Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 140 Recalcitrant
Under the threat of hundreds of strong bows, the bandits who jumped into the river waded obediently and climbed up, put down their weapons according to the order of the Wuyang Guard officers and soldiers, and squatted down with their hands on their heads, not daring to breathe.This one-sided bloody battle has frightened them out of their wits. In their eyes, these officers and soldiers are simply the incarnations of demons, and no one dares to touch their bad luck.

After confirming that all the bandits in the river had been escorted ashore, the group of men and horses on the other side also waded across the river on horseback.After counting the number of people in this team, the bandits' eyes widened: there were only about sixty people in total!They are so regretful, their intestines are green with regret, if they knew that there were only so many archers on the other side, they rushed forward desperately, trampled these people to death before surrendering!However, when they saw that this group of people pulled out two guys from the river who were lying on the floating corpses and pretended to be dead, and tried to get away with it, and brought them ashore to kill one of them like killing a chicken, they felt that surrender seemed to be a matter. It's a good thing, because none of these guys are good. If they want to kill these sixty people, they will have to drop more than 200 lives at least. Who will do it?

Yang Menglong came up to meet him, and gave the leader of the cavalry a thumbs up: "Xu Gong, you did a good job!"

It was Xu Gong who set up an ambush on the south bank and cut off the bandits' retreat in one fell swoop.After the main force of these thousands of bandits had passed by, he led sixty scouts to sneak across the river, and easily killed a small group of bandits who were unlucky enough to run into them, and then took advantage of the situation. Set up an ambush in the terrain, just waiting for the bandits to throw themselves into the trap.Sure enough, the bandit army was crushed by Yang Menglong, and fled back scrambling, trying to escape to the south bank!Of course Xu Gong would not let go of such a good opportunity. The sixty scouts were divided into two groups and fired arrows in turn, telling the bandits with a continuous rain of arrows: This road is dead!These 700 scouts were carefully selected from more than 300 people. All of them are skilled in archery and horseback riding. They can split a berry hanging in the air in half with a knife while riding on the back of a galloping horse. Their arrow skills are precise. , within seventy steps, the arrows bit the flesh, and several rounds of arrow rain passed, sealing off the bandits' last hope of escape.If Xu Gong hadn't grasped the timing just right, Yang Menglong would have to work hard to get rid of this group of bandits, not to say that he would make them turn around, at least two or three hundred people would not be a problem.

Xu Gong bowed his hands and said, "Your Excellency, I'm so grateful. Xu Gong deserves it!" His eyes swept over the black bandits and he was speechless: "My God, there must be 3000 or [-] people here, right?"

Yang Menglong said: "It may not be three thousand, but it must be more than two thousand." He grinned, "Yes, I can find a large number of free coolies in my mines and farms." Shouting to the soldiers who were tying people up with rope: "Take it easy! These are strong labors, and it will be a big loss if you break your arm!"

The soldiers didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and they were a little lighter.When the bandits heard that they were going to be used as coolies, they were relieved a lot. For them, as long as they had food to eat, it didn't matter whether they were coolies or bandits.Don’t think that being a bandit is very glamorous. In fact, the vast majority of bandits are no better than coolies. Not to mention all of them are poor, and there is a shortage of supplies in the mountains. Either fighting with other hilltops, or being surrounded by officers and soldiers, the reputation is even worse. It's not that there is no way, most people will not choose to be bandits.They thought they were dead this time, and they would definitely be beheaded if they were caught, but they didn't expect that Yang Menglong just let them work as coolies, and they were overjoyed!

There is nothing better than being alive.

"How about the casualties?" Yang Menglong asked after taking a sip of water.

Han Peng said: "47 people died in battle and more than 140 people were injured."

Yang Menglong frowned: "How could there be so many casualties?"

Han Peng was stunned: "Many?"

Yang Menglong said: "If you hit a gang of bandits, two hundred people will be killed or injured. Isn't that too many?"

This guy's standard is really not generally high, Han Peng can only smile wryly: "Then do you know how many bandits we killed?"

Yang Menglong asked: "How many were killed?"

Han Peng said: "Preliminary calculations show that the bandits left more than 400 corpses on the battlefield, and more than [-] were injured!"

In other words, the casualty ratio between the enemy and the enemy reached six to one, and the ratio of the number of casualties was close to twenty to one. This was Wuyang Guard's first battle, and it was already very scary to be able to achieve such an exchange ratio.Yang Menglong reluctantly nodded: "Six to one, so-so. We need to strengthen training when we go back. The cooperation between pikemen, cross-blademen and musketeers is not tacit enough, and needs to be strengthened... But considering that we only trained four Month, this performance is not bad.”

The bandits almost cried, you beat us like this after only four months of training, if you let you train for a few more years, we wouldn't be able to survive!
This is the difference between the army and the bandits.Although the rogues were brave, but their discipline was lax, they would be outnumbered in a fight, and it was difficult to form a joint force. A well-trained army could often easily defeat rogues that were several times larger than them.Although Wuyang Guards only trained for four months, the intensity of the training was high, the training was rigorous, and it was unsurpassed. The arduous queue training and ingenious expansion training cultivated a good tacit understanding, and the almost harsh hand-to-hand combat training almost trained them. It has become a robot that can only assassinate with guns and slash with knives. It would be strange if a gang of mobs fought against such an army, and they didn't get beaten out of shit!
But Yang Menglong was not satisfied. He thought his troops could do better: "Well, if our long-range attack firepower is stronger and denser, we can surely destroy this gang of mobs with fewer casualties." He pulled his hair and cried out with a headache: "Ah, my Ao!"

Xue Siming hesitated to speak.

There is still not much progress in the research and development of the crossbow, and Yang Menglong's brain is completely scratched.But now is not the time to worry about the crossbow. After the battle is over, it's time to collect the spoils. General Xiao Yang has always been very concerned about collecting spoils.He immediately assigned people to take care of the wounded and guard the prisoners. He led three hundred soldiers with Xue Siming and killed them across the south bank, continuing to sweep up the remaining bandits on the south bank.It is impossible for the bandits to march together with the tens of thousands of taels of silver they robbed, and they don’t have a lot of carts, and they have to cross the river. With so much silver, they can’t fight. To get it back.

Sure enough, there are still many bandits on the south bank.It's just that the bandits collapsed too quickly in this battle and lost too badly. The bandits who stayed on the south bank still don't know what happened to the north bank. They are still running happily to the north bank in small groups, wanting to get a share Woolen cloth!As a result, they got the tickets for Yan Wangye, and Yang Menglong rushed there first. Seeing the guy running towards the ferry with a torch and a knife, talking and laughing, he rushed forward without saying a word and chopped it down. The more than 60 scouts may be holding back It's broken, it rushed faster than him, and many bandits didn't know what was going on until they died.After sweeping away several bandits, Yang Menglong found a lot of horses in a forest, counted them, there were one or two hundred horses, well, these horses belonged to him!He looked cheerfully at the snorting horses that were terrified under the moonlight. These are treasures. Even if they can't be used as war horses, they can also be used as a substitute for infantry. , The mobility has been greatly improved, which is really wonderful!The only regret is that there are still too few horses, so we have to find a way to get more.

While he was having fun there, gunshots came from two or three miles away. Xu Gong came running over on horseback and shouted, "My lord, we found a group of bandits fighting stubbornly!"

Yang Menglong continued to count his horses without blinking an eye: "Stubbornly resist? Then destroy them!"

Xu Gong said: "But they are guarding in the courtyard, and they have bird guns, so we can't fight them for a while!"

Yang Menglong frowned, and said to the scouts who were watching the horses with him: "Look at these horses, if there is one missing, I will never end with you!" Run in the direction of the gunshots.

This courtyard house is the only decent building in the village. Those huts and dens have long been ruined. More than 200 soldiers of Wuyang Guard surrounded the courtyard. Hundreds of bandits relied on the wall to fire guns and arrows outside. Wuyang Guard could not attack at all, and the two sides froze.When Yang Menglong arrived, the bandits were shouting outside: "Commander over there, stop fighting and leave us a way to survive! There is a lot of silver in here, and we will give you half of it. How about... You know there is money in here." How much money? It’s enough for you to spend ten lifetimes! Aren’t you eating this bowl of rice just for money? Why don’t we give you money?”

Yang Menglong grinned and said, "These idiots, aren't they trying to boost our morale in disguise!"

Xu Gong said: "It's an old rule. If they can't beat the officers and soldiers, they will pay bribes. The officers and soldiers who have received the money will usually give way to let them escape."

Yang Menglong said: "Unfortunately, this set doesn't work for me!"

The bandit fired two more shots outside, and the lead flew over Yang Menglong's head with the wind, Yang Menglong didn't care, but Xu Gong broke into a cold sweat from fright, and hurriedly pulled Yang Menglong away.I only heard the bandits shouting: "Don't come here again, we will burn all your belongings with a fire, and then kill you!" The voice trembled slightly, and Yang Menglong couldn't help but imagined a very classic scene in the TV series. Bridge section:
The girl was cornered by the pervert, her face was pale, her expression was terrified, and she cried in a crying voice: "You...don't come here, I'll call you if you come here again!"

Pervert: "Scream, scream! No one will come to rescue you even if you scream and break your throat!"

(End of this chapter)