A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 792 Lucky Star
Kong San said: "It's time to join Xiao Yuan's camp."

Old Hu stopped while waving his whip, and after a long time, he said, "Why go to the Xiaoyuan camp, isn't it good now? Our village originally had a population of more than 3000 people, and now there are more people, so we can do it in Da'an village by ourselves." Why do you need to rely on others for a great cause?"

Kong San glanced at him, and a stern light flashed in his eyes: "Master Hu, are you really addicted to being a bandit? Don't forget what our mission is! Without the support of the Intelligence Department, Da'an Village would not have the current situation." situation?"

Huang Weijie also shook his head: "The stockade seems to have a good momentum now, but in fact it is just an illusion, and it can be said to be in danger. She Potian is just a small role, not to mention the whole of Henan, even in Kaifeng Prefecture. How many bandits are there like She Potian? Do you have to come over?"

He said: "Today's news will be spread in all directions, and it will attract more attention when it is introduced. Among other things, Xiao Yuanying, who is now in Suizhou, will definitely pay attention to us. What will they think? On the side of lying down, how can we allow others to sleep soundly, or recruit us? All these must be considered."

He said: "It doesn't matter when Xiaoyuan's battalion comes to attack, but when we encounter bigger bandits, our village will be destroyed, and we will be beaten back to its original shape in an instant. It's time to find a backer. According to the plan, Xiaoyuan Yuan Ying is the first choice."

Kong Sandao: "It's not too late. We already have information. Not long ago, the intruders have set up a captain in Fugou County, indicating that the intruders' forces have been delayed to Kaifeng Mansion. We are not enough soldiers to let the intruders go." In my eyes, we must infiltrate Xiao Yuan's battalion and find an opportunity to bring some soldiers over."

He said calmly: "Henan is no longer a place of Taoyuan. Everything in our Da'an Village is just an illusion. Only when all the thieves are wiped out will the world be peaceful in the end!"

A frenzied look flashed in his eyes: "This world is already dying, only the general can save it, but now I am unable to protect the government, I have to wait for the time, and wait for the day when the general finally sends troops."

Huang Weijie nodded vigorously, looking yearning, Lao Hu raised his hands, and he said repeatedly: "Okay, you two, I will call you father. Don't tell me the truth anymore. Whenever you talk about my old Hu, you will get a headache. What do you do?" Say, I'll do what I want, okay?"

Kong San punched him: "You boy, be glib!"

Huang Weijie also smiled, and Lao Hu smirked. To be honest, apart from the two talking about the truth, the rest of the place treated him well, and it was really a sense of loyalty to let Hu Tiande be the head of the village.

He decided that no matter what his status is in the future, no matter how well he gets along in the Xiaoyuan camp or in the Chuang army, they will always be his second village master and third village master, and he will have nothing to do with his training and logistics. , leading the brothers to fight with prestige.

Seeing the commotion in front of the three village owners, each of the patrolling soldiers at the back looked at each other and smiled. Among the three village owners, each of them actually liked the big village owner the most, but the second village owner and the third village owner were also indispensable.The master of Erzhai has trained good soldiers, so the brothers can often win battles.

The master of the three villages has hands and eyes open to the sky, and is in charge of the supplies in the village, so that the brothers will not be short of food and clothing, and go out to fight without any worries.

They rushed back to their own village. The west side of Da'an Village is adjacent to Woshui, and there is a pontoon bridge on the river. In case of emergency, this pontoon bridge can be withdrawn to ensure that the west side is safe and sound. What needs attention is the remaining sides.

However, this is also to guard against small groups of bandits. If tens of thousands of people are overwhelmed, and 10,000+ hungry people come to attack, it is impossible to hold any stockade.

As soon as the soldiers and horses arrived at the river, the sentry guards found out immediately, and the gongs bang, and then all the men, women and children in the village rushed out to greet them, and there was a lot of joy...

Three days later, the three of them stood on the west gate of the wall of the village. Although the village is large, its appearance is actually quite dilapidated. The southeast and northeast corners of the village have collapsed places. superior.To the east of the village, there is an ancient temple, but now only ruins remain.

Except for a gate on the west side of the village, the rest of the gates and walls are also blocked, this is for the sake of safety protection.There is also the open space around the stockade, except for the side near the river in the west, it is also full of potholes. There are countless holes in the surrounding area. If there are more than [-] thieves attacking the stockade, just filling these holes will exhaust them to death.

The weeds on the flat ground around the village were still completely burnt out. Once bandits approached or a large group of people passed by, the guards on the wall could clearly see it and then issued an alarm.

Henan has become a mess, frequent natural and man-made disasters, continuous wars, resulting in countless groups of hungry refugees, they staggered everywhere, leaving corpses along the way, and then starved red eyes, looking for everything to eat and drink thing.

In troubled times, people are the scariest thing, especially hungry and red-eyed people. A relatively stable village like this has always been the target of hungry people's clamor and attacks. With the force of Da'an Village, if there are more than 5000 refugees passing by nearby, they will not be killed. Dare to take it lightly.

There are more than [-] refugees, if their leader asks to "borrow food", it is better to send away a little food, otherwise the black people will surround the village, not to mention whether they can attack, the people in the village , and don't carry out any activities, everything outside the village will also be destroyed by them.

From the establishment of the Da'an Village to the present, the siege by large groups of hungry people is not once or twice. Some of the collapsed walls of the village were caused by them. Eerie, eerie.

But what makes the three of them proud is that Da'anzhai is in the area of ​​Tongxu, which can be regarded as a land of Taoyuan.

Everyone in the village, although their clothes were ragged and tattered, at least no one died of starvation. The village was filled with the sound of iron hammering, full of life.Along the river to the west of the village, a lot of wheat, beans, and some vegetables have been planted.

In the current situation in Da'an Village, men go out to fight and plunder, while women and some old and weak are farming, making weapons and so on.

However, in addition to making weapons, the main income of the village is actually from the mountain patrol army going out to fight. Although there are a lot of fields around Da'an Village, do you dare to plant them?

Looking around, there are vast plains around, and there is no shortage of fertile land. It's just that if you don't look at the county seat twenty miles to the west, and within tens of miles to the east, south, and north, are there any surviving villages?And how many big and small villages are there in this area?The place where chickens and dogs meet each other is in ruins.

Strands of homeless people are wandering around, and you can see several waves every month in Da'an Village. If you dare to stop and farm, there is no one to rely on in the strong fortress, and there is only one dead end.

Therefore, with the force of Da'an Village, they only dared to grow some grain near the village, and if they were far away, they gave up even the best fields.

Looking at the desolate land, and listening to the laughter in the village, and the children's playful voices, with Lao Hu's heartlessness, he also felt a little precarious. He was afraid that one day the village would be wiped out, and everything he had Efforts are over.

"Do you feel that all parts of Henan are quite like the end of the Han Dynasty? The big fish eat the small fish, and all parties fight each other until the one who wins finally wins, this place will be truly peaceful?"

Huang Weijie suddenly said quietly.

Old Hu became interested: "Are you talking about Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Quan and other great heroes?"

Kong San sneered: "Heroes? Maybe, but they fought hard, and in the end they fought so hard that there was no one in the world. The vitality of the Han people was greatly damaged, and the five Hus were cheap in the end. One will be successful and the bones will be dry, and it will be beautiful I don’t know what the dead bones on the cemetery will think.”

Old Hu hummed: "It seems that there are too many capable people in the world. It is not a good thing. If there is only one Cao Cao, or Liu Bei, or Sun Quan, it may not be so miserable...Of course, this is a good thing for future generations of storytellers , the more people die, the more miserable they are, the more tea customers they attract, and the more rewards they get, haha..."

They walked down the wall of the village and walked out of the gate of the village. Batiao and other guards followed from a distance, and they heard Lao Hu's dissatisfied voice: "...I said, what's wrong with me making Mrs. Yazhai? Soldiers have bed-warming wives, but as the masters of the great village, we have to deal with it ourselves, is it plausible?"

A few days ago, after going back to the stockade, they were rewarded for their meritorious deeds. The captive women were divided among various parties, and there were still a lot left, which were all used as "business" resources. Now, basically every ordinary soldier has a mother-in-law. The master is still a bachelor.

His subordinates were touched, and felt that it was rare for a village owner to think so much about his brothers. He would take care of his brothers first when it came to eating, drinking, and fun, but Lao Hu was dissatisfied. No light.

Kong San squinted at each other: "Why, the younger siblings in the family forgot and wanted to take root in Henan? I really shouldn't have let you come to Henan. It seems that you are not thinking about leaving."

"The master of the great village, the master of the second village, the master of the third village..."

A group of women whose clothes were rotten like sacks came from the other side of the river, laughing and laughing, and there were some children dancing around.When they passed by Lao Hu and others, they all greeted them with respect. The master of Dazhai and others are really good people. It is my blessing to be able to survive in Da'anzhai.

With his chest and belly sticking out, Lao Hu responded majestically to the greetings of these women with his hands behind his back: "Yes."

With a straight face, he shouted at Kong San under the strange eyes of all the women: "The Xiongnu is still alive, so what is the family doing? Master Kong, you advised me to gather wives and take concubines. There are quite a few women, but since they are the source of goods for sale, how can this village master break the rules? Don’t mention this matter again!”

He flicked his sleeves, snorted angrily, and walked away.

Kong San and Huang Weijie looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

……

Three days later, it was already March, and the hundreds of women and children left among the captives were also "sold" in exchange for a batch of ironware, gunpowder, and some grain. .

The three of them sat and discussed, now they have nearly 500 cavalry soldiers in Da'an Village, and [-] infantry soldiers, such a huge force, if they go to invest in Xiaoyuan's camp, they will definitely be taken seriously, and it happens to be in that camp internal development.

Old Hu frowned: "I don't want the village anymore? I've taken all the soldiers and horses away, what about the rest of the people in the village?"

He couldn't forget his scenery in Da'anzhai, and he had put in countless efforts here, and it was unbearable for him to give up.

Kong San said: "Of course we want the stockade! Our plan is to keep a hundred cavalry in the stockade and 500 infantry. If we only guard the stockade, it will be enough."

He said: "The [-] cavalry of She Potian's subordinates who had recently joined him, and the [-] captured men were all taken away. These people are unstable factors and cannot stay in Da'an Village. But these people brought them to surrender. Little Yuan's camp can increase our reputation."

Old Hu pondered: "Let's say that we brought nearly 400 cavalry and 500 infantry, um, not bad."

He said: "But the village always needs someone to guard it?"

Huang Weijie said: "I will stay in the village, build weapons for you, collect supplies, and count it as your natal family. I will also let the wives and children of the mountain patrol army have a place to live. You will serve as foreign aid for the village. If something happens, You can also bring in the soldiers and horses from the Xiaoyuan Battalion to support them."

Kong Sandao: "For the time being, one team of the blunderbuss team will be left behind. I will plan to train two more teams of blunderbuss soldiers from among the people left behind. Then the blunderbuss team you bring can be equipped with horses."

It was decided in this way at the moment, and the three village owners thought about how to get in touch with Xiao Yuanying.

Yuan Shizhong was originally from Hua County. Chongzhen gathered a crowd in Kaizhou in 13 years to rebel. In 14 years, he crossed the Yellow River and moved to Henan, Nanzhili and other places. The mobility was very large, and the soldiers and horses fluctuated greatly, sometimes tens of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands. Sometimes 20.

At this time, they were basically wandering in Guide Mansion and Haozhou in South Zhili, especially now Suizhou was the old camp.

This Yuan Shizhong is also considered a legendary figure. Among the gangsters, he has a good discipline and does not kill people indiscriminately. According to records of the time: "Yuan Shizhong, the Kaizhou thief, crossed the river from Kaocheng to the south, and traveled between Liang and Song Dynasties. He did not kill people or plunder women. One of the odd ones among the gang of thieves."

I heard that Yuan Shizhong was inspired by the dedication of the camp, and now he still intends to recruit security, and he is flirting with the prefect of Guide Prefecture.

Kong San and others have received information that Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, who offered their camp, have surrendered to Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying. The court was overjoyed and appointed Sun Kewang as Shouzhou Chief Soldier, Li Dingguo Deputy Chief Soldier, and Liu Liangzuo who was originally in Shouzhou was transferred to Xuzhou Yuan Shizhong couldn't help being tempted to take up the post of general soldier.

Moreover, Yuan Shizhong is a generous man with a generous personality, so going to Xiao Yuan's camp seems to be a good move at present.

The three of them were thinking about how to take refuge when they suddenly heard that the guards outside the hall came to report that a group of people wearing half green and half red felt hats came from outside the village, and they asked that the leader was the messenger of Xiao Yuanying.

The three of them looked at each other happily, and if they were really sleepy, they would have a pillow.

It turned out that the Mountain Patrol Army defeated Shepotianhou and gained a great reputation. Even Yuan Shizhong in Suizhou heard of the reputation and started to recruit him.

A man is affectionate, and a concubine is interested, and the two hooked up logically...

……

Suizhou is a famous city to the west of Guide Mansion. It belonged to Kaifeng Mansion in the early Ming Dynasty. It belonged to Guide Mansion in June of the 24th year of Jiajing. There are Wuyou Temple Pagoda and Shengshou Temple Pagoda in the south, Xianliang Temple in the west, and Yuanjia Mountain in the southeast. The pool forest and the mountain pavilion meander for more than ten miles, with famous flowers and beautiful stones. They are extremely successful for a while, and it is said that they were built by Yuan Keli, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Although this city is important, it was emptied early because of bandits and mobs. When Xiao Yuanying occupied Suizhou, the empty city was unguarded and the walls collapsed everywhere.

Yuan Shizhong had [-] soldiers and horses, and bandits, big and small, lived among the streets and alleys. At that time, the city looked quite lively. Those who didn't understand thought that the city was prosperous.Because there are too many subordinates of the hungry people, there is no room for them to live in the city. Outside the city, Wuyou Temple, Xianliang Temple, Yuanjiashan and other places are full of people from Xiaoyuanying.

Their symbol is that all men wear half green and half red hats.

On the fifth day of March, when Lao Hu and Kong San arrived in front of Suizhou City with their [-] cavalry soldiers, they saw a mess of people everywhere. It's unbearable, and many people are still holding dung forks, iron rakes and so on.

Looking at his subordinates, everyone has at least one spear. Thinking of this, a sense of superiority was born in Lao Hu's heart.

According to the information Kong San passed on to him, although Xiao Yuan's battalion had many soldiers and horses, the core was only four thousand horse soldiers, and there were still ten thousand infantrymen, the rest were old and weak, women and children, and they were too weak to fight.

Therefore, Yuan Shizhong attached great importance to their group of [-] horsemen who came to join the army. No, he personally led the big and small leaders out of the city to meet them.

That Yuan Shizhong had messy hair, a darkened face, messy clothes, thick hands and feet, like an ordinary old farmer.

He came up to him with a laugh, speaking the local dialect of Huaxian County, and was very enthusiastic: "Ye'er just beat Liu Chao, and Brother Hu came to vote today. He is really a lucky star. Don't worry, Brother Hu, you can eat it if you have a price." Yes, the food and clothing of the mountain patrol army will not be short..."

……

The ground was trembling, and at this moment, the territory of Fugou was heading towards Suizhou, and horsemen galloped on the plain like a storm. These knights riding on horses, all of them wore felt hats and cotton armor, all of them looked tough , Riding skillfully, breaking the Chinese flag, flying one piece.

(End of this chapter)