On July 30, Cui Zhengwu, a large landowner in Rongjiao County, Pingan Road, North Korea, lurked at the bend of the mountain road, waiting for the passing Ming Dynasty convoy.
Rongjiao County is two hundred miles away from the sea and has been occupied by the Huben army. However, Cui Zhengwu was well-informed and hid in the mountains before the Huben army arrived. Therefore, although the manor was occupied and plundered by the Huben army, the Cui family's
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The five thousand men sent by the Huben Army to Rongjiao County plundered Rongjiao County, robbed two groups of nobles, and then left. Except for the 100 soldiers in the county seat, there were no more troops stationed in Rongjiao County.
The invaders of the Ming Dynasty also did this in other counties. After all, the Huben army that invaded Ping'an Road this time was only 30,000 people, so it was impossible to station a large number of soldiers in various counties.
This gave two groups of nobles such as Cui Zhengwu room to go down the mountain again. In fact, on the third day after the main force of the Ming invaders left, Cui Zhengwu returned to his manor to live. Although the property in the manor had been looted
, but the beds and chairs in the house are still there.
The one hundred Huben troops in the county did not have the power to control the vast countryside. Even knowing that the two groups of nobles had returned to the manor, the Huben army could not spare the troops to attack the manor again.
Cui Zhengwu lost all his food and goods, and had nowhere to vent his hatred, so he organized villagers to ambush the Huben Army's transport team. Although Rongjiao County is not a major transportation thoroughfare, it happens to be on the route of Li Zhi's main force.
, the bullets, artillery shells, gunpowder and other materials transported by the Huben Army from the seaside all pass through here.
Cui Zhengwu took a hundred troops, called five hundred villagers, gave them short swords and long forks, and planned to ambush the transport team on the mountain road.
However, the team that Cui Zhengwu pulled together was somewhat half-hearted.
The farmers held up the weapons issued by Cui Zhengwu, and their faces turned pale, as if they were holding hot potatoes instead of sharp weapons for killing people.
Cui Zhengwu looked at the hesitant villagers, lowered his voice to boost morale, and said: "Li Zhi's soldiers killed us Koreans, invaded our country, and robbed our food. We and them fought hard!"
However, the farmers next to Cui Zhengwu were not incited by Cui Zhengwu. They looked nervously at the corner of the mountain road in front of them. Some even couldn't control their bodies and trembled.
Cui Zhengwu frowned and stopped talking with a dark face.
An old man next to Cui Zhengwu said: "Chief, what is going on? The farmers seem to have no fighting spirit at all. I remember when the Japanese came over when I was a child, the farmers fought hard against the Japanese guerrillas one by one, and the Japanese were killed.
Even if a whole village is killed, the peasants won't give in."
Cui Zhengwu said nothing.
Another veteran next to Cui Zhengwu shook his head and said: "When the Japanese soldiers came over, they burned, killed, and looted everything. When they saw women, they rushed up to insult them. The people hated them to the bone. At that time, every farmer was
Fighting for survival. However, Li Zhi's soldiers were different. Li Zhi's soldiers only robbed two groups of nobles. Not only did they not harm the peasants, they also distributed food to the peasants. Although the peasants knew that the country was invaded, they did not hate it.
These intruders."
Cui Zhengwu's face turned even darker when he heard this veteran's words.
Li Zhi is dividing the country.
Suddenly, the team hiding in the bushes became noisy. A middle-aged farmer jumped out of the bushes and fled to the rear, becoming a deserter.
But the peasant couldn't outrun Cui Zhengwu's troops and was caught immediately. The peasants caught the deserter in front of Cui Zhengwu and pinned him to the ground.
Cui Zhengwu's eyes were a little red, and he asked sharply: "Why don't you know your shame and deserted at the critical moment?"
The middle-aged farmer kowtowed to Cui Zhengwu on the ground and shouted loudly: "Mr. Cui, the materials of the Ming Dynasty cannot be robbed! They cannot be robbed. Now we just stay here and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will give us food."
.If we rob the Ming Dynasty’s supplies, those soldiers will definitely raid each village and kill all of us farmers.”
Hearing the words of this middle-aged farmer, the surrounding farmers became even more panicked. They looked at each other and whispered. The already swinging morale became even more chaotic.
Cui Zhengwu understood that the small favors that Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty offered to win over the peasants worked. When these peasants got food, the war became a war between the Huben army and the two classes of nobles. Although the peasants did not want to see the Ming Dynasty invade North Korea,
But after receiving the benefits of food, they were afraid of the powerful Tiger and Ben army and did not dare to get involved in this war.
Although the farmers have never seen the world, they all understand that if the Koreans destroy the rear transportation of the Huben Army, the angry Ming people will definitely implement the tactics of killing everyone and robbing everyone. By then, not only will the village be burned by the Ming people, but the fields will also be burned.
All the crops will be destroyed, and those old people, women and children who run slowly will even be killed by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses, and when the time comes, it will be the peasants who will be unlucky to take revenge. The peasants' lives will be completely ruined now, and I don't know how many people will die.
Cui Zhengwu slapped the middle-aged farmer angrily.
"cowardly!"
Not satisfied with the slap, Cui Zhengwu slapped the middle-aged farmer with his bow from left to right, causing stars to appear in his eyes and blood to ooze from the corner of his mouth.
"I'll beat you to death, you cowardly peasant."
The other farmers looked at Cui Zhengwu in horror as he was beating people to death, but no one dared to come up and stop the furious Cui Zhengwu, a noble from the two classes.
After more than twenty slaps, which knocked the middle-aged man unconscious to the ground, Cui Zhengwu finally put away the blood-red slaps.
At this moment, a Tiger and Ben army transport team of more than 100 people appeared at the corner of the mountain road.
Cui Zhengwu glared at the farmers around him and shouted: "Now is the time. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed!"
The transport team escorted ten carts of arms and ammunition and moved forward slowly. When they reached 30 steps away from Cui Zhengwu, they suddenly felt something was wrong and stopped.
Cui Zhengwu yelled: "Come on!"
Baibu Qu rushed out after Cui Zhengwu. Behind these Buqu, panicked farmers followed sparsely. However, these farmers walked very slowly, and they immediately distanced themselves from Cui Jiabuqu who rushed in front.
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Thirty steps away, the company commander of the Tiger Army fired a shot into the sky.
"Snapped!"
The crisp sound of gunfire echoed in the mountains.
When more than 500 farmers heard the gunshot, they seemed to have heard a warning that they could not bear, and their faces turned pale with fear. The farmers walking at the front stopped and looked at the other people around them nervously.
Farmers. Other farmers were even more panicked and trembling all over.
On the spot, someone threw the weapon issued by Cui Zhengwu on the ground and ran away to the rear.
The appearance of the deserters immediately aroused the emotions of other farmers. It only took a few seconds for the five hundred temporarily armed farmers to throw away their weapons, turn around and flee to the far side of the mountain road.
Cui Zhengwu and his troops rushed for more than ten steps, only to find that there was no reinforcement behind them. Without the five hundred peasants, using such a small army to attack the heavily armed Tiger Army soldiers was no different from seeking death.
The company commander who was escorting the ammunition snorted coldly, pointed at the 100 people around Cui Zhengwu, and shouted: "Free fire!"
The bullets of the rifle were already stuck in the barrel. The soldiers quickly poured the gunpowder into the fire door and then raised the gun to shoot. The crackling gunfire sounded one after another, and Cui Zhengwu felt a chill in his chest, and a flower of blood appeared.
Blooming from the center of his heart.
With a scream, Cui Zhengwu, a nobleman from the second class, clutched his chest and fell to the mountain road, never getting up again.
