Chapter 1137
The Dust Settles
Chapter 1137 The Dust Settles
Takahashi Nan looked at the sky, and was still hesitant about whether to launch an offensive immediately.The men he led have been busy since this morning. Just marching all the way for dozens of miles has consumed a lot of energy, and they have fought against Gan Qiang and his gang twice in the middle. It is inevitable to attack Dongshan Village by force Some are too hard for these soldiers.Although it may not be possible to take down this Dongshanzhai before dark, if unnecessary battle damage is caused due to excessive fatigue, it will be too much. The value is far less than that of an ordinary soldier in a special warfare battalion.
Cooking smoke has already risen in Dongshan village. It seems that the bandits in the village still don't know the result of the battle at Cishan. This relieves Gao Qiaonan a little. empty.
If you rest for one night and wait until tomorrow to start, of course there may be a situation where Dongshanzhai received a police call at night and Pu Xueguang ran away with his men overnight, and it would take another effort to hunt him down.Takahashi Minami thought for a while, and decided to rest for a night first, so that the troops could recover their strength a bit.However, he didn't let Dongshan village go, and sent two platoons of men to lurk in the forest behind Dongshan village. If the bandits in the village want to escape overnight, they are most likely to retreat to the mountains. Block Pu Xueguang.
Gao Qiaonan led his troops to set up camp in a forest about two miles away from Dongshanzhai, but in order to prevent their whereabouts from being leaked, the soldiers could not bury their pots and cook hot food for this meal.Originally, the Special Operations Battalion was equipped with self-heating rations as the ace field force, but before entering the mountain, Takahashi Minami considered that he might need to march quickly to chase the enemy during the battle, so he gave up the heavy self-heating rations and cooking utensils in order to reduce the burden , The soldiers entered the mountain with only combat rations such as fried noodles.
But that night was safe and sound. Perhaps the sporadic bandits who escaped from Cishan also felt that it was too difficult to escape dozens of miles in one go. It would be safer to hide in the mountains and wait for the Haihan army to withdraw. The situation Gao Qiaonan was worried about just didn't show up.But he was still worried about nights and dreams, so he ordered the siege of Dongshanzhai to begin after the sky dawned.
The periphery of Dongshanzhai is a moat and a wooden wall. There is a village gate in the south and north. The south leads to the mountainous area, and the north is the plain area between the mountains when the special warfare camp came. People in Dongshanzhai reclaimed the plains A lot of cultivated land came out, and there was no place to hide. After the people from the special warfare battalion appeared, they quickly attracted the attention of the sentries in the stockade, and they blew the horn to warn.
Gao Qiaonan wasn't worried about what kind of tricks the people in the village could play. The information he had clearly pointed out that there were not many people in Dongshan Village. Fleeing into the mountains, there are still two platoons of troops waiting for them on the south slope, enough to catch them off guard.Of course, the most likely thing is that the bandits in the village could not hold out, hoping to rely on the walls and trenches to resist the Haihan army's offensive.
Sure enough, more and more human heads appeared on the wall soon, and someone could vaguely see someone pointing a bow and arrow at the open space outside the gate of the village.Pu Xueguang once had the experience of fighting the Haihan Army in Fushan County. Although he did not fight in person, he also knew the uniform of the Haihan Army.Right now, the Haihan army appeared outside Dongshanzhai like heavenly soldiers, and Pu Xueguang could only scold Gan Qiang for being such a wimp—the fact that the Haihan army suddenly appeared outside Dongshanzhai without any warning was obviously pointed out by someone. Lu came for him, and Gan Qiang only left Dongshanzhai a few days ago, so he must be the most suspected of betraying himself.
Pu Xueguang saw that the opponent's formation was full of infantry, without cavalry or artillery, so he felt a little relieved at the moment.However, he weighed the strength of the enemy and himself, and then gave up the idea of taking the initiative to fight.Back then when they fought against the Haihan army outside Fushan County, the Wanjia army took the initiative to attack twice, but they were beaten so helplessly that thousands of people were either killed or captured, and only escaped with Pu Xueguang and Gan Qiang. Hundreds of people.With such a painful lesson before him, he never dared to let his subordinates fight the Haihan army head-on in the open area again.What's more, maybe the Haihan people ambushed their cavalry somewhere outside the narrow area, waiting for a surprise attack.
Gao Qiaonan was not in a hurry to launch an offensive, but had someone hold up a shield to cover a soldier with a loud voice who came forward and shouted loudly, shouting out the amount of reward Haihan offered to Pu Xueguang.
Pu Xueguang originally thought that the other party was going to use the traditional method of persuading surrender, and planned to scold the other party first to boost morale, but he never expected that the Haihan people would be so philistine, and they would use this kind of money-throwing method as soon as they came up. Crude means.
"Shoot him quickly! Shoot him to death!" Pu Xueguang knew that if he continued to let the other party continue, his army's morale would definitely be shaken more and more, so he even asked the archers on the wall to do it in order to interrupt the other party's attack outside the village. Shout out.
However, almost all those who could fight in the Wanjia Army were lost in the battle of Fushan County. At present, these people who follow Pu Xueguang are ordinary bandits with mediocre qualifications, and they only use ordinary hunting bows made by the people. After two rounds of shooting, he couldn't even create any real threat.
However, at this time, the people in the village had already heard what the Haihan army was saying, and many people's expressions had begun to change.For them, Pu Xueguang is a superior military advisor, but now Pu Xueguang's actual value seems to have been quantified. The 500 taels of silver offered by Haihan is already a huge sum of money for these bandits, and some of them will even pay for five taels of silver. Killing people, this reward is enough to make them give up their position and camp.
Pu Xueguang suddenly felt a chill on his back, and when he turned his head, he saw that almost everyone was staring at him with strange expressions, as if they were looking at a pile of ingots.If it weren't for his past authority in the Wanjia Army, perhaps some of them couldn't help but want to do something.
Pu Xueguang naturally understood why this delicate atmosphere was generated, so he tried to calm down and said, "Don't believe the lies of the Haihan people. If they break through Dongshanzhai, everyone here will die! Don't think that the Haihan people will really Take money out to reward those who surrender, they just want to use this method to cause our civil strife, and then take advantage of it!"
Someone in the crowd responded sullenly: "Why don't the military commander restrain himself and surrender, so that everyone may be able to save their lives, and they don't have to hurt the peace of the brothers!"
Pu Xueguang said angrily: "If I open the city and ask you to surrender, the Haihan people will definitely kill you all! You have to think about it!"
At this time, the shouts of Haihan soldiers outside the city came: "Surrender, you will not die! Disarm and don't kill! Those who capture the bandit leader Pu Xueguang will be granted an amnesty!"
The air in the village suddenly froze, and Pu Xueguang realized that the minds of these people had begun to waver. He was about to persuade a few more words, but someone shouted: "Take down the surname Pu, and the brothers will share the reward." !"
The person who shouted was a small leader in the village, and immediately seven or eight people followed him to mobilize, drew their weapons and rushed forward to take Pu Xueguang.However, Pu Xueguang was not helpless. There were several loyal subordinates beside him, and they rushed to the front to take over this wave of offensive.
But once someone started, imitators followed.The reason is very simple, dealing with Pu Xueguang is definitely much easier and less risky than dealing with those notorious Haihan soldiers outside the village.Taking Pu Xueguang can not only share the money, but also gain freedom, and he will not be punished as a prisoner of the Haihan people. This is a life-saving straw that can be seen and touched for the bandits who are on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for anyone Don't fight for such an opportunity to get out.
Almost at the same time that the first internal strife started, larger-scale internal strife broke out.Pu Xueguang is not a general, nor has he learned any fighting skills, so he was soon restrained and pinned to the ground.But the small groups that took the lead had their own ideas, and they didn't want the results to be monopolized by others, so they started fighting each other again, and the scene was in chaos.These people did not have the courage to fight the Haihan army outside the stronghold, but they were not afraid to fight against their own people.
The few Haihan soldiers shouting outside had already been forced back by the bows and arrows shot from the wall, but they retreated when they saw the people on the wall shooting a few arrows. .At this time, there was already a melee inside the wall of the village, and no one cared about dealing with the Hai Han soldiers outside.The voice of announcing the reward order kept echoing in the air, making the bloodied bandits even more crazy.
Gao Qiaonan didn't expect such a simple method to cause a sudden internal strife among the bandits who were already on the verge of collapse.Of course, this is not only the effect of the amount of the reward. During this period of time, the Wanjia Army has been defeated again and again, and its strength has been greatly damaged. Internal power changes and personnel changes have also caused panic. No one knows who will be Pu Xueguang next Will the person who cleans up with Gan Qiang be himself, coupled with the increasingly fierce reputation of the Shanghai Han people and the increasingly embarrassing living conditions today, the arrival of the Haihan army is just the last straw that overwhelms the camel's camel.
Seeing that there was no movement on the wall, Takahashi Nan was also a little puzzled. It stands to reason that even if the other party did not stand up and scold him, he would use bows and arrows to force the caller back. How could the Haihan army be allowed to act recklessly like this?Could it be that he was holding back some big move in Dongshanzhai?
Thinking of this level, Takahashi Nan didn't dare to be negligent, and let the troops slowly press close. The only two snipers had already aimed at the wall. If anyone came out again, they would shoot and kill them first.
Takahashi Nanjian was already only twenty feet away from the wall of the village, and the opponent still did not respond, and the troops surrounding the gate of the village on the south side did not send out warning signals. The small team carried a few ladders made overnight, and quickly approached under the wall of the village to see what happened inside.
The soldiers quickly put ladders on the wall and climbed up, then carefully poked their heads out to look inside, and immediately sent a signal to indicate that the troops could advance.Now Gao Qiaonan no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered an attack.
At this time, the bandits in the village were already terrified. Even if someone saw Haihan soldiers coming in from the wall, they had no time to stop them from opening the gate of the village.This East Shanzhai has not yet formally confronted the Haihan army, but it has already declared its fall.
When Gao Qiaonan entered Dongshanzhai, he was also shocked by the situation inside. He never imagined that the bandits would have such serious internal strife at this juncture.Although he did ask the soldiers to speak out in the hope of alienating the bandits in the village, he did not really hope that this method would completely disintegrate the opponent's will to fight, but judging from the current situation, the effect is obviously greater It's even better than I imagined.
"Looks like we can just spend money on these bandits in the future!" Gao Qiaonan couldn't help but a joking thought flashed through his mind.Of course, he will not simply think that this is all due to the reward order, and there are many problems that cannot be solved by money.
The soldiers stepped forward to separately control some bandits who still refused to stop, and then went to the south to open the gate of the village, allowing the two platoons deployed there to enter the village.In addition to the houses where the bandits lived, there were only some horse sheds, warehouses, firewood houses and other facilities in this village. A small open space in the corner was reclaimed to grow vegetables, and a well in the village was used for watering.If you don't know that a group of bandits occupy this place, it doesn't look much different from the local farms.
Through the identification of the bandits, the soldiers quickly found Pu Xueguang who was still trembling in the pool of blood, locked him up and brought him to Gao Qiaonan.Gao Qiaonan also frowned when he saw the man's face covered in blood, and ordered Gan Qiang to be brought here to confirm Pu Xueguang's identity.
Gan Qiang looked at it twice, then said to Gao Qiaonan dejectedly, "This man is Pu Xueguang, the military advisor!"
Seeing Gan Qiang, Pu Xueguang was also furious, trying to break free from the control of the two soldiers next to him, trying to throw Gan Qiang down: "You traitor actually lured wolves into the house! If I had known this, I shouldn't have let you come back alive! "
When the two retreated from the defeat in Fushan County that day, Gan Qiang was still injured, and Pu Xueguang still had a chance to deal with him at that time.But Pu Xueguang thought he could control Gan Qiang and use him to integrate the remnants of the Wanjia Army, so he didn't do anything to him.Unexpectedly, raising a tiger would cause trouble, but he was finally killed by Gan Qiang.
Gan Qiang also said angrily: "If you hadn't encouraged Wan Meng to fight the Haihan army, how could things have come to such a mess! Everyone, the Wanjia army and Haihan's quarrel, the culprit is this villain!"
Gan Qiang said that he was filled with righteous indignation, wishing he could lift Pu Xueguang up and beat him up, as if he completely forgot that he was also a "thief".Seeing that the two had no sense of shame, Gao Qiaonan still complained to each other, adding insult to injury, felt disgusted in his heart, immediately asked the soldiers to separate and detain them.
(End of this chapter)
Takahashi Nan looked at the sky, and was still hesitant about whether to launch an offensive immediately.The men he led have been busy since this morning. Just marching all the way for dozens of miles has consumed a lot of energy, and they have fought against Gan Qiang and his gang twice in the middle. It is inevitable to attack Dongshan Village by force Some are too hard for these soldiers.Although it may not be possible to take down this Dongshanzhai before dark, if unnecessary battle damage is caused due to excessive fatigue, it will be too much. The value is far less than that of an ordinary soldier in a special warfare battalion.
Cooking smoke has already risen in Dongshan village. It seems that the bandits in the village still don't know the result of the battle at Cishan. This relieves Gao Qiaonan a little. empty.
If you rest for one night and wait until tomorrow to start, of course there may be a situation where Dongshanzhai received a police call at night and Pu Xueguang ran away with his men overnight, and it would take another effort to hunt him down.Takahashi Minami thought for a while, and decided to rest for a night first, so that the troops could recover their strength a bit.However, he didn't let Dongshan village go, and sent two platoons of men to lurk in the forest behind Dongshan village. If the bandits in the village want to escape overnight, they are most likely to retreat to the mountains. Block Pu Xueguang.
Gao Qiaonan led his troops to set up camp in a forest about two miles away from Dongshanzhai, but in order to prevent their whereabouts from being leaked, the soldiers could not bury their pots and cook hot food for this meal.Originally, the Special Operations Battalion was equipped with self-heating rations as the ace field force, but before entering the mountain, Takahashi Minami considered that he might need to march quickly to chase the enemy during the battle, so he gave up the heavy self-heating rations and cooking utensils in order to reduce the burden , The soldiers entered the mountain with only combat rations such as fried noodles.
But that night was safe and sound. Perhaps the sporadic bandits who escaped from Cishan also felt that it was too difficult to escape dozens of miles in one go. It would be safer to hide in the mountains and wait for the Haihan army to withdraw. The situation Gao Qiaonan was worried about just didn't show up.But he was still worried about nights and dreams, so he ordered the siege of Dongshanzhai to begin after the sky dawned.
The periphery of Dongshanzhai is a moat and a wooden wall. There is a village gate in the south and north. The south leads to the mountainous area, and the north is the plain area between the mountains when the special warfare camp came. People in Dongshanzhai reclaimed the plains A lot of cultivated land came out, and there was no place to hide. After the people from the special warfare battalion appeared, they quickly attracted the attention of the sentries in the stockade, and they blew the horn to warn.
Gao Qiaonan wasn't worried about what kind of tricks the people in the village could play. The information he had clearly pointed out that there were not many people in Dongshan Village. Fleeing into the mountains, there are still two platoons of troops waiting for them on the south slope, enough to catch them off guard.Of course, the most likely thing is that the bandits in the village could not hold out, hoping to rely on the walls and trenches to resist the Haihan army's offensive.
Sure enough, more and more human heads appeared on the wall soon, and someone could vaguely see someone pointing a bow and arrow at the open space outside the gate of the village.Pu Xueguang once had the experience of fighting the Haihan Army in Fushan County. Although he did not fight in person, he also knew the uniform of the Haihan Army.Right now, the Haihan army appeared outside Dongshanzhai like heavenly soldiers, and Pu Xueguang could only scold Gan Qiang for being such a wimp—the fact that the Haihan army suddenly appeared outside Dongshanzhai without any warning was obviously pointed out by someone. Lu came for him, and Gan Qiang only left Dongshanzhai a few days ago, so he must be the most suspected of betraying himself.
Pu Xueguang saw that the opponent's formation was full of infantry, without cavalry or artillery, so he felt a little relieved at the moment.However, he weighed the strength of the enemy and himself, and then gave up the idea of taking the initiative to fight.Back then when they fought against the Haihan army outside Fushan County, the Wanjia army took the initiative to attack twice, but they were beaten so helplessly that thousands of people were either killed or captured, and only escaped with Pu Xueguang and Gan Qiang. Hundreds of people.With such a painful lesson before him, he never dared to let his subordinates fight the Haihan army head-on in the open area again.What's more, maybe the Haihan people ambushed their cavalry somewhere outside the narrow area, waiting for a surprise attack.
Gao Qiaonan was not in a hurry to launch an offensive, but had someone hold up a shield to cover a soldier with a loud voice who came forward and shouted loudly, shouting out the amount of reward Haihan offered to Pu Xueguang.
Pu Xueguang originally thought that the other party was going to use the traditional method of persuading surrender, and planned to scold the other party first to boost morale, but he never expected that the Haihan people would be so philistine, and they would use this kind of money-throwing method as soon as they came up. Crude means.
"Shoot him quickly! Shoot him to death!" Pu Xueguang knew that if he continued to let the other party continue, his army's morale would definitely be shaken more and more, so he even asked the archers on the wall to do it in order to interrupt the other party's attack outside the village. Shout out.
However, almost all those who could fight in the Wanjia Army were lost in the battle of Fushan County. At present, these people who follow Pu Xueguang are ordinary bandits with mediocre qualifications, and they only use ordinary hunting bows made by the people. After two rounds of shooting, he couldn't even create any real threat.
However, at this time, the people in the village had already heard what the Haihan army was saying, and many people's expressions had begun to change.For them, Pu Xueguang is a superior military advisor, but now Pu Xueguang's actual value seems to have been quantified. The 500 taels of silver offered by Haihan is already a huge sum of money for these bandits, and some of them will even pay for five taels of silver. Killing people, this reward is enough to make them give up their position and camp.
Pu Xueguang suddenly felt a chill on his back, and when he turned his head, he saw that almost everyone was staring at him with strange expressions, as if they were looking at a pile of ingots.If it weren't for his past authority in the Wanjia Army, perhaps some of them couldn't help but want to do something.
Pu Xueguang naturally understood why this delicate atmosphere was generated, so he tried to calm down and said, "Don't believe the lies of the Haihan people. If they break through Dongshanzhai, everyone here will die! Don't think that the Haihan people will really Take money out to reward those who surrender, they just want to use this method to cause our civil strife, and then take advantage of it!"
Someone in the crowd responded sullenly: "Why don't the military commander restrain himself and surrender, so that everyone may be able to save their lives, and they don't have to hurt the peace of the brothers!"
Pu Xueguang said angrily: "If I open the city and ask you to surrender, the Haihan people will definitely kill you all! You have to think about it!"
At this time, the shouts of Haihan soldiers outside the city came: "Surrender, you will not die! Disarm and don't kill! Those who capture the bandit leader Pu Xueguang will be granted an amnesty!"
The air in the village suddenly froze, and Pu Xueguang realized that the minds of these people had begun to waver. He was about to persuade a few more words, but someone shouted: "Take down the surname Pu, and the brothers will share the reward." !"
The person who shouted was a small leader in the village, and immediately seven or eight people followed him to mobilize, drew their weapons and rushed forward to take Pu Xueguang.However, Pu Xueguang was not helpless. There were several loyal subordinates beside him, and they rushed to the front to take over this wave of offensive.
But once someone started, imitators followed.The reason is very simple, dealing with Pu Xueguang is definitely much easier and less risky than dealing with those notorious Haihan soldiers outside the village.Taking Pu Xueguang can not only share the money, but also gain freedom, and he will not be punished as a prisoner of the Haihan people. This is a life-saving straw that can be seen and touched for the bandits who are on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for anyone Don't fight for such an opportunity to get out.
Almost at the same time that the first internal strife started, larger-scale internal strife broke out.Pu Xueguang is not a general, nor has he learned any fighting skills, so he was soon restrained and pinned to the ground.But the small groups that took the lead had their own ideas, and they didn't want the results to be monopolized by others, so they started fighting each other again, and the scene was in chaos.These people did not have the courage to fight the Haihan army outside the stronghold, but they were not afraid to fight against their own people.
The few Haihan soldiers shouting outside had already been forced back by the bows and arrows shot from the wall, but they retreated when they saw the people on the wall shooting a few arrows. .At this time, there was already a melee inside the wall of the village, and no one cared about dealing with the Hai Han soldiers outside.The voice of announcing the reward order kept echoing in the air, making the bloodied bandits even more crazy.
Gao Qiaonan didn't expect such a simple method to cause a sudden internal strife among the bandits who were already on the verge of collapse.Of course, this is not only the effect of the amount of the reward. During this period of time, the Wanjia Army has been defeated again and again, and its strength has been greatly damaged. Internal power changes and personnel changes have also caused panic. No one knows who will be Pu Xueguang next Will the person who cleans up with Gan Qiang be himself, coupled with the increasingly fierce reputation of the Shanghai Han people and the increasingly embarrassing living conditions today, the arrival of the Haihan army is just the last straw that overwhelms the camel's camel.
Seeing that there was no movement on the wall, Takahashi Nan was also a little puzzled. It stands to reason that even if the other party did not stand up and scold him, he would use bows and arrows to force the caller back. How could the Haihan army be allowed to act recklessly like this?Could it be that he was holding back some big move in Dongshanzhai?
Thinking of this level, Takahashi Nan didn't dare to be negligent, and let the troops slowly press close. The only two snipers had already aimed at the wall. If anyone came out again, they would shoot and kill them first.
Takahashi Nanjian was already only twenty feet away from the wall of the village, and the opponent still did not respond, and the troops surrounding the gate of the village on the south side did not send out warning signals. The small team carried a few ladders made overnight, and quickly approached under the wall of the village to see what happened inside.
The soldiers quickly put ladders on the wall and climbed up, then carefully poked their heads out to look inside, and immediately sent a signal to indicate that the troops could advance.Now Gao Qiaonan no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered an attack.
At this time, the bandits in the village were already terrified. Even if someone saw Haihan soldiers coming in from the wall, they had no time to stop them from opening the gate of the village.This East Shanzhai has not yet formally confronted the Haihan army, but it has already declared its fall.
When Gao Qiaonan entered Dongshanzhai, he was also shocked by the situation inside. He never imagined that the bandits would have such serious internal strife at this juncture.Although he did ask the soldiers to speak out in the hope of alienating the bandits in the village, he did not really hope that this method would completely disintegrate the opponent's will to fight, but judging from the current situation, the effect is obviously greater It's even better than I imagined.
"Looks like we can just spend money on these bandits in the future!" Gao Qiaonan couldn't help but a joking thought flashed through his mind.Of course, he will not simply think that this is all due to the reward order, and there are many problems that cannot be solved by money.
The soldiers stepped forward to separately control some bandits who still refused to stop, and then went to the south to open the gate of the village, allowing the two platoons deployed there to enter the village.In addition to the houses where the bandits lived, there were only some horse sheds, warehouses, firewood houses and other facilities in this village. A small open space in the corner was reclaimed to grow vegetables, and a well in the village was used for watering.If you don't know that a group of bandits occupy this place, it doesn't look much different from the local farms.
Through the identification of the bandits, the soldiers quickly found Pu Xueguang who was still trembling in the pool of blood, locked him up and brought him to Gao Qiaonan.Gao Qiaonan also frowned when he saw the man's face covered in blood, and ordered Gan Qiang to be brought here to confirm Pu Xueguang's identity.
Gan Qiang looked at it twice, then said to Gao Qiaonan dejectedly, "This man is Pu Xueguang, the military advisor!"
Seeing Gan Qiang, Pu Xueguang was also furious, trying to break free from the control of the two soldiers next to him, trying to throw Gan Qiang down: "You traitor actually lured wolves into the house! If I had known this, I shouldn't have let you come back alive! "
When the two retreated from the defeat in Fushan County that day, Gan Qiang was still injured, and Pu Xueguang still had a chance to deal with him at that time.But Pu Xueguang thought he could control Gan Qiang and use him to integrate the remnants of the Wanjia Army, so he didn't do anything to him.Unexpectedly, raising a tiger would cause trouble, but he was finally killed by Gan Qiang.
Gan Qiang also said angrily: "If you hadn't encouraged Wan Meng to fight the Haihan army, how could things have come to such a mess! Everyone, the Wanjia army and Haihan's quarrel, the culprit is this villain!"
Gan Qiang said that he was filled with righteous indignation, wishing he could lift Pu Xueguang up and beat him up, as if he completely forgot that he was also a "thief".Seeing that the two had no sense of shame, Gao Qiaonan still complained to each other, adding insult to injury, felt disgusted in his heart, immediately asked the soldiers to separate and detain them.
(End of this chapter)