Without the help of the boatmen, the two hundred Western troops were immediately overwhelmed, and the five grain boats were unable to advance or retreat on the river.
When Jia Hui wanted to lead his men to resist to the death, the Ming army did not contact them at all.
Instead, they drove the boats to surround the grain ship.
The archers and musketrymen on the ship fired arrows and muskets desperately.
There were only about twenty archers among the two hundred Western troops.
How could they compete with the Ming army?
When the last archer was shot down in the river during the exchange of fire, the other Western troops threw away their weapons and knelt on the boat to surrender.
"The Lord of Hell, Bo, won a great victory.
All two hundred thieves were captured.
No one was spared.
Five grain ships were captured, carrying one thousand tons of rice, two cattle, ten sheep, twenty pieces of silk and satin, and fine wine.
Fifty altars.”
Wang Cheng, the commander in charge of the battle, got off the grain boat and came to the shore happily and reported to Yan Yingyuan.
They won a great victory in the first battle, annihilating 200 bandits and seizing thousands of loads of grain, which made all Ming soldiers very excited.
With this batch of materials, it would be enough for these thousand brothers to eat for two to three months.
Yan Yingyuan nodded in approval, but asked in the first sentence: "How are the casualties among the brothers?"
"Five people were injured and two died.
They were all casualties caused by the rebel archers."
Wang Cheng said sadly.
"The injured were treated by the army doctors.
The dead brothers were buried on the spot first.
Remember their names.
Money and food were taken from the seized materials to provide generous support to their families.
The standard of pension for each fallen brother was set at one hundred taels of silver.
Yan Yingyuan said in a deep voice.
One hundred taels of silver, Wang Cheng and others immediately started to sneeze.
One hundred taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to live for four or five years.
It can be said to be a heavy reward.
"Each brother will be rewarded with a load of grain, a tael of silver, and double reward for the injured."
Yan Yingyuan's next words made all the soldiers cheer.
Risking his life to follow him into battle, Yan Yingyuan would naturally not treat these soldiers badly, comfort them with generous rewards, and encourage them to fight, so that they can gain heartfelt support.
More than twenty sailors from the fleet came up from the river, looking at the officers and soldiers of the imperial court they had scolded with trepidation, not knowing what kind of punishment they would get.
The ships they relied on for survival were already in the hands of the government and the army, and they did not dare to escape at all.
"You are helping the bandits transport food, which is really a crime.
However, I don't want to take the blame because I have no choice.
Now there is a chance to make meritorious service.
As long as you are willing to do one thing for me, not only will you not be held accountable For your fault, no one will give you a load of grain as reward."
Yan Yingyuan said in a deep voice to the boatmen.
"I am willing to serve you."
The captain of the ship was overjoyed.
He couldn't even imagine a load of food.
Yan Yingyuan ordered repairs on the spot overnight, and the next morning the entire army marched to Jishui.
He wanted to capture Jishui County.
According to the surrendered rebels, there are currently less than 500 defenders in Jishui County.
Yan Yingyuan believes that as long as the plan is proper, there will not be much problem in capturing Jishui County.
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Fighting on the river, it is not easy to escape.
The river was deep and fast.
Unless the water was very good, it would be difficult to escape by jumping in.
They were surrounded by a large number of Ming troops in more than a dozen ships.
Forced by bows, arrows and firecrackers, the rebels had to surrender obediently.
Of the two hundred bandits, more than fifty were killed, and the rest all surrendered, including Captain Jia Hui.
Yan Yingyuan ordered that all the weapons of the rebels be confiscated and tied up with ropes.
All officers with flags and above were screened out, pushed to the riverside, and killed.
The remaining ordinary soldiers were so frightened that they were like chaff, and many of them peed their pants.
After killing the officers, the remaining 100 prisoners could no longer make any trouble.
It's not that Yan Yingyuan is bloodthirsty, he doesn't want to make any mistakes at critical moments.
The remaining one hundred and ten prisoners will continue to be screened.
Among them, Yan Yingyuan, who is honest and obedient and has not committed many crimes, will be incorporated into the army for his own use.
Early the next morning, the fleet turned around and returned.
The entire fleet was still the same few grain ships.
The grain loaded was gone, but the number of people on board was about the same as when they came.
The difference is that except for the boss of the boat, most of the boatmen were replaced by Ming soldiers who were familiar with the water.
General Li Quan and his fifty brothers put on the clothes of pirates and boatmen.
The fleet meandered toward Jishui County.
Going upstream relied on rowing, but it was much more time-consuming than when it came.
It was not until sunset in the afternoon that the fleet returned to Jishui County.
When entering the city through Shuimen, they were stopped by the bandits guarding the gate.
"Why did you come back so quickly, Captain Jia?"
the officer in charge of guarding the water gate looked at the fleet in surprise and asked.
"Hey, what can we do?
Yesterday afternoon, when the fleet arrived at Linjiang Mansion, it was stopped by a large army.
They said that they would transport food and materials to Nanchang.
Even Captain Jia was ordered to follow the army.
I heard that it seemed like Nanchang is in a tight situation, and the emperor wants to mobilize all the troops to launch a full-scale attack on the official army, no, we don't know how to fight.
After they collected the food, they brought the fleet back.
"The captain was careless. said.
When the officer wanted to ask more questions, a man wearing a captain's uniform came out of the cabin and yelled at the officer: "You're so damn verbose.
I was ordered by General Ningnan to send an order to Jishui County, and you're still in a hurry to go there."
As for the county government, please open the water gate quickly."
General Feng Shuangli of Ningnan is a general of the Western Army.
He leads the army to garrison in Linjiang Mansion.
The officers naturally know it.
Now that he sees Feng Shuangli's envoy delivering orders, and he is an envoy with the rank of captain, if he dares to neglect him again, the army of the other captain will The job is two levels higher than him.
The water gate opened and the fleet filed into Jishui County.
The last ship suddenly stopped under the water gate for some unknown reason.
Just when the officer was about to scold him, the captain led more than 20 people to the top of the city and sneered at him.
"You" When the guarding officer was about to ask a question, a spearman came out from behind the captain and shot him without any reason.
The spear pierced through the chest and came out through the back.
The guarding officer stared blankly at the spear inserted into his body.
When he raised his hand to point, it dropped weakly.
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"Kill" Li Quan took off his military uniform and ordered in a deep voice to his subordinates.
More than 20 Ming troops armed with swords and guns rushed towards the stunned bandits at the top of the city.
Behind the hillside not far from the city gate, a large group of people suddenly appeared and rushed towards Jishui County.
Although there were five hundred rebels, there were only more than a hundred people actually guarding the city, but they had to guard two city gates and one water gate.
There was only one captain officer and more than 20 soldiers guarding the water gate.
However, Li Quan had more than fifty soldiers disguised as boatmen and thieves, and it was easy to capture the water gate.
Yan Yingyuan commanded a large group of troops to quickly enter Jishui County from Shuimen, and launched a full-scale attack on the unprepared rebel army.
On that day, Yan Yingyuan used a thousand soldiers to capture Jishui County, where 500 bandits were stationed, and began his glorious life
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