Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 511 You're Waiting
The morning breeze gradually blew away the smoke that shrouded the sky, but the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air was still particularly strong and choking. The carts loaded with supplies were scattered there, some of them had been broken, and they were burnt. Half of it was dark, and black smoke was emitting upwards. Bags of rice grains and supplies were scattered everywhere.

Especially among the scattered fortifications, there were corpses lying all over the ground, which made Song Qingshu, who was walking among them, very annoyed.

I was really caught off guard last night. After failing to attack Kaifeng, within a month, Li Zicheng's army had turned south, and seemed to want to go to Huguang to find Zhang Xianzhong. Expected that there would be an extra group of cavalry to attack him with great fanfare?
However, the attack was blocked.

The peasants of the Qihuo Army were all drawn from inside the Dabie Mountains. They were said to be peasants, but they were actually the reserve militia wing of the Qihuo Army. The beggar army trains every day, but it is also stronger than most of the Ming Dynasty's official army.

And they also have firecrackers and bayonets in their hands. The Dabie Mountains have coal, iron, and flint. 20 firecrackers are just like playing, especially recently in Tainan, a new arsenal has been slowly built, and the output here is also more than 5, and it is not unreasonable to distribute it to Song Qingshu, the first-level militia.

As a result, yesterday the left army roared and rushed to the rear army guarding the two battalions of begging living troops, but they faced more than 1000 black firecrackers and gleaming bayonets, and then the whole cavalry of the third generation division marched in the middle. Outflanked from the rear, although five or six hundred people were killed or injured, and a lot of property was lost, most of the left army did not escape.

Originally, I wanted to grab the horses, but now more than 1000 horses survived and fell into the hands of the Qihuo Army. This Song Qingshu inspected the back camp, and the other one participated in the battle. The battalion had also tidied up the battlefield, and one by one the left soldiers were escorted to kneel together with mournful faces and dejected faces.

They couldn't help but not cry, fire and friendly troops, this thing Zuo Liangyu has done more than once, no matter what it is to break into the army, offer troops, Cao Ying, star camp, this kind of post-big camp's heavy soldiers basically collapsed as soon as the cavalry charged , this Huai army is too weird, not to mention the fast and ruthless firecrackers, but even dare to fight back with a bayonet. The cavalry who was restrained from the charge was not as good as the infantry in the melee, and was stabbed to death immediately At this point, the cavalry of the begging army came to support again. Two cavalry of the Ming army, which can be regarded as the highest level in this era, fought against each other for half a night, and finally the left army collapsed.

"I'm Li Xianjin, the former general of the river under Commander Zuo's command! You, Uncle Li, let me go quickly and pay you another 80 taels, otherwise we, Commander Zuo, will leave you with nothing to eat!"

What is a dead duck with a hard mouth?Pushed to the ground by Liu Tichun, General Li Can still yelled arrogantly, and followed the group of guerrillas behind, Du Si also slandered and booed, Sun Chuanting's tall body was trembling with anger, holding the half-burned Chuang Zi Daqi cursed loudly.

"Pretending to be a traitor, fighting against the officers and soldiers! Is Zuo Liangyu fucking going to rebel? Marshal! Please impeach Zuo Liangyu, a lowly official, I don't believe that the Ministry of War can just sit back and watch!"

Hearing Sun Chuanting's furious roar, not only Li Xianjin and his group of bastards laughed disdainfully, but even Song Qingshu shook his head helplessly. How did Zuo Liangyu start his career? He was appreciated by Hou Xun, the warlord at the time, who saved him from death, let him join the former army, and made contributions in Liaodong. This is how Zuo Ping is today. In the battle with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, he did this thing countless times, but at the beginning his hands and feet were very clean, and then no one dared to arrest him at all. The name of the domineering general was not for nothing.

After all, Sun Chuanting was born as a scholar. Even if he has been black for so many years, those who have been polluted by Song Qingshu are considered to be mostly capitalists. The family also runs a store under a business name and has its own plantation on Taiwan Island. However, Sun Chuanting still has some Have one final plot point for the Ming Dynasty.

"Very good, Mr. Sun, you go back and write this memorial immediately, and send it to the capital in [-] miles urgently. The commander asked Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang to cooperate as much as possible to impeach Zuo Liangyu!"

"Follow your orders!"

"Master, this..."

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was about to turn around and leave, both Liu Tichun and Zhou Yuji couldn't help but open their mouths, but Song Qingshu suppressed them with a wink.

After all, literati and warriors have different ways of solving problems. Sun Chuanting was born as a literati, and it is only right and proper to complain to the court when something goes wrong, but from the perspective of warriors, this is a bit like a child who can't fight and complains to his parents, especially nowadays. The legion has become a warlord, and the court actually has little effect in many cases. Such an impeachment will have a taste of weakness.

"Forget it, it's good to let Mr. Sun give up!" Watching Sun Chuanting leave, Song Qingshu also sighed and explained, this general Li Shen and the others were still yelling and spitting unluckily, and last night he rode to the first place again Liu Tichun, who was covered in blood, hugged Song Qingshu again: "Marshal, let's take care of these bastards, chop them up?"

Just as he was about to nod his head, the lush forests of Lushan in the distance came into his eyes unexpectedly, and some plots from some ancient Roman movies he had seen before suddenly came into his mind, and immediately Song Qingshu's face showed a cruel look Come smile.

"Huzi, you did a good job last night. The most important thing is that you have a long memory. Go back and find Mr. Sun to get a letter from the commander of the battalion, and temporarily act as your fourth beggar. These people will be dealt with according to Lao Tzu's method!"

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After staying in Lushan for about a day, the begging army hurriedly retreated towards Lianghuai. Song Qingshu left for two days, and the Zuo army who had been "anti-bandits" in Luoyang also advanced towards Ruzhou, "pursuing the invaders" "Come here.

With the report from the escaped cavalry, this battlefield is easy to find. Looking at the abandoned cars in the plain below the mountain, the traces of bullets, and the solidified blood, Zuo Liangyu's picture is handsome and mature as the villain. The middle-aged handsome guy is visibly distorted.

Four thousand cavalry!Although he is not the strongest under his command, it is still a sharp knife, and now he has not returned even one thousand and two, and this loss makes him tremble with distress.

"Where's Li Xianjin?"

Zuo Liangyu's voice was very calm, even a little magnetic, but listening to Li Jinyin, a guerrilla who was kneeling on the ground and fled back, it was the voice of a devil from hell, trembling all over. Li Jinyin was a big man over 1.8 meters tall. Like a newborn chick, he replied in fear.

"The last general, the last general doesn't know!"

"Very good! Drag it down! Peel off..."

Zuo Liangyu's understatement immediately made Li Jinyin kneel and kowtow in fear: "Shuai Zuo, please spare me!"

This peeling is not like Song Qingshu picking up official uniforms to print letters, it is really peeling!What's more, the Zuo army is like a group of bandits. It is because of such brutality that Zuo Liangyu can control the scene under his hands, and everyone is afraid of him.

It's a pity that even though Li Jinyin's voice was extremely pitiful and sharp, several Zuo Liangyu's soldiers still dragged him down with a grim smile. Within a moment, the heart-piercing scream came from behind. All the generals trembled a few times.

It is impossible to chase Song Qingshu to take prisoners, Zuo Liangyu is quite afraid of the begging army, after all, he actually suffered a loss twice, even if the [-] cavalry from Zuo Town surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, they may not be able to trap However, Song Qingshu beat him to the point where his entire army collapsed. In the past, Zuo Liangyu was very confident in his Zuozhen, but now, he didn't dare to guarantee it.

But just as Zuo Liangyu was about to leave, a soldier behind him suddenly pointed at Shulinzi in astonishment: "Look, Commander Zuo, what is that?"

It’s more than April now, the tree has just germinated, and at this moment, it’s actually full of “fruits”, and it’s shaking in the wind, which looks quite strange. In shock, some cavalry has already rushed up the mountain, got on their horses, and Zuo Liangyu also Yes followed.

That was the mountain forest where Li Xianjin ambushed, but now, it has become a Shura field, and the cavalrymen of the left army who walked in directly vomited out.

Hanging on the tree are all corpses, no matter whether it is a person or a horse, they are all hung on the tree by their necks. It is spring and mosquitoes are breeding. At this time, the corpses are already showing signs of decay. The maggots kept coming out, and there was a smell of corpses in the whole forest.

This is what the ancient Roman legions often did to conquered barbarians. They slaughtered the barbarians in the entire village, and then hung the captives and corpses on trees to hang them. The atrocities of the Romans were later learned by Frank, Viking and other barbarians. They would also do this when attacking Roman towns or killing each other, but as magnificent as Song Qingshu, hanging all over the forest, there are really not many.

But this kind of effect is really good, even if it is one or two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time, but the whole forest is full of ghosts, people watching feel cold, the hairs on the back stand up, the fear let go Every one of the left soldiers who entered was terrified.

Zuo Liangyu finally found Li Xianjin. He was hung on the outside, and his uniform was very conspicuous.It is said that he pretended to be a thunderbolt, but he was really hacked thoroughly, hanged to death, his hands were twisted behind his head, his eyes were sticking out, his tongue was sticking out, and black mucus flowed from his mouth. Flowing out, the despair and pain before dying solidified there.

Song Qingshu also hung a cloth strip on his chest arrogantly.

You wait!

"Bastard!"

With a bang, the sword was drawn out, Zuo Liangyu, who was already extremely angry, cut the rotten corpse in half, and the blood sprayed all over his face, turning Zuo Liangyu's handsome face into a demon in an instant. Around this, he still howled like a beast.

"Fool Song, I must kill you!"

(End of this chapter)