"Get some firewood, let the brothers roast it, and kill a wounded animal to fill their stomachs." Hao Shaoqi looked at the situation around him and said in a low voice.

"Brother Flag Waver, if the fire is lit, it will attract the attention of the officers and soldiers." A young man asked with some hesitation.

"There's no way, the weather is so cold, and some of the brothers have scratches on their bodies, if they don't have food in their stomachs, I'm afraid half of them will fall." Hao Shaoqi sighed and scolded hatefully: "Damn the officers and soldiers, damn Yang He, they are treacherous. ”

Hao Shaoqi's scolding caused a resonance in everyone, the soldiers' mood at this time is not difficult to understand, a day ago they were still officers and soldiers, in the camp there was food, clothes, and leaders, but in a blink of an eye, they became thieves again, except for the scars of their bodies, drinking the northwest wind on the barren mountain.

There are no big trees on the barren mountain, only the kind of small shrubs that are more than one person high, although they seem to be a lot, but they are not burned, Hao Shaoqi and his subordinates folded some, and they can maintain a bonfire, everyone gathered together, and killed a wounded horse, cut the horse meat into pieces and roasted it coarsely on the fire, and cut it bloody and distributed it to everyone, and each person was not more than a palm-sized piece, but it was much better than being frozen and starved.

I don't know how much time has passed, Hao Shaoqi was dazzled and heard the sound of stones sliding on the side, and hurriedly jumped up, only to see that dozens of soldiers wearing cotton armor were already standing around, each holding firearms, guns and spears, and the black hole was aimed at himself, which made people feel a chill in their hearts. One of the leaders held a saber and shouted: "Who are you, quickly put down your weapons and take them with your hands tied!" ”

Hao Shaoqi looked at his companions around him, all of them were as earth-colored as their bodies, and their clothes were thin, while the soldiers on the opposite side were strong, and the fire rope on the bird's gun emitted a wisp of green smoke. The disparity in power is already self-evident without a fight. He only felt a breath crashing into his chest, his head hurt for a while, his eyes were dark, and he passed out.

Liu Cheng old camp.

"What? The outpost that is out of the way has captured the remnants of a god? Liu Cheng frowned, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and asked Du Ruhu on the side: "Vice General Du, what do you think should be done?" ”

"Send the leader over first, just to learn about He Renlong's movements!" Du Ruhu replied that due to the lack of experience in commanding the ancient army's long-distance marches and local geographical knowledge, Liu Cheng left Du Ruhu in the old camp as his deputy general. Responsible for the arrangement of the marching route and outposts, the Chinese army, the rear guard and other detachments.

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded: "Bring someone up!" “

After a while, Hao Shaoqi was brought up, Liu Cheng looked up and down for a while, and said with a smile: "What's your name?" Which ministry does it belong to? Why on that hill? “

Hao Shaoqi didn't answer, just stared at Liu Cheng deadly, and replied after a while: "If I answer you, what will you do with my brothers?" ”

"Bold-" Du Ruhu just opened his mouth to scold, but Liu Cheng stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "If you tell the truth." I keep your brothers from dying! “

Hao Shaoqi snorted coldly, did not speak, his eyes flashed, obviously weighing the pros and cons. Judging whether what Liu Cheng said is true or false. Liu Cheng saw the other party's thoughts and said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, I can release all your men first, but they can only go south." If you go north and I catch you again, then don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

"Are you serious?" Hao Shaoqi could hardly believe his ears. He Renlong's treacherous behavior made his trust in the Ming generals long gone, but if it was according to Liu Cheng, the lives of those subordinates were saved in the worst case.

"Whether it's true or not, you can see for yourself, why bother asking me?"

Hao Shaoqi was silent for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "Okay, as long as you let them go, I will tell you everything I know." ”

A few minutes later, the captives, tormented in fear and despair, were thrown out of the rear camp in a package containing five days' dry rations and an old robe, and of course their horses and weapons were confiscated. Looking at these companions who gradually disappeared on the hillside, the vigilance and hostility in Hao Shaoqi's eyes were significantly less.

"How? Now it's your turn! Liu Cheng smiled.

"Here's the thing-" Hao Shaoqi sighed, and told the story of the camp being raided by He Renlong, breaking through the siege by himself, getting rid of the pursuit of the official army, camping on the top of the mountain, being discovered by Liu Cheng's outpost because of the cold, and being captured in the raid. In the end, Hao Shaoqi sighed: "Since I left home to make a pole, I never thought that I could die in bed, and now I have dozens of lives in my hands, which is not a loss." Look at your appearance as an official soldier, give me a good time, it's an acknowledgement! ”

"Who said I'm going to kill you?" Liu Cheng laughed: "I even let go of your brothers, why do I want to kill you?" ”

"You won't kill me? You're not an officer? ”

"I am naturally an official soldier, but the official army is to kill thieves, since you have been appeased, you are naturally no longer a thief, why should I kill you?"

"Zhao'an is not a thief?" Hao Shaoqi sneered: "I'm afraid it's not like this, a thief for one day, a thief for life!" Otherwise, why would He Renlong kill the gods and not get muddy? Haven't they been recruited? ”

"I can't explain these things to you for a while, so I'll just ask you one question." Speaking of this, Liu Cheng's voice suddenly became cold: "If you are given a chance, do you want to take revenge on He Renlong?" “

"He Renlong, He Maniac?" Hao Shaoqi almost squeezed the name out of his teeth.

"I think, of course I want to, as long as I can kill He Renlong, you can do whatever you want me to do!"

For He Guocheng, the past few days can be described as happy events, and good things are like iron filings attracted by magnets, rushing to him to get closer. He had just returned from his uncle's old camp, and he heard from his subordinates that the nearby Jiang family village had sent someone to say that he had taken the thief leader Hao Shaoqi, and there were more than 20 thieves, saying that he would be asked to check it.

"Phew, a few thieves still want Lao Tzu to go to them to check, why didn't they send it to us? What a big shelf! He Guocheng scolded impatiently.

"My lord, I heard that there is a person in that village, and even the county commander wants to let his family have a few points." Speaking of this, Mr. Qian lowered his voice: "In addition, I think it may be that there are soldiers outside, I'm afraid that we will hack them." “

"Hmph, unseen hillbilly!" He Guocheng sneered, but his subordinates' words really hit his heart, if it weren't for the fact that there was a move in that village. He did have the intention of killing all the people who were sent to receive the reward, and then taking the credit, anyway, there are chaos everywhere right now, who knows if it was his hand?

"My lord, shall we go or not?"

"Go, why don't you go?" He Guocheng sneered: "Let's go on this trip, don't say anything else, a good meal of wine and meat, straw sandal money, a few warm quilt girls must have it, right?" Go and pick fifty cavalrymen at once. Be clever and tight-mouthed, you know? “

When Mr. Qian heard this, he already understood what He Guocheng had in mind, and hurriedly smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, all the people we picked have long ears and no mouths, and everything is rotten in the stomach, and I can't say half a sentence." “

"Hmm. It's good to know things, and your benefits are indispensable! He Guocheng stood up and shouted, "Come on, put on armor for me!" ”

He Guocheng acted quickly. After a while, the group left the station and went to Jiang's village, according to the guide's words. You can arrive at dinner time, and you don't have to eat dry food and sleep in the open air. Perhaps because of this, the soldiers of the Ming army did not spare their horsepower along the way. When I arrived at Jiang's village, there was still half of the sun on the horizon.

"Under Jiang Hong, see Lord He!" A young man in his twenties at the gate of the village bowed to He Guocheng: "My father is old and has foot disease, so he can't greet the adults in person, please forgive me!" ”

"That's it!" He Guocheng jumped off his horse and asked, "What about Hao Shaoqi and his men?" “

"It's all in the backyard, guarded by the villagers."

"Hmm!" He Guocheng sneered: "This official is going to check it now, let me tell you, there are many people who take the lead in the military now, and if you catch a thief, you will say that it is the head of the thief." If it is false, it will be a violation of military law, and this officer will be engaged in military law! ”

"Your Excellency!" Jiang Hong seemed to be frightened by He Guocheng's dismount, and stammered and replied: "This, this, that person did say that he was Hao Shaoqi." ”

"There is no basis for his words, he says yes, if he wants to say that he is a god, he is a god?"

The housekeeper next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward to laugh and said: "My lord has worked hard all the way, please go to the hall to have some wine and dinner first, and other things will be talked about later!" ”

Seeing that the other party was frightened by his lies, He Guocheng laughed secretly in his heart, judging from his experience in dealing with these dirt buns, as long as he scared the other party, he would not be afraid of the rest of the matter. He waved his hand and said, "Lead the way!" ”

He Guocheng came to the door of a large courtyard under the guidance of Jiang Hong, and a short and fat old man on crutches bowed down and said: "My lord's visit to the cold house is really full of brilliance, the banquet is ready, please take a seat!" ”

"Hmm!" He Guocheng nodded and asked, "What about the people who came with me?" ”

"There's already a ready meal in the yard next door!"

He Guocheng was able to enter the table at this time, and there were not many people at the same table, only the father and son of the Jiang family, and two other men dressed as squires, and his own soldiers were on the table next to him. Probably because of nervousness, the two of them were sweating and couldn't even hold chopsticks steadily, so they sat there for a long time without even drinking a sip of wine.

After three rounds of drinking, He Guocheng's stomach was already six or seven points full, and he asked casually: "What about Hao Shaoqi?" “

"My lord, please wait a moment, I'll have someone bring it up right away."

While he was talking, there was a sudden sound outside, and He Guocheng's wine immediately went seven or eight points, and he shouted: "What's going on outside?" ”

Before the words fell, the two squires threw away the chopsticks in their hands, turned around and ran out, shouting, "Help! He Guocheng reached out and pulled out the knife, but Jiang Hong lifted the table, and the wine and vegetable juice were suddenly drenched on He Guocheng, and he took the opportunity to pull his father to turn around and leave.

He Guocheng had been in the battle formation more than a dozen times, although he didn't understand what was going on, but he instinctively felt that something was wrong, and he shouted: "Go slowly!" "I grabbed Jiang Hong's sleeve when I took a step, but I didn't want to drink, so my hands and feet were slower, so I grabbed it empty. Immediately heard a rush of footsteps, from the inner courtyard poured in more than a dozen armored soldiers, He Guocheng saw that the situation was not right, turned around and ran towards the gate, but when the gate was pulled, he found that he had been locked up from the outside.

"Who?" He Guocheng pulled out his saber and shouted: "Lao Tzu is He Guocheng, the military training capital of Yansui Town in the Ming Dynasty, is it the other way around?" ”

The one who rushed to the front of the group of sergeants was burly, with a beard with sideburns under his chin, and a pair of eyes that were already red with anger, it was Hao Shaoqi, pointing at He Guocheng and scolding: "Aren't you looking for your grandfather Hao?" Lao Tzu is Hao Shaoqi, why don't you come to meet your grandfather? “

He Guocheng knew at this time that he had fallen into a trap, and he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, pointing at Jiang Hong's father and son and scolding: "The surname Jiang, you actually dare to collude with thieves and deceive the officials and soldiers, aren't you afraid of extermination?" “

"What a big breath!"

In the midst of the chaos, someone suddenly laughed and said: "You say that whoever is a thief is a thief, whoever wants to exterminate the clan will be wiped out, and you are a saint today?" “

He Guocheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was a young man of twenty-seven or eighteen who spoke, wearing iron armor and a brocade robe, vaguely looking at the leader of the group, looking at himself with a sneer, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Lao Tzu is a Ming official army, and those who dare to do it against Lao Tzu are thieves!" “

"Ming official army? Then let me ask you, Shen Yikui and Bu Mu have been appeased by Yang Zhijun, and they are also Ming officials, are you a thief if you kill them? “

"You-" He Guocheng suddenly opened his mouth, he gritted his teeth, and protested: "Shen Yikui and Bu Mu are plotting against each other, my family will have the military order of the boss, and it is natural to exterminate them." ”

"Fuck you!" Hao Shaoqi couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, and scolded: "The rat who stabbed the knife in the back, if he really has a rebellion, can He Renlong's rabbit cub succeed?" As he spoke, he was going to go forward and fight. The leader stretched out his hand to stop him: "Wave the flag, if you are a little patient, I will naturally give you justice!" He turned his head and sneered at He Guocheng: "You said that Lord He was ordered to act, but I don't know who gave him the military order?" I also have a military order from the Trilateral Governor's Mansion here: He Renlong is good at killing and demoting generals, destroying the overall situation of Zhaofu, and the crime is extremely heinous, and he must be taken down and severely punished! ”

He Guocheng looked at the other party dumbfounded, and stammered for a long time before asking, "You, who are you?" ”

"Who am I? I'm Liu Cheng, a guerrilla in Yansui Town, come here, take this guy down for me! “

With Liu Cheng's order, the long-awaited sergeants on both sides rushed up, and several of the personal soldiers around He Guocheng still had the courage to resist at this time, and they were arrested one after another. He Guocheng hurriedly said: "Liu Cheng, if you treat me like this, my uncle will not let you go!" (To be continued.) )