Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 318 Even if he has 99% problems, are you completely innocent?

A horn sounded, attracting the attention of everyone present.

Dozens of Guanning soldiers stopped looting in an instant, and like reindeers always on guard against natural enemies, they stretched their necks and looked towards the direction of the noise.

The villagers huddled in the corner couldn't help but look up, as if they saw their savior.

Feng Hanmin was also dragged by the villagers to sit against the wall in front of the house. He looked up at the approaching black-bordered flag, and the smile on his face became even brighter.

The garrison team of the Beiwei Army came with great momentum. More than one hundred of them were dressed in the luxurious version of the Ming Dynasty official army. The polished armor plates on their bodies reflected a silvery luster under the sunlight, and they were like a shining iron wall advancing.

Just as the rumors say, there are always a few people in the Beiwei Army who do not follow the usual path and insist on jumping all the way.

At this time, someone did not have good balance, and fell to the ground when he jumped up and landed, with mud all over his mouth. Then he quickly stood up, patted the mud on his lips, and continued to jump.

Even without looking at the conspicuous black-bordered battle flag, the Guanning Army knew with their butts that the unusual visitors before them were the soldiers of the Beiwei Army.

On the way, Huang Chao heard what the young man who brought the news had repeated, saying that a group of bandits had entered the village to rob and loot food and livestock, almost looting the village clean. More importantly, they had also injured a soldier of the Beiwei Army.

Before he reached his destination, he asked the "Carbon-based Communicator" to send a letter to other brothers.

After all, without accurate intelligence, who knows how many soldiers and bandits have arrived.

He approached Mintun Village and took a look.

The ground was in a mess, and no less than 30% of the villagers were injured. Money, grain, coarse cloth, livestock carts were piled up at the entrance of the village like a market.

My goodness, if there weren’t any injured villagers lying on the ground, it would be like a big move.

There are both witnesses and evidence. In a police and gangster movie, this is ironclad evidence. Even God cannot save us!

Huang Chao came to the wounded soldier and learned about Feng Hanmin's heroic deeds from the villagers.

"Very good!" Huang Chao squeezed the man's hand. "You are worthy of being a soldier of my Beiwei Army. You used your body to delay the bandits' looting time, perfectly demonstrating the golden spirit of our army. I will commend you to the higher-ups. Rest well and recuperate. Leave the rest to us."

Before Huang Chao finished speaking, soldiers with white armbands on their arms ran out from the crowd and carried Feng Hanmin and other injured villagers to the nearest house for treatment.

Huang Chao watched the medical player go into the house, and then, as if untying the shackles that bound his hands and feet, he drew out the steel knife from his waist, raised his head, and moved closer to the Guanning Army step by step.

More than a hundred Beiwei soldiers also drew their weapons, and marched forward with big strides, step by step, as if they were the henchmen following closely behind a gang boss.

The Beiwei Army moved forward without hesitation and walked directly in front of a Guanning Army soldier. The noses of both sides were only half a fist away from each other, and they could clearly hear each other's rapid and turbid breathing.

Huang Chao gripped the knife handle tightly, "Why rob?"

"I robbed it, so what do you want?"

The Guanning Army soldier looked the newcomer up and down with a look of disdain and contempt, thinking that he was a coward like Feng Hanmin.

"Heh..." Huang Chao snorted coldly and suddenly attacked.

There was a flash of cold light, and the knife came down. With a puff, a bloody wrist fell to the ground, and blood flowed out from the broken wrist like a fountain.

The arrogant leader now lost his pride and rolled on the ground holding his severed hand in great pain, screaming in pain at the top of his lungs.

"What are you doing!"

Seeing their brothers under attack, the soldiers of the Guanning Army could no longer suppress their emotions. They abandoned the food, fodder and other valuables they had obtained, drew their swords at their waists and took a few steps forward.

However, the brothers around the Beiwei Army leader reacted quickly. Soon, two or three of them surrounded the bandits, one for each soldier.

"What? Don't you understand?"

"Huang Chao" spat and raised his sharp knife to the belly of a Guanning Army soldier. If he hadn't been wearing a layer of cloth armor, his belly would have been pierced by the steel knife.

The soldier's sides and lower back were also pressed against by other weapons, and he dared not move a step.

Huang Chao twisted his neck, and his cervical vertebrae made a dull thumping sound. He looked down expressionlessly at the Guanning soldiers who were rolling on the ground and screaming in pain, and then looked at the other Guanning soldiers who had been controlled in place by the players.

"You are all comrades serving the court. Why should we ruin the harmony over one or two trivial matters?" said a Guanning Army soldier with a wry smile.

"Comrades? Where are these comrades?" Huang Chao turned his head and looked around, immediately revealing a puzzled look. "All I saw were robbers stealing things. It's only natural for soldiers to suppress bandits."

Huang Chao immediately forced a face full of disappointment, then announced at the top of his voice, as if to announce to all the people around him—

"When my Beiwei army recaptured Liaodong, you Liaoxi soldiers were squatting in the fort. When the Nu chieftain fought a decisive battle with us, you were still squatting in the fort. After we defeated the Nu chieftain and asked you to recapture the Guangning garrison, you were still squatting in the fort.

Now that Liaodong has been taken, you're charging in faster than anyone else. Even a three-year-old child knows there's no reward without merit, yet you have no sense of shame at all.

I, the Beiwei Army, have repeatedly reiterated that looting civilians is not permitted. I also know that your Guanning Army is prone to looting and does not understand the new rules I, the Beiwei Army, have established in Liaodong."

Huang Chao paused for a moment and continued, "Our rule is that if you kill someone, you pay with your life; if you rob someone, you lose a hand; if you steal a bushel of grain, you pay with your life. But look at the grain and cloth on the ground. How much have you stolen? How many lives will it take to pay for it?"
If they don't follow the rules of our Beiwei Army, they are not giving us face. Brothers - tell them what will happen if they don't follow the rules of the Beiwei Army! "

"Dead! Die! Die!"

More than a hundred players roared in unison.

The captain of the Guanning Army closed his eyes tightly, and managed to endure the shock and fear brought by the shouting and killing.

He opened his eyes and looked around, still seeing swords and spears everywhere, and he couldn't move away.

Based on the inertia of thinking formed by his experience of using friendly forces and oppressing the people, he did not think that the Beiwei army had the courage to kill him.

He speculated that this was probably just a way for the Beiwei army to regain face for "subordinates being beaten" so that they could show off their power in front of other tribes and show that their leaders were capable of taking responsibility.

So the general boldly spoke out loudly, trying to intimidate the leaders of the Beiwei Army with the reputation of his own commander, "We are the personal soldiers of Zu Dacheng and Zu Zongbing, and we are under the orders of Fang Futai to maintain local law and order. You have no right to kill me, you cannot kill me!"

"Zu Dacheng's personal guards? An order from Governor Fang? They can't kill you?"

"Huang Chao" chewed these words over and over again, and suddenly felt nauseous as if he had eaten a fly.

"Let him go." Huang Chao turned his back.

"Huh?" The other players were puzzled.

The leader of the Guanning Army watched the swords and knives around him gradually fade away, and suddenly a smile broke out on his face. He smiled and clasped his fists towards Huang Chao and said, "Brother, more..."

But before he could even utter a word of thanks, a knife rushed towards him as its owner walked briskly.

With a "puff" sound, the hard steel knife pierced through the unlucky guy's neck.

Huang Chao pulled out his bloody knife and complained, "If you don't disperse, how can I kill him so handsomely?"

After seeing their own captain being killed and being surrounded by the Beiwei Army, the Guanning Army finally realized that this Beiwei Army was different from Feng Hanmin, and was a force that would kill anyone it wanted!

"The Niao De Bei Wei army won't let us live. Let's fight them!"

Someone shouted, and the Guanning Army raised their swords and fought with the Beiwei Army around them. Both sides were heavily armored, and the swords and knives made crisp clanging sounds when they hit the armor.

Once the armored man activates the combat state, no one can easily find the gap in the armor and kill the enemy with one blow. Even if you use a spare knife to stab the enemy in the face, it will be blocked by the opponent.

The two sides fought like this.

There was a dull thud at the waist as if the sword had hit the armor, just like being punched in the stomach.

Huang Chao looked back and saw a Guanning Army soldier standing half a step away.

"Oh oh oh!" Huang Chao seemed to have turned into a mad bull, suddenly rushing towards the dog that was attacking him at close range, knocking it to the ground.

Huang Chao only felt the mud flying in front of his eyes and falling in front of his face, and the knife in his right hand disappeared.

Suddenly, he felt a struggling force from beneath him. He subconsciously pressed down hard and only then was he able to suppress the Zu family army beneath him.

Even if his sword was lost, he still had his gloved fist.

"Zujia's personal soldiers, right?"

Every time Huang Chao spoke, he raised his fist and hit the enemy in the face.

"You have a backer, right?"

Blood splattered in front of his face.

"You have a strong backer, don't you?" His two hands seemed to transform into two "iron hammers" and rained down on Zu Jiajun's face. One punch, two punches, three punches...

It was not until the servants under him were beaten into a bloody mess and no sound was left that Huang Chao came back to his senses from the killing.

"Oh hoo."

Huang Chao exhaled a breath of foul air, turned his head and saw a young boy squatting in the corner of the room and shivering. When the other boy looked at him, he was completely stunned.

"Uh, minors can't watch bloody scenes..."

Huang Chao quickly turned the dead man's face to the side, then grabbed a handful of dirt and covered the dead man's face with it, intending to hide the bloody face.

The originally peaceful village now turned into a battlefield of life-and-death duels. Almost everywhere there were howls and cries of soldiers fighting.

When the common people saw the fighting between the officers and soldiers, they all retreated into their houses with their families, closed the doors and windows tightly, and dared not make a sound.

A few brave ones quietly dragged the livestock and oxen, pulling and dragging them along a roundabout way back home.

Others grabbed the nearby grain bags, like a cat reaching into a crack, swinging them left and right, trying frantically, then hooking the bags and pulling them into the house.

In the fierce fighting, the outnumbered Guanning Army quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Seeing that the captain's horse was controlled by the Beiwei Army, a Guanning Army soldier was quick-witted and jumped onto a villager's mule and rode away at a high speed.

The deafening sound of shouting and killing here was quickly spread by this "ruined soldier".

When the nearby Guanning Army heard that their friendly forces had been attacked, they rushed forward under the leadership of their commander without even having time to organize themselves.

All the baggage and auxiliary troops were left behind, and no matter whether they were cavalry or infantry, they all rode their war horses and mules and quickly rushed to the scene of the battle.

By the time Zu's army arrived, the battle at the village entrance had already ended.

The two brothers Zu Dabi and Zu Dacheng rode on horseback and looked at the mess at the village entrance from afar, with anger burning in their hearts.

It has always been the Guanning Army that bullied its friendly forces. When did the friendly forces become qualified to bully the Guanning Army?

Not to mention that the Zu Family Army is the top force of the Guanning Army, everyone should show respect to them!

That damn Beiwei Army is just a part of the Fu Liao Army. Why did they dare to use violence against the Zujia Army and kill people?
As for the great victory at Xiongyueyi achieved by the Beiwei Army, the Guanning Army did not take it seriously at all because it was too exaggerated that a few thousand people repelled more than 100,000 Tartars. The heads collected after the war were probably those of the bondservants.

Even the Guanning Army, which has accumulated strength for several years and has the strongest comprehensive combat power, could not achieve such a record. How can you, the Beiwei Army, which has just risen for less than a year, do it?

They only thought that the Beiwei Army had gathered a lot of auxiliary troops and civilians, and relied on 20,000 to 30,000 auxiliary troops to fight against the Tatars who were short of food and grass under the advantage of terrain, and were lucky enough to repel the Tatars.

His Guanning Army had fought countless such city defense battles, so it was not worth mentioning.

They were certain that the Beiwei Army had mediocre combat effectiveness, but was a master of "marketing." However, within just a few months, the "heroic name of the Beiwei Army" became known throughout Liaodong.

Having missed the battle to restore Liao, the Guanning Army was filled with jealousy and hatred, and also had the idea of ​​competing with the Beiwei Army.

Although it was Zu Dacheng's personal soldiers who were killed, his elder brother Zu Dabi had greater authority, so naturally it was his elder brother who gave the orders.

Zu Dabi turned around and whispered a few words to his confidants. Soon, thousands of people dismounted and planned to rush into the village and kill everyone.

Putting aside the fact that the Zu family army robbed the village first, the Beiwei army openly killed his Zu family army soldiers. Even if he killed all the Beiwei soldiers in the village, and someone reported it to the Liaodong governor, the governor would not be able to punish him.

The influence of the ancestral family is no joke.

But before the infantrymen could carry out the order, several scouts came quickly to report: a large number of Beiwei troops were surrounding them from three sides, with a number of at least 5,000.

Zu Dabi, known as "Crazy Zu Er," waved his hand. "So what if the Beiwei Army is coming? This is a good opportunity to test their quality. I want to see if they are just bragging and weaklings."

The Beiwei army closed in very quickly, and soon thousands of people surrounded the Zu family army on all sides.

Seeing the Beiwei Army's well-organized formation and murderous aura, Zu Dacheng was the first to regain some of his sanity.

The Beiwei army came so fast that it caught people off guard.

If the Zu family army heard that their own people were killed, they would rush over.

Then the normal logic and process should be that the Beiwei army squad was killed, and the survivors escaped and notified the main force to come to the rescue.

Just like the Zu family army's personal soldiers entered the village to "borrow food" and then recruited the Beiwei army team.

It is impossible for the Beiwei Army to dispatch 5,000 people to fight dozens of Zujia soldiers at the beginning. It is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. It is crazy.

Therefore, the Beiwei Army was either crazy or had extraordinary organizational and dispatching abilities, and could gather nearby combat-ready troops in a short time after discovering the enemy.

This ability to coordinate alone is enough to make people fear him.

If the Guanning Army and the Beiwei Army fought, both sides would be embarrassed and even suffer losses, which would be of no benefit to either side. In the end, the governor would find an excuse to "weaken the military power", which would benefit the group of civil servants.

Besides, although the Tartars were defeated, they were still moving around in the northern grasslands.

If the Tartars heard that something had happened in Liaodong, could the injured Guanning and Beiwei armies stop them?
If Liaodong were lost again, it would be a complete disgrace to the Ming Dynasty.

When the punishment is decided later, who will be the scapegoat in the emperor's wrath?
"Don't be impulsive!"

Zu Dacheng expressed his concerns to Zu Dabi through a series of words, and the latter, who was not a fool, could understand the advice.

Zu Dabi's face was filled with anger, like an iceberg melting into snow, or like a barking vicious dog suppressing its roar, his ferocious eyes gradually softened, and he finally made the decision to give up the conflict.

Zu Dacheng breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, feeling fortunate that his words had worked and successfully nipped a military conflict in the bud.

Although Zu Dacheng acted as a "peacemaker", it was his own personal soldiers who were killed after all.

He took note of this account.

Be patient for a while and everything will be fine. Take a step back and the sky will be clear. Let the Beiwei Army be arrogant for a while.

Right now, there is only the Zu Family Army and the Beiwei Army fighting against each other. When the "lawsuit" is presented to the governor, it will be the Zu Family Army and the civil servants, two against one.

Moreover, the arrogance and domineering behavior of the Beiwei Army has probably long been "hated" by the people of Liaodong.

Everyone fought against the Beiwei Army together, and there was a "fair judgment" among them.

Zu Dabi originally planned to lead his troops away, but who knew that the Beiwei Army was like three human walls, refusing to give in, and even demanding that Zu's army compensate the villagers for the wounded soldiers and civilians.

Zu Dabi was unwilling to spend money. It was not a question of how much silver he had, but a question of face.

If someone is killed and you still have to pay compensation, isn't that a disgrace and a burden?
Zu Dacheng gritted his teeth and persuaded his second brother, "To achieve great things, you don't have to worry about trivial matters. The humiliation you suffered today will be repaid double in the future! If you cause trouble again today, it will be our fault, second brother!"

So Zu Dabi thought about it again and again, and finally paid the money reluctantly.

However, the Beiwei Army had caused trouble again. It was said that a group of bandits who used the name of "Zujia Army" had been robbing everywhere recently. The people in several states were complaining and had no peace.

For the sake of the people, the Beiwei Army had to "escort" all armed personnel entering Liao. What if the armed personnel in front of them were the bandits who kidnapped General Zu?
Unless the armed personnel surrender all their lethal weapons, the Beiwei Army will not give an inch.

The Beiwei Army also said that they would never fire the first shot, but if the "Zujia Army" did not surrender their weapons and refused to be "escorted", they would set up camp around them until someone changed their mind.

The two brothers of the Zu family were shocked when they heard it.

How could this be considered an escort? They were clearly treating the Zujia Army like criminals! Where is justice?!

The Guanning Army had only been in Liaodong for a few days, so how could they have caused so much trouble?
But seeing that the Beiwei Army really started to set up camp, the Zu brothers thought about it and realized that they had hastily assembled thousands of troops, without artillery or supplies. If they really competed in endurance, they would be no match for the Beiwei Army. So they had to surrender again and chose the "short-term pain" and directly handed over all their weapons.

As soon as they received the weapons, the Beiwei Army kept their promise and opened a passage for the troops to march.

However, the Beiwei Army still sent more than a thousand soldiers and horses to follow nearby on horseback.

The Beiwei Army followed while holding up the "heads of bandits" they had killed, announcing the results of the bandit suppression to the settlers and military households along the way, and warning the people to be careful of the "robbers" who broke into Liaodong, and to seek help from the nearby Beiwei Army if they had any grievances.

All the words and deeds were meant to mock the Guanning Army, causing the common people, whether they had been harassed or not, to look upon the Liaoxi Army entering Liao differently, as if they were a group of robbers in official disguise.

As a result, thousands of Guanning troops who had lost their weapons suffered all kinds of "bullying", "contempt" and "spitting" on their way to Liaoyang, which was humiliating to the extreme.

As soon as they arrived in Liaoyang, they complained to the governor, like a group of wronged dogs, desperately asking their master to seek justice for them.

"The Beiwei Army is really going too far!"

(End of this chapter)