Chapter 12: Rogues? Refugee? (Medium)
After careful questioning, Zheng Chenggong asked the soldiers to take these individuals down to imprison, and then make plans after exterminating the group.
Zheng Chenggong was a little interested in that guy named Langden, who could summon so many people, he must be a prestigious person in this vicinity.
Moreover, judging by his arrangement yesterday, he also has a certain ability to lead troops into battle. Zheng Chenggong wanted to meet this guy.
Zheng Chenggong scattered the spies, wanting to take advantage of the cover of night to go to the cottage to find out the situation, so as to be prepared to attack his cottage.
But when the spies came back in the middle of the night to talk about the situation in the mountains, Zheng Chenggong was puzzled.
The so-called cottage on the mountain is nothing more than a simple mud wall made of rattan, bamboo, wood, mud, etc., and it is no more than a zhang high, so our army can easily cross it.
At the same time, now the cottage is not fortified at all and is unguarded.
The spies even walked in disguise and swaggered, inspected and came back.
This strange situation made Zheng Chenggong very puzzled, according to the performance of that person yesterday, it shouldn't be this level, could it be that he thinks too highly of him.
Zheng Chenggong shook his head and threw these thoughts out of his mind.
No matter what level he is, he should take it seriously.
Just in case, Zheng Chenggong decided to attack the cottage again in Tianming.
As the sky was shining, Zheng Chenggong took all the soldiers and horses and cautiously entered the mountain.
A large group of people walked to the front of the cottage, and there was no one to stop them all the way, and there were no open and dark whistles or anything like that.
An Ran walked to the front of the cottage to see, this cottage is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side is surrounded by water, there is a wide ditch dug in front of the cottage, but the nearby streams and rivers have dried up, and the defensive effect of the wide ditch has been greatly weakened.
There is a mud wall on the wide ditch, and I don't know what it is built for, and I am afraid that even wild boars can easily cross it.
The suspension bridge in front of the cottage, which was the most important defense, was unguarded at this time, empty, and there was not even a human figure.
Zheng Chenggong looked at the cottage and saw that the cottage covers an extremely wide area, extending from the foot of the mountain to the waist behind the mountain.
The cottage is densely packed, with thatched huts and squatter huts built with thatched straw and bamboo poles, and even such simple houses are mostly dilapidated, and even some houses can see traces of fire.
Inside the cottage, dozens of children are playing, and many women are sitting at the door, staring blankly at the door of other people's homes.
At noon, there were few thatched huts in the whole cottage.
Since these robbers despise our Zheng family army so much, they just attacked our army yesterday, and today they dare not defend themselves.
Zheng Chenggong was not polite, and still let Yang Cai be the striker, and quietly entered the gate of the cottage with yesterday's three hundred marines and controlled the gate of the cottage.
Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and more than a thousand soldiers rushed into the cottage to seize the dangerous position.
Seeing someone break into the cottage, the children who stayed outside to play were immediately frightened and fled home to hide.
Women use screams to express their inner panic.
The whole cottage suddenly became a mess, chickens flew and dogs jumped, which made Zheng Chenggong speechless.
Hearing the screams of the women, these robbers found that someone had entered the cottage, only to see the robbers running out in a mess, and there was no armor on their bodies, and the guys in their hands were even more strange, taking everything, but there were few robbers with regular knives.
Where are these soldiers, a whole group of refugees!
Seeing that someone was finally willing to come out to fight, the archers in the Marine Corps immediately opened their bows and fired.
At close range, the power of these arrows caused the robbers to fall in rows.
The rattan armor soldiers erected their armor, as long as these robbers dared to step forward, they didn't mind letting these individuals taste the power of the big knife in their hands.
It's just that the robbers' reaction disappointed them, probably only about 200 casualties, and these robbers immediately coaxed and fled.
In less than two or three minutes, he fled completely, except for the hundreds of casualties lying on the ground, as well as a few straw sandals, Zheng Chenggong didn't know that he was fighting against a group of thousands of robbers before.
The Marines have only fired two rounds of archers at most, leaving no enemies to aim.
Not to mention the vine armor soldiers in the defense, they all looked at Zheng Chenggong, hoping that the general would give an order so that they would know what to do next.
At this time, Zheng Chenggong looked at the discarded casualties in front of him, and he didn't know what to do.
After thinking for a while, Zheng Chenggong asked his subordinates to carefully investigate the situation in the hut.
Zheng Chenggong, under the protection of the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion, walked into those thatched huts without doors, and saw that they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, dove-shaped and skinny, like sick ghosts.
The eyes are deep-set, the bones are furious, the clothes are ragged, the head is bald and barefoot, and they look like skeletons with skin attached. I'm afraid that if a gust of wind blows, these people will all be blown away.
Looking at this situation, Zheng Chenggong had a headache.
What are these, is Lao Tzu Zhou Papi!
worked hard to go south to eat, and as a result, they attacked the cottages of these poor people!
Well, even if Lao Tzu is ruthless, those who become big things don't care about small sections, but what can these grab.
Just as Zheng Chenggong walked out of the hut, thinking about where to go to collect money and food.
A soldier ran over and reported to Zheng Chenggong that he had found the bandit leader surnamed Lan. When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he immediately asked him to take him to see the bandit leader.
Walk to the most intact cottage in the whole cottage, at least sheltered from the wind and rain.
I saw that the bandit leader surnamed Lan was lying on a wooden bed, surrounded by dozens of young men holding firewood knives and other weapons, although their legs trembled, they still stuck to the bandit leader's side, not letting Zheng Jiajun approach.
If it weren't for the fact that General Zheng Chenggong was interested in this bandit leader, the Marines would have chopped up these people a long time ago.
Now seeing that the general is coming, they are busy signaling to the general, what should these guys do, kill or keep.
Zheng Chenggong looked at the bandit leader carefully, among the refugees who were generally yellow-faced and thin-skinned, he could be regarded as powerful and powerful.
It's just that his lips are white now, and his face is too red, and he is afraid that he is sick.
It seems that the arrow last night infected him, and he was not treated in time, and as a result, he got a cold and fever.
Also, looking at the suffering of these people, they must not be able to afford medicine or doctors.
At first, Zheng Chenggong thought a little highly of this person, but when he came to this cottage, he felt that this person was nothing remarkable.
Zheng Chenggong just wanted to say that he had cut a hundred, and then he was going to take the army to another place.
can think that this guy should have some prestige, and he should be more familiar with Zhangpu than himself, thinking about it, Zheng Chenggong finally decided to keep this person and be a tour guide.
If you encounter those stubborn copycats, it is better to let him communicate.
What the buddies want is money and food, not robbers who kill innocents indiscriminately, so it's better not to move the knife if you can.
The military doctor came, but the young men who were guarding the bandit leader refused to let him come forward to check his condition.
Seeing this group of guys who didn't know what to do, Zheng Chenggong was also angry, and shouted angrily: "If Lao Tzu wants to kill this guy, do you think you can protect it with a few firewood knives?" If you don't want this guy to die, get out of the way. ”
When those young men heard Zheng Chenggong say this, they thought about it and hurriedly stepped aside.
The military doctor stepped forward to carefully check the bandit leader's injuries, and then used strong wine to help him clean his wounds, and then used excess wine to help him wipe his head and neck to cool down.
Under Zheng Chenggong's guidance, the doctors in the Zheng family army now know how to use spirits to clean their wounds, so that the number of wounded people who die due to injuries in the Zheng family army is greatly reduced.
After doing this, the army doctor walked up to the general and reported, "This person was injured by an arrow in his right arm, which was not treated in time, and he suffered a cold last night, and his condition has worsened today, and if he is not treated in time, he is afraid that his life will be in danger." ”
Zheng Chenggong was impatient to listen to this, and said, "Give him treatment." ”
The military doctor was a little embarrassed: "General, the environment here is not very good, and it is not suitable for treatment. If the general wants to treat this person with humble duties, he will also bother the general to send someone to bring this person back to the camp. ”
The environment is not very good, it is not good at all.
The smell was unpleasant, and the flies were flying around, which made Zheng Chenggong feel bored when he saw it.
Zheng Chenggong pointed to the young men with firewood knives and said, "You boys, go and carry that guy and follow us." ”
After speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for them to answer, Zheng Chenggong didn't want to stay here for a moment.
The Marines cut off a few bamboos from the hut with knives, made a simple stretcher, and handed them to the young men to carry the bandit leader and follow.