Firelight, firelight everywhere.

The snow had already stopped, and it was a sunny day.

However, I didn't feel the slightest warmth. Because of the burning, clouds of pitch-black smoke rose up like a huge black cauldron on top of the head, and pressed down low.

The thick smell of smoke choked the coughs in the ranks.

"Let's go!" There were cavalrymen who constantly swept by, gave loud orders, and then whipped the whip in their hands on the sluggish soldiers.

The long procession could not be seen at a glance, and spread like a flood to the east on the ridges, on the canals, and on the official roads.

As Liu Zongmin's master, he is the central decision-making level and face of this army, and now he has been trusted again, Sun Yuan has a big green donkey, and he is not so tired along the way.

"It's spectacular!" Looking at the blazing Fengyang, looking at the imperial mausoleum that was still blazing, and looking at the boundless soldiers who broke into the camp, Sun Yuan's heart was shocked.

He already knew that the peasant army that entered Fengyang this time numbered 200,000 people. As for the camp, there were 10,000 horses.

In the past, he felt that 10,000 people was actually not much, and in ancient times, which battle was not fought by hundreds of thousands of people, and 10,000 people was not enough to see at all.

But when I saw it today, I found that 10,000 horses were really too many. This situation is not an exaggeration to describe it as a swarm of bees returning to the nest, which makes people's scalps tingle.

As a lover of military history, it is a lie to say that I am not excited about this situation.

Sun Yuan's divergent thinking was troubled, and a strange thought suddenly popped up in his heart.

Now I can be regarded as having received Liu Zongmin's trust, and now the forces of the Chuang army are still small, and no one knows that they will be strong like that in the future, and even entered Beijing and destroyed the Ming Dynasty. If I join the army now, I can be regarded as a veteran of the army. The Chuang Army is now short of talents, and with my foresight of history, I may not be mixed into a figure like Li Yan and Niu Jinxing in the future.

However, looking at the soldiers on the road who were covered with belongings and covered in human blood, Sun Yuan suddenly felt a strong disgust in his heart: This is a group of beasts, if I am with them, won't I also become a beast? Although this era has nothing to do with my Sun Yuan, being a man cannot be without a limit. There are some things that can't be done.

According to real historical records, perhaps the peasant army has suffered from the official army for so many years, so they vented their anger in Fengyang to take revenge on Emperor Chongzhen and the imperial court. After the peasant army captured Fengyang, they slaughtered the city for two days and destroyed the mausoleum of Ming Tai's grandparents beyond recognition. They set fire to the Imperial Mausoleum, the Xiangdian and 300,000 pines and cypresses in the mausoleum area. More than 20,000 houses were set on fire to the city, more than 20,000 people died in the massacre, and countless women were wounded and insulted.

It can be said that the middle capital of the Ming Dynasty has been in ruins after this catastrophe.

"I, Sun Yuan, how can I work with these beasts?"

The magnificent and shocking scenery in front of you can't be compared to even the Hollywood blockbusters of later generations, but how much blood of good and innocent people is in it!

Sun Yuan only turned his head to the east, and could not bear to look back.

Seeing that Sun Yuan's face was not good, Fei Hong, who was walking next to him, asked, "Son, do you feel that something is wrong?" ”

The team set off early in the morning, and Gao and Li probably knew that the peasant army had not been in Fengyang for a long time. After burning the imperial tomb, the officials and soldiers of the court from all walks of life were united in hatred of the enemy, and they rushed over desperately, and under the strong military pressure, they could not resist at all. So, the household warehouse was opened, and everything that could be moved was moved, and everything that could not be moved was burned.

Sun Yuan, as Liu Zongmin's staff, was responsible for overall planning, and with a small use of means, he transferred Fei Hong and more than 20 other people to his side, and protected himself during the march.

Although Liu Zongmin values Fei Hong and others, he wants to treat them as personal soldiers. But this group of people is all newcomers after all, and they were not sent out, so they were placed in the position of the Chinese army.

Sun Yuan: "It's a little breathless, just get used to it, don't worry." "The smog of the future is nothing more than that!

He coughed, suddenly remembered, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Lao Fei is strange about this, you are a fugitive, why do you have so many muskets at hand?" "Last night, Fei Hong and the others relied on one person and one bird gun to withstand the attack of the thief army, if they were unarmed, I was afraid that if they didn't wait for him to rush to the rescue, they would have been killed by the soldiers who broke into the camp.

Fei Hong sighed and replied: "We fled from Henan to Fengyang, and there were chaos along the way, and no one knew when the enemy would be killed. Even if they encounter red-eyed officers and soldiers, if they don't have weapons in hand, it is difficult to ensure that they will not have bad intentions. Relying on heaven and earth, it is still reliable to have weapons at hand. To put it mildly, with a musket in hand, when fleeing, even if you can't afford to eat, find a blacksmith shop to sell scrap iron, you can exchange a few large cakes to save your life. ”

After laughing a few times, Sun Yuan asked curiously: "Most of the shotguns of the officers and soldiers are not reliable, I saw that you fought for so long yesterday, and there seems to be no problem with the firearms in hand." ”

Fei Hong: "The firearms of the imperial court are scrap products, put a few shots, do not explode, and the barrel is not deformed, even if it is of the highest grade." Most of the top products were equipped with the Beijing camp first, and they were basically unusable when they fell into the hands of the border army. In the past, many brothers did not know this, so that they were left with lifelong disabilities. Therefore, generally speaking, after the firearm falls into our hands, we have to change it according to our own will. ”

Sun Yuan became interested: "Old Fei, can you tell me how to change it?" ”

Fei Hong smiled bitterly: "How else can I change it, I basically have to do it again, and the barrel and bolt have to be replaced, except for the wooden support." ”

Sun Yuan: "I didn't expect you to know blacksmith skills." ”

Fei Hong: "The villain knows how to strike iron, and he hasn't paid for it to be re-forged by a blacksmith." ”

Sun Yuan suddenly realized: "I see." ”

It is said that there are more than 10,000 Ming troops in that place, and if they are not cut off as soon as possible, and when the peasant army retreats, if this group of people gives them a slap on the buttocks, it will be enough for everyone to drink a pot.

Therefore, at about two o'clock in the middle of the night in the later life, the camp all got up to pack up and bury the pot to cook, and as soon as the day dawned, they went out of Fengyang.

Everyone has been so tired from slaughtering the city in the past two days, and they have walked such a long way, and they are all tired and staggering.

After a long time, I passed by the imperial tomb.

Sun Yuan looked at it and was taken aback, but saw that the front had been burned to the ground.

In the midst of the ashes, a group of invading soldiers carried weapons and drove about fifty or sixty eunuchs to a small hill: "Hurry up, hurry up, you eunuchs have been cut off their eggs, don't you even have the strength to walk?" ”

The eunuchs looked at the fierce and domineering soldiers, and rushed here again, knowing that there was no way to live, but no one screamed, nor did they resist, but just went to the ground with a numb face, and then sat on the ground according to the instructions of the thief army.

"Kill!" There was an officer-like man who gave the order.

In the flash of the knife, human heads fell to the ground.

Strange to say, there was not much blood on the severed necks of these eunuchs. Apparently it was caused by being starved for two days and not eating the rice.

Heads rolled down the hillside and fell to the soldiers.

"Good!" Someone kept laughing loudly: "What a big egg, haha, funny and interesting!" ”

In the past few days, he has seen too much blood and too much killing, Sun Yuan has become numb, but he has no feelings in his heart.

In the midst of this ridicule, a eunuch suddenly raised his head and sang: "Huangsha is reckless and does not see anyone, but when I hear the sound of battle, the sky is shocked by the rain of bullets and bullets, and it is ...... strong for our soldiers."

"Huh!" With a knife down, the headless body shook and fell, and the human head that fell to the ground still had its mouth wide open.

"Shh Fight for a hero's tears, sprinkle them on the battlefield and see blood stains......"

The other eunuch continued to sing, and he was greeted with a stab in the head.

"Sacrifice this shell to fight for our country; There is death in life through the ages, how can you be a soul! The name of the body is still listed, and the bones are rotten and the blood is still chime! Why are you afraid of arrows like rain, and the vast air pressure is ...... dust"

One after another, the same relay. After a while, the singing rang out.

A soldier spat and scolded with a smile: "Still singing military songs, what kind of soldier is a eunuch without eggs?" ”

Another thief smiled and said: "Brother Wang, you don't know, originally, King Chuang and the Eighth King also said that these eunuchs used to be musicians in the palace, and they could also use it to sing songs on weekdays to relieve boredom or something, I didn't want to kill them." But this group of eunuchs held weapons to guard the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family, and also killed and injured many brothers of our rebel army. In the end, there was no way, so he could set fire to them all and faint them, so they were all caught and beheaded. ”

"That's not a soldier either."

"That's it, that's it, can a thief have a good person, and he also sings military songs."

After another moment, the military song gradually deepened.

"Why be afraid of arrows like rain, and the vast air will collect dust." The last man fell to the ground, but the song was endless, mingling with the clouds rushing in the air in the gale.

Sun Yuan's eyes were hot, and he clenched his teeth tightly.

……

"Hurry up, hurry up!" A group of cavalry rushed over and kept scolding the team that was slowly moving forward: "Hurry up, the front line reports that the officers and soldiers of the Yingwuwei have already shown signs of collapse, and they are too late to go, and they can't even drink a sip of soup." ”

"There is an order for the king, those who delay will be killed, and those who lag behind will be killed!"

It was noon, and I rushed all the way, as if I didn't want to die, and I had traveled more than thirty miles to break into the camp. Even though it was far away from Fengyang, the skyrocketing fire behind it was still clearly visible. The soldiers had already turned pale, and Erya was a little girl, and she was so tired that she vomited out all the yellow bile. Sun Yuan saw that she was really uncomfortable, so he let the donkey out.

Most people in this age are malnourished and have poor stamina. I saw many people fall to the ground, and when I heard the shouts of the cavalry, the soldiers next to me hurriedly pulled up the fallen people.

But one man was unlucky, and an upside-down onion fell into the ditch, and the flying muddy water splashed the cavalrymen. Frightened, the horses were a little disorganized.

A knight who couldn't see his age clearly shouted with a blue face: "Liu Zongmin, a good soldier you bring?" ”