In his previous life, Zhu Youxiao hated cults deeply.
He knew that cults were good at deceiving people, and brainwashed believers could not explain their behavior with common sense, so he decided to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys and deter the cult leaders who were ready to make a move.
The Guards set out on the 13th, advancing at a speed of more than forty miles per day, and entered Yanzhou Prefecture on the fifth day of June.
Lu Xiangsheng really just regarded himself as a bystander along the way.
He would personally take care of the stragglers, and would also carry weapons for the weak soldiers.
His relationship with the soldiers was quite warm.
But he will never participate in the formulation of strategies.
He will do whatever Yang Guangkui says.
At this time, Xu Hongru and the White Lotus cultists had already captured Yuncheng on May 13th.
Yu Ziyi, the magistrate of Yuncheng, was frightened by the news and did not resist at all, and fled with his family in a panic.
Then the White Lotus Army quickly captured Juye.
Wherever the army went, they opened warehouses to release grain and provide relief to the people.
In just a few days, the number grew to tens of thousands.
Bureaucrats and landlords everywhere were frightened and fled one after another.
On the first day of June, Xu Hongru sent his troops eastward, crossed the canal, and captured Zouxian County.
He issued a seal and sentenced Zheng Yijie to escape with his family.
Then, they continued to attack Teng County.
The county magistrate Yao Zhiyin fled in the face of the wind.
The White Lotus Army gained great prestige.
Catholics and landless poor people from all over the country joined in, and the team soon grew to hundreds of thousands.
Zou and Teng counties are adjacent to Jining to the north and Xuzhou to the south.
They are important areas for canal water transportation.
After being occupied, water transportation was almost paralyzed.
However, the Guards did not attack Zouxian directly, but first attacked Yuncheng, its birthplace.
On the afternoon of the seventh day of June, the Guards arrived at the gate of Yuncheng.
Cao Wenzhao first led the cavalry around the city.
The cavalry held a big flag with the words "Only remove the chief culprit" and "Never take threats seriously."
The soldiers with loud voices shouted all the way: "The emperor has an order.
Only the chief evildoers will be eliminated, and the threats will not be dealt with.
We will attack the city tomorrow.
Please ask the villagers to leave through the south gate."
In the evening, camps were set up on three sides of Yuncheng, leaving only the south gate.
Not stationed.
That night, a large number of rebels and people fled from the south gate, leaving only a small number of die-hard elements.
So the next morning, the artillery fired only two rounds, which did not hit the city wall at all.
After the people in the city shot a few arrows, they Surrendered.
After Cao Wenzhao killed a few leaders first, he left a banner of infantry to maintain order, and the army immediately turned to Juye.
The same procedure, but before the attack started, Juye surrendered.
This time Yang Guangkui refused to let Cao Wenzhao kill people, thinking that since everyone had surrendered, it would be bad to kill again.
Cao Wenzhao had no choice but to lock up the leaders and let the officials who came back after hearing the news handle it themselves.
The army rested for the night and immediately set out for Jining, and then went straight to Zouxian County.
At this time, the White Lotus Army already had hundreds of thousands of people and was very powerful.
On the morning of June 12, the Guards arrived at the foot of Zouxian County.
Cao Wenzhao did not go around the city this time, but placed a large banner at the front of the army that read "Only eliminate the chief culprit" and "Never accept threats."
Because the White Lotus Army was already waiting in formation outside the city.
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Although there were only a few people with armor, and most of the weapons were farm tools, there were so many people that they couldn't handle it.
Yang Guangkui estimated that there were at least 30,000 people, and he felt a little nervous.
With so many people, they just couldn't move and let the Guards kill them.
How long will it take to finish killing them?
Yang Guangkui led two infantry battalions and artillery battalions in the middle, and Cao Wenzhao led the cavalry battalions on both wings.
As soon as they formed their formation, the White Lotus Army rushed forward.
When the chaotic Bailian Army was about 70 steps away from the infantry, Yang Guangkui ordered to shoot in sections.
The sound of the firing gun was accompanied by thick smoke, which made the White Lotus Army in front stunned for a moment, and then saw their companions falling to the ground one by one.
Everyone shouted and fled to the back.
When the smoke dissipated, there were no living people standing in front of the Guards.
In the distance were the White Lotus Army running like wolves and squirrels.
Yang Guangkui ordered to stop and charge.
After loading, he continued to line up in six tight columns and move. go ahead.
The cavalry on both sides did not attack and still kept pace with the infantry.
After advancing for a while, a heavily formed infantry force appeared in front, about five to six thousand people, all wearing cotton armor.
Some of the leaders were actually wearing iron armor like the Guards.
What they were holding were no longer farm tools, but spears, swords and shields.
A large flag had the three characters "King of Heroes" written on it.
It turned out to be Xu Hongru's younger brother Xu Heyu.
Xu Heyu looked at the Guards on the opposite side, all wearing iron scale armor and holding firecrackers, and couldn't help but despise him.
When they attacked Zouxian County not long ago, the Ming army looked similar.
The armor was dazzling and the swords and guns were sharp. , facing the rebels holding hoes, they immediately abandoned their helmets and armor and fled.
However, they sent a large amount of military supplies to the rebels.
It seems that the same transport captain is here again today.
Xu Heyu ordered the horn to be blown, and the rebels walked forward slowly.
When about a hundred steps, the horn suddenly stopped, and then sounded again, and the rebels rushed forward with strange screams.
Yang Guangkui was much calmer this time.
When the rebels reached about fifty steps, he waved his hand and the drummer beat the drum violently.
The division chiefs shouted: "Fire the first section in sections."
The artillery flag commander also shouted :"fire."
The crisp sound of firecrackers was mixed with the roar of artillery.
Almost all the rebels in front fell down, and most of them were dead.
The few who survived were rolling around on the ground and wailing, which made the rebels at the back dare not continue to move forward.
The rebels who were not shot were stunned in the formation, looking at the wailing companions and the densely packed corpses beside them, forgetting to even run backwards.
The rebels at the back hesitated for a moment.
Under the urging of the horn, they looked at the swords of the supervising team not far behind, plucked up their courage and rushed forward.
The drums and firecrackers sounded, and they fell again.
The horns became louder, and the rebels kept charging forward.
The sound of cannons and firecrackers sounded alternately.
The bodies in front of the formation were piling up higher and higher, and the blood shed had already made the soles of the rushing rebels slippery.
In thirty minutes, each of the Guardsmen has fired twenty rounds of ammunition.
This is too easy for the Guardsmen who can load and fire about three rounds of ammunition per minute, and the artillery has also fired more than twenty times. .
The reason why there were only so few shots was that the enemy's attack speed was too slow, and Yang Guangkui did not allow the soldiers to advance to annihilate the enemy.
Finally, Xu Heyu's elite soldiers could no longer hold on and began to retreat backwards.
Cao Wenzhao gave an order, and the cavalry on the left wing began to pursue.
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Almost at the same time, the cavalry on the right wing also began to charge.
Yang Guangkui then issued an order, and the infantry marched forward after charging.
When encountering scattered enemy troops, they were dealt with with bayonets.
The heavy troops followed behind to treat the wounded, collect discarded knives, guns and other weapons, and remove the cotton armor from the enemy corpses.
Take it off, When encountering an injured enemy, kill them with one knife, but do not behead them.
This is what the emperor ordered before coming here.
In civil wars, beheading is generally not allowed.
Merit is calculated based on the degree of completion of the task.
The head is handed over.
There is no merit in going up there
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