Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 270 If there is any responsibility, I, Wang Yue, will shoulder it alone!
It was already afternoon when Wang Yue woke up from his horse.

He really drank and was really drunk last night, but before that, he had already instructed Zhang Yong and Ma Yongcheng to take him away secretly after Mu Cong and his men were drunk.

In this way, they would have at least half a day to get rid of Mu Cong and set off early.

Because of Mu Cong's abnormal behavior in the past few days, Wang Yue began to doubt Mu Cong.

That's why we had to resort to this last resort and march ahead of schedule.

"Where are we now?"

"General, we are already in Heyang. If we go further, we will reach Baihe River."

Wang Yue looked at the map in the water. Their location was clearly shown on the map.

Wang Yue took a look and immediately understood the location of the army.

"Keep moving forward." Wang Yue said as he looked back.

"Are there any people in the army who are suffering from acclimatization, or are bitten by snakes or insects and are feeling unwell?"

Zhang Yong, who was in charge of supervising the army, shook his head: "No, not a single one."

"Really? That went pretty smoothly."

While Wang Yue felt relieved, he still had some doubts in his mind.

Logically speaking, people like them who have lived in the northern plains for many years would feel somewhat uncomfortable when they come to these deep mountains and forests.

But surprisingly, among the more than 300,000 people, not a single one suffered from acclimatization.

What’s even more surprising is that there haven’t been any accidents involving snake or insect stings.

Such smooth progress can only be attributed to the blessings of our ancestors.

What Wang Yue didn't know was that this was because the effect of the ancestral blessing that Zhu Youtang had signed in before had already taken effect.

Just as the army was marching normally, suddenly, streaking arrows shot from all directions.

"what!"

"Ok!"

"Uh……"

In an instant, dozens of soldiers in the army fell to the ground.

Because the Xianzhen Camp was wearing heavy armor, the hidden arrows could not hurt them at all.

But other soldiers were not so lucky. More than a dozen soldiers from the Three Thousand Battalion and the Fifth Army Battalion, as well as a dozen logistics supply personnel, screamed and fell to the ground.

Wang Yue looked around and saw human figures swaying in the surrounding mountains and forests. They appeared hurriedly and disappeared just as quickly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

"..."

In a flash, the muskets, bows and crossbows of the Shenji Camp and the Wujun Camp fired at the swaying branches.

A few muffled groans were also heard from the opposite side, and several Annan people who launched a sneak attack fell down.

At this time, the soldiers' shouts of shock and anger were heard from the army.

"General Wang! The arrow is poisonous!"

"what?!"

Wang Yue dismounted and went to the wounded man to check his wound. He saw that the arrow was short and small, but the wound was bleeding profusely.

The wounded man's face quickly turned purple, his lips turned black and blue, his expression was dull, and saliva was dripping from his mouth, which were obvious symptoms of poisoning.

"Shenjiying, chase!"

Wang Yue immediately gave an order and sent a team of soldiers from the Shenji Camp to pursue the enemy.

"Yes, General!"

The soldiers of the Shenji Camp followed the order and moved towards the place where the figure flashed, chasing relentlessly.

Under the crushing of absolute strength, after a burst of musketry, all the soldiers who went to pursue returned safely.

"General, we killed a total of 46 enemy soldiers. They were all dressed as villagers and were not wearing armor."

"Got it. Keep moving forward and get out of this forest as fast as possible."

Wang Yue nodded and gave the order to march again.

Even though they had an army of 100,000, they were facing the Annan natives who were fighting guerrilla warfare with them in the deep mountains and forests.

But it's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, there's nowhere to use the power.

These Annan people did not fight them head-on, but just hid in the woods and kept shooting poison arrows at them.

There were too many of them, they were unfamiliar with the road, and the environment was harsh, so there was no way they could take advantage of their numbers.

The best way now is to keep moving forward regardless of the consequences and focus on attacking the big cities in Annan.

The Annamites can run away, but the city cannot.

What they need to do is to destroy Annan’s main force instead of fighting guerrilla warfare with these scattered soldiers.

Wang Yue led a large army and advanced all the way. On the mountain road, they encountered a village built on the side of the road.

Judging from the map, this village is called Niutouzhai, the largest Annan village near Jianshuizhou.

When we got closer to Niutou Village, we saw only a few hundred villagers working in the dilapidated village, and they were all women and children.

Such a village deep in the mountains and forests exudes a sense of weirdness everywhere.

First of all, there are no elderly people in this village, and the oldest is no more than fifty years old.

Moreover, there are no young and strong people in this village. The oldest child is no more than ten years old, and most of them are girls.

Even in a time of chaos and disorder, it is strange that there is such a lack of young and strong men.

Could it be that all the men in the village have gone to work in the fields, leaving no man behind?

As Wang Rui led his men closer to the village, even stranger things happened.

When these women and children saw the well-equipped Ming army, they did not panic, nor did they scream and run away.

They seemed extremely calm, with no change in expression on their faces. They just stared blankly at the approaching Ming army without any reaction.

These women and children were pale and thin, dressed in rags, and even their hair was like dead grass.

It is said that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty lived a hard life, but compared with the small country of Annan, the life that the people of the Ming Dynasty lived was the life they had always dreamed of.

Faced with such a dilapidated village, Wang Yue did not want to embarrass the local people. He also ordered the troops behind him not to disturb the village and to speed up and pass by it.

But just as the team was on the march, something strange happened in the village.

Those women and children suddenly took out bows and arrows and blowguns from somewhere and launched an attack on the Ming army that was close at hand.

Poisoned arrows, with sharp sounds, shot into the dense crowd, causing heavy casualties to the Ming army.

"Ahhhh!!!"

"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!"

"It's them, these women and children who are attacking!"

"The arrow is poisonous, save me, save me quickly!"

"..."

In an instant, the army in the waist area was in chaos, soldiers were screaming, horses were neighing, and countless people were killed and wounded.

At the same time, a large number of soldiers, after discovering that the women and children in the village took the lead, rushed forward with knives and launched a counterattack. Wang Yue, who was walking in front, heard the noise behind him and asked in doubt: "Why is there such a commotion in the army? What happened behind?"

The military supervisor eunuch Zhang Yong immediately sent the Dongchang men around him to check it out.

Soon, the East Factory sentry came back with the news: "General Wang, the chief, it was the women and children in that village who attacked our troops with poison arrows, causing great losses to our army."

"Now all the women and children in the village have been controlled by our army. Please deal with them, General!"

"what?!"

Wang Yue was shocked and angry, and hurriedly rode back to the village.

Along the way, Wang Yue was shocked by the casualties of the troops.

At least hundreds of soldiers died at the hands of these women and children.

The poison they used on their arrows was made by collecting local poisonous snakes and insects, extracting the toxins from their bodies, and then mixing them together.

This poison is so powerful that even a small wound can kill a person instantly.

From the time he was shot by the arrow until he lost vital signs, it took no more than a quarter of an hour.

Wang Yue was angry and blamed himself. He never expected that the Annan women and children, who looked so pitiful and harmless, would do such a cruel thing.

Because of his carelessness and momentary compassion, the Ming army suffered heavy losses.

Anger had already ignited in his heart.

"General Wang..."

"General Wang!"

"General Wang, please avenge our brothers!"

"General Wang, these people are so abominable. Our brothers cannot die in vain!"

"..."

Along the way, countless soldiers from the three major camps in the capital looked at Wang Yue with tears in their eyes, and looked at those thin Annan women and children with hatred.

They were afraid that Wang Yue would let go of these vulnerable women and children because of his so-called pattern and the so-called benevolent and righteous army, causing their comrades to die in vain.

Wang Yue walked into the village in silence, and found that everyone in the village had been captured by the Ming soldiers.

A total of more than 500 women and children were detained in the middle of the village and stared at viciously.

Their eyes were like those of snakes and scorpions, revealing vicious light that made Wang Yue terrified.

Wang Yue didn’t understand how a child who was only a few years old could have such a terrible expression and hated the Ming army to the core.

Such an evil creature must not be allowed to stay!
"General Wang, we checked and found that they are local villagers. They don't have standard weapons or armor. The weapons they use are all made by themselves."

"There were some grains and bacon in the village, as well as a jar of poison. Signs of life were very obvious, but there were no young men or old people."

"General Wang, how are we going to deal with these people?!"

Wang Yue looked at these villagers, feeling puzzled.

He didn't understand why they still had the courage to launch an attack on the Ming army when facing a Ming army that outnumbered them by thousands of times.

Aren't they all afraid of death?!

Wang Yue has fought in wars all his life, but this is the first time he has seen civilians launching such a fearless attack.

But since they are looking for death, Wang Yue doesn't mind giving them a ride.

"Execute them all! Immediate execution!"

"Yes, General!"

The soldiers of the three camps were shocked, and a hint of cruelty appeared on their faces.

But just as they were about to carry out the execution, several civilian officials from the Ministry of War who were accompanying the army raised their objections with worried looks on their faces.

"General Wang, think twice!"

"Yes, General Wang, arbitrarily slaughtering women and children will affect the reputation of our Ming Dynasty!"

"If this matter gets to His Majesty's ears and His Majesty blames us, who will be able to take the responsibility..."

Before these military officials could finish their words, Wang Yue interrupted them impatiently: "Enough! If there is any responsibility, I, Wang Yue, will shoulder it!"

"cut!"

"Yes, General!"

Wang Yue's words immediately shut up the civil servants in the Ministry of War.

They looked unhappy and looked at each other, feeling very embarrassed.

But since Wang Yue has said it, he will take full responsibility.

As for these military officials who were careful about their reputation, they couldn't say anything more and could only remain silent.

In the village, soldiers from the Five Army Battalions, armed with blades, chopped off the heads of a group of women and children.

In an instant, blood splattered and heads rolled down.

Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

Wang Yue showed mercy once, which led to a big mistake and the loss of hundreds of soldiers' lives in vain.

Faced with these prisoners of war who killed their own brothers, even if they were women and children, the soldiers of the three camps would never show mercy!
"Aiya, my steps are so fast..."

As the first batch of villagers were killed, the remaining captured villagers began to scream and shout in Annan language that the Ming army could not understand, and began to struggle hard.

But their struggles were in vain. When the knife was placed on their necks, their expressions changed from resentment to horror and fear.

But it was too late, the blade fell, and several more prisoners were executed.

There were not many people in the village of several hundred, but in just two quarters of an hour, the entire village was slaughtered by the Ming army.

The village was filled with blood and no one was left alive.

This is what happens when an ant tries to shake a tree!

But just these are not enough!

Wang Yue lowered his head and looked at the map of Annan in his hand again. There were thirteen villages of various sizes marked on the map around them.

These thirteen villages are particularly clear on the map, and there is even basic information about each village, including the number of people, weapons, amount of food, etc.

Among these villages, the largest one, Qushui Village, has only a few thousand people, and the smallest one, Xijiao Village, has only two or three hundred people.

There was not a single young and strong man in Niujiao Village where they were, which made Wang Yue speculate that the people who attacked them in the mountains before might be the men in these villages.

Although the Ming army had killed many of the attacking enemies, how could they attack the Ming army at such a low price?
"Wang Rui, take one thousand 3,000-man cavalrymen to this farthest Niutou Village and kill everyone in the village!"

"Li Bing, you take 2,500 troops to Yuhua Village. Zhao Xiong, you take 2,500 troops to Dajiao Village..."

Wang Yue assigned the task of controlling twelve villages to twelve thousand households at once.

At the same time, they were given a copy of the map drawn by the painter to ensure that they could successfully reach the village location without any mistakes.

"After you complete your mission, rush to Qushui Village to join us. We will depart from Qushui Village and quickly head to Xuanhua Prefecture."

"Everyone else, follow me to Qushui Village!"

Xuanhua Prefecture is the closest prefecture in Annan to Ming Dynasty's Dianzhou, and is also the most important prefecture in the northwest of Annan.

There are more than 100,000 people in the city, and the terrain there is open, which is suitable for the Ming army to attack and capture cities.

"Yes, General!"

After receiving the order, the twelve captains each gathered their men and immediately rushed to their target villages!
(End of this chapter)