A burst of gunfire swept through, and three rebel soldiers who were fleeing on the street were hit by lead bullets fired from behind. They screamed and fell to the ground. One of them, who was still alive, lay on the ground and screamed loudly. His appearance was very miserable.
But the officers and soldiers who followed him stabbed him hard with the sharp spears in their hands without hesitation. The rebel soldier shrank into a ball in pain and let out an inhuman howl. After a while, he
He slowly died with his eyes widened.
One of the spearmen pulled out his spear and spat at the rebel, "These damn beasts deserved to die!" After saying that, he followed his companions and continued to move forward.
As the saying goes, what kind of generals lead what kind of soldiers? In Pang Gang's team, strict military discipline is absolutely not a guarantee. Let alone burning, killing and looting, even if you insult the civilians at will, you will be severely punished.
Coupled with the tireless indoctrination by the military disciplinary officers in the military camps day after day, the sergeants looked down upon those who made money by killing the common people.
And Pang Gang is not stingy. He knows that it is difficult to lead an army for a long time only by strict military discipline. If he wants his soldiers to be happy after hearing the battle, he must give the sergeants a hope and expectation, so he also set strict disciplines.
The reward and punishment system. Just like the current sergeants of this small team, who just eliminated three rebels, according to the reward standards set by Pang Gang, they can either be recorded with a small merit, and after accumulating to a certain level, they can be promoted. Or they can get
Rewards of two to three taels of silver, strict military discipline, brutal training and generous rewards created the outstanding combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou Army under Pang Gang.
The gunfire in Laizhou City gradually became quieter. The rebels in the city were either wiped out or surrendered, and a small number of people ran into private houses to hide and never dared to show their faces again.
By noon, all the rebels in Laizhou City had been basically surrounded and wiped out. In addition to the nearly 1,000 rebels who were killed, the remaining more than 500 who had surrendered were crushed on a large piece of flat ground outside the south gate.
Pang Gang stood on a mound with a sullen face. Beside him stood Shu Feisong, the prefect of Laizhou, Wei Jiang, the commanding officer, Qi Wuming, Bin Shiqian, deputy Qianhu Hao Dayong and others. Surrounding them were people gathering more and more.
There were so many people in Laizhou City, tens of thousands of them densely packed, filling the vast wilderness.
Pang Gang asked without looking back: "Prefect Shu, are all the people in the city here?"
Shu Feisong wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly returned: "Replying to the general, according to your instructions, at least one person from every household will come. Some even have the whole family present."
"Yeah!" Pang Gang nodded but said nothing. He had already learned a rough idea from Wei Jiang and several captured rebels about why the pay riot occurred in Laizhou, so he knew nothing about this man who only knew how to drink and make money.
The prefect who plays with women is naturally not too cold.
At this time, several sergeants pushed a dozen rebels over, and a general led by him walked up to Pang Gang and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, the humble officials and others have identified the leader who incited the soldiers to rebel this time.
Captured, please show me!"
"Okay, well done!" Pang Gang said loudly: "If you can make such a contribution, I will naturally write it down for you in the merit book and reward you when you return to Qingzhou!"
"Thank you, sir!" The commander-in-chief held his chest and raised his head, gave Pang Gang a military salute, and then returned to the queue.
Pang Gang slowly walked up to these people and sneered when he saw these officers who were obviously more dressed than ordinary rebels: "Which one of you is taking the lead?"
"Sir, please forgive me! I was forced to lead my brothers out to beg for food."
As soon as Pang Gang finished speaking, an officer with a strong build and the best clothes among these officers immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Sir, I was just confused for a moment, so I did such a stupid thing. There are already three people on the team.
I haven't been paid for a month, but brothers and sisters still have families to support. I just want to ask for some pay from the superior. Sir, please spare me this time!"
This officer is Zhou Hao. Although he has never read any books, he is not stupid. He knows that holding on in this situation is what a fool would do. According to what he has heard and experienced in the past,
As long as the Shangguan begged for mercy and said a few words of softening, the Shangguan would not kill them all. After all, Laizhou still had to be defended by them.
But today he met a man who acted irrationally. Pang Gang stared at him for a long time before sneering: "You are the leader of the rebels, Zhou Hao, right?"
Zhou Hao, who was kneeling on the ground and did not dare to get up, quickly nodded and bowed: "The villain is Zhou Hao."
"You are so courageous. You dare to launch troops to loot and kill innocent people indiscriminately." Pang Gang's expression was cold, and his tone was more like an iceberg that never melted, as if it could freeze people to death. Pang Gang's words
The hand holding the handle of the knife tightened now: "I know that you all want to live, but it's a pity that I can't agree. You and your minions should take advantage of the last moment to look at the sun in the sky.
It’s almost noon now!”
"What? Sir, you can't, you can't!" When Zhou Hao and the surrounding officers and soldiers heard the tone of the adult in front of them, he wanted to execute them all. Hundreds of people, including Zhou Hao, were tied up.
The rebel soldiers all started to stir up a commotion. They were suppressed only by the heavy blows from the muskets of the surrounding officers and soldiers who had been watching them eagerly.
Shu Feisong on the side was also a little surprised and said: "General, these are all prisoners. It is unlucky to kill prisoners since ancient times. Do you really want to execute them all?"
Pang Gang ignored him and stood on the mound and said loudly to the people around him: "Folks, everyone has heard about the military discipline of the Yue Army under Grandpa Yue. Grandpa Yue said: "Frozen to death"
"Don't demolish houses, starve to death, and don't disturb the people." Why are we here in the military station? At the most serious level, it is to protect our country and to protect our country. At the most small level, it is to keep the peace of one place. If our soldiers cannot do this, we are already ashamed.
I am so proud of this uniform, but if you want to harm your neighbors and harm your brothers and sisters, it is simply a behavior worse than an animal. Look at what they do, they don’t look like soldiers! Everyone
Let’s look at the evil these beasts have done first!”
After saying that, Pang Gang waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers carried corpses one after another and placed them in front of everyone. These corpses were of men and women, old and young. Their death conditions were extremely miserable. The men were still slightly
It was better, but almost all the women were insulted. Seeing those women with messy private parts and their horrified and angry expressions before they died, everyone's hearts twitched.
Those who had relatives who died in this turmoil all cried bitterly. Many people even recognized the bodies of their relatives and even rushed towards them and howled loudly.
Hundreds of corpses continue to be placed on the ground as if there is no end. The face of Shu Feisong, the idiot prefect, has long turned sallow, and Wei Jiang's face has turned greener. The effect of so many corpses placed in front of you is amazing, the wilderness
The air above seemed to condense.
Pang Gang turned around again to face Zhou Hao and asked calmly: "Now do you still think you are just making money?"
"I, I, I..." Zhou Hao, who knew that he would not escape death today, although his face turned pale, still refused to give up and shouted: "I am a dignified and upright sixth-grade imperial official. You need to kill me if you want to kill me."
You can only report this to your subordinates, but you can’t kill me!”
Pang Gang snorted coldly: "Ministry of War? I am General Dingyuan and General of Shandong East Road. If I want to kill you, a rebellious sixth-grade deputy Qianhu, do you still need to report to the Ministry of War? Let me tell you, you and your
I will definitely kill your gangsters today, even the King of Heaven can’t save you!"
After saying that, Pang Gang shouted sternly at Qi Wuming beside him: "Qi Baihu, execute him immediately!"
"yes!"
Qi Wuming, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, waved his hand, and two hundred sergeants with spears immediately stood up. Each of them worked together to drag a soldier to a pile of rocks, and ordered them to kneel down immediately.
The spear in Buobong's hand was immediately knocked down hard, and the huge pain and panic made the rebel soldiers howl loudly.
But this scene did not arouse the slightest sympathy from these sergeants. They asked the rebels to stand and immediately stepped aside. At this time, there were already a hundred bird gunners standing about five steps in front of them. Following Qi Wuming's attack,
The order was issued in unison, and he raised the loaded blunderbuss in his hand.
"put!"
"Bang bang bang..."
With a deafening burst of gunfire, all one hundred rebel soldiers fell into a pool of blood.
With the death of these one hundred rebel soldiers, the pikemen went over and brought another hundred rebel soldiers over. Some of these rebel soldiers were frightened and paralyzed to the ground when they saw the previous scenes and were dragged to the pile of rocks by the sergeants.
Some shouted loudly that I would be a good man again after eighteen years, but these scenes could not change their fate at all.
"put!"
"Bang bang bang..." Another group of rebel soldiers were shot.
The deafening gunshots accompanied by the bloody scenes were deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people of Laizhou City. Even many years later, the land on the rocky beach is still faintly red, and it has also become the place where Laizhou City executed prisoners.
place.
At the end, when it was Zhou Hao's turn, the deputy Qianhu, who a few days ago had been full of dreams of promotion and wealth, was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground and struggled desperately. In his desperate struggle, he almost made two spearmen press down.
Unable to stop him, Pang Gang finally got annoyed and walked to him and pulled out the scimitar from his waist. With a wave of his hand, a huge head sprayed an arc in the air with blood gushing out like spring water.
It landed not far away, and the head fell to the ground with its mouth still wide open.
Pang Gang retracted his scimitar and said softly to Shu Feisong, who was already stunned beside him: "Zhifu Shu, you must remember that next time you will never default on paying the sergeants again, otherwise something like this will happen again...