Nanming Engineer

Chapter 22 Oriole
The commanders sighed helplessly and looked up at the military camp on the hillside. At the gate of the camp, two blazing campfires illuminated the general camp. As far as they could see, there was not even a single figure in the military camp, and the Qing soldiers who had just delivered the order It was made very clear that the enemy's situation was unclear tonight and it was inconvenient for the army to come down. Each battalion commanded to guard on its own.The Qing soldiers in Jianzhou made it clear that they didn't care. They were looking for trouble if they went up to them, and they might even get whipped. They had no choice but to arrange captains and corps commanders to gather as many people as possible together, light more bonfires, and feel uneasy. spend a long night.

In the Qing army camp, just like what the commanders saw at the foot of the mountain, there was indeed no movement, not even a sentry on duty.

Every tent was a mess. Soldiers with money rattails either fell to the ground and snored drowsily, or leaned weakly to one side and moaned in a low voice. Vomit, the air is filled with a stench of strong alcohol mixed with stomach acid, which almost makes people faint.

In the Chinese military tent, Tuhai and several cronies also fell on the thick wool felt, with saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths, their eyes rolled and unable to speak, and they were moaning and screaming, desperately wanting to get up, but even their bodies were shaking Can't lift it up.

The starlight was shining outside the tent, and the bright moon was hanging high. A group of black shadows kicked down the isolated thick wooden fence from the hinterland of the camp silently by the moonlight, and poured into the tents of the Qing soldiers like ghosts. Under the command of the leader, they split up. Touch into each tent.

Tuhai's mind was still a little clear. When his mind was dizzy, he realized that what he had eaten was wrong. Unfortunately, it was too late when he realized it. His stomach hurt so much that it was about to tear. His body was as heavy as oak, and his mind was in a state of confusion. Chaos couldn't even perform such movements as crawling.

He was anxious, this situation is not right no matter what, there must be something wrong with the beef he ate just now, that Li Tingyu must be his fault, the meat was sent by him, and these Ming soldiers who surrendered know that they are not safe Good intentions, I have to go outside the tent and call for someone to kill those bastards.

Tuhai struggled hard, there was a sound in his throat, but he couldn't scream at all, let alone think about it, his tongue couldn't move like a piece of wood, and it was difficult for him to breathe even if it was stuffed in his mouth.

At this moment, the lights in the tent suddenly went dark, as if a wind had blown in from the door, blowing the flame of the candles, Tu Hai was overjoyed, that's great, the sentry at the door finally found something wrong in the tent of the Chinese army up.

Tu Hai tried his best to stretch his neck. He wanted to turn his head and give an order to the soldiers who came in, and immediately kill Li Tingyu and others.If the soldiers were smart enough, they should immediately boil some excrement water and drink it for themselves. I don’t know what kind of medicine was in this meat. It was so damn uncomfortable.

There were many dark shadows coming in at the door, and it seemed that there was more than one person. Due to the effect of the medicine, Tuhai's eyes were blurred, and his vision was blurred. He could only make out a few tall figures. Nothing can be seen clearly.

"Haha, the effect of this datura flower is really good. Look, what are these beasts like?" A voice sounded, full of joy, and the person who said this seemed to be squatting beside him , and reached out to pat his face twice.

"That's natural, I think these guys have become pigs!" Another voice laughed and echoed.

Someone didn't smile, but said calmly and forcefully: "Don't be nagging, time is very tight, hurry up and start!"

Tu Hai desperately opened his eyes wide, resisting the numbness of his body, but it was a pity that he could still see the chaos of black and white. He opened his mouth wide, wanting to roar and scold a few words, but only a stream of saliva flowed from his mouth.

"Huh? This guy spit! It's disgusting!" The person squatting beside him shouted, and while shouting, he took out the short knife from Tuhai's waist, and without hesitation, it came out of Tuhai's big mouth full of fishy smell. poked in.

In every tent, such a scene was staged, with blood splattering, knife shadows flashing, more than 100 left-behind Qing soldiers were killed like collapsing pigs and dogs, and occasionally some people who ate and drank less , stood up unsteadily and wanted to take the knife, but was pushed down to the ground by the white soldiers laughing, and wiped his neck directly.

A quarter of an hour later, a group of more than 100 Qing soldiers in full outfit drove out of the barracks, escorting more than 300 soldiers of the Ming army, and drove silver carts. On the other side of the hillside, quietly left the valley.

Wang Huan waited here with the young monks and joined Li Tingyu's brigade.

Wearing Tuhai's armor, Li Tingyu walked in front. When he saw Wang Huan, the bearded man raised his eyebrows, strode over, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled first: "Consultant, the big plan is coming!" Alright, the plan is done!"

Wang Huan shook his body, endured the pressure on his shoulders, and smiled: "Congratulations, sir, is everything going well?"

Li Tingyu was laughing even with his beard, each beard was raised up, and he couldn't stop saying: "Smooth, so smooth, there are only a hundred soldiers, and they collapse into a pile of mud, it's easier than killing a pig, haha Haha, if so many Tartars' heads are handed over to the Ministry of War, I can at least become a commander-in-chief, and maybe even become a governor, hahaha, what a pity!"

It was a pity in his words, but there was no regret in his tone. He just kept laughing, and even his body shook. Come to me.

Li Tingyu frowned, threw the braids back in disgust, and complained: "It's just this mouse tail that is so annoying. Councilor, do we have to stick this furry thing?"

Wang Huan still smiled and said: "Of course, sir, we are going to dress up as Qing soldiers. Without this braid, it wouldn't look like us."

Li Tingyu flicked the braid back and forth on the back of his head, and swept the faces of the people behind him like a whip. The people behind him hurriedly avoided, lest they would be affected. When Li Tingyu saw it, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your mother, I really don't know." What do the Jianzhou Tartars think? How can they drag such a burden behind their heads, are they tired? When I conquer Shengjing one day, they must all shave off this mouse tail and use it as a belt Use it, and then live with a bald head!"

Wang Huan walked forward side by side with him. Hearing what he said, he put away his smiling face and said solemnly: "As long as your lord has such great ambitions, Wang Huan will definitely be terrified. Counselors will show the might of our Han family!"

Li Tingyu strode forward, laughed loudly and said: "You don't speak nonsense in the army, little monk, I have heard it and remembered it clearly, you boy will never want to escape halfway from now on!"

Wang Huan followed closely behind, also laughing and said: "A gentleman keeps his word. Wang Huan dare not call him a gentleman, but even if he is a villain, he must follow the adults and dare not break his promise. Tonight, I will use the bright moon as a witness." , I wish to be the flying general of Dragon City, drive out the Tartars, and restore my great Ming country!"

This speech was like a mighty river, impassioned and impassioned, and the people on the left and right were full of enthusiasm. They all looked at the two people walking in front with fiery eyes.

Li Tingyu turned his head and looked deeply at Wang Huan, his eyes flickered, as if something shiny was looming in the corner of his eyes, he stared for a long time, but he didn't say a word, turned his head, just stepped forward, Stride up more and more.

In the dark of night, the convoy of hundreds of people walked along the official road leading to Huai'an, turned left halfway, and embarked on another road.

At dawn, the sun finally came to the Tiger Roaring Valley. Each battalion leader spent a sleepless night in fear. In the face of the threat to life, no one dared to close their eyes. Everyone was relaxed and relaxed under the arrangements of the commanders of each battalion. They gathered together, and when the sun rose, someone finally had the courage to go to the mouth of the valley to have a look, and came back to report the good news: not a shadow of the horse thief was seen.

The commanders breathed a sigh of relief. With such a huge team and the army escorting them, the horse thieves could only ravage in the middle of the night when they were unprepared. In broad daylight, they generally would not come to harass them. Seeing the horse thieves, I will never see these gangsters again this day.

The commanders were busy commanding the crowd again, burying the corpses, packing up the wounded. They were busy for two or three hours piecemeal, until it was three poles in the sun, and then they remembered that it was a long time before dawn, and the delay of two hours was over. After that, why didn't the Qing soldiers come down to urge them?

Looking from a distance, the rough wooden camp was still silent, as if there were no living things inside, but the commanders hesitated to go up and ask, what are you kidding?The arrows shot by the Qing soldiers last night were still clearly stuck on the hillside. Who dares to go there?

After such a delay, it will be noon. If you don't leave, it will be the afternoon after a delay. Do you want to spend the night in this valley again today?That's what you don't do if you kill everyone, so all the commanders pushed and shouted, you told me to go, I told him to go, in the end no one could point at anyone, so they just stomped their feet, and everyone ran up the hillside together.

A group of people went up the hillside in an orderly manner, and began to report loudly before reaching the door, but there was no response from the camp, even the sentinel standing guard at the door sat slack on the grass at the door, with his head lowered as if nap.

The commanders walked to the door, not daring to make any more noise, so an experienced commander bowed politely to the sentinel sitting at the door: "Master, please inform me, I will beg to see Lord Tuhai."

The sentinel didn't even raise his head, he was still sitting on the ground, with the big bamboo hat covering his head covering his whole head, so that no one could see his face.

All the commanders looked at each other, and they all felt that this Qing soldier was too arrogant, ignoring people and saying something, what's the point of leaving it alone like this.

The conductor who spoke was very calm and unmoved. He rolled his eyes and spoke again. His words were still respectful and not unpleasant at all.

But saying this is the same as not saying it. People don't even pay attention to it, and they don't mean to move at all.

These commanders are all veterans of Liu Liangzuo's tent, who has no bad temper, said this three times, but got a cold ass, and couldn't hold back his face. At that time, he had a quick temper and rushed away Coming up, he stretched out his hand and pushed the sitting sentry, and shouted, "Hey, I'm asking you something!"

With a light push, the sentinel fell down in response, and fell to the ground with a "bang", without any response.

The person who stretched out his hand was dumbfounded, and all the conductors present were dumbfounded. The one who made the shot was still thinking: When did my martial arts become so high, and the effect of a light push was so good?

The other commanders could see that something was wrong. They had seen the domineering of the Eight Banners soldiers before, and when it was their turn to be pushed around, they would have drawn their knives and hacked people.And after standing at this door for a while, a faint smell of blood slowly wafted out of the tent in the air.

(End of this chapter)