Chapter 11 Chen Hongfan

"Enough killing." Zhang Xuan said.

Everywhere the cavalry passed, there were corpses everywhere, but not many people were actually killed, and more trampled on each other and died.

Zhang Xuan has long been conscious, in this era, it is impossible to survive with two hands cleanly, he has never been afraid of killing, but killing these people, or breaking through his bottom line, he doesn't care what Luo Dai thinks in his heart, and said: "Find a few living people, send me a message, 10,000 stone grain." Take it out, I'll turn around and leave, if I can't get out. Then don't blame me. ”

Old lady Huang Chao was surrounded by his sons and grandsons and ran down from the battlefield. A handful of old people, experiencing such a situation again, their faces turned red, they gasped for breath, and their eyes were shocked. I was already frightened, and I couldn't say it, but under this breath, I was dying.

"Grandpa." A young man said: "The bandit leader said, 10,000 stone of grain, hand it over, he turned around and left, if he can't hand it over, don't blame him for being polite." ”

Old lady Huang trembled angrily, and two words burst out from between her teeth: "Give it to him." ”

"Gather all the people in charge." After Old Lady Huang made a decision, she regained some composure and said, "Look at how to make up this 10,000 stone of grain." This food must not be borne by my Huang family alone. ”

Zhang Xuan didn't know how they discussed, and in the end, what arrived in Zhang Xuan's hands was only nearly five thousand stone grain, so Zhang Xuan was already very satisfied. Five thousand stone grain is enough for Zhang Xuan to be busy.

A hoard of food was piled up in the place where the battle had just begun.

One stone of grain Zhang Xuan felt that it was about 100 kilograms. Five thousand stone is five hundred tons, of course, this is only an estimate.

Just like this, it's enough trouble for Zhang Xuan. put it in the matter of a few trucks now, but it allowed Zhang Xuan to collect all the nearby vehicles and livestock, and with the help of Song Xiance, it was possible to successfully transport these grains.

Transporting grain for thousands of miles, sometimes it can reach the level where it costs one stone to transport a few buckets, Zhang Xuan didn't believe it before, but now he really understands that it is difficult to march and fight in ancient times.

After the food arrived, Zhang Xuan lost interest in the area south of Xiaogan, so Zhang Xuan withdrew to Xiaogan County, it seems that the war in the city is anxious, and for a while King Chuang and Luo Rucai did not have the time to pay attention to here, so he ordered Zhang Xuan to temporarily garrison Xiaogan City. Defend against the enemy in the direction of Hanyang.

Just when Zhang Xuan had just withdrawn to Xiaogan. The officers and troops from Wuchang have also arrived.

The hundreds of horses that came first were also in good spirits, but the foot soldiers behind were ragged, like beggars.

The old man of the Huang family brought some village elders to meet the generals of the official army, and saw a "Chen" character general flag coming over from a distance, only to see more than 100 cavalry surrounded by a general walked over, this army is not as neat as Zhang Xuan's queue, but there is an awe-inspiring murderous atmosphere. Let these villagers dare not slack off.

Old Man Huang knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Please make the decision for us." ”

As soon as Old Man Huang opened his mouth, the people behind him followed Old Man Huang and said, "Please make the decision for us?" ”

The general on the horse said with a Liaodong accent: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Old man Huang knelt on the ground and would fight with Zhang Xuan, if he had to hand over five thousand stone of grain, etc., he said it in 1510, and finally said: "At this moment, the thief is in Xiaogan, and I ask the general to fight the thief, and we are willing to lead the way for the general." ”

"You're committing adultery." The general on the horse sneered and said, "Someone's coming." ”

"Yes." A group of housekeepers rushed up.

The general on the horse said: "Take them all down, torture them severely, and see if they have colluded with the rogues." ”

Old Man Huang opened his mouth and looked at the general on the horse. I couldn't say anything for a while.

I saw that dozens of old men who greeted the officers and soldiers were taken down one by one, and then thousands of officers and soldiers rushed into the nearby villages, and a scream rang out. The entire half of the county south of Xiaogan was in chaos.

The news that Wuchang's officers and troops had arrived in the south of Xiaogan was immediately transmitted to Zhang Xuan's ears.

"Please avenge us, General." A big man knelt on the ground, Zhang Xuan looked at him a little familiar, he was the big man who was by Old Man Huang's side at the beginning, and he was also the youngest son of Old Man Huang, Huang Xu.

Zhang Xuan asked, "What happened?" ”

Huang Xu gritted his teeth and said: "When the official army arrived in Huangjiazhuang, my family was killed, and almost none of the villages that fought against the general survived, even my old father --- ---" He choked up and couldn't speak, and tears hit the ground drop by drop.

The nails of both hands pierced into the flesh, and blood flowed out.

Zhang Xuan sighed secretly in his heart, he had seen a lot of such things. Although it is unexpected, it is common sense to think about it, the only problem is that Xiaogan has been peaceful here for too long, and I don't know what a soldier looks like.

"There are many soldiers in Wuchang, who will lead the troops." Zhang Xuan asked.

"There are hundreds of horses, and there are two thousand foot soldiers, led by Chen Hongfan." Huang Xu said.

Chen Hongfan's three words went over in Zhang Xuan's ears, and he said secretly: "It's still an acquaintance." ”

Chen Hongfan may not know Zhang Xuan, but Zhang Xuan knows Chen Hongfan. It is not yet obtained from the materials of later generations. Rather, it was the news that I received from the sacrifice camp.

Chen Hongfan is a native of Liaodong, but he has never been active on the battlefield of Liaodong. Before listening to Xiong Wencan's command, when Zhang Xianzhong was appeased by Xiong Wencan, Xiong Wencan wanted to kill Zhang Xianzhong to prevent future troubles, but Chen Hongfan said good things to Zhang Xianzhong, and Xiong Wencan let Zhang Xianzhong go.

There is a friendship between Zhang Xianzhong and Chen Hongfan.

However, Zhang Xianzhong did not let Xiong Wencan go, Zhang Xianzhong surrendered and rebelled, and Xiong Wencan was imprisoned. And Chen Hongfan was also implicated. However, the friendship between Zhang Xianzhong and Chen Hongfan has not been severed, at least Zhang Xianzhong did not fight Chen Hongfan on the battlefield, and even if they met, they could let each other go.

It's just that Chen Hongfan is also unlucky. When Zhang Xianzhong attacked Xiangyang, Chen Hongfan was in the city. Chen Hongfan was dismissed because of this, if it weren't for Li Zicheng's troops to reach Xiaogan, Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang, couldn't find any generals for a while, because at this moment, part of Hu's troops were in Zuo Liangyu's hands, and Lu Jiude was at war in Nanzhili, and he couldn't be transferred back for a while. Looking at the current situation, Song Yihe is also worried that if Li Zicheng is not given a little resistance, Li Zicheng will take advantage of the situation to attack Wuchang, which will be very bad.

Therefore, Song Yihe temporarily captured Chen Hongfan and raised 3,000 troops in the city for him to attack Li Zicheng.

Zhang Xuan said secretly: "If Chen Hongfan sneaks here secretly and sneaks up on Xiaogan City, it is estimated that I will really be defeated this time." However, Zhang Xuan still didn't dare to slack off, he comforted Huang Xu and said: "Now the strength of the righteous army is insufficient, if you want to take revenge, join the righteous army, I will let you take revenge one day, if you don't want to, I will reward you with a hundred taels of silver, and you can find your own way out." ”

At this moment, Huang Xu closed his eyes, and he could see the tragedy of Huangjiazhuang, how could he let go, but he also knew that if he wanted to take revenge, there was no other way but to join the righteous army, he gritted his teeth and said: "My subordinates meet the general, and I hope the general will not forget today's words." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay. I won't forget it. ”

Huang Xu said: "There are also some brothers under him, all of whom are the survivors of the catastrophe in their hometowns, and they want to join the army to take revenge. Please also ask the general to fulfill. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay, I agreed." He turned to Luo Dai and said, "Take them down and settle them." ”

This world is a worse era, Zhang Xuan feels that he is bad enough, but compared to the official army, he feels that he still wants to be as clean as a white lotus.

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly, immediately did the right thing, and asked Song Xiance to come over to discuss how to deal with the current situation, while quickly reporting the situation to Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

Song Xiance didn't have any good way, it was nothing more than to publicize the military discipline of the official army, let Huang Xu and these people show up, and then the grain gathered together, open a warehouse to release grain, and the people who defended the city shared the grain, although Huguang was not as serious as Henan, but under the heavy levy of the Ming Dynasty, the bankrupt homes were countless, so as soon as the warehouse was opened, a lot of people gathered, and Chen Hongfan in the south seemed to come to loot and did not come to attack Xiaogan.