After a period of mediation between the two sides, the guerrilla general of the Green Battalion of Nayanping Province took 800 soldiers selected by the adjutant general and the headquarters, as well as 1,000 people provided by Guangchang County, swaggered south to suppress the bandits.

According to the experience of the last time, the size of the bandits and bandits should be only two or three hundred, and they are all men, women, and children dispatched together. It is not so much a bandit or bandit as a helpless move by the people who took refuge in the mountains due to hunger and cold.

The opponent only has this little manpower, and nearly 2,000 people were dispatched at one time, including 800 soldiers from the Green Battalion from Fujian. However, this move is not simply for the sake of sharing the merits. Although that town is in Guangchang County, it is adjacent to the junction of Jianchang and Ganzhou. The Ming army was the main attacking side in the entire southeastern battlefield, and this is no exception. Not to mention, the Ming army's exploration horses have already squeezed the Qing army's exploration horses to the point that it is difficult to stand on the ground. As far as they are concerned, although it is their own territory, it is not much different from the enemy country.

The brigade moved south, and easily expelled the Ming army's Tanma, which had already stretched out the town, to the mountains and forests in the south of the town. At the same time, the army quickly approached the town and quickly surrounded it.

In guerrilla terms, the Ming army expelled the Qing army's forces in this area, and the nearby villages and towns may not have secretly communicated with the Ming army, and they must always be investigated to ensure the safety of the army. This is the proper meaning, as for the standard, it is naturally loyal and good to provide support to the Qing army, and it must be the meticulous work of the Ming army if it is unwilling.

In the next two days, gold, silver, copper coins, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, jewelry, grain, vegetables, forage, and even strong men, women, and young children were sent from the town and surrounding villages to the camps garrisoned by the Qing army. And these measurements, naturally, are also successively sent down the river and back to the base camp of Xincheng County.

Speaking of which, this town grows tobacco as the main agricultural product, and the production is exported to all over the country. Its own geographical location has always been the hub connecting the two provinces, and the most prosperous is the regional economic center of the southern region of Guangchang County.

However, this is already the old yellow calendar before Jiashen. The Qing army went south, the Qing army and the Ming army, the Qing army and the anti-Qing rebel army, and even now the Qing army and the southeast Ming army are still frequent. Not to mention business travel, let's just talk about growing tobacco, and in these years, there is not even enough food for people to eat, let alone such cash crops.

A sharp economic recession is inevitable and a microcosm of the country. In the first two months, the Ming army explored horses to expel the Qing army's forces in the south of Guangchang County, but it was not too exploitative, but only ordered to provide some grain and grass as a supplement. But now, where the bones are knocked out, the men, women and children in the entire area are only slaughtered as the Ming army.

In this way, it has already given enough face to Jiangxi. Otherwise, a group of Qing troops who have been excluded for three or four years are living a life of clear soup and little water, even if they really slaughter the southern area of Guangchang County at this moment, and create a no-man's land within a radius of dozens of miles to "guard against the Ming army", there is nothing unusual. Besides, this kind of thing, the Qing army has not done it.

In the course of the gluttonous feast of overeating, Guerrilla did not forget his own work, and was still sending those reluctant horse explorers and night guards out to squeeze the activity space of the Ming army's horse exploration. However, only a few days later, the Qing army, which had still had the advantage, was quickly driven back by the Ming army without collecting it at night, just as it had done to the Ming army when the army had gone south a few days earlier.

"Something was wrong last night, how much was touched this night, I'm afraid that those who didn't come back were lost in the south!"

The guerrilla general was so angry that he kicked the naked woman out of bed. For a while, the spring was pervasive, but the guerrillas had already lost their interest, and the personal soldiers who reported the news did not dare to take a second look, but hurriedly stepped forward and served the master to put on his clothes and armor.

"What are you grinding here, why don't you call all those killers and wait for death?!"

Another kick, directly kicked the pro-soldier and climbed with a roll. Glancing back, the woman was suddenly a spirit, not caring about her own nakedness, crawling over from the side of the bed with her hands and feet together, serving the guerrilla and dressing.

Rao is like this, and the guerrillas just put on their armor and rush out. When he rushed back to the camp, the officers under his command were still coming one after another. One by one, they were either so tired that they yawned, or their eyes were red, and they were obviously learning from him, just like him, and they were not idle.

It's no wonder that after being aggrieved in Xincheng County for several years, it's easy to indulge once, and it's hard to toss. In the past few days, in the towns and barracks, officers at all levels have been prostituting themselves all day long, gambling all night long, and getting drunk at every turn. The guerrillas didn't take it seriously, but just sent out scouts to do routine business. After all, no one thought that this would become the target of the Ming army.

However, when it comes to the end, it is a different kind of thought. Seeing that the officers were like this, he couldn't wait to pick up the horsewhip and beat them one by one, so that he could vent his anger at the moment. However, these 800 green battalions originally belonged to the two Qing armies of Fujian Tibiao and Yanping Mansion Green Battalion, and he only had the right to command temporarily, and he must know that it was up to the owner to beat the dog.

Patiently assign tasks and send more scouts to find out the situation. It's a pity that the officers are like this, and the soldiers below are not much better, for a long time, the team did not pull up again, but Tanma sent the bad news back.

"What? Guangdong Fubiao! ”

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Guangdong Fubiao, to be precise, is directly under the Right Association of Guangdong and Jiangxi Governors. As the deputy general of the Right Association, Wang Han, the former leader of the Guangdong Volunteer Army, has long been regarded as his own brother by the Guangdong generals united under Chen Kai by virtue of his performance in Yingde County that year. On this expedition, his right association is the vanguard of the army.

In one night, the Ming army's probe horses and night did not collect the Qing army's hidden piles to clean up. The army rolled out of the mountain road, and at a glance, the fiery red torrent seemed to be magma flowing through the mountain, stretching endlessly.

Wang Han rode his horse at the mountain pass, looking back, the soldiers under his command were clearly dressed and armored, and Rao had been marching for two hours, especially energetic. This is as if he was separated from the time when he led a group of ragged rebels to fight guerrilla warfare with the Qing army on the Qingyuan Mountain. Now, sometimes seeing familiar faces appear in the queue without being abrupt, I can't help but feel pride in my chest.

"Report to Lin Shuai, torture the captive and learn that there are nearly 1,000 green battalions stationed in Baishui Town, and the movement of our department has been discovered. Our unit should be in one go, break the enemy in front of us, and open the way for the follow-up troops! ”

The herald rushed back, and the right association quickly passed the mountain road, rested for a while, and continued to march towards Baishui Town. It didn't take long for Tanma to send back the news, saying that the Qing army had reacted and was arranging troops in the south of Baishui Town.

"This group of defeated subordinates who escaped from Fujian are so arrogant, let them know today that I am very powerful!"

The two sides kept getting closer, separated by miles, and arranged their troops. The Ming army quickly spread out to the two wings, and the co-ordinator, battalion, main leader, deputy leader, and even the army and the army, according to the establishment, each unit quickly took place according to the troops that were in position in advance according to the approach, and soon formed a straight and neat queue like a knife and axe.

The spears stood upright, neatly aligned, like a sea of forests. Wang Han is proud of this, but he also knows very well that the Right Association has been training for nearly two years, and compared with the Second Town which was expanded from the first town and the Third Town adapted from Ma Bao's department in the same period, the training time is more than half a year earlier. It is not something unusual to have such a military appearance. And everything they showed at this moment also attracted the attention and response of the Qing army.

"What are you doing?"

Pulling the buckle with his hand, Wang Han opened the holster hanging on his belt, and reached out and took out the monoculars. Closing his eyes and looking through the binoculars, he observed carefully, but saw that the Qing army on the opposite side kept pushing the people behind him to the front row. For a while, the sounds of whipping, scolding, and crying resounded throughout the battlefield, especially when the people saw clearly how majestic they were about to face, and the contradiction between the cowering retreat and the persecution instantly pushed the sound to a climax.

"Vainly trying to drive the people to overwhelm our army's battle array, the captive is really a fool's dream!"

It is not new to drive people or auxiliaries to storm the opposing team's battle formation. However, if the opponent responds well or is firm, this is often counterproductive.

Wang Han could imagine that when these civilians were driven to the front of the formation, the Ming army's firearms were volleyed, and the spearmen advanced in formation, the fear in front of them would instantly overtake the threat from behind. When the time comes, the people will fight against their own battle formation, and it will be easier and easier for the Ming army to win.

He was born in the rebel army, and he knew very little about the dignified field wave warfare at first. Even now, I have not had a similar experience, and it is completely based on the results of the unwavering confidence in the battle formation used by Fubiao in the past two years.

Already waiting for that scene to happen, Wang Han ordered his troops and horses to be ready for battle. Guns and artillery come forward, ready to fire at all times; As the second echelon, the spearmen pounced directly on them once they had finished firing, forcing the people to charge back into the battle formation of the Qing army with the most ferocious momentum; And in his hands, at the same time, he also pinched two hundred-man cavalry teams, ready to strike at the Qing army from the flanks at any time!

The reaction of the Ming army unexpectedly caused a commotion among the people, but it was still far away, and the threat of the Qing army was directly behind them, forcing them to move on.

The Qing army did not stop one step, and at the same time let the cavalry drive back the people who had run away on both sides, obviously proficient in this way. The distance of Li Xu drove the people forward unhurriedly, and the rhythm of the Qing army was grasped just right, even if the Ming army had the intention to start from the two wings and threaten the layout of the Qing army in advance, it was really not easy to find a breakthrough. What's more, the Ming army had no such plans.

The overwhelming crowd slowly advanced southward, and Wang Han and the officers and soldiers of the Ming army kept an eye on the people, estimating the distance between the two sides.

At 500 meters, the crowd slowly ...... southward

At 400 meters, the Ming army's guns and artillery began to be loaded; The cavalry extending from the two flanks of the Qing army gradually decreased......

Three hundred meters, Wang Han thought about it, gave up the plan to wait until two hundred meters to open fire, leaving only the tiger squat cannon and the gunners to continue to line up at the front......

Two hundred meters, at this distance, the crowd in the distance is already walking slower and slower, and the crying is becoming clearer and clearer. The Ming army held fire guns and spears in their hands, and their palms were slightly wet. In front of them, after all, they are just ordinary people, although there is only the difference between friends and enemies on the battlefield, but after all, they are mostly under the constraints of strict military law, and they have not been contaminated with many bad habits in the army, and the word compassion is the most inevitable......

The distance is still slowly narrowing, even if it is getting slower and slower, but the inevitable arrival of the moment of collision has long been acquiesced by both sides. The only difference is that the Ming army is waiting for battle, while the Qing army is crying more and more harshly, which makes people feel related.

After all, 500 meters and 200 meters are not just numbers, and the thoughts of the soldiers under his command are not without Wang Han. After quickly rethinking it, he still decided that it was necessary to suppress the fear caused by the Qing army to those people in an instant, so as to avoid more casualties, whether it was for the soldiers under his command or for those innocent people, it was the same.

His mind became more and more determined, and Wang Han only waited for the distance between the two sides to cross the 100-meter mark, and then gave an order, relying on fire guns and tiger squatting cannons to achieve a reversal of the battle situation. However, at this very moment, it was a sudden change of vision!