Zhang Miaoshou's eyes suddenly flashed with a crazy look. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info hum, don't think that you have decided Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu currently has 2,500 elites, and thousands of old and weak can also help in the battle, but it is difficult to say the outcome of this victory!

As long as you can try your best to defeat these Ming troops blocking the city gate, then you can take advantage of the situation to rush into the county seat of Haoyang County, pull up the suspension bridge, and then defend the city to the death, then, the two Ming troops who are chasing from afar behind can only stare dryly.

And as long as you can occupy Haoyang City, with a lot of money and food in it, you can quickly turn over and cheer up.

Thinking of this, Zhang Miaoshou raised his head sharply and shouted: "Brothers, don't be discouraged!" As long as you fight to the death with Ben Shuai to retreat the Ming army in front of you and capture the city of Haoyang, the Ming army outside, no matter how difficult it is, I will wait! ”

Listening to the encouragement of the main general, the originally panicked group of rogues suddenly had a heart again, at this time, everyone's faces were full of fierce light, and they immediately shouted and rushed towards the row of guns and shields not far in front.

Seeing the rogues shouting and rushing, a sneer crossed Mo Changrong's face.

If you want to rely on the superiority of numbers, you want to easily defeat my long-trained gun and shield battle array, but it is delusional!

Looking down from the sky, on the vast and cracked yellow-brown Guanzhong Plain, outside the half-dried moat, the 600-person gun and shield battle array of the Iron Dragon Battalion B General C Sentinel was like a black straight line composed of flesh and blood, killing and eye-catching, and in the blink of an eye, it collided with the swarming rogues at high speed!

A row of shield soldiers in the center collided fiercely with hundreds of rogue infantry rushing straight ahead.

A dozen or so celebrity infantry couldn't dodge, and they were immediately pierced by the two rows of steel spikes on the big shield, and they quickly lost their breath.

The dead rogues hanging on the iron shield are like frogs strung together.

"Kill!"

At the same time, a row of gunmen in the back burst into cheers in unison, and immediately used the three-edged steel 4-meter spear in his hand, which had long been full of hatred and strength, to use all his strength to fiercely stab those rogue infantry who couldn't hold their feet.

Almost instantly, a series of 4-meter spears that pierced with all their might, like poisonous dragons flying over, flew out from above the shield with a hideous smile, and in an instant, more than a hundred rogue infantrymen who could not dodge, or on their faces, necks, or chests, immediately gushed out blood, and fell to the ground with a wail.

This is the terrifying strength and power of a well-trained and synchronized gun and shield battle array, and these more than 600 people seem to have formed a whole, advancing and retreating in unison, mercilessly assassinating, like a ruthless and efficient killing machine.

At the front of the gun and shield battle array, a row of rogue corpses quickly lay down, and a large number of wounded rogue soldiers who were not dead screamed under the huge shields, and from time to time they were trampled to death by their own soldiers who stepped on one after them.

On both sides of the gun and shield battle array, there are shield soldiers bent into an arc to really connect to the edge of the moat, guarding and blocking the attack, so that the rogue soldiers can not cross the battle formation at all, so as to impact the rear of the Ming army.

"Join his mother, but this Ming army is ruthless!"

Seeing that the Ming army's gun and shield battle array, the number of people was only a quarter of his own rogue army, but it was so majestic and difficult to move, Zhang Miao's heart was extremely angry.

What to do?

Is it really time to surrender immediately?

It's just that Zhang Miaoshou doesn't have to worry about this problem soon.

Because at this time, the flying harrier cavalry, which was arranged in a wedge-shaped battle formation like a huge black arrow, had already roared out.

The Flying Harrier Light Cavalry, which had been fully accelerated, was much less armored than the Xuanhu Heavy Cavalry, but they were faster, and they were sharper and more powerful in their impact against the thieves with weak armor.

In the rumbling hooves of the horses, the whistling flying harriers, like hot knives stabbing butter, quickly pierced through the positions of the rogue families who were in a mess behind, and rushed straight behind Zhang Miaoshou, who was being guarded by more than 30 cavalrymen.

"Poof!"

With a slight muffled sound, Zhang Miao's hand, which had just turned his head in panic, was stabbed through by the sharp cavalry spear in the hand of a flying harrier cavalryman.

As the blood splattered from his neck gushed out like a spring, he flapped his hands twice like a moth, and then fell upside down from his horse, convulsing and dying.

"Haha, the leader of the thieves, I was killed, I can get the Order of the Tiger Roar!"

The Flying Harrier Cavalryman, who had stabbed Zhang Miaoshou and was splashed with blood, hissed and roared excitedly.

Seeing that his own boss was killed, and the enemy was suffered on his back and back, Zhang Miao's hand, which was on the verge of collapse, suddenly had no will to fight, and the remaining rogues abandoned their swords one after another, kneeling and begging.

Only a dozen or so cavalrymen, led by Zhang Miaoshou's deputy, fled wildly and disappeared into the distant woods.

Mo Changrong issued an order to stop the killing in time, so that the red-eyed Tiger Army was not allowed to slaughter the thieves who had put down their swords and begged to surrender.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Kill the rogue and make a meritorious name!"

"Kill the rogue, go to heaven!"

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Stacked cheers rang out loudly outside the north gate, penetrating the sky.

Mo Changrong looked at the elated appearance of thousands of soldiers with satisfaction, and then ordered to clean up the battlefield immediately.

Soon the results showed that in this short battle, including those who were seriously wounded who could not survive, a total of 395 rogues were killed, and the rest were all captured.

The final statistics showed that there were 4,123 adult males and 3,260 adult females, and the rest were all old and weak.

In addition, more than a dozen mounts, more than 500 sets of armor of various types, more than 5,000 swords, guns, swords and shields, and thousands of taels of scattered silver were also seized.

Mo Changrong smiled secretly in his heart, Zhang Miaoshou, who originally wanted to sell himself for a good price, not only did he not make a penny because of a thought, but he lost all his old capital.

Perhaps, this is the so-called, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, but it has cost Qingqing's life.

What Mo Changrong didn't expect was that when he ordered the captives to be taken into the city of Haoyang with a group of captives, Liu Zunru, the county commander who was also radiant because of his victory, actually came over with a flattering smile.

"Mo guerrilla, this county has something to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?"

"This, Mo guerrilla, the weapons and armor of these thieves have been captured, your army is well-equipped, and they can't be used. Can it be left to our county, in this case, in case you are transferred, our county can also use this batch of weapons and armor to equip the people and young people to garrison the county seat. ”

After listening to Liu Zunru's words, and seeing his expectant and flattering smile, Mo Changrong wanted to agree to him, but he had the heart to make a joke, so he said: "Liu County Order, according to it, we are all Shaanxi Township Party, and this batch of armor and weapons will be left to you, but it doesn't matter." It's just that in this world, there is no steamed bun to eat for nothing, and if you want to give it to you for free like this, I am afraid of being blamed from above. ”

Hearing what Mo Changrong said, Liu Zunru was anxious: "We know, we know, this county doesn't want you to give it for nothing, I know that you are most short of labor and manpower now, so in this way, I will discuss with the county orders of the nearby counties, and recruit the displaced people from this county and the nearby counties, and let them go to Shandong with you to exchange for these weapons and armor, in this case, Mo Guerrilla Ken agreed, right?" ”

Hearing what he said casually, Liu Zunru immediately agreed in a hurry, Mo Changrong couldn't help but laugh in his heart, he pretended to ponder, and said: "Wow, for the sake of Liu County's order and our Shaanxi Township Party, I agreed, even if it was a small contribution to the Sanqin fathers." It's just this price, but you still have to calculate it carefully. ”

"Oh, what do you say you want?"

"Liu County Order, you also know that the current market price in Shaanxi, the sword is almost twelve taels and one swords, the iron spear and shield, almost eight taels a piece, and those armors, cotton armor is fifty taels, iron armor is one hundred and thirty taels, this guerrilla does not increase the price, just according to this market price, and you will accept people, the purchase price will not deceive you, and the same as collecting people from other Ming Army, adult men are 3 taels per person, women are 2 taels per person, and old and weak children are 1 taels per person, what do you think?"

Mo Changrong thought that Liu Zunru would definitely come to bargain, but he didn't think that this short and fat county order, for fear that Mo Changrong would not do it, actually accepted it in one bite.

"Medium! The prefecture agreed. Anyway, it's all a business without capital, and you don't need to spend money in the county. Besides, these homeless people are struggling to live in the county, and there are no tomorrow today, which is also pitiful, so it is really better to go to Shandong with you. ”

Mo Changrong laughed: "Okay, Liu Xianling is a cheerful person, then please send someone to count the armor and weapons with our army superintendent, and calculate the total price." ”

Soon, Liu Zunru's master and several civil officials counted the following figures: all the ordnance seized, including 355 pieces of cotton armor, 168 pieces of iron armor, 2,687 swords, 1,596 iron spears and long-handled weapons, and 1,250 shields.

In this way, according to the amount reported by Mo Changrong, it is easy to calculate that cotton armor can be worth 17,750 taels, iron armor can be worth 21,840 taels, swords can be worth 32,244 taels, iron guns can be worth 12,768 taels, and shields can be worth 10,000 taels.

Therefore, the final total price is 94602 taels.

Seeing this number, Liu Zunru quickly calculated in his heart, now in the city of Haoyang County, if the officials are ordered to search everywhere, it is estimated that at least thousands of wandering homeless people can be found, then, plus the nearby Hancheng, Chengcheng, Zichuan, and Shanxi Ronghe, Linjin and other county towns that are only separated from Haoyang by a Yellow River, should be able to search for similar homeless people, in this way, with the homeless people in these counties, it is not a problem at all to divide up this batch of weapons and armor.

So, Liu Zunru immediately asked his master to write a good manuscript, and let several of his henchmen gallop out of the city on horseback to convey their intentions to several nearby county magistrates.

In fact, now, Liu Zunru regretted a little in his heart, you must know that Mo Changrong and they are so eager for these homeless people, he has already collected these captives in the county town and sold them to him, and he can make a lot of silver.

It's just that this matter is to blame Mo Changrong for not saying hello to him.

After all, this matter of buying people was the news that Mo Changrong directly sent people to the Ming army of various ministries, and he, as the commander of Haoyang County, had never understood this matter.

After seeing Mo Changrong receiving many prisoners from the Ming army of various ministries one after another, he estimated that this Mo Changrong might want any outcast, so he had the courage to take advantage of today's opportunity to propose to him to accept people, but he didn't expect to hit it off.

Soon, only two days later, Liu Zunru received an enthusiastic response from various county orders.

For such a pure empty glove white wolf, but also can greatly reduce the burden and security hazards of their own county, the county commanders are in favor of raising their hands and feet.

As a result, six days later, the displaced people sent from various counties gathered in the county seat of Haoyang County, and according to statistics, there were a total of 17,975 adult men, 14,652 adult women, and 7,869 old and weak.

The total amount of silver can be deducted is 91,098 taels.

In this way, there is a total difference of more than three thousand taels, which is enough to buy Mo Changrong's seizures.

"Mo guerrilla, you have also seen it, and the county orders, but after a good search, it took a good look to find these homeless people, this job is really a chore. Now, as for the difference, you see。。。。。。 ”

Seeing Liu Zunru's apologetic look, Mo Changrong laughed unconsciously.

"It's okay, the first time to cooperate, this guerrilla should make a friend, forget about the less than three thousand taels of silver, this batch of armor and weapons, Liu County Orders and a group of county orders, divide them by themselves."

"Okay, good, Mo Guerrilla is really refreshing, this county also receives you this love, our friend has made a deal!"

Liu Zunru looked happy.

"Liu County Order, if more displaced people can be searched in the future, they can all be sent to me, and this guerrilla will also buy them at the price of my Lord Li."

Mo Changrong smiled and admonished Liu Zunru, who was happily going to divide the armor and weapons.

"Medium! This deal is cost-effective, don't guerrilla, you can rest assured. ”

Liu Zunru, who walked away quickly with a smile on his face, did not look back, but responded loudly.

So, the next day, after Mo Changrong sent away the prisoners of Zhang Miao's hands six days ago, and now, he ordered more than 1,000 soldiers to diligently escort this group of more than 40,000 newly acquired refugees to Shandong.

The rising sun shone on the vast and infinite land of Sanqin, and the faces of every escorted soldier were full of joyful smiles.

When this group of escorted prisoners was marching to Shandong, Hu Shangwen, the supervisor in Huguang, and Qi Mo, the two civil officials in Shaanxi, had already sent a letter to Li Xiao about the situation of recruiting bandits during this period of time, and sent a letter to Li Xiao with flying pigeons.

Li Xiao was very happy when he saw that in just over half a month, as many as 80,000 captives and homeless people had been sent by the two places combined.

"Jiang Zan drew this plan, it's really good!"

Li Xiao praised Jiang Yueguang, who had also been appointed as the pre-army praise painting, with a happy face: "Now the officers and soldiers of all departments, for the sake of the benefits of our army, I am afraid that they will all send people to come, but our army needs to prepare more silver." ”

Unexpectedly, after listening to Li Xiao's words, Jiang Yueguang, who carefully watched the message from Hu Shangwen and Qi Mo Feige, flashed in his slender phoenix eyes, but a mysterious smile appeared on his face: "Lord Li, according to Benzan's painting, in the current situation that the Ming army has tasted the sweetness, our army no longer has to give them silver as before." ”

When Li Xiao heard this, he was taken aback: "Isn't the purchase price of the personnel set according to Mr.'s plan?" And our army has only recruited less than 80,000 displaced people, is it 。。。。。。 ”

Jiang Yueguang smiled and waved his hand: "Master Li misunderstood the old man's meaning. The old man wanted to remind Master Li, the superintendent Hu Shangwen, mentioned a little in the letter, did Li Xiao pay attention? ”

Li Xiao saw that he had sold Guanzi, and he laughed unconsciously, so he said: "Ben Bo saw that the letter was sloppy, and there was nothing special about it, so I asked Jiang Zanhua to mention it." ”

Jiang Yueguang laughed, then stroked his gray beard and said: "Master Li, you see, Hu Shangwen said in his letter that on that day, Na Zukuan handed over more than 20,000 captives and homeless people to our army, and in addition to accepting and buying silver, he also used 1,000 cigarettes, at a price of nearly one tael each, to exchange for the captives and homeless. Master Li, I was thinking below, since those Ming troops had such a strong demand for our military commercial goods, why didn't our army become adults and simply use commercial goods to exchange for silver to buy homeless people? ”

Li Xiao is such a smart person, when he saw him say this, he immediately suddenly said: "Oh, Jiang Zanhua is really thoughtful, but Ben Bo hasn't thought of it for a while." If we can exchange the commercial goods produced by our army with the sales price for those real gold and silver, it is a huge business opportunity. ”

Jiang Yueguang nodded in praise; Taking cigarettes as an example, the wholesale price sold by our army to those merchants is only 2 dollars and 5 cents a piece, but when it is used to exchange for buying people's silver, it can be exchanged for a retail price of one tael, but there is a big hidden profit in it! In this case, for example, an adult homeless man would have spent 3 taels of silver to buy it, but now, he can exchange it for only three cigarettes, then the wholesale price of cigarettes, which is equal to the purchase price of our army is only 7 yuan and 5 cents, will be even lower if converted into production costs. In this way, the cost of our army to acquire prisoners is greatly reduced. Moreover, at the same time, it has greatly promoted the sales of commercial goods, which can be said to have earned both face and lining, isn't it a good plan to have the best of both worlds. Li Xiao laughed, nodded and praised: "Jiang Zan's clever ideas and ingenuity are really beyond Benbo's!" Well, Benbo acted according to Jiang Zan's plan, and from now on, he would no longer buy prisoners directly with silver, but instead use our military commercial goods transported from Shandong. ”