Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 209: A Fool Who Can Only Bewitch People

The Qing court was corrupt, which provided fertile ground for the rebel army and the White Lotus Sect to survive.

Now that Chen Jue has begun to distribute the land equally, who would be willing to join the White Lotus in rebellion?
What Qi Zhenshan said was totally illogical.

Lao Nian sighed and looked at Xian Dachuan and Gou Wenming, but the two of them avoided Lao Nian's sight.

Lao Nian was speechless, he cupped his hands and sighed, "In that case, I will go back now, take care!"

"Go back?" Qi Zhenshan sneered, "Since you are here, what are you going back for?"

Lao Nian was stunned, then he smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that what happened to Liu Qing would happen to him, so he said, "You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you!"

"No rush. Whether to kill or chop depends on what Chen Gu chooses. Come on, take these three people down to rest!" Qi Zhenshan shouted.

Lao Nian gave a bitter smile, asked his two followers to hand over their weapons, and followed the rebel soldiers out.

Outside Pingchang County, the men left behind by Lao Nian were unable to wait for Lao Nian to leave the city after dark, so they had to find a place to hide and left quickly early the next morning.

A day later, Lao Piao, who was stationed in Guangyuan, got the news and immediately set out with a small entourage of 5,000 troops.

At this time, Lao Piao had an army of more than 20,000 troops, which were used by Chen Gu to attack the 20,000 elite troops of the imperial court led by Fu Cha Mingliang.

Among them, there were 4,000 soldiers equipped with rifles, and the rest were the elite selected from the young and strong men in Zizhou and the peasant army in Chengdu who had experienced life-and-death battles.

With such a powerful force, Lao Piao naturally did not take the White Lotus Army of the three counties seriously. He brought 5,000 people this time, of which 4,000 were Chengdu peasant soldiers, and the remaining 1,000 included Yuanbao's 300 artillery battalion, Yuan Fobao's 300 veterans, and Zhou Shi's 600 original archers battalion, a total of 1,200 hot weapons troops.

In Lao Piao's opinion, using such a strong force to attack the White Lotus Army in the three counties was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. After all, when Chen Gu first came out of seclusion, he did not have such a strong force.

It only took one day for Lao Piao to arrive outside Pingchang County with 1,200 soldiers with hot weapons. As for the 4,000 soldiers with cold weapons, let them go slowly. Anyway, their role is just to collect spoils, maintain public order, and arrest deserters after the three counties are captured.

Seeing that the enemy had arrived at the city in just two days, Xian Dachuan and Gou Wenming immediately panicked and hurried to find Qi Zhenshan for advice. After all, this was the Huaxia tribe that was able to defeat the imperial army with a smaller force.

However, these so-called righteous armies could not even defeat the Green Camp of the imperial court and were chased all over the mountains.

"Why are you panicking? No matter how powerful the enemy is, they only have a thousand men. Send out three thousand troops to fight and wipe out the enemy's vanguard first!" Qi Zhenshan scolded.

"Go out of the city to fight?" Gou Wenming couldn't believe his ears.

They couldn't even win the battle to defend the city, but they actually took the initiative to go out of the city to fight. Fighting a war is not just about the number of people!
Gou Wenming couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and for the first time he looked at the great leader seriously. The White Lotus Sect always had some means of bewitching people, such as drawing talismans, summoning spirits, and performing rituals. Of course, it was more of a trick than a spell, but it could still be used to fool some ordinary people.

For example, Gou Wenming and Xian Dachuan were fooled by Qi Zhenshan. After using all the tricks like fishing things out of boiling oil pan, spontaneous combustion of talisman paper, catching ghosts in the dark etc., the two were completely obedient to Qi Zhenshan.

But now that Qi Zhenshan asked them to take 3,000 people out to defeat the other side's 1,000 people, it seemed like military idiocy.

Obviously, Gou Wenming finally reacted a little bit now, and so did Xian Dachuan next to him. Xian Dachuan even said tentatively: "How about the leader directly sending down thunder to kill the thousand soldiers outside the city?"

"Asshole!" Qi Zhenshan was instantly furious and shouted, "How can I waste my magic on ordinary people like this? If Chen Gu comes, I will naturally take action. I will take action against even a small soldier or a crab general. What use do I have for you?

Send troops to destroy the enemy quickly, or I will let you have a taste of the thunderbolt. How about that? "

Gou Wenming and Xian Dachuan looked at each other. For a moment, they were a little unsure whether Qi Zhenshan was real or fake. Especially at this moment, Qi Zhenshan's aura was so strong and his voice was so stern, it didn't seem like he was fake!
Qi Zhenshan narrowed his eyes and said in a slow tone, "Just gather up and go out to fight. If you run into any difficulties, I will lend you a helping hand!"

Gou Wenming and Xian Dachuan had no choice but to run out and gather three thousand elite soldiers, preparing to leave the city to test the strength of the Huaxia tribe.

After all, the other side has only more than a thousand people. As long as we send more soldiers to the city wall to provide support, even if they are no match for us, our three thousand men should be able to escape unscathed.

After the two left, Qi Zhenshan sent someone to bring Lao Nian and the other two out. After Gou Wenming and Xian Dachuan led their men out of the city, Qi Zhenshan brought Lao Nian and the other two to the city wall.

Seeing the other party open the city gate and dare to come out of the city to fight, Lao Piao couldn't help but be a little surprised. At first, he thought that the other party had some support.

But when he saw that the enemy soldiers leaving the city were dressed in rags, and that 3,000 people did not even have enough cold weapons, and that some of them were still holding bamboo poles and dung forks, Lao Piao was instantly speechless.

However, Lao Nian and Lao Piao on the city wall did notice it. When he saw that Lao Nian and the other two had their hands tied behind their backs, looking like they were going to be sacrificed, Lao Piao couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Yuanbao, send a few people with good marksmanship to aim at the people on the city wall, so that Lao Nian won't be sacrificed. It will be difficult to explain to Chen Gu when we return to Chongqing." Lao Piao said to Yuanbao beside him.

Yuan Bao nodded, smacked his lips, and said, "But there are so many people on the city wall. If they really want to kill Lao Nian, I'm afraid I can't save him!"

"It's okay, just do your best. If you can't save him, then Lao Nian will die. Anyway, I didn't ask them to persuade him to surrender. Xing Honghai was able to sacrifice his family to conquer Chengdu. Don't you think I, Lao Piao, can't bear to sacrifice Lao Nian?
Besides, we can't ignore the safety of all of us just for Lao Nian, can we? " Lao Piao said cheerfully. In fact, Lao Piao and Lao Nian have a good relationship, but once on the battlefield, they can't let their emotions get the better of them. Compared with Lao Nian, the army is naturally more important.

So, although two countries do not kill envoys when they are at war, being an envoy does have a high-risk job.

"Kill!" Gou Wenming and Xian Dachuan saw that they had led the army out of the city, but the other side remained indifferent. They couldn't help but doubt the other side's strength, so they shouted and ordered the soldiers to charge and attack.

(End of this chapter)