Chapter 380 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey
Peng Zhuchao pondered and said: "Ah Hong, I'm afraid this matter will end badly."
Peng Hongshu wanted to take the opportunity to test the background of Peng Zhuchao and Ran Sanniang, and said: "Azhu, Sanniang, we three chieftains will advance and retreat together in front of the emperor later."
Peng Zhuchao frowned and said nothing, as if he was weighing Peng Hongshu's proposal.
Ran Sanniang said coldly: "It depends on the circumstances of advancing together and retreating together. If you, Chieftain Yongshun, raise your troops to rebel, is it possible that Chieftain Shinan will also follow you in rebellion?"
"Sanniang, what are you talking about?" Peng Hongshu asked anxiously, "When did I say I wanted to rebel?"
"That's what I said." Ran Sanniang snorted, "That's all for other things, but if there is a rebellion, we Shi Nan Chieftain will never repeat the mistakes of the Hongwu Dynasty."
While he was talking, a group of cavalry came over in a mighty manner. The group of cavalry in front were all wearing armor and visor-covered bowls. They were the eight hundred Yiding in front of the emperor. Then they saw
emperor.
I saw the emperor wearing golden mountain armor and a phoenix-winged helmet on his head, shining in the morning sun, like a god descending to earth, making people have the urge to worship him.
This was the first time Peng Hongshu and others saw the emperor after arriving in Wuchang.
When he got closer, he realized that the emperor was younger and more heroic than he thought.
The pretty widow Ran Sanniang's eyes looked inexplicably sad, and she didn't know what she was thinking of.
Chongzhen rode his horse straight to Peng Hongshu and the others. His sharp eyes swept across the faces of the three of them. When he glanced at Ran Sanniang, he paused for a moment and asked: "Which one of you is Peng Hongshu?"
Peng Hongshu quickly bowed down and said, "I am Peng Hongshu, Yongshun's ambassador of comfort."
Chongzhen nodded and said: "Envoy Peng Xuan, could you please go in and tell the local soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi that they have to disarm within a quarter of an hour. I will investigate the cause of this matter and will definitely investigate it."
Give them a fair deal, but if they still refuse to disarm after a quarter of an hour, then I'm sorry."
Speaking of this, Chongzhen said word for word: "We can only annihilate them on the spot!"
Peng Hongpeng felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, but he was also a little angry at the same time.
I thought, Your Majesty, you look down on us so much? Our dozen or so chieftains in Yongshun add up to more than 30,000 local soldiers!
Even with your thousands of officers and troops, you want to annihilate the local soldiers of Lajadongsi and Luchidongsi in front of more than 30,000 of our native soldiers? Isn't this a bit too arrogant?
Are you really not afraid that we will rebel in anger?
But after all, Peng Hongshu had been a chieftain for more than ten years, and he was still somewhat wealthy.
Therefore, Peng Hongshu did not show his inner thoughts on his face, but frowned and said: "Your Majesty, it is wrong for the local soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi to pick fights and cause trouble, but after all, they are under the Yongshun Xuanwei Division.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the local soldiers who violated the law should not be under the control of the imperial court, but should be under the control of the chieftain."
"It depends on what kind of law they committed and where they committed it." Chongzhen said coldly, "If they were robbing and killing people in Yongshun Xuanwei Division, I guarantee that I would not interfere, but now they are outside Wuchang City
They robbed and killed people, even killed government officials, and even demanded payment from me. If they don't pay me, they will rebel!"
"If I don't care about such behavior, am I still the emperor?"
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen stared at Peng Hongshu again and said: "Envoy Peng Xuanwei, you should know that Yongshun Xuanwei is not an independent kingdom of your Peng family, but the territory of the Ming Dynasty!"
What Chongzhen said was reasonable, well-founded and measured.
Peng Hongpeng couldn't find the words to refute for a while.
But he, Peng Hongshu, would not give in so easily: "Your Majesty, the native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi should still be dealt with by me. I will definitely give a fair explanation to the victims."
"Peng Xuan comforts the envoy!" Chongzhen's face completely fell.
"I am not negotiating with you, this is my will!"
Following Chongzhen's cold snort, the sound of trumpets and drums suddenly sounded all around the campus.
Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao, Ran Sanniang and the more than 100,000 local soldiers who had completed their assembly looked around anxiously and saw billowing smoke and dust rising in the wilderness around the campus.
Immediately afterwards, the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers rushed toward the campus from all directions. Peng Hongshu originally wanted to conduct a visual inspection, but found that it was impossible to conduct a visual inspection at all.
Because there are officers and soldiers everywhere within sight.
In such a situation, Peng Hongshu did not dare to resist.
It's not that the emperor was afraid of the government and the army. If there was a fight, it was still unclear who would win, but Peng Hongshu obviously didn't want to go to war with the government and the army, at least he didn't want to start a war now.
Because Ran Sanniang, a bitch, will definitely help the court.
Peng Zhu also had an ambiguous attitude towards this old fox.
Peng Hongshu could only choose to surrender: "I will go in to persuade you."
At that moment, Peng Hongshu and his personal entourage entered the encirclement through the passage cleared by the officers and soldiers.
I saw two thousand native soldiers from Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi forming a circular formation back to back.
The two chieftains, Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun, were also forced to temporarily abandon their prejudices and face the enemy side by side.
Although they were surrounded by thousands of officers and soldiers, Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun were not really worried in their hearts. Today's Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty in the Hongwu Year and the Yongle Year.
What's more, now the Ming Dynasty court wants them to be Yongshun Chieftain.
If they were offended, the Ming Emperor would not be able to pacify Yunnan.
Therefore, they never believed that the officers and soldiers would really dare to use force against them.
What's more, even if they use force, they will not show any disrespect to the officers and soldiers.
The local soldiers in western Hunan are all brave and good at fighting. Do you want to challenge the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers with a fire stick? What a dream! If they really fight, they can overwhelm the official army without any effort.
That is to say, the two of them did not take action because the Dog Emperor felt comfortable giving money and food.
But even so, the two of them were gradually unable to hold back their anger and could hardly hold back their anger.
Just when the two of them could no longer hold it any longer, Peng Hongshu walked into the encirclement with a dark face.
"Lord Chieftain." Faced with Chieftain Peng Hongshu, Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun did not dare to trust him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You two are really good at it." Peng Hongshu scolded with a dark face, "Are you trying to rebel?"
"Lord Chieftain, we cannot rely on us for this matter." Tian Shichao explained, "It was the officers and soldiers who surrounded us first."
"Okay, I don't have time to listen to the nonsense you two are talking about." Peng Hongshu said, "Hurry up and ask your people to put down their weapons, and then line up to go out and accept the emperor's treatment."
"What? Put down your weapons?" Xiang Yongshun shouted, "How can this happen?"
Tian Shichao also shouted: "Our local soldiers in Lajadongsi will never lay down our weapons as long as we are alive. The Dog Emperor wants us to lay down our weapons unless he kills us."
"Do you think he doesn't dare?" Peng Hongshu stamped his feet anxiously.
"Do you know that the emperor has mobilized hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers!"
"So what if there are hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers." Tian Shichao said proudly, "One warrior in Lajadongsi can defeat a hundred officers and soldiers, and a thousand warriors can defeat a hundred thousand officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so just let them come over.
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"Yes, let the officers and soldiers come over." It was rare for Xiang Yongshun to reach an agreement with Tian Shichao.
"You! You two!" Peng Hongshu was so anxious that he couldn't hold his shit in. Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, he could only stamp his feet and said, "Then you two can just take care of yourself."
Peng Hongshu left with a pale face.
Xiang Yongshun and Tian Shichao still didn't take it to heart.
They simply didn't believe that the Ming army really had the guts to fight against them.
And they didn't believe that Peng Hongshu would really let it go.
However, the cruel reality soon taught them a bloody lesson.
Not long after Peng Hongshu left, the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers surrounding them suddenly dispersed and retreated several hundred steps away to guard, leaving only about 600 officers and soldiers in a line formation.
There are three rows at the front and rear, each with about two hundred officers and soldiers.
Upon seeing this, Xiang Yongshun and Tian Shichao immediately changed their formations.
The two of them also formed a square formation facing each other, with ten rows in front and back, and each row also had 200 soldiers.
At this time, due to the change in the formations of both sides, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Yongshun Chieftain, Baojing Chieftain and Shinan Chieftain could clearly see the situation in the middle of the campus.
Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao, Ran Sanniang and other chieftains were a little confused.
What is going on? Why did the government troops withdraw most of them, leaving only five or six hundred people?
Could it be said that the government and army want to annihilate the two thousand native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Luchidongsi with just five or six hundred people? Isn't this too crazy? Are they looking down on our native soldiers like this?
Especially Peng Hongshu, who was sneering in his heart.
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Chongzhen looked at the two thousand native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi with a cold face, without any mercy in his heart.
These two thousand native soldiers may be innocent, or they may just be bewitched by their chieftain, but so what? There are things men do and things they don’t do, and today I will use your heads to establish my authority!
As Xu Yingwei said, native soldiers have always been afraid of power and not moral.
If we can't show these soldiers the majesty of the Ming Dynasty's official army, these soldiers will cause trouble sooner or later.
So instead of wiping their butts in the Yunnan battlefield in the future, why not give these soldiers a warning before they go to war, so that they can figure out who is the host and who is the guest?
Turning his eyes, Chongzhen looked at Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao, Ran Sanniang and more than thirty chieftains.
Don't these big and small chieftains also want to take this opportunity to see how many kilograms the Ming army has? In this case, there is nothing to be polite about.
Chongzhen said: "Peng Xuanwei envoy, I will only use 600 new troops to fight against the 2,000 native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi, lest you say that the officers and soldiers rely on the large number of people to bully the small people."
Peng Hongshu said: "Your Majesty, if Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi win this formation..."
"I promise not to interfere anymore, but if they are defeated or even wiped out by the new army, don't blame me for being cruel." After Chongzhen finished speaking, he waved his hand to the new army.
In front of the New Army formation, Xu Yingwei immediately shouted: "First row, release!"
The first row of new soldiers decisively pulled the trigger, and immediately there was the sound of gunfire on the campus.
The sound of cannons was heard and the smoke filled the air. Looking at the opposite side thirty steps away, more than half of the two hundred soldiers standing in the first row had fallen, and only a dozen or so were still standing.
The soldiers seemed to be stunned by this sudden blow and were at a loss for a moment.
However, the new troops were not affected at all. They just followed their usual training and quickly moved forward in the second row of new troops, and then they pulled the triggers of their fusiliers against the phalanx of native soldiers.
There was another intensive banging sound, and another whole row of soldiers fell down.
At this time, the local soldiers finally reacted and immediately charged towards the new army.
However, this was in vain. After the soldiers rushed a few steps, the third row of new soldiers came up and pulled the trigger again, followed by the first row, the second row...
When it was changed to the fourth round, there was no longer a standing soldier on the opposite side.
All the two thousand native soldiers from Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi were lying on the ground.
When the gunpowder smoke that filled the center of the campus cleared, more than thirty chieftains including Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao, and Ran Sanniang were all dumbfounded. The soldiers standing in the front row were also dumbfounded.
Only the invisible soldiers in the rear group were anxiously asking their companions, "How is it?"
But the soldiers in front were completely stunned and forgot to respond to them.
Because when the gunpowder smoke cleared from the main campus, they were surprised to find that all the two thousand native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi had fallen to the ground, while the 560 Ming officers on the opposite side were unscathed!
Such a result made them unable to believe their eyes. How could it be possible?
The pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty's official army was Qi Shaobao's Zhejiang soldiers, but Qi Shaobao's Zhejiang soldiers were only 50-50 equal to their native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei, but the Ming army in front of them could crush their native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei?
Chongzhen was not surprised by this result. It would be strange if it were not this result.
How could a group of local soldiers wearing ragged clothes and holding Miao knives without armor or even bows and arrows fight against the new army equipped with cloth face armor and flintlock rifles? Isn't this just lining up to be shot?
The native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi were really cooperative.
They actually lined up in ten rows, and then one row after another they came forward to be shot.
But at this point, the purpose of killing chickens to scare monkeys has been achieved, so there is no need to kill them all.
Chongzhen immediately ordered the new army to come forward to treat the wounded, and then rode his horse to more than 30 chieftains including Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao and Ran Sanniang, and said in a deep voice: "Every chieftain, please wait a moment."
Soon, Xu Yingwei led the new army and walked forward with two men covered in blood.
"Your Majesty," Xu Yingwei said, "Tian Shichao, chieftain of Lajadong, and Xiang Yongshun, chieftain of Lvchidong, have been captured."
Chongzhen's eyes fell on Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun. These two guys were lucky enough to save their lives because they were wearing mountain armor and a breastplate.
Because the lead bullet hit the chest protective mirror and caused a deflection.
"Tian Shichao, Xiang Yongshun!" Chongzhen shouted and asked, "Why do you two take the soldiers under your command to argue for pay? Did I not give you enough money to pay you? Or did I not give you enough rice for work and food?"
Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun lowered their heads and remained silent.
In this head-on confrontation just now, Peng Hongshu and the others were just shocked.
However, Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun had their spines broken directly.
Once all the strong men in the clan were killed or wounded, the two chieftains were finished.