Chapter 22: Zhang XIII

Hao Hao led a large team of men and horses to attack Zhang Shisan, who was in the provincial capital of Anqing Mansion, and looked down on Guan Shengyun from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Shisan was born as a merchant and never saw his mother's face, and his earliest childhood memory was his father's trembling back: he sat in the basket, and his father carried some needles and threads to live by selling needles and threads in the countryside. Dad's hands are very skillful, in addition to selling things, repairing the hooves of the animals, nailing the palms, and making a bowl for others. Although the days are hungry and full, they are much better than those poor dolls in the mountains who are seven, eight or nine years old and still bare-chested.

Zhang Shisan used to be very familiar with Anqing: his father was looking for all kinds of shops here, buying or crediting odds and bits of things, and picking them to sell in the countryside. Each trip took ten days and half a month, until the basket gradually emptied, and then he knew that it was time to return. At that time, I was most looking forward to the moment: my father would sometimes sell half a gourd of old wine, looking very happy, and even pick out a candy from the basket and stuff it into his mouth with a smile - that trace of sweetness can always be in my heart!

Dad's appearance has been blurred, but Zhang Shisan clearly remembers that Dad has two faces: nodding and smiling at anyone, even if people push or let the dog go. However, he is always very fierce with himself - especially when he yells for a long time and no one buys anything.

Zhang 13 doesn't like rainy days. The hat covered on the basket could not hold back much rain, and the mountain wind blew on the body, and it was as cold as a knife.

However, in my childhood memory, it hasn't rained for a while, a long time. It's been a long time, a few years. Dad's business is deserted, and he often walks for many days, but the basket is still full. At that time, my father's temper will become very bad, and he will receive a few slaps at every turn.

Until one day, turning a mountain bend, I bumped into a group of guys in tattered clothes with firewood knives and sticks in their hands......

Looking back now, it must have been my father who was robbed by them. Maybe it was coercion, maybe it was my father's own heart, and he joined the gang anyway, and he hasn't been back to the city since then, anyway - soon my father is gone......

I heard that it was taken by the government and beheaded.

These people live in the mountains, and there are hundreds of them—many of them are dragged with their families. Men with the strength of the son go out to rob in groups, but when they come back empty-handed, most of them are confiscated: confiscated, it is difficult for ordinary dealers to survive and there is really nothing to grab, large households not only have high courtyard walls, but also wolf-like families, long-term workers to protect, not only can not make a bargain, but also die, and those who are injured and do not run away will be tied up like a father to the government for reward. Women, young and old dig wild vegetables and dig rat holes, and the days are miserable...... It stands to reason that in this environment, a baby without a father should not live long.

But the king has come with his men!

The king is also surnamed Zhang, called Zhang Hu.

Zhang Dawang's method is very powerful: surround the village, and those who try to escape or resist will of course not escape to death, gather the rest of the people together, take away everything that can be moved, and burn down with the house if they can't take it. So these people had no choice but to follow the king. The big families are not so lucky, as long as they don't escape, it is often the end of the whole family, oh, except for some beautiful female dependents, who will be divided by the leaders - however, most of them will not live long.

Zhang Shisan was surprised to find that when the next village was surrounded, the victims in the village in front of him were often more ruthless than those old thieves. Gradually, Zhang 13 understood that they could only vent the injustice they had suffered by inflicting violence on weaker people.

The king is also very good at leading troops. He separated Ding Zhuang from the old and the young, and took the Chinese army to guard the old camp, which is where the family and women and children lived, and the others were divided into four armies, front and back, left and right, and swept all the way.

So Zhang Shisan, who was in his teens, entered the children's camp in such a daze, and finally became a thief.

The king fights harder. It's just rushing all the way over regardless of it, like a torrent. The former army was not afraid of death - because they knew that their families were in the old camp behind, and if they didn't work hard, the whole family would not survive; The old battalion in the back will not be left behind - their hopes: father, son, brother and brother are in front, so desperately will follow.

Of course, this kind of play will kill a lot of people, but the most important thing in the hands of the king is human life! In the words of the king: All the grain is taken away, and the houses and crops are burned, and it is not how many people there are!

But the king hit a hard nail in the Luzhou Mansion. There are a lot of market towns around, and in order to grab more things, the departments are too scattered. At the end, I remembered that I was afraid that the defenders would burn the treasury, and there were some light enemies, so I hurriedly ordered the siege of the city, but I met stubborn resistance, and the cannon fodder that filled the trench died all over the ground, not to mention, four battalions smashed up, and when it was dark, it was only a small piece of land on the city wall to facilitate glue, and at this time it was luck and morale, and it was up to who could hold it to the end - and at this time, the king was left with only a guard battalion in his hand!

The king also had no idea, and in a hurry, he put the unarmored boy camp on top, and there was not much hope, so it would be good to distract some of the defenders' energy and buy more time--the dead man still had less mouth to eat--see that if he had the opportunity, he would smash the guard camp again, and it would be too late to run away while it was dark...... He was the youngest, and he climbed up to the city empty-handed with the others. The half-grown kid with the knife attracted everyone's attention, and was caught in the leg & slit by himself, and climbed the flagpole in order to avoid the knife and gun - and accidentally ripped the flag off!

In the blink of an eye, the defenders on all sections of the city wall collapsed at once, and the city was broken......

The king saw the little dot on the flagpole from afar, patted his thigh and was happy, and when he knew that his surname was also Zhang, he was even happier and accepted as a righteous son in public. It was August 13th, hence the name.

The memory of that day is fixed on the moment when the king, oh, the father-in-law said, "You don't need to go back to the boy camp...... Then he poured a large bowl full of wine, and he didn't know anything.

Then, the personal servant, the guard, the captain of the guard...... Step by step, I didn't talk to my father-in-law for sixteen or seventeen years, and I have been leading an army to fight in the south and the north for seven or eight years, when did I disappoint my father-in-law? The surname Guan is just a dog army head of the official army, although he brought thousands of people to surrender, isn't he really desperate? It's been less than a few years, why can you get the title of "general" on an equal footing like yourself? Back then, my father died at the hands of these dog officers......

In recent years, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, and the two rivers have ...... Footprints have traveled more than half of the Ming Dynasty, time flies, and I have returned to my birthplace again, and I can't help but have mixed feelings. Although the accent has become southern and northern, Anqing Mansion is his hometown after all, and he still has some feelings in his heart. Luzhou Mansion is an auspicious place for his own development, of course, he doesn't want to be slaughtered into a blank land by the surname Guan - how fucking frustrating! So a battalion of soldiers was sent over to look at the point, even if the surname Guan misunderstood, what could we do to grab the credit? The righteous father knows what to do.

It's quite easy to lay down Wangjiang County. The city wall has been in disrepair for a long time, and the wall bricks in many places have been weathered and gone, and the soil has been directly exposed. Oh, officer! It's really stupid to read a book: can the officials believe it? That's a cheap industry, and children and grandchildren can't take the imperial examination! So it is passed down from father to son. You are a liuguan, when the grandfather pats his ass and leaves for a few years, their ancestors will stay here for generations, can they have the same heart with you? No, just before the siege began, the city gate opened, and the county commander was tied up by his own officials and sent over......

The dog officer is quite bonely, and the pestle is scolding vigorously. Hehe, the old rules, without waiting for his own orders, the second dog grabbed his hair with one hand and stabbed it into his mouth a few times, his tongue and teeth were sparse, and he couldn't scold, right? The dog officer doesn't have a good thing. Besides, if he falls into their hands, he will only be even worse. So, you deserve it!

The officials are not a good thing. The storyteller said that the foot of the car and boat shop should be killed if he is not guilty. Still, they are still useful.

Let them lead a few teams to dig out the rich man's nest, which is much more efficient than bumping into it themselves. In a small county town, there will be no large reserves of food and materials, and how much can be found, but there will definitely be some gold and silver. Many people are stupid, thinking that it is safe to bury it in a corner - if it is really that simple, why does Lao Tzu eat and drink spicy food everywhere he goes? The children all know: draw a few buckets of water from the well and pour it on the ground, see where it seeps fast, and don't ask if the soil is freshly filled. Dig it!

At the end, all the people are circled, hehe, in two days to fill the trench in Anqing Mansion. The prisoners in the prison can be accepted, but there are not many in the small county town, so a few should be counted.

There are two babies in the county government of the dog official who are not the same as other little cubs, although their faces are smeared with pot ashes and their clothes are tattered, but they are different from the country dolls at first glance, and others also peek a few times from time to time, and they don't dare to touch their eyes! Someone came and picked them up...... Haha, what did I say, look at this thin skin and white meat, and a red silk belly pocket!

Pull the dog officer over to our house!

Hahahaha, weren't you quite tough just now, how did you kneel down and know how to kowtow? What, what do you say? General Ben can't hear the mouth full of blood foam! In front of him, he cut off the two official cubs!

What about the officials? All called.

Don't be afraid, you have opened the city gate, you are your own people, let's go with General Ben, and drink wine and eat meat in a big bowl in the future! What, small family? Rest assured, all enter the old camp! Or...... Stick your head over and slash it? From now on, there is no concern, hahaha, choose yourself!

Oh? So quickly made up your mind to go with General Ben? But...... General Ben is still a little worried! Otherwise, the dog official will be tied to a pillar outside the county office, and each of you will go and stab him! Only when there is blood on his hands can he be considered his own person. Come on, give them a knife! Whoever doesn't take the knife will also cut it for me!

Hahahaha.