The catastrophe in Linhai County continued, and the ronin and the samurai of the Satsuma Domain formed a tacit understanding, the former was dedicated to robbing large households, and the latter was robbing officials after tasting the sweetness of the prefect's yamen, and each side robbed its own. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info to talk about wealth, the gentry in Jiangnan are naturally rich in the world, even in this small Taizhou capital city, there is no shortage of local tyrants with a lot of money, but the officials are not far behind, those who can be officials in Jiangnan are not good, and after a few years of officials, they are also full of brains, whether they are ronins or samurai of the Satsuma Domain, they have robbed a lot of money.

The robbery began at noon and continued until the next day, and the would-be robbers, who were excited by their desires, carnivaled all night, venting their desires while robbing, not only ruining their wealth, but also the wives and concubines of the gentry and the wives and ladies of the official families all suffered, and the whole county fell into panic and pain. However, although chickens and dogs jumped everywhere, there was no situation of rivers of blood flowing -- on the one hand, the Japanese had scruples, and on the other hand, the people and officials did not dare to resist, and did not provoke each other, and large-scale killings did not take place after all.

At noon the next day, just one day and one night after the city was broken, an army dressed in neat red military uniforms appeared outside the north gate of Linhai County. The soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion, who were waiting here, were overjoyed and greeted them.

Leading the team was Huang Hansheng, the commander of the first battalion. Because this "dispatch" was only symbolic, Xia Nan and the others and the large army only marched at a normal pace, and only sent him to lead part of the first battalion as the vanguard, and followed the footsteps of the Japanese pirates all the way to Linhai County.

Huang Hansheng looked at the open gate, frowned and asked, "How can you attack the city?" There was no such thing in the original plan, did you help the Japanese to attack the city? ”

The platoon commander who was in charge of monitoring the Japanese was originally drawn from the first battalion, and when he heard this, he exclaimed: "Report to the battalion commander, we didn't make a move, and besides, we don't have heavy artillery, and we only have a platoon of troops, so we can't help if we want to, and the Japanese people used a trick to lure the defenders out of the city, and then took advantage of the chaos to attack the ......."

Huang Hansheng's face became ugly: "You didn't follow Shimazu Mitsujiu, but you stayed here, it seems that things have gotten out of control?" ”

The platoon commander was ashamed and said: "It's useless to have subordinates, after the Japanese people entered the city, they didn't listen to us, and now they are looting in the city...... We stopped it, but it didn't work much, and Shimazu Mitsuhisa had the idea of turning his face at one point, although he didn't do it, but he could see it......"

When Huang Hansheng heard this, his heart was on fire, he took out the Qionghai five-year pistol for military officers, and said coldly: "These Japanese people don't know the height of the sky, and they don't give them some hardships, and they think that we are muddy bodhisattvas. Everyone, get ready for battle and go into town to suppress the chaos! ”

All the soldiers replied in unison: "Obey!" "I took off the rifle behind my back and put on the bayonet.

"As for your ......," Huang Hansheng stared at the platoon commander, "although it is not all your fault, but you have not completed your task and must also be punished." I would suggest to the general that you be removed from the post of platoon commander and demoted to the rank of first class, and that you take command of the platoon for the time being until a new platoon commander is appointed. ”

The platoon commander was ashamed, his face flushed, and he bowed his head and agreed: "My subordinates know their mistakes and are willing to accept any punishment." ”

Huang Hansheng looked at the smoke rising from the city, and while loading the chamber of the pistol, he said: "Now give you a chance to atone for your sins, pick up your gun, take your people back to the team, enter the city with me, and beat this group of widows down." ”

"Yes! His subordinates will definitely atone for their sins. However, his subordinates suggested that they should not load the bullets and go directly to the bayonet. The streets and alleys in the city are dense, the terrain is complex, and the Japanese are good at hand-to-hand combat in square inches, the speed is fast, coming and going like the wind, it is not suitable to use a platoon gun to meet the enemy, not only the shooting effect is not good, but the bullets may also accidentally injure their own people in a panic. In addition, the Japanese people are mixed with the common people, and the guns and bullets have no eyes, and if too many people are injured by mistake, the reputation of the general is not very good. ”

Huang Hansheng nodded: "Your time with the Japanese people has not been in vain, the suggestion is good, then go directly to the bayonet." Then he turned back and explained to all the soldiers, "Everyone remember: we have nothing to do with this group of Japanese people, we are ordered to exterminate them, and all the Japanese people who appear in the field of vision are enemies, and we are not allowed to stop attacking without my orders!" Do you understand? ”

All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Understand! The voice resounded through the sky.

Huang Hansheng waved his hand: "Let's go now and start fighting!" ”

The soldiers of the five companies entered the city in accordance with the company formation, and after passing through the narrow doorway, they began to trot, and the rumbling of footsteps resounded in the streets. However, such a big movement, the Japanese who were snatching up the rise did not notice it in the slightest, they did not know that a catastrophe was about to come.

The ronins near the north gate were the first to suffer, and the whole row of Qiongzhou battalion soldiers broke into the door, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, whether it was packing loot and covered with silk, or the woman Hu Tianhu who was stripped naked and pressing white flowers, she didn't expect to be attacked at all, and they were all pierced by bayonets without exception.

The battle took place suddenly, and the pace of the advance was also fast. In less than half an hour, the soldiers of the first battalion and five companies swept away the Japanese in the northern city and began to advance to the south of the city.

By the time the Japanese finally began to sense the danger, a battalion of soldiers had advanced to the vicinity of the prefectural government in the center of the city, which was also the area with the highest concentration of ronin and satsuma samurai, as most of the wealthy gentry and high-ranking officials lived nearby.

The shouts of killing alarmed the ronin who were committing violence, after all, they were all samurai who had followed the daimyo to fight all year round, and although they were down, their combat experience and battlefield sensitivity were still there. Soon, one after another, the ronin came out of the courtyards of various deep houses, and spontaneously gathered together without organization, and after a while, more than 200 people gathered in the open space in front of the county office.

At this time, Huang Hansheng took the lead in advancing to the vicinity of the county government with his direct guard company, and met with this group of gathered ronins. After the ronin was recruited by Shimazu Mitsuhisa, they only stayed in Lingao for a day or two before rushing to Zhejiang, and did not directly deal with the soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion, but when they saw the soldiers in bright armor and the blood dripping from their bayonets, they knew that these people were enemies without anyone explaining, and they did not need to mobilize, so they howled and pounced.

The soldiers of the guard company, having warmed up and were in excellent combat condition, saw that the enemy was gathered in one place, just to save the trouble of searching from house to house, and raised their bayonets with a roar and raised their bayonets.