In a few days, Yang Guohua got hundreds of thousands of taels of silver sent by merchants, Yang Guohua couldn't help but sigh that these businessmen are really rich, those of us who worked hard to read the books of sages and served as high-ranking officials in the court only earned a few silver, these vulgar businessmen actually have so much money, it seems that they have to blackmail them fiercely.

Merchants understood the importance of silver better than anyone else, but they could spend it and earn it back. Pingbai was very unwilling to be defrauded of so much silver by Yang Guohua, and at the same time as giving the silver, he reported the list of loyal and brave thieves for the country. Of course, this list is full of those "second ancestors" in the businessman's family who do not seek to be motivated, only know how to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and cause trouble. Yang Guohua comprehended and summoned these people.

Yang Guohua is an unselfish person, he divided hundreds of thousands of taels of silver into several parts, and gave some of them to his colleagues who were also officials in Taiyuan. Of course, most of the silver went into Yang Guohua's pocket, after all, Yang Guohua worked hard to get the silver.

The remaining 100,000 taels of silver, 50,000 taels were set aside as the salary of the 5,000 soldiers who went out of the city to suppress the thieves. These 5,000 people are all elites drawn from various battalions of the official army, and they each receive two taels of silver, and the soldiers can finally buy some rice and grain for their families after receiving the silver, and their parents, wives, and children can survive for a few more days. They don't really care about the risks they will face when they go on an expedition, and it is better to die on the battlefield than to starve to death at home.

The remaining 50,000 taels of silver Yang Guohua spent on recruiting Xiang Yong, and some people in the world were starving to death, Yang Guohua spent money to buy some broken rice, and after boiling a few pots of weakness, he recruited a group of people who were willing to die. Yang Guohua also fulfilled his promise and appointed the "second ancestor" of those merchants as the general manager of the militia group. At this time, the number of people in Zixiang Yong increased greatly, and it suddenly reached more than 5,000 people.

Yang Guohua inspected the officers and soldiers and Xiangyong on the school field, and looked at the black pressure of the people below, Yang Guohua was very satisfied. This can also be regarded as a strong army, and it is not a problem to destroy the invading enemy.

From the beginning, Yang Guohua didn't take the thief seriously, he ran up and down just to collect more silver. is still the same sentence, "The scum of the official army, and the peasant army of the uprising are even more scum." "The peasant army is a group of hungry people who are half dead and unable to walk the aisles, they lack clothes and food, and it is good to be able to walk, and they are expected to go into battle to fight.

The rebels also suffered from a severe lack of armor and weapons, and had wooden sticks and farm tools in their hands, which required a lot of effort to kill people. On the battlefield of suppressing thieves, it is common for a few hundred officers and soldiers to chase thousands of thieves around. According to the information from the front, there are more than 20,000 thieves coming to Taiyuan, and according to the habit of the thieves dragging their families and coercing the hungry people, there will be no more than 2,000 thieves who are really capable of fighting. Therefore, Yang Guohua was very relieved to let a deputy general drive out of Taiyuan City with 5,000 officers and 5,000 townsmen.

At the same time, the security army led by Yang Biao went straight to Taiyuan after conquering the three cities.

The security forces continued to march cautiously, clearing the surrounding threats at every stretch of the road. At the same time, you have to wait for the heavy red-coated cannon to keep up with the team.

A few days later, they finally approached Taiyuan City, and before the team could start, a team of nearly 10,000 people in front of them blocked the way forward.

The officers and soldiers dared to send troops to fight in the field outside the city, instead of relying on the strong walls of Taiyuan for defense. Yang Biao attached great importance to this and personally took the guards to the front of the battle to watch.

I saw that a group of officers and soldiers in front of me had already lined up in formation, and I saw that they were standing there with a decent appearance, and the formation was quite complete. But what the hell is a group of people in people's clothes with knives and guns in their hands?

At this time, Tanma came over and reported that according to the observation of the officers and soldiers in front of him, there were about 5,000 people, most of them were infantry, and only a small number of cavalry, which was suspected to be the official's own soldiers. And the chaos behind should be the Xiangyong recruited by the official army, and it seems that there are thousands of people.

"Do the officers and soldiers have artillery?" Recently, the security army has used artillery to abuse others, so Yang Biao also attaches great importance to the situation of the enemy's artillery.

"No enemy artillery was found, but there should be some long-range attack rockets or something." Tanma replied.

"That's good. An order was given to mobilize 5,000 musketeers to march forward, and the cavalry regiment to hold the flank, and to strike quickly when the enemy collapsed, leaving the enemy in front. Especially those who wear the clothes of the people, not one of them can let them run away. A few ordinary people have nothing to do on the chaotic battlefield, and this is also a warning that participating in the officers and soldiers will not get a good end.

The lieutenant general led by the officer was full of confidence in winning this battle, and it was not the first time that he had fought with the thieves. This time, he thought that if he won the victory, he would kill a few more hungry people, and he would also exaggerate the credit, maybe this time he would be able to go up to the next half level with his military merits and become a general soldier.

Now the general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are self-respecting one by one, not only have they raised their heads in front of the former high-minded civil officials, but sometimes even the emperor has to be a little afraid of the general soldiers who hold heavy troops.

When the adjutant general was still dreaming of being promoted, he saw a group of security troops wearing black clothes standing in a row far in front, and the adjutant general regretted that he led his troops to leave Taiyuan, and it seemed that if he wanted to eliminate this gang of thieves, he had to be prepared for hard fighting.

The village warriors in the back were even more excited, and the veterans in the officers and soldiers on the way over said that the rebels were vulnerable, and as long as they rushed up and cut off people's heads, this merit would be established, so they did not feel afraid when they saw the security army coming. Besides, he still has a family guard by his side as his own personal soldiers, so it will not be a problem to escape from the battlefield at that time. This is also a meaningful thing.

The drums of the security forces sounded. The security army advanced with the beat of the drum to the distance closer to the official army, and the rockets in the official army were ignited, and the sound of fluttering sounded, and the sharp arrows with gunpowder flew over the security army and then pierced down. The musketeers of the security army were all wearing new plate armor, and these indiscriminate rockets could not hurt the security army at all. When the two sides were within range, there was no politeness to speak of, and the security army's musket rounds began.

Groups of officers and soldiers fell in front of the battle, but the sound of muskets continued. The townspeople in the back were already frightened. The archers of the official army tried to move forward and wanted to counterattack, but before their bows and arrows could attack the security army, most of them were wiped out, and the contact between the two sides was very short, and after a while, the official army was defeated and defeated, and the continuous musket sound of the security army caused great pressure on the official army. Being shot with a musket is basically a death sentence. The officers and soldiers turned their heads and ran, and only then did the villagers behind them remember that they should flee home quickly.

But it was not so easy to escape, the cavalry of the security army killed from the flank, and immediately surrounded the township Yong and the official army, and the township Yong officer and soldier who did not want to die immediately became prisoners. At this time, the "second ancestors" in the Xiangyong team really had to think carefully about how to survive. (To be continued.) )