Save the Bachelor of Heaven

   Chapter 3097 3099 [Continue to shoot]

  A few days later, the news of the explosion in the Zhensong Army's arsenal was also sent back to Yuanshang.

   "I heard, the arsenal of the crow soldiers exploded~"

   "I said that when I was sleeping a few days ago, I heard a bang. I dare say that the arsenal exploded."

   "Once the arsenal is blown up, shouldn't the crow soldiers retreat?"

  The folks talked in a hurry, and they were all very excited about the bombing of the Zhensong Army's arsenal.

  After the Zhensong army came to Yuanshang, they robbed food and money, but they did not do a single personnel thing. Now that something has happened to it and it has suffered, the common people are naturally happy to watch the play.

   But Xiang Nan also knows that centipedes are dead but not stiff.

   Although the arsenal of the Zhensong army was bombed, resulting in damage to firepower, it was not so easy to withdraw.

   After all, these are a group of tiger and wolf soldiers. They came to Sanqin to rob food, money, and women. Now that the city of Xi'an is close at hand, such a large piece of fat will be swallowed up, they are not willing to let go.

  So they will continue to besiege the city.

   However, after their firepower was damaged, the threat to the defenders in the city was greatly reduced. After all, a long gun without bullets is not as powerful as a fire stick.

  When they had enough firepower, they couldn't take Xi'an City. Now that they lack bullets and shells, it is even more difficult to take down Xi'an City. In this way, the city of Xi'an was saved.

   Moreover, not only one force is coveting Sanqin, such as the Yan clan warlord of the Jin army, and the Feng clan warlord who is known as the defector general, they also want to get involved in Sanqin.

  But the Zhensong army is a vicious dog, and attacked Sanqin first, so it is not easy for those two families to send troops. But now that the Zhensong army is short of ammunition and the threat is greatly reduced, the two families will naturally be ready to move.

  Historically, Feng's warlords launched an attack on the Zhensong Army in September and drove it away.

  …

   After the explosive depot of the Zhensong Army was bombed, the army commander Liu Xiazi raised funds to buy ammunition, and he really extended his hand to the common people.

  He asked every household not only to pay food, but also to pay various taxes, so as to fill the gap in the bombed arsenal.

  During the period of the Republic of China, 20 yuan and 500 rounds of ammunition. This time Xiang Nan made a move and reimbursed him nearly 30 million rounds of ammunition, which is equivalent to 1.2 million oceans being wiped out.

  If he wants to buy back the 30 million rounds of ammunition, he has to collect 1.2 million oceans from the people.

  And the combined population of the counties under his control is less than 600,000, so it is equivalent to paying two oceans per person.

  Ordinary people at that time could not earn a few dollars a year. For a family of four, it is necessary to hand over eight yuan, which is simply killing the people.

  Therefore, there are people everywhere who refuse to pay taxes and refuse to pay grain.

   And Blind Liu, who came from a reckless background, was not merciful, and directly ordered the killing. All villages and towns set up guillotines to catch and kill those who resisted taxes and those who refused to pay grain.

  Because Xiang Nan was in charge of Bailu Village, Platoon Leader Yang did not dare to mess around, so no one in their village was killed. But there were casualties in several surrounding villages and towns.

  Those soldiers rushed into the house to search for valuables, and took them all away, and smashed the ones that couldn't be taken away, causing the people to complain and complain.

  In contrast, the villagers were naturally grateful for Xiang Nan's protection. If it wasn't for him, the villagers of Bailu Village would not know how they would have been ruined.

  …

   And seeing Liu Xiazi bullying the common people so much, Xiang Nan didn't want to spare him lightly.

   At night, he sneaked into the bank of the Zhensong Army again. It took him one night to put 3 million oceans in it, and emptied it all.

  It turned out that Liu Xiazi attacked Sanqin from Yuzhou, and looted the local finances wherever he went. The rich people, merchants, shops, etc. under the rule were also blackmailed and blackmailed, so they robbed so much money.

   And the money, he is also going to use it to pay military salaries and buy arms. Xiang Nan didn't want to take advantage of him, so he spent one night, like ants moving house, stole all three million oceans, and found a place to bury them.

   In this way, blind Liu has no military salary, nor money to buy arms, so the end can be imagined.

   Sure enough, a few days later, Liu Xiazi's army had no money to pay, which caused the soldiers to mutiny.

  The crow soldiers under his banner have no faith and no loyalty to speak of. Their purpose of serving as soldiers is for money, for power, and for women.

   Now that the salary is gone, and the war is in vain, who else is willing to sacrifice his life.

   Coupled with the bombing of the arsenal, they lost their ammunition support, and they had nothing to do with the city of Xi'an. Continuing to consume it is futile and wasted effort, so some soldiers began to mutiny.

  Although Xiazi Liu finally suppressed the mutiny by his own means, it also caused a great loss of his strength. Originally there were hundreds of thousands of horses, but now there are less than 100,000 horses left, a loss of about one-tenth.

More importantly, due to counter-insurgency, the two sides exchanged fire and killed each other, resulting in a large consumption of the remaining bullets. The remaining bullets were aggregated together, and there were only less than a million bullets left. If they were evenly distributed, each person would be less than ten.

   During World War II, it took an average of 3,000 bullets to kill an enemy soldier. Even the Eighth Route Army, whose combat effectiveness is over the top, needs an average of thirty bullets or seven grenades.

   Therefore, although Liu Xiazi's million bullets seem to be a lot, they are actually far from being consumed.

   Moreover, taking advantage of Liu Xiazi's civil strife, the defenders in the city took the opportunity to launch an attack, and achieved certain victories, which greatly encouraged people's hearts.

  …

   "Hei Wa, have you heard that blind Liu's bank was also stolen." Lu Zhaopeng came to find Xiang Nandao.

  Xiang Nan nodded, "I heard, well done, this is all retribution, let him exploit the common people."

"That's right, Blind Liu lost his military salary, and the army mutinied, and he was almost kicked out of power by his subordinates." Lu Zhaopeng said, "But he is not a rich man after all, so he suppressed the mutiny in the end, but still lost more than 10,000 yuan. Soldier."

  Liu Xiazi's three division commanders, Chai Yunsheng, Zhang Zhigong and Han Yukun, all came from bandits just like him.

  They also have their own forces, their respective armies, followed Liu Xiazi to besiege Xi'an City, just like in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the eighteen princes challenged Dong Zhuo, it was an alliance and cooperation relationship, not a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

  Now that the arsenal has been bombed, the silver treasury has been stolen, and the city of Xi'an has been unable to attack for a long time, they have lost troops and generals, and they have suffered heavy losses, so naturally each has grievances.

  So Han Yukun, the commander of the Third Division, joined forces with Chai Yunsheng and Zhang Zhigong to force the palace, and prepared to oust blind Liu. But Blind Liu was superior, and used high-ranking officials to instigate the rebellion of Chai Yunsheng and Zhang Zhigong, and shot Han Yukun to death.

  Although Han Yukun died, but Han Yukun's brother was unwilling to be recruited by Liu Xiazi, so internal strife broke out. In the end, Han Yukun's troops were defeated and split up by the three families. The Zhensong Army lost more than 15,000 people, and it also laid the hidden danger of internal strife.

  (end of this chapter)