The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Qingzhou Prefecture.

It’s not far from Dengzhou Prefecture.

There are six prefectures under the jurisdiction of Ming Shandong, and there is only Laizhou Prefecture between Dengzhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture.

After Tang Hao led 5,000 elite troops to leave Dengzhou Prefecture, he rushed to Qingzhou Prefecture non-stop, day and night.

"Master Marquis, all along the way, those guards turned a blind eye and listened but didn't hear."

Tang Mu urged the horse forward, his face full of dissatisfaction.

According to common sense, Tang Hao was the Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty, and he was the imperial minister who led the troops out of Beijing this time. Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor also gave him the power to "act expediently" and "control local troops and horses."

They also want to live, but the world does not allow them to live, so they have no choice but to rebel, and they have no choice but to kill!

Only by killing can the humble fear in the heart be suppressed!

Therefore, they try to numb their guilty conscience and guilt like thieves in killing and then abandon it!

Ever since, the killings began, from one village to another. They were surprised to find that all the officers and soldiers of the Guard Inspection Department chose to stand by and let them loot and kill wantonly, so their courage gradually grew. stand up!

As long as they don't actively provoke these officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers will not beat them, and they can continue to rob and kill in these villages and towns!

This was supposed to be a feat of people fighting against injustice, but under the use of thoughtful people, it turned into a tragedy of people killing people!

In this world, there has never been a person who was born to rebel!

If they can live peacefully, who would want to live such a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife?

A villager rushed out of the street to call for help, but was caught up by the gangsters from behind and stabbed to death on the spot with a crude spear with an iron head attached to a wooden pole!

There was also a frantic bandit who stood on the earth wall at the edge of the village, holding up a snatched infant baby high, laughing maniacally as he tried to throw it down.

Tang Mu quickly commanded the battle, and the five thousand elite soldiers were directly divided into three armies. The left and right flanking armies bypassed the villages and towns to form an encirclement. Chang Kuohai led the main force of the Chinese army to rush into the villages and towns, and put these red-headed soldiers into the villages and towns. The white-turbaned bastards were so frightened that they were killed.

War horses were a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty. They have always been rare and worth thousands of gold!

As a result, these people in front of me were riding uniform war horses. What were they if they weren't officers and soldiers?

Tang Hao hugged the little guy, with a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Tang Hao also rode his horse and came behind the earth wall and saw the baby's mother. Her lower body was in a mess, and there was blood spilling from her neck. Her originally dull eyes were filled with despair.

I saw a small village about three miles ahead, and the thick smoke was coming from the village.

"knife!"

Even a fool would want to know it. It must be Bian Xiong, that beast, who gave the order to prohibit the Inspection Department of the Guard Station from sending troops, allowing these rebels to loot and kill everywhere, in order to make the matter worse and force him, Tang Hao, to lead his army. Put down the rebellion!

Bian Xiong, Bian Xiong, if I don’t kill you, I swear I won’t be a human being!

Tang Hao took a deep breath and tremblingly stretched out his hand to smooth her eyes.

"What are you still doing?"

In just one encounter, a leader of the rebel army was chopped in half by Chang Kuohai's sword. This ferocious and terrifying scene scared the whole village into silence, and then a burst of noise broke out.

Can't afford to pay taxes? That's easy, sell the house and the land.

"Grate" is the grate used to comb hair.

"They say they are sergeants, but they are actually no different from farmers plowing the fields."

A few hundred meters away, many bandits could be seen clearly. They were waving sticks and crude spears with ferocious expressions, and they were beating and killing the villagers.

The more miserable the villagers screamed, the more wildly they laughed.

However, he did not expect that these guys would be so cunning and unscrupulous!

As the war horse leaped high and smashed into the crowd, Tang Hao swung the war spear in his hand wildly, knocking the bandit in front of him to the ground like a poisonous dragon, and then smashed the skull of a bandit with another spear. Blood mixed with white liquid spurted out!

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Hao suddenly clamped his horse's belly and ran out first.

But when she saw Tang Hao saving one of her children, a bright light suddenly burst out from her eyes.

Upon seeing this, Tang Hao smiled and comforted him, then turned to look at Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao.

In the past, children in rural areas often had a kind of parasite hidden in their hair - lice, which suck people's blood and spread diseases. They couldn't be combed out with a comb. They could only be combed out with a grate. After combing them out, they could kill them one by one. .

Seeing a situation in the village ahead, Tang Hao immediately ordered: "Let's go! See what's going on!"

It's a pity that they deserve to die!

However, in the face of their begging for mercy, no one in the soldiers was merciful, and the swords would still be dropped fiercely, sending these bastards back to the west.

But they crossed from Dengzhou Prefecture all the way across Laizhou Prefecture, and were about to reach Qingzhou Prefecture, but these damn dogs didn't even show their faces!

To put it bluntly, they didn't take Tang Hao seriously at all!

Tang Hao may not care about this, but subordinates like Tang Mu and Chang Kuohai cannot care about it!

More often, they just shoot rabbits in the grass, suppressing bandits in name, and more often they directly launch troops to loot. The common people dare to be angry but dare not speak out. Some even more crazy officers and soldiers kill ordinary people in order to receive awards for meritorious service, and falsely report that they have contributed to suppressing bandits. That is to say, "killing good people and claiming merit". Anyway, the court didn't know whether these people were good people or bandits. If they took the heads with a knife, they could exchange them for money.

"The officers and soldiers are coming!"

But they forgot that the methods they used to deal with the people just now were even more cruel than they were now, but they were all thrown out of the window!

Except for a few stubborn ones who were still waving crude weapons to stop them, almost 90% of the bandits began to run for their lives, and were actually killed outright!

They didn't have the courage to resist. Although they had just killed someone, it was just for the sake of catharsis and to show their fearlessness!

In fact, they were just ordinary people in the beginning. They lived a peaceful and happy life although they were not rich. However, because of various excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the government, they could not pay the taxes, and the government would forcibly take away their fields. How can the people live without their fields?

So they refused to sell their land, so they had to sell their sons and daughters. But last year they sold their daughters and paid taxes and rent. What should they do this year?

Those officials and poor men don't care whether ordinary people can pay taxes. They only think about how to squeeze more money out of these lowly and unruly people.

Neither Tang Mu nor Zuo Yidao dared to speak, but chose to remain silent.

The Lord humiliates his ministers to death, there is no such thing as bullying!

Tang Hao waved his hand indifferently and chuckled: "Let them go!"

These remarks involved Emperor Taizu Gao, so naturally they did not dare to speak out, so they just listened.

During the White Lotus Rebellion, it was naturally the local people who suffered. They were either bullied and plundered by the rebels, or they were killed by the officers and soldiers dispatched by the court to put down the rebellion!

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were famous for killing good people and claiming merit.

The gangster was about to throw the baby to death on the spot. At that moment, a sharp arrow shot out and penetrated directly into his big dog mouth, piercing it with unparalleled force. His whole head, and then nailed him to the earth wall behind him alive!

The baby's shrill cries echoed throughout the audience. After confirming that he was not seriously injured, Tang Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief and showed a kind smile to the little guy.

Before the last word "human" was uttered, the woman lost her life, and her pale eyes were staring at Tang Hao.

Some of the bandits turned around and ran away, shouting, while the villagers shouted for help in hope, mixed with the heartbreaking sound of cracking bones and the most miserable screams.

This rebellion happened not long ago, why did Qingzhou become such a mess?

Gradually, the gangsters fell into a pool of blood one by one. Most of the corpses were separated, with broken limbs and arms. There was almost no complete corpse in sight.

The soldier behind him handed over the sword.

It’s really good!

In broad daylight, gangsters were allowed to attack villages and towns and massacre people!

The inspection departments of the health centers all watched helplessly and remained indifferent!

Unfortunately, his entire throat to the back of his head was pierced, and blood spurted out. He couldn't scream at all. He could only let out a reluctant whimper before he died, trying to remind his accomplices.

At this moment, everyone suddenly saw bursts of smoke rising in front of them.

"When I put down the rebellion, I will naturally find them to deal with them one by one!"

She struggled to say something, but because her neck was scratched, she couldn't say a complete sentence.

Bandits and robbers rob things, just like combing their hair. They go back and forth and rummage through it several times. The valuable things will definitely not be left, and the worthless things will not be left at all. After the common people are robbed, they can barely survive, and generally they will not be crazy. Killing people is just robbing property, and their lives can be saved.

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Hao handed the child to the bodyguard behind him, then rode his horse and rushed into the bandit formation.

Tang Hao tightened the riding whip in his hand, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"Leave no one behind!"

"May I ask my husband, where is the inspection department of the nearby health center?"

The costumes of the gangsters were very messy, but everyone wrapped a red and white cloth strip on their head as a symbol of identifying each other.

Under the unyielding gaze of this gangster, Tang Hao had already raised his knife and chopped off the head of another gangster!

Therefore, Tang Hao now had no choice but to put down this rebellion as quickly as possible to prevent it from affecting more innocent people.

The guard officer did not show up, but along the way, Tang Hao and the others still passed by many guard posts and replenished some food and supplies.

This sudden change prevented the bandit from even uttering a scream. He could only watch a small number of cavalry approaching quickly in the distance before his vision was completely darkened.

Especially what these people ride are all tall horses, which are excellent war horses that can be sold for sky-high prices anywhere!

In this way, the bandits are just bullies. When have you ever seen such terrifying Ming soldiers, they either ran away like crazy or knelt down to beg for mercy.

It was because there were very few horses among the rebels, or almost none.

In front of the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, these bandits were like scarecrows, their lives being harvested wantonly, just like they had slaughtered innocent people before, without any resistance at all.

To be honest, Tang Hao didn't have such a strong desire to kill. He just wanted to raid the Beiwodusi, find out those scum who colluded with the Japanese pirates to smuggle goods for profit, and kill all of them to warn those restless gentry.

This place has already stepped into the territory of Qingzhou Prefecture, and it is only a few hundred miles away from Juzhou where the rebellion took place.

"I promise you that I will take good care of this child."

"The military system of the guards is to integrate soldiers with agriculture. The guards along the border are three-tenths for guarding the city and seven-tenths for planting; the inland guards are two-tenths for guarding the city and eight-tenths for planting. The idea of ​​Emperor Taizu Gao is good, but he forgot that any good system will be distorted and run counter to the original intention if there is no supervision."

Soldiers come like combs. These officers and soldiers come to suppress bandits and rebellions. In fact, the harm is worse than that of bandits and robbers. First of all, the reward expenses are legally distributed. There is no way. The people can't avoid it even if they want to, and they can only be forced to pay these heavy taxes.

Zuo Yidao looked forward and immediately turned his head to Tang Hao.

The common people lost everything, even sold their children, but still couldn't pay the tax. It was like being shaved bald!

So, when they were forced into a desperate situation, they suddenly heard that the White Lotus Sect had rebelled in Juzhou, and they also raised the flag to rebel, wanting to follow the gods and Buddhas of the White Lotus Sect and overthrow this damn world together!

"Save... him... beg... big..."

Okay!

Then, the little guy cried even harder...

"There are... officials... troops!"

Because of the rapid approach of the large army, the bandits soon noticed it.

"The guard post has long been corrupted, and it can even be said to be rotten!"

"Not good!"

"Yidao, write down these words and pass them back to His Majesty."

This is the true portrayal of the common people, and the real reason why Tang Hao was in a hurry to quell the rebellion.

As soon as the voice fell, Tang Hao rode forward.

Tang Hao chopped off the head of the last bandit, and the murderous intent in his heart finally subsided.

Tang Hao succeeded in one strike, and quickly rushed to the front on his horse. At the moment when the baby was about to fall to the ground, he grabbed the child in his hand.

Tang Mu sighed and said: "There is no armor or sword on the body, just standing there with a numb expression, people who don't know would think it is a scarecrow!"

The reason why they shouted that there are government troops is that they are sure that these people are definitely government troops.

He looked around and then locked his eyes on an old man.

Tang Hao's eyes were deep and murderous.

The closer to the village, the clearer the screams in the village!

Men, women, old and young, I don't know how many people wailed for help, which made people listen for a while.

From a distance, you can vaguely see people flickering in the village, it is very noisy. From such a distance, you can vaguely hear the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking, as well as bursts of piercing screams.

In the final analysis, this rebellion was planned and launched by those people in order to force him, Tang Hao, to come and quell the rebellion and stop investigating the matter of Beiwodusi. In a sense, it was because of him, Tang Hao.

Because only when they really have to kill people, they will truly feel the despair that goes deep into their bones!

Seeing this, everyone no longer hesitated and urged their horses to rush after Tang Hao.

"My Lord, it seems that there are bandits attacking that village!"

There is a saying that goes, bandits come like combs, soldiers come like combs, and officials come like shaving!

"Comb" means a comb for combing hair.

They dare not attack the city of the guards, so they can only bully these kind people.

"In fact, have you noticed that these guards are so thin that they are almost unrecognizable, how can they go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?"

That means the high-ranking officials have come, and there are too many taxes and levies.

What? No house or land? Then there must be a wife and children, sell them to pay taxes.

So they naturally saw the miserable state of those guards.

The cry of the baby resounded throughout the place, and the mother of the baby rushed over like crazy to save her child, but was knocked to the ground by a bandit, who then dragged her feet to the earth wall beside her and tried to force her to do something.

In the large and small bandit dens nearby, including the main force of the White Lotus Rebellion in Juzhou, there were almost no more than a dozen decent war horses!

Even the poor horses or mules of the people were mostly requisitioned by the government to transport food and supplies to the nine border military towns.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly rode their horses to catch up, and then stood on a high slope and looked forward.

Zuo Yidao: "..."

"They think that Bian Xiong is standing behind them, so they dare to be so fearless!"

"Save people!"

No matter what, the officers and generals of these local guards should at least take the initiative to come and pay their respects. This is the minimum respect.

The old man was probably shocked by Tang Hao's power, and he stammered for a long time without being able to explain clearly.

With the red and white flag as the symbol, it was undoubtedly the White Lotus Rebellion.

The weapons in their hands were also in a mess, and they didn't even have a decent sword.

"Shave" refers to the razor.

Before these bandits could react, another one was pierced by the spear and directly picked up, and was lifted up in the air by Tang Hao. This bandit was not dead yet, and he could still let out a shrill and desperate wail in the air!

However, when he saw Tang Hao's bloodshot eyes, he was so frightened that he couldn't even make a sound.

"Officers have inherited the inheritance from generation to generation. Most of the army's farmland has been occupied by officers. The lower-level sergeants have also been soldiers for generations. As a result, they have been reduced to hard labor forced by these officers, cultivating the fields for them, but they do not get half of the income. As time goes by, the army's fields are becoming more and more The army is getting poorer and poorer, and even the officers and soldiers have no land to farm, and the soldiers can't even eat, so how can they go to war to protect their families and the country? "

Tang Hao hurriedly got off his horse and put the child in her arms. The woman looked down at the child with difficulty, and then tried her best to push the child towards Tang Hao.

"Kill these bastards for me!"

It is also a tool for combing hair. The teeth are denser than a comb, and it can comb out things in the hair that cannot be combed out with a comb.

Even if they become bandits, they are even more timid than those ordinary people.

"Run away! The army is coming to kill you!"

Tang Hao took the knife and chopped it off with his backhand. The gangster's head fell to the ground, and blood gushed out like a waterfall.

They couldn't understand why these officers and soldiers were so cruel.

"You two lead two thousand troops each, and capture all the officers, generals and assistants of the nearby guard inspection department for me!"

"In addition, the word has spread to the entire Qingzhou Prefecture, and all the inspection departments of the guards will immediately send troops to encircle and suppress the rebels and bandits. If there is another village or town near them that is massacred by the rebels and bandits, I, the Marquis of Zhongshan, Tang Hao, will massacre his entire patrol department of the guards. , No chickens or dogs left!”