An Chonglei and his son stood on the wall of the fortress, looking at the people and horses that kept coming in the distance, and only felt that their eyes were dark.

"That's at least 30,000 people." An Chonglei pointed to the black line, his hands trembling.

An Sheng added in a low voice on the side, "It's all Han military households and the Yi people's Aga and Xiaxi, and there are also a lot of Miao people. None of the Han troops have yet appeared! ”

"Did these people all take ecstasy, why did they all follow the Han army to oppose us, and what benefits did the Han army promise them?" An Chonglei said hatefully.

Although Zewo Zexi has a population of tens of thousands and hundreds of villages, Zexi Baozhai is only a population of more than 1,000 households, and the Yi soldiers in ordinary times are only a few hundred people. Now suddenly these tens of thousands of men and horses are close to the front, and the Yi soldiers on the wall are terrified.

Outside the wall, the centaur was still slowly moving forward.

Under the banner of the militia camp in Chengguan Town, Longli County, Wang Tongan was wearing a rattan armor, a copper helmet on his head, and a pair of short boots on his feet.

Listening to the rhythmic beat of the drums, he and his companions in the dragon followed the flag of the militia battalion, slowly advancing. In the distance, Zewo Zexi Fort was close in front of him, and Wang Tong'an was extremely excited.

This was not the first battle.

After he signed up for the war, he was not incorporated into the Han army, and later he learned that the Han army had only formed them into a militia team. Basically, all counties and townships have set up militia companies and militia teams, with more than 500 people called militia battalions, more than 200 people called militia companies, and less than 100 people called militia teams.

They had a large number of militia in the town of Longli Acropoli, with a total of 500 people, so they finally organized into a militia battalion, and several officers were sent over to serve as their battalion commander, chief of staff, company commander, and so on.

After the Han army officially awarded them the banner of the militia battalion in Chengguan Town, Longli County, they were officially part of the militia. They were given armor and armor.

Wang Tongan used to be the main army of Long Liwei, after his old son was disabled. He made up him as a regular army, and made up his three younger brothers as a surplus army. At that time, the guard had not yet been removed, and they would be transferred to train every year in the same year. Longliwei is located in Guizhou, the southwest frontier, not as good as the Central Plains, although the guard is in ruins, but after all, the side is full of fierce young people such as Yi Miao, so they will also train seriously for a period of time every year to prepare for prevention.

From when he took over his father's position, to the later abolition of the guard by the imperial court. He also served as a regular soldier for five years. In the past five years, the training time has been not short, and in the past, he practiced bird guns, and his skills were average.

This time he was assigned to the militia battalion, and it was known that he was a bird gunner in the past, and after taking a musketeer for him to test, he became a musketeer in the militia battalion.

He received a self-made firecracker, much better than a bird's firecracker, and did not use a firerope. The fire door cover is still self-opening, and even the lead is custom-fitted, and after just a few days of live-fire training, he has become accustomed to this advanced fire weapon. Even the hit rate, which used to be terrible, has increased a lot.

After just a few days of live-fire training, their militia battalion was ordered to assemble in Guiyang.

When they arrived in Guiyang City, the militia battalion militia company militia team came from all over the country. That's a lot of people. Everyone changed their equipment and wore uniform armor, mostly equipped with rattan armor and cotton armor from the inventory of various guards and toasts. The Han army also issued each of them an iron helmet and two pairs of boots.

In addition, nearly half of the militia were armed with flintlock guns, and the remaining half were swordmen, spearmen, and archers.

Everyone changed their equipment, and after being reorganized according to the establishment of the Han army, they also looked decent and had a bit of momentum.

However, when they saw the large army of the Han army under Guiyang City, they understood what the real elite was. The Han soldiers were uniformly dressed in red and blue military robes, most of them were equipped with flintlock guns, and they carried cowhide backpacks, cowhide satchels, ammunition leather bags, and even water bottles.

What amazed them the most was the artillery of the Han army.

Field artillery and heavy artillery units have arrived with the follow-up troops, and those who watch the cannons are amazed. A cannon has also been erected on the head of Guiyang City, and that cannon is set up there, making Wang Tongan believe that no one can capture Guiyang City at all.

After Guiyang City gathered, they soon sent troops.

After the troops were dispatched from Guiyang, the first battle was fought by the light cavalry of the Han army, and it was the Song family of Shuidong who was beaten. After the Song clan was deposed, there was still a lot of power, and they were in the east of Guiyang. This time, Uncle Liu Huang, the marshal of the imperial court, summoned him to Guiyang, and no one in the Song family paid attention to him.

Wang Tongan and other militiamen witnessed the elite of the Han light cavalry, and also witnessed the fall of the Shuidong Song clan again.

The light cavalry of the Han army quickly surrounded the fortress, and then used the cavalry cannons of the war horses to ambush the fortress gate of the Song family with lightning speed, and then killed it in one fell swoop. The Song family had no power to fight back, and was taken down in less than a cup of tea.

Uncle Liu Huang was not polite to the Song family, the Song family's soil eyes were pulled out and killed, and those black Yi were also cut down, and then those white Yi and slaves were declared to be free as long as they served for the Han army for two years, and they could become free if they killed a rebel Yi people, and they could get two pieces of silver if they killed two, and they could get freedom in advance. Even for every two more killed, you can get an acre of land.

As soon as this result was announced, those Bai Yi and slaves in the Song Fort in Shuidong signed up to fight for the Han army.

They took advantage of the victory to march on the same day, and won the Zhanzuo Chief's lawsuit, and then took Yu's Zexi, Longchangyi and Zhenxi Acropolis.

In these three battles, the Han artillery took the lead in shelling, and then the militia rushed into it in one fell swoop.

In three days, they fought all the way, and each time they destroyed the stockade in one fell swoop, and they didn't even have a chance to escape and report the news.

Wang Tong'an has carved three scratches on the handle of his gun, although there are special people to register their military achievements, but Wang Tongan still likes to carve one mark for every person he kills.

He had already killed three rebels, each worth two silver dollars, and three heads were six. This is equivalent to three days, and he earned one acre and two cents of land.

This result made him very excited, and the fatigue of the march was long gone.

His companions also had a great deal, and after they had taken the four forts, though most of their seizures were to be returned to the Lord, they also gave them some rewards, which amounted to four silver dollars.

In addition, he secretly hid a ruby ring that had been taken from Tokume's hand. Almost every militia will steal some small loot, as long as it is not done too obviously. Even the battalion commanders and company commanders who came from above turned a blind eye.

Wang Tongan couldn't help but reach out and pinch the corner of his clothes at this time, the gemstone ring was there, a little cranky, but it made him feel very satisfied. Such a ruby ring would have to be sold for twenty or thirty silver dollars, which would be equivalent to four or five acres of land.

When I came to fight, I was right.

Looking at Zewozexi Fort in the distance, he didn't feel half nervous in his heart, but was just full of excitement. Zewoze Creek is the largest Zexi River in Shuixian and has the strongest strength. Then the nest of the soil of the fort. It's also huge.

He thought to himself, such a big village must be very rich. When the fort is breached, it is estimated that the loot alone can be divided into two or three silver dollars, and if you are lucky, you can kill a few more people who have cut off their heads, or if you are lucky enough to grab some trophies such as rings and bracelets from which Tumu or Hei Yi are hidden, it will be even more profitable.

As for failure, he never thought about it.

All the way from Guiyang. They are invincible and overwhelming.

There were Han artillery, and no stockade could stop their attacks, and they didn't even need the Han army to do it. With them, the militia can rush down.

Now, they have 30,000 militiamen.

Not far from the rear of the militia, 20,000 Han troops were marching, and the field artillery battalion was already advancing. Prepare to set up positions.

"It seems that we came in time, and the Yi soldiers contacted by Wozexi have not yet arrived." A staff officer put away the clairing mirror and said with a smile.

"I wish those Yi soldiers were here. That would save a little trouble, and we could gather and annihilate it, and save our family to fight it. Another staff officer laughed.

Although the rebellion of Lu'an had been in chaos in Yungui for more than ten years, to be honest, they really didn't take these Yi soldiers very seriously. After experiencing the Banzhou Rebellion, the Extravagant Rebellion, and the Rebellion of General Fame, these Yiren of Yungui also lost their strength. Second, even if they were in their heyday, the Han army was such a well-equipped and well-trained professional army, how could they be afraid of some native soldiers with swords and muskets?

No matter how much the cottage was built according to the danger of the mountain, it could not stop the bombardment of the Han artillery.

No matter how fierce the Yi soldiers are, they can't stop the platoon from being shot.

"These militias are fighting and morale is high."

"Of course, killing someone's head costs two silver dollars, and you can take the opportunity to loot, share the spoils, and get military salaries and settlement expenses, where else are there such good conditions?" The staff officer felt that the treatment of the natives was too good.

"This is the war dividend mentioned above, and this battle is, to put it bluntly, to win over the majority and fight the minority. This time, our main opponent is still the Yi people, but we can't blindly suppress the Yi people, but have to selectively suppress them, we have to go all out to suppress those local officials and local people, and hit the upper echelons of those Yi people, that is, those Zimo and Black Yi. As for those Bai Yi, serfs, Miao people, etc., if they can be wooed, they will be wooed, divided the land, exempted from debts, and given freedom, for what, isn't it like this now, these people are actively picking up swords, leading the way for us, and charging forward in every battle. ”

"As for giving a reward of some money, or even letting them steal some loot or something, that's all a small thing, don't care. What we have to care about is this big game of chess in the entire southwest, and changing the land and returning to the stream is the royal road. As His Majesty said, in the future, the people of the southwestern provinces must also become the taxpayers of the empire. ”

The emperor once said that those who pay taxes are the subjects of the empire, and those Tusi barbarians who do not pay taxes to the empire can never be called the subjects of the empire.

"Beat the drums, blow the trumpet, let the artillery open the city walls, let the militia prepare to charge and take the village!" A Han military co-ordinator with a golden tiger on his shoulder rode over and commanded the herald. After speaking, he raised his head, "The sun is over, it's already noon, take the fort early, let's go into the fort early to rest and eat!" ”

"Sir, do you still only order the militia to attack and seize the village, and don't need our soldiers?" The staff officer asked.

The co-chair waved his hand, "What kind of small village is this, and it still uses our imperial soldiers?" It is good to use a knife to kill chickens and let the militia dispatch, since you have taken the salary of the imperial court, you must always do something. ”

However, there are 30,000 militias, and the attack on the previous fortresses has also performed well, so it's good to let them go, such a big day, even if it's autumn, but this autumn tiger is still very powerful, let the militia go up, and the imperial soldiers will be in the back of the battle. (To be continued.) )

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