Chapter 109 Abandoned the City and Escape

However, Yu Xiaotian did not seem to be in a hurry to attack Pingdu City. On the contrary, after defeating the rebels in the south of Pingdu, he rested on the spot for two days and summarized the experience of fighting with the rebels this time. On the one hand, he sent people to rush to Qingzhou to report victory, which also left a certain time for Li Fujie and other rebels to prepare for war.

On the surface, Yu Xiaotian seems to be a little unwise to do this, leaving too much preparation time for the rebels, which may make the next siege more difficult.

However, Lin Yiyang believes that it is worth doing so, because the idea of letting Yu Xiaotian rest for two days came from Lin Yiyang.

At first, Yu Xiaotian did not understand why Lin Yiyang proposed to rest for two days at this time. Doesn't this prevent the rebels from leaving more time to prepare?

But after listening to Lin Yiyang's explanation, Yu Xiaotian understood his idea, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to rest for two days.

Of course, it was said that the troops had been separated in the past two days, but the cavalry and the scouts did not rest. The scouts rode out and stepped on the whole flat area for dozens of miles, found many small rebels scattered around, and guided the cavalry to come over and carry out a major clean-up of these small rebels who were in the countryside.

In two days, the scouts, combined with the cavalry company, had more than 20 large and small conflicts with a small group of rebels around Pingdu. Although the scouts or the cavalry company, although they have made some gains, they have also paid a certain price.

Among the rebels scattered around Pingdu, there are many rebels and some elite horses. These former Dongjiang Army's former troops are really powerful on horseback.

Although the scouts and cavalry trained by Yu Xiaotian are well equipped and well trained, after all, they have been in few battles, and their actual combat experience on horseback is far less than that of these rebel cavalry, which makes them kill some scattered rebels, but they also pay a certain price of casualties.

In two days, both the scouts and the cavalry have paid the death of 20 or 30 people, but at the same time, they have also wiped out more than 200 rebel soldiers, mainly because of their short rifles that can fire on the back of horses at close range. This kind of double-tube short rifle is sudden and horseback with the enemy. When facing each other, they often unexpectedly fire on the rebel cavalry.

The rebel cavalry has never encountered this tactic. When they were charging their horses, they immediately turned over and were turned over a lot. However, once they did not kill all the rebels after this round of shooting, then they had to rely on their own ability.

As a result, although Yu Jiajun's side has achieved great results, he has also suffered a lot of losses and paid a considerable price. After listening to the reward, Yu Xiaotian's meat is dying of pain, but he also knows that this kind of loss is what he must bear. After all, his scouts and cavalry are still compared with these rebel elite riders and no harvest at night. They are too tender. They can't grow up without experiencing enough life-and-death fighting.

Two days later, the rebels in the city also found that the situation was wrong. The people they sent out were not accepted at night and those who did not have time to take back. Within two days, few people could return to the city, and the people sent to Laizhou for help had no news.

At this time, Li Fujie was a little panicked. Suddenly, he felt as if he was trapped in a darkness and cut off his perception of the outside world. Now he knows nothing about what is going on and what the Fujian officers and soldiers outside the city are doing.

On the surface, Pingdu City seems to be solid, but in the past two days, they have also felt the strong hatred of the people in the city towards them.

At the beginning, when they conquered Pingdu City, they burned, killed and looted in Pingdu City, humiliated women and did nothing. Just in the city, they killed thousands of county residents. They don't know how many women were spoiled, how many property they took, and how many ordinary people were forced to die.

But during this period, under their ** power, these county residents in the city dared not say anything and lived a precarious life.

Now the people of the county know that a large army from Fujian sent by the imperial court outside the city has arrived in the south of Pingdu and defeated a group of rebels in one fell swoop on the official road in the south of the city, killing countless thieves, and almost annihilating the rebel horse sent out.

These people in the city ran to tell each other secretly, hid in their homes and gloated. Each of them secretly scolded that the rebels had finally met a nemesis. It was really good to kill them, and finally revenged them.

But after the new defeat of the rebels, they immediately closed the city gate, grabbed the strong men door to door, pulled them into their rebels, and forced Qing Zhuang to follow them to make trouble and help them defend the city.

But these ordinary people have long hated these rebels. How can they honestly help the rebels defend the city? Therefore, in the past two days, ordinary people who have been forcibly pulled strong will often clash with the rebels and directly work with the rebels.

Although several times of the chaos of the people were forcibly suppressed by the rebels, this hatred has accumulated much deeper, so that two days later, the rebels in the city have a sense of horror and dare not dare to have one or two people, even three or five people, to move in some streets and alleys. If they are not careful, they will be killed by the angry people in the city.

Therefore, in the past two days, the rebels not only did not prepare enough to defend the city, but were made highly nervous by the people in the city. They were afraid that these ordinary people in the city would rise up anytime and anywhere and kill them, or open the gate to meet the Fujian officers and soldiers outside the city to enter the city. .

Li Fujie was still very arrogant at the beginning and ordered to kill people. Anyone who was disobedient would be killed, but after killing for two consecutive days, he not only did not feel that he had suppressed the people in the city, but on the contrary, he felt that a violent mood seemed to be suppressing in the city and would burst out at any time.

He also felt like sitting on a gunpowder barrel. There was a hiss sound under the gunpowder barrel, which seemed to have been ignited by the lead, but he didn't know when the gunpowder barrel would explode and blow up all their rebels to pieces.

This feeling really made Li Fujie feel very uncomfortable and began to feel scared. He also realized that he could not keep this level.

Because once those Fujian officers and soldiers come to attack Pingdu City, in addition to defending the city wall and various gates, they also need to beware of those unruly people in the city at any time, whether they will suddenly rise up and give them a cooperation to meet the officers and soldiers outside the city to attack the city.

If that's the case, I'm afraid they won't be able to run away at that time. They will become the turtles in the urn, and all of them will be stuffed in this flat city.

Thinking of this, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and the situation outside was completely cut off. He sent people out to inquire about the news, but there were many people sent out, but they were all meat buns and dogs, and there was no return.

So these rebels began to be afraid from top to bottom, and they became more and more nervous. They didn't know what the Fujian officers and soldiers outside the city were doing. They didn't come to attack Pingdu City for a long time. The more they didn't come, the more nervous they were, the more nervous they became.

So on the third day, Li Fujie and his rebels finally couldn't stand it. Finally, Li Fujie decided that he could no longer stay in Pingdu. If he didn't go, I'm afraid he would not be able to leave. So that afternoon, the rebels suddenly opened the north gate, and under the leadership of Li Fujie, a swarm of bees gushed out of Pingdu City and carried With all kinds of goods, he fled desperately in the direction of Laizhou City.

The people in Pingdu City saw that the rebels suddenly abandoned the city and fled. At first, they couldn't believe it was true, but some boldly walked out of their homes. After looking around, they found that the rebels in the city had really fled, and there were no rebels in the city, so they quickly ran away to tell each other. The people immediately burst into cheers.

But after they were happy, many of them cried again. Some cried happily for the rest of their lives after the disaster, while others cried for their relatives who were killed by the rebels, and some cried bitterly for being robbed of their belongings. In short, the whole Pingdu City cried and howled in a short time. The sound resounded over Pingdu City.

Some of the rebels rode horses and some walked, but without exception, each of them carried a lot of belongings and bags, which they recently got from Pingdu City or in the village castle outside the city.

Now they have abandoned Pingdu City and fled to Laizhou City, but they are reluctant to give up these goods. Therefore, as long as they can hold them, they are packed and carried on their backs, one by one is bloated to death. If they can run fast, it will be true.

Without miles away, these rebels were so tired that they had to stop and take a rest.

But just as soon as they relaxed and wanted to take a breath, they suddenly heard a series of gunfire. Countless officers and soldiers surged out from all directions and surrounded the rebels. At this time, the rebels were dumbfounded.

It turned out that after listening to Lin Yiyang's plan, Yu Xiaotian finally adopted his plan and decided to use psychological warfare to suppress these rebels in Pingdu City.

In the past few days, he sent scouts and cavalry to suppress the rebels scattered around the city. In fact, he was putting pressure on the rebels in the city. Lin Yiyang grasped the psychology of the rebels well and expected that the rebels were unpopular in the city. If they wanted to defend the city, they would face the same It is also necessary to beware of the chaos of the people in the city. In this way, in a few days, the rebels will not be able to withstand the pressure and finally choose to abandon the city and flee.

(Today, I still want to thank the two brothers who laugh at the west wind and add some ice to the coke! I will continue to work hard!)