"My lord, look, the Tartar is gone?" Ma Biao shouted at the top of his voice.

Zhang Ke and Qiao Tieshan hurriedly climbed the city to look into the distance, and sure enough, the cavalry of the Tartars formed a long line and ran south.

"Uncle Qiao, do you think the Tartar is real or fake?"

Qiao Tieshan shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know, I look at the direction, maybe it's going to Daqing Fort, maybe it's a plan to lure us out of the city." ”

Zhang Ke nodded: "Everyone strictly guards the city, don't slack off, Ma Biao, you take a few people out of the city to have a look." ”

"Yes!" Ma Biao turned to leave.

Zhang Ke let out a long breath, "Wu Boyan, have the casualties of the brothers been counted?" ”

When it comes to casualties, everyone's expressions are not very good-looking.

Wu Boyan walked out with a solemn face, bowed down and said: "Lord Qiyu, within five days, we have experienced three battles in a row, seven soldiers were sacrificed in the battle to defend against the Xiashan Tiger, the latter two were seriously wounded and died, three brothers were sacrificed in the sneak attack on the Black Mountain Pass, one was missing, and twenty-seven soldiers were sacrificed in defense of the Tartar attack, and five seriously wounded were dying, and a total of sixty or seventy people were lightly and seriously wounded......"

Wu Boyan said as he spoke, tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of his eyes, the total number of soldiers who died was more than forty people, even if the wounded could save their lives, some of them could not return to the army because of their disabilities, and the battle was over, and the troops were reduced by at least fifty people!

Fifty people!

A whole team, Hewan Village is only five squads, and there are no two percent of the troops in one fell swoop! If it were an ordinary Ming army, it would have collapsed a long time ago, but fortunately, the big guys were oppressed by the Tartars, and there was bitterness and hatred in their hearts, and Zhang Ke took the lead and boosted the morale of the big guys, otherwise how could a small village in the sea withstand the repeated attacks of bandits and Tartars!

Zhang Ke had long regarded these soldiers as his family's team, and the casualties were far greater than he imagined, Zhang Ke sat on the city wall in pain, holding his head in his hands.

"It's all because I didn't think about it well, if I hadn't led everyone to Hewan Village, maybe I wouldn't have sacrificed so much!"

Yue Zixuan hurriedly stood up: "My lord, don't blame yourself, without you, it wouldn't be a matter of forty or fifty people dying, maybe four or five hundred!" The brothers died unjustly, as long as they treated their families well! ”

Qiao Tieshan also said: "That's right, we have fought quite well, even if the border army of the Ming Dynasty faces the attack of the Tartars, it is very difficult to win less, we have killed almost hundreds of Tartars, and it is a great achievement to put them on the nine sides......

When Qiao Tieshan said this, he suddenly jumped up from the ground and jumped three feet high.

"Quick, get out of town!"

Qiao Fu was confused, and couldn't help asking, "Dad, what's wrong with you, it's burned?" ”

"You just burned it, a pile of hats and silver outside the city, do you want it?"

Zhang Ke frowned, "Uncle Qiao, what hat?" ”

"Official hat!" Qiao Tieshan said excitedly: "We just think about killing the enemy, just thinking about keeping our village, why do we forget, killing Tartars is meritorious, we have killed hundreds of Tartars, this is a great achievement, the court wants to reward, to be promoted!" ”

Zhang Ke finally came to his senses now, in fact, at the beginning, Zhang Ke only thought that this was a battle for survival, and everyone was defending their homeland and surviving. As soon as Qiao Tieshan said this, Zhang Ke's mind suddenly opened.

Killing hundreds of Tartars, even if it was placed a few decades ago, it was not a small achievement, not to mention that now the Ming Dynasty has lost consecutive battles in Liaodong, and the old face has been lost, and the bright color in the gloom is even more precious!

Zhang Ke suddenly stood up: "Uncle Qiao is right to remind us, we are not a militia group, but a real border army, and this official is still trying a hundred households!" Although I haven't gotten the ...... yet."

Qiao Tieshan laughed: "With these heads, don't talk about trying a hundred households, a hundred households can't stop it, if you don't want to be directly promoted to a thousand households, you will be on the same level as Lord Beiyu!" ”

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "Military merits are not mine, everyone who died in the war has a share, and the brothers who fought bravely in everything are promoted." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Yue Zixuan led the way to give Zhang Ke a salute, everyone has to look forward, it is sad to sacrifice so much, but to be promoted to official wealth and glorify the ancestors is even more eagerly awaited by the big guys.

In a blink of an eye, the whole village was filled with joy, and Ma Biao led the people back from outside.

"My lord, the Tartars are indeed gone, and there are still a lot of seriously wounded people left in their barracks waiting to die!"

Zhang Ke's face bloomed with joy, and he laughed and said, "What are you waiting for, go out of the city and cut off people's heads!" ”

The big guy suddenly agreed, Qiao Tieshan led fifty people to guard outside, Yue Zixuan and Qiao Fu each brought fifty people, and came out with knives and axes.

It was freezing cold, and the corpses were frozen harder than bricks in one night.

Yue Zixuan didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, he directly swung the big axe, cut off the head, the more he chopped, the more he slashed, the more he slashed, he even threw off the leather jacket, bare all tendon meat, and the axe was like a wheel, and in a blink of an eye, the head of the tartar was piled up.

"Be careful, a strong Tartar's head can be promoted to the next level, and if you don't get promoted, you can exchange it for fifty taels of silver, be careful!" Qiao Tieshan reminded loudly.

Hearing that the head was so expensive, Yue Zixuan finally calmed down.

Zhang Ke watched everyone busy with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Qiao, you can be promoted to a level with one head, I see that this time the credit is up, not to mention that there are dozens of more general flags and small flags in the army!"

Qiao Tieshan lowered his voice and said: "Second nephew, now the situation in the Liaodong Imperial Court is not good, you have won a big victory, if you take all the credit on yourself, I am afraid that you will be able to rise to a thousand households immediately." Back then, the eldest brother only rose to 1,000 households after a year or two, which is a lot slower than you, this is the tiger father without a dog! ”

Zhang Ke was also thrilled when he heard it, Qianhu is an official position of the fifth grade, and he is qualified to serve as a garrison and prepare for an official position, and he is in charge alone. Climbing up further is a guerrilla, a general, which is equivalent to stepping into the ranks of senior military attachés.

Powerful and majestic, which man doesn't want this, Zhang Ke gradually became short of breath, and his face turned red.

"Brother Ke, we have cut off a total of seventy-three heads, and some of the Tartar wounded were rescued overnight yesterday, otherwise at least a hundred could be chopped! Daddy, why didn't you remind us earlier! Qiao Fu said with a chagrin.

Zhang Ke gradually regained his composure, and said with a smile: "Didn't Ma Biao just say that there are still wounded people in the Tartar camp, you should go quickly, don't let them go!" ”‘

"I see!"

Qiao Fu and Yue Zixuan ran away, Zhang Ke glanced at Qiao Tieshan, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Uncle Qiao, it has been less than ten days since I led the army, and I have been promoted to a thousand households, is it really good?" ”

"This?" Qiao Tieshan was also stunned and said, "Relying on your own merits to get promoted, what's wrong!" ”

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "Uncle Qiao, things are not so simple, Liaodong's generals are intertwined from top to bottom, greedy and despicable, and they are also jealous of the virtuous. Why did Xu Bangyan hire a tiger to deal with us, firstly, because he was afraid that I would poke out his ugly deeds, and secondly, he was also afraid that if we showed it, it would threaten his position! ”

"If I suddenly rise, doesn't it seem that these generals in Liaodong are incompetent? Will they be willing? Besides, we have just formed new recruits, and we haven't trained them yet, and our fists are not hard, and a sudden promotion is tantamount to sitting on a crater! ”

Qiao Tieshan frowned slightly, and Zhang Ke continued: "In addition to these generals, there is also a hidden danger, our subordinates are all ordinary people who ran out of the Tartars. These people have not settled down in the court, and it stands to reason that they have lost face, and they may be given small shoes to wear in the future. My idea is to use this credit to make the imperial court officially accept the big guy. ”

Hearing Zhang Ke's analysis, Qiao Tieshan couldn't help but nodded.

"Hey, I have long known that the affairs of the court are a bunch of bad debts, a bunch of dog officials, nothing can be done openly, anyway, if you think about it thoroughly, uncle will not bother to think about it!"

Zhang Ke smiled slightly: "I'm also thinking about it, when the Tartar retreats, I'll ask Lord Wang Huazhen for instructions to see what he means." ”

While he was talking, Qiao Fu had already returned from the Tartar barracks with his people, and they searched around, and the Tartars left behind more than a dozen abandoned tents, and nineteen seriously wounded inside, all of them were dying, and some of them had simply died.

The gangster Anergai obeyed the construction of the Xiashan Tiger and wanted to attack the Daqing Fort, and with these were all burdens, he could only throw them down. Qiao Fu and Yue Zixuan were unceremoniously, and after rushing in, they cut off their heads with a mess.

They still didn't find it enjoyable, but three days ago they had defeated the Lower Mountain Tiger and killed a lot of bandits. It was impossible to bury it in the cold weather, so it was temporarily placed in the valley. The big guys were all found, but fortunately only five or six corpses were eaten by the wolves, and the rest were all intact and frozen like stones.

I cut off all these heads, and after a rough calculation, there were 92 Tartar heads and 65 bandit heads.

The military exploits of the early Ming Dynasty not only attached importance to merit, but also attached importance to the battlefield, such as beheading generals and capturing the flag, such as turning the tide, and aiding friendly troops. It stands to reason that this is a more scientific method, but the battlefield table must be verified by officials on the front line, otherwise it will become a fabrication. At present, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have no courage and choose the simplest method, that is, to calculate the work, how many heads give how much credit, simple and clear. However, it is precisely because of this that many generals have killed good people and risked their merits, and there are even things about buying and selling Tartar heads on the nine sides.

In any case, these heads are genuine, especially those Tartars are all descendants of Anergai, all of them are strong and powerful, no matter who sees them, they dare not deny Zhang Ke's contributions!

"My lord, where do these heads go?"

Zhang Ke thought for a while and said: "The Tartars haven't left yet, and the officials who inspected them haven't arrived, so they are all placed in front of the sacrificed brothers' spirits for the time being, so let's comfort the spirits in the sky." ”

"Yes!" Yue Zixuan excitedly greeted everyone and moved the heads into the city.

The piles of small hills of human heads were placed in front of them, and the old and young people in the village were smiling, Zhang Ke took out the silver seized from the Black Mountain Pass, released the bereavement and rewards in advance, and pushed the atmosphere of the village to a high point.

Everyone was beaming, even if there were relatives who sacrificed, they also felt that Zhang Ke treated his subordinates kindly and generously, in this troubled world, what else could he ask for!

Just when everyone thanked Zhang Ke together, suddenly Qiao Gui, who was in charge of patrolling, ran in with a person.

The person Zhang Keyi looked at was Zhou Langzhong, and he was taken aback.

"Mr. Zhou, do you have anything to do?"

Zhou Langzhong saw Zhang Ke, and as soon as his knees were weak, he knelt on the ground.

"Zhang Erlang, I beg you for the people of Daqing Fort, save us!"

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