Dazhi Town.
In Dazhi Town, which was only 30 kilometers away from Qinzhou, an army wearing gray military uniforms, leggings, canvas military bags, and steel guns appeared on the official road just as dawn broke.
There were many soldiers, and they were so dense that one couldn't see the end.
They were the 30,000 strong Southern Army led by the Southern Army General Aliman. Their goal was to go to Ginkou to suppress a group of rebels called the Yan Huang National Defense Army.
On top of a small hill, Aliman, who was as burly as a bear and wore the rank of general, was riding on a warhorse and looking into the distance with a telescope.
"Great General, we are still sixty li away from Ginkou. Why don't we set up camp first to test the strength of the rebel army?”
Chief of Staff Feng He said softly.
Although he was advising them to act safely, he had a relaxed smile on his face.
In his eyes, there were only a few thousand rebel soldiers. How could they be a match for thirty thousand new soldiers equipped with western weapons and trained by western instructors?
As for why they had sent 30,000 troops to encircle and suppress them, it was entirely because there had been no rebellion for too long. It was necessary to let those commoners see the glory of the royal army.
Aliman put down his binoculars and sneered,""Hehe, it's just a motley crew of five to six thousand. If it wasn't for the emperor's order to clean up the Lianzhou Prefecture, I would have led the 18th Cavalry Division to Qin Province and wiped them out with a flip of my hand!”
"Great General is mighty!"
"Order the army to speed up. We have to reach Ginkou before 10 am and launch an attack to destroy the rebel army!”
"Yes, sir!"
……
Outside Ginkou.
After learning that the Imperial Court's army was about to arrive, there was not a single refugee within five kilometers of Ginkou.
The four to five thousand people in the city were also worried, afraid that the Yan Huang National Defense Army would not be able to defeat the Qing army.
On the main road to Ginkou, a group of about three thousand refugees was slowly moving forward.
Most of the people in the team were women with children, and there were also many elderly people.
Looking at their condition, although they were also sallow and skinny, they were not skinny.
At the front of the group were two to three hundred lean men carrying all kinds of spears, bows, and sabers. The middle-aged man leading them was Zheng Sanpao.
Yesterday, he came to Qinzhou to observe. When he saw the mighty and domineering military appearance of the National Defense Force, the weapons that were better than those of the foreign powers, and Zhu Lingye's action of distributing food to the refugees, he immediately decided to bring the entire village to seek refuge.
Zheng Sanpao was from the northeast. When the Japanese invaded the northeast, his entire family was killed by the Japanese. Only he was lucky enough to escape. Then, he entered the pass and lived a vagrant life.
Later, he joined the Qing army. With his natural love for artillery, coupled with the fact that he worked hard day and night to study the principles and operation methods of western-style artillery, he quickly became a master cannoneer and became the artillery battalion commander of the new army in less than three years.
Unfortunately, so what if he became a battalion commander? The Qing court did not have the intention of going to war with Fusang to recover the northeast.
In the end, in the trade war that broke out in Guangzhou, their fifteen divisions were utterly defeated by two divisions of the allied forces, with more than two-thirds of them dead or injured.
It was also in this war that he saw what large-caliber artillery and other artillery tactics were.
Once the artillery bombardment was launched, it would be like a thunderbolt. The artillery shells that carried the power to destroy the world fell on the battlefield like raindrops, destroying everything in their path.
Up until now, Zheng Sanpao, who had escaped death, still had nightmares, and he couldn't sleep at night when he encountered thunder.
Therefore, when he saw the cannons of the National Defense Force yesterday, he was pleasantly surprised.
The Qing army couldn't beat the National Defense Force, they definitely couldn't!
"Chief, what are you thinking about? It's said that the Southern General Ali Man has already led 30,000 soldiers to Ginkou. If we go to Ginkou now, what's the difference between that and suicide?”
"Yeah, why don't we go back? Although there's nothing to eat in the mountains, we won't starve to death. There's no need to take the risk!”
"Chief…"
Shut up!
"Those who are willing to follow me, go. Those who are unwilling, go wherever you want."”
"Motherf * cker, I've spent thousands of years to find a way out for you guys. Why are you so talkative? Those who don't want to go to Ginkou, scram!”
His voice was very penetrating, and everyone was silent in fear. They lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
Zheng Sanpao's prestige was without a doubt. Without this chief, the people of the Ox-head stockade would have starved to death long ago.
After being reprimanded, those people who were complaining just now did not dare to say anything.
Strangely, no one left.
Actually, it wasn't that they didn't want to leave!
Where should he go after leaving?
Without Zheng Sanpao's protection, the outcome would be starvation.
Therefore, he might as well take a gamble. He would die anyway. He would die after eating a full meal!
Very quickly, after walking for half an hour, Ginkou was already in sight.
The fog in the morning gradually dissipated. A few sharp-eyed bandits pointed ahead and exclaimed.
"Cannon, wow! So many cannons!"
"Good boy, what are you doing? The shells were piled up into a mountain, more than all the shells we had seen in the new army.”
"Nonsense, the Qing army is coming. The National Defense Force is going to cover us with artillery fire!”
"Awesome, the Qing army probably wouldn't have thought that they would be blown up before they even saw Ginkou, right? Hahahaha!"
"Wang Lao Er, didn't you shout that you wanted to go back just now?”
"No, I won't go back even if you beat me to death. With so many cannons, the Qing army is nothing! I want to rebel against the Flame King! Overthrow the Qing Dynasty and kill that dog Emperor Qianlong, damn it ~"
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