Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3804 Burning, killing and looting
Although the family's private army is not a regular army, they still bear the prestige of a family family. If they plunder villages and towns and rob civilians like bandits, wouldn't they ruin their own reputation?
But right now the rations in the army are running out, and they sent people to Guanlong several times to urge the rations, but the answer they got was "wait a while".Grandma has short legs, people have to eat, horses have to eat grass, how can I wait?
The white-faced middle-aged man opened his mouth to curse, but after weighing it again and again, it was difficult to make up his mind.

It is a serious crime at any time to plunder the civilians in the village with troops, especially at the moment Guan Long is not rebelling, but "abolishing the prince and setting things right", which is still within the rules of the court in nature. There will be a strong backlash.

Seeing that he was undecided, several young people persuaded him at once: "We also know that this is not appropriate, but right now Li Ji has sealed off the city gate, allowing entry and no exit, and we can't go home even if we want to go home! Now the grain If the report is exhausted, Guan Long will not ask, what will these family soldiers do?"

"It wasn't because we wanted to do this. It was really a last resort. Guan Long was wrong in the first place, and he didn't even care about the food and fodder when we were called to Guanzhong. Even if we were a little out of line, it wouldn't be a big problem if we thought about it."

"Being a soldier eats food, if there is no food to eat, those family soldiers don't care who is the head of the family or who is the lord, they are afraid that they will collapse immediately!"

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The white-faced middle-aged man was so quarreled that his brain hurt, so he had no choice but to say: "All right, I will do as you say! But remember to only plunder food and fodder, and you must not hurt your life, otherwise it will not end."

"Uncle, don't worry, we'll save it!"

"We are not bandits and road tyrants. Why do we need to hurt the lives of the people? Just hand over the food obediently and don't touch him!"

The white-faced middle-aged man finally nodded: "Restrain your behavior, don't provoke disputes, remember to remember."

"Here!"

The young men had already gone crazy, and they happily agreed.

Every man has a dream of a hero in his heart. Under the coercion and temptation of Changsun Wuji, these clansmen had to send troops into Guanzhong. Although the elders in the family had various considerations, for the young people in the clan, they all thought it was a A godsend opportunity to make a difference.

In the eyes of these young people, the Guanlong Clan is powerful, and it will only happen sooner or later. If they can participate at this time, they will surely reap a lot of benefits.Besides, who is not passionate about leading troops to fight such a majestic matter?
However, contrary to expectations, they came to Guanzhong excitedly, but were resettled in the outskirts of Zheng County.

When the more than [-] stones and grains outside the Jinguangmen were burned to nothing by Fang Jun, the offensive and defensive momentum was completely reversed. The Guanlongmen faction, which was originally aggressive and determined to win, had to take the initiative to pray to the East Palace for peace talks. The powerful people in the world only benefit...

Coupled with the fact that Li Ji cut off Tongguan, allowing entry and not allowing exit, these powerful and private troops suddenly became the turtles in the urn, and they were in constant fear.

The sons and daughters of the powerful family who came here with the hope of making great achievements and leading the army conquered the camp all day long and were not allowed to go out. They were afraid of affecting Guan Long's plan. Crazy?
As for the exhortation of the white-faced middle-aged man, he never took it to heart.

Every clan occupies a certain place. Although they respect the Tang Emperor as the lord of the world, they have supreme authority in their respective territories. They act recklessly and recklessly, killing a few rural people is a big deal?Officials sent by the imperial court to various places can only turn a blind eye...

That night, a cavalry force of 300 galloped out of the camp, braved the drizzle, and went straight to the foot of Huashan Mountain in the southwest direction, where there were fertile fields at the foot of the mountain and continuous villages with a large population and sufficient food.

This cavalry arrived at a village surrounded by hills and facing a river like a storm. They had already inquired about the details of the place during the day, so they did not delay. A farm family.

Frightened in the rainy night, dogs barked one after another, and then fell into chaos.

These soldiers broke in from house to house, flashing bright steel knives and forcing farmers to take out all the grain in the house, even including grain seeds.Some peasants panicked and trembled with fear, and had to satisfy the soldiers' looting, while others argued with reason and even resisted with their hands. The whole village was in chaos.

Gradually, the plundering of food and fodder turned into robbing of money and silk, and all the things that were used as an apology were looted by the soldiers...

A group of soldiers rushed into a farm, and a newlywed couple on the bed had no time to get dressed. The bride's snow-white skin and plump body attracted the soldiers who had not known the taste of meat for several months to swallow their saliva, their eyes lit up, and then rushed forward.The bride screamed and was gagged and pressed on the bed. The husband tried his best to resist and was beheaded with a knife. Then these soldiers took turns to spoil the bride in front of the husband's corpse.

Then, worried that the matter would be revealed, he also killed the bride who had been tortured beyond human form, and then set a fire to try to destroy the evidence.

It's just that this family is very poor and has no long-term possessions. The bed and couch were burned for a while, and the fire outside the house was gradually extinguished.

As the saying goes, "Bandits pass like a comb, and soldiers pass like a grate." Any strong army will turn into a group of wild beasts armed to the teeth when they lose control. Morality and law disappear in their eyes. "This sentence is not just talking, the heart of the crowd will drive these soldiers into madness and destroy humanity.

Indiscriminate looting and killing finally resulted in the fierce resistance of the villagers. Countless villagers took up weapons and rushed out of the house, fighting against the soldiers in groups.It's just that no matter how brave the villagers are, how can they compare with these young, strong and well-equipped private soldiers of the powerful?

Soon, this army looted the entire village, leaving behind a lot of corpses, blood mixed with rainwater gathered into streams, flowing freely on the ground...

Then go to the next village.

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Before dawn, the rain was getting heavier, and there was no light in the dark night.

Zuowuwei stationed in the west of Tongguan, with tens of thousands of strong and capable soldiers, was regarded by Li Ji as the vanguard of the deterrent Guanzhong. It was located at the outermost periphery of the hundreds of thousands of troops on the Eastern Expedition. Once they decided to rush to Chang'an, they would be the first troops to leave.

A few fast horses galloped recklessly in the rainy night. The ground was splashed with muddy water from the horseshoes trampling on the ground. After a while, they arrived at the gate of the camp.

Walk quickly to the outside of the tent door, and enter after the report.

After a while, Cheng Yaojin strode into the tent while putting on his clothes, and asked, "What happened? It's so late at night that people can't sleep well!"

"Reporting to Commander, there is a family and private army on the outskirts of Zheng County who plundered villages, robbed food, fodder, money and silk, raped, looted, burned and killed Wuji. Several villages have been tortured and countless people were killed on the spot. Three of the villages were killed. Massacre the village, and no one will survive."

The scout covered in rain took a few short breaths and reported the situation.

Cheng Yaojin was taken aback for a moment, then became furious, and said sharply, "Which family's private army is it?"

"Nanyang Duan family."

Cheng Yaojin became more and more annoyed: "The bastard sons of Guanlong don't care?"

The scout replied: "The Duan family in Nanyang is stationed outside Zheng County, and the food and fodder they brought has run out, but Guan Long has not been able to distribute the food and fodder for a long time, resulting in a shortage of food and fodder in the army, so they took risks and had to collect food and fodder by plundering. Sustain the army for daily use."

"Fuck off! You can plunder the people without food and fodder, and you can treat the people like livestock? As an imperial soldier, you are no different from a beast!"

Cheng Yaojin was filled with righteous indignation.

Several scouts looked at each other, and one of them boldly said: "Master Mingjian, they are not imperial soldiers at all, they are just a private army of powerful families..."

"I don't care who he is?"

Cheng Yaojin yelled violently: "Bring me the armor of my commander, and gather all the soldiers and horses. I'm going to take this gang of frenzied thieves away!"

"Here!"

When the soldiers got the order, they hurried out to inform the generals and lieutenants of the various ministries, and Cheng Yaojin put on the armor and pockets under the service of his own soldiers.

Not long after, all the lieutenant generals arrived, and when they heard that troops were going to be dispatched to wipe out the private army of the Duan family in Nanyang, one of the generals hesitated and asked: "Commander, think twice, the order given to us by the British Lord is to deter Guanzhong and stand still. Unless you encounter hope, you can't send out a single soldier... Do you want to ask the British public for instructions?"

Cheng Yaojin's fiery temper, blew his beard and stared at him and said: "Please tell me! This is Lao Tzu's Zuo Wuwei, and it's not up to others to point out! Don't make noise, hurry up and follow me. Everything is up to me!"

He has a lot of prestige in the army, and he speaks his mind, and besides, he is very angry at this time, who dares to raise objections?Immediately gathered three thousand soldiers and horses, all of them were brave and fierce elites, with iron hoofs like thunder, they braved the rain before dawn and went straight to the Nanyang Duan's barracks outside Zheng County.

(End of this chapter)