Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

The ducks are flocks and alert, but the most patient hunter is the best hunter, and he remains motionless until the ducks become familiar with the waters of the lake, and gradually lose their vigilance, and wander along the shore, where the overgrown waters often hide large fat fish. Wild ducks need to burrow under the aquatic weeds from time to time. Finally, the opportunity came, he stared at the fat duck a few steps away, this wild duck has eaten too much, it will be dull in the air, its fleshy oil is a lot, it can be a first-class roasted product, its hair is also very shiny, can win the favor of nobles, this is a good price.

The wild duck turned around, turned his back to the hunter, and a wild duck next to him got under the water in time, this is the time that Han Chengyu was waiting for, he charged his whole body, pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrow shot out, but he didn't wait for the crossbow arrow to hit the wild duck, so he shouted and pounced on the aquatic grass, the fat wild duck was hit by the arrow, and he didn't live when he saw it, but Han Chengyu didn't pounce on it, but pounced into the water, the wild duck under the water was shouted by the hunter and

couldn't tell the location of the enemy, the underwater sound was already muddy, and he looked up in a panic to swim to the surface, but as soon as he poked out of the water, it regretted it, it turned out that the hunter was waiting for it in front of him, and he tightly buckled its neck, and the wild duck struggled, but in vain.

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got two of them this time, Han Chengyu was very satisfied, maybe I could get four of them before I fell down the mountain today, so I had good luck.

At this time, lying on his stomach for a morning of cold attack, Han Chengyu

couldn't help shivering, tied the live wild duck strongly, and hurriedly made a fire to shake off the cold on his body, ate some porridge prepared by his wife last night, and roasted the duck head of the dead wild duck with fire, this is a delicacy he can get, the nobleman does not eat the duck head, and he can't sell it at a high price, and he has been lying on the wet grass all morning, soaked in the cold, and must eat some meat to raise him so as not to get sick, Han Chengyu is not a stupid person who can't tell the difference, if he gets sick, the whole family will suffer.

He has been baking for a long time, and he is not in a hurry to go to the second field, many farmers do this line of work for a short time, because many people think that the cold is exhausted when the body is hot, but in fact, the cold is like a thread, and the body is far from enough to warm up, and it takes a sweat to be ready.

He never dared to be reckless and play three games a day, such a person will not live long, his body will be cold and hot at first, and he will hurt his vitality for a long time.

Two games a day, this is the iron law that Han Chengyu set for himself, not to be strong, to eat well as he can, this is the secret of his life so far, he never dares to tell anyone, he still has many secrets, such as the second game to shoot at the moment of sunset, at this time the wild duck is the most sluggish, often the most sure of success.

Sweating, Han Chengyu was comfortable, stretched out his arms, looked back at the water, this group of wild ducks flew out far away, bringing up more wild ducks around, at this time there was no waterfowl as far as the eye could see, he wanted to bypass this lake, go to the opposite side to find a grass ambush, the lake is not small, it takes an hour to walk quickly, but he pretended to be a passerby's careless gait, walked slowly for two hours, the wild duck in the air seems to be able to distinguish the difference between passers-by and hunters, the way of walking is different, the wild duck will be different, and the difficulty of success will be poor. Han Chengyu has realized a lot of experiences over the years, thinking that if his son grows up, if he has no interest, he will not be able to find a dispatch in the city, so he will teach him these experiences, although there are many deaths and injuries in this industry, but it can also be much better than farming, the taxes are too heavy, and the tired work of farming is not enough to feed himself, not to mention a large family. He can make a profit to feed his family of five.

At night, stepping on the lantern shadow, today is another bumper harvest, Han Chengyu carried four wild ducks, briskly walked into the village, did not forget to pour a cup of wine to the land god on the roadside, and bowed to the ground with his head, he was used to seeing the impermanence of life and death in his life, and he especially believed in the strange power of chaos, and he would sacrifice when he encountered the shrine.

"Master Han, there is still any wine left, give me a sip. "It was the widow Bao Shi in the village who said this, and the cat was waiting for the good friend at the entrance of the village at this time, but her good friend had not been here for many days, and it was rumored that she was dead in the village.

"It's spirits. "This wine is designed to keep out the cold, it is very expensive, Han Chengyu is not very willing to give it to people, so he excuses himself.

"Big man, it's still grinding and chirping, oh. Bao Shi occupies a posture, always spicy, and comes over with a forked waist and twisted his buttocks, reaching out to beg for it.

Seeing that this was also impossible, Han Chengyu had no choice but to hand it over, Bao took a sip, and sure enough, he didn't hold it, his choked chest ached, he complained bitterly, and returned the wine.

Bao Shi said the news she heard in the city: "Your lady Ming'er must not enter the county seat, the county seat has been captured by thieves." "

"What. Han Chengyu was shocked and asked, "Who do you listen to?" "

"People from the Liu family. Bao said.

"Nonsense, the Liu family fled the day before yesterday. Han Chengyu doesn't believe it, and the Liu family is not a good person, and often deceives honest people.

"The Liu family didn't all run, several long-term workers of his family stayed, I heard what they said, what relatives were in trouble, and they were cooked and eaten alive by thieves. "

"They, they lied to you, what the hell, they cooked and ate it, and it's not a duck, can you eat human flesh. Han Chengyu didn't believe it even more, he could still have food and clothing in the year of the famine, and he really hadn't eaten human flesh.

"Believe it or not, your business and life are your business. The old lady never chews her tongue, hey, poor my man, this time it is more auspicious. After that, Bao hugged his sleeves, turned around and walked away.

Hearing these words, Han Chengyu had a lot of worries, went home and ate hastily, and didn't sleep when he went to bed, just opened his eyes and lay down in a daze. His wife Ma Shi leaned over and said: The situation in the city is not very good, many people outside say that the county town has been occupied by thieves, why don't I go tomorrow?

Han Chengyu jumped up from the bed and glared at his wife, Ma was timid, so he relented: "I'll return it tomorrow, let's go." "

Han Chengyu thought for a while and said, "If the thieves occupy the county seat, then they don't have to pay taxes." "

"Ugh. "Mars Machinery responded, but did not comprehend.

"Then I'll go into the city tomorrow and have a look. Han Chengyu said.

"But, thief. "

"Our ducks must be brought fresh into the city, otherwise how can we get on the money? Han Chengyu said: "You can't dodge horizontally and vertically." "

"Thieves. "

"Thieves are also people,

you women are shocked, rumors are flying all over the sky, this world was still peaceful a few years ago, how can it be eroded all of a sudden, maybe it is just misinformation, and the government also likes to slander the rebel thieves, and they say that the people are hated and hated, in fact, the rebels are not able to live, and they are also honest dealers. Han Chengyu was persuaded by his own words, and said more and more confidently: "The government is bad, and the harsh taxes don't give people a way to live at all, if you want me to say, the thieves are good, it's a good thing." The thieves are coming, and maybe the tax will be less in the future. "

"Really, that's too, the government is like this, it really should be, who should be. Ma wanted to talk about Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, but when this contrary word came to his mouth, he still swallowed it.

The next day, Han Chengyu took the wild ducks into the city, and on the way, he ran into a team of thieves escorting many young men and women, tied them together with thick hemp rope from end to end, and went on the road in a sad and sad manner. "

The leader of the thieves didn't eat this, but only said proudly: "Do you want to join the army, then it will take you back to the camp to Mu." "

Han Chengyu secretly said that it was not good, the thief army was unreasonable, and he actually wanted to force him to join the gang, he was a man with a family and a room, how could he give in, and said with a smile at the moment: "The little one is willing to drive for the general, but this is not the time, please, please raise your hand." Ay. The thief ignored his words and tied him up with his backhand.

Han Chengyu regretted it, but he was at peace when he came, and he had no choice but to be honest in front of the steel knife.

When I entered the county seat, I saw the ruins on the other side of the river from a distance, and the corpses in the river were broken. Rao is that he has long been conscious, and he can't help but be confused in his mind, why do these thieves want to kill innocents indiscriminately, the government has no way, then kill officials and rebel, go to the main owner to take revenge, why kill innocents indiscriminately, everyone is poor, and there is no hatred and no resentment. Many of the women in the group were so frightened by the purgatory in front of them that they screamed and screamed, and the thieves were annoyed by this, so they pulled them out one by one and hacked them to death, and kicked them into the river. Listening to the sound of broken bones, Han Chengyu's heart trembled, only saying that these thieves are not as good as the government, killing people is like killing a chicken.

Leading an open field, the leader of the thief army picked and chose among his fellow travelers, the women were as good as they looked, and the men were also strong, and he was lucky to be picked out, entered another team, and was led to a large camp.

A big leader of the thief army

gave a lecture on the stage, but he couldn't really hear it from afar, and he only heard the name of the king of this thief army called Zhang Xianzhong intermittently. In this way, being an honest pawn in the big camp is not bad for eating, and gradually many people settle down, and they have more time to talk to each other. Han Chengyu tried his best not to be conspicuous in this camp, and only paid attention to what others were saying. Gradually, there is a synopsis, they have a thief army of 100,000 people, there is an official army of 50,000 or 60,000 in the north, headed by Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, I heard that Wang Pu is a famous general, killing thieves is not counted, the prestige is prominent, it is a fierce general with an individual shape like a mountain, his eyes are wide open, the sound is like a bell, he eats people without chewing, and he swallows them all in one bite.

Han Chengyu thought: 100,000 against 50,000, the odds of winning are not high. It can be seen that the official army has brave generals in the town, and they defend the city with a strong fortification, and there will be a bloody battle in the future to attack the city. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and Han Chengyu had the idea of becoming a deserter.

However, there

were many checkpoints around the camp, and there were endless guards, and he couldn't fly, where could he escape, and he practiced for half a month, and finally the king gave the whole army an order to go out, and the sound of drums shook the sky, and the trumpets sounded far away. The doors of the camps in the whole city were wide open, and a team of troops flowed into the sea like a river, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were gathered outside the city one after another.

Soldiers and horses crossed, the vast soup soup, boundless, magnificent, but after a day of dust, by the evening, the thieves in each battalion were tired, and they set up tents and fell asleep, the so-called soldiers were over 10,000, there was no edge, Han Chengyu was surrounded by people, and he didn't know how many layers there were outside, so he had to sigh, but it was not the time to escape.

The next day, the sky will be exposed, suddenly there is thunder in the distance, Han Chengyu was stunned in his sleep, he got out of the tent, and saw that the people around him were restless, and a member of the rider slapped the horsewhip from the front, and swept by, this hurried figure frightened Han Chengyu, and woke up from sleep for seven or eight minutes.

After a while, the

distance was like a sand and dust storm, rolling yellow sand all over the sky, Han Chengyu's ears were extraordinary, and he heard a scream in the wind, he was a hunter, and he could tell that this scream seemed to come from his mouth and nose, full of helplessness and disorder.

Then the ground was not honest, the sand and stones were moving, and at this moment everyone came out of the tent, and someone shouted from the heights, the officers and soldiers were killed, run.

Han Chengyu also shouted, the officials and soldiers came to kill, and they were defeated.

Defeated, defeated. Panic spread like wildfire, the whole battalion was in a roar, Han Chengyu ran to the hillside, he didn't dare to look back, because behind him were the screams of countless comrades, from his mouth and nose, he finally woke up, this is the whole army scrambled to run for their lives, trampling on each other, and the exclamation before dying.

At this time, you have to have a horse to survive, Han Chengyu looked at the little leader on the hillside who was stunned in the distance, and knew that the only way to survive was to take his horse.

"Don't run, those who retreat from the battle, scrape eighteen knives. This little boss is not in vain, when he saw Han Chengyu rushing towards him, he raised his waist knife and shouted, this precedent made Han Chengyu's body stagnate. He has been in the army for three months, and he has heard of and seen all kinds of military torture, deserters can be punished with car splitting, disobedience to the superior officer to lead 30 knives, it is unknown how many knives to kill the superior, horizontal and vertical is a major crime that should be scraped 100 knives.

At this time, a spear flew over his head, and the little leader shouted, so daring, he lowered his waist knife to block the spear, Han Chengyu saw that a companion made a move, and immediately became bold, and the marmoset went up, and stabbed the little leader in the stomach with one shot, picking him off the horse.

When he turned around, he saw the two of them smiling at him, but they were familiar, they were from the same camp, but they didn't know their names. Han Chengyu didn't speak, he didn't want to let this horse out, so he pointed his gun at the two of them to guard against it.

"Brother, good marksmanship. The bearded man grinned, went around the back to pick up the waist knife on the ground, and cut off the leader's head.

Han Chengyu saw that this bearded man was a good hand, his eyes were bright, and he was not easy to provoke, so he took advantage of his unpreparedness and slapped the horse's buttocks fiercely, and the horse neighed and rushed down the hillside, and the bearded man panicked and pulled the reins, which was worthy of being missed. Han Chengyu and the bearded man were on both sides of the horse, he was the first hand, and he had no intention, his hand reached the stirrup, he did not loosen his grip, his body fell to the downhill horse belt, dragged on the ground, he endured the severe pain, tried several times before he copied the reins that were messily swinging in the wind, after the horse stopped, Han Chengyu jumped up from the ground, raised his foot and kicked away a person who wanted to grab the horse next to him, turned over on the horse, and galloped towards the south.