Nanming Engineer

Chapter 31

Li Tingyu replied nonchalantly: "Naturally, you just watch it, I scared the dung out of these bandits!"

After saying that, Li Tingyu waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him lined up in two rows with a loud bang, their military boots stomped randomly, and there was a loud bang bang sound. After standing in the row, they immediately stood still like a green pine, without looking sideways, and the spears in their hands were steady. Standing straight up to the sky, with spear points forming a forest, although there are only 18 people in the team, no one speaks silently, but there is a hidden momentum of a giant.

Li Tingyu's gaze coldly glanced at the water thieves standing messily and far away on the pier, his eyes seemed to hold knives and guns, and the water thieves who met his eyes felt that the sharp eyes were about to swallow them. Hastily shifting his gaze to the left or right, even the arrogant Wang Tao couldn't take it anymore, and couldn't help but take a step back.

"Strong on the outside and strong on the inside!" Li Tingyu muttered, and then took the lead and strode forward.

As soon as he moved, Wang Huan and Li Yan followed closely, followed closely by two rows of soldiers. The 20 people stepped out in unison and landed on the ground at the same time. The sound of stamping on the ground was like one person stepping, and there was a neat banging sound. There was a roar on the wooden trestle.Such military appearance and momentum soared into the sky.

Wang Tao's complexion began to turn pale. He is also a man of knowledge. He has been entangled with the Ming army on Hongze Lake for many years. When did he see such a strong soldier?If half of the Ming army that came to exterminate him had this size, the mob under him would have been wiped out countless times.He seriously doubted, if the 20 people on the opposite side rushed over, could they be stopped with the hundreds of water thieves surrounding him?I'm afraid there will be a big question mark.

"Sure enough, the Jianzhou army horse that drove Li Zicheng's Dashun army like a bereaved dog is the most powerful army in the world. Don't hesitate any longer. If you don't take advantage of this good opportunity, you should hurry up and join the Qing court, and wait for others to take care of yourself. , then it will be too late." At this moment, Wang Tao immediately strengthened his belief that he had already made up his mind, and stopped waiting and swaying.He hastily adjusted the armor on his body, took a few steps forward, and greeted him.

"Wang Tao, a grassroots citizen of Hongze Lake, welcome to Mr. Zuoling." Wang Tao was so anxious that he even changed his name, and began to openly call himself a grassroots.

The faces of the water thieves following him all changed color, and they looked at each other. They knew very well what kind of temperament their boss was. He was a hero who was ignored by all officials since the rebellion. He beheaded with his own hands. There were probably twenty officials in the Ming Dynasty, so why did they get scared out of their wits when they saw an upright official today, losing their momentum like a quail.

Li Tingyu led two soldiers and strode up to Wang Tao with bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang. He stopped his feet and stood still. No one behind him gave an order. They automatically stopped their feet at the same time and stamped their spears on the ground. With a bang, all the soldiers Like one person, he stood behind Li Tingyu solemnly.

Sweat broke out on Wang Tao's face again, and he didn't dare to raise his head. This formation was so shocking. The queue of only 20 people seemed to have firmly suppressed his team of hundreds of people. Look, Looking behind him, he knew who he was facing as none of the usually brave and fierce guys dared to express their anger.

Let’s not talk about the corruption of the Ming Dynasty’s army, but Wang Tao of Li Zicheng’s Dashun Army has heard of it. They fought like a ragtag force from Shaanxi to Beijing and were about to seize the Zhu family’s powerful army. In this way When the Chinese army faced the Qing army, it also lost more than it won, so it can be inferred that the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing court are terrible.And the terrifying Eight Banners Army is now standing in front of him.

So Wang Tao lowered his head and cupped his hands, drooped his eyelids, and saluted respectfully. Now he was convinced. In this short period of time, he had regarded the Qing army pretended by Li Tingyu as his new master who was about to surrender.

Li Tingyu saw Wang Tao worshiping in front of him like a little chicken, and the water thieves standing all around also lowered their heads in black, and the knives they held high in their hands had already been put down.Of course, there were also individual gangsters who felt unconvinced and refused to bow their heads to admit defeat, but under the influence of the surrounding atmosphere of worship, they reluctantly lowered their heads.

"The play is almost done. It's time to give some sweetness to speed up the progress of the internal strife." Wang Huan said in a low voice, his voice was barely audible, only Li Tingyu standing in front of him could hear it.

Li Tingyu nodded slightly, then his face changed, and the cold expression disappeared like a magic trick. His face twitched and he forced out a smile, and said to Wang Tao with a smile that was uglier than crying: "It's hard work for the leader, but he leads the way. Find a place to discuss things.”

Wang Tao hurriedly said: "Of course, Tu Zuoling, please come with me, sit down in the hall of our village and have a cup of tea first."

Li Tingyu nodded slightly, Wang Tao quickly turned around to lead the way, and his own pirates ran away first to prepare tea and snacks.

As soon as Li Tingyu moved, the 20 people behind him moved again, and the same consistent footsteps sounded again. They walked with a bang, passing through a group of water thieves with terrified faces, and followed Wang Tao along the stone road on the island. Walk towards the water thief cottage.

At this time, on the side of the island away from the wharf, Zu Tianci set up a pergola with his forehand, and looked at this side intently. When he saw Wang Tao bowing to Li Tingyu, and Li Tingyu led a small team of 20 people in hundreds of When he walked away from the water thief, his brows furrowed deeply.

Although the distance was too far, Zu Tianci couldn't hear the voice, but the body language told him clearly: Wang Tao was very polite to the general of the Qing army, or in other words, very obedient and respectful.

"It's such a good opportunity, why didn't the leader kill the dog, as long as the leader is killed, we will chop up all the remaining soldiers and throw them into the lake to feed the fish!" A person standing beside Zu Tianci The burly man shouted: "The boats go south and the horses go north. No matter how fierce the Jianzhou dogs are, they will be caught blind in this water."

"Kill?" Zu Tianci sneered and said, "I'm afraid the boss won't dare to kill! Looking at this posture, he is determined to follow the Jianzhou Tatars!"

"Really? The boss is going to be recruited by the Jianzhou Tatars?" the stout man shouted in surprise.

"Zu Bian, the two of us have fled so far. We thought we would finally find a place to stay in the Jiangnan water town. I didn't expect the Jianzhou tartars to be ambitious and not satisfied with occupying thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in Liaodong outside the pass. They actually came here. It seems Today, none of our brothers escaped." Zu Tianci gritted his teeth, and squeezed out the words word by word: "I don't want to escape either, if I run again, I'll be a fucking dog!"

The sturdy man who spoke was none other than Zu Bian, a defeated army member and brother of the same clan who escaped from the Liaodong Army with Zu Tianci. This man was similar in appearance to Zu Tianci, with a red face and small eyes, a short stature, strong and thick-set, and he wore linen clothes and a hood. There are a few holes in the leather armor, but the difference is that the face is younger and there is no beard on the face.

"Brother, I listen to you. Today we will go all out. If the head of the family disregards loyalty and covets wealth, he joined the Qing court. He was unrighteous first. We have no faults. No one can say that we don't value loyalty!" Zu Bian angrily road.

"Okay!" Zu Tianci looked at Wang Tao leading Li Tingyu and his party, and began to walk along the road towards the cottage on the island. The more he watched, the more angry he became. Wang Tao's behavior was very clear. He was already betraying the two of them and wanted to surrender to the Qing court. .He squeezed the mace in his hand tightly, turned around suddenly, and jumped onto a big rock.

Behind them, countless dark-skinned water thieves stood silently. These people were all poor fishermen in the lake. They were forced to join the water thieves after years of fishing tax oppression. Human feelings are far better than those of Wang Tao, who has no military knowledge, so when Wang Tao ordered them to disperse, they still obeyed the order of the brothers Zu Tianci and gathered around the two of them.

At this moment, everyone looked up at Zu Tianci who was standing on the boulder, and Zu Tianci's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, his expression was solemn, all the people were silent, quietly looking at Zu Tianci who was scanning the audience , the atmosphere was quiet and oppressive, like the eve of a brewing storm, dull and palpitating.

"Brothers, if the head of the family wants to disregard the lives of our brothers, he only wants to be rich and prosperous alone. My ancestors bestowed a life, which is cheap. It was originally handed over to the head of the family. It doesn't matter whether you die or not, but I am unwilling!" Zu Tianci black With a straight face and a hoarse voice, he shouted: "Manchu Tartar, what is that? It's a beast! It's a beast! Let's talk far away, kill my whole family in Liaodong, and poison the people of the Han family outside the pass; talk closer, slaughter the city in Yangzhou, kill all There are tens of thousands of people in the city. Everyone said, are you willing to be recruited by such a foreign race?"

"Not reconciled!" Countless people shouted in unison.

"Brother, don't talk about it! All the brothers are my brothers and sisters, and we are all of one mind. If you say what to do, all the men will follow you!" Zu Bian was full of passion, his red face turned black and red, and took He jumped up in front of the crowd with a ghost knife, driving the crowd to be excited, and it was about to explode immediately.

"Okay, the military spirit is available!" A cold light flashed in Zu Tianci's eyes, and a sense of arrogance rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead. The beard like steel needles on his face stood up. Shouted: "Jianzhou Gou'er is in the cottage, brothers, as long as we rush over and kill those balls, the masters will naturally change their minds, and we Hongze Lake heroes will still stand in the world and not bear the humiliation." The notoriety of stealing life, coveting life and fearing death, everyone follow me!"

The crowd below boiled for a while, everyone was yelling loudly, waving the weapons in their hands above their heads, like a pot of boiling water, and the murderous aura filled the air like steam.

Zu Tianci jumped down from the big rock with a light body. The water thieves separated a path. Zu Tianci stepped out from the crowd and took the lead in running towards the village. Behind him, the crowd formed a torrent and followed closely. Roll forward.

The so-called water thief cottage was built on a small hill on the island. The hill is the highest point of Mudun Island. The whole mountain is a stone mountain, which is quite steep, with stone steps going up the mountain.There is a small flat land on the top of the mountain. There used to be a water temple, which enshrines the statue of Lao Tzu. It is said that there is a monster dragon in Hongze Lake. patron saint.

The Laozi Temple is just a small temple, with one main hall and two ear halls. After Wang Tao occupied Mudun Island, he built the Diao Dou Watchtower on the hill and built several houses as a place for daily accommodation and discussion. Of course, the main hall It's the meeting hall.

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