The beacon tower is the gateway to Xinyao Town. Li Yunkai led the cavalry to pass quickly and advance towards Xinyao Town. He took Liu Guogai and other ten beacon tower guards with him and asked them to act as guides, preparing to capture Xinyao Town in one fell swoop. Listening
Said that Xinyao Town has
There were more than a thousand rebels, and Li Yunkai's expression became solemn. Although the enemy was mostly a mob, they could not stand up to the large number of people. How to capture Xinyao Town? They should create an illusion so that the rebels along the way thought that the Qing army was coming.
Li Yunkai said without hesitation: "Order, if the rebels dare to shoot, the village will be burned down. I will open a human area first and see who dares to resist. Kill me!"
"Bang!" Gunshots rang out from a village ahead, and a bullet hit a war horse. Ma Da Kuai yelled and fell off the horse. With a scream, one of Ma Da Kuai's legs was crushed by the fallen war horse.
Broken.
Youhuulu was furious, raised his eyebrows, and shouted: "Ma Da Kuo, stop howling, I will avenge you."
"Kill!" More than 60 Qing troops rushed into a village where someone fired a gun to call the police. The horse stepped forward and swooped down. One of the fleeing villagers had no time to fire, so he hid in a thatched hut based on his geographical familiarity.[
"Set fire!" Youhulu was furious and wanted to avenge the injured Ma Daquanzi.
Thatched huts were set on fire, and fleeing villagers were hacked to death. The duty of a soldier is to make the enemy afraid by letting them know the price of rebellion.
The villages along the way have low protection capabilities and simple facilities. They are weak persimmons. In fact, there are not many rebels in a village, not even a single rebel. The villagers just fire warning shots in a form of self-protection. But Li Yunkai still used this
The target committed arson, which was a despicable and cruel act. This told the rebels that the Qing army's revenge would be even crazier, and rebellion would be punished by destroying their homes. If you dare to shoot at the Qing army, a village would be destroyed.
Regardless of whether there was anyone in the courtyard, the Qing army set fire to the houses with torches and burned them to the ground. The villagers holding farm tools were also rebels. The cavalry swooped over, waving their swords horizontally, causing blood to fly. The killing males made more than sixty cavalrymen
His face became ferocious.
"Haha! So happy!" Liu Guogai wiped the blood on his face just early in the morning. The farmer who was killed was a rebel, and the stains in his life had been washed away with the blood of his enemies.
Most of the Qing army guards guarding the beacon towers were on horseback. The army usually needed beacon tower guards to pass messages between several beacon towers and fortresses. Anyway, these ten Qing soldiers worked separately to charge forward and attack the people.
Carrying out brutal massacres.
"Good job Liu Guogai, you guys will hang out with me from now on, so as not to have to settle accounts in the future." Li Yunkai saw that ten Qing soldiers were working hard and dared to kill children, and they were even more capable than his men.
He is a true soldier who knows how to leave no consequences.
"Thank you Captain Li! I will do my best." Liu Guogai was the first to express his attitude, and laughed with his mouth wide open. I heard that Li Yunkai is the alias of Li Guolou. Following such an officer, you will have a bright future, and you will work in the capital as a gesh.
Ha, it is very possible to become an officer. Liu Guogai looked at the ground
He was lying on a dead body without any guilt. At this point in life, there is no turning back. If you want to live a prosperous life, you must seize every opportunity. Otherwise, the best outcome for a pawn like him is to get some rewards.
, and then retire and go home, wouldn’t it be like serving as a soldier for nothing?
Li Yunkai led the rangers to burn and kill along the way, deliberately letting some villagers escape and letting them flee to Xinyao Town. He wanted the rebels in Xinyao Town to think that the Qing army was coming. Since the enemy knew that the Qing army had entered the Xinyao area, they
To exaggerate the size of the Qing army tenfold, two squads of rangers burned and killed each other, making it look like a large Qing army was mopping up all the way. This was an intimidation tactic to let the rebels in Xinyao Town see the flames of the war.
.
There were ignorant rebels in the village who fired cold shots at the Qing cavalry, but were wiped out by the Qing cavalry. There were also villages that understood the situation. A white-haired Baozheng was holding a yellow dragon flag at the village gate and waved it desperately.
Flag in hand.
Li Yunkai held up the telescope and looked at the Huanglong Banner in the distance. He cursed and said: "Bah! You bitch. You are so shameless. You know how powerful I am. Xu Zhong, bring that old immortal over to me."
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The white-haired Baozheng was brought in front of Li Yunkai. Li Yunkai did not dismount. He was still small and his body was less than 1.6 meters tall. When he stood on the ground, his true colors were immediately revealed. He wanted to talk to people in a condescending manner.
Baozheng, surnamed Fang, was over fifty years old. He was trembling slightly and did not dare to look up at Li Yunkai. The beacon fire in the distance and the fire in the farmhouse in Tiangengli were all set by the Qing army. As for whether the villagers in the farmhouse were dead.
Is it a living? He didn't even dare to ask if he had the guts to do so.
Li Yunkai asked carelessly: "Fang Baozheng, why did the rebels let you go?"
Fang Baozheng bowed his head and said: "Sir Li, I am old, and I have never done any evil in Gucun. Unlike Fan Cunzheng, who was exterminated, the people's eyes are sharp. Those bastards who make trouble, when they see our army
When they came, they were so frightened that they fled to Xinyao Town, where the people in the village were all obedient citizens of the Qing Dynasty."
"Oh! Fan Cunzheng was exterminated, that's not easy to handle. Those wolf pups who added insult to injury escaped again. As the saying goes, Fang Baozheng, a monk who can escape can't escape from the temple. Although our army is a righteous army, we must retaliate if we show our teeth.
, I think Fang Baozheng should be able to see how serious the consequences are." Li Yunkai was good at scaring people. With a few words, he made Fang Baozheng kneel on the ground and kowtow to beg for mercy.
"Chief Li, you have a lot of people, please let the people of Gucun go. I'm begging you with my old face." Fang Baozheng kowtowed and begged for mercy, his face drooling.
"Well! Since Fang Baozheng loves the people so much, I will give you face. Our army is short of manpower. I see that Gucun is quite large, so I will provide a hundred men." Li Yunkai offered a high price and waited for the other party to counteroffer.
"Ah!" Fang Baozheng fell to the ground, with sorrow etched on his face. He kept kowtowing and begged: "Chief Li, all the young people in our Gucun have fled. How can there be so many young people asking for mercy from Chief Li.
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Li Yunkai's stubborn little face was full of evil spirit, and he said with a cold look: "Damn old man, don't be so shameless. I want to ask you one last question, has anyone served the country?" After speaking, Li Yunkai pulled out his sword and held it against him.
Fan Cunzheng's neck.
"Yes, yes! Don't worry, Chief Li. The remaining villagers in Gucun are all willing to be eldest husbands, but we can't make up a hundred people. I think there are always a dozen people still hiding in the cellar. I will find them."
How about I get some more food and grass?" Fang Baozheng was bargaining. There were people in the village hiding in the cellar. They wanted to find some people to come out and serve for the Qing army. Only in this way could Fan Village be prevented from being bloodbathed. As for the food and grass that must be given, it is better to start by asking the Qing.
military.
"That's right. The military and civilians should cooperate. We are a family." Li Yunkai finally showed a smile, jumped off his horse, and helped Fang Baozheng, who was half-dead from fear.
There was resentment among the Qing army. The Qing army did not harass the people along the way, but also gave them a certain amount of money and food to win people's hearts. But the people in the areas under Ma Hualong's jurisdiction did not buy it. Instead, they secretly helped the returning guerrillas. There are still so many
If people rebel, they will be shameless. At worst, they will create a human zone and leave all the dirty work of massacring civilians to the rebels.
At this time, Fang Baozheng saw clearly that Chief Li in front of him was still a half-year-old child. He put down half of his fear. It would be better if the Qing army did not wash away Fan Village with blood. He saved his hometown. It was a last resort for him to serve for the Qing army.
Folks will understand.
People are so mean. Without ruthless tricks, the common people are not afraid of the Qing army. They regard the Qing army as the god of plague, which they cannot afford to offend and can hide from. If they really kill people and set fires, the common people are willing to cooperate with the Qing army and are willing to contribute their efforts and provide food.
Li Yun sneered happily, as his adoptive father said, the people who returned to the old base of the army should be treated with both kindness and power. The rebels forced the people to rebel, and the Qing army also forced the people to serve the country.
Li Yunkai didn't want money and food from Gucun, so he gritted his teeth and asked Fang Baozheng to send out troops to follow the Qing army to attack Xinyao Town. He used the people along the way to strengthen the momentum of Li Ziying's cavalry. With cavalry and infantry, who cares?
Fill the ranks of the Qing army and pretend to be like this. If the rebels are good at using this tactic, the rebels will
It relied on forcibly recruiting young men to strengthen the team. The Qing army also made great use of it. In common terms, they used local people as cannon fodder. This is how a large part of the civilian men in the Qing army were obtained. This is also a form of atonement, otherwise
The Qing army settled scores after the fall and carried out bloody revenge on the rebellious villages.
Fang Baozheng couldn't stand the death threat, so it was a good thing. The Qing army didn't ask for protection money from him, and Nai promised to gather twenty strong laborers who could carry the sword. He also wanted to speak for Li Ziying and let the nearby villages
The people recognized the situation, worked hard, and followed the Qing army to attack Xinyao Town.
Li Guolou did not use cavalry to enter Xinyao Town. The cavalry was good at field combat and surprise attacks. Infantry was needed to attack the town. His current task was to intimidate the rebels and make them think that the Qing army was coming.
But at this time, he led a large army and went straight to Dongfeng Township after passing the beacon tower. There was a strategic material storage point where he asked Hu Yangyue of "Cai Mao Tang" to hide it. Seizing the materials there was enough to fight a tough battle.
More than 400 cavalrymen marched, with smoke and dust billowing up, and yellow clouds filling the sky. From a distance, the formation was shaking. On the loess slopes, you could see mobs fleeing in all directions, and you could see that the mobs were still holding old-fashioned flintlocks in their hands.
Gun, Li Guolou felt relieved, the villa in Dongfeng Township should be in the hands of Cai Maotang.
"Kill me!" Li Guolou ordered, and the cavalry fired their guns, then drew their swords and chased the fleeing mob.
The cavalry chased the fleeing mob on the plains. It was easy and effortless. With one charge, they rushed behind the mob. With a wave of the cavalry's sword, they cut a bloody gash in the mob's back. The blood bloomed like a bright red flower.
The cavalry jumped up and stepped on the mob. In the fields of Dongfeng Township, the cavalry were chasing and killing the fleeing mob.
Most of these mobs were villagers from nearby villages. They numbered more than 300 people, including men, women, and children. But at this time, Li Ziying's cavalry was killing everyone, men, women, and children. Some of the cavalry were a little distance away from the mob and raised their heads.
Put a ball in the Mauser gun, aim and shoot slowly.
"!" A mob holding a long gun in front was shot dead.
The fleeing mob was originally besieging Caimaotang's villa, hoping to make a profit, but they did not expect the Qing army to arrive so soon. Unfortunately, Dongfeng Township was surrounded by plains, and there was no place to hide. They were driven away by Li Ziying's cavalry.
They were pursued and killed, and soon the mobs in the fields and on the loess slopes were cleared. More than three hundred corpses were lying on the fields, and groups of vultures hovering in the sky could not wait to fly to the battlefield.
Seeing the military flag with the word "Li" flying over the villa on the high slope, all the officers and soldiers cheered loudly.
"Master Li, you are finally here!" Yang Zhao, the steward of "Cai Mao Tang", led more than thirty bodyguards and knelt at the foot of Li Guo Tower, wailing bitterly.
For some reason, the mob smelled money, and the nearby mob came to take advantage of Cai Mao Tang's warehouse. Fortunately, the location chosen for the warehouse had high walls and thick walls, and it occupies a natural barrier, allowing these escorts to survive.
Li Guolou helped Yang Zhao up and asked: "How many brothers have you sacrificed?"
Yang Zhao wiped his tears and choked up: "Fortunately, Mr. Li arrived in time. The mob was not well-equipped. They came to besiege yesterday and were bombarded by our artillery for three rounds. More than thirty mobs were killed. No one dared to charge. The mob is now just
Surrounding us, I think they're waiting for the cannon to come."
"That's good! Yang Zhao, if you have made great contributions, I will recommend you to be an official." Li Guolou reassured him and felt confident. With ten howitzers, even if the rebels send a large force, he
Dare to fight.[
After Yang Zhao cried, he grinned widely. Another door suddenly opened in his life. The status of officials and businessmen was a hundred times different. When he wanted to be an official, he turned over and bowed and said loudly: "My lord, I am willing to follow you all my life."