December 17th.

After the number of young and strong people sent to the camp in Guanzhuang Village reached the 5,000 mark, Zhang Xianglong stopped the transaction of "exchanging prisoners for silver dollar armor", and it was almost over, and the people were plagued again, and the repercussions were too big, which would only bring a huge backlash, and since the first pot of gold was earned, it was time to start dealing with the Dongjiang rebels.

"Yes, we have long wanted to clean up those rebels who don't know the height of the sky."

The chief soldier Yang Yufan said that he had no confidence in defeating the rebels before, but now that he has, 5,000 people brought him 3,000 sets of plate armor + alloy knives, as well as 60,000 silver dollars, and most of these money were exchanged for canned meat, compressed biscuits, cotton clothes and other materials produced in Xujiazhuang.

"Okay, our two armies will join forces tomorrow, and then send a small elite force to attack and harass the rebels outside Laizhou City, not necessarily fighting them head-on, but capturing as many prisoners as possible, if the rebels react fiercely and go out, we will lead them to the preset battlefield, and then attack with the whole army, strive for total annihilation, and leave no one behind!"

Facing the sand table map, Zhang Xianglong put forward the strategic concept provided by Xujiazhuang.

"According to Mr. Zhang's policy, we will fully cooperate."

The general soldiers Yang Yufan and Wang Hong nodded again and again, without the slightest disagreement, although they represent the imperial army, there is no reason to obey the arrangement of a businessman, but now they eat Xujiazhuang's, use Xujiazhuang's, and hold the handle in Xujiazhuang's hands, their bodies are naturally much softer, as long as it is a strategy that is not a big problem, they are all obedient.

The chief soldier Deng Xi has nothing to say, Zhang Xianglong's strategy against the enemy is very good, attack and disturb first, with the rampant arrogance of the rebels, he will definitely report and reply, as long as he sets up a pocket array, waits for work, and then relies on the combined strength of the two armies of nearly 20,000, the rebels can only come and go!

……

Eighteenth.

After some arrangements and deployments, the miners' coalition army and the imperial court officers and soldiers each selected 1,500 elites, all equipped with horses, and formed a mobile force of 3,000, and then divided into ten small detachments, each with 300 people.

Then use the walkie-talkie provided by Xujiazhuang with a communication distance of 20 miles for contact.

Focus on attacking the rebels' logistics, reinforcements and lone troops, and if you encounter a small group of rebels, the small detachment can eat it alone; If you encounter a large group of rebels with about 1,000 people, you will use wolf pack tactics, and multiple squads will rush up to tear them apart! In short, we will continue to use local superior forces to gradually weaken, encroach, and eliminate the rebels!

……

Ten miles outside the city of Laizhou.

Rebel battalion.

Mao Xilong, a member of the Dongjiang rebels, was originally a person from Liaodong, born in a hard-working person, and later followed the handsome Mao Wenlong to fight against the Houjin, because of his bravery, he became one of Mao Shuai's many righteous grandsons, and gave the name Mao Xilong.

During the years of anti-gold in Dongjiang Town, Mao Xilong didn't want to recall too much, so he could only use the word bitter to describe it, and the reason why he could unite together was because Mao Shuai treated everyone equally and was able to share weal and woe, so no matter how difficult it was, he could survive.

Later, Mao Shuai was killed and killed by the officials of the imperial court, and everyone's hearts were cold.

Later, Marshal Kong Youde was appeased by Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and came to Dengzhou, Shandong to take root and develop, to be honest, Sun Daren was still very good to them, not only paid them food, but also hired hundreds of Western instructors, taught them to use firearms, operate artillery, and trained them into an elite army.

It's just that just two years after this good day, Liaodong is at war again, and the imperial court wants to send them back to that sad place, and wants them to die, without considering their feelings at all.

It's the other way around!

It's the other way around!

On the night of the mutiny, Mao Xilong was one of the loudest shouters, unleashing his displeasure and anger.

And then there is the frenzied killing and venting, the officials and gentry, kill! Merchants and people, rob! Beautiful women, hey, hey, hey, enjoy on the heads of the weak, release their desires, what a cool word.

After that, there is apprehension and uneasiness, the imperial army is going to encircle and suppress, and it will never be tolerated, can they beat the imperial court officials and soldiers?

The Shandong soldiers came wave after wave, and the fire guns and artillery roared over, and the Shandong soldiers were defeated by them.

The soldiers and horses of Hebei and Jizhen also came, and the guns and artillery roared for a while, and these foreign soldiers and horses were also defeated by them.

"Killing the court soldiers is like cutting vegetables, but I can't help it! The soldiers of each town are not our enemy, but they are worried about the ears of the soldiers outside the gate. ”

In private, Mao Xilong said to his subordinates with an arrogant face, which can be described as incomparably inflated.

Because the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court were too weak, the rebels even changed their siege strategy, and did not fight the siege of Laizhou City, and specially attacked the imperial court reinforcements from all over the country, because this is to send them food, grain and grass supplies, and send soldiers and horses.

It's just that the situation is getting better and better.

In recent days, however, all sorts of bad news have begun to fall.

"The grain team transporting grain from Dengzhou has been attacked six times, and all the grain is missing, and not a single grain of grain has been delivered for three consecutive days."

"Two thousand soldiers and horses stationed in Huang County, in the process of going out of the city to pursue the bandits, encountered an ambush and annihilated the whole army."

"Last night the camp was attacked, the granary was burned, the surplus food was less than five days, the powder magazine exploded, and more than two thousand were killed and wounded."

Bad.

Not only did the rebel high-level begin to feel bad, but also the middle and lower echelons like Mao Xilong.

"Find! Go out and look for me, you must find the traces of the attackers, Lao Tzu will peel them off their skins and dismantle their bones! Deputy Marshal Li Jiucheng was furious, and personally took 3,000 cavalry out of the camp, vowing to kill all the attackers.

Mao Xilong also left the camp, and with more than 100 of his brothers, in this dripping and icy weather, he had to carry out a dragnet search of the surrounding area, and never allowed the campers to succeed again.

The weather was cold, Mao Xilong and his 100 brothers were a little reluctant, and the inspection was very slow, at the end of the day, they only walked less than ten miles, and found a place to camp in the evening and rest on the spot.

Fortunately, they were lucky, and they actually picked up a wild boar that was killed by the hunter's trap, weighing hundreds of catties, which made everyone overjoyed, set up a fire, made a roasted whole pig, and then feasted, everyone ate a small half catty, of which Mao Xilong ate the most.

Bang la blah.

Maybe he was greasy and ate too much, Mao Xilong began to have a stomach upset, found a big leeward tree, and then asked a few brothers to stand in a row to block the wind for him, and took off his pants to start to make it convenient, and suddenly a dense sound of horses' hooves came from all directions.

"Not good!"

Mao Xilong's face changed greatly, but the sky was dark, the sound of horses' hooves increased rapidly, and it was too late to run.

"Draw closer to me and form a formation to defend against the enemy!"

Mao Xilong reacted well and responded immediately, but he was bare-assed, still pulling stinky shit, and the stench that spread, who wanted to get closer to him? It's just a group of three or five people, forming a small formation one by one, picking up blades or firearms and being on high alert.

However, when the enemy cavalry approached, they suddenly threw out a sturdy fishing net, just enough to envelop three or five people, and then tightened it and dragged it with horses, and immediately lost the ability to resist, even if they struggled desperately, they could not break free from the fishing net.

"Surrender or kill! Those who don't resist don't kill! The commander on a large horse said.

"Shoot that man for me!" Mao Xilong immediately pointed to the horse rider.

Bang bang!

The firecrackers had just finished loading, and before they could fire, they were shot and killed in a few explosions, and the frightened other men immediately threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

"Don't descend, we're thieves! The officers and soldiers will not let us go, and it is better to surrender than to die in battle! Mao Xilong roared angrily, took a simple knife, and was about to behead those who descended.

But at this time, a single fishing net fell on his head very accurately, and then tightened and pulled!

"I don't accept it, you wait for a shameless sneak attack, if you engage in a frontal battle, you will not be our opponent!"

Mao Xilong, who was caught in a fishing net, struggled desperately and let out an unwilling roar!

But the cavalrymen on horseback, ignoring his struggles, after a rough inventory of the number of prisoners, excitedly discussed the harvest tonight, and caught a lot of big fish, which could be exchanged for XX number of silver dollars or XX sets of equipment, and looked at the captives, completely treating the nature of property.

Mao Xilong's heart sank to the bottom, realizing that his fate was no longer in control of him.

……

December 26.

Li Jiucheng, the rebel general who went out to search for the attackers, returned with cavalry, but only brought back 1,500 people, and almost all of them were wounded.

But he also found the location of the attacker's base camp, about forty miles away in Shahe, where a court army of about 8,000 people was gathered, and Li Jiucheng led 3,000 cavalry to charge into battle, but he was defeated and returned, almost surrounded and unable to return.

"Brother Jiucheng, are you sure that there are only 8,000 officers and soldiers?" Kong Youde asked.

"Up to 8,000 men, plus the cavalry that attacked us, up to 10,000 people! It's just that the armor is strong, and the non-firecracker cannons can't be broken, as long as we bring the firecracker camp and pull up the 300 general's cannons, we will definitely be able to break this official camp! Marshal Du, we still have 20,000 elite soldiers, and we have the advantage of firearms, as long as this official and military camp is broken, by the beginning of spring next year, there will be no official army to beat us, and we can go back to Dengzhou to have a good rest. Li Jiucheng said.

"Okay, Brother Jiucheng, I will give you 20,000 elites, and I must destroy this official army!"

Kong Youde gritted his teeth and said, the total number of rebels is more than 30,000 in total, and the rest are coerced people, family members and prisoners, etc., these days have been attacked by the imperial cavalry, and have lost more than 5,000, if these 20,000 elites can no longer win, then the situation is really taking a turn for the worse, so he has to take out the capital and make a heavy bet, and he must completely annihilate the officers and troops in the land of Shahe!

……

December 28, afternoon.

The Battle of Sand River broke out.

After the two sides set up a posture, Li Jiucheng's eyes widened in this area of U-shaped valley terrain, and he saw in disbelief that not only on the opposite side of the valley, but also on the ridge lines on both sides of the valley, were densely packed with imperial court officials and soldiers, with no less than 15,000 people, faintly forming a situation of encirclement on three sides against his side.

Moreover, there is no trace of the official cavalry, once the battlefield forms a stalemate, and the official cavalry suddenly appears, it is likely to be the situation of Mount Tai collapse.

Although he felt bad, Li Jiucheng did not flinch, because his own elite had as many as 20,000 people, nearly 10,000 Western-style firearms, and more than 300 generals' cannons, and the advantage was on his side, and it was impossible to lose!

The two sides began to move.

On the side of the imperial court officials and soldiers, they suddenly walked out of a gray-green phalanx of more than 500 people, each with a strange firearm, and launched an attack on their own firearms two hundred zhang away.

Crashed!

When the casualties of nearly 10,000 of his own troops exceeded 2,000 and the opponent suffered zero casualties, their morale completely collapsed, and they no longer dared to shoot at each other.

"General cannon, bombarded that imperial firearms army with a general's artillery for me!"

Li Jiucheng gave an order, ready to let the cannon come forward and use the artillery to extinguish the firearm army.

But the order to launch a general attack sounded, and the imperial officers and troops on the opposite side and the imperial court officers and troops on the ridges on both sides came from three sides and launched an attack at the same time.

Pedal Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the three thousand cavalry of the imperial court appeared on the battlefield and headed straight for the rebels' artillery positions.

The resilience of the rebels is actually very strong, and there are no signs of collapse at this time, as long as the imperial soldiers and horses enter within fifty steps, it is the best range for the firecrackers.

However, almost all of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court wore half-body plate armor with strong defensive power, and within less than twenty steps, it was difficult for the fire gun projectile to break the armor.

And rushed to within twenty paces, rushed to the front of the grenadier, pulled the fuse, threw the sugar grenade in his hand, threw it into the crowd of rebel musketeers, and—

Boom Boom Boom!

The situation of the collapse of Mount Tai has appeared.

……

Evening.

Rebel camp.

A herald, covered in blood, entered the marshal's account.

"Defeated, we lost the battle of Sand River! The officers and troops were ambushed on all sides, Vice Marshal Li was beheaded, and the 20,000 elite troops were annihilated. The herald knelt down.

"What?"

"How is that possible?!"

"The officers and the army have always been weak, this ......"

There was an uproar.

Kong Youde, who was sitting in the handsome seat, shook his body violently and felt extremely frightened.