Chapter 50: Heads Rolling
Twenty miles to the west of Tumubao, Huailai City.
When the Warat army attacked, the garrison general Kang Neng saw that the situation was not good, so he directly gave up resistance and fled with hundreds of soldiers defending the city.
But at that time, the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Arazhiyuan intercepted the only way back to Beijing, and they couldn't go back if they wanted to, so they had to wander around. There was no food supply, so they plundered the people along the way, and after a while, one day they suddenly learned that Warat had withdrawn!
Kang Neng thought about it, if he returned to Beijing like this, how would he explain to the emperor?
Simply, I'll go back and "take" Huailai City back!
In this way, the Ming army reoccupied Huailai, but at this time, Huailai had already been looted by the Warat people and was devastated.
After Kang Neng took over Huailai again, the first thing he did was not to appease the people, but to lead people to loot in the city again on the grounds of raising military salaries.
The people were already miserable, but they didn't expect that after the Warat people left, they would be exploited by the officers and soldiers.
For a time, there were ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Huailai City, and hunger was everywhere.
Kang Neng didn't care about the life or death of the people, but was thinking about how to write beautifully.
At the beginning, the Warat army pressed the border, he took the lead, resisted to the death, was helpless, and had to temporarily evacuate, and then how to deal with the enemy army, and finally recaptured the city, sprinkled with joy, wrote thousands of words.
The fly in the ointment is that he said how brave he was, how many enemies he killed, only oral, no evidence, which is very regrettable.
"General, General!"
The door was pushed open, and the commander Fan Cheng hurriedly came, looking anxious and said: "There is really no grain in the treasury, but the soldiers below are still waiting for the pay, and they can't see the money and food, they don't rely on it, if they mutiny at that time......"
Kang Neng was thinking about things, and said impatiently: "Didn't you let you go to the city to search by yourself?" ”
"The city has been searched, there is no food for a long time, and the streets are full of people who are dying of hunger."
Kang Neng suddenly raised his head and asked, "What did you say?" ”
"The lowly said that there was no food in the city for a long time."
"Not this sentence, next sentence!"
"Next?" Fan Cheng scratched his head and said, "The streets are full of people dying of hunger. ”
The corners of Kang Neng's mouth suddenly showed a smile, and he said: "If you don't have money and food, you can ask the court for it!" ”
"Imperial Court ...... Will it be given? ”
"Did you just say that the streets are full of people dying of hunger?"
"Yes!" Fan Cheng nodded and said, "It seems that there are at least hundreds." ”
"Not enough!" Kang Neng smiled mysteriously and said, "Counting those who are half dead, how many?" ”
"This ...... I don't count the lowly positions, but I guess there are one or two thousand. ”
Kang Neng nodded slowly and said, "It's almost this time!" ”
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Early the next morning, Fan Cheng took 300 soldiers and escorted five carts to the direction of Beijing.
I thought that this time into Beijing was unimpeded, who would have thought that the team had just walked out for half a day, only to hear a rapid sound of horses' hooves from the col ahead, Fan Cheng immediately became alert and ordered people to come forward to check.
"Master Fan, it's not good!" The outpost Pegasus reported, "There is a brigade of Warat cavalry ahead!" ”
Fan Cheng was so frightened that he hurriedly turned the horse's head and shouted, "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and run!" ”
However, there was still time, only the sound of horses' hooves was heard getting closer and closer, like thunder, and there were many people at the corner of the col, and the black cavalry came one after another.
These people were menacing, Fan Cheng couldn't run away, his hand was pressed on the hilt of the knife at his waist, his heart was horizontal, he turned over and dismounted, and fell to the ground with a puff.
"Grandpa spares his life!"
When all the soldiers saw it, the leaders knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, so don't struggle, lie down!
So, Hula fell to his knees.
Da Da Da ......
The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and everyone knelt on their knees, and their hearts were about to jump out when they heard the sound.
Warat is brutal in life, and whether he lives or dies today depends on the mood of others.
There was a horse's four hooves slowly passing through the crowd and coming to Fan Cheng.
"Who are you waiting for?"
Fan Cheng's heart moved, he was speaking Chinese, could it be a Han person?
He cautiously glanced up, and immediately lowered it again.
This man is tall and mighty, with a beard on his face except for horizontal meat, and he is wearing leather armor, and he looks like a proper Mongolian.
Probably because people saw that they were Han, they sent someone who could speak Chinese to communicate.
"The little one is to come to the city to command Fan Cheng, I've seen it, I've seen it...... General! ”
I don't know what people call it, it's okay to be called a general, right?
"Where are you going? What's on the car? ”
Fan Cheng suddenly trembled, only to feel cold sweat on his forehead, and he couldn't say a word.
"What about you, are you deaf?"
"Small, small...... Go to Jingshi ......"
"What are you going to do in Jingshi?"
"Go, go...... Meritorious ......"
The man kicked the horse lightly, and the horse walked to the front of the cart, and then the tarpaulin on the cart was lifted.
"All these heads are of Warat?"
"Don't, don't get me wrong!" Fan Cheng was frightened, and hurriedly explained, "These are Han people, and they are the people in Huailai City!" ”
"Han people? What kind of merit do you take the heads of the Han people? ”
"The general didn't know that Huailai City had been out of food for many days, and in order to raise military salaries, my family thought of this method and used the victims in the city to pretend to be ...... Pretending to be ......"
"Pretending to be a Warat?"
"Positive...... Precisely! ”
I only heard the general say: "Your Majesty, I have asked clearly, it turned out to be a deserter from Huailai City at the beginning, and now he wants to use the heads of the people in the city to take the lead in the army!" ”
Emperor?
Fan Cheng was puzzled, where did the emperor come from, shouldn't it be called the Great Khan?
Da Da Da ......
Another horse slowly approached, and Fan Cheng was apprehensive, not knowing what to do.
"Your name is Fan Cheng?"
The person on the horse suddenly spoke, listening to the voice, it seemed that he was not very old, but this Chinese dialect sounded correct and round, and it didn't look like a Warat person.
"Yes, little Fan Cheng!"
"Raise your head!"
"The little one doesn't dare, beg the Great Khan to spare his life!"
"I order you to keep your head up!"
I?
Why did the Warat people also start to learn from the Han and call themselves me?
Fan Cheng was full of doubts, raised his head in horror, and then saw a thin and dark face full of anger.
This man looked to be in his early twenties, with unkempt hair and beard, as if he had seen it somewhere?
Suddenly, he only felt that his brain was buzzing, and it seemed to explode!
Isn't this the emperor!
The orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, when he was driving in person, when he passed by Huailai, he was fortunate to meet once.
This face is much darker than it was at the beginning, and it is full of vicissitudes, but a pair of eyes are shining with essence.
"Wechen knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor!"
His voice blinded everyone else, what's the situation?
Zhu Qizhen seemed to have a smile on his face, and said: "The Warat people are coming, you abandon the city and flee, and the Warat people are gone, you will kill the good and take the risk, my Ming army is really getting more and more prominent!" ”
"The emperor spares his life!"
"Now you know how to cry for mercy?" Zhu Qizhen's tone became more and more cold, "Who do the people in Huailai City go to beg for mercy?" ”
"Spare your life...... Spare ......"
Fan Cheng was already in despair, muttering the word sparing his life in his mouth, and his body was already trembling.
Zhu Qizhen suddenly shouted: "Ha Ming! ”
"The last general!"
"Cut off all these shames and scum!"
"Yes!"
Fan Cheng went weak and collapsed to the ground.
He wanted to beg for mercy, but no matter how hard he tried, his mouth opened and closed, and he never made the slightest sound.
With a wave of his hand, three hundred people walked out of the formation, and they all drew their waist knives.
These people's faces were grim, their hands were raised, and three hundred human heads fell to the ground.
The anger in Zhu Qizhen's eyes did not subside, and he ordered: "Li Zhen! ”
Li Zhen hurriedly urged forward: "Weichen is here!" ”
"Rectify the people and enter Huailai City!"
"Yes!"