Chapter 34 Dingxi (5)
At a short time in the afternoon, the native soldiers began to attack again, but now their morale had obviously dropped a lot, probably because they found that they had too few brothers and friends at noon, and finally there was a sense of fear in their hearts. Qi Jin was the first to discover this problem, so he began to have the logistics troops begin to prepare the means of crossing the river and prepare for a counterattack.
Maybe it was the crazy girl who found out that the local soldiers were not attacking effectively, and she was so angry that she forgot about the danger and went to the front line to command. Sun Chengzong clearly saw in the telescope that a gorgeously dressed woman was going crazy, judging that it might be the leader, so he told Qi Jin that twenty mortars were prepared, aiming at the group of accompanying entourage, twenty mortars were fired at the same time, and the fireworks instantly surrounded the surroundings of Luxury Shehui, but the life of this girl was indeed big enough, and the soldiers who blew up in front just smashed her off the horse, and overwhelmed her, and she survived very lucky, but only half of her life was left, and she didn't wait for the second row of shells to come, Just as the soldiers in the back row were pulled, they jumped on their horses and ran back, and the second row of shells chased after their butts.
The demoralized native soldiers saw Hao Shehui running back, and in an instant the morale of the whole team was empty, Qi Jin immediately ordered the mortars to cover the bridge and ferry, and took advantage of the situation to break through the other side of the Yachi River in one fell swoop, and then continued the pursuit. With the success of the 30,000 army crossing the river, the entire Shuixi rebel army was overwhelmed, and they chased after each by throwing knives and guns, and retreated to Shuixi City in one go, and then the Ming army began to rest in the east of Shuixi City.
On the second day, Sun Chengzong and Qi Jin led the men and horses to begin to assemble, preparing to attack Shuixi City, Sun Chengzong's siege method was the same as Xiong Tingbi's attack on Tieling in Liaodong, that is, to control the four gates and not let the other party out of the city, but the difference is that the Jurchens are cavalry, and they can only have combat effectiveness when they come out of the city gate, and these native soldiers are different, they still have the same combat effectiveness when they jump down from the city wall, but they do not jump down, but fall down with ropes, but the moat is their second obstacle, You also had to slowly cross the moat, which prepared plenty of time for the musketeers to fire.
Sun Chengzong's attack strategy is undoubtedly very effective, there are nearly 50,000 native soldiers in Shuixi City, but they can't resist the Ming mortars, the bombardment of the "two kicks" small cannons, the city gate is blocked, and they can't rush out at all, they want to fall down from the city wall, and they all become the targets of the musketeers, even if they throw down the quilt in advance, and then jump down directly, that can't work, not only will they be fired after landing, but they also can't run to the moat and cross the moat.
This kind of attack by the ordinary people to explain the army is simply the wrath of the gods, and it is definitely an irresistible punishment, and this panic quickly spread throughout Shuixi City. Of course, there must be Li Xin's credit for this, as early as before the Chinese New Year, he sent some local soldiers captured in Chongqing to enter Shuixi City to do rumor work.
In the afternoon, Qi Jin began to arrange to enter the city to attack, first from the east gate to break through, platoon of musketeers into the city after the street by street attack, in the face of the musketeers fierce firepower, the resistance is weak, soon the Ming army occupied the entire Shuixi City, luxury Shehui was captured alive in his Shuixi Mansion compound, the entire family members were imprisoned.
After Sun Chengzong and Qi Jin entered the city, they found a strange phenomenon, although the common people would not take the initiative to attack the Ming army, but their expressions were cold, and they had no intention of cooperating, even when the soldiers took out food and planned to distribute it to them, they all coldly refused. Some people obviously look full of food, but they just refuse to eat, and even some children want food and are forcibly dragged away by adults. This is a very abnormal thing, if it can't get the approval of the people, the Ming army can't stand here at all, even if it occupies Shuixi City, it's a burden. Sun Chengzong wondered, Qi Jin was depressed, if Shuixi City was in this state, they would not be able to continue to march at all, who knows if these people would stab them in the back, what should they do? Let's find Li Xin.
Li Xin is now communicating with Wang Sanshan about work, Wang Sanshan decided to listen to Li Xin's statement, although he does not have the right to appoint officials, but he has the right to recommend, in the Ming Dynasty, he was generally promoted because of recommendation, like Sun Chengzong, who was directly appointed by Zhu Youxiao is a very small minority, and the officials who were directly appointed may refuse to serve because of face problems, Sun Chengzong served because Zhu Youxiao nominated and passed in the cabinet, and more importantly, Zhu Youxiao's thoughts completely moved him, The Liaodong War showed his ability even more, so that Sun Chengzong could sit firmly in the cabinet and concurrently serve as the secretary of the military department. Wang Sanshan hopes to improve his connections in this way, so as to run to a higher level.
After receiving the urgent report, Li Xin hurriedly said a few polite words to Wang Sanshan, and hurriedly led his militia to Shuixi City. This time, Li Xin took away all the people and horses belonging to the Tusi under Shuishui An Bangyan and the people and horses brought by Chongqing, about 50,000 people, and handed over the rest to Wang Sanshan, asking him to do what he had done as he was, not to cause trouble, and to dismiss these people when Li Xin disbanded the native soldiers himself.
When Li Xin led the 50,000 native soldiers to Shuixi City, the situation in Shuixi soon changed. Because these local soldiers brought by Li Xin are the main force of An Bangyan, and they are all young people, young people are so impulsive, and their brains decide everything with a hot brain, not to mention that when they meet a big agitator like Li Xin, they have long been brainwashed by foolishness, and they have also personally seen the process of Li Xin leading everyone to divide the fields and property, and now it is their turn to fight the toast and divide the fields, can they not be excited!
Li Xin told everyone that it is better to take action than to be moved, hurry home and mobilize your families, relatives, and friends to act quickly, and divide up the land of all those Tusi, headmen, and leaders who were killed, captured, and beheaded in the Battle of Guiyang, and then elect a person with authority to be the governor and report it to the city for the record. Tell them that there is a title deed for this land division, which is recognized by the government, and it is also the last time that the government will distribute land without compensation, and anyone who is unwilling to participate can also do it, and do not regret it in the future.
In the era when the land is regarded as the root of life, how many people can resist Li Xin's agitation! Therefore, the action was swift, the effect was obvious, and after three days, the entire Shuixi City had undergone earth-shaking changes. Although it is now the first month, the scope of Shuixi City is already in full swing, and the serfs, slaves, and subordinates who have divided the land are ready to show their skills in their own land, and the people in Shuixi City are no longer cold and cold faces towards the imperial army, but full of sincere gratitude.
Sun Chengzong and Qi Jin also admired Li Xin's clever methods, but they didn't expect Li Xin to really have the ability to turn the clouds and rain and solve the problem of people's hearts. Sun Chengzong secretly admired, this little emperor's ability to recognize people is really amazing, such a young geek, he can understand his ability without seeing him a few times, is this little emperor really the reincarnation of Emperor Hongwu?!
However, Sun Chengzong and Qi Jin were surprised more than that, just when the two of them were about to attack Bijie City, the good news came that An Xiaoliang, who occupied Bijie, was escorted by the local soldiers, and Bijie had been recovered, so there was no need to go. It turned out that some of the native soldiers led by Li Xin were native soldiers belonging to An Xiaoliang, and these native soldiers saw that others had divided the land, so after consulting Li Xin, they went straight to Bijie, and unexpectedly entered Bijie City at night, captured An Xiaoliang, and then divided the land and floating wealth by themselves, without the effort of the officials and soldiers.
It can be seen from here how much the land is attracted to the people at this time, Li Xin has also realized a truth, as long as you give benefits to the poor, the poor will work hard for you, they don't care whether you belong to the Tusi or the imperial court, this matter has also attracted Zhu Youxiao's attention, the land reform of the Ming Dynasty is imperative, otherwise today the extravagant Chongming, An Bangyan, tomorrow there will be other rebellions, so the Ming Dynasty will be tossed and collapsed.
Sun Chengzong and Qi Jinshuai Shenji Battalion left Shuixi, and Li Xin handed over the administrative affairs of Shuixi to Wang Sanshan to manage, and he took 20,000 people and horses brought from Chongqing to Yongning, the situation encountered in Yongning and Bijie is almost a copy, these 20,000 Yongning soldiers with their families have already begun a vigorous land division movement, Li Xin will no longer follow Sun Chengzong and Qi Jin this time, because Chengdu is still under siege, Yongning is unmanaged, Sun Chengzong ordered Li Xin to temporarily manage this place, He himself and Qi Jin went straight to Luzhou, as for how Li Xin handled government affairs, Sun Chengzong believed that Li Xin would handle it much better than Wang Sanshan.