The shouts of killing outside the camp tent never stopped, Xu Ping was a little tired after a busy day, so he ordered his subordinates to stay on guard, the officers and soldiers who had slept in the afternoon were on duty in shifts, and the rest rested in batches, and he himself rested in Yang Wenyue's big tent: "If there is any bad news, wake me up." ”

The subordinates took the order to go, Xu Ping fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, and when he woke up, it was already dawn, Xu Ping jumped up from the bed and walked out of the tent. The guard at the door saluted and said, "General, there is nothing wrong all night." ”

Liu Hong, who was the supreme commander in charge of the guard last night, immediately reported to Xu Ping after seeing him get up: "General, Yang Wenyue tried to gather the stragglers in the early hours of this morning, so he re-erected his banner five miles away from here. ”

"That's the bad thing about not being able to take his banner and seal last night." Xu Ping asked casually, "Did you send troops to expel him?" ”

"Exactly," after Liu Hong found out about Yang Wenyue's move in the early morning, he thought that being too close to his army was a threat, so he sent a hundred soldiers to attack them: "At that time, Yang Wenyue's men were full of rabble, and they made a fuss all night, and everyone was exhausted, and they were scattered with only a few rows of guns. ”

"Good." Xu Ping knew that these Ming troops must be frightened birds, and he didn't know how many people had come, so it was easy to disperse, since Liu Hong didn't wake him up, it must have gone very well: "Is there anything else?" ”

"There are also some officers and soldiers who have done similar things, and the last general has divided his troops to attack and has already broken them all." Liu Hong and the other generals who broke into the camp had solved all these troubles, and did not disturb Xu Ping's sleep for them.

Xu Ping took the guards out of the camp gate to inspect, yesterday this was still the place of the 100,000 Ming army joint camp, when he came, he saw the flag covering the sky and the sun, and now it is a person to go to the camp empty. There was still smoke rising over some of the largest Ming army camps in the vicinity, which had been on fire since last night and had just been extinguished this morning. The fire and the smoke that had not yet dispersed all night announced the crushing defeat of the Ming army to the states and counties in all directions.

Just before and after Xu Ping woke up, the 3,000 men and horses in his rear team were still arriving one after another, and since there was no longer a need to conceal their whereabouts, these intrusive troops arrived at a speed of dozens of miles a day. Now that this place is Xu Ping's world, his subordinates are busy taking in the wounded soldiers and prisoners of the Ming army, bringing them into the large camps that have not been completely burned down for surveillance, and these camps have become ready-made field prisons, saving Xu Ping a lot of trouble.

Surrounded by discarded weapons, stained with blood; The trees and meadows were littered with the marks of fierce fighting, and dark red stains of blood could be seen everywhere; There are also a large number of corpses of Ming soldiers who died in battle, and the Chuang army did not have time to collect and bury them for a while, so they are still filled with more than ten miles of the surrounding area at this moment. There are also many dead people dressed as people, there are more such corpses, most of them were requisitioned by the Ming army, and the result was also killed and wounded in the melee.

Several guards had a smug look on their faces, more like Xu Ping's congratulations: "The general, 100,000 officers and soldiers, turned into nothing overnight, the general is powerful in this battle, and I think that the Hebei soldiers will no longer dare to look directly at the Yellow River." ”

There was also a guard who smiled and said: "Hebei soldiers are in the world, how can they be our opponents?" ”

"Since ancient times, Yan Zhao has been a generous and sad person," Xu Ping sighed, shook his head and objected: "Isn't the new army a direct soldier?" Can't they fight? ”

Several guards from Henan suddenly woke up, Xu Ping in front of him was also from Zhili, and the dead people in this place were all Xu Ping's fellow villagers, and they hid behind Xu Ping and made a few colors to each other, but they didn't say more.

"One will make ten thousand bones wither." A poem suddenly appeared in Xu Ping's heart, he didn't see the looks of the guards behind him, this battle was too easy to win compared to the arduous winter defensive battle, and it was also a more brilliant victory, but at this time, there were far more corpses in front of Xu Ping's eyes than that battle. Xu Ping couldn't help but think: Now the Chuang army only has a few prefectures in Henan Province, and the Ming court can still transfer wave after wave of troops from the two capitals and twelve provinces to encircle and suppress the Chuang army: "If I don't fight to the death, all my subordinates will die without a place to be buried, and the new policy that I have worked so hard to establish in Henan will come to naught, and the people will be slaughtered." But when will this murderous journey end? How many more people do you have to kill to end the troubled times? ”

"Great General," just when Xu Ping's heart was in turmoil, a guard behind him asked curiously, "Is the Great General really the only true disciple of Huang Hou?" Why have you never told us about it, General? ”

"Yes, General." Another guard couldn't help but ask, "Tell us about Huang Hou." ”

Recently, the story about Xu Ping and Zhendonghou has become more and more popular, and the guards feel that Xu Ping may not be willing to say that he has betrayed the school, and they are reluctant to ask at first, but their curiosity is increasing day by day.

"Hou Ye, be merciful," Xu Ping sighed long: "Although Hou Ye is famous for his martial arts, after he became famous, he took it as his responsibility to save people and lived countless lives, well, in fact, in Liaodong, Hou Ye also lived countless lives. ”

After saying this, Xu Ping fell into contemplation again, he remembered that he resolutely joined the army back then, although he also hoped to be as famous as Zhendonghou, and he also hoped to win fame and seal his wife and children, but the most fundamental reason was because he was rescued by Zhendonghou when he was a child, and it was not a time, at this moment, he still had Zhendonghou's pox on his body, so that he could avoid the plague.

"I used to think that as long as I joined the Hou Ye's army, I could save people, follow him to save people, and I could also become famous, there is such a good thing in the world." Xu Ping let out a soft self-deprecation in his heart: "Sure enough, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds, if you want to soar, you have to kill people, kill countless good people, if I don't want to kill, the court will not let me go; I wanted to quit, but the New Army was still chasing me and offering a bounty for my capture. I threw myself into the thieves in a fit of rage, thinking that such a situation could take revenge, protect the people of Henan, and uphold justice, I still thought that there would be the best of both worlds in the world, but the result was still to kill people and kill more people. ”

The guards still seem to be asking all sorts of questions about the Marquis of Zhendong and Xu Ping, most of them about how the Marquis of Zhendong valued him and how he taught him the art of war. And Xu Ping was no longer in the mood to answer and explain, he suddenly felt that Zhendonghou might have the same problem as himself, how to get rid of this never-ending killing road for people who have achieved fame with martial arts.

Xu Ping, who was a little impatient by the guards, replied: "I thought that Zhendonghou's art of war was the end of the road after all, because this is the science of killing, and the person who was really valued by Zhendonghou, I guess Zhendonghou will teach him the science of saving people, I am not Zhendonghou's proud disciple." ”

The guards were dumbfounded, and Xu Ping sighed with emotion: "I am afraid that the victories I have fought are no less than those of Zhendong Hou." If it's just a comparison of the number of times and the number of enemy troops destroyed, I'm afraid Xu Ping is already above the Marquis of Zhendong: "There may be more in the future, but in the future, the evaluation of me cannot be compared with the Marquis of Zhendong in any case." ”

At this time, Xu Ping couldn't help but think that on the road ahead, he would inevitably fight with the Ming army to the end, and the most effective in the Ming army was the new army. Xu Ping shook his head and drove this thought out of his mind, he felt that this idea was too irresponsible, which meant that countless companions who trusted and relied on him would die: "If I defeat the new army and kill many elders like General Pu who I admire, so that I will attack the capital division and destroy the Ming court, then how should I face the Hou Ye?" On the other day, when I arrived under Jiuquan, how should I face Lord Zhang? It's Brother Cao and Brother Jiang, although they were framed and killed by some people in the new army, would they be willing to see me kill the army they worked for? ”

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After two busy days, the Chuang army held all the tens of thousands of prisoners, and they soon began to identify these prisoners, so as to pick out the Ming officers who were mixed in.

Xu Ping called several officers to his side and assigned them the task of dealing with the prisoners. As soon as Xu Ping said a few words at the beginning, he reported outside the tent that someone wanted to see the general. One of Liu Hong's subordinates reported loudly after entering the account: "General Qiyu, General Liu has found a lot of gold and silver treasures in the battalions of officers and soldiers. ”

"Is it the salary of officers and soldiers?" Xu Ping was a little strange. He had already given a clear order on how to deal with the salaries and burdens of officers and soldiers, and Liu Hong must have encountered an unusual situation.

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"No, it's the wealth of the officers and soldiers." The herald said that because of the large number, Liu Hong asked Xu Ping to go over.

"What?" Xu Ping was a little surprised, since Liu Hong didn't dare to deal with it by himself and had to tell him, it showed that it was so much that he needed to take a look.

"Countless, General Liu has ordered a special camp tent to be set up, and let the two account gentlemen go to take inventory."

"Okay, tell General Liu that I'll be over in a moment."

"Obey, General, retire from your duties."

After the herald left, Xu Ping continued to explain his work, and the officers of the army had a lot of confusion about Xu Ping's arrangement, Xu Ping carefully told them his truth, and after everyone was happy and convinced, an hour had passed.

After entering the camp tent that Liu Hong used to house the private money of the Ming army generals, Xu Pingzheng saw a soldier pouring boxes of silver on the ground, several soldiers squatting on the ground and counting loudly, and several tent gentlemen were busy sweating profusely and recorded these numbers in a large thick book.

"The Great General is here." Liu Hong greeted Xu Ping.

Xu Ping slowly turned around in the tent, some jade objects were spread on the ground, and after counting the numbers, the soldiers did not bend over, so they kicked them with their feet into the pile of treasures that had been counted by the tent. A large cloth bag was opened, and it was full of gold and silver jewelry: children's longevity locks, women's hairpins, ornaments flowed out with a clamour, pearls rolled on the ground, trampled into the dirt and no one bent down to pick them up. After the inventory, the soldiers picked up the jewels and threw them into the large baskets beside them, and a dozen baskets that had been used to hold rice were now filled with spiky treasures.

"Naoli is really rich! When the officers and soldiers were crossing the border in Henan and Shaanxi, although the villages and towns along the way were also looted, they had never seen so many treasures. Liu Hong sighed loudly.

The officers and soldiers who participated in the inventory were an eye-opener. On the way south of the Ming army, the main thing was to loot the land of Zhili, and in any guerrilla tent, there were boxes of gold and baskets of silver, but I didn't expect that in the end, all of them were cheaper than Xu Ping.

Liu Hong had already assigned a team of soldiers to guard outside the tent, and had also temporarily organized a search team to inspect the tents of various Ming army generals. Xu Ping saw that he had arranged it well, and was about to leave after a few words of praise, but he heard Liu Hong behind him suddenly cough hard.

Xu Ping turned his head and saw Liu Hong walking quickly to a large basket with jewelry, opening his five fingers and grabbing a large handful from it, and said to Xu Ping in a joking tone; "General, before you came just now, the last general thought that if I secretly caught such a handful, the general would not know about this golden mountain and silver sea."

After Hei Baoyi's death, Xu Ping handed over the armored battalion to Liu Hong, and after this period of coexistence, he admired Liu Hong, and was able to share weal and woe with the soldiers in peacetime, and was also quite wise in wartime. After hearing Liu Hong's words, Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, knowing that he must have something to say and remind himself in front of everyone. Xu Ping silently pondered the meaning of Liu Hong's words, that is, in the blink of an eye, he already knew it in his heart, and Xu Ping immediately ordered: "The guards guarding this tent, as well as the officers and soldiers who counted them, and the tent man, each will be given ten taels of gold." ”

The soldiers in the tent immediately cheered and shouted in unison: "Thank you for the reward, General." ”

Xu Ping smiled at Liu Hong, then turned around and picked up the tent door and walked out.

In the afternoon, the Chuang army counted five guerrillas from nearly 20,000 prisoners of war, more than 100 thousand generals, generals, and even a general soldier Wang Wei. Last night, General Wang was slow to react, remembering that it was too late to break through, and there was already a big chaos in the four places, but he was blocked by the Ming army who bombed the camp, and he was wounded in several places in the melee, relying on the excellent armor and finally not being fatally injured. After dawn today, the soldiers came out to clean up the battlefield, at this time most of the Ming troops had fought to the point that they couldn't even lift their arms, and when the soldiers came over, the soldiers only had the strength to shout "surrender". Mr. Wang, who was paralyzed on the ground, also had no ability to resist, and was obediently arrested with the rout. The prisoner of war camp where Wang Wei was housed was his own camp last night.

After the identification work was completed, Xu Ping ordered a meal, gave more than 20,000 Ming soldiers a full meal, and then each received a tael of silver to go home. Xu Ping only had 5,000 men under his command, and he did not intend to drag himself down for the care of 20,000 prisoners of war. As for the wounded soldiers, they could stay in the camp, and the accompanying military doctor had already gone to treat their wounds, and in order to take care of them, Xu Ping also spent 1,000 taels of silver to recruit a group of honest and honest people from the prisoners of war to stay.

The Ming army officers who had been counted were taken to another large camp to be guarded. Wang Zongbing regained some courage at this time, and when the army came to push him, Wang Zongbing shouted: "The soldier can be killed, but not humiliated, the general will only want to die to serve the country, and he is unwilling to steal his life." ”

The surrounding Ming officers and soldiers looked at Wang Wei one after another, with pity and admiration in their eyes, but everyone immediately retreated a few steps and kept a distance from General Wang. After hearing this shout, Xu Ping waved his subordinates to escort the others away, leaving Wang Wei alone in the center of the field. In fact, after shouting that voice, Mr. Wang regretted it, if the soldiers who pushed him at that time were not so rude, Mr. Wang would have followed him honestly, but at that time, the army was too hard, and it happened to touch his wounds.

Xu Ping did not give an order immediately, but turned around and said a few words to the guards beside him. When he saw Xu Ping walking quickly towards him, Wang Zongbing's calves and stomach involuntarily began to tremble, but before he opened his mouth to beg for mercy, Xu Ping had already smiled, hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be the famous Wang Shuai, and it is better to meet Xu Ping, who is really famous." ”

"I have long admired General Xu's name." Wang Zongbing hurriedly returned the salute.

"In Wang Shuai's camp, I found a concubine of Wang Shuai, who originally planned to send her back to Beijing with the families of other generals, since Wang Shuai is here, it is just time to return to Zhao in Xia."

While speaking, the guards behind Xu Ping had already brought a carriage and opened the curtain of the carriage, Wang Wei glanced inside, and Xu Ping stood behind Wang Wei and said with a smile: "I have ordered to prepare a horse for Wang Shuai, so let's go with my family. ”

Wang Wei turned his head and asked cautiously, "Does General Xu really want to leave below?" ”

Xu Ping smiled and asked, "Does Wang Shuai want to stay here for a long time?" ”

Wang Wei was a little at a loss, but in front of so many people, he was not willing to show weakness to a thief - since he pretended to be hard, he simply pretended to be the end, he was a little worried that Xu Ping would backtrack, so he took advantage of Xu Ping's words to regret it, and immediately replied: "Since General Xu said so, then the commander will resign, and there will be a period later." ”

Seeing Wang Wei leave so easily, the officers and soldiers around Xu Ping who broke into the camp had a look of surprise on their faces, and those Ming army prisoners had complicated expressions, and many people first regretted that they did not show the same backbone as Wang Wei - since Xu Ping is such a tough man; But then they became worried again - maybe Xu Ping would send troops to chase and kill, and Wang Wei and his family would definitely not be able to go fast in the carriage.

However, Xu Ping didn't show anything, after sending Wang Wei away, Xu Ping sent an order to entertain those Ming army officers who were locked up, and he did not secretly order his subordinates to pursue Wang Wei's family who left in a hurry.

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