Chapter 32: Gathering the Army's Heart
In the military fortress entering the mountain pass, some bandits on the wall of the wall held spears in three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, and some soldiers walked around with bows and arrows.
In the open space below, a large group of surrendered Jiangdong soldiers squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, all of whom had been stripped of their armor and warm clothes, and they were shivering with cold in thin underwear.
The bandits armed with blades and bows and arrows around them were eyeing these captives one by one, and most of the bandits were forced to join, they originally just wanted to follow Qin Feng through the most difficult period of time, and then they wanted to escape.
But now, under the victory of several battles in a row, these bandits who were forced to join do not seem to want to leave so much at the moment, and they even have a sense of glory in their hearts, as people in the army, they want to win the battle, they don't want to be cannon fodder, they don't want to be deserters, and they don't want to be prisoners.
And now they are the victors, and under the leadership of Qin Feng, they have escaped the encirclement and suppression of the Jiangdong Army again and again, and have won great victories again and again.
They are now very energetic and confident, and this feeling has never been felt before with Zhang Min and Liu Xun.
Qin Feng stood on the grain pile and held the handle of his knife and looked at the Jiangdong Army prisoners in front of him, a whole song, two hundred people in the formation, he really wanted to take these people away, because these people didn't need additional training at all and could be directly pulled to the battlefield to fight.
But he can't, he knows that even if he takes these people away, it is estimated that he is still in Cao Ying's heart in Han, this group of Jiangdong troops is not familiar with it, their family is in Jiangdong, their parents, wives and children are all in Jiangdong, if they are taken away, he has to guard against their possible rebellion at any time.
"You and the others chose to surrender, I promised not to kill you and the others, let you go back today, and I bother you to tell Zhou Yu, I thank him for ordering the announcement of Miss Qiao's death, otherwise how could Miss Qiao be dead to him? Now Miss Qiao is my wife! ”
"I am deeply ashamed of the fact that I robbed his fiancée to be Mrs. Zhai, and when Mrs. Lin'er is born, I will send someone to report the good news to him! Well, on the way back, I hope you all have a smooth journey! Come on, open the gate and let them go! ”
Qin Feng raised his hand and waved it and roared, and the soldiers guarding the gate immediately opened the gate of the military village.
The Jiangdong soldiers in thin shirts looked at me one by one, and I looked at you, and I couldn't believe that these bandits would let them go, but at this moment, the gate of the village has been opened, which is an indisputable fact.
A few Jiangdong soldiers squatting in front stood up cautiously, looked left and right, and walked towards the gate in fear, and a few people saw this, and also carefully stood up and followed, until these soldiers walked out of the gate of the military village, those bandits did not make a black hand, and the other Jiangdong army prisoners immediately got up and walked quickly to the gate of the military village.
After walking out of the gate of the military village, these Jiangdong Army prisoners scattered and retreated, lest Qin Feng would regret it.
"Okay, order everyone to assemble, I want to speak!" Qin Feng ordered.
Not long after, all the officers and soldiers lined up in the open space inside the military village, and two dog-headed army masters such as Yang Hong and Yan Xiang and some other officials in charge of the army's Chinese affairs and management also arrived.
"Mr. Yang and Mr. Yan, please come to the stage!" Qin Feng beckoned to Yang Hong and Yan Xiang.
The two of them went on stage and saluted Qin Feng, and then stood on either side behind him.
Qin Feng said loudly in front of all the soldiers: "Brothers, we have been pursued and encircled by the Jiangdong Army since the beginning of Anhui City, which lasted as long as two months. ”
"Along the way, all the brothers obeyed the command, obeyed the dispatch, and were not afraid of death, our army and the enemy fought several battles and won a great victory, killed countless enemies, and captured a lot, but there were also many brothers who died on the battlefield, shrouded in horse leather, and buried their bones in other places!"
"Why are we like that? It's all about two words - life! ”
"Today, the court is weak, the warlords are divided, the princes are vying for hegemony, and there are family lords and corrupt officials who are wantonly exploiting, completely ignoring the lives of the people, resulting in the devastation of the land of China, the stagnation of production, Li Shu is in dire straits, the people change their children and eat people repeatedly, and the white bones can be seen everywhere on the side of the road, and no one is buried!"
"Brothers, I can't live in this world!"
There were thousands of people on and off the walls of the military wall, densely packed, everyone looked at Qin Feng, pricked up their ears and listened to him impassionedly complaining about the injustice of the world, these words went to their hearts, and they really couldn't live.
Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Lu Meng and others all looked at him in amazement, they never thought that a bandit leader would have pity for the world and have the world in mind.
"The Han family is weak, the princes use us as cannon fodder, the family gate valve steals our wives and daughters, and the corrupt officials don't let me wait for life, can I only wait for death? It's better to pick up a knife and gun and fight with them, even if you die, you have to pull a cushion, so that this world is less dirty and more clear! ”
Jun Song, Huang Yi and other soldiers next to him raised their fists and shouted: "Fight!" ”
The soldiers and soldiers below were angry by Qin Feng's words one by one, and they all held their swords and guns and roared: "Fight, fight, fight······"
In the distance, Xiao Qiao stood under a wooden house and looked at Qin Feng on the stage in a daze, mobilizing the emotions of the soldiers, at this moment, he actually integrated this scattered team into one heart and high morale.
I only heard Qin Feng say loudly again: "From now on, we will not fight for the princes, we will only live for ourselves, fight for ourselves, fight for future generations, use the swords and guns in our hands to cleanse the filth of the world, kill a blue sky, and give future generations a bright future, let me no longer be slaves and servants, let me and others have fields to cultivate, clothes to cover and warm up, so that future generations can have books to read!" ”
Qin Feng thought that he had no talent for speech, but in order to envelop this team and let everyone work together with one heart, he also had to draw a big pie for everyone.
"We are no longer a group of rabble, we have won several consecutive battles with the Jiangdong Army, played a majestic and morale, and deserve a resounding name, I declare that from today onwards, our army will be renamed the Flame Army, quiet as a spark burning the plain, and violently burning all the filth in the world!"
Juniper, Huang Yi and the others immediately raised their fists and shouted: "Blaze, blaze, blaze!" ”
Thousands of men and horses raised their swords and guns together and let out their own roars: "Blaze, blaze, blaze!" ”
Qin Feng casually issued a military order, and in order to get rid of the pursuit of the Jiangdong Army as soon as possible, all the men and horses drove into the mountain a moment later.
A quarter of an hour later, a team of more than 3,000 people lined up more than two miles long and went into the mountains and forests along the winding mountain road, and the walls of the military village were full of dry firewood, and soldiers held torches to light the dry firewood one by one.
In less than a moment, a raging fire broke out in the entire military village, and thick smoke rose into the sky.
Qin Feng, who was halfway up the mountain, turned his head to look, let out a long breath, waved his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, work hard, soon the top of the mountain will be reached!" ”
An hour later, twenty miles away.
The Zhouzi banner of the Jiangdong Army and the Zhuzi banner converged together.
"I've seen the general!" Zhu Zhi rode up to Zhou Yu and hugged his fists in salute.
Zhou Yu hugged his fists and saluted back: "Lijun came very quickly, but has there been any news from Jiang Qin's side?" ”
Zhu Zhi said: "There is no news yet!" Our army has been following the thief army for twenty miles, but just three hours ago, the thief army suddenly abandoned a lot of baggage and accelerated the speed of the march, presumably because they had learned that the two armies were not far apart, and they were worried about being caught up, so they gave up their baggage and ran wildly, in my estimation, even if the bandits arrived at the place of Jiang Qin's army village, they were not able to attack! ”
Zhou Yu frowned, "Now the thief army is at the end of the road, in order to survive, maybe the dog jumped under the wall and attacked regardless of casualties, I am worried that Jiang Qin will not be able to resist!" ”
When Zhu Zhi saw Zhou Yu say this, he hugged his fists and said: "In this case, let's hurry up and speed up the march!" ”
"Good!" Zhou Yu nodded and ordered: "The two armies will be combined into one army, leaving the baggage to advance slowly, and the rest of the men and horses will advance at full speed with me to aid Jiang Qin!" ”
"Order!"
The team had only been walking for a moment, and groups of unarmed soldiers appeared in front of them.
Zhu Zhi, who was in the lead, saw that these people should be Jiangdong soldiers, why did they hang their heads one by one, and they didn't even have weapons in their hands?
"Bah, stop!" Juzhilema shouted.
The prisoners who had been released fell to their knees in fright.
Zhu Zhi scolded and asked, "Who are you waiting for?" Who's under them? ”
A soldier replied tremblingly: "Back to General Zhu's words, the villain and the others are soldiers under General Jiang!" ”
Zhu Zhi had a bad premonition and asked, "How did you look like this?" Where is Jiang Qin? ”
"General Chiang······ He ······ He died in battle! When the soldier had finished speaking, the others burst into tears.
Zhu Zhi's eyes widened, "What did you say?" How could Jiang Qin die in battle? Who killed it? ”
These Jiang Qin's subordinate soldiers immediately talked about it, and Zhu Zhi finally figured out what happened, and immediately glared at him with anger, his forehead was bruised, and he yelled: "Qin Feng thief, kill my brother, I will eat his flesh and drink his blood!" ”
At this time, a small colonel rode a horse from the rear: "General Zhu, General Zhou sent me to ask what happened!" ”
"Let's go, wait with me to see General Zhou!" Zhu Zhi greeted the soldiers and brought them to see Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu was dizzy after learning that Jiang Qin was captured and killed after being ambushed by Qin Feng to send reinforcements, and that all more than 200 people in the military village had surrendered.
He had been hit by Xiao Qiao's call to Ling Cao to break off relations with a message, and he was scared and wounded, and at this moment he heard the news that Jiang Qin was killed and the thief army took the army and fled into the mountains.
Seeing this, Ling Cao, Zhu Zhi and others hurriedly shouted: "General, general!" ”
Zhou Yu forcibly suppressed the blood that was almost spit out in his throat, the dizziness in his brain gradually receded, and his consciousness gradually returned to clarity, he waved his hand: "I'm fine, it's just a pity that Jiang Qin caused me to lose a general in Dongwu, and this account is credited to the thief Qin Feng!" ”
"It's me who underestimated Qin Feng, this person has such resourcefulness, this is all my fault, when I return to Anhui City, I will ask the lord for guilt, everything has nothing to do with you!"
At this time, a soldier boldly reported: "General, when Qin Feng lets the villain return, let the villain and others bring a few words to the general······
Zhou Yu's face flashed murderously, "What did he say?" ”