"Don't be discouraged, there is no shame in defeating under our Runing Army!" Cheng Niu said with a smile while patting his war horse.

Since he was responsible for pulling down the camp fence, Cheng Niu followed behind the main force and didn't get any fight. But Cheng Niu never got off the horse, and he was really addicted to being a cavalryman, but this weight weighed his war horse enough.

It wasn't until the end of the battle that Cheng Niu got off his horse and fed under the order of the company commander, and saw that Cheng Niu was in good spirits when he rode on the horse, so the company commander simply sent him to guard the prisoner.

This time, Liu Guoneng brought a total of 12,000 to 3,000 people to the right flank of the peasant army to set up camp, all of them were young and strong men, and nearly half of them were from his old battalion. But when he robbed the camp just now, he was killed by more than a thousand people at once. And more than 6,000 people surrendered to the Runing army.

After collecting their weapons, the Runing army drove the prisoners into the empty camp. Li Sanhe only let two companies of soldiers guard the prisoners to prevent them from storming Liu Guoneng's camp again. The Runing Army didn't care whether the prisoners ran away or not, because they had to seize the time to recover their strength, prepare to withstand the counterattack of the peasant army after dawn, and also unite with Xue Yongli's main force to completely defeat the peasant army on the middle and left roads.

And Cheng Niu's character is self-familiar, so he chatted with the captives sitting on the ground.

"You guys haode days, but weishenme want to rebel? But it's no wonder you, when I was in Runing, the land was barren, and I couldn't borrow grain from Liu Yuan's family, so my family fled everywhere and wanted to find a place to work for a short time. ”

Listening to Cheng Niu's memories, those captives who had the same experience gradually raised their heads and listened carefully to Cheng Niu's words with their ears pricked up.

"There's nowhere to go! Thinking of the county seat, the county gate is closed, and we are guarded like thieves, and there is no way to drive the next county seat. Halfway down the road, my mother and my two younger siblings were starving to death. People are not as good as dogs! I couldn't even find a mat. It can only be hastily buried. It wasn't until I was paid as a soldier that I wanted to get them out and bury them properly. But I can't find it! Alas! ”

"Then the eldest brother is the only one left in the family?" A peasant army captive who was only sixteen or seventeen years old seemed to have forgotten his fear, and asked Cheng Niudao.

"And a sister!" Cheng Niu smiled at the young captive and said, "But at that time, she was also skinny, and it seemed that she couldn't hold on." Fortunately, when we meet our adults, we have a kind heart, so let's go to Zhuangzi together. The first meal in Zhuangzi was fragrant! White-flour buns, such a big one! Cheng Niu gestured to the captives. But the people in the Zhuangzi didn't let me eat, so they gave me gruel, and I was in a hurry, so I went up and grabbed it. ”

"Did you grab it?" The young man asked again, and the other captives also stared at Cheng Niu curiously.

"Nope!" Cheng Niu smiled embarrassedly. "There were so many of them that three or four of them pressed me to the ground. But it's for my own sake. Those who are hungry and panicked should not eat dry food.

"Big brother! Why are you a soldier again? The boy asked again. I was very kind when I saw Cheng Niu. The captives all raised their heads towards Cheng Niu.

"You don't understand!" When it comes to his experience as a soldier, Cheng Niu is a little proud, "It's a good place for us to be soldiers in the Runing Army." Not to mention being well fed and clothed, you can also have a daughter-in-law and divide the land. It's those few people who don't give me dry food, and when they saw that I had a lot of strength, they let me join the team to protect the village. Later, I was recruited into the Runing Army. ”

"Really? Can you also have a daughter-in-law and land? A captive on the side couldn't help but interject.

"What are you lying about?" Cheng Niuyi raised his eyebrows. "You'll come in later anyway, and you'll know when the time comes."

"We have a chance, too?" The captive was in disbelief.

"Of course!" Cheng Niu's expression was quite proud, "But only haode, those who join the army can get it." Those who farm in Zhuangzi or open mines in mines can only go to their daughters-in-law by themselves. The time for dividing the land is also much slower. ”

Cheng Niu's words immediately made the captives boil, and they asked all kinds of questions about the Runing Army, which made Cheng Niu overwhelmed. So Cheng Niu immediately beckoned: "Everyone be quiet, come one by one!" Then, Cheng Niu saw that the young captive seemed to have something to say, so he pointed at him and asked, "Little brother! You speak first! ”

The young man swallowed and vomited for a while, and then held back a sentence: "Big brother! Do you have food here? I'm a little hungry now. The young man's words immediately caused a commotion from everyone.

Cheng Niu also couldn't stop laughing, and after a while, Cheng Niu stopped laughing and said to the young man: "Our Runing Army has never been hungry. Wait a minute! The meal should be almost there, and it should be your share. ”

"Big brother! You have food here so early? Another captive asked. At that time, poor families often ate two meals, usually breakfast and lunch together, which is why the captive would ask such a question.

Cheng Niu nodded and replied, "We have always eaten three meals here. Breakfast is about to begin. ”

As if to confirm Cheng Niu's statement, several soldiers of the Runing Army distributed the dry food placed on the cart to everyone, and also carried more than a dozen bags of grain and threw them into the group of prisoners.

All the food was not burned in Liu Guoneng's camp, and he didn't have time to cook, so he could only let those prisoners solve it by themselves.

After hearing about the prospects of the United States in the Runing Army, and having food to eat, those prisoners also settled down, and some of those who wanted to find a chance to escape did not run, and were busy making fires and cooking.

While waiting, the young man asked Cheng Niu again: "Big brother, is it easy to join your official army?" ”

Cheng Niu smiled and shook his head: "It's not easy!" But if you can ride a horse and be literate, you can join right away. ”

"Big brother! I can ride a horse! Recruit me in! The boy jumped for joy at once.

"Go, go!" Cheng Niu immediately drove the young man, "You haven't grown yet, let's talk about it in two years!" ”

"Big brother! I'm just small, I'm eighteen! The young man was a little anxious, "Big brother, don't you believe it?" Lend me your horse for two laps. ”

"It's even more nonsense! Can you borrow a horse casually? Cheng Niu immediately refused.

"That'...... That big brother! Let's just show you how strong I am. The stone over there, I'll lift it up. The boy was so anxious that tears rolled in his eyes.

"But it's useless for you to lift it! I don't care about recruiting troops, and when this battle is over, I'll go talk to the commander? Cheng Niu reluctantly told the truth.

As soon as they heard that Cheng Niu had agreed, the captives wanted to surround them. The soldiers of Runing, who were watching the bustle on the sidelines, immediately put away their smiles and raised their weapons to prevent those prisoners from approaching. Cheng Niu also shouted anxiously: "My old cow is a good talker, but don't move!" Don't forget! You're all captives! ”

Hearing this, the captives remembered their identity. (To be continued......)