How cruel the war was, this was something Gao Yihuan had never imagined before.

In his previous understanding, not many people told him that war was cruel.

They sing the praises of war, but they do not reveal its cruelty and the trampling on life. So much so that many people like war and shout for war, and they often self-righteously bring themselves to the victorious side, without thinking about the real fight, and most of them will die first.

Many people are not afraid of war, but they are a little excited when they hear about it, forgetting that war is the most extreme and ugly thing of mankind.

Gao Yihuan is undoubtedly one of them, he usually puts himself into the role of a general and a marshal, but unfortunately, he is now just a pawn.

Throughout April, Gao Yihuan cleaned up the battlefield under the city, from collecting corpses to picking up armor and burying them, he did the whole process, and the corpses of the invading army were transported back for burial, and there were 10,000 or 20,000 dead.

At first he was shocked and uncomfortable, but soon after, he gradually became numb to death, and his whole person was somewhat mechanical and mentally trance-like.

In May, Gao Yihuan and the others finally said goodbye to the task of collecting the body, but he did not get rid of it, but ushered in a more fucked up thing.

Gao Yihuan learned from a leader who was rescued by him that they were the same group of people who collected the corpses before Gao Yihuan.

In April, Gao Yihuan collected their bodies, and in May, it became someone else who collected Gao Yihuan's bodies.

Gao Yihuan, who understood it, was shocked in his heart, the thief was really fucking ruthless.

The rebellion of the displaced people at the end of the Ming Dynasty was deeply influenced by the reactionary novel "Water Margin", and the leaders of the Liukou had their own nicknames, and for a period of time, Gao Yingxiang led the seventy-two Tiangang, and Zhang Xianzhong led the thirty-six earthly evils.

Luo Rucai's nickname is Cao Cao, he is a more strategic person among the thieves, and he is also the leader of the second only to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, with three or four hundred thousand men under his command, and his qualifications for rebellion are even older than Li Zicheng.

At present, the thieves in Henan, although Li Zicheng is the leader, but the relationship between the thieves is actually cooperative.

What is the way for heaven, what kills corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they are all slogans, they just take a fancy to the wealth of Kaifeng, and they gather together to rob their families, there is no other purpose, and they are not to protect Li Zicheng as the emperor.

However, as Li Yan and other literati joined the turmoil with the feelings of Confucianism to help the world, stabilize the world, and end the war, intending to change the nature of the rebellion, the thieves in Henan gradually changed.

Li Yan's goal was to establish a new dynasty, and Li Zicheng finally understood what he was going to do.

To change from a thief to a political regime, it is first necessary to establish a set of management systems, and it is natural that the same style of rivers and lakes as before will not work.

If Li Zicheng wants to determine the absolute leadership of the team, he must weaken and get rid of some of the big leaders among the thieves.

Many people in history have also done this, only some people killed heroes after success, and some began to calculate before they succeeded, and Li Zicheng undoubtedly belonged to the latter.

At this time, Luo Rucai was a fool and realized Li Zicheng's calculations.

The heavy casualties among the people in the headquarters made Luo Rucai, He Yilong and others very dissatisfied, and they began to have opinions about Li Zicheng, the leading brother.

They came to Bianliang to make a fortune, but they didn't come to die, so they were unwilling to continue to let their troops attack the city.

Li Zicheng appeased them, so he could only increase the investment of his own people, so that the other bandit leaders could see that Lao Li did not only let everyone contribute, but also worked hard.

However, Li Zicheng was reluctant to use the men and horses of the old battalion, so he could only use the peripheral men and horses attached to the fifth battalion.

Unfortunately, Liu Heizi's team happens to be in the sequence, and it is still the main force.

At this time, Gao Yihuan realized that in the past half a month, the bread has not been eaten for nothing, just like a pig has been fattened and has to be killed.

For Li Zicheng and his ilk, Gao Yihuan still had a sense of superiority in his heart at first, and he despised it in his heart, but now he has no temper at all, and some just admire, and he can only become a character if he is ruthless.

Breaking into the army to become bigger and absorbing the core people, there is a unique set of means, which is completely different from the plan in Gao Yihuan's mind, that is, after coercing the homeless people to come, batch after batch of battlefield tempering, those who die are considered unlucky, and they slowly become the main force if they survive.

The previous group of people who collected the corpses were estimated to have been dragged to the battlefield for tempering after eating a full meal for a period of time, and now it is Gao Yihuan's turn.

On the battlefield, Gao Yihuan was surprised to find that although this method of breaking into the army was cruel, it was indeed effective, especially for the old-style army, even if it was an honest farmer, he would slowly fight if he rushed a few times.

The battlefield is a very wonderful thing, after a few rounds, the appearance of Gao Yihuan and his subordinates has actually changed a lot, and he doesn't know how much stronger than what kind of training he did.

On this day, under the city of Kaifeng, 20,000 or 30,000 troops set up a formation three miles away from the city wall, and flags fluttered in front of the array, mainly the men and horses attached to the old camp, as well as Li Yan and other powerful people in Henan.

There are more than 30,000 people, the formation is relatively scattered, and there are no elite soldiers, and the purpose is still to consume the Kaifeng official army.

Gao Yihuan was wearing a cotton armor and had a big hole in his chest. It was left by the predecessor of this armor, and now it has passed on to his hands, but even so, it is still good, and the dozens of brothers behind him are just a cloth coat and a blunt knife.

"It's all for Lao Tzu to stand up." Liu Heizi's roar sounded in the front row.

Gao Yihuan stood in the queue and raised his head, Liu Heizi kicked down a soldier who was not standing, and then looked around at everyone with a fierce face, and shouted loudly, "As soon as the war drums sound, all of them will be charged to Lao Tzu, if anyone escapes from the battle, Lao Tzu will not kill you, and the people who supervise the war behind will also kill you!" ”

He looked at the soldiers in front of him and flinched, and was about to say a few more words of encouragement, but the war drums of the Chinese army had already beaten, so Liu Heizi could only pull out the knife and roar angrily, "Give Lao Tzu a charge." ”

Gao Yihuan's face twitched, and it wasn't until the armored soldiers who were in charge came over and kicked him that Gao Yihuan raised his knife, picked up a wooden card, and led his subordinates to advance towards the city wall with the crowd.

This is the third time he has participated in the siege of the city, and the spirit of the whole person is completely different from the beginning. Although he hasn't killed anyone yet, he won't be scared of his legs with a single shot.

At this time, his team of fifty people, a small half of them had died, and only about thirty people remained, and while he walked forward with the army, he slowly beat the Gao Yiqi behind him side by side, and then whispered: "Don't be stupid like last time, you can't pull it." I don't want you to be killed by the official army like Zhao Dachu, and when you get close to the city wall, let's not climb up to the city until we have to, it's important to save your life. ”

After Gao Yiyan went to the battlefield a few times, he didn't pee anymore, he licked his chapped lips, "Don't worry, I know, I'll protect you later." ”

Gao Yihuan couldn't help but be moved a little when he heard it, "You also tell the brothers in the back." After saying that, he used the wooden sign to protect the vital point and continued to walk forward.

At this time, he even looked forward to it darkly in his heart, and hurriedly sent the next batch of dead people to come up, so that they could be replaced from the battlefield.

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In the camp of the army, the wounded soldiers were in the camp, and rows of wounded soldiers were placed on the bunks and no one cared about them, even if they lost their breath, it would take a while for someone to carry them out.

Gao Yihuan lifted the curtain, looked around for a while, and saw a man with bandages sitting in the corner, striding towards him.

When the man saw him, a smile leaked from his face, "Brother Gao, why are you here?" Did you get through it? ”

Gao Yihuan sat down next to him, took out half a cake from his arms and handed it to the man, and sighed: "Fifty people, only thirteen are dead now, if we don't come down, then I'm ready to run." ”

"It's good to get out of the head, you can barely eat, and you don't have to die." The man took the dough and bowed slightly with some sadness.

This man is the soldier Gao Yihuan saved on the first day, named Wu Shizhao, who is a thief of the Ming army.

In May, Liu Heizi's team of soldiers and horses participated in the siege of the city many times, and more than 300 people were left with 1,000 deaths, and they were finally replaced and became the second echelon of the army.

This indicates that they don't have to work, they don't need to attack the city, they can barely eat, and they can be regarded as candidates for the main force of the army.

Gao Yihuan sighed with emotion, and suddenly remembered what was going on, so he asked: "Brother Wu, I came to you to ask you something, when you were an official and an army, how did your subordinates practice?" ”