Chapter 58 I don’t have a brother as stupid as you
Chapter 58 I don’t have a brother as stupid as you
In the deep blue sky hangs a golden full moon.
On the banks of the Taidong River, under the moonlight, in a harvested rice field, a young man wearing a silver collar and holding a sharp steel fork was staring at a wild boar.
The boy raised the steel fork and stopped, staring blankly at the Taidong River. The steel fork fell to the ground with a clang, without him noticing.
On the river, a mixed fleet of military sampans and small cargo boats were sailing in the night.
On each sampan, there were ten soldiers paddling hard, making the sampans move very fast.
The soldiers were dressed in beautiful military uniforms, with majestic big caps, rifles on their backs, and their bayonets reflecting the moonlight, shining brightly. They were so handsome!
In the darkness of night, with so many troops marching, there was no sound at all, only the creaking of oars and the splash of oars striking the water.
What team is this from? Why is there no noise at all?
The army of our Qing Dynasty has such good discipline and can march at night?
With a uniform like that and a foreign rifle, the treatment must be very good, and you should be able to eat meat, right?
No, I want to ask around and join this team and eat meat with them.
It took a long time for the fleet to pass by. The boy looked down at the steel fork that had fallen on the ridge of the field and unexpectedly discovered that the badger had not escaped, but was pinned under the steel fork and was squeaking.
Huh? What kind of operation is this? I clearly let you go.
This is such an innocent beast.
It had a lot of experience in fighting enemies. Seeing the terrifying upright ape's attacking posture, it decided to twist its body to dodge when the ape was about to stab it, and rushed forward, escaping from under the ape's crotch unexpectedly.
I have used this trick to escape death many times.
Unexpectedly, this guy did not play by the rules this time. Just when he was about to stab, he suddenly stopped.
The civet had already started to move. When it rushed towards the guy's crotch, a steel fork fell from the sky and the civet was pinned down.
This clever civet couldn't figure out how the other party could make such a brilliant prediction.
The young man scratched his head, grabbed the top of the calf and shouted, "We have meat to eat! After we eat this calf, we will join the army tomorrow!"
At midnight, the entire Huai Army arrived at the outskirts of Qinhu Lake and stopped their boats three miles away.
Shao Quanzhong summoned the officers and made arrangements.
It turned out that the 300 soldiers of the Zhongzi Camp who had been trained for two months, including logistics soldiers, formed a commando team and prepared to enter the lake to fight.
The remaining one thousand people were divided into four groups, led by Shao Hengzhong and his subordinates, each with two hundred people, to block the four main exits of Qinhu Lake.
The rest of the team was divided into squads, led by Tian Xing and members of the Speed Travel Team who were familiar with the terrain around Qinhu Lake. They patrolled around Qinhu Lake and caught any fish that escaped by swimming out alone.
"After all units are deployed, keep some people on guard duty while the rest rest on the spot. The attack will begin at 5:30. Check your watches now!"
The officers took out their pocket watches to check the time and dispersed into the dark night.
At dawn, the full moon sank in the west and a faint light appeared in the east. Twenty-two military sampans rowed towards Qinhu Lake from the widest waterway in the north.
A few dozen meters away, several small boats were seen pushing out from a hiding place and fleeing into the lake, followed by the sound of horns.
Pioneer Lin Bozi ordered, "Shoot!"
The three leading sampans stopped and gunshots rang out in rows.
The bandits on the reconnaissance boat fell into the water one after another, and the blood dyed the lake red.
The bandits in the lake have become alert. They have woken up from their sleep, picked up their long poles, steel knives, bows and arrows, and prepared to attack.
More than twenty sampans rowed at a very fast speed and before the bandits could react, they headed straight for Shengshou Temple, where the main force of the Qinhu bandits were stationed.
The sampan approached the shore, and the soldiers bent over and jumped ashore with guns in hand. The bandits ran out in a daze and were about to get on the boat, but they were hit head-on by rapid gunfire.
Song Laosan was good at shooting, and he was steady and cautious, shooting at those with bows and arrows. Lin Bozi led his troops to charge bravely, and his soldiers were as crazy as he was, shooting at the bandits ten steps away.
Their marksmanship was not that great, but they dared to rush in close, and they only opened fire when their bayonets were almost touching the enemy's forehead, killing more people.
There was no time to change bullets, so after firing the first shot, three people formed a bayonet formation and stabbed the enemy.
Three hundred people suppressed more than one hundred bandits. More than thirty of the bandits were killed in the first wave. The rest did not dare to fight and fled everywhere. Most of them were stabbed in the back by bayonets of Lin Bozai and his men.
A small number of them jumped into the lake to escape and became the prey of Song Lao San's troops.
Due to the suddenness of the attack, although the enemy had early warning, the Huai Army had a map and did not take a detour, but went straight to the bandit's nest.
The bandits could never have imagined that there would be outsiders who could move freely in the complex waterways of Chenhu Lake. The main force of the bandits was completely wiped out, and corpses were scattered all the way from Shengshou Temple to the lake.
The government troops outnumbered the enemy, but without any division of forces, they rushed to the next bandit den without hesitation...
An hour later, the sun rose from the east, and more than a dozen gunshots were heard in the lake, and then there was no movement.
Only a few small boats escaped from the exit. Under the concentrated fire of two hundred guns, no one of the new recruits could escape even if they were not accurate enough.
More than twenty sampans entered from the north entrance, circled around Qinhu Lake, and came out from the south entrance.
Shao Quanzhong stood on the sampan with his back straight and a stern look. There was no need for him to take any action.
"The main assault team will go ashore to rest, and the rest of the people will go into the lake to kill the remaining ones. Search with a net, and don't let any of them go. Kill them on the spot."
Two hours later, only a few sporadic gunshots were heard in the lake. More than a thousand people and more than fifty boats searched the lake several times with nets.
There were corpses floating everywhere on the lake, and the water of Qinhu Lake turned deep red.
This is the power of the intelligence that Wang Si, a Japanese devil, obtained at the cost of his sacrifice.
"Clean up the battlefield and cut off the heads!"
More than 300 heads were piled onto the boat, and some valuables were also seized from the lake. They were guarded by Haiqing and the military police, who would count them later when they returned.
There were also seventy small boats that were pushed away as well.
In this battle, we had sufficient intelligence, used our numbers to bully the few, and used our weapons to suppress the enemy. The complex waterways, the only thing the enemy relied on, were completely useless.
All 312 core members of the pirates were wiped out, and 12 Huai Army soldiers were injured, all of whom were minor injuries suffered during the final search for the escaped fish.
Shao Quanzhong was about to order the troops to withdraw when Hai Qing came running over and said, "Second brother, we found a list of bandits from various villages at the bandit headquarters."
Before returning, Hai Qing couldn't help but take stock of his gains, and unexpectedly found important information under the four hundred taels of gold hidden in the bandit leader's house.
Shao Quanzhong took it and looked at it. Wow, it was a thick stack, with at least 500 people.
The lake was full of fierce bandit core members, permanent bandits. Those on the roster were the accomplices who secretly joined the gang from various villages. They were usually good people, but when they wanted to do big business, the core bandits would call out their names according to the roster and call them over to work together.
"Second brother, should we send this list to the county government office and have the bailiffs arrest and bring them to justice?"
Shao Quanzhong's eyes flashed with murderous intent. "Everyone, form platoons and go to the surrounding villages to arrest people according to the roster. Once you find them, execute them on the spot and bring back their heads."
"Brother, that's not good. Usually the leader of the bandits is beheaded, but the followers are not counted. They are not guilty of capital crimes."
"If I say yes, then I will say they resisted arrest and shot them on the spot."
"What if they don't resist arrest?"
"I don't have a brother as stupid as you!"
(End of this chapter)