Chapter Forty-Six: Chestnuts in the Fire
(Dizzy, I often have a headache in the past two days, and there will be errors in the update, speechless!) )
The young man lay on the bunk with tears in his eyes, choked up and nodded: "The general's kindness to the little one, the little one doesn't know how to repay it!" If it weren't for the general, I'm afraid the little one would have died long ago! The little Lin Luo is the ninth in the family, so the nickname Lin Jiu, and the life of the little one in the future will be the general's! ……”
Xiao Tianjian was quite impressed by this young man, after all, he was the first wounded person he named to come back, so Xiao Tianjian was also happy to chat with him, so he sat sideways next to his bunk and said, "Lin Luo, Lin Jiu!" Okay, I remember! Don't say these words at this time, the most important thing is to take care of your injuries, I see that you were hit by four arrows today, and all of them were in front of you, you are really a good man! I admire you so much! Hehe! By the way, I see that you are not very old, where is your home, how did you get to Li Chuang's camp to eat food? ”
After listening to Xiao Tianjian's praise, Lin Luo's pale face actually flushed a little red, very shy, seeing Xiao Tianjian actually sitting next to him and chatting with him, so he quickly replied: "The small home is in the Lin family shop thirty miles east of Longzhou City, my father is a hunter, and the family relies on hunting for a living, the little one is seventeen today, two years ago, my father went to the mountains to hunt and hit a red fox, which was a very good thing, but I didn't expect it to cause a big disaster because of this red fox skin."
My father originally wanted to take this red fox skin to Longzhou City to sell it at a good price, exchange for some salt and grain and go home for the New Year, but he didn't think about it, but he was taken by an official in the city who took a fancy to the red fox skin, and he had to forcibly ask for it, but his father didn't agree, and as a result, he was stained as a thief by the guy, and was taken to the yamen by the official, and was killed in prison in a few days!
My mother came to Longzhou City to receive my father's corpse, and when she saw my father's corpse, she wanted to sue the official, but she was also kicked in the center by the official, and she was carried home for a few days before she lost her breath!
The little one swore to avenge his father and mother at that time, this time he heard that the righteous army was coming to fight Longzhou City, so he threw himself into General Li's camp, and the result was that the small one's life was not good, and today he was hit by four arrows, if it weren't for the general, the little one would have died today! When Lin Jiu spoke, a look of resentment gradually appeared on his face.
After Xiao Tianjian heard this, he sighed slightly, this person who participated in the righteous army can be said to have various reasons, to put it bluntly, it is still the official forcing the people to rebel, this Ming official mansion can be said to be rotten for a long time, no wonder so many people will be forced to risk killing their heads and losing their lives, and they will rebel.
He patted this Lin Luo on the shoulder and said, "Good job!" The official really deserves to die, but there is more than one official in this world who should be killed, if it weren't for these damn officials, it wouldn't have gotten to such a point, I'm afraid that no one here will be able to survive to do this, it seems that this court can't count on it!
In the final analysis, isn't the reason why the emperor Lao'er and those corrupt officials can be powerful and prosperous because of us ordinary people? Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs! What do they eat, drink, and wear, but what we don't provide for them? And they will only fish and eat the people, and when the catastrophe is coming, they don't think about the hunger of the people, and they still expropriate and expropriate, so that we big guys can't survive! Since they see us as dogs, why should we let them bully us casually?
So we only have to rely on our own hands to give ourselves a way to live, the big guys are all good to take care of their injuries, when we get here, I Xiao will never let everyone fend for themselves, take care of the injuries, let's continue to work with the government and the court! If you can trust my Xiao's words, after the injury is recovered, stay with me, and in the future, we will twist into a rope, the world is so big, we must always be able to earn a place where we can settle down! ”
Xiao Tianjian saw that while he was talking to this Lin Luo, many of the wounded soldiers under his tent straightened up, and when they heard them, they all showed resentment on their faces, so they took the opportunity to say to these people.
"What the general said is, who of us didn't come to do this because we couldn't live anymore? If it weren't for General Xiao today, we would not have survived, our cheap life is not worth much, since the general saved us, then we are not people who don't know what to do, and this life will be sold to the general in the future! The big guy said yes? After hearing Xiao Tianjian's words, a man lying on the edge of Lin Luo's shop immediately clenched his fists and shouted.
The wounded soldiers who were also in the same medical tent shouted one after another, saying that as long as they recovered from their injuries, they would follow Xiao Tianjian.
Xiao Tianjian was secretly happy in his heart, stood up and arched his hand to the people in the tent and said, "Everyone will not give up, Xiao has thanked the big guy here!" As long as the big guy is willing to stay, then Xiao is his brother and take care of his injuries, Xiao is willing to wait for the brothers to join our Xingtian Army! ”
When Xiao Tianjian came out of the medical tent, he suddenly saw Fu Deming also standing outside the medical tent, looking at him with a smile, as soon as he saw him come out, he clasped his fists and whispered to Xiao Tianjian: "Congratulations to the general for getting another 200 soldiers!" ”
Xiao Tianjian took a look at Fu Deming, and knew that his purpose for doing this was that he couldn't hide it from this smart guy, Fu Deming must have already seen the ultimate purpose of his doing, so he smiled and said: "Don't talk about this, it's inconvenient to talk here, let's go out and talk!" What did Mr. Fu do when he came to me? ”
Fu Deming accompanied Xiao Tianjian out of the medical camp, walked outside the camp gate in the camp, stood outside the camp gate, looked at the Longzhou City in front of him and said to Xiao Tianjian: "Tomorrow, He Renlong is about to lead his troops back here, and the general doesn't know what to do?" ”
Xiao Tianjian turned his head and glanced at Fu Deming and said with a smile: "I think Mr. Fu must have thought of some idea, don't go around in circles with me, please Mr. Fu say it directly!" ”
Fu Deming looked at the Longzhou City standing in the darkness, the city wall of Longzhou City was full of lamps and torches, even the city was left with fire, and the city wall was lit up within dozens of steps, with a strict posture of guarding against death, so he said to Xiao Tianjian: "This time I didn't expect Longzhou City to be so tightly defended, and the guards led the troops to resist so resolutely, I thought that I could join forces with Li Zicheng and take this Longzhou City, but I didn't expect things to develop to such a point. Longzhou City must be even more difficult to fight! I wonder if the general wants to cooperate? ”
Xiao Tianjian also stopped outside the camp gate, looked at the brightly lit Longzhou City from a distance, and said with a smile: "It is impossible to do everything in this world smoothly, this time I came to Longzhou with Li Zicheng, the main purpose of which you also know, whether to fight Longzhou City or not, is not the key to me, with the strength of the Heavenly Army, now I am not arrogant enough to think that such a strong city can also be invincible, otherwise, I will lead the crowd to fight Fengxiang Mansion that day!" ”
"Didn't the general really think about the benefits of conquering Longzhou City?" Fu Deming was still detouring and asked Xiao Tianjian.
"I've thought about it, after conquering Longzhou City, we can get countless grains and armor, and we can recruit troops and horses, but what can we do? With the current situation in Longzhou, it is clear that we can't gnaw on it, do I have to feel sorry for the big meal that I know I can't eat? Tell me, Mr. Fu, what do you want to say? Xiao Tianjian turned around and stared at Fu Deming and said.
"Alright! Since the general let me speak out, then I am not welcome! From the following point of view, the general's coming to Longzhou this time is probably not just to marry this Li Chuangjun! If his subordinates guessed correctly, the general should have wanted to make a splash among the rebels by conquering Longzhou City, right? Fu Deming said to Xiao Tianjian.
The pupils of Xiao Tianjian's eyes shrank sharply, but his expression immediately widened again, and he looked at Fu Deming and said, "Is it wrong for me to do this?" ”
"Absolutely! It's just that this time we all chose the wrong target! We didn't expect that Longzhou City would be so difficult to fight, and if it continues to be consumed like this, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for the general! Now with the fame of the general, it is far inferior to Gao Chuang Wang and Li Zicheng, if the general continues to dominate here, he will not be able to compete for soldiers with them, nor will he be able to break into greater fame! If it goes on like this, it will only gradually consume the strength of the Xingtian Army until it is swallowed up by Gao Yingxiang and them, as for the general to dig up some wounded soldiers from Li Zicheng, although it is not impossible, but it is not a long-term solution!
Please forgive my subordinates for saying that if the general wants to make a splash, he must do something big right now, so that he can jump out of the current predicament! Fu Deming stared at Xiao Tianjian's eyes and said unceremoniously to Xiao Tianjian.
Xiao Tianjian was a little speechless, because Fu Deming was right, he accompanied Li Zicheng to fight Longzhou City this time, not just to give Li Zicheng a good relationship, and at the same time he also wanted to take advantage of this attack on Longzhou City to make a splash among the righteous army, but this time his luck was obviously not good, he met the Longzhou guard general is a talent, and he actually let him and Li Zicheng touch a nose here, this situation for Xiao Tianjian, let him really be very depressed, although the loss is not too big, but if it goes on like this, Gao Yingxiang will lead the army again, His Xingtianjun is nothing here, today Yan Chongxi proposed to leave here in public, although he did not agree, but this also shows that his subordinates are not optimistic about this trip to Longzhou.
If it continues like this, Xingtianjun still can't do anything amazing, let alone attract people to join him, I'm afraid that after a long time, even the current subordinates of Xingtianjun will probably be scattered, everyone comes out to mix, they all want to have a chance to get ahead, if he, as a leader, can't do something convincing in front of everyone, then it's hard to guarantee that no one will switch to others, this is originally a matter of personal interests, and I can't complain about others.
So Xiao Tianjian was also thinking about this issue today, but now he was busy prying the corner of the wall and ignored this matter for the time being, but he didn't expect to be pointed to the point by Fu Deming.
Xiao Tianjian was silent for a while, then turned to stare at Fu Deming and asked, "Then in Mr. Fu's opinion, what should I do now?" ”
Fu Deming then asked rhetorically: "Then please tell your subordinates what arrangements Li Zicheng made for He Renlong's return to help?" ”
Xiao Tianjian was slightly stunned, and immediately replied: "Li Zicheng also knows that He Renlong's subordinates are border soldiers in the official army, and they should not be taken lightly, so he has the intention to close the door and not fight, and let He Renlong enter the city!" In order to avoid its edge, wait for Gao Yingxiang to lead the troops to come! ”
Fu Deming nodded and said, "That's easy!" This should be an opportunity for the general, Li Zicheng does not dare to meet his front, so will the general dare to lead his troops to intercept He Renlong's department tomorrow? ”
Xiao Tianjian's pupils shrank suddenly, and he was slightly taken aback, his eyes widened and he asked Fu Deming: "Does Mr. Fu mean that I should lead my troops to face He Renlong's department head-on tomorrow?" Do you think we have a chance of winning? ”
"How not? He Renlong was first forced to lead his troops to Baoji County to help, although he did not supervise the rush of the division, but after all, it still takes a lot of energy, and now He Renlong was shocked to hear that Longzhou was besieged, and once again turned around to help Longzhou, and regardless of whether his generals were exhausted or not, at least for their morale, running back and forth between Baoji and Longzhou, it was enough to make their morale plummet!
The reason why He Renlong dared to rush to Baoji to support was because most of his generals were border towns, and these border troops have always been arrogant, although they are brave, they are not really afraid of death!
And Fu Mou's general training method, although our department has not been established for a long time, but it is almost a day of drills, although the time is not long, but it is enough to be called a strong army! It's just that the general himself doesn't think it, and in the eyes of his subordinates, although Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang's subordinates have been fighting for many years, compared with our troops, they are still a rabble!
Our army is weaker than attacking fortifications, but it is stronger in field battles, so why don't you dare to fight with it? The subordinates of this battle do not ask the general to defeat He Renlong's department in a battle, as long as our department wins a small victory in this battle and frustrates He Renlong's spirit, I think the general army and our Xingtian army will definitely become famous, so why worry about being despised in the future? ”
After Xiao Tianjian listened to Fu Deming's words, he suddenly seemed to have a feeling that his eyes suddenly lit up, although he had been committed to strengthening the army since the day the Xingtian Army was formed, and dared to compete with the Fengxiang Guard Army in the area of Huangyang, but he always had a feeling in his heart that he always felt that the combat effectiveness of the Xingtian Army was not enough to compete with the elite officers and soldiers, so this time he had a blank feeling about where to go now.
And Fu Deming's words woke him up at once, the Xingtian Army was founded not long ago, but in terms of their daily training, it has already topped a large number of officers and soldiers for several years of training, and there is no shortage of soldiers under his command who dare to fight, and the Xingtian Army has always been a matter of great importance to them since its creation.
And what kind of army is his Xingtian Army? That is because he borrowed from the training methods of later generations, and created an army that is already similar to the modern army, whether it is the way the team is formed or the military discipline in the army, it has surpassed most armies of this era, and its combat effectiveness can be said to have been tested in two head-to-head battles with the officers and soldiers, and they have shown their strong combat effectiveness.
It is true that He Renlong's command is indeed a border army among the more elite official army, but after all, they are an old-style army, whether it is in military discipline or in terms of training methods, there is a big gap between him and his Xingtian army, even if they are battle-hardened? Why should the Xingtian Army be afraid of them?
And he can be said to be in it, but he can't see this, and Fu Deming has not been involved in much practice since he joined the gang, but he can look at his Xingtianjun from the perspective of outsiders, but he can see the advantages of the Xingtianjun better than him.
Therefore, Fu Deming dared to bring it up this time, let him lead the Heavenly Army, and face the He Renlong Department alone, Xiao Tianjian himself did not dare to think in this direction, now after listening to Fu Deming's words, Xiao Tianjian's heart suddenly became lively, after thinking for a while, the expression on his face quickly relaxed, showing a smile, and suddenly he laughed and said: "Thank you Mr. Fu for reminding him!" That's a great plan! Ha ha! But Xiao didn't think of this! After saying that, he slapped Fu Deming on the shoulder a few times.
Fu Deming bared his teeth in pain, his body immediately became shorter, and said with a smile: "The general is light, his subordinates are just a scholar, and they can't withstand such a strong slap from the general!" ”
Xiao Tianjian took a look at his hands, and by the light of the lamp ball hanging outside the gate, he saw the thick calluses on his palms, and he was slightly flustered, I don't know when his hands have become so rough, and he has been practicing hard and hard every day, and after more than half a year, his palms and fists have been covered with calluses, and his muscles seem to have become much more solid, no wonder he slapped Fu Deming casually, which made Fu Deming cry in pain, It turned out that his strength had become so great now.
"Haha! It seems that Mr. Fu has to practice martial arts if he is fine, and he can only boil this body! Otherwise, if we march and fight in the future, Mr. Fu's body may not be able to bear it! All right! Iron head, herald the bill, let those guys come to my tent to discuss things! ......" Xiao Tianjian laughed and commanded loudly to the iron head.