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Chapter 244: Soldiers Trapped in Guiyang (Part 2)

"General, I am just a small horse probinger. How can I know if there is an ambush? Where is the main force..."

King Xin didn't say anything, and pulled out a small embroidered saber and aimed at the prisoner's belly. The embroidered saber was naturally the same one that was stolen from Zhu Youcheng. His head had grown much taller, and the small embroidered saber was no longer suitable for use - when the dagger was too long and the knife was too short, but King Xin was reluctant to throw it away. Xiong Tingbi pulled out the knife, tried the blade, and then stared at the top of the captain's head.

The captive trembled for a moment and shouted as if he was slaughtering a pig: "Okay, I say, I say. Our main force is in the mountainous area of ​​Shuixi (Today's Bijie City), and it is unclear where it is. In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from sending troops from Guangxi to Guizhou, the king sent General Weishirize to garrison in Libo County, with a force of about 2,000. As for whether there was an ambush, I really don't know."

King Xin nodded and waved his hand down. Xiong Tingbi was about to go up and execute the prisoners, but suddenly, a thousand households rushed up and slashed through the prisoners' waist with a knife. The prisoners were cut into two pieces and blood flowed all over the ground.

The captive struggled and said, "You... you lied to me..."

Xiong Tingbi smiled and said, "We didn't lie to you. No one agreed to you. If you confess honestly, you will let you go. All of them were confessed voluntarily."

King Xin said to Qianhu with a cold face: "Cao Huazhang, you can do it. Kill the prisoners very happily. I hope that you will be so brave when fighting."

Cao Huazhang cried and bowed to the ground, saying, "Prince, my subordinates were ambushed by barbarians nearby, and they were seriously injured. When I saw this thief, I wish I could not eat his meat raw, so I couldn't help but chop him. Prince Don't worry, when I encounter an enemy, I will lead the soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy and avenge my brothers' blood."

As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves and exposed his arms, with the word "吉" engraved on it, probably carved with a knife, and now it has scabbed.

Zhu Youjian sighed and led the team away.

The captive was not dead yet and struggled on the ground. However, he was soon relieved. A soldier cut his head with a knife. The Jinyiwei did not pity him, but was collecting heads. The Ming Dynasty's military achievements were calculated. The most expensive head was from Jiannu, with ten taels of silver per, while the head of the barbarians did not offer a reward. It was probably worth five taels of silver. No matter how small the mosquitoes were, they were meat. After being with Zhu Youcheng for a long time, King Xin was reluctant to throw away any opportunity to make money. With enough silver to buy new clothes to please Zhou Yingying, right? The soldier cut off his head, controlled the blood, and marinated it with lime, and threw it in a large iron box. This was the first military achievement to suppress the rebellion.

Although I found out that the Yi people were stationed in Libo County, the Jinyiwei was still cautious when he was on the way.

On March 25, 2016, the Jinyiwei was about to leave Qingyuan Prefecture (today's Hechi City). The scout suddenly reported a special situation. A strange town appeared in front of him, surrounded by paddy fields, and the official road passed through the town. This was normal. What was strange was that the town's houses were particularly new.

Xiong Tingbi disliked it. He said, "It seems that the prefect of Qingyuan Prefecture is a capable minister who cares about the people. The people's houses must have been destroyed when Anbangyan rebelled. Unexpectedly, the prefect would help the people repair the house so soon."

Since there is nothing suspicious, the Jinyiwei naturally kept walking towards the town.

After half a day, the Jinyiwei rushed to the front of the town.

There is an official road in the middle of the town, and on both sides are common stilt houses in Yunnan and Guizhou. Behind the building is a large area of ​​farmland, rice is planted, and it is full of water, but the seedlings have not been planted yet. In other words, it is almost impossible to walk the official road in the middle through the town.

When the people in the town saw a large number of troops coming, they hid in the building, and the doors and windows were closed tightly, without any sound, and the entire town suddenly became silent.

Cao Huazhang chuckled and was about to order the soldiers to continue moving forward, King Xin suddenly said, "Slow down, don't go over."

Xiong Tingbi asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

“There’s something wrong with this town.”

"No, people are hiding in the house, what else can there be any problem?"

"Don't you think the town is too quiet? Brother Cheng once said that no matter how quiet a town is, there are three kinds of sounds that cannot be controlled. One is the crying of children, the barking of dogs, and the other is the crowing of chickens. But this town is surprisingly quiet. Don't you think it's a bit weird?"

The generals nodded together and asked in unison: "There is indeed a problem, but are so many of us still afraid of them?"

"After seeing something wrong, you still step on a trap, are you brave or reckless? If all the piles of this house are flammable, when our army passes through this town, they will block the front and back roads, and burn them up, and even thousands of troops will not escape."

All the generals were scared and sweated.

Cao Huazhang said angrily: "Why do we lit all these houses with a torch? Anyway, the piles inside are all things that cause fire, so that they can suffer the consequences."

"Forget it," King Xin sighed, "I am not Brother Cheng, not as smart as him, nor as decisive as him. What if... if I make a mistake and hurt the people, what should I do? I think we will set up camp three hundred steps away from the town. Anyway, it is already the four-minute mark in the afternoon (now 4 pm), and it is almost time to set up camp. Everyone is more vigilant and keep a close eye on the town ahead."

Xiong Tingbi wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak, so he had to whisper. The generals commanded the soldiers to set up camp. Both sides of the road were rice fields and water inside, so the camp could only be built on the official road, making it a long dragon, resulting in insufficient fences for preparations, and the soldiers had to go far away to cut down trees. In order to protect the safety of King Xin, the patrol tent was arranged in the middle of the camp.

Besides, in a stilt house near the town, a black shadow saw the Jinyiwei stopping and jumping straight into an anxious manner.

Another black shadow said: "Su Jiaa, calm, calm. You will take over my position in the future. You are so scheming. How can you obey in the future? The Han people were timid and saw that our stilt house was majestic and were afraid of falling down to crush them to death, so they dared not come in. I heard that their emperor gave a death order to reinforce Guiyang, and wanted to enter Guizhou, but we were the only way. How could they delay? They could only delay for one or two days. Now it is time for us to compete with them for patience, whoever can bear it will win. When they enter our town, we will push the car hidden at both ends, and then light the entire town to see if they die. Zhuge Liang burned the vine armored soldiers back then. Now I, Weishiri, want to burn the golden armored soldiers. Seeing that they are shining with golden light, they must be all gold. When they burn them to death, we will go and grab the gold."

It turned out that Weishiri heard that an army was about to enter Guizhou from Guangxi and hurriedly sent troops to intercept it. Thinking of the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Ming army, they dared not compete with each other, and they remembered the secret tricks of setting fire. However, although there are many valleys in Guizhou, it is spring now. It is not easy to set fire. Moreover, with the wisdom of the Ming general, when passing through the valley, they will definitely send scouts to repeatedly detect, and setting fire is rare.

He wanted to break his head, but finally came up with such a way to build a small town on the road that King Xin must pass. He was afraid of venting secrets and killed all the people around him, whether Han, Miao, or Yi. Every house in the town was filled with fire-driven objects. As long as one spark was used, a huge fire would immediately ignite.

Su Xia Azha scratched her head and said, "If I had known that Ming Jun was so timid, we would have made the stilt house a little shorter to avoid them being so scared."

Wei Shiri deeply felt the same and nodded.

These two rural gay men have only seen small houses in a small town in Guizhou and feel that their house is the best in the Ming Dynasty. If they are brought to Beijing or Nanjing and meet those two or three-story buildings facing the street, they are afraid that they will not be shocked to their eyes.

Su Jiaaba suddenly screamed: "General. We forgot one thing, that is, we didn't bring dry food. Not only did we not bring it, but the soldiers under our command didn't seem to bring it either."

"No, before the troops move, food and grass come first. Why did you forget such an important thing?"

"Sir, you didn't say that you could go back to celebrate tonight and ask us to travel lightly, so we only brought our dry food for ten days, and it just happened to be eaten tonight. We would be out of food tomorrow morning."

"Forget it, the Ming army will definitely be fooled tomorrow morning. We can go back after setting the fire. We should have breakfast later. You should be fine. You can inform everyone and endure it for a while."

The next morning, King Xin looked at the town, and the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong, because on that night, there was no sound or smoke in the town, as if all the people had evaporated from the earth.

The generals all suggested setting fires and clearing all the people in this suspicious town.

King Xin was silent for a long time and said hesitantly: "Wait a little longer..."

This time, I waited until the beginning of the You hour in the afternoon (now at 5 pm). I can’t leave today, so stay for another night.

The barbarians trapped in the stilt house were in great pain. You were leaving or staying, but you said it. You didn’t leave and came but didn’t come, which made us not eat all day. Do you know that it is very immoral to not let someone eat. Besides, we have no food, and you are still eating and drinking there, and don’t give us any points. It’s too much.

Su Jiaaba said with a sad face: "General, I'm hungry."

"Have you just eaten? Why are you still hungry? You are such a frivolous foodie!"

"I'm wronged, I didn't steal it. Besides, what can I eat here? You can't drink oil. Although it's okay to drink oil, you will have diarrhea if you drink too much, and it will cause people to die."

"I mean last night, didn't you eat it last night?"

"Last night, I didn't know where that thing went."

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. I'll teach you a way to avoid hunger. Close your eyes and imagine that there is a bowl of white rice in front of you, which is very fragrant and soft, and then there is a large piece of steamed bacon, which is very fat, greasy and fragrant. Yes, it's this kind of fragrance..." Weishiri suddenly opened his eyes and cursed in a low voice, "Damn, Ming Jun is really steaming bacon, it's so unethical."

All the barbarians are praying to God and Buddha. Ming army, come here quickly. We move very quickly, and in one go, you will go to the West. I will do so. Hello, I will do it, everyone will be fine. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!

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