Niu Zhongxiao returned to the barracks to transfer troops, and the Gongyi battalion immediately became busy.

Wang Kefan and the others had already prepared, and the recruits of the four sentinels were assembled at the earliest, and when they set off, the other sentinels were still dragging their feet to name the whole team.

The recruits walked towards the camp gate with neat steps, and the veterans involuntarily turned their heads to look at them, with a little surprise and admiration in their eyes.

Hu Dahai was giving a lecture to his soldiers, but was also interrupted by a passing recruit, turned his head and saw Wang Kefan, a trace of anger immediately flashed on his face, and his mouth seemed to be swearing.

Wang Kefan glanced at him coldly and walked on his own.

The Wang Qipai officer suddenly appeared, looked at the recruit team with great interest, and sighed loudly in his mouth.

"Hey, this group of hillbillies walks around every day, and it's really useful. The queue is so fast, it looks like a bit of an elite soldier! ”

"Is this a crack soldier? Bullshit! ”

Hu Dahai couldn't bear it anymore, threw the whip in his hand, and strode towards Wang Kefan.

Seeing his violent, Shi Adaa hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but Hu Dahai flew up and kicked him to the ground.

"The surname Wang, when you see me, you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head?" Hu Dahai stood in front of Wang Kefan: "You still owe me a martial arts competition, you can't get past it if you pretend to be confused!" ”

"Now? Hit here? Wang Kefan asked.

"yes, don't you dare?!" Hu Dahai crossed his hands on his hips and shouted proudly to the surroundings: "Wang Kefan doesn't dare to compete with me, such an eggless goods still lead troops to fight, nonsense!" ”

There was a wild laugh behind him, but the recruits' faces showed anger, Shi Ah Da got up and glared at Hu Dahai indignantly, but he didn't dare to say anything because he was afraid that the other party was a sentry.

Wang Sheng and the others realized that something was wrong and hurried over.

"Hu Dahai, I'll compete with you, whoever loses kneels down and calls grandpa!" Tan Xiao was about to step forward angrily, but Wang Kefan stopped him.

"Wait, I'll fight him!" Wang Kefan actually took the competition, and the recruits were stunned at first, and suddenly burst into a burst of cheering and shouting.

Tan Xiao hesitated, lowered his voice and asked, "Yuntai, are you okay?" ”

From the outside, Wang Kefan is just an ordinary person's figure, but Hu Dahai is tall and strong, and he can distinguish between strength and weakness without using his hands.

Wang Sheng also persuaded: "Yuntai, just like last time, let's ignore this mad dog, the army is about to go out, forgive him and don't dare to use force." ”

"Don't worry!" Wang Kefan nodded to them, asked for a spear from the recruit, and held it in his hand to meet Hu Dahai.

Since the crossing, he has been stepping up his exercise, and this body is still a little too thin, although Wang Kefan has a means of surprise, he is only five points sure that he will defeat Hu Dahai.

However, we can't back down on this occasion today, the recruits are about to go to battle, and everyone is watching, if they refuse Hu Dahai's challenge, it will definitely affect their morale.

These recruits were peasants who had just laid down their hoes, and they didn't trust the spears in their hands, and they had to be shown the power of the spears before they went into battle.

This contest must be won!

"Everyone is a general, let's compare it to a blade." If it is compared with fists and feet, it is difficult for Wang Kefan's military physical boxing to win, and he must play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Unexpectedly, Wang Kefan really dared to fight, Hu Dahai waved his hand and sneered: "Okay, swords, guns, swords, halberds, you can do anything if you want, just let you take advantage!" ”

"That's not good, let others say that I bullied you, the competition should be fair, and use the guy who takes advantage of it." Wang Kefan shook the spear in his hand: "What kind of blade do you use?" Hurry up, I'll have something to do after the fight. ”

"I don't know how thick the sky is, Lao Tzu will give you some blood today!"

Hu Dahai pulled out his waist knife with a snort, grabbed a knife flower in his hand, tied the door, and the steel knife was like a fluttering piece of wood in his hand, flashing a cold light.

There was immediately a cheer around, and insiders could see that Hu Dahai's knife skills were clear-eyed, but they were not a showmanship to walk the rivers and lakes.

Wang Kefan stood quietly, his feet were not bad, the nine-foot spear in his hand did not move at all, Hu Dahai just wanted to make a move, but he suddenly raised his hand.

"Wait a minute!"

"Uh-huh, what are you doing?!" Hu Dahai stopped suddenly, inexplicably.

Wang Kefan propped the spear diagonally on the ground, kicked it at the barrel of the gun, and with a "gaba" sound, the head of the spear fell to the ground.

"Take the head of the gun away, so as not to injure you by mistake, it is difficult to explain in front of Niu Xietai."

provoke him, as long as he angers Hu Dahai, he will be seventy percent sure.

Sure enough, Hu Dahai roared angrily and rushed over, and the bright blade flashed, slashing directly at Wang Kefan's chest.

Wang Kefan collapsed and walked diagonally, using the broken gun in his hand to open the steel knife, his shoulder was against Hu Dahai's waist, and he took advantage of the situation to push outward, Hu Dahai's body couldn't help but shake twice.

As soon as the two came up, the fight was so fierce, the atmosphere around them became even hotter, and the cheers continued one after another, but Hu Dahai's heart was a little anxious.

He is tall and strong, but he was swayed by Wang Kefan, which is really embarrassing. Although there was no harm in being pushed down, he still subconsciously pushed back, eager to slam the other party hard and save face.

Unwittingly, the door to his chest was wide open.

With a "snap", Hu Dahai's chest suddenly felt a sharp pain, and he sat on the ground, and when he looked up, Wang Kefan was standing in front of him, and the broken gun in his hand was pointed between his eyes.

"You've lost." Wang Kefan's tone was very calm.

Behind him, Wang Sheng, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong were all stunned and couldn't believe it, but the recruits let out a burst of cheers.

Just lost?

The broken gun stabbed his chest and hit Hu Dahai's stomach nerves heavily, although he had light armor to protect himself, he also felt unbearable pain, sat on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up, watching Wang Kefan leave with the recruits.

……

When the recruits entered Wuchang Mansion, it was already dark.

Along the way, there were many burning houses, the cries and screams of the people kept coming, and there were groups of rebels everywhere, their bodies full of looted property, and the blades in their hands were stained with blood.

When the rebels saw a large group of people passing by, they would take the initiative to avoid it from a distance, but as long as the recruits went a little farther, they would come out again and burn and loot.

Soldiers are not as good as bandits!

Everyone has long heard that Zuo Liangyu's troops have extremely poor military discipline, and their behavior is worse than that of "thieves" such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. But it's one thing to hear someone tell it, and it's another thing to see it with your own eyes, seeing the rebels constantly committing murder, Zhou Guodong and Wang Sheng were full of indignation, their faces were angry, and Tan Xiao couldn't help but scold.

"If it weren't for the military order, I would have to kill all these soldiers and ruffians from other provinces!"

Zuo Liangyu started with the Changping Army, and fought in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Henan for many years, most of his subordinates were northerners, and seeing them commit crimes in the provincial capital, hundreds of Huguang recruits had the same hatred for the enemy, and their morale was high.

Wang Kefan has been observing the situation around him.

If the riot has developed into a frenzied stage of killing officials and slaughtering the city, these hundreds of recruits will be very dangerous, and they can only improvise and seek self-protection first.

At least a few thousand rebels were scattered around the city, and the number was growing. These rebels plundered property everywhere, and would kill and set fire to people when they resisted, but their main targets were wealthy merchants and ordinary people, and they generally avoided the homes of those with official positions and fame, and did not attack the yamen.

Those scoundrels were even more unbearable, most of them were extremely excited by the turmoil, and they only cared about venting frantically in smashing, burning, and killing, without any clear purpose, and a few who had a little brain, followed behind the rebels, taking advantage of the fire to rob and grab some money.

Fortunately, although the situation was chaotic, there was no sign of rebellion among the rebels, and Wang Kefan breathed a sigh of relief.

Those scoundrels don't worry, when they encounter the heavily armed soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion, they will immediately run away and run away without a shadow.

Continuing to go deeper into the city, he encountered a group of strangely located passers-by, which attracted Wang Kefan's attention.

Judging from the way they dress, these people have different identities, some are rich and poor, and they are all strangely together, and they are very familiar with each other. What is particularly striking is that each of them has a red belt tied to their foreheads and various blades in their hands, and at first glance they are not ordinary people, but like some secret organization.

A follower of a cult! Wang Kefan remembered that Niu Zhongxiao said when he set off that there were people from the Quadrangle Sect in Wuchang Mansion who gathered to make trouble!

The parishioners were obviously organized, and when they saw the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion, they immediately dispersed and disappeared into the alleys without a sound, and their demeanor revealed a strange atmosphere.

In ancient times, there was no scientific concept, and there were many believers in various Taoist sects, and the invisible energy was very large, and because of the threat to the rule of the imperial court, it was often banned and suppressed by the government. However, folk beliefs have tenacious vitality, and various sects and sects have emerged one after another, and they can never be eradicated.

However, in the late Ming Dynasty, during the Chongzhen period, natural disasters and military disasters continued, and the survival of the people could not be guaranteed under the thousands of miles of starvation, and faith became a luxury.

This Sihe sect is probably a local sect in Huguang, and there is no record in the history books, indicating that they have not become a climate, and Shili should not be big.

"Be on guard and rush to the Yamen of the Political Secretary as soon as possible!"

According to the pre-assigned task, after the recruits of the Gongyi Battalion arrived at Liangdao Street, the soldiers acted separately in two ways, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong went to guard the domain, and Wang Kefan and Wang Sheng reinforced the political secretary.

Hu Guangcheng announced the political envoy department, located in the south bank of the Yangtze River at the gate of the division (Wuchang place name), and Wuchang Prefecture prefect Yamen not far away, Wang Kefan and Wang Sheng with two sentinel recruits just arrived nearby, they heard a woman's hoarse cry from a mansion on the side of the street, and a few men rude and obscene laughter.

"Thief, mother! Be honest, otherwise Grandpa will sprinkle (kill) your whole family! ”

"Little girl, obediently, your general will hurt people the most......"

……

Listening to the accents, they are all from Shaanxi, and they should be the rebels under Zuo Liangyu, who broke into this family and asked for ** women.

The recruits are all well-behaved dealers, how can they endure such a beastly nature? The resentment that had been held back all the way suddenly broke out, and the crowd was excited to ask the Wang Kefan brothers for their lives, to go in to eliminate the violence and save people.

"PTZ, what do you say to do?"

Wang Sheng hesitated: "If you cover your ears, your conscience will be uneasy." But you and I have military orders in our bodies, and if we delay the right thing, I'm afraid I can't afford to be guilty......"

In addition to worrying about an accident in the Yamen of the Political Secretary, he also had a layer of scruples that it was inconvenient to mention in public, and before leaving, Niu Zhongxiao repeatedly told him not to provoke Zuo Liangyu's rebellious soldiers, and Zuo Liangyu's subordinates clashed, which was likely to cause trouble.

"Sitting back and watching is not good for the morale of the army." Wang Kefan is not an impulsive and reckless hairy boy, but he is not a timid person, a manly man, he does something and does not do anything, and he always has to take care of the unevenness of the road.

"Look at it!" Wang Kefan waved his hand to Shi Ah Dayi.

Shi Ada, who couldn't bear it anymore, kicked open the door and broke in with his men.