Today's Ming official army is weak in combat, whether it is against the Houjin Manchu people or the suppression of local bandits, there are very few victories. In order to boost morale, the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info court set up a reward, stipulating that the beheading was rewarded with three taels of silver, and the general was also rewarded for his meritorious deeds by winning the first rank. As a result, the officers and soldiers with corrupt military discipline regarded killing good people and risking merit as a shortcut to promotion and wealth.

Chang Wei has read a lot of materials, and the most impressive ones are: The famous minister Ji Liao Jingluo and Sun Chengzong said that the officials and soldiers of Liaodong indiscriminately killed deaf and dumb orphans and pretended to be military exploits; a general soldier in Shaanxi reported that he had beheaded 50 thieves, but there were 35 women and children; and when the Shanxi officials and soldiers chased and killed the thieves, they did not have a head and reported their military merits, and when they turned around, they beheaded 80 emaciated villagers. There are even rumors among the border army that "fellow villagers borrow your head to report military merits".

Over time, the imperial court specially sent civil officials such as the imperial historian to inspect the first ranks, but the military discipline was corrupted to such an extent that killing good people and taking meritorious deeds had become a general practice and it was difficult to curb it. What Chang Wei didn't expect was that this kind of thing not only happened in the border army, but now it also happened in front of his eyes.

"This group of bastards!" Although the head of the dead man and the others in front of him was beheaded, this kind of scene still made Chang Wei angry, thinking about it, everyone is fighting together, I killed a real thief, you can get the same military merit by cutting off some heads casually, and whoever you put it on will be angry in your heart.

Suddenly, a series of fireworks burst out from the north, and a beautiful white lotus pattern exploded in the sky.

The scouts excitedly said, "My lord, you can retreat!"

After tossing and turning this night, I was able to return to Taiping Town alive, and I was very excited to think about it.

"Okay, you guys go first!"

Although the officers and soldiers in the village who were cutting off their heads also saw the fireworks flags in the distance, they did not pay attention to them, because the previous circumstances showed that the front was just a remnant of the fleeing army, and there was no need to pay attention. Moreover, this is a valley, and even if the White Lotus Sect army rushes over in this kind of place, it is just a live target.

The scouts retreated, but Chang Wei decided to teach the officers and soldiers a lesson, in his heart, these officers and soldiers were no different from thieves, and he no longer cared about the identity of the other party and how to face Zhao Yan in the future.

Without scouts, with the skills of him and Tang Jinyi, they can come and go freely, and they can go as long as they want, and no one can stop them.

Taking advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers were not paying attention, the two slipped into the village, and after zigzag through the courtyards of the houses and courtyards for a hundred and ten steps, they approached the officers and soldiers in the northwest corner. The bowstring sounded quickly, and twice there were a dozen or so officers and soldiers who focused on cutting off people's heads.

Chang Wei said in his heart: Will their companions also cut off their heads for military merit?

"Those two sharpshooters are here!"

"Bird gunslingers, archers, come here!"

When the officers and soldiers called for help, the two had quickly fallen into the opposite yard, and soon the dense gunshots rang out, and there were bursts of bang on the roof, and the abandoned houses were also shaken, and the mud and weeds fell down in a plop, and the two walked through the northeast yard with dust, and after dozens of gunshots, the wall of the courtyard behind them was smashed open by the shield-wielding soldiers.

The officers who were waiting in the front and rear courtyards shouted and rushed into the house, and dozens of people behind them passed through the courtyard wall one after another, brandishing swords and killing them, and the officers and soldiers were in a position as if they were facing a great enemy.

Soon the irritable shouts rang out, "Damn, no one!"

"Where are the people?"

Chang Wei pressed his whole body tightly to the ground, and shot an arrow at the officer who rushed out of the courtyard, and half of his face that poked out from under the eaves splashed blood, and the officer threw his knife, covered his face with both hands and rolled to the ground screaming.

"The other party is a sharpshooter, don't run around, hide in the yard!"

The officer in the backyard immediately issued the correct order, and dozens of people all hid in this abandoned small courtyard, not daring to make any more moves.

"Where's the Birdman, give me the courtyard to the east, the Thief Archer is over there!"

Soon the dense gunshots rang out, and several dilapidated houses could not withstand the devastation of the guns and fell to the ground, looking at the loud momentum, but there were still several houses separated from the hiding place of Chang Wei and the two, and the two did not move and still aimed at the courtyard.

"No one, the thief army probably ran away!"

"Okay, let's hurry up and reap the military merits. ”

After a volley of shots, the bird-gunners estimated that Chang Wei and the others had slipped away again as before. He began to search for the dead and continued the important work of cutting off his head. Killing two archers is just two heads, where is it better than picking up ready-made.

Listening to the bird's answer, the officer in the backyard cursed a few times, and cautiously peeked out of the window with two eyes. Although the target he revealed was already small, it was enough for an archer like Chang Wei.

It only took one breath for the long-awaited Sunset Arrow to accurately hit the officer's left eyeball, and the terrible screams and painful wails completely angered the officer.

"Give me to quit the village, push the tiger squat cannon up, and flatten this broken village to Lao Tzu!"

They can't care about harvesting military merits, and they want to completely eliminate Chang Wei and the others.

"Hey, I'm gone!"

Chang Wei shouted, and the two jumped up at the same time, and the two knives danced out of a brilliant knife net, cutting down the five or six spearmen running wildly in front of him to the ground. The two of them turned into two shadows and jumped up the ridge and sped away in a north-east direction.

Chang Wei's successive actions were like a resounding slap in the face, and Captain Li, who was fanning him, was furious, if he couldn't even kill the two of them, where would he put his face? How would he lead troops in the future?

"Everyone, chase me! Lao Tzu is going to kill these two bastards and those remnants today!"

"Kill!"

"Catch them!"

The officers and soldiers immediately shouted and killed, and the sound of feathered arrows breaking through the air and the dense gunfire like fried beans rang out. But Chang Wei and the two of them were undulating like snakes on the ridge, running left and right, running faster and faster. It looked like the officers and soldiers could catch up, but the two were out of their range all the time.

Running out of five miles, the officer was far behind, and suddenly his eyes opened up, and a mountain spring poured down from the depths of the mountain, turning several times and gradually becoming gentle, and after flowing out of a hundred and ten zhang to the north, it turned into a small river three zhang wide.

"The two adults are back!"

"Great, our whole army got out of Taiping Mountain safely!"

"It's all thanks to the two adults. ”

Wu Ding, Cheng Laohu, He Wenlie and more than a dozen other middle and senior officers are waiting for Chang Wei and the others here in the mountain pass.

After greeting him, Chang Wei asked, "Are you ready?"

Cheng Laohu said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, there are many of us, and they will definitely not be able to eat and walk around in this plain area!"

Chang Wei pointed to the mountain pass and said, "Remember, with this place as the boundary, you must not rush in!

"Yes!"

The subordinates thought that Chang Wei was afraid of the artillery of the official army, and gave this order in order to preserve his strength, but in fact, Chang Wei didn't want to make too much trouble with Zhao Yan. It doesn't matter if you kill a few people in a small fight, if you eat these 3,000 people in one go, such a big movement can't be hidden no matter what, and the imperial history will definitely hold Chang Wei accountable in the future.

After waiting for a long time, the vanguard of the official army was killed, Cheng Laohu jumped out with a roar, and rushed to the forefront in the first place, the snowy Yanling knife was raised high and rushed towards the enemy formation, and the White Lotus Army behind him was inspired by him, and they were all full of fighting spirit, and rushed forward with a howl.

"Is there really an ambush? slow down and shrink your formation!"

The reaction of the commander of the officer and army was also very fast, and the two or three hundred people who were the first to the head quickly gathered together to form a small phalanx.

"Enemy attack! Birds, archers, hurry up and support!"

Taking advantage of the gap between the entire team of officers and soldiers, Cheng Laohu's Yanling knife had already cut down a spearman head-on, and the two sides chased and entangled all night and finally engaged.

In an instant, the loud sound of weapons clashing rang out in the mountain pass. Because Cheng Laohu's brave officers and soldiers couldn't stand up at all, they couldn't help but retreat.

Seeing this, Wuding immediately asked He Wenlie to lead people to kill along the edge of the enemy formation, and the formation of the official army immediately crumbled. Fortunately, a large number of bird-gunners and archers who came later used a ferocious feather of arrows and bullets to suppress He Wenlie's flank cut.

But Cheng Laohu's side was like a sharp boning knife, deeply inserted into the official army, and then, the White Lotus Army Brigade rushed up and blocked the front and left and right sides of the Yamaguchi official army.

After firing a shot, the bird gun didn't have time to load the bullet at all, and He Wenlie's offensive became fierce again. In the shadow of the sword and sword, the White Lotus Army, which is often desperate, took advantage of it, and most of the dead and wounded fell to the ground.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two military academies who were pressing the rear immediately said to Captain Li, who was leading the troops: "There are too many thieves, we can't afford this consumption." ”

"yes, let's get out of the way. ”

Captain Li glanced at the crowd outside the mountain pass with hatred, and ordered in a loud voice: "The bird gunners and artillery are quickly lined up to respond, brothers in front, retreat!" (To be continued.) )