"Hurry up, everyone! Load all these things into the car, if you lose a box of Lao Tzu, you will die! ”

Outside the yamen of the governor of Wuchang Mansion, thousands of soldiers wearing armor and red scarves were busy loading carts, which were filled with all kinds of boxes. These boxes are of different shapes and sizes, and it can be seen that they were collected from all over the place, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they are very heavy, which is known from the deep wheel prints on the road.

Beside these soldiers, a man of about twenty years of age, with a stout stature and a rough appearance, was directing the soldiers to hurry up and load the trucks.

Not long after, an officer in full armor came over and reported to the young man: "Niu Gongzi, the car has been loaded, do you want to leave immediately?" ”

"Nonsense, the Qingzhou Army is coming, do you want to stay here and wait for death?" The young man scolded impatiently, "Ma Tao, you hurry up and set off with your brothers, and my son will follow." ”

"Yes, that boy has to hurry up, Niu Junshi said before he set off that this batch of gold and silver treasures is the source of food and salary for our army in the future, and it must not be lost."

"I know, I know, just your wordy, I think you, the commander of the brigade (the commander of the officer, who is equal to the officer and soldier) are impatient."

The young man waved his thick arm impatiently, and someone waved it a few times like a fly.

The officer sighed lightly, put the whip in his hand for a moment, and let out a loud whistle in mid-air, and the carriage in front of him heard the sound and slowly began to move forward.

This young man's name is Niu Xuan, the son of Niu Jinxing, the military master of the Chuang Army, who has no knowledge or ability, and relied on his father's Meng Yin to become a lieutenant (quite guerrilla).

After Niu Jinxing decided to retreat, he first escorted a batch of grain, grass, gold and silver to Shaanxi to help Li Zicheng, leaving his son Niu Bolt to deal with some aftermath matters.

Niu Bolt did not immediately leave with the convoy after loading the last batch of gold, silver and jewelry, but sent Ma Tao, the officer in charge of the escort, and his soldiers to go first, and he had to stay behind to deal with some aftermath and then follow.

Wait, after Ma Tao left, Niu Bolt led more than 100 of his soldiers into the Yamen compound, at this time there were still five or six carriages in the Yamen compound, the decoration of these carriages is very luxurious, at first glance it is used by large families, at this moment each carriage is sitting on the top of a handlebar.

The oxbolt came to the first carriage or two, and asked the handlebar, "How is it?" Are those girls all in the car? ”

The elder knob-style nodded and smiled: "Young master, don't worry, the villain is doing things, aren't you still at ease with the old man?" There are a total of twelve girls, and the little ones have all pressed them into the car, and if one is missing, you will always cut off the head of the villain. ”

Niu Bolt patted the handlebar shoulder with satisfaction: "That's good, if you can arrive in Shaanxi safely this time, I will tell my father that you will be rewarded with a department general (100 presidents)." ”

"Young Master Xie, Young Master Xie!" The handlebar type got the promise of the bull bolt, and his whole body was three pounds lighter, and he almost swore loyalty by nodding his head.

"Okay, don't give Young Master Ben a grin, do things well." Niu Bolt was very useful in his heart, but there was still a serious look on his face, he said as he walked behind the handlebar, lifted the thick curtain, and a cold wind suddenly blew into the car along the gap, but it also let Niu Bolt see the situation in the car.

In the luxuriously decorated car, a pot of burning brazier will bake the car warm like spring, and on the thick soft couch in the car are sitting two women, one large and one small, these two women are beautiful and fair-skinned, and what is surprising is that their appearance is seven or eight percent similar, at this moment the beautiful young woman who is nearly thirty years old is holding the younger girl, and the two are looking at the cow bolt with a frightened look.

Niu Bolt looked at the two beauties inside, one big and one small, and said with a smug smile: "Two beauties, don't be afraid, young master, I am the most pitiful person who cherishes the jade, if you don't believe it, you can ask the sisters in the car behind you to see if it's true, as long as you follow me together, young master, I will definitely let you eat and drink spicy food." ”

Niu Bolt looked at the two mothers who were hugging each other in the car, saliva was about to flow out, and he was about to poke his head in, but he heard the young woman inside take out a pair of scissors out of nowhere and aim at her white neck and said sharply: "You silver thief, if you dare to take another step, our mother and daughter will immediately come from in front of you." ”

Seeing the resolute look on the other party's beautiful face, Niu Bolt knew that the other party was definitely not finished, he didn't want to see the mother and daughter flowers he had worked so hard to get in front of him, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm not close, it's over, right?" You have to be careful, but don't think about it. ”

Saying that, the cow bolt slowly withdrew from the car, although the cow bolt couldn't eat pork and got scratched, but the handlebar outside the car didn't dare to laugh, just sat on the car and looked at the front seriously.

Niu Shuan put his head back, and he couldn't help but scold hatefully in his heart: "Damn, when I get to Shaanxi, my son has to eat both mother and daughter, so that they can call me good brother, if it weren't for the fact that it doesn't seem to be good for such a girl, this son would have been overlord a long time ago." ”

Niu Shuan cursed in a low voice and waved his hand to signal the convoy to hurry up on the road, and he also led a team of personal soldiers out of the gate, ready to chase the convoy that left first.

In the first car, the two women were hugging each other and weeping, and the young woman snuggled into her mother's arms and cried: "Mother, why is our life so bitter!" ”

The young woman hugged her daughter and comforted: "Xuan'er, you have to remember that you are no longer the governor's daughter, and I am not the governor's wife, we are just people's prisoners now, you have to promise your mother that you must live well!" ”

The girl choked up and said, "Mother, what about you?" ”

"Mother will naturally be with Xuan'er, Xuan'er doesn't have to worry." The young woman endured the sorrow in her heart while comforting her daughter with a smile, in fact, if it wasn't for her daughter, she would have committed suicide and martyrdom. In the midst of their words, the convoy had already left the governor's yamen and was heading for the city gate

The weather in early spring is very cold, the land is full of mud when the ice and snow are first melting, the official roads that have been in disrepair for a long time are full of mud, and the weather is also very cold when the snow melts.

On the city wall, a city defender who was forty years old, wearing a green cotton jacket and a red scarf on his head, was sitting on the city wall and roasting a fire with more than a dozen soldiers.

The city guard took out a wine gourd from his arms, poured a mouthful of bad wine into his mouth, and then groaned comfortably, before cursing: "Fuck these real fucking bastards who are officials, they ran away by themselves, but let us stay here to die, and wait for tomorrow Lao Tzu to take off this skin and slip away." ”

The soldiers on the side stared at the city guard's wine gourd with greedy eyes, secretly swallowing saliva, but no one said anything, these things are not something they can solve, they just eat as a rogue, and the rest is none of their business.

Just as the city guards were drinking and cursing the fleeing boss, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and soon a group of black shadows came from outside the east gate. When the cavalry came to the city gates, one of the petty officers guarding the city finally saw their appearance.

This is a group of cavalrymen wearing full body armor and red cloaks, and in the hands of the knight at the head, a large red flag is waving in the wind, and the conspicuous words on the banner are so dazzling.

"It's the officers and soldiers, it's the officers and soldiers who are coming!"

The soldiers on the city wall were so frightened that their legs trembled, and now the officials have all run away, and the brothers have almost withdrawn, leaving them to be old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are just dreaming to resist the menacing Ming army on the opposite side. Not to mention those ordinary soldiers, even the city guards were stunned, and they didn't even know that the wine gourd in their hands fell to the ground.

One of his subordinates asked his leader in a trembling voice, "What are we going to do?" Do you want to shout that the brothers are ready to resist? ”

"Resist a fart!"

The embarrassed and angry city gate official stretched out his hand and slapped his subordinates, scolding and scolding: "Now our brothers in the whole city are full of more than a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled, these people are not enough to stuff people's teeth, if you want to die, don't drag Lao Tzu, you fools, don't hurry up and open the city gate to welcome the arrival of the official army!" ”

"Yes, yes, it's a villain."

The soldiers were awakened by this slap, and were so frightened that they didn't dare to mention the matter of resistance anymore, and followed the city gate officials down the city tower.

Although the rumbling iron cavalry was not fast, they still quickly came to the city gate, and at this time, the cavalry led by them saw a scene that surprised them. The gates of the city were opened, and a row of rogues dressed in tattered clothes and holding spears and sticks in their hands were standing respectfully in front of the gate to welcome their arrival.

One of the cavalrymen in front shouted, "Who are you, and why are you at the gate of the city?" ”

The city guard trotted to the cavalry and nodded and said: "Qiqi, this military master, we are all people, now that the rogues in the city have fled, we are left behind, and now we are the people, and now we are really overjoyed to see the arrival of the army." ”

The cavalry shouted, "Then why are you wearing the clothes of thieves?" ”

"We can't help it, if we don't wear the villain, we'll die."

"Okay, you guys wait here, I'll report to our general!" When the cavalry had finished speaking, he turned his horse and ran back.

After a while, a sturdy middle-aged officer with a dark face rode up to the city guard and asked, "Are you saying that the thieves have already left?" ”

The city guard said respectfully: "Exactly, Niu Junshi has already left three days ago, and Niu Gongzi has also been gone for three hours. ”

"Have you been gone for three hours?" The middle-aged officer muttered to himself, then looked back at the soldiers behind him and muttered.

Seeing that the general was silent, the city gate official smiled and said: "General, the little one still knows that the ox bolt also took away a large amount of grain, gold and silver treasures, and there are more than 300 carts, and now they are all going north." ”

"What, more than three hundred cartloads of grain and treasure?"

At this time, the middle-aged general could not keep his composure, more than 300 carts of grain and gold and silver treasures were not a small amount, if he could take them, it would definitely be a great merit.

He turned to one of the cavalrymen behind him and said, "You leave five hundred men to go into the city to search for the remnants of the thieves, and the others will follow me, and you must take what the thieves have stolen!" ”

"Yes!"

With the order, more than 3,000 cavalry remounted their horses and galloped towards the north.

Looking at the rumbling cavalry in the distance, the city guard quietly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said in a low voice: "Grandma's, this little life has finally been saved." ”

Not long after the strange soldiers of the brigade left, the brigade led by Pang Gang also felt it, and when he heard that all the defenders in Wuchang City had fled, and the new cavalry battalion guerrilla Heitie had led the whole battalion to catch up with the convoy that was going to intercept the convoy of the Liukou transporting grain and grass treasures, his face couldn't help but show a deep look.

Seeing that Pang Gang's face was not very good-looking, Bin Shiqian beside him was afraid that Pang Gang would blame Hei Tie, so he said on the side: "My lord, Lao Hei also wants to make meritorious contributions and wants to go crazy, don't blame him for making his own decisions." ”

Pang Gang shook his head, a faint worry appeared between his eyebrows, and he turned around and asked the city guard, "How many people are there in the city now." ”

"Your Excellency." The defender of the city replied tremblingly: "There are still more than 100,000 people in the city now, but all of them are old and weak, women and children, and the young and strong have been taken away by the Niu military division. ”

When Pang Gang heard this, he said angrily: "What a bull Venus, this official is underestimating you!" ”

"My lord, what's wrong? Wouldn't it be better for the thieves to run away by themselves now, but it saves us a lot of effort. Li Yuan, who was behind him, asked puzzledly: "Aren't you angry and black and lead the soldiers and horses to pursue the thieves without authorization?" ”

Pang Gang shook his head with a calm face: "This official is not worried that the black iron is making his own opinion, this official is in the Qi Niu Venus This move is too ruthless, collecting all the grain and grass in Wuchang City, and even all the young and strong people are swept away, but leaving more than 100,000 old and weak women and children for us, what do you say this represents?" ”

The faces of Bin Shiqian and the surrounding generals changed, yes, the rogues moved away all the grain, gold and silver treasures, but left more than 100,000 old and weak women and children, which is equivalent to adding more than 100,000 mouths to Pang Gang and them, and this burden Pang Gang had to carry.

Because Pang Gang represents the government, the government must have the responsibility of the government, if Pang Gang ignores these people, it will have a great impact on Pang Gang's reputation, and if Pang Gang wants to feed these people, it will be tantamount to a heavy revenge.

After figuring this out, Li Yuan said indignantly on the side: "This bull Venus is really poisonous!" Let them take all the benefits, but leave a lot of debt for us to carry! ”

Wang Zhi also said with a calm face on the side: "And we can't bear this debt yet!" ”

Pang Gang pondered for a while and said, "Yes, we can't ignore these people in the city, otherwise it will have too much impact on us." ”

With the expansion of Pang Gang's territory, his influence has also increased, although the court knows that although he has broken with the Ming Dynasty, he almost raised his voice and shouted rebellion directly, but the people don't know, what the people know is that the huge general is the official of the imperial court, since the recovery of Wuchang City is naturally responsible for everything here, if more than 100,000 people are starved to death, let alone the court, the saliva of public opinion can drown him, but if it is really the food in the general to distribute to the people in the city, It is estimated that the grain that could be used for a month for the army will only be eaten for a week, and when there is no food, will the soldiers have to gnaw the soil?

Thinking of this, Pang Gang felt itchy teeth, this bull Venus is worthy of being a famous-stirring stick in history, it is not good to do the right thing, but if it is sabotage, it is a first-class good hand to block people.

He waved his hand very annoyedly: "Forget it, forget this, order the army, hurry into the city, and order the baggage battalion to start opening porridge shops in the city, first of all, let the people in the city survive." ”

In this way, tens of thousands of troops marched into Wuchang City. Wuchang was recovered, but Pang Gang did not have the slightest happiness in his heart, because the current Wuchang City was purely a burden to him

Not to mention Pang Gang, who was depressed in his heart, he said that Niu Bolt, who had already left the city and headed north, was very proud at the moment. Although his father Niu Jinxing was originally a lifter, he was not very happy, he was once reported to have fornicated with Kou and sent him to prison, and was later rescued by Li Yan and introduced him to King Chuang, after which Niu Jinxing was like a chicken blood.

first became Li Zicheng's strategist, and then was promoted to a military advisor, and his son also rose with the tide and became a captain. After following King Chuang to capture Hubei, the official was also the official, and the silver was also available, as for the woman? Just look at the more than a dozen carriages around you, this is what Niu Bolt led his own soldiers to snatch in Wuchang City.

Niu Bolt not only robbed the civilian woman, when attacking Wuchang City, others were desperately fighting, but he was desperately robbing the woman, and even the wife and daughter of the former governor also grabbed it in his own hands, although he had not yet succeeded, but in Niu Bolt's view, it was just a matter of time.

"I want to die and miss you, miss you, I want to die to you, find a painter to paint you, paint you on the mirror, and kiss you to death one bite at a time. Hate you, hate you, hate you, find a carpenter to carve you"

The happy ox bolt rode on the horse, singing the love song of Shaanxi, and his eyes couldn't stop looking at the carriage behind him, as if he wanted to see through the people in the car. If the big one is unwilling, threaten her with the small one, and I am not afraid that he will not comply.

As soon as he thought of a pair of almost identical mother and daughter flowers panting and moaning under him, Niu Shuan felt that somewhere on his body was starting to heat up, and he laughed with a self-conscious "hehe".

(To be continued)