trampling each other, injuring many people. If someone accidentally fell to the ground at this time, it would be tragic, because soon
There will be countless feet trampling over him, and there will be no chance to stand up again.
When some clever bandits saw that the situation was not good, they knew that they would not be able to squeeze into the village for a while, and they were not willing to just wait for the Muling Army to catch up and kill them, so they had to flee along the village wall.
When others saw it, they also followed suit. As a result, in less than a quarter of an hour, most of the bandits fled.
However, Muling's army did not pursue the bandits who were fleeing in all directions. They just focused on rushing towards the village gate. As a result, after the bandits escaped, Muling's army also rushed to the village gate and killed the bandits who had fled into the village first.
Before he had time to take a breath, he suddenly discovered how Mu Ling's army had entered the village in an instant.
The battle had come to this point, and none of the bandits had the intention to resist any longer. Fortunately, Jiwu Village had more than one village gate, so they didn't care about the stolen food and supplies, and fled through other village gates.
, the battle started at 12 noon, and at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Muling Army successfully regained Jiwu Village. In this battle, 427 bandits were killed and 86 were captured alive.
, the rest fled. However, only twenty-three people of the Muling Army were injured, and no one was killed.
And Yang Wucheng and others were also impressed. The reputation of Mu Lingjun was indeed worthy of his reputation. In just a short time, the bandits were beaten away.
After entering the village, Shang Yi immediately ordered that all the captured villagers be released.
Jiwu Village has a total of 415 households and a population of 1,327. It is considered a large village. Fortunately, it was recaptured immediately after being invaded by bandits, so the damage suffered is not considered.
However, despite this, more than 200 people in the entire village were killed by the bandits, and dozens of women were raped by the bandits. Therefore, after the villagers were released, they hugged their relatives one after another and shouted loudly
Start crying.
Yang Wucheng's family was the village chief, and he was also a militia teacher in the village, so he became the target of killing by the bandits. His parents, three younger brothers and several family members were all killed by the bandits. His wife and his wife who had just been married two years ago
One sister refused to be raped by the bandits and committed suicide, leaving a family of more than ten members with only one nine-year-old sister, Yang Wan, who escaped with a small life because of her young age.
After learning the bad news about his family, Yang Wucheng felt angry at that time. He was finally rescued and woke up. He also hugged his young sister and cried bitterly. The soldiers of the Muling Army couldn't help but cry. To be honest,
If it weren't for Shang Yi, my village would have been like this long ago.
After the villagers had cried for a while, Shang Yi said loudly: "Folks, please stop crying and just listen to what I have to say!"
The villagers gradually stopped crying and looked at Shang Yi. Yang Wucheng also stopped crying, wiped his tears, and said: "Fellows, this is the chief teacher of the Qingshui Villagers' League, now Mulinguan
Mr. Qian, Mr. Shang Yi, thanks to him leading the troops to drive him away this time, otherwise I might not have seen the light of day again."
After hearing this, the villagers kowtowed to Shang Yi one after another to express their gratitude. Shang Yi helped them up one by one and said: "Fellow villagers, there is no need to be polite. But Jiwu Village is not under my jurisdiction.
And now that the Tatars have invaded Shandong again, there are also many people in Muling Pass waiting for us to go back and protect them, so we cannot stay here for a long time and will leave soon."
After listening to Shang Yi's words, the villagers were also panicked, because although the bandits were repulsed, Baihu Mountain is still there, and the old seedlings are still there, and they might fight back at some point. If Shang Yi leaves,
What should we do if the bandits fight back again, not to mention that the Tatars are about to attack, and the militia organized by the village obviously cannot be counted on. So several people immediately knelt down and begged Shang Yi to stay.
Of course Yang Wucheng knew that it was impossible for Shang Yi to stay, so he thought about it and said to Shang Yi: "Sir, we are all willing to follow you and move the whole village to Mulinguan. Can you only save us and take us in?"
After hearing what he said, other villagers also said: "Master Shang, we are all willing to go with you, as long as you can take us in!"
In fact, Shang Yi was waiting for their words, so he nodded and said: "As long as you are willing to go to Muling Pass, I will naturally welcome you. But after arriving at Muling Pass, you must follow the rules I set.
Otherwise I will never take him in."
Yang Wucheng hurriedly asked: "I wonder what the rules are, sir?"
Shang Yi said: "Ignore the small rules. There are only two big rules. One is that all men over fourteen years old and under forty-five years old must join the army, accept my training, and participate in the defense of the city at Muling Pass."
, I will also participate in the battle when necessary. I don’t want people who can’t complete training, want to be lazy, or are greedy for life and don’t want to fight.”
As soon as these words were said, there was an immediate commotion and discussion among the villagers. Shang Yi continued: "If you want to guard Muling Pass and protect the safety of your family, everyone needs to exert their own strength. My soldiers, I was a farmer a few months ago, just like you. If they can do it, you can do it too. If you don't try your best to protect yourself, why should you let others protect you?"
After he finished speaking, there was a silence among the villagers, and Yang Wucheng said: "Sir, what is the second item?"
Shang Yi said: "Secondly, while staying in Muling Pass, every household's food must be handed over, and I will be responsible for unified management, arranging unified cooking and food supply."
Yang Wucheng had served in the Muling Army and knew that they uniformly cooked and distributed food, so as soon as Shang Yi finished speaking, he immediately said: "Sir, I agree. I am willing to join the army, and I also agree to hand over all the food at home. , as assigned by the audience.”
Once the first one takes the lead, there will be a second one and a third one immediately. And most of the villagers know that once the Muling Army leaves, staying in the village is basically a dead end. They hide in Muling Pass. Maybe there is still a way to survive. Although Shang Yi's conditions are a bit harsh, they can only accept it. Of course, there are still many people who hold the mentality of agreeing first without visiting and talking about it after entering Muling Pass. So it quickly Most of the villagers agreed to accept Shang Yi's conditions and move to Mulinguan. However, a dozen or so households remained silent, obviously not planning to go with Shang Yi.
Shang Yi did not force this, he just counted them separately, and then asked the villagers who wanted to go to Mulingguan to go back and pack up, preparing to set off tomorrow.
After the villagers dispersed, Shang Yi went to check the materials that the bandits had accumulated here. Because the bandits concentrated all the materials they had robbed from several nearby villages in Jiwu Village and did not take them with them when they escaped, so The seizure this time was also very rich, with more than 3,200 kilo of grain alone, and more than 800 kilo of flour. More than 14,000 taels of silver, more than 800 taels of gold, and other soft and valuable materials. Quite a few. At the same time, they also left behind more than 70 large and small vehicles, more than 100 horses and donkeys, and hundreds of cattle, pigs, and sheep.
Of course, many of them were plundered from the village, but now it is not clear which ones are which and which are not, and there is no time to analyze them in detail. So Shang Yi ordered that everyone who did not want to go to Muling Pass would be removed. Each family was given two stones of grain and ten taels of silver, allowing them to fend for themselves. Those who were willing to go to Muling Pass were also given ten taels of silver to each family as a unified compensation for being plundered by bandits. The result Almost half of the silver harvested has been used up. But this is also the best way to deal with it now.
After arranging these matters, Shang Yi ordered the soldiers to load the food supplies into the truck immediately. Early the next morning, he set off with the people of Jiwu Village and rushed to Muling Pass.
Because of the experience of the last close move, I was much more prepared this time. In addition, after the villagers were robbed by bandits, they didn’t have much left at home, and their burdens were much less. They also wanted to go earlier. We arrived at Muling Pass, so we walked much faster on the road. In the evening, the large group of people finally arrived at Muling Pass.