Chapter 130 The oriole is behind
Zhang Lexing was the leader of the hundreds of thousands of Nian troops. The 30,000 Nian troops he led were relatively regular, and 5,000 of them were truly elite.

Even though they don’t have as many people as the Miao bandits, their fighting power is almost the same as theirs, and neither can do anything to the other.

Although they couldn’t do anything to the Miao bandits, it was quite easy to surround the 1,500 remaining soldiers of the Yi Army.

Song Qing’s heart sank at that moment. It was over. Grandpa was going to die here today.

The Five-Flag Nian Army continued to push forward. Song Qing looked behind him and saw the remaining 40,000 Miao bandits.

After defeating the tough nut of the Yi Army, the Miao bandits suffered heavy casualties, with more than 10,000 casualties, including more than 2,000 elite soldiers from the old camp.

He was trapped in a tight siege, surrounded by the Nian Army and Miao bandits, and had no way to survive.

Song Qing was just planning to lead his men to fight to the death, to get back their losses if one was killed, or to gain a profit if two were killed, when he suddenly heard the Nian Army shouting, “Surrender and we won’t kill you!”

Song Qing was deeply puzzled. Huh? When did the Nian bandits change their nature and stop killing those who surrendered?
Looking up, he saw two thousand matchlock guns of the Nian bandits pointed at him, and more than five thousand arrows on bowstrings. Then he looked back at the fifteen hundred old brothers who had followed him for several years. Song Qing sighed and said, “Surrender.”

In the Nian Army’s main tent, Zhang Lexing saw Song Qing tied up, and stepped forward to untie him himself.

“General Song is a man of unrivaled bravery. Today, he is willing to join the Nian Army to join us in this cause, to revive the Han Dynasty and to destroy the Qing demons. I am most welcome.”

Song Qing raised his chin and said, “I am a loyal official of the court. I will never surrender to a traitor like you. Kill me!”

Zhang Lexing was not angry at all, “Come here, kill those 1,500 surrendered soldiers!”

“Wait a minute! I am willing to surrender.”

Zhang Lexing knew that Song Qing’s surrender was also a false surrender, but he didn’t really want to accept Song Qing. He smiled and said, “Bring the pen and ink, and ask General Song to write a letter of surrender as evidence.”

After collecting Song Qing’s letter of surrender, Zhang Lexing ordered, “Take him away for custody first. After we divide the money with Miao Peilin, we will return to Woyang to discuss the matter of his assimilation.”

Will Miao Peilin share the silver with the Nian Army? While they were busy capturing the Yi Army, the Miao bandits had already reorganized their army and returned.

If Zhang Lexing really wanted to steal the silver, he should have ignored the Yi army and let them run away.

King Wo muttered to himself, Skywalker, oh Skywalker, I am willing to help you with this, but it all depends on your reputation in the underworld. You can’t harm me.

He drew out his sword and said, “Go chase him and ask Miao Peilin for money!”

The Nian Army caught up with the Miao bandits who were slowed down by the speed of the silver cart. Zhang Lexing shouted in front of the battle line, “Miao Yusan, you are not a good person. I told you the news, you can’t take all the money!”

Miao Peilin immediately laughed out loud, “Of course whoever grabs it first gets it. Come and grab it if you’re brave enough.”

There are more than 40,000 Miao bandits, who think they have more people. If you can snatch the money from me, I will call you grandpa.

Who knew that Zhang Lexing on the opposite side was a ruthless person and really led his troops to attack without any regard.

Miao Peilin had just promised that everyone would have a share of the silver. The Miao bandits were protecting their food and their will to fight was very determined.

The two groups of rebels had just joined forces to rob the Yi Army, but in the blink of an eye they turned against each other and started fighting.

All the bandits and robbers who have no future are afraid of their own safety when faced with great dangers, forget their lives when seeing small profits, and especially cannot stand the sight of cash.

Zhang Lexing was not originally in this range, and he was considered to be a relatively far-sighted person among the rebels. Today, he did a lot of things that changed his personality, and even sent troops to fight Miao Peilin to the death, which surprised Miao Peilin.

It seems that the Nian Army has been very short of money recently… This is the only explanation Miao Peilin can give.

In fact, it was not. The main force of the Nian Army fired at Miao Peilin’s old camp with its matchlock muskets, and the four flags encircled the camp. The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.

Zhang Lexing was extremely anxious when he saw that the casualties exceeded 10%. Where were the reinforcements that Skywalker promised?
Hey? What’s that big ball floating in the sky in the south? Is it such a big Kongming lantern?

“Boom! Boom boom!” More than a dozen shells landed accurately in front of Miao Peilin’s horse, all of them were shotgun shells filled with iron beads.

Miao Peilin and the twenty or so personal soldiers behind him all fell to the ground and died on the spot.

The artillery that Emery had been dreaming of but had not yet been trained, when it came to this medieval-style battlefield, it was a crushing defeat.

In modern warfare, how could a general stand out and talk to others in front of the battlefield? They dared not wear high-level military uniforms, and their subordinates were forbidden to salute on the battlefield, for fear of being sniped by the enemy.

As the artillery fired its powerful guns, large flags with the words “树”, “波”, “星”, “曲” and “严” in them were erected behind the Miao bandits in the south.

The five infantry camps of the Huai Army surrounded the Miao bandits in a semicircle. The sound of rapid gunfire rang out like popping beans, and the densely packed Miao bandits fell down in rows.

The semicircular encirclement of the Huai Army and the semicircular encirclement of the Nian Army closed together, encircling the leaderless Miao bandits.

Outside the encirclement, thousands of logistics soldiers were armed with carbines, ready to eliminate any fish that had escaped the net, and five hundred cavalrymen were eager to capture the generals on horseback.

Artillery shells continued to explode in the dense formation of the Miao bandits. Each volley cleared a large area. The scouts on the hot air balloon kept reporting coordinates down. Soon the Miao bandits could not hold on any longer. They shouted and knelt down in surrender.

More than 10,000 Huai troops and 30,000 Nian troops, with the same number as the enemy, were able to surround the enemy and force them to surrender.

The firepower advantage of modern armies has made the advantage in numbers without training a joke.

Grant shook his head. The cavalry had no chance to attack this time.

The Huai Army sent people to collect the weapons of the surrendered soldiers. The fully armed soldiers escorted the groups of Miao bandits away, but they neglected to forget that they were facing the main force of the Qing Dynasty’s anti-Nian Army.

Zhang Lexing, the absolute true rebel, swung his knife and said, “Grab the arms and silver!”

Three hundred of his personal soldiers rushed into the Miao bandit group and drove away in their carts.

The Huai Army, who were busy escorting prisoners, turned a blind eye and even drove the prisoners to hurry up and not block the way of the carts.

The other Nian Army spectators who did not know the truth were stunned. What was this group of government troops doing?
The Nian Army robbed the arms and silver, then turned around and ran away. The Nian Army followers who were left behind kept looking back in fear, as they were terrified by the firepower of the Huai Army.

Well, the Huai Army is busy.

Confiscating weapons, escorting prisoners, cutting off heads and burying bodies. Grant happily led his men to seize many war horses, and all the hot air balloons in the sky landed, and no soldiers chased after them.

Shao Quanzhong laughed loudly towards the sky. With a military advisor, this battle would be a great success.

With his hands behind his back, he inspected the battlefield and suddenly found a problem: “Why don’t these Miao bandits have braids, but long hair?”

“Reporting to the commander, the Miao bandits have been jumping back and forth between the Taiping Army and the imperial court. They don’t keep their braids because they find it troublesome, and the imperial court has no time to intervene.”

Shao Quanzhong’s eyes moved for a long time, staring at the heads of tens of thousands of Miao bandit captives, and his saliva flowed down unconsciously.

“Sir, sir, the Nian bandits have robbed us of our arms and silver and have run away.”

There were also many people on the Huai Army side who were unaware of the truth.

Shao Quanzhong suddenly came to his senses and slapped his forehead, “Oh, right, we are government troops, and the enemy are rebels, we can’t be so perfunctory. Song Laosan, lead your men to chase them!”

Ah? Send a battalion to chase the 30,000 Nian troops.

Song Lao San was suddenly possessed by Lin Bu Er, and he was extremely brave, leading his men to chase after him. He turned back to protest, “My name is Song Le, and my courtesy name is Jia Shu, Brother Shao, you are not allowed to call me by my nickname anymore.”

(End of this chapter)