Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 191: Meeting in Bazhou

The grassland man's name is Natulu.

As the name suggests, this is a tall and strong prairie man.

At the same time, he is also a centurion in the grassland army!

Looking at the two people in front of me, a skinny young man and a timid "middle-aged old man"!
Let them be captain?
This is ridiculous!
Natulu expressed his dissatisfaction with an angry look.

He proudly talked about his background. He was a minor noble on the grassland, and his mother had one sixteenth of the blood of the Golden Family...

How could a noble like him be managed by these two lowly shepherd slaves?

This is simply an insult to his sacred bloodline of grassland nobles!
Raja and Lei Zhetuo listened to each other's contemptuous and insulting words and did not dare to refute at all.

In a sense, they are no different from the people of Fangjiazhuang back then.

The only difference is that one is farming for the landlord, and the other is herding for the noble.

The weakness of the two made Natulu more aggressive. The Huaiyin army watched quietly from the side without any intention of stopping him, which further encouraged Natulu's arrogance.

"You two bastards, you should kneel down and hand over the food!"

Natulu said in the pure grassland aristocratic accent.

Lei Zhetuo had long been accustomed to being bullied like this, so after hearing these words, he knelt down with a plop, raised the dried meat high above his head and presented it to Natulu!

Natulu took the dried meat as a matter of course, and then looked at Raja.

However, Raja resisted the urge to kneel.

After all, he was a young man and did not give in as easily as Lei Zhetuo.

Natulu felt that his dignity was challenged. He walked up to Raja angrily and stared at him.

Natulu is a full head taller than Raja and his waist is three times wider!

"Get down on your knees, bastard!"

Natulu roared.

Raja couldn't bear the pressure and his knees couldn't help but bend.

Seeing that Raja was kneeling slowly, Natulu raised his hand and slapped Raja in the face.

Raja staggered, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and lost his grip on the dried meat in his hand, which fell to the ground.

Natulu became even angrier upon seeing this.

"How dare you, bastard, dirty my food!"

Then he slapped me again.

Suddenly, a big foot kicked over and knocked Natulu to the ground!

"who!"

Natulu said angrily.

But when he saw that it was the Huaiyin army who kicked him, he dared not say anything more.

After all, the Huaiyin army was wearing armor and holding weapons.

Although he looked tall and strong, and kept talking about bloodline and holiness, he was actually just a spineless man.

They could only bully their own people and dared not resist the Huaiyin Army at all.

Because anyone with a little backbone would not have stayed until now.

The Huaiyin Army looked at Natulu coldly and said:
"According to military law, captured soldiers who beat their superiors should be put to death!"

Natulu panicked instantly and knelt down to beg for mercy.

However, the Huaiyin Army ignored him and turned to look at Raja, drew out their sabers, handed them to Raja, and ordered:

"kill him!"

Raja took the knife tremblingly and walked towards Natulu step by step, with excitement and nervousness in his eyes.

Soon, Raja walked up to Natulu, raised his long knife, and prepared to chop him down.

But looking at Natulu's appearance, Raja was hesitant to take action.

After all, they were nobles of the grasslands, different from the lowly people like them...

Instinctively, Raja considered himself a pariah.

This is the result of many years of subtle influence.

Difficult to change easily.

Raja hesitated with the knife raised.

But Natulu wouldn't give him a chance.

Natulu suddenly jumped up, snatched the knife from Raja's hand, and then slashed at Raja without hesitation.

Raja felt the whistling blade and despair flashed in his eyes!

At this moment, there was a clang and sparks flew.

The Huaiyin army blocked Natulu's knife with their swords.

"You still dare to resist, your crime is even more serious!"

Huaiyin Army said.

Then several Huaiyin soldiers stepped forward together, subdued Natulu in a few moves and tied him up.

"Kill him!" the Huaiyin army continued.

This time Raja didn't hesitate.

Natulu struggled continuously, but to no avail.

Looking at Raja who was coming with a knife, Natulu said unwillingly:

"No, this is not fair. A lowly person like him is not worthy of being the captain. I want to duel with him to decide who will be the captain!"

"can."

Huaiyin Jun suddenly said.

Natulu was stunned.

It seemed that he did not expect the Huaiyin army to agree.

But the Huaiyin Army said:
"You can have a duel. The general said that he will respect the customs of your grassland!"

Natulu was very surprised when he heard this, and said:

"We can't bring any weapons in a duel on the grassland!"

The Huaiyin Army nodded: "Okay."

Natulu laughed wildly.

His duel with Raja was as easy as beating a chicken!
Raja turned pale.

He now regrets it very much. He shouldn't have hesitated earlier.

How can a thin man like him duel with the opponent now?
But soon, the duel began and Natulu could no longer laugh.

"No, that's not right, he is holding a crossbow!"

Natulu said in horror.

What frightened him even more was that the ropes on his hands and feet had not been untied.

Raja walked towards them step by step with a crossbow in his hand and a smile on his face.

Natulu was crawling madly on the ground like a maggot.

Raja has started taking aim.

Natulu yelled angrily.

"No, you are not trustworthy. We agreed that weapons are not allowed in a duel."

Huaiyin Army said calmly:
"This is not a weapon, but a power granted to Raja by the General. It is a reward for his hard work during the day. The General respects your customs, but please also respect the General!"

Raja: "Thank you, General, for giving me the power!"

Natulu wanted to speak again, but:

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The sharp crossbow arrow interrupted his words.

The rest of the grassland people watched this scene and dared not resist anymore.

At the same time, there were many people like Raja in the military camps of other grassland prisoners.

After dinner, all the grassland people were taken to an open space.

Here they saw those who had been taken away before.

The leader of the Huaiyin Army said:

"These are the people who tried to rebel against the general. They will all be executed. In addition, according to their confessions just now, some of them are their accomplices!"

As he spoke, a large number of Huaiyin troops came and pulled out the former officers from the grassland people group.

These grassland officers and those who were unwilling to work were driven into a big pit together.

Afterwards, new grassland officers such as Raja were called out.

"The general has given you official positions. Now it is time for you to repay the general and kill those who try to rebel against the general!"

Raja and others picked up their bows and crossbows and started shooting.

Some of the people in the pit cursed, while others begged for mercy!
During this period, some people did not dare to attack again after shooting two arrows.

This is not acceptable.

The Huaiyin Army drove him out, and then announced that anyone who dared to replace him would get his official position!

Soon, someone rushed forward and killed those grassland people!
The next day, the army continued its march.

A newly filled large pit was left in its place.

Not long after, Fang Yong's team arrived in Bazhou.

Wu Yuan and Zhai Xun also led their troops here.

The two sides met successfully.

From Wu Yuan and Zhai Xun, Fang Yong learned about the current situation on the battlefield.

First of all, the grassland had occupied the capital. Zhang Yuan's navy fought several naval battles with the grassland troops, winning more than they lost. The grassland people were not good at naval battles, so they blocked the ports and river areas.

The second is huge news.

Wang Ziteng was defeated and the remaining troops fled to Shanhaiguan!
(End of this chapter)