Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 302

"Feng County, known as "Fengzhou" in ancient times, was first built in the Qin Dynasty. It is located in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains and the source of the Jialing River. It is located in the southwest of Baoji, Shaanxi, bordering Gansu in the west, Sichuan in the south, and Hanzhong in the east. A battleground for military strategists, it is known as the "throat of Qin and Shu, and the key of northern Han". It has 92 villages in six townships under its jurisdiction, and has various medicinal materials such as pepper, apple, Codonopsis pilosula, Fritillaria, Eucommia, Gastrodia elata, and musk. .In the 43rd year of Wanli’s population statistics, there were 890 households and 770 households. The land has fertile fields…….”

"That's enough, that's enough, don't read it anymore." Young Master Zhang lazily interrupted Shi Kefa's recitation of Fengxian county annals, yawned and said: "The old numbers from 14 years ago have long been ignored. Besides, these In order to collect money and help the big gentry evade the tax and field tax, the local officials reported the figures of household registration and land acres just to perfunctory the court—probably a little more reliable than Yuan Chonghuan's number of enemies killed, and it is useless to think about it. "

"Student is taking the liberty." Shi Kefa blushed and put down the data he had summed up, and said rather embarrassedly: "The department hall often teaches students that in order to be a general, one must understand astronomy, geography, understand the situation of the army, check Yin and Yang, and know oneself and the enemy. Only then can we be victorious in all battles. Later, the students saw that the Butang kept inquiring about the situation in Feng County from the people fleeing south along the way, so they summarized the Fengxian County Chronicles sent by Hanzhong Prefecture, and wanted to provide some references for the Butang.”

"The idea is good, but the approach is too exaggerated." Young Master Zhang continued to yawn and said, "Let's not say that the data is unreliable, even if the numbers are true, but 14 years have passed, and the population of Feng County is dying, moving and relocating. The population figures and the number of soldiers have long been different from those of 14 years ago. Therefore, if you want to understand the war potential and specific conditions of Feng County, it is best to ask the locals, especially those rich and squires. They are extremely well-informed, and can figure out the ins and outs of things at the slightest sign of trouble, and they are even more concerned about the military situation that is related to their lives and lives, and the information they provide is more reliable."

"Yes, the student has memorized it." Shi Kefa replied respectfully, remembering the experience taught by Young Master Zhang.At this time, Young Master Zhang and his party of 40 to [-] people had almost rested, and the horses they were riding were also fed with fodder. Young Master Zhang was just about to give the order to set off and continue to Fengxian County, when the north of the official road leading to Fengxian County came face to face. The large group consisted of women, children, old and weak, and some men dressed as family servants with weapons, vigilantly protecting the carriages and trucks in the middle of the group, followed by a large number of ordinary people in linen shorts.Young Master Zhang smiled and said to Shi Kefa: "Tell Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrives, the big households in Feng County have escaped for their lives. I will give you a chance to exercise. Go over and ask them about the current situation in Feng County."

Shi Kefa happily agreed, and hurried up to chat up the servants, asking about the current situation in Feng County.After a while, Shi Kefa came back and reported to Young Master Zhang nervously: "The Ministry, the situation doesn't seem to be good. These people are indeed members of the well-known Song family in Feng County, and they are protecting their master and wife from fleeing to Hanzhong. But listen These servants said that their master was reluctant to abandon his family property and flee from disaster. He hoped that Qin Zongbing and General Zhao would be able to defend Fengxian County, and donated some money and food to Qin Zongbing and the others to reward the army, but yesterday March 21, their master is good! He seemed to hear some bad news, so he fled to Hanzhong with his family and property in a hurry, but those servants didn't know the specific news, they just advised us not to go north to die, and to flee back to Hanzhong is the right way."

"Qin Liangyu and Zhao Guangyuan are starting to get nervous." Young Master Zhang nodded slightly, and then shouted: "Don't delay, set off immediately, no matter how late it is today, we must arrive at Feng County." Song Xiance, Li Dingguo, Zhang Shitou and Young Master Zhang Dozens of soldiers agreed, mounted their horses together, passed through the fleeing crowd and headed north quickly, rushing non-stop to the battlefield in Feng County.

As analyzed by Young Master Zhang, Qin Liangyu and Zhao Guangyuan led the Ming army on the Fengxian battlefield. It was really tight. They found that the southern battlefield was likely to be the weak spot of the Ming army's encirclement. Guarding the monk's original natural danger, the main force concentrated southward to fight with Qin Liangyu in the area of ​​Qingfeng Pavilion.Still the same sentence, Qin Liangyu's white-armed soldiers can definitely be regarded as one of the best soldiers in Daming. Under the premise of the same weapons, it is still a big question mark whether Master Zhang's direct descendant, Dog Shaojun, can beat the white-armed soldiers, but the only one The weakness is that there are too few troops, a total of [-] people, and [-] people have to be left to guard the equally important Shizhu lair to deter the local chieftains who have dissident ideas. A mere four thousand troops.As for the Shaanxi-Gansu second-line army in Zhao Guangyuan's hands, at most they were fighting behind the white soldiers. It is too precarious to expect them to go to the front line to fight bloody battles with an army of thieves ten times their size.

Aiming at the only weakness of the white soldiers' weak strength, the treacherous and cunning Fan Wencheng formulated a rather vicious offensive tactic for the army of rebels, that is to use strong bows and crossbows to restrain them from a long distance, and slowly advance in a dense formation to force the white soldiers to attack. It is hard for the soldiers to charge, even if it is worth the death of three or four rebel soldiers to exchange for a white soldier, at the same time, taking advantage of the complex terrain of the Qinling Mountains, a small group of elites was sent to harass Qin Liangyu's food road by detours, forcing Qin Liangyu's army to separate. The already insufficient troops protect the food road.As a result, after the two-day battle between March 20th and March [-]th, Qin Liangyu, who had lost nearly a thousand troops, could no longer control the initiative on the battlefield and was forced to withdraw to Fengxian County to rest. The Kongjialiang Xiazhai, which was more than [-] miles away, posed a direct threat to Fengxian County and the hinterland of Hanzhong.

In view of the urgency of the war situation, on the evening of March 22, Qin Liangyu held a military meeting in the Fengxian County Government to discuss the next battle plan.At the meeting, Qin Liangyu advocated that the army should take the initiative to attack again after a short rest, go north to block the footsteps of the rebels going south, and strive to force the rebel army to retreat northward, and protect the hinterland of Hanzhong from the rebels to the greatest extent.And this proposal was naturally strongly opposed by Zhao Guangyuan and Qin Liangyu's eldest son Ma Xianglin, and the reason was very good-there was a huge disparity between the widow and the widow.But Ma Xianglin and Zhao Guangyuan's next step strategy is also very different. Ma Xianglin's suggestion is to stick to Feng County according to the order of Young Master Zhang and kill the enemy according to the city; Hanzhong is empty, so we should abandon Feng County and retreat to Hanzhong, and continue to stop the rebels in Baocheng.Each of the three strategies was justified, but no one could convince anyone, and the meeting immediately fell into a stalemate.

"Report—!" When the military meeting was arguing in full swing, a messenger suddenly rushed into the yamen, and said to Qin Liangyu, "I want to report to the commander, more than a thousand soldiers and horses came from the south gate of Fengxian County, claiming to be Hanzhong. The civil volunteer army urgently recruited by the prefect Gu Zhidao came to Feng County to help in the battle. General Ma Xiangling asked for instructions, should the city be opened to let the reinforcements enter the city?"

"Since Lord Gu sent reinforcements, why didn't you just let them enter the city and ask for instructions?" Zhao Guangyuan, who was worried about the lack of troops, asked in confusion.The messenger replied: "Back to General Zhao, because there is something wrong with Kanhe (the ancient letter of introduction). The Kanhe of Master Gu presented by the support army has been soaked in water, and the handwriting and seal have been blurred. It is impossible to distinguish the authenticity from the fake. So General Ma Xiangling did not dare to make decisions on his own, and sent a villain to ask the commander and general for instructions."

It is not uncommon for Kanhe to be soaked in rain and water, but Qin Liangyu and Zhao Guangyuan did not dare to take any risks, so they had to lead Ma Xianglin, Zhang Fengyi and Cai Jian to the south gate to check what happened.When I arrived at the city tower and looked outside, there was indeed a young and strong team with the flag of the Ming army outside the south gate. Qin Liangyu's only daughter, Ma Xiangling, was talking to the general of the Ming army at the bottom of the city. I'm really sorry, when the army crossed the Bingshui River, the last general's horse stumbled and fell into the river accidentally, and the Hanzhong mansion Kanhe that the last general carried with him was flooded. But Kanhe absolutely It's true, we are all rebels recruited by the prefect."

"Are you the general there? What is your last name? What is your official position?" Ma Xiangling asked worriedly.The rather handsome general replied: "The last general's surname is Chen Wenfan. He was originally a guerrilla in Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. In the eighth year of Tianqi, he resigned because of his failure to suppress bandits and returned to his hometown in Hanzhong Prefecture. This time, the ancient magistrate recruited rebels to go north. To help the war, the general will defend his hometown and join the army again. Because he has battlefield experience, Master Gu appointed the general to act as the guerrilla in Hanzhong, leading this rebel army to go north to help in the war. The guerrilla badge of the general, just now Send them together to the city wall, and ask the female general to check the authenticity carefully."

"Xiangling, where is his Kanhe and waist badge? Let mother see it." Qin Liangyu went over and asked in a low voice.Seeing her mother coming, Ma Xiangling hurriedly handed over Chen Wenfan's Kanhe and the waist badge. Qin Liangyu took it and looked carefully, and recognized the waist badge at the first sight-but it was absolutely unreliable. The generals who died on the battlefield may be lost. Even among the thieves, there are many low-level generals of the Ming army who surrendered and rebelled. It is even easier to get one or two badges of Ming army generals.However, Kanhe, the only one who can prove his identity, has blurred handwriting, and he can barely see that the content is indeed that the prefect of Hanzhong, Gu Zhidao, sent this newly recruited Ding Zhuang volunteer army to Feng County to fight, and the prefect of Gu Zhidao The seal is also very blurred, and it is impossible to tell whether it is genuine or not.

Faced with such a complicated situation, Qin Liangyu and Zhao Guangyuan couldn't help but feel embarrassed. They wanted to let the army stay outside the city overnight, and then let them enter the city after dawn, but it would definitely hurt the soldiers who volunteered to fight. People's hearts, let them enter the city, it's already dark now, if this army suddenly attacks after entering the city, it will be a big deal.When he was in a dilemma, Chen Wenfan had already seen Qin Liangyu appearing, and hurriedly shouted again, "Is it Commander Qin? Commander, please trust the general. Although the general has a humble position, he has rich experience in the army since he was a child. After entering the city, he must It can come in handy. The commander-in-chief may not believe it, but in fact, the general has met Zhang Haogu and Zhang Butang, the new governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and he is very familiar with Zhang Butang."

"You know that little bastard Zhang Haogu?" Qin Liangyu, who was having trouble distinguishing Chen Wenfan's identity from the real one, had an idea, and hurriedly asked, "When did you meet him? What does he look like?"

"That happened in the first half of last year." Chen Wenfan replied respectfully: "In the first half of last year, when Zhang Butang was only the governor of Xuanda, the last general followed Mr. Sun Ge and Zhang Butang to wipe out the rebellious thieves in Fugu. The courier who escorted Elder Sun Ge to the Xuanda military camp delivered letters many times, so I met Zhang Butang a few times. Zhang Butang was about six feet tall, slightly shorter than the general, with fair skin, big eyes and small mouth. Red lips and white teeth, high nose bridge, no beard, very handsome—by the way, Zhang Butang likes to hold a folding fan in his hand when he is wearing casual clothes, it is a real Tang Bohu painting fan, very elegant and elegant."

Both Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin had met Young Master Zhang, so of course they knew that the person Chen Wenfan described was Young Master Zhang.Ma Xiangling blushed slightly and asked, "You said you saw Zhang Butang holding a painting fan, what was painted on that fan?" Chen Wenfan laughed, and replied: "Female general, please forgive me for being rude— ——Zhang Butang is a romantic person, and Tang Bohu likes to draw beauties, so of course there are some things on the fan that are inconvenient to show in public.”

"Mother, I can't be wrong." Ma Xiangling, who had seen Master Zhang's erotic fan painting, said to Qin Liangyu with a blushing face: "Zhang Haogu has a high position and authority, and it is even harder for idlers to see him than to go to heaven. Since this Chen Wenfan I’ve met Zhang Haogu many times, so it’s definitely not fake.”

"That's right." Qin Liangyu nodded, and ordered: "Go and open the city gate, and then let people vacate the house for this rebel army to station."

The soldiers of the Ming army obeyed the order and slowly lowered the suspension bridge, while Chen Wenfan was ecstatic, knowing that Qin Liangyu had finally been fooled.But at this critical moment, a fast horse suddenly rushed out from the darkness in the southwest, and immediately a half-sized man shouted loudly: "Damn! Don't be fooled! Fake, it's fake! Damn! Qiang!" Don't be fooled——!"

"What happened?" The generals of the Ming army and Chen Wenfan in the city were all taken aback, while the experienced Qin Liangyu shouted decisively: "Stop! Don't let the bridge go! Pull it up!"

"Gah!" Amid the sound of the hemp rope twisting, the suspension bridge stopped abruptly and rose again. Fan Wencheng, who was on the verge of failure, was furious. When he turned his head to look at the fast horse, the knight had disappeared again. In the darkness, there was no trace of it.Fan Wencheng was suspicious, he didn't know where the self-army had a flaw, and the middle-aged man who didn't know the origin saw through the clues.Qin Liangyu yelled angrily in the city: "Chen Wenfan, who the hell are you? If you don't tell the truth, I'm going to ask someone to shoot an arrow!"

"Hahahahaha...!" Now that Qin Liangyu has become suspicious, Fan Wencheng simply laughed and said, "Qin Liangyu, you barbarian old bitch, today is your luck." Good! But your luck must be up to now. Your barbarian Hanzhong Mansion is empty of troops. We have known this for a long time! It doesn’t matter if we can’t take down Fengxian County tonight. Tomorrow our 10,000+ Shaanxi rebels will bypass it directly Fengxian enters Hanzhong, let's see what you, an old bitch, will do!"

"Dog thief! I want your life!" Seeing Fan Wencheng insulting his mother, Ma Xianglin was furious and shot an arrow. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and Fan Wencheng ran away early, and the feathered arrow only hit Fan Wencheng. After a dozen steps behind him, he landed exhausted.Fan Wencheng turned back and laughed again: "Qin Liangyu, I heard that your daughter and daughter-in-law are not bad. When I capture them alive, I will take good care of them! And you old bitch, we will also arrange Hundreds of men take good care of you! See you in Hanzhong, you barbarians and beauties in Hanzhong, but you are still waiting for my uncle to love and comfort you! Hahahahaha...!"

Amid wild laughter, Fan Wencheng led more than a thousand rogue soldiers dressed as Ming soldiers away, and it was only at this moment that the generals of the Ming army discovered in cold sweat that a large number of people had appeared in the open Ximen and Beiwai in Feng County. The ghost-like figure, it is obvious that these must be the army of thieves ambushing in secret - if the city gate was opened just now, the consequences would be unimaginable.And Qin Liangyu secretly called out his luck, and the top of his head was covered with cold sweat, thinking: "How do the rebels know our situation so well? They even know that the Hanzhong defenders are empty. If the rebel army really bypasses Feng County tomorrow and goes directly south, what should I do?"

"Mother, who was that person who called the police to remind us just now?" After the rebel army went away and strengthened their patrols, Ma Xiangling thought of a major problem, and hurriedly asked Qin Liangyu: "His tone seems to be asking you to do something." Mother? When did you adopt the adopted son, why didn't I hear you when I came out?"

"Have I confiscated a foster son?" Qin Liangyu was also confused, then turned to Zhang Fengyi and asked, "Feng Yi, have you ever adopted a foster son in the army?"

"No?" Zhang Fengyi replied inexplicably.When Qin Liangyu turned to her daughter again, Ma Xiangling blushed immediately, and said angrily, "Mother, where did you go? The daughter is not married yet, so what kind of adopted son will there be?"

"We'll know when he comes back." Ma Xianglin said in a deep voice: "Since this person called the police to remind us, he must be a friend rather than an enemy. When the thieves are far away, he will definitely come back. Let's wait a little longer. It might not be long before he will show up again." Qin Liangyu, Ma Xiangling and the others thought about it, so they stayed on the tower and waited patiently.

Sure enough, after more than an hour, the mysterious half-child sneaked out of the darkness again, and rode a fast horse to the south gate of Fengxian County to call the city, "Godmother, I'm back, please!" Put down the hanging rope and pull me up." Qin Liangyu and others, who had been impatient for a long time, ordered the soldiers to put down the hanging basket and hang the half-sized boy on the city wall.After reaching the city wall, the half-sized man immediately turned his eyes to look around, first looked at Qin Liangyu, then at Zhang Fengyi and Ma Xiangling, and asked hesitantly, "Two female generals, which one of you is Miss Ma Xiangling?"

"I am, who are you?" Ma Xiangling stood up and asked.The middle-aged man first praised how beautiful he was, then hurriedly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said: "Li Dingguo, my son, I kowtow to my godmother. I wish my godmother good luck and success in everything. The longer you live, the younger you live, the longer you grow, the more beautiful you are.... "

"Wait!" Ma Xiangling stopped Li Dingguo with a flushed face, and asked angrily, "What do you call me? Godmother? When did I become your godmother?"

"Damn it, I called you wrong. You should call me the future godmother." Li Dingguo slapped himself lightly, and said with a playful smile, "Future godmother, you see that the baby kowtowed to you like this, shouldn't you slap her?" Give the child a little meeting gift? When the child worshiped the godfather, the godfather gave the child a priceless Qingfeng sword. Godmother, you are a hero among women. I'm sure I won't be stingy anymore, future godmother, don't you think...?"

"Speak nonsense again, and I'll tear your mouth apart!" Ma Xiangling was ashamed and angry, and couldn't help kicking Li Dingguo's chest.Zhang Fengyi asked curiously: "Li Dingguo, then who is your godfather?" After Li Dingguo replied honestly with a hippie smile, an extremely angry growl sounded from the city wall of Feng County soon...

"Zhang Haogu! I'm going to kill you! Cut you off! How dare you teach your godson to call me that? If I don't kill you! Cut you off! I swear not to be human—!"

(End of this chapter)