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Chapter 129 The first battle, the life money of four hundred warriors

Peng Youyi was ordered to lead the first battalion of the first regiment to monitor the movement of the North City Gate.

Seeing Shen Wandeng coming out with four hundred horses, he immediately issued an alarm to the two battalions of the second regiment led by Mao Chengguo, and at the same time led his rebel troops to move towards the north gate of Ruyang, preparing to cut off Shen Wandeng's return route.

Mao Chengguo also arranged for people to look out.

When they saw the Ming army cavalry coming out, they immediately blew the police whistle.

It can be said that the vigilance and rapid response of the rebels exceeded Shen Wandeng's expectations.

But he still took his four hundred cavalry and rushed towards the camp without hesitation.

Now that he has come out, he cannot return without success.

Even harassing and killing some of the enemy soldiers who are dismantling the camp can make the enemy wary and greatly slow down the process of dismantling the camp.

At the same time, it can also boost one's own morale, and it can also be used to deal with Shangguan.

"drive!"

Shen Wanteng held a knife in one hand and rode a horse in the other, rushing to the front.

Just as Cui Zhen expected, he indeed selected all the horse thieves under his former command.Because each of these subordinates has superb riding skills, although there are less than a hundred of them, most of them can shoot and chop on horseback.

He didn't pay much attention to the [-] enemy infantry moving from due north.

With the speed of the infantry, there was no time to stop him.

Soon, Shen Wandeng led four hundred cavalry and rushed to the vicinity of the camp.

At this time, some of the soldiers of the two battalions of the Second Regiment of the Rebel Army had already formed a formation to meet the enemy under the organization of the general, but some of them had not yet completed their assembly - mainly because some of the new recruits had greatly slowed down the formation of the formation. .

Shen Wandeng did not touch the rebels who had formed a formation. Relying on the flexibility and maneuverability of the cavalry, Shen Wandeng made a short detour and then rushed towards the rebel infantry who had not yet completed their assembly and were even panicking.

When he was only more than 100 steps away from the rebel infantry, Shen Wandeng's right eyelid suddenly twitched.

I saw more than thirty rebel infantry wearing fine cloth masks suddenly rushing out of the ditch outside the camp!

The most important thing is that these people are holding a small-caliber squatting tiger cannon!

A very short fuse was ignited when placed on the mound!

Shen Wandeng was so frightened that his soul came out of his body. He quickly hit his horse and shouted: "Charge! Charge quickly!"

The hundreds of cavalrymen following him were also frightened.

Shen Wandeng didn't need to tell them, they knew that they should speed up and charge - during a cavalry charge, it was almost impossible to stop and retreat instantly; turning would also slow down the speed and take a long time.

Only by accelerating the charge can it be possible to rush over before the Tiger Crouching Cannon is fired.

However, the personal guards who used the Tiger Crouching Cannon were all elite gunners trained by Liu Sheng at Huben Camp, and they had calculated the time long ago.

Just one breath after Shen Wanteng shouted, dozens of squatting tiger cannons successively emitted a somewhat crisp sound.

Boom...
Shots of scattered bullets spurted out, turning into webs of death, heading towards the four hundred cavalry men led by Shen Wandeng!
Although these squatting tiger cannons captured from the Wuyang Ordnance Bureau are relatively short, they are also convenient for individual soldiers to use.

In addition, dozens of them were used together, and the shotgun net composed of Gongsun bombs sprayed over, instantly reducing the number of four hundred cavalry by nearly one-third!

In fact, not many people and horses were killed on the spot. Many fell to the ground injured.

The horse screamed and the rider howled in pain, it was extremely tragic!

Shen Wandeng was shocked and angry, but he did not dare to stop at all and continued to charge forward.

At the same time, the saber in his hand was raised high.

"Kill me! Revenge your brothers!"

"kill!"

The other cavalrymen were frightened and furious, and rushed towards the rebel infantry in front.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a large row of rebels wearing fine cloth masks rushed out of the ditch dozens of steps away.

More than a hundred people, each armed with a flintlock gun or a blunderbuss!
"beat!"

As the captain of the musketeers shouted and waved his flag, thirty flintlock muskets fired first.

In an instant, more than a dozen Ming cavalrymen were shot down.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining eighty firecrackers also fired one after another.

Another 30 people were shot down!
Although the number of cavalry knocked down by muskets was not that many compared to the number knocked down by Tiger Crouching Cannon, the damage to morale was considerable.

On the contrary, the morale of the rebel infantry, which was targeted by Shen Wandeng and other cavalry, was greatly boosted.

Those who had no time to gather with the large team gathered together in small teams and faced the cavalry on carts.

At the same time, there were fifty or sixty Tiger Blade players wearing two layers of armor (cloth armor + chain armor or chain mail), forming a circular formation and blocking the forefront of the rebel infantry.

Shen Wandeng has rich combat experience.

He knew very well that if they were entangled by these heavily armored sword players, they would lose the mobility of the cavalry and be surrounded by a large number of rebel infantry.

By that time, even if they kill some heavy-armored sword players, they won't be able to get away.

So he took the lead to bypass the circular formation and kill the ordinary rebel infantry in the rear.

Li Niu, who was temporarily in charge of the Huben Battalion, wore three layers of armor and stayed in the middle of the circular formation, ready to fight the Ming cavalry.

Unexpectedly, the Ming cavalry actually went around.

He subconsciously wanted to give an order to pursue him, but feeling the heavy weight of the armor on his body, he could only stop bitterly.

Shen Wandeng, with less than two hundred cavalrymen, rushed into the seemingly scattered rebel infantry as he wished.

He slashed several people to death with his sword, but found that the rebel infantry formed into small groups did not collapse as he expected and fled in all directions.

Instead, they withstood casualties and persisted in fighting.

Even more than a dozen cavalrymen under his command were killed by these rebel infantry.

Seeing more and more rebel infantry forming up and surrounding them, and the elite rebels armed with muskets charging forward, Shen Wandeng could only order a retreat and rush westward with the remaining 100 or so cavalrymen...
The rebels are in formation.Li Rongguang cupped his fists towards Liu Sheng and said, "Chief, please order me to lead the Xiaoqi battalion to intercept these official cavalry?"

Liu Sheng shook his head, "You just saw the capabilities of this group of Ming army cavalry, Xiaoqiying is no match.

Besides, if they want to return to the city and you go to intercept them, even if you can win, it will be a miserable victory, which is not cost-effective. "

Li Rongguang had no choice but to retreat.

He really wanted to go to the battlefield and prove himself, but unfortunately he seemed to have no chance today.

After more than 100 Ming army cavalry entered the city from the west city gate, the Ming army in Ruyang City became silent. Even the general's artillery stopped, allowing the rebels to dismantle the camps along the moat.

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"The last general failed to complete his mission and lost his troops and generals. Please forgive me!"

Shen Wan climbed to the top of the city, knelt on one knee, and took the initiative to apologize to Fu Ruwei.

Fu Ruwei frowned, obviously unhappy.

But he still reluctantly comforted him, "Shen Youyi doesn't have to be like this. After all, no one expected that the rebel army would have so many squatting tiger cannons and fire guns."

After saying this, Fu Ruwei thought that Shen Wandeng should go down to reflect and review his mistakes.

Unexpectedly, Shen Wandeng said in a low voice: "When I recruited these warriors to go out of the city, I promised that regardless of success or failure, each person who came back would be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, and those who failed to come back would be given a pension of 50 taels of silver.

Of the 400 people who left this time, only 150 and six came back with me. I also asked the governor to distribute some silver to calm the hearts of the soldiers. "

Fu Ruwei's eyes widened, suspecting that he heard wrongly, and couldn't help scolding: "Who asked you to offer such a high reward?!"

Shen Wandeng was silent for a moment, and then said dullly: "The price of rice in Ruyang has risen to eighty taels and one stone, and the reward I offer is not high.

No, what I am offering is not a reward, but life money for those warriors!Please also ask the governor to release the money! "

After speaking, Shen Wandeng leaned over and kowtowed.

Fu Ruwei flattened his hands and exhaled in anger.

At this time, Zhu Guobao also frowned and said: "Shen Youyi, do you know how much money the government will have to give out according to your promise? Fifteen thousand, three hundred and twenty taels!"

Shen Wandeng couldn't help but raised his head and said, "I heard that the master spent more than 5000 taels on Naqu Xiaoxiao in the past month. Why can't he spend more than 1 taels to buy the lives of the warriors?"

"You bastard!" Fu Ruwei finally exploded, "Come here! Shen Wandeng lost his troops and generals, and also slandered Shangguan, so he was imprisoned to await punishment!"

Fu Ruwei and dozens of followers behind him heard the words and wanted to take Shen Wandeng.

But he saw dozens of servants behind Shen Wandeng surrounding him with swords drawn!

"What do you want to do? Are you going to rebel?!" Fu Ruwei became nervous and shouted with anger.

Zhu Guobao also shouted: "Shen Wanteng, don't make any mistakes!"

Further out, Cui Zhen's soldiers also vaguely surrounded them.

Shen Wandeng stood up, held the handle of the waist knife with his right hand, looked at Fu Ruwei and said solemnly: "I just want to fulfill my promise to the four hundred warriors, and I ask the Lord to fulfill it!"

Fu Ruwei was really afraid of forcing Shen Wandeng to rebel, and even regretted not parting with the more than 1 taels of silver just now.

Seeing this, he went to the steps and said: "When did I say that I won't allocate money to you? It's just that this matter shouldn't be dealt with first! Right is right, wrong is wrong! Do you understand?!"

Shen Wandeng clasped his fists and said, "As long as the governor appropriates the money, I am willing to accept the punishment!"

Fu Ruwei said: "I will allocate the money when I return to the government office, but you have to shut yourself up and think about your mistakes! As for the matter of defending the city, leave it to Cui Youyi!"

Shen Wandeng first waved his hand to signal the servants behind him to step back, and then he clasped his fists and said, "The last general takes orders."

After Shen Wandeng retreated with dozens of servants, Fu Ruwei also left in a hurry with Zhu Guobao. (Wen Shiyi returned to the city to appease the people before Shen left the city.)
Because the sun has set and it is getting dark, it is impossible for the enemy to attack the city again.

Returning to the government office, Fu Ruwei slapped the table after sitting down, "This Shen Wanteng! He dared to talk back to me after a defeat! He is really a traitor!"

Zhu Guobao said: "Shen Wandeng is actually good at leading troops to fight - today's defeat is just like what the governor said on the city wall before, and it is not his fault.

However, after all, he was born as a rebel, and he had no respect for others and did not understand the rules of officialdom. He needed to sharpen his temperament. "

Fu Ruwei snorted: "Look at the way he contradicted me today, I'm afraid that if this continues, his temper will not be tempered, but he will actually rebel.

I took the opportunity to let him shut up and think about his mistakes, because I was afraid that while he was defending the city, he would collude with the rebels outside the city, cooperate inside and outside, and destroy Ruyang City. "

Zhu Guobao smiled after hearing this, "If it were before today, I would have been worried about this. But today he killed many old brothers under that bandit, so he probably won't collude with Liu bandit again."

Fu Ruwei said: "You do have a certain truth in what you said, but don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. While Shen Wandeng is thinking about his past behind closed doors, let Cui Zhen command Zuoying on his behalf."

Although Zhu Guobao felt that Cui Zhen was timid and cowardly, now that he knew that the rebel army had a lot of firearms, the officers and soldiers could only honestly defend the city and wait until the rebel army ran out of food and grass, or retreated on their own due to the cold weather.

In this way, Cui Zhen, who is more conservative in combat, is also suitable for the role of city defender.

Thinking of this, Zhu Guobao nodded and said: "I will tell Cui Zhen later. However, the more than 1 taels of silver must be allocated as soon as possible, otherwise Shen Wandeng may not be able to hand over military power Ansheng."

"I know it."

Fu Ruwei was a little annoyed, helpless and distressed.

More than 1 taels of silver were almost enough for him to buy Qu Xiaoxiao.

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The next day.

Shortly after breakfast.

The rebels officially attacked the city.

Five army cannons were first pushed to the rebel formation, two miles away from the city wall, where they were officially unveiled.

At this time, only Zhu Guobao and Cui Zhen were on the north wall.

When they saw the rebels launching five gleaming silver cannons, the two men as well as the officers and soldiers on the city looked shocked.

"This is... the Hongyi Cannon?!"

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)