The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 143 Luzhou Crisis
In an adobe thatched house twenty miles outside Hefei County, Luzhou Prefecture, a silver-haired old woman lying on the bed coughed violently for a while, shaking the bamboo bed, and the wrinkles on the old quilt became It got deeper, and it took a long time to calm down: "Gouba, don't worry about being a mother, take your bedding and hide in the mountains and forests, the bandit army has already attacked the county, I'm afraid...cough cough... Gouba, go!"

At the last cry, the old woman almost exhausted all her strength, a mouthful of phlegm came up but she couldn't spit it out, and her face that had been through vicissitudes suddenly turned red, and after a while, it slowly lost its luster...

"Mother, mother, Gouwa hasn't honored you well yet..."

A half-grown child about 15 years old came down with snot and tears, and cried hoarsely. When the neighbors heard the movement and came to take a look, they all shook their heads and sighed: "Poor girls, there is no way to live in this world. "

One of the elders couldn't stand it anymore, and sighed softly: "Goofy, your mother has gone, what's the use of crying, everyone help, let's bury her."

With red eyes, Gouwa grabbed the only valuable thing in the house (a rusty kitchen knife), sobbed and said, "Master Dog! Gouwa cut you off!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, Mr. Zhou can't be messed with, and besides, he doesn't owe us anything, so why borrow money to treat your mother? Forget it, it's all my fault!" The elder pricked up his ears in fright. A little hunchbacked, he was like a frightened bird, holding on to Gouwa.

Gouwa had no choice but to sit down on the ground, and said bitterly: "I grazed cattle for his family for a year and a half, not only didn't give me half a penny, but also Master Zhou often let dogs bite us, hmph, this hatred We must report!"

"Damn it!" A young man in his twenties next to him first poked his probe out the door and saw that there was no one outside, so he said cautiously: "God boy, I heard that the black tiger army killed the Tartars. The local tyrants still divide the land, just captured the county seat the day before yesterday, and repelled a lot of green battalion soldiers, why don't we join the army."

"You bastard, if you don't let me go home, how can there be good people in this year? Dividing the land, that's all a lie." The elder pointed at the young man's nose and cursed arrogantly.

"Obviously it is!" The young man immediately drooped his head, turned around slowly, and walked out muttering.

But Gouwa's eyes lit up, and he already had some calculations in his heart. He buried his mother hastily with a straw mat, and gave all the rags of the house to the neighbors. He took a kitchen knife, asked the direction, and ran to the county seat alone.

One day later, he managed to find the recruiting office, but he didn't want the Black Tiger Army to see him as young and refused to accept him. He was already hungry and thirsty, and he had nowhere to go. When he thought of the sad place, all thoughts were lost for a moment, and he knelt down in a daze In front of the recruiting office, he burst into tears.

Wang Dashan happened to pass by at this time, came over and patted his immature shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why are you crying, a hero bleeds but doesn't shed tears, I ask you, why did you come to be a soldier?"

Gou Wa met a burly man standing upright in front of him, wearing yellow-orange armor, surrounded by guards like wolves and tigers. Knowing that he had met a high-ranking officer, he rubbed his eyes and shouted at the top of his voice : "In order to kill the Tartars, to kill the landlord Lao Cai, we have to become a general, and then we will erect a monument for my mother and burn a lot of paper money!"

Wang Dashan couldn't help smiling, and said in his heart: "This boy has a small voice, and he speaks clearly. He is a dutiful son."

He cheered in his heart, glanced at the surrounding people, and said loudly: "Okay, he is a man, and he will serve as a messenger for this general. Fellow villagers, our General Heihu said that we drove away the Tartars, and everyone has land to plow. , everyone wants to live a good life, we will use the swords and guns in our hands to create a bright future."

"The general is mighty, the black tiger general is mighty!"

"General Black Tiger Bodhisattva has a heart!"

Amid the admiration, Wang Dashan returned to the county government office surrounded by guards, while Gou Wa got up early, straightened his chest, and followed behind with his hands waving. The baby must look like a person!

Wang Dashan was relaxed on the surface, but he was worried in his heart. It was not because of other reasons, but because there were too many soldiers under his command. Hefei County alone had reached 3000 people, and there were hundreds to a thousand soldiers stationed in other cities. soldiers and horses.

He had only been in charge of the Bloody Guards before, but now he just felt a little powerless, and when encountering unsolvable problems, he always thought in his heart: "If Shao is here, how can I solve it?"

Fortunately, he has followed General Black Tiger for the longest time, and he has also learned a lot of experience in running the army. He directly transferred the old model of the Black Tiger Army. At that time, many people were killed, including Tartars, officials, and hundreds of soldiers who violated military discipline.

In this way, the hearts of the people were stabilized, and order was quickly restored in the city.

In the past few months, Wang Dashan only felt in a dream. At first, the people ignored the secret agents of the Black Tiger Army, but when he concentrated his forces and took down a small county town, and after the local tyrants divided the fields, everything changed. At that time, the common people consciously surrounded them. Every time they attacked a county, the strength of the Black Tiger Army increased by a few points. This was because he did not increase his troops with all his strength.

They occupied almost the entire Luzhou Mansion, together with Fengyang Mansion and a part of Chuzhou Mansion. The front of the soldiers only pointed to Lu'an Prefecture. Seeing that the Black Tiger Army was powerful, the green battalion soldiers sent by Mingzhu hid in the city of Lu'an Prefecture. come out.

In fact, the fighting power of the tens of thousands of black tiger troops gathered in Hefei City was not very strong, Wang Dashan knew it well, and half of them had no weapons and could only use bamboo spears.

While ordering the assembled craftsmen to build equipment, he was stationed in Hefei County for military training.

The development of the situation has far exceeded the expectations of the young leader. Wang Dashan is very contradictory in his heart. Now the number of green battalions in the cities is extremely small, and they can't stop the army under his command. The cities are easy to occupy. In the base area, all you need to do is to subdue local tyrants and divide the land.

At this time, thousands of green battalion soldiers from Lu'an Prefecture were guarding the city, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while. Should he attack Lu'an Prefecture or other cities?
"Report to General, General Zhao has returned with hundreds of soldiers and horses."

At this moment, Wang Han walked into the lobby vigorously and reported loudly. In fact, this person is Wang Gouwa, and Wang Dashan helped him change his name again.

"Hey, why is he here? As agreed, one is in charge of the army, and the other is in charge of dividing the land." Wang Dashan was secretly startled, and suddenly had a bad premonition. In fact, he was very tired of this person in his heart. Whoring and gambling are all available, and they are also filling their own pockets, hum, if the enemy is not present, I will kill you.

After a while, Zhao Gui ran in in a panic and said, "Commander Wang, something is wrong. Chaohu County and Dangtu County are all lost. Huizhou salt merchants gathered thousands of troops and have already arrived in Wuwei Prefecture."

Wang Dashan frowned, and said with an unhappy face: "Why are you panicking? Isn't it just thousands of soldiers?"

Zhao Gui was suddenly embarrassed, and cast a disdainful glance at Wang Han, snorted, and said, "Jiang Fei is leading more than a thousand recruits to defend the city, I'm afraid I can't stand it, so I came here to ask for help."

Jiang Fei is one of the outstanding members of the Yizi Army, and he was once the captain of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Wang Dashan was very relieved, and secretly despised Commander Zhao for being cowardly and afraid of death. Hefei County is only a hundred miles away, so there was no room for loss, so he hurriedly sent two thousand soldiers to reinforce Wuwei Prefecture, and ordered Jiang Fei to guard Wuwei Prefecture and not leave lightly. This matter?"

Zhao Gui's cross-eyed eyes widened, he shook his head again and again, and shouted in a panic: "There is no shadow, I, Mr. Zhao, will always be loyal to General Black Tiger, please don't accuse a good man."

Wang Dashan's face was stern, and he calmed down after a long time of patience. After all, this person is equal to him, and he has no right to kill him. Moreover, there are many low-level officers in the army who belonged to his former subordinates, and there might be chaos, faintly He said: "The Black Tiger Army has always been strict in military discipline. You can do it yourself. Does Commander Zhao think that the Black Tiger Army is developing its base at this time?"

"I must find out who is behind the scenes. Hmph, I have so much gold and silver, why take any more risks? I just checked and see how I can harm you!"

Zhao Gui sweated in his heart, rolled his eyeballs, and said with a chuckle: "Commander Wang is the number one brave general of our Black Tiger Army, such a good opportunity, just let him do whatever he wants, as long as we guard Wuwei State, Hefei County can be saved, or North or south, no one can stop it! But why don't you think about it, brother Wang, as long as our army joins forces to attack Lu'an Prefecture, open up the passage between Lu'an Prefecture and Jinzhai County, and release tens of thousands of tigers and wolves from General Heihu, why? If you worry about the uncertainty of the world, why worry about the Tartars not being destroyed?"

After he said this, he sneered in his heart: "How dare you threaten me, when I come out to mess around, you are still wearing crotch pants."

Wang Dashan sighed, how could he not know this, but most of his subordinates are recruits, and the defense of the city is okay, can they beat the Qing army defending the city in a tough battle?
"Report, [-] troops are coming from Lu'an, only [-] miles away from the county town!"

Wang Dashan suddenly became angry and shouted: "Order all the troops to follow me out of the city to fight. Those who advance will live, and those who retreat will die. Commander Zhao will lead a thousand people to be responsible for defending the city. Don't neglect it."

Zhao Gui yelled in his heart, "God help me too", this reckless man had better die on the battlefield, then I will clean up the mess, at worst I will take gold and silver and hide my name, thinking of this, he quickly praised: "You are a wise general, you will surely win a lot Total victory."

And Wang Han licked his lips, his whole body couldn't help shaking, not because of fear, but because of excitement, because of anticipation, killing a green battalion soldier is worth five taels of silver, kill!As long as you kill one person, you can give the old lady a monument.

PS: Brothers, please support us to make the bandits shine even brighter!Running naked again, my heart remains the same!

(End of this chapter)