Cutting 1719

Chapter 41 Iron and Blood
As the drums sounded, the bandits were getting closer and closer. Dong Ce could even see the hot air coming out of their noses, in the form of smog in early winter.

two hundred steps.
Two more cannon shots were fired, but this time the iron bullets hit the crowd, creating a cloud of blood.

Many bandits have already started to panic. They don't know why the artillery of the green battalion in the past has become so powerful today, which is beyond their imagination - until now they can't believe it, this is a group of teenagers .

180 steps
Dong Ce drew out the knife at his waist and stood it up high. The soldiers in the first row squatted down, while the soldiers in the second row stood up, holding up the flintlock guns in their hands at the same time. Each of them still had a bayonet on their waist. Once deployed, they will charge with their bayonets fastened to the muzzle.

150 steps
Dong Ce's waist knife slashed down, and all the soldiers pulled the triggers at the same time. Like a storm, more than two hundred lead bullets were fired from the gun, and the thick white smoke engulfed the entire team in an instant. Entering, the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke makes people both disgusted and addicted.

Ning Yu was used to the high-pitched and sharp gunfire of later generations, but now he heard the sound of gunfire, but felt a bit thicker. Compared with the sound of firecrackers, the dull gunfire lacked a lot of atmosphere, but it was even more terrifying.

Through the binoculars, Ning Yu could see that the front part of the Taohuashan bandits was hit by these bullets one after another, and 80 to [-] people fell down like cutting wheat. This scene was like hell, and the remaining hundreds The gangsters were so horrified that they dropped their knives and guns one by one and ran to the back of the cottage.

This scene is also in line with common sense, because most of the army is like this, and the casualty rate reaches [-]% and collapses, which is already considered a strong army.

Before these Taohuashan bandits went up the mountain, they were all landless peasants who could not survive. They had not received any professional military training in essence. After the casualties reached about a hundred people, and they were the bravest hundred people, the rest of them scattered like birds. Generally speaking, if you scatter the swords and guns all over the ground, you will no longer have the power to fight.

"Everyone surrender and don't kill! Tell the artillery to stop firing." Ning Yu quickly issued an order. The most valuable thing in this era is actually a human being.

From this moment on, the war is actually over. If the killing continues, it will become a massacre.Ning Yu is not a soft-hearted person, but he is very rational and very disgusted with senseless massacres.

After Dong Ce received the order, he was still very calm, commanding the soldiers to approach the bandits, firing guns from time to time to create a deterrent, and let the soldiers shout loudly: Surrender and don't kill!

More and more gangsters put down their weapons and lay down on the ground. Any gangster who dared to continue to resist with weapons would be shot and killed by name until everyone lay obediently on the ground and did not dare to move.

It took less than half an hour to accept the surrender, and Ning Yu left two teams of soldiers to guard the surrendered bandits, and the rest continued to head towards the cottage.

After a while, the gangsters in the cottage also came out with the rest of the people and raised their hands to surrender. After all, all the gangsters who could fight had already gone out to fight, and the only ones left were women and children.

Ning Yu arranged for Xu Chengliang to take over these remaining old and weak, and repeatedly urged: "These people will still be useful in the future. Soldiers are not allowed to beat and scold them, and they are not allowed to rob property without permission. The soldiers of my Young Eagle Camp are not bandits. If someone dares to take advantage of the victory If you act recklessly, the Military Law Department will definitely punish you severely."

Xu Chengliang had just finished this big victory, his face flushed with excitement, and after saluting, he hurriedly took people to receive the surrendered soldiers.

Dong Ce's personality has always been calm, but now that he has won the first battle, he is very excited inside. He came over and said, "Yingzuo, our army has won a complete victory in this battle and wiped out 110 five bandits, including the bandit leaders Huang Cheng and Dong Dahai. Waiting for others, 520 bandits were captured on the battlefield, 47 of them were slightly injured. Except for the consumption of some ammunition, our army did not suffer any casualties."

Ning Yu let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "My young eagle camp is full of pride! Pay attention, treat the lightly injured in time, and screen out the culprits in time. Among them, the heinous ones will be detained separately."

The smoke on the battlefield gradually dissipated. Ning Yu looked at the battlefield. The interweaving of iron and blood made this white land dotted with red and black.

After half an hour, Xu Chengliang came over and said excitedly: "Tell the camp, there are 440 seven people in the camp, of which 380 five are women and children, and the rest are the elderly and the sick and sick. In addition, there are 8000 silver in the camp." Two, there are more than 900 shi of grain and grain, and the [-] shi salt we threw away are also in it.”

Speaking of this, Xu Chengliang hesitated, and said: "Besides, after the brothers surrounded the mountain, they caught three people. It seems that their identities are a bit unusual. Camp, look."

Ning Yu's heart moved slightly. These people must have something to do with this incident. If they dig deeper, they might gain something.

In Ning Yu's heart, he always felt that this matter was not that simple, but this is not the top priority at this time, so he said: "Dong Ce and Xu Chengliang will take the team back later, hold a post-war reflection meeting, and summarize the current situation. Pay attention to some deficiencies in combat, I only listen to deficiencies.”

This kind of post-war reflection meeting, in fact, Ning Yu has been holding it before, but before it was a training reflection meeting, this time it was a real sword and gun.

But speaking of it, the soldiers of the Young Eagle Battalion are all very good psychologically, and they don't have any fear of fighting on the battlefield. It's just that they feel a little uncomfortable when they see dead people. Compared with the face-to-face fighting with real swords and guns in the past, it seems to be easier. Accept some, after this test, these soldiers will only be more stable next time they hold up their guns.

Ning Yu paused, then continued: "As for the captured bandits, the heinous ones will be killed in public trial, and the rest who can be absorbed will be sent to the auxiliary barracks, and women and children will be sent to Xiaogan County together with the capture. As for that War rewards, I will decide after I come back." The auxiliary barracks is another sub-camp that Ning Yu established before, mainly for construction, supplemented by combat, and can be regarded as a reserve force.

Presumably, with so many young and strong additions this time, the combat effectiveness of the Young Eagle Battalion can also be improved to a certain extent.

Dong Ce and Xu Chengliang immediately gave a military salute, and after commanding people to clean up the battlefield, they burned down the original Taohuashan camp, and escorted the remaining young and strong back to the Young Eagle Camp.

Ning Yu led three teams of soldiers, escorted more than 300 women and children, private salt and other belongings, and set off for Xiaogan County, but the journey back was even more comfortable.Because after the victory, Ning Yu sent guards back to Ning's old house to report the news. Halfway through the trip, he saw Ning Zhongjing and Ning Zhonghai waiting for him.

Ning Zhongjing looked at the long queue and the truckloads of goods, with a look of relief on his face, he laughed and said, "Ning's unicorn, you really live up to everyone's expectations!"

(End of this chapter)