Chapter 70: Conflict

Wang Er's team was knocked on a bamboo pole by Zhang Chu when he crossed the border from Yanchang County, and he was always unhappy. After joining forces with Wang Jiayin, his strength increased greatly. The team of the two continued to grow, galloping across the northern part of Shaanxi, attacking the city and plundering the land, and no one could stop them. Yanchang County is like a fish bone stuck in the throat, and it can't be eaten, and it can't be spit out.

One day, after the deliberations were over, Wang Jiayin specially left Wang Er behind, and the two decided to secretly discuss how to deal with the security army.

This Zhang Chu six relatives don't recognize it, they only recognize money, and they also buy road money for the rebels who are also poor people. I sent someone to bring him into the gang and was refused, what should we do with him? Wang Jiayin opened his mouth to ask.

According to the spies, the security army is well managed in Yanchang County, and most of the land is planted with crops in the spring, and there is a harvest at the sight, and we can grab a lot of food by fighting it." Wang Er still holds a grudge against being blocked by the security forces to buy road money.

"We haven't clashed head-on with the security forces, so I don't know how strong they are."

"I took a look when I passed through Yanchang County, the security army's appearance is indeed neat, and the weapons are also very good, but their number is not large, Zhang Chu, a miser, is reluctant to take out money and food to recruit soldiers and horses."

"Let's try it out. We mobilized troops and horses to set up an ambush outside Yanchang County, and then sent cavalry to loot in Yanchang County, if we encountered the security army, we would try to impact it, and their strength would eat them if they were weak, and the strong cavalry would immediately get rid of contact, and it should not be a problem to get out of trouble, and if the security army was stimulated and sent troops to chase, it would just fall into our ambush circle, and we could wipe out the Yanchang security army in one fell swoop, so that the north and south of Shaanxi would be left to us to walk. It is difficult to say whether Zhang Chu will be able to cross the Yellow River when he returns from Shanxi. Wang Jiayin has her own plan.

"This plan is very good, even if the security army is too timid to chase Yanchang County, we understand their truth and send troops to attack them. This time, I have to let this miser break his fortune well. "Wang Er is much more active than Wang Jiayin in attacking the security army.

The two of them have decided to go separately.

Wang Jiayin dispatched 2,000 men and horses to secretly ambush outside Yanchang County. Then he ordered a leader of the rebel army to lead more than 200 cavalry into Yanchang County, most of these cavalry are deserters of the border army, they have been in the army for many years, and they are skilled in archery and horses, and they have embarked on the road of uprising.

The cavalry approached the checkpoint of Yanchang County Boundary, and suddenly attacked, and rushed into the checkpoint at once, and the soldiers guarding the checkpoint of the security army were slaughtered before they could react, and even the people who were passing through the pass were not spared. In order to delay the transmission of the news of the security army, Wang Jiayin has ordered to kill all the people encountered on the road, and the cavalry of the rebel army rushed through the checkpoint and went straight to the nearest village, they were very skilled at robbing the village, but this time they met resistance, the chief of the village stood in the middle of the street with a stump leg and a spear after raising the alarm, followed by several militiamen, who also tried to stop the cavalry from advancing and covering the villagers to escape. This resistance was nothing more than a game of advance for the cavalry, and as soon as the cavalry rushed by, the resistors were reduced to headless corpses, and the villagers scattered out of the village, and some of them kept beating the gong to call the police. The horse caravan brandished swords chased the slower runners, and rushed into the village to collect food, gold, silver and other goods. It didn't take long for the village to be looted, and the cavalry moved on to the next one.

The village must have received an alert, and the cavalry saw the flow of people fleeing into the mountains behind the village from outside the village.

"Can't let them run." The ringleader gave the order. The cavalry urged their horses to rush into the village.

As soon as I rushed to the entrance of the village, the explosion sounded, and two puffs of smoke and dust rose from the side of the road, and the iron sand sprayed swept the cavalry in front of them off their horses, and the rest of the people hurriedly reined in their horses and observed what was happening. There was no sign of the enemy around, so they dared to go over and rescue the wounded.

The cavalry raised their vigilance and tentatively walked towards the village, but fortunately there were no further explosions. But all the people in the village ran away. The cavalry searched the village and set fire to a few houses to vent their anger before leaving the village.

The person in charge of guarding the village, who had just left the village, reported that he had found cavalry rushing towards him outside the village, and the leader of the team was very experienced in combat, so he immediately ordered all the cavalry to go out of the village and line up to meet the enemy.

The cavalry of the security army on the opposite side saw them and did not rush to attack, and formed an attacking formation on the opposite side, numbering about a hundred people. The two sides looked at each other and assessed each other's strength.

Looking at the equipment of the security army opposite, the leader of the rebel army felt a little hairy in his heart. The security guards all wore shiny iron helmets on their heads, chain mail on their bodies, cuirasses and back armor hanging on the outside, and even iron masks painted with hideous patterns on their faces to protect against bows and arrows, and the cotton armor on the horses' bodies protected the horses tightly. This bone is a bit hard, although the number of the opponent is small, but the equipment is much better than the cavalry of the rebel army, and the leader does not dare to order the attack.

The security forces on the opposite side did not seem to be in a hurry, and the soldiers did not even draw their sabers, but just sat on their horses and lined up waiting for orders. The two sides looked at each other like this, and neither of them advanced. The leader of the rebels observed the surrounding terrain to see if they could get out of the area quickly.

It's definitely not okay to turn around and run away, it's still secondary to not look good on the face, and it's very dangerous to be chased from behind. It seems that there is only one way to go. Fortunately, the number of security forces on the opposite side was not as large as that of the rebels.

The leader was about to give the order to charge, when the queue of the security forces on the opposite side dodged two gaps, and two small Francos were pushed to the front of the queue. It turned out that the security army had disassembled the small Franc machine and brought it over on horseback, and it was being assembled in the back just now. The artillery gave full play to the characteristics of the fast rate of fire of the Franco, and quickly opened the cannon, the cannon sounded continuously, and the dense shotgun suddenly disrupted the ranks of the rebels, and the best way to deal with the artillery was to rush over quickly in the face of artillery fire. The leader of the battle-hardened rebels did not hesitate to give the order to attack. The horses' hooves struck the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, and the rebel cavalry swept towards the security forces.

The security army stopped the shelling, and the cavalry in the column urged the horses to rush over, and the soldiers of the security army raised their hands as they ran, and a burst of ping-pong gunfire rang out. The leader of the rebel army couldn't help but be happy in his heart, the other party was a rookie, and there was no accuracy at all when shooting from such a distance, let alone the barrel was so short, it was difficult to say whether the bullet could hit so far. He was a little early in his joy, and the sound of gunfire sounded around him that his companions had fallen from their horses, and it was not a matter of horsemanship. Could it be that the security army can hit so accurately, those people were shot, and then two rounds of gunfire rang out in hesitation, and the cavalry queue of the rebels became sparse, and the cavalry of the security team each brought three guns, and after the bullets were finished, the security soldiers drew their knives, and the speed of the horses also mentioned the limit, and the two sides collided together, and the leader of the rebels felt greater sorrow, when he used the saber in his hand to cut at a security cavalry who rushed in front, the other party waved his knife to block it, and the knife in his hand was broken into two. Fortunately, he had rich combat experience, and took the risk of slashing the opponent's ribs with the half-truncated knife in his hand, and the opponent hurriedly withdrew the steel knife that slashed at his back. The broken knife slashed through the opponent's ribs, and the leader obviously felt the strength in his hand, this knife should have been cut, but when he peeked back, he found that the opponent had not fallen off the horse, and was still brandishing the saber to kill, and his own knife did not cut through his breastplate.

The leader of the rebels was soon targeted by the security forces, and the cavalry of the two security forces turned their horses and raised their swords and rushed towards the leader. Seeing this, the leader, who had no weapon in his hand, jumped off his horse and knelt on the ground with his hands raised and shouting "I surrender". His actions saved the other rebel cavalrymen who were still on horseback, and when they saw the leader's standard demonstration, they immediately followed suit, and the battle ended like this, and none of them had time to escape.

The security forces drove them together, and some of them picked up their muskets and quickly loaded them with ammunition in preparation for the next battle.

The leader knelt on the ground and secretly looked at the guns in their hands, wondering what kind of guns could shoot so far and so accurately.

In fact, the guns of the cavalry of the security army were newly equipped rifled flintlock pistols, so they were able to shoot fast, far, and accurately.

The infantry of the security forces rushed over and crushed the prisoners away. The security forces quickly reoccupied the checkpoint to prevent Wang Jiayin's team from attacking again.

Wang Xiyin and Wang Er waited for a long time with a large group of men and horses, and did not see the cavalry come back, and later received a report that the security army had increased the number of troops at the checkpoint, knowing that the security army would not rush out, so they could only order the withdrawal of the army, but they still wondered where the more than 200 cavalry had gone.

And the security army also hurriedly reported the situation to Zhang Chu, waiting for Zhang Chu's final decision.