evil slave

In the woods to the southwest of the stockade, a group of young and strong men in ragged clothes were carefully buried there, not daring to show their heads for fear of being discovered. Two of them stared at the Oroqen village in the distance without moving their eyes, while the others surrounded the village. Together, discussing in a low voice. 【】Surrounded by them is Huang San, who is leaning leisurely against a crooked-neck tree with a piece of grass in his mouth, his eyes are tightly closed, I don't know if he is sleeping or recuperating, go to the old man Yes, very comfortable.

Xu Shi often had insects crawling around. Huang San closed his eyes tightly, and at the same time, stretched out his hands to grab a few times from time to time. Thanks to his ability, he was able to pinch the insects out accurately without seeing the object.After strangling a beetle that disturbed the tranquility, Huang San turned his body slightly. The sun was scorching right now, and the woods were rarely cool, so it was a good time to sleep.I didn't want to just move my body, but I heard such a sentence from beside me.

"Third Master, they have left the village, should we follow?"

"Why not?"

Huang San opened his eyes, and looked sideways at the person who said this, seeing that it was Wei Xiaojiang, he couldn't help but change his face, and cursed: "Pig brains, don't follow, the ghost knows where they went, when the time comes It’s not bad, can Master Xie Ling spare us?!”

Wei Xiaojiang was the young man who followed Huang San and bullied Feng Yun for the first time. He joined the army when Wu Jun passed through his hometown in the 16th year of Kangxi. He was only 15 years old when he joined the army. What's wrong with the officers and soldiers? They only know that they can eat military rations if they become soldiers, so they won't go hungry. Besides, their father just died, and their mother is sick. How can the food be enough for such a half-sized child to be raised at home? Take care of yourself, and save some food for the younger brothers and sisters below.

After the Wu army went north, in addition to the troops attached to the green battalion, there were also many people who joined the army wherever they went. Most of these people were urban vagrants and children from poor rural families.It's just that most of these people are either speculative, or just like Wei Xiaojiang, they just serve as soldiers with the idea of ​​not being hungry.They have no national righteousness in their eyes, and their ambition to avenge the old Ming Dynasty or restore the country of the Han people is just to fill their stomachs by serving as soldiers. In essence, these people are also the most easily shaken source of soldiers.

After Wu Sangui's death, most of the Wu troops who surrendered in batches were probably the head of the battalion composed of these subsequent sources of troops, and the old battalion was rarely seen.The main force of the old battalion of the Wu army did not completely lose their confidence in resistance until Kunming was besieged and Mount Jiuhua was breached. After Wu Shi committed suicide, he completely lost his confidence in resistance. Wu Jun can be called worthy of Wu Sangui.

Because Wei Xiaojiang is considered a follower, and because he is young, he doesn't like to be seen by others in the army. Until the battalion he was in was defeated, he was just a little groom.After the defeat, Wei Xiaojiang's actual age was only 16 years old. According to the regulations of the Qing court, ordinary rebel soldiers under the age of 16 can be pardoned for their crimes and sent home.

I don’t think it’s Wei Xiaojiang’s bad luck. The Qing army who captured them all thought that these Wu army prisoners had been rebels, and they would poison their hometown when they were released back. They must not be considered harmless because they are not old enough. They would rather kill them by mistake. One thought must not be let go, the Qing army commanded a big stroke, and sent all the thousands of Wu army prisoners, including Wei Xiaojiang, to the outside of the pass for distribution. .

After arriving outside the customs, the grandfather of the attached soldier like Wei Xiaojiang didn't love his grandmother or grandma, so he couldn't form a small team to take care of each other like other people, so he was often bullied, and the Qing army didn't send him much. His food was repeatedly taken away by other strong Wu Jun.Wei Xiaojiang was angry but had no choice but to shed some tears of grievance alone at night, until he met Huang San.

Huang San had never been a soldier, and he was a servant in terms of status, so he had no status among Wu Jun's prisoners, but he never thought that his cousin would become the servant of the Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Now it's terrible, after knowing this, Huang San's social status suddenly increased.With his social status, Huang San naturally wants to have a group of people follow him, not for anything else, just to show off his prestige and bully those Wu Nis. Hold her down.In the past, she was Shang's daughter, and he, a servant, didn't even dare to think about it, but now it's different. I, Huang San, is the cousin of a coat slave, and I'm also half a bannerman. If you can be the daughter of a traitor to the party, then It is a blessing from your previous life.

But what makes Huang San depressed is that the other young Wu Jun in the castle don't look at him at all, and they don't treat him differently because of Huang San's cousin. As always, they just treat him as a servant, even those women He and the children didn't pay attention to him, and called out "Huang San" one after another, which greatly shocked Huang San's self-esteem.

The sky has changed, and the identity of the master has also changed, you Wu Ni dare to treat me like this!

Huang San started his activities, and he tried his best to transform his cousin's identity into his own power.Because Huang San's cousin was sent to Shangyang Castle to receive tributes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the bannerman Zuo Ling Du Lai and the steward Ni Long of Songshan Castle also gave Huang San some face, so that there would be less twists and turns during the tribute. , less filial piety.Of course, in their eyes, a slave is still a slave, and it is Huang San's cousin who is the coat slave, not Huang San.I still beat when I should fight, and I still curse when I should scold, but compared to other Wu Ni, Huang San's situation has changed a lot. At least he can eat enough, and he has formed a certain authority in the family of Wu Jun in the west of the castle. authority given to him.

Relying on the food he got from Ni Long, Huang San successfully bought several younger brothers, including Wei Xiaojiang.Different from the other young and strong people attached to Huang San, they were seduced by Huang San, but Wei Xiaojiang took the initiative to find Huang San, and after finding him, he only said, "You give me food, and I will work hard for you in the future" From then on, he became Huang San's minion and did many bad things for him.Of course, the so-called bad things were just helping Huang San molested Wu Jun women, or turning their noses at those young and strong, but they didn't do the big evil, not because Wei Xiaojiang didn't have the guts to do it, but because Huang San didn't have the guts to do it.

After all, what Huang San did was just a villain, not to mention a villain. His greatest ideal was to put his former master, Ms. Feng, under his body to vent his anger. .

After Zhao Qiang led people away from Songshan Fort that day, Huang San led the rest of dozens of people to wait in the fort. They did not dare to leave, for fear of being considered a traitor by the Qing army.Some people also advised Huang San to either learn from Zhao Qiang in the north, or learn from Zhang Dahai to lead people to the south and sneak back to the customs and return to his hometown, but Huang San yelled and scolded him for every exception.

The only belief that supports Huang San is that my second brother and cousin will save me. As long as I honestly lead people to stay here, it will be a great achievement!After the second brother knows what happened here, he will definitely try to save me.

Escaping or rebelling, it's like hitting an egg against a rock. Wu Sangui's 10,000+ army was wiped out, and these hundreds of people can still turn the sky upside down.Huang San firmly believed that as long as he stayed here, nothing would happen.As Huang San wished, his persistence was rewarded, and things were not as Zhao Qiang imagined, and the young man left behind was killed as a scapegoat.

After Huang San and his men waited in the fort for two days, a group of Qing soldiers found them, but they were not soldiers sent by Ningguta, but soldiers from Sabusu, the deputy capital of Heilongjiang who passed by here. The soldier is a co-leader named He Bao.

After the cross-examination, He Bao's brows were furrowed. According to Huang San's confession, the Barhu people killed officials and rebelled and moved the whole family northward. .But this place is under the rule of Ning Guta, he Bao He is a man from Heilongjiang, passing by here is purely accidental, he has nothing to do with this matter, even if the vice capital commander Sabu Suqian came, he can't get involved in this matter.

It would be a big taboo in the officialdom if this matter is forcibly managed, and it would be very unwise to offend General Ningguta Bahai because of this. The Optimus Pillar outside the pass.He Bao, as a co-leader and also considered a high-ranking military officer, naturally understood what would happen if he offended Ba Hai. After discussing with his two co-leaders, He Bao decided to inform Ning Guta of the matter in advance. For safety's sake, They stayed in Songshan Castle and waited for someone from Ningguta to come.

As for Huang San and the dozens of Wu Ni, He Bao did not treat them harshly, because he was half Han, and his mother was the daughter of a Han official who was robbed from the pass and gave birth to him after being raped.Because of his mother, He Bao is considered an outlier among the officers of the Eight Banners.What's more, it's not up to him to control the matter. If Wu Ni is killed, it will be unclear afterwards, so it's better to keep them for his own use.

He Bao is a smart man, he knows that the Han people are going to rule the Han, and the Barhu people are planning to move north, and they can't chase them for a while, but those Wu Ni who also escaped hurried north, and brought so many old and weak women and children with them , the action must not be fast, if they are brought back, it will be considered a small feat.Seeing that Huang San was honest, He Bao ordered him to take people to the north to search for the whereabouts of those Wu Ni, and report back immediately if they found anything.

Huang Sanben was a little worried that the Qing army would not let them go, but he didn't expect that the other party would entrust him with such an errand. He was very happy, kowtowed repeatedly, and without hesitation at all, he led his men and drove northward.The luck was also quite good, and it really allowed them to discover the whereabouts of Wu Jun's old and weak.Because the young and strong were not there, Huang San had no horses to take the old and the weak back. He wanted to make a greater contribution by finding out where the young and strong were staying so that the Qing army could capture them back. To vent the shame of being beaten by Zhao Qiang.