Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 176 The rebels love the people like sons and give them the right to gain advantage!

Shao Si really brought his troops to the river bank and began to collect and provide relief to the refugees who had been transported here by the Yuan army.

For a time, the people who originally thought they would be killed by the rebels after landing felt relieved, and many even knelt down and bowed to Shao Si and other rebels.

It's just that the Yuan army seemed to be deliberately transporting the refugees from Jiqing Road, Guangde Road and other places to the quarrying area, just like throwing gravel, throwing them on the river bank one by one.

Shaosi received more and more people, and gradually, it came to the point where one soldier was needed to guard more than ten people at the same time.

"The general is certainly benevolent, but if this continues, he will only fall into Yuan Ting's tricks!"

"Please give the general an order immediately to kill one out of ten common people, otherwise it will be difficult for the general to guard the quarry next time!"

At this time, a Confucian scholar named Ai Zhongshi took the initiative to see Shao Si and put forward his opinions to Shao Si.

After the rebel army captured Taiping, Ai Zhongshi took the exam and was appointed as the quarrying director, mainly responsible for the civil affairs of quarrying.

After hearing what Ai Zhongshi said, Shao Si put his hands on his hips and asked Zhou Zhiliang: "What do you think?"

Barbarian Hague nodded, and then gave serious instructions.

"But as officers and soldiers, we don't just kill good people for merit, but also send the people to the den of thieves. On the contrary, the monster thieves don't kill the people even if they don't want to retreat, but only take in the people to help them. No matter how you look at it, we think we are the thieves."

Barbarian Hague clasped his hands behind his back and looked at Aruhui.

"This only shows that they have no intention of sticking to quarrying!"

Then, Zhou Zhiliang whispered to Shao Si: "But don't forget, we are asked to quarry here, so we would rather not quarry than these people!"

Aruhui smiled helplessly: "But our officers and soldiers also have difficulties. If we want to eliminate the thieves first, we have to let the common people suffer first."

On the side of Yuanting Navy, Commander Manzi Hague and Marshal Aruhui used the clairvoyance collected from the dead horsemen of the rebel army and saw that Shao Si and other rebels were still gathering the people by the river, and they were diluted by the people to the point of being unable to do so. Concentrate on guarding against the scene on the river.

Ai Zhongshi couldn't help but sigh slightly when he saw this.

Barbarian Hague couldn't help but speak calmly at this time, instead of despising the rebels because of this.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhiliang hurriedly said to Shao Si: "It is indeed a treacherous trick of the Yuan soldiers. When they saw that we were gathering the people without killing them, they took the opportunity to start landing."

"It's not difficult!"

"You lead the people to retreat first!"

"Order to disembark!"

Aruhui even couldn't help but smile and said: "These monster thieves really love the people like their own children. They would rather ignore Jiang's defense than kill the people, and only take in these people."

"This Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a very human being. He did not hesitate to cut off his own retreat in order to allow the old thieves in his army to dare to fight against the official army!"

Zhou Zhiliang said: "Killing people is not a trivial matter. You must ask for instructions from above."

Shao Si nodded after hearing this: "Then we won't kill them, we will just gather them together and prepare to escort them to Taiping in batches."

As a result, a large number of Yuan Ting warships began to release fast boats, and these fast boats were all loaded with Yuan Ting officers and soldiers to Caishiji.

"Leave no one behind, lest future generations know what we are doing today by using the people as bait."

Aruhui was quite surprised when he heard this. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but nodded: "That's right. It shouldn't be difficult for us to recover the quarry."

"I will take half of the infantry to delay them, and leave all the cavalry to you, so as not to disturb the people when they withdraw."

Shao Si immediately made his decision.

Zhou Zhiliang did not object, nodded and took the people to Taiping City first. Shao Si concentrated the remaining infantry and began to prepare to fight the Yuan soldiers who came ashore.

But at this time, Zhu Tong rushed over and informed Shao Si about Cihu Town.

After hearing this, Shao Si said: "You will stay at Cihu for five days. I will collect the Yuan soldiers here before I go to support you. Follow the instructions above and abandon the quarrying."

After hearing this, Zhu Tong couldn't help but said: "But there are a lot of Yuan soldiers here."

"It doesn't matter. Since the uprising, we have encountered fewer Yuan soldiers. They are all so damn vulnerable."

Shao Si didn't take this seriously.

Zhu Tong had no choice but to say yes and leave.

After the rebel army crossed the river, not only did some officers and generals develop a sense of peace, but also some officers and generals developed a sense of underestimating the enemy after a series of victories.

Although during the battle summary and study discussions, many sober-minded rebels such as Zhang Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang also warned many officers and generals not to underestimate the enemy, not to be careless, but to pay attention to the opponent tactically.

But not everyone can be changed easily. Many times, people need to be taught.

Shao Si really didn't pay attention to the Yuan soldiers who came ashore at this time. After the Yuan soldiers came ashore, he drew his sword and ordered: "Let the spearmen rush over and dig them into the river to feed the fish!"

As a result, the spearmen of the rebel army under his command immediately rushed over with howling, and began to stab the Yuan soldiers while their footing was not stable.

But at this time, the fast boats behind the Yuan soldiers turned around and formed a line, while the Yuan soldiers' crossbowmen and firearmsmen were on the boats to shoot. As a result, a large number of arrows and lead bullets came overwhelmingly, killing a large number of spearmen of the rebel army on the spot. , including many Yuan soldiers who came ashore.

Shao Si was stunned. He really didn't expect that the people behind Yuan Bing would even dare to kill his own people.

The surviving spearmen on the rebel side had to withdraw, while the firearmsmen and archers behind the Yuan soldiers landed one after another.

Shao Si could only retreat and block the attack with the remaining infantry firearms and spearmen under his command. In the end, Yuan soldiers and horse troops began to land in large numbers, blocking their retreat, and surrounded them, leaving Shao Si with them. Almost all of them died in the battle, and Shao Si himself was shot by several arrows and captured.

Barbarian Hague was quite happy because of this: "Although the monster thieves have no intention of sticking to quarrying, the fact that we captured the quarrying thieves alive is enough to show that our officers and soldiers are not incapable of killing thieves. It also shows that many of these monster thieves have become proud soldiers. Now, It was our officers and soldiers who took advantage of their arrogance to destroy their power, so they sent an urgent message to Xingtai, saying that we have recovered the quarry and will be in peace soon! "

"Yes!"

Shao Si was captured, and half of the infantry left behind was almost wiped out, which also made it impossible to rescue Cihu. Therefore, Zhao Zhongbai failed to defend Cihu in the end and was surrounded by Yuan soldiers.

When Zhao Zhongbai was surrounded, he was surrounded by Mencius San and several soldiers. Mencius couldn't help but ask Zhao Zhongbai: "General, we know we can't hold it, why don't we withdraw in advance?"

Zhao Zhongbai said with a smile: "Those who serve as soldiers must enforce orders and prohibitions. We cannot withdraw unless the superiors ask us to withdraw!"

The fact that Shao Si was captured and Zhao Zhongbai and other Cihu rebels were surrounded was soon brought to Zhongshu Province by sentries, and it became known to Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

"Cihu fell so quickly. It looks like the Yuan soldiers are really menacing!"

Guo Tianxu couldn't help but say something, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and others: "Can we really maintain peace?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Guo Tianxu, but said nothing.

Zhang Tianyou knew that it was difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to punish Guo Tianxu, and that he was suitable to educate his nephew, so he slapped the table and said sternly:
"Tian Xu! As a general, you should remain calm in the face of danger. Now it is just because some of our brothers underestimated the enemy. It does not mean that we are invincible."

"Rebel officers and generals at the middle and lower levels do need more experience in actual combat, and setbacks are inevitable."

"What's more important is that we in power have not experienced many wars, and we do not fully understand the habits of many brothers when commanding operations. We do not fully understand who is headstrong, who is strategic, who is sincere, and who is flexible, especially New brothers, so this will also cause many problems."

Zhang Cheng said something at this time and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, it's better to use more soldiers and horses as surprise troops. In addition to the necessary troops left to guard Taiping, all those with more than a thousand households should be released to give them the advantage. Take this opportunity to see which brothers are more suitable. In the future, we can command battle formations with more than 10,000 people or even more than 100,000 people, which ones are only suitable for holding the city."

(End of this chapter)