After three rounds of artillery fire, the bandits who were severely beaten staged a speed and passion competition on the mountain road, because Cao Ergou had already led his men to chase the bandits. When Cao Ergou led his men to chase the bandits, the yellow man on the wall of the village Dagen is directing the gunners to clean the gun barrel nervously and refill the gunpowder and shotshells. Due to the use of pre-loaded ammunition packages, refilling is very convenient, but it takes some time to clean the hot barrel, and there is a lack of experience in the rush. The gunner's hands were covered with blisters. After reloading, Huang Dagen estimated the range and ordered the gunner to raise the muzzle and point the sight at the mountain road one mile ahead to fire. The bandits were running fast at the moment. They were almost a mile away, but Liuliba's pursuers had just rushed out of the village gate not far away.

The dense shells of this third shot smashed the few bandit soldiers who were rushing at the front into a sieve. The bandit soldiers who were following behind were frightened and stopped abruptly. They were immediately knocked to the ground by the bandit soldiers rushing from behind. , suddenly there was chaos on the mountain road. Xiong Ben led his soldiers and rushed to the place where the bandits stopped. He paused when he saw the corpse of the bandit on the ground, and then started running lifelessly. The other bandits also followed suit. , followed the bear and ran up the mountain to escape. A few timid bandits and civilians were so frightened that they stood there with their feet weak, and heard the Liuliba pursuers led by Cao Ergou shouting, "Thunderbolt from heaven, punish me." After chanting the slogan "Kill the evildoers, surrender as soon as possible, repent and rehabilitate", they simply stopped running away, threw down their weapons and squatted on the ground. Cao Ergou left a few people to escort the surrendered bandits and civilians to the back of Liuliba , continued to lead the pursuit for more than ten miles in the direction of Wanjiaping, and captured many bandit soldiers and civilians who were exhausted and slumped on the side of the road. However, some of the bandit soldiers fled extremely fast and followed Xiong Ben. He ran wildly and fled back to Wanjiaping in only one third of the time he had arrived.

In this battle, Liulizhai won a complete victory, killing more than 50 enemies and capturing more than 300 prisoners including minor and serious injuries. Among the captives, there were only about 40 bandits, and civilians accounted for the majority. Disposal of prisoners The same principle as last time was followed. More than 90 prisoners who were seriously injured or who might be disabled after recovery were driven back to Wanjiaping. The remaining nearly 200 prisoners were sentenced to hard labor according to the severity of their crimes and assigned to various mines. and the construction site. Although the civilian husband was not a bandit, Liuliba was in short supply of labor at that time, and it was absolutely impossible to send this batch of free labor back to Wanjiaping to support the enemy. Therefore, according to Ouyang Xuan's instruction, Yang Xiucai "helped the emperor to abuse" Each civilian husband was sentenced to two years of hard labor for the crime. As for the large quantities of weapons and baggage seized, they had limited effect on improving Liuliba's combat power. Except for the high-quality ones used to equip the guards, the rest were given to the militia. and Orion.

Ouyang Xuan valued the political significance of this battle more than the seizure of personnel and materials. This defeat of the Wanjiaping Bandits wiped out Xiong Ben's power in the mountains for many years, and made the villages in the mountains that suffered so much look at it. With the hope of getting rid of the oppression of the gangs, they all changed their previous wait-and-see attitude and sent people to make friends with Liuliba. In fact, before this war, the villages in Jiguan Mountain were not optimistic about Liuli Village, believing that the bandits in Wanjiaping were well-equipped and had great combat power. It is so fierce that even a large army of officers and soldiers failed to take advantage of it. On the other hand, although Liuliba is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it has a small number of people and weak combat power, let alone sophisticated weapons. It is obviously unable to stop the attack of the Wanjiaping gang. Even within Liuli Village, there were people who were afraid and asked to make peace with Xiong Ben, suggesting that "forgive Liuliba's financial resources and exchange for the peace of the village." Fortunately, Lu Dezhi, Shi Zhongshu, Dong Hu and other people in the village supported Ouyang. Xuan's decision and appeased the villagers of Liuliba. After seeing the power of thunder and artillery in the experiment, Lu Dezhi, Shi Zhongshu, Dong Hu and others were extremely concerned about Ouyang Xuan's words and deeds. They were confident, even to the point of blind obedience. In their hearts, as long as Brother Xuan said he could defeat the Wanjiaping bandits, he would definitely win.

What shocked all the villages in Jiguan Mountain was not only the fact that Liuli Village was able to defeat the strong with the weak, but also the emergence of powerful grenades and artillery. In particular, artillery played a decisive role in defeating the Xiongben gang, so that this battle was remembered by later generations. It was called the "Three Artillery Victory of Liuliba". After this battle, there was a rumor in the mountains that Ouyang Xuan, the inspector of Liuli Village, was originally an overseas stranger. He was proficient in various spells and could also invite thunderbolts from the sky to punish evil and eliminate evil. This time I came to the mountain to punish evil. The villagers in the mountain also called Liuliba's officers and soldiers the "Perak Army". Ouyang Xuan and others did not refute the rumors, but they felt that the name of the "Perak Army" was powerful. So they simply called themselves that internally, but in the official documents reported to Chongqing Mansion, they were still called the Chongqing Mansion Liuli Village Collection Team.

This battle made Liulizhai proud, and pride inevitably grew among the people. However, Ouyang Xuan clearly realized that it was just the beginning of the anti-Mongolian cause. In his opinion, the bandits in Wanjiaping were just experimental products for gunpowder weapons. To fight against the current world The Mongols, who are the first-class armed forces, still have a long way to go. It is now the end of May 1257 AD. In his memory, in the autumn of this year, the Mongolian army is about to invade Sichuan again in a large scale, including Chongqing Prefecture. The prefectures and counties in western Sichuan will be ravaged by the Mongolian army again, and the external environment of the Perak Army will become worse. And to lead the nascent force of the Perak Army to survive and develop, he has a very tight time and has a lot to do. .So at the celebration party, although he did not want to dampen everyone's interest, he still put forward his next idea for everyone to discuss. He understood that from a political point of view, to gain the full support of everyone, it was necessary to work together. He only Being able to control the strategic direction, but in terms of specific operations, we need to rely more on the wisdom of everyone. The ancients did not lack intelligence, what they lacked was just historical vision and modern consciousness. Although the Southern Song Dynasty was poor in military, it was leading in science and technology. It is a clear proof to the world.

The strategic direction proposed by Ouyang Xuan mainly focuses on three aspects: politics, military, and economics. The political aspect is to convene various villages to discuss joint anti-bandit matters and establish a consultation mechanism in the name of Chongqing Prefecture's inspection along the mountain. On the one hand, they will continue to strengthen military training and develop light artillery to prepare for the Perak Army's complete defeat of the Wanjiaping bandits. On the other hand, on the economic side, they will expand the development of industry and mining, increase material reserves, and integrate the economies of various villages in the mountains through trade.

After Ouyang Xuan finished speaking his thoughts, everyone who had spoken enthusiastically during the celebration stopped talking, and the venue was silent. Yu Zhu, Huang Dagen, Cao Ergou and others went into battle to kill the enemy. It was very brave, but when it comes to the development strategy But they knew nothing and had no opinions to offer. However, the elders of Liuliba, including Lu Dezhi, were silent but looked worried. They did not make any suggestions because they were obviously scrupulous. After all, Ouyang Xuan had just led everyone to a great victory, and he was afraid of blowing his mind. He lost his face. After Ouyang Xuan's repeated entreaties, Lu Dezhi hesitated for a moment before hesitatingly said: "Brother Xuan, oh no, Mr. Inspector, do you think your previous words about not collecting food still count?" Ouyang After Xuan listened, he realized that what the Liuliba elders were worried about was that he had proposed many development measures, including casting cannons, training soldiers, and increasing mining. It would definitely cost a lot, and they were very worried about increasing the burden on the villagers. Now He smiled heartily and said to everyone: "Everyone, please rest assured. Brother Xuan's words will certainly be true. If the above measures require food, we will buy and sell it to the public. I hope everyone will support it."
Chapter completed!