The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 174 The Enthusiastic Captives
When the result was already doomed, Hong Chengchou calmed down completely. He straightened his robes and armor, sat upright behind his handsome desk, looked at the door of the big tent, and waited for the enemy general 's arrival

What he wants to know most now is how such an army rose rapidly in a short period of time and defeated the armies of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty one after another?How exactly do they do it?

It was extremely impossible for Hong Chengchou to suddenly rise up such a tyrannical force under the noses of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

If someone had told him before that there was a band of horse thieves in Liaodong that could defeat the Tartars and the Ming army in a row by himself, he would never have believed it, and would have said that that person must have lost his mind.

But now the facts are in front of him, and he has changed from being a spectator to a party in the story. It's hard for him to believe this kind of result.

So he now wants to know how these people do it.He finally understood now that the arrogance of that young man named Jiang Chuan was not arrogance, but self-confidence.

Hong Chengchou felt ashamed when he thought that Governor Yuan had to use a small garrison post to recruit other people, and wanted to annex his troops.

Not to mention the young and energetic Jiang Chuan, even if it was him himself, with such a powerful army in his hands that could look down on the Ming and Qing countries, he would not give Dushi Yuan any good looks.

When he was in a state of confusion, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and a group of black-clad and black-armored soldiers rushed in, surrounded by a tall general with heavy armor and a blood-red cloak behind him.

As soon as the general came in, a pair of tiger eyes swept over Hong Chengchou, and said coldly: "You are Hong Chengchou?"

Rao Hong Chengchou was also a battle-hardened veteran, but after being swept away by this person's gaze, he felt a chill in his body, and he was secretly surprised that this person's evil spirit was so strong.

"I, Hong Chengchou, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, have met this general. May I ask what the general's name is?" Hong Chengchou stood up, and said calmly to the general.

"Hmph, I heard that Mr. Hong has a calm demeanor, but seeing him today, he really deserves his reputation." The general sneered, with obvious sarcasm in his words.

Hong Chengchou's old face turned hot, and he could tell that the other party looked down on him.

He sighed in his heart, of course he, the defeated general, would be looked down upon by others, not to mention that the other party was the winner, even he looked down upon himself now.

"General, although Hong Chengchou is a defeated general, he is not ignorant of current affairs. The general's soldiers are unstoppable, and Chengchou knew he was invincible, so he didn't fight the trapped beast. He just didn't want my soldiers to die in vain. I also ask the general to be kind to our soldiers, Chengchou is very grateful. This is my long sword and the seal of the general, please accept it!"

Hong Chengchou picked up his long sword and official seal from the case, and held them in front of Ran Wu with both hands.

Ran Wu took it, glanced at it, it was indeed the seal of the general soldier, handed it to the deputy general next to him, and said to Hong Chengchou: "For the sake of your understanding of the times and not wanting to do more crimes, I can promise you to treat me kindly." Captive. Remember, this general, Ran Wu, is the captain of the cavalry under my lord Jiang Chuan. From now on, you are my captive. I will send someone to escort you to the lord, and you can go if you want to know the answer Ask our lord. If the lord is happy, he may tell you. Now, you and my men go to appease your soldiers and let them be prisoners honestly. This is also one of your merits."

At this point, Hong Chengchou could only agree, cupped his hands and said, "General Ran, Chengchou will definitely do his best."

Ran Wu waved his hand and sent a general to take Hong Chengchou out.

He himself sat behind Hong Chengchou's handsome case and held a temporary military meeting.

Because this battle ended too quickly, some changes had to be made to some of the previous deployments.And this time there are so many more captives and a lot of food and supplies captured, which needs to be rearranged.

Soon, Ran Wu made arrangements.

Leave 2000 people in place to guard the captives and luggage, mobilize the captives and the civilians to re-campaign, set up various defensive measures, and send a general to preside over it here.

Then a [-]-man team was sent to escort Hong Chengchou to Erlong Valley.As long as Hong Chengchou is not in the prison camp, these prisoners will not be able to make much trouble even if they have any thoughts.

Ran Wu himself led the remaining [-] cavalry to copy the rear of Yuan Chonghuan's central army. According to the original plan, he almost harassed and delayed the marching speed of Yuan Chonghuan's central army, creating opportunities for the main force to lure and annihilate the front army of the Ming army.

Soldiers are precious and fast, and they will do what they say. Ran Wu quickly ended the military meeting and ordered all the generals to perform their duties.

After some reassurance from Hong Chengchou, saying that the Jiang family army would treat the prisoners well and guarantee their lives, the restless hearts of the Ming army prisoners gradually calmed down.

Many people originally thought that Hong Chengfan had escaped, but seeing that Mr. Zongbing was also a prisoner like himself, the burden was relieved, and they all settled down to prepare to be a prisoner.

Moreover, the Jiang family's army also promised that if they behaved well, they might be reunited with their relatives, which made the prisoners even more determined.

In the charge just now, most of those who died under the charge of Jiang's army were veterans who came from the Central Plains with Hong Chengchou.Therefore, most of the remaining captives are now recruits.

These recruits had no desire to serve as soldiers, and Jishan could be said to be a young man who had been captured.Although I am now a prisoner, I heard that I can survive and have a chance to reunite with my family if I perform well, so I quickly became motivated to work, even more motivated than when I was in the Ming army.

Seeing Hong Chengchou had mixed feelings in his heart, he could only let out a long sigh.

Such an army will be damned if it doesn't lose the battle.

Not to mention those civilians who accompanied the army, they were not from the Ming army in the first place, and they came to join the army only after being conscripted into corvee.Now that they have a chance to survive, they certainly won't miss it, and they behave more positively.

Seeing the sudden burst of firepower from the entire prisoner camp, Ran Wu, who had inspected around, was amazed.

Under the burst of enthusiasm of thousands of captives, the defense measures of the entire camp were tighter than before.Of course, Ran Wu also ordered that the cavalry be transformed according to the combat method of the cavalry, so that once the enemy steals the camp, the cavalry can break through smoothly.

After the camp was repaired, Ran Wu left [-] cavalry behind, and sent a centurion to take Hong Chengchou back to Erlong Valley.He took [-] cavalry to chase Yuan Chonghuan's main force of the Ming army.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan's central army had just pulled out its camp, and it still didn't know about the annihilation of the rear army.

　The third is coming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)