East Factory Governor

Chapter 554 Siege, Siege

The nine dragons on the upper north slope had received the news that the officers and soldiers had arrived more than half a quarter of an hour ago, but because the distance was too close and the officers and soldiers came too fast, he had no time to evacuate the brothers.So he had no choice but to order everyone to stay where they were and not move, and hoped that the officers and soldiers just passed by "accidentally" and didn't know that there were 5000 people like him on the northern slope.

This is a bit like an ostrich mentality, but he really can't help it-could the 5000 troops be withdrawn in just half a quarter of an hour?
Cui Shanhu of Baihe Ridge was in the same situation, and could only watch helplessly as the officers and soldiers stopped at the foot of Baihe Ridge.And when he summoned the main leaders to discuss countermeasures, the officers and soldiers had already divided into two groups and began to outflank Baiheling.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright.

The siege operation officially began.

At Baihe Ridge, He Kegang and He Renlong sent out [-] troops to attack from the south and north slopes.The rest of the people, under the guidance of the "leading party" of the White Lotus Sect, quickly blocked all the main roads going up and down the mountain.

Most of Cui Shanhu's subordinates are farmers and bankrupt small traders. Because of Yang He's "good policy" before, they basically did not fight any big battles.However, the reason why Cui Shanhu's troops can become one of the more "famous" miscellaneous troops is because they have defeated the official army twice.According to what they said, they killed at least two to three thousand officers and soldiers when they came down twice, but in fact they encountered only a small group of officers and soldiers, and only two or three hundred were killed when they came down twice.

But Cui Shanhu believes that most of his soldiers have been on the battlefield, and he usually trains them very strictly, so relying on his condescending advantage, he may not necessarily lose.Moreover, just after receiving the information, he had already sent someone to Weinan City to inform Li Zicheng. He believed that Li Zicheng would definitely send someone to rescue him, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the other friendly troops.

I have to say that an optimistic personality is a good thing, but blind optimism is fatal.

After the officers and soldiers went up the mountain from the north and south sides, after a period of searching, they quickly found Cui Shanhu's men and horses, and the two sides immediately fought.

Only half of Cui Shanhu's soldiers are equipped with spears, long knives and other weapons, while the other half use the most primitive "weapons" such as hoes and iron rakes. As for armor and other equipment, it is even more luxurious for them .For such a team, it would be okay to bully and bully the local field army with the lowest combat power among the officers and soldiers, but if they encountered elite officers and soldiers, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg.

When the officers and soldiers armed to the teeth saw Cui Shanhu's soldiers and horses, the crossbowmen shot at them first, and they could not help but sweep them down first, and then the soldiers of the Wulin coalition army wearing armor and carrying large shields swarmed up, relying on their personal cultivation. The situation was chaotic, and then the infantry of the government army surrounded from the two wings and started the massacre.

Whether it is weapons, training, morale or the quality of individual soldiers, this group of officers and troops who have gone through several wars are the best in the Ming Dynasty.Cui Shanhu's soldiers and horses are, at best, second-rate rogue soldiers.

Some of these rogue soldiers took hoes, and as soon as the hoe went down, the officers and soldiers could avoid it as long as they took a step forward. He's on the stomach.

Some rogue soldiers also took big swords, but without armor. As a result, the officer opposite him was slashed by him, but the armor was cracked, resulting in a shallow wound on his chest. Even the intestines came out.

The gap between the two sides was too huge, and the battle was overwhelming from the very beginning.

At the top of the mountain, many rogue soldiers rushed to report to Cui Shanhu, telling him that somewhere had fallen again, and that so and so's subordinates had been wiped out.

Only then did Cui Shanhu realize how capable Qin Shuhuai's army was in the legend.

He couldn't sit still, and was ready to lead someone to break through!

Since both the north and the south have been blocked by the officers and soldiers, let's go through a small road from the west.Few people knew about that path, and he felt that the officers and soldiers would definitely not be able to find it.

At this time, Cui Shanhu's 3000 "army" had already lost more than [-] people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses had no intention of fighting. Those who surrendered surrendered, those who hid in the grass, and some who were ingenious even climbed on trees.And there are countless surrenders, often a leader leads a group of people to surrender, kneeling on the ground and holding their heads, not even daring to breathe.

It is said that Cui Shanhu took three to five hundred people and ran wildly on a trail west of Baiheling with his feet loose, all he wanted was to hurry down the mountain.It's a pity that as soon as we reached the mountainside, hundreds of officers and soldiers were killed from the bushes on both sides of the path.

Among the officers and soldiers, someone wearing the clothes of a bandit pointed at Cui Shanhu and shouted, "Master, he is Cui Shanhu, catch him!"

When Cui Shanhu saw it, he was angry and scared at once. Isn't the person who identified him just a little boss of his own?It's no wonder that the officers and soldiers can find themselves so accurately!
He knew that he could not escape, so he knelt down immediately and said, "Grandfathers of officers and soldiers, please spare your life, please spare your life!"

As soon as he knelt down, no one beat him anymore. The three or five hundred bandits immediately knelt down and begged for mercy from the officers and soldiers.

The leader of the ambush was Meng Hu. He circled around during the surrender, picked two hundred or so relatively strong and seemingly simple and honest men, tied them up together with Cui Shanhu, and escorted them to the side first.

As for the rest, he gave an order to execute all of them!

This was stipulated by Qin Shuhuai. If there were any prisoners, only strong and strong men would be accepted, and no more than half of the total number of prisoners would be accepted, and the rest would be killed.The main reason for doing this is that the officers and soldiers do not have the energy to guard so many captives, and those old, weak, disabled, and slippery captives cannot be used as soldiers, and they cannot be released back ([-]% of them will have to continue to serve as soldiers). Bandits), if they don’t kill them, why should the officers and soldiers support them for the rest of their lives?

The Cui Shanhu Department in Baiheling was quickly wiped out.The official army killed more than 6000 rogues (including captives) and captured more than 3000, including Cui Shanhu.The reason why Cui Shanhu was not killed was that he could show his face under the Weinan City in the future, expressing the intention of the officers and soldiers not to kill the prisoners, thereby reducing the will of the rogues in the city to resist.

He Kegang's side went well, and Qin Shuhuai's side was similar.On the north slope, the 5000 people of Nine Dragons completely collapsed in less than an hour, and Nine Dragons were also captured.Except for more than 500 strong captives, the rest of the rogues were also killed. As for the few rogues who hid too well, they were considered lucky. Qin Shuhuai didn't have the time to search them carefully on the mountain.

While suppressing them, the factory guard's spies also came to report that the rogues from other places had run into the city, and asked Qin Shuhuai if he wanted to divide his troops to intercept them.

But Qin Shuhuai refused without thinking.Judging from the performance of Cui Shanhu and Jiu Tiaolong's subordinates, these miscellaneous gangsters are basically a group of mobs, and they are the real guys who have more than enough success.They're in town?Good thing!Let's see when the time comes, as long as Weinan City is broken, these mobs will run away with their heads in their hands. Not only will they not be able to help Li Zicheng, but they will also pass on fear and confusion to Li Zicheng's soldiers!
After the official army wiped out Cui Shanhu and Jiu Tiaolong at a slight cost of losing more than [-] people, the army turned around, swaggered back to Weinan City, and surrounded it.

(End of this chapter)