When he was camping that night, he found the company commander of the Li Miao Company, Zhen Huan, and asked him to lead the Li Miao Company to set off first.
"The guide has found it for you. There are several Yao villages in Yonghua Township. You guys have a rest and then set off overnight -" he looked at his watch. "We will set off at 9pm and arrive before dawn the day after tomorrow. Then we will split up to raid.
These villages create tension."
Zhen Huan nodded: "Yes."
"As long as they harass, there is no need to attack. There should be few strong men in these villages. It will be easy for you to take them down. But you only need to scare them."
"I see."
"We are here to suppress riots, and our main focus is to appease them. When you act, be careful not to cause too much damage."
After Zhen Huan accepted the order, he immediately set off with his company and guide.
The mountain road was difficult to travel, and the troops quickly fell asleep after eating after camping. On the contrary, Huang Chao couldn't sleep at all. He had a Yunnan horse to travel for him, and he also had a porter to carry his luggage, so he could be said to be the most relaxed person in the team.
.But the feeling of riding a horse for a day is not pleasant. When I got off the horse, my whole body was sore.
The most terrible thing is that this is the first time to stand alone. Although he has regular army officers under his command and does not have to manage and command the troops by himself, he still has to decide the general direction, which makes him feel quite pressured.
However, there are also actions in the Sanlian area. The scale of "Fu Li" in Ding'an is completely different from that of "Zhen Yao" in Guangdong. Not only is the population of the settled Li people much smaller than that of Yao in Guangdong, but the terrain is also far inferior to that here.
complex……
He looked through his notebook, which contained his plan for carrying out activities in the Sanlian area and recorded relevant information. He tried a lot of methods and read a lot of information, but he was not sure whether it would work. He worked at the grassroots level.
After working for several years, I know that no matter how good the plan is, the results are completely uncontrollable.
Now the elders of the Senate and the Guangdong Region are all staring at him. Huang Chao thought to himself that if the Yao chaos in the Sanlian area could not be calmed down as quickly as possible, it would be better for him to go back and raise chickens. He looked up at 17
Under the bright night sky without light pollution in a century, I suddenly felt that I wanted to stay with my wife and son in Lingao.
At noon on the third day, Huang Chao led his team to Yonghua Township and met up with the Li Miao Company who had set out earlier to carry out the raid.
Zhen Huan reported that he had raided various Yao villages in Yonghua Township. It was similar to Huang Chao's estimate. No Yao village came out to challenge, and all the village gates were closed. And according to their observation, there were indeed very few men in the villages.
, mostly young people and old people.
"That's good." Huang Chao was half convinced.
At this time, all the Yao villages in Yonghua Township were empty and empty. Huang Chao immediately sent envoys everywhere to tell them: "Those who surrender to the Song Dynasty will forget about it, and those who refuse to welcome the Senate will not leave any grass behind." He also asked all villages to immediately
They sent grain, grass, chicken and wine as "sympathies", and at the same time, each village had to hand over hostages.
The arrival of the messenger immediately caused chaos in all the villages. Almost all the men in each village were empty - after surrounding Yangshan County, the strong men and even some strong women in the village went to carry "trophies" near the county seat.
The village was full of half-grown men who didn't even have hair. The old man came to "guard the village". If these "officials and soldiers of the Song Dynasty" really wanted to attack, they were unable to resist. So he sent people over with "gifts" to express his gratitude.
"Surrender", he sent envoys to Yangshan County to ask for help.
Huang Chao ordered the troops: Don't intercept them, let them call for reinforcements.
Within a few days, the scouts sent out reported that the Yao people occupying Yangshan County knew that there was a fire in their backyard and could no longer control themselves. They began to evacuate Yangshan and a large group of people were heading towards Yonghua Township.
There are two roads from Yangshan County to Yonghua Township. One is through Dalangwei and takes the mountain road; the other is along the Lianjiang River to Libuwei and goes south along the Zhaigang River. The mountain road is shorter, but the riverside road is relatively long.
It is flat, but the journey is long. The Yao people returning to rescue will probably take the mountain road in order to return to their village as quickly as possible.
"The entire army will set up an ambush at the mouth of the Liangjia River," he issued the order, "and the mountain company will be responsible for luring the enemy!"
Zhen Huan led his troops to spread out in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road. When he saw the Yao people returning with torches, he ordered the whole company to "shoot freely."
According to Huang Chao's order, the soldiers used more cold shots and less killing, and used sparrow fighting to harass them. Although the Yao people were fighting in front of their own homes and were very familiar with the terrain, it was difficult to communicate with each other at night, and the large groups dared to disperse and chase.
They could only fight back randomly. But Li Miao Company had good physical strength, high level of training, and tacit cooperation. After receiving a burst of cold shots, when they rushed forward, Li Miao Company escaped without a trace long ago. Then as soon as it stopped, another
It was a cold shot.
As a result, although few Yao people died, they were already furious. Pan Tianshun, Tianchang Gong of Sankeng Village, was relatively calm. After thinking about it, he found that the other party was using their usual method of dealing with the army.
They, they are not facing the Ming Dynasty government. So there must be someone ambushing in front, waiting for them to be fooled.
Pan Tianshun shouted: "Don't pursue me! There is an ambush!" At the same time, he asked the people around him to go to the Tianchang Gong in the team of each village and asked them to stop the pursuit immediately.
However, at this time, there were several tongues of fire shining by the forest, and with the sound of gunshots, a young man fell slumped. The team that had been restrained by him became commotion again, and dozens of young people swarmed towards the place where the fire was lit.
go.
Pan Tianshun was so anxious that he stamped his feet. He wanted everyone to stop, but under the current situation, not even the people in Sankeng Village might listen to him, let alone the other villages. This was especially true in Baimang Village.
Although Baimang Village was registered together with other villages during the Wanli Period, it was not "submissive" and would be plundered from time to time.
Pan Tianshun felt that he was powerless, so he just prayed that the opponent's number was small. Their four villages totaled only more than 400 people. If the opponent's number was small, it would still be a struggle - at worst, it would be a life-and-death situation.
The angry Yao people quickly took the bait and were lured into the encirclement as the Li Miao Company fought and stepped away. As a signal rocket flew into the sky, all members of the Li Miao Company turned around and lined up, and in the first round they all
With one shot, he knocked down the dozen people rushing at the front and instantly suppressed the chasing team.
Immediately afterwards, on the two changing ridges and woods, rapid horn sounds and shouts of death were heard, and the shadows were filled with crowds.
Everyone was shocked: "I've fallen into a trap!"
Pan Tianshun shouted: "Quick, rush out!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a crackling sound of gunfire on the ridges on both sides, like a golden snake dancing along the ridge, and densely packed projectiles poured into the team. In a moment, there was a sound of wailing and screaming in the team, and they were so injured that they died.
, and a large piece fell down immediately. The remaining crowd instantly exploded into chaos.
Pan Tianshun groaned secretly. He gathered the strong men around him and shouted for everyone to calm down. Fortunately, the enemy stopped shooting after this row of shots and became completely quiet.
Since they have fallen into a trap, they must escape as soon as possible. In fact, the strength of the two sides is almost the same, and the terrain here is complex. Huang Chao's team cannot completely surround the Yao people's armed forces - not to mention that the Yao people are more familiar with the local terrain.
However, this Yao people's armed forces come from multiple villages in Yonghua Township. Although they are nominally led by leaders, in fact each village is doing its own thing. There is no unified command to concentrate the strength to break through. People from each village spontaneously form teams to move towards
They attacked the locations they thought they could "escape", but were defeated by the National Army every time. They fell into chaos instantly.
"Tell all troops not to shoot as long as the enemy has no intention of breaking out." Huang Chao issued the order, "But keep them in check and don't let them run away!"
This made the troops very puzzled: This group of barbarians just shot and killed them all - this is what officers and soldiers have done in Zhenyao since ancient times. Not to mention that the opponents were all "bandits" with swords and guns, they were women and children in the village.
After the stronghold was broken, they were all killed regardless of their subordinates.
"Mere massacre cannot solve the problem. We need three parts military and seven parts politics. We should not solve the problem entirely by shooting and killing people. It is easy to kill people, but it is impossible to bring them back to life." Huang Chao said,
"Everyone, please work harder. We will end the battle after daybreak."
The trapped Yao people rushed for a while, killing and injuring many people. However, they found that as long as they did not try to break out, the opponent would not fire a single shot.
Pan Tianshun understood that the opponent wanted them to surrender and capture them all alive.
The people facing them were not officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Although Pan Tianshun and others in the team were a little confused by the sudden appearance of the "Song Dynasty", there were more people on the opposite side than them, and they had blunderbuss in their hands.
They are also powerful, and they all carry daggers. They are definitely not a team to be trifled with.
"Everyone, don't move!"
The Tian Changgong of each village maintains their own village men, but the people in Baimang Village don't care about so many people. Their Tian Changgong is an old man in his seventies, and he can't control the youth of his men at all.
"If you hit the gun once, you won't be able to fire the next round. You can rush them away with one shot. If you want to survive, follow me!" shouted a young man with a white awn, and half of the young men in the white awn village followed.
Rushed out.
Huang Chao picked up the SKS rifle that he had bought through North America before he traveled across the world. He shot the one who was leading the charge to death with one shot, and then shouted: "Li Miao Company, kill the one who takes the lead!"
There was a crackling sound, and more than thirty corpses were left on the ground. The Yao people did not dare to move anymore, and the Tianchang Gong of each village held a small meeting. Only a hundred guns were fired just now, if six hundred guns were fired at the same time, they would
At least nine out of ten died. The green hills were left, and they were not afraid of running out of firewood. The remaining more than 300 Yao people put down their weapons and chose to surrender.
Huang Chao did not dare to slack off, leaving a National Army squadron to guard the prisoners, and took the remaining troops to Yangshan County overnight. Shortly after dawn, Yangshan, which had become an empty city, returned to the hands of the Senate.
Next update: Volume 7 - Guangzhou Governance Chapter 394