Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 190 Soldiers Surround Qingyang Mansion

Qingyang Mansion can be regarded as a rare good place in Shaanxi except for the Weihe Plain. It is backed by Yangjuan Mountain, Ziwu Ridge in the east, and Liupan Mountain, the birthplace of the famous Guanlong military nobles in the Tang Dynasty, in the west. Tuyuan is quickly known as the granary of Longdong.

However, the richness here has also become a disaster here. The army of refugees composed of hungry and cold people in northern Shaanxi seems to be attracted by a magnet. These peasant armies who ate the big households fought bloody battles one after another.

Even now, the war has not subsided. On the north bank of Jinghe River, north of Qingyang Mansion, the government army organized a line of defense, which happened to collide with the begging army that was advancing westward along the way.

As a result, this place where countless heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties burst out, once again burst out with blood and steel into a brilliant song!

"Protect the place! Swear allegiance to the court!"

About 5000 officers and horses formed three hungry fronts, brandishing swords while commanding Anhua Dusi hissing and shouting with all his strength, and the Ming army of the brigade held their spears and pressed forward densely.

It is helpless to say that the dominant army of the Ming Dynasty is mostly infantry. On the contrary, no matter whether the Donglu, Taokou, or the main peasant army that opposes the Ming Dynasty, they have a large number of cavalry.

Because raising horses requires a lot of fodder and food expenses, the guards and even the frontier soldiers can't afford the salary, and the people can't support them. There is even a phenomenon of reselling ordnance, and the money is embezzled by the generals. Most of them were also annexed by generals. How can I have spare money to raise horses?

On the contrary, the peasant army was able to participate in the rebel army under the horse administration of the Ming Dynasty. Many of them were bankrupt horse households. In order to survive, they brought the war horses they had raised since childhood to the army.

Now, Song Qingshu has more than 6000 cavalry under his command. The cavalry spread all over the mountains and plains to the east. Hundreds of banners of the begging army fluttered strongly in the strong wind. The ground trembled under the heavy hooves of the spear cavalry.

When they first entered Qingyang Mansion, they also plundered many local residents accompanying the army, but Song Qingshu immediately released what they should have released, because there is an endless stream of hungry people coming here every day, and there are also a large number of bandits and horse bandits among them. As if he had grown wings, Song Qingshu's prestige in destroying troops and generals by the Fenchuan River almost made him have an influence comparable to Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong's green forest giants overnight.

The class conflict between landlords and poor peasants in Qingyang Mansion is equally huge. As long as the banner of the begging army passes by, the small peasant army simply follows the scenery, and a large number of refugees regard him as the leader.

Although there is also a bad side, the begging army in the past was founded by Song Qingshu alone, and the Xing family group such as Xing Laoguan, who was decentralized, had been destroyed in the last catastrophe, and the whole army only listened to his orders, but Today, hundreds of peasant armies have converged, and the forces of all sizes are intricate, making it much more difficult to command.

Fortunately, Song Qingshu doesn't need these people to form a real combat power, he only needs this momentum!
The boundless cavalry army spread out, and the infantry brigade behind them was even more numerous, covering the sky and covering the sky. Standing in front of such an army, the feeling was simply extremely majestic.

Under the banner of the Song Dynasty with red letters on a black background, Song Qingshu is also very excited now, not only does he not feel the slightest sense of fear in front of the officers and soldiers who are burning like a line of fire, but on the contrary, he feels a heroic and murderous aura in his chest that cannot be suppressed live burst out.

This is war!
Unable to restrain his boldness any longer, Song Qingshu also reined in the horse's reins abruptly, and roared as if he had breathed his last breath into his lungs at the army under his command.

"Invade Qingyang, eat pigs and sheep! Praise these officials!"

Nothing can encourage these hungry people more than having enough food. The banner of the begging army was swung down fiercely, and thousands of troops burst out in an instant.

"kill!"

The heavy cavalry rushed over like a flood flooding the embankment, screaming and killing. The gunners of the former army of the officers and soldiers immediately fell into their old troubles. Only a large puff of gunpowder smoke was left behind, and they fled back crying under the majesty of the cavalry.

On the contrary, the gunpowder smoke blocked the sight of the infantrymen as they marched. There was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of them, and the figures of the beggars could hardly be seen clearly. All they could hear were the shouts of killing and the trembling of horseshoes, which further increased the psychological pressure on the officers and soldiers. , The queue that was neat just now quickly became uneven, some were still moving forward bravely, while others were timidly stagnant.

Just when Anhua Dusi led the soldiers to kick and beat the soldiers angrily, the order that was so hard to maintain was abruptly broken, and the dense gunpowder smoke was swept away by the airflow brought up by the cavalry in an instant. Yes, thousands of cavalry have already appeared in the field of vision, the visual shock is indescribable.

"Mom!"

The two hundred-household phalanx at the back of the right team immediately collapsed. The soldiers threw away their guns and turned around and ran away. In the voice of crying father and mother, fear quickly spread. The originally aggressive army brigade was like a seashore sand Like a sand wall, a wave collapses most of it.

To the fucking court!I don’t even have a piece of land, not to mention the salary. The only full meal I’ve had in a year was before the war this morning. You officials are holding the imperial salary and occupying the field of the guard. If you want to work hard, you go hard! Bar!

Looking at the disbanded team in disbelief, Dusi Anhua must have mixed feelings in his heart. If he had given these mud-legged soldiers more kindness, they wouldn't have become lonely on the battlefield, right?It's a pity that the trend of this era, from the guards to the court, has been corrupted to the limit, and he is just a small victim.

If you retreat back, you will die. Relying on the fierceness of a cornered beast, holding the knife high, the commander led his own soldiers and yelled at the hooves of the beggars' horses. The soldiers really caused some trouble to the cavalry of the begging army. More than 200 soldiers plunged into the cavalry brigade with Zhangxu spears like stubborn rocks.

Song Qingshu, who was charging to the side, couldn't help frowning, and let out a roar. Li Tiezhu, Xing Hongniang and other relatives immediately followed him and turned the horse's head tacitly, and at the same time took out the revolver from his arms.

They can be regarded as the earliest musketeer dragoons in the east. When they approached more than ten meters, more than 200 revolvers fired almost at the same time. Terrible firearms shooting, the force was loosened, and the remaining soldiers and servants dropped their weapons and fled out crying and crying, and were trampled by horseshoes in a blink of an eye.

The soldiers in the guard are so unbearable. The prefect of Qingyang took great pains to organize more than 5000 officers and soldiers. With the collapse of the first front line, they almost collapsed in the blink of an eye. The army cavalry also rushed into the left and right ribs of the official army's formation, and behind them, an army composed of tens of thousands of hungry people also ran over shouting to kill and shake the sky. Within an hour of the battle, the Qingyang defenders completely collapsed.

On September 21th, during the battle of Jingbei Plateau, the main force of Qingyang was defeated on the same day. On September [-]st, the begging army came to Qingyang City, and the entire city was surrounded by water.

This is already the third metropolitan city that Song Qingshu has seen through this turbulent era. Compared with Yan'an Fucheng, this Qingyang City is more steep and powerful. The huge city is composed of three superimposed cities to form an irregular shape. Graphics, facing the east wall of Qingyang Mansion, you can also see the flags of the officers and soldiers and the flustered upper city civilians and guards.

Just as Song Qingshu was fascinated by watching it, Miao Mei, who was in the back, ran over in a rage, jumped off the horse and knelt down on one knee, kowtowed to Song Qingshu, and immediately complained angrily.

"Shuai Qu! Take a look at Yang Liu, Zhao San, and these firewood! Shuai Qu ordered to set up camp on the spot, build fortifications, and besiege Qingyang Mansion. Fortunately, they rushed away as soon as they arrived!"

In fact, Miao Mei doesn't need to say it, Song Qingshu can hear it, there are quite a few markets even outside the city walls, and some of them are quite prosperous!A large number of hungry people followed Song Qingshu just to eat the big family. Seeing such a prosperous place, they immediately started looting and messed up the periphery of Qingyang Mansion.

Looting is commonplace for Miao Mei, and he came to sue not because he couldn't understand looting, but because he felt it was unfair that he couldn't rob.
Seeing this rough guy with little thought trying to hold back a look of grievance, Song Qingshu hurriedly picked him up while being funny, and whispered a few words in his ear hastily, Miao Mei was stunned when he heard it, and couldn't help it Yes, but he saluted Song Qingshu with a kind of superior pride on his face, and immediately rode back to the camp, punching and kicking those little bosses who wanted to follow and rob.

Turning his head to look at Qingyang Mansion with some regret, Song Qingshu himself turned back to the barracks.

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The news of begging soldiers besieging Qingyang Mansion seemed to drop another heavy bomb in Xi'an City. On September 24, when the news reached the governor's office of the three sides, Yang He immediately smashed a precious inkstone, and within half an hour , More than a dozen messengers with red flags on their backs frantically whipped their horsewhips and rushed to Yulin in the north.

September 26, Yulin Acropolis.

Although the frontier army is empty, more than 5000 can still be moved out by squeezing. At this time, Yulin Guard is like a large barracks, with soldiers in a hurry everywhere, stepping up their drills, and groups of horses are also equipped with saddles. , kicking the horse's hooves irritably, the entire Acropolis was filled with murderous aura.

However, in the Yansui governor's mansion, there was no intention of mobilizing troops at all. The soldiers and servants should still be busy, and their luggage was not packed. Sitting by the rockery pavilion by the pond, Hong Chengchou's dark face was full of hesitation , Staring at the official document sent by the three governors, he has been hesitating for a whole morning!

Governor's Mansion of Yansui
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