I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 70 What happened in Liaoyang
As we approached Wu Jingmen, more and more people begged on the roadside.

Since last year, many people have come from Kaiyuan and other places in the north to escape. The rich people have gone directly to live in Guannei or Guangning. Those who have no money and cannot leave can only build houses and dig nests outside Liaoyang City and beside the city wall. They live with their children, begging or looking for work to survive.

"Master, please give me a few copper coins. I haven't eaten for several days!"

"Sir, do you need me to show you the way? Liaoyang's territory is very large, but I'm familiar with every place!"

"Master, I want to find a place to rest. I know where it is comfortable and cheap, so I won't let you go through any trouble."

"You need to look at the skins. High-quality mink and bear skins are all from Mongolia and Jurchen. There are also wild ginseng. If you want, please come with me. The price is very affordable."

Seeing Yang Lian and his entourage coming on horseback, many people wanted to come over to beg for food, ask for help, or sell goods.

But frightened by the guards behind Yang Lian, they could only shout from a distance and did not dare to get close.

It was already October, but many people were still wearing single clothes. Yang Lian couldn't bear to see it, so he ordered his servants to take out some copper coins and give them out, which caused a burst of looting. Although it was a drop in the bucket, it was still a piece of his heart. .

When he arrived at Wujing Gate, he showed the document to the city gate guard. After checking, he found out that he was actually an imperial envoy. The general who defended the city did not dare to neglect, and quickly sent someone to notify the Liaodong Dusi, and at the same time sent someone to take Yang Lian and his party to the Dusi's station.

Liaoyang is divided into two cities, the north and south. The south city is ten miles away and the north city is three miles away. The north and south are connected, forming a "sun" shape. Most of the government offices are located in the north city, and the south city is where the people live.

Yang Lian entered from the west gate, where he could appreciate the local customs and customs.

Nowadays, the war in Liaodong is urgent, and there are many soldiers from all over the country to assist Liao. Now the streets are mostly filled with foreign soldiers with different accents.Yang Lian couldn't help but asked strangely:
"If these soldiers are not training in the camp, why are there so many of them hawking goods in Liaoyang City?"

The person who led the way didn't take it seriously, but he didn't answer the imperial envoy's question.

"Your Excellency, you don't know. The government is not short of hungry soldiers. I heard that when visiting soldiers from other provinces come here, they often don't have enough to eat, so they can only hunt wild products and sell them to supplement military expenses."

After hearing this, Yang Lian dismounted and walked, wanting to see the current situation of the market in Liaoyang City and wander around.

Although Liaodong is bitterly cold, it is also rich in products. In the Ming Dynasty, horse markets were often opened to trade with Mongolians, Jurchens and others, and iron tools, grain and other materials were exchanged for horses, cattle, sheep, furs, medicinal materials and other valuable materials, and the profits were huge.

The same is true in the Liaoyang market. There are sellers of horses, livestock, iron pots, ironware, and even firearms, bows and arrows.

As he was walking, he saw a few people who were not dressed as Han people but were dressed like southwestern chieftain soldiers setting up stalls, so he stepped forward to check.

I only saw that they sold a lot of things, including all kinds of furs, tiger, bear, mink, some medicinal materials, and even some arrows and crossbow heads.

Yang Lian wanted to take the arrow to see with interest, when he heard a shout:
"Just take a look. You can play with other things. This arrow cannot be moved. They are all quenched with poison. If you touch them, you will die. If you want, just quote directly. We have many here, and you can also pick them up."

Yang Lian looked up and saw a man wearing a thick hat and gorgeous clothes at the stall who reminded him.

"Thank you, good man. I saw that the arrowhead is very sharp. I'm afraid it will be rarely used in the army. Why do you want to sell it?"

When the man heard this, he couldn't help but sneer. "There are many of these arrows in our army, and the selling point is that they are fine. They can subsidize life and make life a little easier for the brothers in the camp. You have to take a good look at it. Such good things are rare, but they are better than what these people from Zhejiang use. Muskets are much easier to use. They explode the chamber after a few hits. You have a crossbow and you can use it however you want."

Yang Lian also laughed when he heard this, thinking that he was bluffing.

"I heard that this Zhejiang soldier was trained by Qi Jin, Qi Shaobao's nephew. He followed Qi Jiguang to fight against the Japanese in Fujian when he was 17 years old. He has learned the true story of Qi Jiguang. How could he be inferior to this crossbow with poisonous arrows?"

"I'm telling you, you're kind enough to remind me, why are you so stubborn? The southern army is weak, but its firearms are powerful. The other wolf spears and dead wood and bamboo spears are useless, and they are worse than the white-stemmed spears of our army. It's too far, even if Qi Jiguang comes, it will be useless.

It's not like I haven't fought before. I despise these birdmen the most. If Xiong Jinglue hadn't kept suppressing them, I would have wanted to avenge the last feud in Tongzhou. "

As soon as he mentioned Baigan, Tongzhou, etc., Yang Lian understood the whole story.

These men must be Shizhu Tusi soldiers, trained by the female general Qin Liangyu. They mostly use white-poled hook guns, wear thick rattan helmets, and are good at using poisonous crossbows. They are united by clans. They have strict military discipline and strong combat effectiveness.

But in April of this year, when the Shizhu chieftain soldiers passed through Tongzhou on the road to aid Liao, they met the Zhejiang soldiers led by Qi Jin.

There was a dispute over some words. Both sides looked down on each other and started fighting. In the end, they even brought out muskets and artillery, which turned Tongzhou upside down.

It seems that the chieftain soldiers are still not convinced, and Yang Lian can't help but worry. He has heard about the fighting strength of the two armies. If the two armies are not getting along before the war, what will they do during the war.So I didn't reply to him, just bought some arrows and got up and walked away.

There were many such soldiers setting up stalls around such roadside stalls. Yang Lian went over to look at them one by one and bought some of the ordnance they sold.

It was discovered that some stalls and shops were opened not by soldiers, but by some local Liao people or Mongolians who surrendered.

Their situation is not as good as that of the soldiers' stalls. Soldiers often come to buy and sell forcibly. Yang Lian has seen it several times, and it is still the same group of people. People around him are not surprised to see it, and they have become accustomed to it.

Yang Lian didn't want to reveal his identity any more, so he could only ask the soldiers leading the way who he was.

"Sir, among the guest soldiers coming to Liaodong, only the Sichuan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers have better military discipline. The rest are not so good, especially the Wujing camp and the Weining camp. I heard that their military discipline is not good... ··.”

The soldiers could only answer bravely, but others were humble and did not want to offend others, so they refused to say anything.

Yang Lian saw him hesitating and didn't dare to elaborate, so he asked his entourage to ask questions at the nobles' booth, and it didn't take long for them to find out the situation.

It turns out that Wujing Camp and Weining Camp were reinforcements led by Suiyuan garrison generals Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi. They were stationed at Hupiyi north of Liaoyang on weekdays. However, the military discipline was extremely bad. When they were stationed, they looted merchants and Liao merchants along the way. People living in villages often come to Liaoyang in groups to drink, gamble, fight, buy and sell by force during holidays.

The more Yang Lian watched, the more frightened he became. He thought that if these soldiers encountered Hou Jin, they would collapse at the first touch. Not only would they be useless, but they would be a disservice.

However, there were many soldiers in Wujing camp and Weining camp here, and they did not reveal their identity. It was difficult to arrest them, so they asked the leading soldiers to lead the way quickly and waited until the Dusi station met Xiong Tingbi.

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