The sky was full of stars and moon. Xu Huailema stood outside the hill and saw that the enemy camp forty miles away was silent. He didn't know if the Red Husbands had expected this. Their military deployment after the southern invasion was intentional or unintentional.
To contribute to this, it may be that someone in the court had already secretly communicated with the Chihu people.
Sighing softly, Xu Huaitai was about to gallop towards the camp with everyone, when he saw twenty or thirty cavalry galloping out of Gong County City and chasing them towards the foot of the mountain.
"What do these people want to do? They don't want to keep us here, do they?" Guo Junpan was still angry. Seeing the 20-odd horsemen galloping very fast and showing signs of evil, he took off the long bow next to the saddle.
, standing in front of him, said angrily.
Sending a message is not like sending a message, but it would be too much to say that twenty or thirty cavalry came here with the intention of doing harm to them.
Xu Huai held his bridle and saw that people were coming towards the hill.
"Who is coming?"
Zhou Jing led a dozen guards forward to block the intruder's path.
The first two generals dismounted at the foot of the mountain and shouted: "Seventh Uncle Wang Ju is on the mountain. We are Wang Hua and Wang Zhang!"
"Wang Hua, Wang Zhang?"
Wang Li dismounted his horse and saw two generals approaching. He could see their faces clearly by the moonlight. He excitedly pulled them towards Xu Huai and shouted,
"Yes, it's Wang Hua and Wang Zhang, boys from your second uncle Wang Qiwu's family - twenty-six years ago, your second uncle Wang Qiwu led a group of Jingzhou soldiers to patrol the border at Yuyuan Pass, and was ambushed by Dangxiang people.
, surrounded, and died with thirty-seven arrows in his body. At that time, Wang Hua, the eldest son of your fourth uncle Wang Qiwu, was only sixteen years old and died in this battle. Brothers Wang Hua and Wang Zhang were even younger, only three or four years old. Your father died unjustly.
When the clan fled Jingzhou to avoid disaster, his two brothers were only thirteen or fourteen years old..."
In order to escape the persecution of Cai Zheng and other thieves, with the help of Fan Yong, Wang Ju immediately arranged for the remnants of the Wang family to move out of Jingzhou and hide their names.
At that time, I never thought that the imperial edict held by Cai Zheng was false. I thought that the Wang family would never be vindicated. The Wang family divided into three branches and fled to other places. They had agreed not to contact each other anymore.
Therefore, when Xu Huai met Wang Ju and Fan Yong in Yingzhou, Wang Ju and Fan Yong did not know where the other two remnants of the Wang family had moved to, hiding their names and had no way of contacting them.
Although the imperial court had already imprisoned Cai Ting and reversed the case for correcting the imperial edict, there was no formal edict issued to the world, and Xu Huai thought it was impossible to contact other Wang clan members for the time being.
Xu Huai did not expect to meet his second uncle Wang Qi's cousins from the Wu family in Gong County. He quickly dismounted his horse and came over to recognize Wang Hua and Wang Zhang.
"The Wang family are all so big. They are really like generals!" Xu Wujiang and Guo Junpan came to meet Wang Hua and Wang Zhang. They saw that the two brothers were about thirty years old. Wang Hua's face was dark and messy.
His stubble covered half of his face, he was tall and tall, and he looked like a rough man, while Wang Zhang was more handsome, not so stout, but also tall and slender.
Think about the size of Wang Ju, Wang Xian, and Wang Jun. Although the two brothers are not as strong and rugged, they are much taller, taller, stronger and sharper than ordinary people. It must be said that the Wang family is full of martial arts generals.
"What's going on with you? What kind of crimes did you do to get charged into the army? When you moved out of Jingzhou with your third uncle, you were already quite young. Have you forgotten all the Wang family mottos?
Er Jing?" When Wang Ju saw Wang Hua and Wang Zhang having tattoos on their cheeks, his tone suddenly turned unkind and he asked.
The generals of the Jinxiang Army basically have tattoos on their bodies, but those recruited into the army mainly have their names and army numbers tattooed on their arms and other hidden places for easy identification.
There are also quite a number of people in the forbidden army who are prisoners of war.
Only these generals would tattoo their faces, and this character was tattooed when the government sentenced them to exile, mainly to prevent prisoners from escaping.
Wang Hua and Wang Zhang have tattoos on their cheeks. Even though it is difficult to tell in detail under the moonlight, it is basically certain that they could not have joined the Western Army through normal recruitment channels. Instead, they were sentenced to exile by the government after committing crimes.
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Wang Ju fled and hid in Taiyuan these years, but he was very strict with Wang Xian, Wang Jun, Fan Zongqi and other children. Because Wang Hua, Wang Zhang's father and brother died in the battlefield early, Wang Ju had taken them with him to teach martial arts, and they were regarded as
They were raised by their biological sons. When they saw tattoos on their faces, their expressions turned dark.
Wang Ju looked at the foot of the mountain and saw that there were still twenty or thirty people waiting there with horses, and stared at Wang Hua unkindly. The two brothers Wang Zhang asked sternly: "Who are they? You are driving them out at this time."
When you come to the city, do you want to recognize us, or do you think that there is wealth to be achieved and pull out all your former bandit accomplices to join us?"
Looking at the clothes and armor worn by Wang Hua and Wang Zhang, we can tell that they are just low-level officers in the Western Army. Their influence in the army is very limited. At this time, twenty or thirty people can follow them regardless. This can only prove that
These people have followed brothers Wang Hua and Wang Zhang from beginning to end.
They were exiled to the army, and they were accompanied by men and horses from the beginning to the end. Can Wang Ju not guess what Wang Hua and Wang Zhang did before they were exiled to the army?
When the whole family moved away from Jingzhou, Wang Hua and Wang Zhang were not too young. Their father and brother died early. When they were young, they followed Wang Ju to practice martial arts. In their hearts, they were most afraid of Wang Ju. When they saw Wang Ju's black face and stern questioning, they hurriedly
Kneel down and complain:
"The third uncle took us and fled to Huayin County, bought a house and changed our names to live there. At first, we could barely survive the epidemic in Guanzhong ten years ago. The third uncle, the seventeenth uncle, my mother, and the sixth aunt all couldn't survive it.
In the past, many people died of illness one after another, leaving only the old and the weak, as well as women and children. All the soft things they had brought with them when they fled had been exhausted. My two brothers were really unable to feed such a large population, so they wandered to the south of Huayang County.
Grass has fallen in the ravine, and the path has been cut..."
"You are trying to disgrace our Wang family! Do you still remember the Wang family's family motto, "I'd rather die than surrender to the enemy, starve to death than become a bandit?" Wang Ju was furious, took off the saber from his waist, and threatened
The two brothers were violently struck on the head with the knife and sheath.
Xu Huai hurriedly stopped Wang Ju and persuaded him: "Brothers Qi Shu, Hua and Zhang have indeed behaved inappropriately in the past. They were forced to make a living, which is not a reason for their release. However, if they were exiled to the army, they would be punished.
We cannot punish each other harshly if we deserve the punishment! As for tattoos on the face, how many people in the Chushan camp have no tattoos on their faces at this time? It was only from the moment they became my soldiers that I imposed military law and discipline on them.
By restraining them, it is impossible to question them about the mistakes they have made before and for which they have been punished.”
Six or seven thousand Tongbai Mountain soldiers accepted the recruitment, and the main generals such as Guo Junpan, Zhong Changqing, Gao Xiangzhong, etc. received preferential treatment. They had no tattoos on their faces and were directly incorporated into the Hedong Army as recruitment generals. However, ordinary thieves did not have this
They received preferential treatment. Zhu Chengjun, Niu Er, Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhene and others were exiled to Lanzhou as prisoners, with tattoos on their faces that were even more eye-catching——
Wang Ju just started to reprimand Wang Hua and the Wang Zhang brothers. Guo Junpan was still a little embarrassed, but after Xu Huai spoke, he also stepped forward to smooth things over and said with a smile: "General Wang Ju, you must punish Wang Hua severely.
Brothers Wang Zhang, how do I deal with this..."
Wang Ju suddenly remembered that when Xu Huai succeeded in Lanzhou and Shuozhou, he initially relied on two hundred prisoners.
He also saw Wang Hua and Wang Zhang brothers for the first time. In his excitement, he forgot about this. He put away his sword and said with a dark face: "Xu Huai, Guo Jun envoy will plead for you and bypass you for the time being. But you
If you do anything illegal in the army, I will take care of you. Also, since you know that we are in Gong County, why don't you come alone to see us first and make such a big fuss all at once? How can you be so reckless!"
"The following are Lu Quan, Lu Xing, Shi An and others, as well as some brothers who were also surrendered to the government and the army in the Huayin Mountains,"
Brothers Wang Hua and Wang Zhang said,
"After we were transferred to Gong County five days ago, we heard that Xu Huai and Qi Shu were both in Gong County. However, we had already been arranged and could not go out of the city to meet you. However, Lu Quan, Lu Xing and others
We were so excited that we couldn't wait to spread many old things in the army. You just severely damaged Zheng Huaizhong's face in the palace, and we were guarding outside the palace. We were worried that Zheng Huaizhong would have no chance to escape if the matter spread to his ears, so we didn't care.
Regardless, take everyone and escape from Gong County."
"How old are Lu Quan, Lu Xing, and Shi An, and you brothers led them into banditry?" Wang Ju was so angry that he wanted to beat Wang Hua, Wang Zhang brothers, Xu Huai, Guo Junpan, and Xu with something again.
Wu Jiang stepped forward to persuade him again.
The Wang family has been a general in Jingzhou for several generations, and their family background is also large, so they have many generals and servants.
However, in addition to Wang Qiwu and other men of the Wang clan who suffered heavy casualties in the war with the Dangxiang people, leaving behind a lot of old and weak women and children, there were also many men from the military and generals who sacrificed their lives for Vietnam, and finally stayed in Zhuangzi.
Most are also women and children.
During the Jiao Zhao Incident, more than a dozen generals around Wang Xiaocheng were killed.
Therefore, when the Wang family moved to Jingzhou and went to other places to hide their names, they were just old, weak, women and children.
Lu Quan, Lu Xing, Shi An and others were all nephews of the Wang family generals.
It is also hard to imagine how many people who supported the work died during the epidemic. Wang Hua and Wang Zhang were not very young at the time. How could they survive today with other old, weak, women and children.
But now is not the time to ask about old things. Xu Huai said: "Don't be busy reminiscing about the past. Let's quickly ask them to go to the camp with us first."
The identities of Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and others have been exposed. Strictly speaking, if Zheng Huaizhong and Gao Chunnian do not let them go, they will have to stay in the Western Army and await their jurisdiction, or else they will desert the army.
Xu Huai will definitely not let Wang Hua and Wang Zhang be manipulated by people like Zheng Huaizhong again, but he must also be prepared to prevent Zheng Huaizhong from using this to cause trouble. At the moment, it is better for them to return to the camp first - after arriving at the camp, the worst is to let Wang Hua go first
, Wang Zhang took his troops to Tongbai Mountain first...
