The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 149 The Battle of Shu City (1)

After an overnight review, he learned that most of the Green Battalion soldiers were recruits, so Jiang Tao immediately ordered:

As long as they are serious Tartars, they will be beheaded!
As long as you join the Eight Banners of the Han Army, regardless of your official position, you will be beheaded.

As long as you have harmed the people, you will do all kinds of evil, and those who have been corrected by many people will be beheaded!
The next day, the mouths of more than [-] people were gagged with rags, including officials who were corrupt and perverted the law. After the military judge announced their crimes, they beheaded them in front of tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers, and blood flowed all over the ground. It's nothing to do with them, but all the captives of the green battalion are still terrified, staring blankly at the majestic black tiger army around them, they all lost an inch.

Jiang Tao laughed loudly and announced on the spot: "Those who join the Black Tiger Army will get fifteen acres of fertile land. Those who are willing stand on the right side, and those who don't want to stay where they are."

All the prisoners were skeptical, but they were still terrified when they thought of yesterday's battle, and most of them thought: "It's good if we can save our lives. These black tiger soldiers are all vicious. If they don't want to, they probably won't end well."

They are basically from northern Anhui, and the Black Tiger Army hasn't fought anywhere yet, so they don't know the various policies of the Black Tiger Army, otherwise they wouldn't be suspicious.

As a result, more than half of the people moved closer to the right, and only [-] people stayed in place in a daze. One of them, a burly man with a scar on his face, shouted loudly, "So what if you don't join the Black Tiger Army?"

"Hehe, it's very simple. You not only help the Tartars to attack the rebels, but you will also be sent to mine without repentance. After three years, if you are honest, you will be released without charge!"

Jiang Tao laughed. There are huge reserves of iron, coal, copper, and sulfur in Anhui. These are resources that the Black Tiger Army is in short supply. Of course, the more free labor, the better.

If they were dishonest, they would have to stay inside for a lifetime of labor reform, but Jiang Tao didn't say anything, I believe these people are not stupid.

Most of the remaining Green Battalion soldiers were not recruits. They couldn't help trembling when they heard this, and they all squeezed to the right without any hesitation.

No one chose to dig mines. Jiang Tao regretted it immediately. He should have ordered more prisoners next time. The Tartars were all killed, and the traitors who committed the most serious crimes were also executed. All the green camp soldiers with bad deeds went to dig In mines, labor is equal to productivity, and free labor is equal to silver. They cannot be killed blindly. Perhaps labor reform can torture these heinous traitors even more.

At this point, Jiang Tao directly ordered Jiang Shi to serve as the chief general of the 400 recruits, and [-] people were transferred from the Black Tiger Guards, and they were directly inserted into it. Training intensity, training [-] pikemen, [-] sword shieldmen, and [-] archers.

He also ordered most of the Military Judicial Department to be stationed in the recruit camp to supervise the training, study and reform of the recruits, and to unify the thinking of the soldiers of the army. Jiang Tao repeatedly told Jiang Shi that if someone is rebellious and violates the military order, he should be arrested immediately and sent to the mine.

Excluding the thousands of soldiers and horses in Shucheng, the army led by Wang Dashan still had 3000 people in the area under his jurisdiction. Jiang Tao simply dissolved all the remaining [-] Black Tiger Guards into it, and transferred more than [-] soldiers from Tieqiangying. Lieutenant entered these soldiers and horses, all served as captains, supervised the unification of the military system, strengthened military training, changed the original mental outlook, gradually regularized, and put an end to hilltopism, strengthening his control over the army.

Jiang Tao believes that as long as these soldiers and horses undergo three months of intensive training, their combat effectiveness will surely double.

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At noon, the tiger and leopard riders successfully demolished the stone wall of Yixiantian, and they had arrived in Lu'an Prefecture to stand by.

Jiang Tao learned that there were not many green battalions in Huoqiu County, so he directly ordered Wei Donglai to lead the Archer Battalion and Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to recover Huoqiu, and lifted the blockade by the way, releasing the recharged navy.

Now the navy of the Black Tiger Army has undergone several months of training, and its combat effectiveness has been rapidly improved, and its tactics have also been improved.

Jiang Tao was not in a hurry, and directly led more than [-] troops including the sharp gun guards, blood coat guards, and logistics battalion to Huoshan County, and ordered the artillery battalion to support Shucheng with [-] fire and thunderbolts.

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The small city of Shu has been fighting bloody battles for four days. More than [-] Manchu-Han coalition forces have gathered outside the city, most of which are private soldiers of Huizhou Prefecture, Anqing Prefecture, Chizhou Prefecture, Ningguo Prefecture, Guangde Prefecture, major merchants, and powerful landlords. .

Hearing the tyranny of the Black Tiger Army, Huizhou salt merchants are the leaders, and the major forces don't want to be caught without a fight. They either send food, money or food, and vow to kill the Black Tiger Army in their infancy.

Hajir, the capital inlaid with a white flag, is now blushing, looking comfortably at the city where the bloody battle continued, secretly proud of himself, and finally left the damned Yuezhou City. In the past few days, there is delicious food and drink, and there is also a watery woman presented by Huizhou merchants. It's really comfortable, and there is no danger. He is really afraid that if he kills these rebels easily, he may be transferred back again.

He was actually very surprised in his heart: "What kind of madness are these dog slaves, one by one rushing to kill without fear of death? How come these Huizhou merchants have become generous, who cares, anyway, there is only one boy with a white flag under his command Not less."

what!He rushed up!

Hajir clenched his fists tightly and opened his mouth wide, wishing he could step forward and push those Han people down. He wondered in his heart whether to withdraw his troops, but he didn't think that the bandit army would still be able to drive those people out, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Take your time, wait until Prince An wipes out Wu Sangui, anyway, these bandits can't escape.

At this moment, there were hundreds of explosions like landslides and ground cracks. More than [-] people gathered under the city were killed and more than [-] people were injured. The whole place was shrouded in smoke and dust, and more than ten meters outside the city wall, the powerful armed forces who were charging across the board stopped suddenly in shock, and each of them retreated back and forth with their heads protected.

At this time, there were all the screams and howls, and when the smoke cleared, even Hajir couldn't help being moved, these bandits were too scary!Do the bandits have cannons?

All the merchants and powerful merchants who were watching the battle behind were all pale, staring blankly at the top of the city, and no one spoke for a long time.

The Qing army retreated, and at this time Wang Dashan was soaked in blood, and he sat down on the top of the city like a pool of blood, laughing out loud.

Jiang Yan shook his head. Just now, the Qing army charged across the board. He ordered his subordinates to throw [-] fire and thunder bombs down the city in one breath, and then they repelled the Qing army. There are still [-] to [-] troops, and there are only [-] wounded soldiers in the city. They can only defend for a day at most, so he hurriedly said: "Vice General Wang, you must notify the general as soon as possible, otherwise the city will not be protected."

Wang Dashan's eyes were filled with tears, he stopped laughing, frowned and sighed, "Oh, that's all..."

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It was already evening when Jiang Tao received the urgent report from Shucheng. He was currently in the camp of the green battalion in Huoshan County. The army, unable to escape, wisely led more than [-] people to surrender.

Jiang Tao was overjoyed and changed his strategy. He rewarded all the generals with gold and silver and let them go or stay.

Those who received the money ranging from a hundred taels to hundreds of taels for the general manager and the general manager Qian were all ecstatic. Why bother to work so hard when they had the money, they left overnight with the silver rewards.

Only Hu Yong felt disappointed. He suddenly changed from a general who commanded more than a thousand troops to a naked man. He felt that he couldn't adapt to such a big change. He thought that in order to control the whole army, the leader of the bandits would have to reuse himself. He didn't want General Heihu He was so sophisticated that he dismissed his military power without making a fuss.

Without military power, the local ruffian can kill himself. He is also an ambitious person. He knelt on the ground unwillingly and said: "This subordinate is sincerely serving, and is willing to serve the general!"

Do you think 2000 is too little?Nowadays, grain is cheap and silver is expensive, and a stone of millet only costs six or seven renminbi, and 2000 taels is not a small amount, enough for him to live comfortably for decades.

"Oh!" Jiang Tao woke up. He didn't expect the situation in Shucheng to be so bad. He was trying to think of a way. Hearing this, he said tentatively: "Now that our Black Tiger Army is weak, why should Hu Guerrilla take the risk?"

Hu Yong took out a dagger and cut off the braid at the back of his head, and said with burning eyes, "Just to kill the Tartars, shame on the country!"

Jiang Tao's heart skipped a beat, he stared at him intently, and after a while he said loudly: "Okay, Hu Yong's aspirations are commendable, and he is temporarily serving as a commander. He can go to the military academy to study for a while, and then come to the army to listen to orders after graduation."

"Of order! Hu Yong was very disappointed, but he still answered loudly, and his intuition told him that he still had a chance.

"Haha, Commander Hu, don't be discouraged, gold always shines." Jiang Tao laughed and left the camp.

At the same time, [-] reinforcements were on their way to Shucheng, and he himself rushed to Shucheng overnight with [-] elite troops. After all, Shucheng couldn't lose.

In fact, he was very magnanimous, and he didn't knock down the landlord Haoqiang with a stick. He didn't want to oppose the main force of the Black Tiger Army. .

(End of this chapter)