On November 15 of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the goose-feather-like snow fell in the north, the Yellow River section of Michi was frozen for thousands of miles, the heaven and the earth were silver-white, and the Yellow River bed hanging on the ground became a long white snake.

A procession of people supporting the old and the young, froze to death, and white graves were piled up on top of them. The walking people did not pay attention to them, and occasionally some relatives and friends wept for a while, and they also stood up and continued to walk, and the cheap life made the parting of life and death seem so cold.

A group of horsemen rode their horses on the raised embankment of the Yellow River, next to a red flag fluttering in the north wind, with the words "Eight Kings" written on it. The yellow-faced Zhang Xianzhong stood under the banner and was looking back in the direction of northern Henan, they had been surrounded in this place for several months, and they almost confessed.

Zhang Xianzhong asked Liu Xiu behind him, "Are our people finished?" ”

"It's almost over, King Chuang is twenty miles ahead, and he has already received more than 30,000 Henan refugees, Cao Cao went east, and I heard that he also received tens of thousands of people." Liu Xiu licked his collar, and he snatched a fox fur coat from the landlord's house, which was enough to withstand such a severe cold.

Zhang Kewang said lightly: "If you want to say that Chuang has a good idea, this year the Yellow River is freezing early, and everyone is alive again, let's go to the west, and we can pull up tens of thousands of people in a few days." ”

Liu Xiu looked at Zhang Xianzhong and said: "The brains of the general are active in the step, but the courage has always been big, everyone is scared by the Dengzhou soldiers, he also dares to wander around, and has received a lot of people from Zijinliang, and now the power is a lot bigger, and he is not as polite as he used to be, and this person cannot be deeply acquainted." ”

"What are you afraid of, Lao Tzu is also bold. It's not the same as receiving a lot of horsemen from Zijinliang, what do you say about this fifth brother, Luocao has been here for many years, and he was picked up by that Luo Rucai to fight Dengzhou Town, and a fierce son was gone, I heard that Ling Chi was in Beijing, but it was miserable. Zhang Xianzhong licked his tongue, and there was no pity for Zijin Liang in his words.

Zhang Kewang next to him laughed and said: "The five kings are dead when they die, and today we finally escaped from this ghost place." Henan is a horse in Pingchuan, don't want to catch up with us, that Wang Pu and Xuan Mo should be angry. ”

Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Xiu also laughed proudly, they were blocked by the official army in the southwest of Huaiqing Mansion in northern Henan, and completely lost the space to maneuver. Dozens of streams are scurrying around, and they are at the end of their rope.

In the end, the general mentioned yì, each family gave out jewelry and silver taels, and bribed the two general soldiers of Wang Pu in Beijing, each family has nothing to eat now, and the jewelry and silver taels are waste in this place in northern Henan, of course they are willing to take them out. scraped together a large sum of silver and sent it over, saying that he would surrender, and as long as he could recruit An, he would give Wang Pu another sum of silver.

Wang Pu is not very reliable in fighting. The way to reap the benefits is the door clearing, so I moistened it with the other parts, and everyone stopped chasing the rogue, giving the rogue a chance to breathe. The hungry and dying rogues were able to save their bodies in the ice and snow.

The two sides came and went, and Wang Pu helped negotiate the conditions of Zhao'an in the middle. Mid-November. The Yellow River was frozen earlier than in previous years, the 36th battalion tore off the mask of Zhao'an, and suddenly crossed the river from the section of the Yellow River in Mianchi, and the group escaped from death, relying on the tricks of Zhao'an and bribery to deceive the officials and troops again, and the great encirclement that the Ming army painstakingly managed completely collapsed, and a year's hard work was in vain.

Zhang Kewang said proudly: "The dog officers and soldiers are all fools, and they are being played by us. ”

Liu Xiu sneered: "You think they are fools? Then you are really a fool, destroy the thirty-six battalions, where will they go to get rich. Each of these generals is smarter than the other, but they don't have to fight wars. ”

Zhang Xianzhong snorted, "We don't care if he's smart or not, he escaped again this time, this time it's far away, it's enough for our Lao Tzu to grab." Sons, grab Henan with our old man! ”

Zhang Xianzhong shouted, the horsemen followed behind him and roared away, in the wind and snow, thousands of rogues climbed the embankment and crossed the Yellow River, in front of them was the reckless mountains of Mianchi, behind these peaks, is the vast Central Plains land......

"Maintain the current speed, and go to Zhanggezhuang to camp before dark."

Zhong Laosi commanded the herald, turned around and slapped it on his body a few times, and large snowflakes fell one after another.

"Your damn weather, it's snowing so hard." Zhong Laosi muttered a few curses, beside him was the thousand headquarters of the marching dragoons, currently 1,100 people, 500 auxiliaries, all equipped with horses captured in several battles.

In front of them was a thousand cavalry headquarters of 1,000 people, the fifth battalion now has 4,000 headquarters, which is the largest of all the battalions in Dengzhou Town, and there is also a reserve thousand headquarters in Tunbao in Linxian County, and most of the monthly supplies are supplied by the trading company in Huanshui and Weishui, and the quartermaster department settles with the trading company, and it is also the battalion with the largest expenditure.

Since Chen Xin left, the Fifth Battalion has not fought a major battle, and has been deployed between Hui County and Lin County, only the cavalry is often dispatched, and the troops are trained in battle in Weihui and Huaiqing.

In addition to grazing, more than 2,000 horses need twice the soldier's ration of concentrate feed every day, which is equivalent to 5,000 extra soldiers.

Although it was easy for Linqing to purchase these beans, it was quite time-consuming and laborious to transport them to Linxian and Hui counties, and Wang Erya began to transfer the power of the trading company to transport, but later it was overwhelmed, and on the condition of cigarettes, relying on the local merchants of the Daimyo Mansion to provide them, he would rather let them earn some silver. The effect is much better than providing it himself, and Liu Minyou also approves of this method.

It's okay not to move at ordinary times, but now that the rapid march is starting to catch up, the ability of the baggage team will not be able to meet the requirements of the cavalry, Zhong Laosi estimated that relying on his own supplies, the two cavalry chased to Mianchi.

Just thinking about this, a team of people chased after him, he saw that it was the chief of staff Wang Mafu, and grinned to greet him, this Wang Mafu was born as Chen Xin's adjutant, and he was very proficient in military tactics and regulations, but he had no achievements in actual combat, and naturally he could not be recognized by an officer like Zhong Laosi.

Liu Pojun stopped his horse in front of Zhong Laosi, "Pass on the order of the battalion officer, and the dragoons stop advancing." ”

Zhong Laosi was stunned for a moment and said, "Why? ”

"Huaiqing Mansion is uninhabited for hundreds of miles, after crossing the Yellow River, the soldiers split the road, and Mianchi County was looted along the way, we can't collect grain on the spot, and the baggage team can't provide enough grain and grass, at most to provide cavalry soldiers to Luoyang's food. Therefore, the dragoons could only stop their actions and be pursued by the cavalry infantry, and the baggage team could only do this. ”

Zhong Laosi squinted at Wang Mafu, "It means that the cavalry will chase Luoyang at most, and then rely on the infantry to chase those horsemen?" Chief of Staff, do you think it's time to catch up, I have been building yì for the past two months The whole army has entered Huaiqing Mansion, and the Liukou has nowhere to move, but it is a matter of the first battle. The thirty-sixth battalion is absolutely inescapable, every time you discuss the military for such and such reasons, you even say the face of considering the Beijing battalion, when did we Dengzhou Town give face to other battalions? Now I know that I can't catch up, but I have to chase it. What did your infantry do in the past to catch a bunch of homeless people? Lord Liu said in the military meeting that the cavalry would pursue with all their might, and the baggage would give priority to the cavalry and dragoons, but this was changed as soon as he went out? Lose the dragoons in Huaiqing, lose the cavalry in Luoyang, how do you chase the Liukou, it is better for everyone to go back to Lin County. ”

"Execute the order." Wang Mafu turned the horse's head and took out a token and threw it to Zhong Laosi, and said coldly to Zhong Laosi. "Deputy Battalion Officer Zhong, the official reminds you that Lord Liu is only the chief officer of the Civil Department, and this is the fifth battalion. This is the military order of Lord Zhu, officially conveyed by the Chief of Staff, there is no room for you to bargain, get out of the way and let the infantry pass guò! ”

"I'm asking for a military officer's meeting!"

"No need to open it. As Chief of Staff, I support Lord Zhu's decision, and it is impossible for all officers to oppose it. Execute it now. ”

Zhong Laosi saluted Wang Mafu with a reluctant face, he thought that he couldn't catch up, but he didn't know why he had to send infantry to chase, this sky was full of wind and snow, it was better to stay in Lin County for the winter.

"Tangma gave the order, and the dragoons stopped advancing and got out of the way." After Zhong Laosi gave the order, the trumpeter blew the brass trumpet, and all the dragoons stopped, and then gave way to the side of the road and waited for the infantry to pass through Guò.

After Zhong Laosi ordered to rest on the spot, the soldiers in the queue stomped their feet in place to keep warm, Zhong Laosi didn't dare to stop still, he walked around the queue boredly, and stopped in the first company where Brother Guan was, found Brother Guan's position and said to him: "Your sister, did you promise the woman who said yes?" ”

Brother Guan touched the back of his head, "I've seen it, that is, I always asked me how much silver was rewarded with the medal." ”

"What did you say?"

"Twenty taels, but it's all for my mother, let him build a big house for my little brother...... Ay! ”

Zhong Laosi slapped him on the head, "Your mother, your eldest brother is not married, what kind of big house to build for your brother." That girl will definitely quit, it's strange that you stupid head can find a daughter-in-law, so you just tell her that twenty taels is why not, you have to make up for that. ”

Brother Guan smirked: "You didn't say it earlier." ”

Zhong Laosi coughed and said, "Otherwise, you ask your sister to give me a peace talk, and I see that there are a few little girls in there who are also full of water." ”

The soldiers who heard it next to him coaxed one after another, and Zhong Laosi waved his hand at them and scolded: "Lao Tzu is not interested in looking for a daughter-in-law, your company commander's daughter-in-law is still going to talk about it." ”

Zhou Shao'er came out and said: "This is true, but I have more silver than you, deputy battalion officer, have you saved enough silver?" Denglai's market, now the dowry is less than ten taels. ”

Zhong Laosi thought about it seriously, his monthly salary has always been used as soon as it is paid, and he was deducted for half a year last year, that is, he saved it in the past few months in Henan, and it is enough for the dowry, but the house he bought before was too small, and he had to get a big house.

He couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and he still used it a little more on weekdays. Fortunately, there is a combat reward for the battle that killed Zijinliang, and Henan has also had a combat subsidy in the past few months, which is higher than usual, and it will be able to get it soon.

A quarter of an hour later, the infantry in the rear followed, and they thundered past with high morale, but not very quickly. Some of the soldiers taunted the dragoons on the side of the road.

"Proud of something." Zhong Laosi scolded towards the infantry queue, "Tell Huang Yuan, if your two little short legs can catch up with the upper class cavalry, Lao Tzu will pour a urinal for him, and you can't catch up with him to pour it for Lao Tzu." ”

The deputy battalion officer started scolding, and the infantry suddenly lost his voice, Zhong Lao was proud, and when he wanted to continue scolding, suddenly someone knocked on the back of his head, and he quickly turned around to scold, and when he saw the person in front of him, he immediately died down.

Zhu Daichun looked at the thorn in front of him, "Deputy Battalion Officer Zhong, leave some strength to do business, if the dragoons don't leave, it doesn't mean that it's okay, the deputy director of the Military Affairs Department came to assess and train, since you stayed, you should be the representative of the fifth battalion." Also, Huang Yuan was transferred back to the Dengzhou Mobilization Division, and now he is not the fifth battalion commander. ”

"Huang Yuan has been transferred? This kid is still good at fighting, but it is not appropriate to change generals in war. Zhong Laosi touched his nose, "Why do you have to be assessed so early, this dragoon has only been trained for a few months, and there are no people ......to make up for martial arts."

Zhu Daichun interrupted: "The order of the Military Affairs Department asked him to go back, whether you are in charge properly or not, and it is not appropriate for the soldiers to disobey the order." If you want to prepare, you will prepare, go back to the Huixian camp for the time being, and then follow the brigade when the food is sufficient. ”

Zhu Daichun left after speaking, Zhong Laosi scolded in a low voice, waiting for the infantry queue to pass, and after the first general pass, it turned out to be the propaganda team just mentioned, and some women were playing bamboo boards while walking, causing bursts of cheers along the way.

Zhou Shao'er and the others all turned their heads and squeezed their eyebrows at Zhong Laosi, Zhong Laosi flattened his mouth and scolded in a low voice: "Return your mother to this gang of actors, and chase the high-class Kou horse soldier Lao Tzu with your surname Zhu." Zhu Daichun and Wang Mafu are the same as Liu Pojun, and they are powerful with Lord Chen's fox and fake tiger, and they are bears alone. ”

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