Chapter XVII: Raising the "National Flag" and Singing the "National Anthem"

Four hundred inferior spears, one hundred and twenty-five single-bladed knives, seventy worn wooden shields, sixty-three rusty daggers, thirty pairs of short bows with two arrows, seven firecrackers without ammunition, five battle flags with a few holes, and ten stones of brown rice mixed with sand and two donkeys, these were all the materials that Liu Zeqing gave to Chu Suifeng.

Regardless of the quality of the weapon, it is impossible to make a weapon for each person.

Not to mention the food materials, one stone of rice in the Ming Dynasty weighed about one hundred and fifty-three catties and eight taels, and ten stones were 1,538 catties, excluding nearly half of the sand and debris inside, it was 800 catties of coarse rice.

Looking at a lot, 800 people are average, and each person only has 1 catty of food, which is not enough for them to have a meal!

What is this to go to war? It's clear to send to death!

Either killed or starved to death.

The officers and soldiers who went to receive weapons and food were annoyed at that time, those 100 people were usually bullying masters, but now they are being bullied by others, how can they rest? Got into a fight with Kudin.

They beat people, smashed the warehouse, burned the yamen of the Soldiers' Grain Road, and even the soldiers and the Grain Road envoys themselves were tied to the flagpole, raised the "national flag" and sang the "national anthem".

General Luo, who learned the news, brought a thousand military horses to calm down the situation, and all the officers and soldiers who made trouble were arrested, and they lined up on the execution ground to behead them, so that Chu Suifeng could give an explanation.

Chu Suifeng smiled faintly when he learned about it: The person who killed him will not leave, and he will not leave without giving enough materials and weapons!

Such a bad attitude angered General Luo, and the lawsuit went all the way to the Dongchang prefect and Liu Zeqing, and the family waited to see Chu Suifeng's jokes, but the result was jaw-dropping.

Luo Shen scolded the two of them and ordered them to immediately release the troublesome officers and soldiers, replenish supplies and equipment, and apologize to every detained soldier.

As soon as this matter came out, Chu Suifeng was immediately welcomed by all the ruffians, and being powerful was their favorite.

No, the stout man who led him in front of him was one of the people who took the lead in causing trouble yesterday.

This person's name is Ding Keze, a native of Zichuan, Shandong, and he doesn't collect at night.

Twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with slightly convex eyes, a face full of meat, a round chin full of short beards like wooden thorns, wearing a dark red mandarin duck battle jacket with several patches, and a slightly cracked waist badge hanging from his waist.

Because of his direct speech and temperament, he was not very popular with the commander, and was sent to his tent, which was not used to seeing the soldiers and food to make things difficult on the spot, and the result was that he was severely beaten and almost beheaded on the execution ground.

Chu Suifeng saved his life, and the other party was very grateful, and today he took the initiative to lead the horse and take on the role of a personal soldier.

The scouts and scouts of the Ming Dynasty were collectively referred to as the night and were selected from the ordinary soldiers, responsible for reconnaissance and collection of information on the whereabouts of the enemy, and belonged to the elite arms of the Ming army.

Thinking of this, the corners of Chu Suifeng's mouth hooked slightly, and he raised his whip and said to the other party.

"Keze, go to the front and summon Captain B!"

After hearing this, the other party was slightly stunned, patted the hairy horse's face twice with his hand, loosened the blackened bridle, and trotted all the way along the potholed and bumpy road.

When I first entered the boundary of Shen County, the terrain was still relatively flat, but there were some potholes to the south, and the gentle flat slopes were one after another, and the depressions were high. The staggered posts made these soldiers who marched on foot suffer.

No, there is an abrupt hill in the distance, the bald trees stand on the hill, the strange stones are saggy, the hill is surrounded by dense trees, and a potholed loess official road passes through the post.

If there is an ambush here......

Chu Suifeng looked up at the sun, beckoned back without hesitation, and a young and thin herald ran over panting.

"Tell the herald, order the whole army to stop advancing. Cook on the spot! ”

Now it is close to noon, so I have an early meal and hurry early, and during this time, I just sent someone to the front to explore the road.

After the order was handed down, the whole army immediately stopped, and the soldiers gathered together in piles to rest, and the veterans who were in charge of the food went to the pot to cook.

At this time, a young man wearing a black lacquered helmet decorated with red copper leaf cloth and running over with Ding Keze's light steps.

Seventeen or eighteen pounds of cotton armor were worn on his body, like a mandarin duck battle jacket with only two taels, and the weight could not be seen at all.

The soldiers marching on the side bowed their heads and saluted when they saw this, and it was obvious that this person was quite prestigious in the army.

Chu Suifeng knew the reason, the dignified person in front of him was indeed not simple.

Yi Bangcai, a native of Qingzhou, brave and good at fighting, superb marksmanship, once rode alone in the siege of thieves to rescue the horse trapped in the quagmire of the general Huang Degong, and also with Xiao general Zhang Heng each led a hundred cavalry to break into the enemy's ring of Lu'an City to deliver a letter, and then turned over and killed, did not break a horse, the thieves were frightened.

He doesn't care about personal gains and losses, and he has been embezzled by his superiors for repeated meritorious service, and he doesn't care about it.

When Emperor Hongguang succeeded to the throne, Shi Kefa named Yangzhou as a non-B state that could not be defended, and he held on to it as the chief soldier, and killed himself after the city was broken.

This time, Gao Qiqian was arrested, and his guards were all implicated, and many people were imprisoned, and Yi Bang was Chu Suifeng who specially asked Liu Zeqing to come.

"Lord Qianhu, the label is only here, I don't know what is going on under the standard?" In front of him, Chong Chu, who did not change his complexion, bowed slightly and clenched his fists and said.

Chu Suifeng looked at the other party, about twenty-three or four years old, about one meter eight tall, born with a wolf's waist and a bear's back, broad shoulders and a round waist, and a majestic style.

"Captain B, is there another way to Shen County?" Chu Suifeng pointed his leather whip in the cold wind and asked suspiciously.

Seeing Chu Suifeng's vigilant look, Yi Bang immediately understood the purpose of the other party looking for him, and said with a fist at Chu Suifeng.

"General, I asked the local guide below, and there is no other way to get to Shen County here, either by crossing the river or by crossing the post."

He stopped talking about the latter words, and his boss didn't like the too shrewd subordinate Yi Bangcai who didn't know how many losses he had suffered before, so he hung his head and waited for the order.

Sure enough, Chu Suifeng exhaled deeply, stretched out his right index finger and pointed at the hill slightly.

"Take a few nights and take a look, check carefully!"

"Yes!" A hint of pride flashed in Yi Bangcai's eyes, and after clasping his fists and saluting, he made a move with his hand around.

A dozen or so soldiers who were crooked on the ground immediately stood up like springs, and with their bows and arrows on their backs, they picked up their spears and trotted away with Yi Bangcai.

These are all Yi Bangcai's subordinates, and their movements are quite clean and neat.

Ding Keze stood in place and did not move, he thought that he was Chu Suifeng's personal soldier, and he only listened to the other party's orders and ignored them.

Chu Suifeng smiled at his straight-standing appearance, and tapped his shoulder slightly with a purple-black whip.

"Take a few people to the west to guard the situation, and come back immediately to report if there is a situation."

After hearing this, Ding Keze clenched his spear and waved his hand excitedly and shouted.

"Wu Shiyi, Ma San, you guys come with me!"

After this shout, there was silence on the other side, and then there were a few strange teasing of yin and yang.

"Uncle, your uncle! Why are we brothers on a cold day? Who the do you think you are? ”

Ding Keze looked back at the expressionless Chu Suifeng, his face was a little unbearable, and he rushed into the team and dragged out a few people with hippie smiling faces, stood crookedly, snorted and stared at his eyes, and looked ruffian.

Hahaha!

Oooooooo

The thunderous cheers instantly exploded in the crowd, and these soldiers who didn't toss for a day looked lively with great interest.

One of them, a strong man with a short stature, shouted indifferently.

"The general and deputy general Lao Tzu don't take it seriously, and Mr. Qian is something!"

This man is about thirty years old, with a full beard and a fierce face, and at this moment he is looking at Ding Keze with his hands around and his face full of ridicule.

"Wu Shiyi, have you forgotten who rescued you from the execution ground? You ungrateful thing! Ding Keze burst out and punched the man to the ground, and then wanted to ride it up, but was kicked by the other party, and he took several steps back and fell down in front of Chu Suifeng's horse.

The man wiped a trace of red from the corner of his mouth with white cotton blooming from his sleeve, blew his nose, and took a sip of thick phlegm at Ding Keze.

"Ding Keze, you sycophant! If the ruler gives you some benefits, go ahead. Lick each other's hooks, it's so cheap! Bah! ”

Ding Keze grunted on the ground to avoid the thick phlegm with white and yellow, and a carp turned up, rubbed his stomach with his hands, and smiled fiercely on his face.

"You kid has a kind, I really don't see it on weekdays! Really good at pretending! ”

After speaking, he rushed over with a fist, and the side also collided viciously, and the two of them collided together in an instant like two fierce crickets.

A thin layer of loess stirred up on the ground, and it flew in the air, staining the heads, faces, mouths and noses of the people all around......