Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 41
Those who respect others will be respected by others, and those who do not respect others should be punished in the same way as others.

Tian Xiong's repeated provocations not only made Liu Shun and others furious, but even Wang Yan, who decided to forbear, couldn't help feeling angry.

Wang Yan didn't expect that Tian Xiong would regard his retreat as bullying, so that he could make progress endlessly. He just didn't want to make troubles, but it didn't mean he could be bullied blindly.

"Dog thief, do you think I dare not kill you?" Wang Yan now knew that Tian Xiong was just shameless, so he pulled out his sword in a jerk and forced him towards Tian Xiong.

Liu Shun and the others at the side also immediately drew out their sabers and forced them forward, but Tian Xiong didn't expect such a situation. His personal guards all went to pick horses, and only brought ten people over. Surrounded in the middle.

Tian Xiong's personal guards had no choice but to protect him in the middle, and at the same time complained in their hearts, scolding Tian Xiong for being an idiot for putting them in danger.

Looking at the shining saber and the crowd glaring at him, Tian Xiong knew he had figured it out this time.

He didn't believe that Wang Yan would kill him, but he didn't dare to gamble. After all, he only had one life. If Wang Yan was a stunned young man, wouldn't it be too late for him to regret it.

For a moment, Tian Xiong's aloof face immediately turned into the color of a pig's liver, extremely aggrieved, and lost a little of the demeanor he had just now.

"You bastard!" Seeing his appearance, Wang Yan couldn't help saying coldly: "Get out of here! If you don't have the courage to splatter five steps with blood, don't provoke my loyalty camp!"

Wang Yan really wouldn't kill him, the gain outweighs the loss, so he accepted it as soon as he saw it, and asked the soldiers to make way for Tian Xiong to leave.

This time, Tian Xiong, who originally wanted to humiliate Wang Yan, can be said to have lost his face to his grandma's house.

He just wanted Wang Yan to have a verbal argument with him, but he didn't expect Wang Yan to directly use the knife, completely uneasy about the routine he imagined, and was immediately forced.

At this time, just like what Wang Yan said, he didn't have the courage to splatter five steps with blood, so if he stayed any longer, he could only bring shame upon himself.

Immediately, he followed the guards and left in despair.

After coming out of the camp, Tian Xiong's face became extremely gloomy.

His personal guards took the opportunity to flatter them and said, "General, do you want your subordinates to go back and gather troops to kill them?"

The guard wanted to please him, but he didn't expect Tian Xiong to be even more angry when he heard this, and slapped him in the face, "I'll kill you first!"

In Chizhou City, Huang Degong would favor him and tolerate him arguing with Wang Yan, but he would not tolerate him mobilizing troops to kill generals.

At this time, Tian Xiong didn't want to stay here for a moment, he turned his head and glanced at the camp resentfully, and then led his men away.

Seeing this, everyone in the camp burst into laughter.

Unknowingly, an arrogance different from other Ming troops has formed in the Zhongyi Camp.

After Tian Xiong walked away, Wang Yan led a group of people to inspect the camp, and found that the situation was not as bad as they imagined.

Nearly [-] people were imprisoned in the camp. Although everyone looked pale and thin, there were not many old, weak, sick or disabled in the true sense.

The Zuo Army claims to be 80. Except for the elite, the situation is the same as that of the battalion. Most of them are the people from Huguang who were coerced.

The Zuo army wanted them to fight, so naturally they would not bring dying old men and young children into the army to waste food and grass, so most of the battalion were capable of fighting between the ages of ten and forty-five.

They were coerced by the left army and walked from Wuchang to Chizhou. They traveled thousands of miles without food and clothing. Those who survived were not considered weak.

The reason why it looks so bad now is mainly due to the lack of food. Wang Yan believes that as long as he is fed for a few days, he will be able to recover a little fighting power.

There were a total of nearly ten thousand people imprisoned in the camp. It was naturally difficult for Wang Yan to select three thousand qualified soldiers, but if the standard was lowered a little, it would not be difficult at all to get them together.

After the [-] soldiers were selected, most of the rest were young women.Seeing this, Wang Yan couldn't help being moved, and hurriedly asked people to register unmarried and widowed people, and found that there were two thousand people, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

Most of the old brothers from Shandong in the Loyalty Camp had lost their families, so Wang Yan intentionally distributed these women to all of them as wives.

There were less than 1 people in the camp, and Wang Yan was going to take away [-] people at once, and most of the remaining people were family members of newly recruited soldiers, so Wang Yan simply pulled the whole camp out of the city.

According to Tian Xiong, he is not afraid that Huang Degong will make trouble for him.

When they arrived at the big camp of the Zhongyi Camp outside the city, Wang Yan asked people to take out the grain and grass sent by Huang Degong and bury it in a pot to make rice.

The rice in the big pot and the horse meat that was not eaten yesterday were all put into the pot and stewed into broth, which immediately overflowed with aroma.

The left army is 80, how can there be so much food and grass to support, except for the elite soldiers who can barely eat enough, the coerced people almost have a meal of porridge a day, sometimes not a meal for two days, relying on leaves and grass roots to survive.

Now everyone smelled the aroma of rice, and even the smell of meat that they hadn't smelled in a year, and they unconsciously surrounded the cauldron.

Everyone just inhaled the fragrance, but they didn't dare to go forward.

At this time, veterans began to come over to cook. The common people and recruits looked at the white rice and oily broth, and their eyes would drop.

Not long after, all the veterans finished eating, and the Huotoujun who was in charge of the spoon took a spoon, pointed at the people and the recruits and said, "Come here, line up, and come to cook!"

The common people and the new recruits couldn't believe it when they heard the words, and they still stood still and didn't dare to go forward. After a while, there was a one-year-old man who asked obediently: "Master, is this really for us to eat? "

"Naturally!" Wang Yan walked over with bowls and chopsticks at some point, brought food from the fire, and said loudly, "You will eat whatever you are going to eat in the future!"

Hearing this, the common people and the new recruits suddenly exclaimed, they all knew Wang Yan, knew that he was the chief of the Loyalty Battalion, and knew that they would all be in charge of this lord from now on.

In everyone's perception, adults would never mix with them no matter what, and usually eat and drink hot food behind them, regardless of their life or death. How often have everyone seen an adult like Wang Yan.

"Come here and line up!" Wang Yan saw that everyone was not moving, so he had to say again: "If you don't eat, the soup will be cold."

Following Wang Yan's words, the new recruits and common people who came up suddenly knelt together, and many people had tears in their eyes, and they bowed to Wang Yan: "Thanks to the Commander, we must die. report!"

The people are so simple and simple, they only need a meal and a gesture to win the hearts of the people.

Such a simple request, but not many officials are willing to do it, this is the tragedy of the entire Ming court!

(End of this chapter)