1

Ascending to fear thunder, just in time for lightning; Walking at night and fearing ghosts, he encounters a new grave.

The two returned to the post house, and as soon as they arrived at the door, the post guard came to report that there was a secret order for General Bai.

"Hooray? Could it be that the king has ascended the throne? Tang Hai thought darkly.

Tang Hai looked at Wei Xin, it happened that Wei Xin was also peeking at Tang Hai, the two looked at each other, Tang Hai smiled but did not speak, Wei Xin was afraid and silent.

With a gesture of General Tang Hai, seven or eight Bashan guards surrounded him, and asked, "General, are you back?" ”

Wei Xin thought secretly, there are more than 50 guards of Tang Hai in this post house, and my post guards are only seven or eight, and they are all old and weak, in case of a fight, I am his opponent, so he said to the post guard: "Give me the secret decree, and I will send it to the general's mansion." The post guard listened and sent the secret decree to Wei Xin.

"When did Banzai ascend the throne, you won't tell me such a big happy event." Tang Hai didn't know what happened in the capital all the way, and when he arrived in Cizhou, he had been lying in the post house to recuperate, and he didn't know anything about the outside world.

Wei Xin said: "Long live the enthronement on April 29 in the Wuying Palace, but because the general is recuperating from his injuries, he has not been informed. ”

The two entered the room and closed the door.

Wei Xin took the secret decree, his hands trembled slightly, Tang Hai saw his nervousness, smiled and snatched the secret decree from his hand, and was about to tear it open, Wei Xin was shocked: "Don't, it is a capital crime to open the secret decree without permission!" ”

Tang Hai laughed and said, "I opened it, what are you afraid of?" ”

Wei Xin said: "If Banzai didn't blame the general, the general was not guilty, wouldn't this opening become guilty again?" ”

Tang Hai didn't pay attention to him, smiled and opened the secret decree, looked at it for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing.

Wei Xin walked over to see the content of the secret decree, Tang Hai put it away, and said with a smile: "You are not guilty, if you read this, wouldn't you become guilty?" ”

Wei Xin looked at Tang Hai suspiciously, trying to find out the content of the secret decree from his eyes, because once the secret decree ordered Bai Wang to punish Tang Hai, then Tang Hai would definitely take a risk, kill himself and his family, and then escape from Cizhou.

Tang Hai opened the door, called a guard, and ordered: "You go to Brother Wei Xin's house quickly, and ask Huang Yi and the six of them to come back." ”

Thankfully, it turned out to be a false alarm, Wei Xin was overjoyed, and said: "The general is a hero of Dashun, long live the evil sword, worship as the 81st battalion supervisor, and return to the hermit, even if he says one or two words too much, what is the big crime?" General Bai is really, making a big fuss. ”

Tang Hai accepted the secret decree and said with a smile: "Although the secret decree was opened by me, you are a post inheritance, and you can't get rid of it, if I forcibly take it, you will not be responsible, but I say this, can General Bai believe it?" I think I still have to wronged you. Tang Hai waved his hand, and twenty or thirty guards rushed up to tie up Wei Xin and the seven or eight post guards in the post station, and then plugged their mouths with towels and threw them into the room, Tang Hai smiled and said: "I'll go to the General's Mansion and read the secret decree to General Bai in person." ”

Tang Hai ordered the door to be locked, gave some orders to the guards, and then strode to the post station.

2

Outside the General's Palace, there are many soldiers.

Tang Hai showed the evil sword and wanted to see Bai Wang, and the sergeant guarding the door saw that it was the righteous army supervisor who came, so he didn't dare to slack off, and while sending someone into the house to report, he hurriedly invited Tang Hai in.

Tang Hai strode with his eyes high, smiling like a smiling in the shadow of swords, guns and swords.

Bai Wang got the report and hurriedly came out to greet him.

"General Tang is healed? In the past few days, the military has been busy with military affairs, and there have been many neglects. ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "General Bai has always been hospitable, Tang Hai is uneasy, he is injured today, and he is here to thank him." ”

The two sat down, the servant served tea, drank a few sips, Tang Hai said: "The doctor said that I have been at home for a long time, and it is not good for me to recuperate from my injuries, so I am advised to move my muscles and bones more, and I went to Helan Mountain yesterday for a swim, although it is not a lush forest, but there are many wild things, but unfortunately there are few people who go there, and there are no bows and arrows, otherwise, I really want to hunt there." ”

"What's so hard about that? General Tang wanted to go, and Bai Wang should accompany him. ”

Tang Haidao: "I'm just afraid of delaying the general's military affairs." ”

"It's okay." Bai Wang has always liked wild hunting, which is well-known among the rebels, seeing that Tang Hai wants to go hunting, Bai Wang happily decided to accompany him out of the city to have a good time.

Tang Hai, Bai Wang, the deputy general Wang Tizhong, and thirty sergeants rode out of the city, and everyone went straight to Helan Mountain, talking and laughing along the way. Tang Hai asked, "The two generals often come to Helan Mountain to hunt?" ”

Bai Wang said: "I like hunting, I often come to run horses, practice riding and archery, General Wang doesn't come often, he doesn't love anything except fighting." ”

Wang Tizhong said: "This is not a famous mountain and river, what is there to come." ”

Tang Haidao: "Although it is not a famous mountain and river, I love it very much, and when I come here, I think of Wumu Yuefei." ”

Wang Tizhong asked strangely, "How could General Tang think of Yue Fei?" ”

Bai Wang said: "Yue Fei once mentioned this mountain in the poem "Man Jianghong". ”

Tang Hai sighed: "It's a pity that a generation of famous generals died unjustly in the Storm Pavilion. ”

Bai Wang scolded: "I hate that Qin Hui treacherous." ”

Tang Hai replied: "In addition to Qin Hui, there are two traitors who are very hateful. ”

Bai Wang and Wang Tizhong asked, "Which two?" ”

Tang Haidao: "One is Song Gaozong, and the other is the executioner. ”

Bai Wang and Wang Tizhong were surprised, Bai Wang said: "Song Gaozong is mediocre, listening to slander and harming Zhongliang is naturally difficult to escape the blame, the executioner was executed by the emperor's order, what is wrong?" ”

Wang Tizhong also said: "Yes, what does this matter have to do with the executioner." ”

Tang Haidao: "The executioner knows that Yue Fei is loyal and good, and he has made meritorious contributions to resist gold, he got the emperor's order, and he killed Zhongliang regardless of whether he was good or bad, shouldn't he be hateful?" ”

Both of them said: "General Tang is reasonable. ”

Tang Hai said: "If I were the executioner, I would not do such a hurtful thing." ”

Bai Wang said: "If it were me, I would let Yue Fei go first, and then abandon the knife and go into hiding, what a bullshit emperor." ”

Wang Tizhong said: "If it were me, let Yue Fei go, and work with him to reverse the faint monarch, and catch Qin Hui with a thousand knives." ”

Tang Hai laughed when he heard this, and praised: "Both of them are loyal and righteous people. ”

Walking to the side of an octagonal pavilion, Tang Hai suddenly said with a painful face: "My back hurts unbearably, presumably because the arrow wound has not healed, and the horseback trembled too much, and the wound is cracked." ”

When Bai Wang and Wang Tizhong saw it, they hurriedly stopped, helped Tang Hai off the horse, and sat down by the octagonal pavilion. The thirty sergeants also dismounted, tied their horses to the trees by the octagonal pavilion, unarmed them one by one, and sat down on the nearby grass and stones to rest.

"General Tang, are you okay?" Bai Wang asked with concern.

Tang Hai suddenly stood up, held up the secret decree with both hands, and said sharply: "Bai Wang takes the decree!" ”

Everyone was shocked.

Bai Wang thought to himself, could it be that Banzai didn't believe my words, thought that I had framed Tang Hai, and ordered Tang Hai to dismiss me and escort me to Beijing for trial?

Since it was a holy decree, it was not allowed to think too much, Bai Wang and Wang Tizhong immediately knelt down to accept the decree, and the thirty guards also hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Tang Hai read aloud:

Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: the general Tang Hai, there are many bad karma: a hateful person, as a Ming general, betrays the Ming Dynasty. The second hateful person, as a minister, kills officials indiscriminately. Three hateful people, Shenglongzhai is good at beheading the general of the righteous army, and he is alive and grass He Zonghan. The four hateful ones, the generals under them are transferred away, and they are resentful. The five hateful people fled from the battle, greedy for life and afraid of death. Six hateful people, colluding with Li Yan, plotting against him. Seven hateful people, gather seventeen brothers, seek eighteen sons, and draw the world's artifacts. Eight hateful people, Daizhou City uses me as bait to lure the enemy. Nine hateful people, privately conniving with the Ming minister Cao Yin. Ten hateful people, make great rebellious words, and insinuate the great shun. How can these ten evils be forgiven? The general of Cizhou, General Guoyi, was captured and punished, and the accompanying guards were not pardoned.

Chin this!

Bai Wang, Wang Tizhong, and the thirty sergeants were all stunned, and everyone wondered if they had heard it wrong, after all, the strange thing of the criminal reciting the holy decree to kill himself had never happened in the eons.

Tang Hai smiled, and seeing that Bai Wang didn't dare to accept the order, he urged: "General Bai, still don't accept the order?" ”

Bai Wang thought, perhaps, this is Tang Hai's joke, so he stood up, took the secret decree and looked at it, the content on it was exactly the same as what Tang Hai read, and then checked the shaft handle, cloth, color, and pattern of the holy decree, there were no flaws, and there was no possibility of counterfeiting.

"General Tang, what is this?" Bai Wang still couldn't believe that this was the true holy decree.

Tang Hai smiled and said, "This is the holy decree given to you by the new Great Treasure." ”

"Since the Holy Decree wants to kill you, why don't you run? Aren't you afraid of death? Bai Wang's tone was soft, like a spring breeze, like a soft chant.

"Everyone is good at life and evil death, how can Tang Hai not be afraid of death? It's just that a few days ago, General Bai has been praising me Tang Hai as a hero of Dashun, and just now said that if the faint king wants to behead Zhongliang, General Bai will definitely not obey the edict, but first release Zhongliang, and then abandon the sword and go into hiding, General Wang is the same, therefore, Tang Hai is so bold, two generals, you go hunting, Tang Hai is gone, thank you for the grace of not killing. ”

Tang Hai laughed and threw his sleeves away.

Bai Wang finally understood, it turned out that the holy decree was true, it was indeed the will of long live, Tang Hai was teasing himself, and he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "Stop him." ”

The sergeants quickly stepped forward to surround Tang Hai.

Tang Hai's laughter stopped abruptly, and he looked back and said: "I forgot to ask, Tang Hai's tenth evil, the words of great rebellion, reflecting the great shun, is what General Bai first sued, right?" ”

Bai Wang was taken aback again, and then smiled: "It turned out that Wei Xin, the dog, betrayed me." ”

"Looking at General Bai's posture, do you plan to let me go? Iron Heart is going to be the executioner of the faint king, and he will kill Zhongliang? ”

"Joke, what kind of loyalty are you?" Bai Wang sneered.

Wang Tizhong said: "General, Hugh is arguing with him, a thief in the rivers and lakes, and quickly behead him, so that he can make a long life," Wang Tizhong said and walked over with a knife.

Bai Wang said: "Slow, Tang Hai, what about your fifty-eight guards?" Bai Wang felt very strange, since Tang Hai had already read the holy decree, why didn't he run away, and stupidly came to the General's Mansion to look for himself, and his guards were not alone, where did he hide.

Tang Haidao: "Oh, isn't it behind you?" ”

Everyone looked back and saw dozens of archers suddenly appearing on the mountains around the Octagonal Pavilion, all of them pulling strings with their bows open, ready to attack.

Bai Wang was relieved of his doubts, it turned out that Tang Hai had already prepared, no wonder he came with me alone, and read out the secret decree easily, alas, I, a general who has been in a hundred battles, was actually calculated by his scheming and vicious thieves.

"Tang Hai, count you ruthless! I won't let you go if I die. Bai Wang was only thirty sergeants, and none of them were armoured, and he abandoned his sword on the ground, as long as Tang Hai gave an order, the Bashan guards shot arrows randomly, and Bai Wang's thirty people were either killed or injured.

"General Bai misunderstood, Tang Hai just wanted to borrow the general's horse, and he had no intention of harming the general's life."

Wang Tizhong yelled: "Borrow a horse? Don't. He shouted to the thirty sergeants: "All the sergeants, kill Tang Hai!" As he spoke, he was about to cut Tang Hai with a knife, and when he was still five or six steps away from Tang Hai, an arrow hit him in the shoulder, and he fell down with a "snap". At the same time, several sergeants were about to pick up their swords from the ground, and as soon as they crouched down, they were shot by several sharp arrows, and they were killed.

After calming the sergeants, Tang Hai smiled at Wang Ti, who was lying on the ground and struggling in pain: "The smell of the arrow on the shoulder is unbearable, if General Wang wants to taste it again, Tang Hai will let the guards shoot a few more?" Wang Tizhong hurriedly begged for mercy: "I hope General Tang will spare his life!" ”

Several Bashan guards rushed down with knives, first collected the weapons that everyone had thrown on the ground, and then untied more than 30 horses tied to the forest one by one and led them to the side of the road, and the guards also came down the mountain one by one, separated the soldiers besieging Tang Hai, and invited Tang Hai to mount his horse.

Tang Hai said: "General Bai, please reply to Li Zicheng, just say that the world is not yet peaceful, Tang Hai is still dead, and my evil sword will still break the evil and establish justice for the common people in the world." ”

All the guards also jumped on their horses, some rode one by one, some rode with two people, after Tang Hai finished speaking, he led everyone to whip up the dust and left, Bai Wang gritted his teeth in anger, and his face was pale.

3

After running for a while, everyone was so tired that they had to stop and rest.

The seventh evil in the secret decree is "gathering seventeen brothers, plotting eighteen sons, and drawing the world's artifacts," so it seems that Li Zicheng must have poisoned sixteen brothers such as Xiaolong, Duan Qi, Ala Tai, and Liu Jia, thinking of this, Tang Hai's heart was like a knife, tears were like springs, and he silently let him flow.

"General, we are in deep danger, you still talk and laugh freely, and you are so gray and gray-faced, now that you are out of danger, you should be happy, why are you sad?"

Tang Hai saw Huang Yi, Wang Hua and others coming over to ask questions, wiped away his tears and said: "We are out of danger, but the sixteen brothers who stayed in the righteous army will not escape, their life and death are uncertain now, and there is no news from the Shi'an brothers, how can I be happy?" ”

Huang Yidao: "The general's departure from Beijing has aroused Li Zicheng's suspicions, and the sixteen of them will stay in the army to listen to the dispatch, so there must be no problem, and since Wu Sangui has rebelled, the war has not yet subsided, and the Dashun Dynasty also needs generals." ”

Tang Hai said worriedly: "I'm afraid that people don't think so." ”

As he was talking, he heard a guard shouting, "They're coming!" Everyone looked up, and there was dust and smoke behind them, and from a distance, a team of people and horses came at a gallop.

Tang Hai was shocked and said: "It's strange, Bai Wang and Wang Tizhong have no mounts, and it will take an hour to return to Cizhou City on foot, and then wait for him to send troops to chase after him, no matter what, they can't catch up with us, how can it be so fast?" ”

Tang Hai looked around and saw that there was a small hill four or five miles ahead, and the hill was full of trees, so he ordered: "Hurry to the forest in front and ambush." ”

Although the men and horses were exhausted, but the situation was urgent, and there was no room for the slightest slackness, everyone had to turn over and get on the horses, raise their whips and whip them violently, and beat the horses wildly, and soon they reached the bottom of the hill, and everyone dismounted, and hurriedly led the horses into the forest to hide.

The group of men and horses behind also saw from a distance that the people in front of them had escaped into the forest and hidden, and when they reached the bottom of the hill, they each drew their knives, swords, spears and other weapons, jumped off their horses, and hurried into the forest in pursuit.

"Shoot the arrows!" Tang Hai faintly saw through the dense forest that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, and seeing that they had entered the firing range, he decisively gave the order to attack.

Arrows rained down for a while.

The gang also seemed to have extraordinary means, one by one they used the weapons in their hands as sharp arrows, and chased forward at the risk of death, shouting as they chased.

is so not afraid of death, Tang Hai secretly exclaimed: "Bai Wang, the real brave general in the king's body." ”

Listen carefully, but the chasing soldiers are calling out something, "Bai Wang, let my eldest brother go......"

What a familiar sound.

Tang Hai stretched out his neck to take a closer look, his heart was overjoyed, he stood up suddenly, and shouted: "Brothers, Tang Hai is here!" ”

When he shouted this, tears were already raining down.

It turned out that it was not a chasing soldier who was chasing, but seventeen people including Xiaolong, Duan Qi, Shan Yong, Ala Tai, Liu Jia, and Hong Shi'an.

The eighteen brothers scattered and reunited, all of them crying with joy.

"Why are you here?"

"Big brother, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Baiwang wants to calculate me, he's still a little tender, by the way, Li Zicheng didn't embarrass you?" Tang Hai was puzzled.

Xiaolong said: "It's not just embarrassing, for us, he wants to kill and then fast." ”

Duan Qidao: "Wu Sangui surrendered and rebelled, Li Zicheng led the army to crusade, my sixteen people except me, Wolf Ba, Wang Feng, Wang Yu, Liu Jia, the other eleven brothers also went out with the army, I don't want Wu Sangui to jump over the wall in a hurry, defect to the Manchu Qing, their two armies attacked together, and the Dashun army was defeated. ”

Xiaolong said: "After we fled back to Beijing, Li Yan, who stayed in Beijing, handed over the letter sent by the Shi'an brothers to Li Zicheng. ’”

Alatai said: "Hmph, he deserves it." ”

Duan Qidao: "Wu Sangui and the Qing soldiers chased all the way, and we had to evacuate Beijing. Arrived in Dingzhou, defeated two battles, and heard that Henan riots, many landlords colluded with the remnants of the Ming Dynasty officials and troops to make trouble, and even raised troops to attack the Dashun government, General Li Yan asked to bring 20,000 elite soldiers to quell the rebellion, consolidate the position, and resist the Qing and Wu coalition forces in the future, unexpectedly, Niu Jinxing slandered Li Yan's intention to rebel, and what did the eighteen sons in the 'Eighteen Sons Master Artifact' mean Li, Li Zicheng's surname is Li, Li Yan is also surnamed Li, Li Zicheng misheard the slander, and actually ordered to kill General Li Yan, which made people panic. ”

Liu Jia said: "What's even more hateful is that there are rumors in the army that the eighteen sons may also secretly cooperate with our eighteen brothers. ”

Ala Taidao: "At this time, Bai Wang sent a secret letter, saying that the eldest brother was spreading something in Cizhou City, 'The people are still the same people, we are no longer the same us, we have changed ourselves, how can we force the people to remain unchanged?' 'The Great Contradiction. ”

Jin Zidao: "I also heard that Niu Jinxing slandered and framed the eldest brother to go to Cizhou and not move, just to wait for Li Yan to lead the army south, and to join forces with Li Yan to stand on his own." ”

Liu Jia said: "Therefore, the seventh sister secretly informed everyone to sneak out of the chaos, and sent people to Zezhou, Gaoping, and Luzhou to recruit Wolf Ba, Wang Feng, and Lu Qi, and everyone gathered in Xingtang County, and the Shi'an brothers took them to Cizhou to meet with the eldest brother. ”

Xiaolong said: "Unexpectedly, when I came to the post house, I heard Wei Xin say that Li Zicheng had sent a secret order to kill the eldest brother and the Bashan brothers, and said that you went to the general's mansion to find Bai Wang, we rushed to the general's mansion, I heard that the eldest brother followed him to Helan Mountain to hunt, and the brothers guessed that this thief must be trying to harm you, we were in a hurry, hurried out of the city, and galloped all the way. ”

After listening to everyone's story, Tang Hai's face turned pale with horror, and he never dreamed that Li Zicheng would be a hero, confused for a while, and do so many ridiculous things. What's even more tragic is that because of his absurdity, he actually lured wolves into the house and invited foreign tribes to ravage our Chinese people.

He had 300,000 troops in Beijing, hundreds of generals and generals, recovered stolen goods and paid countless gold and silver, and collected tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass from the people. The Manchu Qing Dynasty repeatedly plundered the Central Plains, the people have always hated it, I Dashun Juntian free grain, has always won the hearts of the people, from the people's hearts, food, soldiers, I Dashun have an advantage. In this way, why can't they resist more than 100,000 people in Dolgon and Wu Sangui? Tang Haidao: "You must know that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is fiercer than the tiger and wolf, once they gain a foothold in China, our Chinese people will never have peace." ”

Duan Qidao: "Big brother, although Li Zicheng is a hero, he is not a hero, with me, he will definitely be defeated." ”

Tang Hai exclaimed: "How do you say it? ”

Duan Qidao: "Although Dashun has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, but the signs of defeat have appeared, when the attack on Beijing, the Ming court sycophants have come to surrender, the news of the defeat of the Dashun army Shanhaiguan came, they fled one by one, or rebelled, Li Zicheng left Beijing on the day, when the number of people was counted, He Ruihui, Han Siwei, Dang Chongya, Xue Suoyun four thieves did not know where to go. ”

Zhang Chuandao: "When attacking Beijing, the courtier Yang Guanguan, who burned the Taimiao of the Ming Dynasty in order to flatter the Dashun army, was later named the secretary of the Ministry of Rites by Li Zicheng. ”

Jin Zi said: "In the Ming Court's military department, Gong Dingyu was named a direct commander by Li Zicheng, and he also took dozens of personal soldiers and did not know where to go. ”

Ala Taidao: "Not only a few of them, as far as I know, Nan Yikui, the deputy general of the Ming Court, Luo Yangxing, the governor of Jinyi Weizuo, Liang Qingbiao, the cane of the Hanlin Academy, Zhang Rui, the cane of the Hanlin Academy, and his father Zhang Xin, these people heard that Wu Sangui colluded with the Qing soldiers to fight, and they were all overjoyed, and they all secretly took the soldiers and horses to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”

Liu Jia said: "Chen Mingxia, the Hu Branch of the Ming Court, descended to Dashun first, and after we evacuated Beijing, he killed three sergeants and went straight to Wu Sangui's military camp. ”

Lin Yuan said: "There is no good thing in the Ming Dynasty, after Sun Chengze surrendered in the criminal department, Li Zicheng appointed him as a defense envoy, which can be regarded as a heavy weight for him, and it is not the opposite." ”

Ye Yang said: "By the way, big brother, that Chen Zhilong, who surrendered to us in Lingwu, heard that he also raised troops to attack the Dashun army, and killed a lot of Dashun officials." ”

Si Ren said: "Don't talk about these Ming Dynasty's demoted officials, even the soldiers of Dashun Country have fled a lot, I think, he Li Zicheng is a reckless hero, not a true dragon emperor, we followed the wrong person from the beginning." ”

Tang Hai listened to everyone's words, and was suddenly stunned, "In this way, I, Tang Hai, have become a sinner through the ages," After speaking, he looked up to the sky and sighed, his expression extremely sad.

Seeing Tang Hai's grief-stricken, Ala Tai comforted: "Big brother Hugh has to blame himself, the Manchus have been looking down on the Central Plains for many years, even if we don't break through Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen doesn't die, it will be a matter of time before they invade, Ala Tai thinks that if we want to drive away the Manchu Qing and eliminate the Ming Court in Jiangnan, no one else can be relied on, only ourselves." ”

Tang Hai's eyes lit up, and he suddenly came to his senses, looking at the brothers eagerly.

Liu Jia said: "Yes, the evil sword is a token of the righteous army, since Wang Jiayin, the number of changes to its master, now in the hands of the eldest brother, it is clearly to teach the eldest brother to raise righteousness, why do we send others under the fence?" ”

Ye Yang said: "Brother Liujia said it too well, big brother, let's do it ourselves." ”

"What is the eldest brother hesitating about, he Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong can make a vigorous move, but we can't!" Siren agreed.

Duan Qidao: "The north of the Yellow River has been in chaos, it is not suitable to raise troops, the north of the Yangtze River is in danger, and it is not a place of righteousness, in my opinion, the Qing soldiers and the Dashun army will have a death battle in Hebei, Henan, and Shanxi, and it will take a year and a half to see the victory or defeat, we can use this year and a half to recruit troops and buy horses in Daba Mountain, and go south to operate Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan to make a long-term plan." ”

Tang Hai pondered for a long time, slowly shook his head and said: "I took 18,000 brothers from Bashan down the mountain, and now only 58 people have returned, how can Tang Hai have the face to be funded by Bashan's father again?" ”

Duan Qidao: "The eldest brother doesn't want to drag down the villagers in Daba Mountain anymore, so we will go to Sichuan." A few years ago, the Ming court and Zhang Xianzhong were rampant there, and in addition, natural disasters have been frequent in the past two years, and there are not a few people who starve to death. And I heard that there are still thirteen small rebel armies in the Kuidong area, but the righteous Bo Yuntian has no leader, with the prestige of the eldest brother in the rivers and lakes and the evil sword in his hand, he will definitely be able to lead the group to hunt again. ”

Liu Jia said: "Seventh sister's plan is very good, eldest brother Hugh should hesitate, in my opinion, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Dashun, Zhang Xianzhong, Jiangnan Ming Dynasty are not good things, we still fight the country by ourselves, and sit on the country by ourselves." ”

Shan Yong said: "Yes, I don't accept anyone, only the eldest brother." ”

Duan Qi knew that Tang Hai was ashamed of the villagers in Dabashan, and seeing that he was still hesitating, he tempted: "Big brother can only repay Bashan's father in the future if he lays down the country by himself." ”

When Tang Hai heard this, he was shocked, took out the sword of breaking evil, looked at it carefully, wiped it carefully, and lost no time in persuading: "Eagle forty, take off your beak, fade your armor, pull your flesh, pluck your hair, nirvana again, and soar into the sky again, big brother, as I remember, you are also forty this year, right?" ”

Tang Hai was suddenly startled, his eyes stared at Alatai, Alatai nodded: "Big brother has been walking the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and many problems have been solved. ”

Tang Hai said: "Even if you want to raise troops, you need to send the remaining fifty-eight Bashan brothers home one by one, so that Tang Hai can be comforted a little." ”

Duan Qi and Ala Tai said in unison: "It's according to the will of the eldest brother." Everyone was overjoyed and said in unison: "As long as the eldest brother is willing to raise the banner of righteousness again, we will rely on the eldest brother for everything." ”

4

At this time, it was the height of summer, although the roadside was full of white bones and miserable, but the flowers, plants, birds and beasts were competing for beauty, leading the neck and singing. Tang Hai and the others led fifty-eight Bashan disciples to ride fast horses and gallop above the boundary of Runing Mansion, and there were mostly desolate and uninhabited scenes along the way, and there was little smoke and vitality.

Occasionally, I saw people fleeing famine and starvation sitting on the side of the road, and after inquiry, I learned that in recent months, the generals of the Ming Dynasty have rebelled, and it is not uncommon for large landlords to gather Dingjia to besiege the Dashun official mansion, and the officials of the Dashun Dynasty in many places have been secretly robbed and killed, and the poor villagers who actively support the Dashun country have been brutalized, and the people are still in dire straits, and there are countless people who have died of hunger and been killed.

Tang Hai was silent all the way, worried, walked for a few days, everyone walked to the border of Ruyang, and came to the foot of a big mountain at sunset, Ye Yang shouted from afar: "There is a village in front, it looks quite big, I don't know if I can ask for a meal." ”

Zhang Chuan said: "I'm hungry and tired, if I don't have some wine and meat to fill my stomach, I'm going to fall off the horse." ”

Si Ren raised his eyes and said happily: "This Zhuangzi is magnificent, there must be a big family in it, and there must be wine and meat." ”

Tang Hai looked up and saw that it was indeed a big village.

Xiaolong said with a smile: "Brother Siren is right, it seems that it should be a wealthy village, and it is not difficult to eat a meal." ”

Jin Zi said: "Strange, other villages are ruined, but here is good, but it is full of life." ”

Duan Qi was also suspicious, and said, "Big brother, do you want to send a brother with sharp means to investigate?" ”

Ye Yang said with a smile: "Seventh sister's words are so underestimated, which of my eighteen brothers is not a sharp means?" ”

Wang Yu said: "What I said is that my brothers used to just talk and not use their hands, and they followed your brothers to fight for five years, and there were dozens of enemies killed by themselves, but now they are all guts." ”

Lu Qi said: "At first glance, I estimated that there were seventy or eighty people I killed. ”

Si Ren laughed and said: "Si Ren is not talented, he killed two or three hundred, and he cut more than twenty dog heads in the battle of Luoyang alone, haha." ”

Ye Yang was not convinced, and said: "If you want to say that you want to cut off people's heads, I cut three sharp swords in Tongguan in one battle, and I cut my hands soft and numb, and there are thirty or twenty heads cut off." ”

Qiuguang smiled: "You are obviously sleeping in the battle of Tongguan, how can you kill people?" The crowd laughed.

Tang Hai saw that the brothers were showing their merits, and his mood was even heavier, and he said to everyone: "The Tao Te Ching says: 'Those who kill people with pleasure cannot be determined to be in the world', we kill people because we are forced to do it, how can the brothers be proud of it and enjoy it?" ”

Ala Tai said: "The eldest brother is really benevolent and righteous, when the generals in the past showed their merits to Li Zicheng, they all said that they killed the enemy, and I saw that the eldest brother had a worried look on his face, but at that time, I don't know why, but today I know that it is so." ”

Tang Haidao: "For the general, if the murderous spirit is too heavy, although he can eliminate the evil, but he can't save the good, such a person can be called a hero, but not the savior, alas, now that I think about it, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are all figures of this generation." ”

As soon as Tang Hai finished speaking, Ye Yang said with a smile: "Big brother always wants us not to kill innocents, it's okay, listen to big brother, this time we won't open the killing ring, and the big brother will solve it by himself." ”

Everyone didn't know what Ye Yang meant, Ye Yang saw that everyone was looking at him, and said in the distance: "Look, they are here, we won't kill innocents, big brother will go to retreat the enemy by himself." ”

As soon as everyone saw it, dozens of cavalrymen armed with bows, arrows and swords and eight or nine hundred villagers armed with swords, hoes, and flat shoulders quickly surrounded them. ”

Tang Hai stepped forward, Shan Yong followed behind to guard, and the big man led by the opposite side waved his hand, and the militia behind him suddenly stopped moving. Tang Hai shouted loudly: "We are passers-by, and we hope that it will be convenient for the good man." ”

The leader of the man said: "I am Shenjiazhuang, whoever passes my village will either leave gold and silver horses, or leave heads, and the two are up to you." ”

Tang Hai smiled: "Isn't it Shen Wandeng? ”

The man was startled and asked, "Do you know me?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Shen Wandeng and his righteous brother Liu Hongqi raised troops to resist Dashun, and they were enemies of Li Zicheng's righteous army, who doesn't know about the rivers and lakes?" ”

Shen Wandeng said: "Yes, I am Shen Wandeng, my brother Liu Hongqi also rebelled in Henan, now the soldiers are in chaos, swords, guns and horses are the most precious, brother, you don't blame me for being ruthless, quickly leave the gold and silver horses, I won't hurt your lives." ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "Your brothers are also big thieves in Henan, and friends on the rivers and lakes also gave me the name of 'thief', you and I are destined, Brother Shen, for the sake of this layer, how about letting me go?" ”

Shen Wandeng was taken aback: "You are the number one thief in the world?" ”

"Yes, please make it easier for my brother."

Shen Wandeng looked at the people behind Tang Hai, saw that there were no more than 100 soldiers, and said with a smile: "People say that Tang Hai has been Li Zicheng's supervising army, commanding thousands of troops and horses, and holding a high position, where did you come from to be a thief, dare to pretend to be the number one in the world in front of your grandfather?" Tell you, in Runing, grandpa is the thief that everyone fears, you are honest and obedient, you dare to resist, so that all your bones will not exist. ”

Tang Hai saw that it was ineffective, and said with a smile: "Since you are a thief who is feared by people in Runing, then I am according to you, please let me go back to discuss with my brothers later, and talk back a moment." ”

After Tang Hai finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and came back to the crowd: "This thief is Shen Wandeng of the landlord militia group, he gathered thousands of people to make enemies with Dashun, and it is inevitable that there will be a fierce battle when we meet today." I have a plan, I can send the Shi'an brother Pegasus to kill his army, only by deterring the prestige of this thief, he will not dare to act rashly. ”

Shi'an said: "Just capture this thief." ”

Tang Haidao: "Are you sure?" ”

Shi'an said: "Big brother, rest assured, they are all people, what is there to fear?" ”

After Shi'an finished speaking, without waiting for Tang Hai's order, he rushed to Shen Wandeng with a knife and whip and said, "I'll go around your army, you can capture me, and we will have seventy-eight people at your disposal." After finishing speaking, he rushed straight over, and several big men on the left and right sides of Shen Wandeng danced knives to cut Shi'an, and Shi'an preemptively slashed Shi'an, and quickly slashed under the horse left and right. Shi'an abandoned Shen Wanteng and rushed straight to the militia behind him, slashing and beating with the back of a knife, and the people who stood in the way suddenly staggered, and none of the eight or nine hundred people could get there, which shocked Shen Wanteng.

After the chaos in Shi'an, seeing that the enemy was in chaos, he saw the opportunity to rush directly to Shen Wandeng to kill. Shen Wandeng is the overlord of Runing, and when he saw Shi'an coming at him, he hurriedly raised his knife to fight, but he didn't even cut Shi'an's shadow a few times. During the fight, Shi'an saw the opportunity to pick up Shen Wanstool's weapon, slashed him on the back and knocked him off the horse, and then fell to the ground, killing a few men who came to the rescue left and right, gently picked up Shen Wandeng, got back on the horse and galloped back, and threw the prisoner under Tang Hai's horse.

Tang Hai was overjoyed and praised: "Brother Shi'an is brave!" ”

Everyone rode around, and Ye Yang pointed at Shen Wandeng with a long knife and said, "This man who captured you is the worst martial artist among us, do you still want to fight?" ”

Shen Wandeng was already in a state of dissipation, and begged for mercy again and again: "Grandpa spare his life, the villain doesn't know that grandpa is a god descending from heaven, he really deserves to die." ”

Ye Yang said: "What do you beg for mercy when you know that you should die?" ”

Allah said: "Killed." ”

When Shen Wandeng heard that he was going to behead himself, he kept kowtowing to Tang Hai and asking for mercy: "The thief is a big name and a powerful man, the villain is not talented, he is willing to follow the left and right, serve with all his heart before and after the saddle, and go to the soup to be sent by the fire." ”

Tang Haidao: "I, Tang Hai, although I have the name of thief, but there is no evil of thief, you, Shen Wandeng, although there is no name of thief, but it is a real thief, you and I belong to the same kind, how can we help each other in the same boat?" ”

Seeing that he couldn't beg for mercy, Shen Wanstool stood up suddenly, pointed at Tang Hai and scolded: "How can there be innocent thieves in the world, Tang Hai, Er and other rogues burn and loot, and Huaxia is completely ruined, and you dare to speak out in front of me?" As he spoke, he was about to step forward and grab it, Tang Hai was furious, raised his evil sword and slashed it fiercely, and the tip of the sword just cut through Shen Wanstool's neck.

Ye Yang saw Shen Wanstool fall to the ground, cut his head with a knife, and then picked it hard, and the head flew straight towards the other party's crowd.

As soon as the rebels arrived, all the fields and properties were confiscated, and the gold, silver and jewelry at home were looted, so he hated the rebels to the core. Now I heard that Li Zicheng's army was defeated at Shanhaiguan, and the general soldiers of the three customs moved to the Qing Dynasty to rescue the Qing Dynasty and pursued the righteous army day and night, together with dozens of outlaws, gathered thousands of peasants to train day and night, and was bent on revenge, but unexpectedly met Tang Hai and others today, and became a ghost under the knife in a daze.

Those dozens of outlaws, all of them are people who deceive the good and fear the evil, eight or nine hundred people, and even a gang of rabble, today I saw that Shi'an was like a god general, no one was invincible, and I saw Shen Wandeng's head in a different place, and he was a ghost under the knife, and he immediately panicked, turned around and ran. Tang Hai said: "Brothers, go and get the horse." When they heard this, they rushed over and slew many horsemen, and took twenty or thirty horses. Si Ren smiled: "Now it's okay, the brothers don't have to ride together anymore." ”