In the midst of fighting and scolding, Wang Kefan and Wang Sheng walked into the gate together.

A dozen or so rebels in the courtyard were busy grabbing things, and the recruits of the Gongyi battalion suddenly rushed in, caught off guard, and were captured almost without resistance. Under the threat of dense spears, the rebels were all tied together, led by a disheveled Qianzong, who had obviously just been disturbed.

Without waiting for Wang Kefan to speak, Mr. Qian first shouted angrily: "Who of you is the leader? What do you want to do?! ”

Wang Kefan ignored him and raised his eyes to look around.

The interior of this house is exquisitely decorated, and the furniture is also very elegant, and it is obviously a wealthy family. In front of the hall stood a trembling family, there were more than 20 men and women, with frightened and frightened expressions on their faces, and in the middle was a man in his forties, dressed outside, who should be the owner of this mansion.

Behind him stood a young woman with messy temples, crying pear blossoms and rain, her big eyes swept quite a little posture, it should be the woman who was violated just now, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy was supporting her beside her, it seemed that it was the woman's brother, who was glaring at the gang of rebels in the courtyard with resentment.

The bodies of those rebellious soldiers were bulging, and there were more than a dozen burdens scattered on the ground, plus the blood stains on the blades, without interrogation, you could know what they had done that night.

"I am Wang Kefan, the sentry officer of the Gongyi battalion, and I was ordered to enter the city to maintain order, and several violated military discipline, so my brothers had to offend." Wang Kefan waved his hand to Shi A Dayi and said, "Take them all away and take them to the Yamen of the Political Secretary!" ”

"What? What kind of cowardice is Gongyi Camp? The general manager shouted: "I am from the third battalion of Zuo Shuaihou, and our battalion officers are Jin Jiangye, Jin Shenghuan, have you heard of it?" Beware of General Jin taking your life! ”

Jin Shenghuan, born in the peasant rebel army in northern Shaanxi, nicknamed "Yidousu", formed a battalion after surrendering Zuo Liangyu, with more than 10,000 horses, most of whom were from Shaanxi. This person will surrender to the Manchu Qing in the future, and then he will rebel against the Qing and return to the Southern Ming, he is a defective general like Feng Yuxiang, and his personality is very complicated, but he Zuihou defended Nanchang, and committed suicide by throwing himself into the water after the defeat, at least he still has some backbone.

"Take it away!" Wang Kefan coldly spit out two words, not to be with that Qian, and he didn't bother to speak.

There is no turning back when he opens the bow, Wang Kefan knows that Jin Shenghuan is a figure in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but he is not taboo - in a few months, Jin Shenghuan will surrender to the Manchus, and it is not a big deal to offend him.

After the gang of rebels was escorted out, everyone in the hall came out to salute and thank him, and the young man was still not at ease, and said to Wang Kefan: "General, those thieves are very bad, don't let them go, otherwise they will come again!" ”

"I'm just a general, I can't be called a general." Wang Kefan shook his head with a smile, and was very kind to this clever young man: "But I can guarantee that no one will come to take revenge on you." ”

Even if Mr. Qian wants to retaliate, he will definitely find trouble with Wang Kefan first, and this family is not in any danger.

"This is the dog Jingliang, who doesn't understand etiquette, so the general smiled." The owner of this family came to him, reprimanded his son twice, and then held a big silver ingot and said respectfully: "Contemptible Jingfu, General Wang saved the lives of my family, and the great kindness is beyond repayment, and I offer fifty taels of silver to show my heart, please accept the general's smile!" ”

"This doesn't have to be." Wang Kefan smiled and shook his head.

A gentleman loves money, takes it in a proper way, and cleans himself is the most important thing. If you accept these fifty taels of silver, the whole thing will change the taste, and when the recruits are excited and proud, they suddenly change from anti-violence and peace to paid security guards, and the psychological span is too large, I am afraid that they will not be able to accept it.

Wang Kefan is very short of money now, but what he needs is a stable source of finance, and he has little interest in this windfall. Of course, if it's five hundred taels or five thousand taels of silver, you have to think about it separately.

Fifty taels of silver, no more and no less, this Jingfu obviously took great pains to come up with this number, not only to express gratitude, but also not to arouse the other party's greed, from helping the poor to suddenly taking advantage of the fire to rob.

It is not easy for anyone to live in troubled times, Jingfu thought that Wang Kefan was too little, and explained with an embarrassed look: "Fifty taels of silver really can't be used, but there is no cash at home, please General Wang accept it for the time being, and the contemptible person will have a heavy thank you ......in the future."

"Thank you Jingyuan, we really don't want money!" Wang Kefan came to the gate, pointed to the hundreds of recruits under the torches, raised his voice and said: "We are all children of Hunan and Chu, and we joined the army to protect our families and hometowns. ……”

Local, clan, and blood ......, Wang Kefan tried every means to enhance the cohesion of the troops.

Wang Kefan's army was all ordinary peasants of the Ming Dynasty, and their values and behavior were completely different from those of modern people, and they did not even have a modern sense of the state. For them, only local kinship is the most reliable bond, the easiest for them to accept, and even to shed blood and sacrifice for it.

Since you were born in the feudal era, you must follow the rules of this era and cannot go beyond it out of thin air.

Hundreds of recruits and the family outside the Beijing were stunned, Wang Kefan's words were very fresh, opening his mouth to protect his family and his hometown, all of which were things that could be seen and touched, and were closely related to everyone, which made people feel cordial and real.

If he is an ordinary general of the Ming Dynasty, what he will talk about must be to repay his father and be loyal to the imperial court, even if he doesn't think so in his heart, he will say a cliché in his mouth after many years of habit, and he will never let the civilian officials and the army find any fault.

"It was I who underestimated all the strong men and made amends to you......"

At this time, Jingfu finally believed that these soldiers were different from other officers and soldiers, and he had been guarding carefully in vain, and it turned out that he had wrongly blamed the good people, and he was both moved and ashamed in his heart: "General Wang is benevolent and righteous, please slow down." In the future, if you learn the news of your army, you will eat the pot pulp and welcome you for ten miles! ”

The recruits are all simple peasant men in their twenties, who are at the age of blood and strength, and they have just been excited by Wang Kefan's words, and they are respectful and polite outside the Beijing staff, and hundreds of men hug their fists together to thank them.

"We will swear to kill the thief!"

The long street sends each other, the fish and water are deep, the swaying torches run away, and under the torches are young and simple faces, and there is a little more firmness in the eyes.

Behind them, the young man named Kyora sneaked out of the house and followed from a distance......

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The Yamen of the Buzheng Division and the Yamen of Wuchang Mansion are both at the gate of the Division, and they are also the objects of the new recruits of the Gongyi Battalion, and neither of them can have problems, but fortunately, the two yamen are very close, only more than 1,000 meters apart, and they look like two or three miles.

The area at the entrance of the division is even more chaotic, a tragic situation after being ransacked.

The doors of the shops on the side of the road were open, the door panels were scarred, and the houses were empty. Everything in the streets was smashed, garbage and laundry were thrown all over the floor, several carts were still burning, and smoke was billowing into the night sky.

There was constant shouting and shouting from all around, flickering far and near in the night, but there was no one in sight, and I didn't know who it was.

Escorting the rebels to the Yamen of the Chief Minister, there were torches on the courtyard wall, and the people inside carefully checked the signaling voucher and opened the gate.

Hu Guangbu's political envoys and other civil officials had already withdrawn, and the Yamen of the Political Secretary was guarded by a group of official guards, led by a foreman guard, who was greatly relieved to see the officers and soldiers of the Gongyi battalion coming.

"The two generals came at the right time! The rebels are constantly attacking the Yamen, and the brothers are struggling, and it all depends on the two generals......"

"It's all my own family, brother doesn't have to be polite." Wang Kefan returned with a cordial smile and asked in return, "Where did these rebels who attacked the Yamen come from?" What do they want to do? ”

"I don't know, anyway, the rebels are rushing up in waves, if it weren't for the desperate efforts of the brothers, they would have been succeeded a long time ago!" The foreman guard was a straw bag, and there was not a word of useful information except for constantly boasting about his exploits.

When asked about the situation of the Wuchang Mansion, he didn't know much, he only knew that there was a constant fighting in that direction, and he should have been attacked by the rebels: "Brother, there are few people here, and self-protection is still insufficient, so if you can't take care of the Wuchang Mansion, you may have fallen ......"

This matter is full of strangeness, the Yamen of the Political Secretary is similar to the modern provincial government, and the Yamen of Wuchang Mansion is similar to the municipal government.

Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops are nearby, even if the city is mixed with the internal response of the Dashun army, it should not be launched at this time.

No matter what, we have to support the Wuchang Mansion as soon as possible, Wang Kefan divided his troops again, left Wang Sheng to guard the Yamen of the Political Secretary, and gathered his own men and horses to prepare for departure.

"Hey, you can't go......" The foreman guard was already frightened, and he couldn't wait for the recruits to stay in the political department and come up to stop Wang Kefan, but he happened to run into the gang of rebels who were escorted over.

The foreman guard was stunned there, stunned in surprise as these rebellious soldiers were escorted into the political secretary, with an expression of disbelief on his face, and stammered: "You ......, you actually arrested Zuo Shuai's people, so bold!" ”

He is the confidant of Hu Guangbu's political envoy, and he is very arrogant to ordinary military attachés, but he never dares to provoke Zuo Liangyu's subordinates. Those soldiers and ruffians are all born as thieves, and they are ruthless, and no one has ever dared to provoke them.

This young man is so daring!

"The rebels harass the people, and this sentry officer maintains military discipline, what's the matter, is there any problem?" Wang Kefan's smile was still so kind, but the foreman guard was sneering, nodded and then quickly shook his head, with a little fear in his expression.

Wang Kefan ignored him anymore, instructed Wang Sheng a few words, and rushed to Wuchang Mansion with his men.