Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 62 Surprise soldiers rush to Mafang Town to investigate the enemy and temporarily stay in Tianwang Temple (2)
How did Li Shiyao know what Fu Heng was thinking?Said next to him: "Shao Shun's mouth! It's none of our business whether she is a jade girl or a Yasha! I just want to ask you, where did that bird flea go now? Did it go to Ehutan, or did it go to Xin Wuniang?" Yin Chang laughed and said: "You ask me one question and I answer ten times. Why are you so fierce? They all eat Zhengyang sect, and they served a lifeless mother!" Li Shiyao patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are more knowledgeable than Liu San. I can't treat you badly, we still point to you to lead the way!" After saying that, he waved his hand and ordered Yin Chang to be detained.

"I don't think this idiot is like a liar." Fu Heng smiled and said to Li Shiyao, "Although I worked hard tonight, I figured out the plan of Piao Bandit. It seems that Piao Gao, in order to fight the first battle out of the mountain, It really took a lot of planning. Since they regard us as people from Zijingshan, that means they are indeed in contact with the bandits from Zijingshan. Now that you have a thousand militiamen coming from Lishi, there is no guarantee that the people from Zijingshan are going Hurry up in the direction of Lishi!" Li Shiyao nodded and said: "Sixth Master is very worried! But I know a little about the situation in Zijing Mountain, there are less than 500 people in total, and they may not have the guts to work for Piao Gao from across the state and county Even if you come here, hundreds of people have walked hundreds of miles of mountain roads, nothing to be afraid of." Fu Heng said with a smile: "Let's pretend to be the bandits of Zijing Mountain and station here in Mafang Town for now!"

Li Shiyao didn't reply for a while.Both of them sat under the stone archway and meditated.Looking at the slowly moving clouds all over the sky, Fu Heng suddenly felt as if he had been in another world: yesterday he was socializing with civil and military bureaucrats in Taiyuan, but now he is sitting in this ruined temple with Tuotuo Peak and Zijing Mountain The gangsters played riddles to fight their minds.In a blink of an eye, I think of Juanjuan again, the beautiful jade shadow, the superb swordsmanship, the posture on the red velvet rope, the poems presented under the moon, and the affectionate glance at parting are all vivid in my memory.Maybe there will be battles in battle in the future, who knows who spilled blood?After thinking about it, the emotion is like a spring, and the whole body is dry and hot for a while, and the bone marrow is cold for a while... Really, the emotion changes with the situation, and it is difficult to control.However, Li Shiyao was calculating when Lishi's men and horses would arrive, and when Fan Gaojie would pass through Baishigou.Just as he was thinking, Fu Heng said: "I figured, we will pretend to be bandits for six days. Your 1000 people can arrive tomorrow night. These days people eat horse chews, and the matter of food and wages is very troublesome. Follow my heart , now it’s easier to fight the stockade.”

"I have the same heart as the sixth master." Li Shiyao said, "But as soon as we hit the stockade, the bandits in Linxian County and Ehutan immediately withdrew their troops and tried their best to deal with us. Fan Gaojie and the others are not really for the court, they are It is their Marshal Zhang. He must wait for us to rescue us when the sky should not respond and the earth should not work. The credit is theirs and we don’t care about it. Instead, we have lost our reputation. Liu Ye, we were originally the ones who rescued them Ah! And in that way, the people floating high are all fresh troops. A few hundred of us are in danger of being annihilated. From the laws of heaven and human feelings to military affairs and politics, you have to grit your teeth for these six days. hand."

After Fu Heng listened quietly, he patted Li Shiyao on the shoulder, took a deep breath, and said, "I know you are right, I listen to you. What I was talking about just now was my mood."

After a day, Li Shiyao's militia came to Mafang Town one after another.In fact, this group of people are also bandits recruited by Li Shiyao and some mountain people who are half bandits and half people.The clothes are very mixed, and there are 31 groups of 51 groups, carrying spears, big knives, daggers, and some even carrying blunderbuss, with sickles and chopping knives pinned to their waists.

The local mayor is Luo Youchui, nicknamed "Oil Hammer". In fact, he is also a ground stick. Bandits from all walks of life often appear here.Seeing that someone occupied Tianwang Temple the night before, the door was closed during the day and no one came to contact him. Today, such a large number of dubious people entered the town again, all the guest rooms were occupied, even the inn was occupied.Luo Youchui didn't see anyone looking for him again, so he felt uneasy, always feeling like something big was going to happen.After wandering around at home for a long time, he finally couldn't sit still for a long time, so he took a dry pipe and brought a few townspeople to Tianwang Temple to see Fu Heng.Fu Heng thought to himself that there was nothing gangster about him, so he ordered Li Shiyao to come forward to receive him.

"Are you the mayor of this place?" Li Shiyao gave off his power as soon as he came up. "I've got three or four thousand teams, and they've all come here. Piao Zongfeng invited us to Baishitan to beg for wealth, and it's been a fucking bear for a long time! There's no food, no grass, not even a ghost. Come and pick me up! This place is so close to the provincial capital, if the news leaks out, I will slaughter you, Bird Town, and return to my Zijing Mountain!" He was wearing a crimson robe with his arms open, and there were five or six daggers pinned to his belt. Then he lightly dabbed some incense ash on his face, much like the hair god of the separatist side.Hearing his tone of voice, Fu Heng, who was hiding in the ear room to eavesdrop, burst out laughing.

Naluoyouhammer was not afraid, and offered Li Shiyao a cigarette. Seeing that Li Shiyao didn't respond, he lit the fire coal and smoked it by himself, and said with a smile: "Mountain Lord, there are roads in all directions, and winds come from all directions. The situation in Mafang Town is unknown." You can’t grow old. The people here believe in me and lift me up to serve guests from afar. But those who come here, no matter whether they are white or black, we will do our best. As long as we protect the people in this place, I am worthy of my ancestors. You old man Don’t be angry. Those who don’t know are not guilty. Just ask Luo Youhammer for what you need. Anyone with the surname Luo must be a friend!” “My family’s Shanzhu lives in this temple. There are more than 200 people. There are more than 3000 of these brothers outside. They rest here for four days, eat and drink enough to drive on the road. You prepare two hundred stones of grain and thirty carts of grass for me. We will be safe, otherwise..." He looked The dagger at his waist snorted.Luo Youhammer was taken aback for a moment, but still had a playful smile on his face. The rules in the Jianghu are not good, and he asked for his name casually, and said: "Good mountain owner, Mafang is a place with poor mountains and bad waters. One hundred carts can be done in no time. It’s just this food—you old Shengming, I’ll collect a few land taxes based on the autumn tea and horse trade, and build a granary to support all heroes. Even Lord Piao would not easily borrow this food -"

"Don't overpower me! God doesn't care about the sky and the land, he is the God of Liberty on Huaguo Mountain!" Li Shiyao slapped his thigh, "Should I give food or not?" The oil hammer smiled, with a rascal look on his face , said: "Yes, of course! The warehouse is in the northwest of the town. You can send someone to check it out. It only costs a hundred stones to clean it up. If you think it's not enough, I can't help it. If you don't want to relieve your anger, kill me with an oil hammer." That's right. Just don't touch the people here, that's your old man accumulating bad skills."

Li Shiyao calculated in his heart that 500 catties of grain could be used by [-] people for six days.Can't help secretly happy, but said in his mouth: "I pity you. It's not easy to make a living on this ground, and you are still a good person. In this way, the hundred stones will be paid first. You can collect another fifty stones for me within three days. into dry food, I will go to Ehutan Road to eat. Go!"

"The Lord of the Mountain..."

"roll!"

Looking at the back of Youhammer with his head bowed and going away, Fu Heng couldn't help laughing, and said: "Shiyao has you! Now everything is ready, just wait for the Ehutan side. I will send some people there Inquire about the news, the news of our attack on the stockade must be heard over there just in time—only one thing, don’t let the person surnamed Fan know that I’m coming.”

"Of course, Liu Ye is worried about that." Li Shiyao said with a smile, "The people in the provincial capital will not pretend to be bandits. Let the people in Lishi go!"

The two were talking and laughing, and Geshha brought a person in outside.Before he could report, Fu Heng saw that it was Blind Wu at a glance, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he said with a smile: "Your legs are so fast! I guess you won't be there until tomorrow!" La Guo introduced: "This is the little manager who is authorized by the imperial court to contact Zhao'an Lvlin. With him, it will be convenient for us to do things." He also introduced Li Shiyao, "On the fifth night, we will attack Tuo Tuofeng, and you will follow me The soldiers outside the courtyard told Shi Yao to go to the manager."

"I still have the court mail with me!" Blind Wu took out a sealed letter sealed with wax paint, and handed it to Fu Heng with both hands, "People in the provincial capital say that the imperial envoy went to Yanmen Pass to supervise the army in person. Fortunately, I I brought Master Yanqing's letter to Ka Zhongcheng, and only after I saw Zhongcheng did I know that the sixth master is here..." "Okay, Ka'er Jishan will handle things, I just want people to know that I 'went to Daizhou'!" As he spoke, he opened the court post.In Qianlong's decree, Fu Heng was severely reprimanded, and he was required to be stationed on the spot immediately after receiving the decree.Fu Heng smiled, and stuffed Zhu's decree into his sleeve.Li Shiyao tentatively asked: "Is the Lord Long Live urging the troops to enter?"

"No." Fu Heng blinked slyly, "Long live told us to prepare enough wages before we enter the army."

Six days later, Fan Gaojie led 3000 soldiers and horses across Kelan City, crossed the border and arrived at Baishigou.This road went very smoothly, crossing the Fen River in the Dongzhai area and entering Luliang Mountain, all the way along the ancient post road from Yulin to Datong.Although it has been in disrepair for a long time, the people in the mountains are still using it to carry coal and transport grain.He has a military survey and cooperation, and the place of Wuzhai Kelan has never supported an army. The local officials are very flattering. They provide food and grass, and each sends [-] dried sheep. When the army passes through the city, every family has fragrant flowers and wine. , Take the meaning of "tan food pot pulp".Fan Gaojie naturally restrained the army "no offense in autumn".He, Hu Zhenbiao and Fang Jin also dropped [-] taels of silver in private.Before meeting Fu Heng, Zhang Guangsi had a meeting with them, and they all felt that fighting with a white-faced scholar was boring.Zhang Guangsi instructed them: "There is nothing to start this battle. Obviously, the emperor wants Liu Ye to make a contribution. To pave the way for him to become prime minister, it will also block everyone's mouths. In military affairs, we still follow our old methods. On the side of Liu Ye To compliment him, he will return to Beijing after the battle, and I will give you another credit and promotion." The three of them were only in a hurry to smash Tuo Tuofeng, save the siege of Linxian County, and capture Piao Gao, so the journey was difficult. The spring is pleasant, the trees are sprouting new buds, the peach blossoms are colorful, the cliffs are towering, and the mountain stream is turbulent.

After crossing the mouth of the boundary river, there is no post road in front of it, and the mountains suddenly become extremely towering. Overgrown; in some places, the clouds cover the fog, and the valleys line the road.After passing the Dashetou Valley, even the three generals had to dismount and walk.Fan Gaojie walked forward with one foot high and one foot low, his cowhide armor was soaked in sweat, he looked back at the ants-like single-file procession, ordered Ma Bian to call the guide, and asked, "How far is it from Heicha Mountain? Is the road ahead so difficult?"

"Go back to Junmen." The guide said, "Heicha Mountain has already entered here. But there is still a mountain road [-] miles away from Tuotuo Peak. Shekou Valley has been passed ahead. You can see that the stones in this ditch are all white. It's called Baishigou. It's a 'road' when it doesn't rain. When it rains heavily, it becomes a river. I dare not walk this way in summer. On the left hand here, go south and you will find Ehutan. After passing Ehutan, you will connect with the post road. .”

"Send the order to the back," Fan Gaojie ordered, "gather the camp at Ehutan! Tell the back to follow up quickly. If you really can't keep up, call the guards to take in!" Fang Jin said beside him: "Junmen, the mountain here It’s too risky, I don’t think it’s necessary to swarm through Qiantouyukou, divide it into three parts, pass one part, and pass another part, so that there will be an ambush and we can take care of it.”

Hu Zhenbiao came up from behind, panting and greasy and sweaty, and shouted at Fan Gaojie: "Have you ever led soldiers? 5000 people stretched for dozens of miles, like a fucking gnat! Roll a stone from the mountain and smash us to pieces!"

"Give me back your gangster spirit, are you talking to me?" Fan Gaojie blushed, "If you dare to talk nonsense to disturb the morale of the army, I will punish you on the spot!" He turned around and ordered: "Everyone The battalions assembled on the spot according to the battalions, and the three battalions formed a team, which was almost over the front of the valley!"

The winding snake-like procession slowed down, gradually turned into two lines, and then turned into four lines. It took half an hour for the 5000 men and horses to finally gather in a narrow road that was two miles long.Fan Gaojie had just ordered the first dial to be pulled out, when someone on the mountain sang loudly:

Here the mountains are high and the emperor is far away—

No taxes or donations!
There is a sky above my head,

Step on Luliang Mountain with one foot!

Why did the distant guests come here?
Please eat a bowl of pimple noodles...

As soon as the singing fell, a group of people sang in unison:

Please eat a bowl of pimple noodles!
Along with the folk song, there was a loud "wow", as if some gate had been opened.White stones all over the hillside rolled down side by side.

(End of this chapter)