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An Rupan was sitting in Song's North Yamen, and could vaguely hear the crackling of gunfire.

He was a little restless, thinking his son had been ambushed.

But he was lucky, because the Datong army was surrounding the two chain villages, and it was impossible to allocate too many troops to ambush.

At night, he ordered his troops and horses in advance, waiting for news of his son's night attack, planning to stage a good show of attacking from both front and rear.

I waited and waited, but there was no sound. Something must have happened to my son.

The next day, morning.

There was a noise outside the village, and a soldier ran over in panic: "Your Majesty, your... Your Majesty has been defeated!"

An Rupan walked out quickly, only to see thousands of prisoners being escorted outside, all dressed as soldiers of the An clan.

A horseman ran out, approached the gate of the village, and shouted: "An Rupan, your reinforcements have been defeated, and the whole army has been wiped out. Surrender quickly, and I will spare your life!"

The Yi and Miao people around Guiyang, whose Chinese proficiency is very high, can fully understand this sentence, and their faces turned pale with fear at this moment.

An Rupan felt regretful in his heart. He should not have come to Shuidongsi. The Song family surrendered as much as they wanted. He should have stood firm in Guiyang City. Even if they are also besieged, Guiyang City's tall walls are better than being trapped in this poor place.

After careful identification, it was discovered that the son was not captured, and the Datong Army did not obtain his son's head.

Fortunately, his son is not dead. He probably fled back to Guiyang with his troops, and he still has bargaining chips.

An Rupan put on full body armor, cautiously approached the village gate, and shouted at the top of his voice: "The commander of your army comes forward to speak!"

Fei Yinggon rode forward slowly and said angrily: "If you fart, hurry up. If you want to throw it, hurry up."

An Rupan knew that it was impossible to continue to be a chieftain, so he offered a price and said: "Shuixi Sixty-Four Village is willing to surrender, and I don't expect to continue to be a chieftain. I just hope that after I change my status and return to Liu, I can be a hereditary local leader." Also, all Anjia’s slaves can be freed, but Anjia’s land will not be distributed. How about that?”

Fei Yinggong smiled and said, "You know very clearly about our military affairs."

An Rupan continued: "The fighting between the two armies will only increase casualties. Why don't we each take a step back? As long as you agree to my conditions, not only will the land west of Shui and east of Shui be owned by the Datong Army, but I, the Shui soldiers, will also help you to pacify Guizhou. !”

Give up the position of chieftain, free all serfs, just to keep the land, and become a hereditary native magistrate again.

An Rupan felt that he was very sincere and would agree to this negotiation condition no matter which emperor he replaced. To settle down and submit is equivalent to the submission of most of Guizhou.

Didn’t the Manchus in history just agree? And he also asked Anjia to continue making toast.

"Stubborn!"

Fei Yinggon rode back and said to the messenger: "Continue the bombardment!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The artillery fire immediately started, and the soldiers guarding the village became demoralized.

Most of them were not regular soldiers. They usually farmed at home. They were besieged and bombarded for half a month. The reinforcements were defeated by the Datong Army. There was no hope of victory in sight.

"Your Majesty, Song Siding is clamoring to see you."

"You're still restless now, bring him here!"

An Rupan was disturbed by the sound of cannons. He had suffered heavy losses before and did not dare to lead his troops to fight out again. Now he could only listen to the sound of cannons every day.

Song Siding, a young man in his twenties, was dragged in front of An Rupan and said with a mournful face: "Uncle, please surrender, otherwise the An and Song families may be annihilated."

"Surrender, surrender, surrender, you only know how to surrender," An Rupan said angrily, "If only you, the Song family, had tried your best, you wouldn't have been killed all the way to the Song family's Beiya. I had to lead my troops to rescue you, and now the whole country I’m trapped in your Song family village!”

Song Siding thought to himself, you didn't come to save me, you came to harm me, and you put me under house arrest as soon as you came.

Song Siding wiped his tears and said: "Uncle, my nephew really doesn't dare to fight against the heavenly soldiers again. Twenty-one years ago, my father was beheaded by the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers; fourteen years ago, my brother was also beheaded by the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. The current Datong army, But they are more powerful than the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so how can we defeat them? My uncle should surrender, my nephew still wants to save his life."

This guy's father and brother were beheaded by Ming officers and soldiers because they rebelled. The person who killed his brother was Zhao Han's old acquaintance - Jiangxi Governor Zhu Xieyuan.

The chieftain of the Song clan in Shuidong was also repatriated by Zhu Xieyuan. Not to mention that his official position and territory were not preserved, and even a lot of land was divided.

Seeing the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Song Siding was fooled by An Rupan, so he led the remaining forces to raise an army and proclaimed himself Shuidong Chieftain again. He was just addicted to it. No matter who came to fight, he would definitely surrender.

An Rupan angrily scolded: "An unworthy thing!"

Song Siding knelt down, hugging his stable legs, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Uncle, my nephew really doesn't want to die. When my father was beheaded, my nephew was young and didn't remember anything. But when my brother was beheaded, my nephew was so young that he couldn't remember anything." But I remember it clearly. The head was hung on display outside the Bei Yamen, with the eyes kept open. My nephew was so frightened that he couldn’t sleep well for half a year. If he didn’t surrender, my nephew...my nephew would also have his head moved! Woo hoo. Woo hoo..."

An Rupan was upset by crying and ordered: "Here comes someone, take this bastard and lock him up!"

"Uncle, surrender quickly, otherwise we won't survive..." Song Siding was dragged out, and his cries gradually faded away.

The Song family still had thousands of remnant soldiers who were forced to fight by An Rupan, and they were now thinking about how to surrender.

After the Song chieftains were repatriated, they were only allowed to retain a small amount of land. Of the land confiscated by the imperial court, some were occupied by eunuchs and civil servants, some were taken away by newly relocated military households, some were given to local Han people, and some scraps were left over to the Zhuang people (including the Buyi people) and the Miao people.

The remnant soldiers of the Song family all belonged to the Buyi ethnic group, but there was no such thing as a Buyi ethnic group at this time. They had always been regarded as the Zhuang ethnic group, and they were also collectively referred to as the Miao people by the court.

After being repatriated, these Buyi soldiers were also allocated a small amount of land.

Song Siding made a comeback a few years ago and took back all the land. They already had resentment in their hearts. But at least the Song family has prestige in Shuidong. No matter how resentful the soldiers are, they will admit it. Who do you think you are? You, a chieftain from Shuixi, came to Shuidong to force everyone to fight!

"Surrender as soon as the Han soldiers come. Don't sacrifice your life for a man named An."

"I'm afraid that Han soldiers will break through the stronghold and kill us all."

"If we fall quickly, we won't kill them. Regardless of whether it's the Ming Dynasty or Datong, the Han soldiers are all the same. As long as we fall quickly and help the Han soldiers fetch the Western troops, we can probably make some meritorious deeds."

"Why don't we do the opposite tonight?"

"The Shuixi soldiers are very strict and will not let us guard the gate of the village. We will wait until the Han soldiers come in. If the Han soldiers come, we will rebel inside."

"..."

Thousands of Shuidong soldiers communicated secretly and made up their minds to defect, waiting for a good opportunity to rebel.

The time will come soon.

"Woooooo~~~~"

In the middle of the night, the sound of a horn horn suddenly came from the mountain behind Beiya.

An Rupan sat up suddenly, rushed out of the house with weapons in hand, and called a trusted general: "Quickly lead troops to the mountains for support!"

The sound of the horn is the warning sounded by the garrison on the mountain.

An Rupan guards two chain villages with a valley in the middle and high mountains and cliffs on both sides of the valley. Generally speaking, no one would climb the steep cliff, but to be cautious, An Rupan still left some troops stationed at the top of the mountain.

A horn horn sounded from the top of the mountain. Apparently the Datong Army successfully climbed the mountain!

Guangxi has formed mountain troops, and of course Sichuan also has them. Moreover, they were led by two brothers. The commander of the mountain troops in Guangxi was Qin Gongming, and the commander of the mountain troops in Sichuan was Qin Yiming. They were both nephews of Qin Liangyu.

Qin Yiming followed Qin Liangyu and put down the rebellion in She'an. He also followed Lu Xiangsheng and defeated Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, so he was definitely considered battle-hardened.

After pacifying the southwest this time, Qin Yiming will probably be promoted to the rank of major general based on his military exploits.

"Kill the thief!"

On the top of the mountain, Qin Yiming, carrying his family's long spear, rushed towards the Shuixi native soldiers stationed here in the dark.

More than thirty people climbed up from the cliff and were discovered by Shuixi soldiers.

There were more than a thousand chieftain soldiers, but they were scattered everywhere, making it difficult to gather quickly in the middle of the night. Now that his whereabouts were exposed, Qin Yiming no longer hesitated and killed more than thirty people with him.

At the moment of engagement, the enemy army collapsed, mainly because it was too sudden. The soldiers were unprepared and did not even know how many enemies were coming up the mountain.

Qin Yiming didn't have time to wait for all the soldiers to go up the mountain. About fifty people climbed up, and he chased the defeated soldiers. Close to the side of the stockade, there is a small road that can go up and down. More than a thousand Shuixi native soldiers were chased by Qin Yiming with fifty people.

Due to the narrow and steep mountain road, Shuixi native soldiers scrambled to escape. Dozens of them rolled and fell while pushing each other.

The reinforcements sent by An Rupan met the defeated troops halfway up the mountain.

"How many enemies have come?"

"I don't know, I'm afraid there are thousands... Oh, don't push me!"

"Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

"Run!"

The fifty people around Qin Yiming were chasing and shouting. The Datong troops who climbed up the mountain later, although they were still far away, also responded and shouted together.

To the Shuixi soldiers, the top of the mountain seemed to be full of enemies, and they wished their parents had two more legs.

In the chaos, the Shuixi soldiers who went up the mountain to rescue also turned around and ran down the mountain. Because the path was too narrow and blocked by broken soldiers, they had no way to go up the mountain. Moreover, from time to time, troops would break down and be forced to roll down the mountain. Their screams were accompanied by the shouts of killing, making the reinforcements frightened.

The reinforcements were originally retreating, retreating and retreating, but inexplicably turned into a rout.

"The Han soldiers are coming to kill! The Han soldiers are coming to kill!"

After these broken soldiers rushed down the mountain, the entire military camp was thrown into chaos.

"kill!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Outside the village, Fei Yinggong was also sending troops to cooperate. Although the artillery had not been launched yet and it was impossible to hit the village wall, it still fired randomly into the mountains, purely to use the sound of the artillery to increase its power.

"The Han soldiers are coming, let's rebel!"

Shuidong native soldiers, who were mainly Buyi and Miao ethnic groups, felt that they had an opportunity to rebel, so they formed small teams based on their close-neighbor relations. They did not charge directly to kill, but set fire to their own barracks, and then rushed out and set fire everywhere.

After the formation was established, the Shuixi native soldiers felt that there were enemies everywhere, and they didn't know where to go if they wanted to escape.

"Escape to the opposite village!"

Finally, a little clever guy remembered that this was a chain village and he could go to another village through the valley.

More and more defeated troops spontaneously fled towards the valley, and even An Rupan was being carried away there. It was impossible to gather troops, the military camp was in chaos, and the Shuixi soldiers had completely lost their organization.

Fei Yinggong led his troops into the stronghold, and Qin Yiming also came from the mountain. Thousands of Shuidong soldiers who had turned against them knelt down and asked to surrender when they saw them.

Fei Yinggong left several hundred men to guard the surrendering troops, and then led his troops to pursue them into the valley.

On the other side of the valley, the defenders in the village had been awakened. Listening to the shouts in the valley from far to near, it was obvious that they were coming towards them, and they thought they had been killed over there.

"Boom boom boom!"

After hearing the noise, the Datong Army here also fired randomly, and the shells hit who knows where.

But the enemies in the stronghold became even more panicked when they heard the sound of cannons, thinking that they were being attacked from both sides.

So, the camp was blown up.

The soldiers in Shuixi ran around and screamed unconsciously. They didn't know what they were doing. They just ran around and screamed wildly. They even forgot to climb over the wall to escape.

An Rupan was blocked between the valley and the stockade by the rebels. Listening to the chaotic shouts, he knew that he was completely finished.

He pulled out his sword and planned to commit suicide.

As soon as he drew the knife and put it on his neck, An Rupan was pushed down by the rebels, and his back was stepped on several times. This guy subconsciously crawled to avoid it. After being stepped on and breaking his wrist, he finally climbed to a place close to the mountain wall.

I no longer get stepped on, but An Rupan always feels aggrieved.

Even if you can't commit suicide, you don't know where the sword fell. Who am I, the King of Guizhou, to be?