Chapter 323: The Wang Brothers
By the time the sun receded, both sides had little strength and were at a stalemate in most places.
The only one who can still be moved is the "village soldier archer" by Li Yifu's side, dressed as a "village soldier archer" by the armor Neiding and the proprietor's personal guard. Although the female soldiers impressed everyone, they also ran out of strength early.
Wang Qi was hit by an arrow in the chest and was saved by Tie Jia. He ran to Wang Liu's side and shouted in despair: "Brother, it's terrible, Li Yifu's soldiers are too terrible." ”
"Wherever there are any township soldiers around him, I think they will surpass the forbidden army by a big bit!"
Although the military advisor who was born in a poor show was very frightened in his heart, he made a confident appearance on the surface to appease Wang Qi. This "military advisor" will definitely not be able to escape death, and he can only hold on.
Wang Liu stood at the top of the mountain, looked at the battlefield distributed along the three mountain roads, and stayed for a long time on the side of the impregnable Nanshanbao villagers, sighed and said:
"Liu Chengdong and Li Yifu's son-in-law are too powerful!"
"If Li Yifu hadn't come forward to organize the township soldiers on Jingnan Road, we would have been able to maneuver around the mountains for at least a few months, and then take the time to escape by separate roads, and live incognito in the future. But now, it doesn't work! ”
"At this hour of the war, we can't break through the township soldiers, and the township soldiers can't swallow us, why hasn't Li Yifu withdrawn his troops? Want to spend the night in the mountains?! ”
Zhao Bo went to a small mountain pass to meet with several small leaders under Wang Liuwang Qi, and just returned to Li Yifu at this moment.
wanted to lure some of Wang Liu's subordinates and make them rebel on the battlefield, and Zhao Bo, who took over Liu Chengliang's position in the rivers and lakes, was undoubtedly the best choice. For the people in the rivers and lakes and green forests, the tree forest is too young, Cheng Jianghai is an outsider, and only Zhao Bo can represent the old mountain people of Nanshan Fort.
Li Yifu smiled and motioned to Zhu Wuni to leave him alone, it was important to treat the injured female soldiers, turned his head and asked Zhao Bodao:
"That's all? These people are very self-aware, and the conditions proposed are so low......"
If you want to crush the fighting spirit of the remnants of Wang Liuwang and Wang Qi in one fell swoop, it is a necessary move to make the old brothers of Wang Liuwang and Qi rebel on the battlefield.
Several leaders who secretly contacted Zhao Bo and Cheng Jianghai, thinking of Li Yifu's good credit, did not make any excessive requests, and the household registration of Nanshanbao and the family members enjoyed the same treatment as the mountain people of Qinling, which was mainly this highlight.
The murderers who were killed from the blood and fire saw very clearly that Li Yifu just wanted to show off their military exploits, and they themselves were not of much value and could not gain an inch. And they are confident that as long as Li Yifu keeps his word and lets them live in peace, they can quickly catch up with other people!
Uncle Zhao wiped the sweat from his face, and said with a smile: "These people can see very clearly, there is nothing to do with Wang Liu and Wang Qi, and the future of joining other officials and soldiers is also uncertain." Surrender to the proprietor earlier, at least save their little family's lives! ”
Li Yifu raised his eyebrows and looked at Uncle Zhao in surprise, "Tsk, I didn't see it...... Uncle Zhao is old and strong, and he actually speaks a common saying. ”
"That is, we have been following the proprietor for so long, we can't always be Qinling Ameng, right?"
Liu Sheng, Yang Yingdong, Liu Decheng, Da Niu and others who gathered together because of the contraction of the battle line laughed.
"Then let's start as soon as possible, and let Wang Liu and Wang Qi recognize the reality as soon as possible!" Li Yifu ordered.
The red-and-green fireworks more than a meter tall take off with their long tails in tow, and then burst in the mountains in the air, making a deafening sound.
As the supreme leader of the rebel army, Wang Liu squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and suddenly woke up in his heart and felt that his mouth was dry. He has an intuition that Li Yifu must have a ruthless plan if he doesn't quit the mountains for a long time, but he can't always catch the tail of thinking.
Even if Wang Liu figured it out now, it would be too late.
"Follow Wang Liu, Wang Qi and go down, there is only one way to die. Lao Tzu has been under the command of the official army Li and the king of Nanshan Fort, Li Tianwang, brothers follow me to make meritorious contributions! ”
"There are also brothers who are still around, and they quickly turn around and kill them. With credit, you can keep your own family! ”
"Fang La's head has been used as a night pot by the Great Zhou officials, what kind of climate can Wang Liu and Wang Qi become? Commander Li has always been creditworthy, follow Commander Li! ”
The battlefield situation, which was originally a mess and neither side could help the other, changed its face almost instantly.
Wang Liu's subordinates and Wang Qi's subordinates soon had several small leaders wrapping black cloth strips around their right arms, drawing swords and cutting at the "friendly soldiers" and "brothers" around them. Several of the more combat-ready units of the rebel army stepped forward to kill them, but they were entangled by several larger rebel armies.
All the township soldiers seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. They suddenly gained strength and began to rush and kill.
The rebel army of Wang Liu and Wang Qi scattered and fled, and the area composed of more than a dozen small hills and three mountain roads was full of scenes of village soldiers and archers chasing the rebel army.
For most of the rebel soldiers who fled for their lives, all they needed was a reason to escape.
More than 9,000 enemies were killed, 14,000 were captured, and less than 5,000 were casualties, which was the record achieved by the township soldiers led by Li Yifu until dusk.
Of the 1,000 people led by Li Yifu, less than 50 died and less than 100 fell. Seventeen of the female soldiers were killed and 22 wounded.
It was useless for Wang Liu and Wang Qi to crush their teeth, so they could only accept the reality that their living forces were defeated. But all the leaders with some brains understand that they have lost their deterrent power against the officers and soldiers of the brigade, and the day when the officers and soldiers of the brigade enter the mountains and completely wipe them out is not far off.
Before withdrawing, Li Yifu left a handwritten letter, urging Wang Liu and Wang Qi to surrender.
Back in Suizhou City, Li Yifu and other township soldiers commanded the number of people and cooked in accordance with the military order.
In the middle of the night, the commander of the township soldiers was drinking to celebrate his achievements. Some of the low-level soldiers were mourning the fallen brothers, and some were thinking about the reward for this great victory. The merchants of Jingnan Road were busy setting prices for their captives, and they brutally blocked the people of Suizhou City who wanted to avenge their relatives, racking their brains to find a gap between the forbidden army, the box army, the officials and the village soldiers, and reduce the cost.
"There are still too many killings, and the son-in-law is uneasy." Li Yifu and Liu Chengdong had a drink, shook their heads and said, their tones full of bitterness.
Liu Chengdong laughed out loud, threw a few nuts into his mouth and chewed them, and said with relief:
"You kid is soft-hearted!"
"You think they'll all survive if they all surrender? Didn't Di Bao show you, look at what it says, in fact, it killed more than 100,000 people in Jiangnan! In the final analysis, it was the Jiangnan government that couldn't get food at this time, so it found a reason to kill so many people. There is some truth in what you said, there must be a reason for the land......"
"Your father-in-law and I have been thinking for so many years, believe me right! As long as you follow your current plan, Wang Liu's and Wang Qi's men will be able to live at least 30,000 more. ”
Li Yifu felt a little more comfortable at this time.
Wang Liu and Wang Qi received Li Yifu's letter of persuasion, and his subordinates immediately hyped up.
The reason is that Li Yifu said very truthfully: After surrendering, your family can live, but you leaders in the government will have to die!
"Brother Liuzi, what else are you looking at, burn the letter! They won't let us go anyway, let's fight them to the end! ”
"That's right, it's so fucking bullying, they just want our lives in a different way! They saved a lot of trouble. ”
"Preserve our family? Who does he think Li Yifu thinks he is? Such a big breath! ”
Li Yifu's persuasion to surrender, to put it bluntly, is to let Wang Liu, Wang Qi be captured, and obediently accept the handling of the Great Zhou government.
Just when the quarrel was endless, a small leader who had betrayed Wang Liu and Wang Qi accepted Li Yifu's high-priced hire and came over to deliver the message. He whispered something in Wang Liu's ear......
Wang Liu's body shook, and then laughed wildly.
What a Li Yifu! Go down to the south of the Yangtze River to fight the thieves, and come to Suizhou City to fight me, it turns out that you Nanshan Fort is the biggest thief......
Li Yifu sent someone to convey the information that Nanshan Fort had sheltered hundreds of sons and nephews of the Yongle puppet dynasty.
When Wang Liu heard about it, he wisely didn't tell anyone. At first, he thought that this information was too absurd, and after thinking about it, he only felt that the whole world was joking with him.
Wang Liu knew that he had lost the value of being deceived, so when he thought about it the other way, he could basically confirm that all the rumors about Nanshan Fort were true. Li Yifu's plan is very big!
Since Li Yifu even dared to raise the dolls of the Yongle Puppet Dynasty, he must not break his promise. With such a painful consciousness in his heart, Wang Liu called several children who had lost their mothers over, hugged them one by one, and then made them swear a poisonous oath that they would never hold a grudge against Li Yifu!
"Daddy and you uncles are going to die. You will live, don't blame Uncle Li, do you know? Otherwise, Daddy won't be able to sleep well underground! With tears in his eyes, Wang Liuhu said to his frightened children.
Then Wang Liu Huo Ran turned around, and said with blood flowing from his mouth: "Brothers who want to escape, I will leave tonight, I, Wang Liu, do not ask you to send me to death." ”
"Let's surrender! However, the officials of Dog Day cannot be allowed to get their wish! ”
On September 20, the city walls of Suizhou City were crowded with people.
The banner was unfurled, and the forbidden army and the box army were all arrayed outside the city. The drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the township soldiers who had made great achievements were stationed under the city. The gongs and drums sounded in unison, but it was the Suizhou gentry who had suffered from the rebels who were celebrating.
Everyone wants to see how the kings, the sixth, the seventh, and the thieves will surrender.
Including Wang Liu, Wang Qi, the big and small heads who knew that they could not escape death looked at their feet and walked to Suizhou City.
Hearing that Wang Liu, Wang Qi was going to surrender, and ran to Suizhou City to preside over the ceremony on Jingnan Road to pacify the envoy, and was about to say a few words, he heard a burst of exclamations.
However, Wang Liu, who swept half of the Jingnan Road, pleaded guilty and committed suicide after counting the various wanton expropriations and forced donations of the Great Zhou government and Suizhou large households, resulting in hundreds of thousands of small people not being able to survive.
"Most of the old people in the clan starved to death, and more than ten dolls starved to death, so Lao Tzu rebelled. Woe to his wife and children, Lao Tzu confesses! Wang Qi followed in his brother's footsteps, gritted his teeth and said that he was guilty, and cut off most of his neck.
"The king regards the people as ants, and the people regard the king as an enemy. Xiao Ke has no other strengths, only one truth, Xiaomin should live. You can plead guilty! After Wang Liu's dog-headed military advisor and the poor Xiucai finished speaking, the Suizhou government forced the already poor Suizhou people to death in order to invite merit and rewards, so as to complete the task assigned by Lord Zaizhi and transport the grain of Suizhou to the south of the Yangtze River, so he asked one person around him to end his life.
The dog-headed military advisor who was born in a poor show no longer regarded himself as a scholar before he died. Perhaps he felt that the scholar could be dirty, but the farmer could be clean.
One by one, the leaders of the rebel army collapsed in the numbness of the scalps of officials, generals, and gentry and merchants. Only two of the leaders regretted trying to escape, and they were directly hacked to death with a knife.
One hundred and one people, all of them committed suicide!
"My lord, you can't force it anymore. Forgive the wives and children of the rebels, otherwise something will happen! The staff said in the ear of the pacifier.
Unconsciously, more than 20,000 people who came to surrender with the old and weak and dolls straightened their waists. They clung to their rudimentary farm tools and waited for the officers and soldiers to repent and kill them.
Wang Liu, Wang Qi and others, with their own lives, let the rest of the people stand up. Once the government repents, the remnants of the rebel army, who are sick and hungry and grieved to the extreme, will fight to the death in a desperate situation.
The knowledgeable officers and generals have already handed down orders for the soldiers, who are also from poor backgrounds, to prepare for battle. Their scalps were numb, and they hoped in their hearts that the civil officials would not mess around, because once the fight started...... In this situation, many soldiers who empathize with the king and are unhappy for the king, the six kings, and the seven kings have lost their fighting spirit, and they really have no bottom in their hearts!
The worst did not happen.
Li Yifu once again acted as a peacemaker, and after getting the representatives of the government, the official army, the gentry, and the merchants to sign, he handed over the surrender agreement he had prepared before death to the orphans and widows left behind by the leader of the rebel army to sign.
The battle on Jingnan Road came to an end.
The merchants were given hard labor, the gentry were able to return their families and annex the land, and the soldiers were rewarded with war exploits and rewards. Everybody's happy......