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Zhao Zhen asked: "How to make these captured Green Camp soldiers surrender?"

Wu Yong smiled and said: "Master, I have asked. These Green Camp soldiers are all Han people. The Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp, the Solon soldiers, and the Jianrui Camp are all Manchus. Just let these Green Camp soldiers kill the captured Manchus, and then leave their names on the proclamation insulting the current emperor, and submit a letter of surrender. Finally, promise to take them away after the war. I am not afraid that they will not surrender."

After listening, Zhao Zhen asked everyone to act separately. Bao Xu and Chao Gai led a group of Pudao soldiers to distinguish between Manchus and Han, and then supervised the Green Camp soldiers to kill the Eight Banners soldiers. The Eight Banners soldiers were originally wounded. Excluding those killed in the attack, there were less than 50 people alive. On the contrary, there were 342 Green Camp soldiers after counting. Seven or eight people were divided into one, and they took turns to go forward and chop them. Those who did not move were cut in half by Bao Xu.

After killing the Eight Banners soldiers, they all signed and sealed the proclamation cursing Emperor Qianlong, and then drove them to the tent to rest. Zhao Zhen and others also arranged for the soldiers to stay on duty. After fighting in the middle of the night, the soldiers were tired and went to rest.

The old city of Linqing was not peaceful last night, and intermittent shouts of killing were heard from time to time.

The next morning, the young men of Bailiu Village started a fire and cooked early, and the soldiers got up to eat at Chenpai. The soldiers of the Green Camp also shared a bowl of rice. After resting in the middle of the night, they seemed to have accepted their fate.

After Zhao Zhen and the other heroes had breakfast, they heard from afar that the old city of Linqing was still hearing gunshots and shouts from time to time, but no Qing army left the city. Seeing this, Zhao Zhen and others did not attack the city, and took this opportunity to recruit the soldiers of the Green Camp.

With the help of everyone, Wu Yong selected the gunners and musketeers early in the morning and fired towards the old city of Linqing, which was two miles away. Only the invincible general cannon could hit the city, and the range of the other cannons was only two or three hundred meters.

Zhao Zhen and others went to see the craters and paid more attention to the power of the cannon. The bird gun and the three-eyed gun were also tested. The power was just as Wu Yong said. Compared with bows and arrows, bird guns were easier to control. The only disadvantage was that they were easily affected by rain and snow, and the frequency of firing was not as good as bows and arrows.

Zhao Zhen carefully watched the process of the Green Camp soldiers firing the guns. First, wash the guns, second, put the medicine, third, send the medicine, fourth, send the lead, fifth, send the lead, and sixth, send the paper. Seven, send the paper, eight, open the firing door, nine, put the line of medicine, ten, still close the firing door, install the matchlock, and eleven, open the firing door upon command, aim at the thieves and report. One gunshot is enough time for the archers to shoot three rounds of arrows.

As for the seized bows and arrows, most of them were left over by the Manchu army. Zhao Zhen took one and asked the Green Camp soldiers. This bow is called the Qing bow. When the bow is unstrung, the length of the bow body can generally reach more than seven feet. It is large in size, has a large bow tip, and has a large pulling force.

Zhao Zhen tried to shoot three arrows. Leather armor can penetrate the armor within thirty steps, and cotton armor can also penetrate the arrow tip. Infantry armor can defend against it.

The Qing bow is symmetrical from the middle to both sides, and consists of the handle, bow arm, string pad and bow tip in order. The bow is made of bamboo, elm, or birch, with ox horns or sheep horns on the surface and ox tendons on the back. The bowstrings are divided into three categories: leather strings, silk strings, and tendon strings. This is the bow used by the Solon soldiers.

After seeing the Qing army's weapons, in terms of long-range weapons, they are indeed much better than those in Zhao Zhen's army. Fortunately, they attacked at night, captured the camp, and seized these weapons. Otherwise, it would be a hard battle, and the outcome is uncertain.

At noon, Zhao Zhen called all the heroes together again to discuss matters and let everyone speak freely.

Luan Tingyu spoke first: "Master, in my opinion, the elite Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp have been fighting hard for these days, and now they are probably exhausted. Yesterday, Master also killed many of the elite Eight Banners."

Wu Yong said: "That being said, the battle is dangerous, so we still have to be cautious. After all, the incident yesterday happened suddenly, and we were waiting for the enemy to tire out and ambushed on three sides. In addition, it is not easy to set up the battle formation at night, and the Qing army was dispersed before firing a single arrow."

After a long discussion, no decision was made. Zhao Zhen turned to Ruan Xiaoqi and said, "Xiaoqi, how is the navy?"

Ruan Xiaoqi said, "Master, the navy seized more than 30 large and small ships yesterday, and the guarding officers and soldiers were all killed. However, we found several backbones of Wang Lun's army captured by the Qing army. I thought they were soldiers who made mistakes in the navy, but today I asked and found out that they were both leaders of the Qingshui Sect."

Zhao Zhen said, "Who are they?"

Ruan Xiaoqi said, "The three people, Li San, the vanguard, Yan Liu, the tiger claw, and Li Wang, the hidden rabbit, are all backbones of Wang Lun's sect. But they were all injured by arrows and tortured, and their injuries are quite serious. There is also one person, Wang Lun's wife, who was pierced by an iron rope under her neck. Now she is on her deathbed. I have carried everyone here and found a tent to settle them in case the master asks."

Zhao Zhen looked at Wu Yong, and the two stood up. Zhao Zhen said, "Let's go and see them and ask about the situation in Wang Lun's army." As he said, the two of them left the general's tent with Ruan Xiaoqi, followed by the two sisters Ji Minghan and Ji Mingdan.

Just as Ruan Xiaoqi said, although Li San, Yan Liu, and Li Wang were covered in blood, they were all superficial injuries, but Wang Wangshi looked like she was breathing out more than breathing in.

Ruan Xiaoqi introduced it, Zhao Zhen took out Bai Duo's secret golden wound medicine, asked someone to change the medicine for the three people, and asked Ji Minghan and the other two to apply medicine to Wang Wangshi and bandage her carefully. Although it was just doing one's best and leaving the rest to fate, it was also a gesture of Zhao Zhen's kindness.

After changing the medicine, Wang Wangshi was placed alone. Zhao Zhen saw that Li Wang and the other two looked fine, so he asked, "Three heroes, do you know what's happening in the city now?"

As Zhao Zhen asked, the three looked a little gloomy, but Yan Liu, with his black beard and nails like claws, said, "General, I was the last one to be captured. I'm afraid that the leader Wang Lun is having a hard time. He was in danger again and again, and it was all thanks to my brothers who risked their lives to save him. Many of our brothers suffered heavy casualties. But we didn't let the Qing dogs get away with it. We killed a lot of the flag soldiers in the Beijing camp, and even most of the Solon soldiers from outside the pass."

With that said, General Yan Liu told the story of the battle in the city. Only then did Zhao Zhen know that it took Wang Lun's army seventeen days to attack Qingxin City, and there were many casualties. Because the walls of the new city were built with blue bricks, and Wang Lun's army did not have cannons, he tried many methods. He piled straw outside the city tower, lit it on fire, and covered the sky with smoke, so he took the opportunity to climb into the city. Then they used four oxen-carts to carry gunpowder for blasting, but they were unsuccessful.

Even so, Wang Lun still led his army to defeat the reinforcements guarding Getuken in Dezhou. Unfortunately, they were finally defeated by the elite Eight Banners of the Qing army led by Shu Hede, Lawang Dorji, and Asiha, who worked together inside and outside.

Even so, the rebels were not afraid. They went up to the house and fired guns, threw bricks and stones, brandished swords and spears, and engaged in fierce street battles with the Qing army. Both sides suffered casualties.

Although the Qing army was at an advantage, the rebels took advantage of the old city's narrow streets, rows of houses, and criss-crossing terrain to block the attack at all levels, causing the Qing army to fall into a quagmire and be unable to do anything.

The Qing army suffered many casualties in the past two days. Now they are fighting and burning, killing without distinction between good and bad. The religious people have no place to hide, they are surrounded everywhere, and defeat is just in front of them. Yan Liu finally said that the leader Wang Lun was now surrounded in Wang's compound, and prayed that Zhao Zhen could send troops to rescue him as soon as possible.

After listening to what Yan Liu said, Zhao Zhen comforted the three people and asked everyone to rest in peace and cultivate themselves. The army attacked the city as soon as possible and rescued the religious people.

Zhao Zhen and others returned to the commander's tent. Wu Yong talked about the current situation and said: "Master, we still need to attack the city as soon as possible. While Wang Lun's army can still draw some Qing army's energy in the city, we will force the city as soon as possible." The Qing army is fighting, and we cannot allow the Qing army to calmly destroy Wang Lun's army and then fight with us with all its strength."

Zhao Zhen and others also felt that this should be the case. They all discussed it, went out to make preparations, and acted according to the plan.