Chapter 667: In the future, it's going to pull the list!

North Zhili,Hejian Province,.

The once prosperous Jinghe Town has now become a ruin. No intact building in sight. Everywhere there were ruins, and everywhere there was the blackness of the fire. In some places, there are still intermittent black smoke coming out. The blood stains flowing on the ground had completely solidified and turned into a dark black.

In the air, there was a strong smell of blood, which lingered for a long time. There are also charred corpses, which also emit a strong stench. Even though it was winter, you could still see a lot of unknown disgusting bugs crawling around on top of the corpse. If someone approached, the insects immediately flew up, formed a black mass, and quickly landed on the corpse farther away, but they refused to leave.

Standing outside the village and town, holding a clairvoyant mirror, carefully observing the situation in the village and town, it can be clearly seen that the people killed by the Tartars have not even had time to clean up the corpses. Due to the cold weather, these corpses were frozen and stiff. There were also some young women, naked, with obvious marks of being ravaged by insults. Some women have large blood scars on their chests, apparently the rudgings have been cut off.

The worst thing is the underage children, who were mercilessly killed, and the small corpses, curled up everywhere. Inside a house that had been burned to the ground, hundreds of corpses the size of kittens were found that had been burned black. Presumably, they were all children of the town. The corpse of an adult, no matter how much it is burned, cannot be burned to the size of a kitten.

"Kill a Tartar with a thousand cuts!"

"Inhuman Tartar!"

"We must kill all the Tartars!"

The soldiers of the Tiger Army, seeing such a tragic situation, all scolded bitterly.

The soldiers of the Cangzhou Volunteer Army felt even more heartbroken and uncontrollable. This is their own land, their villagers! Now, he has suffered from such a poisonous hand of the Tartars. What is the sin of these defenseless people to die so miserably? Especially for those children who haven't grown up yet, how can the Tartars get their hands on it?

"Kill all the Tartars!"

"Kill all the Tartars!"

"Kill all the Tartars!"

Dong Huaxia and the others were sad and indignant, and couldn't help but roar at the sky.

Along the way from Dongjiabao, they have already encountered too many such villages. After snatching the young man and the young woman, the Tartars killed both the old man and the child, and then set fire to the entire village. There is no doubt that the hatred of the Tartars who failed in Dongjiabao was vented on the ordinary people of Beizhili, so the killing was particularly crazy.

However, it seems that Jinghe Town is like this, the entire town has been slaughtered, and it is the first time that the Tiger Ben Army has seen it. Such a town has a population of at least three thousand. So many people are dying at the hands of the Tartars, so how can people not tear their hearts and lungs? The place where they live, but under the nose of Jingshi! As a result, being so close to Jingshi could not guarantee their safety. How can this be embarrassing?

Regarding the tragic scene in front of him, Zhang Zhun didn't have much feeling in his heart. It's not that his nerves are numb and he no longer feels the tragedy in front of him. Perhaps, from later generations, he has a more rational understanding of such a tragedy. After his righteous indignation, he thought more about how to end the war as soon as possible.

No matter what kind of war it is, whether it is just or unjust, it is the ordinary people who will suffer in the end. If you want the people to suffer as little as possible, you must end the war as soon as possible. For the Tiger Army, it is necessary to eliminate the Tartars as soon as possible, eliminate the imperial court as soon as possible, and pacify the rebellious army in Shaanxi as soon as possible.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Zhun waved his hand gently.

The soldiers of the sniper detachment, as well as the soldiers of the original Cangzhou Volunteer Army, escorted Zhang Zhun around him and continued to gallop westward. Zhang Zhun quietly left Dongjiabao this time with a special mission. In order to keep it secret, I only brought about a hundred people with me.

Large-scale operations, the cavalry of the Tiger Army can't do it for the time being, and small-scale sporadic assaults are still possible. After the end of the large-scale battle at Dongjiabao, the cavalry of the Tiger Army, the Tartar cavalry, and the Mongolian cavalry fought fiercely around Dongjiabao. After a few days of fighting, the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army basically drove the Mongol cavalry monitoring Dongjiabao out of six or seven miles away. In this way, even if Zhang Zhun left Dongjiabao, the Tartar scouts would not be able to find out quickly.

Zhang Zhun came out this time, only bringing fifty snipers and fifty soldiers from the original Cangzhou Volunteer Army. They formed a team improvised and set off with Zhang Zhun. They are familiar with most of the situation in Beizhili, the language or something, there is no barrier, and in many places, they have acquaintances. With them leading the way, Zhang Zhun will be much safer on the road.

"Whistle!"

Suddenly, a sharp whistle came from the front.

"There are enemies!"

Dugu Hunt shouted.

The whistle was issued by the scouts of the Tiger Army. After the whistle sounded, the scouts of the Tiger Army immediately retreated from the front. Sniper detachments and cavalry detachments, immediately ready for battle. The muzzle of the black hole of the tiger is vigilantly staring in the direction ahead.

This time, the Tiger Ben Army soldiers who escorted Zhang Zhun out, each of them were armed to the teeth, and in addition to carrying the Tiger Ben, they also carried other weapons such as Eagle Eye Guns and ** bags. The war horses they rode on were also carefully selected, and they ran very fast. Even if you encounter a large force of Tartar cavalry, you can quickly flee away. If you encounter a small group of Tartar cavalry, it will of course be killed.

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

There was a hurried and somewhat chaotic sound of horses' hooves ahead, and then, dozens of knights appeared.

Zhang Zhun raised the clairvoyant mirror and took a look, and found that these knights who suddenly appeared, their clothes were mixed, no one was wearing military uniforms, and the weapons were not the same, basically they were all swords, guns, swords, halberds and the like, the number of bows and arrows was not much, and there were no firearms. The only thing that is a little special is that a knight at the head is actually holding a popular Mo knife in the Tang Dynasty. Judging by their clothing and organization, they are not Tartars, but more like the small group of horse thieves that are common in Northern Zhili.

Since the first time the Tartars entered the Kou, according to Chongzhen's edict, a large number of local regiments have been set up in various parts of the country, recruiting brave warriors and training them to protect the localities. However, these group exercises, with the development of time, have gradually undergone some changes. Due to financial difficulties, most of the regimental training was poorly equipped and there were not many horses.

Later, I don't know who invented it, so I simply let the group practice fend for itself. The meaning of the so-called self-fending is a bit like the independent operation of the company in later generations, and it is responsible for its own profits and losses. In this way, the nature of team training has changed. In order to survive and develop, the regimental training began to do some improper things in order to obtain money and weapons and equipment. Over time, he evolved into a horse thief.

With the continuous entry of the Tartars, the control ability of the Beizhili government continued to weaken. Most of the team training eventually became horse thieves. Therefore, the whole territory of Beizhili can be described as many horse thieves. These horse thieves numbered only twenty or thirty people, and those who numbered three or four hundred. As long as you are active in Beizhili, it is basically impossible not to deal with horse thieves.

"Who's up ahead?"

Lu Yidian jumped on his horse and shouted.

"Who are you?"

There was also a loud question from the other side.

"We are the Tiger Army!"

Lu Yidian replied loudly.

There was silence for a moment, and the pace of progress slowly stopped. After a while, a man came out from the opposite side, burly and fierce. It was the big man who held the Tang Dynasty Mo knife. He buckled the long Mo knife, bowed to the side of the Tiger Army, and said loudly: "You are the Tiger Army? Don't know who is taking the lead? In Xia Wang Bin, nicknamed Wang Laohu, is a local! ”

Zhang Zhun put down the clairvoyant mirror, stepped forward on his horse, and also arched his hand and said, "I'm Zhang Zhun!" ”

The person on the other side was obviously stunned, as if he didn't expect to meet Zhang Zhun here. After a long while, he recovered, looked at Zhang Zhun suspiciously, and said in disbelief: "You are Zhang Zhun?" You...... So young? ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said indifferently: "You don't look like a tiger!" ”

The man was stunned, then reacted, hurriedly bowed again, and said happily: "It turned out to be Governor Zhang, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

Zhang Zhun said in a friendly manner: "Who are you?" ”

The other party laughed a little self-deprecatingly, his smile was a little bitter, a little pathetic, and a little depressed, and he was silent for a moment before he said obscurely: "It's nothing...... Alas......"

It turned out that this somewhat bandit-like figure was called Wang Bin, who used to be a powerful man in Jinghe Town, nicknamed Wang Laohu. Of course, Haoqiang is his self-proclaimed name, and most of the people in Jinghe Town call him a bully behind his back. Because he is good at horseback riding and slashing kung fu, Wang Laohu is indeed a figure that others dare not provoke in Jinghe Town.

Jinghe Town was suddenly attacked by the Tartars, Wang Laohu led a group of people, and the Tartars fought for a while, but in the end they were unable to save the people of Jinghe Town, including his relatives, a total of three or four thousand people were killed, and only Wang Laohu escaped with more than 100 people. With great difficulty, they escaped from the pursuit of the Tartar cavalry and found a place to hide.

After the Tartars retreated, Wang Laohu organized the surviving people around him to try to find an opportunity to assassinate a few Tartars and avenge the villagers who were killed in Jinghe Town. They are familiar with the surrounding terrain and can easily find the whereabouts of the Tartars. Over the course of the past few days, they have killed several lone Tartars. However, due to their rudimentary weapons and lack of combat skills with the Tartars, they suffered many casualties of their own.

They came back to Jinghe Town this time to come back and see what the situation in Jinghe Town was. They had a little luck in their hearts, hoping that when the Tartars chased and killed them, they would spare the remnants of Jinghe Town. Perhaps, God willing, they will still be able to see their loved ones alive. As a result, I just met Zhang Zhun and others.

As for the situation in Jinghe Town, there was no need for them to look at it in detail. After the slaughter of the Tartars, there must have been no living people in the town. Thinking of his wife, children, as well as his parents, uncles and brothers, all suffered from the poisonous hands of Tartar, Rao is a big man like Wang Laohu, and he couldn't help but burst into tears. Not to mention the rest of the young and strong. For a while, the audience burst into tears.

"This is a crime committed by a Tartar, and only a Tartar can forgive it!"

"Good boy, kill the Tartars, what are you crying about?"

Zhang Zhun said awe-inspiring beside him with a straight face.

However, Wang Laohu and others still cried bitterly. They are not like Zhang Zhun and them, who are used to seeing life and death on the battlefield. The hatred for the Tartars is also buried deep in my heart. Such a drastic tragedy has fallen on them, and they have never been so mentally prepared! It was a long time before they slowly stopped crying.

Zhang Zhun's gaze fell on the personal war horse behind Wang Laohu. Their war horses are not bad, and the quality of some of them is better than that of some of the war horses owned by the Tiger Army. Judging from the galloping movements of their horses just now, their riding skills should be quite good. Zhang Zhun asked curiously, "Is it your own horse, or is it a Tartar horse?" ”

Wang Laohu choked up and said, "We got it ourselves." ”

Zhang Zhun said expectantly: "Where did you get it?" ”

Wang Laohu wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, pressed his choking hard, and slowly explained: "Some are raised by ourselves, some are raised by large families, some are from the stables of the official army, and a few are snatched from the hands of the Tartars. ”

Seeing that Zhang Zhun was very concerned about the problem of the war horse, Wang Laohu completely wiped away his tears, shook his spirits, and explained in detail.

Due to the proximity to the grassland desert, the folk customs of Beizhili have always been fierce, especially the further north, the deeper the degree of Huhua, and the more fierce the folk customs. In most areas of the Northern Zhili, war horses are an unobtainable means of transportation. Riding horses, pulling carts, and plowing the land are all indispensable for war horses. According to Wang Laohu, it is easier to get war horses in this place of Beizhili. As long as you have money, you can buy it through a variety of ways.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, horse politics was implemented in Beizhili to encourage people to raise horses. Although Ma Zheng was abandoned later, the habit of raising horses still left a lot. Many large families have horses, and even many ordinary families have horses. The number of scattered war horses added up is actually quite considerable. In addition, if there are channels, you can even buy good war horses from the stables of the imperial court.

What's even more rare is that there are many people in Beizhili who know how to ride horses since they were children, and many of them have superb riding skills. This is also one of the reasons why there are many horse thieves in North Zhili. Having a war horse, having a weapon, knowing how to ride, and not obeying discipline are all natural conditions for the formation of horse thieves. In terms of riding skills alone, the level of some riders is not necessarily worse than that of the Tartars.

After listening to this, Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully, feeling that this was an excellent source of soldiers for the Tiger Army, so he said expectantly: "Wang Laohu, are you interested in doing it with us?" ”

Wang Laohu said excitedly: "Of course! As long as adults don't dislike it! ”

Of course, he knew about Dongjiabao's victory. Over the years, the only one who can beat the Tartars to the ground is the Tiger Army, and no one else can do it. Now, Zhang Zhun appeared in front of them with the Tiger Ben Army, how could they be unwilling? With their own strength, they want to kill the Tartars and avenge their loved ones, but they are afraid that it will be difficult. However, if there is the support of the Tiger Army, then there is a great opportunity.

After a slight pause, Wang Laohu looked at the people behind him, and asked a little worriedly: "My lord, can all of us join the Tiger Army?" ”

Zhang Zhun said loudly: "As long as you have the courage to kill the Tartars, we welcome them!" ”

Wang Laohu said angrily: "Great! Lord Governor, we don't share the sky with the Tartars, and we will definitely not disgrace you! We are definitely not eggless officers! ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said loudly to the people behind Wang Laohu: "Brothers! The Tartars have invaded our own homes, ruined our homeland, killed our relatives, robbed us of our wealth, and burned down our towns. If you don't take revenge, you swear not to be a man! ”

"Counting on the officers and soldiers, obviously can't be counted on! The officers and soldiers are mud bodhisattvas crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect themselves! They don't care if we live or die! We have to defend ourselves! We have to take up arms and go to the Tartars for revenge! As long as you have the guts to kill the Tartars, we welcome them! I ask you guys? Do you have the guts to kill the Tartars? ”

"Yes!"

All the riders roared in anger.

Jinghe Town was slaughtered, and the victims were all their relatives, and their hearts had long been burned red with anger. The only thing they lack is the power of revenge. Alone, they are not yet a match for the Tartars. Now, the Tiger Army has just given them such strength. Everyone is convinced that as long as they fight with the Tiger Army, they will definitely be able to take revenge!

"Good!"

"Courage!"

"Let's kill the Tartars together!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction and said firmly.

The massacre of the Tartars in Beizhili will inevitably provoke deeper contradictions between the people in the interior and the Tartars. At this time, if no one raises the banner of resistance, perhaps most of the people may be crushed by the butcher's knife of the Tartar and have to accept the cruel reality. But if someone raises the banner of resistance and bravely fights back against the Tartars, they will gather under this banner. The current Tiger Ben Army has enough ability to raise this banner,

No matter how the Tartars wreak havoc in Beizhili, it is impossible to kill the millions of people in Beizhili. Under the high pressure of the Tartars, under the strong guidance of the Tiger Ben Army, the Tartars killed one person in Beizhili, and at least two people joined the ranks of the Tiger Ben Army. The more people the Tartars killed, the more people joined the Tiger Army. The stronger the Tiger Army, the stronger the revenge. How many Han people the Tartars killed, and how many Tartars the Han people will kill in the future, this will definitely not change.

If you put aside feelings and analyze it from the most ruthless angle, the slaughter of the Tartars is actually a process of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong. Those who can survive the slaughter of the Tartars, in addition to being favored by God, are their own strength. It seems that Wang Laohu and the young man behind him, they can escape the pursuit of the Tartar cavalry, which shows that they themselves have a certain ability. After joining the Tiger Army, their abilities can be used more effectively.

What the Tiger Army has to do now is to recruit all these surviving strong men under the banner of the Tiger Army as much as possible, and work together to kill the Tartars. I believe that at such a point, no one will refuse the solicitation of the Tiger Ben Army. In the face of the Tartars' frenzied killing, if you don't even have the bloody ability to fight back against the Tartars, is it still human?

Huang Taiji, come on!

In the future, there is always a chance to pull the list!

One day, you will have to pay with blood!

"How many of you are there?"

After the excitement, Zhang Zhun asked with concern.

"There are only more than eighty people."

Wang Laohu replied with a little regret.

Zhang Zhun nodded, looked around, and asked expectantly, "Can more people be gathered?" Are there any people like you around Hejian Mansion? If so, can you reach them? Gather them all together, and there is great strength in numbers, and you can kill more Tartars at once. ”

Wang Bin said angrily: "There should be a lot!" Lord Governor, as long as you come forward, they will definitely join the Tiger Army. It's too difficult to kill the Tartars on our own. I'm sure they all want the help of the Tiger Army. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction and said slowly: "Send all your people out and gather all the people." If you have a war horse, as long as you are willing to join the Tiger Army, we will give you weapons. If you don't have a war horse, you can go to Dongjiabao and start training from horsemanship. As long as the training is qualified, we are responsible for providing the horses and weapons! ”

Wang Bin said excitedly: "Okay! ”

Immediately called over a dozen of his companions and asked them to go around to recruit people. Around Jinghe Town, there are indeed quite a few survivors active. As long as you contact them and tell them that Zhang Zhun is in Jinghe Town, I believe they will come over quickly.

Wang Laohu's reputation is indeed not covered, and in just a few hours, it really pulled forty or fifty people. They are all survivors who are moving in the vicinity, and they all have their own warhorses and weapons. Hearing that Zhang Zhun appeared in Jinghe Town, they ran over without thinking. As a result, when they found that Zhang Zhun was really here, they all looked very excited.

The results of the battle at Dongjiabao were almost known to the people of Beizhili. Due to the killing of the Tartars, the news of the victory of the Tiger Ben Army spread particularly quickly. At this time, what the people need most is the news of victory. Only the news of victory can stabilize their emotions and make them feel that there is still hope for survival. The two names of Zhang Zhun and Hu Benjun are believed to be something that many people will never forget in their lifetime.

"Hello everyone!"

"Let's kill the Tartars together!"

Facing the new riders, Zhang Zhun gave a short speech.

Although the number of these people is not large, and their physical fitness is not as good as those before them, Zhang Zhun is very satisfied. Why? Because they are all good horseback riders. They also escaped at the hands of the Tartar cavalry. Only some basic combat training is required to be able to fight alongside the existing Tiger Ben cavalry.

The most time-consuming part of the training of cavalry is the training of horsemanship. It takes at least a year for a complete beginner to train to the point where he can go to war. If you have a foundation in horsemanship, other combat skills are easier to handle. The mastery of the Tiger Ben Gun, as long as you put your mind to it, three days is enough.

The massacre of the Tartars, it is impossible to kill all the people in Beizhili, and there are still many people who are hidden. Among these people, there will definitely be no shortage of people who know how to ride horses. Especially those horse thieves, large and small, must be proficient in their own riding skills. The key is how the Tiger Army recruits them into their banner and subjects them to the Tiger Army's discipline.

Of course, riding alone is not enough, there must be strict discipline. The problem is that these horse thieves may be too lazy to accept strict restraints. Others don't say it for the time being, just this Wang Tiger in front of him may not be able to accept the strict discipline of the Tiger Army. If the other party can't accept the strict discipline of the Tiger Army, Zhang Zhun will not open the net. An army without strict discipline will definitely collapse.

When I wanted to adapt the bandit team in PLA back then, it was not easy! It is indeed a pity that many excellent soldiers have lost their lives because of these bandits. However, from a combat point of view, these horse thieves must be won over. Otherwise, once these horse thieves fall out with the Tiger Ben Army, become traitors, and become thugs of the Tartars, the power of the Tartars will grow again.

While he was pondering how to gather these people together and then discipline them, someone hurried up and shouted, "Tiger, tiger, something has happened!" ”

Wang Laohu shouted: "Don't panic! The Tiger Army is here! ”

When the man heard the Tiger Army, he really calmed down a lot, and hurriedly reported in detail.

It turned out that Huaizhendian, not far from Jinghe Town, was under siege by a group of Tartars. Although there are some young people in the local area, relying on the walls of villages and towns, desperately fighting back, there is no regular army in charge. Therefore, there was no way to resist the onslaught of the Tartars. If Huaizhendian is captured by the Tartars, the four or five thousand people in the villages and towns will suffer from the poisonous hands of the Tartars again.

As a last resort, Huaizhendian had no choice but to constantly send fast horses for help, hoping to get reinforcements. The closest to Huaizhen store is the nearby Xian County and Jiaohe County. Huaizhendian sent people to both places. However, unfortunately, there has been no sign of reinforcements. There was no way, so they had to send someone to find Wang Laohu.

"Officers and soldiers?"

"Do you still count on officers and soldiers at this time?"

"The emperor himself is hiding in a turtle shell, and others dare to come out?"

Wang Laohu said angrily, not giving the court face at all. In fact, by this time, all the survivors had already been disappointed in the government. Those court officials usually only know how to reach out and ask for money, and when the tartar comes, he runs faster than the rabbit. The common people suffered from the poison of the Tartars in vain, but they were unharmed.