The sight of hundreds of people having their left hands cut off at once made Li Laiheng feel very uncomfortable. Among the hundreds of surrendered soldiers, many of them were familiar to him from his hometown in Mizhi, and some of them might be related to people from distant places.
Relative relationships.
Just because they did not accept the recruitment and surrender at the first time and join the camp. Li Shuangxi and Dang Shousu led the troops to cut off their left wrists one by one, making them dripping with blood, which was somewhat unacceptable to the little tiger.
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Li Shuangxi, who usually looked straightforward and cheerful, cut off the left hands of these surrendered soldiers without saying a word. Li Shuangxi's appearance was not even cold and cruel, it looked like he was just following the rules, which made it even more disturbing.
A chill rose in Li Laiheng's heart.
But Li Laiheng also knew that Chuangying was engaged in the cause of licking blood from the edge of a knife and decapitating people in rebellion, and there was really no room for excessive warmth and goodwill. As the saying goes, "kindness cannot control the army." Chuangying has not yet truly escaped from the predicament, and it is impossible to recruit hundreds of people at once.
The veteran commander of the surrendered troops with evil intentions was able to promise himself to recruit dozens of surrendered troops who sincerely surrendered, which actually opened the door for Li Laiheng.
The burning smell in the small town of Longjuzhai has faded a lot. Liu Fangliang led a few troops, and after putting out the fires in various parts of the city, he also cleaned up the several superintendency offices and cottages originally occupied by Zheng Guodong and Ai Guobin.
Some were used to house the soldiers for a period of time.
Li Laiheng predicted that after the army troops in Shangzhou were basically wiped out in Junlingchuan, it would be very difficult for the troops left behind to protect Shangzhou. So at least within a few days, the army would not be able to assemble much troops, and they could break into the camp at Long
Take a few days to rest in Juzhai City.
Seeing Li Laiheng's depressed mood, Bai Wang smiled and comforted him: "Little tiger, I know how kind-hearted you are, but when we march and fight and lick blood from the knife edge, we can only do this."
"Alas..." Li Laiheng sighed. Rationally, he could completely understand what Li Shuangxi and Dang Shousu did, but emotionally it would take some time to slowly accept it. "Of course I know this. It's just that those who lowered their
Among the soldiers, there are many people from my hometown. Seeing them suddenly lose one of their hands, I can't bear it."
Li Changqing, who was the first to stand under Li Laiheng's arrow and surrender to the army to break into the camp, spat at this moment and retorted: "Chong Er... no, young master. When Ai Guobin took advantage of the plunder and persecuted the Li family, there were some among those who surrendered.
Many people took the opportunity to evacuate the Li family's property. The young master couldn't bear it for them, but when the Li family was harmed, how many people stood up and couldn't bear it for the young master and his wife?"
"Uncle Qing..." Li Laiheng couldn't help but feel pain in his heart when he heard Uncle Qing mentioning your mother again, "Old Bai, Uncle Qing, I know what you mean. I only hope that these dozens of people are still willing to follow me.
I can try to take good care of them in the future.”
"Ha," Bai Wang laughed again. He gradually understood Li Laiheng's character better and knew that he still had many naive aspects and his understanding of troubled times was not deep enough. "Little tiger, everyone has his own destiny. Who knows?
Your life was given to you by your parents, so you should take care of it yourself, so don't compromise too much."
Li Laiheng nodded. This is the truth, but he still needs to slowly accept it psychologically. "I understand... but the more troubled the world is, the more benevolent people need to come forward..."
"Haha, Zicheng told me several times that Laheng's personality is very compatible with mine. I didn't believe it at first, but now I understand what Zicheng means after hearing these words from you, little tiger."
A word came from behind Li Laiheng and Bai Wang, and the speaker's voice was very energetic. Li Laiheng turned his head and saw Tian Jianxiu, who was second only to Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin in the camp, walking over.
Tian Jianxiu had a smile on his face. He had always been known as a generous person in the camp and was famous for being able to win the hearts of everyone. Tian Jianxiu couldn't bear to hear Li Laiheng's words to Li Shuangxi and Dang Shousu about cutting off the prisoners' left hands.
, and felt that the temperaments of the two were closer. He had always been very kind to others in the camp, and now he even tried to comfort Li Laiheng.
"Little tiger, you just joined Chuang camp in Yunyang Mountain, and you have seen too little of the world. During the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, the fields were covered with ice and snow, and the weather was freezing. King Gao Chuang, the Eight Great Kings and Cao Cao all went east to Henan.
We were the only ones left in Guanzhong to deal with the Ming army. In order to escape the pursuit of the army along the way, we had to leave our wives and children behind."
Tian Jianxiu told Li Laiheng the story of Chuangying when he went to fight in the world. At that time, Chuangying was also at a low point. In order to break through the blockade and siege of the army, the soldiers even had to abandon their wives and children and march at night.
"In the spring of the eleventh year, we followed the master and withdrew from Sichuan. Because Hong Chengchou blocked Jianmen, we had to take the Songpan Trail and climb over the snowy mountains before arriving in Jiezhou. Later we arrived in Xifan, and we walked with Cao Bianjiao for a whole month.
In a war, men do not disarm and horses do not take off their saddles. If they cannot find food, they kill horses to satisfy their hunger. When we were only a few days away from Qinghai Lake, Zicheng took us back north again and got rid of the army.
Later, we left the Great Wall near Jiayuguan and had nothing to eat. We ate all the grass roots and tree bark along the way, so we had to live by eating the corpses of our brothers who died in the battle. It was a good life in those days when we were neither humans nor ghosts.
A few days later, we fought our way back to the Great Wall from the Lanzhou area."
"Boy, you are too young. You will always understand the priorities of things in the future. Just like you, I also have a lot of intolerance. When I can do it, I will do my best and be clear in my heart."
Li Laiheng listened to Tian Jianxiu's earnest teachings, but he thought in his heart that after the Jiashen Year, where would he leave mountains of grain and grass to the Qing army for the sake of "cannot bear the hunger of the Qin people"?
"Hmm...Uncle Yufeng, I know this truth. If you are poor, you can be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you can help the world. When we conquer the world in the future, things like this will no longer happen."
Tian Jianxiu nodded and praised: "That's the truth. The old boss told me that Xiaohu, you are very good at managing the old camp and grain. We raided Shangnan this time and seized countless supplies. That's right.
I need you to come up with some ideas."
It turns out that Li Zicheng still remembered Li Laiheng's reform of the old camp system. Originally, Tian Jianxiu was responsible for most of the old camp and material management of the camp. Now the main force of the camp and Tian Jianxiu's troops have successfully joined forces, and captured the army after the Battle of Junlingchuan.
After receiving a large number of armored weapons and various materials, Li Zicheng asked Tian Jianxiu to come to Li Laiheng and asked the little tiger to put his talents into full play and officially build a new frame for the old camp.
"This matter..." Li Laiheng pondered for a moment and replied slowly, "I mean, our old camp was originally divided into a tailoring team, a silversmith team, a grain team, and a horse and straw team. It was just a set-up.
It's not clear enough, and the classification of each team is not reasonable. After a while, I will write a detailed statement, and then ask Waoqi to send it to the manager and Uncle Yufeng. After reading it, the manager and Uncle Yufeng will
, if there are no objections, we can start reorganizing the teams of the old camp in the next two days."
"Okay. Little Tiger, you are still thinking about those surrendered troops, right? Let's just say this. Let the banners be waved to bring the documents tonight. Now you can go and arrange the surrendered troops first, so as not to give birth to anything.
What's going on?"
Li Laiheng felt a little embarrassed, and Tian Jianxiu could see through his little thoughts at a glance. Indeed, he was still anxious to settle down the dozens of new members, so he said he would write a detailed report after dark.
The note was handed over to Hao Yaoqi to send it over.
Tian Jianxiu didn't pay attention to Li Laiheng's little thoughts. Instead, he smiled and said: "I think that's it. Later, you ask Waqi to go to your uncle Hanju and receive a batch of swords, guns and equipment according to the number of people. Then.
I will give you a little extra allowance. Before we break into camp and leave Longju Village, I will give each of the prisoners who had their hands cut off a bowl of gruel every day. Do you think that’s okay?”
"ah!"
Li Laiheng heard that Tian Jianxiu treated him so favorably. He knew that Yuan Zongdi had captured a lot of cutting-edge ordnance in Fushui Fort before. This time he could receive a batch of equipment according to the number of people. It was really a shotgun for a cannon, so he was naturally happy.
, swept away the previous low mood.
"Then Laiheng should thank Uncle Yufeng first! Uncle Qing! Count the heads quickly! Wave the flag! Now follow Uncle Yufeng and go to Uncle Hanju to get the equipment!"
Uncle Qing followed Li Laiheng's instructions and counted the number of soldiers who had surrendered immediately. There were sixty-two in total. Li Laiheng had twenty-two men under his command before. This time at Junlingchuan
Two people were lost in the battle. Together, the two groups had a strength of more than 80 people.
Tian Jianxiu was very generous. After hearing Hao Yaoqi and Li Changqing report the number of more than eighty people, he directly made the decision and asked Hao Yaoqi to go to Yuan Zongdi to collect equipment according to the head count of one hundred people.
Li Laiheng was overjoyed. Although he could not recruit all the hundreds of surrendered troops into his command, with the help of Tian Jianxiu, he was able to control nearly a hundred capable troops. His status among the generals in the camp was already high.
You must know that the entire camp at this time only had more than a thousand people.
"Uncle Qing! Go and ask in the city or in Laoying to see if there are any tailors!" Li Laiheng stopped Uncle Qing and asked him to find some tailors to come and do the work.
Uncle Qing asked in confusion: "Master...what are you looking for to see the tailor for?"
"Hey, Uncle Qing, don't call me young master. From now on, you can just follow the rules of the camp and call me in charge of the team." Li Laiheng said "young master" to Uncle Qing, feeling a little awkward, "You can find some
Come, tailor, and sew a big tiger-head flag for our team!"
After Bai Wang heard Li Laiheng's purpose, he smiled and said: "Okay, okay, little tiger uses the tiger's head as a banner. It seems that the power is no less than that of your adoptive father. I see your team, little tiger, so I will simply
Just call the Little Tigers."
"Little Tigers?" The expression on Li Laiheng's face was very subtle. Although his nicknames were "Ruhu" and "Little Tigers", the name "Little Tigers" still reminded him of some strange things, "That's okay...
…Okay! Uncle Qing, go find a tailor to make a tiger-head banner, and from now on we will be called the Little Tiger Team!"