Chapter Sixty-Eight: Let Them Go
"Yes." Scarface responded violently, and immediately turned around and shouted, "Whole team, whole team immediately!" ”
More than 100 families gathered on the wall quickly formed a formation, more than 20 people in each team, divided into six teams before and after, Scarface gave an order, and the first team quickly took two steps and knelt behind the battlement.
In the chaotic sound of horse hooves, more than 100 horsemen had been divided into the horse thief array in front.
The more than 100 horse thieves with torches swept towards the Futuyu Pass, the Futuyu Pass is a wooden structure, the intention of the horse thieves is obvious, that is, to set fire to the wall first, and then ride into it.
"Qiang ......"
With the piercing sound of gold and iron rubbing, Scarface slowly pulled out his saber and held it high above the top, shouting fiercely: "First team...... Get ready! ”
More than 20 firearms were raised in a row in an instant, and the muzzle of the black hole was already aimed at the horse thieves who swept in front of them, the horse's hooves were churning, the dust was flying, and in the blink of an eye, the horse thieves had rushed to within a hundred steps [one step = 1.5 meters], the murderous intent in the scar's eyes was revealed, and the steel knife in his hand suddenly slashed down, and at the same time shouted: "Fire!" ”
"Boom, boom, boom......"
In the deafening roar, more than 20 firebolts spit out dazzling tongues of fire almost at the same time, and hundreds of grains of iron sand shot out from the firecrackers and three-eyed guns completely enveloped the more than 100 horse thieves who swept in, and although the hot iron sand shot into the body was not enough to cause fatal damage to the mount and the horse thief, it was enough to make people and mounts feel a violent burning pain.
The dozen or so horseback thieves who rushed to the front each rode at least a few dozen grains of iron sand, and the bruised horseback thieves wailed and fell from their horses one after another, and the horses that lost control began to rush and crash under the same intense pain, and soon the charging formation of the horse thieves was scattered.
"Second team...... Get ready. ”
"Fire!"
"Third team...... Get ready. ”
"Fire!"
Scarface's expression was hideous, and he kept repeating the order to fire, and after six volleys, most of the more than 100 horse thieves who had swarmed up had fallen into a pool of blood, leaving only more than a dozen horse thieves to flee back to their own camp in panic, and the battlefield of horse neighing gradually fell silent, only the endless wails of the horse thieves resounded in the night sky.
Unwilling to be defeated, the ringing horse thieves launched two more attacks, but also suffered a crushing defeat, the wounded and lying on the battlefield wailing ringing horse thieves has increased to more than 200 people, the remaining 200 riding horse thieves completely lost the courage to attack, hesitated in front of the pass and refused to leave, they wanted to save the wounded companions but were afraid of the firearms of the officers and soldiers and did not dare to come forward.
Scarface looked back at Wang Pu, and said in a cruel voice: "General, let the villain take people to slaughter all these horse thieves, as well as those injured war horses, slaughter them and get Datong back to sell meat in exchange for two money." ”
Wang Pu's brows furrowed for a moment, and he said disappreciably: "How many taels of silver are these more than 100 war horses worth selling meat?" ”
Zhen Youcai, who was standing beside Wang Pu, rolled his eyes, lowered his voice and said: "If the general wants to appease this group of horse thieves, he should let them go, and let those uninjured horse thieves rescue all the injured people, and don't leave those injured war horses." ”
Wang Pu asked in a low voice, "Why?" ”
Zhen Youcai sneered: "These ringing horse thieves are haunted, come and go without a trace, they are usually obedient people, and they only gather together when they commit crimes, it will be difficult to find them again if they miss tonight, but if they save the more than 100 injured war horses, the villain will have a way to find them." ”
Wang Pu's heart jumped, and he asked in a condensed voice, "You mean ......?"
Zhen Youcai touched the dog tassel on his lips and bowed his head gently.
Wang Puhuo Ran raised his head and shouted loudly outside the wall: "The thieves outside listen, and immediately send someone to answer." ”
The horse thieves outside the pass were silent for a moment, and finally a horse came out of the crowd, stepped through the messy battlefield to the front of the pass, and asked proudly: "What advice does General Wang have to offer?" ”
Wang Pu asked coldly, "Are you their leader?" ”
The horse thief replied, "If you have something to say, say it quickly!" ”
Wang Pu said: "You listen well, this time you are lucky, this general soldier can't kill because of heavy filial piety, so the firearms are filled with loose sons, although your people and horses are injured, but there will be no worries about the surname!" You can bring back all the wounded, but ...... There is one condition for this general soldier. ”
The horse thief clenched his fists and said, "Mr. Wang, please speak." ”
Wang Pu said solemnly: "From today onwards, you are not allowed to harm the people of the Ming Dynasty, if you are still a man, you should go to the outside of the fortress, to rob the slaves, and rob the Mongols." ”
The ringing horse thief hesitated: "This ......"
"How?" Wang Pu said coldly, "You don't have the guts? ”
"Okay, the villain promises you." Huo Ran, the horse thief, raised his head and said in a deep voice, "However, the villain can only guarantee that his brothers will no longer harm the people of the Ming Dynasty from now on, but other villains can't take care of it." ”
Wang Pu asked, "How many locks are there in Datong Mansion?" ”
"This villain doesn't know." The horse thief immediately became alert, "What does Mr. Wang mean by asking?" ”
"It's not interesting." Wang Pu said coldly, "Just ask casually, even if you agree to the conditions of this general soldier, then now you can save all the injured people and horses, remember, let your people come up one by one, don't come too much at once, so as not to cause misunderstandings." ”
"Thank you for your mercy." The horse thief clenched his fists and shouted, "Come and say that the villain will have a reward." ”
After that, the horse thief turned around and shouted, "Wang Mazi, you lead someone to carry the wounded brother on your back, Black Tiger, you lead someone to bring the injured horse back." ”
The leader of the horse thieves gave an order, and the two teams of horse thieves cautiously approached the pass, first rescued the injured companions, and then led the injured horses away, and the team of men and horses only took less than half an hour to withdraw from the front of Futuyu, at this time the bearded man also rushed over from the west wall of the pass, only to know that the horse thieves were just bluffing, and they had a total of more than 500 horses.
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There was nothing to say all the way, and after ten days, the team finally rushed back to Datong.
Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shanxi, Chen Chunde, the political envoy of Shanxi, and Zhou Yuji, the general soldier of Shanxi, had already rushed to Datong in advance, and this would be with Wei Daben, the prefect of Datong, Zhang Zi'an, the eunuch and supervisor of Datong Town, as well as dozens of people from Datong Town, such as deputy generals, generals, and guerrillas, who went out of the city to greet them.
In addition to the acting king Zhu Chuanqi, almost all the people with heads and faces in Datong Mansion came, and the current Wang Puke is not just the governor of the Beijing camp who went home to worry, he is also the commander of the Ming Dynasty, although he has not officially married Princess Changping, but in the eyes of everyone, he is already a relative of the emperor.
Because Wang Dayou had just died, Wang Pu was still in the mourning period, and the civil and military officials of Datong Town did not dare to take over the wind and wash the dust for him, but followed him to the old lady's spirit party in the Wang family compound to pay respects.
Back in the Wang family compound, Wang Pu, his eldest brother Wang Beech, and second brother Wang Hua inevitably had to pretend to howl a few times when they saw each other.
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