Chapter 33 A thousand pounds of grain, a hundred gold coins
Of course, dissatisfaction in his heart was dissatisfaction, out of fear of Chen Wu and Dian Yong, Li San did not show this dissatisfaction on weekdays, but enthusiastically joined the volunteer battalion. Don't get me wrong, he didn't do this to kill officials and rebel, but to find an opportunity to make a profit, and then immediately go away.
When he set up camp last night, Li San had the idea of sneaking into the camp and stealing a sack of food to escape. It's just that the camp of the rebels has always been guarded, and it seems that it is very well defended, and he didn't find a chance to do it.
Now it's different.
The ranks of the righteous army were scattered, and the volunteer battalion and the two large groups of infantry were busy encircling and attacking Nanjiazhuang, and no one cared about this side at all. After secretly observing for a while, Li San pretended to have a bad stomach and wanted to go to the toilet, so he broke away from the rebel army with a humming and chirping, and slipped into front of the convoy formed by more than a dozen large cars parked while people were not paying attention. Almost all the food, salt, money, etc., of the rebels were stored here, and there were a few horses that were kept as spare because there were not enough riders.
No one knew that Li San could actually ride a horse.
He had already thought of a plan, just waiting for this opportunity to steal a sack of grain, and then ride to his distant relatives in Guang'an County. With these 100 catties of grain and a horse, are you afraid that you won't be able to survive this year's famine?
As for rebellion, who likes to do it, he has nothing to do with him Li Sanke.
Due to the key protection, it is not so easy to touch here, at least through two sentry posts inside and outside. Even if you are lucky enough to escape, you will be chased by the horse team. But now, the rebels only left four people to guard outside, and the attention of these four people was almost all attracted by the battle under the Tuweizi of Nanjiazhuang. The horse team is also patrolling outside Nanjiazhuang, as long as he doesn't run to Yicheng, no one can find out.
It's a godsend!
After quietly carrying a bag of grain and tying it to the horse, Li San took advantage of the chaos to secretly lead the horse out. Along the way, I was lucky not to be discovered. In a few moments, Li Sanshun escaped from the camp, turned on his horse and galloped southwest—if he had a qiēshun lì, he would have been able to enter Guang'an in three days.
However, when people are proud, they tend to be happy and sad.
Li San is like this, after running a few hundred meters and realizing that no one can catch up with him, Li San laughed proudly. But before the laughter was over, a tripwire hidden under the grass was suddenly pulled up. Where did Li San expect that someone was plotting against him here, and he tripped without suspense, and even fell down with people and horses. The horse was not running fast with food, and Li San was still stunned by the fall, and his eyes were full of Venus.
When he finally came back from his trance, he found that he had been caught.
"It's you!"
Seeing Gan Xing standing in front of him with a smile on his face, looking down at himself, Li San couldn't help but be shocked. Although the smile on the other party's face looked kind, it gave him a chilling feeling for some reason. Realizing the danger, Li San forced himself to calm down, and at the same time pretended to be angry and said: "It's all my own family, why are you tripping me?" ”
"Your own family?"
Gan Xing looked at him contemptuously, as if he was looking at a dead dog waiting to be slaughtered: "After stealing the grain, grass and horses of the righteous army, he fled without permission, he is already a rebel, and he should be beheaded according to military regulations." Who is your own family? ”
It's been discovered!
Li San's pupils contracted violently, and under the horror, he couldn't help but struggle desperately, and said, "There must be a misunderstanding here, I don't have the idea of defecting to the rebels." I want to see my Li family's patriarch Li Qingshan, and his old man can help me prove ......"
His words were interrupted by a slap from Gan Xing.
Under the pain, Li San, whose cheeks were swollen, only let out a whining sound, and then his mouth was blocked by rags.
"Tie me up, behead me before encamping in the evening!"
Gan Xing commanded his subordinates, and when he saw Li San, who was still struggling, the smile on his face gradually faded, and a trace of coldness appeared. Within a quarter of an hour of attacking Nanjiazhuang, there were already two traitors. I just don't know, after this battle, how many deserters will be caught by him?
Gan Xing thought with some ill intentions.
………
While Gan Xing's men were busy escorting Li San back, the battle in front of the main gate of Tuweizi continued.
A chaotic war without rules and regulations is really not efficient. It took nearly a quarter of an hour for none of the soldiers sent out to break through the earthen enclosure. Even, under the harassment of the Nanjiazhuang militia, the infantry army that injured five or six people and killed one person did not even break the gate of the village, but only cut off two fixed shafts. Of course, there is a reason why the weapons are not sharp enough, but the main reason is that the combat power of these rebels is too low.
"There's a long way to go......"
Chen Wu sat up straight on his horse, and after continuing to watch the battle for a while, he sighed and finally gave a new order.
The sound of the gong soon sounded, passed through the noisy battlefield, and reached the ears of the infantry army, which was the so-called "Mingjin Retreat". But obviously, the infantry, who had already been knocked unconscious, did not react at the first time, but instinctively felt that the sound of the broken gong was harsh. After a while, the captains of the infantry army remembered the meaning of Mingjin's representation one after another, greeted each other, and withdrew back with a swarm of men.
If there is no first brigade in the back, if Nanjiazhuang is more bold to chase out, this chaotic retreat may turn into a rout.
All kinds of flaws are insufficient, and the two knowledgeable people in the righteous army who watched shook their heads.
It can only be said that this battle was too much of a defeat - in every sense.
"However, this is also the purpose of military training!"
Chen Wu said without being discouraged, and then drove his horse to catch up, ordering the captains of each team to reorganize the team, and at the same time arranging for someone to bandage and apply medicine to the wounded. Just to clean it up, another quarter of an hour was wasted.
During this period, there was no change in the people of Nanjiazhuang.
In the battle just now, although Chen Wu's rebels suffered several casualties, the people of Nanjiazhuang were not having a good time. Although no one died due to the geographical advantage, the combined minor and serious injuries were only more than those of the rebels. After all, the infantry troops attacking on the side of the rebels were carefully selected by Chen Wu, and they had been trained for a few days, and they were fully armed in their hands, and they were stronger than these spontaneous people.
There were so many injuries in just one battle, which undoubtedly frightened several principals in Nanjiazhuang.
They could clearly see that in the battle just now, the losses suffered by the rebels were not large, and they only used a small part of their strength. With such an attack, Nanjiazhuang may be able to hold out one more wave, at most two waves, and then it will lose its ability to resist because everyone who can fight is injured. And the thieves, enraged by the heavy losses, were afraid of bloodbathing them after capturing Nanjiazhuang - as one of the few villages and towns closest to Changshan Town, of course they had heard of Dian Yong's murderous name, and they had a lot of demonization.
This battle can't be fought again!
Several leading figures in charge of the matter quickly reached a unanimous decision.
Soon, before the rebels re-attacked, an old man with a white beard volunteered to sit in a basket and was put down. He is already at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he has lived enough, so he naturally doesn't care what the thieves outside do to him. The worst result is nothing more than one step early, a handful of old bones, what is there to be afraid of?
Seeing that Nanjiazhuang sent such an old man who walked tremblingly, the rebels did not stop him. After a slight body search, he was brought to Chen Wu.
"It's time to negotiate conditions."
Chen Wu and Dian Yong glanced at each other, and they both knew the old man's intention.
Although the result was doomed before the fight, for the sake of this old man, the two of them didn't mind hearing about Nanjiazhuang's conditions.
"I've seen two generals."
Surrounded by a group of sword-wielding rebels, the old man was not afraid, standing in front of Chen Wu and Dian Yong on horseback, and was about to kneel and kowtow.
This is a bit of a life-breaker.
Chen Wu frowned, and hurriedly ordered Li Niu next to him to stop him, and said kindly: "The old man doesn't know what to teach me?" ”
"Don't dare." Seeing that Chen Wu seemed to be quite good at talking, the old man bowed and said, "The general is so heroic, he wants to raise troops to do great things, I admire him." It's just that the small people in Nanjiazhuang don't dare to expect to follow the general, just want to live safely. If the general's army is willing to leave, I can send thousands of catties of grain and 100 gold coins to express my heart. ”
Thousands of pounds of grain, 100 gold coins!
Even for Changshan Town, this number is not small. For Nanjiazhuang, which has only more than 100 households, it is definitely to take out all the wealth at the bottom of the box.
Obviously, the thousands of Taiping Righteous Army members put more pressure on them than ordinary.