The counterattack plan in the county basically came from Liu Dalin and Huang Shoutong, which inadvertently formed the situation of using literature to control military force that was common in the Ming Dynasty. Liu Jinshi was rich in knowledge, and influenced by the political situation in the late Ming Dynasty, he read some military books and had a good understanding of the overall strategy.
Bu Hua had some experience; General Huang Tuan had been on the front line of close combat for many years, had experienced numerous small-scale fights, and was quite familiar with commanding the advance and retreat of battle formations. When the officials and gentry saw this situation, they felt relieved.
From the spies, we learned that the pirates were stationed in Bopu and Bairentou Beach. The spies saw women at Bairentou Beach, which meant that the pirates' old camp was there. The old camp was there, and the Chinese army should also be there.
Although there are many people gathered in the city, there are only a few who can go into battle. Huang Shoutong is a local aborigine and has led brave people in battles for many years. He knows which family is brave enough to fight and which family can only bully the people. He knows what can really be used.
The troops included one hundred Huangjiazhai warriors he brought with him, as well as the warriors and servants of several local wealthy gentry. The total number was only 200 people. He planned to use these people as soldiers to directly attack the pirates.
For their center, it is best to kill several bosses in one fell swoop.
This strategy was questioned by some gentry: If the pirate leader died, would he take crazy revenge?
"When it comes to war, you must not take chances," Huang Shoutong stroked Haixia's beard, "If you use a sword, you will fight to the end. Don't think that being merciful will lead to retreat in the future. When the time comes, others will see that you are weak and can be bullied, but you will intensify your efforts.
I'm done." He glanced at the crowd and said, "Hit them until they feel hurt, and if they get scared, they will get out of their own way."
At that time, it was decided to divide the operation into two groups. On the left group, the Xiangyong from Huangjiazhai were the main force. They brought two tiger squatting cannons removed from the city wall and many rocket powder cans. There were 300 people in total. Huang Shoutong personally led the group.
Attack Bairentou Beach; on the right, Fu Bowen led a team with more than 300 people, but most of them were temporarily recruited civilians to serve as ministries. Many of them brought flags, horns, gongs and drums, which were used to create momentum and pretend to attack Bopu camp as a diversion. In order to guard against the sea
The thieves had spies outside the city, and the two groups set out together, pretending to be marching towards Bo Pu. Halfway through, the left army turned back and raided Bairentou Beach.
The two groups agreed to light a fire as a signal, and the right army would attack Bopu first, and then the main force would launch an attack. No matter which group wanted to withdraw from the battle, the smoke would be used as a signal.
In addition to the government officials, there were 200 people left behind in the city. The archers Minzhuang in the county had been short of food and wages for too long. Wu Mingjin was afraid that they would be left behind to defend the city. If they failed, he would take the opportunity to riot and loot in the city and in the surrounding countryside. Villages came to
He did not dare to fully trust the village warriors, so he mixed sand with the village warriors, archers, and guardsmen to form mixed groups to defend the city. Those who did not want to fight could only bribe Dian Shi, but they were sent to fight if they had no money.
All of them were complaining.
On September 16th, all preparations were completed. The county set up pots for cooking on the street. Many people had dry rice for the first time this year. They crowded in front of the pots, everyone looked at it with salivation, and smelled it.
With.
"My God, I've had a full meal."
“I used to have to work hard to make a living, but in the past two years I haven’t even been able to get enough food.”
"The sky is evil, and there will be frost in Lingao!"
"I'm afraid this meal will be a deprivation meal."
"Don't say depressing words, it's unlucky."
Wu Ya, the county magistrate, brought a few hundred guan of money over, saying it was a reward for the expedition, and also got twenty sets of newly purchased cotton armor. Although this kind of armor is easy to come by, it is difficult to wear it in the South China Sea.
It was too hot, so there were very few people wearing them, so they were made on the fly. Huang Shoutong knew that the county magistrate relied on himself to build the Great Wall. He was very moved and thanked him again and again. He was determined to fight hard.
He called his second son over. Huang Shoutong's second son, Huang Xunkun, was studying in the county school and was a student. He saw that his third brother had been dead for only a few days, and his father was again steeling his troops, looking like he was ready to fight to the death.
I felt very uneasy.
"Hun Kun, my father is going to kill bandits today," he stroked his knee, "Pirates are powerful, so I'm not very sure about this..."
"Father--"
"Don't talk," Huang Shoutong said in a deep voice, "My father is already fifty years old. Even if something unexpected happens, you and your eldest brother don't have to be too sad. Although your eldest brother is brave, he doesn't like reading and is not as smart as you.
. Therefore, I only tell you: In the past ten years or so, chaos has gradually emerged in the world. Fortunately, we are a small border county. However, once the world is in chaos, the young people will inevitably take the opportunity to cause chaos. Your first priority is to lead your children to defend the country.
, The second thing is to comply with the destiny!" He stared into his son's eyes, "You can't read a few more books and you can read a fool, loyalty, fool, filial piety, do you understand?!"
"Yes! My son understands." Huang Xunkun understood and was confused at the same time, but he did not dare to ask any more questions.
"You will follow me out of the city in a moment and return to Huangjiazhai on the way."
"The son is willing to fight with his father!"
"Silly boy..." Huang Shoutong sighed, "You are a scholar with dangerous weapons. The Huang family cannot live without you!"
"And big brother——"
"Your eldest brother is a white man," Mr. Huang put on his cotton armor with the help of his servants. "Mr. Wu will always be transferred. In the future, the new master will remember our hard work. There is a scholar who speaks louder.
"
After listening to this, he deeply understood his father's painstaking efforts, but he felt faintly unwilling in his heart.
Huang Shoutong gave instructions to his son before leading the large group of people out of the city. On the one hand, he was moved by Magistrate Wu's trust this time, but on the other hand, he could not get rid of a bad premonition: this dangerous force
The pirates who were driving huge iron ships and machines that could not compete with human power were not the bandits and robbers he had been dealing with. Their arrival might mean that many things would completely change. He looked up at the sky, and there were only light clouds in the sky.
But it made him feel that the sun was dim and dull. Is there really going to be a big change in the Ming Dynasty?
Detaching his troops from the road, he first led the team to a place two miles away from Bairentan. While waiting for Bobu's feint attack to begin, he listened to the spies' reports. He made up his mind that if Bairentoutan was unprepared at this moment, even Fu Bowen would
He has to attack in advance even before it starts.
After a while, the spies reported that the pirates at Bairentou Beach had retreated back to their respective camps, and no one was moving around outside. Huang Shoutong nodded. This did not surprise him. The other side's spies had probably detected it long ago.
their movements.
After waiting for a while, he suddenly saw a firework signal in the direction of Bo Pu. Knowing that Fu Bowen had begun to attack, he rode up to a mound.
"Fellow elders, we are about to attack the enemy. You and I are local aborigines and have lived here for generations. Here are our fields and houses, and the tombs and temples of our ancestors..." At this point, he felt tears coming out of his eyes.
, "Today is the day for us to protect our hometown and serve the imperial court. Come with me, everyone!"
After finishing speaking, he knocked the stirrup of his horse, took his horseback servant as the vanguard, and ran towards the direction of Bairentou Beach. The country warriors divided into two groups and followed the more than ten horses. The gunners
A group of about ten people, pulling forward and pushing back, tried their best to push the two squatting tiger cannons to the front.
He Ming had already seen their assembly with binoculars from the security tower in the administrative area. At this moment, he saw the sky covered with smoke and the sound of drums. Knowing that the attack had begun, he hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie to call the police. Almost at the same time, hundreds of people headed to the beach.
The sharp siren rang through the sky, and everyone was stunned - the attack had begun!
"Team leader He...Team leader..." The person who came was a person from the communication team. He couldn't even speak clearly at this moment. "Bopu is in emergency! The enemy is besieging Bopu!"
He Ming frowned. From the tracking report from the observation post, he knew that the enemy was divided into two groups. Obviously, one of them must be a feint attack. However, the number of people in both groups was about the same, and they both carried many carts. Now they were almost at the same time.
Launched an attack...
"Let Bobu hold on!" Bobu is much better fortified than Bairentou Beach, and now there are more than a hundred people guarding it, including ten members of the military team. He feels that holding on is not a big problem.
On the contrary, it is this central place. Because the construction stalls are spread out, there are many places that need to be defended. Residential areas need to be defended, places where equipment and vehicles are piled up need to be defended, hydropower stations need to be defended, and newly built administrative districts also have to be defended. Most places only have
Two barbed wire fences and an earthen fortress. It is still unknown how much combat power these urban otakus who have not fired a few bullets have.
Huang Shoutong's men rushed to the trench and threw the prepared bundles of earth and firewood into it. A road was paved in an instant. At this time, gunshots rang out, and a dozen people fell down beside him immediately. The pirates' firearms were so sharp.
! He crouched down and galloped on his horse. The sound of gunshots continued and people around him kept falling. He turned his horse's head and decided not to attack the old camp of thieves in the depth, but to concentrate his forces to attack the nearest camp. He
Pointing the sword in his hand:
"Brothers, charge forward!"
The camp he chose happened to be the administrative area. Because it was recently completed, even the barbed wire fence had just been put up yesterday. It was guarded by fifty people, ten of whom were members of the military team.
"Meng Xian! You are responsible for suppressing them!" He Ming yelled on the intercom, "Hit those on horseback."
Before he finished speaking, a country warrior leaping on his horse with a sword fell to the ground with the sound of a gunshot.
"Damn, good shot!" He couldn't help but praise. This student majoring in finance and accounting who had practiced moving targets in a sports school for several years was really good at marksmanship.
At this time, the village warriors had already surged over like a wave. The sound of gunfire became a mess. When the people behind the barbed wire saw these people, they all bared their teeth and roared, waving various weapons and rushing towards them. Most of them were in the past.
Good citizens, let alone shooting to kill, I have never seen a few group fights. I have never seen such a scene before. Everyone was so panicked that they were dumbfounded. After the shot was fired, there were only a few chaotic shots.
"Shoot! You idiots!" He Ming suddenly picked up the SKS rifle, swung the bayonet out with great force, and quickly rushed to the front, kicking and beating them.
Finally, the volley of guns rang out, and the gray wave of the charge stopped for a while, and then surged over again. At this time, messy gunfire rang out from other camps to support them. Most of the traversers were not familiar with shooting, and many people forgot to adjust the sight gauge.
When the gun was fired, there were still people holding the trigger and firing randomly, and soon all the bullets were fired.