Nanming Engineer

Chapter 12
Early the next morning, as a ray of dawn had just appeared on the horizon, people in Liu Liangzuo's camp started shouting, and countless people were busy. All the generals were busy packing their belongings.Those with wealthy families carried large wooden boxes onto their own oxcarts and carriages, and tied them securely with ropes; the lesser soldiers also got a cart and tied a cart full of household items, including many jars and jars; but the big ones Most poor soldiers did not have the means to buy large carts and carts, so they had no choice but to pack a few important things into bags and let their family members carry them on their backs and wrap them around their waists.

Let's go and say goodbye, I don't know when we will see each other again, the war is endless, and the beloved may never return.

As if parting from life and death, the camp was mournful and desolate. The soldiers and their families embraced each other and wept bitterly, telling each other their hearts and bidding farewell.Everyone knew in their hearts that this time the family members were moved to a stable and wealthy place in name, but they were actually taken as hostages. As long as Liu Liangzuo dared to have another heart, then the heads of these tens of thousands of family members would be the first to fall. Liu Liangzuo dared to rebel, but the generals below would not agree.

Liu Liangzuo stood in front of the central army tent, surrounded by a group of deputy generals, his face was ashen and he said nothing.His family had been arranged yesterday, and they boarded three comfortable carriages with soft cushions inside. The belongings at home had also been packed and loaded, and were carried by more than ten carriages. They were solidly carried by a team of fully armed soldiers. Guarded by personal soldiers.All the generals behind him were like this, so they just watched indifferently at this time.

"My lord, if we knew this, we should have taken away the important things at home earlier, so we wouldn't be in a hurry today." A trusted general came up to him and whispered to him.

Liu Liangzuo glared at his confidant, and said coldly, "What's the use of saying this now? What did you do earlier?"

The confidant looked at the chaotic family members, and said with heartache: "It's a pity that my five-room concubine has only been admitted for less than a month. The flowery little lady has arrived in Xuzhou and lived two lives. Don't be beaten and eaten." gone."

Liu Liangzuo's eyelids twitched, and his face became more gloomy. These words spoke to his heart. He didn't care much about what happened to others, but his own family was also in the team, and there were tens of thousands of taels of silver in vain. The thin packages were packed in wooden boxes, loaded on the cart, and headed north to Xuzhou. How could he rest assured?That place in Xuzhou is not his territory. When others bully his family and take away his gold and silver, he will be beyond his reach and file a complaint with the Manchu nobles?Don't be ridiculous, maybe the Manchus are the ones doing the trick.

But so what? The 1 people who are unwilling have to obediently send the whole family there, otherwise, even if they surrender, the Qing army's sword will fall on their heads, not to mention their property, even their lives will not be saved.

He beckoned and called the leader of the bodyguard who was guarding his carriage over. This is an old soldier who has followed him for many years. He has no loyalty, and it is no different to let him die, so he dared to call him as the guard. important task.

The leader trotted over, Liu Liangzuo hugged his shoulders, his old face turned sour, and was about to say a few touching words to encourage him to confess, but he heard someone shouting from a distance: "Lord Ezhentuhai is here!"

Liu Liangzuo was surprised. It should be Duduo's messenger.He hurriedly sent back the leaders of the soldiers around him, straightened his robes, and ran towards the gate with a group of generals behind him.

After walking a few steps, they heard the sound of horseshoes at the gate, and a group of cavalry came galloping along the loess horse path, and they arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye. The leading knight pulled the reins, and the steed under his crotch neighed, and his front feet flew into the air , Standing on the ground with its hind legs, people and horses stopped in place like a combination, and the horse's tail swept away, raising a wave of loess.

Liu Liangzuo happened to be standing in the loess, he was so choked that he could hardly breathe, he finally reached out and waved the dust away, but when he raised his head, he saw a big man with pigtails and pigtails on the horse in front of him, looking down proudly at him.

Liu Liangzuo, covered in loess, stood in front of his horse like a terracotta warrior. An unspeakable anger rushed from his confidant to his brain, turning his black face red with anger. He recognized this general of the Qing army, Tu Hai, who was a member of Zhengbai Niu Lu Ezhen, what is Niu Lu?A small leader with only 300 people, converted to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, is not even comparable to a thousand generals, and now he dares to be so rude to himself, a general who controls tens of thousands of troops!

"Prince Yu's military order!" Tu Hai looked at Liu Liangzuo jokingly, regardless of his expression, anyway, he couldn't see clearly through a layer of soil, so he just raised his voice and shouted.

Liu Liangzuo's hands and feet were trembling, and he could hardly control himself. Veins were pulsing on his forehead. He lowered his head and did not respond for a long time. Seeing that the momentum was not right, Liu Liangzuo quickly stepped forward and reminded in a low voice: "Sir, it's time to take the order."

This whisper made Liu Liangzuo wake up from his rage, gritted his teeth, bowed and cupped his hands and said, "The last general will take orders!"

"Order Liu Liangzuo's troops to be the vanguard camp, immediately break up the camp and go south, and rush to camp thirty miles outside Danyang City before sunset tonight! Order Tu Hai to lead the troops and commander of the dependents camp, and lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to escort the camp to Xuzhou!" Tu Hai rode He didn't move at the horse, and just shouted condescendingly, conveying Duduo's order.

Liu Liangzuo's teeth were about to gnaw into pieces, but he didn't even dare to move his fingers, but still bowed and said: "The general obeys orders!"

Tu Hai finished the order, but he didn't intend to leave. He sat on the horse and looked around, frowned and said: "Master Liu, these noisy people are the family's supply camp?"

Liu Liangzuo is also an old man who has been in the officialdom for a long time. Although he has been humiliated, he would have stabbed someone else. After a while, his mental state turned around. He suppressed the anger in his heart. Xiang Tuhai said: "Exactly, Mr. Tu, because our army is marching in battle, we have always brought our family members with us, and there are a lot of household items. At this time, we are in a hurry, and there is no time to tidy them up, so the time is delayed."

After hearing this, Tu Hai looked at each other and laughed loudly with the flag soldiers on his left and right, making Liu Liangzuo and others look at each other with laughter, not knowing why.

Pointing at Liu Liangzuo and the others, Tu Hai smiled to the left and right: "No wonder the Southern Barbarians have so many generals, but they are like rotten flesh, so they can't help fighting. Look, they are marching and fighting with their families and so many boxes and belongings. Is it the army or refugees? Hahaha!"

The Manchu and Qing cavalrymen on the left and right laughed loudly, loudly, and everyone around the gate could hear it clearly.

Li Tingyu and Wang Huan, with their 100 subordinates, dozens of bullock carts and more than [-] carts, were standing not far outside the camp gate. They could see the scene clearly and naturally heard Tu Hai's voice. Laughing at Liu Liangzuo's words.

The general standing behind Liu Liangzuo was so ashamed that his ears were red and his face was flushed. He wanted to dig a hole in the ground to get in, but he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. He had to smile and make promises.But here Li Tingyu and others were expressionless, watching from a distance with cold eyes. The more than 500 people were like a silent forest without the slightest fluctuation.

But Wang Huan couldn't stand it anymore, and frowned, "This Jianzhou tartar is too deceitful!"

Li Yan was standing next to him, heard it by ear, and said indifferently: "What do you want to do with him, it's not about us."

"Huh?" Wang Huan was stunned: "Didn't he mean Nanman?".

In this era, Nanman among the population of Jianzhou included all Han people south of the Yellow River. To put it more broadly, it refers to all Han people in Shanhaiguan, and even some ethnic minorities were included. It was a broad term.

"Of course you're not talking about us. We don't have any family members, and we're not mud." Li Yan explained: "So why should we pay attention to him?"

There was a sense of arrogance in the tone, and it could be heard that Li Yan subconsciously distinguished his team from the ordinary Ming army. The mud and carrion have nothing to do with him. Everyone is really fighting. In the last match, it was uncertain who was the mud.

Wang Huan keenly heard the meaning of Li Yan's words, and felt relieved again in his heart, even very happy: He has reached this stage, and he is still so proud, how did this soldier train to deepen this wolfishness? Soldier's bone marrow.Qin Liangyu's Sichuan should be almost occupied by Zhang Xianzhong at this time. If there are more such soldiers and he can control it himself, I am afraid that Sichuan will be in a different situation.

Thinking in his heart, he heard Tu Hai shouting an order at the gate: "Within one hour, when the sun rises above the treetops, the brigade must set out, and those who disobey the order will be executed!"

He rode on the horse and circled around on the spot, and before Liu Liangzuo could speak, he pointed his whip at a group of soldiers guarding a dozen or so carriages, and asked, "What do those soldiers do?"

Liu Liangzuo looked up and quickly replied: "That's the general's own soldiers, and the guards are the general's family."

Tu Hai squinted his eyes, stared at Liu Liangzuo with displeasure, and said, "Personal soldiers? Prince Yu didn't say that there are still personal soldiers in the supply camp."

"This... I will go and explain to the prince immediately." Liu Liangzuo said hesitantly.

"No need!" Tu Hai waved his horsewhip, and said with a straight face: "Master Liu can't trust this general, do you think that my son-in-law can't protect your family?"

"No, no, how could you not believe it?" Liu Liangzuo shook his hands and said hurriedly: "It's just..."

Tu Hai waved his riding whip again, interrupting Liu Liangzuo's words: "It's okay! Mr. Liu, please withdraw this group of soldiers immediately. The military situation is like a fire and the military orders are like mountains. I will be waiting outside the camp gate. If there is anything unexpected after an hour, Those who go out, kill without mercy!"

After finishing speaking, he rode his horse and raised his whip, and rushed away like thunder, leading a group of cavalry straight out of the gate, raising a cloud of dust, submerging Liu Liangzuo in the loess again.

A group of lieutenants hurried up and flicked the dust off Liu Liangzuo's body. His nephew Liu Zehong came up and asked, "Uncle, Tu Hai told us to withdraw our soldiers, what should we do? Withdraw or not?"

Liu Liangzuo's eyes were blood red, his teeth were clenched, he stared at the direction Tu Hai was heading for for a long time, he let out a mouthful of turbid air, his shoulders collapsed, and he said weakly: "What else can I do? Withdraw! Withdraw them all. !"

Liu Zehong wanted to say something when he heard the sound, so he opened his mouth, but when he saw Liu Liangzuo's look of astonishment on his face, he didn't dare to say anything and went to disband the personal troops.

Li Tingyu and the others were waiting outside the gate, and when they saw Tu Hai leading the soldiers approaching, they immediately bowed their heads and stood respectfully by the side of the road.

Tuhai took a glance as he passed by, and saw a group of unarmed soldiers driving carts and pushing carts, snorted contemptuously from his nostrils, and said in his mouth: "It's just civilian husbands." Going to a place under the shade of a tree, there were [-] white flag soldiers waiting in line, Tu Hai got off his horse and went to make arrangements for the march.

Standing in the ranks, Wang Huan looked from afar and saw the soldiers of the Eight Banners lined up neatly, with their spears like a forest, and their flags like a wall. Everyone wore iron armor and cotton armor, leather helmets on their heads, and a bronze mirror shining on their chests. Shining light, horses don't make people chaotic. Compared with the Ming army in chaos in the camp, it suddenly feels like two worlds.

This was Wang Huan's first close-up observation of the Eight Banners' military formation. His previous understanding of the Manchu and Qing's combat power was confined to history books, which were written on paper and were vague, far from being an intuitive naked-eye observation.Now that he was only a few feet away, he could see clearly, which made Wang Huan feel another stone in his heart.

"Looking at the military discipline, it is more than one level higher than the ordinary Ming army. No wonder the Qing army went to the south of the Yangtze River and captured Nanjing in just half a year. When the hundreds of thousands of Nanming troops faced the [-] Qing army, they were like idiots. It's nothing more than a wild wolf chasing a flock of sheep." Wang Huan's heart throbbed for a while, but he turned to look at the white soldiers around him, and didn't look sideways at the Eight Banners soldiers next to him. There was no fear or panic on everyone's face The expression on his face, the team is quiet and orderly, faintly comparable to the Eight Banners Army formation, and a lot of stones in his heart have been let go.

"You have wolves, I have lions, I want to see who has the strongest teeth!" The little monk grinned and laughed.

(End of this chapter)