Chapter 60: General Huang's Cowhide
The head of Donglu was full of two carts, which had all been stacked on lime and sprinkled with salt, and on both sides of the cart were placed several bull flags with white flags, as well as the flags of Sun Youguang and Lang Shaozhen's generals and staff, which were tightly covered with curtains.
This is Zhang Shaoqian's idea, saying that it has been treated in this way, which can prevent the first level from rotting and stinking, and can prevent the plague.
Huang Wenchang couldn't help but lift the curtain, not too dirty, reached out and grabbed a human head, looked at it carefully, and then broke open the teeth, and after seeing the bald yellow teeth, he knew that this head was not the head of the real Tartar, or the head of the Han army that had been taking refuge in the East for a long time.
couldn't help but praise: "Okay, it's really the head of the real captive." ”
Li Xingzhi said with a smile: "This is the head of Sun Degong's son Sun Youguang, which can be regarded as a gift from his brother to Brother Huang." ”
Huang Wenchang rubbed his hands with a smile: "How embarrassing is this?" However, since it is the good intentions of Brother Li, he has to bear it for his brother. ”
More than a dozen members of the Huang family were also inspecting, and like Huang Wenchang, they exclaimed one by one.
"General, this one too!"
"General, this one too!"
……!
After inspecting more than 30 heads, Huang Wenchang was already convinced that these heads could not be faked, and began to calculate in his heart.
According to the intelligence of Xin'an, there are 2,000 soldiers and horses in Dongyu who invade Xin'an and Gaoyang, and Li Xingzhi can annihilate so many Tartars with only a few hundred military horses.
At the moment, he said: "Brother Li is unparalleled in martial arts, why not serve the court, fight on the battlefield for the court, and win a wife and son in the future, why should you nest in this Li Jiashan to be the king of the mountain?" ”
Li Xingzhi's face changed: "General Huang doesn't want to spend money?" What does a certain family want to do in an official position? ”
Huang Wenchang slandered in his heart, "Isn't this Li Xingzhi not understanding, when he became an official, he was still worried about having no money?" With the ability of a few hundred people to cut down hundreds of Tartar heads, get 3,000 soldiers, and report 30,000, isn't the reward just to be taken? ”
But he will never say this, the heads you have won are all sold to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu should spend money to raise soldiers.
So he snorted and said: "Brother Li, for your brother's sake, since my brother is not willing to work for the court, this should be regarded as my brother's failure to say it, but 150,000 taels is not a small amount, and my brother can't get together this batch of silver for a while, do you think this is good?" This group of heads was brought back to Gaoyang for the brother first, and the money, food and equipment of 150,000 taels were guaranteed to be delivered to the cottage for the brother within ten days. ”
Li Xingzhi didn't allow it, it was useless for this head to stay in Lijiashan anyway, so he smiled and said: "Brother Huang's reputation, my brother naturally believes that this is not a one-shot deal, there are more than 1,000 Dongyu in Xin'an, and a certain family is thinking of taking the time to kill them, if Brother Huang wants a head, it will be estimated in a few days." ”
Huang Wenchang was stunned, and if there were a thousand more heads, wouldn't his own capture be the first major achievement since the Liao Incident, and he couldn't say that he would immediately be crowned a marquis, but where did he raise nearly 500,000 taels of silver, this is really a fucking happy trouble!
At this time, Li Youcai, Zhang Da and others also rushed to Lijiashan.
With a wave of his hand, Huang Wenchang wanted to ask Zhang Da to pull the convoy away.
Li Xingzhi said with a smile: "Brother Huang went out of the city to fight slaves, you can't just cut off so many Tartar heads just out of the city, it's better to rest in the cottage for a night, Li Mou and go to order someone to prepare wine and food, and then return to Gaoyang tomorrow during the day, so that you can also announce the tiger power of the eldest brother!" ”
Li Youcai and Zhang Dalian claimed to be, and Huang Wenchang also agreed.
That night, Li Xingzhi rewarded the three armies, Li Jiashan killed pigs and sheep, and everyone rejoiced.
In the Juyi Hall, Li Xingzhi was enjoying the guests and hosts who drank with Huang Wenchang and others, and through the wine, Li Xingzhi announced that the Zhenyu Battalion, the Gangfeng Battalion, and the Rapid Fire Battalion would each be rewarded with five taels of silver, and the rear camp and Qingzhuang would each be rewarded with one tael of silver, so as to boost the morale of the military and civilians in Lijiashan.
Huang Wenchang was also surprised by Li Xingzhi's arrogance, no wonder this gang of thieves was able to kill so many prisoners, so much silver was smashed, it was difficult for the soldiers not to work hard.
The next day.
Huang Wenchang couldn't stay in Lijiashan anymore, he wanted to return to Gaoyang with his head, and he wanted to report his world-class martial arts to Baoding and the imperial court!
On the way back, Huang Wenchang asked Li Youcai how to restore the imperial court.
Li Youcai said with a smile: "On September 26, the slave chief sent the puppet king Abatai to commit Gaoyang with a partial division of 5,000, and the county commander Lei Zhibo was afraid of the danger of the eastern captives and fled without a fight. ”
"Donglu is arrogant, panicked, only cares about the army and looting, the minister only has more than 500 soldiers, not enough to fight with Donglu, and the people of Gaoyang are scattered, and the people dare not fight because of the escape of Lei County."
"The ministers can't fight, they can't defend, for the people of Gaoyang, for the country, they have to set up an ambush in the Zhulong River, the east is unprepared, the emperor comes, the minister immediately orders the ambush soldiers, the soldiers are all brave, the generals are enthusiastic, the ministers are beheading the east captives are all the generals Sun Youguang, the leader Lang Shaozhen, the front team of the east captives is in chaos, competing to run, the back team of the eastern captives, between the people and horses, the corpses are everywhere."
"The slave chief Abatai didn't know the truth of our army, and fled in a hurry, and the few soldiers were not enough to pursue, so he didn't do his best, so he had to collect his troops and return to the city.
"In this battle, with the power of our emperor, the soldiers are brave, in order to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, I hope that Your Majesty's body and soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and more condolences, and Huang Wenchang congratulates my emperor long live, long live, long live!"
Zhang Da was a little stunned, and asked hesitantly: "What Mr. Li said about defeating the five thousand Eastern Captives, can the imperial court believe it?" ”
Li Youcai snorted: "There are these five hundred heads sent to the Beijing Division, who dares not to believe it?" Their Guanning army beheaded 200 people can blow it into three major battles, dozens of small battles, let's say that they defeated 5,000 Dongyu, which is less. ”
Huang Wenchang said happily and worriedly: "Li Xingzhi asked for 150,000 taels of materials and food, and he would have sold his ancestral property, so I'm afraid he won't be able to make up so much." ”
"Let's bring five hundred Tartar heads back to Gaoyang, and then let out the rumors that they are going to enter the king of Jingqin, in order to save their lives, don't those gentry send money and food to the general's mansion, it's really not enough, let's sell some heads to Xu Zhijian of Renqiu, one head for one artillery, I think Xu Zhijian will definitely not refuse."
Huang Wenchang was overjoyed, that is, he ordered the herald soldiers on his side to go to Gaoyang first, and he led the brigade to escort the cart full of people back to Gaoyang slowly.
"Huang Guerrilla won a great victory in the Zhulong River, defeated the puppet king Abatai's Qing soldiers of 5,000, beheaded more than 10 people from the Eastern Capture Commander, Staff Leader, and Niu Lu, and won the first 500 of the Eastern Prisoners! Later it will return to Gaoyang. ”
Huang Hu led people and horses to gallop wildly, and seeing that it was not far from the east gate of Gaoyang, he shouted and shouted.
The soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened the city gate to welcome Huang Hu and others into the city.