Chapter 49: Wang Pu Appears
Riding a big horse is not necessarily a good person, if this child is lucky enough to be an adult, I think this scene will be remembered by him for the rest of his life. Only a few dozen Tartar soldiers dared to rush straight into the river valley, rampage, and then the cold light flashed, the saber was unsheathed, and those who could not dodge were cut off and broken limbs, and blood was splattered everywhere.
The people were stunned at the sudden blow, and for a moment they did not know what to do, but fortunately the Tatar cavalry came and went, and they only rushed through the crowd like dragonflies, and then returned to the top of the slope above the valley, and disappeared into the east.
This little episode cast a sense of foreboding in the heart of the ambitious Zeng Dang, but then the man sent to follow Li Xin last night rushed back with a piece of news that made everyone excited.
Li Xin led people to capture Suning City.
This made Zeng Dang's originally heavily frustrated confidence suddenly increased a lot, since Li Xin could take down the county seat with hundreds of people, and he had tens of thousands of people in his hands, what was he afraid of? Just now I was just caught off guard by the Tartars, and if we set up a position and fight with real knives and guns, it is not known who will win and who will lose.
Prompted by this unwarranted self-confidence, Zeng dared to lead people to finally rush to Suning City, but he was surprised to find a long queue without a head and tail. I dare to be familiar with this, and it is clearly a team of escorting goods, people and animals.
The suffering he had suffered, he naturally felt the same way, and he dared to rush straight over without any hesitation......
In the end, it was unthinkable that he would have dared to end up like this, where were the surviving people willing to stay in this mountain of corpses and blood for a few more moments, and once they recovered, they all fled from this place one after another, but they left cleanly in the blink of an eye. Zeng dared to lose all thoughts for a while, closed his eyes for a long time, and tears flowed down. Although Li Xin hated him for causing nearly 10,000 innocent people to die tragically in order to make meritorious contributions, after all, he was motivated by the original intention of wanting to do something for the world. I couldn't bear to see him so depressed, so I wanted to provoke him.
"Little Brother Zeng, if you die like this, you will even look down on you as a martial artist!"
Zeng Dang's eyes were still closed, as if he had nothing to do with him, Li Xin saw that he had no reaction and continued: "It's better to go with me and kill the Tartars together, every time you kill someone, this loyal soul will be blinded by one person!" When the number of 10,000 is enough, then the merit will be complete, isn't it good? ”
Zeng Dang suddenly reacted and looked at Li Xin in a daze.
"I've hurt so many people, you, you still dare to take me in? Aren't you afraid I'm hurting you? ”
Li Xin smiled: "Only those who have made mistakes will not make the same mistakes again, you are a smart person, I believe!" ”
Zeng Dada's sluggish and numb eyes finally made waves, followed by a terrifying storm, grabbed Li Xin's hands and said excitedly and earnestly: "Thanks to the general's refusal to give up, I dared to join the Gaoyang Army, and I dared not to die!" ”
Looking at the young man in front of him who had turned from disillusionment to impassionedness, Li Xin knew that his enthusiasm was back, although the scholars of this era had such and such problems, but the brilliance of this enthusiasm was enough to cover up any defects.
"But there is a word first, you can only start as a soldier in our army, you are a person of merit and fame, you may have suffered from this?"
Li Xin did not lack any literati to be strategists, nor did he need to show respect for scholars in order to envelop a large group of intellectuals. The talent he needs is very simple, that is, people who can do practical things in a down-to-earth manner. And those great scribes who are full of sages, open their mouths to learn Taoism, keep their mouths closed, do nothing at all, and hold big hats to oppress people all day long, he is definitely afraid of them.
Zeng dared to have the shadow of this kind of person on his body, which was annoying to Li Xin, so he decided to let him go as a pawn.
"How unbearable! The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds......"
Hearing that Zeng dared to speak at length again, Li Xin hurriedly waved his hand.
"You have it, you can stand it best, from now on you will be my Li Xin's personal soldier, the first personal soldier! Do a good job, there will be more people in the future, and you will be the captain of my personal soldiers! ”
After that, Li Xin patted Zeng Dang's shoulder, but he always felt as if something was missing.
"By the way, you are a famous person, I don't know if you are a talent or a person?"
Speaking of fame, this is the source of Zeng Dada's confidence and pride, and he replied proudly: "Show talent! ”
Li Xin laughed: "It turns out that you are a showman, so what are you doing?" Not even a lifter! Poor sour showman, poor sour showman is talking about your group of people. ”
Originally complacent, he dared to be ridiculed by Li Xin, and his face turned into the color of pig liver, how could he explain how difficult it was to get this show, and how many people who were immersed in the examination room did not get a show until their hair was gray. And if you have a show, you can see that the official does not kneel, and its status is difficult for you to achieve as a martial artist who has struggled all your life.
Li Xin didn't know this, he just wanted to knock out the untimely arrogance on Zeng Dare, make him become down-to-earth, and then be his personal soldier in a down-to-earth manner. In other words, Master Xiucai made Qiu Ba a personal soldier, and in the Ming generation, he Li Xin should be a scorpion baba - the only one!
After Li Xin finished laughing, Zeng Kang's face slowly returned to normal from the color of pig liver, and then Ai Ai said: "General Li, since I have joined the Gaoyang Army, yes, should I also send weapons?" ”
Although Zeng dared to command "thousands of troops and horses", he longed for Zhuge Liang at that time, lupine scarf, scolding Fang Xuan, strategizing, and winning thousands of miles. I don't care about it at all, and I don't care about it with a goose feather knife that is only used by martial artists. As a scholar, he wanted to wear a sword, but by the time the sword reached the Ming Dynasty, its practicality had almost been lost, and it was really not easy to find one on the battlefield, so that he could always use his bare hands.
But now it's different, since he is the most ordinary soldier, he has to have a guy who can take advantage of it, Li Xin ordered someone to take a Yanling knife and give it to Zeng Kang. was about to explain some precautions, but saw Lu Jiushen mysteriously rushing back.
Lu Jiu glanced at Zeng Dang in disgust, then pulled Li Xin aside and said in a low voice: "Brother Thirteen, an important person was found among the captives!" ”
"Oh? Who is it? ”
Li Xin didn't think much about it, except for Yue Tuo, Haoge and the like, he couldn't think of an important person who could just shock him, and it was worthy of Lu Jiu to be so mysterious.
"Wang Pu!"
"Who?"
When the word Wang Pu came out of Lu Jiu's mouth, Li Xin didn't care, but after these words turned around in his mind, he suddenly woke up, isn't Wang Pu the general soldier of Datong Town who Wang Pu fought hard to save his life?
Immediately, Li Xin lowered his voice and asked, "Is it really credible?" ”
"Eight or nine is not far from ten, Lu Jiu personally inquired, and the answer is roughly the same as the description of Wang Fifteen."
"Bring him to me. No, I'd better go see him! ”
It's not that Li Xin took into account Wang Pu's identity as a general soldier before he went to see him. But at this time, the people in this place are almost scattered, he should also count the people and leave this place as soon as possible, after Yue Tuo escapes back to the river, he will inevitably send and come to chase him, Suning is already very unsafe, and now he has to go as far as he can.
Along the way, there was chaos, the fleeing people scattered in all directions, Zhang Shi had already led the musketeers of the right team out of Suning City, and was leading people to set fire everywhere, and the goods that could not be taken away would rather be burned than plundered by the Tartars.
Li Xin followed Lu Jiu to a secluded place that was temporarily enclosed, and saw a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard and tattered clothes sitting upright on the ground with his eyes closed. This is the dignified Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong Town?
"Li Xin sees the big handsome!"
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, people would call the town commander by the commander, and Li Xin had learned about this joint when chatting with people before, so he called Wang Pu the commander.
Wang Pu's eyes suddenly opened, and the two sharp gazes immediately changed the temperament on his face covered with dirt. I saw that he hurriedly got up, staggered a little when he didn't get up, and only got up steadily with his hands on the ground, which should be because of his weak body.
"Wang Pu thanked his brother for saving his life." The words went deep to the ground.
Li Xin hurriedly flashed to the side and held Wang Pu up with both hands, he didn't expect that this Wang Pu not only did not have a stand, but also had a very thoughtful etiquette. I only heard Wang Pu continue to ask again:
"I haven't asked my brother for his name!"
Li Xin is not afraid that others will be arrogant and rude to him, but he is afraid that people will be polite to him, even if he is extremely disdainful of Wang Pu's various evil deeds in history, and has a very bad impression of him, but people are kind and pleasant, and he is quite polite to make friends, he is always not good to turn his face and deny people for no reason.
"The surname is Li Mingxin!"
"Okay, it's the same name as the famous generals of the Qin period, a good name! I don't know what army Brother Li belongs to? Under the rule of the peacemakers? ”
Wang Pu called Li Xin a brother so uncomfortable, in the past, in Gaoyang City, the most polite title was nothing more than to call him a little brother, more often than by those old men to drink, now Wang Pu is so broken, but he is extremely uncomfortable.
Regarding Wang Pu's question, Li Xin thought that there was no need to hide it, and made up a lie to say that he was a general of the Gaoyang Army, and he also wanted to divide who the target was, and the general soldiers of the dignified town could see through this little trick at a glance.
"It's not a secret, what Li Xin is led by Li Xin is the people raised by the Gaoyang Sun Pavilion Department!"
But Li Xin still carried Sun Chengzong out, which can be regarded as justifiable, so that he will not be regarded as a thief. Because in this troubled era, if it is not for the soldiers of the government, and there is no seal to prevent the seal, it is the rhythm of rebellion to form an army without permission. But it is different to bring out Sun Chengzong, with the support of this old minister of the three dynasties, no one dares to speak lightly.
Wang Pu heard that it was Sun Chengzong's true attitude, and his attitude was even more unusual, and he said three good things in a row.
"Brother Li is young and promising, brave and strategic, it's really not simple, amazing, amazing!"
Wang Pu has been playing haha all the time, and he doesn't talk about substantive issues. Li Xin endured it for a long time, but after all, he couldn't help but ask.
"I wonder what the marshal's plan is? Yue Tuodang will send troops to Suning, and it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. ”
Who knew that Wang Pu did not answer Li Xin's question, but asked rhetorically: "Brother Li, why don't you enter my Datong Town and be a real Ming official army, how about it?" ”