In the middle of October in the autumn of the first year of the puppet emperor of Dayong, the people of the villages around Gaonu County are still working in the fields, the sun is round and big hanging in the air, but the weather is getting cooler day by day, the children are running around in the fields, playing and playing, from far and near is a peaceful scene.

The war in Dayong in the past two years has not affected Gaonu too much, and the rebellion in Bingzhou has not affected Daogaonu, a happy land close to Bingzhou, and the wheat and millet and other crops planted have matured, and everyone is looking forward to a good year, and even the sunshine seems to be interested in favoring this land full of peace.

Unlike other places, the young men here were not drafted, but formed an army in Gaonu on the spot and became a county soldier. Guy is rich in stone resin here, and after the stone grease became a weapon to defend the city in the hands of Wang Rong, it became the armament formulated by the Dayong court, and the stone grease origin that has been proved in Dayong is only Gao Nu.

It is still difficult to mine this thing, and it must be a young and strong laborer, so although the young and strong of the high slaves have become county officials, the things they can do have nothing to do with the army. Farming when the farm is busy, collecting resin when the farm is slack, as for military training? What is that? Can you eat it?

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and a man in the prime of life who was working in the fields suddenly raised his head with a look of horror on his face.

Sure enough, the village alarm bell soon rang.

Immediately afterwards, several people with iron heads, wearing light armor, and riding tall horses galloped past between Qianmo, breaking the peaceful atmosphere in the field.

And the state army! It's the rebels!

Although these people in Gaonu County have never seen the Bingzhou army, they have also heard the officials of the Xushan court say that the rebellion of the Bingzhou and the evil things that those rebels have done, burning, looting, and slaughtering settlements, are simply bad things to do.

These people, who were working in the fields, saw these scouts of the cavalry and state army, and they fled back in fright without looking back.

The children of the village, however, were still playing on the field road, standing in front of the cavalry, oblivious to the impending danger.

The mother of one of the children, who happened to be nearby, saw that the tall war horse was rushing towards her, and that her child was in danger, and did not care much, ran from the field to the dirt road in a few steps, and took the child who was still in her arms. Cover the child in his arms tightly with his thin back.

The people who remained in the field closed their eyes, not daring to look at the bloody scene.

"————"

The neighing of the horses sounded, and when everyone opened their eyes in horror, they found that the expected bloody scene had not appeared, and the vicious scouts of the Bingzhou Army also stopped the war horses under them.

Some of the children who reacted sat on the ground in fright and cried, while others were so frightened that they ran away into the distance while crying.

Only the child in his mother's arms was still waving the wooden branch in his hand and giggling, but he didn't know that his mother was too frightened to stand up, and only thought that he had died in the Yellow Spring, in the underworld.

"Phew—"

Several scouts each pacified their horses.

"Don't you have eyes?"

The leading scout captain yelled at his men beside him, raised his whip high, and made a gesture to fight.

The child's father also rushed over, knelt in front of his wife, and kept kowtowing to the scouts of the Bingzhou army to apologize: "The child is not sensible, please spare your life, I will wait for this to give way, this will give way......

Seeing this, the leading scout captain was stunned for a moment, and the horsewhip in his hand stopped in mid-air. Several scouts looked at each other and were stunned for a moment before reacting. The leading scout captain turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward.

At this time, the child's father knelt in front of his wife, although his body was trembling. When he saw the cavalry of the Ming and the state army coming over, his mind flashed through the actions of the traitors of the state army propagated by the officials, and he closed his eyes in despair, waiting for the moment when the butcher's knife arrived.

The butcher's knife didn't fall, and the father only felt his hand being caught, and a few cold objects were placed in his hand

Middle.

I heard the traitor of the Bingzhou Army standing in front of him say apologetically: "I was in a hurry, and I accidentally bumped into you, and this money should be reparated."

The child's father opened his eyes in disbelief and would have almost thought it was an illusion if it weren't for the six or seven five-baht coins in his hand.

The rest of the people who had already fled also stopped at this time, and the rest of the children were also taken away by their respective parents.

The leader of the Bingzhou Army scout turned over and shouted loudly, "There will be a large group of soldiers and horses passing by, but you can rest assured, we are the Bingzhou Army, and we will never do anything like banditry."

With that, several scouts waved their horsewhips and shouted, "Ride!"

Since the road ahead has been cleared, a few people did not delay much, and with a shake of the reins, the war horses left in the dust.

The people in the field gathered around, and someone lifted up the two men on the ground, and then they talked together: "And a large army of soldiers and horses, how is this good......?"

"It's a disaster......

"Just now the man said that there will be a large group of soldiers and horses to pass by, otherwise, go up the mountain to avoid it?"

"The autumn harvest has just begun, and if all the ripe grain in this field is harvested by the traitors of the state, what will we do this winter?"

Some people beat their chests and almost shed tears, and finally survived the summer grain collection of the Xushan Imperial Court, but now they have suffered military disasters, which is simply worse, if these grains are harvested by the state army, I am afraid that there will be no rice grain to survive in winter.

"Didn't you say that the rebels in this state have been defeated by the emperor? Don't the rebels dare to do any more trouble? How can there be such a calamity?"

The man kneeling on the ground was pulled up by everyone, he spread his palms, and said in shock: "This traitor of the state army does not seem to be like what the government said, like an evil ghost...... He gave me a few copper coins......

"Let's ask the clan elder to come out and tell me how to do it."

"Let's go ......"

The crowd talked and walked to a village not far away.

"Whoever tramples on crops, twenty lashes! Whoever violates the people will be beheaded immediately."

The heralds shouted loudly on both sides of the queue, and the soldiers in the queue walked cautiously on the field road.

The village was deserted by this time.

Chu Luxu rode on his war horse and led his personal army around the fields next to the village. This time, the state army sent troops, only four brigades and personal guard battalions, and his righteous servant, as the vanguard of the army, shouldered the role of scout.

Uluo took the wolf to live in the Chinese army, and together with the guard battalion, he guarded the Chinese army's tent. Yuan Tiangang and Meng Song took the trap and the first to live in the rear army, guarding the craftsman's house and the military medical department with the army.

Wang Rong sent troops from Bingzhou this time, and he also set new military regulations. Such as: trample on crops, whip twenty! Those who infringe on the people will be beheaded immediately! In this case, there are more than a dozen strict new military regulations, which strictly prohibit all acts that disturb the people.

On this march, in addition to the inevitable trampling of farmland during the night march, five baht was left as compensation for accidents. The daytime march violated military regulations, and dozens of soldiers were whipped in Wang Rong's personal guard camp, and there was even a bandit who turned out to be a bandit on Gujishan Mountain, and later joined the army, because his hands and feet were not clean, and when he was beheaded, even Wang Rong was personally present.

Moreover, those Sima and Yu Hou, who served as military judges, would not leave the slightest affection at all.

Chu Luxu looked at the village in front of him and asked the soldiers on the side, "How many miles are there from Gaonu County?"

The soldiers on the side hurriedly replied: "This place is still twenty miles away from Gaonu County, and our scouts have not encountered the Yongjun army for the time being."

Chu Luxu nodded and ordered, "Send the information back to the Chinese army, and let the scouts probe again!"

"Whoa!"

The soldiers bowed their heads and bowed their promises, hurriedly retreated, and galloped towards the rear of the army.

When the county lieutenant of Gaonu County hurriedly climbed the city wall, the scene in front of him almost frightened him.

Not far from the city wall, a large group of cavalry of the state army roared over the fields on the outskirts of the city. A thousand people, thoroughly

The earth is connected to the sky, there are 10,000 people, and there is no boundary!

In front of the county magistrate of Gaonu County were countless fluttering black flags. The wind was blowing, and he could even hear the distant sound of flags hunting in the wind.

The county lieutenant pressed his body against the blue bricks of the city wall, and his hands trembled slightly. The county officials in the entire Gaonu County, including the small officials in the city, the total number of people is not even a thousand.

Compared with the strength of the enemy and us, there is a huge disparity between the outnumbered and the county soldiers with less than 1,000 people and no morale, and the frightened ones can't even hold their weapons steadily, how can they withstand the thousands of merger state troops who are shouting and fighting fiercely?

There was not the slightest suspense about the fall of Gaonu County. The county lieutenant directly ordered Kaecheng to surrender, and the county guards of less than 1,000 people knelt in front of the city gate, and their weapons were all concentrated aside.

The city gate was opened, and Wang Rong rode his horse into Gaonu City, and the air in the city was filled with a foul smell of blood, which was the smell of the slaughter of the county order and a number of civil officials.

All the dwellings in the city were closed, although everyone knew that the thin wooden gate could not stop the vicious and vicious army of the state.

Wang Rong looked at the fire burning not far away, frowned slightly, looked at the county lieutenant kneeling on the ground and asked, "Why is there a fire in the city?"

The county lieutenant was frightened by the drink, and he quickly cleared up: "This matter is definitely not our doing, it may be a scoundrel in the city."

Li Sujie looked serious and suggested to Wang Rong: "Zhong Ming, you can let Yi Cong enter the city first, there are many scoundrels in the city who take advantage of the fire to rob, you need to stop it quickly!"

Meng Song on the side also admonished: "The commander strictly ordered the army not to disturb the people, but if you don't stop these scoundrels, I am afraid that dirty water will be poured on our army's head at that time."

Wang Rong nodded and agreed, "I didn't expect this. Herald! Let the righteous enter the city first to exterminate the scoundrels who took advantage of the fire to rob, and those who surrendered on the spot will be spared! Dare to have those who do not listen to dissuasion, kill! Anyone who dares to resist, kill!"

Wang Rong thought for a moment, and then said, "Let the trapped brigade enter the city, and the advance area will control the arsenal, granary, and county government."

"!!"

When the two guards of the guard battalion heard the order, they immediately waved their horsewhips and left quickly.

At first, Wang Rong only thought about ordering the army to control the county government, the arsenal, and the granary, forgetting the ordinary people, and only thinking that as long as his army did not disturb the people.

However, fortunately, not long after the Bingzhou army entered the city, after following the advice of Li Sujie and Meng Song, Wang Rong immediately ordered Yicong to enter the city.

Under the strong suppression of the Bingzhou army, Gaonu County soon returned to tranquility. This tranquility lasted until the early morning of the next day, and the entire Gaonu County was still surprisingly quiet, with no burning and looting, and no fires soaring into the sky.

The people of Gaonu County spent the night in fear, and some of the bold residents leaned down in the cracks of the door and looked out into the street, where they were lined up in a neat line of stern patrols.

The place where the Yong army was stationed near the city gate has also become the soldiers of the Bingzhou army.