Liu Laoliu is not the first time to sign up for the new army, three years ago when the new army was just established, his brother-in-law suggested that he join the new army, Liu Laoliu still remembers the original words of his brother-in-law at that time: "Huanghou martial arts is the world, that the fight is not the same as the end of the gang, I heard that the new army is not in arrears of military salaries." When the time comes, not only will you get money, but you will also have an imperial reward for winning the battle, where can you find this good thing in the world? ”

The brother-in-law had joined the army three times before, and every time he got the settling-in fee, he became a deserter and earned dozens of taels of extra money, but that time the brother-in-law swore and said: "The good bird chooses the wood to rest, this time I must follow Huang Hou to work hard, and also have a wife." ”

"What about him, an old ruffian, and a good bird? I didn't see that he could still drag idioms. But the words of the brother-in-law made Liu Lao Liu deeply convinced, and the thought of Liu Lao Liu, the cute son of his wife, was also a little moved, although the mother-in-law at home was a little worried, but even Liu Lao Liu couldn't help but reprimand her: "Long hair, short knowledge." The new army has been working for half a year on the top of the monthly salary, and is fighting with Huang Hou, where will there be danger? ”

The next day, the two of them went to join the army, and their wives were also full of joy to pack up the two of them and go out, but unexpectedly, the registration station for recruiting soldiers of the new army was crowded with people, all of whom were volunteers in the army, and the conditions for recruiting soldiers in the new army were also extremely harsh. Height, weight, there is no unrequisitioned, Liu Lao Liu and his brother-in-law were brushed down like this, and I heard that among the people who signed up, four can leave one. When I returned home, I learned that several young people who usually played together had also signed up for the new army, but like Liu Laoliu, they didn't mention it to anyone, for fear that they wouldn't be able to grab the first, but no one was selected.

The first time the new army opened the victory, a young man named Xu Ping became famous, at that time Liu Lao Liu was also complained by his mother-in-law, people are also volunteers in the army, and they also started from small soldiers, and this time they got the glory and wealth in their hands. Looking at the little copper money that she took home every month, her mother-in-law complained that she had not married the right person in her life. In a fit of anger, Liu Lao Liu scolded: "Then I divorced you, I heard that Xu Ping is so poor that he has never married, you should marry him." ”

Because of this, Liu Lao Liu hated Xu Ping too. The first defeat of the Shandong New Army, Xu Ping became a prisoner in a blink of an eye, Liu Laoliu was very gloating, and his brother-in-law and several other people who did not sign up successfully also got together for a drink - watch him rise up a tall building, watch him collapse the building.

A few years have passed, and the new army has continued to expand, one after another to fight in the Central Plains, and several times it has been beaten back by Xu Ping, the general of Dashun on the opposite side. When talking about this, Liu Laoliu and his brother-in-law felt incredible: there are two masters and apprentices, and General Xu is still the only disciple of Huang Hou, what are they fighting

And when it comes to the first battle of Shandong, everyone has become suspicious, Huang Hou, who has never accepted apprentices all his life, is the only disciple, and his ability seems to be a great figure, why did Shandong become a Qin in the first war?

Although the war in the Central Plains was far away for the people of Zhili, it had also become the main topic of conversation after dinner. Last year, the new army was defeated again, and the list of recruiting soldiers was posted almost all over the city of Beijing, but there was no longer the scene of the swarming away in the past, and Liu Laoliu did not plan to send him to death.

Until the middle of last year, Liu Laoliu's brother-in-law returned to Beijing. After being rejected by the new army, his brother-in-law was furious...... To be precise, he was not willing to work in a down-to-earth manner, so he went elsewhere to join the army, and in the past few years, he has served as a Lu army and a Bianjun. When his brother-in-law went home, he brought a bag full of silver, saying that he had earned it when he was a soldier, and he had met that General Xu several times.

"I heard that the first battle in Shandong was because General Xu killed less people, so he was not used to being looked down upon by his colleagues." After going out to mix for a few years, his brother-in-law can be regarded as well-informed, he told Liu Laoliu: "Inspector Hou ordered to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and most of the new military camps carried out the order, and General Xu seemed to have killed two or three hundred people only after his soft heart." At the beginning, he didn't move when everyone else did it, like the fire battalion that killed thousands, but all those who refused to do it died, either in the hands of the superintendent, or in the hands of the Dongjiang army. General Xu still killed two or three hundred, so he was not immediately executed, but he still became a prisoner. ”

"He is Huang Hou's disciple, why didn't Huang Hou save him?"

"It's because of Huang Hou's disciples that they are unlucky," Lian Lian said with spit flying: "The court thinks that Huang Hou wants to buy people's hearts, so they want Huang Hou's people to also stain blood, and the other battalions are all doing it, I heard that General Xu is very slow to react, of course the court is unwilling, if Huang Hou speaks for him at this time, isn't this really buying people's hearts?" If you speak for your disciples, won't you become a secret confidant who violates the yang and yin of the court? ”

"I see."

"This is also a self-reaping fruit, making General Xu a prisoner is the imperial court to give Huang Hou a color to see, but General Xu was angry and went to break into the thief," the brother-in-law said that Xu Ping also sighed: "General Xu does not kill prisoners or slaughter cities, and he is quite popular in Henan, I see, this battle is difficult to fight." ”

After finishing speaking, Lian Lian proposed to sign up for the new army, and Liu Lao Liu was surprised: "You just said ......"

"I can also see it, the new army is no different from other Ming armies, the same as being a soldier and eating a mixed life, don't want to point to military merits to get ahead, I will slip away when I get the settling-in allowance, what are you afraid of? I really can't slip away, and General Xu won't kill prisoners, and I'll hand over the gun when the time comes, and it's not a? ”

In this way, Liu Lao Liu and his brother-in-law went to the army again, saying goodbye to the crying mother-in-law, Liu Lao Liu came to the recruitment office of the new army for the second time, this time there were no physical requirements, and Liu Lao Liu joined the army that day There were also a few skinny beggars, and the new army also accepted them. Liu Laoliu and his brother-in-law were assigned to the rebuilt Changqing Battalion, which was the battalion that General Xu participated in establishing and was eliminated by him personally, and his brother-in-law smiled privately at that time: "Don't say it, we are really close to General Xu." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, what if we are sent to fight General Xu again?"

"Run, what else is there to think about?" The brother-in-law replied happily.

On the way to Shanxi, the corpses of deserters were hung at the camp gate every day, looking at the bloody corpses Liu Laoliu felt weak for a while, and even persuaded him to escape several times but did not dare to agree: "Didn't you say that General Xu would not kill prisoners?" If you win, you will have an imperial reward, and if you lose, you can hand over the gun. ”

Just the day before yesterday, the brother-in-law took advantage of an opportunity to chop firewood and escaped, this unrighteous guy, but the brother-in-law was not in Liu Laoliu and didn't dare to run, he finally made the chief believe that he didn't know that the brother-in-law was going to run. For the sake of the imminent war, the commander of the team didn't embarrass him too much, but just explained that he didn't give Liu Laoliu a chance to get out of the camp - in fact, he didn't dare to run even if he gave Liu Laoliu a chance to run, he was not familiar with his life in Shanxi, and he was surrounded by troops of the New Army, and he didn't know the way home and didn't want to be caught and beaten up and then hang the corpse at the camp gate.

Looking at the dense black flags on the opposite mountain, Liu Laoliu, who was on the battlefield for the first time, felt that his legs and stomach were only trembling, and when the drum sounded, the partner on the left complained: "Why are we going to fight them?" Wouldn't it be nice for us to stay here and wait for them to come down and beat us? ”

"Officials are fools." The companion on the right replied approvingly.

Guochang didn't seem to hear the whispers of the soldiers.

However, the military fate is difficult to disobey, Liu Lao Liu They listened to the drums, and they could only climb up the mountain, the cannons behind them kept roaring, Liu Lao Liu heard another companion behind him muttering: "Our cannons are so many, can't we blow them down?" ”

"Officials are fools." Liu Laoliu whispered in response, but Guo Chang still didn't seem to hear anything.

The black flag was getting closer and closer, and gradually, Liu Lao Liu could see the enemy soldiers under the banner, they were standing there straight one by one, and then several smoke screens rose on the opposite side - this was not caused by his own artillery, but the opponent's artillery began to fire back.

"Damn, thieves also have cannons."

A soldier scolded.

"Keep your training in mind." The fruit chief finally spoke.

The drums don't stop, so let's keep walking.

"It seems that these thieves will not run away," Liu Lao Liu looked at the enemy in front of him, and silently said in his heart: "Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, why don't they run away?" ”

Countless white smoke suddenly rose from the opposite side, followed by a dense gunfire like fried beans, and then a lot of screams:

"Oops."

"Lao Tzu was hit."

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

Liu Laoliu looked left and right, and several people were hit, fell to the ground, and shouted loudly while covering their injuries.

The pace of the companions around him slowed down, and Liu Lao Liu also slowed down his pace to ensure that he did not stand out from the queue, since the footsteps were to step on the drum, then the pace should be smaller.

There was another volley on the opposite side, and this time more of his companions fell.

"Fight back." Someone shouted: "Why don't you fight back when you are beaten?" ”

Liu Lao Liu walked more slowly, but the order to return fire was still not given.

"Since the thieves can hit us, then we can also hit them, why don't you fight back, isn't this sending you to death?" Liu Lao Liu slandered, and kept looking at the fruit chief, hoping that the order to shoot would be issued soon.

……

"Why is the striker walking so slowly?" He Baodao looked at the distance between the two armies, and began to fire a salvo at the current position, the two sides were exhausted, and they may not be able to kill the enemy, He Baodao hoped that the distance would be closer to speed up the speed of each other's consumption, his strength was twice that of the opposite side, and the faster the consumption rate, the more beneficial it would be for the new army, and he planned to rely on non-stop attacks to shed the blood of the Shun army: "Order, let the striker speed up." ”

……

"This drum is beating, it's urging death." Liu Lao Liu listened to the dense drums behind him, and scolded vigorously in his heart.

Fortunately, as the troops continued to advance, there was no more shooting on the opposite side, and it was not until Liu Laoliu could vaguely see the faces of the enemy on the opposite side that he saw them flatten their guns again.

"It hurts."

When the white smoke appeared in the field of vision, the companion in the right hand suddenly threw the gun away, hugged his chest and threw himself to the ground, and then a clear and much more violent gunfire rang out, and countless people screamed at the same time, this time there were many more companions who were knocked down than the previous two combined.

The drumming finally stopped.

"Ready—"

Finally, the order to return fire came, and Liu Laoliu hurriedly put the gun flat.

"Aim—"

"Aim for a fart." Liu Laoliu's finger was on the trigger, and he had heard this password countless times when he was training before, but it had never made Liu Laoliu feel so hateful as it was today.

"Fire!"

Liu Laoliu hurriedly pulled the trigger, and then skillfully began to reload according to the training requirements.

When he was biting the paper medicine bag with his teeth, the enemy on the opposite side opened fire again, Liu Laoliu instinctively squatted on the ground, a lead bullet flew over his head with a whistling eye, and a miserable cry came from behind him, and the companions behind him pounced on his side. Liu Lao Liu glanced at the man, and the bullet hit him in the neck, and blood gushed out of the wound like a fountain.

"Luckily." Liu Laoliu secretly rejoiced that half of the gunpowder in the paper bag in his hand had been spilled, he glanced at it, threw it away, and took out another one and bit it open with his teeth.

"Ready—"

Gunpowder has not yet been poured in.

"Aim—"

"Urging ***'s life." Liu Laoliu screamed quietly, and the bullet had not yet been stuffed into the barrel.

"Fire!"

Liu Laoliu, who was pressing the chamber, knew that he couldn't catch up with this shot, so he slowed down his movements and said to himself, "Wait for next time." ”

Seeing that the enemy on the opposite side had once again leveled his musket, Liu Laoliu even saw the black-clothed officer facing him on the opposite side raising his saber into the air, knowing that the opposite side was about to open fire, he squatted on the ground first, white smoke rose, and lead bullets flew over the sky again.

"It's dangerous."

Before Liu Lao Liu had time to rejoice, he heard the roar of the team officer: "What are you hiding? Isn't it just a bullet? ”

Looking sideways, countless companions were squatting on the ground, and some of them had even fallen down, and after hearing the roar of the team officer, everyone hurriedly got up and reloaded.

This time, before the team officer had time to shout, Liu Lao Liu saw the musket flat on the opposite side for the third time.

"Ready—"

"Prepare for ***!" I don't know who shouted, but it was probably another companion who was anxious when he saw the other party preparing to shoot. Then Liu Lao Liu heard a gunshot, and he hurriedly fired a shot, and lay on the ground without taking out the medicine bag.

"You're on my hand."

There was a small reproach from the side, it was the companion in his right hand who was shot and fell to the ground without waiting for the other party to fire, Liu Laoliu lay on the ground and looked sideways, the other party was lying motionless, looking at himself with blazing eyes.

Liu Lao Liu withdrew the gun that was pressed against his companion's hand, and there were already countless lying companions on his side.

"No one got up to load," Liu Lao Liu raised his head and forward, looking at the opposite side of the reload in full swing, knowing that this time he couldn't load it before shooting on the opposite side anyway: "Then I won't get up either." ”

Since he can't catch up, he won't catch up, Liu Lao Liu wants to open it very much, and wait for the other party to finish shooting and then get up and load.

The other side fired another round, and the soldiers in black continued to reload in an upright position.

"I can't make it this time." Liu Laoliu continued to lie on the ground helplessly: "Let the people behind also shoot twice, I have already fired two shots." ”

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