Chapter 477: Robbery in the Camp
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"Come on, escort those captives outside Xianning City"
The Ming army in Huguang escorted these thirty-eight unlucky people out of the camp. They are all Jin Shenghuan's cronies, and they were sent out to settle the people in various prefectures and counties, but they didn't expect to encounter such an unwarranted disaster.
Since these people are going to be beheaded, the soldiers who escort them need no longer be polite. The whip slashed their heads and covered their faces, and some reached out to touch their heads, which were only stubble, and insulted and ridiculed. Hunan has not been occupied by the Ming army, and He Tengjiao's newly recruited soldiers are complete. When you see shaved braids, you will naturally have a psychological advantage.
All kinds of scolding are endless.
"Dog minion, if you become a slave to Qingyu, don't go back to Daming"
"Cheap Breed"
Most of the newly recruited soldiers in Huguang were bandits and strong men from all over the country, and He Tengjiao was not familiar with training, and the soldiers did not abide by the order and did not strictly abide by the rules of the army. Everyone walked and scolded all the way, and went to the city of Xianning.
After Xianning City, Wuchang City is the road of dozens of miles. He Tengjiao actually occupied Sancheng of the land in Wuchang Mansion.
Not long after the prisoners were escorted out, the scouts in the army came to report: "Zuo Ruo, the chief soldier under the command of General Zhai Zhe, asks to see him"
"Zuo Ruo? That's Zhai Zhe's cronies."
In the past six months, He Tengjiao has been paying attention to the shape of Jiangnan and knows several general soldiers under Zhai Zhe. Zuo Ruo and Feng Qin are the two most important generals of Zhai Zhe.
"Why is he coming to see me?" He asked knowingly and ordered: "Bring him to me"
Zuo Ruo led 200 cavalry all the way out of Xianning City and entered He Tengjiao's camp.
Just looking at the camp where the soldiers were stationed, he knew the combat power of He Tengjiao's 40,000 people. The camps of the vast army of Huguang stretched for more than ten miles, without a fixed arrangement, and many camps were set up in the shade of trees, and there was no clear passage.
He Tengjiao's personal soldiers came out to lead the way and introduced Zuo Ruo and others into the Chinese army.
The two hundred cavalry stopped in an open place four hundred paces away from the big tent of the Chinese army, and Zuo Ruozhao recruited four personal soldiers to walk with him with the box.
In front of the big tent of the Chinese army, two rows of burly soldiers lined up neatly, glaring angrily at Zuo Ruo.
The four soldiers remained outside the big tent gate, and Zuo Ruo went in alone.
Facing him, He Tengjiao sat on the main seat in the middle, and Zhang Kuang accompanied him.
Zuo Ruo clasped his fists and saluted: "Meet the Governor." When he was young, he used to be the president of Yulinwei, and he still remembers how he got along with civil officials.
"General Left" He Tengjiao looked him up and down, and asked in surprise: "You are a general under General Pinglu, why don't you understand the rules of the imperial court?" ”
"I don't know General Pingyu, it's the general" Zuo Ruo corrected He Tengjiao's mistake, "The last general was ordered by the general to repel Luck Dehun and recover Wuchang, I don't know where I don't understand the rules?" ”
He Tengjiao's words were stern and asked: "Jin Shenghuan is a rebel general of the Qing court, he first rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and killed countless people in Jiangxi, how can General Zhai recruit such people?" ”
Zuo Ruo licked his lips and didn't speak, he was holding back his anger.
But his appearance is different in He Tengjiao's eyes.
"It's just a general" He Tengjiao smiled contemptuously in his heart, and his few words shocked him. In his heart, only generals like Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong can be compared with him, Zuo Ruo, like Hao Shaoqi, only bows down when he sees him.
His tone became softened, and he said, "I led the army to recover Wuchang Mansion by the will of the Holy Lord, but I didn't expect the general army to arrive first. Wuchang Mansion belongs to Huguang, since it was occupied by the Qing Dynasty, I can't sleep day and night, when I meet General Zhai, I will ask for credit for General Zuo. ”
It's a big joke, Zuo Ruo went from being full of anger to wanting to open his mouth to laugh, He Tengjiao was directing and acting like a clown.
"Your Excellency the Governor, Jin Shenghuan did have a crime, but he had already sacrificed Jiangxi and was willing to be a pawn in front of the army, so General Zhai left him with his life. The people arrested by the adults are all repentant rebels, and I ask the adults to raise their noble hands and surround the lives of those people. ”
"Bold" Before He Tengjiao could speak, Zhang Kuang jumped out first, "Didn't you hear what the adults said?" How dare a small soldier speak up in front of the Governor. ”
Zuo Ruo reserved the last bit of patience and arched his hand: "My lord, these people are all sergeants and pawns of our army, if my lord kills them like this for no reason, after the general arrives in Wuchang, I will not be able to explain to the general."
Zhang Kuang snorted coldly and reprimanded: "I personally interrogated yesterday, these people slaughtered the people of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangxi, each of them has several lives in their hands, and it is not enough to kill the people."
Looking at He Tengjiao and Zhang Kuang's look of wanting to be incompatible with the general, Zuo Ruo knew that this matter could not be better. On the way when he came, he saw Huguang's soldiers unceremoniously beating Jin Shenghuan's subordinates, and it seemed that He Tengjiao was ready to make a move.
He bowed down and saluted again, and begged: "Please raise your noble hand, and in a few days, the general will come to Wuchang, and the last general will prepare a heavy gift to dissipate the anger of the governor."
He Tengjiao and Zhang Kuang exchanged glances. Before the two could speak, Zuo Ruo clapped his hands to the guards guarding the door of the big tent.
The four guards walked in with the gift box, and the guards at the door saw that He Tengjiao didn't say anything to stop him, and stood there one by one.
Zuo Ruo was cheeky and said: "Lord Governor, those subordinates of Jin Shenghuan are vulgar and ignorant, and the general will make amends for them."
The four pro-soldiers stood still holding the gift box.
Zhang Kuang walked down, and the four soldiers held the gift box flat in their hands, and then lifted the lid of the box, and five thousand taels of fine-grained silver were displayed in the air.
Zhang Kuang couldn't help but take a step forward, and a greedy light flashed in his eyes, like a shark smelling blood.
He has been in officialdom for a long time, and he knows how much silver there is at a glance.
"Five thousand taels, it's not a small amount" Zhang Kuang was a little lost in an instant, Zhai Zhe was really willing to spend money for these soldiers. But he quickly remembered his previous plan, and said with a cold face: "General Soldier Zuo, who are you as the governor?" ”
Zuo Ruo looked up at He Tengjiao, and saw that He Tengjiao's eyes fell on this Zhang Kuang. According to the information in the early stage, this person is equal to He Tengjiao's military advisor, and he has a very high status in He Tengjiao's heart.
He straightened his waist, waved his sleeves, restored his original appearance, and said: "My lord, they are all soldiers and horses of the imperial court, why bother to force people too much"
He knew that Zhai Zhe wanted to use Huguang's troops to attack the Qing Dynasty, and in the spirit of calming things down, he made a special trip to give He Tengjiao a step down, but he didn't expect the governor of Huguang to kick his nose in the face, and he really thought that he had a few catties and a few taels.
Before sending troops, he learned in detail about the battle in Huguang last year, if he sat on the stage and blocked Yinxi, he might have more respect, He Tengjiao sent troops to attack Wuchang, and actually lost Yuezhou.
His action was completely rude in the eyes of Zhang Kuang and He Tengjiao.
This is about to turn his face Zhang Kuang's face instantly became as terrifying as a zombie, and he sneered: "General Soldier Zuo, bring this silver back, it's enough to buy thirty-eight coffins." ”
Zuo Ruo sneered and said, "I just need to buy a coffin" After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands.
The guard standing on the right side of the front held the silver box in his left hand, drew his knife in his right hand, as fast as lightning, and put it on Zhang Kuang's neck, and the silver box in his left hand remained unmoving. The bright blade touched the skin, and Zhang Kuang was originally crooked, but at this moment, in order to avoid the sharp blade, it looked even more crooked.
"Bold" He Tengjiao suddenly stood up from his seat.
The guards outside the big tent swarmed in, and a group of swords and axes surrounded the five people in the big tent of the Chinese army.
Zuo Ruo bowed his hand again, his expression calm: "Lord Governor, if you release those thirty-eight soldiers, I will release Zhang Changshi immediately." ”
He Tengjiao was furious and said, "Tell me about the conditions, don't you want to live?" Don't look at what the place is."
As he spoke, he drew a knife and threatened Zhang Kuang's guard to hand over the silver box in his left hand to his companion, and then clamped Zhang Kuang's neck under his armpit like an eagle catching a chicken, and the sharp blade was on his throat.
He Tengjiao's face was as black as a piece of pig's liver, and he pointed at Zuo Ruo and said, "Let go of Zhang Changshi, I will let you out of the camp." ”
Zuo Ruo shook his head and said, "There are still thirty-eight people."
There was a mess outside the big tent of the Chinese army, and the soldiers of the supervision battalion gathered from all sides. When He Tengjiao was still hesitating, a horse roared outside the big tent. Two hundred cavalrymen pierced a crack in the soldiers outside the gate like a spear, and the long knife cut through the curtain of the tent. These people are the elite who broke out of thousands of troops, and their long knives broke through a bloody path.
The big tent of the Chinese army was opened, and He Tengjiao was instantly exposed in broad daylight.
Zuo Ruo turned over and got on his horse and ordered: "Li Hu, go"
"Obey" grabbed Zhang Kuang's guard with one hand and held the silk belt around his waist, put Zhang Kuang on the back of the horse after getting into the stirrups.
Soldiers poured in all around, and some raised their birds.
He Tengjiao shouted angrily: "Take down the traitorous party"
Li Hu lifted Zhang Kuang in front of the horse and shouted: "Shoot, look who died first"
Zuo Ruo arched his hand on the horse and said, "Governor He, I have offended a lot today, if you let go of those thirty-eight people, I will naturally let Zhang Kuang go." Otherwise, you can only fight with your life. ”
"It's the other way around, it's the other way around" He Tengjiao's lips trembled angrily, and shouted: "Take these people down." ”
At this moment, Zhang Kuang suddenly screamed, a hundred steps away, He Tengjiao could see the bright red on the collar of Zhang Kuang's neck.
He was in a hurry to stop it, "Hugh wants to kill him" He and Zhang Kuang are inseparable friends.
The soldiers threw rats and did not dare to move.
Zuo Ruo shouted in response: "Your Excellency the Governor will save the lives of those thirty-eight people, I will entertain Zhang Changshi well, and wait for the general to come to Wuchang Mansion and then discuss."
A column of cavalry took advantage of the fact that the Huguang Chinese army had not completely blocked the Chinese army's tent and left the camp, and He Tengjiao watched those people leave.
What kind of generals there are, what kind of subordinates there are, he seems to have seen the crisis of martial arts in politics
The sound of hooves bursts, and when he left the camp, Zhang Kuang lay on the back of the horse and scolded, seemingly not afraid of Li Hu's blade.
Halfway through, Li Hu felt irritable, got off the horse and grabbed a piece of mud on the side of the road and sealed it on his mouth, so that Zhang Kuang could be honest.