Chapter 57: Suddenly (II)
The interrogation process is naturally needless to say, but when Wang Pan came out, his face couldn't help but be a little dignified.
Those fleeing cavalry were actually foreign officers and soldiers, and together with the local township heroes and self-recruited villagers, they had already taken advantage of their unpreparedness to attack the headquarters of the local garrison more than half a month ago, and completely controlled the western gateway of the eastern Guangdong Basin.
Then he went on a killing spree in the city, and Zhu Lianhe liquidated the civilians who had dealings with the rebels, and ambushed and intercepted several groups of people sent by the rebels to inquire about the news, including even a whole group of rebels passing by.
And this time, it was originally planned to do the same, introducing the foreign Angry Wind Battalion into the city, first besieging and killing the leading generals, and then taking advantage of the situation to attack most of the leaderless men outside the city. It's just that I didn't expect that the ambush that had been defeated turned into a strong attack, and in the end, even the county seat was taken away. And the leaders of the local local regiments and the townspeople were also blocked in the city and failed to run away in time because they were worried about the goods they collected in the city.
It's just that these official cavalry, whose origins are mysterious, and the great possibility that other places west of Changle County have fallen one after another, have cast many shadows on the results of this defeat.
Later, there was also an unexpected harvest in the prison cell of the county government, in addition to the original prisoners of sinners, hundreds of tortured and dying local garrison rebels were found, you must know that they originally numbered thousands. And the reason why they are still alive is to stay and provide some "reconquest" officials and soldiers to vent their anger, and by the way, to deceive the outside world about the news that Changle County has changed hands.
It can be seen from this that the stone pit lead field they are going to this time is only afraid that it will be more auspicious and less fortunate and rarely spared. In addition, there are the same number of merchants and city sergeants who were tortured by those "officials and soldiers" in the name of rebellion and thieves, and they can also get some bits and pieces of bad news from their mouths, who are full of pain and hatred.
Combined with the truth of these surviving rebels in the city, we can get the basic clues of what has happened.
For example, these officers and soldiers first appeared in the coastal areas, and then they were responded to by the wealthy families in many local townships, while the local rebels who only occupied the main cities and towns to collect money and grain were very slow to respond and did not communicate with each other; It wasn't until several teams that went out were intercepted and couldn't come back that they hurriedly sent people to investigate.
Then, unexpectedly, they were ambushed and lost, and it was easy for someone to flee back and report the news, and then the big families and gentry in the city broke out and opened the city gates, which was almost the result of the total annihilation and no one could run away; Then, in order to reward these "righteous teachers" who had recovered the lost land, they spontaneously began to raid the wealthy and wealthy families in the city.
Although, there are all kinds of exaggerated and magnified vanity in these observations, such as "the mountains are all over the field", "the people in Wuyang and Wuyang are all people", "the army has been in the army all day"; But judging from the number and way of doing things, it is clear that there is much more to it than these centaurs in the hands of the outside of the city; After all, there are other places to occupy and control.
This means that more officers and soldiers may make a comeback, as well as twice as many local regiments and township soldiers as they work for. What's going on that would have led to things getting to this point?
Obviously, according to the news claimed by Wang Pan, there was a righteous army of more than 20,000 people stationed near Meiguan south of Da Yuling, in case the officers and troops attacked from the dangerous Meiling Ancient Road, how could these officers and soldiers run to the rear to attack the city and plunder the land, and make things very out of control.
However, as the so-called sky falls, there is a big man on top, and this kind of thing is temporarily worrying and taking care of Wang Pan, and Zhou Huai'an only needs to be temporarily responsible for the affairs within his position.
At least, after slowly figuring out this auxiliary system on his body, many indirect application of extended functions, he will not become in a hurry because of this.
For example, in the follow-up treatment of cleaning the battlefield, he only needs to secretly scan around to find out the wounded who are still alive; And according to the strength of their vital signs, they were marked to arrange the priority use and arrangement of more than a dozen doctors and miscellaneous helpers several times their size in the army, as well as the limited drug resources that accompanied them.
And let those soldiers who are really seriously injured have a certain probability of surviving, and those who pretend to try to fool around will also be punished and dealt with without concealment.
Of course, under the current particularly rudimentary conditions, it is only necessary to provide some boiled bandages and patches, plus medicine powder to stop bleeding and ointment for bruises, plus sterilization utensils for fire grilling and scalding to stop bleeding, to maintain the status quo and not continue to deteriorate;
Then strengthen some food rations according to the individual's condition to seek self-immunity and self-healing recovery, so as to carry the probability of subsequent infection; And when you encounter a person who is really overweight, you can only give a psychological placebo or something, and end your life with less pain.
Or it can use the portable image markers and text scanning recognition and input to help deal with the complicated collection of battlefield information, as well as the quick calculation of manpower and resource consumption, so as to achieve the substantive effect of memorability and computing in a sense.
This time, the rebels suffered nearly 500 casualties, most of which were inflicted when the enemy cavalry was charging into formation; However, because many of the people in the front row were more or less equipped with paper armor and mahjong armor, the actual number of casualties was even less than estimated, accounting for only a quarter of the total casualties;
However, it was a pity that the small team of improvised flag-bearers had several casualties because of the relatively obvious target. Wang Pan also attached great importance to this, and made up for him several more clever young people on the spot.
In the end, a large number of wounded of all kinds were left behind, almost half of them were bruises caused by various knockdowns and stampedes; On the contrary, the swords and arrows that died directly in the battle belonged to a small minority, and a large part of the minor injuries were still caused by the inward injuries caused by the running around like sheep. (It can also be seen that the low lethality of hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons is almost determined by the size of the enemy.) )
In addition, there were probably an equal number of soldiers (mostly new soldiers), scattered in all directions in confusion and panic; Up to now, there are still more than 100 people who don't know where to run in the chaos, and they need to send people outside the city to slowly search back.
It can also be seen from this that the general quality and performance of these peasant armies, except for a small number of experienced personnel represented by generals and leaders, most of them are just a little better than the black uncles of African tribes, and their performance when they fight with cold weapons.
However, the head Wang Pan and others were accustomed to this, and even said to Zhou Huai'an with a little relief and sigh:
"Monk, thanks to your methods..."
"They didn't run away right away. I also resisted the thieves for a moment."
"It's a huge difference."
Well, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but be a little completely speechless, this kind of noisy and chaotic battle like a duck is the norm of these peasant armies. And according to their implication, no matter what the origin of these soldiers is, as long as they can roughly catch up with the battlefield and survive several times, they will naturally be qualified soldiers of the rebels;
Of course, if you don't die and you can be lucky enough to get something, instead of escaping with the others, then there is a certain chance and probability that the substitute battle dead will become a small boss.
It can also be said that many times, without any long-term training plan and relatively stable training process, they directly use their own lives and others' lives as cannon fodder to gamble on the probability of victory and survival, and then harvest relatively useful soldiers from the very low cost-effective ratio; It's just a matter of not knowing what to say.
However, according to Wang Pan, most of them also came over like this. And the head Wang Pan himself, or when crossing the Yangtze River, was attacked by the official army, and after most of the regiment was defeated and ordered to become the successor captain, he followed the side of the previous generation leader Niu Jisheng Duwei, and learned some superficial ways of marching and lessons from daily battles.