In the half-hour battle, more than half of his men were killed or injured. Even the poorest commander knew he could not continue. Unless there was no way out and he was forced into a desperate situation.
Obviously, the unknown group of people who attacked did not intend to risk everyone's lives here. Faced with the wild explosions of golden melon thunder and bird cannons, the cavalry behind them turned around and ran away.
Even the sword could not stop the rout.
In just a short cup of tea, the enemies were all gone. In the quiet night, you could still hear the distant howling of ghosts and wolves on the road outside the town.
This battle tonight is enough to make these people live in nightmares and fear for the rest of their lives.
The enemy attacked and retreated in just a stick of incense. Just like the tide came and went, thousands of horses galloped when the tide came, and wolves galloped when the tide went out. The tide rose and fell, leaving behind garbage on the ground: corpses of men and horses everywhere, and blood and flesh everywhere.
Broken limbs, as well as wounded soldiers and horses wailing and mourning all over the ground.
Chen Shiyi and several personal guards rode out of the town to check whether the attacker was really retreating. When he saw that the attacker was running away without looking back, he left a guard behind and rode back quickly.
Even the guards of the Zhenwei Battalion found it incredible to slaughter their opponents so cleanly. The combination of far, medium and near firepower was like a joke, and they were able to repel an opponent more than ten times their size, and they were also cavalry. This is
They didn't even dare to think about it before the war.
Huo Shijian, Tian Dongxin and other recruits who had just entered the battlefield were stunned for a long time and speechless. When they first joined the army, they encountered such a fierce battle. This was simply their fate. But at the same time, it also frightened them.
Enough.
There were corpses all over the ground, and each one looked more miserable than the last. This was simply beyond their knowledge.
Huo Shijian participated in the naval battle of Tuen Mun Island that night and witnessed the brutality of the battle. Today's battle is not inferior to the naval battle that night. It is even worse. Especially when our own side has such a small manpower, it can cut everything apart.
He slaughtered his opponents like a dish, which made Huo Shijian and others feel like they were in a dream.
Zhang Yanling also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he himself was sweating. If he hadn't discovered the enemy's traces in advance, if he hadn't brought these six Folan cannons with him, if he hadn't been equipped with all kinds of guns, gold, melons and thunder. If he hadn't settled down.
The terrain here is pretty good. I’m afraid I won’t be able to eat and walk around tonight.
However, Zhang Yanling was very satisfied with tonight's battle. Hot weapons crushed cold weapons in all directions. There was no blind spot in the combination of far, medium and near firearms. From the moment the opponent attacked, he attacked every moment and every distance.
There are weapons to suppress and kill them, and their defeat is also being cleared up.
Of course, the opponent only had four to five hundred people, and they naturally collapsed after nearly half of them were killed or injured. If there were more people, and if they were determined to fight to the death, it would not be easy. But there are not so many assumptions on the battlefield, and the power of firearms is
The performance was vivid and vivid in this battle.
"Clean the battlefield. Leave the dead bodies alone and drag over the injured." Zhang Yanling ordered.
Everyone took action immediately and dragged dozens of injured enemies moaning in a pool of blood into the courtyard. After all, those young people from Guangzhou had never seen such a world, and several of them vomited on the spot while carrying the wounded soldiers.
More than 40 wounded soldiers were gathered in a corner of the yard, crying and wailing endlessly. Some of them were seriously injured, some had their stomachs pierced by the blast, and their arms and legs were broken. Some had their bodies shot through by bird cannons, and their whole bodies were covered in wounds.
Blood. Some seriously injured people did not die, but they only made a last struggle. At least half of them were going to die, and now they were just lingering.
Two guys with minor injuries, only being injured in the knees and calves by iron bullets and unable to escape, were brought to Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling sat on the barrel of the tall Franco machine gun and looked at them coldly.
"Who are you? Why did you attack us tonight?" Zhang Yanling asked in a deep voice.
"Spare your life, spare your life, I won't dare to do it again. Please spare our lives. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child..." A wounded soldier repeatedly begged.
"Shut up, stop talking nonsense. Such cliche words are used to deceive people. Answer my Marquis's words well. Otherwise, I will chop you into pieces with a knife." Chen Shi yelled and cursed.
The two wounded soldiers trembled in fright and kowtowed quickly: "Yes, yes, we answer, we answer."
Zhang Yanling shouted in a deep voice: "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't we call for the truth. Whoever answers first will live. Whoever answers slowly will be dragged out and chopped."
"Ah?" The two wounded soldiers were stunned for a moment, and one of them answered loudly, "We are from the Xuemuling Village in Wuyi Mountain. My name is Li Laosan, and I am one of the gangsters in the village."
The other person was overtaken by him and quickly shouted: "Yes, yes, we are the heroes of Luocao in Xuemuling Village in Wuyi Mountain. His name is Li Laosan and my name is Zhao Ergou. The owner of our village is Zhuanshan Bao
Wang Dakui."
"Bandits from Xuemuling Village?" Zhang Yanling's eyes widened in surprise.
Zhang Yanling never expected that this group of people were actually green forest bandits in the mountains. Because this group of people were well-equipped with swords and horses, they did not look like bandits at all. How could any bandit village have four or five hundred cavalry? How rich must this bandit be?
"Yes, yes. They are bandits, and we are bandits. We are not some idle heroes." Zhao Ergou hurriedly agreed.
Zhang Yanling frowned and said: "You are bandits. Could it be that you heard our whereabouts tonight and came to rob our homes?"
The two soldiers looked at each other, and Li Laosan said with an apologetic smile: "We are all minions. Whatever the superiors ask us to do, we have to do it. The leader of the village sent an order to say that the mountain will kill people and steal wealth, so we will do it. Really?
I don’t know who you are, and I can’t offend you at all. If I had known that you were a tough guy, we wouldn’t have dared to come. Even the leader of the village wouldn’t have dared to offend you.”
Zhang Yanling frowned and stared at the man for a moment, then suddenly waved his hand and said, "Cut him down."
Li Laosan exclaimed in shock: "Excuse me, I'm telling the truth. We are just minions down there and we don't know what's going on."
Chen Shiyi picked up the clothes around his neck and dragged him into the darkness. Li Laosan screamed: "I say, I say. Spare your life, spare your life!"
Zhang Yanling waved, and Chen Shiyi dragged the guy back and threw him on the ground.
Zhang Yanling said in a deep voice: "Li Laosan, you have already lied once, and your head is no longer yours. I can spare you this time, but if you tell another lie, your head will fall to the ground immediately."
"Yes, yes. I don't dare to do it anymore. I don't dare to do it anymore. I will explain. We are here specifically for you this time. We got the news a few days ago and sent our brothers to keep an eye on you. Dazhai
The Lord said, your name is Zhang Yanling, you are a wealthy businessman from the capital, and you are driving more than a dozen carts of treasures through here. He said that after we succeed this time, we won’t have to worry about food and drink for three to five years." Li Laosan said with a sad face.
Zhang Yanling frowned and turned to Zhao Ergou. Zhao Ergou trembled in fright and said hurriedly: "He is right, the leader of the village did say so."
Zhang Yanling said in a deep voice: "How did your village master know my name? How did you target us?"
Li Laosan and Zhao Ergou both shook their heads in confusion.
Li Laosan said with a mournful face: "We really don't know this. Where did the news about the leader of the village come from, and how could we know? He is our leader, and he can do whatever he says. How dare we talk too much? He doesn't kill people. If you blink, you will die if you talk too much."
Zhang Yanling asked again: "Your Xuemuling Mountain Village is so impressive? You actually used four to five hundred cavalry to rob? Are you really gangsters in the village? Where did these horses come from? What do you, the bandits from the mountains, want to do with so many cavalry?" Could it be that he wants to rebel?"
Zhao Ergou said hurriedly: "These are all horses brought by the stronghold owner, and we don't know where they came from. The stronghold owner often goes out of the stronghold, and when he comes back, he brings back horses, weapons, armor and other things. When asked, they said they were robbed. We are required to practice riding horses and charging and killing in the mountains every day. We don’t even know why we practice this? We are just bandits, what is the purpose of training?"
Zhang Yanling was moved in his heart and said: "Were these weapons and horses brought in from outside the mountain? You, the leader of the village, said they were robbed, but you never participated in the robbery of these things?"
Li Laosan said: "Yes, it's not just us. Most of the brothers in the village have never snatched horses, weapons or anything like that. If you want to get these things, you have to fight with the imperial officers and soldiers to grab them. We don't dare to do this. Dazhai Every time the Lord brings these things back and says they were stolen, we don’t believe it. But even if He says it is, can we still refute Him?”
"Yes, we haven't actually harmed anyone. We went to Bloodwood Ridge entirely because of the nourishment we had in the village, the good food and drink, and the carefree life we had. One of my fellow countrymen committed a crime and ran away to Luocao. One day, he came to my house and said that he was living a very happy life. He spent all his money on gold and silver and was very rich. I happened to be at home with nothing to do, so I followed him. I have been in the village for more than a year, and today, I can't do anything. I only came out to rob houses three times." Zhao Ergou also said.
Zhang Yanling frowned even more tightly.
"Where is your fellow countryman?" Zhang Yanling asked.
Zhao Ergou said with a mournful face: "I have been beaten to death by you tonight."
Zhang Yanling continued to ask: "Since you rarely come out to rob homes, but you have horses and weapons, and you don't have to worry about food and drink, are these things brought back by the leader of your village outside the mountain?"
Zhao Ergou nodded and said: "Yes. The village leader goes out of the mountain every once in a while, and when he comes back, he brings back a large amount of supplies. We don't believe it when he says he robbed it. But as long as we are not forced to fight hard, we will be happy. Qingxian, who cares how you got here."
Zhang Yanling nodded slightly, pondered for a while, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, you can go down."
After Zhao Ergou and Li Laosan were taken away, Zhang Yanling asked Chen Shiyi to call two bandits over and conduct questioning again. The results of the inquiry were similar, basically similar to what Zhao Ergou and Li Laosan said. .
After the questioning, Zhang Yanling put her hands behind her hands and remained silent.
Chen Shiyi said softly from the side: "Master Hou, do you think something is wrong? This group of people is a little strange. The bandits don't look like bandits. It seems like someone has provided them with food, supplies, horses and weapons."
Zhang Yanling turned to look at Chen Shiyi and said slowly: "Brother Chen, I'm afraid you are right. They are not bandits, they are just private soldiers raised by others under the guise of bandits."
Chen Shiyi said in astonishment: "Who is so bold? Dare to do this?"
Zhang Yanling breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "If they know my name, they should know who I am. They are here for me tonight. Whose good things have we ruined? Who can know our whereabouts so quickly. Wuyi Mountain
Whose territory is the west? Have you ever thought about it?"
Chen Shiyi was stunned for a moment, and said in shock: "Could it be...the one from Nanchang Mansion...?"
Zhang Yanling waved his hand and said: "Don't say his name, you know it well. If he hadn't been behind this, I would have written my name backwards."
Chen Shiyi said angrily: "This son of a bitch is so bold? Why don't the Marquis ask for evidence and go back to the capital to file a complaint against him? This thief is too bold. If you raise a bandit to respect yourself, are you going to rebel?"
Zhang Yanling thought to himself: You are right. That guy is gathering strength secretly. He cannot openly raise private soldiers, so he trains his soldiers in the same way as bandits.
"Now that the mystery is solved, I know why he smuggled overseas goods. It turns out that he has a lot of expenses and spends a lot of money. Therefore, this way of making huge profits is exactly what he needs. We ruined his good deeds.
Naturally he became angry
After learning the news, he ordered bandits from the mountains to attack and kill him in order to avenge his loss of wealth. Hehehehe, it’s a pity that he doesn’t know that he can attack and kill this prince. These rabbles of his are no match for us.”
Zhang Yanling said slowly.
Chen Shiyi nodded heavily and said: "This is exactly the reason. It must be so. Besides, this time the Marquis not only cut off his financial path, but also arrested his people. The Guangdong officials and the man named Lu are both his people. Even in low-level positions, even
I suspect that he has something to do with Mr. Langji. How can he not be afraid of Mr. Hou making such a fuss? Once Mr. Hou returns to Beijing, all these things will probably be revealed..."
When Zhang Yanling heard this, her face suddenly changed color and she said in surprise: "No, I'm afraid something is going to happen."