Chapter 285: Break the enemy easily

Although the elite level of these three thousand capital troops would not be afraid of the attacks of the people who could only be considered mobs, Tang Feng, for the sake of safety, followed the way he learned from Sun Chengzong in Liaodong. After leaving the plain, he ordered the army to be divided into several teams, with cavalry scouts in front of him to investigate, in case the enemy really appeared and was unprepared.

Although many soldiers disagree with Tang Feng's cautious style, they dare not act without following the orders, and the general who knows how to use troops admires Tang Feng even more. Although Tang Feng had already conquered them in the capital before, they still didn't think that this official who looked very young and dressed in a scholar was really good at using troops. But after seeing his arrangement today, everyone was willing to believe that Tang Feng's contribution to Liaodong was real.

Because Dongchang Prefecture is in the southwest of Shandong, and now Tang Feng and his friends have to go there to pass through several prefectures and counties that have been broken by the rioters. According to Tang Feng's intention, this march would rather go more and go around the outside than immediately clash with these rioters. However, Zhang Wencong had a different view on this. He believed that with the combat effectiveness of this current team, there was no need to avoid any traitors. If it really happened, then just make a contribution first.

After weighing the situation and considering that it would not be conducive to the battle if the soldiers were always rushing, Tang Feng finally agreed to Zhang Wencong's suggestion and took his men straight to Dongchang along the road, hoping to get there one day earlier. However, Tang Feng also has the conditions for marching like this, that is, the slight exploration ahead must go forward ten miles so that he will not be confused when an unexpected situation occurs. In this regard, because of Tang Feng's insistence, the soldiers did not dare to disobey their orders, but some people disagree with it, thinking that this adult took the rioters too seriously.

Tang Feng once explained this: "Don't underestimate the rioters too much. Although they don't have any climate yet, if they cannot extinguish them quickly, they will become a major concern for the Ming Dynasty. Think about Huang Chao in the Tang Dynasty and Hongshuo in the Yuan Dynasty. If there are any shrewd leaders among them, they may be prepared. They may encounter some enemy situations along the way. Only when the scouts send the news back in time can we not be completely unprepared!"

The soldiers still didn't take their hearts to Tang Feng's words, just thinking that Tang Feng was too cautious. Just as everyone laughed at Tang Feng's courage in his heart, the scout who had not encountered any problems in the past few days suddenly came back to report: "There is a team of thousands of people ahead and is heading towards us!" After listening to the scout's report, all the soldiers looked at Tang Feng with admiration, wondering how he expected that there would be a situation.

Tang Feng just smiled faintly and did not explain much. In fact, he made a judgment based on what he knew about Shandong. Since these rioters dared to kill high-ranking officials like governors, it means that they are different from ordinary riots and can even be called rebellion. Then some ambitious people will appear among them. These people will definitely try their best to expand their territory and allow more people to join their teams. It is not impossible for them to go north to kill. However, Tang Feng did not express his judgment, which was to prevent the soldiers from being too ruthless in dealing with the people. How could these rioters be said to be just forced? If they can kill less, it would be better to kill less. But now that they are all coming for themselves, Tang Feng naturally won't wait.

In the admirable eyes of everyone, Tang Feng immediately issued an order to prepare for the battle. He asked the five hundred Shenji Camp troops and the other five hundred elite soldiers to continue to move forward with him, while the remaining two thousand troops were ambushed on the side, waiting for the rebels to fight with the thousand troops on their front, and then they broke out from both sides and surrounded and annihilated the team of thousands.

Seeing that Tang Feng was going to lead people to fight against the frontal enemy, Zhang Wencong immediately put forward different opinions, believing that Tang Feng should take people to the side to avoid him. Tang Feng rejected his suggestion without thinking: "I am the chief general of the first army, how can I leave my brothers and sisters behind to avoid it? Moreover, the combat power of these rioters is limited, so I cannot hurt me at all."

Since Tang Feng was so persistent, Zhang Wencong dared not say anything anymore, so he had to order some of the musketeers from the Shenji Camp to protect Tang Feng. When they were ready, a huge team had already arrived in front.

Tang Feng was still shocked when he saw the smoke and dust coming in the sky, but when he saw clearly the appearance of the thousands of "enemy", Tang Feng felt like he was throwing his eyes to the blind man. What kind of team is this? It doesn't even have a flag. Those people are holding hoes, wooden rakes and other farm tools. Only a very small number of people hold knives in their hands. You can tell at a glance that they were taken from some unlucky constables. And what they were wearing was just ordinary people's clothes and not even a decent armor. Such a team may not even have the qualifications to be scary.

Although it looked a little funny, when the troops saw the officers and soldiers, they did not turn around and ran away. They actually rushed up shouting and danced with all kinds of "weapons" in their hands and rushed forward.

"It seems that I am really worried. It is not the time for Li Zicheng and the others to revolt!" Tang Feng thought with a wry smile. In his moment of being stunned, the enemies had already rushed to them, and then more than a hundred soldiers from the Shenji Camp in front fired the first shot.

"Bang bang!..." A burst of gunfire rang across the sky. The enemy that the newly practiced three-stage shooting method faced for the first time was such a group of people who seemed to be completely lethal. This was something that Tang Feng and the soldiers of the Shenji Camp could never have dreamed of. After this dense gunfire like fried beans, dozens of people rushing to the front fell to the ground. This unexpected attack method immediately scared the rioters rushing up from behind, and then looked at the clear-cut army in front of them with fear. They never thought that such a powerful team would appear here.

"When I go and shout to them, as long as I am willing to put down my weapons and surrender, we will not hurt them." Seeing that these people were scared, Tang Feng immediately said to someone beside him, he didn't want to kill so many people.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a shout from the chaotic crowd: "Don't be afraid of them. We have encountered such an army, and they have been killed by us!" As this agitated words came into his ears, the rioters who had been stunned by the power of the muskets once again mustered up their courage. They shouted and rushed up again, but this time they also learned to be smart and stopped killing the Ming army, but instead turned into roundabouts from both sides.

But how could these people who were even more chaotic than the raiders be the opponents of the trained Beijing soldiers? When they thought they had successfully transformed the formation, the thousand elite soldiers had turned around. So the troops who rushed up this time suffered another big loss.

Seeing that these people were so ignorant, Zhang Wencong was also a little annoyed. He immediately waved the flag in his hand and issued an order to let the ambush come out from both sides. The ambush on both sides had long been unable to bear it. As soon as he saw the order appear, he killed from both sides and fired a fatal blow to them from behind the enemy.

When these rioters found that there were official troops on both sides, they were completely panicked. They didn't know who made the first decision. They all turned around and ran back. The formation that was originally unformed immediately collapsed and collapsed.

"Kill!" Zhang Wencong was stunned for a while when he saw this situation. He really didn't expect to encounter such a team, but he didn't care about it at this time. Now it was a great opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. But before the soldiers could receive the order and chase him, Tang Feng had already stopped them: "Wait, let them go!"

"Sir, why did you let these rioters go? They are all thieves!" Many soldiers asked in confusion, especially those who came out of ambush on both sides. The enemy fled as soon as they appeared. Many people had not yet killed the enemy. They were naturally puzzled by Tang Feng's stopping him from making contributions.

Tang Feng watched the "rebels" run away, and then said, "Do you think killing them is really fulfilling? They are not our enemies, but just a group of people holding farm tools."

"But sir, aren't we just coming to Shandong to suppress the rebellion?" Zhang Wencong asked immediately. Although he also felt that killing these vulnerable people was not a glorious thing, he still said his words for the overall situation.

"I came to Shandong to quell the civil unrest, not to quell the rebellion!" Tang Feng said word by word: "Do you think these people really can attack the rebels? And we don't know why the people in Shandong did such a big rebellion, so we can't kill too many civil unrest now, otherwise it would be even more difficult to calm the matter!" As he said that, he frowned slightly. He knew that the Chinese people, and if there was no way, it would be impossible to have such extreme behavior.

Since Tang Feng made this decision, the soldiers naturally would not raise any objections and had to return to the formation. Seeing that it was getting late, Tang Feng ordered people to rest on the spot and then ordered people to clean up the battlefield to see if there were any living rioters, so that he could know the situation of some rioters from his mouth.
Chapter completed!