Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 204 Killing Thieves?Send meat?

Dai County and the reinforcements from Yanmen Pass have been stationed on the east bank of the Hutuo River for the fifth consecutive day.

These days, they have experienced unprecedented nourishment. More than 300% of the wealth of the entire Shanxi Province is gathered in these seven valleys with an area of ​​less than [-]% of the land in Shanxi. It should not be underestimated that the landlords and squires on the east bank of Dai County were also afraid of being robbed by the begging army, and they sent chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep to the army every day.

The officers and soldiers were also competitive, winning five battles and five victories in five days. In the beginning, Miaomei's men dared to move their hands and feet on the plain, but after successive defeats, they were blocked in Mount Wutai and could not get out.

It is already mid-to-late May, but under the weird weather, there has not been a few spring rains, and the number of victims wandering between the villages has increased a bit, but the excited county magistrate has not noticed it for the time being. All his energy was put on the coming mountain to suppress the bandits.

Now Shanxi is not peaceful, there are seven basins, almost all the prefectures have bandits, some counties such as Daning, Yonghe has been captured by the peasant army one after another, the attention of the imperial court is all on the three sides of Shaanxi, and the whole Shanxi is in chaos Next, if I not only keep the place safe, but also wipe out one of the 36th Battalion of the Peasant Army, the begging army, then it will be a great success, and it will be just around the corner!
Not only his idea, but the guerrilla general Qiu Ming of Yanmenguan Pass is also similar. Seeing that Huo Cheng, the old guard general, is already in his seventies and eighties, he still refuses to give up his position. It's a bit unreliable, if he can defeat the begging army, then it's a certainty for him to take over as a general.

May 23 is an auspicious day for traveling far and breaking ground. On the edge of Mount Wutai, the county magistrate also held an expedition ceremony. I don’t know where to get a statue of Guan Gong. , but also killed a pig, killed a sheep, and chopped off a chicken head to pay it off. The two big and one small tops seemed a bit asymmetrical, but no one noticed this.

The county magistrate took the lead in person, offered three sticks of incense to Guan Erye, kowtowed to promise that he would return after victorious hunting for the thief this time, reshape the golden body of Guan Erye, build a temple, and enshrine it at four o'clock.

At the entrance of the village came a dancer, wearing a strange mask that the rooster was not like a rooster, and the rooster was not like a rooster. Wu Wuxuan had a convulsion, and put the talisman drawn by the blood of the chicken into the wine bowl, and gave it to one of the generals who went on the expedition. A bowl, said to drink his talisman water, invulnerable to swords and guns, with infinite power, anyway, the thieves designated to fight couldn't find Bei Yunyun.

Not to mention, after drinking this talisman wine, many people really feel a surge of heat rushing straight to the core of their heads, and they wish they could play with their arms right now.

More than 300 officers and soldiers entered the mountain. Landlords from various townships and villages also organized a team of more than 1000 civilians to follow them to the mountain. Seeing it, they all beat their chests and stamped their feet. If they had known that the thieves were so ungrateful, why did they pay them so much money?
Now that the officers and soldiers are entering the mountains, these landlords seem to have seen the dawn of victory, and hurriedly stuffed their idle children into the team, planning to follow the officers and soldiers and make some military achievements. Congratulations.

It's really like Zhuge Kongming, holding a feather fan, sitting on the sliding poles carried by two minzhuang, and the magistrate on behalf of the county waved the feather fan forward with dignity.

"Fengtian seeks thieves, let's go!"

More than a dozen topless brawny men in the front were wearing red trousers and red belts, shaking like convulsions and beating big drums. A Min Zhuang looked around foolishly, and the children of the landlords even made an appointment with each other to go to the Zuihong Building in the county to find Zhang Xiaoli, who was cool and unrestrained, after the battle.

This, how does it look like an army about to go to a bloody battle?Seeing all this in Sun Chuanting's eyes, he seemed worried.

Sun Chuanting's life has been very bad these days. Everyone thinks that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. His family members have escaped. Who knows that the thief is so vicious and has arrested all the people in his village. He heard a voice pointing behind him, saying that he had ruined his whole village in order to make a comeback for his military exploits!

Sun Chuanting is a famous general with a good temperament, but it does not mean that he has no joys, sorrows and joys, otherwise he would not be deaf in his left ear because of the political conquest of the peace faction represented by Yang Sichang, which made him restless.

And in the past five days, the rogues faced each other day by day. In the first two days, they managed to pull apart the team to face each other. In the last three days, they simply fled, throwing a lot of gold and silver property to the officers and soldiers to pick up.

Not to mention the well-known beggars, even ordinary bandits are not so unbearable, right?Sun Chuanting clearly saw that this was a thief showing weakness, but unfortunately, he didn't believe it after talking to the county magistrate several times.

After following the team for less than two miles, Sun Chuanting, who couldn't bear it anymore, quickly caught up with the magistrate's sliding pole again, grabbed his sleeve and tried to persuade him.

"Duke Ming, be careful!"

"Let me tell you the truth! I am an old friend of Master Hong, the governor of Yansui. A few days ago, Master Hong communicated. This beggar is extraordinary. In the battle of Fenchuan River, Master Du Wenhuan, the general of Yansui, had nearly [-] elite officers and soldiers. Even if he was defeated by beggars, and Zongbing Du was even more defeated and died, with our troops, we may not be able to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them!"

Some of Hong Chengchou's letters were top secret, and the imperial court did not dare to announce this big defeat. Now Sun Chuanting has also told this county magistrate, which can be regarded as a heart-to-heart.The magistrate, who was already full of promotion and fortune, replied impatiently.

"If Mr. Sun is afraid of death, you can go back to Dai County first, and wait for the county to return in triumph!"

fear death?Sun Chuanting was so angry that his ears were buzzing. He was afraid that he would let his younger brother lure the thieves to cross the river, and he would personally command the front line?However, looking at Dai County Magistrate's impatient look of wanting to confront the thief now, Sun Chuanting's stubborn temper also came up in his bones, and he followed behind silently. I will see how you end up when the time comes!

Although he is quite arrogant, the guerrilla general Qiu Ming is an old military officer after all. He sent people into the mountain to inquire about the situation of the thieves in advance, and found out the location of Miao Mei's camp. It takes about half a day to pass the Mowangzhai on the main mountain of Wutai Mountain.

Starting in the morning, I walked for two hours in a row. At one o'clock at noon, more than 2000 officers and civilians almost approached the Demon King's Village. People who often live in the plains really can't imagine the suffering in the mountains. In addition to the landlord's children, Min Zhuang was panting and sticking out their tongues. Many people had already started to retreat. Seeing this scene in Sun Chuanting's eyes, he was even more worried.

However, this trip came to nothing, there was only an empty camp and a pile of horse manure left in the narrow valley of the Demon King's Village, not to mention the thieves, not a single horse hair was seen.

"Damn it, the thief is afraid of my prestige, so he ran away again. The reputation is really a drag!"

The tired one sticks out his tongue. The guerrilla general Qiu Ming sat on a big rock, fanned the wind with his military cap constantly, and boasted at the same time. It can be regarded as coming down from the sliding pole. shouted impatiently.

"I said brother! Find the location of the thief before you are too late, don't let them escape, we still rely on them to get Wusha!"

"Old Qiu knows! Didn't he send someone to look for it? There's no need to be in a hurry!"

Holding on to the last ray of hope, Sun Chuanting once again looked sad, and sincerely cupped his fists aside, persuading him, "My lords, the soldiers are also tired, and if we can't find them, let's retreat!"

The acting county magistrate suddenly had a face full of reconciliation, but at this juncture, a few cavalry came back, shouting excitedly.

"Report to my lord, return to Longpo twenty miles away, and find traces of thieves!"

Immediately jumped up excitedly like a monkey, the magistrate turned around and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the time has come to make meritorious service, kill the thief!"

Listening to the chaotic reply, Sun Chuanting once again sighed sadly.

After walking for another half an hour, we arrived at Huilongpo. As soon as we arrived at this place, Sun Chuanting felt nervous, the terrain was too unfavorable!

The hillside is extremely spacious and slopes to the southeast. At this time, the chaotic begging saber players have already occupied the top of Huilongpo Mountain. If you want to attack, you can only attack from your back. Just one terrain is worth the advantage of thousands of soldiers and horses up.

Looking back, there are continuous mountains behind, and there is a rather narrow mountain road. Once the battle is unfavorable, it is impossible to talk about retreating. The army blocking the narrow mountain road can only be a living target for thieves!

If you command yourself, you will never put the army in such a dangerous situation!But it's too late to say anything, everyone is here, I can only pray that the thief is really so vulnerable!

Sun Chuanting was worried, but it wouldn't delay Qiu Ming and the chance to win the county magistrate. When they saw the saber and shield hands sitting cross-legged on the top of the mountain, they both seemed to see black gauze hats, and their eyes radiated golden light. They didn't wait for the county magistrate to urge them. , Qiu Ming had already drawn his sword and shouted orders.

"Soldiers, kill thieves and make meritorious service, go!"

The eyes are also full of military merit money, all the frontier soldiers covered in sweat, and the sons of the landlords are also red-eyed. Regardless of their tired bodies, they drew out their knives one after another, shouted feebly, and charged up the mountain .

However, when the more than 2000 Ming troops rushed to the middle of the mountain in a panic, and there were still more than 100 meters to fight, the light soldiers of the beggar army entrenched on the mountain screamed and jumped up and scattered. Before Qiu Ming could complain Tired of a word of fame, the same dense army drums beat violently on the top of the mountain.

Sun Chuanting, who was following up the mountain with his back up, felt his pupils constricted for a moment, against the setting sun in the afternoon, a banner of the begging army with blood-red characters on a black background rose slowly from the top of the slope, Fan Yang in extremely neat black armor Li's army suddenly appeared on the top of Huilongpo like a wall, and immediately following the shouts, the army with almost the same frequency of footsteps pressed down aggressively.

There is such a thing as military prestige. Looking at the chaotic light soldiers with swords and shields, the first impression is soft persimmons, but now, this team gives the impression that it is invincible.

This is the elite begging army who can defeat Du Wenhuan's main force and even destroy the army!
The officers and soldiers and Min Zhuang who charged halfway up the mountain were completely dumbfounded and forgot to attack. Standing on the top of the mountain and glancing down, Song Qingshu waved his hand lazily, while Miao Mei, who had been holding her breath for more than five days, He was as excited as if he had been shot with chicken blood, and rushed forward with a flintlock gun in his hand, shouting at the top of his voice.

"He is handsome and has orders, put on the bayonet!"

This order seems to be more inspiring than any other words. The ferocity and excitement of seeing the red bayonet have penetrated into the hearts of the firearms team of the Beggar Army. A dazzling cold light...

(End of this chapter)