Chapter 331: What the Fusiliers Change
Yang Yi led the army to Jeju, which made Su Dongpo completely relieved, it is difficult to say anything else, Su Dongpo is still very relieved of Yang Yi's leading ability.
He personally led the Jeju officials out of the city, Yang Yi warmly exchanged a few words with Su Dongpo, and immediately asked Fan Zaixi, the general sent by Liu Wu to garrison Jeju: "General Fan, where is Liu Wu now?" ”
Fan Zaixi clenched his fists, and Hong Sheng replied: "Back to Master Yang, General Liu led 2,000 men and horses to the east of Liangshanluo. ”
"Have you ever found out where the rebels are located?"
"Not yet."
Yang Yi immediately called Li Yizhong and sent 1,000 men to conduct a dragnet search around Liangshanluo, so as to find out the whereabouts of the rebels as soon as possible.
After arranging these, Yang Yi and Su Dongpo entered the city with Jeju officials.
Jeju is surrounded by plains and has a well-developed water system, with Yangsan-ro in the north, and rivers such as the Gojang River, Jesu, the North-South Grand Canal, Surabaya, and Hunsu are all around, and agriculture is extremely developed.
Yang Yi went into the city to take a look, and the market was also very prosperous, which reflected from one side that Su Dongpo had managed Jeju well.
In the original history, Su Dongpo was degraded to Hainan Island and will die in two or three years; In fact, Su Dongpo is not old now, he is exactly sixty years old, he looks in good spirits, maybe there is less of the degrading and barbaric life of suffering, this great writer who is rare to see in a thousand years can live for a few more years! If this is the case, it is a fortunate thing, and there may be a few more heroic poems added to the Chinese civilization.
Yang Yi was not hypocritical, and attended the reception banquet held by Su Dongpo and Jeju officials, but halfway through the wine, suddenly Liu Wu's messenger came to report, saying that the rebels were in a mountain forest called Woniuling in the east of Liangshan Luo.
Yang Yi got up and said sorry to Su Dongpo and the others, and set off with the army overnight.
At dawn, the army rushed to the vicinity of Woniuling.
Woniu Ridge, named because it resembles a buffalo lying on the water's edge, the mountain is not high, but the surrounding jungle is all over and is lush; The rebels of Yeliatu were not the heroes of Liangshan, they had just arrived, they had no boats, no weapons, no food and grass savings, they could not flee to Liangshan to block the Song army with water anchors like the heroes of Liangshan.
At present, we can only use the mountains and forests around Liangshanluo as a cover, take a temporary break, and investigate the surrounding situation.
This is not far from Tokyo, Ye Liatu also knows that the Song Dynasty army will arrive soon, but out of Liangshanluo, surrounded by plains, the rebels are not familiar with the terrain, two have no weapons, three have no logistics, if you don't find out the situation and go out, you will only have a dead end when you meet the Song Dynasty army.
Ye Liatu's estimation was correct, according to Yang Yi's itinerary, if they didn't stop at Liangshanluo, with Yang Yi's cavalry speed, they would have caught up with them a long time ago.
However, hiding could only be done for a while, and the scouts sent by Yeliatu soon detected the movements of Yang Yi's army!
Yang Yi! This name was a nightmare for all the party members, if it weren't for Yang Yi, how could the Western Xia have perished so quickly, why were they driven to dig the river and build embankments?
While they hated Yang Yi, they were even more afraid of Yang Yi.
After hearing that it was Yang Yi who led the army to come, many rebels beat drums in their hearts, and their morale was greatly depressed.
Even Wild Riatu couldn't help but feel uneasy.
rushed out, two legs can't outrun people's four legs; Staying in the mountains and forests, without food and clothing, how long can it last? Wild Richtu faces a dilemma.
Yang Yi led the army to the vicinity of Woniuling, and after inspecting the nearby terrain, he was relieved.
Liu Wu, who rushed to meet him, said murderously: "My lord, you are finally here, the last general has few soldiers, and he doesn't dare to startle the snake, he is in a hurry, my lord is here, we can surround us on all sides, close the door and fight the dog." ”
Yang Yi smiled faintly and said: "You don't need to meet on all sides, the west is Liangshanluo, the rebels have no boats, they can't fly over, you and Yizhong each bring 10,000 horses, and press them from the north and south, as the saying goes, the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, you have to pay attention, try not to entangle with the rebels in the dense forest, the rebels lack food, grass and weapons, and they can't support it for long." All you need to do is keep the north and south sides in the open area and prevent the rebels from escaping.
The east side is bordered by the North-South Grand Canal, which is open, and Liu Wu asked with some hesitation: "My lord, what about the east?" ”
"Aren't there still a thousand of my men in the east?"
"My lord, it's not right, there are too few people on your side, the rebels have nearly 20,000 people, the north and south are blocked, they will definitely press on your side......"
"I just want the rebels to come this way, I want them to witness a tragic scene that they will never forget in their lifetimes."
Li Yizhong, who was on the side, was a little unwilling, and said tentatively: "My lord, if you don't lead the army up the mountain, you will defend the east in the end." ”
"Yizhong, don't fight, let me bear all the notoriety!"
"My lord, the last general always feels that he doesn't have enough evil energy in his body, and this notoriety will be borne by the last general, which will help the last general to thrive! My lord, let the end come to guard the east, please! ”
Li Yizhong bowed again and again, pleading expectantly, Yang Yi laughed and said, "Okay, give you a chance!" ”
Li Yizhong was overjoyed: "Thank you, sir!" Thank you, sir! ”
"Liu Wu, you go north and I go south, let's go!"
The jungle around Woniuling is dense, but there are always some open areas, Yang Yi led the army up the mountain, and after choosing some open places to block the south, he immediately asked Wang Yong to lead a group of men and horses, ready to touch Woniuling, one is to explore the situation of the rebels, the other is to harass it, the way of harassment is to set fire, this ** month, the dead branches and fallen leaves in the mountains and forests fall to the ground, once the fire is set, the rebels will definitely be forced out.
You can't let the rebels be too idle, can you?
Wang Yong's two hundred men had just touched it, and soon retreated, only to see behind them countless rebels rushing like wild boars in the jungle; Yeliatu was not a fool, he was not ignorant of the arrival of Yang Yi's 20,000 army, he understood that he could only wait for death to be trapped in Woniuling, so he led the rebels to the south desperately.
"My lord, there are too many rebels, rushing here!" Wang Yong shouted as he rushed in.
Still shouting with you? Yang Yi had already ordered 10,000 troops to be deployed in the south of the Woniu Mountains, and was ready for battle, and in front of him was a small river ditch washed out by the rain, and this kind of river ditch was cut off when it was rainy, leaving only uneven stones, about ten zhang wide open space.
The judgment army rushed down with a hoe and shovel, a piece of black pressing, Yang Yi gave an order, and the Song army fired thousands of arrows in unison, pouring down like a torrential rain, and the sound of popping into the flesh was endless, and the rebels who rushed down were shot to the ground piece by piece, and the corpses quickly filled the ditch.
Despite the heavy casualties, the rebels rushed forward and surging forward, but they rushed through the arrow array, and they were greeted by an even more tragic slaughter; I saw a string of grenades thrown in the Song army's formation, and the violent explosion echoed endlessly in the mountains and forests, a ball of firelight, a stream of gunsmoke, and the rebels who rushed in front were rushed into the air by the agitated air current, and the flying shrapnel formed a purgatory that was difficult to cross in front of the Song army.
In the face of huge casualties, the rebels finally retreated.
There were also 10,000 Song troops in the north, and only in the east.
Yeliatu had no choice, it was death to sit in the Lying Cow Ridge, and the only way to rush to the east where the Song army's defense was weakest!
Although, to the east, there is an open plain, and although it is bound to be dangerous to go to the plain, it is better than to go to hell, at least according to Yeliato.
Li Yizhong's side was indeed only 1,000 people, and the rebels rushed down to Woniu Ridge from the east, and Li Yizhong immediately took 1,000 men and horses to go far away and block the way of the rebels.
Then a thousand men all dismounted, lined up in a neat formation, with a weapon in their hands that the rebels could not see what it was!
"Ready!" Seeing the rebels rushing a mile away, Li Yizhong licked his lips and roared.
To be honest, he knew the power of the flintlock pistol, but after all, this was the first time it was used in actual combat, and Li Yizhong was really nervous.
The soldiers lined up in three rows were also holding their breath, and under Li Yizhong's order, more than 300 soldiers in the first row raised their guns on the ground and aimed at the rushing rebels.
The rebels in the distance probably also know that this is the time to fight desperately, rush over! Rush over! As long as this thousand Song troops are crushed, there may be a way to survive.
The rebels gritted their teeth and rushed towards them howling.
"First row, put!"
Woohoo Woo ...... A dull gunshot rang out, and the front of the Song army was filled with gunsmoke, and the rushing Xia army was like wheat, cut down a piece, they couldn't even see what knocked them down, only to see the people rushing in front of them fall in rows, howling miserably, and bleeding like a stream.
"Second row, put!" Li Yizhong yelled again.
On the Song army's side, after the first platoon finished shooting, the second platoon immediately rushed forward, and with Li Yizhong's order, another gun rang out; The second row finished shooting, the third row went up, and when the third row finished shooting, the first row was loaded with ammunition, and so on and so on.
The rebels on the opposite side had not yet rushed three hundred paces, and half of them had fallen, and each fallen man had one or several blood holes in his body, and nothing else could be seen, only the blood gushing out of the earth stained the ground red.
Li Yizhong's side is getting more and more hands-on, the shooting speed is further accelerated, bursts of gunpowder smoke come out, rows of firelight are sprayed, and bullets are shot towards the rebels with the roar of death.
This kind of slaughter, which had no power to fight back, scared all the rebels crazy, they didn't know why their comrades fell, not swords, guns, no arrows, besides, even if it was a divine arm bow, it was impossible to shoot so far!
They didn't even see the faces of the Song army clearly, the rebels were already full of corpses, and those rebels who had been shot in the hands and feet were lying on the ground, covering blood holes and howling miserably, and there was a miserable scene like Nine Shades of Purgatory.
More than 10,000 people!
Li Yizhong's side did not put ten shots per person, and in just two or three minutes, more than half of the 10,000 rebels fell, this kind of tragic scene was also shocked by Li Yizhong, the power of the flintlock gun was so terrifying.
How did Li Yizhong know, let alone dealing with 10,000 unprotected infantry, even if the other party was cavalry, it would only be slaughtered.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, thousands of foreign devils could sweep across the whole of China, and the cavalry of the Qing army rushed forward with big swords, which was not heroic, but in addition to the corpses everywhere, they were powerless; The Qing Dynasty, with 40,000 people, was easily invaded into the capital by thousands of foreign devils, wantonly burning, killing and looting, and more than once.
Now that we've invented the flintlock pistol, it's time for us to slaughter someone!
Yang Yi made a flintlock pistol, the fundamental purpose of which was to hope that the Chinese nation would not have the tragic scene of the fall of the whole territory again.
The Han Chinese are an agrarian people, and they used to struggle with the nomadic people of the north.
As an agrarian nation, it was difficult for the Han people to really control the vast grasslands in the north in the era of cold weapons, so when the Han and Tang dynasties were strong, although they were able to defeat the nomads, they also paid a heavy price, like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even beat the inner country to poverty.
Once the Han nationality is weakened, the nomads in the north will often cause bloody damage to the people of the Central Plains by taking advantage of the superior cavalry and strong physique.
It can be said that in the era of cold weapons, no matter how hard the Central Plains Dynasty tried, nomads began to be the biggest harm to the Central Plains.
Yang Yi came out with a flintlock pistol to change this passive situation, and only by entering the era of hot weapons can the northern grasslands truly become the backyard of China, and can the threat of the fall of the entire territory of China be truly lifted.
(To be continued)