Chapter 4 Pacifying the Southwest (Thank you for your support!) There is also a chapter dedicated to the First Alliance Leader! )
Half an hour later, the smoke in Luqin's camp began to decrease, and Song Wanhua watched closely, waiting until the separated native soldiers approached before ordering an attack. The tide of the Shuidong Army generally rushed towards the Guards position, and when they approached the position, the expected panicked flight of the Guards did not appear, and they were greeted by the sound of neat gunfire and artillery.
The Shuidong Army was full of confidence and wanted to annihilate this small and durable army in one fell swoop, so a large number of elite troops were dispatched, and after encountering a counterattack, the native soldiers in front of them could not retreat if they wanted to, because there was a steady stream of native soldiers rushing up behind them, so they could only grit their teeth and rush forward, and the guards led by Lu Qin had rested for more than an hour just now, and the guards themselves brought dry food and water bottles, which were made by Zhu Youxiao according to the fried rice noodles of later generations, with butter added to them, chopped vegetables and salt after drying, which were specially used in emergencies. The cooking smoke was only used to deceive and lure the Shuidong army to attack, but in fact, the soldiers had already eaten and drunk, rested, and waited for the Shuidong army to take the bait.
Song Wanhua knew that he was fooled, but he was ready to fly, and there was no way, so he personally supervised the formation and ordered a strong attack. After all, the number of Ruchin's army was too small, and now the enemy was surrounded on three sides, and soon the soldiers had not had time to apply the medicine, and the enemy had already pounced in front of them.
Ruchin promptly ordered: the first two platoons were to use bayonets against the enemy, without charges, and the rear continued to fire freely, and the artillery fired freely. This temporarily blocked the attack of the Shuidong Army, but the casualties gradually increased. Now that both sides have no way back, it's up to them to see who collapses first.
An hour later, part of the Shuidong Army had already retreated in the face of casualties, but Song Wanhua was full of confidence, the number of guards was limited, as long as they kept filling in people, the victory would be their own in the end, as for how many casualties their own people had, what did it matter, Shuidong had a lot of people, just pull a group of people to make up for it. He ordered the overseer to stay behind the formation, as long as the attack was not effective, it was a sword, and the Shuidong army did not dare to retreat, so they had to continue to rush forward to kill.
Song Wanhua encouraged loudly: "There is still half an hour to kill them all, their weapons and armor are all yours, the brave ones will get more, and the retreating ones will kill all your family." ”
Lu Qin secretly regretted that he could see clearly in the telescope when the Shuidong Army was surrounded, but he thought that the lead bullet of the Shuidong Army in the Guards would collapse quickly, so he was happy to see it, but this time the Shuidong Army fought to the death and did not retreat, it seems that Lao Tzu is going to fold here today.
The desperate situation aroused his ferocity, and he ordered all the guards to join the battle, and he himself took up his iron broadsword, and pounced on him wherever there were many people. The big knife flew over, but it really died when it was touched, and it died when it was rubbed, and he shouted: "Today, Lao Tzu will pull a few more cushions, and I will kill you again in the underworld." The soldiers also shouted together to pull the cushions, and knocked the Shuidong army in front of them back again and again.
But this can only repel the enemy a little, and soon the enemy pounced again, both sides were angry, Lu Qin was soon injured, he didn't care about the leg injury, he still rushed to the front, thinking about it, or careless, then use this life today to repay the emperor's kindness.
At this time, a neat burst of gunfire rang out in the formation of the Shuidong Army in the east, and Lu Qin perked up and shouted: "The reinforcements are coming, and the sons and daughters will kill his mother." Soon, Zhou Yuji rushed over with the cavalry battalion, Zhou Yuji's big knife in his hand danced so much that he could only see a ball of white light, and the cavalry were carrying fire guns, holding sabers to harvest the lives of the Shuidong Army, and finally, the tired and hungry Shuidong Army could no longer hold on, and could no longer care about the supervising team behind, and fled backwards together.
Song Wanhua saw that the general trend had gone, and sighed: "Give me another half an hour, no, two quarters of an hour, you can clean them up, the sky is going to kill me." "Regardless of the fleeing army, he turned around and slapped away with his henchmen.
Against a ragged army, cavalry was much stronger than infantry. Zhou Yuji led the cavalry to chase the north, shouting as he ran: "Surrender and avoid death!" Soon a large number of native soldiers threw down their weapons and knelt motionless, and the cavalry ignored them, and swept directly past them, and pursued forward.
The cavalry of the Guards was overwhelming, and soon swept away the remnants of the Shuidong army, Song Wanhua died in the chaos, some of his sons were killed, some surrendered, most of the Tusi under his command surrendered, and a few stubborn ones were killed directly by Zhou Yuji's order.
At this point, the big battle in Shuixi and Shuidong is all over, and the few remaining rebels in the mountains can no longer become a climate, and Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers are constantly clearing them.
The Guards began to rest, and soon the imperial court issued an order to remove the Guizhou Xuanwei Division (Shuixi) and Shuidong Division, and set up Shuixi County and Shuidong County, which were placed under the direct management of Guiyang Prefecture. All the Tusi who did not participate in the rebellion were to remain as they were, and they were not allowed to change their land and return to the river.
The victories of the Guards and the White Pole Soldiers frightened the Tusi, while the return of Yongning to the land made them panic, and the edict of the imperial court appeased them in time, and the largest family in the southwest, An Jia, was swept away in this battle, which greatly reduced the possibility of rebellion in the southwest.
The historical rebellion of Lu'an lasted for 17 years and affected the whole province of Guizhou and Sichuan. The governors of both places died in the war, and the provincial capitals Guiyang and Chengdu were trapped for a long time, containing the forces of the five southwestern provinces of the Ming government. More importantly, after more than ten years of war, the huge military expenditure was undoubtedly worse for the Ming Empire, which was already exhausted to deal with the war in the north and the peasant uprisings in various places. Therefore, some people in later generations believed that the Rebellion of Lu'an was the last stone that led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty. And now this stone was smashed by Zhu Youxiao in less than a year, so that a large number of toasts who wanted to collude with Lu'an had no time to show their stupidity in their hearts, and quietly waited for the emperor's next purge in front of their soil emperor.
The emperor's decree also mentioned the reward, Qin Liangyu was promoted to the governor of Zuodu, the first lady, and his son Ma Xianglin attacked Shi Yan to announce the consolation. Qin Minping was promoted to the commander-in-chief, Qin Yiming was promoted to deputy general, and Zhang Ling and Qin Gongming were all promoted to generals. All the guards returned to the Beijing division, and ordered Ma Xianglin to lead 4,000 white pole soldiers to the Beijing division on duty.
The appointment of Qin Liangyu aroused strong opposition from the ministers of the DPRK and China, but Zhu Youxiao believed that the southwest needed stability, and Qin Liangyu was loyal and proficient in military affairs, so he could become the anchor of the southwest. Moreover, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies only has the right to command troops, but does not have the right to transfer troops, which will not make Qin Liangyu's power too difficult to control, so the ministers reluctantly agreed, of course, the most reassuring thing for the ministers is to transfer Ma Xianglin into Beijing.
And the reason why Zhu Youxiao asked Ma Xianglin to take the white pole soldiers to the Beijing division was not because of the hostages, but because Lu Qin and Zhou Yuji both thought that the white pole soldiers were very suitable for combat in special terrain, and they wrote to Lu Xiangsheng that Lu Xiangsheng felt that they could be used to train strange soldiers, so they let them come to Beijing as a squad to garrison the division for a year.
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