Chapter 37: The Wealth of the Tyrants
--- author's note, the Snow Mountain Flying Fox is talking about the whereabouts of Li Zicheng's huge wealth, and Zhang Xianzhong's treasures have been boiling in recent years.
----- just walked not far to meet the leader of the local rioters, Ma Chao, originally heard that there was a loss of soil in the back mountain, the morale of the rioters was greatly discharged, and now the whole line retreated, Ma Chao complained bitterly, and now he wanted to take the treasure away before retreating.
Ma Chao led the horse team to the front, unexpectedly that the soldiers had now occupied the hall and now the two armies met.
Although the ancient city was full of panicked and fleeing refugees, slowing down their horses a little, the rapid arrival of war horses was still a headache.
When the brave met on the narrow road, he eagerly led the firearms bureau to meet the enemy, and everyone lined up in three rows to use a three-stage salvo. (Last time, the stacking formation method was adopted, but the time for changing guns was too long, and in these more than ten days, the training was intensified, and three-stage shooting was adopted.) )
A few days ago, he suffered a big loss in robbing grain, and seeing that the soldiers lined up in formation and did not dare to rush head-on, Ma Chao decided to use a sneak attack.
Ordered his generals to lead more than 30 horsemen to rush over to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, and personally led the main force to detour to the left side of the musket bureau, and then suddenly turned the horse's head and killed from behind.
Seeing that the local tyrant cavalry charged several times in a row and then relied on the speed of the war horse to escape, during which although several people were shot and killed, he had no intention of stopping, and was wondering, and suddenly heard the guard Wu Dazhu beside him shouting, Yang Lin turned his head and found that he didn't know when the enemy cavalry detoured to the back, and now he was rushing towards him.
Ignoring the Soil Riot cavalry in front, Yang Lin hurriedly ordered the two rows of musketeers behind him to turn around and meet him, and when he saw the Soil Riot Cavalry coming, he pulled the trigger and shot the gun.
Seeing that the formation of the official army was tight and difficult to break through, Ma Chao tightened the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head and retreated a few steps, and then led his troops to rush over.
The rider waved his saber condescendingly and kept slashing, and the officers and soldiers boldly brandished the bird with a spur to meet the enemy, and the timid felt that the situation was not good and prepared to flee, and the situation became more and more unfavorable.
Yang Lin pulled out a heaven-shattering thunder from his waist, which he asked Long Wenguang for before setting off, and asked for a total of 500 pieces to be distributed to fifty brothers with better arm strength, so as to be used to attack the back mountain.
Pull out the bamboo pipe, the piston pulled out the lead and ignited it, rushed out two steps, and threw the earth-shattering thunder into the enemy group, the smoke rose and made an explosion, shrapnel flew everywhere, and a war horse next to it was frightened and raised its hooves, looking quite panicked.
In the Liberation War and the Korean War in the previous life, the weapon that Chinese soldiers liked to use was probably this grenade.
Compared with the grenade, the power of the sky-shaking thunder is much smaller, and the operation is quite troublesome, but it is definitely a big killer in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Everyone was reminded, and they pulled out the earth-shattering thunder and ignited it into the herd, and for a while, the explosion continued, and the local rioters were blown up on their backs, and some of the horses lost control, and they didn't listen to the rider's command and scurried around.
A war horse galloped over, and the surrounding soldiers were so frightened that they dodged one after another, Yang Lin couldn't dodge and had to raise his hand to meet the enemy.
After the giant trauma, the war horse became even more crazy, raising the horse's hooves and jumping back and forth to relieve the pain, Yang Lin kept rolling his body regardless of the pain on his body, and the situation was very critical.
When Yang Lin was rolling back and forth to dodge, a strong man rushed out from one side, only to see him jump high and pick up the big stick and hit the horse's head viciously.
The horse's head was hit, the war horse lost its intuition, and it collapsed on Yang Lin's side, and the dust raised made Yang Lin cough, but seeing that the rider was three steps away, Yang Lin didn't dare to be sloppy, struggled to get up, pulled out the treasure knife on his waist and faced the rider who was slowly getting up, ready to fight.
The firearms in the hands of the soldiers are sharp, and the earth-shaking thunder is even more powerful, and now they are fighting desperately, and the six teams of horses know that the opportunity is lost, and they dare not fight with all their strength to regain the property, and they roar and lead the cavalry to fight out of the battle and go away.
Although the firearms were sharp and the earth-shaking thunder was huge, Yang Lin also knew that the infantry was naturally inferior and did not dare to When Yang Lin felt that he had rushed to the front mountain, Wang Gao of the Mixed Sky Star had already led the main force to escape with the help of the displaced people as a cover, and when he was remorseful, he met with the general Wang Chaoyang, who had just entered the mountain gate and was exploring the location of the soil tyrant's hall.
Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, hugged his fists and said: "General Wang has worked hard, our department has already controlled the main pass of Yunshan. ”
Wang Chaoyang snorted coldly and said, "If there is no Lao Tzu to entangle the other party in the front mountain, how can you succeed in the sneak attack?"
This time we are the main force in attacking the mountain, dare to ask where is the grain baggage of the local tyrants? ”
Although this ancient city of Yunshan is very large, the area of the top of the mountain is only five or six hundred acres, and the other party is bent on exploring the treasures of the earth tyrants, and it is difficult to conceal it.
After thinking about it, Yang Lin smiled and said: "General Wang, since I received the order, I have been dedicated to killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, but I have no heart to find the food baggage of the local tyrant."
Now the general reminds us that we are looking for the food baggage of the local tyrants together, and now the mountains are full of people who need food relief. ”
Wang Chaoyang snorted coldly a few times, and followed Yang Lin to the place where the local tyrant army's rations were heavy, only to see several rows of houses in front of him, and four or five soldiers guarding the door.
Wang Chaoyang waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers rushed in, and everyone rummaged through the boxes and cabinets as if they were looking for something.
Yang Lin looked quite nervous, looked at the other party and asked, "General Wang, this, this, this is controlled by our soldiers, and this will be used as military rations." ”
After tossing for a long time, obviously not finding what he was looking for, Wang Chaoyang was very angry, glared at Yang Lin and said: "Yang Lin, don't put garlic for Lao Tzu, you know that what Lao Tzu is looking for is not what kind of food baggage, what Lao Tzu is looking for is the treasure of the local tyrant."
The casualties of our troops in this attack on the mountain were very heavy, and the brothers did not pay their salaries for several months. ”
Yang Lin's heart softened and he was about to speak, when suddenly a fat general rushed over and shouted from afar: "General, general, we found that the cellar of the soil tyrant is full of gold, silver and jewelry. ”
Wang Chaoyang was shocked, glared at the other party fiercely, and said, "What are you yelling about, what are you yelling about?" The treasure of the soil tyrant, this is the treasure of the soil tyrant, two thousand loads of grain, is there such a treasure in the world? ”
looked at Yang Lin who was standing beside him, and the other party said with a sad face: "General, the cellar was discovered by our brothers, but the local soldiers insisted that they found it, and the two sides argued endlessly, and almost fought?" ”
Wang Chaoyang was quite annoyed when he heard this, and left without saying a word, and saw hundreds of soldiers arguing around in the distance.
Pointing to the cellar, Yang Cheng said with a sad face: "Brother Lin, this, this cellar was obviously discovered by our brothers, but, but the other party slandered us because of the large number of people, and the brothers were angry and argued with them. ”
Probably figuring out the reason on the way, Wang Chaoyang arched his hand and said: "Ruzhen, the brothers have not been paid military salaries for several months, and the brothers who attacked the mountain this time have suffered heavy casualties, otherwise, this time it will belong to my brother and me, and I will definitely not forget you if there is a good opportunity next time." ”
Thinking that Yang Wei and the others had seized 3,000 taels of silver from the local tyrants, Yang Lin softened his heart and said: "General Wang, brothers, it is not easy for everyone, why don't you take out this silver and hand it over to the yamen, so that it can be used as military salaries and reward meritorious soldiers, do you think this is okay?" ”
When Wang Chaoyang heard this, his face showed a fierce light and said: "Since ancient times, in order to boost morale, how many more have been seized on the battlefield?
You Yang Lin is as cunning as a loach, who knows how much gold, silver and jewelry you hid on the mountain first?
Those who see it have a share, and there are 3,000 men in my department, and you have no more than 400 soldiers, and I will give you 10% when the time comes.
You want this silver, from now on we are friends, if you open your mouth and talk nonsense, Lao Tzu will recognize you, and Lao Tzu will not recognize you with the sword in his hand. ”
Looking at the people and horses of his subordinates everywhere, thinking that Yang Wei had also made a profit, Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "Brother, this, this, you don't want to see outside, I don't want this money, you see that your department has also captured hundreds of prisoners, or hand over these prisoners to me."
I'm not as good as you when you go into battle and fight head-on, settle the homeless, and maintain local order. ”
Wang Chaoyang was originally a greedy person, but he only got a piece of the pie just to block the other party's mouth a little, but now he was overjoyed when he heard Yang Lin say this.
A total of 3,000 taels of silver were fished out from the cellar, and he originally thought that Wang Chaoyang would send it to everyone, but he didn't expect to let his own soldiers carry him away.
After chasing too much, and now seeing the local thugs fleeing, Fang re-commanded the troops to forcibly occupy important places and control the cottage.
There were people everywhere on the mountain, and they couldn't bear to shoot when they saw everyone's skinny appearance, but Long Zhijiao, Yao Chonglie and others led their troops to attack each mountain gate, and personally led the musket team to kill the front mountain.