"Xu Dingguo intends to use Heilou Village to test us. This battle must be won, and it must be fought well so that Xu Dingguo can appreciate and trust us."
After analysis, the old master believed that although Xu Dingguo accepted Zhao Zhongyi as his adopted son, and also awarded him the right camp guerrilla title and the title of general, these were all false. He had to fight this battle well before he could truly be adopted by him.
Trust reuse.
They decided to fight this battle with all their strength.
Mobilize all Red Gun members and act together with the people and refugees of Yongcheng.
Although ordinary people have little fighting power, a large number of people can build momentum, and can help transport money, food and property. They can also expand the influence of the Red Spear Society through mobilization and fighting.
For a moment, Yongcheng was like a pot of boiling water. Countless people rushed to get there first. Red gun members from various branches were ordered to come and assemble, and the common people and hungry people also rushed to get there.
Fortunately, the Red Spear Society has been developing for a long time. It has established meetings in various places, built schools and altars, so it is necessary to organize these people, and it will not be disordered.
The brothers from each branch divided into a group of people, with the Red Spear members as the fighting camp, the remaining young and strong villagers as the auxiliary camp, and the old and weak who followed as the accompanying camp.
Each village selects a leader to lead the team, and each battalion appoints a leader to manage the camp.
The prestige established by the Red Spear Society in various places made the arrangement of Old Master and Zhao Zhongyi well implemented. Although there were many people and horses, it did not appear chaotic.
Red gun members from all over the country have often gone on missions before. Whether they are selling salt or grain, or going to fight against gangsters, there are always those who have organized and fought. Even if it is not on such a large scale, they still have experience.
Chen Twelve was assigned a task.
The villagers responsible for commanding Daqiuji were transferred out of the war camp. He was not happy, but Zhao Zhongyi talked to him personally and said that the division of labor was just different. He was just a soldier in the war camp, but when he arrived in Daqiu
The camp is responsible for a group of people, has a heavier task, and can play a greater role.
He also said that if he performed well this time, he would be promoted to take charge of a team of soldiers and become the leader of a twelve-man team.
So Twelve Kam immediately became cheerful. He returned to Daqiu and immediately started to lead the team.
Daqiuji was crowded, and almost everyone came out this time.
Even his mother, who was in her sixties, was leading his seven-year-old nephew to follow him, and he even saw several grandmothers in his family who were in their seventies and wanted to go on crutches.
"If you are old and have trouble with your legs and feet, don't go."
"We are still strong, let's go get some food."
"Yes, Twelve, we are still our family, you are not allowed to take care of us."
Chen Twelve was a little helpless, "Although senior brother said that everyone is welcome to go, he also meant young people. Those who are too old to keep up with the team will go through Xiao Fifty Li along the way, and there will be wars. Don't worry, take down the black building.
The village will also distribute some food to everyone when the time comes."
"How can those who don't go get a share? You have to go and get it yourself."
Seeing that the old people were unwilling, Twelve Scythes went directly to the young people in their family to persuade them. After much persuasion and persuasion, they finally allowed the elderly and children who were sixty or seventy years old, or under ten years old, and some with inconvenient legs and feet, to
Those who were sick were left behind.
The most elite villagers joined the Red Spear Association, but there were still some young and strong men left, so these young and strong men formed the auxiliary camp, and the rest of the women, young people and old people formed the accompanying camp, gathering the poles and carts from each family.
They were also organized according to the sentry team, and each person was assigned a person to take charge of the affairs and lead the team.
The whole Daeqiu is very lively.
After a day of arrangements, the team finally set off before dawn. Countless people and horses walked in the morning light, covering the mountains and plains.
Almost all of the Red Spear Club was mobilized, forming ten battalions on the left and right, each on the left, center and right. Each man had a red tassel gun. Zhao Zhongyi's guard battalion was all mounted on mules and horses, and many of them lacked bows and arrows.
In addition to Fatty Wang's battalion, which included dozens of elite servants and firearms, there was also a sentry sent by Xu Dingguo and more than a dozen small cannons.
But the flags are also fluttering, and the momentum is like a dragon.
Behind these thousands of young and strong Red Spearmen, there are auxiliary camps composed of young and strong villagers and refugees, as many as five to six thousand, and behind them there are even more women and teenagers accompanying the camp, the vast majority of whom are refugees.
Hungry people.
They were very enthusiastic about this attack.
Although many people were holding carrying poles, hoes and the like, and not even wooden guns, hunger forced them to go along.
Take Heilou Village and everyone will share the food.
Fifty miles.
This group of troops walked for a day and a night.
Near the foot of Mangdang Mountain, we even spent the night to rest.
After dawn the next day, we rushed to Heilou Village.
Although the operation was not covert enough, for Zhao Zhongyi, he had no intention of making a surprise attack this time because according to intelligence, Heilou Village was in a dangerous location and the defenses were relatively tight, making it difficult to conduct a sneak attack.
You can only attack by force, so there is no need to be sneaky.
People and horses arrived one after another.
The war camp first surrounded Heilou Village, the auxiliary camp retreated in four directions to set up camp, and the accompanying camp stayed at last night's camp to stand by.
Zhao Zhongyi rode to a stone's throw away and looked at the Heilou Village. At this time, the Heilou Village had already known that someone was coming to attack, so it was full of people and on guard.
When I saw someone riding a horse, someone immediately shouted loudly at the gate of the village.
The village leader knew that the person who came was from the Yongcheng Red Spear Club, but he didn't know that Zhao Zhongyi had changed his name to Xu Zhongyi, became the adopted son of the Henan Admiral, and was also bidding for Youying guerrillas, so he just thought he was here to fight against the evil.
He took the initiative to bow his head and said that the brothers in the village were ignorant of Mount Tai and had intercepted the goods of the brothers from the Red Spear Club. However, they failed at that time and suffered some losses. However, they were the first to make up for the losses, so they are now willing to apologize.
He apologized and sent two hundred stones of grain and five hundred taels of silver, hoping to resolve the dispute.
Regarding this condition, Zhao Zhongyi sneered a few times.
The Red Spear Club had conflicts with Heilou Village before, but it was just a minor incident and they did not suffer any loss. This time they did not come for revenge. It was purely Xu Dingguo's mission.
Zhao Zhongyi stood there and directly shouted the name of the village leader Zhao Heihu to the village leader.
"Mr. Zhao, you and I are not in conflict with each other, but since you insist on making trouble, I, Xu Zhongyi, am not a soft persimmon who can be manipulated by others."
"Besides, this time we came to suppress Heilou Village under the military orders of Henan Admiral Xu Junmen."
"I miss you and I am also a local neighbor. I will also give you a chance. If you open the door and surrender now, I would like to give Mr. Zhao a recommendation of Qian Zong,"
The village was silent.
Then a man hung down and came to Zhao Zhongyi holding a white flag.
First, he presented five hundred taels of silver.
Zhao Zhongyi directly handed Xu Dingguo's encirclement and suppression order to him and took him back, and told Zhao Heihu that he was not coming as a senior brother of the Red Spear Club, but as a guerrilla from Henan's Biaoying Youying.
Fatty Wang even threatened the man directly, "General Xu is deeply appreciated by Xu Junmen and was adopted as his adopted son by the army. He has a bright future. If you know what is good and what is wrong, surrender quickly. Then you can give Zhao Heihu a position as a battalion officer."
, otherwise, attack the stronghold and leave no one behind!"
The man hurriedly returned to the village gate and asked the superiors to hang him up.
After meeting, he handed the military order to Zhao Heihu and relayed the original words.
Zhao Heihu fell into deep thought.
This man was originally a small landowner. His family had more than 100 acres of land, and he also did some business. He also studied in school when he was young, but failed to pass the exam, so he gave up school and concentrated on business. From selling pears to selling salt, he has been involved in the world for many years.
, I took the wrong side of the sword and took risks, but I still made a good fortune and gained some reputation in the world.
But later on, the world was too chaotic, and without a strong backer, he would become a fat sheep in the eyes of others. He had no choice but to kill officials and rebel, and become a bandit.
Gu Sui
Some brothers took over the mountain and became kings, built the Black Tower Village, and attracted many refugees. They occupied one area, cultivated fields, and looted homes. Anyway, in the troubled times, everything was just for survival.
There is no question of good or bad. He has helped victims, but he has also killed innocent people.
Facing this group of men and horses surrounded by mountains and plains, and the military order, Zhao Heihu was both angry and frightened.
Although Heilou Village is said to have a large number of people, in fact, the real core force is his three hundred thieves, and then there are more than a thousand thieves, old and young, who are guarding the house. The rest are said to be tens of thousands, but they are actually refugees gathered and placed around Heilou Village
, cultivate the fields, and occasionally take them out to build momentum and move things.
More often than not, they cultivated land under their protection and paid rent to Heilou Village after harvesting, which was equivalent to being their tenants.
Normally, three hundred thieves are actually very powerful. They come and go like the wind and appear and disappear. Most people really can't control them.
But now, there are so many people coming from the Red Spear Club, especially the other party's official status.
Even if Xu Zhongyi is defeated, Xu Dingguo will still come.
But he was absolutely unwilling to surrender.
"Watch first!"
Outside the village, Zhao Zhongyi was not too disappointed when he received no response.
"How to attack this village?"
In fact, Zhao Zhongyi has never commanded so many people. At first, he was just a tenant in Huangtian Port outside Jiangyin City. Later, he raised the Zhongyi Flag and joined the army in Jiangyin. He experienced the Jiangyin Township Regiment, the Jiangnan Provincial Camp and then the Imperial Camp.
In front of the city, he is just a sentry deputy.
I just assisted the sentry officer and managed eight teams of troops.
Now there are more than 10,000 people, which is really a big scene.
Facing Fatty Wang's inquiry, Zhao Zhongyi did not show any timidity. After all, although he was only a sentry deputy, he had experienced more than a dozen battles from the township regiment to the provincial camp and then to the imperial camp.
"First, let go of one side without encircling them. Encircle three and leave one missing. Leave them a path behind the mountain to escape and destroy their fighting spirit."
"Fake attacks from the left and right sides, storm the main gate, bring in artillery, muskets and archers, suppress the wall defenders with firepower, transform the frame cart into a shield cart, cover it and approach the gate, then dig a hole under the gate, put the gunpowder barrel underneath and blast it
, blow open the door!”
The tactics Zhao Zhongyi mentioned were actually used by the army when they participated in previous battles. They were quite satisfactory against a local village.
Fatty Wang was also from the old Ming army. He gave a thumbs up when he heard this. This arrangement was indeed in place.
Orders are passed down and executed by each department.
Heilouzhai didn't expect that the Red Gun Club would actually have cannons. Although they were mainly Tiger Crouching, with a few small Franco machines, no matter how small the cannons were, he still had cannons, not to mention that Xu Dingguo had also trained them for his new adopted son.
Thirty nine-headed bird gun.
This big gun is also equivalent to a small cannon.
A dozen small cannons, thirty large muskets, and more than a hundred shotguns, plus archers, knocked down the village gate with a single volley.
Heilou Village is more famous because of their 300-man thieves team with light swords and fast horses. Who would have thought that they also have cannons?
On the other side, a shield was set up in front of the car, covering the soldiers who rushed to the door. They dug hard with hoes, shovels and pickaxes. They quickly dug out several blasting holes, stuffed the gunpowder barrels into them, and quickly disposed of them.
, a simple blasting chamber is completed.
Fire up and retreat.
hidden.
The people in the Walled City were so suppressed that they didn't even raise their heads and couldn't even stop them. They watched helplessly as they waved their hoes and then quickly turned around and ran away.
The next moment, there were several loud bangs and thick smoke.
The sky is filled with dust.
Half of the village gate was blown away.
There is a big gap in the gate of the village, like a mouth that has lost its front teeth.
At the camp, someone shouted in panic, "The boss was killed in the bombing."
"Run quickly!"
Zhao Heihu was a little unlucky. The gate of his village was quite large. When he went down the mountain to rob, he even brought back a pair of stone lions from the door of a wealthy family and placed them at the door.
It's quite majestic.
But the explosion just now blew away the stone lion, and the stone lion's teeth flew off, hitting Zhao Heihu's head, even making a hole in his iron helmet, and then shot him in the head.
Killed with one blow.
The gate of the village was blown open, Zhao Heihu died, and the remaining thieves lost their fighting spirit and dispersed.
The people in the village all ran towards the back mountain, but that was the only place that was not surrounded.
The smoke has not cleared yet, Zhao Zhongyi has already led the charge into the stronghold on horseback!
Fatty Wang was stunned for a moment and sighed to his confidants, "Damn, my little brother is really fierce."
"Sir, please go in quickly. If you go late, all the good things will be taken away." The servant reminded.
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Heilou Village did not put up much resistance.
This is due to the prior planning of three and one missing.
When Zhao Heihu died, his morale collapsed and everyone fled.
This allowed the Red Spear Club to easily capture this originally dangerous village, but those who escaped did not escape far. Even the thieves with horses did not escape far. There were intercepting teams everywhere outside.
Layer after layer.
The Daqiu Auxiliary Battalion led by Chen Twelve intercepted more than a dozen of them. These thieves were usually very powerful, but at this time they were like lost dogs.
Chen Twelve led the team and knocked down several of them with one javelin throw.
Then the rest were surrounded by spears, and finally had to dismount and surrender.
They cut off the head of the dead horse and robbed everything on him. Even the dead horse was not spared and was divided up on the spot. Everyone skinned the dead horses while laughing.
, and then divide the meat into small piles, one for each person.
The person who got the meat was very happy and hung the meat directly on his body.
Several surrendered prisoners were also knocked to the ground unceremoniously and stripped clean. Not only were their swords and guns taken away, but their clothes and shoes were also robbed, leaving only a pair of shorts, and then they were tied up.
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The horses were also led by them excitedly.
Some people grinned widely, and even couldn't wait to grab the horse meat they had just received, tear it up and eat it alive.
The two brothers, Ah Fu and Ah Gui, moved quickly and each fought for a knife in the crowd. Ah Fu even grabbed a helmet, "Brother, I'll give you this iron helmet!"
"Brother, you can wear it yourself, and I'll grab one soon!"
Chen Twelve handed a leather helmet to Agui, "You put on this leather helmet first."
"Uncle, I paid a lot of big horses, now you can ride big horses too."
Chen Twelve was also very excited, "Don't let down your guard and keep guarding. If anyone dares to escape from our side, don't let anyone go!"
