Chapter 291: Nowhere to go, the ancient and modern times are connected

Thousands of people surrounded more than a thousand people on the horse, and there was a large circle in the middle. The horse thieves were staring at the infantry of the Jiaozhou Camp Huaibei Army in the middle. The raid on the back mountain had been beaten down. The horse thieves who had no training had dismounted and were not the opponents of the soldiers in the Jiaozhou Camp.

Moreover, Gaoke sent his personal soldiers up, and the battle was soon over. A group of horse thieves who fought in the field ran out of the back of the mountain in a daze.

The bandits in the brigade looked at the situation in front of them and immediately gave up the idea of ​​continuing to move forward. No one expected that the team of officers and soldiers were so strong. Not to mention the powerful firearms, looking at the battles just now, even if the opponent did not have the firearms, the horse team could not rush into the opponent's spear formation at all.

I was unwilling to accept it if I couldn't eat it. Someone promised a high reward, but I couldn't eat it at all, so I could only surround it from such a distance.

The horse thieves around were all riding on horses, with a height higher than the ground and watching from the side. They still looked quite imposing and stayed outside the effective range of the Jiaozhou Camp fire gun.

Qianmao Hi-Tech took a few more steps towards the hillside. As the dark horse thieves around him were a little worried. Although there were almost two hundred horse thieves who were killed or seriously injured in the past few rounds of attacks, the situation in the future was not too relieved and could not catch up. However, the horse thieves did not retreat. This time, because salt merchants promised to be responsible for food supplies, and were eager to save people, they only brought two meals of dry food and set off from the previous farm. However, unexpectedly, this inside battle encountered a large number of horse thieves ambushed.

God knows how much food and supplies these horse thieves have brought. If they are siege for a long time, it will be a big trouble!

However, the black horse thieves suddenly disappeared. When the Huaibei soldiers shouted for killing, they were shocked, thinking that the horse thieves were about to organize the next round of offensive.

The soldiers had not recovered from the battle just now and were a little tired. The non-commissioned officers in each row shouted loudly and made the soldiers cheer up. The non-commissioned officers of the musket soldiers asked the soldiers to check their ammunition. If the other party had such a round of argumentative impact, they would have to prepare for a protracted war.

But the horse thieves did not launch an attack, but dispersed and ran towards the uninhabited direction of the official road and the fields. The banner of the old camp of the Huaibei Army appeared in people's sight.

Seeing this, Gaoke really relaxed, and the soldiers below cheered loudly. Now there is no need to worry about anything.

The Huaibei Army garrison Zhang Jiang only brought 600 cavalrymen and rushed in from behind these horse thieves. After being rushed by the elite cavalry of the Huaibei Army, the horse thieves immediately dispersed and had no choice but to deal with infantry. Cavalry appeared on the other side. The horse bandits, who were originally depressed, no longer had the will to continue.

For these horse thieves, the officers and soldiers they met today can be said to be damn. The infantry was not the norm at all. The cavalry looked wrong. Not to mention that everyone was armed, and the cooperation between the cavalry and the rhythm of the charge were extremely outstanding.

The horse thieves may not understand infantrymen, but they are just warriors on horseback, and they can still understand the level of cavalry. One of the other cavalry can be beaten by three of them. Seeing this, what kind of fighting spirit can support them? They will soon scatter, and the money is good, but life is even more important.

Although the soldiers on Aishanbao were cheering loudly, the formation was still not messy, which was also a strict requirement of Caodian.

The Huaibei garrison Zhang Jiang rode a horse in front of him. Gaoke hurriedly stepped forward and saluted. Three people died in the battalion he led. It was ridiculous to say that one soldier was killed by Gaoke to stabilize the morale of the army, while the other two were panicked at the battle and charged too much muskets to explode the chamber.

However, Jiaozhou Camp usually fought and suffered very few casualties. Facing these thugs of horse thieves, three casualties and wounded, Qian Zong Gaoke felt extremely ashamed. Especially when he saw that the garrison Zhang Jiang looked bad, he felt even more nervous.

Before he could bow to apologize, he heard the guard Zhang Jiang say coldly:

"Don't delay, get on the team quickly, let's go back to Gaoqiao Town!!"

After the victory, the soldiers were very energetic, and the fatigue in the battle just now was covered up a lot. Moreover, they had their own cavalry rescue. After joining the troops together, the trembling disappeared, and their mentality was much more relaxed, and they quickly returned to the way they came.

On the way, Gaoke only realized that a few hours after they set off, the shopkeeper of the nearby Lingshan Trading Company asked for a meeting overnight. Zhang Jiang did not dare to neglect and hurriedly met. The shopkeeper said that he had just received the news that a salt merchant colluded with a large thief and set up a station to ambush the battalion of Gaoke.

The reason why Jiaozhou Camp sent Huaibei Army to Nanzhili was to assist in fighting the pirates. As soon as the Huaibei Army entered, the pirates did not appear, so the existence of the Huaibei Army was no longer important. Moreover, the attack of the pirates did catch the salt merchants off guard. Next, they had to be prepared for themselves. Relying on the financial resources of the rich country, they would definitely be able to spend good private soldiers. The Huaibei Army guarded the salt farm, which was equivalent to pinching the salt merchants' throats.

The annual protection fee of 1.2 million taels is like a meat poisoning sting. Even if the salt merchants are in public, they will be very painful.

If the Jiaozhou Ying Huaibei Army suffered a defeat on the road and one army was destroyed, it means that the Huaibei Army did not have the ability to guard peace here and there. If the person who replaced them to enter or use other methods, they would eventually drive out the Shandong army.

Nearly three thousand horse thieves besieged one thousand infantrymen, no matter what they think, they will swallow them easily. If such a battle was not completely wiped out, I would be embarrassed to say it.

But even though he didn't take it, he just chewed this hard bone and broke his teeth. Zhang Jiang felt a little scared. Thanks to the high-tech stole it. If it was disintegrated, the land combat troops of less than 4,000 were suddenly gone, and there would be big trouble next.

But Gaoke held on, and there was victory. All the horse thieves were dispersed and prisoners were captured. Then he took the initiative. Before coming, Li Meng ordered to expand the influence of Jiaozhou Camp in Huaibei as much as possible. With this reason and excuse, he could take the opportunity to attack.

On the way back, I passed by the Zhuangzi, who had stayed and camped again. The several managers in Zhuangzi obviously did not expect that the Huaibei army would come back, and it was too late to run away.

He was directly captured by Zhang Jiang's cavalry and did not take much effort to interrogate him. He said that the battalion led by Gaoke had to attack in the middle of the night when camping here. However, Gaoke strictly followed the exercises and arranged the guard posts and soldiers, so that no one could take advantage of the loopholes.

There are also great gains in interrogating horse thieves in this village. These horse thieves are a few small groups in Huaibei and a large group of horse thieves from Henan. What is ridiculous is that there are still hundreds of Shandong horse thieves. Because the Jiaozhou Camp is strictly in Shandong, they can only come to Huaibei to find food.

Everyone's confessions pointed to a certain salt merchant, which surprised Zhang Jiang and Gaoke. They thought it was the action of the salt merchants, but they didn't expect that there was only one.

However, this also makes people deeply wary. Any salt merchant can mobilize such a great power. If these salt merchants combined, how terrifying power would be? Fortunately, these people are all raised by wealth and wealth and just want to enjoy it, and dare not do anything dangerous and dangerous.

It took two days to go on the journey, but it took two or three hours less to return because it was because it was requisitioning all the animal power of the camping farm, and there was no need to be polite now.

In the two Huaihe Rivers, the fast horses are expedited. A lot of news can be spread to Yangzhou Prefecture in less than a day. There are often manors and other businesses of salt merchants along the river in Yangzhou Prefecture. These days, merchants often gather together, but they are not the kind of carnival that used to be a banquet and an extremely luxurious carnival. It seems that something big happened, so they discussed it every day.

However, on this day, these salt merchants did not go to the one they went to during the day, but instead went to another party, which made the idle people who like to think about the actions of salt merchants very confused!

"Wen Chen, you are too rash. Li Meng from Shandong is afraid that there is no reason to make a big deal in Huaibei, but you give him a reason. Isn't this aggravation?"

The salt merchants are usually respectful and willing to sit or not. But today, there are only two people sitting there in this hall, and the rest are standing around the person sitting in the main seat, scolding each other, and the wealthy demeanors on weekdays are gone at all, and they shout in a hurry.

"We will take out a few less temples. If the Shandong Xiangma takes this opportunity to take more money, it will be cut. If you want to cut your flesh, you Chen Wu will bleed yourself!"

The salt merchant sitting in the main seat kept lowering his head and making no sound. He heard this and retorted:

"Everyone, brothers, I did this just for all of us? Moreover, the brothers in the salt field in Haizhou have suffered the most losses. It's not okay to be able to speak out. There are so many Shandong soldiers pinching there. If you have one more day, I will spend more than one more day, and it's already bleeding!"

"We are in the same mood. Chen Wu, don't you have to share the losses? You angered the horse leader in this matter and implicated everyone. What should you do if you think you should do?"

The Chen Weng suddenly stood up from the chair, pointed at the salt merchants around him and shouted angrily:

"You bastards, why didn't anyone sing high-profile here when I went to find a horse thief? Now things are ruined, and they are saying beautiful words one by one..."

"Chen Wu, since you are talking like this, you really want to take everyone to the death. You are all very good at family and have great achievements, so you can't delay it for you!"

The person sitting behind spoke slowly. When he opened his mouth, the whole room suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked back at him. When Chen Wu faced everyone's accusations, he was still full of courage and argued loudly. But as soon as the man spoke, he was immediately silent. He was stunned for a while before he stood up and begged anxiously:

"Official Fang, Fang, I, Xiaowu, did this for everyone's sake. You can't ignore me!"

Fang Yuanwai stood up slowly, and among the salt merchants who were still arguing around, several people immediately rushed to help. When they were attentive, Fang Yuanwai stood up and said coldly:

"Our fellow practitioners in Huaihei are abiding by the laws of the court and do business in a dedicated manner. If you do this today, will these horse thieves burn our farm and salt fields tomorrow? I am so brave. I can't take care of you. Everyone, let's break up!"

After saying this, the tense atmosphere in the room suddenly disappeared, and everyone walked outside without looking back. Chen Wu stood up and wanted to say something, but sat back again depressedly.

A group of salt merchants had their own servants, carriages and horses outside, and when they left the hall, they came to greet them. Only the two salt merchants who supported Fang Yuan still refused to leave. However, they did not feel ashamed of doing such a servant's business, but instead felt glorious and proud on their faces.

The servant of Fang Yuanwai followed behind him. Fang Yuanwai was almost over 60 years old. In this era, he was already so-called old age and his hair and beard were all white. When he helped him onto the carriage, Fang Yuanwai lifted the corner of the curtain of the carriage, and a family member came over to listen to a few words and ran away hurriedly.

As the carriages and horses of the salt merchants dispersed, a large number of yamen runners from Yangzhou Prefecture rushed into Chen Wu's mansion like wolves and tigers, and cries suddenly erupted.

The people watching the fun around were stunned. How long has it been since Yangzhou Prefecture caught salt merchants? Why did it start to kill people today?

The house of the salt merchant surnamed Chen was confiscated and was almost directly charged in the lobby. After the Yangzhou Prefecture document was released, he immediately took the document out of the city and rushed to Huaibei Haizhou at a very fast speed. At this time, the Huaibei army had not yet returned to its headquarters.

Summarizing the experience and lessons of this battle, allowing the wounded to be treated, rest horses, and replenish equipment and ammunition are all things to do at the first time. The infantry and Xinyang Water Camp on the land of the Huaibei Army have strengthened their vigilance. Gaoqiao Town, Huize, Haizhou, and wherever the Huaibei Army stationed in Jiaozhou Camp are stationed, there is martial law.

At the same time, Kuaima was sent to deliver a letter to Jiaozhou Laoying. After Zhang Jiang discussed with several Qianmai and the shopkeepers of Lingshan Trading Company, he immediately asked the master to write a presentation, preparing to cause trouble for Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture. It took only two days to complete all the combat preparations.

But before the official documents to find trouble and hold accountable were issued, an envoy from Yangzhou Prefecture came over to dispose of the official documents for the Chen salt merchant and 30,000 taels of silver from the labor force.

The prisoners and torture managers captured along the way all said that they were instructed by the salt merchant surnamed Chen. But looking at the Yangzhou Prefecture's handling documents and the money from the army, there was nothing to say. I couldn't help but secretly amazed at the rapid reaction of these salt merchants.

The Huaibei Army, who had always wanted to find trouble, could not speak. This feeling was really depressing, but there was something strange. How could the other party find so many horse thieves, thousands of people, and they mobilize them as soon as they say they mobilize.

However, even if more horse thieves are mobilized in Henan, they can find out. The disaster in Henan is intensifying. The people are living in poverty. The only way to survive is to rise up and rebel against the government. It can be said that there are thieves everywhere, and the beacons everywhere. The officers and soldiers in Xuzhou and Fengyang are in a panic, but they are afraid that large groups of thieves will pass through the border.

Jiaozhou Camp is located in Jiaozhou, the center of Shandong. It has become much deserted recently than before. The reason is that Zhou Yang was transferred to the position of the Tongzhi of Jinan Prefecture. Of course, this transfer was not what the governor meant, but Li Meng's arrangement. As the center of Shandong, Jinan Prefecture is also very convenient for the management of the surrounding areas. The military farms have to expand, so it is a bit remote in Jiaozhou and is always inconvenient.

From January to March this year, there were two snows and one rains. Experienced old farmers could judge it. Maybe this year there will be another severe drought. The same judgment was reported from various farmland farms, which made the Jiaozhouying system optimistic about Chongzhen for the thirteenth year.

In the year of severe drought, land annexation in Shandong will be even more intensified. The more land concentrated in Jiaozhouying's hands, the more refugees, the more people and fields it is, it means that Jiaozhouying's resources will be, but it will also bring a lot of consumption.

Fortunately, the increase in private salt transactions in Shandong and the contributions paid by salt merchants in Lianghuai made Li Meng a little easier, but Li Meng still needs to find new sources of wealth.

For Li Meng's inner house, the female relatives are still quite happy recently because Li Meng has a lot more time at home and is always with them.

Yan Ruoran's belly grew bigger day by day. Li Meng was always in a happy mood when he looked at his pregnant wife. He was about to have a next generation. In modern bachelor for so long, when he came to this era, he finally had a family and offspring. This is always a happy thing.

The lazy Denggras Deng got married on the second day of the second month of the second month, and his widow was finally achieved. After the marriage, Deng took the initiative to find Li Meng for the first time, hoping to go out to serve and go to the front line.

It’s not that after getting married, he was unwilling to be with his wife again, but that he had the motivation and pressure to support his family, and he also made a lot of money in this position of teaching. However, it was difficult for Denglas to maintain a decent and wealthy life with his wife. He could not maintain a poor and self-relaxed life like the priest Federer.

In Jiaozhou Camp, the money that the front-line service can get is more than the money that can be a Taiping official in the rear. After all, they are working hard, so they naturally get more money.

Denggras still has his advantages over other military soldiers in Jiaozhou Camp. Li Meng has also come into contact with many people from the martial arts world. The so-called martial arts masters. The kung fu of these people is very effective when single-on-one, but in the battle between the army, it has no practical significance.

The things of Deng's foreigners are war technology that has been verified and verified by actual combat. In any case, Westerners who are more like wild beasts have been killing each other since the primitive people, rather than enjoying peace like Easterners. In this barbaric and bloody battle, their war technology has indeed begun to lead the West. Although Deng's devastated mercenary, his skills are indeed leading.

Li Meng is also reading ancient military books and battle strategies. Among them, he has read Qi Jiguang's "Ji Xiao New Book" many times. The language of this military book is also easy to understand vernacular, and there are several passages in it that are consistent with his ideas for training.

"To open a large formation, it is different from the skill of capturing and robbing small thieves in the field. In a dignified formation, hundreds of people lined up in front of the line. The brave ones should not be first, and the timid ones should not be behind. The guns were poked, the guns were poked, the swords were slashed, and the killing was returned to him. They just rushed forward together, and it was difficult to turn hands. How could they be allowed to move left and right? One person turned around and the public was suspicious, and the public also wanted to seize the heart. How could they be allowed to burst or retreat."

The soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp pay special attention to arrays when fighting, which obviously corresponds to this sentence. On the battlefield, individual strength is insignificant. Only by exerting the maximum efficiency of the collective strength can the combat power be reflected to the greatest extent.

"Anyone who is more martial arts must show that they can learn the skills of the real enemy. Those who really can fight against the enemy are not allowed to learn the methods of flower guns and other methods, and only support the virtual frame to make the beauty in front of others."

This actually means that the difference between Denglas and those in the martial arts world is the same. The routines and ideas of leading troops in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

At present, Denglas' axes and guns were taught to the soldiers, and it was not Li Meng who wanted to leave such an idle person here. Since Deng's foreigners took the initiative to ask for an outspo, it would naturally be as he wished, but the place where he sent it was very interesting - Xinyang Water Camp.

The only one who has not undergone rigorous training but is still in the Jiaozhou camp sequence is this army. It is also considered that he can give full play to his talents.
Chapter completed!