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Chapter 64 Tenfold

In the evening, the fire clouds at dusk reflect the blood-red river surface, and the bloody water on the south bank of the river is full of wrists.

The rebels were caught off guard by the reinforcements, and their combat power was far beyond their reach. They were rushed all the way back to the river by the Ming army, and hundreds of people drowned in the river to escape.Morale had already collapsed, and the Ming army continued to kill until more than 400 people knelt down to beg for mercy, and the battle really ended.

Naked corpses can be seen everywhere. The Ming army had no ropes, so they stripped off the clothes of the corpses, tied up the prisoners and knelt down in rows by the river.

The corpses piled up under Chen Mu's buttocks. He seemed to have quickly gotten used to the terrifying killings on the ancient battlefield. Holding his sheathed saber, he lowered his head and watched the bright red blood flow around his feet, converging into a small river in the crevices of the pebbles and flowing towards the river bank.

Sitting opposite each other, Deng Zilong removed his upper body armor and let his soldiers bandage the wound, he asked, "How did you rush in to save me?"

"Deng has traveled all over Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong these years, and he has seen that the guards are all cowards." After speaking, Deng Zilong laughed at himself, "You Chen Zongqi is different from them, and Bai Qianhu is also different from them!"

I am not timid?

On the ancient battlefield where corpses were strewn across the field, Wei Balang, with three bleeding heads hanging from his waist, danced his spear not far away and cheered happily.

Chen Mu laughed it off, turned his head and said to Deng Zilong: "I saved you because I was afraid of death. If you are a deserter, you will be killed. Chen Mou just killed more than 20 deserters. If I run away and you survive, you will definitely be killed." Me, I didn't want to lead troops into the battle—I just wanted to rescue you and run away together!"

Chen Mu really thought so.

He can do his best but he won't die. To save Deng Zilong is to do his best, and to rush to the invincible formation is to die. Chen Zongqi has this in mind very clearly.

But from Deng Zilong's point of view, the general banner who drove the guns into the battle was so courageous and frightening that he was still joking and laughing at this time, which made him laugh out loud.

Compared with Deng Zilong, Chen Mu's body can be said to be unscathed.

Except for the scratches on his face that were splashed with gravel when he was defending the Xinjiang Bridge, it won't take long to heal.This time guarding the riverside, there are not many opportunities for close combat, not to mention that even if he does, as long as his mind is not disturbed and his fighting skills are still there, ordinary three or five thieves are not his opponents.

He was hit a few times with pebbles, and his body was covered with bruises.

The battle at Xinjiang Bridge in the distance also subsided after the reinforcements joined the battlefield, and Xinjiang Town returned to its previous calm. Chen Mu heard a battalion crying for the rest of his life after the robbery, and he asked Deng Zilong: "Mr. Deng, those reinforcements Who is it?"

In the past, when asked about military issues, quality and quantity, Chen Mu would prefer quantity most of the time. Just like in this war, more than 3000 rebels stormed the shore without guns or guns, and they just killed more than half of Deng Zilong's 400 battalion soldiers. It wasn't that the reinforcements felt they were about to be wiped out.

The support army changed Chen Mu's mind.

The number of reinforcements was less than [-], but the formations were consistent, the orders were strict, and the roar of the artillery bombardment was terrifying, and they rushed down.Although a team of ten people is better than dozens of rebels, the lives of the soldiers are saved by good luck and bad luck, and a hundred people can be killed without harming one person.

Chen Mu had some guesses about the origin of this army, but he didn't see Qi Jiguang's unique weapon, the Wolf Whip, in this army after searching for a long time, so he asked Deng Zilong.

"Guangdong general Wang Rulong, this officer has a bad temper and no one will accept him. He doesn't pay attention to the Guangzhou feudal vassal and Taiwan." Deng Zilong glanced at the brightly armored army in the distance, with complicated meanings in his eyes, Chen Mu said in a low voice: "He is very domineering, be careful not to provoke him."

Fantai and Taiwan refer to the chief envoy and inspector of the Guangzhou government. They are both the chief executive of a province, slightly inferior to the governor and governor, and have a high position and authority.

According to Deng Zilong, this general's temperament is really unruly.

"Wang Rulong?" Chen Mu thought about the name in secret, but he had never heard of it before, and said, "I thought it was General Qi, but I didn't expect Guangdong to have such a strong soldier!"

Deng Zilong smiled, bandaged his wounds and put on his armor slowly, said: "General Wang Can is the Qi family army. These soldiers are newly recruited by him in Guangdong. They are of the same origin and species as the Qi family army. It's just that General Qi's Qi family army is stronger than them."

"The battlefield is a good place for our generation of warriors to find officials and nobles. Seven or eight years ago, General Wang Shen led his disciples to mine in Tianxin, Yiwu. Later, he made great contributions to General Qi. People said that he was the number one general in Qi's army." Deng Zilong wore Hao Jiayi shook his head slowly, "Even if General Qi holds a big dragon, no matter how brave he is on the battlefield, he can't match the cold arrows flying from the officialdom."

Wow!In [-], he was promoted from a white body to a general. This is still a cold shot, so what is there without a cold shot? Was he promoted to the chief soldier in [-]?
Chen Mu turned his head to look at Qi's army in the distance, thinking that General Wang's figure was a little taller, but he was immediately beaten back to reality by Deng Zilong's words.

"When I sent troops from Guangzhou, General Wang Shen was still in prison." Deng Zilong said this in a very flat tone, as if this matter should be like this, and said: "After the battle, you go back to Qingyuanwei, we Go back to Guangzhou Mansion, General Wang Can—oh, and then go back to the prison in Guangzhou Mansion.”

This, and this operation?
Chen Mu thought that only Sun Chuanting during the Chongzhen period would be treated in jail for killing thieves during wartime, so there is already a precedent now?

"Here, Boss Deng, what's going on?"

Seeing Chen Mu's curious look, Deng Zilong frowned for a moment, then smiled when he saw no one around, and then said: "This matter has already spread, it's okay to tell you."

"A few years ago, the Japanese pirates caused disasters to the southeast. General Qi invited 30 taels to buy warships. It was sent to the imperial court to become 300 million taels and was approved, but the money was not allocated for two years."

Deng Zilong snorted, looked at the Qi family's army in the distance and said: "General Qi is silent, but General Wang Shen couldn't stand it, he asked the court to scold the officials for corruption, angered the chief assistant and the way of speaking, and it ended like this."

"Is this shipbuilding salary being embezzled, and the embezzlement has been expanded tenfold?"

Chen Mu couldn't imagine how courageous it is to do such a thing, and then saw Deng Zilong shaking his head and said: "I don't know about this Deng, but it is definitely not corruption, no one would risk killing his head for some money , increase the military salary by ten times, and if it is corrupt, it will be 30 taels, why should it be increased by ten times?"

"Deng doesn't understand these stupid things, hey..." Deng Zilong smiled generously, suddenly looked into the distance and reminded Chen Mu: "Hey, Mr. Chen, your family called you!"

Chen Mu turned his head, and saw Bai Yuanjie waving to him from a distance, and a sergeant from the Man Liao Battalion was running over to call him.Turning around again, Deng Zilong didn't see the previous gossip and was reserved again, he bowed his hands solemnly to him and said: "Thank you Chen Zongqi for saving him on the battlefield, Deng will remember Wu Nei, when this battle is over, Deng will go to Qingyuanwei to bother you, I hope Don't be offended by the general flag!"

"Deng made the general statement very serious. Thousands of households are called, and I will go there first."

It's just that Bai Yuanjie's military order is not as touching as Wang Rulong's story. Just one sentence made Chen Muru's face embarrassed when he was struck by lightning...
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Note: The matter of Wang Rulong comes from Qi Jiguang's "Zhi Zhi Tang Collection" in the article "Sacrifice to Kings and Generals".

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