Chapter 16: Washing the City
As soon as Zhou Shixiang said this, there was no sound in the room, and twenty or thirty men looked at him in unison, their faces full of surprise. Boss Hu and Zhao Sihai were also stunned when they heard this, and Song Xianggong looked at Zhou Shixiang with a strange expression.
"Is that true?"
Cheng Bangjun was overjoyed and excited, and he couldn't wait to confirm Zhou Shixiang's words on the spot, lest Hu Quan and others regret it. As for Zhou Shixiang's relationship with these bandits, he doesn't care! He doesn't care if his words work! All he wants is that these bandits are willing to fight Luoding City, and he doesn't care about anything else, and he doesn't care!
Why did the imperial court want to co-opt these bandits, in order to make these bandits possible to create trouble for the Qing army in the rear, so that the Qing army could not concentrate on attacking the Ming army in Guangdong, so the official seal is secondary, the important thing is that these bandits are willing to work for the imperial court, only in this way, can he Cheng Bangjun's trip to Daqiao Mountain be considered complete.
As for whether Hu Quan, who only has a few dozen people, can defeat Luo Dingcheng, it is not Cheng Bangjun's concern at all, with the Guangdong Governors and University scholars here, the battle report reported to the imperial court naturally does not need to be worried about him as a small foreigner. He knew very well in his heart that even if all these bandits were dead, and the Qing army in Luoding City did not lose a single hair, it would not matter, in the pen of the Governor Yamen's gang of masters, the important thing was how to highlight the loyal and brave image of the governor and the important ministers who were bent on recovering the lost territory, actively contacting the righteous teachers and volunteers, planning in the middle, and vowing to fight the Qing army to the end. It didn't matter what the outcome of the battle was, because no matter what the outcome was, the purpose of the Cantonese officials had been achieved, and it was enough for them to prove to the imperial court and to the emperor that they were not helpless in the face of the Qing army's attack in Guangdong, but that they were actively coping with it and trying their best day and night to recover the lost territory
"No lie!"
Zhou Shixiang ignored Boss Hu's anxious eyes, and affirmed loudly. His affirmation, Boss Hu suddenly became anxious, and opened his mouth to stop it, but before he could scream, Song Xianggong pulled him, and he had no choice but to swallow the words in his mouth. When the other men who wanted to stop them saw this, they could only swallow the words of scolding their mothers back into their stomachs.
"When's the day?" Cheng Bangjun struck while the iron was hot and wanted to do this thoroughly.
Zhou Shi pondered for a moment and said, "Seven days later!" ”
"Good, good, good!"
Cheng Bangjun said three "good" words in a row, and the more he watched Zhou Shixiang, the happier he became, and at the same time, he was impressed by the new show where Yunlong avenged his parents, wife and children.
"General Hu, since your ministry is so determined, then this official wishes the general success! On the day when the general took Luoding, the official personally wore a robe and crown for the general, and asked the court for the general's merit! ”
The matter has been decided, Cheng Bangjun is bent on seizing the time to lobby for the next place, and strive to go back before the end of the month to succeed a few more, so he is unwilling to stay longer, and arches his hand to Boss Hu, who is still in a daze, and raises his feet to leave.
"Cheng"
Boss Hu's throat was dry, and he watched Cheng Bangjun and his party leave, and then looked at Zhou Shixiang, he was already complaining, and he had the heart to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
The other men in the house were not as polite to Zhou Shixiang as Boss Hu, and as soon as Cheng Bangjun left, they blew up the nest.
"The surname is Zhou, you say, what will we use to fight Luo Dingcheng in three days, and how will we fight!"
"My eldest brother didn't speak, why should you be an outsider for us?"
"The surname is Zhou, the brothers respect you as a good man who kills the Tartars, and they don't care about you in general, but we don't fight this Luoding City, if you want to know each other, leave quickly, lest the brothers say anything ugly!"
"I said it plainly before, just take things and don't do anything, this fucking fart will be kung fu, you will let us go to death, what are you thinking!"
"The scholar is very ghostly, and the surname Zhou is deliberately sending us to death!"
“”
Listening to the scolding of these men, Zhou Shixiang didn't defend himself, just listened motionlessly.
"Xiucai, why did you agree to fight Luo Dingcheng? It's really not something we can do, you alas! Zhao Sihai still couldn't believe that Zhou Shixiang had decided for them like this, and he could only sigh in shock.
"Brother Zhou, I know that your whole family was killed by the Tartars, and you are eager for revenge, but you can't take our brothers' lives seriously, right?" Peng Dazhu admires Zhou Shixiang and respects scholars, but his own life is at stake, so he can't help but complain.
Ge Wu and Ge Liuyuan also wanted to complain, but it can be seen that everyone said something ugly, so the two brothers didn't say anything more.
"Don't make any noise!"
When they were arguing, Song Xianggong waved his sleeves impatiently and signaled everyone to shut up. He had a very high status in the eyes of the bandits, and when they saw this, the men all kept their mouths shut.
After calming down, Song Xianggong said: "Don't be angry, Brother Xu Zhou is surnamed Cheng." ”
Hearing this, Peng Dazhu suddenly realized, patted his head and shouted: "Yes, Brother Zhou is coaxing the surnamed Cheng to play." ”
I didn't want Zhou Shixiang to shake his head and said: "Mr. Song, Brother Peng, I am not surnamed Cheng, but I really want to persuade Brother Hu and the brothers to go to Luoding City." ”
Hearing this, Peng Dazhu lost his voice and said, "Brother Zhou, do you really want us to die?!" ”
A bald man in the crowd looked at Zhou Shixiang in a daze: "Crazy, crazy, this show must be crazy!" ”
"What are you crazy or not, I think you're crazy!"
Song Xianggong glanced at the bald man angrily, and then his eyes fell on Zhou Shixiang's face again, and he was very puzzled: "Isn't Brother Zhou going to Guangxi to join the army, why do you want to persuade us to fight Luoding City?" Have you changed your mind and won't go to Guangxi? ”
Hearing this, Boss Hu also said: "I'm also confused, why does Brother Zhou want us to go to Luoding City?" I also said to Mr. Song last night, I sent someone to take you to Guangxi to join the army today, I wanted to tell you, but I was delayed by the surname Cheng If Brother Zhou doesn't change his mind, I will let someone take you out of the mountain and escort you all the way to Guangxi, as for the matter of Luo Dingcheng, it should be coaxed to the surname Cheng, how about it? ”
Zhou Shixiang didn't change his mind, he nodded gratefully to Boss Hu, and said: "Thank you Brother Hu for your kindness, but Guangxi is too far away, and I am not familiar with Li Dingguo's army, so I thought about it again, since I can meet Brother Hu on this mountain, it means that I have a fate with Brother Hu. ”
"You're going to do it with me?"
Zhou Shixiang's words made Boss Hu's already shrunken eyes widen again, and he said in disbelief: "Brother Zhou, what are you going to do with me?" You are a scholar, but my Lao Hu is a bandit, and there is no reason for a scholar to partner with bandits in this world. When he said this, he forgot that Song Xianggong on the side was also a scholar, and he was still a scholar in the county.
"Who was born a bandit? And who said that a scholar can't partner with bandits? Far from it, isn't Mr. Song also with everyone? ”
"Mr. Song and you are in a different situation, the situation is different"
Boss Hu realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, and his face was very scornful. However, Song Xianggong looked calm and didn't mind at all.
"Mr. Song told me about Brother Hu, in my eyes, Brother Hu is a man who stands up to the sky, and all brothers are well-known heroes. Although I have read more books than everyone else, how can I read more books in this troubled world where human life is like a mustard? Can you read more books to protect your parents, wives and children from being killed? ”
Speaking of this, Zhou Shixiang closed his eyes painfully, and for a moment, his eyes opened again were full of hatred, and he said to everyone in a deep voice: "In this world, I have no relatives anymore, and I only think about revenge in my heart now!" Brother Hu, Mr. Song, brothers, I, Zhou Shixiang, am not ignoring everyone's lives for my own personal vendetta, the Qing army in Luodingcheng is also human, and they don't have more hands and legs than us, why should we be afraid of them! ”
Boss Hu took over and said: "It's not that we are afraid or afraid, but our strength is too weak, and we can't fight this battle." ”
"Yes, it's not that the brothers haven't worked with the Tartars before, but the Tartars are indeed better than us, and we only have this kind of people, if we really want to fight Luoding City, I'm afraid it's not enough to even stuff people's teeth."
"If it was easy to fight, we would have gone to fight a long time ago, so why hide in this mountain."
"It's also a shame that we have few people, if there are really hundreds or thousands of people, the Tartars of Luoding City have already come to beat us, where can we be happy here?"
"This battle can't be fought, and it can't be fought!"
Seeing that everyone had no confidence in fighting Luo Ding, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but say: "It's true that we have few people, but it is precisely because Luo Ding's Qing army doesn't take us seriously that we can't imagine that we will have the courage to fight it, so we will have a chance to win." To be prepared for unprepared, as long as we all work together, I think there is a great chance of winning Luoding City, at least half of the chance! ”
"Besides, there is no war in this world that cannot be fought, and a large number of people does not necessarily win, and since ancient times, there have been fewer wars in which fewer victories have been few! Since everyone has fallen into the grass and become bandits, this head is tied to the waist pocket, and it is impossible to say that one day the head will fall to the ground. In this case, why don't you do a big ticket, the so-called thief of the hook will be punished, the thief of the country will be punished, killing one is a crime, and slaughtering ten thousand is a hero! It's not a big deal, it's always good to be able to grab the money and food in Luoding City, which is much better than everyone robbing homes and houses. ”
"We're not taking it by force, no matter how fierce the tiger is, it also has a nap, let's take a sneak attack on it when we look at the hole, can't we?!"
"Brother Hu, I've said it here, whether to continue to be a bandit leader in this mountain, take the brothers to fight and make trouble for the people, or take this opportunity to lead the brothers to Luoding to fight, think about it!"
Boss Hu was already stunned, and he didn't react.
Song Xianggong's face had a strange brilliance, and he couldn't stop muttering something, if the people on the side leaned over to listen, it was the sentence "Killing one is a crime, and slaughtering ten thousand is a hero!" ”
None of the men spoke, and before they digested Zhou Shixiang's words, they all looked at him blankly. After a long time, Ge Wu, who was full of meat, suddenly scolded loudly: "it, you have to do a big show, Lao Tzu has been a bandit all his life, isn't it as good as a showman!" Brothers, do his big ticket and wash Luoding City! ”
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