"You are the vanguard officer. Do you want to live or die?"
Liu Zengrui was trembling and shaking. He opened his mouth but no sound came out. His body was wet.
Jing Chao held a steel knife in his hand and shouted sternly, "Speak!"
“I want to… I want to live…”
Jing Chao raised the big knife in his hand, and Liu Zengrui got up from the ground with a start, and his stuttering stopped.
There is great terror but also great courage between life and death.
"I want to live! I want to live! I am Liu Zengrui, the vanguard officer of this vanguard battalion."
"Just tell me what I ask, otherwise..." Jing Chao chopped the shaft in front of the tent into two pieces with one knife.
"Yes, yes, I will tell you everything I know."
"Where is Tong Guan? Where is your camp?"
"The main camp is thirty miles behind us. I have never seen Tong Guan."
"Then have you ever met Marshal Zong Ze and his men?"
"Yes, yes, it was Generals Bi Sheng and Feng Mei, who brought a battalion of troops and ambushed Zong Ze... Marshal Zong, they just replenished their food supplies here more than an hour ago."
One hundred people form a du, five du forms a camp, five camps form an army, and ten armies form a wing.
Five hundred people in one battalion, this is too cautious. It is clearly a kidnapping, not an ambush.
"Weren't Bi Sheng and Feng Mei killed by Lu Junyi during the expedition against Liangshan? How come they're still alive?"
"I once heard a Yuhou say while drinking that they had faked their own deaths and escaped, going from the open to the secret. I heard they had gone to an island country called Sang, hoping to borrow troops to attack Liangshan.
It's about that Sang... I heard that the men there are very happy and can have sex with any woman they like, so the surnames of the people there are called Jingbian, Shuxia, Songxia, etc... I don't know if it's true.
"What are you talking about! Be honest. Did you only arrest the old marshal?"
"Good, I heard another person escaped. Zong Ze... Marshal Zong's men are truly formidable. A large, black man wielding a stick managed to fight his way through an encirclement of five hundred men and escape."
"It's Chief Liang Chenliang, still as domineering as ever."
Liu Zhengyan laughed out loud, then looked at Liu Zengrui with contempt.
"Are you qualified to be a vanguard officer?"
“Woo woo woo!”
Liu Zengrui burst into tears and sobbed as he replied, "I was also victimized by someone."
After some questioning, I learned that Liu Zengrui was a commander of the Xiang army, with 500 men under him, all of whom were skilled in carpentry and painting.
It just so happened that Bianliang City was at the foot of the emperor and the capital of a great country. The ministers of the court, the nine ministers, four chancellors, five ministries, six departments and eight major court officials all lived here. There were also those princes and wealthy merchants. Who didn't need mahogany furniture and who didn't need red sandalwood objects to play with?
Since withdrawing from Taiyuan to Bianliang City, Liu Zengrui's orders have been increasing day by day, and his business has been booming day by day. It is no exaggeration to say that he is making a fortune every day.
It is said that a big tree attracts wind and a high reputation attracts slander.
Although Liu Zengrui made arrangements and handed over most of his earnings to Tong Guan, he still aroused the envy and jealousy of people around him. Li Ang was one of them, who always wanted to rob him.
Three days ago, Tong Guan sent an order, asking him to quietly gather at the camp outside the city for an urgent mission.
When they arrived at the camp, they found that Tong Guan was not there, and neither was the familiar commander. The temporary leader was Yu Hou Li Ang, the same Li Ang who was obsessed with money.
A higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking one. Li Ang directly appointed Liu Zengrui as the vanguard officer and sent him to set up camp thirty miles ahead to guard the camp.
Li Ang had long disliked Liu Zengrui. Not only did he rob Liu Zengrui of his 500 soldiers, he also wanted to kill him.
Li Ang allocated 5,000 elderly, weak, sick and disabled people to Liu Zengrui.
Liu Zengrui knew that these 5,000 people had no combat effectiveness at all and would die in one encounter.
But I had to go. In the army, if you disobey orders, you will lose your head.
Liu Zengrui frankly admitted that he was just a contractor. Although he held a military position, he had never been to the front line and did not know how to deploy troops.
Relying on his memory, he posed randomly and waited for Tong Guan to come to the military camp. After handing over so much money, Lord Tong Guan should have some impression of him.
With an unrealistic dream in his heart, Liu Zengrui set up camp here. Before the third day, he was killed by Jing Chao and his men.
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
Liu Zhengyan roared angrily. He thought it was a battle to become famous, but he didn't expect that the opponents were actually a group of old, weak and sick people.
If this gets out that Liu Zhengyan has a reputation for picking on the weak, he would be so ashamed that he would not be able to face anyone.
"grass!"
Jing Chao thought for a moment and couldn't help but blurt out a swear word, "Xiang Army, it's the fucking Xiang Army again."
In fact, from the perspective of modern military science, the Northern Song Dynasty's Xiang Army is a shining pearl in the ancient Chinese military history. It has not only traditional infantry, cavalry, sailors, and miscellaneous soldiers, but also many fancy professional arms.
The logistics supply troops are all good at farming. They can hunt in the mountains, catch fish in the rivers, grow rice in the distance, grow vegetables nearby, and raise chickens, ducks and geese in between.
The soldiers in the city defense and repair department are all experts in wall building. They can build the Great Wall for you by positioning and laying out lines, tamping the side corners, mixing mortar, and covering the walls with bricks.
State-run handicrafts, weapons manufacturing, river management, transportation, couriers, medical care, there is nothing that the Xiang army does not dabble in, except what you can't imagine.
The Xiang army is good at everything except fighting.
It is similar to the men's football team that played later.
"Liu Zengrui, I'm too lazy to even lift my sword to kill people like you. I'll give you a chance to live. Now pack up your camp and head to Bianliang City to obey the orders of the Defense Commissioner Li Gang and defend Kaifeng."
"If you hold this city, you will be considered a traitor and the past will be forgiven. You may not know this, but our Majesty is a most magnanimous man."
"Yes, yes, I will clean it up now."
Who wants to die while they can still live? Live one more day at a time.
Liu Zengrui was quite good at managing people. He quickly got everyone moving and set off towards Bianliang City in a mighty procession.
"I thank you all, and I will repay you for your kindness in sparing my life today when I have the chance."
"Go! Go! We probably won't have the chance to meet again! Once someone kneels down, it's basically impossible to stand up again. If all goes well, our paths will never cross again, even if the future never goes well."
Jing Chao never expected that it was this timid and frightened Liu Zengrui who would later establish the first armored vehicle unit of the Northern Song Dynasty and defeat Wanyan Wushu's 30,000 Iron Buddhas.
What the hell is going on? It’s a waste of time.
Jing Chao looked at his brothers and shouted loudly.
"Did you enjoy it?"
"No!"
"What are we going to do?"
"Keep going!"
Jing Chao pointed his long sword forward!
"Wrap the horses' hooves with cloth to reduce noise. We're going to raid the camp tonight."
“We will win!”
“We will win!”
A young man of chivalrous spirit, making friends with heroes from all five cities. He is open-minded and courageous. His hair stands on end. In a standing conversation, he shares life and death. A promise is worth a thousand gold!
The wild horse ran straight forward under the white moonlight.
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