A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 794

"Wooooow, I'm so scared..."

The dry land was full of people kneeling in the small Yuan camp. In the battle of Kanghe, Yuan Shizhong's "[-]" army was smashed with a drum, and women, children, old and weak ran all over the ground. , Outside the city of Suizhou, those who surrendered fell to their knees one by one.

Lao Hu was also among the kneeling crowd, and Kong San, Batiao and other Da'anzhai troops also crouched behind him. Kong San's daily training of the mountain patrol army was finally tight, so in the recent rout, most of them Also know how to run together.

Lao Hu was even more loyal and took eight back to meet Kong and the others, so they had a total of 2000 troops, and now there are 500 people around, and the other 500 people are mostly infantry, and there are some horsemen. They don't know where to run in panic Go, I'm afraid it will be hard to get back in the days to come.

Looking at the murderous intruders beside him who were still galloping and riding their horses, their horses' hooves clattered on the ground, and there were faint screams. Those who obviously did not want to surrender were chased to death by them one by one.Not to mention Lao Hu's fear, many of the subordinates of the mountain patrol army around him also looked dull, and even collapsed and cried bitterly.

The intruders are terrible, and their firearms are terrible. Compared with them, our own gunslinger team is really one in the sky and the other is in the ground. pistol……

Behind them were a few young men from the blunderbuss team crying, saddened by the deaths and injuries of their comrades in the team. The situation just now was a nightmare for them. A row of blunderbusses sounded across the way, and everyone around them fell helplessly, especially a young man. Weeping and exchanging tears.

Lao Hu didn't like it either. He thought that he could be reused if he invested in Xiao Yuanying. Who knew that Xiao Yuanying, which he regarded as a colossus in his eyes, would be destroyed in an instant. There is really no guarantee in this troubled world. No one can say that he can survive steadily. .

It's ridiculous that I still want to be the king in Da'anzhai, and fortunately, the one who invaded and attacked the Xiaoyuan camp this time, if I attack the mountain patrol army, I'm afraid I will be left with ashes.

Hearing the young man behind him crying so loudly, he cursed angrily, turned around and slapped him hard on the head: "Cry for a ball... I'm upset by crying... Don't worry, with the village master here, I will definitely protect you!" Brothers are thoughtful..."

The young man sobbed and said: "Master Dazhai, I don't want to die... The village masters just found a wife for me a few days ago, and I married her that day, she must have... If I If not, what will she do with her son?"

The old Hu scolded: "There is a fart, you think you are a sharpshooter, and you can hit it with one shot?...Cry again, I will chop you..."

Kong San also said in a low voice: "Shut up... I'll wait for the soldiers and horses to figure it out. If there is no accident, I will definitely recruit you when I enter the camp. Nothing will happen..."

While talking, Kong San looked thoughtfully at a group of intruders who Fang was watching with guns.

At this time, several cavalry came rushing forward, and they all shouted loudly: "The order of the general in charge of the rear battalion of the Chanyi Mansion is passed on, and all soldiers who surrender will go to Nanguan!"

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The black crowd was heading towards the South Pass, surrounded by galloping cavalry, as well as gunmen escorting them with guns. Their eyes were stern, and they were afraid that if there was any movement, they would immediately fire guns to suppress it.

At the front of Nanguan, there are huge crowds of soldiers here, and I don’t know how many tens of thousands of them have gathered. Of course, these so-called soldiers have no fighting power. with.

The Chuangjun has not confiscated their horses and weapons for the time being, and the rogues act in separate battalions, usually only against the leaders of each family, and will not affect the people below, let alone break up their establishment.

Not to mention the prestige of the clan and the origins of the dialects of all parties, but where did they get so many qualified low-level officers and effective grassroots organizations?All the big and small leaders who were originally surrendered continue to lead the army, which is why Lao Hu, Kong San and others still have a bottom in their hearts.

When I got here, I saw a group of ferocious rushing soldiers standing in a row, either holding knives or guns, and there were two big banners with the characters "Li" and "Yang" written on them. Two young generals sat on two big tiger-skin chairs.

One of them was calmer, and his eyes were cold when he looked at the crowd, while the other was idyllic, crossing his legs and waving his whip in his hand. Behind the second general, there were many vicious generals standing behind him.

Kong San lowered his head, but out of the corner of his eyes, he paid great attention to the calmer intruders and those intruders with guns, while Lao Hu peeked at the sloppy intruders, thinking: "Could this man be the Li Guo, Li Chuang's nephew? Who is the other?"

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Li Guo lazily said: "I heard that there are fifteen masters in Xiao Yuan Ying? Come out by yourself, if I find out, will something big happen?"

Everyone in the surrender looked at each other, especially the leaders among them, Lao Hu looked at Kong San, Kong San nodded slightly, Lao Hu gritted his teeth, and stood up, Kong San followed behind him, and Batiao clenched his fists, He also followed closely behind the two of them.

Lao Hu took a look at Batiao and thought: "Good brother, truly share the blessings and share the difficulties."

Most of Xiao Yuan's camp leaders are here, and it seems that only a few have escaped, maybe they don't care about it, the big deal is to change the family, and they don't live like Yuan Shizhong, who surrendered to the camp, so they can keep their wealth.

Of course, the mood was disturbed, no one spoke, and Lao Hu wanted to flatter Li Guo, but the fear came to his heart, but he couldn't say anything.

Li Guo glanced at Lao Hu and other bosses indifferently, and waved his hand: "Bring it up."

Immediately there was a sound of struggling, screaming and cursing, and then seeing Yuan Shizhong, the third master, the fifth master, the seventh master and others struggling and being escorted up, all covered in blood. It seems that the backbone of the small Yuan camp, Yuan Shizhong's confidants did not escape.

From this we can also see the ferocity of these rushing cavalry, these few masters gathered most of the cavalry in Xiao Yuan's camp, but even the leaders of all the backbones were arrested.

They were tied up by Wuhuada, especially Yuan Shizhong, who was forced to kneel at Li Guo's feet in an extremely embarrassing situation.

Li Guo laughed, and with his right foot in riding boots, he stepped straight on Yuan Shizhong's right cheek, and stomped his head hard on the soil, Yuan Shizhong struggled, his face burst with green veins, His eyes were wide open, but the humiliation of trampling was unavoidable.

Li Guo's right foot was exerting more force, Yuan Shizhong's eyes protruded, and blood gushed out from his mouth and nose, mixed with the mud on his face, making him look extremely terrifying.

Li Guo stomped on with a grinning grin, his boots were still slowly twisting, Yuan Shizhong struggled more and more violently, it seemed that even here, Lao Hu could hear the sound of his face cracking.

Looking at this scene, no matter Lao Hu, the masters, or the ordinary minions below, everyone was terrified, and everyone thought: "Will the old master be trampled to death just like this?"

Fortunately, Li Guo let go of his feet. He spat on Yuan Shizhong disdainfully, and said, "You salty bastard, how dare you fight against King Chuang?...Don't worry, I won't kill you now, I will Take you back to Xiangyang, and cut you to pieces!"

He laughed loudly, and the generals of the Chuangjun army behind him also laughed, only Yuan Shizhong's indistinct shouts and curses remained.

Li Guo leaned back comfortably on his big chair again, and said with a smile: "Yuan Shizhong fought against King Chuang, and now I have destroyed King Chuang, but King Chuang Renyi only pursues the chief culprit, and the rest are not to blame. As long as you are willing to surrender , can be included in my camp, who among you is willing to surrender?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, although everyone wanted to surrender, as long as they could survive, they were willing to do anything, but it would not be a good reputation to spread this kind of betrayal in full view.They looked at each other, just wanting to find someone who took the lead to come out.

Kong San secretly pushed Lao Hu, and Lao Hu gritted his teeth, stood up immediately, nodded and bowed and said: "The villain has heard the name of King Chuang for a long time, and the villain is willing to lead the troops, abandon the dark and turn to the light, and follow the general to fight!"

Countless people cast their eyes on Lao Hu's face, seeing that his face was hot. To be honest, Yuan Shizhong did not feel sorry for him, on the contrary, he regarded him very highly. These words made Lao Hu's conscience a little uneasy.

Li Guo was very happy, and said loudly: "Okay, the person who knows current affairs is Junjie, what's your name?"

Old Hu nodded and bowed his waist and said: "The villain's surname is Hu, he used to be the head of Yuan thief No. hang your teeth..."

Li Guo laughed loudly: "Treading dragon?"

All the generals beside him also laughed, and even Yang Shaofan, who had been sitting quietly, glanced at Lao Hu lightly.

Yuan Shizhong tried his best to look at Lao Hu, his eyes were full of hatred, this villain, it was in vain for him to treat him like this, he actually...

Beside him is a rough and tyrannical fellow who is the Seventh Master, his face was livid, and he shouted loudly: "Hu, you are really shameless, the old master treats you well, when you just voted, he... ah……"

It was Li Guo who waved his hand, several guards pulled out their waist knives and slashed at the Seventh Master.The Seventh Master was knocked down to the ground immediately, under the knife, he was bleeding profusely, screaming and still cursing.

More and more intruders drew their knives and came up to hack, finally, the Seventh Master was silent, he was lying in a pool of blood, his eyes were wide open, and his face was still full of anger.

There seemed to be a bang, all the heads of the Xiaoyuan camp, and all the surrendered soldiers below were all chattering: "The villain is willing to surrender, the villain is willing to surrender..."

"I heard the name of the Rebel Army a long time ago, and it was Yuan Shizhong's thieves who blocked it..."

"Master Hu is well-known and righteous, and I am willing to follow suit."

Li Guo sneered in disdain, he waved his hand again, in front of all the descendants, the third and fifth masters were all beheaded, even if they cried and wished to surrender, they were beheaded as well, everyone looked pale and double-stretched shudder.

Looking at Yuan Shizhong again, he was so angry, hated and frightened that he passed out.

After doing all this, Li Guo seemed to be fine. He seemed to be very interested in Lao Hu, and patted him on the shoulder: "Treading Dragon? Haha, very interesting..."

Lao Hu was taller than him, and when he saw his shoulder being patted, he quickly bent down to make it easier for him to pat him. Li Guo smiled approvingly: "Not bad, there is a future."

He looked at everyone in the mountain patrol army, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes: "I can't see it, Tadilong, I see that you look like a bandit, and you have trained a good soldier..."

Old Hu was nodding his head and smiling, he was taken aback when he heard the words, his expression was a little bit annoyed, and he said that he looked like a bandit... Yang Shaofan followed Li Guo at this time, he looked at the blunderbuss soldiers among the mountain patrolling army, And their guns, their eyes flashed.

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A few days later, the Xiaoyuan camp was completed by Li Guo. Due to the death of several key masters, their soldiers and horses were led by the remaining masters, and quite a few were assigned to Lao Hu's command. Now he counts a thousand horse soldiers , [-] infantry, and [-] hungry people, the force suddenly expanded.

Because of the importance of Suizhou, Li Guo served as the leader of the original Xiaoyuan camp and stayed behind, and gave a military post to a captain, and the original Xiaoyuan camp disappeared.Da'an Village was taken over by the Chuangying forces, and Huang Weijie, who stayed behind, was given a military post in charge of the brigade. Over the village, the banner of Chuangzi was flying.

On the second day, Li Guo and Yang Shaofan escorted Yuan Shizhong's squadron back, and Lao Hu and Kong San led their new troops to Huguang. Lao Hu, Kong San, and Huang Weijie had different fates from now on.

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In mid-March, Xiangyang, Changyi Mansion.

After Li Zicheng occupied Xiangyang, he changed Xiangyang to Xiangjing, changed Chengtianfu to Yangwuzhou, and overhauled Xiangwang's palace, but all the palaces built collapsed.

At the beginning of March, Li Zicheng moved to Dengzhou, and Yibing attacked Yunyang. He was defeated by the official army, and he retreated to Xiangyang to discuss with the bandits.

(End of this chapter)