Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 1045 Throwing the hammer and thinking about it (seeking a monthly ticket)

This memorandum of Wu Lan directly broke Chongzhen's mind of moving south and cut off his way out.

It even interrupted his thoughts of wanting to slow down Songjin's battle.

He Jinchao's actions like this can only allow Chongzhen to continue to be nailed to Beizhili, and fight each other with the Qing court Huang Taiji.

So much so that the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty cried together in the palace, and the emperor fell ill in a hurry.

That's okay with no one!
Under the leadership of Gao Jie, the Ming army entrenched in Nanyang Mansion, the supervisor Wu Sheng and others quickly evacuated, laying in ambush!

Hammer bandits have long been known as vicious.

Gao Jie even learned from Niu Chenghu that Cao Bianjiao, who made him lose his sense of smell, had also pledged his allegiance to He Jinzhao early on, so he couldn't fight.

The officers and soldiers marched collectively towards Runing Mansion.

It can be said that Wu Sheng's troops still have some combat effectiveness in Henan, otherwise Gao Jie would not have thought of fighting against the mighty Li Zicheng.

As long as there are still a large number of officers and troops in Henan, Li Zicheng cannot enter Huguang boldly with confidence.

Niu Chenghu's men were [-] behind by Gao Yigong's impact, and the defenders in various parts of Henan were even more vulnerable.

All the generals are watching the wind to avoid them, and no one dares to block their vanguard.

Even wherever they went, they surrendered with bare hands, or changed into ordinary people's clothes, and hid in the weeds for fear of being caught and chopped by the hammer bandits.

I have long heard that the hammer bandits have strict military discipline. Those of them who don't like restraint are very afraid of being caught by the hammer bandits, breaking the military law, and having their heads hung on the flagpole.

Dong Xueli, deputy general of Huamachi, who had been in the Ming army's camp sequence, led his troops to surrender.

Relying on his identity as a Qin native from Guangwu, Shaanxi (now Qingtongxia City, Ningxia), he wanted to establish a relationship with He Jinchao.

As for Dong Xueli, after he led his men to surrender, all his subordinates were also dispersed. By the way, a wave of grievance meetings was held, and dozens of officers' heads were beheaded.

Dong Xueli was so frightened that his two legs trembled, and the sweat on his head kept dripping down.

He was afraid that he would be beheaded by He Jinzhao once he gave the order.

According to the temper of the hammer bandits, most of them killed officials.

But Dong Xueli has never seen He Jinzhao, and there is inevitably a gap in his heart.

He originally thought that he could reap some benefits by surrendering voluntarily, but he didn't expect He Jinzhao to ignore him at all.

On the contrary, he beheaded his confidants in sevens and eights.

It is better not to surrender!
Among the current Hammer bandit army, the Ming government army is already in bad shape, and it makes no difference whether they surrender or not.

Now Dong Xueli doesn't even have the guts to dare to rebel again.

Ma Yuanjun was a soldier who followed Niu Chenghu to lure the intruders and was captured by the hammer bandits.

After being killed by the hammer bandit at the beginning, the big rout hastily knelt on the ground and begged for his life, and has been trembling all the time, but he still has his share after dinner at night.

Ma Yuanjun guessed that he should not die.

In fact, He Jinzhao looked down on the physique of these captive soldiers, and none of them were better than the refugees.

Because food is very precious in this land of Henan, it is impossible to be a full ghost.

Immediately, he was organized into two thousand-man teams that were not satisfied with the number, and became a member of Brigade A of the temporary formation of the Pioneer Battalion.

Probably because he was lucky, he was appointed as a small team leader who manages ten people.

Ma Yuanjun burped, couldn't help but patted his chest, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Ben was a prisoner, and it was normal to work for the hammer bandits.

But in his opinion, it's not normal for Marshal He to order these workers to have enough food.

Even if he was in the army of the Ming Dynasty, he would still be hungry twice in three days, and he would still eat nothing.

The only disadvantage is that when the hammer bandits set up camp, they were not allowed to enter the camp, but stayed outside.

And set up a hammer-throwing pole between them, saying it was for their protection.

But Ma Yuanjun found that none of their soldiers escaped at all.

Going back to the Ming army, can those bastard superiors feed me?

Only fools run.

As the saying goes, in the army, good food can make half an instructor.

There is no need for everyone to say much at all, the captive soldiers will know how to choose if the food is placed there.

Ma Yuanjun is still a cook in the Ming army camp, so the thin ones are stronger than the hemp stalks.

Even the cooking soldiers can be starved like this, which shows how poor the treatment of the Ming army is.

Even though they were not allowed to enter the camp, he found that the Hammer Bandit soldiers were patrolling outside the camp day and night, and the patrol horses might have been placed hundreds of miles away.

What makes Ma Yuanjun most incomprehensible is that the hammer bandits have very strict military discipline.

Soldiers are not allowed to hide silver privately, they are not allowed to live in houses when they enter towns, and they are not allowed to bring other people's wives.

Those who captured horses and mules in battle were rewarded first, followed by bows, arrows, lead guns, coins, silk and clothes, and precious jewels and jade.

That's right, the most important things in the eyes of the officers and soldiers are unimportant things in the eyes of hammer bandits.

In addition, the hammer bandits are well-equipped and have sufficient logistical support.

Each cavalry has two or three horses, and they ride in turns, even if the distance is long, they will not suffer from fatigue.

The big horse is given one bucket of feed every day, the middle horse is six liters, and the fat horse is strong.

This made Ma Yuanjun's envious eyes pop out.

Because the Hammer Raises more horses than these people eat.

What they didn't understand the most was that through conversation, each of these Hammer Bandit soldiers had a field.

Marshal He gave them a house, married a wife, and would be buried in the Hall of Valor to enjoy the incense when they died in battle.

How could such a good thing happen in the world?
I've never heard it mentioned before, but when everyone mentions Hammer Bandit, they say that He Jinchao has strict military discipline and likes to kill his subordinates to build his prestige.

Therefore, Ma Yuanjun and other Ming soldiers were afraid of the hammer bandits, and they were unwilling to surrender to the hammer bandits.

After all, anyone who changes jobs is for better development, not for the sake of being stabbed.

Under the condition of the mature army of hammer bandits.

Whether it is Ma Yuanjun, the low-level Ming army, or the Ming army who served as a general, they are incomprehensible.

"Soldiers" can have such good treatment?

It is something that people like Ma Yuanjun dare not even think about.

Because Daming treated soldiers no differently than slaves.

If they had known that the Hammer bandits were treated so well, the brothers would have gone to Marshal He long ago, instead of starving and filling their meals here in Henan and fighting with bandits big and small.

If it had been earlier, we would have had our own fields, houses, and daughter-in-law before going out with Marshal He, and even sooner, we could have two children.

A large number of soldiers want to join the hammer bandit system and become regular soldiers, instead of just repairing bridges and repairing roads ahead, and being satisfied with a few full meals.

People tend to think more after eating.

As soon as I thought about throwing the hammer, the world widened in an instant!

Before the Hammer Bandit entered Nanyang, He Jinzhao stood in Wollongong and had a taste, but now he didn't see the scenery of Zhuge's thatched cottage.

There are some people who are not densely populated, but most of them ran to the mountains.

Whether it's officers and soldiers or "thieves", after so many years of baptism, the common people would rather hide in the mountains than easily take their lives to block them.

"King Qin." Ji Gui squeezed his beard and smiled:

"I think back then I was determined to help you, and I also wanted to be Zhuge Liang. Now, I'm half as good as Zhuge Liang."

"You?" He Jinzhao couldn't help laughing a few times:
"You also bullied Zhuge Kongming who has died for thousands of years and can't speak.

How many people have been able to get his heels throughout the ages? "

"Hahaha."

Ji Gui also couldn't help laughing out loud, and didn't care about his lord's teasing.

Who doesn't love bragging.

Besides, they can already see and touch He Jinzhao's great cause of creating a new dynasty.

Therefore, it is too normal to put gold on one's face.

The guards on the side unfolded the map, and the vanguard had already gone to take over Nanyang, and the next route was Xinye and Xiangyang.

In Nanyang, it is necessary to collect ships and go down the river to Xiangyang.

Zuo Liangyu led an army of 30 troops to garrison Xiangyang City.

"King of Qin, Zuo Liangyu has been devastated since the defeat of Zhuxian Town, retreated to Xiangyang, recruited troops, assembled a mob of more than 20 people, known as 30.

Among them are Hui Dengxiang, Ma Jinzhong, Chang Guoan and other rogues who accepted the recruitment. "

Even if Daming had fallen into this situation, they were probably willing to clean up their crimes and change their identities from bandits to officers.

In this way, it is reasonable and legal for them to persecute the people.

Ji Gui pinched his beard and said disdainfully: "Zuo Liangyu has so many people who care about his ass?

Only [-] were paid by the Ming court according to their names.

Soldiers who exceeded their salaries relied on arbitrarily recruiting local residents to maintain their supply.

This caused great disaster to the people in Xiangyang area.

I believe that the lord sent someone to Xiangyang to release the wind, and Zuo Liangyu would be scared to flee.

Throughout the south, I don't think anyone dares to stop the Lord's army. The only thing that needs to be troubled is to occupy various key points and govern the place. "

Although this time the troops were sent out and many officials were brought along with the army, the thought of Huguang's huge land boundary made Ji Gui's scalp tingle.

"The grain reserves are constantly decreasing. When I arrived in Nanyang, I went to find big households to borrow grain."

He Jinzhao ordered that Xiangyang City was taken down by Zhang Xianzhong, but there were still fish that slipped through the net.

"clear."

In Xiangyang City, Zuo Liangyu is inspecting the shipbuilding situation.

He felt that the burglar Li Zicheng would not stop in Henan, the land of Henan had been plagued by years of famine, and it simply couldn't support so many people's mouths to eat.

Zuo Liangyu believed that Li Zicheng would lead his army south to Huguang for food, and Xiangyang was the top priority.

The elite under his command suffered heavy injuries. Although he could hide the truth from the Emperor Ming who was thousands of miles away, he couldn't hide it from the intruders who had fought against him several times.

These gathered men and horses have no power to fight.

Zuo Liangyu had no fighting spirit, and built a large battleship in Xiangyang, preparing to flee eastward along the Han River if the situation became tense.

Lu Guangzu hurriedly ran to Xiangyang, saw Zuo Liangyu pointing at the boat, stepped forward in three steps at a time, took his arm and said:
"Shuai Zuo, something serious happened."

Seeing how flustered he was, Zuo Liangyu hurriedly asked:

"Is it because the intruders came to kill them?
I remember that Wu Sheng was staying in Nanyang, so Li Zicheng had to pull out this nail before he could come to our Xiangyang.

Could it be that Wu Sheng led the troops and ran away? "

"Not bad." Lu Guangzu quickly affirmed, then lowered his voice and said:
"The hammer bandits entered Nanyang City, and Wu Sheng and the others ran away immediately."

"Hammer bandits?"

Zuo Liangyu's voice changed, so much so that the boat-making craftsmen on the river bank all looked over.

With a slap, the whip hit the craftsman's body, and immediately became red and swollen, with traces of blood oozing out.

"Who told you to stop?"

The supervisor yelled and cursed and pulled the boatman back, yelling in pain, and continued to work with a hammer.

It was the sound of the whip and the screams that brought Zuo Liangyu back to his senses.

"Is the news you said true?"

Zuo Liangyu firmly grasped Lu Guangzu's arm, and asked with firm eyes.

"Shuai Zuo, this news is absolutely true, it is definitely not a rumor."

Lu Guangzu's face was also full of hot sweat: "Then Wu Rai sent people to fight the intruders, but they met the hammer bandits, and the whole army was wiped out, so they ran away quickly, without even informing us, I went to Nanyang to find People drink, that's how I found out."

Zuo Liangyu was extremely angry about Wu Sheng's escape.I didn't bother to ask whether Lu Guangzu went to drink flower wine.

Usually, he was the one who cheated others, and Zuo Liangyu's only record of being cheated was caused by Wang Pu.

Zuo Liangyu just wanted to let Wu Sheng, a nerd, take the lead and buy him more time.

But now it seems that Wu Sheng is not a nerd either, at least he knows who to mess with and who not to mess with.

"Shuai Zuo, let's leave Xiangyang quickly."

Li Guoying also quickly suggested that the hammer bandit He Jinzhao can occupy the northwest, southwest and other places, and even Hong Chengchou can't regain the land of Shanshan and Shanxi, so what are we brothers doing?
If Zhuxian Town hadn't lost that one time, they might still have the capital to give it a go.

But now, let's run faster.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes showed eagerness. He really did not expect that He Jinzhao would suddenly send troops to Henan, and it seemed that he wanted to attack the land of Huguang.

Xiangyang is not safe anymore.

The reason why Zuo Liangyu wanted to win over so many people was to ask for money from the imperial court, and now he was forced to leave before the military salary was delivered to him, he really felt unwilling.

But Zuo Liangyu is not without the determination of a strong man to cut off his wrists.

"No hurry." Zuo Liangyu said hastily: "Guang Zu, you two go to arrange the landmines and dark crossbows. You must delay the time for the hammer bandits to attack Xiangyang, so that he will be vigilant and dare not rest assured to chase."

"Yes."

Lu Guangzu and the two hurriedly scolded loudly, and asked people to carry the mines, etc., and arranged them properly.

Night falls.

Holding the torch in his hand, the boatman looked at the poor people around him and said:

"Marshal He is coming to save us."

"Who is Marshal He?"

The boatman thought for a while and said: "I don't know, but a brother of mine sent me a message from Guangdong half a year ago, telling me to go there to build a boat for Marshal He, where he will have food, drink and wages.

All I know is that Marshal He has occupied Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Guangdong, and he owns half of the country.

Now he has come to Nanyang again, and the next step is Xiangyang.

Is it not enough for you and me to be bullied by Zuo Liangyu, that dog officer? "

Zuo Liangyu's reputation is bad one by one.

Hearing the last sentence, all the people around who helped build the ship became angry, and indeed many people were afraid.

After all, Zuo Liangyu's men did all sorts of evil, murder, arson, and robbing women were all basic practices.

"Brother Wang, let's go to cast hammer bandits?"

But the boatman hummed and laughed twice: "Zuo Liangyu must not be allowed to escape by boat!"

(End of this chapter)