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Tan Xiaozhuang squatted next to his firewood bundle, and people were passing by, but few people would stop and ask Tan Xiaozhuang what he wanted to exchange for firewood.

A few years ago, Tan Xiaozhuang was an auxiliary soldier in the army station of Sun Kewang, the King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty. Most of the whip marks on his back were left at that time. To this day, when it was late at night, Tan Xiaozhuang often woke up from nightmares. It must be that he dreamed of life in the army station again. On the first day he was brought into the army station, Tan Xiaozhuang saw rows of bloody human skins, which were displayed to the new auxiliary soldiers. The commander of the army station said that any auxiliary soldiers with severe delay in production will be sentenced to death, and the human skin will be peeled off from them.

Your Highness the King of Qin ignores whether you are sick accidentally or injured in labor, because the King of Qin cannot see through people's thoughts and does not have time to pay attention to the thoughts of every soldier, and cannot judge whether the lag in progress is lazy or slippery. Since that is the case, the production progress is the only criterion for determining life and death. Of course, Your Highness the King of Qin is not completely unkind. If the production progress is only a little worse, then he can mercilessly forgive you this time, just give you a few whips as a lesson, as long as you can catch up with the progress within the time limit.

At that time, Tan Xiaozhuang was just sixteen years old and worked hard every day to survive. Despite this, the officers' scolding always echoed in his ears: "This is for the great cause of rejuvenation of the emperor!"

"We are going to fight the Tartars to the death!"

"The soldiers on the front line are all fighting for their lives. You don't have to go into battle, so what else can I complain about?"

Many times, Tan Xiaozhuang thought he was going to be exhausted, until he learned some lazy methods, until he became familiar with the officer in charge of the inspection, knew how to send filial piety, and seized every opportunity to flatter him, Tan Xiaozhuang finally felt that life was a little better and could barely survive. When a familiar companion was sick, Tan Xiaozhuang would share his work. Who didn’t have a headache or fever? Helped others today, and maybe friends could save your life tomorrow.

Originally, in Tan Xiaozhuang's impression, the King of Qin was like Liu Bei, while the King of Jin and Shu were Guan Erye and Zhang Sanye, who were the King of Qin who shared life and death with each other. The officers in the military camp also said this, saying that the three princes had formed a common deed and had to work together to restore the rivers and mountains of the Han Dynasty. After living like this for two years, the situation suddenly changed, and "Uncle Liu" and "Second Master" fought.

"Self-support the King!"

"We want to fight against Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu in the same battle!"

"Team your efforts! Don't let the frontline soldiers endure hunger and freeze."

The King of Qin fought with the emperor and his two brothers. Not long after, the King of Qin fled from Guizhou. The officers took Tan Xiaozhuang and his auxiliary soldiers to surrender to King Jin. Tan Xiaozhuang did not feel humiliated at all when surrendering. Anyway, it was the war between the King of Qin brothers, and the outcome had nothing to do with the soldiers. How should life be lived?

Everything has not changed. The original officer is still an officer, and the original auxiliary soldiers are still an auxiliary soldiers. Since the military camp has always produced a large amount of materials, both the emperor, the court and the king of Jin have unintentionally changed, and the production slogan has returned to its former appearance, and life seems to have returned to peace.

Soon the peaceful life was broken again, the Huguang front collapsed, and the Tatar army came straight to Guizhou.

"Defend Guiyang to the death!"

"Let the Wu thief have come and go."

Although the slogan was shouted loudly, Tan Xiaozhuang did not intend to fight bloody battles for the court. Since the victory or defeat of the Qin King had nothing to do with him, the fate of the court also had nothing to do with him. After seeing the army of King Pingxi coming out of Loushan Pass, Tan Xiaozhuang and his companions knelt on the ground and begging for life.

The King of Pingxi did not make things difficult for these auxiliary soldiers. Tan Xiaozhuang and others also tamely began to serve as the Qing army's baggage troops, transporting food and grass for the Qing army besieging Guiyang.

After Guiyang fell, a small half of the 50,000 Yunnan troops ordered to support Guiyang fled, and 30,000 Yunnan auxiliary soldiers surrendered to the Qing army. Tan Xiaozhuang, who was already an auxiliary soldiers of the Qing army at that time, looked at the Ming army begging for their lives. Their faces were the same as before, with only fear caused by uncertain life and death, no humiliation or unwillingness. The victory or defeat of this war had nothing to do with them.

A few days later, the Qing army in Guizhou became nervous again.

"Defend Guiyang to the death."

"Let Li Zhe have no return!"

It is said that the King of Jin led a large army from Yunnan to Guiyang, and the King of Pingxi was nervously dispatching troops to block the offensive of Li Dingguo.

"If King Jin comes back, he will surrender." Tan Xiaozhuang had already made up his mind at that time. Wu Sangui did not disband the military camp. After capturing Guiyang, he asked these auxiliary soldiers to go back to do production. Although the officers in charge changed into military uniforms, none of them were not recognized by Tan Xiaozhuang. Even the mobilization slogans were shouted countless times, but they just changed the original word "Wu" to "Li".

However, King Jin failed to kill him, and the Ming army's offensive was repelled by the Qing army. Wu Sangui even took advantage of the victory and rushed into Yunnan.

When the Emperor Yongli fled abroad and Wu Sangui captured Kunming, the military camp had three days off to celebrate, and also gave rewards and gave wine. On that day, many soldiers were drunk. An old soldier even burst into tears. He said, "The battle for more than ten years has finally been completed, and I have survived." More than ten years ago, he heard that the Tartars entered the pass and ordered the Han people to shave their hair and braids. At that time, he only hated that his martial arts skills were not outstanding enough and could not charge and drive the Tartars out of the pass. But after being an auxiliary soldier in the military camp for so many years, he no longer cared about who was sitting on the dragon throne in Beijing. He only hoped that the war would end soon and that the harsh laws in the military camp could be relaxed.

Later, there was the Kunming fire. The war did not end. After King Pingxi retreated from Yunnan to Guizhou, the first thing he did was to reiterate Sun Kewang's military camp system, and to ask the auxiliary soldiers to work overtime to produce and wipe out the Western thieves in Yunnan as soon as possible.

However, a few days later, the situation suddenly changed again, and Guizhou became the vassal of the King of Pingxi. Soon, the Pingxi Palace dissolved all the military garrisons, and Tan Xiaozhuang also distributed a small piece of land. Although he had to pay 50% of the harvest to the King of Pingxi Palace, Tan Xiaozhuang no longer had to worry about whipping, peeling, or even storming.

Although life is still very difficult, Tan Xiaozhuang can only hope that the war will end as soon as possible. He fantasized in his heart that perhaps the Pingxi Palace could lower the tax rate after the war was not fought.

Now when Tan Xiaozhuang was slack in farming, she chopped wood, hunted, and then came to the town to change some things. Not far from Tan Xiaozhuang, there was a couple who came to the market. Behind them was a half-grown girl who was helping their parents unload the truck just now. The stall was set up, and the woman kept rubbing her frozen hands and venting her breath. After seeing this, the husband put his wife's hand in his collar. Tan Xiaozhuang heard the man say to his wife softly: "Give you a warm heart."

"Dad, I want to be warm too!" the girl screamed.

The man nodded with a smile and squatted down and let his daughter's hand reach into his collar. Tan Xiaozhuang saw the man tightening his neck and fighting from time to time. When he was so cold that he grinned, his eyes narrowed their smiles.

"When the war is over, I want to ask for a wife." The smile on the man next to him made Tan Xiaozhuang feel warm in his heart: "Work hard and life will always get better."

Tan Xiaozhuang was looking forward to a better life in the future, but did not notice the screams in the town. When he was awakened by the noise, several Green Camp officers and soldiers had already walked up to him. The officer in charge rode on his horse, scanning the people around him while advancing. When he saw the strong people, he pointed with a horse whip.

When the officer passed by, he also lit a whip at Tan Xiaozhuang, and immediately two soldiers rushed towards Tan Xiaozhuang with great momentum.

"June." Tan Xiaozhuang bent his waist deeply and squeezed out a smile with all his strength: "Do you want firewood? If you want it, take it away. The villain is willing to serve the officers and soldiers."

These two soldiers were Zhang Yong's subordinates. After reporting the name of his immediate superior, the soldiers told Tan Xiaozhuang that he had been recruited.

Thump, Tan Xiaozhuang's knees softened and he fell to the ground. In the past, whether he surrendered to the winner or begged the superior to whip a few times, Tan Xiaozhuang would do this. After kneeling skillfully on the ground, Tan Xiaozhuang began to beg, begging the two soldiers to let him go.

The soldiers did not have much trouble with Tan Xiaozhuang. One of them raised the stick and hit Tan Xiaozhuang in the ear. Covering his ears, Tan Xiaozhuang leaped from the ground with his teeth. This pain was nothing to him, but he knew that if he continued to resist, he would definitely suffer even more.

Seeing that Tan Xiaozhuang no longer resisted, the soldiers stopped using force, but took out a rope from behind. Tan Xiaozhuang obediently stretched out his arms and looked like he was tied up with his hands.

This action stunned the soldiers of the Green Camp, and a smile appeared after a moment: "Has you been a soldier?"

Tan Xiaozhuang reported his previous experience.

"Haha, it's really good. Follow us to do it." The green camp soldier patted his shoulder hard: "Then I don't have to tie you up. Brother, be honest, and make some face for me."

At this time, a woman's crying cry was heard beside Tan Xiaozhuang. Her man was also pointed at by the officer's whip, and was beaten to death by the soldiers who rushed up. Now he was tied up and forced to be pulled away. His wife could only hold her daughter tightly and hide beside her and cry helplessly.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the strong man was swept away by the Qing army. Tan Xiaozhuang and some other lucky people were not tied up, but loaded the grain and cloth on each stall with trucks under the supervision of the Qing army.

"Can you drive?" After seeing Tan Xiaozhuang nodding, the Green Camp soldier pointed to the donkey cart next to him: "You can drive this car."

"June! June Master, no." After seeing Tan Xiaozhuang silently pulling his donkey cart, the woman let go of the child, rushed to the soldier's feet, hugged her boots and cried, "June Master, please do it."

Tan Xiaozhuang saw the soldier's face full of anger and raised his stick to beat him, but he didn't whip it down. After a while, the soldier touched the woman's head and neck, and asked with a smile: "Do you want me to leave the car for you?"

"Yes!" the woman said resolutely without any resistance. After losing her husband, this donkey cart may give her and her children a chance to survive: "I just ask the military master to be kind and leave the car to the civilian woman."

Before the two soldiers could answer, a team of Qing soldiers suddenly came over. After seeing the scene in front of them, a man frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

"This woman wants to keep this car." Zhang Yong's soldiers recognized the Qing soldiers who had just walked over as Zhao Liangdong's subordinates, and then told them with a smile, and then held up the woman's face to Zhao Liangdong's soldiers: "Here, isn't that bad?"

"That's good." Zhao Liangdong's soldier glanced at him: "But who will move a truck of grain?"

The men of Zhao Liangdong walked up, pulled the woman up from the ground, fell down from above and looked at her: "The sky's feet, the waist and legs are still strong, and they can be used as half a man."

After saying that, the soldiers took out a rope and tied the woman up. At this time, Tan Xiaozhuang saw the Qing soldiers behind him dragging the rope and pulling a group of women who were crying and screaming. The soldiers tied the woman who had just tied up to the team.

"Why are you still stunned?" A soldier shouted at Tan Xiaozhuang.

Shocked by the roar, Tan Xiaozhuang hurriedly and with other strong men, loaded all the food from the people in the market onto the livestock cart.

When the woman who set up a stall next to her was tied up, her little girl about ten years old cried and wanted to go with her mother, but was pushed away ruthlessly by Zhao Liangdong's soldiers: "It's too young, useless, and it's useless."

Time and time again, the little girl struggled to get up from the ground, crying and trying to squeeze into the team that was taken away. Every time she grabbed the corner of the clothes of an unknown person in the team, she held it tightly and refused to let go no matter what she said. But her hand was pried apart by the soldiers again and again, and kicked her hard to the side of the road. The last time, Tan Xiaozhuang saw the impatient soldier kicking her up again, and the little girl's head seemed to hit something hard. Her crying stopped abruptly, and her small body lay on the ground and stopped moving.

...

They continuously swept through the markets and villages they encountered along the way. Zhao Liangdong, Zhang Yong and others recruited tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers, as well as countless large carts of livestock, full of food and vegetables.

"If you give men half full, women don't have to give them much food. Even if you give them food, they can't hold on for too long." Zhao Liangdong ordered. Whether it is animals or strong men, the Qing army had no intention of taking proper care of them. Anyway, they were consumables. Strictly speaking, people are not as good as animals. Livestock can eat meat when they are exhausted, and people can only throw them to the side of the road when they are exhausted.

Going further forward, it was almost time to Loushan Pass. Zhao Liangdong looked back. Now Guiyang probably learned about his plunder along the way, but even if Wu Sangui was furious, he would not be able to send troops to pursue them. As for the Beijing court, what is the destruction of more than 100,000 Guizhou people's families compared to the imperial army and several loyal generals?

The thousand soldiers from the personal barracks had gathered, all raised their faces and looked at the commander-in-chief Zhao Liangdong who was standing on a high place.

"There is no light load on the long journey!" Zhao Liangdong had known for a long time that when he was looting the town, the soldiers not only seized food and cloth, but also put a large amount of gold and silver into his bag. At that time, Zhao Liangdong did not interfere. Gold and silver might be useful, but now it is different: "We are about to leave Loushan Pass, and there is no more people along the way. We don't need anything except food and cloth. Follow the orders! Leave all the gold, silver and treasures."

"Abide by the order!"

With Zhao Liangdong's order, a thousand personal soldiers reached into their arms without hesitation, took out the heavy gold, silver and copper coins and threw them underground, and then raised their heads to wait for Zhao Liangdong's subsequent orders. No one looked down at the property under his feet.

"The road is long and saves horsepower. Those with horses will lead the horse. No disease, the wounded are not allowed to ride the horse, and I will not be exceptional!" Zhao Liangdong issued the second order loudly.

"Abide by the order!"

All the cavalry in the personal barracks jumped off the horse, held the reins in one hand, and stood in front of the horse waiting for Zhao Liangdong's general order.

But Zhao Liangdong had no more requests. He led the horse to the front of the team, raised his arm high, and shouted: "Okay!"

"OK!"

"OK!"

"OK!"

...

This order was shouted out one after another by the officers of the personal barracks, and passed to the end of the team. After shouting, the officers took big steps with their subordinates and followed Zhao Liangdong's flag to the north. The soldiers stepped on the gold, silver and treasures on the road with heavy steps, but did not stop at all, as if they were no different from dirt.

Zhao Liangdong's army was the first to launch as a vanguard. Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao and several other Shaanxi generals stood by and watched, all of them were stunned. In Deng Ming's previous life, when he heard that Wu Sangui rebelled, Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao, Sun Sick and others rushed to write to Xuanye, saying that Zhao Liangdong could not suppress the rebellion.

"Good guy." After Zhao Liangdong's troops drove away neatly, Wang Jinbao stuck out his tongue and urgently ordered his troops to follow.

When passing by Zhao Liangdong's position just now, after seeing the treasures all over the ground, Wang Jinbao's soldiers wanted to bow their heads to pick them up. Under the stern scolding of the officers, although these soldiers could obey orders and continue to advance, there were always people who took advantage of the officer's unpreparedness and leaned over quickly to grab the most conspicuous piece of silver into their arms.

Several Shaanxi generals who walked behind Wang Jinbao performed even more unbearable. When Zhang Yong's troops, who had been cut off, could not even see a copper plate on the road.

...

"Stop!" After arriving at the scheduled camping site, Zhao Liangdong raised his right arm again and shouted in a short and powerful manner.

"Stop!" The officers once again conveyed Zhao Liangdong's military orders in order.

After the entire army stopped, Zhao Liangdong looked back for a while and saw a thousand personal soldiers standing silently in place, quietly waiting for his orders, and smiled with satisfaction - although he hadn't gone on a long time, Zhao Liangdong never neglected his daily training, and the current state of the army is also very good: "Camping."

After the Qing army set up camp, Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong and others gathered to study the military situation in Sichuan.

"The governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi came several times to urge reinforcements, and Deng Ming had already arrived at the city of Chongqing." After leaving Guiyang, they met several groups of envoys sent by Li Guoying, all of whom secretly crossed the Yangtze River and rushed to Guizhou for help. After mentioning the name Deng Ming, the eyes of the generals moved to Zhao Liangdong's face. Zhang Yong asked on behalf of everyone: "General Zhao, what exactly is Deng Ming?"

At the dinner that day in Kunming, Wu Sangui, among the generals outside the city, only invited Zhao Liangdong, so he was the only one among the people present to meet Deng Ming.

"Deng Ming is much higher than ordinary people, and he looks quite brave." Zhao Liangdong replied: "I have also spoken to him and heard his military strategy insights."

"How?" Everyone asked nervously. In their opinion, the military strategy must be very outstanding if Deng Ming can make such a big reputation.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Liangdong shook his head: "Although it's good, it's not a wizard. At least it wasn't counted at that time, and he knew very little about the arrangement of troops. If I confront him head-on, it would be no difficult to defeat him with my thousand personal soldiers."
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