Chapter four hundred and sixty seventh chaos army siege city
Wang Shuangxi rebelled, not only did he rebel, but he also brought a total of four powerful landlords from Huaiyuan County with him.
At noon that day, Mei Pingdong and the others had just received the news that there was already a chaotic rebellion of hundreds of people outside the city!
On the top of the city, Mei Pingdong was already panicking as he watched hundreds of rebels outside the city. Feng Laoliu, the chief of the patrol bureau, and Fang Dongzhi, the commander of the bandit camp, were both soldiers, but they were still very calm at this time.
Seeing Mei Pingdong's panic, Fang Dongzhi showed disdain, and immediately said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, my bandit camp in Huaiyuan County will be safe and sound, not to mention that I have already informed the city of the matter.
They will be able to kill the 19th garrison battalion at the outer pier soon! The hundreds of young men in front of us are rebelling, and they are vulnerable to the army!"
Seeing Fang Dongzhi's confident look, Mei Pingdong was slightly relieved, but he still couldn't help but continue to ask: "Then when will they come?"
It's not that Mei Pingdong is timid, but he knows that the defense force in Huaiyuan County is really not that good!
Although Huaiyuan County has received attention from the military, they are more concerned about the docks and river defense outside the city. As for Huaiyuan County itself, it has been handed over to the local bandit camp for garrison.
Generally speaking, if there is a bandit camp garrisoned, Huaiyuan County can be safe as long as it is not attacked by thousands of troops.
However, the bandit-capturing camp in Huaiyuan County had only been established for a few days, with only more than a hundred recruits recruited, and they had not been trained for a few days. If they really fought, they might not be able to match the young and strong rebel troops outside the city.
If the 19th garrison battalion from the west dock direction of the city arrives late, then their Huaiyuan County will be in danger!
Just when Mei Pingdong was extremely worried, Wang Shuangxi outside the city also frowned and looked at Huaiyuan County.
To be honest, he had never thought about this rebellion before, let alone done it. And the others present were just like him, they were all newbies to rebellion, so without experience they would inevitably be timid.
Although preparations started last night, it was not until noon today that the troops were gathered to fight at the foot of Huaiyuan County.
But what should they do after arriving in Huaiyuan County? They didn't know.
They knew they were going to attack the city when they arrived in Huaiyuan County, but how to attack the city?
They are just a group of powerful landowners. They are good at commanding young men to fight with weapons, but it is a bit reluctant to let them attack the city in a serious manner.
As for what to do after capturing Huaiyuan County, to be honest, Wang Shuangxi himself only vaguely said that the imperial army would definitely come by then.
As for whether the imperial army from Liuzhou will come and kill them, who knows?
How to attack the city? After some discussion among the officials outside the city, they said that there was an inspector among them who could do a great job. Finally, everyone quickly invited the inspector and made promises.
This Ming Dynasty inspector accepted the important task and began to command a group of young men to prepare to attack the city.
This inspection has obviously seen the market. The first thing is to ask the young and strong people to prepare long ladders, and then start to form a queue!
Seeing that the rebels outside the city were getting ready, Mei Pingdong became even more panicked and quickly asked: "What if we do this? The rebels outside the city have already begun to prepare to attack the city. When can the garrison come?"
Fang Dongzhi glanced at him, and then said: "Don't worry, Lord Mei. I also know Major Chen from the 13th Garrison Battalion. He is a person who knows the importance. I'm afraid he is already on his way here by now!"
When he said this, Fang Dongzhi looked confident, but no one saw that his calves were already shaking!
How could he, a recruit of more than a hundred soldiers who had not even been trained in the bandit camp, be able to stop the six or seven hundred rebel troops outside the city!
Just above Huaiyuan County, Fang Dongzhi and Mei Pingdong were worried. In a barracks at the west dock of the city, a bald man in his thirties, wearing a military uniform, asked the soldiers around him: "What's going on?
It was fine yesterday, but why are the rebels coming today?"
The soldier beside him handed him the boots and said, "I don't know the specific details. The person who heard the news said that the Wang family and other powerful landlords outside the city gathered six to seven hundred rebel troops to attack the city.
He also raised the name of the Puppet Ming Huaiyuan Yishi, and is now preparing to attack the city!"
"Are they attacking the city now? Aren't they afraid that we will attack them now and attack them from both front and back?" After the bald man put on his boots, he took the belt from the soldiers, tied it on, and then walked on his own.
Wearing a military cap.
The style of this military cap is the officer's standard small wide-brimmed round hat, which is similar to the hat worn by ordinary soldiers!
Yes, in the army of the Tang Dynasty, ordinary soldiers use bamboo hats with wide rims and domes. Why? It saves money!
Only during combat, heavily armored units will wear steel helmets, but those units that do not wear armor, such as ordinary spearmen, musketeers, archers, artillery, etc., still wear hats!
This hat is great. It doesn’t require the use of precious fabric or leather. It can be woven with extremely cheap bamboo that can be found everywhere. There are no technical requirements. It can be woven by private labor. The cost is compared with that of a cloth hat.
But it's very cheap.
Not just bamboo hats, bamboo was used in many aspects during the Tang Dynasty. For example, the logistics troops used a large number of bamboo baskets to replace sacks to transport large amounts of luggage!
Why, sacks also cost money!
Bamboo is often used even in military training, for example, bamboo is used to replace spears, bamboo knives are used to replace waist knives, etc. Occasionally, when ordnance is in short supply, we will see some troops directly using bamboo spears to replace wooden spears.
However, this situation generally does not happen, because most of the standard spears used by the Tang Dynasty were captured from the Ming army. As long as they continue to defeat the Ming army, the various cold weapons and equipment captured are enough for the Tang Dynasty to use at present.
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Although the hats of these officers are similar to the hats of the soldiers, they are made of cloth, so the quality is naturally much higher.
However, this is only used when going outdoors or on the battlefield. Not many people use this kind of hat in daily life or indoors.
Many officers wear official hats similar to those of civilian officials, and some simply tie their heads with cloth strips. This is especially popular among soldiers.
Because wrapping your head with a strip of cloth can tie up the long three-thousand-thousand-green silk hair on one end, and on the other hand, it will be more convenient and more comfortable to wear a helmet or a hat on the battlefield!
After putting on his hat, the bald man walked out and saw a captain walking towards him: "Inform the battalion commander that the entire battalion has been assembled!"
The bald man said: "Well, the fifth team will stay to guard the dock, and the other three teams will follow me to eliminate the thieves!"
Although he was going to put down the rebellion, the bald man still did not forget the safety of his hometown. The West Pier in the city was an important transfer station for the Logistics Department of the Privy Council of the Tang Dynasty. A large number of various types of goods were transported from Xingquan Prefecture and Liping Prefecture.
The materials are accumulated in the warehouse at this pier, then loaded on ships in batches, and transported to the front line through the Liujiang River. After arriving at the front line, they are accepted by the troops and delivered to the logistics troops of the front line troops.
The logistics force then armed and escorted these materials to the front line!
During the entire process, most of the distance was handled by the Logistics Department of the Privy Council. Therefore, although the Logistics Department did not seem to have any directly-administered armed forces, it did manage at least tens of thousands of civilians. These civilians were also turned into several
Transport group.
As for the escort mission along the way, it is naturally the responsibility of the troops. In Guizhou, it is the responsibility of the Fifth Infantry Regiment and the Seventh Garrison Regiment. After entering Guangxi, it is composed of the First Infantry Brigade and the Third Garrison Brigade.
Responsible for the southbound detachment.
When it reaches Huaiyuan County and the distance to the north of Huaiyuan County and then to Rong County, it will be handed over to the 19th Garrison Battalion.
The escort of material supplies in war zones south of Rong County is the responsibility of the Second Baggage Regiment directly under the Southern Front Detachment.
In other words, the mission of the 19th Garrison Battalion is not actually to counter the rebellion, but to maintain the army's transportation and supply lines. At this time, there is another team escorting a logistics department's transportation team from Guizhou to Guangxi.
Therefore, the rebellion must be suppressed, but the troops needed to maintain the logistics line also need to be maintained.
Therefore, the deployment of three teams of troops is also the limit.
After the bald man gathered his troops and set off, it didn't take long before he was discovered by Wang Shuangxi and others outside the city!
"Why did they come so fast? Didn't they say they were still five miles away? Why are they here now!" Wang Shuangxi exclaimed at this time!
"What's going on? Can we still attack the city? If we don't attack the city, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
"How can we attack the city now? The army of puppet Tang rebels has already arrived. If we don't leave, it will be too late!"
'What, that bastard has already run away, how brave he is, I'm going to cut him into pieces if I turn around, be quick and let's go too!'
At this time, the rebels outside the field had not yet begun to attack the city, but after seeing hundreds of pseudo-Tang rebels appearing in the west direction of the city, it was still possible to sit there. Those pseudo-Tang rebels were still several hundred meters away.
Even in the distance, people were already running away one after another.
And more and more people are running!
At the end, Wang Shuangxi saw that there were only more than a hundred people left around him, and couldn't help but sigh: "Are these bastards all just wallflowers?"
"Aren't we going back?"
Wang Shuangxi shook his head: "We won't go back!"
Where can these people run away? Even if they run away, will their family property be lost? Will the puppet Tang rebels still be left to them?
If they don't run away, will they still be alive when the puppet Tang bandit army comes to kill them?
joke!
Wang Shuangxi himself didn’t believe it!
So he said: "Let's go to the south. Only when we go south can we find a way to survive!"