Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 35 Stealing the City
After a while, the second brigade fought with the enemy.Because it was a surprise attack, Sun Zhi did not ask for formation.But they still fight in small groups. Although it looks chaotic, it is not chaotic.The archers charged ahead, and when they reached twenty steps from the enemy, they shot out their bows and arrows one after another.Immediately afterwards, spearmen and sword and shield soldiers swarmed up one after another, rushing into the more chaotic enemies who were avoiding bows and arrows.

Hand-to-hand combat is brutal and short.After a cup of tea, a large number of dead bodies lay on the ground, and only the captives were alive.The effect of attacking them by surprise is obvious. After this battle, the third brigade only suffered more than ten casualties, while the enemy lay down dozens of people, and many of the remaining captives were wounded.

Just as Sun Zhi was appreciating his victory and feeling elated, a squadron leader under him came over.

"Captain! There is something new here."

It turned out that after the war ended, the squadron leader went to the prisoner-of-war camp for interrogation and found that there were still prisoners among the prisoners.As soon as he was interrogated, several people started shouting, looking at the excited appearance, it seemed as if they had found a savior.After some investigation, this is indeed the case.It turned out that some of the more than [-] captives in the original Green Battalion were villagers from the ten miles and eight townships near Xinyang Mansion.They made an appointment to rise up against the tyranny of the Tartars and sweep away the humiliation brought by the Tartars.Unfortunately, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.When they had just raised their troops and had not had time to contact the righteous men from all directions, they attacked Xinyang.The green battalion in Xinyang wiped them out.

After learning of this situation, the squadron leader hurriedly reported to Sun Zhi.

After hearing the squadron leader's report, Sun Zhi was overjoyed, but he was worried about how to carry out his work here.This time, Qiu Tianxing has explained that not only to raise food, but also to turn Xinyang Prefecture into a guerrilla zone for the security corps, to develop the masses and start a mass movement, that's why he assigned [-] preachers to the third brigade .

Although Sun Zhi didn't quite understand what Qiu Tianxing meant, he knew that it was enough for Ma Lin to understand, and this propaganda work was originally Ma Lin's business.

After learning that more than 200 anti-Tartar fighters had been rescued this time, Sun Zhi did not expect to carry out propaganda work, but first thought of his own soldiers.Today, there are less than a thousand of my own staff plus the preacher.This is very frustrating for him who has been studying hard in night school and always dreams of a general in his heart.But Qiu Tianxing's order to directly expand the army gave him hope.When he came to Henan this time, he had the idea of ​​expanding his army by more than [-].

So, how could he not be excited when he learned that the anti-Tartar martyrs were rescued?
"Hahaha, there is such a thing? Quickly arrange these anti-Tartar martyrs, and invite their leaders. I want to discuss with their leaders about the great cause of anti-Tartar!"

After a while, the subordinates invited the two captured anti-Tartar martyr leaders.Sun Zhi saw that they were two old men, about sixty, with gray hair and beard.Although his face was dark and haggard, he couldn't stop the excitement.That is, he thought he would be taken to Xinyang City and beheaded and executed in public, but suddenly the world was turned upside down, and he was rescued in the hinterland of the Tartars, and it was a large army that rescued him.Why don't they get excited?
So, after being brought in front of Sun Zhi, the two old men hurriedly knelt down and said, "Old Chen Xiang, Chen Rong has seen the general!"

It was the first time someone called him a general, and Sun Zhi was really elated. This general is much better than the name of the captain.Sun Zhi was born as a pig butcher, and he looks big and thick, so it is quite appropriate to be called a general.

"You two righteous men, please hurry up, our security team doesn't like this." Sun Zhi said politely in a good mood.

After some discussion, Sun Zhi learned that Chen Xiang and Chen Rong were brothers, and that the older brother, Chen Xiang, was the clan leader of Chenjiazhuang, less than [-] miles away from here.A few days ago, during the Chinese New Year, the government servants from Xinyang Prefecture went to Chenjiazhuang to distribute miscellaneous taxes, preparing to recruit civil servants for the Jiangnan War.This made the Chenjiazhuang people, who were already dissatisfied with the tartar's shaving and easy-to-dossing, burn with anger.Most of the people in Chenjiazhuang are members of the clan with the surname Chen. Their ancestors were descended from generals in the early Ming Dynasty, and most of the clan members are proficient in martial arts.So, on New Year's Eve, Chenjiazhuang began to raise the flag of rebellion, and turned against it.

However, war is not like what these villagers think, it is not something that can be stabbed with a stick.A few days later, the Xinyang Mansion of the Tartars got the news, and after dispatching troops, they defeated these anti-Tartar righteous fighters on the day they arrived at Chenjiazhuang.After clearing out the villagers who had escaped in a radius of dozens of miles, they returned to Xinyang Mansion with the prisoners and trophies.As a result, they encountered the second brigade of the security regiment on the way.

Just when Sun Zhi and Chen Xiang and Chen Rong were talking more and more happily, Ma Lin, who had been out with a preacher to investigate the situation, came back.He probably heard about this before, so he hurried back to discuss with Sun Zhi.At this time, he saw two strange old men appearing beside Sun Zhi. Ma Lin's eyes lit up, and he walked over with a smile.

"Captain Sun! This time we captured quite a lot!"

Chen Xiang and Chen Rong saw Ma Lin approaching with a smile, and talked loudly to Sun Zhi while walking.I speculate in my heart that Ma Lin must also be a big shot.So, he hurried to salute and knelt down to Ma Lin.

Unexpectedly, Ma Lin and Sun Zhi said the same thing, meaning that the security team was not happy with this.This made Chen Xiang and Chen Rong even more curious about the security team.

After talking with Chen Xiang and Chen Rong, Ma Lin suddenly had an idea in his mind.This place is not far from Xinyang City. I have captured dozens of Green Battalion soldiers on my side. The people from Chenjiazhuang cooperated, and the enemy did not know the existence of this army. In addition, it is the new year now, and many people come in and out in the afternoon. out, the city gate is not closed.

This is really the right time, place, people and everyone, just in time to steal the city!

The more Ma Lin thought about it, the more excited he became, and he told Sun Zhi what was in his heart.Now, Sun Zhi couldn't bear it any longer. Thinking that he might be able to take down the capital city of Xinyang Mansion and sweep up the property in it, looking at the mountain of gold and silver treasures, Sun Zhi almost laughed crookedly.

As soon as he said it, Sun Zhi asked the troops to clean up the battlefield quickly, and then changed the three teams into the uniforms of the dead green battalion as the vanguard. Before the news of the raid on the green battalion was leaked, he personally escorted the healthy villagers of Chenjiazhuang to Xinyang City left.In the rear, Ma Lin walked at the end with the follow-up troops, the old and weak in Chenjiazhuang, and the passers-by who were caught during the battle to keep secrets.In the middle of the vanguard and follow-up troops were two squadrons of militiamen. They secretly followed the vanguard, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Xinyang City!
(End of this chapter)