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Chapter 169 Situation (600 monthly votes for additional updates)

Zhao Zhen asked: "How to get these captured Green Camp soldiers to surrender?"

Wu Yong smiled slightly and said: "Master, I have already asked. The Green Camp soldiers are all Han, and the Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp, Suolun Soldiers, and Jianrui Camp are all Manchus. As long as these Green Camp soldiers can capture the Manchus, Kill them, write their names on the indictment that insults the current emperor, and finally promise to take them away after the war, so that they won’t surrender.”

After Zhao Zhen heard this, he asked everyone to take action separately. Bao Xu and Chao Gai led a group of plain soldiers to distinguish the Manchus and Han, and then supervised the Green Camp soldiers to kill the Eight Banners soldiers. The Eight Banners soldiers were originally wounded. Except for those killed by attacking the camp, there were no survivors. There were less than fifty people in total, but they were Green Camp soldiers. After counting, there were 342 people. Seven or eight people were divided into one. They took turns to come forward and chop them with a knife. Those who didn't make a move were cut in half by Bao Xu.

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.

Early on the next morning, the able-bodied men of Bailiu Village lit a fire and made 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 had breakfast with all the heroes, he 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 mighty and invincible general cannon could penetrate the city, and the other guns had a range of only two miles. Three hundred meters.

Zhao Zhen and others had seen the bomb craters, and they still paid attention to the power of artillery. I also experimented with the bird gun and the three-eyed gun. As Wu Yong said, the power of the bird gun is easier to master than the bow and arrow. The only disadvantage is that it is easily affected by rain and snow, and the frequency of firing the gun is not as good as that of the bow and arrow. .

At noon, Zhao Zhen once again convened all the heroes to discuss matters, allowing everyone to speak freely.

I have seen the weapons of the Qing army. As far as long-range weapons are concerned, they are indeed much better than those in 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.

The Qing bow is symmetrical from the middle to both sides, with the handle, bow arm, string pad and bow tip in order. The bow is made of bamboo, elm or birch wood, with horns or sheep's horns on the front and beef tendons 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.

Zhao Zhen tried shooting three arrows. Within thirty steps, the leather armor could pass through the armor, the cotton armor could also pass through the arrow tip, and the walking armor could actually defend against it.

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 Bow". When unstrung, the length of the bow can generally reach more than seven feet. It is a large-sized, large bow. The tip and pulling force are also large.

Luan Tingyu spoke first: "Master, in my opinion, the Eight Banners elites in the Beijing camp are exhausted after these days of hard fighting. Yesterday, the Master also killed many Eight Banners elites."

Wu Yong said: "Having said that, the battle formation is dangerous, so we still have to be cautious. After all, there was a sudden change yesterday, and we waited for work, ambush on three sides. In addition, it was difficult to set up the formation at night, and the Qing army was dispersed before firing a single shot. ”

After discussing it for a long time, we 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 ships of all sizes yesterday, and the guards were all killed. I found it. Several key members of Wang Lun's army captured by the Qing army were 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 said: "Who are they?"

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "The pioneer officer Li San, Huzhao Yanliu, and Hidden Rabbit Li Wang are all the backbones of Wang Lun's sect. However, they were all injured by arrows and tortured, and their injuries were quite serious. There was also one person, Wang Lun's wife, who was guarded by iron gauze. The bones under his neck are now on his deathbed. I asked people to carry them over and find a tent to place them in case the owner of the village asks."

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." After saying that, the two of them came out of the commander's tent with Ruan Xiaoqi, and the two sisters Ji Minghan and Ji Minglian Accompany.

Just as Ruan Xiaoqi said, although Li San, Yan Liu, and Li Wang looked bloody and had skin wounds, Wang Wang looked like she was breathing out a lot and taking in little air.

After Ruan Xiaoqi recommended it, Zhao Zhen took out Bai Duo's secret Jinchuang medicine and had people change the medicine for the three of them. He also asked Ji Minghan and two others to apply medicine to the Wang family and bandage it carefully. Although it was just a human matter. It's just a matter of fate, it's Zhao Zhen's wish.

After changing the medicine, Mrs. Wang was placed alone. Zhao Zhen saw that Li Wang and the others looked good and asked, "Three righteous men, do you know what is happening in the city now?"

As Zhao Zhen asked the question, the three of them couldn't help but look a little sad. Yan Liu, who still had a dark beard and claw-like nails, said: "General, I was the last one to be captured. I am afraid that the leader Wang Lun is not having a good time now. He is in danger again and again. It was all thanks to my brothers and I who fought hard to save us that we suffered heavy casualties. Hey, Qing Gou didn't get an advantage. We were killed by the Jingying flag soldiers, and even the Sauron soldiers from outside the pass were killed by me. Most of them died."

With that said, General Yan Liu told the story of the battle in the city. Only then did Zhao Zhen know that it took Wang Lun's army seventeen days to attack Qingqing 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.

Even so, 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 many 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 just in front of them. 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 Qing army's energy in the city, we will force the city as soon as possible. The Qing army is fighting, and we cannot allow the Qing army to calmly destroy Wang Lun's army and then fight with us with all its strength."

Zhao Zhen and others also felt that this should be the case. They all discussed it, went out to make preparations, and acted according to the plan.

(End of this chapter)