Daming kill

Chapter 22
After turning left and right for a long time, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers finally stopped their horses at the gate of a courtyard in the southeast of Xiangyang City.

The streets in this area are very neat, full of courtyards, and the walls of the courtyards are also very tall, it should be a wealthy area.

Since walking here, the noise of the once buzzing team has gradually disappeared without restraint, leaving only pairs of awe-inspiring eyes.

It is not difficult to judge the dignitaries here, and it is only natural that they lack confidence.

When Li Ping was still wondering what to do here, the soldiers of Zuo Liangyu puffed out their chests on purpose, and then pointed to the left and right of the horse like a big man and said: "The houses here, you should Stay here for now!"

The team that had been quiet for a long time was even more silent at this time, and the loud and clear voice of the bodyguard was heard clearly by most people, but it also confused everyone who heard it.

They shouldn't belong here, everyone still has this common sense.

"We live here?" Zhao Jin's voice, which rang out after a while, was very hesitant, and his slightly trembling tone revealed disbelief.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers became even more energetic.

He continued waving his fingers exaggeratedly and said: "Yes, it's here. This, that, and the yard behind, there should be no one in these yards, it's just a broken spot inside, you should send someone to check first, as long as there is no one It’s all yours. This is such a good place, and I didn’t say anything to the group of people in front, so I brought it here just because you like it.”

Amid Zhao Jin's excited gratitude, Shi Ming and Li Ping, who had already come to the front, no longer hesitated, and the two immediately ordered people to rush into the courtyard facing them.

If it is true as the soldier said, this is a huge advantage, they don't want that guy to go back on his word, they have to take it first.

However, after rushing in, I found that the contrast between the outside and the inside was a bit big.

The total area of ​​several unoccupied courtyards is estimated to be about 7000 mu, which is indeed not small for Xiangyang City, whose city wall is only more than [-] meters in circumference, but there are not many houses that can be lived in. More is just rubble.

Yes, a piece of rubble.

These are several courtyards that were mostly burned down inside, but the dark weather and rain prevented them from noticing the damage on the outside for a while, or it may be that they have seen too much dilapidation in the past half a day, and they are a little numb.

Regarding this, the explanation given by Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers is also simple.

If it weren't for the fact that these houses were burned down like Prince Xiang's Mansion during the looting of the great bandit Zhang Xianzhong last year, how could it be their turn for such a noble place.

And they are also very lucky, because these few houses are not on the focus list of the bandit soldiers, there are always some houses left in twos and threes, even the tall stone courtyard walls are still there, unlike Prince Xiang's mansion, which only remains in ruins up.

Of course, even if Prince Xiang's mansion had not been burned, no one would dare to occupy it.

Yes, Prince Xiang's Mansion is not far from here, and this is the real settlement of dignitaries.Therefore, this place is not occupied by the common people and refugees, and everything is still empty.

Everyone agrees with this explanation.

There are not enough houses, and living in open space is not a problem, and those of them who have been in the wild for so long can't be picky about this.It is already a great fortune to be placed in the city and in such a prestigious place

After repeated thanks again and again, Zhao Jin, Li Ping, and Shi Ming hurriedly followed Zuo Liangyu's personal soldier and left.

They were going to meet Zuo Menggeng, their new direct boss.

Several people knew very well that this kind of matter should be done sooner rather than later, the key is attitude, following the soldiers of Zuo Liangzhu who reported the letter showed their sincerity and humility.

It's just that Wang Chengwu didn't go this time. He was left behind to preside over the settlement with Song Baolai and others. This was to appease Liu Shixiong and Li Shengcai who strongly wanted to go with them.

When meeting the boss, the more people there are, the worse the effect will be, because it will make the conversation more official, and it will make it difficult to get close to each other, and it is easy to be regarded as a familiar cat or dog by others.

Too many people are easy to mess up, this is a big taboo for visiting.

For Zuo Menggeng, Li Ping urgently searched his historical memory for a long time in his mind, but did not find any effective fragments.Zuo Menggeng is a blank in Li Ping's historical memory, so he is probably not well-known.

But no one dared to slack off in the slightest. Not being famous in history does not mean mediocrity, not to mention that Zuo Menggeng is their direct boss.So they not only brought hundreds of taels of silver, but also the only silk they had.

The meeting with Zuo Menggeng went smoothly.

The first time they met, Zuo Menggeng didn't leave a deep impression on Li Ping like Zuo Liangyu did.

In addition to his good looks and strong body, Zuo Menggeng, who is in his 20s, can only be regarded as an ordinary kid in Li Ping's eyes, and his speech and behavior are very ordinary.

And Zuo Menggeng doesn't seem to be very good at hiding his heart, the feeling of wanting to put on airs but can't find it is very obvious.

But such Zuo Menggeng became a blessing to Zhao Jin, Li Ping and Shi Ming.

Zuo Menggeng probably never dreamed that the three guys he faced who were younger than him were all old fritters with rich life experience. It was himself who was really immature and unseen in the world, and he was easily taken away. Naturally, it was not surprising at all, and he was almost limped by being fooled.

The ruthless investment and witty attitude really made Zuo Menggeng, a young man with no deep plans, very happy, and Zuo Menggeng benefited from the cliche flattery, provocative self-introduction and exaggerated loyalty, so The host and guest enjoyed themselves.

When they went back, although it was getting dark, Zhao Jin, Li Ping and Shi Ming took their horses for a walk and chatted back, they were still excited.Several people even joked that today's harvest was beyond their imagination.

Zhao Jin quickly talked about the words he got from Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers. He didn't shy away from Shi Ming, anyway, he heard most of them.

Sure enough, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses in Zhuxian Town did not run out much. Although the soldiers were not ashamed to tell the whole story, it is certain that the number is scarce.Moreover, the number of defenders in the entire Xiangyang area is currently seriously insufficient, perhaps less than [-], and most of them are seriously lacking in training.

But Li Ping still feels that this is not enough to explain why they are so reused.

Zhao Jin then continued to release information saying that the current defenders in Xiangyang are mainly the few former left behind soldiers and horses who were transferred from the surrounding areas and used to be peasant soldiers who had surrendered troops, as well as some who had just surrendered through the appointment of officials. Among the bandits and bandits who came over, there were very few real orthodox officers and soldiers.

And because of the sneak attack on Xiangyang last year, out of caution, only the orthodox officers and soldiers are allowed to be stationed in the city.

Because of this, Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers specifically said that everyone came from the same background and that they should take care of each other more in the future.

Li Ping saw the sun in an instant and suddenly became enlightened, and he felt that he had caught something.What would Zuo Liangyu think about the scarce troops and the surrendered bandits? Their space seemed to be bigger than imagined.

This is definitely a godsend.

However, this happy atmosphere did not last long, and everything came to an abrupt end when they returned to their new home.

The atmosphere of rattling swords, the state of chaos, and not even dinner, their new home is completely messed up.

Although Wang Chengwu blushed and kept explaining, Zhao Jin's face immediately darkened, and Shi Ming's face was also full of embarrassment.

Because of the problem of how to live, several teams had serious disagreements.

Most of the available houses were occupied by Liu Shixiong and Li Shengcai, but the other teams didn't buy it at all, especially the team directly managed by Zhao Jin.

Everyone wants to live in a house, but the house is far from enough, and Liu Shixiong and Li Shengcai unexpectedly did not give Wang Chengwu face who wanted to balance, and took advantage of their status to come first.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jin and Li Ping's two teams of soldiers were not vegetarians, and they didn't give those few face that they were just outsiders.Zhao Jin is the real leader, and Zhao Jin only has a solid relationship with Li Ping. These soldiers have fully recognized the fact that these days.

They are not stupid. It is only natural to fight for the interests of their own adults, so their momentum cannot be lost.If it weren't for the scruples about the identities of those people who were Shangguan, the fight might have started long ago.

As a result, a serious and dignified internal meeting was held soon, and again a lot of time was spent in the debate.

But the division of territory was strangely the last topic.

They actually have to share the fruit first.

The sentry has become a battalion, everyone naturally has to be promoted, and some people can't hold back anymore.And if you don't understand this, it's really hard to subdivide how to live.

After a compromise, the whole battalion was finally divided into 6 groups plus a directly subordinate personal team.Li Ping, Shi Ming, Wang Chengwu, Song Baolai, Li Shengcai, and Liu Shixiong served as commanders respectively, while the personal troops were under the direct command of Zhao Jin.

The total number actually exceeded the Ming army's usual system of one battalion and five generals, but it was not a big problem, because the Ming army's organization at this time was relatively random and there was no customization, and the generals could decide how to organize the troops.

However, the forces of the various generals have not been redistributed, but still generally follow the original power and force structure.Giving away captured pawns to others is probably only a fool would do it, and only the weak have opinions, and the opinions of the weak are never important.

Even Shi Ming didn't want to get involved in this aspect, and probably didn't want to be taken advantage of by others.

The establishment of two more presidents is Zhao Jin's biggest concession.

In this way, the team led by Zhao Jinyuan was directly reorganized into a personal army team, and the soldiers led by Li Ping, Shi Ming, and Wang Chengwu continued to be owned by their new generals.Only those members of the mule and horse team were taken out and distributed equally among Song Baolai, Liu Shixiong and Li Sheng. Song Baolai obviously became the only victim.

And his only so-called compensation is to have the power to pick someone first.

The law of the jungle is vividly reflected at this moment.

After the division of soldiers, everyone will naturally have to divide all kinds of materials. Of course, this will not be egalitarian, but will also be divided according to strength.

When finally deciding how to divide the place and the house, Liu Shixiong and Li Shengcai's thick skins and preemptive strikes were still the biggest troubles, especially the two guys who felt that they hadn't got much victory were very tough, and Shi Ming also Suddenly chose silence for unknown reasons.

The smell of gunpowder quickly became stronger.

Even Song Baolai and Gao Lei, who had been silent all this time, showed nervous expressions, only Zhao Lanyue was standing by the torch like no one else, fiddling with her never-ending nails.

Li Ping soon understood that someone between him and Zhao Jin had to choose to "suffer", otherwise the so-called negotiation would never come to fruition.And the person who suffers can only be Li Ping, because Zhao Jin is a guerrilla and their boss in name, appearance is very important.

After a helpless wry smile, Li Ping decided to choose the small courtyard with only one hut left, on the condition that Zhao Jin must have the most complete and magnificent courtyard, and emphasized that this is the need of guerrilla face, otherwise they will be killed. As an object of ridicule without rules.

Shi Ming finally expressed his support for Li Ping's proposal, and added that the three ladies should occupy the best room in Zhao Jin's place, because they must be taken care of by Zhao Jin on the surface.

With Shi Ming's statement, this plan was finally approved.

But everyone's eyes quickly focused on Song Baolai, who obviously needed a place to live.

Song Baolai was really depressed, he looked left and right and didn't know what to do.

Seeing Song Baolai's embarrassed look, Li Ping sighed and said, "Brother Baolai, if you don't mind, you can squeeze with me."

When Song Baolai heard it, he was relieved immediately, and hurriedly responded happily: "How can it be possible to dislike it, but I am willing." After speaking, he immediately clung to Li Ping's side, as if he was afraid that Li Ping would go back on his word, and directly made Zhao Lanyue chuckle laughed out.

When Li Ping, who was in a complicated mood, called his subordinates to go camping in the small yard they were assigned to, many soldiers clearly showed disappointment.

But fortunately, they all faithfully carried out the order, and even Ma Yong's brother, who has always been relatively tyrannical, didn't make any troubles under Ma Yong's reprimand.

In fact, this small courtyard is not very small. Not only is it a few acres in size, but it is also an independent courtyard, and it is even the largest among them.

It's just that there are only rubble here except for the hut that was originally a corner of a certain big house, which is the most unfavorable for accommodation, especially when it is still drizzling.

Li Ping and Song Baolai chose to live in the house without hesitation, and the others had to suffer.There is no market for egalitarianism in this era. It will only make people feel that the distinction between superiority and inferiority is confused. Not only will it not gain points, but it will also lose points.

Because it is no longer possible to start the fire to cook, after eating some simple food such as rice balls and dry noodles that are a bit rancid, most people who have worked hard all day soon fell asleep.

Listening to Song Baolai who was already snoring beside him, Li Ping kept tossing and turning on the floor of the hut. Although he was tired, various images of today kept flashing in his head in the dark.

In just one month, he became a general in the Ming army. Everything was like a dream, so unreal.

I don't know if they are considered to be the first heels in this universe.

(End of this chapter)