Chapter 177: Rush to the aid of Chongzhou
Before he arrived at the expected battlefield, he encountered a group of routs, can you believe such a pie in the sky? The 01 Infantry Division ran into it.
A group of Wenxiang Sect rebels were directly driven over by the Tengxiang Cavalry Division, and the 01 Infantry Division quickly set up a formation, and then took the initiative to attack and attack back and forth with the Tengxiang Cavalry Division.
The road ahead was blocked, and the chrysanthemum was poked.
This group of Wenxiang Sect rebels was completely collapsed, and soon a large number of parishioners fell to their knees amid the shouts of the officials and soldiers of 'kneel down and not kill'.
At this moment, the cavalry's ability to pursue and kill was completely displayed, and even if it could catch up before, the Tengxiang Cavalry Division would not be able to deal with it. But now it's different, after the 01 Infantry Division joined the battlefield. The cavalry only needs to catch up, shout that they kneel on the ground and do not kill, and then cut down those who continue to run to the ground, and then they can continue to chase other enemies. And those enemies who are kneeling on the ground, naturally there are infantry to deal with them.
If there were no infantry, as soon as they walked in front, the enemy kneeling on the ground behind them would definitely get up and continue to run, which would be tantamount to doing useless work.
I saw that where the cavalry passed, all the people knelt down together. In the endless field, the cavalry began to frantically slash and slash at the people who were still fleeing.
"Kneel on the ground and don't kill, only punish the first evil." Two cavalrymen quickly ran past a group of hundreds of parishioners, and hundreds of them fell to their knees on the spot.
The Tengxiang cavalry division has completely dispersed the pursuit, and has become a team of two, at least with a cover. However, the cavalry, which was only a group of two, still made those people of the Smelling Fragrance Sect dare not resist on the battlefield. In particular, as soon as the slogan of punishing the first evil was shouted, those parishioners were relieved, and many of them simply stopped running. Kneel directly on the ground and wait for processing. They were originally a group of peasants. Or the common people in the market. Why fight with the official army?
The infantry in the rear quickly followed, bringing the groups of surrendering parishioners under control.
Local battles soon broke out in the Tengxiang Cavalry Division in front, and those 'elite' soldiers of the Wenxiang Sect were covering the retreat of those leaders. These backbones of the Smelling Fragrance Sect are all divine sticks who will invite the gods to come up. These magic sticks are absolutely very harmful. He doesn't produce on weekdays, and he specializes in abduction.
Maybe those Yin Gods can indeed heal people after they come up. Academically known as a witch doctor. But those bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods who can be moved, may have no problem curing minor illnesses and pains, but after all, their mana is limited, and most of them can only rely on pits and abductions. Moreover, these gods may become the leaders of the next cult at any time.
Those backbones of the Wenxiang Sect knew that they would not be able to survive after surrendering, so they could be described as desperately resisting. With the advantage of mobility, the Tengxiang cavalry division dragged down these Wenxiang Sect backbones, and the surrounding cavalry gathered one after another, and then directly rushed to kill. Kill these backbones of the Smelling Fragrance Sect on the spot. The so-called elite is simply a joke in front of the Tengxiang cavalry division.
The heavily armed Tengchamp Cavalry Division. In terms of invulnerability, it is obviously more reliable than these magic sticks.
These resistance forces were quickly wiped out by the Tengxiang Cavalry Division like autumn wind sweeping away leaves. Plains, although everywhere can run. But it was also easy for the cavalry to chase and kill, and it was too easy to deal with these almost pure infantry troops.
The pursuit lasted for nearly half an hour, and the Tengxiang cavalry division had to stop the pursuit, the horsepower was already a little overdrawn, and running again would cause damage to the war horses, these war horses were very precious. Most of the enemies have been annihilated, and only a few have slipped through the net.
After the battle, the Tengxiang cavalry division directly gathered and rested, and the cleaning of the battlefield was naturally handed over to the infantry to do, and they didn't care about this.
"Division commander, only twelve people were injured this time, only one was seriously injured, and the others were all minor injuries. The one who was seriously injured accidentally fell while riding a horse and broke three ribs, and is being treated, and it is no problem to save it. The staff officer reported to Levi.
After hearing this, Li Wei couldn't help but smile, how scummy is this Smelling Fragrance Sect's combat power!
In this battle, the battle losses of the Tengxiang Cavalry Division were so low, mainly because most of the Wenxiang Sect rebels were composed of ordinary people without any military literacy, and the weapons in their hands were even worse. Nail rakes and hoes are simply not effective in inflicting damage on heavily armed cavalry. So the cavalry division rushed into the crowd and slashed everywhere, and there was no battle damage at all. And those 'elites' of the Wenxiang Sect, although they also have broadswords and spears in their hands, they also lack combat quality, and they have no chance to contact the cavalry division at all, so they are overwhelmed by the routed friendly forces, and without any formation, they can only kneel.
At the same time, this kind of war damage also made Li Wei think about a good problem, these people who were instigated to rebel in front of him are really the biggest victims, and the country is also a victim.
Levi, who had traveled everywhere, was no stranger to these religions.
The Yin God who instigated the people to rebel and the Yin God who instigated the rebellion behind the scenes probably did not intend to succeed in the rebellion from the beginning, or just wanted to 'draw a prize', and it was best to succeed. If you can't succeed, you will gain a lot of credibility, and you will be able to eat a lot of brains.
In the eyes of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, these people are just tools.
The terrible nature of religion lies in this, in order to gain credibility, they can ignore many things, such as making believers crazy to give birth, a religion rich in extremist organizations, believers are like fertility machines, giving birth to more than a dozen everywhere, trying to use the absolute population, to occupy the earth, a horse with strong reproductive ability.
The 01 Infantry Division was responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, which was not very hard. A large number of captives played a role, and the infantry directed these captives to concentrate the spoils of war and carry and bury the corpses.
According to some statistics, the number of prisoners reached more than 40,000, of which less than 3,000 were hacked to death by the cavalry division, nearly 5,000 died by cannibalism and trampling, and less than 2,000 escaped.
Soon, the backbone of the Wenxiang Sect among these captives were pulled out one by one and then imprisoned. The other captives were not held in strict detention. The instructors of the infantry division formed a propaganda team, conducted a propaganda and education session on the prisoners, and read out the plan for dealing with them.
"All the ordinary people involved, you will be pardoned and acquitted. The imperial court will set up an imperial village and allocate land for cultivation. Each household is given 30 acres of land, and the tenant rent is 30%. Exemption from tenant rent ...... in disaster years"
Obviously, these people who have participated in the cult are not very relieved to let them back, but it is obviously not appropriate to ask them for their crimes. The best way is to set up a Huangzhuang and use the armor protection system for semi-military management. The armor protection system can ensure that these people will come into contact with these cults again in the future, and they can also carry out continuous propaganda and education. In addition, the rebellion of the Smelling Fragrance Sect has already had a great impact on local production, and the Huangzhuang system can obviously quickly restore agricultural production.
The triangle at the junction of Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu is an important commercial cotton producing area, and production must be resumed as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be good if there is a problem with cotton supply. In agricultural production, cotton occupies a relatively large land area. In addition to eating, people also have to dress. At present, the scale of commercial cotton production in Beizhili is not too large, especially in Huangzhuang, most of them are currently producing commercial grain, and cotton must be supplied from other provinces.
But this time the Smelling Fragrance Sect was in turmoil, but it also became a good opportunity for the expansion of the Huangzhuang.
These captive people, the land in their hands, will be included in the scope of the imperial estate. Those landlords who were killed by the Smelling Fragrance Sect, their land has also become borderless, and they will be incorporated into the Huangzhuang for production. This is a good opportunity for Royal Agricultural Company to officially enter Shandong.
After announcing the disposal plan, these captured civilians were finally completely relieved, and many of them were still happy. But there are many people who are sad and crying, and those who are lost and lose their relatives in the chaos can only cry silently, which is no wonder that the imperial court can only bear the pain of the war.
According to the interrogation of the prisoners, it was learned that the Wenxiang Sect was mobilizing troops from various places to besiege Chongzhou.
The Tengxiang Cavalry Division and the 01st Infantry Division, after a brief rest, rushed to Chongzhou non-stop, while Yuncheng was handed over to the friendly forces behind.
The 02 and 03 infantry divisions that arrived immediately afterwards quickly regained Yuncheng County and Juye County, and the Wenxiangjiao troops in the city were relatively empty, and there were no fierce battles in the process of recovery, or even any decent battles. Knowing that there was no meat to eat, the 02 and 03 infantry divisions soon crossed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and went to the border of Chongzhou to find the main force of the Wenxiang Sect.
At this time, Xu Hongru had already taken Zou County, and began to take Zou County as the center, launched a strategy in all directions, and stretched his hand all the way to the northern region of Jiangsu.
Zhao Yan, the governor of Shandong, also organized the Shandong official army at this time, and appointed Yang Zhaoji, a native of Yizhou who had retired and returned home, and the former general soldier of Datong, as the chief military officer of Shandong, and made every effort to suppress Xu Hongru.
What about the Shandong official army, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care. As long as he can cooperate on the side, Zhu Youxiao never expected the Shandong officials and troops to quickly extinguish the Wenxiang Sect. Therefore, the main force to suppress Xu Hongru this time was still the three infantry divisions of the Beijing battalion.
On the 25th day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the Tengxiang Cavalry Division and the 01 Infantry Division rushed to Chongzhou, and this time encountered nearly 150,000 Wenxiangjiao rebels.
The officials, troops and people in Chongzhou City were very tenacious in defense, but the huge strength of the Wenxiang Sect was desperate. Just when they were desperate, the arrival of the Tengxiang Cavalry Division and the 01st Infantry Division immediately gave the officials and people of Chongzhou a shot in the arm.
The Wenxiang Sect rebel army besieging Chongzhou soon set their sights on the official army that rushed to the aid of Chongzhou, and was about to annihilate this official army first, but what they didn't expect was that this official army, which had a combined strength of less than 15,000, actually took the initiative to kill the city of Chongzhou. Wenxiangjiao immediately set up a position and blocked the Tengxiang Cavalry Division and the 01st Infantry Division that were directly marching.
To make the Wenxiang Sect give up the siege of Chongzhou, it is obviously impossible not to fight.
The two sides soon set up a position under Chongzhou City, and another fierce battle was about to break out. The disparity between the forces of the two sides is incomparable, and the strength of Wenxiangjiao is more than 10 times that of the Tengxiang Cavalry Division and the 01 Infantry Division combined. (To be continued......)