Chapter 219: Harvest
Smoke and dust flew all over the sky, rolling up the dust, the thief cavalry in front looked frightened, looking at the two cavalry behind him, his face was terrified, they saw the Ming cavalry who could teach them in speed for the first time, Liu Guoneng in front was aggrieved, he had a thousand cavalry, only two hundred cavalry behind him, he wanted to return to the first charge, but he understood that the elite cavalry behind him, once the fight was entangled by the opponent's two hundred people, and then the main force of the opponent's cavalry caught up and the game was over.
"Big brother, the Ming cavalry behind is running too fast," said the vicious scholar on the side, his face was full of shock, and he didn't understand why the cavalry behind had such foot strength.
"Alas, this terrifying Ming army, if the cavalry runs slowly, it will be a hell" Liu Guoneng said, glanced back and found that the Ming army was getting closer and closer to him, and his heart became more and more anxious, so he accelerated forward.
Uldin, who was chasing behind, looked eagerly, and looked at Wang Haozi on the side with angry eyes, originally thought that this time he was the fastest, and the credit for killing the thief was his own, but he didn't expect Wang Haozi to run as fast as him, he looked at the other party and threw away all the baggage, and said, "General Wang, you better go back quickly, throw away the weapon and baggage, the Great Khan will not spare you!" He wanted to scare this man, lest he take credit for himself."
Wang Haozi pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Hehe, throw away the baggage, don't I still have rockets?" Lao Tzu just threw away some things that were not called baggage," he quibbled.
The rocket was on his board axe, and because the boring rake and rocket slip that helped him launch were all thrown at him halfway, so he didn't have anything to help aim at now.
Chirp - rockets with white smoke shoot out, puff puff - several thieves in the distance are all shot by arrows and turn over and dismount.
Naudin stepped forward quickly, holding the reins with one hand, and picking up the quiver on the ground with the other.
Urding and his group had already shot all the arrows, but now they could replenish the cluster of arrows. Wang Hezi jumped to his feet angrily and said, "Hey, you guys rob Lao Tzu's things!" ”
Uldin didn't speak, just sneered, bent his bow and arrows, and the arrows shot out like meteors, and several thieves in the distance fell to the ground with arrows.
Urding held a hard bow in his right hand and an arrow cluster in his left hand, and the whole person was standing on a horse, his eyes narrowed, and there was only Liu Guoneng in his eyes.
One hundred and fifty steps is already the limit range of the hard bow in his hand, and with the help of the galloping power of the war horse, he can increase the range by a little, just enough to reach the place where Liu Guoneng is.
As soon as he let go, the arrows broke away, and with the sound of breaking the sky, he crossed an arc in the air and threw it! Extreme projectiles while riding a horse are his archery skills that he only uses once a day.
Poof-Liu Guoneng in the distance had a sharp pain in his neck, he looked at the arrow through his neck in disbelief, it was a dizziness like a whirlwind, and he wanted to speak, but his mouth could only protrude a pool of blood, as if he didn't understand how the opponent's horse bow shot him at such a distance.
"Big brother!" The vicious scholar on the side was horrified, looking at his eldest brother, but he didn't dare to collect the corpse at all, he understood that as long as he stopped, he would be shot to death by the group of cavalry, and continued to run forward, he glanced at the Ming army behind him hatefully, and his heart collapsed unspeakably, and forcibly endured the grief of his brothers dying one by one, and continued to run forward, big brother! He thought to himself, and tears flowed into his stomach.
Uldin collected his bow and continued to pursue the enemy.
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Stamped, Da Yi slowly advanced, everywhere there were surrendered Ming troops, or hungry people who were coerced, as well as the old thief, horse thief, armored thief and so on.
Wang Heng on the side said, "Lord, we have captured a total of 2,000 thieves, 4,000 hungry soldiers, and 400 soldiers from the original Ming army. A total of 11,000 thieves, including the leaders, were captured," he looked ecstatic, and these people captured this time could be turned into the Tuntian army, and the base population of his own power was increased.
From a distance, the thieves in the distance are like a locust, being lassoed with ropes, scolding one by one, they once surrendered is already commonplace, surrender and rebellion, just like Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, these two people have surrendered a lot, they surrendered in this war, they saw that the Ming army did not kill themselves immediately, but they thought that this group of Ming troops, like other Ming troops, wanted to capture themselves, think about it, they are all capable, it is a pity to kill.
Some of the thieves were scolding, and some were boasting about their skills, wanting to join the ranks of the Ming army, and they didn't care about their current situation at all.
"We didn't catch the thieves and captives, they all died," Xiao Chuan said, just waved his hand and continued to move forward, the group of thieves has been beyond the scope of people, they swept the Ming Dynasty, looted everywhere, destroyed production, if they left such a group of pests for combat effectiveness, they would have an accident sooner or later in the future! At least the people who were killed by the thieves could not be seen. A single rat poop can spoil a whole pot of porridge.
Wang Heng nodded and waved his hand, those generals all understood what Xiaochuan meant, but the thieves among the captives were pulled out, and the other Ming soldiers and hungry soldiers were still squatting in the same place.
"Hurry, come up" The Ming army shouted one by one, urging the Tuntian army behind to come up.
"Pick up the weapons in your hands and kill the thieves in front of you" Han Gang shouted loudly, with a trace of unspeakable feeling in his heart, killing, this is a level they must pass, if they don't pass here, they will have to pass on the battlefield, it just so happens that this group of extremely vicious and deserving thieves is just right to use it for training.
One by one, the faces of the Tuntian soldiers were pale, and they were trembling with all kinds of weapons in their hands, and those lieutenants gritted their teeth to prevent themselves from showing their fear, and then said something to boost their morale. The lieutenants who were cultivated by the lecture hall were excellent officers.
Those thieves found themselves in their own situation, and when they saw the pale-faced Tuntian troops around them, some of them had already guessed that they were afraid that they were going to be a live target for this group of recruits to train their soldiers, and they were all crying for mercy from their fathers and mothers.
"Please, don't kill us, don't miss us, I can shoot arrows, I can shoot arrows, I can help you fight"
"Uncles, uncles, please spare your lives"
Han Gang, who was standing on the side in iron armor, had a look of disdain in his eyes, and said, "Hmph, have you ever seen other people's begging for mercy when you were plundering the people?" ”
Wang Yuan's subordinates' faces were much better, they had this kind of experience in killing, and said: "Looking at this group of thieves, they are fighting against the government under the slogan of eliminating violence and peace, but in the end? They are still robbing the people, have you seen the hungry soldiers just now? Their families were kidnapped by this group of thieves, treating innocent people as cannon fodder, they are the moths of the Ming Dynasty, shameless thieves who mutilated innocent people! ”
When all his subordinates listened to his words, they were all excited, and what they said was the same, just like Li Zicheng and his hundreds of thousands of troops, and he didn't collect taxes, how could his hundreds of thousands of troops survive, they could only rob them, like locusts, so that more people would become like them and unable to survive and destroy production.
The thieves cried and shouted for mercy, some of them were already damp and smelly, they looked at the group of Tuntian troops who rushed up desperately begging for mercy, looking at those indifferent Tuntian troops, their expressions were so familiar, didn't they go to rob Daming in the past, and this was not the expression when dealing with those people.
There were screams on the wasteland, accompanied by a sound of vomiting, and the pale-faced Tuntian army rushed forward, their faces turned from pale to hideous, and from today onwards they could be said to be real warriors.
In the distance, Han Tie and others drove another group of people, they were the Ming army's surrendered soldiers, hungry soldiers, a black and oppressive crowd, and then there was a group of women and children, there were more than 40,000 people, and there was a burst of children, as well as the cry of women and children.
They were both cannon fodder and auxiliaries, and a group of Ming troops were driving them away, and their faces were all indifferent and their eyes were blank. They are different from the thieves, they are all innocent people, they are considered good families, but it is just right to join their own forces.
"In this way, we are equal to more than 4,000 more Tuntian troops, as well as these women and children" Wang Heng's eyes on the side were full of excitement, and the gains in this battle were really great. These people joined their own territory, and after that, the Tuntian army could expand to 10,000 people. And these children, who will all be warriors in the future.
"But the salary?" Xiao Chuan said that there are so many more people, not only do you have so many combat strength, so many more laborers, and so many mouths for eating.
"At this time, it was the carriages full of grain and grass, as well as all kinds of financial convoys, that were transported."
The carriages were counted, a total of 60,000 stones of grain and grass were seized, and the property was equivalent to 100,000 taels of silver.
Sergeants counted the captures, some counted the number of kills, and some counted the number of kills.
Those Tuntian troops had already transformed, and their bodies had become somewhat murderous. They roamed the mountains to collect the weapons of these thieves.
Those war horses were driven back one by one, more than 10,000 war horses, many of these rogue horsemen were one person and two horses, and there were more mules, with strong mobility ability, and this time they all became Xiaochuan's mules and horses.
There is also armor, more than 5,000 armor, most of the tinkering can still be used, and the Tuntian army has changed the iron armor, and they don't care about the blood of the armor, and they wear it on their bodies, waiting to repair it later.
The broken weapons in his hands were also replaced with the weapons of those thieves, steel swords, iron guns, firearms, these captured armor weapons are enough to equip more than 5,000 people, and this time his 6,000 Tuntian troops can be turned into armored soldiers.
There are more firearms, more than 500 firearms, although they are all bird guns, three-eyed guns, but the thieves used are captured by the Ming army, and the excellent firearms are selected to snatch them, and this time they have become Xiaochuan's firearms.
That Wang Huaiming was wearing chain mail at the moment, with an iron cotton armor on the outside, a bird gun on his back, an iron helmet on his head, a spear in his hand, and all his companions behind him had changed their appearance, wearing an iron armor and iron helmet, an iron gun in his hand, and a firearm, completely changed his appearance.
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