(This chapter is 4,000 words, and it was originally written last night to be sent, but before the departure, I suddenly felt that some places were not very good, but I couldn't hold it at the time, so I got up this morning and revised it and sent it out)

Five days ago, Thang Long Province, Annam.

The news of Hu Jichen's capture has spread from the mouths of the generals to ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers don't have so many thoughts about being an officer, and their reaction when they hear this is: The battle is finally over! It's time to go home! Most people were excited to talk about it.

Since they all think that the war is about to end, the guards will inevitably be a little lax, and the soldiers, especially those stationed near the big city, are still not allowed to go out of the barracks at will, but they are not good at practicing in the barracks, and they are not ready to fight wars. Most of the soldiers had a few fish in Annam, and they had money to gamble.

Of course, the generals above didn't want them to do this, but there was no good way; Zhang Wen was very calm when he heard the report of the generals under him, and it was not the first time he had seen such a thing. He only gave two orders: first, the reward for everyone should not be paid to individuals now, but before the withdrawal of troops back to the station; Second, you are not allowed to gamble while drinking, or you are not allowed to drink alcohol when you are gambling.

The soldiers also understood. The first is to prevent everyone from losing all their money and going home without money to give to their families, and the second is to prevent chaos. Because these two articles are very reasonable, as well as Zhang Wen's prestige in the army, everyone has strictly implemented these two rules.

Even the generals did not practice much, and they were all day long in the barracks or in the city to meet with others. Not only for relaxation, but also how to calculate the credit, how to draw up the reward, even if Zhang Wen is extremely strict in this regard, it can't stop some people from camping.

But there were several armies whose generals were not entertained. Not only that, but the ordinary soldiers of these armies also have less money in their hands than other soldiers, and although the sound of pushing pai gow is loud, the money that everyone piles on the table is stingy.

This is the current state of the army of the Semu people. Yun Xi recruited 450,000 people to fight in Annan this time, one of which was sent to He Rong's subordinates, and was completely annihilated in Pingzhang, and the other about 40,000 soldiers were in Li Jinglong's Chinese army, and they also killed thousands of people all the way, and now there are more than 30,000 people left.

Yun Xi's discrimination against the Semu people is completely open. The forcible relocation of the northern Semu people, the forbiddenness of the city to accept the naturalization of the Semu people, and the demotization of many Semu military generals and even the imprisonment of the Semu people, even if the emperor said it well, everyone could see it.

In this case, all the non-colored generals are unwilling to associate with them. In particular, the Mongols, who were treated the same as the Semu people, immediately drew a line with them after discovering that their status was higher than that of the Semu people.

On this day, as usual, several generals of the Semu Guard went to Li Jian's Mansion in the city to routinely report on the situation of the past few days, and after coming out, they bought some wine and food in the tavern, and then returned to their own guard and drank alcohol.

One of them couldn't control his mouth after a few sips of wine, and said, "The emperor looks down on us so much, why does he still recruit us to fight?" ”

"Don't you just want to reduce the loss of soldiers in the Han guard and replace them with us." Another person said: "Isn't it because of this that the soldiers of the southwestern barbarians were recruited. ”

"The generals of the various armies look down on us completely, damn, if it is really one-on-one, they may not be able to win against us. If it weren't for the fact that the national strength of the Annan people on the other side was too far away from the Great Ming, this battle would not have been won at all, so I would have voted for the Annanites. One said again.

When everyone heard this, they all echoed it very much, but they were immediately stopped by Ma Xing, the commander of the guard. Although they were in the innermost part of the barracks, they were not safe. Who knows if there is a hidden stake of the brocade guard among the lustful soldiers who are scolding their mother downstairs? Religious enthusiasm is no match for the temptation of profit, not to mention that some people are of mixed race and are not very enthusiastic about religion themselves.

Everyone was stopped from complaining, although they were dissatisfied, they also knew that Ma Xing was good for them, and someone turned to say: "Let's go home quickly, there won't be so many bad things when you go home." Even if there is, squatting in the barracks with your eyes closed can also be regarded as nothing. ”

"Home? You think beautifully! Another person said: "The people of the north have all been moved to Yiwu, and we estimate that they are almost the same, it just so happens that the young and strong are fighting in Annam, and it is not easy to arrange them to other places?" It is estimated that His Majesty's decree has been prepared and is waiting to be issued. ”

"Hey, love can be placed wherever it goes. Where is it not discriminated against by the government? It would be better if we could move us to a place where there are few Han people, we can't have a lower status than the barbarians, at most, there won't be so many bad things. ”

When a person heard this, he felt even more aggrieved, took a sip of wine and stood up and was about to say something, when suddenly one of his feet stumbled and fell to the ground, and his eye socket accidentally hit the chair, and blood flowed down immediately.

"Imam! Call the imam! Ma Xing shouted. A guard hurried to call the imam. The military doctors in the Semu People's Guard are all imams who know how to heal.

Soon the imam rushed over, sprinkled some potion on the man's wound to stop the bleeding, and wrapped a cloth around his head to wrap the wound.

Although the man's wounds were quickly healed, everyone lost the interest in drinking and went to sleep.

But the commander Ma Xing left the camp tent and walked aimlessly in the village. At the same time, in his heart, because of the complaints of everyone just now, he couldn't help but think about his future.

'What is the future of me, and of us, the Semu people?' Your Majesty openly discriminates against us, and the Han soldiers love to ignore me when they see me in the city, although they are paid by the commander, but they are also a commander for the rest of their lives, and they are just mixed up for a lifetime? ’

'Your Majesty doesn't seem to discriminate against people with lust, Lord Tie Xuan Tie is still a high-ranking official in the capital, and he is very trusted by His Majesty. The emperor seems to be discriminating against, or jealous of the Heavenly Sect. ’

'Heavenly Sect? Or like Lord Tie, they will no longer believe in religion, and from then on they will start to study Confucianism seriously, send their children to study in social studies, or invite a few Xiucai who can teach students to teach at home, and let them take the imperial examination to become officials in the future? ’

'Well, the old man in the family won't agree. Soon after Hong Wuye ascended the throne, he issued many discriminatory laws against the Semu people, and his father endured it at that time, and now although a few restrictions have been added, it is nothing compared to that time. ’

He was thinking about it, when suddenly the guard beside him said, "My lord, I have arrived at the gate of the camp." ”

Ma Xing raised his head, and saw that he had already reached the gate of the camp, and the guards of the gate stood up and saluted him. He looked at the stars in the sky again, and felt that it was not too early, so he waved his hand to the janitor, and turned to go back to sleep.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of "dong dong" coming from the gate of the camp, as if many people were walking towards this side; He immediately turned his head and walked to the gate of the camp, and saw hundreds of Han soldiers standing at the gate of their camp, pushing a cart, and there was a 'cooing' rooster crow from the car. The man in charge came over and was about to tap the door twice, when he suddenly saw Ma Xing and shouted: "Open the door quickly, Vice Marshal Li ordered us to send you a reward." ”

"Why are you here to give a reward at this time?" Ma Xing muttered, but still asked the doorkeeper to open the door. These days, every few days, Zhang Wen or Li Jian would buy some live pigs and chickens and send them to the various battalions, and he could not afford to be rewarded by the soldiers in the barracks.

Soon the door was opened, and the Han soldiers came in with a cart and asked, "Where do you put these things?" ”

"There are no live pigs, do you?" Ma Xing made sure first, and after receiving a positive answer, he said: "Send it to the northeast corner of the camp, where we put vegetables, meat, and fish." I couldn't help but complain again: "It's true, it was only sent at this time, and most of the soldiers have already fallen asleep." Fortunately, they are all living creatures, otherwise tomorrow it would stink and I wouldn't be able to eat it. ”

"Be content." The leader's eyes flashed when he heard Ma Xing's words, and then he said quietly: "The deputy marshal can still deliberately think that you don't eat pork, and it's good that you didn't send a few pigs over." ”

What he said was very uncondescending, but Ma Xing didn't care: now the Han people are like this to their commanders, if he cares, he will die of anger. It happened that his tent was also on the northeast side, so he was going to take them along the way.

But he was about to turn his head, but he caught a glimpse of a soldier's shoes turned out to be a pair of leather boots, and he immediately became suspicious. Ordinary soldiers of the Ming Army don't talk about leather boots, even cloth shoes are reluctant to wear, how can this person wear leather boots?

Ma Xing then used gestures to remind the guards to pay attention to their precautions, and asked, "Why do you and I look at Miansheng?" Which guard is it from? ”

The man at the head said angrily: "Why, you still suspect that we can't succeed!" Let me show you the order of Vice Marshal Li. As he spoke, the man took something from his waist and walked over to him.

Ma Xing took this thing from his hand, opened it and saw that it was indeed Li Jian's order, and he checked the mark again, and made sure that it was correct and not a forgery.

Ma Xing then raised his head, and was about to say, 'I'm sorry', when suddenly a cold light flashed in front of him, and he habitually dodged, only to hear the sound of 'poof', his bun had fallen off his head, and his bundled hair was spread out, blocking his gaze.

Ma Xing was very surprised in his heart, but the knee-jerk reaction formed by going to the battlefield many times was unambiguous, he pulled out the knife from his waist, dodged another knife from the person in front of him, and killed him with his own backhand.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist on the other side, and suddenly fell to the ground, looking ahead with blurred eyes.

I saw that at this time, the people who were originally pushing the cart were now armed with knives and guns, and some were still holding torches, and all the guards around him had been killed; These people, who were originally dressed the same as them, pulled out a red ribbon from their waists and tied it around their shoulders, and dozens of people ran towards the camp where the soldiers were resting in a group.

Ma Xing used all his strength and shouted: "There are Annan people attacking ......," but he was covered with his mouth after just saying a few words. He also heard the man covering his mouth and another person saying in Chinese: "Is this still a commander?" Do you want to kill or not? ”

"Since it's a commander, just wait for the people above to come over and hand it over to the top, let's not kill casually."

Ma Xing didn't understand their conversation very well, just struggled desperately, but was hit in the back a few times, and then was stuffed with rags in his mouth, and tied up with five flowers. Several people tied him up and threw him on the ground at random.

After that, Ma Xing saw things that he had never imagined in his life: countless people of color and eyes ran out of the tent in disheveled clothes, and were immediately killed by a knife head-on; The men also took out several buckets from their cars, sprinkled oil on the tents, and lit a fire with torches, turning the entire camp where the soldiers were resting into a sea of fire.

Ma Xing's eyes became red, his mouth made a 'woo' sound, and he struggled with all his strength: the things he had snatched outside his body were enough, but there were still a few friends in the camp who had a very good relationship with him, and his two nephews were also recruited to fight this time, and they were all inside at this time!

But his struggles were destined to be fruitless. One of the guards gave him a few more blows and reprimanded: "What to mess with! Mess around with what! Stay honest. You don't have to get excited by watching them burn to death, you can be reunited with them in a moment. ”

He sneered again: "I heard that the religion of your Semu people says that after death, you can go to heaven to enjoy the blessings that only the emperor can enjoy, what beautiful women surround you, what wine and delicacies are innumerable, then what do you have to complain about?" You should be happy for them. ”

Ma Xing looked at this person angrily, but this person didn't care at all, just laughed out loud.

I don't know how long it took, but no one came out of the tent again, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt meat. Several of them drenched themselves and went in to see if there was anyone alive, and if so, they stabbed him.

After a while, Ma Xing only heard someone say, "The top has sent someone to inspect." His guards threw him into the cart and pushed him to the gate of the camp.

After a while, I saw a man wearing refined armor walking over with many guards, and everyone saluted one after another: "I've seen Vice Marshal Li!" ”

"Get up." Li Jian agreed, and immediately asked, "It's all done?" ”

"Deputy Marshal Qiyu, except for Ma Xing, the commander of the guard, everyone else has already died in the camp tent. Ma Xing is here. As he spoke, the man pushed the cart with Ma Xing in it.

When Li Jian heard his words, a trace of unbearable color flashed on his face, but he quickly disappeared without a trace. He stepped forward, pulled out the rag in Ma Xing's mouth, and said, "In the end, it turned out to be an official of the imperial court, so let's give some decency." ”

"Li Jian, why, why don't you give us a way to live?" Ma Xing asked very sadly.

At this time, he did not have a look of surprise on his face that he had just learned that the person who was going to kill them was the imperial court. He had already figured it out when he was tied up.

"There's no why, just because you're Semu. If you want to blame, blame your ancestors for why they came to the realm of the Ming Dynasty. Li Jian paused, and said two more words to the person pushing the carriage before Ma Xing spoke again: "Decent." ”

The man then pulled a white silk from his waist.