Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 192 The Battle of Yongning Pass

Yongning Pass was later called Yanshui Pass. The second of the famous Yanchuan Eight Scenic Spots is here. The Yellow River with nine bends and eighteen bends is rare here. , the Song army once attacked Xixia on a large scale, and Mongolia and Houjin even competed on a large scale here. However, after entering the Ming Dynasty, the military function here has dropped a lot, and it has become a bustling merchant for Shanxi merchants. port.

The old Song City is still on the shore, but it has withered a lot, and only a small part of it has been built into a temporary inspection office by the river inspection department of the government. Twenty or thirty veterans are guarding here, collecting money from passing merchants. river tax.

In fact, this inspection department is just a decoration. In the early Ming Dynasty, Mr. Zhu set more than 600 kinds of taxes, and now more than half of them have withered. The veterans of the prosecutor's office, who can't move their knives, can only bully individual merchants, and even larger business groups dare not offend.

The court tax office is all mixed up with this virtue, and it is not surprising that there is a serious financial crisis.

Early in the morning, the Yongningguan Ferry became lively. The merchants from Shanxi on the opposite side had already gathered a small group on the other side. There were also quite a few merchants from Yanchuan on this side, chatting and complaining together with their sleeves on. The world is not peaceful, and I am bored waiting for the crossing.

It has been two shots in the sun, and the veterans lazily got out of the inspection department. It was their last bit of power to be in charge of the boatmen crossing the river. A few ragged soldiers followed them, yes The ferrymen who were also waiting in a crowd yelled and yelled and pretended to be calves, and the rest of them took cloth bags and walked towards the merchants waiting to cross the river. , even if the tax money is collected, you have to make some small bargains in the goods, which makes the small shopkeepers dare not speak out.

For those big caravans, these river soldiers nodded and bowed their pockets like beggars. Hades is good at dealing with little ghosts, and the caravan stewards organized by high-ranking officials and dignitaries will give some thought.

After a full circle, the river soldier who pretended to reprimand the boatman closed his mouth and waved his hand to let the boatman sail.

It seemed that an ordinary day was about to begin, but at this moment, a dozen cavalrymen of the army in brand-new robes led more than 500 infantrymen running forward in a row.

"Pingbao General's army was ordered to enter Jingqin King, and requisition the ferry for a day, so idlers will not be disturbed!" shouted domineeringly, and the leader of the army, Chief Qian, jumped off his horse and smashed a bag of official documents into the fart to greet him. In the arms of hundreds of He Dao soldiers who came over.

I haven't seen a superior for a year, and the old man in his fifties seems to be confused. He took the official document upside down and read it for a long time. , the little ones are illiterate."

A big slap slapped his face, and the bullying river soldiers staggered, and Qianhu scolded angrily: "Where are there so many nonsense, gather the boats, our army will use them! These idlers Drive them all away! Delaying the major affairs of our capital, I will directly issue a big order to chop off your baby's head!"

As soon as he heard that he was about to behead his head, the river chief turned pale with fright, covered his flushed cheeks and gasped, grinned and waved his hands at the river soldiers under his command: "Didn't you hear the order from the military master? Take the boat and chase people away!"

It was easy to give the order, but the faces of those river soldiers who listened to it were sad. Lada stopped. The money was collected, and they were not allowed to cross the river. Doesn't the big business group have the backing of an expert?It was ruthless to punish them all, each with a sad face, crying grandpa suing grandma begging others to wait first.

All the money is taken!Many people are either the governor or the Beijing official behind them. They have been domineering for a long time. How can they give way to the soldiers?Coupled with the boneless appearance of the river soldiers, several chief stewards shouted over with ugly faces, and the river soldiers who were beating them squeaked.

"Bing? Bing is so fucking amazing? Tell you, this product was shipped to Mr. Zhang, the chief envoy of Shanxi! Did it delay your responsibility?"

Hundreds of businessmen made a fuss together, and the momentum was not small. He Dao was so frightened that the dark face of the old soldier turned pale in an instant. Lord Jun! There are few of them, can you be more flexible..."

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Qian gave another big slap across the face. The bullying guy he slapped was like a spinning top. This time, he simply stopped talking nonsense with him and waved directly to the soldiers behind him: "*** *Damn!"

These days, talk to anyone but don't talk to someone with a knife. Hundreds of soldiers yelled and smashed the handles of guns and knives. Hundreds of soldiers, even those escorts and guards who followed the caravan, dared not fart. , Clutching his head and running straight away, more than 100 guys were knocked out directly, and the cargo truck scattered all over the place.

"You stinky soldiers, dare to smash my goods, do you know who I am?" The steward who was going to deliver something to the Shanxi chief envoy just now had his belly almost broken, and stood on his feet Getting up and yelling, seeing him jumping up and down like a big monkey, Mr. Qian was actually happy.

With a bang, the slick and fat steward in his fifties hit a 360-five-degree standard Thomas twirling in the air, spit out a few mouthfuls of big yellow teeth covered in blood, and the steward lay on the ground and couldn't get up. coming.

"Do you know who you are? Let me tell you, our general Mizhi congratulates Renlong, if you have a temper, you can sue him!"

Reason with anyone and don't reason with the one with the knife. Even the most petty pickers dropped their goods and ran away, leaving a lot of goods empty, and the fat steward who covered his mouth and couldn't speak Being dragged away by two guys, they didn't even dare to let out a fart. The river soldiers even prepared all the boats respectfully, and more than 100 boats were neatly stacked on the shore.

"Damn it, it's still a good name for an official dog!" After dismissing the crying father and mother, Li Tiezhu, the "Official and Army Chief" Li Tiezhu looked at the boat, grinned and giggled twice, and immediately said He waved his hand under his command: "Send a signal, tell Qu Shuai to get it done!"

Holding more than a dozen gongs and banging on the edge, a moment later, the sky was full of smoke and dust from the northwest, and the heavy horseshoes trampled the soul-stirring shock, and hundreds of banners of the begging army were in the air. The smoky yellow dragon was floating like a reverse scale, and in a blink of an eye, thousands of cavalry formed a large group and rushed to the shore.

"Shuai Qu, the bid has successfully completed the task!"

When the cavalry on both wings copied out and the group of banners in the middle stopped, Li Tiezhu ran over excitedly to salute.

Song Qingshu looked around vigilantly. Except for the dilapidated ancient city of Song Dynasty, the river inspection department, and the reeds by the Yellow River in the distance, the entire river beach was far away. Even if there was an ambush, there was enough time to react. Song Qingshu nodded in reassurance, and the horse whip lightly tapped Li Tiezhu's broad shoulders.

"Remember this merit, and when we arrive in Shanxi, we will discuss meritorious deeds and reward them!"

After Li Tiezhu was sent to prepare again, Song Qingshu immediately turned around, ran around the whole army and shouted: "The army is ready, cross the river!"

This time when I went to Qingyang Mansion, Song Qingshu still robbed a lot of things. More than 8000 horses and livestock formed more than 5000 cavalry, dragoons, and a lot of carts. The leaders of various ministries lined up by the river. Many men, women, old and young people accompanying the army and hungry people also pushed their carts over.

The boundless army was no less than [-], or even more, and the merchants on the other side of the river also hurriedly carried their goods and ran away. As a vanguard general, Liu Zongmin first led [-] cavalry one after another. After traveling for more than ten miles, they occupied a tidal flat base. Immediately after, the infantry carrying big swords in both hands protected the families of the hungry people, carrying food, and set foot on the ferry one after another.

The small boat is not big, and a boat can hold a big car. Two or three people are alive or there are no cars. A dozen people rely on the boat to ferry. It takes about ten minutes to come and go, and it takes an hour to transport over [-] people. In addition, the boatman also needs to rest, and the whole army has to get through, and there is no four or five hours that cannot be done, which is very slow.

Staying on the shore, patrolling left and right like a wolf, Song Qingshu himself had his heart in his throat.

Crossing the river is always the most vulnerable time for the army. Even Song Qingshu's descendants know the allusion of attacking halfway across the river. If an official army is killed at this time, even if there are hundreds of people, it will cause great losses to himself. Song Qingshu couldn't help but Accidentally, the scouting cavalry spread out for more than ten miles.

However, I was really afraid of what to do, just when Song Qingshu was staring at the reeds in the distance with his binoculars that cost tens of taels of silver and was hard ground out of crystal, Xing Hongniang suddenly pulled his cloak Pulling him off the horse, the two of them tumbled out from the bottom of the river for more than ten meters. It was Song Qingshu's classic movement when he first crossed over, and Xing Hongniang was firmly pressed down.

It's a pity that this moment was not romantic. There were rocks on the ground, and before Song Qingshu could recover from the pain of baring his teeth, a wave of heat had already pushed him fiercely from behind.

A bomb hit the place where Song Qingshu's banner was just now. The two horses turned into horse meat sauce, and the dozen or so guards around them were also blown out by the blast. It ignited, rolling all over the ground and howling in pain.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen shells fell on the crowd again, and the rumbling cannons smashed down the large team of the beggar army.

The musket sound like crackling fried beans fell on his head this time, and there were densely packed bows and crossbows. He hurriedly got up from Hongniang Xing, Song Qingshu almost vomited blood out of breath. Hundreds of officers and soldiers were ambushed in the river inspection department!
(End of this chapter)