Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"Sir, Baigao Town is ahead," Xia Ding'an, who was familiar with the geography, nodded and bowed to Wang Zongchen.

"Xia Bazong (Xia Ding'an was awarded the title of Bazong for his meritorious service in organizing the militia), you are a local and familiar with the terrain, you can lead the militia soldiers in the front," Wang Zongchen ordered. Although he was arrogant, he had been in battle for a long time. In order to prevent any changes, he deliberately let the militia soldiers take the lead and his own green camp soldiers followed behind.

Xia Ding'an led his troops into Baigao Town, but he did not see any rebels in the town. After asking the locals, he learned that the rebels had retreated to Dongshan, and he hurriedly reported this to Wang Zongchen.

After hearing this, Wang Zongcen laughed out loud, "I've said before that these local bandits are no match for me. What do you think?" He immediately ordered his own troops to be stationed in Baigao Town, and the militia troops to be on guard outside.

"Deputy Captain, the Qing army is stationed in Baigao Town, and that bastard Xia Dingan is stationed outside the town," the subordinates reported to Liu Qingli.

"Come on, follow me to have a look." The hot-blooded Liu Qingli was not afraid at all because he only had seven riders. He led his men to climb the hill outside the town to observe. He found that the tents of the Qing army's green camp in the town were neatly set up, while the tents of the militia outside the town were all over the place and in disarray. He immediately understood what was going on and ordered, "Rest here tonight and follow me to attack the camp tomorrow morning."

In the early morning of August 1665, , the most legendary scene in the Battle of Huangzhou took place. Liu Qingli, deputy commander of the Wei army, led six of his men to launch a surprise attack on Qing troops. Of course, he did not act recklessly, but targeted the weak militia soldiers.

Seven guards rushed into the camp of the regiment soldiers at lightning speed, killing people and setting fire. These regiment soldiers were originally trained by villagers in various villages during the slack season, and had not received formal training. When they were awakened and found the fire, they fled in fear. Xia Dingan tried his best to suppress it, but he was forced to flee by his subordinates. The Green Camp soldiers guarding the town shot and killed several people before they stabilized their position.

At daybreak, Wang Zongcen counted his troops and found that more than 40 soldiers were killed or wounded, and another 40 were missing. He did not even find the body of a bandit. He became furious and ordered his men to attack the mountain.

"Captain Xia, you lost the first battle and damaged the prestige of our army. If you fail to make any contribution this time, you will be killed without mercy," Wang Zongchen said to Xia Dingan with a grin.

Xia Ding'an felt a chill in his heart and led more than 900 training troops to climb the East Mountain.

"Hmph~" Looking at the regiment soldiers swarming over, Liu Qizhen sneered and ordered the three hundred hunters not to fire without permission. After the enemy entered the range, he spat out the word "shoot".

"Bang~bang~bang~" gunshots rained down. The earthen guns were incredibly powerful at close range. Just one round of volleys was enough to knock down more than a hundred of the densely packed mountain climbing troops.

The local homemade guns were slow to load, so if the Qing army continued to attack under the hail of bullets, they would only have time to fire one round. But how could the poorly trained regiment soldiers have the courage to do so? Someone took the lead and shouted "Mom~" and ran back, and then they all turned around and fled down the mountain.

Liu Qizhen took the opportunity to command the hunters to shoot another round, and then ordered a pursuit. Cheng Zhenbang and Bao Honggong heard the order and led a thousand volunteers to fight down the mountain.

Xia Ding'an was about to organize his men to resist, but Bao Honggong approached him. Seeing his wolf-like and tiger-like appearance, Xia Ding'an could not help but feel weak in his hands and feet.

"You bastard, die!" With a fierce shot, Bao Honggong stabbed the militia leader who betrayed his fellow villagers, leaving him cold in his heart.

"Waste!" Seeing the militia soldiers defeated, Wang Zongcen cursed them as "waste" and finally dispatched his own troops.

This time, the ones who came back were the well-trained Green Camp of the Qing Army. They first used the small cannons in the camp to bombard the top of the mountain, and then they climbed the mountain in groups of three or five, holding swords and shields. The groups were far apart, which effectively reduced the damage from the muskets and boulders on the mountain. Behind the sword and shield players, there were archers who threw bows and arrows upwards to cover the infantry climbing the mountain.

After three days of fierce fighting, the 1,500 Green Camp soldiers killed more than 3,500 rebels in a panic. The rebel leaders Chen Huihui and Zhou Meigong were killed, and it seemed that they were on the verge of collapse.

"I underestimated the Qing army. When the Qing army attacks the mountain again today, you can retreat from the back mountain." Liu Qizhen was determined to die, and ordered Liu Qingli to retreat in the chaos.

"No! Father, I won't leave! I want to die with you!" Liu Qingli refused to give in. Liu Qizhen had no choice but to hug his adopted son and cry.

"Dong~Dong~Dong~" The war drums at the foot of the mountain sounded again, and the Qing army shouted and attacked the mountain again. This time the attack was more fierce, and the defenders were in danger.

"Kill~kill~kill~" At the critical moment, a group of soldiers suddenly attacked the flank of the Qing army.

"This must be Brother Tan leading his troops from Shangcheng to support us! Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!" Liu Qizhen was overjoyed and led the rebel army down the mountain.

The Qing army was caught off guard by the sudden attack and its formation was thrown into chaos.

Wang Zongchen was shocked. He knew that he would not get any advantage today. "Retreat! Return to Macheng!" He gritted his teeth and ordered, leading the defeated army to rush to Macheng.

As Liu Qizhen expected, the person who came was none other than Tan Yicong, one of the original leaders of the 48 strongholds and the garrison commander of Shangcheng. After receiving Huang Jinlong's letter, he immediately led 600 soldiers to Baigao Town, but unexpectedly, Liu Qizhen was eager to make a contribution and took the initiative, which made him arrive at the battlefield at the critical moment and solved the urgent problem.

Looking at the uniform cloth armor, numerous swords, spears, bows and arrows, and dozens of muskets of the Tan army, leaders such as Liu Qizhen, Cheng Zhenbang, Bao Honggong, and Li Gongmao were extremely envious.

"Today we are fortunate to have the help of Brother Tan, otherwise we would be dead!" Liu Qizhen sighed.

"This is my job, don't worry about it, brother." After being polite for a while, Tan Yicong asked in confusion, "Didn't you agree to wait until I arrived before taking action? Why did you take action in advance?"

"This~" Liu Qizhen's old face turned red. Fortunately, the leader of the rebel army, Li Gongmao, next to him, tried to smooth things over. "Xia Ding'an was a shameless bastard. He reported our uprising to Wang Zongchen. Brother Liu had no choice but to lead us to start the uprising in advance."

"So that's how it is. Brother, you made a prompt decision. I admire you," Tan Yicong suddenly realized.

Liu Qizhen was afraid that he would notice his intention to steal the credit, so he changed the subject and said, "I see that your subordinates are wearing bright armor, and they have not only many swords, spears, bows and arrows, but also dozens of bird guns. I wonder where you made your fortune? You must have become rich!"

Seeing that he was asked about his pride, Tan Yicong chuckled and said loudly: "How can I get rich? These weapons are all allocated by the court. The David military system is divided into two categories: the imperial guards and the garrison. My troops are just the poorly equipped garrison, and most of the weapons they use are discarded by the imperial guards, which are not good. The weapons and firearms used by the imperial guards are really good, and the equipment used by the imperial guards of the Khan is even better. Since my brother has surrendered to the court, it won't be long before the Ministry of War allocates money, food and weapons. Just wait."

When the leaders heard that the court was going to provide them with money, food and military equipment, they were overjoyed. They prepared a banquet that night and drank with Tan Yicong.

At the Macheng County Office, seeing Wang Zongchen's miserable appearance, the magistrate Wang Lu asked, "Deputy Rong, why are you like this?"

"Alas!" Wang Zongchen described the defeat in detail.

Wang Lu was shocked and said, "You must ask for help from Deputy Rong Wu immediately, otherwise Macheng will be in danger."

Wang Zongcen scratched his head and said, "I am not good at writing, so please ask County Magistrate Wang to do it for me."

Wang Lu did not refuse and wrote: "The Macheng thieves Liu Qizhen and others are in turmoil. The rebellion is very intense. Although I have tried my best to suppress it, it is difficult to put it out. I hope you will send troops to rescue them as soon as possible. If you delay, there may be a prairie fire." (End of this chapter)