Chapter 169 Situation (600 monthly votes for additional updates)
Zhao Zhen asked: "How to make these captured Green Camp soldiers surrender?"
Wu Yong smiled slightly and said: "Master, I I have already asked, the soldiers of the Green Camp are all Han, and the Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp, the Sauron Soldiers, and the Jianrui Camp are all Manchus. As long as these Green Camp soldiers kill the captured Manchus, they will continue to insult the current emperor. Leave your name and submit the letter of surrender, and finally promise to take them away after the war, without fear that they will not surrender."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen asked everyone to take action separately, and Bao Xu and Chao Gai led the troops. Pu Daobing separated the Manchus and Han, and then supervised the Green Camp soldiers to kill the Eight Banners soldiers. The Eight Banners soldiers were originally wounded. Excluding those killed by attacking the camp, there were less than fifty alive in total. However, among the Green Camp soldiers, there were 340 after counting. The two of them, each divided into seven or eight, took turns to step forward and chop, and those who didn't move had Bao Xu cut him in half.
After killing the Eight Banners soldiers, they all signed and stamped their names on the memorandum scolding Emperor Qianlong, and then they were driven to the camp to rest. Zhao Zhen and others also arranged for the soldiers to stay on duty and fight in the middle of the night. The sergeants were all tired and went to rest.
The old city of Linqing was not peaceful last night either, with intermittent shouts of killing coming from time to time.
In the early morning of the second day, the strong men of Bailiu Village lit a fire and cooked rice early. At Chen Pai time, the sergeants got up to eat. The Green Camp soldiers also shared a bowl of rice. After a midnight rest, they seemed to accept their fate.
After Zhao Zhen and all the heroes had breakfast, they heard the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing coming from the old city of Linqing from a distance, but no Qing troops left the city. Seeing this, Zhao Zhen and others did not attack the city, but took this opportunity to recruit soldiers from the green camp.
With the help of everyone, Wu Yong selected the gunners and gunners early in the morning, and fired in the direction of the old city of Linqing, two miles away. Only the powerful and invincible general's cannon could penetrate the city. The range of the other guns is only two to three hundred meters.
Zhao Zhen and others had seen the crater, and they still paid attention to the power of artillery. I also experimented with bird guns and three-eyed guns. As Wu Yong said, the power of bird guns is easier to master than bows and arrows. The only disadvantage is that they are easily affected by rain and snow, and the frequency of firing guns is not as good as that of bows and arrows. .
Zhao Zhen carefully watched the process of the Green Camp soldiers distributing muskets. They washed the muskets once, applied medicine twice, delivered the medicine three times, dropped lead four times, delivered lead lead five times, and dropped paper six times. Seven is to deliver the paper, eight is to open the door, nine is to put down the thread powder, ten is to close the fire door and install the match, and eleven is to follow the order to open the door and take aim at the thief. One shot is enough for the archer to shoot three rounds of arrows.
As for the captured bows and arrows, most of them were left behind by the Manchu army. Zhao Zhen took one and asked the soldiers of the Green Camp. This bow is called "Qing Gong". When unstrung, the length of the bow can generally reach more than seven feet. , large size, large bow tip, and large pulling force.
Zhao Zhen tried shooting three arrows. Within thirty steps, the leather armor passed through the armor, and the cotton armor could also pass through the arrow tip. The walking armor could actually defend against it.
The Qing bow is symmetrical from the middle to both sides, followed by the grip, bow arm, string pad and bow tip. The bow is made of bamboo, elm or birch wood, with horns or sheep's horns on the front and beef tendon on the back. Bow strings are divided into three categories: leather strings, silk strings and tendon strings. Sauron's soldiers used this kind of bow.
I have seen the weapons of the Qing army. As far as long-range weapons are concerned, they are indeed much better than those of Zhao Zhen's army. Fortunately, they attacked the camp at night and captured these weapons. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be a tough battle, with a winner and a loser.
At noon, Zhao Zhen once again convened all the heroes to discuss matters, allowing everyone to speak freely.
Luan Tingyu spoke first: "Master, from my point of view, the elite Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp are exhausted after these days of hard fighting. Yesterday, the Master also killed many elite Eight Banners. "
Wu Yong said: "That being said, the battle formation is dangerous, so we should be cautious. After all, there was a sudden change yesterday, and we were waiting for work, and it was difficult to set up a position at night. The army was dispersed before even a single shot was fired."
We discussed it for a long time and still couldn't make up our mind. Zhao Zhen turned to Ruan Xiaoqi and said, "Xiaoqi, how is the navy doing here?" Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Master, the navy captured more than 30 large and small ships yesterday, and the guards were all killed. I found it. Several key members of Wang Lun's army captured by the Qing army were originally thought to be errant soldiers of the navy, but after questioning them today, I found out that they were both generals of the Qingshui Sect."
Zhao Zhen asked: "Who are they?"
Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Xianxingguan Li San, Tiger Claw Yanliu, and Hidden Rabbit Li Wang are all the backbones of Wang Lun's sect. It's just that they were all injured by arrows, and She was tortured and seriously injured. There was another person, Wang Lun's wife, who had her neck broken with iron rope. I had people carry her over and put her in a tent to prepare for the village owner's inquiry. "
Zhao Zhen looked at Wu Yong, and the two stood up. Zhao Zhen said, "I'll go see Wang Lun later and ask about the situation in Wang Lun's army." With that, the two of them came out of the commander's tent with Ruan Xiaoqi, and Ji Minghan , Ji Minglian and two sisters accompanied each other.
As Ruan Xiaoqi said, although Li San, Yan Liu, and Li Wang looked bloody and had superficial wounds, Wang Wang looked like she was breathing out more and taking in less.
After Ruan Xiaoqi recommended it, Zhao Zhen took out Bai Duo’s secret gold-creating medicine and asked people to change the medicine for the three of them. He also asked Ji Minghan and two others to apply the medicine to Wang’s family and bandage it carefully. Okay, even though it's just doing your best and obeying fate, it can be regarded as Zhao Zhen's intention.
After changing the medicine, Mrs. Wang was placed alone. Seeing that Li Wang and the others looked good, Zhao Zhen asked, "Three righteous men, do you know the situation in the city now?"
As Zhao Zhen asked, the three people looked a little sad, and they still had dark beards. Yan Liu, who had curled up and had claw-like nails, said: "General, I was the last one to be captured. I'm afraid the leader of the cult, Wang Lun, is having a hard time right now. He's been in danger again and again, and it's all thanks to my brothers and I fighting for our lives to save them. All the brothers suffered heavy casualties. Hey, But I didn’t let Qing Gou get an advantage. We killed a lot of the flag soldiers from the Jingying camp, and we also asked us to kill most of the Sauron soldiers from outside the pass.” After the battle was all told, Zhao Zhen realized that it took Wang Lun's army seventeen days to attack Linqingcheng City, and there were many casualties. Because the walls of the new city were built with blue bricks, and Wang Lun's army did not have cannons, he tried many methods. He piled straw outside the city tower, lit it on fire, and covered the sky with smoke, so he took the opportunity to climb into the city. Then four oxen-carts were used to carry gunpowder for blasting, but the results were unsuccessful.
Even so, Wang Lun still led his army to defeat the reinforcements guarding Getuken in Dezhou. Unfortunately, they were finally defeated by the elite Eight Banners of the Qing army led by Shu Hede, Rawang Dorji, and Asha, who worked together inside and outside.
Despite this, the rebels were not afraid. They went up to the house and fired guns, threw bricks and stones, brandished swords and spears, and engaged in fierce street battles with the Qing army. Both sides suffered casualties.
Although the Qing army was at an advantage, the rebels took advantage of the old city's narrow streets, rows of houses, and criss-crossing terrain to block the attack at all levels, causing the Qing army to fall into a quagmire and be unable to do anything.
The Qing army suffered a lot of casualties in the past two days. Now they are fighting and burning, killing without distinction between good and bad. The religious people have no place to hide, they are surrounded everywhere, and defeat is only in front of their eyes. Yan Liu finally said that the leader Wang Lun was now surrounded in Wang's compound and prayed that Zhao Zhen could send troops to rescue him as soon as possible.
After listening to what Yan Liu said, Zhao Zhen comforted the three people and asked everyone to rest in peace and cultivate themselves. The army attacked the city as soon as possible and rescued the religious people.
Zhao Zhen and others returned to the commander's tent. Wu Yong talked about the current situation and said: "Master, we still need to attack the city as soon as possible. While Wang Lun's army can still draw some of the Qing army's energy in the city, We must force the Qing army in the city to fight as soon as possible. We cannot allow the Qing army to calmly destroy Wang Lun's army and then fight with us with all our strength."
Zhao Zhen and others also felt that this should be the case. They all discussed it and went out to prepare their tents. , act accordingly.
(End of this chapter)