Chapter 5 The villain is really talented
After Wang Pu told his decision, Xiaoqi, big bearded man and scarface were shocked at first, but after the shock, the three of them quickly made a decision.
Scarface showed fierce eyes and said with a grim voice: "Since the general has decided, there is nothing to say. Even if Jiannu's nest is a dragon's nest, I will go and have a scarface. Anyway, my Scarface's life is given by the general. For the sake of the general, even if I go up to the oil pan under the knife mountain, I will never frown!"
The bearded man clenched his iron fist and said excitedly: "Yes, General, we will follow him wherever you go?"
Xiao Qi was excited when he heard this and said, "Well, everyone will die, and they will not be alone on the road to the underworld!"
The three of them expressed their determination to Wang Pu one after another. They were so loyal to Wang Pu, because they were grateful and half because of their own personal interests.
As long as Wang Pu is not dead and the Wang family does not fall, they can continue to live a good life of luxury and food, and their families can also follow the popular and spicy food. If Wang Pu is dead, the power of the Wang family in Datong will disappear and collapse. As the Wang family's generals, they will lose their backers, become displaced, have no food and clothing, and will become refugees from then on.
The other more than a thousand servants are similar, and their interests are related to Wang Pu's life, death, honor and disgrace.
"Okay." Wang Pu nodded and said to Xiaoqi, "Xiaoqi, gather all the brothers, I have something to say to them."
Xiaoqi took the order and left.
After three gongs, the well-trained servants quickly gathered together, and they led their war horses into neat marching formations on the grass by the river. Wang Pu rode his war horses and slowly passed by the formation. The eyes of all servants slowly moved with Wang Pu. Wang Pu now made these servants feel a little strange, and they even couldn't believe that the young man in front of him, who was looking at the wolf and murderous, was the young master general Wang Pu who they were familiar with.
"Brothers, I won't say much nonsense. This time I'll call you up. We can't go back to Songshan anymore. More than 100,000 Jiannu has surrounded the entire Songshan camp. If you go back, you will be dead! Now there is only one way to go before us, that is, to go east and go straight to Liaodong and take Shengjing, destroy Jiannu's nest! Then take a detour to North Korea and return to Dengzhou by sea. This is our only way to live!"
More than a thousand families were silent, and only war horses occasionally sniffed in the dust.
"This time we went deep into Liaodong alone, we will definitely die for a lifetime. We will be surrounded by more than 100,000 Jiannu. We have no reinforcements, no food, no rear, and even no hope! Many of us, who may all, will die in Liaodong in battle, and we may not even be able to return to our hometown."
The air began to suffocate and heavy weight, and every servant showed a look of despair in his eyes. People were afraid of death, and no one was willing to die. Wang Pu wanted this effect. The Bible says that if you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy, but Wang Pu's creed is that if you want to make it crazy, you must first make it desperate. Only the madness that erupts in despair is the real madness, the madness of the beast.
When you go to Liaodong, you will inevitably be full of dangers and face a catastrophe. If you do not completely mobilize the beastly nature of these servants and make them a group of wild beasts that have lost their human nature, you will not be able to complete this dangerous journey!
"But, what I want to tell you is that there are two ways to die for a person. One is a coward who was cut off by Jiannu's head in despair. The other is a man who would have to pull a few Jiannu's back even if he died. Even if he died, he would have to sleep with Jiannu's women first, burn all Jiannu's food, destroy Jiannu's city, and turn these Tungus savages into nothing paupers!"
"Yes, let's sleep with Jiannu's woman first!"
"Burn all the food of Jiannu!"
"Kill all Jiannu!"
"Let these Tungus savages go back to grandma's house!"
The desperate servants began to go crazy under Wang Pu's instigation, their eyes were red and they roared like wild animals.
Wang Pu rode his horse to the east, raised his right arm and waved it forward, shouting sternly: "It's a man, just follow me!"
The last sentence is that a spark was thrown into the dry firewood pile, and instantly ignited the most primitive beastly nature in the hearts of the family servants. They all turned over and followed Wang Pu and swept towards the east. In the east, a rising sun slowly rushed out of the horizon. The entire western Liaoning land seemed to be stained with blood, and was red.
When Wang Pu led more than a thousand horses to Shengjing, Huang Taiji was waiting for the success of the army in the camp.
Huang Taiji never dreamed that a cavalry of more than a thousand cavalry had already rushed towards Shengjing under the leadership of Datong General Wang Pu!
Huang Taiji could not have thought of it, and others would have thought of it, because since Nurhaci started the army, the Later Jin army had hundreds of battles with the Ming army, and the Ming army had few victories. In addition to the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army took the initiative to attack, the other hundreds of battles were initiated by the Later Jin army. In such an environment, who would have thought that the Ming army would attack Shengjing?
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In the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641), the Ming Empire suffered a severe drought, and Liaodong was also barren with thousands of miles of land and rivers were cut off. Therefore, more than a thousand servants led by Wang Pu were able to cross the Daling River and the Liao River smoothly.
At this time, due to the bloody massacre of Nurhaci, Huang Taiji and his son, Liaodong was no longer the prosperous scene when the famous general Li Chengliang Rong guarded Liaodong decades ago. Guangning, Haizhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou and other guards had become white land, and there was no one within a thousand miles. Wang Pu led his army to drive straight from the Daling River to the Liaohe River, and did not encounter a living village along the way!
It was not until I crossed the Liao River that I could see the smoke from cooking for the first time.
[At this time, the Manchus had moved out of the barren and bitter Changbai Mountains and settled on the Liaohe Plain centered on Shengjing. Hundreds of thousands of Han people captured from the Central Plains were kept in large and small manors and were enslaved as animals. Later, the Qing soldiers entered the pass, and hundreds of thousands of bannermen all moved to Beijing to be powerful and prosperous. The Han people who were lucky enough to die also followed them into Beijing and became Baoyi at the Banner Mansion. Later, Wu Sangui rebelled, and these descendants of Baoyi also made military achievements under the leadership of Zhou Peigong]
Xiao Qi, who was in charge of exploring the way forward, saw smoke rising in front of him, and hurriedly rode his horse back and reported the discovery to Wang Pu.
"There is smoke from cooking?" A trace of murderous intent suddenly flashed through the bearded man's eyes, and he said with a grin, "That must be Jiannu's village. It seems that he doesn't have to sleep in the wild tonight, hehe."
Scarface also smiled grimly and said, "You don't have to eat dry food with cold water, hehe."
Xiaoqi asked Wang Pu: "General, should you destroy this village now?"
"No hurry." Wang Pu looked at the sky and said in a deep voice, "When it gets dark, all the Jiannu outside will return to the village before taking action, so as not to escape and expose our army's whereabouts."
"Yes, the general is right."
The bearded man and scarred face nodded repeatedly.
Xiaoqi also took the opportunity to flatter him: "I am worthy of being a general, and I think more about it than us."
Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "Big bearded man and scarred face, let the brothers hurry up and rest. Never run around to avoid being discovered. Xiaoqi, take two smart brothers to the front and walk in the spot. It is best to catch a living person and ask about the situation. Now we have entered the hinterland of Liaodong, and are surrounded by Jiannu people. It is better to be careful in everything."
The three of them agreed and took their orders.
When it was almost dark, Xiaoqi came back. This guy fulfilled his mission and caught a living person. The guy had a short figure and ugly appearance. He had two dog tassels on his mouth, and he looked like a clown. Xiaoqi grabbed the little braid on the guy's forehead and pulled it in front of Wang Pu, intimidating: "General, do you think you are lighting the sky lantern or peeling people?"
"No, no." The guy was so scared that he almost didn't pee his pants. He kowtowed and begged, "Mr. Jun. Don't kill villains, don't, villains are not Jiannu, villains are also Han people."
Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "Are you a Han person too?"
The guy said anxiously: "Yes, yes, yes, the villain is really a Han man, like a fake Han man."
Wang Pu said: "Why should we believe you?"
The guy hurriedly said, "Mr. Jun. If the villain was not a Han person, how could he speak such fluent Chinese?"
"That's not good." Wang Pu said, "Some Jiannu can speak fluent Chinese."
"This is very difficult." The guy complained to the heavenly way, "But the villain is really a Han man. He doesn't dare to deceive you with the villain's courage."
"Okay, let's believe you for now." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Now I will ask you questions, ask and answer. If you dare to deceive me, hum, I will peel off your human skin and stuff it into artemisia to make a human skin lantern."
"No, no, no, no," the guy shook his hands and said, "The villain must tell the truth, he must tell the truth."
"May I have your name?"
"The villain is really talented."
Chapter completed!