Four days later.

Wuchang Prefecture City.

"Where is your reputation?"

Xiong Tingbi looked at Yang Feng on the golden throne of the King of Chu in anger.

This throne was given by Zhu Yuanzhang. In history, after Zhang Xianzhong came, local officials asked the King of Chu to ask for silver to organize defense, and the latter beat the throne...

If you have no money, you will smash the throne of Taizu and sell it.

However, the Chu Prince's Mansion has now become a temporary prime minister's headquarters. As for the corpses of the royal family killed by the Hongguang rebels in the Chu vassals, they have been properly handled, and those who can be found alive were found. They unanimously accused the Prime Minister of the Hongguang rebels of the Communist Party of China. The Prime Minister has sent someone to report to His Majesty Emperor Ming. Although His Majesty the Emperor is currently kidnapped by the Guangzhou rebels, such major matters involving the royal family must be reported to His Majesty.

In addition, he also reported to the Queen Mother of the Capital.

The vassal kings in various places were crying without tears...

Is this a report?

This is obviously to tell the local unruly people, you can learn it as well!

The gentry of Datong, Shaanxi is purged by the royal family, while the unruly people in Huguang are purged by the royal family. Why is it so difficult to be a royal family these days!

Xiong Tingbi is here to negotiate.

Although he looked very unblocked.

Now Yang Feng suddenly appeared in Macheng and captured Macheng at an extremely fast speed. Then he defeated the Sixth Brigade of Dingsheng Army with 120,000 unlucky people in Qiting and killed Liu Chengxi, commander of the brigade. This bad news has caused chaos in all places.

The defeated general of the Sixth Brigade fled to Huangpi, and the regiments who fought in coordination between various places fled to Xishui. After receiving the news, Xiong Tingbi immediately stopped attacking Daye, and then mobilized his troops to Xishui, including the Fourth Brigade of the Dingsheng Army outside Wuchang Prefecture City and the regiments of various places quickly retreated back to Hanyang Prefecture City. They were all frightened by the Battle of Qiting. The population of Macheng was relatively small, so he gathered 120,000 unlucky people. If it were replaced by Huangzhou Prefecture City, how many major cities such as Wuchang Prefecture City would he have to gather!

Can't stand it at all.

What's more, the Red Turban Army behind him was also heading south. On the second day of the Battle of Qiting, the Hutou Pass defenders had already collapsed under the attack of the Red Turban Army.

At least one brigade of Red Turban militias have arrived in Macheng.

Under such circumstances, it is no longer possible to counterattack the rebels. It is the most important thing to quickly shrink and protect yourself.

As for Yang Feng, he arrived here the day before yesterday...

The Qiting battlefield is only about one hundred miles away from here. Just follow the route of Kublai Khan's attack on Ezhou and go directly to Yangluo to cross the river.

The tens of thousands of unruly people he brought have returned to Macheng.

This tactic is extremely effective, but it cannot last, because eating more than 100,000 people is a big problem, and a few days is the limit, because they can bring their own dry food, but continuous combat is a big problem. Even as the snowball grows, it may become a locust legion, sweeping all over the place, so after using it, let them go home quickly and continue to guard Macheng with the Red Turban Army that arrived.

This is equivalent to controlling the passage from Macheng to Wuchang.

Their losses are actually not great. The weapons of this era are only that really threatening range. The solid cannons have a long range but the effect is actually more of a deterrent.

The real fatal thing is the musket wheel shooting and cannon shotgun.

Especially the latter.

The important reason why cannons decide the battlefield in this era is that they can spray shotguns, which is essentially equivalent to a machine gun.

But the problem is that the shotgun is only effective at two or three hundred meters.

A person with normal health only needs to cross this distance for one minute, and one minute is just a round of artillery fire.

The small-trumpet shotgun of the Hubei-version field cannon is loaded at one time. The Sixth Brigade invested ten infantry battalions, each battalion had sixteen field cannons, 160, and 5,000 volleys at a time. The muskets were 6,000, but less than half of the eight rounds of fire were actually fired, that is, more than two,000. After all, muskets did not fire at three hundred meters, which means that they shot 8,000 bullets and shotguns at the attacking militia during the entire battle.

What about hit rate?

Twenty percent is the day.

They are not like the Red Turban Army's face-stunning volley.

In other words, more than a thousand militia were shot...

This is how fighting in this era is. Unless it is defeated, there is no unilateral massacre, and the courage of soldiers can surpass their equipment advantages.

The machine gun did not show any previous human sea tactics. In 1878, the British held the Martini Henry breech gun but could not support the Zulu pig sprint. Moreover, the British were killed 1,880, but they only suffered 2,000 Zulu people. Therefore, my Qing Dynasty was really a shame to all countries, and even the black uncle in Africa was not as good as the African black uncle.

The final count of the battle of Qiting was that the number of casualties in the Dingsheng Army was almost the same as that of the militia.

"Please don't damage my honor. I do promise that I will not attack you before the alliance, but you cannot attack the Red Turban Army, otherwise it will be regarded as your provocation. So are you the Red Turban Army?"

Yang Feng asked Zhang Pu and others.

"yes!"

The latter answered in unison.

"Look, they are all Red Turban Army. You have already taken the initiative to provoke the attack on the Red Turban Army."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Xiong Tingbi's nose almost became crooked.

How shameless this is!

With these rebels and unlucky people posed the banner of the Red Turban Army, they became the Red Turban Army. We can’t touch them anymore?

"It's not just them. In the future, as long as someone calls himself the Red Turban Army, they are the Red Turban Army, you can't move them. If you dare to attack the Red Turban Army, then as the head coach of the Red Turban Army, I can only mobilize the support of the Red Turban Army from other places. If more people join the Red Turban Army on the way to support, then they are the Red Turban Army. What they did before they joined the Red Turban Army has nothing to do with the Red Turban Army, but after they joined the Red Turban Army, they are part of the Red Turban Army."

Yang Feng said.

"Before they were slaughtering Macheng, they were not the Red Turban Army, but after they slaughtering Macheng, they were the Red Turban Army?"

Xiong Tingbi sneered.

"That's it, but the word "blood swindling" is wrong. They executed less than 500 local tyrants and evil gentry with great public anger in Macheng. However, after becoming the Red Turban Army, they were attacked by your barbaric and killed more than a thousand people. You need to explain this matter."

Yang Feng said.

Xiong Tingbi understood.

This bastard is just trying to make a fuss.

but……

He looked at the nightmarish face in front of him...

If someone is just trying to make a mistake, what can he do?

"Your alliance continues?"

He asked.

"Of course, I continue. Even Guangzhou agrees. How can I not continue?"

Yang Feng said.

Xiong Tingbi breathed a sigh of relief.

He no longer fantasizes about anything else, as long as the situation does not worsen further.

In fact, Yang Feng's occupation of Wuchang was not a bad thing for him. At least it could make the gentry give up completely and no longer insist on encirclement and suppress Wuchang, but honestly accept the reality. His previous principle was to avoid war, even if the rebel army controlled these places. Then maintain the status quo and wait until the alliance is resolved next year. If the gentry had fantasized before that they could continue to fight even if the alliance failed, they would no longer have such fantasies.

This is not a bad thing either.

If the alliance fails at that time, just accept the reality honestly!

"But I'm very curious, then do you still want to continue?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Xiong's words will be true, not as shameless as some people."

Xiong Tingbi sneered.

"Ah, as far as I know, you are just Yingtian's strategy of the Hongguang Dynasty? Do you think you are qualified to make decisions for the Hongguang court?"

"Then you don't have to worry about it, say goodbye!"

Xiong Tingbi said.

After saying that, he turned around and left proudly.

"Superior State?"

Zhang Pu and others looked at Yang Feng, and Zhang Pu also made a throat-cutting action, meaning that they would just take the opportunity to kill Xiong Tingbi. After all, Hongguang Dynasty was just the purple golden beam of sea. After the death, the rest were mediocre talents. At least no one could compete with Xiong Tingbi. Once he died, Hongguang Dynasty would be over.

Yang Feng shook his head.

Zhang Pu and others had to look at Xiong Tingbi's back with regret.

The latter did not know that he had just escaped. He then walked out of the royal palace and rode his horse under the protection of several entourages. He was from Jiangxia, and Wuchang Prefecture was Jiangxia County. However, his family was in Xiuxian outside the city. At this moment, he was in a complicated mood when he looked at the people with obvious smiles on the streets.

He is tired.

Really, exhausted, and even white hair at a young age.

He was struggling to protect this land and devoted himself to it, but at this moment he really didn't know what the meaning of his efforts was.

Loyalty and righteousness?

From the time he supported Hongguang, he knew that he had nothing to do with loyalty.

It is well known that Wanli is still alive, but it is a fact that it does not recognize.

Benefit?
To be continued...