Confrontation (4)

Spring in Jiangnan comes early, almost just after the cold days, and the sowing season has arrived. The warm wind mixed with the drizzle, drifting from south to north, as if someone waved his hand in mid-air, and the sky and earth were instantly painted with green, either thick or light. Looking at it intently, the light ones are the first spring grass that has just poked out of the mud, and those that are extremely thick are mostly lonely weeds in uninhabited courtyards.

A few peasants were barefoot, busy in the fields. Originally, I was afraid that there would not be enough fields to plant, but now, there is endless wilderness around me. After the Mongols "combed up" several times, most of the rural population suddenly decreased to less than 30% of the original size. The farmland that came out in an instant was full of grates, and it was desolate and barren.

"Alas!" A farmer with a scar on his face raised his head from the field, looked at the wilderness below, and sighed helplessly. Nearby are all fine wheat fields, and the soil is almost oily. If you can turn it over and sprinkle the seeds, you can see the wheat waves all over the field in autumn. After dealing with the irregular taxes of the imperial court, maybe you can leave a stone and a half for your own enjoyment. It's a pity that he can't do anything now. Everything in the village that brought iron was taken away by the Mongols. Even the knives used by the five families in turn, not to mention the iron hoes, pears and shovels. Without tools, the farmers had to leave most of the fields unused, making the already difficult days even harder.

"Dog baby, it's going to die, it's a long life!" An old voice came from the ground, and the head that had just been raised to rest was forced down again. Scarface smiled ashamedly and sped up the weeds. It is the elders of his clan who scold people, who live a long life and understand a lot of truths, and scolding him is to plan for the future of the whole clan. In this troubled world, no one has the qualifications to be idle, if you don't work hard, you won't be able to complete the name of those old men in autumn, maybe when the next spring comes, the surviving clansmen will become dry bones abandoned in the ravine.

The Mongols are unreasonable, they only kill people. Whoever possesses iron weapons shall be killed. Those who owe and do not pay, kill. Those who complain, kill. The attitude is obedient, but the people in the clan are too populous, and it is also a word, kill!

A few low horses' hooves sounded from far away from the entrance of the village. All the peasants and peasant women immediately put down their hands, picked up the jars of wild vegetables between the ridges, and flew into the woods. The soldiers have passed, and it can be judged by such a dense sound of horses' hooves. The people who had already been slaughtered knew that it was the Mongol soldiers, and they quickly hid in search of what they thought was a safe place. In the thatched hut in the middle of the village, there was a heart-rending cry of a frightened child. And those who are parents lie in the pit in the woods, and do not dare to come out to rescue. Even though his lips were bitten and his fingers were stuck in the dirt with hatred, the only people who dared to complain were the gods who acted unjustly.

It was as if the mouth was suddenly blocked by something, and the child's crying stopped abruptly. The sound of horses' hooves slowed down, the sound of soldiers' running footsteps slowed down, and with the long sound of trumpets, several large tents were erected in the open space between the villages.

"Oh my God! They're going to camp here! The farmer, who was hiding in the woods, cried out in despair.

All the people who did not have time to escape from the village were finished, and the Mongol warriors had enough time all night to search the women and children out of the corners of each house and use them as "excerpts" for drinking before going to bed. As for whether these women and children can survive after the recreation, it all depends on the individual's creation.

A few wisps of smoke drifted from the village and into the nostrils of those who lurked in the woods. Desperate tears were raised in hatred, and the lurkers suddenly discovered that the soldiers in the village were not wearing Da Yuan uniforms.

"Oh my God, it's a bandit!" Accompanied by a brief moment of euphoria, a deeper despair welled up in my heart. The bandits will not harm the women and children who remain in the village, but there will be no useful objects left in the village after the bandits. From the low benches between the stoves to the beams on the roof, they will remove everything that can be removed. Everywhere you go, the consequences are similar to a flood.

"Daddy, child, don't hide, come out, it's the official army, the official army!" The woman's voice suddenly sounded from the field. Listening to it in the ears makes people's hearts tremble. The officials and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, their behavior is a little better than that of the bandits, but it may not be any better. In the past few years, there were many officers and soldiers coming and going in this area, and it was not good to kill the Tartars and loot the people, but they had the ability to compete one by one.

"Dad, it's the Broken Army, the Broken Army that sends cakes!" The childish voices of the children revive the hope for life in people's hearts little by little.

"It's the broken army under Prime Minister Wen's command! The army of spoilers who gave everyone food and seeds" seemed to know the thoughts of the men, and the women shouted in unison on the ridges.

In the woods, more than a dozen men who did not look like men rushed out in twos and threes, stumbling across the farmland, hugging their women and children, unable to say a word.

The Broken Army, these three words they have heard, are the troops in the south who have killed the Tartars. I heard rumors that not far to the south in Fujian, the people of Pingtou are living a heavenly life. If it weren't for the fear of being intercepted and killed on the road, everyone would have fled over the mountains and mountains. Unexpectedly, the captive army would reach Jiangxi so quickly.

"Daddy, eat!" The child pulled half a piece of saliva out of his mouth and brought it to his father's mouth. The father pushed away the hard cake, wiped his face full of dirt and tears, stood up, staggered, and walked towards the place where the banner of the Broken Army was erected.

He wants to take a closer look at this banner.

"The grain has been divided, the grain has been divided, each family has ten catties of rice, a hoe, a kitchen knife, and a curved sickle. Hurry up and queue up! At the temporary camping entrance, Ximen Biao knocked on the gong and shouted proudly.

The men who came over and tried to say a few words of thanks shouted, ran over like crazy, and surrounded Simon Biao in the middle.

"Master Jun, what you said is serious!" The patriarch who was over the age of sixteen wiped his old eyes and asked suspiciously.

"Seriously, don't rush, take your time. Don't call me a military master, I'm a general, Major General Ximen! Ximen Biao replied in the affirmative, straightened up with pride, and showed people a golden six-pointed star on the white steel shoulder pads.

It was paid by himself to hire craftsmen to fight, imitating the newly formulated military ranks of the Broken Army. A gold star means that he is a major general of the Broken Army, only one level shorter than his top boss on Jiangnan West Road, Lynch.

Villagers poured in from their hideouts to collect food and iron farming tools from soldiers. A few elderly fathers rubbed the soil for incense, led the children in the village, and saluted the battle flag of the Broken Army. From the mouths of the soldiers, they already knew that the broken army in front of them was just passing by, and they did not plan to stay permanently. It will be some time before the large army of the Broken Army recovers Jiangxi. But that doesn't stop them from expressing gratitude in their own way. It was this team under a blue banner embroidered with golden stars that saved their village. And this blue flag, although it will leave early tomorrow morning, will eventually float on the Jiangxi South Road again one day.

Ximen Biao returned to the camp with a smile, and the eyes of the people made him feel very happy. In the past, when I followed Chen Hangyan's big boss to gather in the Wuthering Mountains and Forests, I didn't have this feeling. At that time, when the people saw themselves, they were only afraid, and there was disgust hidden behind the faces of fear. But now they look at themselves with a sincere worship, like a god.

To be honest, the more than 1,000 people under the command of Ximen Biao should be called the Revival Army. After all, judging from the bloodline, this cavalry came from the righteous thieves under the command of Chen Hangyan. However, since entering Jiangxi last summer, Ximen Biao found that under the banner of the Broken Army, it was more deterrent to the new annexed troops in various places, so without asking Chen Hangyan and Wen Tianxiang for instructions, he changed the name of this cavalry to the Cavalry Brigade of the Broken Army, which was equivalent to the status of the Artillery Brigade of the Broken Army.

In Ximen Biao's own opinion, the big boss Chen Hangyan has no objection to this. At least, when the group joined forces to attack Ganzhou last winter, Chen Da's family did not protest with him. Now that Chen Da's family has returned to Fujian to receive the revival army after the completion of the training, Ximen Biao will not change his banner back.

Wen Tianxiang changed the military system in Fujian and reformulated the rank of military generals. The one who leads the regiment is a colonel, and the one who leads a bid is a major general. According to Ximen Biao's estimate, Chen Hangyan's revival army will soon do the same, so he simply added himself the rank of major general and designated several major leaders under his command as colonels. and asked the master to write a letter and report the reorganization report to Lin Qi, the supreme commander of the Jiangnan West Road Breaking Army, and Prime Minister Wen Cheng. General Lynch smiled, noncommittal. And Lord Wen did not object, and sent people to disguise themselves as a caravan and secretly brought him a batch of grenades and new sabers.

In line with the principle that if no one opposes it, he agrees, Ximen Biao has established his own secret stronghold in the areas of Yihuang and Le'an, and even in the mountains of the Linjiang Army (Prefecture) under the banner of the cavalry brigade of the Broken Army. Echoing with Lynch, who was fighting between Taihe, Yongxin and Longquan, the Mongolian army in Jiangxi Province was very busy.

Destroying enemy troops on a rapid march was originally the specialty of the Mongol army. But Ximen Biao and Lynch had no intention of treating the Mongol army as their opponent. Their main targets were the new annexed army and the powerful forces that had surrendered to the Northern Yuan. These soft bones who are not good in civil and foreign wars can't stop Ximen Biao and Lin Qifeng Sakura, trapped in the city, and constantly complaining to Dachun. And when Dachun's reinforcements arrived, the Breakers had already looted the warehouses of the heroes outside the city, and they were missing on captured Mongolian horses.

After suffering several blows and discovering that the Mongol army could not shoulder the responsibility of defending its property, the attitude of the powerful in various places gradually changed. The urgent letters Dachun received were still like snowflakes, but the authenticity was very problematic. Being robbed by the Broken Army has become the most reasonable excuse for the powerful people in various places to delay the submission of money and military funds to Dachun. And a large part of the materials that were not handed over on time were "lost" to the hands of the Broken Army.

The army of the captives who "raised" sufficient resources in the hands of Haoqiang by means of robbery and extortion, distributed the food and materials that could not be taken away to the people in various places. And those people who have benefited from the Broken Army have become the eyes and allies of the Broken Army, helping them to create greater incidents in various places.

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