The little officer took out a pack of cigarette from his arms, opened it, and sent one to each of the smoking soldiers.

The soldier took the cigarette and took a sip. He felt that the authentic taste was much more mellow. The bag of fake Dadewang cigarette in his pocket could be thrown away compared to that.

"What a smoke, what a smoke!" The soldier comfortably exhaled a smoke ring.

"Of course it's good cigarettes," said the officer. "This cigarette costs five cents a pack, and it's not enough to buy it if you have money. General Zuo asked us to buy fake ones first. The real cigarette was taken away by General Zuo, and it was sold for a high price after changing it to a package."

"By the way, the kind of cigarette sold in the city is said to be sold to gentry in Jiangnan. One pack costs one tael of silver. What is the canal brand? That is the packaging that our General Zuo changed?" asked another soldier.

The officer said, "It was General Zuo who was selling it, but not his family. The people from the Governor's Office of the Grain Transportation Army are also engaged in this business. Our General Zuo still expects to pay us military pay. The court has too little military pay, so how can we use it for our brothers?"

"The Governor's Office of the Canal Transportation? They sell salt and entries every year. How much money do they earn when they buy salt without private salt? Still staring at this little money?"

"You don't know that the profit of this thing is no worse than selling salt!"

Several soldiers gasped. After a while, one of them said, "Sir, how about we also sell some fake cigarettes?"

"Stop dreaming. If there is no way, the general will not give this thing to us! Let's think carefully about where to find a few beautiful ladies to offer to the general!"

"Sir, I seem to hear a woman's voice, singing." A soldier suddenly shouted.

A group of bandits ran in chaos in the direction of the singing. The terrain in the mountains was complex and the sound could be clearly heard. However, the bandits ran for an hour but had not found anyone.

The singing stopped and the bandits could not find their direction.

"Sir, I know there is a mountain village ahead, and I will lead the way there." A soldier said.

After running for another quarter of an hour, I finally saw the mountain village in front of me.

The simple mountain village villagers had no idea that these Ming soldiers were a group of beasts. When they saw a group of soldiers rushing in suddenly, although they were a little scared, no one thought of running away.

In a blink of an eye, the small village became a hell on earth. The bandits rushed into the homes of the people, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, snatched away the only copper coins that the people had, and snatched away food and property. Those who resisted were all cut by them with a knife, and even forced (violent) women in broad daylight.

At Zhao Erzhu's family, his wife is about to give birth.

"Big girl, try harder, the child is coming out." The Wenpo had already grabbed the baby's head.

"Bang bang bang" Someone outside bumped into the door.

"Who?" asked Wenpo.

"Zuo Liangyu's soldiers are here, burn, kill and loot in the village. You can escape quickly!" Zhao Peng's voice came from outside.

"The child is about to be born, wait a little longer." Wen Po replied.

Zhao Peng outside shouted anxiously: "No, it's too late! Zuo Liangyu's bandits are catching women everywhere! Zhao Peng's father was blocking outside and was killed by those beasts! Zhao Peng's mother was forced by those beasts!"

"Dad! Mom!" Zhao Erzhu's wife screamed and fell into a coma.

Zhao Peng wanted to shout, but several bandits from the Zuo family army ran towards him, so he had to run away.

"Big girl, wake up quickly! The child is coming out!" The woman in Wen shouted in anxiety.

Zhao Erzhu's wife woke up, and with an anxious force, she heard a "wow" cry, and the child was finally born. However, the child's cry attracted bandits.

"There is a woman! Go in!" a bandit soldier shouted.

The bandit soldiers rushed into the yard, and Wenpo was busy cutting the umbilical cord for the baby, fetching hot water into the pot, preparing to rinse the child. At this time, the bandit soldiers rushed into the room. A bandit soldiers kicked her, and Wenpo fell to the ground, knocking the hot water in his hand over, and the baby in the wooden basin was burned to death.

The Wenpo climbed forward and hugged the baby.

A bandit soldier stabbed Wenpo and the baby to the ground together.

"Woman! Hahaha!" Several bandit soldiers sneered on them and lifted Zhao Erzhu's wife's quilt.

A group of bandits surrounded him with a grin. I don’t know how long it took, but the woman who had just given birth to the child finally couldn’t bear it and died of anger.

"Wow, what a handsome little girl!" Several bandits rushed into Shantao's home and saw this mountain village girl, their eyes were straightened.

Shantao was wearing a coarse cloth half-old clothes, but the clothes were washed clean. The coarse cloth clothes could not cover up her slim figure. Although her clean face was slightly dark, her skin was black and red, and her eyes were watery.

"You, what are you going to do?" Shantao was frightened by these bandits and retreated repeatedly.

"Little girls, come with us and go to Shucheng. If we are attracted by our general, we will ensure that you are delicious and delicious." The bandit soldier led by the leader walked forward with a grin.

"This big brother, we don't need such a handsome little girl anymore, and we will take it back and hand it over to the Grand Marshal? What a pity."

"Let's gossip about your genius! Such a handsome little girl is not something we can use on our own. Let's go back and hand it over to the Dashuai first. We can use the other women in the village at will!" A veteran with a scar on his face cursed.

Shantao reacted and turned around and ran into the forest.

The two bandit soldiers behind chased after him, but who knew that the girl in the mountain village ran quickly, and the bandit soldiers could not catch up for a moment.

"Brother Buffalo, save me quickly!" Shantao ran, shouting desperately.

"Little beauty! Come back! If you don't want your parents to die, come back honestly!" The shouts of bandits came from behind.

"Dad, mom?" Shantao was shocked. She turned her head and looked from a distance and saw that there was a fire in the village. The bandits took the villagers to the threshing ground.

"Beasts! A bunch of beasts!" The buffalo and Zhao Erzhu who returned from hunting came out of the mountains and forests, and suddenly the village caught fire. Someone was chasing Shantao. The buffalo was so angry that he cursed.

"Brother Shui Buffalo, go back and save your parents!" Shantao ran up to face his sweetheart.

When the two bandit soldiers saw two young and strong men coming out of the forest, they were about to go up to kill people with swords.

"Swoosh" two feather arrows accurately shot through the throats of the two bandit soldiers.

"Let's go back and save people!" The buffalo shouted with his hunting bow.

"Brother Buffalo, we have too few people. We will die in vain when we go back!" Zhao Erzhu dissuaded.

"Brother Erzhu! Are you still a human being! Your parents are also in the village, and your wife is about to give birth!"

"But there are many people, so we are only two of us. If we go there, we will die in vain, and we will also implicate the girl Shantao."

"If you don't go, I'll go!" The buffalo's temper came up, and no one could stop him.

"Brother Shui Buffalo, I'll go with you!" Shantao stood up bravely, "Brother Erzhu, if you don't go, give me the bow! I can shoot a few bandits too!"

When Zhao Erzhu heard that Shantao was also going to kill the enemy, his face turned red: "Let's go, I'll go back with you! I have to bring my parents and daughter-in-law out!"

The three of them were about to walk into the village, but they saw several figures of people covered with branches and leaves emerged from the bushes ahead, blocking their way.

"Three, don't go and die in vain!" The leader stopped Shui Buffalo and the others.

"Who are you?" asked the buffalo.

"We are the Huai Army, under the command of General Wang Qian, my name is Zhang Shuheng." The leader replied.

Although the buffalo could not see clearly the man's appearance, whose whole body was covered with branches and leaves, he could see that his eyes were very vivid.

"Our parents are all there, Brother Erzhu's wife is about to give birth and is also in the village. We have to go back to save people." Shui Buffalo replied.

"Don't go and die for nothing! Zuo Liangyu disobeyed Shangguan's order and refused to send troops to suppress the bandits, but harmed the people in Shucheng. It was already anger between man and gods. We will naturally let him get the punishment he deserves! There is no need for you to die for nothing." Zhang Shuheng advised him bitterly.
Chapter completed!