After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 58 Revenge
"Xu Shoubei, that kid Liu Sheng has been caught by a dog tartar!"

Xu Zhiyuan became anxious immediately. He was the nephew of the old man Pang Qing. At first he left the family and ran away by himself. Although he worked hard, he never got the chance to lead the soldiers. He just led the militia behind and took care of Qingshiji.

Including this time when Zhu Yiyuan decided to set up the Zhonghua Shandong Capital Division, Xu Zhiyuan did not participate in such a big event, and he was still his guard and in charge of housekeeping.

But this time Xu Zhiyuan did a good job. He sent the villagers into the mountains ahead of time to avoid the Qing army.The food supplies were hidden in the tunnel.

He led the young and strong militia, and he also took precautions in the tunnel, ready to meet the Qing army at any time.

And in order to monitor the movement of the Qing army, Xu Zhiyuan will also arrange many young and clever little soldiers to observe the movement of the Qing army and inform the villagers everywhere.

This is what the young Liu Sheng does. Xu Zhiyuan knows this child. His family is a well-known poor household in Qingshiji. His father died of illness a few years ago, and his mother raised four children by herself. Liu Sheng is the oldest one, and there are two more A younger brother, a younger sister.

Their adobe house has been around for ten years. It is crooked, leaking from the wind and rain, and there has been no money to repair it.

It wasn't until Zhu Yiyuan got the property of the Zhang family and awarded it to every villager. Liu Sheng's mother, plus four children, were allotted [-] mu of land.

Just finished the autumn harvest, and their family got a full 25 shi of grain.

Liu Shengniang was not willing to take out some early adopters with other people's families. In addition to setting aside enough to pay taxes, she also planned to sell some grain to raise some money as soon as possible to renovate the house.

In a few years, my eldest son will get married.

She is not willing to eat new grains, so she can only exchange for some cheap miscellaneous grains.

But Liu Sheng has a lot of ideas. He hopes to join the army, because after joining the army, he can get three more acres of land and have brand new clothes to wear.

As far as he can remember, not only has he never eaten steamed buns, he has never worn new clothes. His clothes are all remade from his father's old clothes, but there is nothing to complain about. His younger siblings are all wearing his old clothes ...

This kid talked to Xu Zhiyuan more than once that he wanted to join the army. Xu Zhiyuan smiled and agreed, "When I become a serious soldier, I will definitely promote you!"

Because of this promise, Liu Sheng gave Xu Zhiyuan a nest of wild duck eggs for dinner.

Xu Zhiyuan clearly remembered how the young ghost took out a few duck eggs as if offering treasures... "Why were you so careless and got caught!"

Xu Zhiyuan could only keep turning in circles in the tunnel, thinking about how to save people.

At this time, another bell rang suddenly, Xu Zhiyuan immediately raised the large knife, and several other people also picked up the red-tasseled guns. This was a battle alarm, and some tartars had gone down the tunnel.

Before they went to help, they heard miserable cries, and a soldier from the Green Battalion gave the soldiers hiding in the tunnel a chill.

Live it!

It's not that easy to deal with our authenticity.

It turns out that these tunnels have been carefully designed. The entrance is so small that only one person can enter. Below the entrance, there are militiamen watching all the time.

As long as you find that the Qing army is coming down, you will ring the bell to notify other people, and take weapons to kill one by one.

Liu Zhiqian and the others were the first Qing army to taste the power of authenticity.

They searched around, found the entrance, and went down a few, without exception, all of them died.

The rest of the people dare not go down anymore, they can only shout at the entrance of the cave to let the rebels come out and surrender, isn't that just a dream?

They had no choice, so they poured water into the tunnel, but it was a pity that they poured water bucket by bucket, and the underground channel for water diversion had already been prepared in the tunnel, so they were not afraid at all.

If the jug doesn't work, set it on fire.

It's a pity that the fire goes up, and the tunnel is not afraid at all.

Using smoke inside, the result is similar.

There is nothing authentic about it.

They moved earth and rocks to fill up the tunnel.

But under the Qingshiji, there are many tunnels, and it won't be destroyed in a short time.

This tunnel is actually more difficult to deal with than the city wall.

"Hit! Hit me hard!"

Holding the whip, Liu Zhiqian tortured the young Liu Sheng again. He had passed out three times and was woken up again. There was not a piece of intact skin all over his body, and even one eyeball was beaten out.

"Speak! Tell me quickly! Where are the entrances to the tunnels? Where are the thieves hiding?"

Liu Sheng coughed, and blood flowed from his mouth and nose. He lost one eye, and the other eye could only see a blur of blood.

But he could feel that the other party was already in a panic.

He wanted to laugh so much that another mouthful of blood gushed out again. After a while, he forced out a smile and said in a low voice, "You guys lost!"

Hearing this, Liu Zhiqian was furious, "You are such a thief, I will beat you to death!"

He frantically swiped the whip, and Liu Sheng fainted from the pain again.

This time Liu Zhiqian didn't wake up Liu Sheng, but ordered his subordinates to beat the thief to death.

At dusk, a bloody corpse with exposed bones was hung on the flagpole.

"This shameless bastard is not capable of fighting us. What kind of hero is he who bullies children?"

Xu Zhiyuan's eyes were bloodshot, he raised his knife and came to a hidden exit, not far from Liu Zhiqian's camp, and he could clearly see Liu Sheng's mutilated body.

In an instant, Xu Zhiyuan was about to rush out to avenge the boy.

But he rushed out, didn't he just fall into the trap of these thieves?

"Hey!"

He stomped his feet fiercely, and could only hold back his impulse, "When Mr. Zhu's soldiers arrive, you all just wait to die."

Xu Zhiyuan called another person and told him to be careful, to find Zhu Yiyuan's soldiers and horses, and to pass on the situation of Qingshiji. He must be careful not to let Qinggou catch him again.

The militiaman nodded, he left quickly, and it took more than an hour before he came back.

"Xu Shoubei, they're all here! Mr. Zhu, Tan Qiye, and Liu Baoyi, they're all here. They're all here. After a while, they'll start calling for a general attack."

Xu Zhiyuan was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Quickly inform everyone, prepare weapons and torches, and prepare to avenge Liu Sheng."

The other militiamen gritted their teeth one after another, "Yes, avenge Liu Sheng! Kill all the Qing dogs!"

As time passed, several generals of the Qing army, Liu Zhiqian, Zheng Longfang, and Yao Wenchang, discussed repeatedly. They clearly knew that the rebel army was underground, but they couldn't destroy all the tunnels for a while, and they couldn't find the way down. Method.

"We are like tigers eating the sky, we have no way to talk!"

Liu Zhiqian was so angry that he scolded his mother, "This place is evil, and the people are also evil. They are born thieves, and they would rather die than speak. Send the order, let the big guys go back first, and then find a way."

But just when Liu Zhiqian was about to retreat, Tan Deyu arrived with a thousand elite soldiers.

Qingshiji is the old nest of the rebel army, familiar with the terrain, coupled with the cover of night, it was completely unexpected and directly appeared in front of the Qing army.

"Qinggou is showing its teeth and claws in our hometown, everyone will kill Qinggou with me!"

"Kill the dog!"

"Kill the dog!"

The rebel army killed them at the fastest speed.

Liu Zhiqian's attention was attracted by the tunnel, and it was too late to find the main force of the rebel army when Yebu received it.

Tan Deyu still took the lead, fierce and invincible. He swung a long knife, cutting melons and vegetables, and killed him.

At the same time, militiamen rushed out of places that the Qing army did not notice, such as corners, warehouses, stoves, even huts, and under trees.

Xu Zhiyuan was the first to jump out. He raised his sharp blade high and roared, "Avenge Liu Sheng!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

……

The militiamen suddenly appeared, throwing the already flustered Qing army into chaos.

What's more terrible is still behind, the mountains in the distance also have flames, and there are faint shouts of killing.

How many thieves are this?

Liu Zhiqian was stunned for a moment, he only felt that there were shouts of killing everywhere, and thieves everywhere... There was no other way, he could only choose to run away.

And when he ran, he fell into Tan Deyu's trap. Qi Ye did not concentrate his main force to attack Qingshiji, but let Liu Bao and Luo Yi each lead a thousand households, and waited for them to escape before besieging them.

The scattered and fled Qing army happened to fall into the net formed by the two thousand households.

"kill!"

In an instant, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and Liu Zhigan's soul was scattered. It is really terrifying that these thieves can not only hide in the ground, but also fall from the sky.

Luo Yi fought several battles, and he was more courageous than the sky, rampant and merciless. The rebel army lacked bows, arrows and firearms, so they had to rush in as quickly as possible, and then fought hand-to-hand with each other.

This style of play requires a lot of courage, but what the rebel army lacks most is courage.

"Protect the folks and kill all the dogs!"

The rebel army was like a possessed killing god, with red eyes, rushing wherever there were many Qing troops.

Liu Zhigan was out of his wits, if he had known that these thieves were so ruthless, he shouldn't have rushed in foolishly.

It's too late to say anything now, he can only take his men and flee desperately...

At this time, Tan Deyu had already reached the Qingshiji and joined Xu Zhiyuan.

Xu Zhiyuan wiped the blood from his face, "Qiye, Liu Sheng is dead!"

Tan Deyu followed Xu Zhiyuan's fingers and saw the corpse on the flagpole. In an instant, his anger rushed straight to his forehead.

"What are you still doing in a daze? Follow me to kill!"

"Avenge Liu Sheng!"

The roaring all over the mountains and plains became a reminder for the Qing army. The Qing army who fled in a hurry was constantly hunted by the people. No one showed mercy to them, just like they did not show mercy to Liu Sheng.

(End of this chapter)