The vast Zhongzhou Plain stretches in front of you, and the extreme eye is far away, and there is a scorched earth all around, and the market is in ruins. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

About out of Xiangyang Mansion, the village has been empty, sometimes out of the city for a hundred miles without seeing a person, only the city still has eleven or twelve remaining, near the city of the field, there are people in the city to cultivate to make a living. After the city of Nanyang Mansion to the north, the gates are destroyed, the city is leveled, and the city site becomes a piece of barren grass.

In particular, there is no resident outside the city, and the fields are all basil, hundreds of miles are the same, and they are like grasslands.

When the troubled times came, the first people to suffer were ordinary people, especially the people who lived in Pingchuan, who did not have a village and no ability to protect themselves. Rogues are everywhere, bandits are everywhere, and there are soldiers and ruffians in the past, all threatening their lives.

There are more people who have become white bones, they have also woken up, the survivors have fled, and most of the remaining residents of the counties are also mostly looking for the mountains and the people who are on the flat hills live in the villages, and there may be dozens of villages in large counties, but more than ten villages in small counties, and they are self-sufficient.

They are extremely vigilant about the outside world, no matter which force is unable to get their favor, and even the people who fled into the mountains live alone, from generation to generation, they don't know anything about the outside world, they don't know what is going on, they don't know what is going on, what about the Han and Tang Dynasties?

Whether there is a drought or not is no longer important, because there is no social organization in Henan, and the people are thrown back into the jungle, tearing each other apart, and the weak eat the strong.

In addition to the powerful village with the ability to protect itself, it now lives in the land of Pingchuan, but it is just to attract the attention of all parties to loot and countless bandits, no matter how fertile the land is, no matter how vast the field is, what is the point?

Therefore, as seen along the way, the ruins of the cities and villages have ceased to exist. The hare fled, the artemisia grass was overgrown, and there was no one on the road for several days and nights, which was too normal.

Many official roads and paths are several feet long with weeds, the fields are overgrown with weeds, and the dogtail grass is swaggering, sometimes stretching for hundreds of miles.

It is the territory of Ye County, the south bank of Kunshui.

"There are wolves!"

A horse soldier beside him suddenly screamed. Old Hu Yixi: "Where?" ”

The horseman pointed out. Everyone looked to the other side, and the grass on both sides of the bank was barren, and the fields that used to be fertile were now overgrown with weeds. On the grass on the opposite bank. Sure enough, hundreds of wolves lurked. His eyes shimmered with a faint green light.

At this moment, everyone was in a trance in their hearts, this is the Central Plains. It's not a grassland, but now it's a place where wolves haunt?

Then the old Hu laughed and shouted, "There is meat to eat, brothers, kill the shore!" ”

Immediately, more than 100 horsemen cheered and shouted, and under the leadership of Hachijo, they rode their horses to the opposite bank, frightening the wolves to run quickly, and the infantry troops here laughed wildly when they saw it, only some hungry people, numbly watching.

Kong San stood on his horse, looking at the elated intruders, his eyes flashed, and he said silently in his heart: "Rogue! ”

In the past April, Li Zicheng's army marched north, and at this time, Lao Hu and Kong San had just arrived in Huguang, and then went north with the army. After arriving in Huguang, Chuang Ying also gave them the number of a mountain patrol battalion, which was under the command of Houying.

The battalion is divided into teams, each team has 50 horsemen, 100 infantry, and 30 to 50 children, doing some rough work, equivalent to small servants, miscellaneous logistics, they have 4,000 troops, 1,000 horsemen, more than 3,000 infantry, a total of about 30 teams.

As for the original hungry people, after replenishing the number of foot soldiers and guards in the patrol camp, they were resettled in the camp.

They are now considered to be regularized, because since the foot soldiers, everyone has a number of clothes, just like the vest of later generations, the back of the book is broken, and the front is written with the number of each battalion, because it belongs to the back battalion, so the color of the number is yellow.

Li Chuang's hundreds of thousands of troops went north, intending to attack Shaanxi, of course it was impossible for them to transport grain from Huguang for thousands of miles, except for a part of the grain and grass at the beginning, they were all solved on the spot, which was also their "advantage" in logistics, as for what to do after the various places were robbed, this was not something they considered.

Therefore, as soon as they left Huguang, the army marched on one side, and at the same time, countless horses and infantry troops went out in all directions, attacking those cities and villages that did not belong to their own forces, and encircling the wandering people in the wilderness, and the stockades belonging to their own forces, they also had to pay money and food.

Such as the patrol battalion, such as the patrol battalion, for the army to collect grain and grass, is naturally one of their tasks, this time they were ordered to go out to fetch grain, fancy is a small village in the northeast of Ye County.

When the troubled times come, the most vigorous people are actually the rural landlords and powerful families, they have a lot of food and wealth, but at the same time, they are high walls and deep villages, and the internal unity is incomparable, and it is not easy to capture their villages.

The typical representative is the Linfeng village of Jiaxian, they started from the north and south dynasties, along the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming dynasties, generations of standing next to Fengxi, even if the Japanese army encountered such a village during the Anti-Japanese War, it was also a detour.

This kind of village is also known as Wubao, only the rich family, the clan and the township party, and the powerful clan have the ability to build, and it is very difficult to fight.

When Li Zicheng fled to Shangluo Mountain, he relied on attacking the village to survive, but he fought a small village, and when he encountered the real powerful local tyrant and the gentry of the village, he had no choice but to force them to pay some grain and grass at most.

In addition to these large villages, there are also some small villages on Pingchuan, which are built by those who are lucky or far from the mountains.

It is difficult to leave the homeland, and many places in Henan are plains, and it is not easy to find the deep mountains and old forests, so some local people, or some homeless people, spontaneously gather and set up some fortresses with a fluke mood, and survive in the troubled times, rising and falling.

Ye County is a big county, although the county seat is not there, the remnants of the people in the territory, some wandering people, or according to Kunshui, Zhanshui, set up dozens of large and small villages, some of which want to lay down is not in the short term, but the rest of the ......

The special sentinel learned that the village called Liulinzhuang that was about to be attacked had only a few hundred people cultivating in the village, led by a local chief surnamed Yang, who gathered scattered villagers from several nearby villages, including some displaced people.

There are not many young and strong people in this village, and the village is not big, so it should be very easy to fight.

Next to Kong San and Lao Hu, there was also a big man riding a war horse, his eyes were full of fierceness, and there were also some fierce knights behind him, all wearing cotton armor. Wearing a felt hat and yellow cotton armor, he was an old battalion soldier in the rear battalion.

In addition to the standard battalion, the current battalion is an old battalion, a color of cavalry, a five-battalion general, and also has its own old battalion soldiers, and the outer battalion goes out to collect food, and the core of the five battalions naturally has to send the old battalion to supervise.

is no better than Lao Hu's mountain patrol battalion, although they are horsemen, many people are not donkeys. It's mule riding. Otherwise, most of them are inferior horses, but these old battalions ride good horses and war horses, and there are generally two horses for one person, or even three horses.

This team supervised the old battalion of the rear battalion. Riding is a good horse. Behind them. There are also some children who are serving, usually at the age of thirteen or fourteen, fifteen or sixteen. Although he is young, he has a ferocity in his eyes, and he seems to be indifferent to life and death.

Chuang Camp likes to collect orphan children to take with them in the camp, and under the influence of hearing and seeing, many people have become members of the backbone thieves when they grow up, and many leaders also like to recognize these people as righteous sons, such as Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and others back then.

When he saw the wolf at the beginning, the big man was still happy, but when he saw the cavalry of the mountain patrol battalion rushing across the opposite bank, but a wolf did not hit, he frowned, and said unhappily: "Stepping on the dragon, the hour is not early, it's time to go to collect grain, lay down Liulinzhuang, and today I have to fight another village, and I have to grind." ”

Although this person is only a military officer, and he is a mighty general, but he is an old battalion soldier, Lao Hu did not dare to slack off, he nodded with a smile and said: "Tian Ye is right, the hour is indeed not early, and it can't be rubbed." ”

He shouted, "Brothers, all cross the river and conquer Liulinzhuang, and everyone will have enough to eat." ”

Immediately, the whole battalion cheered and roared, all the soldiers were excited, and everyone was full of enthusiasm.

At this time, the supply of grain and grass to the camp was still egalitarian, and the grain and grass from each battalion were collected in the old camp and then brought down by human hair. If there is more grain and rice, the overall standard of living will be higher, and if there is less grain and grass, it will be short, and the whole battalion will starve, so all the battalions are full of enthusiasm for looting.

The Kunshui is not deep, the patrol battalion roared across the river, each team has a flag, the battalion headquarters has a large flag, when marching, regardless of the horse's pace, they all follow the flag. On the other side of the bank is still a plain, although it is overgrown with weeds, but it is still easy to walk, a battalion of thousands of soldiers, marching in parts, and there are probes running far away.

The military discipline of breaking into the camp, whether it is marching or camping, is to send horses, up and down, left and right four-way detectives, one mile and one dial, until 200 miles away, there is a police to know. The powerful reconnaissance capability is also the reason why the officers and men have been repeatedly ambushed.

There are also thousands of hungry people who followed the army and broke into the camp all the way north, and many displaced people have been coerced, and thousands of them have been assigned to the patrol camp.

Lao Hu held his horse with his head held high, looking back at the "mighty" army behind him, he felt quite arrogant in his heart, he was only a small soldier in the past, but now he has become the leader of thousands of people, the sense of achievement is indescribable, if it weren't for Kong San by his side, he would have forgotten that he was a spy.

However, looking at the old battalion commander beside him, Lao Hu's eyes flashed with jealousy, seeing that these people are all skilled in equestrianism, and they are all good horses, although they have thousands of horsemen, but the war horses are less than 200 horses, I hope that after some battles, I will reward more horses and mules.

In order to encourage the battalions to collect grain, there are also rules that whoever brings more grain and grass will also be given more grain and rice, and there are other rewards, which further stimulates the enthusiasm of the battalions.

Among the military merit rewards of the battalions, horses and mules are the highest rewards, bows and lead are secondary, and gold, silver, pearls and jade are the lowest. Rewarding horses and mules in troubled times, of course, greatly increases the hard power of the leaders of each battalion, and if they have strength, they are just idle to get gold and silver treasures.

Without strength, no matter how much gold and silver you have, you can't keep it, Lao Hu is full of military experience, of course he understands this.

They walked on the barren land, and the towns along the way were full of desolation, and the once prosperous villages and towns were all rubble and weeds, and they couldn't find a rafter or a tile.

On the way, the patrol camp passed by a large village, built by a local hero, at this time the wall of the wall was full of figures, all vigilantly looking at the soldiers passing by outside the village.

Breaking into the camp hated the landlord Lao Cai, but the most difficult to fight the village was them, sure enough, outside the village at a rough look, the village Yong armed forces on the village were no worse than some states and counties, bows, arrows, birds and guns, and even equipped with artillery.

The persimmon was still pinched softly, and even the old battalion headquarters of the superintendent did not have the intention of ordering the attack on the village, and the whole battalion went straight to Liulinzhuang.

Finally, the whole camp arrived in front of Liulinzhuang, it was like a miniature version of Da'an Village, the village was in tatters, but on the plains around the village, there were a lot of wheat planted, and at this time, the wall of the village was full of ragged men and women, all of whom looked frightened.

Lao Hu and others saw that the guard strength of this village was not very good, there were not a few bows and arrows, many people were holding wooden sticks in their hands, and the wall of the village was not high......

A middle-aged man who looked like the owner of the village was shouting, hoping that the rebels would spare them, and they were willing to fund grain and grass.

The old battalion always sneered, funding? Lay down the village, everything in it is their own, the previous heroic village is willing to fund, the righteous army will also push the boat down the river, and will also send a big flag to them, this village......

He said: "Stepping on the dragon, don't be verbose, attack the village immediately, the hungry people are in front, the foot soldiers and horsemen are behind, those who retreat, all of them are killed, if the horsemen retreat, the old camp is cut down." A small village, a drum down. ”

As a veteran of the habitual bandit battalion, he is already familiar with this kind of tactics, and he will come as soon as he opens his mouth.

Lao Hu obeyed the order and immediately arranged for the hungry people who had taken all kinds of weapons and brought short ladders in front, and let the camp keepers carry a few baskets of bread and bread in front of the battle, telling the hungry people that if they won the battle, these would be used as rewards.

The hungry people were immediately in a commotion, their eyes were red, and they were hungry all the year round, and the temptation of these foods was great for them.

Then the archers of the battalion were arranged, the bird-gunned soldiers followed behind, the horsemen urged the infantry, and began to set up a position, and then after a loud drum, the whole battalion shouted......

A quarter of an hour later, Liulinzhuang was breached, and some corpses lay on the wall, and the local mayor surnamed Yang, who was the owner of the village, was escorted here, his face was covered with blood, and he was forced to kneel in front of everyone, with great despair in his eyes.

In front of the patrol camp and the people of Liulinzhuang who came from the captives, the old battalion always proudly pronounced the sins of the chief surnamed Yang, such as being unkind to the rich, oppressing the people, fish and meat in the village, resisting the righteous army, etc., the crime is unforgivable and must be executed.

The chief surnamed Yang muttered: "Yang didn't oppress the people, Yang gathered his neighbors just to let them live." ”

The old battalion always shouted: "In front of the righteous army, Anke quibbled, came and cut down." ”

Several old battalion soldiers walked up with a sneer, while drawing out their blades, the Yang surnamed Li Chang knelt quietly, he looked at the crowd of people in Liulinzhuang, especially in one direction, his eyes were full of guilt, and then muttered: "Yang is powerless...... In troubled times, life is like ants, when will the prosperous era come? ”

Then his head fell to the ground, and the side of Liulinzhuang was silent at first, and then whimpered, sandwiching the frightened crying of the children, a piece of desolation, Lao Hu was elated, and suddenly there was a feeling of being pricked by a needle in his heart, and he fell silent.

The old battalion general was displeased, and shouted: "Crying fart, I'll wait for the rebels to get rid of the bullies for you, and you will see that you will have a good life, and you are still crying?" ”

"God doesn't have long eyes......"

But when he heard a desolate voice from the crowd, the old battalion always opened his eyes wide and said sharply: "Who? ”

Then I saw a girl staggering out, several women beside her couldn't pull her, she walked to Yang Lichang's corpse, and said desolately: "Why don't good people live long, my father is such a good person......"

The old battalion always shouted: "Presumptuous, the government has no way, my righteous army is doing the right thing for heaven......"

The girl looked at her father's corpse, looked at the general manager sharply, and screamed, "Do the right thing for heaven? The government has no way, you go to kill your officials, you are in Shaanxi, we are in Henan, are we oppressing you thousands of miles away? We just want to farm well, so why don't we live ......"

The old battalion always shouted: "It's the other way around, this demon woman is the opposite, just like her father, she must be killed." ”

The girl laughed madly, and she cried out, "You are thieves, no matter how false and righteous you are, you are still thieves, look at you who have created evil, there are bones everywhere, and people are dead......

The old battalion was always furious, and several old battalion soldiers also pulled out their blades and slashed at the girl, who screamed miserably and said sadly: "...... You will have recompense for your evil against the people, and you will not die a good death......

“…… Retribution...... Don't die well......"

Finally, the girl lay on her father's body, in a pool of blood, her eyes wide, and her mournful voice still echoed in the air.

Lao Hu looked at it dumbfounded, his heart twitched, Kong San turned his head, his right hand fist clenched, the green tendons on his hand were exposed, and the soldiers and horses of the patrol camp were also dumbfounded. (To be continued.) )