Jiang Beiming, Zhou Lei and others walked in the direction of Xi'an for another seven or eight days, and they were about 100 miles away from Xi'an, but the refugees gradually decreased. Jiang Beiming sent scouts to investigate, Li Zicheng has been besieging Xi'an for half a year, and everyone who can run has run away, and those who can't escape either fled into Xi'an City, or Li Zicheng captured the strong man.

Jiang Beiming gave a strict order, the Yulin Army and the fast gun team gathered together, Zhou Lei led his regiment to open the road in front, Wang Qianxiang broke off in the back, and the 10,000 fast gun team walked in the middle, each unit was less than two miles apart.

Zhou Lei's regiment had only 1,000 men, and he also left the artillery company to Jiang Beiming, so only 300 cavalry and 600 infantry opened the way.

Zhou Lei and Yang Tao were riding on horses, and it was already very cool in Xi'an in early October, and there were no people around, which made it even more bleak.

Zhou Lei was walking forward, and suddenly the scout came to report: "Sir, a large number of displaced people were found in front, the number of people was about a few hundred, and someone was chasing them behind." ”

"Pass the order." Zhou Lei didn't make any stops, "Stop advancing, the whole army will line up to meet the enemy, and collect the displaced people." ”

"Sir, are you chasing them?" Yang Tao asked.

"It should be." Zhou Lei said, "Let's go, let's go to the front and have a look." ”

The Yulin Army had stopped advancing, and the 300 soldiers of the first battalion lined up in three rows carrying flintlock pistols, next to the 300 cavalrymen of the cavalry battalion. The 300 fighters of the second battalion were everywhere beckoning the homeless people to gather.

Zhou Lei asked the commander of the second battalion to call over: "What's going on, how can there be so many homeless people at once, who is chasing them?" ”

"Report sir." The battalion commander replied loudly, "My subordinates have asked, they are from the same township near Xi'an, and the people chasing them are not Liukou, but General Zuo Liangyu's people." ”

Zhou Lei wanted to ask something more, but Yang Tao pulled him: "Sir, look." ”

Zhou Lei raised his binoculars and looked ahead, there was a cloud of smoke and dust in front of him, and about a hundred cavalry rushed from a distance. In front of the cavalry were the fleeing people. A young woman was running with her baby in her arms, looking back as she ran. The cavalry of the Ming army, who rushed to the first, swept past the young woman, bent down and grabbed the young woman and pressed her on the horse. The young woman was so frightened that the child in her arms fell to the ground, and was instantly covered by the horse team behind her.

Zhou Lei completely understood that this was Zuo Liangyu looting again. Zhou Lei's heart was on fire, and he shouted: "The cavalry battalion attacked, surrounded the Ming army in front, and not let one go." Bring their officers in, and those who resist will be killed. ”

300 cavalrymen of the Yulin Army rushed out with Cossack scimitars in their hands, divided into two lines in front of more than 100 Ming troops, bypassed the more than 100 people from the flank, and surrounded them.

"My general Zhou has an order, all of them will lay down their arms, and those who resist will be killed." The commander of the cavalry battalion shouted.

On the opposite side, an officer who looked like a hundred households pressed the young woman on horseback and came to the front of the commander of the cavalry battalion: "Who are you, we are General Zuo Liangyu's people, and we are also acting on orders." ”

The commander of the cavalry battalion glanced at it contemptuously: "Come on, take it for me." ”

Two cavalrymen rushed to the side, and the Cossack scimitar rested on the neck of this hundred.

"What do you want to do?" This Baihu was not afraid at all, "Didn't you hear clearly, we are not rogues, we are General Zuo's people." ”

"I don't care who you are, take them all back to my general."

"You dare." Ignoring the scimitar around his neck, Baihu stretched out his hand to draw the knife, and the soldiers behind him also showed their weapons.

The cavalry battalion commander drew his handcuff and fired a shot into the sky: "Whoever moves will be killed." ”

The hundred households and more than a hundred Ming soldiers were brought to Zhou Lei, and the young woman was taken down by others.

"Get on your knees." The cavalry battalion commander kicked the leg of the hundred households.

Zhou Lei jumped off his horse and walked in front of Baihu: "Who are you, why are you chasing and slaughtering these people." ”

"We are under the command of General Zuo Liangyu." The attitude of the hundred households is still very tough, "We didn't slaughter the people, these people are all rogues." ”

"Strong words, nonsense." Yang Tao couldn't help it first, and pointed to the corpse in the distance, "Are these people also called Liukou, and those children and women are also called Liukou?" ”

"Who the hell are you from?" Baihu is still unconvinced, "We are acting on orders." ”

"Whose military orders do you serve?" Zhou Lei said, "Let me tell you, you are guilty of arson and plunder, killing good and risking merits, robbing people's daughters, and slaughtering people, which one of you is a capital crime." If you dare to deny it here, I can kill you right now. ”

The more Zhou Lei spoke, the more angry he became, and he pulled out his handcuff and shot at the ground.

This Baihu is really a little scared now: "The general spares his life, and he won't dare to do it next time." ”

"Sir." Yang Tao screamed softly.

"Tie them all up and hand them over to General Jiang Beiming to dispose of." Zhou Lei decided to throw this burden to Jiang Beiming.

As soon as these people were tied, a cavalry force of about five or six hundred people came in the distance, still under the banner of the Ming army.

The cavalry stopped about 100 meters away from Zhou Lei, and a thousand households came over with a few people beating horses.

"What kind of army are you, and why are you arresting our people?" Qianhu asked sharply.

"Adults help me." The tied up hundred-family saw the savior and shouted loudly.

"This official is Zhou Lei, the counselor general of Datong Town." Zhou Lei first reported his official position, "These people are arson, looting, and killing innocents, I want to report to my general." ”

That Qianhu heard Zhou Lei say that he was a general, and bowed his hand slightly: "My lord, these people are all under the command of General Zuo Liangyu of my family, if they really commit the crime that the general said, they should also be dealt with by General Zuo of my family." It's not appropriate for the general to do this, so please let the general go. ”

Zhou Lei sneered: "It's up to my general to decide whether to let people go or not, if you are not satisfied, let your Zuo Liangyu come to negotiate with my general personally." ”

Zhou Lei's words angered this thousand households: "My lord, are you doing this to be the enemy of my general Zuo?" ”

Zhou Lei was also angry, and he didn't think too much: "What, do you still want to snatch people from the hands of this official?" ”

Qianhu didn't say a word, glanced at Zhou Lei, turned the horse's head and returned to his side.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency will help me." The hundreds of households on the ground shouted at the top of their voices.

"Yang Tao." Zhou Lei shouted, "Order the army to be on alert, if they dare to charge, we will open fire." ”

"Sir, it's the Ming army on the other side." Yang Tao thought he had misheard.

"That's what I'm fighting for." Zhou Lei's anger did not subside, "This Ming army and the Liukou have the same virtue, pay attention to protecting the homeless." ”

The more than 500 cavalry on the opposite side really gathered together, holding their weapons high and slowly pressing over.

"First row, gun raised." Yang Tao ordered loudly.

The Ming army on the opposite side accelerated again, and the two sides were almost 100 meters apart.

"First row, gunshots."

The 100 guns of the first platoon of the first battalion burst into the sky, and after a burst of gunsmoke, the Ming army on the opposite side did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and a row of bows and arrows fired.

"Second row shooting! Third row shooting! Anyway, the sky fell and Zhou Lei was on top of it, and Yang Tao was also deeply angry at what these Ming troops had done, and he didn't care about anything, so he directly gave the order to shoot.

Two rows of guns rang out, and twenty or thirty people were knocked out on the opposite side, but the speed of the entire team gradually rushed up, and it was less than 70 meters away from Yang Tao's infantry battalion.

"The cavalry battalion attacked." Zhou Lei is even more popular, since he has fought, he will fight to the end.

300 Yulin cavalry rushed out from both sides, and the cavalry rifles fired first, followed by the roar of large handguns. After each person's three guns were fired, less than four hundred of the more than five hundred cavalry of the Ming army remained.

300 Cossack scimitars, flat-ended, rushed into the ranks from both flanks of the Ming army.

A hedge, 300 Yulinwan cavalry switched positions and rushed out of the camp of the Ming army again.

"Fire." Yang Tao gave another order, and 300 flintlock muskets fired bullets at a distance of 50 meters from the Ming army.

Qianhu on the opposite side didn't expect Zhou Lei's troops to shoot, let alone that the combat effectiveness of this army was so strong, and more than half of his more than 500 people were lost in an instant.

"Withdraw and retreat." Qianhu desperately turned the horse's head and led the rest of the people to start running back, shouting as he ran: "We are not done with this matter, you just wait for the punishment of the imperial court." ”

Looking at the Ming army in the distance, Zhou Lei realized that his disaster may have really become a big one. When I first arrived in Xi'an, I didn't have time to get started with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, so I had a fight with Zuo Liangyu first. I don't know how Yang Sichang will react when he finds out, and I don't know if Jiang Beiming will be able to withstand Zuo Liangyu.

Zhou Lei stabilized his mind, he did it anyway, he beat it, and there was nothing wrong with doing it himself, he couldn't wait to be beaten, they were the ones who charged towards him first.

"Yang Tao." Zhou Lei called Yang Tao over, "The troops stopped advancing and stationed on the spot to rescue the wounded." Send these captives and displaced people to General Chiang, and keep the displaced people, we have to rely on these people to fight the lawsuit. ”

Jiang Beiming and Zhang Hai received Yang Tao's report, Jiang Beiming asked briefly about the situation, first asked Zhang Hai to settle these homeless people, put more than 100 Ming troops into custody, and he and Yang Tao quickly came to Zhou Lei's camp.

"Sir." Zhou Lei saluted Jiang Beiming and didn't say anything.

Jiang Beiming pointed at Zhou Lei, but said, "If you fight, you will beat him, if it is replaced, I will beat him the same." Don't think too much, I have something to say when I meet Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou. ”

"Yes, sir." Zhou Lei smiled, "Beiming, I knew you wouldn't blame me, you didn't know the situation at the time, these Ming troops were even more bandits than bandits." ”

Jiang Beiming smiled and didn't speak, in fact, Jiang Beiming had an idea in his heart. He doesn't care what happens to Zuo Liangyu's side, even if he fights a lawsuit, he won't lose anywhere. But what Jiang Beiming thought about was Yulin Bay's reaction, although he had always agreed with the proposal to withdraw from Yulin Bay, but he had not been able to implement it. Therefore, Jiang Beiming decided to adopt a tough attitude this time, and if he really turned his face with the Ming Dynasty, he would take these people back to Yulin Bay. Now that Pan Xuezhong and Ge Tao have gone to Henan to look for Li Yan, there are no more traversers in Beijing, even if they turn their faces, Chongzhen will not threaten the safety of Yulin Bay.

"Beiming, what are you thinking?" Zhou Lei asked, "What should they say if we really meet Yang Sichang?" ”

"Say whatever you have to say." Jiang Beiming smiled, "Don't be afraid of anything, if you want to turn your face, you can turn your face." ”

Yulinjun walked for two more days and received a warrant from Yang Sichang. Now Lu Xiangsheng is besieging Yan'an Mansion, and on the Xi'an side are Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou.

Jiang Beiming, Zhou Lei, and Wang Qianxiang came to Yang Sichang's camp under the escort of a cavalry battalion, and Zhang Hai took the rest of the people to set up camp more than a mile away from Yang Sichang.

There was silence in the big tent, Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou sat high on it, and a group of generals stood below, and the lowest was also a general.

"Bow down to two adults." Jiang Beiming and the other three knelt down together.

"The three generals have worked hard all the way, please get up quickly." Hong Chengchou gave a fumbled support.

Jiang Beiming stood up and glanced around, but he didn't know which one was Zuo Liangyu.

Yang Sichang had already received a complaint from Zuo Liangyu, who complained that Jiang Beiming had let the Liukou attack the friendly army, and caused a large number of casualties to the Ming army.

Yang Sichang still had a good feeling about Jiang Beiming and Yulinwan when he was in Beijing, in fact, he also knew what was going on. What Zuo Liangyu's troops did in Xi'an during this period of time was a headache for Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou, but now is the time to employ people, and Zuo Liangyu is also very hard working to fight Zhang Xianzhong, so Yang Sichang wants to make peace with the mud and let this matter pass as soon as possible.

But Zuo Liangyu didn't do it. Zuo Liangyu has never dealt with Yulinjun, let alone Jiang Beiming, this time he suffered such a big loss, he must get this face back. Because of Zuo Liangyu's insistence, Yang Sichang still had to pretend to ask.

Yang Sichang glanced at Zuo Liangyu in the crowd and asked Jiang Beiming: "General Jiang, when you were ordered to come to exterminate the Liukou, how did you have a misunderstanding with Zuo Liangjun, so that you accidentally injured your friendly army." They are all Ming soldiers, and it will be fine if they talk about this misunderstanding. ”

Yang Sichang's meaning is obvious, since it was a misunderstanding, Jiang Beiming apologized and apologized, and then said yes, and the matter passed like this.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Beiming knelt down on one knee again: "Back to Lord Yang, it is not a misunderstanding between the subordinate and General Zuo. General Zuo's troops plundered and killed our Ming people, so our troops took action to stop it. However, instead of relenting, they took the initiative to attack our department, so our department was forced to counterattack. Now the witnesses of the people and the witnesses of the people are all in the lower officials, and the adults will know it when they ask. ”

Yang Sichang was a little stunned, what happened to Jiang Beiming, why did he suddenly become so unpopular, this is completely different from when he was in Beijing, it was just a judgment between the two, didn't he really understand what he meant.

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