Volume 2 The Death of the Yellow Turban Chapter 89 A Blessing in Disguise
It took only an hour for the Han army to clear the battlefield, and they immediately commanded hundreds of captives to push the cart and embark on the return journey.
Although some of the grain was burned, it was only a drop in the bucket in terms of the huge amount. Looking at the money carts and grain trucks that could not be seen at a glance, the Han soldiers were so smiling that they couldn't even open their eyes. Because General Zhonglang said that as long as he returns to the camp safely, nearly 10,000 soldiers will be rewarded.
Although it was found that many carts were not loaded with money and food, they were also some heavy items such as broken swords and quilts, which could always come in handy.
Nanying's mouth was also almost grinning, not only did he win countless grains and grass in this battle, but also unexpectedly captured hundreds of refined swords, which was a huge fortune. Although the Southern Eagle Division has won a lot of battles and captured a lot, it is basically some old and broken copper and iron, which is of little value. And the weapons held by these three groups of black-clothed men are all made of good steel, and the craftsmanship is also quite exquisite, and there are even a lot of fifty refining products, if you get it to the prairie where there is a shortage of steel, I am afraid that a good knife will be enough to replace a good war horse, how can this not make him ecstatic.
Nanying was absent-mindedly riding his horse, and at the same time, he had already made a small calculation in his heart, money was of little use to himself, as long as he rewarded the soldiers, he might as well hand it over in full....... no, gold is still somewhat useful, it can be used to buy that kind of tall war horse from the Guishan horse merchant Aquix, it seems that he will also be deducted a few percent. As for food, as the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, is it easy for Lao Tzu to fight and die along the way? It's impossible to say that there are only two and one to add five, even if Tianzi and Zhang Feng know, they can't say anything. There are also these hundreds of good knives and good swords, these are all the extra trophies that will be earned, not in those grains and grass money, of course, they are all retained, hum, who dares to burst out of half a word? Look at how the young master kills or buries .......
Gao Shun saw his dazzling appearance, how could he not understand his careful thoughts, and scolded with a smile: "Saliva is flowing out!" You are now a famous general, and you have a big business, can you have a little success? ”
He said angrily: "Get through the difficulties in front of you first, and you will never be too happy anymore!" ”
Nanying suddenly came to his senses, smiled awkwardly, and shouted: "Come on, pass on my order!" Release the eye of the sky, and the whole army will march with fire! ”
As soon as this order came out, the soldiers who had a little bit of brains immediately understood, and they were all awe-inspiring in their hearts, and all the joy they had just left behind, although wealth was tempting, they had to be enjoyed by life.
There was no need for the generals to remind them again, the little golden light in the eyes of the soldiers instantly turned into a dignified murderous aura, and everyone was like a hungry wolf with green eyes in their eyes, the knives were unsheathed, the arrows were wound, and the torches were raised in front of the cart, and the whole team immediately exuded an amazing momentum, silently transmitting a signal to all the people who were watching in the dark: It's a big deal that the jade is burned!
Gao Shun's move did have a great deterrent effect, less than an hour after the Han army set off, news came from Tianyan, and at least several groups of people and horses nearby were secretly following, but no one dared to come forward.
Nanying and Gao Shun both sneered in their hearts, as expected, these groups of people and horses all have their own ghosts, so there is no need to worry about it at all. They all have the bitterness of not being able to reveal their identities, so it is absolutely impossible to unite to besiege the Han army. And if they talk about a single strength, there is no group of people who are the opponents of the Han army, and no one dares to take the lead in launching an offensive, lest they be swallowed up by others after consuming their strength.
The biggest crisis lies in whether there are still other forces rushing to intercept it, and if the Han army is forced to go to war with an enemy, it will immediately be besieged from all sides, and whether it can keep the convoy is not to say, heavy casualties are inevitable.
As time passed in a hurry, seeing that they were getting closer to the Han army camp, Nan Ying and Gao Shun's hearts that were hanging in mid-air seemed to be slowly relaxed, but unfortunately they were afraid of something, they were still happy too early.
The poignant eagle chirped through the sky, Nan Ying looked up at the hovering eagle dance, and suddenly his pupils contracted, although he could only understand some of the simplest eagle dances, but he also understood that this was the eagle found that a large number of people were coming in front of him, and the most feared disaster finally appeared.
When nearly a thousand Han troops hurriedly formed a formation, preparing to deal with the impending fierce battle, the enemy army in front finally appeared in the distance.
All the soldiers of the Han army, who were waiting for the great enemy, were stunned, and suddenly the sound of laughter rang out.
Nanying's eyes almost popped out: "God! What's going on here? ”
There were not many enemies coming, only about three or four thousand people, and all of them were infantry, and the reason why the Han army laughed was because they could not be called soldiers at all, but could only be said to be some disaster victims with broken copper and iron.
Among them, old and young, all of them were ragged and hungry, and their weapons were even more laughable, and not only did most of them use only sharpened bamboo poles, but some even carried rusty and broken iron plows.
The rabble of the people, the bandits, did not speak, but stood far away, but firmly cut off the way of the Han army.
Nan Ying frowned and said to himself, "It seems that these people have been used as guns!" ”
"Guns?" Gao Shun said casually: "Is that the spear-like weapon you said?" ”
He came to his senses and said, "When you say they are guns, do you mean that they are being used?" ”
"Is there any other possibility?" Nan Ying's face sank: "Those men in black must have seen that they had no chance to seize the treasure, so they rushed to the front of us, spread rumors to these people who don't know whether they were homeless people or bandits, took advantage of their embarrassment of not having enough to eat, and encouraged them to attack us, so they could take advantage of the chaos, they were really vicious!" ”
"It seems so!" Gao Shun's brows also twisted, "It's so cunning!" They saw through that we would not let go of slaughtering these people, and as long as the people made a noise and broke up our cavalry shock formation, they would have a chance to take advantage of it! ”
"What should I do?" Gao Shun gasped and said, "Now we're in big trouble!" ”
"Humph! They've got a good idea! But it's not that cheap! Nanying sneered: "Will Ben be so easy to bully?" Order, three hundred cavalry launched a warning attack! ”
The sound of the heavy hooves of the cavalry suddenly sounded, and the sound of hundreds of horsemen launching a charge in unison was quite amazing, although the distance was still far away, it still startled some of the homeless people to involuntarily retreat.
Hundreds of long arrows burst out of the cavalry array like locusts, and planted densely in a dozen paces in front of the homeless people, like a lush crop.
The homeless people suddenly stirred, and some people screamed and stumbled backwards, and the already chaotic formation became even more chaotic.
"They should calm down now, right?" Nan Ying smiled contemptuously: "I'll talk to them, maybe I can turn the war into a jade silk!" ”
As he spoke, he clamped his legs between the belly of the horse and rode towards the homeless people.
Gao Shun shook his head helplessly and shouted, "Dian Wei! Keep up! ”
"No!" Dian Wei hung the halberds on both sides of the saddle with a big grin, and followed empty-handed.
"Another paralyzing careless!" Gao Shun couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to say sharply again: "Where is Cao Xing?" Accompanying the protection of Nakaro General! ”
"Yes, the last general commands!" Cao Xing stepped forward on the horse, he spread the longbow halfway with his foot, attached it to the horse's belly, and then put the arrow on the string with his right hand, and then unhurriedly controlled the reins with his left hand and followed.
Gao Shun finally breathed a sigh of relief, he finally had a subordinate he could trust!
Nanying rode his horse to the front of the Wandering People's Formation, and he slowly turned over and dismounted as if no one was around, found a big rock and sat down on the side of the road, before shouting to the nearest homeless person: "You! Don't look at it, yes, it's you! Help Ben to call your leader, and Ben will talk to him! ”
The honest-looking homeless man pointed to his nose and opened his mouth wide, but he didn't know what to do, and he looked at his companions for help, only to find that they were all looking at each other, and their faces were full of confusion.
He hesitated slightly, and was thinking about whether to agree, Nanying was already a little impatient to wait, and shouted: "Can you be like a man?" Twist and pinch, you think you're a big girl! To go or not to go? Give me a good word! ”
The homeless man trembled, and was about to turn around to call someone, when he heard a majestic voice say lightly: "No need! I'm already here! ”
A young man walked out of the crowd, his body strong and mighty, his rough face with very masculine charm, staring at Nanying without blinking.
Nan Ying touched his sharp eyes, only to feel a pain in his eyes, and almost turned his head unconsciously, and couldn't help but be horrified in his heart, how could there be such a person among this beggar-like homeless people?
The young man's eyes were also painful, and he finally couldn't help avoiding the gaze with Nanying, and his heart was even more shocked, he was still on top of the momentum when he was prepared, it seems that this Han general must be a battle-hardened general, otherwise how can he maintain such a calm and calm posture!
The young man's heart was awe-inspiring, his face was still as plain as before, and he saluted: "I don't know if the general is calling, what advice do you have?" ”
"That's a bit interesting to you, I guess I'm going to ask this question in the future, right?" Nan Ying didn't dare to despise this young man anymore, he tried his best to slow down and said, "You have taken so many people to block the way of my army, have you been bewitched by others?" If you had gone astray, nothing would have happened! ”
"Someone told us the news that a Han army with a huge amount of money and food passed through here!" The young man said steadily, "But we have not been deceived, and it is our own will to come here to block the way!" ”
"What!" Nan Ying couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, he got up and said, "So you want to openly rob the officers and soldiers?" How daring! Don't you know that with the soldiers and horses under this general, it will only take half an hour to kill you! ”
"Although the villain doesn't know who the general is, he can also see the power of your subordinates, and you can indeed kill us easily!" The young man said quietly: "But didn't the general find out?" We people are only one step away from death, how can we be afraid of the threat of the general? ”
"You!" Nanying was furious, and suddenly he laughed: "Good boy! Few people dare to talk to me like that! You've got a kind! ”
He sat back down and smiled, "What the hell do you think?" Go ahead! ”
"The villain is not a fool, of course he can see one thing!" The young man's eyes suddenly flashed with the brilliance of hope: "The general has a major mission, and there are many people secretly spying, but they don't dare to offend the general's tiger might, so they want to lead the villain to come here to die, so they can fish in troubled waters, I don't know if it's right or not?" ”
"Looks like Ben is underestimating you!" Nan Ying was suddenly stunned, "Since you kid knows that he is being used by others, why do you dare to come here to resist the official army?" ”
"The general is wrong, from the beginning we have no intention of resisting the officers and soldiers!" The young man pointed behind him with a heavy face, "We just have to come because we are dying, dying of hunger!" ”
"Go on!" Nanying's face sank, and he could already hear the meaning of the young man's words.
"We just want the general to think that God has the virtue of a good life, and reward us with a mouthful of food!" The young man said sincerely: "We will be grateful for the kindness of the general for the rest of our lives, and how dare we offend you?" ”
"How much do you want?" Nan Yingmu said expressionlessly.
"Well, the villain has just made a rough calculation!" The young man suddenly put on a smile: "Judging from the number of three hundred carts in the army, if it is all grain, then there is at least more than 200,000 stone ....... of grain."
"Not so much, Ben will be able to tell you clearly!" Nan Ying interrupted him and said, "There is only about 150,000 stone of grain, and most of the others are some tent clothes and shabby iron tools."
"Moreover, Ben will not be afraid to confess to you that the food and clothing and broken copper and iron in these carts are nothing, and the real value is gold and money!" Nan Ying narrowed his eyes and carefully watched the young man's reaction: "At least hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of gold!" ”
The young man's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said with joy: "Great! There are even tents, quilts, and shabby ironware? That's what we need most! ”
"Why didn't you hear the general?" Nan Ying stared at him with interest and said, "Ben General said, there is still a lot of money!" ”
"You can't eat it!" The young man was disapproving, "What's the use of it?" ”
"So what do you want?" Nan Ying suddenly admired the young man in front of him, this kid's thoughts were very similar to his own.
"If the general is not embarrassed!" The young man swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hesitated: "Please give the villain 20,000 stone of food, the clothes needed by 7,000 people, and those old iron tools......."
Nan Ying's face suddenly sank, and he said angrily: "Boldly disrupt the people, if you really dare to blackmail, you won't succeed!" Don't you know that the king's law is strict? ”
"The general forgives the sin!" The young man was neither humble nor arrogant: "I wonder if the general has ever heard a ballad?" Hair is like a leek, cut and revived; The head is like a chicken, cutting and singing. Officials don't have to be fearful, and small people are never to be taken lightly! ”
"Don't hide it from the general!" The young man met Nanying's fierce eyes without fear and said, "The father of the villain is also a county official, but he was convicted of killing prisoners for violating the law and not obeying Taishou!" The villain robbed the prison with a moment of anger and killed Taishou, and now he is also an outlaw! What are you afraid of? ”
"The general said that the villain is a rebel? You can say that again! The young man nodded and said, "The villain has now gathered thousands of homeless people in Mount Tai, and it is indeed a group of chaotic people!" But dare to ask the general, why is the villain messing up? If it weren't for the government forcing the people to rebel, they really couldn't survive, and who would want to be this chaotic people! ”
Nan Ying stared at the young man intently, and suddenly walked straight forward.
A few homeless people around the young man were in a hurry, and they stopped in front vigilantly, shouting, "What do you want to do!" ”
But he was gently pushed away by the young man, he stepped forward to meet him, and said proudly: "Is the general trying to kill me?" ”
"Kill you?" Nanying sneered: "Will Ben be so cheap for you?" ”
Just as the young man was falling into an ice cellar and secretly on guard, Nan Ying suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, laughing and said, "Good boy! It's a character! Just by the few words you just said, not only will everything you want be given to you, but how about giving you an extra 10,000 stone of grain? ”
As soon as these words came out, not only the young man was dumbfounded, but also the nearby homeless people were dumbfounded.
The young man couldn't believe it: "Isn't the general trying to trick me?" ”
"Presumptuous! What kind of general is my family? How could I deceive you! A thunderous voice shouted.
The young man was shocked, and when he looked up and saw Dian Wei's mighty appearance, he was even more excited in his heart, and he suddenly said in surprise: "The villain should be damned, he hasn't asked the general for advice so far!" ”
"It was Ying Yang Zhonglang who would have ....... Nan" Before Nanying finished speaking, he suddenly found that the young man's face was pale, and he couldn't help but wonder: "What?" Ever heard of the Honsho's name? ”
"If you know that it's you, I'm afraid that the villain may not dare to come!" The young man said abruptly: "Ordinary people may not have heard of your name, but the villain has always paid attention to the situation of the war, of course, it is impossible not to know your heroic achievements!" ”
"It seems that you kid is not willing to be a civilian!" Nanying suddenly lowered his face: "Ben Jiang has already said, it won't be so cheap for you!" If you want something, you can do it later! ”
"This!" The young man hesitated and said, "The villain is a person who is in the court.......
"Didn't you just kill a Taishou? No big deal! Nanying interrupted: "Ben will be responsible for helping you settle it!" ”
"Settled?" The young man was stunned and said, "Oh! Thank you for the general's retirement, but the father of the villain has been sick recently, and the villain can't leave the left and right lightly no matter what, otherwise I'm afraid that there will be no day to see each other again! ”
"This! Alas, so not! Nanying was troubled for a while, people in this era value filial piety more than anything else, and Guo Jia also rejected his invitation with his mother in the hall that day.
"Please rest assured, General!" The young man said solemnly: "Although the villain cannot immediately serve the general's tent, but after completing his filial piety, the villain will definitely serve the general!" ”
"Good!" Nanying was overjoyed and said: "This is a word!" ”
"But the general? You don't even know my last name, so you can rest assured of me? The young man finally voiced a question in his mind.
"What does your name have to do with your character?" Nanying shrugged his shoulders and said: "Ben will believe you, this is enough, if you disappoint Ben Jiang, you can only blame Ben Jiang for his poor vision!" ”
Speaking of this, Nan Ying looked at the young man's unconcealable excitement, and smiled awkwardly: "By the way, it is Ben who is rude, and he has not yet consulted the name of this strong man!" ”
The young man smiled freely, and said with a long stroke: "Taishan Zangba, I have seen the Eagle Yang Zhonglang General!" ”
"Zang Ba? Hahaha! Nanying was overjoyed and said, "It turned out to be you!" That's great! Your kid is destined to be a subordinate of the general in this life, don't want to escape! ”
Zang Ba was both ashamed and ashamed: "Nameless junior, how can you be so wrong to love a general!" ”
"You're wrong! Xuan Gao! Nanying smiled and said, "Your name will be admired for a long time!" ”
Zang Ba was shocked, took a step back and said, "How can the general know the villain's words?" ”
Nan Ying was also stunned, knowing that he must have said something wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong, and said tentatively: "Isn't Xuangao your word?" ”
"Yes! But! Zang Ba said in disbelief: "The villain just performed the crown ceremony three days ago, how did the general know?" ”
So that's the case, Nan Ying couldn't help but suddenly realize, he had to pretend to be unfathomable, patted Zang Ba and said: "You will know this in the future, as for now!" As long as you know that you and I are indeed destined people, you can do it! ”
"Fate?" Zang Ba said blankly: "Dare to ask the general, what is fate?" ”
"This!" Nan Ying was almost speechless, the ancient saying that the edge is along and because of the meaning, taught him how to explain to Zang Ba that this refers to the cause and effect relationship in the Buddhist family, he coughed and said: "That is to say, God is destined for you to become a subordinate of the general in this life, understand?" ”
"That's the villain's honor!" Zang Ba said happily: "The general has suppressed the Yellow Turban, and his achievements are impressive, and it is even more rare to be so sympathetic to our people, to be able to follow the general, what more can I ask for!" ”
"You kid can talk!" Nanying was happy, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately before he wondered: "Xuangao, it's not difficult to understand the food and clothing you want, but what do you want to do with all those scrap copper and rotten iron?" Do you want weapons? Tell me straight, I'm going to give you some more! ”
"General, you really misunderstood!" Zang Ba pointed bitterly behind him and said: "We are all just a group of people who can't survive, except for a few young people who still have the courage to grab swords, most of them are just old, weak, sick and disabled, what use do we need weapons?" ”
"So?" Nanying was stunned, "What the hell is it used for?" ”
"To live!" Zang Ba said softly: "The scrap copper and rotten iron in the general's mouth are our treasures, which can be made into farming tools!" With farming tools, we can cultivate the land and live self-sufficiently! ”
"Alas!" Nan Ying only felt as if he had been pricked by a needle in his heart, and he looked at those yellow-faced and thin-skinned homeless people, and let out a long sigh.
"General Cao!" Nan Ying thought for a while before saying, "Go and tell General Gao, the captain of Huwei, and ask him to prepare 30,000 stone of grain and all the captured clothes and iron tools, and hand them over to Zang Ba." In addition, choose 50 more of the best swords and send them all together! ”
"Thank you, General!" Zang Ba suddenly turned over and bowed down, and the homeless people behind him immediately fell to their knees.
"Don't do that!" Nan Ying stretched out his hand to help Zang Ba, with a hint of pain in his eyes: "You did the right thing!" Today you stopped the general, you gave the general a chance! Ben will thank you! ”
"Ben Jiang is only concerned about fighting these days, only caring about winning or losing, but he has forgotten some more important things!" Nan Ying said abruptly: "No matter what kind of world, human life is the most valuable wealth!" ”
"General!" Zang Ba's eyes suddenly had something more crystalline, and he suddenly said heavily: "Please allow the general, my subordinates will establish a stronghold on Mount Tai from now on, and wait for the time to contribute to the general in the future!" ”
"Haha!" Nanying couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that this battle for the treasure will finally become the undisputed winner!" Not only won the money and food, but also won the hearts of Xuangao and the people! ”
He looked around and said, "Does anyone dare to jump out now?" ”
Zang Ba said quietly: "Please allow the general, and my subordinates will help the general send the convoy back to the Han army camp!" ”
"It's good!" Nanying thought for a while before he said, "You go back to the camp with the general first, and then send a team of people to escort you and those food supplies back to Mount Tai!" ”
"These people are not easy to mess with!" He looked at the dense mountains and forests in the distance, and chuckled: "If Xuan Gao directly led the things and left, I would have been worried that it would harm you!" ”
Zang Ba frowned, and nodded gratefully, of course he knew that if he wanted to eliminate them halfway, it would be just a gesture.
"That's right! These bastards want to borrow Xuan Gao's hand to deal with the general! Nan Ying suddenly sneered: "It's self-defeating, but it makes Ben General get another reinforcement, I really want to thank them!" ”
"Someone! Pick some brothers with big voices and give me a few words! Nanying commanded: "Ben will also be a person who knows etiquette, and he can't lose his manners!" ”
"Yes! Checkmate! Of course, Dian Wei heard that Nanying was going to scold the street, and immediately came to his senses, "But, what are you talking about?" ”
"Why don't you say this!" Zang Ba said: "The villain makes Ji Kong busy, and he comes to help him because of misfortune!" How is it? ”
"Good sentence!" Nanying couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows: "Just roar!" Xuan Gao really knows my heart! ”
Gao Shun happened to ride his horse slowly, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "As the commander of the first army, why are you still so arrogant?" I really don't want to eat at all! ”
"These grandsons are hiding in the shadows to stumble on us, how can we swallow this breath!" Nan Ying smiled and said: "But the eldest brother is right, I eat everything, but I can't suffer!" ”