Using this trick to confuse the enemy, Li Chengdong succeeded in making Man Tianfeng, the bandit leader in Dongtai City, think that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were coming, so he abandoned the city and fled.
Although the bandits in Mantianfeng numbered four to five thousand, four times as many as Li Chengdong's left sentry, they were all untrained Zaohu salt people after all, just a ragtag group of people.
Such a mob can easily be defeated even in a frontal battle with Li Chengdong's left sentry of a thousand men, let alone an ambush attack.
In just one attack, thousands of bandits were killed and defeated.
They fled in all directions.
They were no longer in shape, and no one dared to resist.
Li Chengdong then ordered his men to disperse and pursue the enemy.
The 1,200 men were divided into several groups in units of 100 and began to pursue.
Although the Pingnan New Army only trained the new army in March, it only focused on training the queues.
The individual martial arts skills of the soldiers were very rusty, but even so, it was more than enough to deal with these bandits who were mainly from kitchen households.
Li Chengdong stood on a high hill with a few personal guards.
Looking at the orderly and well-organized formation of his troops, he couldn't help but nodded secretly.
In terms of the obedience, discipline, and overall coordination of the army, this newly formed army was much stronger than the Gao Jie Army where he had been staying.
Under Gao Jie, although the army numbered tens of thousands, its discipline was very loose.
It was all supported by the generals' trusted servants.
Most of the other soldiers were in rags and had no fighting ability at all.
The battle is okay, but once there is a slight setback, the entire army will immediately flee and be defeated.
But now, the entire army no longer distinguishes between servants and ordinary soldiers.
All soldiers have undergone rigorous training and are well-fed and paid.
In this sense, the entire army is the same as the servants before.
What makes Li Chengdong feel even more comfortable is the obedience and discipline of the entire army.
Whether it is daily marching or camping, everything has rules and does not require him as a sentry commander to bother.
When commanding on the battlefield, his orders can be obtained even more.
Very well implemented and very smooth to direct.
At present, it is just that it has never seen battles and has no experience.
Once it matures after fighting a few battles, the combat effectiveness of this army will be unlimited.
"Marquis Pingnan is truly an outstanding figure of his generation."
Unknowingly, Li Chengdong exclaimed in admiration.
For the first time, he felt a sense of belonging to Pingnan Army, and he was full of admiration for Pingnan Marquis Chen Yue.
Li Chengdong knew very well that the shogunate system and the Pingnan Army system were the reasons why this new army, which had only been trained for three months, had such combat effectiveness.
All of this is attributed to the shogunate system designed by Chen Yue.
Li Yuanyin, the messenger standing next to him on horseback, glanced at Li Chengdong in surprise, then silently turned back to look at the battlefield.
In Li Yuanyin's heart, it was rare to hear Li Chengdong admire a person so much.
The fighting on the battlefield has come to an end.
The bandits did not form any resistance at all, but fled in all directions.
The Pingnan Army used hundreds of troops to cut and kill the bandits.
A large number of bandits who had no way to go knelt down and surrendered.
Some of them fled into the dense forest and reed swamps.
"Send the order, stop the pursuit."
Li Chengdong gave the order.
Since he had already won a big victory, there was no point in continuing the pursuit.
Li Chengdong still remembered the instructions given by Pingnan Marquis Chen Yue before sending troops.
The main purpose of this battle was to quickly quell the disturbances and stabilize the salt area.
As long as the area in charge could be stabilized quickly, it would be a great achievement, not how many rebels were killed.
Chen Yue repeatedly emphasized that those who participated in the riots were mostly the helpless Zaohu salt people, and these people should be appeased.
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Just kill the head and never ask about the threats.
This is the strategy of sending troops to quell the chaos this time.
As a newcomer who recently joined the Pingnan Army, Li Chengdong was usually very nervous for fear of making mistakes, and now he did not dare to disobey Chen Yue's military orders.
What's more, there are still bandits waiting for him in the empty Dongtai County.
Compared with the great achievement of regaining Dongtai, catching and killing a few more rebel bandits is nothing.
As Li Chengdong's order was passed, each hundred-man team stopped chasing and escorted the prisoners back.
The losses of the Confederate army in this battle were minimal.
Except for one who accidentally sprained his foot, and two who chased them to the river and accidentally fell into the river and drowned half to death, the others were unscathed.
Of course, the biggest reason for the poor weapons of the rebels was the lack of firecrackers, bows and arrows.
In fact, it was not impossible.
Mantianfeng broke through the county and grabbed a lot of firecrackers, bows and arrows from several salt inspection departments, but few of his men knew how to use them.
As for the Pingnan Army, which had just formed an army, it did not have all the armor.
After all, the Ordnance Department could not produce enough armor to equip the entire army in just three months, but there was no shortage of shields in the army.
There are three shield bearers in each small flag.
They protect with shields and attack with spearmen.
The fire gunmen and crossbowmen are behind to shoot.
In front of the well-coordinated Pingnan Army, the basic shape of the rebel army composed of salt people and Zao households There was no resistance, so the losses were minimal.
In this battle, more than 300 rebels were killed and more than 3,000 people were captured.
The remaining rebels fled without a trace.
Without further delay, Li Chengdong simply cleaned the battlefield, buried the dead rebels, left most of the army to escort the prisoners, and quickly headed for Dongtai County with two hundred troops.
In Dongtai County, the city that had just experienced a ravage was devastated.
The people were sadly sorting out their homes, treating their injured relatives, collecting the dead bodies, and repairing the dilapidated doors of their homes.
The gangsters have left, and I have to continue living.
But for the nearly 10,000 people in the city, there is even greater fear in their hearts.
They naturally knew that the bandits left because the officers and soldiers came, and the officers and soldiers were not much better than the bandits.
Bandits went through like combs, and soldiers went through like grates.
This is the best portrayal of the army in this era.
Most of the people were terrified, hiding in their homes, waiting for the officers and soldiers to enter the city, facing their unknown fate.
When Man Tianfeng led the bandit army to attack the city, the Dongtai County magistrate committed suicide, and Zhu Bo and other officials were killed by the bandit army.
There were no officials in the entire city, and no one organized to welcome the army into the city.
When Li Chengdong led the army into the city, what he saw was that the city gates were wide open, but every house in the city was closed, and the streets were deserted.
There were only corpses on the roadside, dark red bloodstains on the streets, broken doors, and The black smoke still rising from the county government's back house shows that this is a city that has just experienced a catastrophe, not an empty city.
"Pass the order, the prisoners will be temporarily detained in the military camp in the west of the city, send someone to report to Xiao Yingzheng, and the others will put out the fire first."
Li Chengdong passed the military order.
Suppressing the rebels is the first step, and the next step is to stabilize the place and solve the problem of Zao households not being able to sell salt and have no money to buy food.
However, that has nothing to do with him as the sentry commander.
The battle belonging to Li Chengdong is over
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