In the town, people from both sides were killed at the same level. When Liu Zijin's men joined in, it immediately became a one-sided situation. Under the attack of Liu Zijin and Zhang Wu, Liu Xing's men could not hold on any longer and were defeated in a blink of an eye.
The killing was so heavy that the dead and injured were scattered all over the place.
Liu Xing knew that nothing could be done, so he could only order his men to disperse and break out. With a whimpering horn, a large group of Liu Xing's troops who had been gathered together suddenly fled in all directions like falling flowers and running water.
On the watchtower erected in the old county government office, Liu Zijin saw that his men were eager to kill him. Liu Zijin couldn't bear it and ordered: "Ming Jin"
"You are not allowed to ring gold," Wang Xian said coldly.
"Sir, they have been defeated..." Liu Zijin said in a low voice.
"But if they are allowed to flee, they will become bandits when they gather together, and they will become thieves when they disperse. They will harm the people," Wang Xian said in a deep voice.
"My lord, please forgive me, they are my brothers..." Liu Zijin said with difficulty: "And just now I only promised your lord to keep them, and I did not say that I would destroy them."
"Now I have the final say here." Wang Xian just glanced at him and said: "Commander Liu, let's get to know each other again. I am the commander of the vanguard of the government army."
"You..." Liu Zijin's eyes widened, but he didn't expect Wang Xian to turn his head as quickly as he turned the page in a book.
"Do you know what military orders are like a mountain?" Cheng Zheng, who was behind Wang Xian, took a step forward and looked at Liu Zijin coldly: "Understand your identity. You are now the commander of the avant-garde of the government army, and I am the avant-garde of the government army.
Commander of the capital, how dare you disobey your superior’s military orders? How can you reassure His Highness?"
"I" was scolded mercilessly by Cheng Zheng. Liu Zijin's red face turned purple, his fists were clenched tightly, and veins appeared on his forehead.
"Commander Liu, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your brothers." At this time, Mo Wen coldly interjected, which made Liu Zijin feel discouraged. "You have no way out..."
Liu Zijin looked at his subordinates around him, and saw that they lowered their heads one by one, not daring to look at him. Liu Zijin finally understood the truth that water cannot be recovered... The order he just issued had already broken the bonds with his brothers, and he would
They pushed it to the court.
After thinking about this, he understood why Wang Xian and the others turned against each other like they were flipping through a book. They were not afraid that they would repeat themselves at all, and they were probably even eager to take the opportunity to kill him. But Liu Zijin was Liu Zijin after all, and he was still the one who was not afraid of God.
, General Tongtian, who is not afraid of the earth, will never endure this humiliation if he only cares about himself.
"No, I always have a way out." Liu Zijin threw the helmet worn by Ming army generals on his head on the ground, and said proudly: "I don't want to be the commander of this troublesome son, I want to go home and farm."
"You..." Cheng Zheng and Mo Wen wanted to stop him, but Wang Xian stopped him and said, "Let him go. If you want to follow him, you won't stop him."
"Thank you very much." Liu Zijin clasped his fist towards Wang Xian and strode down the observation tower.
"Brother," the subordinates gathered around and said with complex expressions: "We will follow you..."
"Okay, don't be embarrassed. You are all men who lick blood from their swords. What can you do if you are not a soldier? A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of you, but you must seize it..." Liu Zijin patted the brothers on the shoulders and smiled: "
What's more, not having me around will only do you good and no harm."
"Brother," the brothers originally had some messy thoughts, but now they were filled with guilt and reluctance. Each of the tough men said with tears in their faces: "We can't let you go..."
"Okay, don't cry, don't act like some girls." Liu Zijin smiled sarcastically, hugged his brothers one by one, and whispered: "I won't say goodbye to the others. Please bring me a message.
They will be good friends in the army from now on, but they will not be allowed to bully the common people."
"Yes, brother..." Tears poured down the watchtower for a while, making Wang Xian and others on the tower feel that they were really not good people.
When Liu Zijin led the horse out of Loufan Town, he saw Zhang Wuli standing at the entrance of the town. At this time, the shouts of killing had disappeared, but the bodies lying on the ground and the loess road stained purple-black with blood were a striking reminder to people.
There had just been a brutal fight here.
The two brothers didn't pay attention, but looked at each other with complicated expressions. The wind blew the big poplar trees at the entrance of the town, making a roaring sound, but the surroundings seemed even more quiet.
"Lao Wu, how did you know I was here?" Liu Zijin spoke first.
"My lord told me..." Zhang Wu whispered: "Actually, I have always been in contact with him privately. I know that he came this time, and I also know that they want to use the quota of the vanguard of the government army to force us to kill each other, and even
I even know they want to force my eldest brother away."
"You already knew this?" Liu Zijin said bitterly: "It's ridiculous, I was played by that guy again."
"It's not Brother's fault, it's me who has been tipping them off." Zhang Wu said softly.
"Really..." At this point, Liu Zijin had nothing to be angry about. He just laughed at himself and said: "It seems that I, the eldest brother, really failed."
"No, brother, in my heart, you will always be the big dragon head who risked his life to save me, the dear brother who took care of me with all his clothes." Zhang Wu, an iron-clad man, shed tears: "I am absolutely
I won't betray you." After a pause, he said in a low voice: "My eldest brother also knows that I have always insisted that since I have accepted the recruitment, I must try my best to cooperate with the court's arrangements. Surrendering and rebelling will lead to disaster. In order to
Brothers, for the sake of hundreds of thousands of parishioners, we deserve even to suffer a little injustice."
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Zijin calmly and said: "But Liu Xing and the others are too selfish and are deceived by others. They still have the idea of rebellion. The eldest brother is also uncertain, making the court more suspicious day by day. If I
If we don’t inform Mr. Wang and let him know the true situation inside us, what if the imperial court decides to cut off food and blockade, trapping hundreds of thousands of us to death in Loufan Town?
"That's right..." Liu Zijin finally said in relief: "Lao Wu, you can see more clearly than me, and you can see more clearly than Liu Xing." After a pause, he asked again: "Where is Lao Jiu? Did he escape or...
"
"Dead. Killed in the chaos." Zhang Wu whispered. The ninth man was Liu Xing. As a person on Wang Xian's must-kill list, he naturally could not escape this disaster.
"Alas" Liu Zijin said dejectedly: "When we brothers became sworn brothers, we never thought that one day we would kill each other?"
Zhang Wu said sadly: "Brother, you all blame me, otherwise you wouldn't have to get your brother's blood on your hands..."
"Okay, Old Five, please stop comforting me." Liu Zijin turned around and said calmly: "Don't you know how much I weigh? In a fight, five people surnamed Wang tied together are no match for me, but compared to the temptation,
Even if ten of us are tied together, we are no match for him... He just wants us to kill each other, and I can’t hide from him." After saying that, he patted Zhang Wu's shoulder hard, with tears in his eyes.
Said: "Brother, Hao Yu, among our brothers, you are the most promising."
"Brother..." Zhang Wudeng burst into tears.
"Okay, don't cry. I'm a man. I bleed, sweat, and shed tears." Liu Zijin waved his hand freely, got on his horse and said, "I'm leaving."
"Brother, let me give you a ride." Zhang Wu also got on the horse and rode with Liu Zijin.
"That's fine." Liu Zijin laughed and said, "Let us brothers ride horses together again."
"drive"
The two rode faster and faster under the sunset, running farther and farther, their shadows stretching out...
In Loufan Town, the three leaders of the White Lotus Army were not present at the same time, but they had no impact on the order of the town...
This is not difficult to understand, because no matter how unruly these White Lotus troops are, they cannot hide the fact that they were recruited. What kind of fighting spirit can there be for an army that has surrendered once? Their previous anger was just
It's just because of the fear of future destiny. If someone can give them a bright future at this time, they will naturally stand behind him without hesitation...
So when Wang Xian showed his trump card as the avant-garde of the army, people's hearts were on his side. Only after a little tidying up by Mo Wen and Cheng Zheng, Wang Xian's order was actually able to be issued to the army, and he got a pretty good deal.
Executed.
On the other hand, without the three generals sitting there, Gu Xiaolian, the White Lotus Saint, has finally become the backbone of the White Lotus cultists. The fate of these hundreds of thousands of people depends entirely on her words...
"We are going to Hetao." Facing tens of thousands of people waiting eagerly, Gu Xiaolian loudly expressed her decision: "There is water from the Yellow River to irrigate countless uncultivated fertile lands, and there is no harassment from the government or excessive taxes for all of us.
They can support their whole family with their own hands and live a prosperous life.”
Many people were fascinated by the wonderful prospects described by the saint, but some soberly questioned: "There is indeed countless land in Hetao, and there is no harassment from the government, but the reason why it has always been idle is because there are Mongolians in it.
Even if they don’t deal with us without knowing it and harass us every now and then, we still can’t stand it.”
"You don't have to worry about that. Those Mongolian nobles are the owners of those lands and they also warmly welcome us. We only need to pay them a small amount of rent, and they will allow us to cultivate those lands and protect us from intrusion," Gu Xiaolian said.
"Is this such a good thing?" Some believers didn't believe it.
"If you don't believe me, you can go and try," Wang Xian, who had been watching silently, finally said, "The Mongols can only ride horses, fight, and herd cattle and sheep. They don't know how to slash and burn farming, and they don't know how to forge iron and weave. So you go there, they
You will be extremely welcome." He said with a proud smile: "And let me tell you a secret, the Tumo River we are going to this time is the territory of the Borzigit tribe, and the current chief of the Borzigit tribe,
Actually one of my wives”
"Oh" everyone was stunned. No wonder Mr. Wang was so confident. It turned out that the good news was not going to outsiders.