Lu Ming

Chapter 460 The Truth
It was not long after Cao Zongbing and his party got out of the mountain pass and entered the Santun camp on horseback.

Yang Er of the Guard Battalion, no, Deputy Company Commander Yang Weili, is standing on the watchtower of the south city wall at the moment, holding up the [-]x Zeiss binoculars in his hand, observing the mountain road left and right.

Before I knew it, the little thief was 20 years old.In ancient times, many people at this age had already married and established a career as a father.At this moment, Yang Weili, who was dressed in a cotton coat and had a tall and straight appearance, also shed all his detachment and youthfulness, and became a majestic and resolute soldier.

Not long ago, in the last battle that took place at noon, Yang Weili, as a member of the guards at the top of the city, also fired every shot, killing and wounding many Tartars who were running.

After the battle, the defenders finally ushered in a large force coming from Yongping, and by the way, Lord Baylor and his party who ran away from the city just now.

At this time, some soldiers of the defenders at the head of the city went down to rest, and the company commander handed over the command to Yang Weili before going to report.

Not long after Yang Weili took over the command, he saw through the lens of the telescope a large group of cavalry turning out from the western mountain corner.

Taking a closer look, these cavalrymen were all dressed in Ming army uniforms. On the banner they held high, the official title side could not be seen clearly due to the small characters, but on the other side, the word "Zuo" was clearly displayed on the other side.

Seeing a large group of soldiers approaching, Yang Weili, the company commander on duty at the head of the city, ordered someone to use a walkie-talkie to contact the crossing people in the General Military Mansion, while keeping a close eye on the new arrivals.

After turning from the foot of the mountain in the west, walk straight along the mountain road for more than 400 meters, and you will arrive at the death road in front of Santun Yingcheng.

On the road to death at this moment, there are densely packed human corpses and horse corpses left by the Tartars, with a total of at least 600 people.The road, which was less than a mile long, was completely covered with corpses, and dark brown blood flowed out and covered both sides of the road, even forming pools of blood.

Busy among the piles of corpses were a hundred or so laborers brought from Tianjin and dressed in plain clothes.

The first task of these people is naturally to cut off the head, and by the way, give the undead Tartar a knife.

The Ming army of the brigade came forward maintaining a vigilant posture.After all, he had just retreated after being defeated by the Tartars. After finally resting, he mustered up the courage to go deep into the mountain again. It is understandable that he was a little trembling.

However, when they reached the ground, all the cavalry gasped. The first thing everyone saw were several piles of Tartar heads piled by the roadside.

The bluish-glowing scalp, dead fish-like eyes, and familiar faces—not long ago, it was these heads that were so ferocious that they killed the brothers back without mercy.

Now, these heads are sitting there, like piles of gold and silver, just waiting for someone to take them.

"Chinese army, who is this Laoshizi Zhangchao commander? He is so bold that he dared to disobey the order of the strategy, and sent troops to steal the city in private, not to mention stealing the military exploits of the brothers!"

The one who spoke was a general of the Ming army with a red tassel on his head.

In the Ming Dynasty, senior military officers such as generals and soldiers did not have military rank badges on their shoulders when they went out to fight.Including what you wear, that is, the finer mountain armor or chain mail, after all, it is not a golden holy garment, so the recognition is not high.

It is the red tasseled bead string on the helmet that really marks the level of a general on the battlefield.Generally speaking, the longer the tassel, the higher the rank.

The cavalry officer's eyes were already red when he saw the heads piled up on the ground. After setting up a pergola and looking up the tower, he opened his mouth and charged General Cao with several major crimes of beheading.

"Humph!"

Next to the general manager, wearing a phoenix-winged helmet and two knots on the bead string, is the middle-level general who owns the military flag behind him, Zuo Liangyu, the capital of Liaodong Che Youying.

Zuo Liangyu, a warlord in the late Ming Dynasty.In the years to come, this person will lead the army to crusade against the peasant army, burning, killing and looting wherever he goes, corrupting military discipline, cunning and untrustworthy, and deliberately defrauding his teammates.After Chongzhen hanged himself, the king took up arms in Wuhan to support himself, and he had a good chance among various forces. After his death, his son led the troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, the current Zuo Liangyu is just a mid-level general under the Guan Ning Group, and it's not his turn to be promoted and lead the army to be blackened.So in general, Zuo Liangyu at this moment can be regarded as a strong general with self-motivation.

Things go bad here.

Since he is self-motivated, seeing piles of experience points lying there, and there are only a hundred or so civilian guards guarding the head, how can the arrogant Guan Ning cavalry not be tempted?
You must know that what Zuo Dusi lacks most now is the head!
Two years ago, a mutiny occurred in Ningyuanwei on the front line of Liaodong.

The soldiers of the [-]th Battalion of Ningyuan wanted to get back the four months' salary owed, so the governor Bi Zisu, including the veteran Zhu Mei, were caught by the soldiers and demanded their salary.

However, Bi Zisu had no money.

The fact is that even though Bi Zisu's brother Bi Ziyan is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance in charge of finance, even though Bi Zisu has reported the arrears of wages to the court nine times beforehand, the pockets of the court are cleaner than his face, so the wages are still owed.

So Bi Zisu finally committed suicide after being humiliated by the soldiers who made money.

Zuo Liangyu, who was the capital of Cheyouying in Eastern Liaodong at that time, and veteran Zhu Mei, all lost their positions because of this incident.

So to a certain extent, it was the Tartars who saved Zuo Liangyu's career: if it weren't for the incident of the post-Gold invasion, he would not have been reinstated.

Because of this, Zuo Liangyu, who had just been reinstated and served as cavalry striker under General Cao Wenzhao, was at the time when he was most eager for military exploits.So after hearing the nonsense from the confidant around him, Zuo Liangyu didn't refute, but just snorted coldly.

That's right, what kind of stuff is this Laoshizi Zhangchao deputy commander in chief?Now the main forces of the Guanning Group are all gathered here. Among them, from the Wu Jinglue down, the deputy generals of the provinces do not know how many, and a mere deputy general from an outside road will not even have a seat when the horse returns to the general. What the hell is something that doesn't exist?
The most important thing is, so many Tartars died in front of their eyes, but there is no corpse of a Ming army?If it is said that these people were killed by the Ming army in the city, all the Ming soldiers from Zuo Liangyu down would not believe it.In their view, the most reasonable explanation is that the Tartars fought among themselves halfway and killed each other for some reason.

After thinking clearly about the cause and effect, Zuo Liangyu said, "It's all because of the hard work of the brothers who chased after them all the way, so that the Tartars were cornered and died due to internal strife."

After setting the tone, Zuo Liangyu raised his chin: "Go to some people, take all their heads, and then arrest a few servants and ask what's going on."

"Here!"

Following Zuo Liangyu's order, the cavalry who had already been unable to restrain themselves immediately rushed forward with shouts and horses.

The civilian workers who had already stopped their work and started to be on guard, saw the vicious officers and soldiers rushing towards them, immediately dropped the machetes in their hands, and ran towards the south gate of the city, yelling.

Yang Weili, who was guarding the watchtower, saw this scene, without saying a word, picked up his hand microphone and began to say in a deep voice: "Attention, it has been determined that Laiqi is the enemy. All of them are there. Load the gun, aim, prepare, and let go." !"

Following the order from the loudspeaker, the hundred soldiers on the city wall who had noticed the approaching people immediately fired a volley of guns proficiently.

White mist rose, and the cavalry who had already rushed behind the militiamen were knocked down instantly, leaving only the horses bouncing on the spot.

However, more firepower on the top of the city was concentrated on the pile of heads.

After the few cavalry who had just arrested the militia rushed out, a large number of cavalry dismounted and rushed towards the pile of heads on the ground.Many people even drew out the sabers around their waists, preparing to inherit the unfinished business of the peasants and chop off the heads of a wave of Tartars on the ground.

Then the Ming army who rushed to the head was knocked down by a round of guns, twenty or thirty.

This round of firing guns effectively curbed the crazy actions of the Ming army.All those who had just dismounted, lucky enough not to have been shot, were all running back crying, their ferocious demeanor just now thrown out of the blue.

Zuo Liangyu, who pulled his horse urgently and took a few steps back, was also terrified at this moment.

One must know that his current position is about 200 steps away from the top of the city, which is equivalent to 300 meters in meters for future generations. How can the opponent's firecracker hit so far?
The next moment, Zuo Liangyu was stunned: there are such sharp firecrackers on the top of the city, so the Tartars on the ground were killed by this group of people?
After panting through the upper cities, what I saw was this scene: volleying guns to drive the enemy away.

Then Qian Tieshan saw Yang Weili who came to report the situation, and immediately asked seriously: "You are the company commander on duty, so answer me now, why did you shoot?"

After paying a military salute, Yang Weili replied loudly: "Report, because the cavalry came to attack the civilians and snatch the heads of the people in the city, so I judged that the opponent was an enemy rather than a friend, so I ordered to shoot."

"Didn't you see those people under the city holding the banner of the Ming Dynasty's army?"

"I'm the deputy company commander of the Guards Battalion, and I'm not under the control of Emperor Ming."

Hearing what Yang Weili said, Qian Tieshan's originally tense face slowly began to relax.The next moment, he raised his arm violently, and punched the young man hard on the chest: "That's right, I didn't train you for nothing."

The few time travelers who came together also smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder: "The political qualifications are excellent, the quality is excellent, the young man has a future!"

At this time, Qian Tieshan started to introduce with a smile: "Just this pretty boy, I was going to be called into the Special Forces at the beginning, but Wei Yuan stopped me later. Alas, the army is burying talents."

Once the tension was gone, a group of people came behind the city wall talking and laughing, and began to wait and see Zuo Dusi's reaction.

Zuo Liangyu, who was still in shock, had already retreated two hundred steps after receiving the round of guns just now, and sent envoys to approach the city, waving banners.

"I'm talking about Yang Weili, that sentence that the navy often says, the truth or something, do you know?"

After Qian Tieshan glanced down the city for a few moments, he leaned against the wall, lit a cigarette, and started to test the young man.

Yang Weili thought about it and said uncertainly: "The truth is only within the range of naval guns?"

"That's right, you young people still have a good memory."

Hearing this, Qian Tieshan pointed to the restless Ming army under the city and said, "Remember, no matter what force you face, if you don't let the opponent know that you have the ability to destroy him, then the opponent will never be able to speak to you on an equal footing. .”

At this point, Qian Tieshan reached out and took off the assault rifle behind his back, and knocked off the approaching emissary with one shot: "Your order just now is still flawed. How can a round of guns be enough? You should order rapid fire."

After nodding to Zhang Dongdong, Zhang Zhongqi and the others, Qian Tieshan snapped his fingers, and loudly ordered to the machine gunner who turned to look at him: "Fire half of the belt."

(End of this chapter)