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Chapter 240 I would rather die than surrender Jiang Bingcai

In this siege battle, the charge horn sounded, and hundreds of people charged forward with bayonets.

Although the conscript army is well-trained, a group of three, cooperating with each other, can always suppress the city with firepower at the right time.

But there are 2000 defenders at the top of the city.

There are archers, gunners, and all kinds of wooden rolling stones, golden juice hot water and other defensive equipment, which are piled up at the top of the city, which is very complete.

But in the end, none of the conscripts were injured.

"No wonder the commander-in-chief said that in the end of the war, it depends on people. Weapons and equipment are important, but people are more important. If a team does not have its own military spirit, it is not a good team.

Lingqiu City obviously had such ample defense equipment, but in the end the soldiers didn't fire a single shot, and they didn't even throw down wood and rolling stones. When they saw the city gate was opened, they all dispersed. "

Niu vigorously shook his head, sighing.

"Scholars can be killed! Don't be humiliated! Traitors and traitors! If you have the guts, kill me!"

At this time, there was a loud shout, and several soldiers came over, twisting an official in a green robe.

The official was wearing a magistrate's uniform, with his hat off and his hair in a disheveled bun.

He was tied up with five flowers, and two soldiers pulled his arms left and right.

This person is Jiang Bingcai, magistrate of Lingqiu County.

"be honest!"

The soldiers of the Crusade Army were not used to his problem, and they just kicked him when he stepped forward.

A small flag officer came over and saluted Niu Dali with a "snap".

"Report to the regiment commander! Capture a high-ranking official, the county magistrate of Lingqiu, named Jiang Bingcai. This guy was dishonest and wanted to commit suicide. Fortunately, we arrived in time, knocked out his sword, and captured him alive!"

The little flag officer was beaming with joy.

Capture the county magistrate alive, this is definitely a great achievement!

Moreover, when drinking again in the future, you can brag with your companions.

For the rest of my life, I will live with this honor.

"Oh?"

Niu turned his head vigorously and looked at Jiang Bingcai with interest.

"Rebels! You dare to attack the city, but you know that if you take this step, you will never be restored. You will be thieves forever? Rebels! Don't you think about yourself, don't you think about future generations?" Jiang Bingcai stood up. Straight, eyes glaring, upright.

Although there were conscript soldiers all around, with bayonets in their hands, and a cold light, he was not afraid at all, and still yelled at Niu Dali.

"It's rare for you to be loyal and courageous. If the civil and military officials of the court were like you, Daming wouldn't be so corrupt."

Niu Dali was not angry, he first clicked his tongue in admiration.

Jiang Bingcai was stunned for a moment, apparently he did not expect the general who led the rebel army to be so polite.

A glimmer of hope rose in my heart.

Although he is not afraid of death, even if the city is lost, he is willing to be loyal to the country.

But if there is a chance to live, he is of course willing to choose to live.What's more, there are people all over the city!

He, Jiang Bingcai, is the magistrate of a city and the official of the parents of the people.

The lives of the people are on him!
It doesn't matter if he's dead, it really worries him to hand over the lives of the people in the city to the rebels!

Thinking of this, his tone eased a bit.

"This general, in my opinion, you are not a heinous person, and your appearance is also heroic. Why do you want to be a thief?"

Jiang Bingcai is a typical gentry. Although he is loyal to the court and is considered a rare good official, his aesthetic standards are no different from those of the gentry in this era.

When he looks at people, the first thing he looks at is appearance.

If he is good-looking, he is probably a good person nine out of ten times.

Niu Dali is a tall man with a loyal appearance.

Especially since following Zhao Cheng, he has eaten his fill every meal and had enough meat every day, coupled with high-intensity training, his body has grown very strong.

He is also the head of the First Army Corps, leading troops to fight, winning consecutive battles, and naturally has a heroic spirit on him.

More importantly, Niu Dali, as an officer, has the will to fight.

This is what Jiang Bingcai admires the most.

Therefore, when he heard that Niu Dali seemed to have a good impression of the court, he immediately persuaded him.

"Then Zhao Cheng was originally a military family of the imperial court. He wanted to do rebellious things for his own selfish desires. If you fail, you will be a thief for generations. I believe the general knows about the events of the early days of the dynasty, right?

"Nonsence!"

Niu Dali thought it was interesting at first, and wanted to hear Jiang Bingcai talk about it, but he didn't expect that Jiang Bingcai's words went too far, and even offended Marshal Zhao, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Can you slander the commander-in-chief? You dare to provoke the relationship between me and the commander-in-chief. Do you think I am Liu Fei? I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect that you are no different from Fan Yongdou! No wonder the Marshal hates you gentry class, you don’t have a single good person!"

Niu Dali jumped up, and the more he talked, the more angry he became. He took out his gun and was about to kill Jiang Bingcai.

Jiang Bingcai sighed secretly in his heart. It seems that he wanted to use his three-inch tongue to say that Jiang Niu Dali's plan to go bankrupt!
However, he was not afraid of death.

From the moment the city was broken, he knew that he would not survive.

"stop!"

At the critical moment, just listen to a scolding.

When Zhao Gang arrived, he strode over and snatched the gun from Niu Dali's hand.

"Captain Niu Jun, what are you trying to do? Jiang Bingcai is a prisoner, and he is a high-ranking prisoner. He didn't resist or run away. How could you kill him?" Zhao Gang sank and scolded.

"Old Zhao, it's really time for you to come!"

Niu Dali let out a high, which was obviously ironic.

"This guy is dishonest! He did not resist, nor did he run away. That's because he has thin arms and legs, and is useless as a scholar. He can't escape even if he wants to! However, he dared to use sugar-coated shells Hit me! He actually wanted to persuade me to betray the commander-in-chief! He thought I was Liu Fei! Today, I have to kill him. He dared to corrupt the general of our conscript army."

Niu Dali persisted.

"Head of the Niu Army! Do you still have organization and discipline in your eyes! You are the head of the army, but you are just an ordinary member of the conscript army! You must abide by military regulations and discipline!

The marshal said that although most of the court officials are utterly bad, some of them are very strong. They are upright in order to defend the city and the people, even at the risk of death.Our nation needs such backbone and integrity!
For such a person, if you can't kill it, don't kill it.We must strive to reform them well.I heard about this Jiang Bingcai, who committed suicide after breaking the city.Our marshal likes this kind of backbone, don't surrender, don't submit!
If you dare to kill Jiang Bingcai, I will write to the commander-in-chief in the name of the ideological committee and ask the commander-in-chief to remove you as the army commander!Let you do logistics!Or let you go back to school, to re-learn! "

Zhao Gang's eyes were wider than Niu Dali's.

Niu Dali and Zhao Gang stared at each other with wide eyes and glared at each other at the same time, both of them were holding the revolver.

Jiang Bingcai watched from the side, his heart pounding.

These two people seem to be high-ranking generals, and they are fighting among themselves.

If there is a fight, will the conscript army be split?
Jiang Bingcai's palms were sweating, and he began to ponder again.

In this case, does he have a chance? It can be said that he will drop one of them.

Just now he tried to say that it was Niu Dali who surrendered, but failed.This time you can try this one called "Old Zhao".

When Jiang Bingcai was thinking this way, he saw that Niu Dali was suddenly discouraged. The last moment, he was still glaring angrily, as if he was going to kill someone.

The next moment, with an apologetic smile on his face, he let go of his grip on the revolver.

"Hey! Old Zhao, don't be angry, we just said that casually... frighten this dog official! Frighten him! We didn't intend to kill him. Don't complain to the commander-in-chief!"

"Aren't you fooling around? The bullets are loaded, the insurance is turned on, and you still tell me that you are scaring others? If there is another time, I will not spare you. I will definitely report to the commander!" Zhao Gang An attitude of not eating this set.

"No next time! Guaranteed there will be no next time! My good thinker! What a good partner we are! If you really sue the commander, withdraw me, and replace you with a legion commander, you are not used to it. Are you right?"

Niu Dali's hippie smiley face.

Jiang Bingcai was stunned and his head was lost.

What's happening here?
He roughly recognized that Niu Dali was the head of the legion, and the man surnamed Zhao was the ideological committee.

He didn't know what the ideological committee was, but he could basically infer that it seemed to be similar to a military eunuch.

This model seems to be the same as the imperial court.

The imperial court is also every general who leads troops outside, and there will be an eunuch who supervises the army by his side.

However, generally speaking, there is a disagreement between the general who leads the army and the eunuch who supervises the army.

This contradiction cannot be adjusted at all.Because both sides want military power.

What is going on between the head of the Niu Army and Zhao Siwei?

If you say quarrel, you can quarrel, if you talk and laugh, you can laugh, if you want to admit your mistakes, you can admit your mistakes in public, and you can still hook your shoulders...

This is something that can only be done between best friends!

This is unreasonable, unreasonable!
Jiang Bingcai couldn't understand it.

Niu Dali chatted with Zhao Gang blah blah blah, and threw Jiang Bingcai aside, ignoring him.

Jiang Bingcai had the will to die, but he saw Niu Dali and Zhao Gang sitting there facing each other. Niu Dali had a cigarette in his hand, and Zhao Gang had a big tea mug in front of him, their heads were tied together, and they were chatting very hotly. network look.

This made him curious.

Then, there were teams of conscript soldiers walking around.

These expeditionary soldiers were all wearing gray cloth military uniforms and carrying guns on their backs.No matter how many people were there, they all walked by in a neat queue.

If there are two people, they will be one in front and one behind; if there are three or more people, the other people will line up, and one person will stand by and play a commanding role.

Each of them was rosy-cheeked, well-built, and evidently well-fed.

The key is that they have brilliance in their eyes and confidence on their faces... This kind of full mental state is something that Jiang Bingcai has never seen in the imperial army.

He thought he had also seen the elite soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

For example, General Cao's servants are recognized as elite soldiers all over the world, and they even dared to fight more with less in field battles, and head-to-head with the Jiannu Tartars.

He often chases around thieves who are ten times or even a hundred times bigger than himself.

But even the servants of General Cao, big and small, couldn't compare with the conscript soldiers in front of them.

In terms of mental outlook alone, the soldiers of the Crusade Army were superior.

Jiang Bingcai was a little curious.

How did Zhao Cheng do this?

Let the generals lead the troops, and the eunuchs of the supervising army... Oh, this should be called the ideological committee. Not only will there be no conflicts, but they can also be like brothers, so that every soldier in the expeditionary army will be high-spirited and full of hope.

Anyway, if he wanted to die, he could die anytime, so he was not in a hurry to die right now.

Jiang Bingcai decided to take a look first to satisfy his curiosity.

The conscript army ignored him and just let him stay at the top of the city.

Someone even brought him water, which was in a plastic bottle...

Jiang Bingcai had seen this kind of water before.A caravan from the Dongfang Company came to Lingqiu and brought many novelties, as well as a lot of delicious food and drinks.

Out of curiosity, Jiang Bingcai had seen these things before.

This bottled water, the bottle is made of a material called plastic. I don't know what it is made of... Jiang Bingcai once wondered whether it was made of the inner layer of animal skin.

But how much effort does it take to polish to this level?

Those who looked at Dongfang Company didn't seem to take this bottle seriously, as it didn't seem like it was something precious.

This is a little unreasonable...

Thinking of the people from the Dongfang Company, Jiang Bingcai's expression turned a little ugly.

The reason why the city fell so quickly today is because of the people of Dongfang Company.

People from the Dongfang Company went to the city and brought firecrackers with them, which Jiang Bingcai never thought of.

Because there are not many people in the Dongfang Company in the city, and the conscript army came suddenly, so he ignored these people, which caused regret.

"Jiang Bingcai, let's eat!"

A greeting interrupted Jiang Bingcai's meditation.

It was two conscript soldiers, carrying a basket of steamed buns, holding two in their hands, and handing them to him.

The white flour steamed buns are dazzlingly white, with a fragrant smell.

Jiang Bingcai originally wanted to show his integrity, so he shirked it.However, this steamed bun is really delicious.

and……

"Why is this steamed bun so white?"

When Jiang Bingcai was young, he won the Jinshi. He reads well, and he is curious about new things, and he likes to ask why.

In the Ming Dynasty, the salaries of officials were very low.This has been established since the time of Taizu.

But this low is relative.

Jiang Bingcai is not greedy, but his salary, plus some extra income, can also allow the whole family to live a very prosperous life without worrying about food and clothing.

Everyday, Jiang Bingcai can still eat steamed buns.

He thought that the food in his house was good, and the noodles for steamed buns were all finely ground by a stone mill, and the steamed buns were big and white.

But compared with the two in front of me, I really can't see it.

"Hey! You are still the magistrate of the county! You don't even know much about it!"

The two soldiers were laughing and joking, making Jiang Bingcai blush.

He reached out and took it.

The smell of the fragrance was so tangy that he couldn't help but wriggle his throat.

"I definitely don't eat rebels. It's just that this white flour steamed bun is really weird. I only take a bite to taste it and see why it is so white and soft."

Jiang Bingcai tried to take a small bite.

Sweet and delicious.

Almost uncontrollably, he took the second bite, and then the third...

When he realized it, the two steamed buns had already been eaten.

This made him blush.

Then, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.In this world, how can there be such delicious steamed buns?
The steamed buns alone can make a parent like him want to eat more.

(End of this chapter)