Considering the situation of the local rioters, this time the eastern and western armies were formed to jointly encircle and suppress the local rioters.

The eastern route included the 5th battalion of the general Yang Bingyi and the 9th battalion of Ma Mingluan, which were under the unified command of Yang Bingyi, and went straight to Tongjiang County, cutting off the retreat route of the local tyrants who fled to Hanzhong.

Yang Lin personally led the Western Route Army, whose troops included the escort battalion, the Buning Yao Chonglie cavalry battalion, the 3rd battalion of Long Zhiframe, the 6th battalion of Jing Keqin, the 7th battalion of Feng Youqing, and the 8th battalion of Wang Guangyao as the main force.

In addition, Yang Cheng's 1st Battalion, Chen Huaixi's Naval Army were stationed in Nanchong, Yang Wei's 2nd Battalion was stationed in Guang'an, and Liao Qifang's 4th Battalion was stationed in Pengzhou to support all front-line units at any time.

In addition, Yang Lin is most concerned about the use of new vehicles.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the army used a large number of vehicles, just like Qi Jiguang when he was stationed in Liaodong, he had set up a car battalion, and Sun Chuanting had also set up a car battalion when he encircled and suppressed the Liukou.

Different from the large-scale use of Wugang vehicles and wheelbarrows in the past, considering that there are many hills in northern Sichuan, narrow roads, and vehicles mainly ensure front-line military supplies through short-distance transportation, on the basis of wheelbarrows, rickshaws and Wugang vehicles in the past, Yang Lin developed two-wheeled rickshaws and two-wheeled rickshaws to solve the problem of front-line military needs.

The assembly of the army this time was also a vehicle inspection, and the guard battalion and the 6th battalion marched more than 250 miles and damaged five two-wheeled rickshaws and three two-wheeled carriages, which was really unexpected.

Looking at the damage details reported up, the main thing is that the axle, due to the heavy weight, can not be contained when going downhill, or uphill, and the axle strength is not enough, so it causes large-scale damage.

On the one hand, the vehicle bureau is equipped with spare axles and spare tires, and on the other hand, it is forged and quenched many times to strengthen the bearing strength and avoid damage in the future.

How to fight? Jing Keqin had an idea and strongly advocated convincing everyone.

Huanglong garrisoned the city of Bazhou, although there were 2,000 soldiers and horses, but the combat power was too poor, and last year Yao Huang's family was captured alive by the volunteers, and now the local tyrants are panicked, and their morale is very poor, and they can't compete with the volunteers at all.

In addition to this, the most important thing is that many people are going home for the New Year. Like everyone, many local rioters are also raised by their parents, and everyone is far away from the front line, so of course they have to go home for the New Year.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin immediately decided to take a risk, and Ling Jing Keqin led the 6th Battalion as the vanguard to attack Bazhou.

Just as repeatedly told the other side, the main purpose of this battle is to dig out the heart of the black tiger and disrupt the command system of the soil rioters, and cannot be able to deal with it calmly when the main force attacks the soil rioters.

The 6th Battalion, with five days' worth of dry rations, made a detour to the road from Langzhong to Bazhou, and then led its troops north to avoid the detection of the local rioters.

From time to time, there were three or five pilgrims, seven or eight merchants, carrying burdens, baskets, and some pushing wheelbarrows, slowly advancing northward.

This is not a big road, the sudden appearance of such a large number of people, aroused the vigilance of the people in the village, everyone vigilantly looked at these pilgrims and merchants, and sent people to the nearby cottage to inquire about the small road to see if these people were local rioters and whether they had been robbed around.

The news was quickly confirmed that the merchant belonged to a certain family in a certain village, and the pilgrim belonged to a certain family in a certain village, and they were all legitimate people, not local tyrants.

But there are so many people and horses, there are more than 100 of them on this path alone, which is really unbelievable.

However, these people did not cause trouble along the way, and many of them even deliberately avoided the village, did not steal or rob on the road, and even did not lead the cattle in the fields, so that everyone did not beat gongs and drums.

To the twenty-ninth of the lunar month (there is no thirty in the lunar calendar of this month), the various entrances of the state city of Ba County, people come and go, although there are local rioters, but the year still has to pass, many people go out to worship their ancestors, and now it is the peak of returning to the city.

The little boss Xiongwazi stood on the city wall, facing the cold wind, swearing and swearing in his mouth.

Now in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone else is hiding in the house, holding the woman happy, why stand at the head of the city and suffer?

Although Huanglong has 2,000 pro-troops, most of them are locals, some have parents and siblings, and some are looking for local women to form a family.

Different from previous years, with the rise of the volunteers, they suffered losses on the battlefield again and again, especially after Yao Tiandong, the leader of the year, was captured alive by the volunteers, everyone was even more in a hurry.

Now that the Chinese New Year is over, everyone is in the rear, and Huang Long, the second leader, really can't help the demands of his brothers, so he is forced to agree to everyone take turns to rest and live a two-day idle life.

Xiongwazi is a foreigner, a person who has nothing to worry about, although he thought that he would get along well in the city, but because of his shallow qualifications, he was forced to be sent to guard the city gate.

This year is particularly cold compared to previous years, and it is not the big hands that are frozen and cracked that are baked on the brazier to dispel the cold.

A few merchants walked under the city wall, the male baby opened his eyes wide, these merchants have never seen it, or extort a few money, it is good to go to the gambling table at night.

Seeing the local thugs investigating, these merchants trembled, stood far away, raised their heads, and stammered: "Big brother, the little one is a person from Langzhong, I heard that you are nervous about New Year's goods here, and the small ones will come to buy New Year's goods as soon as they are combined with a few village descendants." ”

It turned out to be from another county, and the male baby was happy in his heart, and scolded with a straight face: "You few who want money and don't want to die, don't you know that in the past two years, the soldiers have been in trouble and have been fighting for years and years?"

Don't you want to die and dare to come here to buy something? ”

The guy shook his head and said, "Big brother, of course I'm afraid, but your things here are more expensive."

Take this high-quality pork as an example, 1 yuan of silver in Langzhong can only buy 4 catties, but in your case, 1 yuan of silver can only buy 2 catties.

Big brother, now that the Chinese New Year is over, we just want to earn a little more money and pay the landlord's rent next year? ”

When Xiongwazi heard this, he was even more annoyed, slapped the guy in the face, and scolded: "You turtle son, why do you want to fight for our Bazhou people's money."

The second master said that we also have to learn from that Yang Lin, and we also have to collect taxes.

Since you can earn double, then each of you will give 3 yuan of silver, otherwise, you will be Yang Lin's spies. ”

As soon as Xiongwazi said that, the surrounding soldiers were all energetic, and everyone flew guns and threatened loudly outside.

Everyone was shocked, and everyone begged for mercy, so easy to say, everyone paid 2 yuan of broken silver, and then entered the city.

Why do you have so much broken silver on your body, there is no broken silver, and the male baby is very flexible, so he took the money and broken silver to offset the tax.

Now the desertion in the area under the jurisdiction of the local rioters is very serious, and the goods on the market are very scarce.

In the morning, I collected more than 10 taels of silver, and collected more than 40 catties of pork or something, and my minions smiled one by one, and tonight for the New Year, everyone doesn't have to starve anymore.

Although he was blackmailed fiercely, the captain Cao Siji gasped and finally mixed into the county seat of Ba County.

Cao Siji is also an old Yao Huang, who surrendered to the volunteers after the defeat.

In the past, I traveled to and from Ba County many times, and the road was familiar, for fear of being recognized by acquaintances, I quickly found a remote hotel to live in with a load of hemp candy.

Looking at the slightly stunned shopkeeper, Cao Siji explained: "Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the city will be more lively, stay for a night, and buy a higher price tomorrow." ”

When the sun set, except for a few who left with their burdens, the others stayed in a few shops and temples around the area on the grounds that the goods were not sold out.