As soon as the "Brave, Loyal, Tiger and Guard" battle flag was raised, the eight thousand bandit army fell apart without much resistance. This situation was not Sun Kewang's responsibility, and he had no way to reverse it.
The rogue bandits were really afraid of Ding Yunyi and the name Hu Benwei.
"The murderer Ding Huben, the butcher Ding Yunyi; Ding Huben, no one can stop him, Ding Yunyi, the murderer! Huben is full of blood everywhere, and when the butcher comes, there are mountains of corpses!"
This jingle has already well explained the current mentality of the rogue bandits.
They were not afraid of any officers and soldiers, and they dared to fight to the death with any officers and soldiers. But once the names of Ding Yunyi and Hu Benwei appeared on the battlefield, everything changed.
Fear - deep-rooted and unforgettable.
Ding Yunyi is back! That murderer Ding Huben is back!
When the news spread from Yong Hao's defeated army to the ears of the 100,000 rogue bandits who had just arrived in Nanyang, the team immediately became confused. Some people who had just joined the bandits not long ago did not know who the "murderer" Ding Huben was. Those who had participated in
After passing Xinyang, people from the two wars in Yingzhou would tell him in trembling voices:
"That man is not a human, he is a devil. He has a knife, which has been soaked in the blood of the most ferocious monsters for seventy-nine days. Once he takes it out of its sheath, his eyes will be blinded when he sees its light. With one swing of his knife, he can
Kill a thousand people."
The new voice also became trembling: "Really, is it really that scary?"
Another veteran answered for his companion: "I participated in the Battle of Xinyang and the Battle of Yingzhou. How terrible is it? As soon as I close my eyes, I will tremble all over just thinking about this person. I have the same
He came out of the village. I saw with my own eyes that he was chopped into two pieces by the magic knife in Butcher Ding's hand. The upper half of his body was gone, but his two feet were still running forward for a long time. It was such a tragic situation.
I will never forget it in my life..."
Rumors are the scariest thing.
Maybe those new members who joined in didn't know Ding Huben before, but now they heard their companions say this and felt strong fear in their hearts...
Zhang Xianzhong knew what this meant. Ding Yunyi's arrival disrupted his originally invincible team!
If this situation is not resolved as soon as possible, the army will no longer have any combat effectiveness when Ding Yunyi appears in Nanyang.
He looked at his subordinates. Even Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu, the three most courageous adopted sons, also showed fear on their faces because of Ding Yunyi's arrival.
"Father..." Sun Kewang's face was full of shame: "Kewang has tried his best, but when Ding Yunyi arrived, the brothers didn't want to fight anymore, so they dispersed..."
"I don't blame you, I don't blame you..." Zhang Xianzhong murmured: "The battle between Xinyang and Yingzhou has had a great impact on us. If we don't eliminate this possibility, we will never be able to meet again in the future.
As for Ding Yunyi... By the way, how many people did he come this time?"
"I took a quick look and found that there are always around a thousand people."
"Thousands of people?" Zhang Xianzhong let out a long sigh: "A thousand people can be like this? Ding Yunyi is still the Ding butcher in Yingzhou. Send the order, all armies must assemble!"
The bandits were summoned, and there was no anger or anger on Zhang Xianzhong's face. On the contrary, his tone was very calm: "The reinforcements of officers and soldiers have arrived in Yonghao. Come to think of it, all the brothers know this. There are 30,000 officers and soldiers, and General Sun Kewang only has 8,000."
That......"
Sun Kewang was startled for a moment, and then he understood the meaning of his adoptive father's words. He heard Zhang Xianzhong loudly say: "Sun Kewang fought bravely and killed more than a thousand officers and soldiers with a small number of enemies. Then he calmly led his brothers to retreat. Bravely
Ah, this is the fierce general in my rebel army! Losing Yonghao is nothing, sooner or later we can get it back again!"
Most of the 100,000 bandits didn't know what happened to Yonghao. They heard that Sun Kewang actually used 8,000 men to fight against 30,000 soldiers. Their frightened hearts somewhat calmed down.
Zhang Xianzhong's face suddenly darkened: "Liu Jingen, Cheng Maocai!"
"exist!"
"As leaders, you two panicked when the officers and soldiers came and ran away first, causing chaos in the army. Is this possible?"
"I......"
Before the two of them could finish speaking, Zhang Xianzhong had already shouted: "Whoever is coming, drag him out and kill him!"
The sound of wailing could be heard, and the two of them had long been dragged out.
"Liu Jingen, Cheng Maocai has disturbed the morale of our army and should be killed!" Zhang Xianzhong said murderously, his voice suddenly raised: "Come here, bring me the things!"
Several large boxes filled with gold, silver and jewelry were brought up, and the dazzling wealth dazzled the eyes of these bandits.
Zhang Xianzhong pointed to these boxes: "The officers and soldiers will arrive in Nanyang soon. When have my brothers from the Eighth Kings ever been afraid of the officers and soldiers? Brothers, we have one hundred thousand people, one hundred thousand people! If we fight the officers and soldiers in a decisive battle, whoever kills one soldier will
The reward is one tael of silver, and whoever kills an official will be rewarded three taels of silver!"
"What should we do if we kill Butcher Ding?" Someone suddenly asked.
Zhang Xianzhong said with a "haha" smile: "Butcher Ding's head is not worth anything. Whoever kills Butcher Ding will be rewarded five coins of silver!"
With a "boom", the bandits burst into laughter, and their fear of Ding Yunyi subsided a little less unconsciously.
Taking this opportunity, Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu stepped forward together: "Please give the order to the Eight Kings. We are determined to fight to the death with Butcher Ding in Nanyang!"
"Please give the order from the Eight Great Kings, we will fight to the death with Butcher Ding!"
One hundred thousand officers and soldiers issued a tidal wave of calls...
Zhang Xianzhong knew that he had reversed the lost morale, but this was only temporary. What would happen when Ding Yunyi really appeared on the battlefield?
Ding Yunyi, Ding Butcher... Zhang Xianzhong always felt that this person was a nightmare that he couldn't get rid of...
...
At this time, Ding Yunyi, who had occupied Yonghao, was not in a hurry to rush to Nanyang immediately.
He is brave and treats bandits as trivial, but he is by no means reckless. He knows very well that with Zhang Xianzhong's personality, when the army suffers a new defeat, he will definitely find ways to reverse the passive situation and improve the morale of the army.
Wait a minute... Never attack when the enemy's morale is high...
"General, brothers, are you ready? When will we attack Nanyang?" The guard named Cao Jiuwen came up and said loudly.
"Have a meal."
"Ah——" Cao Jiuwen touched his head: "It's still early for dinner..."
"Then eat early, go to bed when you're full, and go to Nanyang tomorrow." Ding Yunyi prepared his plan.
Cao Jiuwen really didn't understand what the general was doing. His morale was at its peak now, so why not take this opportunity to attack?
Ding Yunyi looked at him: "The thieves have an army of one hundred thousand. We have an army of one thousand. They are newly defeated and are waiting for us to attack at this time. If they fight to the death with us, how can one thousand people defeat one hundred thousand people? Leave them alone and ignore them.
They... wait until the breath they are holding is released, and then hit them again."
Cao Jiuwen suddenly realized, but Ding Yunyi's words caused him another worry: "Deputy Town, it's not that I'm afraid of death, but there are hundreds of thousands of rogues, we..."
"Can Zhang Xianzhong still send all 100,000 people to the battlefield?" Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "I think it would be good if he can send 10,000 people to the frontal battlefield. This excludes the old, weak, sick and disabled, and those who have never been on the battlefield.
Those who have killed people on the battlefield can only fight at most 2,000 people. Who can win against my 1,000 well-trained elite soldiers and his 2,000 rogue bandits?"
Ding Yunyi waved his hand: "Eat, eat, I'll take a walk in Yonghao. I'll add more sentries to guard against sneak attacks by the bandits."
When the officers and soldiers came to Yonghao, the local people ignored them. When the bandits came, they looted and plundered, and tied up the young men. I'm afraid the same would happen when the officers and soldiers came...
Soldiers are thieves, and thieves are soldiers. In this world, there is nothing different.
However, these officers and soldiers are okay, at least they haven't done anything outrageous so far.
Ding Yunyi turned around and found that all he was greeted with were indifferent looks.
He saw several locals cooking around a pot. Ding Yunyi walked over, and the locals quickly lowered their heads in fear.
I looked into the pot and saw that it was almost a pot of water with an unknown wild vegetable floating on it.
Ding Yunyi frowned: "Just eat this?"
No one dared to answer. After a while, an elderly man said coldly: "What else can we eat? There have been years of disasters, droughts and floods, and floods and hail. There is no food left in the fields.
Forget it, the bandits came to rob us, and after the bandits finished robbing us and ran away, the officers and soldiers came to rob us again..."
"Bold!" shouted a guard next to Ding Yunyi.
Ding Yunyi waved his hand and stopped his guard: "It's bitter. Old man, where is your son?"
The old man said numbly: "One son was kidnapped by the soldiers, and they said that he would be a soldier to fight against the bandits. One son was kidnapped by the bandits, and they said that they would make him a rebel to fight against the soldiers. Sir, you said that my two sons are on the battlefield.
When we met, who would hit whom? Do you think I am a compliant citizen of the imperial court, or am I a rebel?"
The old man is not afraid of death at all. His two sons are not around, and his life or death is uncertain. What else can he be afraid of?
Ding Yunyi took out the dry food from his arms and silently put it on the ground.
A local glanced at Ding Yunyi. The temptation of food made him forget his fear. He took the dry food tremblingly, broke it into pieces, and put it into the pot of water.
The old man looked at Ding Yunyi a few more times and sighed: "Sir, you may be a good official. We thank you for giving us a bite to eat. But if you can save us once, can you save us for a lifetime? We are here
, I will still starve to death sooner or later.”
Ding Yunyi nodded silently: "Old man, what is your name? What do you do?"
"Old man, my name is Tao Sanshi. My ancestors grew mulberry and raised silkworms."
"A person who grows mulberry and raises silkworms?" Ding Yunyi's eyes lit up.
Tao Sanshi nodded: "Most of the people in Yonghao plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms, but disasters have happened one after another. We can't plant mulberry trees or raise silkworms. We can only sit here and wait to die."
Ding Yunyi said: "Old man, do you know Taiwan?"
"Taiwan?" Tao Sanshi thought for a while: "I have heard that it seems that many victims of the disaster have gone there, and they also said that as long as they get to Taiwan, they will have food. I don't know if it is true or not. But even if
It’s true, look at us here, old and young, and we have been hungry for so many days, how can we have the strength to go to Taiwan?”
"Old man, you have to crawl over. You can survive when you get to Taiwan." Ding Yunyi carefully calculated: "Old man, let me tell you the truth, our army does not have much food, and our brothers still have to fight.
Only when you are full can you have the strength to kill those bandits. Gather all Yonghao's folks and go to Suzhou first. You will eat grass roots, gnaw tree bark, and climb all the way to Suzhou. Once you arrive in Suzhou, go directly to the Suzhou prefect.
Deng Muzhi, just say that a man named Ding Yunyi asked you to come and ask him to give you food. If you eat as much as you want, Ding Yunyi will pay double the price."
Tao Sanshi and the locals were killed, thinking that he had heard wrongly. Ding Yunyi was afraid that they would not believe it, so he asked someone to find paper and pen, wrote a few lines, and gave it to Tao Sanshi: "Give this letter to Deng Muyi
You can tell just by looking at him.”
Tao Sanshi said in a daze: "What about the future?"
Ding Yunyi laughed: "After you have eaten in Suzhou, bring dry food and go to Quanzhou via Fujian. Then go to Quanzhou prefect Ye Yuan and ask them to send you to Taiwan. As soon as you arrive in Taiwan, you shout, 'Qin Yun, Qin
Yun, please come out quickly, I’ve got a baby for you.”
Tao Sanshi was dumbfounded: "If you call me that, Qin, Qin... I'm afraid he's also an official... He'll have to chop off our heads..."
Ding Yunyi laughed loudly: "No, no. When Qin Yun hears you shouting like this, just answer him honestly if he asks you anything. He promises to make arrangements for you properly."
Tao Sanshi was doubtful. Is there such a good thing in the world? After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Sir, we don't know whether what you said is true or false, but everyone here is still starving to death, even if you
Lie to us, at least we have an idea, let’s go, let’s go to Taiwan!”
"I won't lie to you, I won't lie to you." Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "As long as you can get to Suzhou, you will have a way to survive. When you get to Taiwan, I can guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing from now on!"
Tao Sanshi and the people around him discussed quietly for a while, and suddenly they all knelt down: "Master, we are here to thank you. Even if we all die on the road, we still thank you for bringing us hope."
"Get up, all of you, please get up. None of you should die. Taiwan needs you. You can't die on the road." Ding Yunyi helped them up and said:
"When you meet people on the road, tell them that those who know how to raise silkworms and those who know how to farm should all go to Taiwan. There is food everywhere in Taiwan. You can say whatever you want. The more people there are, the greater the hope of making it to Taiwan alive.