"The Qin thieves have all started to attack the city, what are you still doing here? Why don't you go to the city soon? ”

Seeing that the defenders were hiding under the city wall, Jiang Hao jumped to his feet and shouted.

"My lord, the artillery outside is too fierce to go up."

A man named Qin Bosheng replied with a bitter face.

"If you can't go up, you have to go, there are only dozens of artillery, and they may not be able to hit you."

"Adult ......"

Jiang Hao turned his face sideways: "Qin Bosheng, as the commander, but you retreated from the battle, the general soldier has not punished you for your crimes, do you still want to disobey now?" ”

Upon hearing this, Qin Bosheng obediently lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more, but a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

"Come, drive them all up the walls."

"What about the gunners? Have you left all the artillery at the head of the city alone? Where did the gunner die? Hurry out and go up to the city to fight back. ”

Jiang Hao shouted loudly while looking around for the gunner who didn't know where to hide.

"Don't you want to live? All up! ”

"You're still fucking grinding, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will give you a local Fa-rectification?"

Jiang Jiu's more than 100 personal soldiers raised waist knives to intimidate the defenders in the corner, and whipped those who were unwilling to move their buttocks.

Qin Bosheng muttered a few words unhappily, and was just about to step up to the city when a whip suddenly "snapped" on his back.

"Who beats Lao Tzu?" Qin Bosheng was furious.

"Lao Tzu hit, how? Do you want to rebel? ”

One of Jiang Jiu's personal soldiers pointed at him with a horsewhip.

"Lao Tzu is the boss, you dare to beat Lao Tzu even if you are a fart?"

"Whew! A little boss dares to go wild in front of Lao Tzu? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu cut off your head first, and then went to the chief soldier to accuse you of the crime of joining the enemy? ”

"You ......"

Qin Bosheng was furious, that pro-soldier was not even an official, he was just a follower beside Jiang Xuan, these pro-soldiers usually acted as a prestige, and now they were still whipping him in front of hundreds of big-headed soldiers, and even threatened him with the crime of defecting to the enemy in person.

I can't stand it anymore.

The more Qin Bosheng thought about it, the more angry he became, and suddenly pulled out his waist knife.

"Yo, it's against you."

The soldier threw away the horsewhip, drew out the waist knife, and said in a sinister voice: "Lao Tzu has already seen that you are not pleasing to the eye, you want to send it to the door, Lao Tzu still can't ask for it." ”

Hundreds of Jiang Jiu's personal soldiers around him also came around, one by one holding weapons and murderous.

Not to be outdone, the hundred or so big-headed soldiers under Qin Bosheng's command drew their weapons one after another, and followed a few steps to confront those pro-soldiers.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, another general named Zhao Lishan hurriedly ran over and grabbed Qin Boyang.

"Brother Qin, forget it, endure the calm for a while."

Qin Bosheng's face was full of resentment: "These bitches have ridden on Lao Tzu's head, how can you let Lao Tzu endure it?" ”

Zhao Lishan didn't speak, only glanced at him.

Qin Bosheng frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and finally put the knife away, shouted "Let's go", and then walked towards the stairs.

Zhao Lishan hurriedly followed, and hundreds of soldiers around him also walked up the stairs slowly.

"Brother Zhao, why did you stop me?"

Seeing Zhao Lishan catching up, Qin Bosheng asked suspiciously.

Zhao Lishan looked left and right, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Qin, do you want to kill the Tartars?" ”

"Of course I want to, how to ......"

Qin Bosheng's face changed greatly in the middle of his words.

"That's right, brother, I want to serve Lord Qin." Zhao Lishan nodded calmly.

"Brother Qin, think about it, what are we going to do with Jiang Xuan? There is nothing, even the empty salary is not our share, the food is in arrears, and we have to be asked to appease the brothers below, we will do all the dirty work, and the benefits will not be our turn, purely thankless, every time an official comes, those pro-soldiers always ride on our heads to and pee. ”

"Brother, I don't want to live this kind of life anymore, I want to go to Lord Qin to get a job, even if I can't be an official, I have a head start compared to now, and my life will definitely be better than now."

Qin Bosheng frowned: "Brother, have you thought about it?" It's a great crime to kill your head. ”

"Hehe, brother, not only me, but also Liu Siwutian and a few of them, they have also thought about it, more than 30,000 soldiers and horses are coming, and they can't help Lord Qin, what else can the court do with him?"

"Moreover, he is now fighting Lanzhou, and then he will definitely fight Baode, Hequ and Yatou Pass, after taking these places, the imperial court will completely take him, these places are easy to defend and difficult to attack, the south is Luliang Mountain, the west is the Yellow River, and there is the Inner Great Wall in the east.

"What's more, today's court is rotten, there are rogues inside, there are slaves outside, and those nerds in the court will only form parties and intrigue for personal gain, or talk on paper to mislead the country and the people, it won't be long before this court is about to fall, we might as well find another way out as soon as possible and serve Lord Qin."

"You have also seen it, Lord Qin's firearms are extremely sharp, and the soldiers will be fierce, I am afraid that this Ningwu Pass will not be able to hold it, if we don't surrender, I am afraid that there is only one way to die, and it is uncertain how long we can live on this city wall."

After hearing this, Qin Bosheng frowned tightly and said nothing.

Zhao Lishan said again: "I have discussed with Liu Siwu and a few of them, first kill Jiang Jiu and Wen Buyou's personal soldiers, and then tie up those two people, open the door and surrender." ”

Qin Bosheng's eyes narrowed slightly: "How many people are there now?" ”

"There are less than five hundred people who nodded, I don't know how many others will respond at that time, brother, among our brothers, you have the most weight to speak and the greatest ability, if you raise your arms and exhale, this matter will be iron."

"What about Li Dusi? What about other officials such as Zhenfu? ”

"If they know each other, we won't embarrass them, but if they don't know each other, they will be tied together."

Qin Bosheng didn't ask, only frowned, and walked up while pondering.

When he walked to the city wall and saw the army slowly approaching outside the city, a cannonball suddenly landed not far from him, breaking the leg of one of the defenders from the knee.

The cannon outside the city was rumbling, and the screams in the ears were terrible.

Qin Bosheng gritted his teeth, seemed to struggle for a while, and suddenly said, "Fuck it!" ”

"Brother Yingming, brother, I'll go and contact Liu Siwu and Tian Guangming."

"Okay, let them move quickly, let's fight quickly."

Zhao Lishan hurriedly went, and Qin Bosheng called a few of his trusted subordinates and whispered them, and after those subordinates dispersed, they each found a bunch of people to gather around and whisper something.

Not long after, two groups of people came down from the city walls on the north and south sides, led by Liu Siwu and Tian Guangming.

Qin Bosheng drew his waist knife again, and shouted to the big-headed soldiers around him who were squatting under the female wall to avoid the shells: "Brothers, Jiang Hao and his own soldiers ride on our heads every day to and pee, our lives should not be sold to them, it is not worth it." ”

"I'm going to slaughter those bitches, tie up Jiang Jiu and Wen Buyou, open the city gate to welcome Lord Qin, and if you want to go to Lord Qin's place to eat, come with me."

As he spoke, Qin Bosheng strode down the city tower.

"Let's go, slaughter those bitches."

"Brothers, staying on this city wall is a dead end, it is better to follow Brother Qin and find another way out."

"Lord Qin was in charge of three meals a day, two dry and one thin, and one or two taels of silver every month, I heard that we never owe or deduct, we are a soldier to the imperial court, and it is also a life to be a soldier for him, why don't you go to his place to eat a full meal and then work hard?"

"I want to kill the Tartars, I want to follow Lord Qin to kill the Tartars of the dog day!"

More and more people responded, and the big-headed soldiers who didn't know why looked at each other and followed.

Soon, there was no one left in the city.

Jiang Hao had just found a dozen or so artillerymen who were hiding, and after a few whips, he was scolding and driving those people towards the city wall.

Seeing Zhao Lishan, Liu Siwu and Tian Guangguang and others, leading hundreds of soldiers down from the east and west city walls, walking towards them murderously with weapons in hand, and seeing the city head in front of them, Qin Bosheng also led hundreds of people to stride downstairs, or their eyes were cold, or their faces were full of murderous anger, Jiang Hao and Wen Buyou were suddenly shocked.

"What are you going to do? Qin Bosheng, what are you going to do? ”

Qin Bosheng tightened the knife in his hand, and said coldly: "Lord Jiang, Lord Wen, we have to open the door to welcome Lord Qin." ”

"Before that, all of your dogs and butts will die!"

"You...... Don't you dare? ”

"Kill!"

Qin Bosheng flicked his waist knife and strode over.

……

Outside the city, Qin Chuan put down the telescope in his hand suspiciously, waved his hand, and signaled the gunner to suspend the shelling first.

After the cannonade stopped, Qin Chuan heard the shouts and screams in the city.

It sounds like a one-sided slaughter.

"The order goes down, the whole army stops advancing and stands by in place."

Qin Chuan said lightly, and then rode forward.

The advancing Guandi army quickly stopped.

Qin Chuan walked behind a shield cart and waited quietly.

After about a quarter of an hour, the shouting stopped, and the sound of carrying bricks and stones could be heard from behind the city gates.

There were also a few people on the head of the city, and the one led shouted outside the city: "Qin Boyang, the chief of the deputy chief military standard battalion in Xiashanxi, may I ask where Lord Qin is?" ”

Hearing this, Qin Chuan took a few steps forward and replied, "I am Qin Chuan." ”

"I've seen Lord Qin."

Qin Boyang arched his hand, and said: "Lord Qin, Jiang Jiu and Wen Buyou have been tied up by us, and we are willing to serve the adults, but please don't kill after the adults enter the city." ”

Although he had expected it, Qin Chuan was still overjoyed, and replied in a loud voice: "Okay, I won't kill anyone after entering the city, I, Qin Chuan, will speak, and I will speak with all my words." ”

"Thank you, sir, I hope you will wait for a while, and when the masonry in the door hole is cleared, I will open the door and surrender immediately."

"Okay."

Being able to take Ningwu Pass without spending a single soldier is a bit unexpected by Qin Chuan, it can be said to be an unexpected joy, and it doesn't matter if you don't kill people.

About two quarters of an hour later, the south gate of Ningwu Pass opened from the inside, and Qin Boyang led more than 2,000 people out of it, gathered on both sides of the city gate, and curiously looked at Qin Chuan not far away and the Guan Emperor army behind him.

Among them, Qin Boyang, Zhao Lishan, Liu Siwu and Tian Guangguang walked towards Qin Chuan, holding Jiang Xuan, Wen Buyou and a Du Si, who were tightly tied.

Qin Chuan turned over and dismounted, and greeted him with a red-clothed attendant.

"In the lower Qin Boyang, I have seen Lord Qin, from now on, I wish to saddle the horse before and after, and never give up."

Qin Boyang took the lead in kneeling down on one knee and said respectfully with his fists clenched.

Zhao Lishan and others also knelt down on one knee one after another.

"Hahaha, from now on, they are all brothers, no need to be polite." Qin Chuan stepped forward with a smile and helped them up.

Qin Boyang secretly glanced at him, and saw that his smile was neither exaggerated nor perfunctory, without the slightest pretentiousness, kind but not majestic, and his gestures were casual and calm, but there was a faint sense of battle-hardened tempering, and a momentum of holding the life and death of others.

"Since you are willing to follow me, I will naturally not treat you badly, you and a few others will temporarily take the general position, the same as before, lead a hundred soldiers, and the salary will be paid according to the standard of the Guan Emperor Army, and in the future, they will be promoted according to their merits."

"As for the other brothers......"

Qin Chuan looked at the more than 2,000 soldiers on the side of the city gate, and then said: "If you brothers don't want to be soldiers, I can divide the fields for you to plant, and only collect 30% of the rent." ”

"If you still want to be a soldier, you will be assigned to the Guan Emperor Army, three meals a day, two dry and one thin, one or two monthly salaries, and other treatment is the same as that of others."

"However, since you have joined the Guan Di Army, you have to abide by the military rules of the Guan Di Army, you have to do things according to our rules, and some of the previous habits have to be changed."

"Moreover, you have to retrain your troops, it doesn't matter if you are not strong enough, it's okay if you don't play well with knives, guns and sticks, but you must obey orders and obey commands."