Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 38
After discussing some details with Fang Yizhi, Yang Menglong finally couldn't bear it any longer and yawned again and again. He couldn't help it, he didn't sleep well for the past two days.Fang Yizhi saw that he was really tired, so he stopped and asked him to go back to sleep first.Yang Menglong was also polite, rubbed his sleepy eyes and left the study, and walked to his room in a daze.At this time, he saw that Dongfang had turned slightly pale. Damn, he didn't sleep well tonight. It seems that a pair of mosquito-repellent eyes can't escape...

Xiao Yufang was waiting for him at the door. She was a bit haggard, and she could tell that she hadn't slept well that night. When she saw him come back, she greeted him in surprise: "Mr. Yang, you're back? How's the situation outside?"

Yang Menglong cheered up and said: "Jiannu came with hundreds of people, and shot a few of us to death with arrows. I shot two of them to death with a strong crossbow, and it was even. They didn't have siege equipment. Heaven will not attack the city, so you can just stay at ease... Also, don't call me son anymore, do you think I look like a son?"

Xiao Yufang heard that Jianu would not attack for the time being, so she patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. After hearing what he said later, she was a little confused again: "I don't call you son, what is it called?"

Yang Menglong pushed open the door and walked unswervingly to the warm bed. The earthlings could no longer prevent him from taking a nap: "You can call me Xiao Yang, and if you feel embarrassed, you can also call me Brother Long. I prefer to call it that."

The first option was just so-so, but the second one... Xiao Yufang spat: "Brother Long? I'm obviously older than you, okay!"

Yang Menglong yawned and said: "Then call me Xiao Yang... I'm going to catch up on some sleep first. I'll leave it to you for today's breakfast. Remember to boil an egg for me. If you don't have any more, go buy it. I'll cook it later. I’ll make up for the groceries.” He slammed the door and went to sleep.

Seeing that he was really exhausted, Xiao Yufang had no choice but to accept her fate and cook for breakfast.

Breakfast is of course barley porridge. In this troubled world, it is not bad to have a stutter, so how can there be so much attention?As for the eggs... Let's cook the porridge first and then figure out a way.It is rare to hear good news. She is naturally in a good mood. When cooking porridge, a lot of wheat is planted. I hope Yang Menglong can eat enough and eat with all his strength. She and Xiaojun, siblings, can rely on him Come to protect.Although we don't have much to do with each other, but she thinks it should be taken for granted. I saved your life and gave you food. Of course you have to be responsible for the safety of our siblings, hmph!As for the fact that Yang Menglong already has a lot of money, he can definitely set up a restaurant and eat and drink for ten days and ten nights... Cough cough, don't pay attention to these details.Besides, Yang Menglong seems to be very satisfied with Miss Xiao's cooking skills, and she has no plans to exchange meal tickets in a short time, so she can still let Yang Menglong take the responsibility of protecting her and Xiao Jun as a matter of course.

As soon as the fire was lit, footsteps sounded, Fang Yingqiu ran over with the wind on his feet, and when he saw her, he was rude and asked straightforwardly: "Where is Mr. Yang?"

Xiao Yufang pointed to Yang Menglong's room.

Fang Yingqiu didn't even thank him, he rushed to the door and knocked hard: "Young Master Yang, Young Master Yang!"

After knocking for a long time, Yang Menglong's voice that was about to fall asleep came from inside: "I am dead, please do not disturb, burning paper for small things, digging graves for big things!"

The corner of Xiao Yufang's mouth quietly broke into a secret smile, this living thing is too cute.

Fang Yingqiu didn't think he was cute at all, Mr. Fang was going crazy now, he didn't burn paper or dig graves, he just kept knocking on the door... er, no, kicking the door, as if he was going to demolish the house "Young Master Yang, come out quickly, something serious has happened!"

Yang Menglong's voice became more blurred, presumably the result of covering his head with a quilt: "The world is not as big as my sleep, so don't make noise with anyone, if you make any noise, I will kill him!"

Fang Yingqiu really didn't believe this evil, so he knocked harder, and if you knock for a long time, you won't open the door!In the end, this trick really worked. After a few strokes, the door opened. Yang Menglong angrily appeared at the door with eyes as red as rabbits, glared at him, and cursed: "Fuck, is it easy for me to sleep? Why are you arguing! You better tell me the reason, or I will beat you to death!"

Wow, so angry!Fang Yingqiu was so frightened that he shrank back and said quickly: "The sage said: The master humiliated the minister to death! Now that the slaves have been established and invaded by the invaders, there are wars everywhere in the capital, and the people are dying. It is time for a man to serve the country! The sage ordered the whole country to fight Entering the king of Beijing, I really hope to rely on the elite soldiers from all over the country to fight the enemy bravely, expel the enemy, and restore our country! The emperor's grace is so great, and all the soldiers should repay each other with death, but there are always some cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Fleeing and throwing countless civilians to the enemy..."

Yang Menglong felt dizzy and shouted, "Speak human words!!!"

Fang Yingqiu trembled again from being yelled at, and with a surge of inspiration, he said in one breath, "Zhang Qianhu has escaped!"

Yang Menglong almost vomited blood. You muttered for a long time just to say these five words?I really convinced you.After taking it, he became furious: "What? That bastard ran away!?"

Fang Yingqiu said: "He sneaked away in the early hours of the morning, and there were more than 200 soldiers who followed him. Now the whole city is in chaos!"

Huanmenglong didn't have the ability to keep a mountain collapsed in front of his eyes without changing his face, he was furious: "How could he run away? Why did he run away? How did he run away? He..." Regardless of that much, go back to the room He picked up the coat and put it on his body, grabbed the dog's leg knife and rushed out in a hurry.Now he is both shocked and angry. What surprised him was that when Zhang Qianhu left, the morale of the army in the city fluctuated and people panicked. After seeing the "excellent" performance of the defenders last night, he no longer had any illusions about the commanding level of the defenders. Of course, Zhang Qianhu is not much better, but at any rate, this Lord Qianhu has the experience of commanding more than 1000 troops, and he can be regarded as a bit of prestige. With a few cold arrows and black sticks, the possibility of defending the county is very high.However, this bastard actually ran away!It's over now, and the last person with prestige to control the scene has also left, so what a fart!What makes me angry is that this bastard can be so shameless. Even an outsider knows that he wants to protect this city and guard tens of thousands of civilians in this city. After leaving, throw these tens of thousands of civilians to Houjin Jiannu!You can't be shameless like this!If Zhang Qianhu was in front of him now, he would definitely draw out the dog's leg knife and chop him off without saying a word!
It has to be said that Xiao Yang seriously overestimated the integrity of generals in the late Ming Dynasty.The guard system formulated by the great Zhu Yuanzhang turned the Ming army into beggars. The guards all over the country were so poor that they made people cry. It was also blatantly invaded, and the combat effectiveness of the guard army was naturally rotten.The military households in the guard are passed down from generation to generation. As long as this household is not extinct, someone must serve as a soldier. They cannot escape, and even if they try to escape, they cannot be arrested. If they are arrested, the punishment will be very terrible. .Thousands of households and hundreds of households are also handed down from generation to generation. Of course, their situation is much better than that of ordinary military households. With so many people for them to exploit, it is only natural that life is relatively easier.However, the good is limited. Soldiers are discriminated against everywhere these days. It is meaningless to laugh at poor soldiers. These thousands and hundreds of households have become the targets of ridicule. In their own territory, they may be number one. But after leaving the guard, they are nothing, even a county magistrate would dare to make fun of them.Dissatisfied?Then you just wait for [-] or [-] months in arrears, or [-]% to [-]% of the food and salary you get will be "lost"!In the Ming Dynasty, the status of military generals was so low, no one would remember his meritorious deeds, and his faults would be remembered for a lifetime. Want to stand out?no way!They have been looked down upon by others for generations, and after a long time, I have looked down upon myself. As the chiefs of the guard, these generals are all focused on making money. Guarding one side and defending the country is nothing to them. Of course they will risk their lives if they win the fight, but don't blame them if they can't win.During the Anti-Japanese War, hundreds of people in a thousand households were often defeated by dozens or even a dozen Japanese pirates with Japanese knives, and dozens of Japanese pirates actually moved all the way to Nanjing, Hangzhou and other big cities. , These big cities are so frightened that they close their gates, and thousands or tens of thousands of defenders all hang up their exemption cards. Is it really impossible to win?Of course not, these Japanese pirates are fierce, but they are not supermen who wear underwear outside. Thousands of them beat dozens of them. The officers and soldiers do not want to fight. They think that the rampage of the Japanese pirates on their own land has nothing to do with them. They can still have food no matter how many Japanese pirates kill. Is it worth fighting with your life if you don't have a bright future?The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and thousands of ordinary people would accuse them of being cowardly and fearing the enemy like a tiger, but they did not say a word. Yes, they were cowardly and fearing the enemy, but the deep-seated reason was that they thought this land was not worth it. They risked their lives to guard it, because this land did not even give them the most basic food and dignity.

Is there anything more ridiculous than a land that is hopeless and not worth guarding, but a group of numb people who have never had any hope for this land will risk their lives to guard it?

Of course, this is just the thought of the officers and soldiers at the guard station. The thoughts of guys like Qianhu and Baihu who are living a better life are simple. They are reluctant to die like this. They want to keep their lives and continue to exploit these poor people. Military households are invading military fields, how can they be willing to die!Zhang Qianhu is a typical example. He was forced by his superiors to have no choice but to lead his troops from Henan. To put it bluntly, he was just trying to show off his personal skills. He could reach the capital less than two hundred miles away from the center of the storm. The place where we are stationed is already overpopulated, and we still expect him to lead troops to fight to the death?Just kidding!The performance of the Houjin cavalry last night scared him. He realized that if his army encountered the Houjin people, they could only deliver food to them. The county might not be able to defend it, so he had better run away!So he led thousands of households and a few hundred households with his cronies and servants, and took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness to escape and defend the city?Whoever wants to guard it, let him guard it. I won't play with you.As for the life and death of those hundreds of poor soldiers, he didn't care. If they were all dead, pull them down. If they were all dead, the military field would be all his!

Lord Qianhu fled away in a very disrespectful manner. Because of the good secrecy work, the defenders did not react until more than ten minutes later. The abandoned guard officers and soldiers yelled: "Zhang, you bastard, you left us and ran away, you will die!" Some people even shouted: "Everyone named Zhang has run away, why are we still here? Waiting to die? Let’s run too! Officials don’t want to guard anymore, so why are we here!” I have to say, this guy spoke everyone’s heart, and the discussion became more and more turbulent. The mandarin duck jacket on his body that was about to rot into strips ran away!

Then, someone rode into them on horseback and slashed at them with a sheathed dogleg knife. The soldiers, corporal leaders, and seniors all had a share, and no one could escape. The beatings were fierce, screams and curses came and went, and the louder the ones were beaten, the harder they were beaten!He not only beat people, but also cursed people: "Run, run, you know how to run! You have these legs to escape, right? Open your eyes and see, there are hundreds of Jiannu cavalry staring outside, you run! Can you beat their Liaodong war horses? Once you go out, you have to die. You can’t figure out such a simple truth? Your minds are muddled!? Run, run, believe it or not, I will give you a knife Cut it off!"

These soldiers were severely beaten by this beating, their noses and faces were swollen, and they kept wailing.They knew this guy, and it was this guy who hacked Zhang Yu's war horse to death outside the city, beat Zhang Yu into a pig's head in front of hundreds of guards officers and soldiers, and then fought ten against one in a martial arts competition. The nine servants Zhang Qianhu valued most were beaten to the ground.Not long ago, they saw with their own eyes that this guy shot dead a slave soldier more than 200 paces away with one arrow. He won a lot of popularity in the middle, and everyone knew that he was at odds with his immediate boss, Zhang Qianhu, and everyone applauded secretly in their hearts, hoping that he would make Zhang Qianhu more embarrassed.Now seeing this guy rushing over in a hurry and beating people without saying a word, everyone secretly heaved a sigh of relief while mourning and screaming. Fortunately, this guy didn't run away.

The one who yelled the loudest was a soldier in his forties. The hardships of life were written on his face. He was only in his forties, and his skinny face was already covered with wrinkles.He yelled fiercely and was beaten severely. He was chopped several times in the back, and finally couldn't hold on anymore. He fell to the ground and cried loudly, "We don't want to run away either! But the one named Zhang Abandon us and run away, and let him take away everyone who can be beaten, only those of us who can't even hold a spear, staying here is a death! It doesn't matter if we die, what about our mother-in-law? What to do? They are all pointing at us, if we die, they will all starve to death!"

The dog-leg knife stopped in the air, Yang Menglong glared at the poor soldier, the back of the knife could not be cut no matter what.

They can't be blamed, it's not that they are willing to be deserters, but they really have to be deserters. If they die, the whole family is finished.

(End of this chapter)