Yuan Yuanwu, the chief steward of the military camp platoon on Jinfeng Mountain, had long noticed the Australians surrounding Yanxi Mountain. When he saw the black smoke on Yanxi Mountain, he understood that Li Sanjiu wanted him to attack and went from the side.
Attack the Australians besieging Yanxi Mountain to support his breakout.
"Tell everyone to prepare their weapons and prepare to go down the mountain!"
He gave the order, and his men immediately picked up their swords and guns. Compared with other Yao platoon troops, these two hundred men were excellent. Not only were they all young and strong, but each of them also wore a collar of rattan armor -
Although this type of armor does not have high defense, it is lighter and more breathable than iron armor, making it quite convenient to move in the mountains.
"Chief in charge! Everyone rushed out. What should we do with the things we obtained?" the subordinate asked.
In the past few days, they had been looting and plundering around Lianzhou, stealing a large amount of supplies and soft goods, and they were all piled in the camp waiting to be sent back to the village.
"If we win, no one dares to move. If we lose, we have to run away. Why don't we care!" Fang Yuanwu raised his sword, "Everyone, kill the Kun thief first!"
Fang Yuanwu used to dare to fight and kill, and was quite prestigious among the Yao tribe. He raised his sword and shouted, and his men followed him and rushed down the mountain in a swarm.
Fang Yuanwu has fought many battles with officers and soldiers, and has seen the firearms of officers and soldiers. He knows that although the firecrackers are powerful, a row of them will be killed and injured. Fortunately, this firearm does not last long, as long as it can withstand one or two rounds of shooting, it will be easy to attack.
If you go up to fight hand-to-hand, you can often defeat the officers and soldiers - at least you can fight to a close tie. If you are suppressed by several volleys from the officers and soldiers, you will not only lose, but also lose miserably.
Yang Zeng put down the telescope. He knew the information about the Yao people in Jinfeng Mountain last night. Looking at the map, it was easy to understand why the opponent put a force here. Speaking of which, this Li Sanjiu really has some knowledge about the terrain.
The mutual coordination between control and troops is quite self-taught.
"Order the artillery to fire." He gave the order.
The six 12-pound mountain grenades have been loaded. They were crouching quietly in the grass. As soon as the order was given, the gunners immediately inserted the firing tube into the ignition port.
The shooting parameters have been calibrated long ago - if the enemy on Jinfeng Mountain wants to attack, that section of the hillside is the only way to go.
Following the company commander's order, the six mountain grenades spit out tongues of fire one by one, and the cast-iron shells roared and hit the Yao people at the bottom of the mountain. They all smashed into the crowd, bouncing and reaping lives.
Fang Yuanwu didn't react at all when the gunfire sounded - he was completely stunned when the gunfire sounded. When he woke up, he was surrounded by a mess, dead bodies and severed limbs were everywhere, and blood was everywhere.
Fang Yuanwu has seen cannons, but due to the local terrain, officers and soldiers generally do not bring cannons when they go to "Fuyao". At best, they are small cannons such as tiger squat cannons and small Folang machines. As for private wars among civilians, they are also used.
When making a cannon from hardwood, whether it is made of lychee wood or ironwood, the muzzle should not be opened too wide, and the gunpowder should not be loaded too much. In many cases, you can only hear a sound.
This round of shelling by the Australians was far more powerful than they imagined.
Seeing his men fleeing in all directions, Fang Yuanwu became anxious and shouted: "Everyone, rush!" After one round of cannon fire, it would take a lot of time to reload the next round. As long as you rush up in time, you won't get hit a second time. Second-rate.
However, his miscalculation was wrong. When he finally gathered his troops, the second round of artillery shells roared in. Amidst the screams and screams, his troops scattered, and Fang Yuanwu himself couldn't stand it anymore. He was wrapped up in the rebel army and fled for his life.
"The Wuzhou Squadron of the National Army attacks and must annihilate them all."
The Wuzhou Squadron quickly attacked and quickly annihilated all 200 of Fang Yuanwu's men. Except for Fang Yuanwu himself who escaped with his cronies relying on his familiarity with the terrain, almost no one else escaped.
Li Sanjiu, who saw this scene on Yanxi Mountain, was immediately discouraged. The two hundred people did not even have time to drink water and were defeated in an instant. With the huge gap in strength, Li Sanjiu suddenly woke up from his dream and became the governor of the country. It is completely impossible. There is no need to think about plundering Lianzhou City, and it is not their turn to pay the redemption fee for Lianzhou City. It is urgent to escape now - I am afraid that it will not be possible during the day, and they can only break out of the siege at night and hide in If you go to the mountains and hang out with the Australians, I'm afraid they don't have the ability to search and suppress you.
While shouting loudly for everyone to "hold tight", the shells flew towards the mountain.
Although the range of the 12-pound mountain grenade is relatively small, the shooting angle is very large. At this time, the grenade was thrown towards Yanxi Mountain. In an instant, the camp was filled with smoke and there was a constant roar. The Yao people's armed forces, who were already frightened, suddenly A mess.
"Everyone, don't mess up!" Li Sanjiu shouted desperately, and rushed towards the village gate with his cronies - that's the pass up the mountain, and the only way for the Kun thieves to attack the mountain. The Kun thieves will definitely concentrate their main force. Capture this pass first.
Sure enough, as soon as they rushed to the entrance of the village, they ran into the soldiers of the Li Miao Company. Li Sanjiu shouted and rushed forward waving a big sword. However, the Li Miao Company used a double-barreled shotgun and faced a chaos. Guns and bullets rained down, and almost all of Li Sanjiu's cronies were killed or injured. Li Sanjiu himself was injured, and was finally snatched back by his own soldiers. The Yao people's armed camp on Yanxi Mountain suddenly lost its command.
In the chaos, a large group of Fubo troops came up the mountain and eliminated them one by one. The camp on the mountain had fallen apart. Each row rushed to escape for their lives. However, there was an ambush by the Fubo troops on the way down the mountain, and a row of guns fired at them. , and then charge directly with the bayonet from the flank, and the large group of troops can be defeated in an instant.
Before nine o'clock in the morning, the Yao people's armed forces on Yanxi Mountain no longer existed, and only a few hundred people were left gathered in the "old camp" where food was stored. The terrain here was so dangerous that Fubo's army could not rush up for a while, and reluctantly It can be sheltered. However, it is surrounded by Fubo troops on all sides. It will fall sooner or later.
Although Li Sanjiu was injured, he was not seriously injured. At this moment, he no longer thought about the great cause of "local knowledge of the state" - how to break out from here was the main business.
While I was thinking about something, someone came to report: "Pan Tianshun from Yonghua is here."
He recognized Pan Tianshun. It was obvious that he was going up the mountain at this moment, and he was naturally here to persuade him to surrender.
"What are you doing here!" Li Sanjiu looked at Pan Tianshun and wished he could chop off the old man's head and cut it into pieces to vent his anger. However, this was tantamount to seeking death. He could only hold back his anger and asked.
Pan Tianshun was also very scared - this Li Sanjiu was not a good person! What's more, he and Tian Changgong of Yonghua Yao had drank blood wine with him. If he really wanted to get angry and kill him directly, no one would dare to say anything wrong.
.However, now that the entire village, old and young, is in the hands of the Australians, even if they are asked to come up to the mountain to surrender, he would not dare not come.
Pan Tianshun finally conveyed the words: Yang Zeng wanted them to surrender immediately and wait for their fate. As long as they could surrender in time, the other side would guarantee the safety of the surrendered people. After the war, they would be allowed to return to their respective platoons without leaving any difficulties.
"Otherwise?" Li Sanjiu asked.
"Otherwise...otherwise..." Pan Tianshun quietly looked at the leaders and Tiangang Gong around him, "The Australians will set fire to the mountain, leaving no one behind...kill them all..."
As soon as these words came out, the various platoons gathered around Li Sanjiu and the elders all whispered to each other. If just before the Fubo Army attacked, they had some thoughts of desperately breaking out of the encirclement and returning to the mountains to do other things. However,
After experiencing the melee just now, no one thought so.
Li Sanjiu was unwilling to surrender - once he surrendered, life and death would be in the hands of the enemy. Since ancient times, officers and soldiers have come to suppress Yao. Although they "never ask for threats", in fact the killings are brutal. Not to mention the leaders of Yao village, they are ordinary Yao people.
He was often massacred. He who led the rebellion would definitely die.
He wanted to fight again to see if he could stand out. As long as he returned to the mountains, neither the Ming army nor the Australians could do anything to them. However, he was leading the "alliance army" after all, that is, Ding Zhuang of his platoon.
, it’s unclear whether he can still listen to himself in this precarious environment. The only ones he can rely on are a dozen of his buddies, and most of them were killed or injured.
Seeing the Tian Changgong and the chief in charge looking at him in various rows, Li Sanjiu felt a little unkind in his heart. Wasn't he going to take the blame as the "chief culprit"? What if he was tied up and went down the mountain to surrender?
, isn’t that a bad thing!
Just as he was secretly frightened, Tiangong, who was lined up with horses and arrows, also came close to him and whispered: "Surrender, otherwise all the young and strong men of Bapaiyao will die on this mountain. Even if the Australians don't take action, the Han people at the foot of the mountain will die."
The village will also have to destroy each of our platoons."
At another time, Li Sanjiu, who was already the emperor of Ma Jian Pai Tu, would not have paid attention to him, but now Li Sanjiu had to lower his head. He kept the green hills and was not afraid of running out of firewood. He first "caressed" him,
Do the calculation again.
Pan Tianshun brought back the news of victory, Bapaiyao was willing to surrender, and Lianzhou City announced a relief from the siege.
There were about a thousand Yao Ding who surrendered and were captured during the battle. Except for the hundreds who fled, almost the entire army was wiped out. Since the entire eight rows of Yao Ding were almost mobilized, the leaders of each row were also defeated.
Most of them also arrived at Lianzhou City, and their casualties were not small. At least one-third of them were killed or injured in the battle.
"Treat the wounded and bury the dead." Huang Chao issued the order. "The prisoners were given road notes and allowed to go home. The leaders of each platoon remained in the camp as hostages - and were handed over to the temporary nationals of Yangshan.
The military team will take care of it."
The road note was issued because they had to pass through Luming Pass to return to Badaiyao. Without the road note, they would not be able to pass.
"Is it appropriate to release them all?" Fu Debang was worried, "Will they have to rebel when they go back?"
Zhou Liangchen also hurriedly came to suggest that he should take this opportunity to massacre all the captured people and deal with Bapaiyao once and for all.
"Bapaiyao suffered heavy losses this time. More than 600 men alone were killed in the battle - this is not a small number." Huang Chao said, "The number of men in Bapaiyao as a whole probably does not exceed 5,000.
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