Han ride

Chapter 422 Betrayal
Among the 1000 troops, [-] are the elite of the elite, all of them are the imperial guards under Li Xin's command. However, in order to prevent their whereabouts from being exposed, the imperial guards have already spread [-] people in all directions. Ye BuShou, who specializes in dealing with the Datong Army.Fortunately, it was on the grassland, the grassland was vast, and ordinary people could not see it clearly. The cavalry under Li Xin's command were extremely powerful. The strength of the counterattack caused countless casualties.

"My lord, this is the information sent by Fan Yongdou." In the distance, Gao Meng led a few cavalry to gallop over, and handed the information in his hand to Li Xin.

"Say hell?" Li Xin opened the information, glanced at ten lines, digested the information in an instant, and said, "This Liu Qian is really loyal to Jiang Yu!"

Gao Meng also saw clearly from the side, and said disdainfully: "A small guerrilla general in Shahukou actually dares to block our army's way? There is no need for any persuasion, just go straight in."

In the Liu Mansion of Shahukou, the guerrilla general Liu Qian was sitting in the study, frowning, the door of the study was closed, he had been sitting here for an unknown time, the sun outside had already set, and Liu Qian had not moved for a moment , The tea in front had already turned cold, but Liu Qian didn't seem to feel it.Because he is Jiang Guan's general, he has won Jiang Guan's trust, so he sits in such an important place as Shahukou. Shahukou is a very rich place. I don't know how many business travelers pass by here every day. Liu Qian He also got a lot of benefits here, and because of this, he was loyal to Jiang Yu.

However, recently he felt that the atmosphere in the army was extremely strange.Those little leaders like Zong Zong and Zong Qian looked at them strangely, even with hostility, or pity.Liu Qian's treatment of the brothers below is neither good nor bad. Compared with other generals in the Datong Army, Liu Qian feels very good. At least, he did not lose everyone's money. Exploitation or something, he also turned a blind eye.This backing mountain eats the mountain, since it is sitting in the town to kill Hukou, these merchants who come and go naturally have to be filial.Even Liu Qian himself is unavoidable. Those Shanxi merchants pass by here on weekdays. Every day, carts and carts go in and out of the grassland. There are countless goods, such as grain, salt, tea, etc. Everyone knows that there must be something tricky here, but For the sake of money, even if you know what's in it, you won't care about it.

"Block and kill Hukou, tight inside and loose outside? The northern army is about to go south? The Duke of Liao rebelled?" There was a letter on the desk, which was sent by Jiang Guan, and there were some top-secret news written on it, which was exactly this news , leaving him in a dilemma.Li Xin's name, Liu Qian, is well known, and even Liu Qian admires Li Xin very much. He occupied the grassland at a young age, beat Jian slaves to a mess, and Li Xin built a hero cemetery under Daqing Mountain. It was even rumored that even Liu Qian wished to become a member of the Beibei Army, so that after his death, he would be regarded as a great vigor. Although he is now deeply trusted by Jiang Tiao, a Jiang Tiao cannot represent the imperial court, even if it is Jiang Tiao It is nothing in the court, and there is not even a posthumous gift after death. It is not certain whether His Majesty the Emperor knows about Jiang Tuan, and Liu Qian is nothing.In fact, not counting him, even the other robes in the army are also yearning for the Northern Army.

"Will the North Army rebel? Li Xin is the Duke of Liao, with one person under ten thousand. How could such a person rebel?" Liu Qian thought about it, but he didn't know what to do.He knew that if Li Xin rebelled, the first thing his 10,000+ army would attack would be to kill Hukou.Can the 2000 men in his hands withstand Li Xin's attack?Liu Qian thought about Li Xin's previous military exploits, and he really didn't know if he was sure of it.What can two thousand do?Liu Qian was confused.

"Brother, are you there?" At this time, a voice came from outside, but the voice was a little gloomy, which made people uncomfortable.Liu Qian could tell that it was his sworn brother Yang Tao who was speaking.

"Come in!" Liu Qian sighed and shouted to the outside.

There was only a creaking sound, and a ray of light came in, and then a middle-aged man of medium build, with a pockmarked face, slender eyes, wearing a dark blue dress, walked in slowly.It was Liu Qian's sworn brother, Yang Tao, who killed Hukou's chief executive Qian.

"Brother, what's the matter?" Liu Qian glanced at Yang Tao, pointed to the stool in front of him, and showed a smile on his face. He and Yang Tao were life-and-death friends, and both of them crawled out of the dead.Therefore, they became sworn brothers.

"There have been rumors in the army recently. Big brother, do you know?" Yang Tao looked at Liu Qian with a complicated expression in his eyes. He didn't know the rumors in the army, and he could even recite many of these rumors.

"I know, why don't I know?" Liu Qian pointed to the letter in front of him and said, "Look, this is a secret letter from the military gate. Enter the customs. The first place to come is to kill Hukou." Facing his life and death brothers, Liu Qian didn't want to hide anything.Even the secret order from Jiang Guan is the same.

"Is the Zhengbei army really going south?" A gleam of joy flashed across Yang Tao's eyes, but Liu Qian didn't notice this, so Yang Tao then asked, "What is the elder brother going to do? The army is extremely powerful, and it may be very difficult for us to defend! Besides, the Duke of Liao has heard that he is going south to suppress thieves, what should we do?" Yang Tao took the secret letter, glanced at it, and was a little nervous asked.

"Hey, the northern army is powerful, the Duke of Liao is invincible, and the Jiannu who fought dare not compete with it. Of course I know this, and I even admire him as a brother. It's a pity that I am a subordinate of the army. Even if you think so, there is nothing you can do about it?" Liu Qian didn't notice Yang Tao's expression at all, he just said it to himself, and said: "It's really difficult to be an enemy of the Zhengbei Army, but we are the army My subordinates, the military sect has treated me well these years, and you will give me the defense of Shahukou, a rich and oily place, brother, do you think I can betray the military sect?"

"But we are soldiers and horses of the imperial court. The Duke of Liao was ordered to go south to suppress thieves. We are here to resist. No, according to the military gate, this is not resistance, but calculation. Those who disobeyed the imperial decree!" Yang Tao said dissatisfied.

"Brother, how do we know what's in it? I'm just a guerrilla general, and I can only obey orders." Liu Qian snorted coldly: "I just know that since the orders of the military sect, I can only obey them." .”

"Two thousand brothers have to resist the attack of [-] elites. Brother, how long do you think we can resist? According to the order above, by the end of the war, we may not even have half of our brothers." Yang Tao said with his head down.

"Since we have embarked on this path, there is nothing we can do. The general will inevitably die in battle. Isn't everyone like this?" Liu Qian sighed deeply, and said: "I am greatly favored by the military family, and I only I can repay the military sect with death. If my virtuous brother is really for me, please help me appease the brothers below. As long as the battle is over, there will definitely be glory and wealth. The military sect will not treat everyone badly."

"Since the elder brother has decided, I won't say anything." After hearing this, Yang Tao sighed deeply. He raised his head and looked at Liu Qian who was opposite him. A cold light flashed across his eyes, and then Returning to his original appearance, he cupped his hands towards Liu Qian and said, "In that case, my younger brother will go to the army to appease the brother."

"So much work." Liu Qian nodded and told Yang Tao to retreat.

Under the dripping eaves, Yang Tao turned around and looked at the study behind him, and heard a faint sigh coming from inside, and he also sighed softly, with a trace of hesitation on his face, but he quickly returned to his original appearance, with both hands With gloomy and ruthless eyes, he looked at the study room coldly, and said softly: "Brother, you can't blame me. If you want to be buried for Jiang Yu, I will naturally not stop you, but you shouldn't put us All these people were dragged in. If the Duke of Liao was so easy to deal with, he would have been wiped out by Jiannu long ago. How could there be such an achievement today? If you fight against him, you will definitely die in the end. A person like a pig actually wants to fight against the Duke of Liao. He really wants to die. But, seeing that you and I are sworn brothers, I will take care of your wife for you." Thinking of this, Yang Tao turned around and left. I was lost in the crowd of people on the street.

In the Hukou Killing camp, Yang Tao and a dozen of Mr. Qian and Mr. Qian crowded together. The atmosphere in the big tent was extremely dull. The dozen or so people kept their heads down and stopped talking, and occasionally looked at each other. After one glance, he quickly took it back.

"I came from the general just now, and the military gate has issued a secret order to let us stick to killing Hukou for ten days. He will send troops to support us." Yang Tao glanced at everyone, and finally said softly, "Now there is information Come on, Duke Liao led [-] elite soldiers and horses. You must know that our Yebushou has never returned in the past few days. Obviously, Duke Liao has already known the plot of the army. As soon as he comes up, I am not chatting with you, they are here to kill us. Can our two thousand brothers stop the army of tigers and wolves from the Zhengbei Army? Although we occupy the mouth of killing Huhu, hehe, the soldiers and horses of the Duke of Liao are not vegetarians. Yes, the Northern Zheng army is invincible across the grassland, and Jiannu is terrified. Now that the Northern Zheng army is occupying the grassland, are we brothers their opponents? Can we block the opponent for ten days? Brothers, are you sure of this?"

"I don't know what the general's opinion is." After listening to Yang Tao's words, everyone looked at each other again, and a more courageous Mr. Qian asked boldly.

After Yang Tao heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and there was a sadness in his heart. How could he not see that the dozen or so people around him were already timid, and even thought of surrendering? People are like him, loyal to Jiang Guan, but they don't know that for those ordinary soldiers, whoever can keep him alive, who can feed him, he will follow. As for loyalty, that's not Things these little people can think about.Now these few people are very loyal to Liu Qian on the surface, but when things come to an end, they don't take it as their own responsibility to protect themselves. Even these dozen guys have been bought by Jinshang for money.

"I understand what you mean, but General Liu is unwilling!" Yang Tao smiled wryly.

Although there was a look of embarrassment on his face, most of the people present were from prostitution background, and when they came into contact with those businessmen in Shahukou, they became extremely cunning.Yang Tao used to call Liu Qian his elder brother and elder brother, but now he calls him General Liu, which is enough to explain the problem.

"Hmph, our brothers follow General Liu. We don't want to get promoted and get rich. We just want to save our lives and have something to eat. The Northern Army is extremely powerful. The Duke of Liao is the dragon among men. I am the number one hero in Ming Dynasty. After Liao Guogong died, we won't lose. If General Liu wants to become a loyal person, we will not stop him, but don't talk about the lives of us brothers." A boss Qian said loudly.

"Yeah, the northern army is not so easy to fight. I heard that Liao Guogong built a hero cemetery in Daqingshan, where the generals and soldiers who died in battle are buried. These people will enjoy sacrifices for the people every year. Hehe, this That's the reason why soldiers die well! I really wish I could be a member of the Northern Army." A general said quietly.His face was full of longing.

"Yeah, look at us brothers. If we were not stationed in Shahukou, we would be in other places, not to mention saving some money. Even eating is a problem. I heard that the brothers in the five forts on the side wall The shirts on his body haven’t been changed for several years, those brothers have now become servants of Baihu and Qianzong, how can they still look like soldiers!” said a Baihu proudly.

"The imperial court is like this, what can we do?" A chief executive sighed: "Don't look at us as chief executives, but we have to salute when we meet those small county magistrates. If there are people with fame, we are all grandsons. Serving as a soldier and fighting a war, to this point, is really embarrassing. One person is a military household, and the whole family is a military household. The children and grandchildren are like this, and in the end there is nothing to eat."

Everyone was silent for a while. I have to say that in the early Ming Dynasty, in the era of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, soldiers were still very popular. Being suppressed, until now, the military households have lived in a miserable life.

"How about, let's persuade General Liu to surrender to the Northern Army, so that the friendship between the brothers will not be broken." One person suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Things have come to this point, the 2000 troops of the Northern Army are about to Arrival, hum, our [-] people may not even be able to resist for a day, how to deal with an army of [-], I don’t know what you think, anyway, I, Hao Laosan, decided to submit to the Northern Army, if you object, just kill Let me go! If not, I can also go to the Heroes Cemetery."

"Hao Laosan, what are you talking about?" At this time, a roar came from outside the big tent. After hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically. There was a flash of panic, and everyone stood up one after another.Then the door curtain was rolled up, and Liu Qian walked in with an angry expression on his face.It turned out that Liu Qian rushed over in person because he was worried that Yang Tao would not be able to deal with the arrogant soldiers in front of him, but he never expected to rush in with a flushed face when he heard Hao Laosan's words.

"The salary of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king. We brothers have received great favor from the military, and we don't need to die in return, but we still want to surrender and spread the word. Aren't we afraid of being ridiculed by others?" Liu Qian snorted coldly. Glancing at everyone, his eyes finally fell on Hao Laosan, and said: "You, Hao Laosan, are just a useless person. Because of the magnanimity of the army, you were allowed to come to Shahukou. Why are you still thinking about betraying the military sect?"

After Hao Laosan heard it, his face turned red, and he immediately raised his neck and said: "General, since the general said so, then the villain is telling the truth. Although our Shahukou is not bad, the general has not treated the brothers badly. But this is also a general, not a military gate. If the military gate is good, it’s on the other side of the wall and five forts! The general probably doesn’t know yet! Those brothers in the five forts on the side wall can’t even eat porridge all day long. Datong, the real elite, the real soldiers of the military are not us, but the 10,000+ people who live in Datong.”

"The military pay from the imperial court is not enough. There is no way around it." After hearing this, Liu Qian was silent for a while before explaining softly.He also knew about the situation at the Five Forts on the side wall, but he really couldn't blame Jiang Yu for this matter. The court only gave such a small amount of money every year, and had to support so many people. Jiang Yu's own family must live!Being an official for thousands of miles is only for making money, so he must make some money!

"General, are you really going to use 2000 people to resist the attack of 5 people?" A boss Qian suddenly said in a low voice.

"If not, what can we do? The military order of the military gate is here, but after resisting for a few days, we will withdraw to Zuoyun County, where the military gate is going to drag the northern army there." Liu Qian nodded , stepped forward, patted Yang Tao on the shoulder, and said: "I understand your thoughts, but the military order is like a mountain, we can only resist, everyone, the northern army has been called a rebellion by the court, the Duke of Liao is ambitious If you want to aspire to the top of the country, you are also loyal and patriotic people. If you can rise up and resist, you will be famous forever in the future. What do you think?"

"I just don't know how many people will remember us at that time." Hao Laosan said disdainfully: "I don't know how many soldiers died in the battle. The court even withheld money from pensions. Hehe, General Liu, I am Hao Laosan Three don't know how much money you can get after you die in battle!"

"Hao Laosan, do you want to rebel?" Liu Qian finally couldn't help it, and slammed the table and said.

(End of this chapter)