At this time, Ji Qingwen sent another order, and ordered the soldiers of the whole army to shout: "Put down your arms, Rao Er will not die!" ”

The soldiers of the "Ming Wu Army" and the Beijing Division Battalion won the victory without injuring a single soldier, and their morale was at its highest. The shouts were higher than the other, like nine days of thunder, and like a storm crashing on the shore.

The group of White Lotus Sect disciples were frightened by such a roar, and their hands holding weapons suddenly lost their strength, and almost at the same moment, they threw the so-called "weapons" such as kitchen knives, pennies, and wooden sticks in their hands to the ground.

The die is cast.

So Ji Qingwen let the "Ming Wu Army" rest in place, and the forbidden army of the Jingshi Battalion stepped forward to capture and tie up the White Lotus Sect who had surrendered.

Although Ji Qingwen's artillery was fierce, he was also a good young man who had received nine-year compulsory education, and he still had some pity and sympathy for these bewitched White Lotus disciples, for fear that the soldiers of the Beijing Division Battalion, who were used to being powerful, would mess around, so he added another order: "You can't beat and abuse prisoners at will, otherwise military law will be involved." ”

The soldiers of the Jingshi Battalion were frightened by the thunderous attack of Fang Cai Ji Qingwen, and they had already been convinced of him, so they obeyed his order, took out the long ropes specially prepared, and tied more than 2,000 White Lotus Sect disciples into four teams, like four strings of miscellaneous fish that had been pierced.

Yang Zhan, who was still a little skeptical about Ji Qingwen's tactics, was already overjoyed when he saw such an outstanding record, and said with a smile: "Lord Ji really uses soldiers like a god, what the sage Sun Wuzi said, 'a soldier who surrenders without a fight', the last general read it and thought it was just Sun Tzu's bragging, but I didn't expect to see such a scene one day......"

Ji Qingwen was comforted by Yang Zhan's heartfelt words, and said: "General Yang has won the award, how can I be regarded as a 'soldier who surrenders without a fight'?" It's just that my sergeants are slightly more combative, so they can be more unscrupulous. ”

Yang Zhan nodded, and said: "There is one more point, the last general is a little unclear, please make it clear to Lord Ji." ”

Seeing Ji Qingwen nodded, he asked, "According to the art of war, it should be 'be prepared to attack unprepared'." The Lord suddenly killed in front of the White Lotus Sect, as if a divine soldier had descended from the sky, and it was supposed to be immediately killed to defeat them. Why do you want to startle the snake and let Huang Degong go over to call the battle, so that they can get ready before launching an attack? Isn't that redundant? ”

Since Chen Wenzhao's death, Ji Qingwen has paid attention to reading more military books, and he has already had some experience in the past few months, so he replied confidently: "General Yang is right, 'to be prepared to attack unprepared' is a method that is not easy to understand. But the general might as well think about it, under the condition that our army is already ready, no matter what this group of White Lotus Sect disciples do, they are defenseless, isn't this another kind of 'being prepared to attack unprepared'. What I am afraid of is not how stubbornly they will resist, but that they will be scattered by me as soon as I beat them, so that our army will not be able to annihilate them or capture them. ”

Yang Zhan is also a person who knows the soldiers, and when he heard this, he suddenly realized: "I see. It turned out that Lord Ji had already seen that their morale was not high, and as long as they were whipped slightly, they would completely collapse. In fact, adults think highly of them. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed back at the two "tanks" brought by Ji Qingwen, and continued: "Actually, with these two chariots of the adults, after a round of bombardment, I am afraid that there are only a few teams left in the world that can continue to maintain their formation without collapsing. ”

Ji Qingwen smiled: "That's why I do such a thankless job." General Yang don't underestimate these two chariots, the body is made of good wood, and Song Yingxing and Tang Ruowang were invited to build two capable people, and the artillery on it is imported from England and the Netherlands, with great power, long range, and small recoil, compared to the domestic artillery of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how strong it is. ”

Yang Zhan asked: "Since Lord Ji has such a divine weapon, why don't you promote it to all the armies of the Ming Dynasty?" If one-third of our army has half the combat strength of the 'Ming Wu Army' under the command of Lord Ji, then why should the emperor worry about any Manchurian Tatars? ”

Ji Qingwen smiled: "It's not that I don't want to teach, it's that they don't want to learn, and they can't learn if they want to." General Yang, do you know how much silver my two chariots are worth? ”

Yang Zhan shook his head, stared at Ji Qingwen, and saw that he spread out both hands evenly, and said, "One hundred thousand taels of silver for one ......"

"One hundred thousand taels? So much! Yang Zhan exclaimed.

"General Yang, don't be surprised, do you know how much silver was spent on the four cannons we just placed?" Ji Qingwen asked with a smile.

Yang Zhan shook his head again, his expression blank.

Ji Qingwen asked himself and replied: "The cannonball and gunpowder, as soon as the four cannons went off, it cost two hundred taels of silver." And that's not even counting the depreciation of the artillery itself. ”

"Two hundred taels! My lord, two hundred taels of silver is enough to reward twenty soldiers with outstanding military achievements and ten taels of silver each! Yang Zhan exclaimed again, "Just spend it in the blink of an eye?" ”

"Is it expensive?" Ji Qingwen said, "But in my eyes, it's not expensive at all." General Yang, the brothers of the 'Ming Wu Army' under my command, from recruiting to training, to accumulating experience in killing the enemy, I spent at least five hundred taels of silver on each of them. If you attack rashly and lose one person, it is equivalent to losing five hundred taels of silver. And we just shot these four cannons, as long as I can avoid the death of a brother, then I will make a lot of money. ”

Ji Qingwen said it to this point, but Yang Zhan still couldn't fully understand his train of thought, and asked tentatively: "So, Lord Ji, according to what you said, is the combat effectiveness of the army smashed out of silver?" ”

"That's right." Ji Qingwen laughed twice, "General Yang is really a smart person, and his combat effectiveness is smashed out of silver!" ”

Yang Zhan said it well, the four guns imported from England and the Netherlands on Ji Qingwen's chariot cost him a total of 40,000 taels of silver, nearly half of the cost of the chariot, which can be said to cost a huge amount of money.

However, the money for these four guns was well spent.

In 17th century Europe, Spain's maritime supremacy was declining, and the Netherlands (also known as the Netherlands) began to dominate European maritime trade, earning the nickname "Coachman of the Seas". As an old European power and power, England (that is, England) is ushering in the prelude to the industrial revolution, and its naval strength is also advancing by leaps and bounds towards the future "empire on which the sun never sets".

Correspondingly, the military manufacturing industry in these two countries is also booming. It was at this time that the famous military factories such as Royal Philips and Lawrles Royce were created and developed.

Therefore, the artillery pieces that Ji Qingwen obtained from these two countries can be said to represent the most advanced level in the world at that time, and therefore they were able to rely on them to conquer the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the north and destroy the White Lotus Sect bandits in the south, and only rely on the "Ming Wu Army" of 1,000 people to establish eye-catching military feats.

However, Ji Qingwen finally traveled from the modern era of the 21st century to the end of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century, not only to catch up with the so-called "advanced level of the world", he is ready to hold the throat of the changing times, use his modern consciousness and memory, grasp this time node that is about to enter modern times, try to slowly change the course of immediate development, and realize the value of his life at the same time.

However, where is the context of this history, and how to change the direction of history, Ji Qingwen only has a rough outline in his mind, and he can't discuss it with Li Yan, Li Yuanyin, Yang Zhan and others, he can only take one step and see one step, as for the result, he can only slowly explore it under the premise of self-preservation.

However, this is just an afterthought, but in front of him, Ji Qingwen defeated more than 2,000 White Lotus Sect disciples by an overwhelming margin on the premise that he was not damaged.

Moreover, in the process, he only killed and injured eighty or ninety members of the White Lotus Sect, and those tricky and mean imperial historians could not even find ridiculous charges such as "indiscriminately killing innocents" and "slaughtering good people".

This battle can be described as a complete victory within a total victory.