The forehead under the felt hat was already covered with beads of sweat, and it was gathering along the cheeks to the chin, Xu Ping strangled the war horse, and before he knew it, it was getting late, and several guards had already lit the torches in their hands.

Looking back at the horse road that had just galloped past, Xu Ping felt still a little dissatisfied and unsatisfied, he gasped a few breaths vigorously, and turned the horse's head to do it again.

"General Xu!"

There was a shout at the end of the horse road, Xu Ping looked over and saw the Qingzhi Taoist priest standing there with his peach wood sword on his back, he shook his head helplessly, gave up his original plan and slowly rode his horse over. Now, every time he noticed that Xu Ping was not right, his guards would go to find the Qingzhi Taoist, and whenever the psychiatrist arrived, he could always let Xu Ping return to normal.

"What is General Xu's record today?" After the establishment of the barracks, Xu Ping built this temporary horse road on this vacant land, and hung scarecrow heads on both sides, just like the setting of the New Army Teaching Team.

"Seventy-four, for the last time." Xu Ping looked up at the bright moon that had appeared in the air, and waved his volatile sour arm, if this result is placed in the teaching team, there is no doubt that it is already excellent: "It's been another year." ”

"Was that sword fight with General Huang Xiao?"

"Yes, at that time, I had better be able to cut sixty-one, and it was still during the day," Xu Ping put the sword back into the sheath, and by the third year of breaking into the camp, the progress of his swordsmanship had not slowed down significantly: "This year, I have been more relaxed and leisurely, I don't need to do things in the barracks myself, I used to have a little leisure at night, but like now, I may have nothing to do all day during the day." ”

Qingzhi looked at Xu Ping: "Maybe it's because there are some things that General Xu didn't do with his heart." ”

"The tone of the master's speech is like that of my Brother Yu and Brother Zhou," Xu Ping knew very well what Qingzhi was referring to, but he was not interested in doing those things, and he didn't even bother to think about it.

"People should be getting busier, not idle." Qingzhi said euphemistically: "General Xu's subordinates are also worried about you. ”

"The master is talking about the world, I think the master is very idle."

Qingzhi smiled: "Isn't General Xu in the world?" ”

"It's still there."

"Now?"

"Yes, yes." Xu Ping looked around as he spoke, making sure that the guards were all in the distance and no one was following.

"And what about the future?"

"Wait until *** this faint monarch, Ming Ting," Xu Ping's fingers rubbed on the hilt of the sword and shook his head: "I also want to try the days of idle clouds and wild cranes." ”

Seeing Qingzhi looking at himself carefully, Xu Ping smiled and said, "Master, don't misunderstand, I don't mean to devote myself to the Daomen, I would rather be a monk." ”

"Monk? General Xu, are you going to be a monk? After waiting for the Ming Court? ”

"Shh Xu Ping stretched out a finger and signaled to Qingzhi that he was speaking too loudly.

"Poor Dao is a little curious, why did General Xu suddenly have this idea?"

"Oh." The smile disappeared from Xu Ping's face: "Did the master see the mountain of corpses outside Jiaxian?" ”

"See."

"There was a young man, about sixteen, an officer and soldier, and he was less than ten paces away from me when he was killed by another boy about the same size as him. With a dagger, slowly plunged into his throat, whether it was a murderer or a killed, their eyes were filled with tears. Xu Ping danced his hands, he had seen too many killings, but such a large-scale killing of prisoners after the war in Jiaxian County was an experience he had never had: "On the battlefield, life and death depend on the destiny of heaven, there is nothing to say, but under the battlefield...... After all of them are Yanhuang, they may have been one family thousands of years ago, isn't it? ”

"Why doesn't General Xu care?"

"I can't control it," Xu Ping sighed softly: "People are self-aware, the battle is never fought by me alone, it is won by thousands of soldiers, only most people feel that I should take care of one thing, and my words count; If everybody thinks something is out of my control, I can't do it. ”

"Does General Xu think that this matter in Jiaxian is in your charge?"

"The hatred is too deep, I don't have a reason to care." Xu Ping's face showed a look of confusion: "The master knows that I didn't defect to King Chuang in the first place to do the right thing for heaven. ”

"General Xu wants to take revenge."

"Yes, but gradually, I feel like I'm doing the right thing for heaven. After three years, I think I won't do anything to Jin Qiude even if I meet him," Xu Ping wiped the sweat on his forehead: "I used to practice swords every day, in order to meet on a narrow road and not let the enemy go, but now it's just a sport, I know that Hou Ye will never agree to me to attack Jin Qiude, at that time I was a little hesitant when I agreed with Hou Ye, but since the Kaifeng flood, I can think clearly, as long as Jin Qiude is no longer embarrassed by Chuang Ying, I will not destroy the tacit understanding between King Chuang and Hou Ye in order to kill him." ”

"Since General Xu can think like this, he is doing the right thing for heaven." Qingzhi Taoist priest praised: "Poor Dao thinks that it is the will of heaven for General Xu to become a prisoner and break into the camp, and God wants to borrow the hands of King Chuang and General Xu. ”

"I'm not sure it's providence to let so many people die at my hands?"

"Life and death are fateful, not to mention that if they don't die, more people may die."

"The master is right, but it is true that the faint monarch owes hundreds or tens of millions of human lives, but I also owe more than 100,000 yuan."

"So General Xu has the idea of leaving this world?"

"I'm tired, master, I'm very tired. I am a martial artist, and it is not up to me to think about how many people I kill, but it should not be up to me to expand my strength, win the hearts and minds of the military, two-faced, and intriguing. But now it's not me looking for something, it's something coming for me. Xu Ping's face showed a tired expression: "I don't want to fight with my brothers who have lived and died together, and I don't want to have a discord with King Chuang, the reason why these things came to me is because I have military power, if I don't have military power, I will naturally leave me." ”

"What about the agreement between General Xu and King Chuang?" Qingzhi, a witness to Li Zicheng and Xu Ping's high-fives, asked, "What about those who defected to General Xu and wanted General Xu to help them break out of the cycle of chaos?" ”

"I'm a martial artist, and these things of governing the country are not something I should think about, all I should think about is how to win the battle. King Chuang is determined to seize the world, and this will be his responsibility in the future, not mine; Hou Ye said that I didn't know one-tenth of him. The affairs of the country, let King Chuang and Hou Ye think about it, I don't think I can live up to the expectations of Mr. Gu and Mr. Xia, the Qi family, the country, and the world, I am even a mess of the things around me, and I don't want to make trouble when I govern the world. ”

Seeing that Xu Ping seemed to have made up his mind to give up his military power after the peace, Qingzhi asked again: "Isn't General Xu afraid that someone will retaliate?" ”

"I've already thought about it: when King Chuang invades the Jingshi, Hou Ye retreats to the south as agreed, both of them are not young, and they are probably tired of killing for a lifetime, and I guess they will both be a little greedy for this peaceful day, especially since neither of them is sure of victory." Xu Ping felt that if the river was drawn and ruled, then it was likely that no one would be able to eat anyone in the short term, and it would be difficult for the south to concentrate enough forces on the Northern Expedition since ancient times, and now the people's livelihood in the north is withering, and it is estimated that it will not be able to recover in ten or eight years to launch a large-scale southern expedition: "I guess this peaceful life can be maintained for decades, how can I get my next generation, they have had enough peaceful life, the treasury is sufficient, and the population has increased again, so they will go to war again." And this will have nothing to do with me anymore, when King Chuang invades the capital and dominates the north of the Yangtze River, I will go and tell King Chuang, saying that I want a temple, and I want him to donate a large sum of money to this temple, just like what the big official did for Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin", no one will know who I originally was, I can eat meat if I want to eat meat, drink wine if I want to drink, chant Buddha to surpass the dead, and it can be regarded as atoning for the sins in my hands. ”

Qingzhi laughed when he heard this, and said, "It turns out that in General Xu's heart, becoming a monk is such a pleasant thing." ”

"As long as King Chuang donates a large amount of sesame oil money, I am sure it will be a very pleasant thing."

"So?" Qingzhi asked, "Has General Xu thought about how to persuade King Chuang to agree to your renunciation?" ”

"You don't need me to convince you, there is a Niu Junshi." Xu Ping smiled and said: "I don't need to spend this effort, Niu Junshi will persuade King Chuang to agree for me, and he will also remind King Chuang to pay attention to secrecy and not let anyone know my identity and origin." There is one thing I know very well, that is, if I let go of my military power, Niu Junshi will definitely help with all my might. When I told King Chuang and Niu Junshi that I was going to become a monk...... I can imagine how relieved Master Niu would be, and now I can guess his expression when he heard this. ”

……

Jingshi, Zhendong Houfu,

Huang Shi and Zhao Slowxiong were facing the target in the distance, each of them had four handcuffs in front of them, and the two of them were slowly reloading the handcuffs.

"My lord has achieved fame with martial arts, but there is not even a martial arts training ground in the Hou Mansion."

"Why not, isn't it?" Huang Shi glanced at Zhao Slowbear, his subordinates were still preparing muskets: "You have everything at home, but have you used it?" ”

"I rely on my brain to fight, what do I do when I practice martial arts?" Zhao Slow-Xiong said with a smile, when there were no outsiders, Zhao Slow-bear always referred to himself as "I", in this regard he was probably the most casual person to Huangshi, and found that Huangshi liked him to use such a self-title. Zhao Slowxiong's house has all kinds of horse roads, arrow rooms, and martial arts arenas, and it is still brand new after more than ten years: "But adults are different, isn't Brother He very unaccustomed to this." ”

"I doubt that Brother He's ability will have a chance to use it." Huang Shi raised his handcuff and aimed at the distant target steadily, and with a "bang", the smoke dissipated, and a black mark appeared on the bull's-eye.

Zhao Slow-Xiong also raised his gun to shoot, hitting the bull's-eye with the same accuracy, since he had the flintlock handcuff, Zhao Slow-Xiong decided that this was the most suitable weapon for him, and he and Huangshi had been practicing tirelessly for so many years.

"Brother He's bow and horse, swordsmanship, that old Zhao, you can't compare to anything, but this handcuff, I don't think he even has the ability to be you." Yellowstone smiled and raised his other gun, adding another black hole in the center of his target.

"Brother He looked down on me to practice this, he said that this is a hidden arrow to hurt people, and it is worse than a dark arrow to hurt people, at least the bow and arrow still need skills."

"Brother He, this refers to Sang scolding Huai, haha," Huang Shi laughed and fired the third shot, he knew that He Baodao was embarrassed to say himself, He Baodao always thought that this was a weapon for a small soldier, and the general should still be proficient in all eighteen martial arts: "Does he think this is not a skill?" ”

"Actually, I don't think it matters whether the hidden arrow hurts people or not, anyway, I have a handcuff in my hand, and even a person as brave as Brother He is not my opponent. If I have two handguns, the two He brothers are not my opponents, if there are three ......"

"The three He brothers are no match for you." Huang Shi smiled and picked up the conversation.

"At least three, maybe I can deal with twenty is not necessarily, my lord, you see, twenty people want me to pounce, I hit the one who rushes to the front, and then knocks down one, although I still have one left, but who is willing to rush to the front at this time?"

"Yes, yes, I said less."

Huang Shi raised his fourth handcuff and began to aim, at which time Zhao Slowxiong asked, "Have you seen the report of the Battle of Jiaxian?" ”

"Not yet, but Sun Chuanting can't win if you want to."

"Aren't you anxious to know what the battle is going on?"

"It is estimated that Sun Chuanting was defeated by a group of peasants with sticks, and he lost his armor." Yellowstone calmly fired the fourth shot, bowed his head and began to reload.

Zhao Slowxiong, who had already raised his gun, was surprised when he heard Huang Shi's words, and he knew that since Huang Shi said that he hadn't read the Di newspaper, he must not have read it: "How did the adults guess?" ”

"Oh, I guessed right."

"Yes, Sun Chuanting was defeated by a group of intruders armed with sticks."

"History always repeats itself," Huang Shi said absentmindedly, and it seems that although he has changed a lot, the famous battle of Jiaxian is still roughly approximate: "Is it a fraud to break into the camp, leave behind the gold and silver, and then fight back?" ”

"Not bad." Although Zhao Slowxiong was surprised in his heart, his hand was still steady and not trembling when he shot the gun: "My lord is really like a god, what do you think your adult will do next to break into the camp?" ”

"If it was Li Zicheng, I think he would take Guanzhong directly, but I don't know about Xu Ping."

"Attack Guanzhong through Tongguan?"

"Yes, if you break into the camp and attack Tongguan, I guess Sun Chuanting won't be able to hold it for a day."

"One day?" Zhao Wanxiong was even more surprised: "Adults haven't been to Tongguan, right?" ”

"No, what's wrong?"

"Tongguan is the world's male pass, even a group of old men and old women hold sticks with sticks, and it is impossible to lose it in a day, if Tongguan is so unreliable, then there will be no such pass at all."

"I didn't say that the pass is not secure, but there is no place for a firm defender, and the moat is also a path," Huang Shi said casually: "With Sun Chuanting's prestige and ability, I don't believe that he can hold it for more than two days." ”

Zhao Slowbear stared at Huangshi for a long time, and asked slowly: "My lord has a fine work in Tongguan, and my lord's fine work is going to be switched on and off for breaking into the camp?" ”

"Me? I didn't. Huang Shi had already loaded***, he saw that Zhao Slowxiong's subordinates didn't make any movement but kept staring at him, and said strangely: "Old Zhao, aren't you going to fight?" ”

"I ......" Zhao Slowxiong tilted his head and thought about it, and slowly began to load the handcuffs: "The adults are either breaking into the camp or there are people in Tongguan, well, there should be both." ”

"Not really." Huang Shi smiled: "What do I have to hide from you? ”

"How can the adult be so sure, his subordinates have been to Tongguan, and it is impossible to take it easily, Xu Ping is a month to win the pass, he is very good."

"We'll see." Yellowstone raised his gun again and began to shoot.

"Your Excellency......" Zhao Slowxiong observed Huang Shi's expression for a while, and asked, "Your Excellency seems to be very happy to hear that the officers and soldiers have been defeated. Zhao Slowxiong felt that this was not only because of Yu Huangshi's favorable plan, but also because of the obvious emotional factors, reminiscent of the hesitation when Huangshi sent the new army to Henan before: "At the beginning, we all thought that the new army could easily eliminate the Chuang army, and at that time the adults seemed to be a little guilty? ”

The uncertainty in Zhao Slowbear's tone made Huang Shi laugh, and he didn't answer Zhao Slowbear's question immediately.

——The Ming army of the Chongzhen Dynasty, this self-proclaimed Ming army of the squadron, whether it is my original world or here, the most important job is to kill Chinese, kill more Chinese, *** peasants who want to survive. At first, it was killed for Emperor Chongzhen. When Emperor Chongzhen was **** by Chinese peasants, he went to the Manchu masters in large numbers, continued to kill Chinese, killed more Chinese, *** peasants who wanted to survive.

- The courtiers of the Chongzhen Dynasty, these officials who claimed to be Chinese officials, the most important job was to help Emperor Chongzhen make plans to exploit the Chinese people, and the peasants who wanted to survive; When Emperor Chongzhen was ***, they defected to the Manchus to help Dolgon plan how to exploit the Chinese people and the peasant uprising. Unfortunately, I made a mistake and helped Chongzhen do some such sins.

- Emperor Chongzhen, who has used hundreds of thousands of troops to defend against foreign people, but has sent hundreds of thousands or millions of troops to the Chinese people internally, and when the civil war is unfavorable, he wants to negotiate peace with Huang Taiji and Dolgon...... Emperor Chongzhen was willing to pardon a few people - Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, if they did not continue to lead the peasants to survive, Emperor Chongzhen would not mind buying them with glory and wealth, but he was not willing to give countless Chinese people a way to live.

- No wonder Shunzhi wants to call Chongzhen a brother and sister, no wonder Sun Chuanting will be described as a sage in the history of the Ming Dynasty, because Chongzhen's monarchs and Manchu slave owners are all the way, doing the same thing, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox. In the matter of the Chinese peasants, the Manchu rulers and Chongzhen's monarchs and ministers were definitely related, and they sympathized with him because of Chongzhen's failure.

"Justice may not always be served," especially in feudal society, where it is the norm for people to be insulted, damaged, oppressed, and despised, Huang Shi laughed: "It is always a pleasure to see justice being served." ”

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