Chapter 55, Survival in Danger
As they spoke, they had come to the barracks. When the sentry in front of the door saw dozens of horsemen and horses coming, he thought that it was the general returning to the camp, and was just about to open the door, when he suddenly saw the head of the person who was carrying it, he was startled, and shouted: "Who are you?" Where is General Wang? ”
Li Yan said loudly: "The court has a decree to kill the general Wang Bi." The armies are innocent and keep their place. ”
Hearing that the general had been killed, the sentries were stunned, and Li Yan shouted: "Open the camp gate, we will enter the camp to announce the decree." ”
The sentries hurriedly opened the gate and let them in.
At this time, the horn sounded in the camp, and as soon as they heard this, all the Ming soldiers jumped up, put on their clothes and hats, ran out of the barracks, and came to the school field to line up.
Now that almost all the officers had been killed, and only one general flag remained in the battalion, the flag officer, who did not know what was happening, came to the school yard in a daze, and when he saw the head of the general, he was also very frightened.
Li Yan and Li Dang and others stood on the high platform, glanced at the Ming army below, some Qin troops were beating drums vigorously in their hearts, five hundred people, usually it seems that there are not many, but now compared with their own side, there is a huge disparity between the outnumbered, if it weren't for the fact that these Qin troops are all experienced in a hundred battles and are not afraid of death, I am afraid that someone would have already broken into a cold sweat.
The general banner froze and shouted, "Are you officials of the court?" Was the killing of the general by order of the governor, or the will of the court? ”
Li Yan sneered: "You don't have to ask this first, let me ask you, is your military salary paid in time?" ”
As soon as he heard this, almost all the Ming troops looked at each other, no one spoke, Li Yan had a bottom in his heart, so he asked the general banner, and the general banner said a few words, and finally said: "Naturally timely, it will be sent every month......"
As soon as his words fell, a small commotion began among the sergeants.
Li Yan said: "It seems that everyone is quite suspicious of what you say, but in fact, if you don't say it, I also know that you haven't been able to get your military salary for several months, right?" ”
The army was already full of resentment, and when they heard this, they responded one after another.
Li Yan said: "General Wang Bike deducted military salaries, ate empty salaries, has already happened, and dared to resist arrest with a knife, has been killed, and the head is here." The general flag seemed to have a very close relationship with the general, and when he heard this, he shouted: "The general loves the soldier like a son, how can he withhold the military salary, since it is a court killing, please show the governor's warrant or the court's will." ”
Li Yan smiled: "You want a warrant?" Right here, come forward. ”
As he spoke, he took out an envelope from his bosom, held it in his hand, and waited for the general flag to come and get it.
The general flag did not suspect that there was fraud, strode forward, and stretched out his hand. Li Yan glanced at Li Kang beside him and nodded slightly, Li Kang had already drawn his knife in his hand and was ready. As soon as the general flag general got the letter in his hand, he jumped forward coldly, raised a knife in his hand, and chopped it on the back of the general flag's neck.
This knife almost cut off the head of the general banner, blood sprayed wildly, and the general banner was killed instantly.
When all the troops saw it, they all shouted, and they ran around like a pot. Many people went back to the barracks, copied their weapons in their hands, and were about to fight.
Li Yan shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, the army, we will only kill corrupt officials and corrupt officials, not soldiers and civilians." As long as you listen to orders, you will be rewarded with a great reward, and a reward of ten taels of silver......"
That last sentence is really effective. As soon as they heard that there was a silver reward, most of them stopped moving, stood on the spot, stretched their necks and listened.
There were still some things that I didn't hear, and when I saw that my companion didn't move, I also quieted down, and slowly calmed down on the school field, and the five hundred Ming Jun looked at Li Yan with their eyes, wanting to hear him continue.
Li Yan knew that the scene was already in his hands.
At this time, what kind of national righteousness, loyalty, filial piety and shame are all bullshit. There are only two words in control of the situation, silver!
Li Dang admired it very much, no wonder his brother wanted to pretend to be a county order to enter the city, just to accept the gifts of those gentry as a reward for these bitter Ming soldiers. With silver, everything is easy.
Thinking of this, he instructed Qin Jun to open all the boxes, and by the light of the torches on the school ground, the troops saw that inside the boxes were white flowers and silver, bright silk, and bright jewelry. For a while, my eyes were spent, where did I think of dancing knives and guns.
Li Yan coughed slowly twice at this time, and said loudly: "The country is ruined, and the people are suffering, but the government is not sympathetic, and the money collected is all into the pockets of corrupt officials. ”
Very few people began to respond: "No...... I can't......"
Li Yan continued: "To tell you the truth, we are not officials of the court, but the Great Qin Yishi who pulled the flag and rebelled, the county order has killed us halfway, and now we have killed the generals, and we have occupied the entire county, our army will arrive tomorrow, you have to think clearly, follow us, there will be a salary every month, meritorious service will be rewarded, it is all cash, and you will never break your word, if you are not willing to rebel, if you want to go home, you can ...... as you wish."
Suddenly, someone in the Ming army shouted: "Don't believe these thieves, they are here to kill us, everyone, ......"
I saw that more than a dozen Ming troops really rushed forward, raising their swords and guns, while most of the Ming troops were watching on the spot, undecided.
Li Dang led the Qin army to meet him, and in the blink of an eye, he chopped over more than ten Ming troops to the ground.
At this moment, with a whoosh, a cold arrow flew and shot at Li Yan's door, a Qin soldier beside Li Yan raised a sheepskin soft shield to block it, intercepted the arrow, and another Qin soldier pulled his bow and shot, only to hear a scream, a Ming soldier fell from a big tree twenty steps away, and was hit by an arrow in the throat and was killed.
Li dared to roar: "Which of the armies dares to act recklessly, die!" ”
The others were a little surprised, and since there was no leader, one by one they did not feel like they were backing back.
Li Yan hurriedly shouted: "Now we will start paying, ten taels per person......
The Ming army looked at each other, and no one dared to come forward to receive the silver for a while.
When Li Yan saw it, he was in a hurry and shouted: "The first one to come forward to receive it will be rewarded with ten taels ......."
There was a stir for a while, but no one dared to step forward, because everyone had just seen that the flag officer had only gone over to get a letter and was chopped off in the head.
But in the end, someone still believed that a small soldier of the Ming army might be poor, and finally mustered up the courage and stepped forward tremblingly.
Li Yan took out twenty taels of silver from the box, held it in his hand, and waited for the soldier to come and get it. The little soldier trembled his hands, slowly touched the silver, then grabbed it in his hand, looked at Li Yan and those Qin soldiers a few times, and found that no one wanted to do it, so he slowly withdrew it, picked up the silver, turned around and ran back to the team.
He tightly protected the silver in his arms, and his whole body trembled with excitement: "My father is saved, my father is saved......"
When the army saw that he had safely obtained the silver, they couldn't help but burst out, like a fried pot, they all rushed up, Li Dang and Qin Jun raised their swords and guns, and shouted: "Whoever dares to rob, kill on the spot." Li Yan shouted: "The army is divided into four teams, receive the rewards in turn, don't fight, there are enough silver, everyone has a ......."
The Ming army settled down a little, the Qin army came to take the lead and killed almost all the officers, and the remaining sergeants were leaderless and had no ideas, and secondly, there was a heavy reward in front of them, they had not been able to get their salaries for nearly a year, and when they saw the silver, they were all overjoyed, who would care if it was the court or the thieves who gave the silver.
Seeing that all the Ming troops lined up one after another to receive the reward in an orderly manner, Li Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when all the troops had received the reward, everyone's expressions became excited, and they exchanged words one after another.
Li Yan said loudly: "Listen, at present, my Great Qin army has taken over Huayin City, you are the Ming army, and it stands to reason that you should be treated as prisoners of war, but my Great Qin Emperor has the virtue of a good life, and he will no longer pursue it, and if he wants to join my Qin army, he will be given preferential treatment, and the salary will be doubled." If you don't want to be with us, you can't force it, you can return to your hometown freely, and you won't be embarrassed. Take your pick. ”