Ming Zuo

Chapter 7 Soldiers and Bandits

War has its iron laws.

Anyone who thinks that he is comparable to Zhuge Liang, has no last resort, and can play the enemy with applause, will definitely be slapped in the face by the ruthless reality.

Standing in front of the army formation, Zuo Menggeng felt a burning pain in his old face.

His plan came to nothing.

He counted everything, but he didn't count it, the bandits in Nanpi could not be regarded as a regular army.

For Zuo Menggeng's plan to succeed, two conditions need to be met.

Nanpi County is sandwiched between the Weihe River and the Fuhe River. The Fuhe River is located to the south of the county seat and flows from the southwest to the northeast.

According to Zuo Menggeng's plan, when the imperial army "appeared" in the south, west and north, the bandits in Nanpi had no choice but to abandon the city and flee east.

In this way, they can only walk on the right side of the floating river.

Zuo Menggeng and Liu Yuanqing led the army to press from the north, and the bandits had no way to escape.

But what Zuo Menggeng didn't expect was that because of the severe drought for several months, the Floating River stopped flowing.

Just like the river where he burned the bridge before, although the river is full of mud, there is always a place to trek across.

Furthermore, the bandits in Nanpi were not a well-organized and united army.

When the officers attacked, the leader who knew the danger ran first.

The pawns below didn't know anything. When they woke up, they found that the leaders were gone, so they fled after realizing it.

The problem is, they don't know which direction the army is coming from!
So, east, west, north and south, all over the mountains and plains, there are chaotic bandits like headless flies everywhere.

There are only more than a thousand people in Liu Yuanqing's department. In the face of this situation, even if everyone has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to completely eliminate the rogue bandits.

Thinking about the cautious appearance of the general in the dream, Zuo Menggeng secretly woke up, knowing that he still had a lot to learn.

He was annoyed here, but Liu Yuanqing was overjoyed.

Seeing the rogue bandits running aimlessly, Liu Yuanqing knew that the county seat was hopeful to be recaptured.

With a machete in his hand, he was full of fighting spirit.

"You sons, rush with me, kill all the thieves, get promoted and get rich!"

The officials also knew that this battle would be won, and they had no more courage, so they followed Liu Yuanqing and rushed to the rebels.

Man, that scene is like the lion hunt in Animal World.

When the herbivores saw the ferocious lions, what they thought was not to rely on the advantage of numbers to resist, but to flee.

As long as it wasn't me who was caught.

Miss Xu was still on Zuo Menggeng's horse, still holding his waist.

The first time I was nervous and shy, it was the first time in my life that I was so close to a man.But once it is fresh, and it is cooked again, it is much more natural now.

The experience of many days has also made this girl much more courageous.He also stuck his head out from Zuo Menggeng's shoulder to watch the situation on the battlefield.

"Why didn't that General Liu go to seize the county seat, but chase and kill the thieves?"

Yes, Liu Yuanqing was originally worried that he would be beheaded if he lost the city and lost his land, but now he is not in a hurry to snatch the county back, but indulged in wanton chasing and killing the bandits.

Zuo Menggeng saw clearly, and snorted again and again.

"Why? It's all about dying for money."

Liu Yuanqing's department was also in chaos, but the goal was clear.

Those ordinary rioters didn't care at all, they just chased and killed those who were escorting the carriages and guarded by horse bandits.

Needless to say, those carriages must be loaded with property looted by thieves.

Nanpi County was destroyed, and Liu Yuanqing suffered heavy losses.

The county seat is within easy reach anyway, this guy is greedy and wants to take the opportunity to recover his losses.

Zuo Menggeng could see clearly his thoughts.

Miss Xu looked at the chaotic battlefield, the appearance of the official army and the rogue bandits risking their lives to kill for a piece of silver, and her heart was also chaotic.

"The official army is like this, what about the suppression of thieves?"

Zuo Menggeng looked at the riotous people who were screaming and died at the hands of the army. Among them were young and strong people, old people with gray hair, and babies waiting to be fed.

Some women were thrown down by the officers, stripped of their clothes, and went about their beastly deeds in broad daylight.

On a captured carriage, a cruel official was holding a bloodied head in one hand and a large string of jewels in the other. He laughed wildly like a demon.

Immediately afterwards, this person was chopped into meat sauce by the gangsters who came from all directions, and the jewels that were robbed were still not hot.

The official army came around again and fought fiercely with these rioters for treasures.

The entire battlefield was a mess.

Looking around, flying sand and rocks, yellow fog filled the sky, and screams and screams were endless.Gradually, it became difficult to tell who was a soldier and who was a bandit.

In the early morning, Liu Yuan did not know where he had gone, and the army he led had no one to command.

This is the moment of killing and looting. Whether it is soldiers or bandits, they are afraid that they will loot slowly and less frequently.

This place can no longer be called a human world, it is more like a country of animal nature.

Zuo Menggeng's heart was violently impacted when he looked at the lives that fell on the ground and were unwilling to pass away.

Officers and soldiers suppress thieves, it is only natural to say that.

But do those chaotic people whose homes are destroyed and persecuted by death really deserve to die?

Who can they rely on when they don't even have a bite to eat?

Court, what are you doing?
And these chaotic people who were about to die, after recklessly displaying atrocities, brought even greater disasters to the world.

The change from victim to perpetrator is so quick and violent.

Do these people regret even for a moment what they have done?

Suddenly, the bizarre theories in the dream began to churn, and wave after wave hit his thoughts.

Although Zuo Menggeng always remembered those strange theories, he never understood their meaning.

Now, when he saw the brutality of the beast cannibalism, he realized it.

There have never been any officials or bandits.

When a court cannot guarantee the survival of the common people and treats the common people like grass, then the court is the biggest bandit in the world from top to bottom.

When the people only know how to live blindly without regard for order and morality, they turn into beasts that destroy everything.

Until another force that treats the people a little bit better appears, the change of dynasty will happen.

To truly end this cycle of chaos, the world has to be different.

The earth began to shake.

It was slight at first, but gradually became denser like a drum.The last person sitting on the horse can feel the power of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking.

In the distance, countless cavalrymen swarmed.Countless flags fluttered in the wind, and countless armored knights began to accelerate.

All Liu Yuanqing's troops were infantry, and there were no cavalry at all.Moreover, these cavalrymen are well-equipped, and you can see that they are strong troops by looking at their posture.

A rain of arrows.

The cavalry that rushed in didn't make any sense and directly covered the battlefield with bows and arrows.

Countless rioters were shot to death, and some of Liu Yuanqing's subordinates became ghosts.

But these cavalry didn't care at all, like a ruthless killing machine, anyone who dared to stand in front of them would be crushed by them.

Many arrows were scattered around Zuo Menggeng and others.

"Come on!"

Zuo Menggeng's spirit was swept away, and with a flick of the reins, the horse under his crotch immediately turned around and galloped toward the northeast.

Zuo Rong and Zuo Hua didn't have time to think about it and quickly followed.

In the dust, Zuo Menggeng only saw a big flag, and wrote: Xuanzhen general soldier is black.

In order to make money in Nanpi County, he sent someone to pretend to be Hei Yunlong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu.

Unexpectedly, the Black Cloud Dragon really came.

Still in this way.

This group of cavalry is like a demon in hell, with no distinction between enemy and me, and crushed all the way.

Nanpi's official army was engulfed by them, and the rioters who followed were slaughtered.

If it wasn't for Zuo Menggeng who saw the opportunity quickly, turned his horse's head and ran north, and escaped, they would have died.

Watching the scene of the cavalry massacre, Zuo Menggeng's eyes were all scarlet.

If you kill people just to fight, that's fine.But what these cavalrymen did was even more extreme than that of the bandits.

He saw with his own eyes that the corpse of a Nanpi officer was picked up by the cavalry's long spear and swung to and fro in the air.When the silver in the officer's pocket fell, the cavalry reached out to catch it, and then threw the corpse off at will.

The corpse fell to the ground, and countless horses' hooves stepped over it and mixed with the soil.

This is true of the officers and troops who were originally colleagues, and the rest of the chaotic people can be imagined.

These cavalry quickly divided their troops and divided and surrounded the rioters.

Every time you surround a place, you will be shot with random arrows.There are still immortals, and then go up and hack to death.

A few more men from the cavalry began to search for the dead.

Once he touches gold and silver, he will cheer loudly, even more excited than fighting to kill an enemy.

This scene flashed in Zuo Menggeng's eyes, causing him to think of a sentence.

Bandits pass like a comb, soldiers pass like a grate.

Even the most elite nine-sided town is like this, this Ming...

"Zuo Menggeng, why are the officers and soldiers indiscriminate and killed together with their robes?"

Miss Xu's voice trembled, and what she saw with her own eyes was completely beyond her cognition.

What Zuo Menggeng could say, just hummed: "This Daming, it's over."

Miss Xu was stunned for a while, and said nothing, just nodded.

Zuo Menggeng didn't see it, and didn't dare to stop.

Fortunately, the Xuanzhen cavalry was held back by the rioters and ignored them, allowing them to quickly stay away from the gunpowder.

Behind the distance, the sky is full of blood.

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