Kai Fu Han

Chapter 428
"Cross the river!" Liu Xinqi ordered.

The pontoon bridge that had been prepared long ago was quickly built, and the field regiment crossed the river first.

The rebel battalion was still immersed in the shock caused by the "Beijing Watch", and there was no one commanding it to deal with the Xinghan League's army.

Seeing that the field regiment successfully crossed the river, one regiment headed towards Meicun Town, and two regiments headed towards the resistance camp, Liu Xinqi said: "It's not even a mob. If you don't want to cause large-scale casualties, what's the point? It took so much effort.”

After the field regiment arrived at the camp, they did not attack, but lined up and waited.

The "generals" of the resistance forces in the camp finally remembered their responsibilities and directed the resistance forces out of the camp. It took more than an hour to get into position.

However, the loose formation does not show any combat power.

A regiment that went to Meicun Town soon returned, escorting thousands of people who gathered between the two armies.

Liu Xinyuan commanded his men to select dozens of people, press them to the front of the prisoners to face the rebels, and then commanded the sword and axemen to behead these dozens of people in front of the rebels.

"Surrender without killing!" Liu Xinyuan shouted loudly.

"Surrender without killing!" the soldiers behind them shouted.

Seeing his relatives being killed in front of his eyes, the "general" of the rebel army was going crazy.

Dozens more people were escorted forward and knelt beside the beheaded body.

Liu Xinyuan raised his right arm high. Everyone knew that as long as this arm was waved down, dozens of people on the field would be beheaded.

"Surrender! Don't kill."

The Chinese army on the opposite side raised a white flag.

call! !

Liu Xinqi breathed a sigh of relief. He was most worried that the rebel general would be confused and directly command the rebel army to charge forward.

It seems that between long-term loss of interests and immediate death, these gentry finally chose to save their lives first.

"Ying Ping, these rebels are all in your hands. Repair the main roads in Weizhou as soon as possible and ensure that the official roads between counties can run four-wheeled carriages."

"Yes!"

After the Xinghan League was fully equipped with weapons, civilian technology finally began to develop rapidly, and the most rapid development was the four-wheeled carriage.

Because the official roads in Denglai are flat and wide, the four-wheeled carriages that require higher road conditions finally have a place to be used. Coupled with the advent of steel bearings, the load capacity of the carriages has increased significantly.

Now in Denglai, four-wheeled carriages have replaced two-wheeled carriages in large-scale cargo transportation.

"There are still many things to do later. To ensure the stability of Weizhou, officials will eventually need to go to the countryside. The next step is to look at Dean Luo." Liu Xinqi said to Luo Cheng.

"I will stabilize Weizhou as soon as possible."

In the next few days, Liu Xinqi's 2 men came out to liquidate all the gentry involved in the resistance incident.

With the gentry dog-eat-dog trying to survive, basically everyone involved was given away.

According to Gu Liu Xinyuan's initial estimate of this wave of house confiscation, the proceeds converted into silver taels have exceeded 100 million taels.

After all the gentry who participated in the resistance were liquidated, Liu Xinqi left a regiment of troops in Weizhou to continue supporting the subsequent land reform, while he led the other [-] troops and horses westward to Qingzhou.

The situation in Qingzhou is more serious than that in Weizhou.

Due to the short preparation time in Weizhou, the rebels did not recapture even a single city, but Qingzhou was different.

Guo Fuyi in Qingzhou was taken back by the rebels. The garrison who was originally guarding Yidu escaped from the city and fled to Changle after more than 100 people were killed in battle.

This can be regarded as the first defeat for the Xinghan Alliance since the establishment of the alliance.On April 26, Liu Xinqi saw the returning garrison in Changle.I learned from their mouths that when Yidu was lost, the number of rebels in Qingzhou had reached 4, and there must be more now.

"When Jin State attacked Zhao State before, if they could work together like this, what would happen to Jin State?" Liu Lisheng shook his head and sighed.

"The next step will definitely be a tough battle!" Liu Lizhen sighed.The reason why I say this is because the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Qingzhou learned from the experience and lessons of the failure of the Weizhou resistance army, gathered their families in Yidu City, and concentrated a large amount of food and grass, intending to rely on Yidu City to defend and wait for the reaction of the puppet Qi Come over and send troops to "clear out" the Xinghan League.

The strategies previously used in Weizhou cannot be implemented in Qingzhou.

"After the year, the production of nitrate in the Xinghan League has increased rapidly. The gunpowder produced this month should be enough to support you in attacking Yidu." Liu Lishenghui reported.

"No, I don't plan to attack Yidu hard."

"How about that?"

"We are besieging but not attacking," Liu Xinqi replied.

Next, Liu Xinqi explained to everyone the strategy he would adopt against the Qingzhou rebels.

He led 8000 people to surround Yidu City, and together with the [-] garrison troops who arrived later, it was enough to prevent the mob in the city from leaving the city.

Then Luo Cheng led officials from the Government Affairs Council and began to carry out land reform in other counties in Qingzhou, including villages and towns outside Yidu City.

"The countryside surrounds the city." Liu Xinqi said: "When the land reform is completed, gather some relatives of the rebels in the city and shout outside the city to promote the land reform policy, and call their children home."

"Disturbing the morale of the army!" Liu Xinyuan said.

"More than that. Luo Gao!" Liu Xinqi shouted
"Yes, lord!"

"You should make some simple and easy-to-understand pictures as soon as possible to publicize the despicability of the gentry and the virtues of our Xinghan Alliance. Print them in large quantities. At that time, I will arrange for soldiers and Diting to distribute all these leaflets into Yidu City." Liu Xinqi arranged.

"Yes!" Luo Gao responded.

"Attention, only pictures, no words or a small amount of words. After this series of mental attacks are done, our Xinghan League will win this battle." Liu Xinqi said.

On April 28, Liu Xinqi led the army to Yidu City again.

The damage caused to the east city gate during the previous attack on Yidu has been repaired, and the city is full of defenders.

Liu Xinqi assigned the soldiers of the two field regiments to the four gates, and other militiamen were also assigned, leaving the Korean soldiers and Japanese soldiers at the east gate, indicating that the east gate was the main attack direction.

For five consecutive days, Liu Xinqi did not attack the city, and took the opportunity to train militiamen and foreign soldiers.

The sixth day, May [-]th.

Luo Cheng brought some old men to the military camp and told Liu Xinqi that the land reform had achieved initial success and that Yidu County had been completed.

In the afternoon, Liu Xinqi began to implement offensive strategies.

These old men stood in front of the city wall, holding big iron speakers and began to reason.

It is Daren to preach how good the Xinghan League's land policy is, and to preach that the Xinghan League did not attack the city to avoid casualties of ordinary soldiers.

Preaching about how despicable the gentry is, using everyone's lives to fight against the Xinghan League, not wanting everyone to live a good life.

There are also those who call their children and grandchildren and ask them to go home.

The effect of the offensive strategy was obvious, and Liu Xinqi clearly saw the commotion on the city wall.

That night, some soldiers climbed down the city wall, swam across the moat, and ran to the Xinghan League camp outside the city, hoping to surrender.

(End of this chapter)