A few days later, news of the explosion at the Zhensong Army Arsenal also spread back to Yuan Shang.

"I heard that the Crow Soldier's arsenal exploded~"

"I told you that when I was sleeping a few days ago, I heard a bang. I guess it was the arsenal that exploded."

"As soon as the arsenal explodes, should the Crow Soldiers retreat?"

The villagers talked a lot and were very excited about the bombing of Zhensong Army's arsenal.

After the Zhensong Army came to Yuanshang, they robbed food and money, but they did not do anything humanly. Now that something happened to it and suffered a loss, the people were naturally happy to watch the show.

But Xiang Nan also knows that centipede insects are dead but not stiff.

Although the Zhensong Army's arsenal was bombed and its firepower was damaged, it was not easy to withdraw.

After all, these are a group of tiger and wolf soldiers. They came to Sanqin just to steal food, money, and women. Now that the city of Xi'an is so close, and such a big piece of fat is being swallowed right before their eyes, they are not willing to let go.

Therefore they will continue to besiege the city.

However, after their firepower was damaged, the threat to the city's defenders was greatly reduced. After all, a long gun without bullets was not as powerful as a fire stick.

They couldn't take Xi'an City when they had sufficient firepower. Now that they are short of bullets and artillery shells, it will be even harder to take Xi'an City. In this way, Xi'an City can be saved.

Moreover, not only one force coveted the Three Qin Dynasty, but also the Yan family warlord of the Jin army and the Feng family warlord, who was known as a traitorous general, also wanted to get their hands on the Three Qin Dynasty.

However, the Zhensong Army is a vicious dog. It attacked Sanqin first, so it was difficult for those two families to send troops. But now that the Zhensong Army is short of ammunition and the threat is greatly reduced, those two families will naturally be ready to move.

Historically, warlord Feng launched an attack on the Zhensong Army in September and drove it away.

…

After the Zhensong Army's explosives depot was bombed, Army Commander Liu Xiazi reached out to the people to raise funds and purchase ammunition.

He required every household to pay not only grain, but also various taxes to fill the gap caused by the bombing of the arsenal.

During the Republic of China, 500 rounds of ammunition were worth 20 yuan. This time Xiang Nan took action and reimbursed him nearly 30 million rounds of ammunition, which was equivalent to 1.2 million yuan.

If he wanted to buy back the 30 million rounds of ammunition, he would have to charge 1.2 million from the people.

The combined population of the several counties under his control was less than 600,000, so each person had to pay two oceans.

Ordinary people at that time could not earn more than a few ocean dollars a year. A family of four had to pay eight ocean dollars, which simply cost the lives of ordinary people.

Therefore, people everywhere refused to pay taxes and grain.

Liu Xiazi, who had a rough background, was not merciful and directly ordered a mass killing. Guillotines were set up in every village and town, and a few typical examples of those who resisted taxes and refused to pay food were killed.

Since Xiang Nan was in charge of Bailu Village, Platoon Leader Yang did not dare to mess around, so no one was killed in their village. However, there were casualties in several surrounding villages and towns.

Those soldiers rushed directly into the house to search for anything valuable, and took everything away. Those who could not be taken away were smashed, causing widespread resentment among the people.

In contrast, the villagers were naturally grateful for Xiang Nan's blessing. If it weren't for his presence, the villagers of Bailu Village would have been ruined.

…

Seeing Blind Liu bullying the people like this, Xiang Nan didn't want to let him off lightly.

At night, he secretly went to Zhensong Army's bank vault and spent one night emptying out all the three million yuan stored in it.

It turns out that Liu Xiazi attacked Sanqin from Yuzhou and looted all the local finances wherever he went. The wealthy people, merchants, shops, etc. under his rule were also blackmailed and blackmailed, so he robbed so much money.

He also planned to use the money to pay for the army and buy arms. Xiang Nan didn't want to take advantage of him, so he spent one night, like ants moving, stealing all three million oceans and finding land to bury them.

As a result, Blind Liu had no military pay and no money to buy arms, so one can easily imagine his fate.

Sure enough, a few days later, Liu Xiazi's army had no money to pay, causing the soldiers to mutiny.

The crow soldiers under his banner have no faith and no loyalty at all. Their purpose of joining the army is for money, power, and women.

Now that the salary is gone and the war is in vain, who is willing to sacrifice his life?

In addition, the arsenal was bombed, and they lost ammunition support, and they had nothing to do with the city of Xi'an. Continuing to waste it would be in vain and wasted effort, so some soldiers began to mutiny.

Although Blind Liu finally suppressed the mutiny by his own means, it also caused a great loss in his strength. Originally there were more than 100,000 troops, but now there are only less than 100,000 troops left, a loss of about one-tenth.

More importantly, due to the counterinsurgency, the two sides exchanged fire and killed each other, which caused the remaining bullets to be greatly consumed again. When the remaining bullets were put together, there were only less than a million bullets left. If they were distributed evenly, each person would have less than one million bullets. Ten.

During World War II, it cost an average of 3,000 bullets to kill an enemy soldier. Even the Eighth Route Army, which had extremely powerful combat capabilities, needed an average of 30 bullets or seven grenades.

Therefore, although Liu Xiazi's million bullets may seem like a lot, they are actually far from enough to withstand the consumption.

Moreover, taking advantage of the civil strife in Liu Xiazi, the defenders in the city took the opportunity to launch an attack and achieved a certain victory, which greatly encouraged people's hearts.

…

"Hei Wa, have you heard that Blind Liu's bank account was also stolen?" Lu Zhaopeng came to Xiang Nandao.

Xiang Nan nodded, "I heard that, good job, this is retribution, let him exploit the people."

"Yes, Blind Liu lost his military pay, and a mutiny broke out in the army. He was almost thrown out of office by his subordinates." Lu Zhaopeng said, "But after all, he was not a drunkard. He suppressed the mutiny in the end, but he still lost more than 10,000 yuan. Soldier."

Liu Xiazi's three division commanders, Chai Yunsheng, Zhang Zhigong and Han Yukun, were all bandits like him.

They also have their own forces and armies, and they follow Liu Xiazi to besiege the city of Xi'an, just like in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" when the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo. The relationship is an alliance and cooperation, not a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Now that the arsenal has been bombed, the bank has been stolen, and the city of Xi'an cannot be captured for a long time, they have lost troops and generals and suffered heavy losses, so naturally everyone has grievances.

Therefore, Han Yukun, the commander of the Third Division, joined forces with Chai Yunsheng and Zhang Zhigong to force the palace and prepared to oust Blind Liu. However, Blind Liu was superior and used high-ranking officials to instigate Chai Yunsheng and Zhang Zhigong to rebel, and shot Han Yukun to death.

Although Han Yukun died, Han Yukun's brothers were unwilling to be recruited by Liu Xiazi, so they broke into internal strife. In the end, Han Yukun's tribe was defeated and split up by three families. The Zhensong Army lost more than 15,000 people, and It also created the hidden danger of internal strife.
Chapter completed!