Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 180

"Brothers, kill!" Without any hesitation, Cao Wenzhao ordered Guan Ning's iron cavalry to start an assault.

This next week, Qingqing was completely stupid. More than 1000 forwards were blown up in less than a stick of incense. At this juncture, Guan Ning's iron cavalry came again, and the battle was still going on. Shit!Run, run as far as you can!
Without hesitation, Zhou Qing turned the horse's head, shouted, turned around and ran away with the rear team.

To say that this guy has really practiced well in running all these years, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye. Even Cao Wenzhao was amazed when he saw it.

To be honest, Cao Wenzhao is not in the mood to chase Man Tian Xing at all right now. There are still a group of rogues running away in front of him. Wouldn't it be a pity if you don't catch some prisoners and surrender?
Most of these people are from Shaanxi, and most of them are from northern Shaanxi. The people in this place are tough, and it is very suitable for soldiers to fight wars. As long as they are not short of their salaries, wars are always a shame.

Moreover, these people have been bandits and have been trained to kill people, so they are much better than good people.

Cao Wenzhao's brain is quite easy to use. Isn't it much faster to fight and capture prisoners than conscription?During conscription, if you talk about it for a long time, people may not believe you. Captives are a thing of the past. If you don’t join, you will be cut.

Cao Wenzhao made a decision in an instant, and immediately ordered his subordinates to catch them alive.

Cao Wenzhao wants to catch them alive, which is a rare thing for guys like Guan Ning cavalry.

These guys have fought against Cao Wenzhao for many years, but they have never captured a prisoner. For them, fighting is killing people, and after killing people, they will be rewarded with money. Now they are suddenly not allowed to cut people.

To say that there are always clever people, when Cao Wenzhao said that he wanted to catch the alive, someone immediately shouted: "Marshal, what is the reward for catching the alive?"

At critical moments, Cao Wenzhao never let go of the chain, and almost without thinking, he shouted: "Catch one and reward one tael of silver."

As soon as Cao Wenzhao finished speaking, the crowd cheered and went towards the wounded soldiers.

Cao Wenzhao was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Only those who are alive and kicking are counted. Those who lack arms and legs don't have any money."

"Ah? Tell me earlier!"

A group of cavalry hurriedly left the wounded soldiers, and rushed to the rogues who were running happily.

Cao Wenzhao secretly cried out that it was dangerous, but fortunately he corrected the mistake in time, otherwise these guys would catch a bunch of wounded soldiers and ask him for rewards, where would he go to find someone to reason with.

Cao Wenzhao was sighing to himself when he suddenly heard someone shouting in front of him: "This bullet casing is mine, why are you snatching it from me?"

"Who thinks it's yours? I'm still missing one, this one is mine!" Another person said relentlessly.

"Fuck off, you are one person away from me, how could the bullet casing under my feet belong to you?" a soldier in front shouted.

Another soldier yelled: "The bullet casings have jumped to your place! Oops! You still snatched your grandma's. Believe it or not, I will beat you up?"

"Damn it, you want to beat me? I want to beat you! Ouch, you really fucking hit me!" shouted a soldier in front.

Then there were crackling fists, feet and slaps, and Cao Wenzhao drove his horse forward, only to see two soldiers wrestling together.

Cao Wenzhao was amazed, these people lined up neatly and well-trained, who would have thought that they would fight over a shell casing, what kind of bullet casing they were talking about?

What made Cao Wenzhao even more strange was that these two soldiers were fighting, but no one cared. Not only were they not cared about, but there were a bunch of people around to watch the fun, and from time to time, some people applauded and cheered for the two soldiers.

Seeing Li Dingguo standing not far away, watching the two fight without stopping with a smile, Cao Wenzhao coughed, turned his horse's head and walked to Li Dingguo's side and said, "Dingguo, why don't you let your soldiers fight?"

Li Dingguo clasped his fists at Cao Wenzhao and said, "I can't control this. I can only see whose fist is hard. Whoever wins the fight will own the bullet casing."

Cao Wenzhao frowned and said, "What are the bullet casings they snatched?"

Li Dingguo was stunned, then smiled and took out a bullet casing from his body and handed it to Cao Wenzhao: "General Cao, please look, this is it."

Cao Wenzhao took it over and saw that it was a copper object no bigger than a little finger. Cao Wenzhao asked doubtfully, "What is this for?"

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "This thing is a bullet casing, which contains gunpowder and a bullet in front. After the gun is fired, the bullet is shot out to injure the enemy, and the bullet casing remains in the gun."

"Oh? Show me your gun." Cao Wenzhao said.

Li Dingguo nodded, untied the gun behind his back and handed it to Cao Wenzhao, saying, "Please look at it, General Cao."

Cao Wenzhao took it and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't understand how to use the gun. He wanted to ask, but he was afraid that if Li Dingguo didn't tell him, he wouldn't be able to step down.

Seeing Cao Wenzhao's puzzled face, Li Dingguo smiled and took the gun from Cao Wenzhao's hand, then pointed forward and said, "General Cao, do you see that tree in front of you?"

Cao Wenzhao looked in the direction of Li Dingguo's finger, and was startled. The tree Li Dingguo pointed to was at least two hundred steps away.

Then Li Dingguo pulled the bolt of the gun, took out something from his pocket and stuffed it in, then raised the gun to aim, only to hear a bang, and the tree in the distance moved slightly.

Then I saw Li Dingguo push the breech bolt again, and took out a bullet casing that was exactly the same as before.

"Do you know why they snatch the shells? The bullets we use need to be exchanged for the shells. How many shells are exchanged for as many bullets. Do you think they can't grab it? So don't say it's me, even if my father sees it, he can't control it. .” Li Dingguo laughed.

Cao Wenzhao nodded when he heard this, looked at the tree just now, thought for a while, and galloped towards the tree.

After a while, when he came to the tree, Cao Wenzhao jumped off his horse and observed carefully. After a while, he found a small hole in the tree. Cao Wenzhao touched it with his hand, and saw a silver-white hole. Something is deeply embedded in it.

Cao Wenzhao was horrified after reading it. The power of this gun is too scary. Facing such a weapon, no matter how strong your armor is, it is useless. Moreover, the shooting range of this gun is so far. What a strong bow and crossbow! It simply cannot be compared.

Who is this Li Jing?How can you have such a sharp weapon?

Then Cao Wenzhao remembered that Li Jing asked him for the counties near Jiangzhou a few months ago, and now he finally knew what Li Jing's purpose was. He wanted those counties for the copper mines. Bullets are to be made of copper.

Thinking that after Li Jing got the copper mine, he would create a large number of bullets, Cao Wenzhao suddenly burst into a cold sweat.

Once Li Jing rises up to rebel, who else in the world can resist?
The more Cao Wenzhao thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his body trembled slightly.

"General Cao, what did you think of?" At some point, Li Dingguo walked up to Cao Wenzhao and said.

Cao Wenzhao suddenly turned his head, stared at Li Dingguo coldly and asked, "What does your father want to do?"

Li Dingguo smiled and said: "I don't know what my father-in-law wants to do, but I know it is definitely not what General Cao thinks. Otherwise, you think my father-in-law will let me lead troops to help General Cao? I dare to put us show General Cao your weapon?"

Li Dingguo sighed and said: "I once heard my father comment on General Cao. My father said that General Cao Wenzhao was resolute and courageous. General Gu Zhiliang couldn't survive. It's a pity that he was born at an untimely time. Unfortunately, it's a pity! I have never I heard my father praise someone so much."

Cao Wenzhao heard it silently, knowing that what Li Dingguo said was true, and if Li Jing wanted to hide it from him, there was absolutely no need to send troops to help him, let alone let him see the weapons of the Jishi Army.

Moreover, Li Jing's evaluation completely speaks to Cao Wenzhao's heart.

Cao Wenzhao was very clear about his abilities, and he never underestimated himself. He knew that he was fully capable of leading an army and standing alone.

It's a pity that no one appreciates him, he has made countless contributions since joining the army, and now he is no more than Lintao General Soldier, with only [-] soldiers under his command.I don't know when and what month it will take to lead the army to a decisive battle with the Eastern Captives.

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao was silent, Li Dingguo continued: "General Cao, it's a pity that you have never met my father. If you have met my father, you will be a lifelong confidant. My father once said to me, 'Do you know why General Cao Are you trying so hard to eliminate the rogues? Because he doesn’t want Da Ming to have any worries when fighting against the Donglu. What he really wants to fight is the Donglu. Similarly, I don’t want to fight the rogues, I also want to destroy the Donglu. But before that I have to fight the rogues first, because the rogues have destroyed the country too much, and I have to take this opportunity to build some territory to manufacture weapons and make money. Otherwise, what will I use to fight against the Donglu? Count on the court? Those things in the court If it could be counted on, Daming would not have fallen to where it is today." General Cao, these are my father's exact words."

Cao Wenzhao was silent again, and after a long time, Cao Wenzhao sighed and said, "Dingguo, after you go back, send a message to your father for me, and say that I want to meet him."

Li Dingguo nodded and said, "General Cao, I will definitely bring this to you."

Cao Wenzhao patted Li Dingguo's shoulder lightly: "Good boy! Good boy! You will have great promise in the future!"

Li Dingguo scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Cao Wenzhao turned his head to look at the battlefield, and saw his subordinates escorting the prisoners back one after another. Cao Wenzhao smiled and waved to Li Dingguo, "Let's go, let's see how many people have been captured."

Li Dingguo nodded.

In the battle of Guocun, more than 240 enemies were killed, more than 320 were injured, and more than 870 were captured.None of the Guanjun and Jishijun were killed, and three were injured. Two of Jishijun were injured in the fight, and one of the Guanjun forgot to look at the ground while chasing the enemy, and his horse stumbled and fell.

This battle can be described as a big victory.

When the follow-up infantry arrived, Cao Wenzhao ordered the infantry to guard the prisoners, treat the wounded, and clean up the battlefield. The cavalry rested and prepared to pursue the remnants of the enemy.

The next day, Cao Wenzhao led his army to catch up with Mantianxing in the Zhongyu area of ​​Qinyuan County. Mantianxing did not dare to fight and fled. The officers and soldiers captured more than [-] enemies, most of them were Old and young women and children.

(End of this chapter)