On the day that the Qing army entered Gaozhou City, there was a fast horse report in Chen Shangchuan's camp: In the afternoon of the same day, the Qing army had left the city and headed south.

This situation was somewhat unexpected by Chen, but he was immediately relieved---- apparently the green battalion soldiers were not satisfied with the lack of oil and water in the city of Gaozhou, because under normal circumstances, when the soldiers plundered a rich city, the whole team would stay for a while, at least two or three days, or more than ten years, and the length of the stay usually depended on how much the officers thought the soldiers needed to be repaired, but there was another important factor: when the magistrates appointed by the imperial court were in place.

Obviously, the time spent waiting for the imperial court-appointed magistrate to take office must have been a happy time for the Green Battalion soldiers in this city.

Because the yamen had not yet opened for business, the people who had been robbed had no way to sue at all, so all kinds of overt and covert looting, "donations" and "confiscations" in the name of "donations" and "confiscations" would take place in an even more unscrupulous way---- during this time, the entire city became a lawless Shura field.

However, what this group of naïve and stupid people in the city don't know is that even if the governor or the prefect comes, it is actually useless.

If the people in the city finally look forward to the Qingtian Lord---- well, I have to admit that the Green Battalion soldiers will indeed become more restrained, after all, the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are almost the same, and the Qingtian Lord appointed by the imperial court is still very majestic in front of a group of Qiu Ba.

What's more, today's Qing Dynasty not only inherited the Ming Dynasty's use of literature to control the military, but also added a Manchu to control the Han, so as the green camp of the Han army, there is not only one more official in charge of them, but also one more clan in charge of them.

At this time, for the green battalion of the Han army, the only wise thing to do is to hurry away, anyway, the robbery a while ago was carried out in the name of suppressing bandits, and in the process of looting, the bitter master may have no news, plus the perpetrator is a green battalion soldier running around the world, a lawsuit? How can you sue if you have no proof?

Therefore, in the vast majority of cases, the only thing the Lord Qingtian can do is to issue a notice to the people, so that the situation is generally stable, and then say that from now on the world is peaceful, as for the looting cases that occurred before, in the face of the bitter lord - if the bitter lord is still there and has the courage to sue the officials with the people, the lord will usually not accept it because of the chaos of the war, the lack of evidence, the lack of evidence, etc., and even ask the bitter master: Do you know whether the officers and soldiers robbed it or the thieves robbed it?

So in the face of the cowardly and helpless and speechless bitter master, the old man Qingtian was shocked and said, "There is no evidence, but if you think that the bitter master really has a family disaster, he will not pursue the crime of suing the official, and the next case will not be an example", and the case was closed.

What's more, some magistrates colluded with the commanders and commanders of the Green Battalion, and deliberately arrived late for three or five days or half a month - the mountains and rivers were blocked, the roads were not quiet, and it was normal for the old men to serve for ten days and a half at night for various reasons.

Of course, the purpose of taking office a few days later is to leave time for this group of Qiu Ba to "clean up the aftermath", so after this group of green battalion soldiers eat and wipe clean, they will directly add the charges of "complication", "rebellion", "rebellion", "collaboratorship" and other crimes that are enough to cut off the head and destroy the whole family to the bitter master, so the master of Qingtian came, not only will he not be investigated, but maybe he will take some credit to his own head, and he will still have to brag and write in the newspaper of the boss.

Of course, the wealth plundered by the Qiu Ba will definitely have the share of the Qingtian Lord.

After these "aftermaths" are completed, the green battalion soldiers will set off for the next city.

However, this time, the green battalion soldiers set off without waiting for the magistrate to take office, obviously they couldn't wait, because they knew that in the rest of the city, the common people had begun to run away, and the fat sheep were going to flee in all directions, how could this be good? So be sure to hurry up and go.

However, even if there is no satisfactory loot in Gaozhou City, but Gaozhou is the "capital of western Guangdong" after all, and the wealth ranks first in the Qinlian Lei Gaozhou Prefecture, so there are still a lot of things looted this time, after the green battalion soldiers are pulled, there are more than 50 chariots and horses behind the team, and the convoy stretches for a mile, and the cars are all filled with wealth and silk, of course, and women.

According to Chen Shangchuan's outpost report, if these Qing troops marched normally, they should arrive at the mouth of the Tongming River at noon on the 15th.

However, considering the relatively flat terrain on this road and the anxious mood of the green battalion soldiers, Chen Shangchuan Huitong Wei Ai and others decided after discussion: to act in advance, just in case.

So on the evening of July 13, Chen Shangchuan and Wei Ai led the army to Leizhou City, and in the early morning of the next day, Chen Shangchuan arranged the ambush soldiers in the Moon Temple and the jungle opposite, while Wei Hong led 1,300 guns from his headquarters to Shentang Plateau in the north of Leizhou City, followed by 600 soldiers from Airush.

Wei Ai led two troops to camp on a dry land less than a mile south of the Moon Temple, and for the sake of prudence, he also temporarily cut down a large number of trees and set up a wooden fence in front of the battle, so as to block the enemy's wave of surprise attacks.

Sure enough, after lunch, an outpost came to report: the Qing army was close to the Tongming River, did not bury the pot to make food, and accelerated the speed of the march.

Obviously, in the face of another city that can be looted at will, it is impossible for the Green Battalion soldiers not to hurry up and march.

At this moment, Chen Shangchuan's fast horse kept shuttling back and forth between Wei Hong's military formation and the mouth of the Tongming River, and when the outpost reported that the whole team of the Green Battalion, including the baggage wagons and horses that followed, had all crossed the river, Wei Hong immediately informed Xiao Ai, who was half a mile behind, through the walkie-talkie, and asked him to bring the team up.

Wei Hong and Xiao Ai decided to compete with the green battalion soldiers face to face, and the two brothers had already discussed specific tactics, specifically called the three-stage attack operation of the line infantry.

First of all, the two divided the 1,900 guns into two parts, one part is the reserve, there are two companies with a total of 400 people, these guns form a hollow phalanx behind the main formation, Wei Hong and Airosh are on horseback, command the battle in this phalanx, this phalanx has the function of a reserve, if the front line is at risk of being broken through, it must be filled in time, and it also has the role of stabilizing the front---- if the infantry array in the first line cannot be stabilized, you can rely on this phalanx to stabilize the battle line, Let the retreating infantry form a larger phalanx behind this phalanx to defend against enemy surprise attacks.

This tactic comes from the line infantry tactics of an old empire in the old world, which has been practiced on the battlefield, and can be very effective in resisting the attack of those armies that are dominated by infantry charges, especially if the opponent attacks in waves, this tactic can maximize the damage to the enemy on the way to the attack, and then, when the enemy attacks in front of him, he will also face a larger phalanx with bayonets, and under normal circumstances, in front of this large formation, the enemy's charge will collapse.

Of course, if the enemy has heavy cavalry, this tactic is often difficult to achieve, and even very dangerous, because the cavalry attack speed is much faster than the infantry charge, and if you are not careful, it will lead to an orderly retreat into a rout, and it will be a failure.

However, the Green Battalion on the opposite side had no cavalry.

For this tactic, Wei Ai and the others have been practicing in the garrison for a long time, and the current battlefield is a good opportunity to practice.

The main force of the battle was the 1,500 line infantry lined up in front of the phalanx, and since it was a three-stage attack, it was necessary to line the line infantry in three columns, and just right, 1,500 people could be lined up in three columns.

The three columns were also divided into sections, each of which was limited in length to the distance at which the soldiers could hear the company platoon commander's command.

The three columns are staggered, with the front row in a one-kneeled position and the last two columns staggered for optimal results.