"Hurry up, everyone, hurry up! Load all these things into the car. If you lose a box, I will kill you!"
Outside the Wuchang Governor's Office, thousands of soldiers wearing armor and with red scarves tied on their heads were busy loading carts. These carts were filled with all kinds of boxes. These boxes were of different styles and sizes.
They are different. It can be seen that the intruders collected them from various places, but they all have a common characteristic, that is, they are very heavy. This can be seen from the deep wheel marks on the road.
Next to these soldiers, stood a man about twenty years old, short in stature, and with a rough appearance, instructing the soldiers to hurry up and load the truck.
Not long after, an officer in full armor came over and reported to the young man: "Mr. Niu, the car has been loaded. Do you want to set off immediately?"
"Nonsense, the Qingzhou Army is about to attack. Do you want to stay here and wait to die?" The young man cursed impatiently, "Ma Tao, hurry up and take your brothers and set off. I will follow you later."
"Yes, you have to hurry up, young master. Military Advisor Niu said before setting off that this batch of gold and silver treasures will be the source of food and salary for our army in the future, so we must not lose anything."
"I know, I know, you're so verbose, I think you, the Commander-in-Chief (Commander Qian who broke into an officer position and is equivalent to an officer and a soldier), are getting impatient."
The young man waved his thick arm impatiently, like someone swatting away flies.
The officer sighed softly, held the riding crop in his hand for a moment, and blew a loud whistle in mid-air. After hearing the sound, the carriage in front slowly began to move forward.
This young man's name is Niu Shuan, the son of Niu Jinxing, the military commander of the Breakthrough Army. He has little knowledge and ability. He only managed to get into the position of captain (quite a guerrilla) because of his father's influence.
After Niu Jinxing decided to retreat, he first escorted a batch of grain, grass, gold and silver to Shaanxi to aid Li Zicheng, leaving his son Niu Shuan to deal with the aftermath.
After Niu Shuan loaded the last batch of gold and silver jewelry into the car, he did not immediately leave with the convoy. Instead, he sent the officer in charge of escorting Ma Tao and his soldiers to go first. He wanted to stay and deal with some matters and then follow.
After Ma Tao left, Niu Shuan led more than a hundred of his soldiers into the Yamen compound. At this time, there were five or six carriages staying in the Yamen compound. These carriages were all very luxuriously decorated. At first glance,
It is used by wealthy families for traveling. At this moment, every carriage has a driver sitting on it.
Niushuan came to the first two carriages and asked the handlebars: "How are you doing? Have all the ladies got on the carriage?"
The older driver nodded and said with a charming smile: "Don't worry, young master. The villain is doing the work. Don't you, the old man, still rest assured? There are twelve girls in total. The younger one has pushed them into the car. If there is one missing, you will kill me."
Got the villain’s head off.”
Niu Shuan patted Handlebar's shoulder with satisfaction: "That's good. If you can arrive in Shaanxi safely this time, I'll tell my father and reward you with a dang from the chief executive."
"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master!" After receiving Niuxuan's promise, the handlebar posture made his whole body lighter by three kilograms. He nodded and bowed and almost swore loyalty to the sky.
"Okay, don't let me laugh and joke around. Do your job properly." Niu Shuan felt very relieved, but his face still had a serious look. As he said this, he walked behind the handlebar and lifted the thick car cover.
The curtains were opened, and a cold wind suddenly blew into the car along the gap, but it also allowed Niu Shuan to see the situation inside the car.
In the luxuriously decorated car, a burning brazier made the car as warm as spring. On the thickly covered soft couch in the car, two women, one old and one small, were sitting.
The woman has a beautiful appearance and fair complexion, and what is surprising is that their appearances are 70% to 80% similar. At this moment, the beautiful young woman in her thirties is hugging the younger girl, and the two of them are looking at each other in horror.
Wear a cowhatch.
Niu Shuan looked at the two beauties, one large and one small, inside. He smiled proudly and said: "You two beauties, don't be afraid. Young Master, I am the most compassionate person. If you don't believe me, you can ask the sisters in the car behind you.
See if it's true. As long as you all obey me, Master, I will make sure you enjoy everything."
Niu Shuan looked at the two women hugging each other in the car, and his mouth was almost drooling. Just as he was about to put his head in, he heard the young woman inside took out a pair of scissors from somewhere and pointed it at her fair neck and said harshly.
: "You whore, if you dare to take another step forward, our mother and daughter will commit suicide in front of you immediately."
"Definitely..." Seeing the determined look on the other party's beautiful face, Niu Shuan knew that the other party was definitely not finished. He didn't want to see the mother and daughter he had worked so hard to get spend on him.
With the fragrance in front of him, he quickly waved his hand and said: "Okay...I won't get close to the president, right? You have to be careful, but don't let your mind wander."
With that said, Niu Shuan slowly exited the car. Although Niu Shuan couldn't eat the pork and got into trouble, the handlebars outside the car didn't dare to laugh. They just sat in the car and looked at them with a serious face.
ahead.
Niu Shuan retracted his head angrily. He was secretly angry and cursed bitterly: "Damn it, when we get to Shaanxi, I will have to eat both the mother and daughter so that they can call me brother.
It’s not that it’s not good to use force against such a girl, I’ve long been the overlord.”
Niu Shuan cursed in a low voice while waving his hand to signal the convoy to get on the road quickly. He also led a group of soldiers out of the gate, preparing to catch up with the convoy that left first.
In the first car, the two women were hugging each other and crying. The young woman nestled in her mother's arms and cried: "Mom, why are our lives so miserable?"
The young woman hugged her daughter and comforted her: "Xuan'er, you have to remember that you are no longer the governor's daughter, and I am not the governor's wife. We are just prisoners now. You have to promise mother that you must live well!"
The girl choked and said, "Mom...what about you?"
"Mom will naturally be with Xuan'er, Xuan'er doesn't have to worry." The young woman tried to comfort her daughter with a smile while suppressing the pain in her heart. In fact, if it weren't for her daughter, she would have committed suicide long ago. In their words,
The motorcade has already left the governor's office and headed towards the city gate... The weather in early spring is very cold, and the ground where the ice and snow have just melted is filled with mud. The official roads that have been in disrepair are filled with mud, and the weather is also special when the snow melts.
cold.
On the city wall, a city guard who was about forty years old, wearing a green cotton-padded jacket and a red scarf on his head, was sitting on the city wall warming himself by the fire with more than a dozen soldiers.
The city guard took out a wine gourd from his arms, poured a sip of bad wine into his mouth and groaned in comfort. Then he cursed: "These fucking officials above are really fucking bastards, they ran away by themselves.
, but let us stay here to die, and wait until tomorrow for me to take off this skin and run away."
The soldiers on the side stared at the wine gourd of the city guard with greedy eyes, secretly swallowing saliva, but no one said anything. These matters are not something they can solve. They are just trying to make ends meet as rogue bandits. Others
It's none of their business.
While the city guard was drinking and cursing his escaped superiors, a rumble of horse hoofbeats came from the distance, and soon groups of black shadows came from outside the east gate. When the group of cavalry arrived outside the city gate, the guard
A minor official in the city finally saw their appearance clearly.
This is a group of cavalry wearing full body armor and red capes. In the hands of the leading knight, a red flag flutters in the wind, and the conspicuous words on the flag are so dazzling.
"It's officers and soldiers, it's officers and soldiers who are here!"
The intruders on the city wall were so frightened that their legs were shaking. Now the officials have all run away, and the brothers have almost withdrawn. Only the old, weak, sick and disabled are left to show off. They want to resist the other side.
The menacing Ming army was just dreaming. Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, even the city defenders were dumbfounded and didn't even notice that the wine gourd in their hands fell to the ground.
One of his subordinates trembled and asked his leader: "Boss...I...what should we do? Should we call our brothers to prepare for resistance?"
"Resist...resistance is nothing!"
The angry city gate official stretched out his hand and gave his subordinate a slap, cursing and saying: "Now we have only a dozen or so brothers in the city who are old, weak, sick and disabled. These people are not enough to fill the gap between people's teeth. You don't want to die even if you want to."
Drag me along, you fools, why don’t you hurry up and open the city gates to welcome the arrival of the army!”
"Yes, yes... the villain is confused."
The soldier was awakened by this slap and was so frightened that he no longer dared to mention the matter of resistance. He followed the city gate officer and walked down the tower.
Although the rumbling cavalry was not fast, it still arrived in front of the city gate very quickly. At this time, the leading cavalry saw a scene that surprised them. The city gate was supposed to be heavily guarded, but the city gate opened, and a row of people wearing tattered clothes opened.
, the rogue bandits holding spears and clubs in their hands were respectfully standing in front of the city gate to welcome their arrival.
A cavalryman in front shouted loudly: "Tai... Who are you? Why are you at the city gate?"
The city guard trotted to the cavalry, nodded and bowed and said: "To this military lord, we are all common people. Now that the bandits in the city have fled, we are the only common people left. Now we see the army coming. Let's
I feel really indescribable joy in my heart.”
The cavalry shouted: "Then why are you wearing bandits' clothes?"
"We...we can't help it. If we don't wear a villain, we will die."
"Okay, you guys wait here while I go report to our general!" After the cavalryman finished speaking, he turned his horse and ran back.
After a while, a dark-faced, sturdy middle-aged officer rode up to the city defender and asked, "Are you saying that all the thieves and bandits have left?"
The city guard said respectfully: "Exactly, Military Advisor Niu left three days ago, and Mr. Niu also left three hours ago."
"Have you been gone for three hours?" The middle-aged officer murmured to himself, then looked back at the soldiers behind him and remained silent.
Seeing that the general was silent, he ordered the city gate officer to smile charmingly and said: "General, you know that the cowhide also took away a large amount of grain and gold and silver treasures, a total of more than three hundred dollars."
The cars are all heading north now."
"What, more than three hundred carts of food and treasure?"
At this time, the middle-aged general could no longer keep calm. More than three hundred carts of grain and gold and silver treasures were not a small amount. If he could capture them, it would be a great achievement.
He turned around and said to a cavalryman behind him: "You leave five hundred people to go into the city to search for the remnants of the bandits. The others follow me, and you must take back what the bandits stole!"
"As you command!"
Following the order, more than 3,000 cavalrymen remounted their horses and galloped towards the north.
Looking at the large group of cavalry rumbling away, the city defender quietly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and whispered: "***, this little life is finally saved."
Not long after the brigade of surprise soldiers left, the brigade led by Pang Gang also felt the news. When he heard that all the defenders in Wuchang City had fled, the newly appointed cavalry battalion guerrilla Heitie had already led the entire battalion to catch up and plan.
When he intercepted the convoy of rogue bandits transporting grain, grass and treasures, he couldn't help but have a thoughtful look on his face.
Seeing that Pang Gang's expression was not very good, Bin Shiqian beside him was afraid that Pang Gang would blame Heitie, so he said from the side: "Sir, Lao Hei is also crazy about wanting to make meritorious deeds. Don't blame him for making his own decisions."
Pang Gang shook his head, with a hint of worry in his eyebrows, and turned around to ask the city guard: "How many people are there in the city now?"
"Excuse me... Sir." The city guard replied tremblingly: "There are still more than 100,000 people in the city, but they are all old, weak, women and children. All the young and strong people were taken away by Commander Niu.
"
When Pang Gang heard this, he said angrily: "What a Niu Jinxing, I look down on you!"
"Sir, what's wrong? Wouldn't it be better for the bandits to run away by themselves now? It saves us a lot of energy." Li Yuan behind him asked in confusion: "Aren't you angry at Lao Hei for leading his troops to chase the bandits without permission?
"
Pang Gang shook his head solemnly: "I'm not worried about Heitie taking matters into his own hands, I'm just angry that Niu Jinxing's move was too cruel. He collected all the food and grass in Wuchang City, including all the young men, but he alone
We have been left alone with more than 100,000 old, weak, women and children, what do you think this means?"
The expressions of Bin Shiqian and the surrounding generals changed. Yes, the bandits moved away all the food and gold and silver treasures, but left behind more than 100,000 old, weak, women and children. This was equivalent to adding more than 100,000 to Pang Gang and the others.
He opened his mouth, but Pang Gang had to carry this burden.
Because Pang Gang represents the government, the government must have the responsibilities of the government. If Pang Gang ignores these people, it will have a great impact on Pang Gang's reputation. And if Pang Gang wants to feed these people, it will be equivalent to shouldering the burden.
A heavy revenge.
After thinking about this, Li Yuan said angrily: "This Niu Jinxing is really poisonous! They took away all the benefits, but left a lot of debt for us to bear!"
Wang Zhi also said with a stern face: "And we can't bear this debt!"
Pang Gang pondered for a while and said: "Yes, we can't ignore these people in the city. Otherwise, the impact on us will be too great if word spreads."
As Pang Gang's territory expanded, his influence also increased. Although the court knew that although he had broken with the Ming Dynasty, he almost shouted rebellion at the top of his voice, but the people did not know. What the people knew was that General Pang Pang was
Since the officials of the imperial court have recovered Wuchang City, they will naturally be responsible for everything here. If more than 100,000 people are allowed to starve to death, let alone the imperial court, they will be drowned in the saliva of public opinion. But if he is really the best among the generals,
The food was distributed to the people in the city. The food that could have been used by the army for a month was estimated to only last for a week. When there was no food, would the soldiers have to chew the soil?
Thinking of this, Pang Gang felt his teeth itching. This Niu Jinxing was indeed a famous troublemaker in history. He was not good at doing business, but he was a first-class expert at causing damage and causing trouble for others.
He waved his hand in an upset tone: "Forget it, forget about it, order the army to rush into the city, and order the supply battalion to start opening porridge shops in the city. First, let the people in the city survive."
In this way, tens of thousands of troops marched into Wuchang City in a mighty manner. Wuchang was recovered, but Pang Gang was not happy at all, because the current Wuchang City was just a burden to him... Not to mention
Pang Gang, who was depressed, said that Niu Shuan, who had left the city and headed north, was very proud at this moment. Although his father Niu Jinxing was originally a civil servant, his life was not very satisfactory. He was once reported as a bandit.
After being imprisoned, he was later rescued by Li Yan, who introduced him to King Chuang. From then on, Niu Jinxing was like a chicken with blood and was out of control.
First he became Li Zicheng's counselor, and then he was promoted to military advisor. His son also rose with the tide and became a captain. After conquering Hubei with King Chuang, he also became an official and got money. As for women? Look around you.
We know about the dozen or so carriages, which Niu Shuan and his soldiers had worked hard to rob in Wuchang City.
Not only did Niushuan snatch women from civilians, but when he attacked Wuchang City, others were fighting desperately, but he tried his best to snatch women. He even snatched the wife and daughter of the former governor into his hands. Although he had not yet succeeded, but in Niu Shuan's case,
Shuan seems to be just a matter of time.
"If you want to die, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you to death, find a painter to draw you, draw you on the mirror, kiss you to death one by one. Hate you, hate you, hate you to death, find a carpenter to carve you
... Niu Shuan, who was in a happy mood, was riding on his horse, singing a love song from Shaanxi. He kept looking at the carriage behind him, as if he wanted to see through the people in the carriage. He was so itchy that he changed his attention just now. Today
In the evening, the mother and daughter were cooked with peanuts. If the older one was unwilling, the younger one was used to threaten her, lest he disobey her.
When he thought of a pair of almost identical mother and daughter, Hua was panting and moaning under his body, Niu Shuan felt that somewhere on his body was starting to heat up, and he smiled to himself "hehe"... To be continued
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