A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36 You are a soldier, he is a thief

Footsteps sounded, but it was Gao Shiyin who rushed over, and he shouted from a distance: "There is no one around, it seems that the gangsters have all dispersed!"

Suddenly he saw Mo Tianchong's body on the ground, he was stunned for a moment, went to squat down to watch, after a long time, he looked at Wang Dou and the others: "Wang Tou, did you kill Mo Tianchong?"

Everyone looked indifferent, Wang Dou glanced at him, and said: "This Mo Tianchong is a disaster after all, just kill him!"

Gao Shiyin stood up, he was stunned, and muttered for a while: "I promised him, this Mo Dabao only agreed to be an internal response because of his past friendship!"

Wang Dou shouted loudly, pointed at Gao Shiyin's nose and said sharply: "Gao Shiyin, you must remember your identity. You are a soldier and he is a thief. Do you want to befriend him? Do you have laws and military discipline in your eyes?"

Gao Shiyin took a step back involuntarily, and said in a low voice, "But Wangtou, you promised!"

Wang Dou shouted: "Promises are only for good gentlemen. This Mo Tianchong is an officer and soldier, but he is willing to be a thief. His banditry is hard to change! How many people's blood has been stained on his hands in this generation, dare you say it?" He didn’t slaughter the villagers in Fangjiagou? He didn’t kill the lives of innocent people? If this guy took money, he didn’t know where to go to recruit soldiers and buy horses, so as to harm the good people. How can I leave future troubles when all the evil is eliminated?”

Wang Dou grabbed a handful of silver from the box and threw it at his feet: "Take the silver and go, and don't come to see us again."

Gao Shiyin subconsciously picked up the silver, his face was shaking uncontrollably, and he just stood there dumbfounded.

Han Zhong shouted: "Gao Manzi, you have to think about it, if we go from now on, we won't be the same people."

Gao Shiyin just stood there blankly, Wang Dou ignored him, but ordered his subordinates to count the money.

According to a rough estimate, there are more than 2000 taels of silver in this house, and according to what Mo Tianchong said, there are more than 600 shi of rice in the warehouse not far away.A mere bandit village has such a rich savings of money and food. No wonder the bandits in history are willing to destroy rather than build. The gains from looting are faster than hard work in farming.

Looking at the money, Wang Dou's heart also had a flash of inspiration. He was always worried about money, and only a small bandit village captured so much. It seems that the future suppression of bandits and accumulation of food is also a shortcut to quickly accumulate wealth.

After counting the money, everyone in Jingbian Fort was all smiling. With these two taels of money, life in the fort next year would be much better.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Wang Dou asked Han Chao to bring a few people and hide half of the silver first.

Han Chao was about to leave, when Gao Shiyin came back to his senses, he gritted his teeth, threw the silver away, knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Wang Dou: "I don't want the silver, I just want to follow Wangtou from now on, I hope Wangtou Don't chase the little one away!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed again and again.

Wang Dou was very happy, and he said loudly: "Okay, it's good that you understand righteousness, you get up, from now on we will be good brothers who live together and die together."

He picked up the few pieces of silver, put them in Gao Shiyin's hand, and said with a smile, "How can you not want this silver? This is what you deserve."

Gao Shiyin held the silver tightly in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Wangtou."

Han Chao and Han Zhong also came to pat Gao Shiyin on the shoulder, saying: "Good brother!"

Gao Shiyin laughed foolishly.

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Seeing that Han Chao led people to hide the silver in a certain place in the back mountain, Wang Dou triggered a rocket signal and asked Zhang Gui to lead the army to respond.

Zhang Gui had heard the movement on the mountain long ago, but he didn't know what was going on with Wang Dou, and he didn't see Wang Dou's rocket signal. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He was gnashing his teeth and wanted to lead the soldiers to attack the stronghold when he saw Wang Dou. After receiving the signal, he was overjoyed immediately, so he mobilized all the soldiers and horses to kill them.

When the officers and soldiers rushed into the gate of the village, there was no resistance, and there were only some remnants of bandits running around in the village. Zhang Gui ordered his subordinates to search and suppress the bandits, and then saw Wang Dou again.

When everyone met each other, they were all emotional. Looking at the corpses of bandits everywhere in the meeting hall, and the ground was covered with blood, one could imagine the brutality of the killings last night. When asked about what happened to Wang Dou last night, Wang Dou naturally had another way to respond. .

Zhang Gui patted Wang Dou on the shoulder and sighed, "It's hard to do, brother!"

The team officer Xiao Daxin also looked at Wang Dou silently.

Wang Dou took Zhang Gui and others to the warehouse where the money was stored in the village. Although Wang Dou had hidden half of the money last night, there was still more than 1000 taels of silver left. Looking at the money, look at the pile of grain and rice In the warehouse, Zhang Gui laughed out loud.

He ordered all the money, rice and food to be moved out, and they were piled full on an empty yard in the village.

Looking at the money and food, everyone's eyes were full of greed. Zhang Gui stroked his beard and pondered for a while. After this battle, he became more dependent on Wang Dou. , we don’t know when we will capture this cottage, so let’s share half of the seizures with you!”

As soon as this remark came out, many people in Dongjiazhuang showed dissatisfaction on their faces. Xiao Daxin opened his mouth to speak, but kept silent, but his expression became more gloomy.

Wang Dou smiled and said: "Everyone is contributing their efforts in this battle. How can I, the sergeant of Jingbian Fort, monopolize half of it? I only need 200 taels for the captured silver taels, but Jingbian Tunbao is a new start-up, and there is not enough food in stock. I just hope that the adults will give more." Get some rice and noodles!"

As soon as this remark came out, the eyes of everyone present looking at Wang Dou softened a lot. Zhang Gui laughed and looked at Wang Dou more pleasingly. It's up to you, you get 200 taels of the captured silver, and I'll give you [-] shi for the rice noodles!"

Wang Dou thanked him loudly.

Zhang Gui happily said to his soldiers in Dongjiazhuang: "Before I sent troops to suppress the bandits, I promised you that as long as you take down the Siqianliang bandit villages, everyone will be rewarded. I, Zhang Gui, keep my word, and now everyone will be rewarded." I will reward you with one or two silver coins, and when I return to the castle, I will reward you for your merits!"

Everyone in Dongjiazhuang cheered, the suppression of the bandits was a great harvest, not only the casualties were small, everyone also had food, drink and rewards.After the rewards are divided, everyone is happy.

In addition to the present rewards for capture, after the military achievements are reported, there may be some beheading rewards.It's just that the military merits of the Ming Dynasty were firstly captured and beheaded by the Eastern slaves and northern captives, followed by the Miao Man in the West, followed by the rebels in the interior, and the local bandits ranked last.In the end, when the military achievements come down, I don't know when I will have to wait, but the handover reward in front of me is the most affordable.

In addition to silver, grain and rice, the officers and soldiers also seized nearly a hundred weapons from the bandits. Most of these weapons were kept by Zhang Gui himself, and only a dozen were distributed to Wang Dou. In this world, as long as you have weapons, you will have them. strength.Naturally, Wang Dou was not good at competing with Zhang Gui.

In addition, after the officers and soldiers searched and suppressed the cottage, they captured another six or seven bandits. For these bandits, after Zhang Gui yelled at them for a while, he ordered them all to be beheaded.

Wang Dou also doesn't want these people, although he lacks manpower in the castle, these remnants are also young and strong, and all of them have extraordinary skills.However, this kind of old bandit has a deep and deep habit, and it will definitely bring down the military households in the castle. These bandits are no good.

In addition, the officers and soldiers also rescued more than forty women who were plundered by the bandits. For these women, Zhang Gui naturally felt obliged to comfort them, and it was not easy for Wang Dou to rob Zhang Gui of these women.

In the end, Zhang Gui took a look at the Siqiliang bandit village, and loudly ordered the bandit village to be burned down!
Wang Dou's heart skipped a beat, and he called out, "Wait a minute, sir."

Zhang Gui gave Wang Dou a strange look, and said, "What's the matter, brother? You can't garrison this village. When the officers and soldiers retreat, they might be occupied by bandits again. Why don't you burn it?"

Wang Doudao: "Master Guan Team knows that when my fortress was first established, there was a lack of stone and wood in the fort. These woods are useful, so it's a pity to burn them. After the humble officials return, mobilize men and women to dismantle all the materials and stones of the camp, and then burn them. It's not too late!"

Zhang Gui laughed loudly, pointed at Wang Dou and said repeatedly: "Brother, I really belong to you!"

The rest of Dongjiazhuang also laughed.

In the end, Zhang Gui followed Wang Dou's words and kept the camp until the military households from Jingbian Fort came to dismantle all the wood and stone and then burn it.

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The army was victorious and moved. After passing through Xinzhuang, Wang Dou parted ways with Zhang Gui and others.

Now the Jingbianbao military households walking on the road, in addition to the supply team, including the two teams of soldiers, each of them is carrying heavy money, rice and noodles.The 200 taels of silver at that time was okay, but four hundred shi grains and rice was not a small sum, and everyone carried heavy armor and weapons on their backs.Therefore, after sharing it, everyone is more or less resistant to something.

However, everyone was overjoyed and laughed loudly. The first time they fought against the bandits, they got so much money. This year they can have a good year.

When these military households returned to Jingbian Fort with their victories, there was a commotion in the whole fort. Zhong Rong and Yang Tong led everyone out of the fort to welcome them. Seeing these captured items, everyone was full of joy and clamor.At the same time as the uproar, when some old and young people in the castle saw their man returning smoothly, many of them also shed tears of excitement.

After returning to the fort, Wang Dou immediately rewarded everyone for their meritorious deeds. Almost all the soldiers in the two teams had captured. Wang Dou ordered to take out two rice noodles from the captured, and gave each of them five taels of silver and two dou of rice noodles. If there is an injury, add another fight.Although that team of luggage soldiers did not go to battle to kill the enemy, they also worked hard to transport the luggage. Each person was rewarded with two taels of silver and a bucket of rice noodles.

The left-behind team of soldiers also rewarded each with a bucket of rice, and everyone was happy for a while.

Of course, in addition to ordering a generous burial for the two Jingbian Fort military households who died in battle, Wang Dou also gave their families ten taels of silver as a pension. After that, their families can also use three buckets of rice and wheat from the fort every month.This made the two families shed tears of sadness and gratitude at the same time.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming up in a few days, the most important thing right now is to bring back the more than 1000 taels of silver hidden outside the bandit village of Siqingliang, and also remove all the wood and stone in the village.Wang Dou mobilized all the men and women in the fort to go to Siqingliang Village every day to dismantle the wood and planks, and they dismantled them for several days in a row.As soon as the news got out, this incident became a joke in Shun Township Castle.

It is impossible to dismantle all the stone and wood in the cottage at once, and it can continue to be dismantled next year.However, those hidden silvers will be brought back first. With these silvers and the rice noodles that were distributed this time, we can have a good year in the fort this year, and with these silvers, next year’s work in the fort will be easy. a lot of.

And these days, Wang Dou has been summarizing the bandit suppression with Han Chao and others.

(End of this chapter)