Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 173 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

Is this what is rumored?

The entire camp is composed of loyal and brave young men from good families. They have never suffered a defeat since the day they were established. Eight hundred men defeated one hundred thousand bandits.

They would rather die of starvation than plunder, and freeze to death than demolish houses. The entire army would rather fight to the last soldier than surrender. They rebuilt the slave system many times and captured tens of thousands of Eastern Tartar heads.

The fierce soldiers of the Black Flag Camp!
The martial arts idol who became famous in the government and the country in less than a year was right in front of him. The soldier felt his eyes getting hot and his breathing became rapid.

The soldier subconsciously ignored the detail that less than two days after the bandits entered the city, the Black Flag Battalion arrived right after them.

He only knew that the "savior" had finally come to quell the rebellion.

As long as the Black Flag Battalion arrives, any bandits can be pacified.

Yanzhou is saved! The people of Lunan are saved! I am saved too!

But he was afraid that all this was just his fantasy before he was taken to the mass grave.

I was afraid that if I closed my eyes, this surprising scene would vanish into thin air.

He closed his eyes, covered his mouth and nose and held his breath for a while.

Until the strong feeling of suffocation aroused his survival instinct, he opened his eyes again and saw the black flag was getting closer.

Thousands of cavalrymen, holding high black flags, marched across the earthen slope at the end of the sight. The polished lamellar armor on their chests reflected the glittering light in the sun, making them look like heavenly soldiers and generals sent down from heaven.

"Why did the soldiers come so quickly? There must be a traitor betraying us!"

"They are actually the fierce soldiers of the Black Flag Army who kill without blinking an eye and each one of them is worth ten!"

"Ahhh! We can't possibly defeat the Black Flag Army! Our army is in danger!"

The bandits who were pushing the corpse cart scattered and crossed the stone bridge into the city gate.

"Black Flag Army! Black Flag Army! Black Flag Army!"

The soldier who pretended to be dead quickly stood up from the pile of corpses, waved his hands at the officers and soldiers who came to rescue, and screamed as if he was a crazy fan of his idol.

The Black Flag Cavalry ignored the soldier and instead rode their horses to surround the fleeing "bandits".

One of the riders failed to control his strength and knocked a "bandit" who was fleeing with his back to the enemy, sending him flying more than ten steps away.

If the soldiers of the government army looked carefully, they would see the riders waving and apologizing to the "bandits" who were killed.

The remaining surviving "bandits" were ordered to drop their weapons and squat down with their heads in their hands.

Perhaps the people who were transporting the corpse out of the city did not have time to close the gate, or perhaps the bandits in the city were busy looting property, so no one closed the city gate in time.

Thousands of cavalry were able to cross the stone bridge and enter the city through the empty gate. The unsuspecting "bandits" were "killed" by surprise.

The Black Flag Army's infantry and the Shandong Battalion's soldiers followed closely behind and swarmed into Yanzhou City.

"The west gate has been breached! The government troops have rushed in! Our army has been defeated! Our army has been defeated!"

Someone put on his pants and walked out of the room with a steel knife in his hand, shouting, "Where have all the friendly soldiers gone? They didn't even close the city gate."

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the man immediately raised his knife and slashed his own throat.

Someone heard the continuous shouts of killing and surrender, and hurried to the granary and silver vault of the palace to check the chains and seals.

He held his ground until the familiar Black Flag Battalion brothers entered, then he said, "I'll leave it to you, brothers," and then drew his sword and stabbed himself in the stomach.

Some people just joined forces with a bad gentry to hang under the eaves, and only when the bad gentry was completely dead and died "before the dawn of victory" did they raise their swords to commit suicide, preferring to die rather than surrender.

"I would rather die than surrender!"

The Red Turban Army across the city displayed amazing courage. Hundreds of them drew their swords and committed suicide, drowned themselves in basins of water, locked themselves and the evil gentry in a woodshed and set themselves on fire, or climbed up the bell tower and jumped down.

Most of the more than 2,000 Red Turban descendants were killed or injured in a short period of time. The remaining people, perhaps for various considerations, led their surrendered soldiers out to surrender to the Black Flag Camp.

The "Red Turban Bandits" who had been causing trouble in Qufu and Yanzhou for several days surrendered under the pressure of the Black Flag Camp in less than half a day and gave up Yanzhou City.

All the Red Turban bandits and the defeated soldiers who had surrendered earlier were temporarily tied up and locked up in the barracks, awaiting discussion with subsequent high-ranking officials before making their final decision.

After the "Red Turban Rebellion" was quelled, the next step was to begin the post-war work.

When the government troops who had originally escaped from Yanzhou heard that the Black Flag Battalion had recovered lost territory, they hurried back to claim some military merit and see if they could get some spoils such as gold, silver, and jewelry.

The Black Flag Battalion was naturally happy about their great achievements, but some people were not happy.

The Kong clan of Qufu was exterminated, and the entire family of King Lu of Yanzhou was wiped out.

Two heavyweights died suddenly within half a month. Whoever is blamed for this will be killed even if he has ten lives.

However, those generals who commanded large armies were not panicking. At most, they could lead their troops and flee south, and the imperial court could not control them.

As for the Black Flag Battalion, which would be used as a "law enforcement knife" by the governor, the generals were not worried.

As soon as they saw the Black Flag Battalion enter the city, they rushed straight to the palace to loot property, carrying large and small boxes and loading them onto mule carts.

It can be seen that the rumored Black Flag Battalion with strict military discipline is false, and the soldiers of the Black Flag Battalion are just as greedy and lustful as vulgar soldiers.

Moreover, this time when the Black Flag Battalion went south to fight the bandits, General Li seemed to be seriously injured and had not recovered yet. He took a huge black flag and lived in the garrison office and never came out again.

The actual commanders were only a few mid-level officers.

It is precisely because of the lack of prestige among middle-level military officers that they are unable to restrain arrogant soldiers and generals from "plundering" property.

Ni Chong died in battle, and the deputy general Wang Xiong who took over the command of the troops, Liu Zeqing who abandoned his infantry and fled, and even the generals of the garrison wanted to "extort" a share of the pie along the streets, but were stopped by the patrolling soldiers of the Black Flag Battalion.

Only the Black Flag is allowed to plunder money, but friendly forces are not allowed to make money?
This made the generals very embarrassed.

Several generals changed their minds and realized that the suppression of the Red Turban Bandits was a great achievement made by the Black Flag Camp, and even Futai Yan had no right to criticize the Black Flag Camp.

They, the "defeated generals" following behind the Black Flag Battalion, just endured it for the time being.

If we can't get any property, we can at least divide it up among the soldiers who surrendered to the Red Turban bandits.

There are more than 3,000 surrendered soldiers, and distributing some of them will strengthen the strength of the generals.

Unexpectedly, the Black Flag Battalion was given priority—

The Black Flag Battalion was about to dispatch a unit north to Dengzhou, and therefore needed a group of soldiers to serve as auxiliary troops. The future "Dengzhou Battalion" carefully selected the best from the best, finally selecting 1,500 soldiers to join the army. The remaining soldiers would be selected by the Black Flag Battalion's main troops as auxiliary troops.

Liu Zeqing and others just felt a little bit angry, but still endured and took over the remaining "miscellaneous fish".

Seeing that a large amount of wealth and spoils from the royal palace were recaptured, the soldiers who had been owed wages for many days could no longer bear it and started to make a fuss, demanding that the governor pay the outstanding wages.

Yan Jizu was despairing of the many events of "the extermination of the Kong family in Qufu" and "the extermination of the family of the Lu vassal state".

Knowing that there was no case of soldiers under General Li drinking blood, he simply waved his hand and handed over the trivial matter of paying the outstanding wages to the officers of the Black Flag Battalion.

"Since Futai Yan has entrusted us with so many matters concerning the distribution of grain and wages, you must abide by the rules of our Black Flag Battalion—all soldiers must go to the training grounds to collect their pay! We will distribute the pay directly to everyone!"

The news of "distributing to individuals" received unanimous praise from many soldiers.

Whenever the superiors distributed military pay, they would find an excuse not to pay, or even pay less. They would either spend the money on wine and women, or lend the pay to shops to earn interest.

Poor soldiers have to borrow money or do part-time odd jobs to barely support their families, and their lives are extremely difficult.

Now I finally have the chance to taste the taste of military pay.

"Now, everyone, line up in ten long lines. When your name is called, come forward to receive your reward!"

"Li Si" stood on the wooden platform and shouted into the loudspeaker.

However, before the work of collecting the salary began, a deputy general came up to Li Si and said respectfully, "Li Youji, right? I am Wang Xiong, the deputy general of Jining. May I have a few words?"

"You said."

"In the past, salaries were distributed to generals and then to soldiers. Now they're being paid directly to the soldiers... Isn't that a bit against the rules?"

After Deputy General Wang finished speaking, several more generals came behind that person, including Liu Zeqing and the military commander of the guards.

They nodded together at "Li Si", as if providing silent support to Wang Xiong with their attitude.

Li Si originally wanted to talk to them righteously about the Black Flag Camp’s new rule of paying salaries to individuals.

Unexpectedly, the 'Bison' beside him suddenly pointed at Wang Xiong and asked, "You are Ni Chong's deputy general, right?"

"That's right, General Ni has passed away, and I will be taking over his command temporarily..."

The man pointed at Liu Zeqing and said, "You are Liu Zeqing, right?"

"Yes? You know me?"

"That's right, the 'family' is here."

The players who were speaking suddenly jumped up, as if they had heard the starting gun of a sprint race. They lowered their center of gravity, stepped forward with their thighs, and drew their swords at their sides with a clang.

"Wild Bull" held a sharp waist knife with a cold flash in his hand and chopped it diagonally at the neck of the bear king. The man's head was separated and blood splattered three feet away.

"Ahhh!"

"you……"

Liu Zeqing and others did not expect that the black flag soldiers would suddenly attack people. They were so scared that their faces twisted and they quickly turned around and fled backwards. As a result, they were killed one by one by the players like a ferocious tiger pouncing on its prey.

Liu Zeqing was even slashed by four knives.

As the last general who "opposed paying salaries to individuals" was hacked to death, Bison swung his sword swiftly, shaking off the blood on the sword.

"Damn, someone got there first..." A dozen or so players who were running a little slower looked at the four bleeding bodies on the ground and shook their heads in frustration.

Li Si stood there in amazement, and the Ming army soldiers watching were also stunned and silent.

It wasn't until "Bison" lifted up the deputy general's bleeding head that everyone regained some sense.

"During the Battle of Dezhou, these people disobeyed the governor's orders and watched their allies lose and the city fall...During the Siege of Jinan, Governor Yan repeatedly ordered them north to provide support, but they still refused to obey and sat back, waiting to die.

Even the decisive battle of Jishui was ignored by them, as if they were not appointed by the imperial court.

When Yanzhou was broken into by the Red Turban bandits, they fled in a panic. When Yanzhou was recaptured by our side, they ran back happily, hoping to share the military merits and climb to higher positions.

They kill innocent people to claim credit for their achievements, eat the empty salaries and suck the blood of the soldiers, and today they want to take back the military salaries distributed to you and embezzle most of them.

Futai Yan has long been unable to tolerate this bunch of useless people who are more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything, and has specially ordered us to execute these bastards as a warning to others!"

Of course, the "Governor's Military Order" mentioned by Bison was an impromptu one he made up on the spot.

Governor Yan did not have the authority to kill the general or the deputy general, but he could intimidate the soldiers.

"Anyone who is dissatisfied with the actions of my Black Flag Battalion, stand up!" Bison roared at the crowd. "I am the guerrilla commander of the Right Battalion of the Black Flag Army. Bison, now you have a chance to speak. Stand up and defeat me. The winner will be paid as before - come on! You, is it you? I see that you look quite unhappy. Stand up!"

"No one dares to come out?" Bison looked around, only to see fearful eyes everywhere. He was like a ferocious lone wolf, forcing a group of sheep to not dare look him in the face.

"Since no one has stepped forward to challenge me one-on-one, I will take it as your approval of the Black Flag Battalion's approach today. After today's payday, if anyone raises a fuss about the pay, I will fight him to the bitter end!"

The bison threw the head upward with great force, and the bloody head flew in a red parabola in the air, and then fell to the ground, scaring the soldiers and officers so much that they quickly took several steps back.

"Pay your salary!" Bison walked away without looking back, leaving behind a domineering and cool back.

When he turned a street corner, no one could see him anymore.

He savored the gesture of killing someone in public just now. A sense of supreme pleasure rushed to the back of his head, making him feel as if he had ascended to a fairyland, and his legs trembled with pleasure.

With waves of shivering, the bison suddenly felt that the pleasure he had just felt became dull.

……

The sudden killing of four senior generals by the Black Flag officers was a major event, but the soldiers did not want to think about the political struggle between the governor and the generals.

After all, the several months' military pay they received was real. They were grateful to the governor for his wise decision, and even more grateful to the Black Flag Battalion for providing them with sufficient food and silver.

Every soldier's family will finally be able to have enough food to eat for the next few months.

The soldiers in the city were overjoyed, and the merchants in the city were also grinning from ear to ear, but Governor Yan and a group of civil servants were the only ones who were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

　Damn, this Qidian post will be delayed, and the checkpoint failed again

　　
　
(End of this chapter)