Chapter 678 I Don't Want to Die. Sir, Please Spare My Life.

The Burmese are not stupid. They will not do the work of taking the blame. In addition to the Zalafeng tribe, there is another army called Dufeng'e deployed outside Mubang City.

When the Zalafeng tribe was pressed to the ground by the first regiment and rubbed hard, Dufeng'e hesitated to rescue several times, but he did not make up his mind in the end.

Finally, the troops were dispatched to their surroundings and a strict defense was arranged in the mountainous area of ​​Xigao Mountain, which has water sources and food reserves.

Then the fortifications were reinforced. Although the fortifications of Xigao Mountain were already quite solid, they were built with thick logs and stones, and small cannons might not be useful.

It took less than half a day, and the regiment took only three hours to completely wipe out the one or two thousand Qing soldiers of the Zalafeng tribe.

Dufeng'e's face was ashen. He stood on the top of Xigao Mountain and watched the guns and fighting sounds coming from the northeast, and watched the tall dragon flag in the northeast being chopped down. He was lonely and desperate in his heart. He gritted his teeth towards the northeast and had already made up his mind to fight to the death with the National Defense Army on Xigao Mountain.

At this moment, Wang Lian was very happy. Their Fifth Mountain Infantry Brigade had just been established. Of course, there were barracks and training grounds, but what about the field training camps of each regiment? That required a large number of laborers to build, not that you could just mark a piece of mountain with the approval of the Grand Marshal's Office and the Cabinet, and then turn it into a formal field training camp.

Now he has captured a lot of prisoners, just to serve as coolies for the Fifth Mountain Infantry Brigade.

"Wang Tuanzheng, I want to sneak into Xigao Mountain again. As long as we find out the Qing army's defense map, even if we only have mortars and small rocket launchers, as long as we fire a cannon, the Qing bandits on this mountain will be wiped out immediately." Tan Yifei said with a serious face. He dared to guarantee that after he went up the mountain, he could get the specific parameter map by memory alone.

Tan Yifei wanted to repeat his old trick and sneak into the Qing army camp again.

But how could Wang Lian agree? Surprise and anger rose up at the same time. He shouted loudly. "Are you going to die? Infiltrating Xigao Mountain at this time?" The Qing soldiers in Xigao Mountain are not the Qing soldiers in Zalafeng. Tan Yifei's plan is not just taking risks. He is gambling with his own life. "You are going to die, but I still want your life? Come on. Keep him for me. Notify the brigade immediately."

Wang Lian himself also relied on daring to fight, fight and take risks to get ahead, but after becoming an officer, especially after transferring from the Qing army to the Fu Han army, he did not give up the spirit of daring to fight, but resolutely quit taking risks. Because at this time, he represents not only himself, but also many soldiers. So Wang Lian is not very encouraging of his men's bold adventures.

"Tuanzheng, Tuanzheng. Please don't tell..."

After hearing the two from the brigade, Tan Yifei's heroic spirit immediately fell. The chief of staff of the Fifth Mountain Infantry Brigade has a great degree of similarity with Wang Lian in ideology, and he does not advocate soldiers and officers to take risks in combat. If the chief of staff knew about Tan Yifei's behavior, he would not be punished, and he might even be transferred back.

"I think you are nothing. You just feel itchy. Isn't it just what you want to let the chief of staff relieve your itch?" Wang Lian looked at Tan Yifei, who looked like a bear, and couldn't help laughing and scolding. He looked back at the densely forested Xigao Mountain. After thinking for a while, he turned his head and gave an order to the messenger. "Pass my order! At 4:30. Five rounds of rapid fire from each gun position! Beat down their morale for me!"

The mountain is not high, but the densely forested and rugged Xigao Mountain is indeed a hard bone to chew. If there is no accurate defense map, it is really not easy to chew it down. But Wang Lian will not take Tan Yifei's life to risk his life.

The artillery team under the First Regiment is divided into two parts. One is the regimental artillery group, which is mainly mortars and small-caliber artillery. There are a total of 40 mortars and 12 redesigned new two-jin cannons. The latter is no longer a small cannon cast by the iron mold casting method, but a new type of cannon drilled out of the barrel by the boring machine. The overall weight is less than 200 kilograms (+ gun carriage), which is much lighter than the iron mold casting method.

Each part can be disassembled and separated, plus ammunition, two donkeys can also carry it with the army. Combat assembly can be completed in ten minutes, and the artillery position can be set up. The range is almost half of the original cast iron cannon, and the test firing on flat ground can reach 500 meters. The accuracy is not much higher, mainly because the barrel life is really enhanced.

Twelve two-jin cannons form an artillery company, which is one of the organized units in the firepower battalion directly under the regiment.

Now, in addition to the cannons of the regiment itself, there are also a group of troops from the brigade artillery battalion - 20 medium mortars, 6 light rocket launchers, and a cannon team of 6 two-jin cannons.

The total number of cannons in the entire artillery unit is more than 80, especially the 6 rocket launchers, which are powerful and powerful, much stronger than the 18 two-jin cannons.

Wang Lian divided the 60 mortars into two artillery groups, and then the 18 two-jin cannons and a separate combat unit - the rocket group. It can be said that there are four artillery groups around Xigao Mountain. There are 86 artillery of various types.

Each gun position fired five shells. This kind of small thing was completed quickly. From 4:30 to 4:36 that afternoon. In six minutes, more than 400 shells fell on the small Xigao Mountain. Although many of them were just simple iron balls, they were also very intimidating.

The sudden arrival of the artillery shells threw Du Feng'e's more than 1,000 Qing troops on Xigao Mountain into complete chaos.

The sound of gunfire on the top of the mountain was deafening, but it was all blind counterattack. The attack of the National Defense Army had not yet begun. The nerves of this Qing army were completely pushed to a highly tense stage in this bombardment. The entire Xigao Mountain was full of nervous and frightened Qing soldiers. The entire position was in a state of panic!

Xigao Mountain is about 200 feet high, that is, 700 to 800 meters high. It is the highest peak in a series of mountains and hills around it, with rugged gullies. It is also a famous scenery on weekdays, the highest peak. But today it is a frightened bird. After this round of bombardment, the Qing soldiers on the peak suffered few casualties, but the main thing was mental pressure.

Of course, there were many bannermen among the Qing troops who fled to Myanmar with Zhang Bao and others, but there were more Han troops. Bannermen and Chen Han had an irreconcilable hatred, but what about Han troops? How many of the Han soldiers who fled to Burma with Zhang Bao did so out of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty? How many fled to Burma out of fear of Chen Han's prisoner punishment? How many of the latter have dispersed over the years?

Some of them fled to Shan State, some fled to Burma, and some fled to Siam, with the latter accounting for the highest proportion. Because the Chinese have the highest status in Siam.

In a few years, the Qing army has degenerated into a bandit force led by a big warlord and small soldiers. Take Du Feng'e as an example. He has only five or six hundred confidants under his direct control, and four soldiers with about two hundred people outside, who cooperate with the current army as a whole.

Among the four soldiers, there are bannermen. Feng Aden and Song Weifeng are both bannermen. They were also deputy generals and lieutenant generals at the time. But the other two, Zhao Erhuan and Gao Gu, are real Han people. They had originally moved to the north of Mubang City after receiving the Burmese transfer order. The two armies formed a corner and did have the intention to fight against the National Defense Army for a while, but no one wanted to lose their lives here.

Before the war, they had already arranged their retreat routes. But who could have thought that Zalafeng was blocked by the vanguard of the National Defense Army at once, and then was wiped out by the National Defense Army in less than half a day. I became a lone army! A deep sense of fear gripped everyone's heart at once.

Every Qing soldier was very convinced that he was a lone army, because they firmly believed that the Burmese army in Mubang City not far away would never take the initiative to attack the National Defense Army in order to save them. Otherwise, they would not throw out two Qing troops as meat shields!

So the morale of Du Feng'e's army was really shaky now, and then at this time, a regiment also launched an artillery attack. What Du Feng'e himself thought, Zhao Erhuan and Gao Gu didn't know, they only knew that their hearts had no intention of going to hell with the Qing soldiers.

"Sir, someone is coming down the mountain." A personal soldier walked up to Gao Gu and whispered.

Gao Gu glanced at Feng Aden, who was resting with his eyes closed, and then glanced at Song Weifeng who had heard the voice, and whispered: "Bring the people in."

The Qing army was divided into two parts, the front and the back. The front was composed of Feng Aden and Song Weifeng, plus Gao Gu's troops. Gao Gu's troops were sandwiched between Feng Aden and Song Weifeng, which was obviously to guard against Gao Gu. At this time, there are still intrigues within the Qing army. How can the future of this battle give people confidence?

Standing up on his own initiative, Gao Gu came to Feng Aden and said softly. "Sir Feng, someone is coming down the mountain." At the same time, Gao Gu was also very curious. What are these people doing down the mountain? Is there anything to do between the National Defense Army and them?

"What?" Feng Aden, who was resting with his eyes closed, jumped up immediately. He really didn't hear it. At the same time, Feng Aden himself was also very stimulated. At this time, people were sent from the mountain to recruit surrenders and traitors? "Drag that thief up here." Feng Aden was born in the Zhenghong Banner, and he hated Chen Han, the traitor who "harmed" the Qing Dynasty. No matter what the purpose of the people coming down the mountain was, as long as they worked for Chen Han, they were traitors and thieves, and they deserved to die.

"Feng Da... Sir!" A man was dragged in by two personal soldiers outside. After getting out, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Shu Yude?" Feng Aden was shocked instantly. The person who came was Shu Yude. This person was from the Han Army Banner. He was the governor of Dali at the time and the chief steward of Zalafeng.

"How dare you join the rebels and betray my Qing Dynasty!" Feng Aden looked at a fat "acquaintance" kneeling on the ground, and cursed angrily. "Dog slave, you are so bold! Come on, drag him out and behead him."

A good slave of the Qing Dynasty should be irreconcilable with the fake Han. The two sides fought to the death, and only one survived. And now this Yude actually acted as a lobbyist for the pseudo-Han, he deserved to die.

Feng Aden, who was angry, did not see the sudden glow in Song Weifeng's eyes, he was also a member of the Han Army.

Shu Yude actually did something for the Fu Han Army, has the Fu Han Army's rules changed? Then can he also...

"Sir!" Shu Yude was frightened and kowtowed. "Sir, spare my life. I also wanted to die for my country, but I was knocked unconscious by a few dogs around me! When I woke up, I found that I was already in the bandit camp. I really didn't join the rebels! Please have mercy, please have mercy!" He kowtowed while speaking.

Song Weifeng didn't want Shu Yude to die, at least before he explained everything clearly, he didn't want Shu Yude to die.

"Master Feng. Shu Yude is the money and grain officer under Master Zala Feng. He has worked hard and never slacked off in these years. This shows his loyalty to our Qing Dynasty. Now he is in the enemy's hands and has no choice. In my opinion, Shu Yude He really doesn’t look like a rebellious person. Let’s spare his life for now and see what else he has to say!”

Gao Gu, who was on the side, flattened his mouth and spoke to help.

"Yes. Master Feng."

"We all know what Lao Shu is like. This time it was a villain who caused trouble, and he will never do anything disobedient. Sir, you'd better take it easy. Let's hear how Mr. Shu confesses?"

Gao Gu also had a fire in his heart, but of course he was very calm on the outside. Feng Aden just doesn't have clairvoyance eyes, nor does he have Chen Ming's seemingly useless superpower, otherwise he would be able to see that the blood flow of the two people around him is accelerating at the moment, their emotions are agitated, and at the same time, their heads are not firm. The breath became even more unstable.

"Tell me! What good news did the hypocritical traitor ask you to bring here?" Gao Gu and Song Weifeng came out to dissuade him. Feng'arden still has to save some face for them. An angry "hum" paused the attack.

Looking at the gloomy Feng Arden. Shu Yude was very scared. But thinking about the support behind him and the captive parents, there are also the benefits of this mission to persuade him to surrender. He still mustered up the last courage and said tremblingly: "Han... Han soldiers said... they told you to surrender... surrender..." When it came to the word "vote", Shu Yude really didn't have the courage to say the following word.

"Surrender, right? Huh?" Feng Aden stared at Shu Yude and couldn't help but sneer. He squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

"Sir! It's not what I said! It's just what the Fuhan Army said. If you don't... don't surrender... they will open fire! Please spare your life, sir!" Shu Yude's fat body was shaking wildly. Lying tightly on the uneven stones.

"Fire?" Gao Gu couldn't help but shudder. Thinking of the shelling he suffered just now, he was still frightened! "How many cannons do they have?" He picked up the limp Shu Yude. Gao Gu asked loudly.

"No... no less than... Baimen." Shu Yude said tremblingly. But when Feng Aden, Gao Gu, and Song Weifeng all looked disbelieving, they quickly changed their words. "Seventy or eighty guns. It's really seventy or eighty guns. I saw it with my own eyes. It was divided into three artillery groups. They were placed there. I saw it with my own eyes." Shu Yude, who was sweating profusely, explained continuously. . When he came here, he did pass by an artillery position, and he also knew that the cannons came from three places, so there were twenty or thirty cannons in one place, and three places were not a real number of seventy or eighty. The door is closed.

"Seventy or eighty?" Song Weifeng muttered the number in a low voice. "Haha...hahaha, hahaha..." A series of cold smiles made everyone present laugh - everyone felt hairy from the bottom of their hearts. But looking at the crazy Song Weifeng, they all felt the same way.

"It's over, it's all over." Gao Gu looked up to the sky and sighed. Said: "Seventy or eighty artillery pieces. This is just their vanguard. Unbelievable. Unbelievable..."

The roads in Myanmar are so difficult that the National Defense Forces only carried 70 or 80 cannons in the vanguard. How strong the logistics and supply capabilities must be to be able to do this. The current National Defense Force is more powerful than the original Fuhan Army.

Everyone present has dealt with Chen Han. Everyone knows how much Chen Han attaches importance to logistics, and how well the latter's logistics support is. Chen Han is very concerned about "temple calculations" when fighting. They will not take big risks without certain certainty. Especially now that he is the master of the world, it is even more impossible for Myanmar's intelligence to be kept absolutely secret from Chen Han, so Chen Han cannot repeat the same mistakes as Mingrui in this battle. In this way, no matter what the final result of this battle is, Xigaoshan will definitely be doomed.

Feng'arden slumped down on the stone. He had already thought about his fate in the future, but he had no intention of being soft on the National Defense Forces: "I don't want to kill you today. Whoever kills you will follow. The traitor is spreading a message, but you, Shu Yude, betrayed the imperial court first and wasted many years of grace. I'm sorry for all the heroes of the Qing Dynasty. How do you want to die? With blood or without blood? For the sake of your hard work for Zarafon, I will give you one now. Grace." Feng Aden's voice was much softer here, but his tone was extremely affirmative. "I am a minister of the Qing Dynasty in life, and a ghost of the Qing Dynasty in death! I will never betray the country and surrender to the enemy. I will keep the good head here. If you have the ability, let the rebels at the bottom of the mountain kill you and get it. There is no need for it anyway. You go back and report."

"...Come here! Drag me down and chop me into a pulp!" Since Shu Yude had not yet decided how to die, Feng Aden decided for him first.

Shu Yude can't take any chances. How could Fontarden be willing to do this without giving him a lesson? This piece of shit is treason and surrendering to the enemy, and has become a lobbyist for Chen Han. If the instrument hadn't been used, he would have been cut into pieces.

"Sir, please spare my life!...Sir, please spare my life..." Shu Yude was stunned and begged for mercy.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die. Please spare my life, sir."

"The Qing Dynasty is over. Your Excellency, you are so stubborn. Where is your loyalty? A way out is better than anything else..."