Chapter 70: Seduction
For the official army, Zhao Sheng is not too afraid. He had seen the Ming troops who had passed from Qingjian all dressed like Hanako, except that their weapons were better, and their morale was not much stronger than that of the peasant army under him.
Zhao Sheng is a scholar, in addition to reading the Four Classics and Five Books, he has also read some idle books, such as the Three Kingdoms Water Margin, and he thinks he is quite strategic. He secretly calculated that the number of Ming troops killed by this group was not large, as long as they could defeat them, the people in the city would inevitably be frightened, and it would be easy to capture Qingjian City.
If you take the weapons of the officers and soldiers and the food in Qingjian City, your team will grow rapidly, and you may really be able to do something......
So, Zhao Sheng called the village leaders over and gave them careful instructions.
"Chief, is this done?" The leaders hesitated.
Zhao Sheng said confidently: "As long as you listen to me, you will definitely be able to defeat the official army." Don't be reluctant to give up that little bit of wealth, as long as you defeat the official army, won't that little thing come back? And take advantage of the situation to lay down Qingjian City, and the entire city is ours. On the contrary, if you escape, the officials and soldiers will inevitably chase and kill, and then we have more than 10,000 people, and I don't know how many people can escape, do you want to be captured and killed by the officials and soldiers? ”
The men shook their heads. So, under the coaxing and intimidation of Zhao Shenglian, the leaders of his subordinates reached a consensus.
Zhao Sheng immediately evacuated Qingjian City with his team, and then divided the team into 3,000 people, led by a leader nicknamed the Big Bad Wolf to lure the enemy, and the others ambushed behind a mound two miles north of the city.
The big bad wolf led his subordinates to the official road in front of the soil gang, and the 3,000 peasant army lined up in a chaotic line to block the official road, and everyone carried bulging packages behind their backs.
After waiting for a while, I saw an army in the distance, with bright armor and neat formations, and the soldiers were all wearing red uniforms, floating over like a red cloud.
"Queue, queue!" The big bad wolf shouted, kicking and beating his subordinates who were barely lining up in a crooked queue.
"Didn't you say you wanted to lure the enemy, why are you so serious?" A subordinate asked puzzled.
"Your mother, you have to be serious about luring the enemy, whether it's good to behave." The big bad wolf said impatiently.
The officers and soldiers also stopped far away and began to sort out the queue.
"Brothers, rush with me!" The big bad wolf waved a machete, screamed loudly, and took the lead in rushing over.
Three thousand peasant troops followed him closely, and Hulala rushed forward.
Half a mile away, Zhang Shize was commanding the following troops, and his loyal battalion was the vanguard, responsible for opening the way for the army, and not far away, the brigade was coming quickly.
The sword and shield men were in front, the spearmen were behind, and the 1,000 musketeers behind the spearmen were nervously loading gunpowder projectiles, and the artillerymen were busy pulling the tiger squat cannon and the Franc machine gun to the front of the formation.
At this moment, the peasant army in the distance attacked, and Zhang Shize looked at the distance between the two sides, which was enough for the gunners and gunners to complete the loading. Moreover, these mobs seem to be rushing fiercely, but they are not in formation, and they may break up after a round of artillery.
Zhang Shize decided to wait a while and wait until the other party rushed closer to fifty paces before giving the order to open fire, so that he could kill more and buy some time for the main force behind to come over.
However, Zhang Shize didn't expect that when there were still more than 100 steps left on both sides, the peasant army rushing on the opposite side suddenly stopped, and then took off the packages from behind them one after another and threw them on the ground at will.
The Praetorian Guard's eyes were straight, what kind of rhythm was this?
Looking at the money rolling all over the ground, many people's eyes were straight, and their breathing involuntarily became rough, but the strict training on weekdays made them dare not move.
Zhang Shize smiled contemptuously, do you want to rely on this little trick to defeat yourself, what you think is beautiful! His dignified British prince, how could he take this little money in his eyes. However, looking at the hot eyes of the soldiers under him, thinking that these soldiers are all from a bitter background, I still have to remind them.
"The eighth article of the military discipline of the Praetorian Guard, marching and fighting, those who act without authorization and act in a disorderly queue, beheaded!"
"Article 10 of the military discipline of the Praetorian Guard, all the seizures will be returned to the public, and those who dare to hide privately will be severely punished with twenty military sticks and fined half a year's salary!"
Zhang Shize's cold words echoed in the air above the queue, and the Praetorian Guards suddenly calmed down, remembering the military discipline that they had to memorize every day, so no one looked at the money on the ground anymore.
Behind the mound, Zhao Shenghu, who lit the lamp, looked suspiciously into the distance, why didn't those officers and soldiers scramble? The formation will be chaotic when they scramble, and if they lead their troops to rush over, they will definitely be able to defeat the officers and troops in one fell swoop!
However, the big bad wolf and they were all running back, but the officials and soldiers had not moved, which made Zhao Sheng a little worried, could it be that the officials and soldiers had seen through their own strategy? It shouldn't be!
"Chief, what are we going to do?" One of his subordinates asked.
"It must be that there is less money thrown away, everyone take out all the silver on their bodies, and let the big bad wolf lure again!" Zhao Sheng gritted his teeth and said.
The subordinates suddenly made bitter faces, and they came back, the money they finally snatched!
Zhao Sheng said sharply: "If you don't defeat the official army, don't talk about this silver, you won't be able to keep your heads!" ”
In the Praetorian Guard array, Zhou Yuji has already come over with the main force to rendezvous. Zhu Youzhen was protected by the army in the middle, just watching, he knew that he didn't know how to fight, and completely handed over the command to Zhou Yuji.
"What's going on?" Zhou Yuji came to the front of the battle and asked Zhang Shize.
Zhang Shize explained briefly, and then his eyes widened suddenly: "Come on!" ”
I saw that the peasant army rushed a hundred paces away again, and threw out their belongings one after another, which was much more than they had thrown at the beginning, and saw countless silver ingots rolling on the ground, mixed with yellow gold ingots.
Zhou Yuji shook his head: "Order, Huang Degong led the cavalry to bypass and block his back road." ”
At the rear of the team, Huang Degong received an order with a strange cry and galloped with a thousand cavalry. These thousand cavalry, more precisely mounted infantry, most of them could barely ride horses. However, the equipment is not bad, half of the soldiers are equipped with Lumi guns, and half are equipped with three-eyed guns.
Seeing the cavalry leaving, Zhou Yuji gave the order again, ordering the team to advance slowly and approach the front mound, Zhou Yuji had already guessed that the main force of the enemy army must be hiding behind the mound.
When it was about half a mile away from Tugang, the team stopped again, and Zhou Yuji ordered the artillery to open fire.
"Boom Boom"
The Tiger Squat Cannon Franc Machine took turns firing.
"Where are the officers and soldiers here, they don't even pick up silver!"
Seeing that the officers and soldiers drove over without even a single bent over, Zhao Sheng exclaimed, he realized that the battle had been lost.
At this moment, a thunderous cannon sounded, and then countless projectiles fell from the sky. The Tiger Squat Cannon was a curved artillery, and the firing angle was adjusted, and many projectiles just crossed the low earthen hill and fell above the heads of the peasant army.
The screams suddenly rang out.
Before Zhao Sheng could say withdraw, countless people turned around and fled.
Seeing this, Zhou Yuji immediately ordered a pursuit and divided and outflanked the fleeing peasant army. In the distance, Huang Degong led the cavalry around from afar, blocking the way of the peasant army.
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