Chapter 55: The Beginning
Luo Bingran's original calculation was very good, he and the mud covered up this matter, and when the matter was over, let Ma Cheng take some silver to accompany the dead ghost Zhang San. I know that Ma Cheng is completely stunned, and he doesn't pay attention to the rules of officialdom at all, and this matter is really going to make trouble, and no one is happy.
Luo Bingran had no choice but to pull Ma Cheng at the bottom, hoping that he wouldn't drill the tip of the horns, but Ma Chengniu's temper didn't care at all, and he wanted to make trouble with the governor.
Their group of people was stalemate here, and Zhang Guozhu, a Chinese soldier in the distance, quickly found out that he thought something was going on here, and hurriedly came here with his own guards.
Zhang Qianhu saw Zhang Guozhu coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Big brother, this Ma Qianhu killed his colleagues in the army!" ”
It turned out that this Zhang Qianhu was Zhang Guozhu's younger brother Zhang Guoyi, and he could be regarded as Ma Shiying's Guiyang descendant.
Zhang Guozhu had a headache when he saw that it was Ma Cheng, and he had no choice but to ask Luo Bingran: "Luo Shoubei!" What the hell is going on? ”
Now that the matter has seen the light of day, Luo Bingran can't cover it, so he has no choice but to explain the matter in detail.
When Zhang Guozhu heard this, he scolded Ma Cheng in his heart for not knowing how to lift, he obviously wanted to find a way to make a fortune for the brothers of the Chinese army, but he thought that he was disturbed by this second ancestor.
But Ma Cheng's identity is special, and Zhang Guozhu is really inconvenient to say too much: "Ma Qianhu, you are new to the battle formation, and you may be a little abnormal by the stimulation of killing, go down and rest first!" ”
Zhang Guozhu originally wanted to find a reason to let this second ancestor go back, but when he thought of Ma Chengniu, he pointed at Zhang Guozhu and scolded: "Zhang Guozhu, you are fucking insane, and your whole family is mentally ill!" Did you order this massacre? There are thousands of people in such a big town, and you can kill them all with one order? That's how my dad made you an officer? ”
Zhang Guozhu was scolded angrily, he was a Chinese officer with the rank of deputy commander-in-chief, and now he was scolded by a thousand households and really couldn't get off the stage. But Ma Cheng is Ma Shiying's son, and Zhang Guozhu really has no choice but to say to Luo Bingran: "Luo Shoubei, what are you waiting for?" Why don't you help Ma Qianhu down? ”
Luo Bingran and a few personal soldiers were just about to step forward to make a move, but he knew that Xu Dahu rushed up with a hundred people and surrounded Ma Cheng, Xu Dahu scolded sullenly: "Your mother, whoever wants to move Ma Daren, don't complain that grandpa doesn't recognize friends!" ”
Luo Bingran's subordinates are all Guizhou soldiers, and they all know Xu Dahu, and Xu Dahu has never lost a fight in the army, so none of them dare to step forward.
Just when Ma Cheng and Zhang Guozhu were at a stalemate, the massacre in the town was nearing the end, a large number of houses were set on fire, there were pieces of dead corpses on the ground, and a group of infantry cut off the heads of the dead with knives.
In addition to the dead people on the ground, the Ming army also captured fifty or sixty alive, but this time Zhang Guozhu had already ordered that no one should be left alive, so these fifty or sixty people were detained at the entrance of the town and waited to be beheaded one by one.
Ma Cheng saw that these fifty or sixty people had gray-haired old people, and there were boys who were less than twelve years old, and they were held down by the Ming army one by one to cut off their heads, and then sprinkled lime on their necks to prevent decay.
Among these people, there was a middle-aged man in a long robe, taking advantage of the Ming army's unpreparedness to break free from the binding and run towards Ma Cheng, shouting as he ran: "My lord, we are the subjects of the Ming Dynasty!" We're not rogues! ”
The man didn't run twenty meters before he was caught up by the cavalry behind him, and the cavalryman brandished his saber and was about to hack the man to death, but when he turned around, the saber didn't hit his head, but only cut off the man's left arm.
The man's left arm was cut off and he fell down the road, and the cavalry behind him laughed, turning the horse's head and trampling the man to death.
Ma Cheng saw it and said to An Zhennan beside him: "Lao An, can you save that man?" ”
An Zhennan is a Yi native of Guizhou, a natural mountain infantryman, and what he is best at throwing spears is to estimate the distance and then say, "No problem! ”
After An Zhennan finished speaking, he took the spear of the soldier next to him, and nailed the cavalryman to the horse with a strong throw.
An Zhennan's younger brother, An Zhenxi, trotted over, picked up the man who had fallen to the ground, and ran back to his team.
Ma Cheng saw that the man had passed out, and his left arm was still bleeding, so Ma Cheng hurriedly asked his subordinates to bandage him.
Zhang Guozhu had a headache when he saw Ma Cheng kill another cavalryman, this second ancestor didn't understand the rules of officialdom, what should I do? If it was other ordinary officers, killing two colleagues in a row would be enough to cut off his head, but who would dare to cut off Ma Cheng's head?
There was no way, Zhang Guozhu had no choice but to say: "Ma Cheng, since you want to go to the chief system to sue the official, that's good!" I'm going with you to meet the Chief-sama! ”
Zhang Guozhu can't help it, anyway, Ma Cheng is your son of Ma Shiying, you can do what you want!
Ma Shiying was not in the army at this time, but on the boat in the Huai River, accompanying Lu Jiude.
The two were watching the scenery of the Huai River, and Ma Shiying's personal soldiers entered the cabin to report: "Lord Commander, Lord Zhang, the town standard, has important military information!" ”
Ma Shiying was stunned when he heard that Zhang Guozhu had important military information, how can there be any military information in the Huaihe River Valley now, and the Liukou are now in Beijing. Even if there are rogues here, they are only a small force, can't Zhang Guozhu deal with it himself?
Ma Shiying arched his hand and said to Lu Jiude: "Brother Shuangquan, this Zhang Guozhu doesn't know what problems he has encountered, this official will get off the boat and take a look!" ”
Lu Jiude is not a good type, he also knows that there is no big stream of gangsters in the Huai River Valley, it must be that Zhang Guozhu has some private matter and asks to see Ma Shiying.
Now that the army has reached halfway, and there are still less than two days away from Huai'an, Lu Jiude is afraid that Ma Shiying will temporarily regret it, so he turned his eyes and said: "Brother Yaocao, since it is an important military situation, the official should also listen to it, after all, this official is the supervising army!" ”
Ma Shiying scolded in his heart when he heard Lu Jiude say this, but he couldn't help it, Lu Jiude's prison army was real, so Ma Shiying had to get off the boat with Lu Jiude.
On the shore, Zhang Guozhu was waiting for Ma Shiying with a bunch of generals, and when he saw Ma Shiying coming ashore, Zhang Guozhu knelt down on one knee and said: "Lord Commander, the last general received a report from Tanma, and found a large stream of rogues five miles away from the army!" ”
Ma Shiying heard Zhang Guozhu say this, so he was so angry that he let himself get off the boat with such a little thing?
"Zhang Zhongjun, you can just make your own decisions about such trivial matters, and you don't need to ask for advice on everything!" Ma Shiying and Zhang Guozhu are two world friends, although they are not very happy in their hearts, they still give Zhang Guozhu face.
That knew that Zhang Guozhu did not get up, but continued: "Lord Chief, the last general has already led people to exterminate the rogues, but... ”
What do you call yourself to do if you are exterminated? Ma Shiying said impatiently: "Very good, write down the meritorious people, and reward them afterwards!" ”
"My lord, there's something wrong!"
Seeing that Zhang Guozhu wanted to speak and stopped, Ma Shiying knew that there must be something, Ma Shiying saw that Lu Jiude also saw it, and Lu Jiude said with a smile on the side: "Zhang Zhongjun, this official is a supervising army, if there are any difficulties, just say it!" ”
Zhang Guozhu was afraid that Lu Jiude would know about this matter, and Ma Cheng's failure to obey military orders was a big crime of killing his head, not to mention killing his colleagues in the army for no reason.
Ma Shiying secretly scolded Lu Jiude for being nosy, but he had no choice but to say: "Guozhu, have something to say!" ”
Zhang Guozhu had no choice but to say truthfully: "The Lord of the General System, the Lord of the Supervising Army, and the Thousand Households of the Chinese Army, have objections to the military order of the last general!" Weekend.. The last general will not dare to be proficient, please face the chief of the decision! ”
Because of Lu Jiude's presence, Zhang Guozhu didn't dare to tell the truth, but only said that Ma Cheng did not obey the military order. But what kind of character is Lu Jiude, as soon as he heard it, he heard that there was something inside, Lu Jiude said with a smile: "It turned out to be the son of the chief lord, since he has objections to the military order, why don't you listen to what he has to say?" ”
When Ma Shiying heard that it was this rebel who caused trouble for herself, she was so angry, but what could Lu Jiude say here, he had no choice but to wave his hand and let the rebel Ma Cheng come up.
Ma Cheng came up and first saw his own son Ma Shiying: "Ma Cheng has seen the general system of thousands of households in the middle camp!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he saw Lu Jiude on the side again, and hurriedly said again: "I've seen Lord Prison Army!" ”
Lu Jiude rushed in front of Ma Shiying and said: "Ma Qianhu, what grievances do you have to disobey the military order?" Say it and let the official call the shots for you! ”
Ma Cheng was also a little hesitant when he heard Lu Jiude say this, although he hated Zhang Guozhu for killing innocents indiscriminately, but Ma Cheng was not stupid, this matter made Lu Jiude interfere badly Zhang Guozhu wanted to eat some hanging, although Zhang Guozhu is not a thing, but after all, he has an old relationship with his own family, and he really can't explain it.
Lu Jiude knew what was going on when he saw Ma Cheng hesitating, there must be something he was afraid of knowing, who was Lu Jiude? Seeing Ma Cheng like this, he threatened: "Ma Qianhu, Zhang Zhongjun said that you disobeyed military orders, you must know that disobeying military orders is a capital crime!" Although you are the son of the commander-in-chief, there is no father and son in the army, even if it is you, the officer believes that the commander-in-chief will also enforce the law impartially! ”
Ma Shiying scolded in her heart when she heard Lu Jiude say this, but what could she do, there was no way Ma Shiying just gritted her teeth and scolded: "Ma Cheng, what's going on?" ”
Ma Cheng, an officialdom newcomer, had seen this battle, and he only accused Zhang Guozhu of killing innocent villagers, but now that Lu Jiude can't catch it, he is either unlucky or Zhang Guozhu is unlucky.
Ma Cheng thought for a long time and couldn't help it, although Zhang Guozhu was good with his own family, but he was better than his own death, thinking of this Ma Cheng no longer hesitated, stood up and said: "Lord Commander, Lord Supervisor!" The last general accused Zhang Guozhu of indiscriminately killing innocents, obviously that the town was all the people of the Ming Dynasty, but he wanted to say that he was a rogue, causing more than 1,000 villagers in the town to be slaughtered, and his head was cut off as a military merit! ”