Back in the Chinese army, Zhu Luo stepped forward and pestered Zhu Hongsan and asked, "Dad, did you win?" I only heard shouts of killing in the back, but I couldn't see it. ”

Zhu Hongsan touched Zhu Luo's head and said, "If you win, your father will make a move." ”

When the father and daughter were talking, Zhao Guodong rushed over, saw Zhu Hongsan, and came forward to salute, and said: "Sir, after chasing three miles, most of the rogues will be killed, and now the troops have returned and are cleaning up the battlefield." ”

Zhu Hongsan asked, "What about the casualties?" ”

Zhao Guodong said: "Forty-one pikemen were killed and fifty-two wounded. Twenty-six men were killed and one hundred and twenty wounded. There were no casualties among the crossbowmen. ”

Nearly seventy people were killed and nearly two hundred wounded. It seems that the combat effectiveness of the rogue is also good, and one-fifth of his combat power is gone. Zhu Hongsan nodded and asked Zhao Guodong to step back. Then he called Tong Yangjia and said, "Now I'm going to bother Mr. Lao, lead your two clerks to the front line to count the results of the battle and rescue the wounded soldiers." ”

Tong Yangjia nodded and called the two clerks to count the results.

Zhu Hongsan ordered to camp outside the village and stayed here tonight. Tomorrow I will regain my strength and set off.

In the evening, Tong Yangjia found Zhu Hongsan to report the results. More than 5,000 rogues came, more than 2,200 were killed, 1,467 were captured, and more than 1,000 others escaped. One hundred and seventy-one horses were captured, and eighty-nine horses were killed or disabled and could not be used. He collected 1,120 taels of silver, 20 taels of gold, and some jewels.

Zhu Hongsan heard this and said: "These poor ghosts, but the war horses are good." The disabled should also be carefully examined, and those who can pull the car should be rescued as much as possible. "Zhu Hongsan's other supplies are quite sufficient now, but there is a shortage of war horses. Now there are less than fifty war horses on hand, and these nearly two hundred war horses are really a windfall.

Tong Yangjia said: "After Qian Lide's interrogation, the captives are Luo Rucai's people, and they belong to the rear guard of the forward general. No wonder the combat effectiveness is so strong, and he still doesn't retreat after half of the death. It's all from Luo Rucai's old camp. They said that Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong were attacking Nanyang, and Xinyang was relatively safe. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, if it was from the old battalion, he basically had an intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Liukou. If you have 10,000 against them, you can win with 50,000 to 60,000.

Looking at the numbers, you must know that Li Zicheng and his ilk look at a large number of people, millions of people. However, there are only more than 60,000 people in Li Zicheng's old battalion, and these are all Li Zicheng's starting troops, which are basically his hometown in northern Shaanxi and the border army of the Ming Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness is extremely high. Luo Rucai's strength is not as strong as Li Zicheng's, and there are only more than 30,000 people in the old camp, and there are more than 4,000 people less at this time, which is enough for him to feel distressed.

Zhu Hongsan said to Tong Yangjia: "As long as we are young and strong, we will pick out those who are over thirty years old. Let the young kill them as a vote. ”

Tong Yangjia asked: "May I ask the lord what is the vote?" ”

"Have you ever seen the Water Margin? Didn't Lin Chong go up the mountain and ask him to get a vote. Let each of the captives kill one of his own, so as to cut off their desire to escape. ”

Tong Yangjia slandered: "Only you, a guy who doesn't learn and don't know how to do anything, can think of such a ruthless trick." But he said honestly: "The lord is clever, and his subordinates will do it now." ”

The next morning, Zhu Hongsan stood in front of the remaining 964 people and said: "Don't be afraid, I won't kill you, you have all already submitted your names, and you won't be able to please the Liukou if you go back to the Liukou." It's better to follow me, and ensure that you have three full meals on my day, and you will have enough meat and steamed buns every day. Back in Huguang, each person still has ten taels of silver, how about it? ”

Whether or not to give money is secondary, three full meals a day is quite attractive, although these rogues are Luo Rucai's elite, but they only have two meals a day, and they are still dry and thin, and they don't care if they are full. As for the gangsters who don't have meat, they should tell jokes, the leaders may not be able to eat meat, and the soldiers still want to eat meat? Human flesh is there, do you eat it or not?

After listening to Zhu Hongsan's words, everyone shouted in a hurry: "Okay, I'm done with the king." ”

"Who doesn't fuck with you, at least there's a full meal to eat."

"As long as I have something to eat, I can do anything."

Seeing the rogues shouting, Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and said: "Everyone agreed, you will listen to me in the future, if you don't work hard to fight, then I'm sorry for three full meals, I'm going to cut off your heads, you know?" ”

"Got it, don't worry, King, we are the best at killing people if we don't do anything else."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Okay, open the meal." ”

When I saw the cooks carrying baskets of steamed buns and buckets of braised pork. The eyes of these rogues were red, they didn't expect it to be really meaty, and they rushed up to grab it.

Qian Lide commanded the military law team to rush up and whip it, shouting while pumping: "Damn, teach you the first one first, that is, queue up." ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at Tong Yangjia and said, "Sir, what do you think I said?" ”

Tong Yangjia gave a thumbs up and said, "High, it's really high." The lord's words are really ingenious. I'm a little moved by what you say, not to mention these gangsters. ”

Zhu Hongsan laughed and said: "Of course, these guys can't read, what's the use of telling them about some family and country righteousness?" It's better to have a full meal. ”

Tong Yangjia smiled against his will, and scolded in his heart: "This gang of killers knows what is the righteousness of the family and the country, and Qiu Ba can cut people." ”

Zhu Hongsan called over Qian Lide and said, "Qian Fatty, after a while, divide these gangsters into various platoons and let them supervise each other." Start class tonight and let your men take care of it. Qian Lide nodded, and went down to make arrangements without mentioning it.

Zhu Hongsan said to Zhao Guodong and Zhou Yu again: "You two must make this group of recruits form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, there must be a lot of battles ahead, and we must strengthen our strength." ”

Zhao Erren nodded and went down to arrange.

By the time everyone had finished eating, the ranks had moved on, and the prisoners had been organized into platoons, and the platoon commanders were taught various military rules and discipline while marching. In the evening, Zhu Hongsan organized them to start a brainwashing class. Tong Yangjia saw Zhu Hongsan's spittle flying directly on the side. Below, Liukou's eyes slowly lit up when he heard this, and his face was full of red light. I thought in my heart: "This Zhu Hongsan is really not simple, he can convince these rogues in just one day, and now he has completely won the loyalty of the rogues." ”

Zhu Hongsan's set is very inflammatory, and some college students in later generations have become obsessed, not to mention these old coarse people who don't know these big characters. Tong Yangjia is a scholar, and he guessed what Zhu Hongsan wanted to do from the beginning. That's why I'm immune to this set. But in this way, Tong Yangjia also felt that what Zhu Hongsan said was very reasonable, and felt that he would have a good life with him.

Ten days later, the team was basically integrated. What is missing now is the proficiency in the various formations. Zhu Hongsan is now looking forward to the next battle and wants to see how his army's combat effectiveness is?

At this time, Wang Xiaobao, who was at the front of the team, ran over and said, "Report to the sir, the scouts found a dock fort in the valley in front, which occupies a large area. What should we do? ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Tell the striker, go to that dock fort." "The herald went down to give the order.

Zhu Hongsan said to Tong Yangjia: "Let's go and see how to replenish the food, plus these more than 900 people are a little not enough to eat." ”

Due to the perennial war in Henan, landlords in various places began to build dock forts to protect their property. There are large and small dock forts, the big one is about the same as a city, and there are shops and restaurants in it. The small one is a family-style style.

In front of Zhu Hongsan was a medium-sized dock fort, built in a valley. The entrance is backed by a two-meter-high stone wall on both sides of the cliff, and a red iron gate is in the middle of the wall. There is a horse path built into the wall, and patrolling families stand guard on it. I can't see it clearly inside the valley.

Qian Lide went to coordinate first, wanting to buy some food. Zhu Hongsan waited for Qian Lide's reply in the back.

After a while, Reed Chin returned. Zhu Hongsan saw that Qian Lide had an arrow stuck in his buttocks. It looks like the talk is falling apart.

Zhu Hongsan asked, "What's wrong with the fat man?" ”

Qian Lide shouted: "Big brother, they don't buy food, and they scold us, let us go away from the lake and water rats." ”

Zhu Hongsan's eyes were about to get angry, and Tong Yangjia said on the side: "The lord is slow, this dock fort is built on the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack." We didn't have siege tools, so we really couldn't storm it. ”

Zhu Hongsan rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. is right, let's go." ”

The group walked away amid the laughter and scolding of the guards at the dock fort.

Ten miles away from Wubao, Zhu Hongsan ordered to camp and rest. Tong Yangjia thought that Zhu Hongsan was going to start, so what was he doing to camp and rest sooner or later.

Sure enough, in the evening, Zhu Hongsan called Zhou Yu and Zhao Guodong. Let Zhou Yu take someone to the door of the dock fort at night, bury thirty catties of gunpowder, and blow up the gate. Then lead the team to rush in, and the chicken dog will not be left. Zhao Guodong led the team to answer in the back. Zhou Zhao and the others went down to arrange.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhu Hongsan set off with his people, leaving 100 people to guard the Chinese army.

At about two o'clock in the middle of the night, that is, when the team came to the dock fort. There was no one guarding the city walls, but they lit a dead wind lantern and swayed in the wind.

Zhou Yu took five people to carry thirty catties of gunpowder, followed the shadow under the root of the mountain to the iron gate, and put the gunpowder bag. Ran back after igniting. Half a minute later, there was a loud bang, and the iron door exploded. Zhou Yu waved his hand and shouted: "Rush in, no chickens and dogs will be left." ”

Zhu Hongsan saw Qian Lide on the side, this guy was actually okay with his butt, he wore three layers of heavy armor when he went to negotiate, and the arrow was actually stuck on the nail leaf. Zhu Hongsan looked at him and said, "Why does the fat man want to take revenge?" ”

Qian Lide nodded and said, "Big brother, let me go." ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, and Qian Fatzi rushed in with three guards.

The shouts of killing in the valley shook the sky, and these gangs of rogues had just turned positive for ten days, and they were full of gangsterism. Anyone who affects their own robbery is an enemy. Set fires everywhere and kill people when they see them. After a while, the flames were everywhere, reflecting half of the sky.

At this time, it was already dawn, and Zhu Hongsan had been killing for an hour, almost. said to Zhao Guodong behind him: "Let's go, let's go in and see who is so awesome and doesn't let the master in." ”