"Looking at this formation, Renshouhou's strength is at least twice that of Han Shizi." Xiong Lan and his comrades were standing at the head of the city at this time, watching the two opposing armies. The Ming army poured out of the nest and did not leave a single soldier in the city of Wanxian, so the city returned to Xiong Lan's hands: "Renshou Hou has been in battle for a long time, and he has used his troops well, and that Han Shizi ......"

"I think Renshou Hou will win!" The people next to Xiong Lan began to express their opinions one after another: "Han Shizi has a bodhisattva heart, how can he fight?" ”

"That's right, the famous hero general, who is not ruthless? How can a person like Han Shizi be compared to Renshou Hou? Soon everyone unified their understanding, needless to say, Tan Yi won this battle.

Although these people were optimistic about Tan Yi, they were unable to command the thousands of troops in Wanxian County to go out of the city to assist the Qing army in the battle. Originally, these officers were not Tan Hong's cronies, and they had no prestige among the soldiers, and the Ming soldiers surrendered without a fight two days ago, which made their little prestige and self-confidence disappear without a trace. They looked at Tan Yi's army with envious eyes in their eyes, but they didn't have the brains or the courage to assault Deng Ming from behind.

Perhaps only one of them is different......

"What are you waiting for! Waiting to die? Xiong Lan suddenly let out a loud shout, and the companions around her seemed to be nailed to the city wall, but they did not take any action to try to fight for their own interests.

Xiong Lan didn't doubt that Tan Yi would win a big victory, but he felt that his group could benefit from it. His group of people are all Tan Hong's old department, and they all rely on favors to get an errand in Tan Hong's army, maybe the victor needs to reorganize Tan Hong's remnants, but these old officers who have no ability will not have any good faces-they have relationships and friendships under Tan Hong, and they have not received any good faces. It would be good if Tan Yi could give them a random position in the army, and maybe he would slaughter them all under the pretext of surrendering - Tan Yi even said that an old friend like Tan Wen would kill them.

At the critical moment, Xiong Lan knew that most of his companions couldn't come up with any good ideas, so he didn't care about how to protect himself, so he quickly told his companions about his worries. Without further ado, Xiong Lan loudly ordered to the soldiers around her: "Change the flag immediately!" ”

Now there is a red flag of the Ming army at the head of Wanxian County, and the green flag of the Qing army was taken off two days ago, all of which are ready-made, Xiong Lan ordered the soldiers to do it immediately, replace all the flags with green flags, and he beckoned his comrades to hurriedly run down the city tower, Tan Yi's victory has nothing to do with Tan Hong's old department, so the most urgent thing for Xiong Lan to do at present is to organize another force to share the victory.

"Where are we going?"

"Go to the county office!" Xiong Lan ran at the front and replied without looking back.

In the prison of Wanxian County Government, Tan Hong sat motionless, and he didn't know anything about the chaos outside. Although the jailers were all his old subordinates, since he entered the cell, naturally no one would come to this place of right and wrong to chat with him, but gathered around Deng Ming to befriend the winner. After Tan Yi's Qing army appeared, people were panicked, and everyone forgot about him for a while.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside, saying that it was too late and that was fast, and in a blink of an eye he arrived at the door of Tan Hong's cell, and Tan Hong, who had just heard the footsteps and felt that something was wrong, had not had time to open his eyes at this time, and heard a crackling sound at the door, followed by "Bang!" There was a loud bang.

When Tan Hong opened his eyes, he saw that a group of people had poured into his small cell, led by Xiong Lan, who he couldn't look down on-his aunt was favored back then, so Tan Hong pinched his nose and gave him a thousand generals, which made many loyal subordinates dissatisfied. Last year, Tan Hong found an excuse to demote him to the rank of chief, and there were still many officers who felt ashamed to be with him.

Xiong Lan and a group of people behind him knelt on the ground when they entered the prison door. Tan Hong took a closer look, these people were all tied with ropes, and they tied their hands behind their backs, I really don't know how they opened the lock just now......

"Master Hou, the little ones are sorry for you!" Xiong Lan screamed first, and suddenly there was a voice scolding that she was not a person, and the people who squeezed into the cell pleaded guilty inside, and those who couldn't squeeze in knelt outside and shouted.

This posture made Tan Hong a little surprised, and he was full of doubts in his heart: "Is Han Shizi gone?" No, if Han Shizi left, how could he not take himself to Fengjie? Even if Han Shizi leaves, Xiong Lan and the gang can do whatever they want, then most of them won't invite themselves out? In other words, Tan Hong is in Xionglan's position, maybe he will throw the former governor into the Yangtze River, report to the Qing court that he is missing, and snatch the credit of sacrificing the city himself.

There is only one thing that is certain, that is, Xiong Lan once again defected to the Qing court, otherwise she would not have come to let herself go. Could it be that he started an incident in Wanxian? It's not right, if you need to go out to preside over the overall situation and fight with Han Shizi, Xiong Lan will secretly send food and news to her gang in the past two days, and she won't let these people be so hungry.

Glancing at the rope tied to Xiong Lan's body, Tan Hong closed his eyes again. Don't worry, if these people get up and prepare to fight with Han Shizi, will they still come to see each other?

After pondering for a while, Tan Hong guessed the situation and asked slowly: "Say, which way of officers and soldiers are coming?" ”

"Master Hou is aware of everything." Xiong Lan immediately put on a big hat and gently sent it: "Renshou Hou's soldiers have arrived in the city, and the pseudo-Han Shizi has led the troops to battle." ”

"How many people are here from Renshouhou?" Tan Hong still closed his eyes and asked coldly.

"Renshou Hou came with 5,000 soldiers, and the pseudo-Han Shizi only had 2,005, but he made up his mind to fight against the city, and the morale of the troops was very high."

"Hmm." Tan Hong nodded lightly. That's right, Tan Yi is experienced, and his troops are twice that of Han Shizi, so he deserves to win. But since Han Shizi fought against the city, Tan Yi would lose a lot even if he could win.

Tan Hong opened his eyes, if he didn't have himself, Tan Yi would most likely swallow the army of Wanxian, and this group of old troops kneeling in front of him would not have good fruits to eat. But it's different with his own appearance, with the backbone, it is not so easy for Tan Yi to annex this army, and it is not easy to explain to the Qing court. In his current form, if he wants to resist Tan Yi's annexation, he must rely on Xiong Lan's gang, who can not only get away with their crimes but also keep their positions.

"What about my men?" Tan Hong asked. Although Xiong Lan and the others were also his subordinates, no one would misunderstand Tan Hong's meaning, he was referring to his own guards.

"It's all good, it's all there." Xiong Lan replied repeatedly. Although these people are half starved to death, they are not dead, as long as they eat a full meal and rest for two days, they will soon be a good man again. Without these guards and henchmen, Tan Hong would not be able to quickly recover his strength and regain control of Wanxian's army, and he might not be able to deal with Tan Yi's annexation.

Tan Hong and Tan Yi had a good relationship before, and they could be called friends, but this relationship was based on the equal strength of the two people and their mutual needs. Now both Tan Hong and Xiong Lan are secretly counting on Deng Ming in their hearts, hoping that Deng Ming will fight Tan Yi to hurt his vitality, at least let him not worry about making trouble soon, Tan Hong can try to protect himself as long as he gets a little respite.

Tan Hong's men were quickly invited from their cells to the county government hall. These more than 50 dead friends have no more rebelliousness on their bodies at this time, and their legs and feet are weak, and their cheeks are sunken - they are basically not given food in the winter, and they are often whipped to hurry, which is not something that anyone can resist, if they don't eat well and are healthy, it is estimated that they would have gone to see the king of Hades at this time.

"How's the porridge?" Xiong Lan's shouts resounded in the county office, and before he went to see Tan Hong just now, he had already ordered to boil porridge and steam some fine grain soft cakes. He knew that the more hungry these people were, the more they could not eat hase, and they had to nourish their stomachs with warm porridge and soft cakes first. Anyway, they don't need to fight desperately right away.

"Take me to the city." Tan Hong has been treated a little better than his subordinates these days, and he can eat more or less every day, because he has to sacrifice prisoners to Wen Anzhi, so the Ming army can't let him starve to death. He couldn't wait for the rice porridge to be ready, and he was anxious to watch the battle - only by seeing it with his own eyes could he assess how much vitality Tan Yi had left after this battle.

"The villain will accompany the Hou Ye." Compared with those who don't know how to find a way out when disaster comes, Xiong Lan feels that Tan Hong's serious and pragmatic style is the style of a hero, who can afford to take it, let it go, and know what is important and what is meaningless face. Xiong Lan originally estimated that Tan Hong was going to scold herself for being ungrateful, so she was mentally prepared, but looking at Tan Hong, she didn't have a word of blame, and immediately understood that her old subordinates needed Tan Hong now, and Tan Hong also needed her old subordinates.

Xiong Lan led Tan Hong to the city, and tried his best to introduce the appearance and morale of the two armies he saw to the latter along the way. When Tan Hong and Xiong Lan climbed the city wall, the green flag of the Qing army had already been erected on the city of Wanxian County.

When the green flag was just erected, Tan Yi saw it from afar, and couldn't help but smile. The change of the banner in the city shows that the remnants of Tan Hong who stayed in Wanxian County are a group of rats, shallow and ignorant, don't think that this will make him open or blue-eyed. However, after all, this situation was still welcomed by Tan Yi, and he immediately asked the people around him to remind the whole army to pay attention to this movement, and Wanxian had surrendered to his side before the war started, and the Ming army on the opposite side was not only a lone army, but even their "own people" who stayed in the city did not think that the Ming army out of the city had the possibility of victory.

On the Ming side, there was an uproar. Although they were mentally prepared for the surrender of the army in Wanxian County, they surrendered before the Ming army left the city, which was really too rampant. Zhao Tianba asked Deng Ming: "In the battle of Kunyang, after Emperor Guangwu left the city, did the army in the city also defect?" ”

Deng Mingyan said: "When Tan Hong is defeated, I will tell you about the Battle of Kunyang." ”

The main force of the Ming army stayed between Wanxian and Tan Yi's troops, and neither faced the Qing army nor counterattacked Wanxian. Tan Yi guessed that Deng Ming would patrol back and forth in front of the Ming army in order to reduce the impact of Wanxian's defection and try to maintain the morale of the Ming army—in this case, the commander should do this, but Deng Ming did not stay in front of his own people for long, and Deng Ming felt that the morale was enough.

Deng Ming rode straight to the front of the Qing army with twenty-two entourages, only to see that the opposite side had been lined up in a strict formation, and the banners and drums were arranged in an orderly manner, and each team guarded Tan Yi's flag in a safe position.

"I am the prince of the Han Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty...... Deng Ming said loudly, except for Zhao Tianba and the flag officer, the other twenty people all opened their throats and repeated Deng Ming's words in unison.

"Don't blame the past, surrender and avoid death."

Although he had prepared in advance, in the face of countless enemy troops, Han Shizi still seemed a little nervous. Tan Yi pricked up his ears and listened carefully, realizing that Han Shizi's shouting was intermittent and incoherent, Tan Yi shook his head with a smile: "I don't have enough confidence, I'm already cowardly, do you still want to persuade me to surrender?" ”

Deng Ming's surrender conditions were neither new nor tempting, and Tan Yi smiled even more happily: "It's so stingy, there is no reward at all, I have heard this kind of thing too many times." ”

Sure enough, as Tan Yi expected, after hearing Deng Ming's shout, there was a lot of ridicule in Tan Yi's army, and many soldiers exchanged heads and ears - they felt that the children of this sect were too ignorant of human feelings. The officers of Tan Yi's department did not strictly suppress this whispering, they all felt that this phenomenon was beneficial to their side, and the last bit of fear that the soldiers had for the Ming clan quickly disappeared.

After the shouting was over, Deng Ming led his small team of men to drive their horses to the flank of the Qing army, and before they had run far, they stood still and shouted the words they had just shouted again.

"This time it's a lot smoother, but I don't know if Han Shizi is not stammering, or his subordinates are familiar." Tan Yi smiled and glanced at the Ming army. The Ming army was far behind Deng Ming, and it had not yet driven over. Of course, Tan Yi would not send the whole army to attack more than two dozen people, especially since they were still riding horses. Tan Yi continued to wait, anyway, now that Wanxian County has defected, the shape of the Qing army has become more favorable, and Han Shizi has become a lost dog, so he might as well sit back and wait for the Ming army to take the initiative to attack.

That Han Shizi still refused to leave after shouting the second time, ran away for a distance and persuaded some other Qing troops to surrender, so he ran in a straight line in front of Tan Yi's army, shouting over and over again. Tan Yi felt that the other party was ridiculously persistent, and after receiving bursts of ridicule, he was not discouraged. Tan Yi was already about to laugh: "Is Han Shizi here to help me boost my morale?" ”

ran along the front of Tan Yi's military formation, and shouted again, Deng Ming and the guards behind him grabbed their horses and rested for a while. Zhao Tianba reminded: "Your Highness, they gave a reward of one hundred taels just now. ”

"That's a lot." Deng Ming sighed.

In order to capture Zhu Di, Emperor Jianwen's southern army rewarded no less than 10,000 gold and 10,000 households, which made the soldiers in the army crazy. In order to capture Zhu Di, Geng Bingwen, Li Jinglong, Ping'an, and Sheng Yong of the Southern Army painted portraits of him one after another, so that hundreds of thousands of Southern Army members knew the appearance of King Yan, along with his banner and armor.

Of course, Deng Ming is far from being able to compare with Zhu Di, the king of Yan back then. Not only did Deng Ming not have a portrait, but even the flag was hastily made, and the armor was also worn for the first time, without the help of the enemy, Deng Ming had to promote himself: "Tan Yi has eyes and no beads, is my dignified Han Wang Shizi only worth a hundred taels of silver!" Last year, Hong Chengchou of Huguang also offered a reward of 1,000 taels and wanted to arrest me! ”

Deng Ming didn't know what kind of official Hong Chengchou was now, but he wanted to make the Qing army think that he was a big man and was worth far more than one hundred taels.

For ordinary creeps, one hundred taels is already an unimaginable number; But some officers had heard of the name Hong Chengchou, and Han Shizi's words gave him a new meaning. Among them, Tan Yi is also included, Deng Ming's statement made Tan Yi's heart jump, Hong Chengchou's status in the Qing court is still above Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he can't even tie Li Guoying, let alone Hong Chengchou.

Deng Ming was still shouting along the line of the Qing army, and Tan Yi finally began to feel that something was wrong. The guards beside him no longer laughed heartily, but stared intently at Deng Ming, who was moving not far in front of the formation, with a strange look. At this time, in the Qing army's formation, whispering turned into a buzzing chatter, the officers were thoughtful, and all of them excitedly focused on the moving mountain of gold shouting in front of them.

When Tan Yi announced the reward just now, the Qing soldiers knew that there might be a chance to win the jackpot today, but most people just fantasized about it, everyone wanted to win the jackpot, but everyone knew that the chance of winning was very small, Tan Hong gave such an order, so there will definitely be a reward after the big victory, at least full of wine and food. There are also some simple-minded and confused people who don't understand what's going on at all, and everyone shouts good and joins in the fun, and shouts together.

But after Deng Ming's tireless repeated shouting, now all the Qing soldiers clearly know which jackpot ticket it is, and the Qing soldiers who didn't know who they were going to arrest are now all staring at the objects that need to be arrested, and even the most confused and dull-minded fool in Tan Yi's army also asked what was going on from the people around them. When they looked at Deng Ming again, they couldn't take it back when their tongues came out: "Oh, just for such a person in front of him, Master Hou wants to give a few catties of silver, and what kind of big man will reward dozens of catties of silver." ”

The front-line officers, who were obliged to suppress the movement of the soldiers, had forgotten their responsibilities, and their eyes were closely followed by Deng Ming, who was still in battle to remove. Knowing that this person was very important to the Qing court, now whenever Deng Ming ran by not far from the front, the officers' palms were oozing sweat, and they were secretly calculating the distance between them and Deng Ming in their hearts.

The Ming army still did not come over to set up the formation, and the thousands of Qing troops only had Han Shizi's lonely people not far away, there was no threat, only merit and monetary rewards, and the fighting spirit and morale of the Qing army reached an unprecedented height -- against Deng Ming, not against the Ming army --

Author's note: Ladies and gentlemen, today my book review area was sued and cleaned up again, saying that there was a topic of not river crabs, and I was asked to recruit a deputy moderator to guard against similar incidents.