"Liu Qianhu has been caught, and most of the officers were killed. Only a few of them survived."
"Did anyone escape?"
"No one escaped."
"Okay, go and bring in all the officials!"
There are more than 20 officers in the city from Xiaoqi and above, 100 households, 100 households and those without official titles but with specific duties. More than half of them were killed in the massacre before the city was broken. Only 10 of them were killed.
The visitor was escorted to Wei Aiwen.
Each of them had their hands tied behind their backs, their buns were messy, and some of them were bleeding. They were all breathing heavily and seemed to be in shock.
"Which one is Liu Qianhu?"
As soon as Wei Aiwen asked a question, the thousands of households roared loudly: "Rebels!!! Rebels!!! The court will deal with you sooner or later!!! Rebels!!!"
Wei Aiwen knew a little military language. After hearing his scolding, he frowned and asked, "Is this Liu Qianhu?"
Lin Fu said: "It's him. There are several soldiers around this bitch. They fought tooth and nail to protect him and saved his life."
"Did the soldiers catch him and survive?"
"There was one, a half-year-old child. He was stabbed and cursed constantly. If we hadn't snatched him away, he would have been killed by the military." Lin Fu asked, "Should we spare his life..."
"Of course I have to keep it. I forgot the three major disciplines and eight points of attention again!" Wei Aiwen said dissatisfiedly, "Show it to the health worker and save him if you can. He is just a little private soldier. How big a crime can he have?"
Lin Fu quickly responded: "Yes."
Wei Aiwen glanced at the arrested Qianhu, but did not immediately feel relieved. He asked, "How are the military households doing?"
"I will place the first few in the martial arts hall, and the rest are waiting in front of the martial arts hall." Lin Fu said, "Should we call them here?"
"Okay, you call the leader." Wei Aiwen made up his mind.
The two leading military households were summoned. When they saw Wei Aiwen standing in the middle of the crowd, they knew he was a high-ranking official among the bandits and quickly knelt down.
"Get up, we don't care about this." Wei Aiwen said in military terms, "What are your names?"
One of the two military households was named Hao Guoxin and the other was Cui Zheng. They were both around thirty years old. They were thin, small, and withered. To put it bluntly, they looked like soldiers, not even as good as local farmers. Wei Aiwen asked,
I knew that Hao Guoxin was the blacksmith here and Cui Zheng was a horse breeder.
Wei Aiwen casually chatted with them for a few words and found out that they were all children of local military families. Due to the relationship between Zhenli and Zhenli, the military equipment of the guard station was quite complete, and the young men also practiced regularly. Not only were the weapons and armor fully equipped,
, and also kept some horses and mules.
Wei Aiwen knew from the conversation that they hated this group of "masters" very much. The hereditary officers and military households in the guard station were originally lords, but gradually they became landlords and serfs. The official land in the guard station was theoretically owned by the state.
, were cultivated by Wei Ding for food, but in fact almost all of the harvest was taken by the officers, and ordinary military households could only get a small amount to make a living. Military households were not only state serfs, but also servants of the officers.
He was treated like a slave and worked without pay. Not only was he extremely poor, he was often killed by military officers.
Wei Aiwen had known these contents for a long time. After he entered the city, he saw military households killing the families of Japanese military officers, including women and children. He knew that the hatred during this period was extremely deep and far from ordinary conflicts.
"In this case, I will vent my anger on your suffering brothers today." Wei Aiwen said, "I will hand over the person to you in a moment. You can judge for yourself. It is up to you to decide whether to behead or kill the dog.
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Hao Guoxin and others originally didn't know how the Kun thieves were going to be punished. They were very afraid that the Kun thieves were going to recruit traitors and wanted to surrender Liu Qianhu and others.
He quickly knelt down and kowtowed again, saying:
"This group of wolf-hearted guys, the little ones have long wanted their lives."
"Okay, take the people away." As he said this, he ordered the soldiers to take most of them to the martial arts hall and hand them over to the military households for a "struggle meeting", and then hang them all.
The master of accounts was left behind to prepare for inventory of supplies, and another hundred households were left behind.
Currently, the planning institute's search team is taking the captives to inventory warehouses and mansions to check supplies. There is nothing exciting in Qianhushu City, just food, weapons and livestock. The most valuable ones are the seizures.
We brought more than 20 horses and mules. The horses were very small, about the type of horses common in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan areas.
It took a day to count the supplies and hold a struggle meeting. In the fanatical atmosphere of the struggle meeting, all members of Liu Qianhu's family were hanged on a tree outside the village. How to deal with their family members caused a quarrel among the military households.
Some people wanted to divide the women, while others advocated killing them all. The two sides argued so hard that they almost resorted to knives. In the end, the idea of "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots" prevailed. The military households pulled the officers' families and doglegs to the river beach outside the village and asked them to
Kneel down and behead them one by one.
When the military households were killing people, Wei Aiwen called the hundred households who had been left behind specially. The hundred households had long been frightened out of their wits. As soon as they saw Wei Aiwen, they collapsed on the ground and begged for their lives.
"Spare your life." Wei Aiwen said, "Get out of here immediately and go to Haikou Qianhu Station to find Tang Yunwen for help!"
"The little ones don't dare! The little ones don't dare!"
"Go quickly, if you dare not go to the emergency department, your whole family will be handed over to the military household." Wei Aiwen turned his head to indicate the direction of the river beach, where screams kept coming.
"Yes, yes, yes, the little one must go!" Baihu quickly got up.
Wei Aiwen called two soldiers and asked them to escort the hundreds of households to the border of Lincheng.
Subsequently, all the military households in the two camps were removed and they were dispersed and resettled in various communes. As for the houses, materials and land in the two camps, the People's Committee for Civil Affairs accepted them and resettled the immigrants separately.
As for Hao Guoxin and Cui Zheng, one was assigned to be trained as a worker in the machinery factory and the other was assigned to raise horses under Nick. Wei Aiwen recruited a group of vigorous young people aged 16 or 17 from military households to join the teaching team and prepare for preliminary training.
After that, we will conduct *** training. Now they have people with blood on their hands. They are not afraid that they will be in trouble if they don't follow the time-traveling group.
You Laohu led his more than 300 horses and roared across the county border of Lingao-Chengmai. He was a little regretful that the flag had not been ready yet, and the march was not impressive at all.
The task of this task force is to build momentum, so Youhuhu can slow down the marching speed along the way. When encountering a village, he always takes a rest. The people in the village flee, and Youhuhu does not send anyone to chase him. He just reminds everyone to pay attention to discipline.
You are not allowed to enter people's houses without permission, and you are not allowed to take away people's things. Before leaving, put some slogans on the wall.
When encountering larger fortified villages along the way, You Huhu always sent people to collect grain. Seeing that they were armed with cannons in the village, he didn't dare not to obey, so he gave them more than ten shi of grain. You Huhu didn't ask for much, anyway.
Just spread the news about Fubo Army's arrival.
In this way, his men and horses walked and rested all the way. After walking for a day, they just arrived at Chengmai County. This speed made You Laohu feel that it was surprisingly slow. In fact, according to the government's normal post road itinerary, Qiongshan to Chengmai is
Half a day, it was exactly one day from Chengmai to Lingao.
When the scouts from Youhuhu arrived at the city, it was a long day in summer, but the city gate of this county town had not yet been closed. Villagers were coming in and out, showing no intention of preparing for war. It was not until a large group of people appeared that the county town panicked and rushed to fight.
The city gate was closed.
You Laohu knew that if he wanted to seize the city, he could do it even by running and charging. But since He Ming didn't want him to occupy Chengmai County, there was no need to bother. He immediately ordered to occupy a high ground outside the city and set up camp on the high ground.
The commander of this infantry company is also a veteran, his name is Yu Zhiqian. Yu Zhiqian is a fair-skinned young man who loves reading and has a rather bookish air. He is considered a semi-military enthusiast, but the object of his fever is modern military, and he is not interested in modern gadgets. He belongs to the queue.
Shoot the party members.
Because he loved reading and usually regarded himself as a "staff officer" or "strategist", You Huhu simply used him as his chief of staff to advise him.
"Lao Yu." You Huhu calls everyone "Lao
I don’t know how frightened the officials here are. According to the commander’s intention, he wants to create a great momentum. Can you think of a better way to create a momentum?"
"Of course we have to assume the posture of attacking the city." Yu Zhiqian was confident, "But just setting off cannons outside will not create pressure."
"Stop analyzing the situation, just tell me what to do."
"You can't run away from the county seat. I'll try to harass the place as much as possible." Yu Zhiqian came up with an idea to leave some troops here to monitor the county seat, while other troops launched armed attacks nearby, requisitioning grain along the way, hitting a few big households, and by the way,
Many people were recruited to cut down wood and build siege equipment, dig trenches, and build camps under the city, pretending to be a big fight.
"We have a small number of people, and the people in the city are not blind. So we have to make it look like we are the vanguard, and there is a large group of people coming from behind. Then the people in the county will panic and have to go out and ask for help.
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You Laohu laughed loudly and patted him on the shoulder: "I really have you! Okay, let's have a good night's rest today, and tomorrow we will divide our troops and go out to harass Chengmai. Let's arrange camp now."
The Army's doctrine stipulates that as soon as you camp, you must dig trenches, build earth fences, and set up deer villages. Youhuhu estimates that harassing Chengmai will not end in a few days, so the camp's defenses must be built stronger. When setting off, he specially took them. Several rolls of barbed wire. Then the soldiers built a simple watchtower about ten meters high, so that they could clearly see every move on the top of Chengmai Nancheng. They also built artillery forts with the three-door mountain guns they brought. , and specially built rainproof shelters for artillery and ammunition vehicles.
You Laohu led people to inspect various camps. Not to mention the soldiers, the morale of the militia was also very high. Everyone guessed that the city would be attacked tomorrow, and they were all discussing how to break the city quickly.
You Laohu did not say that this mission was just harassment. He inspected the sanitary conditions of each company platoon in accordance with the regulations, and urged the cooks to boil water for everyone's feet. The hygienists carried medicine boxes on their backs to treat the foot blisters. , add some Chinese patent medicine prepared by Liu San, and you can continue walking a long way the next day. Compared with regular infantry, militiamen rarely have long-distance marching training, and they also drag artillery and transport luggage along the way. Many people just settled down The good tent fell down and fell asleep. You Huhu urged the militia captains to wake up all the sleeping people and tell them to eat and warm their feet.
After the inspection, You Huhu and Yu Zhiqian went to the watchtower again and used night vision binoculars to watch the movements on the city top. They saw that many torches and lanterns had been lit on the city top, and many more men were patrolling the city.
Compared with the strange-shaped Lingao County, Chengmai County can be said to be a regular county, with a square shape. The north gate is also not open, but the city wall is not high and thick, and the fortification is not very tight. The two men led the troops. Along the way, I felt that Chengmai has a slightly larger population than Lingao, and the land development is better. I wonder if it is because it is close to the capital.
There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, Yu Zhiqian led the team and separated half of the troops. They went deep into Chengmai County and collected food and soldiers along the way. You Laohu and the remaining people waved flags and shouted at the city. The militiamen also released fire cannons on the city from time to time. ,bluff.
The people in the city became emboldened when they saw that they had left a group of people, leaving only more than a hundred people. They kept shouting and cursing on the city, and sometimes they shot arrows down. Fubo's army was five or six miles away from the city. At a distance of 100 meters, even the cannons on the city couldn't hit them. They yelled at each other both above and below the city.
You Laohu stood on a mound surrounded by guards and messengers, directing the harassing battle. Watching the militiamen's single-eye and three-eye fire cannons crackling with excitement, he knew that there was actually no iron in it, and it was just a firecracker. Lively. He couldn't help laughing. This kind of fighting was a bit rare. He didn't know if it was considered a sparrow fight. While he was thinking wildly, the suspension bridge suddenly lowered, and more than two hundred Lian Yong and Min Zhuang swarmed out from the city gate and rushed through. Trenches, shouting to kill.
You Huhu did not expect that the enemy would dare to go out of the city to fight, but necessary precautions were still in place. The infantry platoon covering the militia immediately formed a double-layered line.
"Shoot!" The native second lieutenant who was commanding the infantry platoon swung his command knife down fiercely. The gunshots of the Mini rifle were deafening. You Laohu clearly knew that the dozen rural braves and civilian elephants rushing in front were like hitting a wall.
He fell back. The village heroes probably didn't expect that the Kun thief's firearms were so powerful, capable of killing and wounding people from more than half a mile away, so they hesitated in their charge.
The soldiers of the infantry platoon immediately loaded their bullets, and then fired a second time and a third time. The rate of fire of the Mini rifle far exceeded all the firearms at the time. Within a few minutes, the country warriors were knocked down by ten more.
There were many people, and the remaining people got into chaos and ran towards the city noisily.
"You son of a turtle still wants to come out and fight hand to hand!" You Huhu spat, "Just shrink back!" He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The militiamen around him all picked up their spears and formed a formation, ready to fight at any time.
He himself also wanted to try the power of the border army's sword.
"Battal Commander! Let's set up the cannon and fire a few fucking shots!" The leader of the artillery cadet team came excitedly to ask for a fight, "Kill the dog officers in the city for their majesty!"
You Laohu looked at it for a long time before saying, "Forget it for today!"
He already knew from the scout's report that a dozen people had secretly descended from the other two city gates in the middle of the night. The scouts followed his order and did not arrest them, but just followed their whereabouts. It was discovered that three or four people were going to Fucheng.
And left, and the rest went to various parts of the county.
You Laohu analyzed that this must be because the county sent people to mobilize rural warriors from all over the county to strengthen the defense of the city. The more rural warriors gathered in the county, the wider the news that they came to Chengmai to besiege the county town.
Therefore, he did not intercept these envoys and allowed them to go around asking for help. Today, Minzhuang Township in the city bravely came out to fight, which shows that they are not going to mobilize too few people.
In his heart, he longed to fight a big battle under Chengmai City and achieve great success. Moreover, he was full of confidence in his own firepower and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers. He believed that as long as he remained vigilant at all times, he could repel any number of people who came to attack him.
The next day, Yu Zhiqian brought back dozens of stones of grain and two to three hundred civilians. The two of them started working under the city. While repairing the camp, they cut wood to make ladders and rams for siege. The officials and gentry in the city
Seeing that although the Kun bandits only had a small force, they were driving the civilians to make all kinds of preparations to attack the city. In addition, they already knew that the Kun bandits had sharp firearms.
Enter the city for reinforcements.
"There are more and more brave warriors in the city." You Laohu said, "If we capture the city, we can capture a large number of prisoners."
Yu Zhiqian said nothing. He felt that because his own troops had not increased in the past few days, the defense on the city had gradually relaxed, so he suggested starting to bombard the county town.
"We don't have enough people, so others will look down upon us, so let's give them a taste of cannonballs."
"Okay, the provincial militiamen will bring back the artillery shells and gunpowder."
In order to increase the tension, Youhuo approved the artillery cadets to bombard the south gate of the county seat. Although the 12-pound mountain howitzer shells could not destroy the city wall, they destroyed half of the city tower and many battlements and parapets, killing and injuring many city defenders.
The strong people and brave people, especially the grenades and incendiary bombs fired, greatly shocked the soldiers and civilians defending the city - they had never encountered such severe artillery fire. Several fires broke out in the city, and some houses were also damaged.
The cannonballs that entered the city destroyed it. After the continuous bombardment, the soldiers and civilians defending the city were demoralized. If He Ming hadn't stopped them from breaking the city, Chengmai would have captured it immediately.
You Laohu felt that this was not powerful enough, so he discussed with Yu Zhiqian: Instead of wasting artillery shells here, it is better to use howitzers to break down a few villages, wipe out several large households, and take advantage of the fighting to eliminate a group of local powerful factions and lay the foundation for future rule.
.By the way, we can also earn more loot. Doesn’t the Executive Committee shout “We can’t afford the war” every day? Arresting people and robbing food and property can serve as a gag to some extent.