Originally, the army led by Mo Li followed closely behind Cao Bianjiao, although he was burdened by the baggage, but it should not have been so late to keep up, and the reason why the army arrived late was because he encountered another group of thieves on the way. [Eight?] 1{〈〈Small.}

After Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong divided their troops, several of their men and horses divided their troops in all directions, swept through the prefectures, counties, and towns around Xiangyang, raped and plundered, and did all kinds of evil.

The rebel leader encountered by Moli was called Zhang Dashou, full of stars, and also the leader of a rebel branch under Wang Jiayin, after he and He Yilong joined forces to capture Zaoyang City, because of some uneven distribution of spoils with He Yilong, the two had an opinion, so they angrily led their troops to leave, and the camera went south to exhibit.

When he arrived at Tangjia Village, he happened to bump into the army led by Mo Lisuo, who was marching towards Zaoyang, and the two sides launched a bloody battle.

Here's the thing. Tangjia Village is located about 20 miles southeast of Zaoyang, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a total of more than 100 households.

A few days ago, after hearing that Wang Jiayin's rogue rebels were coming to Zaoyang, many families with some money fled to Wuchang Mansion with their families, and the remaining tenants and poor people with four walls were unwilling to leave their hometowns to flee, and most of them chose to stay, including Tang Bao's family.

Tang Bao thought that anyway, the family was so poor that it was tinkling, not to mention valuable things, it was just a bite of food, and it was also a meal that was not served, where was there anything for the thieves and rebels to rob?

Instead of living a life where you may starve to death at any time, it is better to wait for the rebels to come, join the rebels, and maybe you can still have enough to eat! I heard that the rebels looted everywhere, eating fragrant and spicy food all day long, drinking wine in large bowls, and eating large pieces of meat, this temptation is not ordinary for a poor family like Tang Bao.

There are still many men in the village like Tang Bao, waiting for the arrival of the rebels with such a mentality, anyway, no matter who is the emperor, as long as they can feed themselves.

The idea of the common people is so simple, there are not so many twists and turns, as long as you can let him eat enough, he will recognize you.

The rebels really came, and Zhang Dashou led four thousand men and horses to drive over, riding a high-headed horse with an arrogant look on his face.

It is no wonder that since Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong and others led the rebels to the south, the Ming army along the way either fled or surrendered, which also made many rebels have the intention of underestimating the enemy.

Zaoyang, Tongbai and other county towns are not easy to capture, not to mention walking on this country road, what threat can you get yourself?

Tang Bao held back the fear in his heart, walked up and said to the leading rebel general: "General, General, our village has discussed it, and I also want to join the rebel army, I hope the general will take it in, I hope the general will take it in!" ”

"Oh? Will you submit to this king? Hahahaha......" Zhang Dashou was very happy when he heard Tang Bao's words, and shook the ghost head knife and laughed loudly: "Okay, very good, it's rare that although you are born thin, you still have a little bit of vision!" I just don't know if it's sincere? ”

"Sincerity? Yes! Yes! We sincerely want to join the rebels! Tang Bao said in a panic.

"Sincerity is not based on lip service, in this way, since you are willing to submit to the king, that is your own people, now the thousands of brothers of the king have been on the road for a long time, and they are already hungry, you hurry up and prepare some wine and food to entertain you, even if you are in the gang, you will be your own brothers in the future, go quickly." Zhang Dashou laughed.

Zhang Dashou led his troops to leave, and he didn't bring much grain and grass, although he scavenged some grain in the towns and villages near Zaoyang in the past two days, he couldn't help the consumption of thousands of people and horses.

Tang Bao was taken aback and looked embarrassed: "This ...... The king, the villain and the others really have no food left at home......"

"None? This king just asked you to provide a little food and grass, but you actually said no? Do you dare to say that you have the sincerity to take refuge in this king? It's just unreasonable, come on, let me go into the village and search! Zhang Dashou was furious.

Zhang Da received an order, and thousands of rebels rushed into the village like bandits, and looted from house to house.

"The King...... This, this ......" Tang Bao didn't expect Zhang Dashou to send troops to rob without saying a word, didn't he say that the righteous army was composed of ordinary people and came out to resist the oppression of the government for the common people? How can it be more vicious than bandits.

Tang Bao was remorseful, he knew that he wouldn't stay like this, and he thought that joining the rebel army would be able to eat his belly, it seemed that he was really naïve.

However, Tang Bao thought to himself, anyway, he and these villagers had no food to hide, so let them search it, and if they searched again, they would not find anything, and then the king would believe what he said.

However, Tang Bao still thought too simply.

The rebels rushed into the village and searched for a while, and then someone came out to report to Zhang Dashou: "Wang, except for some girls and children hiding in the village, there is only a small amount of pure rice and bran left, and there is nothing to eat!" ”

"Straight sissy thief!" Zhang Dashou scolded loudly, rode a war horse to the villagers who knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Tell me quickly, where did you hide the grain?" Who dares to have half a lie. He is your example! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Dashou swung his ghost-headed knife violently, and the blade swept coldly in front of Tang Bao. Tang Bao's only thought was, it's over!

Before Tang Bao could react, his head was cut off by Zhang Dashou in an instant, and the round skull with his eyes wide open rolled to the ground, and blood sprayed all over the ground.

Hundreds of villagers screamed in fright, and some got up to flee, but were immediately killed by the rebels. The rest had to crawl on the ground, constantly kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Whoever dares to stir up trouble will die! Whoever dares to hide the grain, hum! Then he doesn't want to live! ”

Zhang Dashou shouted with a hideous face, and the bloody ghost head knife pointed at Tang Bao's corpse, just like a demon that devoured people, and some of the villagers kneeling on the ground were so frightened that they were incontinent, and they kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Spare your life, my lord!"

"The king, the little ones really don't have any food! Spare your life, my lord! ”

"King, spare the little one's life, I am willing to wait for the king before and after the saddle......"

Zhang Dashou was indifferent to the villagers' bitter begging for mercy, he didn't know how many similar scenes he had experienced, and he liked the pleasure of life and death. The broadsword pointed at one of them again and shouted, "You, tell me quickly, where is the grain hidden?" ”

"Hui, Hui Wang, villains can't eat enough on weekdays, and there is really no food to hide ......"

Burst! Before the villager could finish speaking, he was hacked to death, and the whole person was cut off by the waist, and blood rained down. The rest of the villagers screamed in fright.

In this chaotic scene, as soon as a dozen women hiding at home rushed out of the gate, they were held down by a few or even a dozen rebels who chased them out, and those rebels laughed lewdly and tore open the torn clothes on these women's bodies, allowing the women to cry and struggle incessantly, but how to struggle past these beast-like rebels, they were quickly stripped naked.

One by one, the traitors pulled their trousers, picked up the woman's two white thighs and pressed them up, and one of the women's five-year-old son chased him out of the house crying, "Let go of my mother, let go of my mother, mother ......"

A traitor next to him didn't blink, and slashed out with his backhand, splitting the child's entire head, and instantly lost his human form.

For a time, there were women's painful cries and pleadings everywhere, and there were terrible human tragedies everywhere, with separated flesh and blood, broken families, and deaths......

Parents watched their daughters and daughters-in-law being ravaged in public by the rebels one after another, and husbands watched their wives being tossed by bandits unscrupulously and crying out miserably......

No one dared to move, no one dared to resist, and a few who were a little more bold couldn't bear this humiliation, and wanted to fight with the rebels, but before they could stand up, they were cut down by the rebels......

Zhang Dashou waved his ghost-headed knife, whirring, and shouted to the villagers who were kneeling on the ground and trembling: "This king asks you one last thing, where is the grain hidden?" ”

No one answered, the villagers who stayed were all bitter, they didn't have three meals, where was there food to hide, but if there was a little surplus food, they could leave, they stayed because they wanted to join the rebels, hoping to find a little food to live. But you can't answer no, because if you don't, you die.

"Good! Since you refuse to provide food, the king has no choice but to fill the bellies of your brothers! Come on! Chop off the heads of these young people, throw them into the cauldron and stew, eat them and continue on their way! Zhang Dashou said expressionlessly.

Cannibalism, these two words that were disgusting in the world of Chengping, were common in troubled times like the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Not only do the rebels eat people, but ordinary people also eat in order to survive.

And last year in Dalinghe City, Zu Dashou ran out of food, and his subordinates and the soldiers and civilians in the city had eaten human flesh, and finally had to decide to surrender the Golden Tartars.

The villagers of Tangjia Village wanted to join the rebels, but because they could not get a meal, they were slaughtered, and the male was beheaded and dismembered, and then thrown into a cauldron to cook;

After the women who had been hiding in their homes were searched, they were stripped naked on the spot and pushed to the ground to be ravaged by the rebels, even old women in their fifties and sixties, and virgins of four or five years old.

The screams and cries echoed in Tangjia Village, and blood and tears flowed all over the ground, not only could not exchange for a trace of sympathy, but the reaction gave the rebels more pleasure in life and death, and it became even more righteous to do evil......

Mo Li rushed to Zaoyang with more than 10,000 men and horses, for the safety of the march, he sent a lot of scouts to listen to the news, not wanting to crash into Tangjia Village, after getting the tragic scene of Tangjia Village reported back to Tangjia Village by the front Tanma, Mo Li's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he was furious, what kind of righteous army is this? What's the difference with the Japanese devils of later generations?! It's all two-legged brutes!

With a slam of Mo Liqiang, the long knife came out of its sheath with a cold light, and pointed ahead and shouted, "Brothers! Don't say anything, General Ben has only one request, don't let go of a single brute! ”