Chapter 180 The Pledge of the Arctic Hall

To the south of Baijuchang is Caoyan Town. In the north of Caoyan Town, on the bank of the Chuanchang River, there is a magnificent building - the Arctic Hall. The Arctic Hall was built in the Tang Dynasty. It is adjacent to the Chuanchang River, the intersection of rivers and ports, the smoke and waves are vast, and the reeds are dense. It is boundless and can ambush thousands of troops and horses. The east side is close to the Fangong embankment, which is a necessary place to connect several major salt fields.

This hall is magnificent. It is composed of the front hall, the middle hall and the apse. The front hall is made of flying eaves and tiles. There is a huge arch, embedded with white jade horizontal foreheads. The four gold characters 'Arctic Tianshu' shine in the sun, and the four statues of King Kong are provided. Through the patio is the main hall, in the middle is dedicated to the Arctic Zhenwu Emperor, and the apse is dedicated to the apse. There is a tall statue of the god. There are east and west wing rooms on both sides, the east wing for Leizu, the west wing is the monk's room, and the back of the hall is the upper and lower floors of the Tibetan sutra building.

Baiju Farm is a small salt farm, which is for salt farmers to boil salt. Now so many soldiers have come in and can't accommodate them. Zhang Yang decided to change the training place to the open space in front of the Arctic Hall.

A few days have passed, Dingxichang, there is no movement, no movement, there is no movement, Gaoyoufu, and there is no movement. In this case, Zhang Yang decided to take the initiative according to the original plan! Take down Dingxi Salt Farm.

At this moment, his men, in addition to the original team, the newly recruited first battalion was full on the first day, and Shiyi was the commander. Although there were only half a thousand, it was also called a thousand households. There are five hundred-person teams below, and the centurion chiefs are Mo Tianyou, Zhu Siam, Zhao Zixiong, Yang Qizong and Jiang Hui.

Because there are too many people nearby to participate, in addition to the first battalion, the second battalion was also quickly established. Fortunately, Shixin transported more fine steel spears. Otherwise, there will be some people holding bamboo poles. The thousand households of the second battalion are held by Tang He. The following five hundred-man teams are Pan Yuanming, Pan Yuanshao, Xu Yi, Shi Wenbing and Zhang Tianqi.

Tang and the fireman of more than 100 people originally led by him were directly led by Zhang Yang himself. Although the weapons of his men were changed from Tianque to spears, the number of people became 500. Tang He was still very happy. It didn't take long for these 500 people to be equipped with Tianque. Tang He believed that his men were still a sharp knife, and the eldest brother would make a big hole wherever he let himself stab.

Although his team has just been established, after only one day of training, Tang He also dared to pat his chest and said, "If the Tatters dare to come, I will take my young men and stab him in a few holes!"

Even if it is replaced with a stainless steel spear, the weapon is also in the leading position for the guards of Dingxi Salt Farm. The only thing they are afraid of is the archers of the tartars, and this threat will be solved by the sky.

Lv Zhen's team and Bian Yuanheng's team still maintained their original appearance. After waiting for the capture of Dingxi Field, Zhang Yang prepared to expand their team and establish the third and fourth battalions. Then expand your own people into a reading camp.

He estimated that thousands of people could join his army for the salt people and villagers near the salt farm. Therefore, the first step was to expand his army to four battalions to six battalions and train the army into an elite soldier.

Tianque, Tianque and Zhang Yang have been thinking about this problem for the past two days. The output of Tianque is still too low. Although Li Bosheng desperately expands manpower, the production capacity of Tianque is only about five a day, a month, that is, 150, and I have three hundred. It will take two months to equip it.

It's too slow. You must find a way to speed up the progress!

Last night, on the top of the Tibetan scriptures, Zhang Yang discussed with his subordinates in the middle of the night and finally decided to capture Dingxichang and Liuzhuangchang, take the eastern coastal area of Gaoyoufu, and mobilize the Xinghua people to put all the eastern area of Xinghua County into his own pockets.

Now the Yuan Dynasty is too busy to care about the end. Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui and Guo Zixing are not fuel-efficient lamps, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, who has emerged from a different army. He occupied this territory first, and then let's see how the court treats him.

I made such a big move. Even if the court wanted to deal with it, with the 2,000 tar soldiers of Gaoyou Mansion, coupled with the new attached army with no combat effectiveness, it could not pose a threat to itself at all. It could only mobilize troops from nearby. That must have happened a few months later. With these months, I myself The team will temporarily survive the dangerous period at the beginning of its establishment.

Therefore, the subsequent hard battle is to attack Dingxi. As long as Dingxi is conquered, there will be no major battles in the near future.

With more than 1,000 people under his own, can he fight down the Dingxi Salt Field, which is defended by hundreds of people?

In terms of numbers, I have an advantage, but war is definitely not a simple number of people. Otherwise, the number of people is far less than that of the Central Plains. How can they rule much more Han people than themselves?

The team with combat effectiveness is still a team of about 200 people who have just participated in two battles. Although they killed 500 tar cavalry in the killing port, they fought against the enemy in their own place. They were well prepared and defended. Only by occupying the right time and place can they win over the tar cavalry and attack the white horse field, based on their familiarity with the white horse field: I know very well that there are several guards in total, and the troops have been transferred. He sent a fierce general Tang He to make a surprise attack and attacked him unprepared. Although he won, he had already suffered several casualties. It's different to attack Dingxi. Dingxi Farm has never been there by itself. Except for the salt people in this salt farm, the outside world are not allowed to enter at all. There are hundreds of guards and thousands of salt people working there. Where are these guards located? What is the focus of their defense? They already know that the white coy field is occupied by themselves, and they will definitely take precautions. In a word, attacking Dingxi is a tough battle.

The sun in the east has just risen. Zhang Yang looked at the team below him. They also seemed to be the rising sun, full of vitality. The rule of the Yuan Dynasty was as if the weeds that were about to wither had already declined.

A bright flag flutters in the wind of hunting. On the flag, there is a big word "Zhang" flying in the wind.

In front of the Arctic Hall, the teams of the two battalions have been neatly arranged in the open space. They stand the spears next to them, and the tip of the spear rushes up. From afar, it looks like a metal forest, ready to pierce the enemy at any time.

Beside the spear soldiers, there are soldiers carrying Tianque. They look more like modern armed forces, diagonally straddling the grenade bag and Tianque, and form a cross in front of their chests, with armed belts horizontally. Behind the armed belts, there is a bayonet, the front two pockets, divided Don't carry lead bullets and gunpowder.

Compared with the spear soldiers, they are more of a kind of killing look. This look can only be revealed on the faces of people who have been on the battlefield.

Now, they are all standing quietly, motionless, looking at Zhang Yang on the stage. Behind him is the magnificent hall of the Arctic Hall, as if it were the palace of the capital.

"Brothers." Although Zhang Yang's voice was not big, it seemed to have a strong penetration, and everyone present could hear it clearly.

"In the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty, the people are not living. We work hard all the time, but we don't cover our clothes and eat. Why? Because there is a big mountain on our heads that is pressing on us. His name is the Mongolian tartars. They ride on the heads of our Han people, and our life is not even as good as cattle and horses. They killed our compatriots at will, but they just lost their heads. Such a court is not worth our service! All dignitaries and nobles, landlords, rich people, and a daughter overnight, we can't even eat a full meal all year round. Why? Because they have deprived us of our land, we can only be exploited by them! We work in the salt farm day and night, but we can't even afford salt. Why? Because the court issued salt indiscriminately and raised the price of salt, they treated us as slaves. We live like this, even pigs and dogs are not as good as pigs and dogs. In such a day, life is not as good as death!"

The silence below was terrible, and the soldiers were thinking about it carefully. They may have been used to it. They haven't thought about why they work at night, but they can't eat enough and wear warm clothes. Those rich nobles don't need to work, but they have endless money.

"Why can they spend a day and drink, but we are poor and depressed? Why do they rise high, but we want to be inferior? We are all human beings like them! What's so great about the nobles? What's so great about landlords? What's so great about rich people? The princes and generals, would you rather have guts? Now the world is in chaos. There are General Liu Futong in the north, General Xu Shouhui in the south, and General Guo Zixing in the west. We are not alone. Behind us are all the hard-working masses of Gaoyou! On all sides of us, we are all our allies!"

"Do you want to drive away the Mongolian tars?"

"I want to!" Suddenly, there was a thunderous response.

"Do you want to go back to your own land, you can cultivate and harvest by yourself, no longer have so much land rent, no longer so much corvée?"

"I want to!"

"Do you think that you don't have to spend a high price on sea salt mixed with sand, and you don't have to work hard to boil sea salt under the supervision of salt, but you can't get a few rewards?"

"I want to!"

"Do you want to have food, clothes and money to spend?"

"I want to!"

Every time Zhang Yang said a word, there was a response. These words have deeply moved them. What do farmers want most? The land! What do the salt people want most? Restore the status of freedom and no longer be fettered by the household registration of the salt household! With food to eat, clothes to wear, and money to spend, such words are a kind of extravagant hope for them.

"Today, we went to attack Dingxi, took Dingxi, and defeated the tars in it. We can save thousands of salt people in it. We can rescue the big families near Dingxi who are being bullied by the rich. Everyone said, what should we do?"

"Kill the tartars, seize the salt field, kill the big family, and save your compatriots!" Tang He took the lead and shouted below.

"Kill the tartars, seize the salt field, kill the big family, and save your compatriots!" A thousand spears below pierced the sky at the same time, as if to pierce a hole in the sky. Let the people who are dying under the pressure of the tars see the light.

" OK, bring them up!" Zhang Yang shouted.

The first to come up were four prisoners covered with their heads, who were brought up. Just looking at the thick body and the long hair on the chest, I knew that these people were all Mongolian tars. They were captured and brought here while attacking the port of killing.

The blindfold was taken off. They saw the light. Suddenly, they couldn't see the situation below. They saw a group of people looking at themselves.

"Bah! The fourth class." One of them is still scolding. Although they are already prisoners, they still can't hide the innate ferocity.

Followed by two staggering people. As they walked, their legs were still trembling. They seemed to know what fate was waiting for them.

These two people are the commander and director of Baiju Salt Farm.

Behind them, there are also one or two salted diced salt fields.

"These people are the prisoners we have captured several times, including the tars, the salt of the salt farm, the commander of the salt farm and Si Cheng. Today, here, let their blood sacrifice the flag of our expedition!" Zhang Yang said.

Flag of sacrifice? The spearman below was suppressed.

This is also a means for Zhang Yang. The soldiers of these two battalions are newly recruited. I'm afraid that many people have not even killed a chicken. Will they be afraid when they go to the battlefield and see the blood and the dead? Let them get used to it in advance.

Several Mongolian tars seemed to know the ending. They had long been used to killing and being killed, but they just stared at Zhang Yang angrily.

And those old leaders of the salt diced and the salt farm are different. They never dreamed that Zhang Jiusi, who usually greets himself with a smile and often gives gifts to himself, how could he change and tie himself here and beheaded?

They seemed to be a chicken pecking, and they kept kowtowed: "Brother Zhang, no, Brother Zhang, no, Mr. Zhang, you just let me go. I have old and young. We have no grievances, and we have no hatred. I will give you as much money you want. Please let us go!"

Zhang Yang was not moved at all. The knife was put on his neck. He was a good man, and you shouted, "If your head falls off, it's just a big scar in the bowl. Eighteen years later, he is another good man." What's the use of begging for mercy now? So many people are waiting, are you still pointing at me to let you go? That's stupid.

"Everyone said, what should we do about the tartars?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Kill them all!"

"What should we do with the court officials riding above our heads and the seven-grade and eight-grade members of the salt farm?"

"Kill them!"

"What should we do with all kinds of armed forces who serve the imperial court and work for the tigers?"

"K kill them!"

"Good, come on, sacrifice the flag!" Zhang Yang shouted.

"I don't want to die!" The commander completely collapsed.

Below came a team of fire thumps, and they held the sky flat against the back of these people's heads.

"Start!"

"Ban, bang, bang." With the sound of fire, flowers bloomed on the heads of the prisoners one by one, and the blood flowed out. As soon as they fell down, they gradually became cold.

Looking at the fallen prisoners, Zhang Yang flashed a sneer. You can also rest in peace. I didn't let you die without a whole body. You are also the first prisoners to be shot in the world.

Looking at these people, the soldiers below opened their eyes wide. Those usually evil-doers finally got the due end, and there were a few who wanted to vomit, but they covered their mouths for fear of being seen by others. The first time they saw the dead, it was normal to have such a reaction. When they really adapted to the battlefield, even if they lay in the dead, they could sleep soundly.

"Let's go!" Zhang Yang waved his hand.

(to be continued)