The thief comes like a comb, and the soldier comes like a grate.

In troubled times, these eight words often mean blood and tears.

Don't have unrealistic illusions about the military discipline of the army in this era, basically no one can do it without committing any mistakes in the autumn.

Generally speaking, as long as it does not go too far and cause public anger, the army of the winning side will more or less have some acts of bullying the people, such as robbery of gold and silver, and even adulterous wives and daughters.

Today, a team of Qi soldiers broke into the palace, in addition to the more than ten people in the main hall, more than 20 people searched for money and property in various parts of the mansion, and the slightest disobedience was punching and kicking.

In the main hall, the mourning of young women can be heard from time to time.

The men of the Wang family dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, because the steel knives in the hands of these Qi soldiers in front of them were facing them, as if they could be cut down at any time.

After a while, a man in his twenties walked out, dressed loudly, with a comfortable expression on his face.

Then a soldier sneered and said, "Captain, how does it feel?" ”

The man's name is Gao Yuqi, and he is now the captain of the Taixing Army, leading 1,000 elite foot soldiers.

This man fought bravely and resolutely, and was appreciated by Kang Yanxiao, the commander of the Taixing army, and was one of the first death squads to rush into the city in the previous battle of Xinchang.

It is said that after the end of this war, Kang Yanxiao will definitely promote him to the rank of commander of the regiment.

Gao Yuqi scolded with a smile when he heard this: "This year has been uncomfortable, and it is not easy to be happy, what are you rabbits anxious about?" ”

Everyone laughed.

In stark contrast, the men of the Wang family all had red eyes, and one of the young men was even gritting his teeth and staring at Gao Yuqi, if it wasn't for someone next to him, he would have to stand up and fight with these Qi troops.

Gao Yuqi seemed to be joking with his subordinates, but in fact, his mind had been on these men who seemed to have poetry and books, and when he saw this, he turned his head to look at the young man, his eyes flashed with cold killing intent, and he said in a deep voice: "What do you see? ”

"Shameless bandits!" The young man was undaunted and angry.

Sergeant Qi looked over with an unkind face, Gao Yuqi raised his hand and pressed down, and then sneered: "Lao Tzu didn't look for your mother and sisters, didn't you just get a maid, you are fucking unconvinced?" Don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know that you high-ranking mansions look like dogs on the surface, but each one is dirtier than the other on the inside! These maids are wantonly lustful by you for a little silver, don't you know when you think Lao Tzu? ”

"What's the matter, you boys and brothers can play, but you can't play with mud legs like Lao Tzu?"

He walked over to that side, murderous.

The young man was fearless, and said with hatred: "Our Wang family's poems and books are heirlooms, and etiquette is important, how can we do that kind of pickled thing?" Don't spew blood! ”

"It's quite hard-mouthed." Gao Yuqi came close with a sneer.

A middle-aged man stopped in front of him.

His face is clear, his temperament is elegant, and he also has two points of grief and anger at the moment.

"Get out of here!" Gao Yuqi said coldly.

The middle-aged man's name is Wang Shao, he is the head of this Wang family, he is an extremely responsible scholar, and he has never quarreled with outsiders, but at this moment he can't take half a step back.

Facing the fierce and vicious Gao Yuqi, Wang Shao bowed his hand, forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "This captain, today's matter is here, and the Wang family will not confide in the outside world. I will have someone give the maid's deed to the lieutenant, in addition to the various toys that your family took today, I will also prepare a thousand taels of silver tattoos to serve as labor for the army. I also hope that the captain will raise his noble hand and not be angry. ”

Gao Yuqi hadn't read a book for a few years, but he also knew the meaning of these words, and immediately sneered: "Are you threatening me? ”

Wang Shao said: "Don't dare to go down." ”

Gao Yuqi looked at the middle-aged man steadily, then sneered, turned around and pulled a chair to sit down in the hall, and randomly ordered a few soldiers and said, "Did you hear it, the master of the Wang family is a very generous person." A few of you go to find a maid to be happy, and when the master of the Wang family prepares five thousand taels of silver, we have to leave. Remember, don't disturb the purity of the Wang family's relatives, lest the lord of the Wang family go to the general to complain. ”

"Obey!" Everyone responded with a smile.

After these words came out, not only the young man from before was furious, but the other Wang family men all turned red.

However, this group of helpless scholars who grew up in the Chengping era only had uncontrollable anger, but they did not have the courage to face the sharp blade of steel and die to die.

Wang Shao stood up.

He stopped on the way to the inner room, looked directly at Gao Yuqi and said, "If the captain insists on humiliating the Wang family, please step on Wang's corpse!" ”

Other young people followed suit.

Gao Yuqi's eyes narrowed slightly, slowly got up, and stretched out his right hand to the side.

One of the soldiers handed over his saber.

Just as Gao Yuqi stepped forward, a miserable howl suddenly came from outside.

"Ahh

Then there was an uproar, and then there was a calm.

Everyone in the Wang family was shocked, Gao Yuqi frowned slightly, and the other soldiers couldn't help but clench their weapons.

After a while, more than ten people came to the main hall, led by Lu Shen and Lin Xi.

Gao Yuqi's face changed slightly, first a touch of panic, and then a familiar smile, and he stepped forward and said, "I didn't expect to see Captain Lu here." ”

After the main force of the Huaizhou Army set off from Panlong Pass, it was composed of thousands of cavalry to form a vanguard to clear the Yan army sentry cavalry and small military villages along the road, and then the Zhenbei Army, the Lai'an Army, the Taixing Army and the 50,000 elite troops of the Panlong Army followed.

After capturing the two cities of Xinchang and Shiquan, the Huaizhou army divided into two routes, and the Zhenbei Army and the Panlong Army moved to the northwest to deter the main force of the Yan army and threaten the towns on the periphery of the capital Yongqiu City, so as to suppress the forces under Chen Xiaokuan's command in the northwest line.

The Lai'an Army, the Taixing Army, and the Panlong Army's 4,000 men continued southward, aiming at Jianghua City, south of Xunyang City.

It is the second largest city in the territory of North Yan Moyang Road, second only to the capital Yongqiu.

Jianghua, as the core of the second line of defense system set up by Chen Xiaokuan, is also the place where the Huaizhou Army and the Jingzhou Army converged in the Lu Shen Plan.

If Jianghua can be captured, it means that the entire southeast of Moyang Road has fallen into the hands of the Qi army, and the initial strategic goal has been achieved.

Lu Shen didn't directly respond to Gao Yuqi's words, his eyes fell on the faces of the Wang family behind him.

Looking at the young and flushed faces, and thinking of the Taixing soldiers outside who were taken down by him and holding all kinds of valuable toys in their arms, how could Lu Shen not know what happened here.

Seeing that he ignored himself, Gao Yuqi's face suddenly became a little ugly.

The two of them are both lieutenants of the same level, and the personal guard battalion can't manage the Taixing Army, so he doesn't feel that he has anything to fear.

"Ahem...... Gao Yuqi cleared his throat, and then said to Lu Shen: "Captain Lu, if it's okay, I'll leave first, General Kang still has something for me to do." ”

Lu Shen was unmoved, and said lightly: "Captain Gao, before the army set off, Huang Sima of the Governor's Mansion had already conveyed the commander's order to all the troops, and it was strictly forbidden to bully the local villagers during this march, didn't the Taixing army announce the commander's order?" ”

Gao Yuqi's heart froze, and he immediately said without changing his face: "Of course there is, I don't know what Captain Lu means by this?" ”

This seems to be pretending to be stupid, but in fact, he is treating Lu Shen as a fool.

Lu Shen sighed lightly, and there was a little more coldness in his eyes.

Gao Yuqi didn't want to make a bad deal with the red man in front of the Grand Governor, so he leaned closer and explained in a low voice: "Captain Lu, the brothers have been fighting for several months, and this time they have traveled hundreds of miles in a row, so they are really tired. Don't worry, we all know the rules of the Metropolitan Governor, and we don't hurt people or do evil, but we just take some benefits from this kind of rich and noble family. In this way, how about giving half of what we have found to the brothers under the command of Captain Lu? ”

"Oh?"

Lu Shen replied expressionlessly, then looked at the people of the Wang family and said, "Everyone, what happened just now, you can tell the truth." ”

Wang Shao looked up at Gao Yuqi's sharp gaze when he turned his head, and said miserably: "It's okay, this high school lieutenant just came to Wang's house to take a turn." ”

Gao Yuqi said with satisfaction: "Captain Lu, they are all their own people, you might as well make it convenient." ”

"They wounded more than a dozen people, robbed my family of belongings, and insulted my mother's maidservants!"

The young man finally couldn't restrain himself and screamed with grief and indignation.

There was silence in the hall.

A little evil aura appeared on Lin Xi's face.

Lu Shen stared at Gao Yuqi's eyes and said slowly: "Captain Gao, who gave you the courage to treat military law as nothing?" ”

At this moment, Gao Yuqi was already aware of the arrival of the crisis in his heart, but he still didn't believe that the other party would stand up for this Wang family, so he smiled and said: "It's just a trivial matter, why should Captain Lu make a big fuss?" ”

"The high lieutenant may not know that this general is under the orders of the metropolitan governor and has the right to administer military law."

After Lu Shen said this, Gao Yuqi's face changed greatly, and then he heard Lu Shen reprimand coldly: "Take it!" ”

The sound of drawing knives continued one after another, and the masters behind Lu Shen immediately stepped forward and unloaded the weapons of the Taixing sergeants with lightning speed, and then the two long knives were already on Gao Yuqi's neck.

"Lu Shen, you have no right to take me!" Gao Yuqi roared angrily.

Everyone in the Wang family watched this scene in amazement.

Lu Shen didn't pay any attention to Gao Yuqi, came to Wang Shao and said, "May I ask what your Excellency is called?" ”

Wang Shao could barely maintain his calm, and hurriedly saluted: "Villain Wang Shao, I have seen Captain Lu, thank you Lord Captain for relieving the crisis, the Wang family is grateful!" ”

Lu Shen bowed slightly, and said concisely: "This person violated our military law, and he should be punished according to the law." You don't have to panic, Xunyang was originally the territory of Daqi, and it has been trapped in the enemy for nearly thirteen years, and now it is back under the rule of the imperial court, and it should be the safety of You'er. Today's incident is the fault of our army, and I apologize to your government on behalf of the Huaizhou Governor's Office. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Wang Shao shook his head again and again, and tears were already in his eyes.

As Lu Shen said, Xunyang and even the entire Moyang Road are the land of Daqi, but it is a pity that no king has ever set foot here in the past thirteen years.

Lu Shen said: "The loss of your mansion will be borne by our army, and there will be a document to come here to negotiate with you later." In the future, I will take him back to the marching law and say goodbye. ”

Wang Shao looked at Lu Shen and the others who left decisively in a daze, including those soldiers who were ordered to be taken down by him, as if today's encounter was a dream.

"Father......," said the young man who had told the truth in a fit of rage.

He is Wang Shao's second son, named Wang Jun, and has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, but his temperament is not calm enough, or compared with other peers in the Wang family, he has a little more blood in his bones.

Wang Shao shook his head and motioned not to say more.

He looked at the distant figure of the young lieutenant, and a contemplative look gradually appeared on his face.

(End of chapter)