The Eight Great Bandits——Zhang Bingzhong
"Fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three..."
The leader of Chen Hongfan's soldiers reported the report with an expressionless face Counting, the two stout soldiers raised their sticks high, and then brought them down hard.
The military stick fell on Zhang Bingzhong’s fat buttocks, and blood spattered everywhere!
Zhang Bingzhong gritted his teeth and said nothing, just inserted his two hands deeply into the loess, furious in his heart!
Chen Hongfan sighed slightly and said to the commander-in-chief Wang Wei: "Of all the people who were executed under military law today, this is the only one who is the most regrettable!"
Wang Wei glanced sideways at Chen Hongfan and said: "What's a pity for a prisoner? The laws in the army are strict. If you hadn't interceded, this prisoner's head would have been hung outside the camp gate for public display. One by one, everyone thought that he was in our army. It’s just a short supply of military rations for half a year, but it’s not easy to make endless noises and kill the capital.”
Chen Hongfan said in a low voice: “My lord, we will deal with 237 rebels today, no more.” Distributing military rations may cause the army to lose its morale."
Wang Wei lamented: "Everyone says that I, Wang Wei, are harsh, but they don't know that the military rations originally allocated to our army were intercepted by the Ministry of War to rescue the capital.
The Ministry of War has no food allocated to them. What do you want me to distribute to them?"
Chen Hongfan shook his head and said: "It is only natural for soldiers to eat food. At present, the general can barely maintain the situation? , If the grain is not distributed, the general will think that a rebellion is imminent."
Wang Wei shook his head and said: "The chaos in Shaanxi is already a fact, and the court also knows it, so let it be chaos, it is better than chaos in the capital. Get up and get better.
There was a big explosion in the gunpowder depot, and most of the capital was almost in ruins. Two of the high officials in the court died, and all the eunuchs in His Majesty's imperial kitchen were smashed to death by tiles. Your Majesty hid. They are too scared to come out under the altar... In such a situation, who can take care of this remote Yansui border area?
Keep it up, there will always be a way when it can't be maintained..."< /p>
Chen Hongfan saw a hint of dejection on Wang Wei's face, so he sighed and continued to watch the execution.
"Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven...one hundred! The punishment is over!"
As the leader of the soldiers counted one hundred, two The executioners stopped at the same time, holding on to their sticks and gasping for air.
Zhang Bingzhong slowly raised his head and looked at the two Shangguan sitting on the stage. He neither cried out in pain nor begged for mercy, but just stared at the Shangguan.
Wang Wei glanced at Zhang Bingzhong and said to Chen Hongfan: "This person is unruly and unruly. In normal times, I would love such a tough soldier the most. At this moment, it is better not to stay with such a person." In the army, we will not be harmed."
Chen Hongfan smiled bitterly and said: "I will obey your military orders!"
After saying that, Chen Hongfan stood up and came to Zhang Bingzhong, looking down at him. He turned to Zhang Bingzhong and said, "This is the best I can do for you. The Commander-in-Chief cannot tolerate you. Zhang Bingzhong, you can find your own way out."
Zhang Bingzhong was silent for a while.He stretched out a hand and said, "I haven't given you half a year's worth of food yet!"
Chen Hongfan turned his head to the sky and stared at the dim sun in the sky. After a while, he took out a handful of coppers from his arms and threw them in front of Zhang Bingzhong's face. , said calmly: "That's all!"
Zhang Bingzhong got up from the ground with difficulty. He didn't care about the pants he threw aside and his bare buttocks with blood and thorns. He knelt on the ground one by one, one by one. Picking up copper coins...
When he dug out the last copper coin from the soil, he looked regretfully at the empty ground and whispered: "One hundred and forty-seven copper coins are still missing! "
Chen Hongfan said with a cold face: "This is a gift from me!"
Zhang Bingzhong's bearded face twitched slightly, and he looked up at Chen Hongfan and said: "After all, the Ming Dynasty owes me one hundred and forty-seven cents!"
Chen Hongfan sneered: "Put on your pants and get out!"
Zhang Bingzhong leaned over He picked up his pants without putting them on, casually put them on his shoulders, limped slowly out of the military camp.
Once out the door, there was no looking back...
Since the military camp was established here, there has been no human habitation around.
Looking around, there is only one hill, one hill after another. These hills are not high, just like huge buns lying across the ground.
As Zhang Bingzhong walked, the wound on his butt stopped bleeding and his back was not injured. This is Zhang Bingzhong’s greatest luck.
Walking from noon to sunset, and from sunset to dawn, Zhang Bingzhong stopped at a mountain col.
He heard a few faint calls of sheep, a smile appeared on his face, and he quickened his pace and walked into the col.
The rain this year was not good, and there was not much grass on the mountain. There were only a dozen skinny sheep nibbling the grass roots hard.
A shepherd sat under a barkless elm tree and looked at his sheep.
In the blink of an eye, he suddenly spotted Zhang Bingzhong, screamed, jumped up and ran away.
Zhang Bingzhong did not chase, but grabbed a sheep and threw it heavily to the ground. The sheep screamed, and the shepherd's feet seemed to be nailed to the ground. No more running.
"Zhang Bingzhong, do you still want me to live? Do you still want me to live?"
Zhang Bingzhong looked at the shepherd with a smile and said: "Grandpa only wants one sheep... Besides, I want to use it on your wife too."
The shepherd was so angry that he tore off his clothes and bumped towards Zhang Bingzhong.
The thin shepherd was Zhang Bingzhong’s opponent. Zhang Bingzhong reached out and grabbed the shepherd’s head firmly with one hand. The shepherd waved his arms hard to beat the evil man. , but unfortunately, in front of Zhang Bingzhong, who had long hands and long legs, he resisted like a naughty boy. As soon as Zhang Bingzhong turned his wrist, the shepherd turned around involuntarily, and then he was kicked over by Zhang Bingzhong's big furry foot. land.
The shepherd’s chest was stepped on by a big foot, and he couldn’t break it open even with all his strength.Opening that leg, he had no choice but to shout desperately towards the thatched hut not far away: "Chun Ya, run quickly..."
Zhang Bingzhong smiled as he watched the shepherd struggling under his feet, and turned his fiery eyes Towards the hut.
A woman ran out of the hut in a panic, like a headless fly, and was about to run behind the hill. However, she saw her husband struggling at Zhang Bingzhong's feet, and slowly ran away halfway. He stopped and walked towards Zhang Bingzhong step by step.
Zhang Bingzhong smiled wildly and found a wool rope to tie up the shepherd. While tying him up, he said with a ferocious smile: "Grandpa walked for a long time and a night just to find your wife.
p>She is the most beautiful woman in this land with a radius of hundreds of miles!"
Seeing Zhang Bingzhong walking toward his wife step by step with his lower body exposed, the shepherd screamed: "Grandpa God! "Open your eyes and take a look!"
Zhang Bingzhong glanced at the shepherd and said, "The sky is dead!"
After saying this, he hugged the woman. .
The sheep grazing at the foot of the mountain knew nothing about this. Even the sheep that Zhang Bingzhong threw was grazing quietly at the moment.
They don’t know that the fuller they eat, the fatter their bodies will be, and the closer they will be to their death.
As the sky gradually darkened, the sheep huddled together and gathered tightly around the shepherd. After the sun completely set, the cold mountain wind quietly drifted along the valley. The woman's screams and cries were carried to the ninth heaven.
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
The shepherd was angry The accusation fell on Zhang Bingzhong's ears.
The shepherd’s voice gradually became hoarse, then turned into a scream, and soon became silent.
At dawn, when Zhang Bingzhong came out of the hut naked, he glanced at the dead tree and couldn't help but cursed, "Straight motherfucker!"
On the ground It was filled with corpses, mainly those of sheep, and secondarily those of the shepherd.
Whether they were sheep or shepherds, their bodies were incomplete and scattered in a radius of ten feet.
The shepherd’s internal organs were eviscerated by the wolf, and the internal organs of many sheep were also missing.
Looking at the shepherd's unblinking eyes, Zhang Bingzhong spat and said, "Grandpa actually forgot that there are wolves here at night!"
When he opened the broken door of the hut, the woman came across. Lying on a bed covered with hay, Zhang Bingzhong pulled the woman's head and said: "Get up, cook for grandpa!"
The woman's head hung weakly to the other side, Zhang Bingzhong looked in After checking the woman's breath, she discovered that the woman was dead.
Zhang Bingzhong spat again, angrily covered the woman's body with a torn wool blanket, and then sat at the door, worrying about what to eat today.
After just sitting for a moment, Zhang Bingzhong started to care about the shepherd.The corpse was thrown into the thatched hut, and the thatched grass was lit with fire sticks. Then some remaining mutton was found and inserted into the branches to wait for the fire to start.
The hut soon caught fire, and the fire was so fierce that the mutton stuck on the branches was roasted squeaking in a short while.
The fire burned for more than an hour before gradually extinguishing. At this time, Zhang Bingzhong had already finished eating the mutton and was still a little unfinished. He looked around and found no other food, and the remaining mutton was already covered with food. fly.
I felt that the wound on my butt had scabbed over, so I put on my pants, carried a roasted leg of lamb on my back, and walked away around the foot of the mountain...