Several black flags were fluttering, and a general under the black flag faced Guan Guan and claimed to be the commander-in-chief of the Black Flag Battalion.
"General, is this really okay for us?" A one-armed, white-haired old man stared at Guancheng nervously and asked. He was wearing a cotton armor, a cape, a sword at his waist, and a sword on the other side.
The fire blunderbuss appears to be extremely powerful.
But facing this majestic pass, he was very nervous.
The person wearing the small black flag on the Mianjia helmet is none other than Zhang Dapeng, the battalion officer of the imperial camp Sichuan-Shaanxi camp. The trip from Chongqing to Hanzhong did not go smoothly. After Baoning attacked and destroyed a squad of yellow thieves, Zhang Dapeng's
The itinerary seriously deviated from the route.
He took Zhang Xian, Zhou Xiucai and a group of refugees from central Sichuan to form a team, and then unexpected events occurred one after another when heading north. They encountered several groups of thieves one after another, but Zhang Dapeng still took the initiative to attack and annihilate them, saving many people.
There are examples such as Zhang Xian and Zhou Xiucai. The rescued people all wanted to follow Zhang Dapeng. At first, Zhang Dapeng just accepted it passively. Later, because there were too many people and he could no longer sneak across, he started to fight all the way. Many residents along the way
and pedestrians all rushed to join.
So later on, Zhang Dapeng simply raised a black flag and called himself the Daxi Black Flag Battalion to the outside world. Internally, he selected some young and brave men to form a team, and the others, old and weak, accompanied him as the old battalion.
Just walking and fighting all the way, the team grew like a snowball. Although most of his Black Flag Battalion were deserters from hunger, or some with missing arms and eyes who were mutilated by the thieves and the Western Army.
But even such a ragtag group of people, under the leadership of Zhang Dapeng, set up a camp and set rules.
Every time he encountered a thief, he would take the lead. After the battle, all seizures would be rewarded and rewarded according to the established rules. He would never hurt innocent people or rob the people, and he would not mess with women at all.
Come.
This won him everyone's trust. Zhang Xian, Zhou Xiucai and others also became the backbone of the Black Flag Battalion. Along the way, under the leadership of the local people along the way, they constantly attacked the yellow bandits and some mountain bandits, not to mention
, this group of rabble organized by the imperial camp officers according to the imperial camp rules, actually killed one group after another of brutal thieves.
They whittled bamboo into spears, felled wood into sticks, used wood to make shields, and armed themselves with stolen bows, arrows, and guns. Every time they attacked the bandits, they used three axes to make a surprise attack. Zhang Dapeng took the lead in the charge. If that didn't work, Zhang Dapeng would take the lead.
He and Yang Wei divided their troops into two groups to attack.
Basically, they were fighting small groups of bandits, and even some rogues who were so hungry that they could eat people, so there were no dangers along the way.
By now, Zhang Dapeng and the others had arrived at Chaotian Pass. After passing the pass, they left Sichuan and entered Hanzhong.
This is the last level.
At this time, his Black Flag Battalion already had more than 2,000 people, including about 300 people from Zhang Dapeng's death squad, more than 800 other warriors, and more than 1,000 old, weak, women and children who accompanied the camp.
Chaotian Pass is too majestic and dangerous, especially since Xiying General Liu Jinzhong is stationed here. It is impossible to go around and climb over it, and it is impossible to defeat it, so we can only find ways to cheat and get through.
"Liu Jinzhong is not some Western thieves, he is not easy to deceive, right?" Zhang Xian asked worriedly.
Zhang Dapeng looked at Guancheng.
Chaotian Guan is located west of the Jialing River, with a dangerous mountain to the north. Guancheng is located on the Chaotian Ridge of the ancient Shu Post Road.
Duan means that one man is in charge and no one can open it.
Zhou Xiucai looked at Guancheng at this time, and he was still interested in reciting a poem.
"Thousands of households are sad and smoke is growing wild. When will hundreds of officials turn to the sky again? When the government is established and the people hold their hands, they will lift their clothes to the sky! The spring scenery in the forbidden city will lead to the sky, and the Kui Dragon will approach the Dharma feast."
Dapeng praised, "Xiucai Zhou is a good poet!"
Zhou Xiucai laughed and said, "Although I have been studying for half my life, I have only studied eight essays. How could I write such a good poem? In fact, these are all written by predecessors. What I just said were sentences from three poems.
The two sentences were written by Wang Wei, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, the middle two sentences were written by Zhang Xiaoxiang in the Song Dynasty, and the last two sentences were written by Li Panlong during my reign."
Zhang Dapeng was an orphan before. He had never read a book. He did start to learn a little bit in the imperial camp, but he was only able to write his own name and could recognize less than a hundred characters.
"It seems that Chaotian Pass is very famous, and poets from the Tang Dynasty started writing about it."
Zhou Xiucai said, "Chaotian Pass is the north gate of Sichuan."
"Isn't the North Gate a sword pavilion?"
"Chaotian Pass is the north gate of Jiange. In the tenth year of Chongzhen, the intruder Li Zicheng led his army into Shu through Qipan Pass and Chaotian Pass. Then Hong Chengchou led Cao Bianjiao and others from Mian County to Li Ningqiang, and also entered through Qipan Pass and Chaotian Pass.
Shu."
"Lao Zhou, you are from Baoning. I heard that Liu Jinzhong is also from Baoning. What do you think of this guy?"
"It's hard to say. In these troubled times, it's even harder to say that the military generals are domineering and the army is strong."
"Sir, do we have to pass through Chaotian Pass?"
Zhang Dapeng was a little helpless, "If there were only a few of us, of course there would be no need to go through Chaotian Pass. We could always sneak past any animal that passes through the woodcutter road. But now there are more than two thousand of us, and we are attacking the yellow thieves along the way."
, now that the Thirteen Thieves are catching up from behind, do you think we have any other way besides moving forward?"
"But Liu Jinzhong may not be trustworthy."
"There is no other way. Let's meet him for a while first."
Zhang Xian objected, "Your Excellency has a heavy responsibility and has to rush to Hanzhong. Too much time has been wasted on the way. How about your Excellency and Captain Yang and others take the small road into Hanzhong first, while Zhou Xiucai and I go to see Liu Jinzhong.
If we can’t get out, everyone should disperse and hide in the mountains and forests.”
This is a more sensible suggestion.
But Zhang Dapeng has been getting along with everyone day and night these days, and has already developed feelings for him.
Some of these people were rescued by him, and some were joined halfway. They were all devastated by war and famine. Even his death squad of more than 300 people, the ones who charged the most fiercely every time they fought against thieves, most of them were killed.
They were disabled. They were mutilated by Western thieves and yellow thieves. Some were missing arms and noses. Many of them were left alone in troubled times, and their families were ruined.
They originally just wanted to escape and find a way to escape from this hell. Although they had a bloody hatred against the yellow thieves, the western thieves, etc., their cruelty made them suppressed by fear.
But Zhang Dapeng, this man from eastern Zhejiang, awakened the anger in their hearts, and they unleashed the bravery in their hearts, and they began to work hard to avenge those thieves.
They have become unafraid of death and even regard death as home.
In every battle, some disabled suicide squad members will die, and some seriously injured will even kill themselves or ask someone to kill them. Everyone will give them a ride together, but no one will feel sad.
Zhang Dapeng has magical powers, turning them from escaping cowards into brave warriors.
Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Zhang Dapeng told them that this was said by a famous person from the south of the Yangtze River. Now he is holding high the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and is a trusted minister of the saint.
The unyielding example of resistance to the Qing Dynasty in eastern Zhejiang made those disabled cowards rise to prominence.
Kill one to get enough money, kill two to earn one.
Even if they died before being killed, they still fought back.
Zhang Dapeng gave generous rewards to the death squads, recording their merits and rewards, and promised to report these military achievements in the future and recommend them to official positions, but the death squads actually didn't care.
They live every day as if it were their last, and they just want to live this last day well.
Money or fame or fame has been put aside for the time being.
Zhang Dapeng established his own Black Flag Army and called himself the commander-in-chief. He gave temporary official positions to those who followed him, such as Zhang Xian, the death commander of the death squad. This white-haired, one-armed old man is now the most carefree death squad member alive. Although he is old,
, but he has a desperate aura.
He is not very tall and is very thin, but he can burst out with endless ferocity in every battle. He once had his sword knocked off during a battle, and he even pounced directly on the man-eating thief and used his mouth to
He bit the man's throat, drank several mouthfuls of the enemy's blood, and even bit off a piece of raw meat and chewed it.
He roared and laughed wildly on the battlefield, which shocked the yellow thieves who usually eat people to satisfy their hunger. They also retreated and did not dare to approach.
Zhang Dapeng appointed Zhang Xian as the battalion officer of the Death Battalion of the Black Flag Army, and Zhou Xiucai, an old scholar, was appointed as the supervisor of the Black Flag Army.
Yang Wei is the deputy commander-in-chief, Liu Chengzu is the battalion officer of the Black Spear Battalion, and Ma Liang is the deputy battalion. The commanders of the sentry corps at all levels are also ruthless people like Saburo.
Along the way, the Black Flag Battalion, composed of so many refugees, was able to block the killing of gods and Buddhas all the way to Chaotian Pass.
They killed dozens of gangs of thieves with thousands of troops.
This seemed impossible, but they did it under their madness.
Now that he is unable to advance or retreat, Zhang Dapeng plans to go crazy again. He will personally go to Chaotian Pass to meet Liu Jinzhong. If he can deceive, he will deceive the switch. If he cannot deceive, he will reveal his identity.
Didn't wait too long in Guanxia.
Liu Jinzhong from the Pass sent people out to greet him.
However, Liu Jinzhong only asked the commander-in-chief of the Black Flag Battalion to bring ten servants in.
Zhang Xian winked and told Zhang Dapeng not to go in. Zhang Dapeng smiled and ordered ten suicide squads to go in.
"You are the commander-in-chief of the Black Flag Battalion. May I ask your name?"
Liu Jinzhong, a tall and burly man with a big beard, looked at Zhang Dapeng, who was also tall, with a bit of scrutiny.
"My surname is Zhang, Zhang Dapeng."
Liu Jinzhong looked at Zhang Dapeng, and then at the ten very special servants behind him, each wearing a mask. "Why are all General Zhang's servants wearing masks?"
"Afraid of scaring people."
"Oh, I also came here among the dead. Why don't you open it and take a look?"
Zhang Dapeng nodded to the suicide squad, and then everyone took off their masks, revealing the ferocious and mutilated faces underneath. Liu Jinzhong was stunned for a moment. Among the ten people, there were no noses. There were two holes left at the nose. It was very scary. Some faces
There were big scars on his face, and one guy even had no lips, showing his white teeth.
"this?"
"They are all real warriors. They have been through hell and back again. Each of them has at least a dozen heads under his command!"
Liu Jinzhong nodded.
He looked at Zhang Dapeng and then at these ferocious servants, "Let's call you Mr. Zhang. Does Mr. Zhang want to deceive Chaotian Pass into Hanzhong, or is he looking for an opportunity to seize my Guancheng, or even seize me?"
Where is Liu Jinzhong’s head?”
"What do you mean, Governor?"
"Let's open the skylight and speak frankly. As soon as the messenger of Lao Long live the edict left, you came on the back, holding a black flag and calling yourself the Black Flag Camp, but I won't believe it.
If my prediction is correct, you should be the group that attacked the yellow thieves everywhere in Baoning Prefecture recently. You don’t have to rush to deny it. I, Liu Jinzhong, am a local, and most of my brothers in Xiaoqiying are also from northern Sichuan.
Recently, a group of powerful people who specialize in fighting pornographic thieves suddenly appeared here, how can I not have any news?"
"Let me take a guess, you are definitely not the Great Western Army, nor are you from the camp, nor are you some people who have risen up among the people, or are gangsters who are gangsters. Judging from some of the news I have received, this
The troops are not like those in Sichuan.
I used to be very confused about where this god came from, but now I saw General Zhang, I suddenly realized that I heard that a group of Zhejiang Imperial Guard officers from Chongqing came to Chongqing and formed a Sichuan-Shaanxi camp. You should
Are you from Zhejiang?
That's right. Although you tried your best to hide your accent, I still heard some Zhejiang Vietnamese accent.
But what I still don’t understand is how you came to Boryeong, and you came in this way. What I’m more curious about is, how can you, with such a small team of people, be able to pull people in this mountain?
To send out such a force and defeat the thieves in such a short period of time?
Can you tell me your true identity and purpose?"
Zhang Dapeng didn't want to be told all the details as soon as he entered the city.
The ten suicide squad members directly pressed their hands on the handle of the knife, and their whole bodies tensed up, ready for a fight at any time.
Zhang Dapeng was silent for a while.
He held out his hand to the kamikaze to relax.
The other party has actually discovered their identities, so there is no need to worry.
"My name is indeed Zhang Dapeng!"
"From Chongqing Sichuan-Shaanxi Imperial Camp?"
Zhang Dapeng nodded.
Liu Jinzhong was secretly shocked. He had just cheated a little bit, but he didn't expect that he was actually right.
"Is General Zhang coming to seize my Chaotian Pass, or is he coming to annihilate my Xiaoqi Camp?"
"None of them." Zhang Dapeng also said openly, "I came from Sichuan, and everything I saw and heard made me horrified and angry. The cannibalistic thirteen thieves and the Western thieves who were slaughtered everywhere made me want to
I could kill them all immediately. I saw the Seven Kills Monument dedicated to thieves in Boryeong, but I also saw the six prohibitions made by Governor Liu.
Compared with the Western thieves, Governor Liu is a rare good person in this world of thieves."
"I'm not a good person. These days, everyone with a knife should be killed. No one is innocent." Liu Jinzhong laughed at himself.
"To be honest, I was ordered to deliver a message to Hanzhong. Some accidents happened on the way, which delayed a lot of time. Now there are many people around me, so I had no other choice but to ask Governor Liu to pass by."
"Borrowing a way?" Liu Jinzhong was a little surprised.
"Um,"
The two were silent for a while.
After a long time, Liu Jinzhong told Zhang Dapeng, "If you are going to Hanzhong to deliver a letter to Ma Ke, I advise you not to go."
"Why?"
"Although Marco was originally a Ming general, he has already been surrendered."
"Why did the governor lie to me?"
"Why did I lie to you? I just came back from Hanzhong and was defeated. Do you know why I was defeated? It's easy to underestimate the enemy and be fooled, but more importantly, there are Jianzhou Tartars in the Hanzhong Ma Ke Army. Although the number is not large, they are
There were also two thousand cavalry. I was lured into an ambush by Ma Ke, and I was not defeated. But at the critical moment, two thousand Tatar cavalry suddenly came out from behind and broke through our rear formation. This caused my entire army to be in chaos and I had to suffer defeat.
Return."
Zhang Dapeng was stunned, as if he still didn't dare to accept this result.
"Although I don't know how Ma Ke secretly colluded with the Tatars, this is already a fact. I advise General Zhang not to leave Chaotian Pass. Otherwise, although your Black Flag Battalion is very powerful in defeating the yellow thieves, it will not be able to defeat the yellow thieves."
There are probably not enough to give away those Tatars."
Zhang Dapeng was completely confused and speechless for a moment.
After a long while, he raised his head and asked, "Why did Governor Liu tell me this?"
Liu Jinzhong took out a silver seal and said, "I have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty a long time ago. This is the admiral's silver seal given to me by Governor Wen. We are actually our own people."
