Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

To paraphrase Brother Dao, there are people who are not afraid of death. Anyone who sees this movement will be worried. If they are hit like this, can they withstand it? Of course they can't withstand it. The thousand-household master used to weigh more than 100 kilograms, but now it's hard to find 2 taels. What should I do?

"What do you mean? Shall we surrender?"

The soldiers looked at their comrades and saw the same confusion and doubt in their eyes.

"I heard that under Jiang Han's rule, the people seem to be able to have enough food to eat."

"Is the news true, brother? How did you know it?"

"I heard it from his wife's brother-in-law from my hometown. Anyway, I heard that her husband found a job there and it seems that he is doing well. They should prepare to take over."

"Brother, how did your fellow villager's wife's brother-in-law get to know you?"

"Why are you talking so much? Are you going to surrender or not?"

“I didn’t say I wouldn’t vote…”

Seeing that more and more soldiers were wavering, an officer could not sit still any longer: "Don't listen to them, they are just bluffing! There must be artillery ambushes around to deceive people, how can we, the government troops..."

Before he could finish his words, a large sniper bullet flying at high speed tore his upper body in half. The bullet's kinetic energy did not decrease and it pierced through another person before plunging into the ground.

"Target confirmed killed"

Slowly pulling the bolt to eject the shell, NTW continued to look at the densely packed army in front of him with an indifferent expression.

"I surrender, I surrender!"

This kind of death, which was like a punishment from heaven, made the soldiers' nerves unable to withstand the test any longer, and finally, the first surrender occurred.

"I surrender too. Can you give me a full meal?"

"I won't fight anymore. No matter how I think about it, I can't win. I surrender too."

The soldiers laid down their weapons one after another. Although they did not suffer any casualties, the death of their commander was too bizarre, and no one had the urge to fight back.

Besides, I heard that Jiang Han has a pretty good reputation. Maybe he would be treated better if he surrendered?

This is when a good reputation comes into play. After Jiang Han took over Yangzhou, his deeds were widely circulated among the people. In addition, he used various opera troupes, storytelling, and various folk methods to carry out cultural propaganda, either soft or hard. Many people gave positive comments when they mentioned Jiang Han.

Changzhou is only separated from Yangzhou by a river, so the news is very convenient to transmit. Many Changzhou people have long gone to Yangzhou to find jobs, and the soldiers naturally know something about it.

I have to say, even though they were both cattle and horses, the treatment for Jiang Han was much better than that for the Ming court. At the very least, you could have enough food to eat every day, new clothes to wear, clean hot water to take a shower, and a place to live. Do you still want to eat in the Ming court? Not starving to death was already very satisfying. Being a garrison soldier, the treatment was even worse. The government soldiers simply didn't treat people as human beings.

The lower-class soldiers don't have any thoughts about national hatred or family feuds. Besides, it's not the Tartars invading, so why don't they surrender and find a better job for themselves?

Although Jiang Han seems to have spent half a year in Yangzhou without doing any development, in fact, potential assets have gradually formed, that is, people's hearts.

As long as the people support us, we will be successful in everything.

"Very good, we are going to continue our combat mission now. You continue to move forward. We have a base in Yixing City, where we will properly accommodate you and you will have a brand new life. The regulations on the treatment of prisoners of war will be explained to you there."

"For now, you just need to maintain the original organization and keep moving forward."

With only a few dolls, it was obviously difficult to manage so many people, so 416 decided to follow the way the British managed Italian prisoners during World War II and let them accept capture and manage themselves.

It turns out that these people were indeed honest. They lowered their heads and looked at each other, and continued to move towards Yixing in an orderly manner.

"Commander, we have captured more than 4,000 prisoners, almost 5,000. According to the plan, I will send them to Yixing. Have the people you are going to receive arrived?"

"Don't worry, they are on their way."

Since he was going to capture prisoners, how could Jiang Han not be prepared? He directly informed the relevant person in charge and mobilized the nearest reaction force - a team of volunteers who were carrying out the house-raiding mission in Zhenjiang, including Liuzi and others, to march to Yixing. They would continue to carry out the house-raiding work with Yixing as the center, and show their level and style. At the same time, they also stuffed a number of political commissars into the team to carry out the centralized education of these prisoners of war.

The number of volunteers needs to be expanded, and the only way is to find these old soldiers with combat experience. What they lack is sufficient education. As long as the method is right, these old killers who kill without blinking an eye will hug the people beside them and cry more sadly than young girls. In Yangzhou, Jiang Han has successfully educated the first batch of prisoners of war and included them in the reserve team of the volunteers. These people have been completely transformed through labor reform and education, and they look like good young people of the new century.

"Very good, we still have to continue with the battle plan, just hope you have someone to take over."

416 nodded, turned around and boarded the patroller nearby. The patroller made a humming sound and rushed forward at lightning speed under the astonished eyes of the surrendered soldiers.

At the same time, on the other side, the Lu family finally woke up slowly from the effects of the drugs.

Volume 271: Chapter Chapter : SOP's New Game

"Wow...where is this?"

The descendants of the Lu family were collectively pulled away from the battlefield, and the battle was almost over in half a night, so they were settled nearby in Yixing City.

The effect of the drug was quite significant. These people woke up one after another after a day. What they saw was a completely unfamiliar environment.

A volunteer saw the Lu family members who had woken up and said, "You're awake? Don't rush. We were told that you took some kind of sleeping pill or something. You need some time to recover. Lie down and rest for a while."

"Ah...Okay, Your Excellency is...? No, I remember a lot of ruffians attacked the Lu family's ancestral home. How are they doing?"

"It's over!" the older brother next to him answered loudly.

"Yixing Prefecture has been captured!"

"Ah?? What did you say???"

Everyone here was confused. What does it mean? I slept and even the city was broken? What the hell? The residual reaction of the drug has not passed yet. His brain is still a little slow, and he doesn't quite understand the meaning of it.

"Hey, you don't know. Yixing City was breached last night. The scene was so loud that the sound of gunfire rang out all night long! I was so scared that I couldn't sleep. The next day I heard people say that the flag on the top of the city wall had been changed. Now, the name of Yixing City has changed to Jiang!"

"Surname Jiang...? How could it be? How could it be?"

It was difficult to implement. The Lu clan members found it hard to accept the result and kept muttering how could it be possible.

"How is it impossible? Hey? Didn't they say that your Lu clan members led Jiang Han's army into the city? I didn't understand it at first, but now I see that your Lu family is really smart. This Jiang guy is really not a bad guy. He entered the city and distributed food to the people. He is really a good person."

The people lamented the changes in their lives. Although it was only one day, those rumors about the anti-king on the other side of the river became reality one by one. The other party punished injustice, provided jobs, and benefited the people without harming anyone. So, the general public doesn't care whether it is you with the surname Zhu or Jiang who is in charge of us. As long as we can have enough food to eat, have work to do, and have a purpose in life, we will follow you.

They were still sighing, saying that it had to be the Lu family. Their vision was really good and they were able to recognize a hero. They should have rebelled against this crappy imperial court long ago!

Everyone in the Lu family was stunned. What the hell? I rebelled? How come I didn't know? That's not right. When did I rebel? Damn it! Someone is trying to harm me! !

"We are rebelling? My Lu family has been loyal to the emperor and patriotic for generations. How could we rebel? Who is slandering the good name of my Lu family!"

The elders of the tribe were filled with grief and indignation.

"Don't get excited. Didn't the county magistrate say that? I heard from those scoundrels that the county magistrate said that your Lu family was colluding with the rebels and wanted to destroy you. But before you could do anything, someone came to your door and beat you up. Look, you're probably done for now."

"what???"

The Lu family was even more distressed when they heard this: "Why, why is this happening... Our Lu family is law-abiding, and our member Lu Xiangsheng has sacrificed his life for the country, why...?"

The Lu clan members cried together, and some looked at the volunteers with anger on their faces: "Are you the soldiers of that thief Jiang?"

"Yes, we are soldiers from the First Battalion of the Second Field Regiment of the Volunteer Army. We are here to carry out the reconstruction mission in Yixing. Sir, we heard that the descendants of loyal officials who fought against the Tartars were in trouble, so we sent people to rescue them. Now, we are here to liberate the entire Yixing City. You are in poor health now, so I suggest you take a good rest with these people first. We will have a meal together in about three hours."

The volunteers were not annoyed. After explaining the situation calmly, they continued with their work and maintained maximum restraint.

Now, the Lu family members were confused. The enemy in front of them became their savior, so what should we do?

The situation in Changzhou was also confusing.

"Report--!! Our army encountered the main force of the enemy army while rushing to provide assistance. All 5,000 soldiers...all surrendered!!"

Officials of Changzhou: “?”

Changzhou prefect: “?”

Changzhou garrison: “?”

"What do you mean? What do you mean by 5,000 troops, all surrendered? Explain it in detail!"

The garrison was getting anxious. The prefect's eyes started to look at him with something wrong. These soldiers were all from his own hands. After the Lu family's rebellion, Changzhou had been in a very serious crisis of trust. Everyone looked like a traitor or an undercover agent. You suspected me and I suspected him. We were playing Werewolf here and suddenly someone like this showed up. Wouldn't that make me the Iron Wolf?

But I am a good person! ! The guard was filled with grief and indignation. How could I know what was going on with those valuables? What did your eyes mean? Could it be that my hard work over the years was fake?

"Yes...Yes, after hearing the order, my army went to Yixing for reinforcement. On the way, we encountered an enemy ambush in a valley. The enemy sent people to persuade the captain to surrender. After the captain refused, a cloud of fire fell from the sky and burned the captain to ashes. The army was in an uproar, and then...then surrendered."

"Did you hear everything? This Jiang thief should not be underestimated. He is capable of such... Are you serious?"

The garrison commander originally said, "You see, this is not the fault of my subordinates at all." However, the more he listened, the more he felt it was a bit outrageous. The prefect and several officials even squinted their eyes and looked at me with an expression that said, "I'll just watch you make it up."

"Flames falling from the sky? Directly hitting Qian Hu? Do you want to make it even more outrageous? I think it would be more realistic if Qian Hu was sniped by the enemy and the morale of the army collapsed instantly."

"But... But Qianhu, it was indeed like that at that time. Thousands of people saw the flaming cloud falling from the sky. Where the flaming cloud fell, within a dozen meters, all the people and animals turned into ashes..."

"Alright, alright, the more you make up stories, the more outrageous they become... Now that the five thousand troops have defected to others, it is meaningless to pursue the matter further. Now we still have to consider that the Jiang thief has a big appetite. After taking Zhenjiang, I am afraid he will not stop at just Yixing. If he attacks us, Lord Wang, what do you think we should do about this matter?"

"The only solution now is to seek help."

The prefect of Changzhou expressed his deep concern: "The Jiang thief is very powerful, and the imperial court's 70,000 troops are powerless to defeat him. If he is determined to take Changzhou, it will be extremely difficult for us to defend it. The only way to survive is to quickly ask the imperial court to send reinforcements."

"But now Nanjing is short of troops, and Fengyang Prefecture is also in danger. I'm afraid they can't spare any troops to reinforce us."

"Then ask Zhejiang for help! We will prepare the food and fodder, and we must keep the Jiang thief out of the city gate!"

"This is better than handing over such a great city to others."

In a forest outside Xixi Town, Yangzhou, Sop was looking at a set of footprints on the ground.

"Hmmmm...Look at this direction, it should be this way."

She held the lower handle, looked at the direction of the footprints, and after determining the direction to move forward, she quickly rushed into the forest.

As for why Sop appeared here and what was she doing here?

The answer to everything started two days ago.

"Everyone is out fighting. I'm so bored staying here alone. Commander, I want to go out and play!"

Sop rolled around in Jiang Han's office, very dissatisfied with Jiang Han's practice of not letting her go out to fight for a long time.

Jiang Han also had a headache looking at Sop. This little guy was very cute and well-behaved at home, but once he started fighting, it was a completely different matter. The scene was too tragic and it would be difficult to pass the review.

In addition, most of the people being fought here were actually compatriots, so Jiang Han didn't really want to send SOP out. When in Zhenjiang, she killed half of the defenders at the dock by herself, which resulted in Jiang Han being short of manpower for post-war reconstruction work. Therefore, he kept her at home and let her show her skills when fighting the Tartars.

But now, seeing her in the office with an attitude that she would stay there until she got out, Jiang Han could no longer continue to play with her.

"Get up first, Sop. Of course I have arrangements for you. How could my cutest Sop not have arrangements?" Jiang Han started talking nonsense while comforting Sop softly.

"Really?"

Sop stopped pretending to cry and turned to look at Jiang Han.

"Of course it's true. I have specially prepared a mission that is most suitable for you. This mission belongs to you."

"Really? What is it? What is it?!"

"It's like this. There is a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. We need you, a master of hide-and-seek, to catch them and eliminate them. This mission is very important. It is related to whether we can develop with peace of mind. I hand it over to you. I hope you can live up to my expectations and eliminate them all!"

Sop stood up straight and saluted solemnly: "I promise to complete the mission!"

The scale of ancient Yangzhou is very large. The scale of Yangzhou is equivalent to the size of Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou. After all, it is a super three-in-one. In such a vast area, Jiang Han actually has insufficient control over many suburbs and towns in Yangzhou. He has been developing the area around Yangzhou City before, and the control over other coastal areas is not so solid. Bandits are rampant in the mountain valleys. These bandits often see the government troops coming, so they disguise themselves as city residents and look obedient. When the army leaves, they continue to do their old business. Some of them hide in caves in the mountain valleys and are quite difficult to find. The volunteers even discovered a bandit camp on a cliff before, and they don’t know how these people got up there.

The mountain road is steep and heavy firearms cannot be used, so we can only rely on guerrilla warfare. Now that Gou is so eager to do something, we might as well let her go out and play with those mountain rats. Anyway, in these days, any bandit will be counted as one, and shooting is the lightest punishment.

This was the purpose of Sop's trip, to go out of the city to suppress the bandits, and now, apparently she had found the clue.

The humanoid's powerful athletic ability did not affect Sop's speed in the mountains and forests. She moved between the treetops, and soon, the tracking footprints disappeared before her eyes.

"Hmm... is it going up?"

Sop was quite interested. The places where these bandits hid were very creative. Some hid underground, some built strongholds in caves, some built wooden strongholds in the mountains, and some even needed to dive in! It really brought her a lot of fun.

She began to explore upwards along the hillside, and at the same time, the secret sentry on the mountain also discovered Sop's figure, and immediately picked up the bell at hand and began to shake it. After a burst of shrill ringing, a large number of bandits gathered at the entrance of the stronghold.

"I found you guys"

Sop raised the corner of his mouth slightly. The second stage of the game was about to begin.

"What happened? What happened? What happened? Are the government troops coming to suppress the bandits again?"

Hearing the bell, the bandit leader asked the sentry about the situation with a confused look on his face.

"No, brother, someone is coming and they are about to find our cave!"

Following the sentry's finger, the leader also saw the sop quickly approaching the cave.

"Who dares to break into our village alone? Whose fool is this? Brothers, I told you that I heard the magpie calling this morning, and look, the meat has been delivered to our door!"

"The one holding the plate looks like a woman"

"Wouldn't that be better?"

The bandits burst into laughter, but the leader's expression changed immediately: "Shoot her to death! Where's the crossbowman? Pay attention, don't shoot her in the head!"

"Here comes big brother! Just wait and see! I promise it will be intact!"

The bandit archer nearby drew his bow and arrow, predicted the direction in which SOP would move, and shot an arrow. However, he did not expect that SOP, who was running madly, would suddenly stop and freeze in place, and the arrow whooshed and stuck into the ground in front of her.

She looked down at the arrow stuck in the soil, then raised her head and saw the bandit archer who had just shot the arrow at her. The smile on her face became even more intense.

People who are familiar with the situation would probably be able to tell that a smile like Sop's means that he is getting into the right state. Unfortunately, these bandits don't understand.