Wu Mian hurriedly retreated behind the tree.
The muffled sound of arrows falling on the tree trunks was endless.
"Stop shooting arrows," Condor said.
The arrow rain suddenly stopped.
"Kill." Kang Duo pulled out his knife and rushed in.
The subordinates rushed over and fought fiercely with the rebels in the forest.
Wu Mian and his men were all weak, unable to fight or run away.
However, Kang Duo's people became more and more courageous as they fought, turning the grievances and anger they had felt for half a year into fighting power.
Screams broke out everywhere, and many rebels fell.
When Wu Mian saw that he couldn't resist, he left his dead and wounded companions behind and fled deep into the forest.
Kang Duo knew that he was not as familiar with this place as the enemy. If he pursued deeper into the mountains and forests, he would be easily ambushed.
He said loudly: "Stop chasing and clean the battlefield."
He stood at the edge of the woods and glanced around with cold eyes.
The hand holding the knife was trembling. It was because the muscles were still in a state of excitement, or maybe the anxiety that had been accumulated for a long time was finally released at this moment.
He seized this last chance! !
The smell of blood and the damp smell of the pine forest irritated the nostrils.
This is the smell of killing.
He used to be afraid of this smell, but now he finds it more exciting than the smell of any food or powder.
This is the smell that a real man, a real military commander should admire.
No wonder my father had been fighting all his life and did not want to stay in the gentle countryside at home for a long time. In the end, he died on the battlefield.
Someone asked Kanduo: "Sir, what should I do with the prisoners?"
The prisoners shouted: "We surrender."
"We are all common people, and we were all forced to rebel by Wu Mian."
Kang Duo looked at them coldly: "From last year to now, the imperial court and my officials have surrendered several times. If you had any regrets, you would have surrendered long ago."
The prisoners screamed in horror: "The military law of the Ming Dynasty is to surrender without killing. Surrender without killing!"
Kang Duo said to the soldiers: "Everyone will obey the order."
The soldiers responded in unison: "Yes."
Condor: "We take no prisoners today."
Locking these people up is a waste of food, and they will rebel at any time if they are released.
The cleanest kill.
The soldiers shouted: "Yes."
The prisoners struggled to crawl away, but were stabbed through the chest one by one and solved.
Screams spread everywhere, blood splashed on the tree trunk, and the smell of blood became stronger.
The soldier who went to buy salt was not dead yet. He was gasping for air and vomiting blood, and stared at Kang Duo.
Kanduo looked down at him: "I know you are unwilling to die because you can't understand why you didn't realize that the tea guests and traveling merchants who took you to buy salt were my people pretending to be one of them. Because one of them is Among the civil servants in the army, one is a fire-headed soldier, so his hands naturally do not have calluses worn by swords."
The soldier's eyes widened, his lips moved, but he could not speak.
Kang Duo nodded: "Yes, yes. You must not understand why we can still catch up after being so far away."
He bent down and grabbed a handful of salt from the ground, letting it fall on the soldiers from his fingertips, and smiled: "It's not the salt, but the guard who searched you had his hands soaked in special spices. Water, he rubbed the spices on your clothes and pants. We deliberately didn't follow you so closely because we were afraid of being discovered by you and losing all our efforts. After you walked far away, we let the hunting dogs lead us to chase you by following the scent. You are very smart, and you went out of your way to swim through the stream. However, the smell was too strong for the hunting dogs, and your cover-up had no effect. We specially chose this dry and sunny day, and it worked really well. The hunting dogs didn't hesitate at all along the way. I’ve been chasing you all the way.”
The soldier suddenly stopped moving and turned out to be dead with his eyes wide open.
Kang Duo sighed: "You are already very smart, and you have built up your defenses at all levels. It's a pity that that person is much smarter than you. He has already thought of everything you can think of. He can also think of things you can't think of. You haven't won at all. possible."
After Wu Mian was defeated, he retreated to the jungle near Tianfu Cave to rest and continue to fight against the imperial army.
Kang Duo was barely able to win, and immediately ordered people to hurry up and send a message to Lao Zhu to report the victory: "Report to the Emperor, our army has a great victory, the rebel leader Wu Mian has escaped with a small number of remnants, the situation is determined. The people have suffered from the rebels for a long time, and the Emperor is merciful." I sincerely request that the war be stopped and the people be allowed to recuperate."
In fact, what he meant was that the counter-rebellion army was too consumed, and the local garrison could handle the remaining rebels.
Lao Zhu had long felt that the counter-insurgency war had been delayed for too long and was really a waste of money, so he immediately issued an order to praise Kang Duo and ask him to lead his troops and return to the court immediately.
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In the eleventh year of Hongwu, spring passed and autumn came, and the days passed quickly.
That day, Zhu Feng and Deng Zhiqiu went to the woods outside the city to shoot rabbits.
The late summer and early autumn are the most comfortable seasons in Qin, when the heat is gone and the cool breeze blows.
The rabbit is big and fat, running all over the ground.
Zhu Ping hit seven or eight shots in a row.
Deng Zhiqiu also shot two. He was so happy that he leaned into Zhu Ping's arms and said, "Ah, it's so comfortable when no one cares."
Zhu Fang smiled: "I told you, when we get here, we will be kings."
The head of a fawn appeared in the distance, its body submerged in the dead grass that was more than half the height of a man.
Zhu Xi drew his bow toward the deer.
Deng Zhiqiu whispered to Zhu Xi: "Catch a live one for me and keep it in the palace."
"Easy." Zhu Xi smiled and lowered the arrow. The opponents waved their hands to surround the deer.
There was a deer call in the distance, it was the mother deer calling her fawn back.
The deer jumped away.
Zhu Xi became excited: "It looks like there are deer herds. Let's chase them."
The leader of the guards hurriedly said: "Your Highness, further north is the territory of the Mongols, and it is all flat and flat, making it easy to pursue."
Zhu Ming scolded: "Look at you cowards. I am a dignified man, hunting on my own land, but I am still timid, afraid of the Mongols. I am determined to go today."
He pinched the horse's belly and ran out.
Deng Zhiqiu also laughed and ran out.
The little deer seemed to be deliberately teasing them, jumping and walking in front of them.
The more Zhu Feng chased, the more unwilling he became, and he got further and further away from the city wall.
Deng Zhiqiu was frightened and said, "If not, let's go back."
Zhu Ping said: "Don't be afraid, we are all here."
He clamped the horse's belly with his legs, then loosened the reins and stood on the horse, nocked an arrow and raised his bow, aiming at the deer.
The little deer suddenly squatted into the grass and disappeared.
Zhu Ping hurriedly put down his bow, tightened the reins, and the horse stopped.
The surroundings were very quiet, and there were no deer anywhere.
The leader of the guards said: "No, there is an ambush."
Zhu Fang and Deng Zhiqiu hurriedly turned their horses and were about to leave.
A circle of soldiers suddenly stood up from the grass taller than people, surrounded them, and drew their bows at them.
Zhu Xi's guards were busy protecting the two of them.
Zhu Xi drew out his sword: "Don't be afraid, everyone will follow my king and kill them all the way out."
"I advise King Qin not to move around." A man said coldly, riding a horse and slowly walking out from behind the stone next to him. "You can outrun me, but you, the delicate side princess, can't outrun me."
