If someone can look down from the sky, he will definitely be amazed by the variability of Guizhou's topography. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The rolling hills and peaks are the main terrain of Guizhou Province. The fields are scattered between several mountain peaks or terraced rice fields, and the plains are almost non-existent. Roads and cities are built on the hills, so if you are out of the road, it will not only mean that the road ahead is difficult, but also that there are more dangers.

As Cao Jinliang said, the Miao people were lying in ambush on a hill near the road, not only guarding the road - looking down from here, they could even see the camp of the Ming army on the river beach, and the impulsive people proposed to take the opportunity to kill them, but they were vetoed by a young man named Second Brother.

"The dog officer army has now stood on its feet! This son will go, and he can only send them the head! He said angrily at a meeting of several leaders: "I told you to chase before, but you pushed back, and you had to wait for the dog officers and soldiers to slow down this period!" ”

Several Miao leaders wearing deep indigo bandages on their heads were said by the young man to have hot faces - at that time, the second brother did stomp his feet and shouted that even if some people were killed or injured, he must insist on chasing him, but who would have thought that the officers and troops who were about to collapse at the touch of a button in the past would now be so difficult? Moreover, there are so many seizures, there are fast hands, and there are no slow hands, this group of Miao people is a team of several villages together, and it is good when they fight, but they have always been disobedient to each other, telling them to give up the seizures in their hands and gnaw hard stubble? Don't even think about it!

At that moment, a head man named Bao Weng opened his mouth and showed a mouthful of yellow teeth and smiled, and said in a Chinese accent with a strong accent: "The second brother said it really lightly, in one sentence, it is hundreds of children of my Miao family who go up to fight hard!" He didn't look at the second brother's pale face, swaying the turbid wine in the bowl, and said with a strange smile: "No wonder! The second brother is a Han himself, after all, he is different from our Miao people! ”

As soon as he said this, several leaders next to him looked at the second brother's face a little strangely. If you have an upright temperament, you can't hold back and ask what this Han man called Second Brother wants to do!

The second brother was seriously angry, stared at Bao Weng, strode over, suddenly snatched the sea bowl in Bao Weng's hand, poured a few mouthfuls into his throat, and the shoddy wine slid hotly through his throat, he pulled the stunned Bao Weng up with his neckline with one hand, slammed into his forehead, and roared viciously: "Bao Weng! If you can't trust me, just tell the general! Just go and talk to these hundreds of brothers in the back! See if the general and his brothers believe in you or me! ”

After speaking, he threw Bao Weng to the ground, his eyes were red, and if there was a real gaze or a defensive look, or the timid Miao Ren slid his face one by one, and roared heavily: "My second brother put the words here!" Who is not convinced! Just go to the general, find the chief! My second brother is not afraid! He tore off the gown on his body, revealing his sturdy upper body - the scars on it were either hideous or white, and the second brother glanced around, snorted and said coldly: "If you are still unconvinced, count the scars on your body first, and see if there are more Lao Tzu or you more!" ”

No one spoke for a while, and finally a head man named Chaha said haha: "Since the general called the second brother, the second brother is the brother of our Miao people!" Naturally, it is different from the dog officer army! He personally bent down and picked up the gown to put on the second brother, and said to him with a smile: "The second brother is also very angry, Bao Weng is a good person, he just likes to fight for strength!" Don't talk about the past, just talk about the present, how to deal with it! ”

The second brother glanced at him, snorted and took the gown from his hand, although his face still looked resentful, but his voice was already a lot more restrained: "Since the Chahatou people came to persuade me, my second brother will give you this face!" Chahatou said well, there is nothing to say about the matter in front of the head, it still matters now! ”

Hearing that he was talking about the right thing, even the head man who was still unconvinced in his heart quickly sat up straight, and listened to the second brother say: "How much food can the dog officer and army bring?" Whether they want to go back to Bijie, they must take this path! Otherwise, you will have to think of swimming across the Xiangshui River! He paused, and everyone listened to him intently, smiling proudly in his heart, but his face was still calm, but there was a hint of inconspicuous incitement.

He sat down on a tree stump, pressed his hands to his knees, and said word by word: "The dog officers and soldiers have been repaired for one night, and if they want to go back, they will have to fight hard!" I have already thought about it, the more than 100 brothers I brought are at the forefront, and the warriors in the hands of the leaders will surround them layer by layer when the brothers rush up! We are more than dogs and soldiers! Chahatou people, there was another warrior from the stockade last night, right? ”

Chaha nodded: "Small village, but there are also twenty or thirty strong men." ”

The second brother slapped him on the thigh and said, "That's right! This is the territory of our Miao people! Even if the dog officer army is powerful, how many can escape? He suddenly smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice and said: "I know that the head man is in his heart, and he is only afraid that there will be taboos against the firearms of the dog officer army, but everyone look at this day!" At most, half an hour later, the rain will fall! What other firearms can be used? The second brother agitated the leader: "If you fight with real swords and guns, how can you defeat our warriors with dog officers and soldiers!" ”

The last sentence completely dispelled the concerns of the leader, they looked at each other, and they all found unparalleled ambition and fanaticism in each other's eyes, and the second brother hit the railroad while it was hot: "My second brother put the words in front, and the general only takes three points for today's capture!" The remaining seven points will be distributed to the leaders according to the size of the merit! ”

The last of his sanity was crushed by greed, and Bao Weng jumped up, stared at him and asked in a hoarse voice, "What you said is true?!" ”

"It's true!"

"Good! I'll do it! Bao Weng tore off his coat, revealing his bronzed chest, forced his eyes to look at the second brother, grinded his back molars and said: "Second brother, my Bao Weng offended you first, but now that you have this, I will say it, I will do it with you!" ”

The other leaders took a step slower, and at this time they also jumped up one after another, and said to the second brother in a gossipy manner: "Let's do it!" "My village is full of warriors, and everyone is not afraid of death!" "You don't need the second brother's manpower, please help the good man to watch from the side, the good boy in my village, if you take a step back, you are not the Miao family!"

The second brother secretly smiled with satisfaction, but his face showed an extremely touched look, and he said sincerely: "That's right!" What you want is everyone's heart! Our hearts are neat, no matter how powerful the dog officers and soldiers are, they don't want to get benefits from us! ”

While he was talking, a Miao soldier rushed in sweating profusely, knelt down and reported: "Bao Weng Touren! Chahatou people! Minggou is here! ”

The atmosphere of tension and slaughter immediately spread among the crowd. The second brother took a few steps over and asked sharply, "Are they out?" ”

"Yes! The brother in charge of monitoring sent a message, and Minggou lined up and was about to leave the river beach! He didn't dare to raise his head, but still lay on the ground and said, "There are still more than ten miles away from us!" ”

"Good!" The second brother burst out and shouted, "I've been waiting for them for a long time!" He turned around, stared at the head man, and said without disobedience: "The dog officer army has come out now, and now it is Chenzhong, everyone is according to the previous arrangement, let's wait for the dog officer and army to jump into the pit by themselves!" He raised his voice and emphasized again: "This time my second brother has something to say ahead, if there is another person who disobeys the military order and disobeys the dispatch this time, no matter which one it is, the knife in my hand will not recognize anyone!" With that, he choked and pulled out his waist knife, and slashed it down, cutting off a corner of the sturdy stump!

All the horses were concentrated in the rear, even the officers had to walk with the small soldiers, walking for several miles, the guards were in good spirits, but the Ming army was a little tired, quite some soldiers breathed heavily, and faint sweat stains appeared from their clothes and armor. Li Yongzhong sighed secretly, but he was not too disappointed - on the one hand, he had no hope for the quality of the Ming army, and on the other hand, the armor on his body was indeed not light, and it was normal for him to be tired early when he was walking on a mountain road.

He stopped Chen Mingjiang and ordered: "The whole army stops, and the time to rest in place for half a pillar of incense." ”

Chen Mingjiang was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Zhong Guan'er, it's still far from the road!" ”

"The soldiers are not tired now, so they will rest for a while, and they will be relieved in a short time." Li Yongzhong patiently explained to Chen Mingjiang: "If we keep reluctant, when we wait for the place, how can we still have the strength to fight!?" Miao people wait for work, although we can't do it, but as long as we pay more attention, we can make the barbarians unable to make wishful thinking. ”

Chen Mingjiang answered the yes, and without saying much, he called the flag officer who had given the order to pass the order one by one, and after a while, the voice of "the whole army stopped, rest for a while" sounded everywhere in the ranks. The soldiers, though surprised, were also happy, and although it was inconvenient to disarm, they loosened the straps of their helmets a little, and took off the gourds or bamboo tubes from their waists to drink—the caravans in the rear carried a lot of water, and replaced the empty water bladders at any time.

The officers went around again, and when they saw a soldier sitting down, they immediately shouted and ordered them to stand up—this was not much, and most of Chen Xianda's subordinates were veterans, and they knew that once they sat down and got up again during the march, they should not think of lifting their legs again. I breathed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, my spirit improved a lot. Although the speed was still not very fast, the spirit of the soldiers was much better.

Zheng Guocai walked with his subordinates, his subordinates called Zhang Zheng's general flag at his hand, and he was one of the people who were so tired that he rested for a while before going on the road, he also had the spirit to talk to Zheng Guocai, and was amazed at Li Yongzhong: "I didn't expect that he, a young master in a merchant family, actually knew the way in the army!" ”

"When you were twelve or thirteen years old, you heard that you followed the family's caravan to make salt, and when you were twelve or thirteen years old, you were still guarding the family's few acres of fields!" Zheng Guocai glared at him and shouted, "Now you have spirit?" I was so tired just now that I couldn't stop sticking out my tongue! ”

Zhang always laughed twice, not daring to speak. Zheng Guocai had a thought in his heart, he seemed to understand why Chen Xianda of Qianhu believed so much that his son-in-law could take over this important responsibility, and himself, although he was the first person to propose that Li Yongzhong take over Chen Xianda's command, but the mood at that time was completely different from this time.

"Was this a miscalculation on my part, or was it providence?" (To be continued.) )