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

Chapter 598 Queen 1
In mid-May, Biyang has become a world of flowers and wheat waves. The long ears of wheat in hundreds of thousands of acres of wheat fields are covered with round, plump caryopses. A large number of pesticides such as poison deer vine powder, pyrethrum powder, thick fruit rock bean powder, etc. have been applied in large quantities, and pests have been culled. The growth of wheat is unprecedentedly good, and the average yield of more than three stones per mu is no longer a dream. The endless waves of wheat made all the farmers happy, and it also made the people in Heluo feel at ease. Compared with potatoes, they still prefer to eat wheat. The harvest of wheat is abundant, and the supply of staple food is not worrying, so they are naturally happy.In contrast to the gradually yellowing waves of wheat, there are large expanses of flame-like sunflowers. This kind of crop was originally only grown for ornamental purposes in the garden. Three years ago, Wuyang took the lead in planting them on a large scale. In the fields and wetlands that are not easy to drain, they have actually obtained a good harvest. Whether it is pressed oil or fried with salt and sold as snacks, they are all sold at a good price.With vigorous promotion, the Heluo area has also begun to plant a large number of crops that do not choose the land and have good benefits, but it is really rare to plant 10,000+ mu in one go like Biyang.The fire-like sea of ​​flowers is shocking. Every day, a large number of tourists come from other places to enjoy this beautiful scenery, and it also brings a lot of extra income to Biyang. The magistrate of Biyang is smiling!

Now, the Heluo new army in black military uniform is marching quickly among the waves of wheat and flowers.There are more than 500 of them, 200 of whom are armed with horses, obviously Lancers, and the remaining [-] are wearing slender sabers and carrying a rifled flintlock on their backs, walking along the concrete road towards Xinyang The direction gallops.All the farmers working in the fields cheered for this army, and the panic and anxiety in the air were swept away. The Heluo new army came, and they were not afraid of anything anymore!

"Where are the two thief generals now?" In the Biyang headquarters, Xue Siming directly asked this question as soon as he got off his horse.

The county magistrate of Biyang replied: "Those two rebels have already passed through Queshan, and now they are in charge of the store, passed through the new store, and moved to Xinyang slowly. Along the way, small groups of rebels crossed the border to harass and harass from time to time, and even tried to sneak into the county. The people are miserable!"

Xue Siming sneered: "Want to invade our territory? They are poor and crazy!"

The county magistrate smiled wryly and said: "According to the latest news that I have received, the imperial court has officially authorized these two generals to pacify the people in Xinyang! They don't need to attack across the border at all. The border of the county can make us restless!" He sighed, "The wheat will be harvested in another month, but Xinyang is in such a mess that people can't concentrate on harvesting the wheat. Yes!"

Xue Siming grinned grimly: "Dally? They like dawdling so much, let them dawdle with Lord Yan for ten or eight years!"

The county magistrate was startled: "Are you going to attack the Changping Army and the Linqing Army?"

Xue Siming said: "Such a chaotic army will harm people if it is kept. Simply destroy it and bring peace to the world!"

At this time, a messenger rushed in with windy feet and called: "Mr. Xue, a letter from Lord Hou!"

Xue Siming took the letter and opened it, and rows of beautiful quill characters came into view.His expression became a little strange. After reading it, he lit the letter and burned it to ashes, remaining silent.

Zhong Ning asked curiously: "Sanlang, what did Lord Hou say?"

Xue Siming said: "Don't inquire about what you shouldn't. Knowing too much is not good for you." Turning to the county magistrate, "My lord, how much ordnance is there in the Biyang Armory?"

The magistrate said: "There are 60 strong crossbows, [-] crossbow arrows, [-] sets of armor, and more than [-] long spears and horizontal knives. What's wrong?"

Xue Siming said: "It's useful for me to allocate all these things. By the way, I will also allocate five thousand stones of old grain, hurry up!"

The county magistrate was taken aback, Xue Siming had only brought more than 1000 people, but he wanted to clear the entire county's ordnance inventory at once. Is it fun?Ordinarily it shouldn't be, with Xue Siming's bravery and fighting skills, and Heluo's new army's aggressiveness, to destroy these two chaotic armies, 500 people are completely enough!Although he was full of doubts, he didn't dare to ask more questions. As a local official, he didn't have the right to ask about military and state affairs. He had to cooperate with such reasonable requests for the allocation of armaments and rations, otherwise he would delay the opportunity and the consequences would be very serious.

At that moment, the heavily guarded armories were opened one by one, and the swords, spears, armor and crossbows stored inside were transported out by carloads and handed over to Xue Siming, and then transported to Xinyang by carloads...

Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing didn't know that they were already angry and complained. Even if they knew, they wouldn't care about it. What should be burned should be burned, and what should be killed should be killed.Zuo Menggeng even personally led a fine cavalry to go on a rampage, killing anyone he saw, and ravaging the captured woman to death, as if she were a demon in the world.Now the Jingqi led by him is going straight to Zhengyang County. The wheat is not mature yet, and the people have eaten up the little grain they have left. If you rob those towns, you won't be able to get much food. In the final analysis, you still have to fight those big counties. The idea is that there are many rich households and grain shops in the county, and after taking it down, everyone can eat and drink wildly.However, Zhengyang County has a flat terrain, which is suitable for cavalry maneuvering. The cavalry led by him rolled over the wheat field unscrupulously, rolling all the bad wheat into the field, and the farmer wanted to cry without tears!
Wang Yuncheng liked this kind of game very much. He rode his horse and trampled the crops while laughing loudly: "Have fun, have fun! Major General, you should lead the troops outside and burn them if you want, kill them if you want, and grab whatever you need!"

Zuo Menggeng smiled: "Isn't it? How could it be so fun to guard Changping. I must persuade my father to stop returning to Changping, try to stay in Henan or Huguang, and strive to develop forces to form a town of my own. Let's see who dares to control us !"

Wang Yuncheng said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's a pleasure to stay in Henan or Huguang, and go back to Changping... Huh?" He suddenly saw a woman in red in the distance passing by like a cloud of fire. The centaur disappeared at the end of the horizon, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment, licking his lips and saying, "Who is that woman from? She looks pretty!"

Zuo Mengeng also saw it and felt refreshed. It was rare these days that a woman could ride a strong horse and wield a strong bow. Although she couldn't see the woman's face clearly from such a distance, her heroic figure was still there. It made people excited and shouted: "Catch me! There will be a lot of rewards for catching that woman!"

A group of rebels who had successfully snatched up the wind, screamed like a weasel seeing a chicken, and chased after them on horseback.The woman in red seemed to never have expected that so many people would come to chase her, and she looked back in surprise. This turn just allowed Wang Yuncheng and Zuo Menggeng to see her appearance clearly. But it is definitely attractive, with the determination and determination that is not inferior to men in her beauty, and the wildness from the bone marrow in her charm, somewhat similar to the Mongolian women with horses and bows outside the Great Wall.Zuo Menggeng became more and more excited, just looking at them was frightened out of his wits, it was the first time he saw such a heroic and wild woman, the desire to conquer erupted like a torrent, he screamed wildly, galloped after him, While chasing her, she shouted: "That girl, don't run away, stop!"

The woman in red ignored him and just rode away.Zuo Menggeng chased for another mile, and suddenly saw the woman turn around again, but this time there was an extra compound bow in her hand, the bow string was drawn to [-]% full, and with a swishing arrow, it went straight to Zuo Menggeng's throat come.Although Zuo Menggeng is a lowly embryo, he was born as a fighter after all, and his skills are not bad. In addition, this arrow is not strong enough, so there is no threat to him. He just copied it casually and took the arrow in his hand, laughing loudly : "Little lady, is this a token of your love for me? Thank you!"

The woman in red didn't speak, she shot a few arrows in a row, the aim was good, but the strength was not enough, Zuo Menggeng either caught it empty-handed or was easily dodged by him, without any threat.The bow is a good bow, and the arrow is also a good arrow, but the man who pulls the bow is not strong enough, and even the best bow and arrow are useless, and the distance between the two is quickly shortened.Wang Yuncheng and others laughed loudly: "Little lady, you are flirting with our major general!" They kept taking advantage of it, and they didn't delay in their hands. After traveling for more than ten miles, when they came to a high slope, the woman in red didn't run away. She turned her horse's head and swished three arrows in a row. Three Changping Army cavalrymen got arrows in their throats and fell off their horses. They died before they could even groan.These three arrows frightened the Changping Army cavalry who were taking advantage of their unclean words, and they reined in their horses one after another, not daring to approach again.

The woman in red stared at Zuo Menggeng coldly, and asked word by word: "Zuo Menggeng?"

Zuo Menggeng faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he bit his bullet and said, "It's me! Why, the young lady asked my brother to come here, but she wanted to make a pledge of eternal love and stay with him lifelong?"

The woman in red ignored her, and said, "It's just you." She pursed her lips and whistled, and several rows of crossbowmen with strong crossbows appeared on the high slope, and the triangular arrowhead was aimed at Changping. Army cavalry.

There is an ambush!
Zuo Menggeng and Wang Yuncheng looked at each other in shock, knowing that they had been fooled.Zuo Menggeng stared at the woman in red, and said sharply, "Bitch, who the hell are you!?"

The woman in red said coldly: "Go and ask the Lord of Hell and let me shoot an arrow!"

Without saying a word, those crossbowmen pulled their gears at the crossbowmen who were only five or sixty meters away from them. There was a dense metallic trembling sound, as if the air was trembling with it, and the arrowheads in the middle of the Changping Army cavalry were torn apart. There was a muffled sound of flesh and blood, and the strength of that damned strong crossbow was too amazing. No matter whether you were wearing armor or not, you would end up penetrating through the front and back if you were hit by an arrow. More than 60 riders fell down.The hairs of these disorderly soldiers stood on end, screaming and turning their horses' heads to try to escape. The second row of crossbow arrows poured in, and even the men and horses became hedgehogs. Poured a slice.Zuo Menggeng chopped down a soldier who was trying to escape with a knife, and shouted sharply: "Everyone, don't panic! Their crossbows can only shoot one round, and we can easily chop them into meat paste by gritting our teeth and rushing forward!"

This makes sense. The advantages of a crossbow are high accuracy, long range, and high lethality. The disadvantage is that it is inconvenient to load. The time it takes to shoot one arrow is enough for the archer to pour out seven or eight arrows. As a weapon for eating, if the cavalry bears a few rounds of heavy casualties and rushes past, the crossbowmen will definitely not be able to resist it.The cavalrymen of the Changping Army who were shot to death also realized this, and took advantage of the opportunity when all three rows of crossbowmen had shot their crossbowmen, they brandished their sabers, howled and rushed forward, intending to chop up these hateful crossbowmen!
However, they miscalculated. After the crossbowmen shot an arrow, they did not reload the arrow. Instead, they put the crossbow on their backs, got on their horses, and swooped down from the high slope with the force of Mount Tai. Press down!
These guys not only have a large number of powerful crossbows, but also everyone has a horse. If you dismount, you will be a crossbowman archer, and if you mount a horse, you will be a fierce light cavalry!

Zuo Menggeng was completely dazed, where did all this go, why had he never heard of such an elite army in Xinyang?Looking at the terrifying momentum and sophisticated equipment of the enemies who rushed down, they were definitely not officers and soldiers, but the rebels who were besieging Xinyang City!

The equipment of the rebel army is actually better than that of the officers and soldiers, and their morale is much higher than that of the officers and soldiers... Regarding this completely collapsed world, Zuo Menggeng expressed that he was powerless to complain, and just wanted to roar to the sky.

(End of this chapter)