Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 51 Zu Kuan is angry
Lin Yi won three battles and three victories in Yongping, and seriously injured Amin's main force. Now Amin dared not come again, and took hundreds of defeated soldiers and Yuetuo's body to find his coach Azig and The supervisor Abatai went.

Lin Yi became a well-known hero in Yongping City, causing a sensation in the entire Yongping City. He was accompanied by the magistrate himself every day. Nodding and bowing, obediently, he respected Lin Yi as the guest of honor.

Ji Dong knew what they had changed, so he didn't pay much attention to them, and settled accounts when he had a chance to deal with them in the future.

In this way, they lived in Yongping City for a few more days, until Wang Jian and Zu Keyong recovered from their injuries, and then they decided to leave Yongping and go to Governor Lu Xiangsheng and others to serve.

The magistrate repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, and strongly recommended Lin Yi to guard Yongping. The memorial has been submitted, and the approval will come soon.

Lin Yi declined him politely.There has been no news of Zu Kuan during this period, Zu Keyong felt a lump in his heart, my lord commander, you asked your subordinates to be your vanguard, where is your main force?

At the time of parting, Li Qi, the magistrate, sealed 500 taels of silver to Lin Yi. After Lin Yi thanked the magistrate, he gave all the money to Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dong Sheng, Zhao Tingshou, and Yang Fang. And Zhao Sheng and others, of course the peasant warriors Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan also participated.

I heard that Lin Yi was about to leave Yongping, and more than 2000 soldiers in the city would follow, whether it was temporarily recruited peasant warriors or the original defenders of the city, men, women and children, vying to be the first.

Lin Yi was short of major generals, but of course Lin Yi couldn't take all of these people with him. Except for the 18 people who came to Yongping, Lin Yi only picked 300 strong men.

These 300 people are all peasant warriors who volunteered to be loyal to Lin Yi forever, including Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan, of course, none of the original generals in the city, Lin Yi.

Lin Yi asked the magistrate for instructions, and Li Qi, the magistrate, of course had no objection, because Lin Yi and Zu Keyong were going to King Qin of Gyeonggi.

But Ji Dong couldn't cool off the enthusiasm of these people, Ji Dong was so comforting, he promised to give them all the money.The original army in the city was still handed over to the magistrate. These are the soldiers in the city. As for the remaining soldiers who were selected, those who were temporarily recruited to defend the city were more than a thousand peasant warriors.

Lin Yi suggested that the magistrate should incorporate them into an army according to their voluntary will to supplement the vacancies in Yongping's garrison. Li Qi, the magistrate, readily agreed and promised Lin Yi that he would treat them kindly. People, welcome Ji Dong and the others to come back.

Lin Yi smiled and said that he must, and there will be a period later.

On the day to leave, everyone from the magistrate's staff to the ordinary people, the country gentry and the rich, and the generals in the city all came out to see them off, and the streets were empty.

Several beautiful girls and sisters-in-law held Xiaoying's hand, and the younger sister begged each other, and finally comforted and blessed each other.

Xiaoying's eyes were as red as a peach. After walking a few steps, a little boy with a slingshot chased after him, looking like a tiger.

"Sister Xiaoying, we have agreed that when I grow up, you come to pick me up, and I will kill Tartars like Lin Yingxiong."

"Tie Dan'er, sister promises you, she will definitely." Xiaoying hugged him in her arms, tears streaming down her face.

They haven't stayed in Yongping for a long time, but Lin Yi and the others have formed a deep relationship with Yongping people. This kind of relationship is not family affection, but better than family affection. The recruited warriors, Lin Yi, Xiaoying and others, have become brothers and sisters of heroes in their hearts.

Ji Dong bid farewell to them in tears, no matter how far they had traveled, the people of Yongping were still waving to Ji Dong and the others.

Lin Yi left Yongping with a team of more than 300 people.

The composition of these more than 300 people mainly comes from three sources. One is from Zu Keyong's Ningyuan Army. Although there are only ten people, they are the elite of the Ningyuan Army's elite.The second is from the Sanchakou Guardhouse, including Lin Yi and Wang Jian, there are no more than ten people. To be precise, they are frontier soldiers who entered the camp.The third is the common people from Yongping City. There are 300 people. These 300 people have been selected through layers of selection. They are warriors selected from more than 1000 elites who applied to defend the city.After two battles with the Tartars and Ji Dong's short-term training for them, they also completed the transformation from ordinary people to soldiers.

These more than 300 people are really Ji Dong's first team, and they are also his first pot of gold in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty after he crossed over.

A few days later, Ji Dong and his team arrived in the west of Qian'an.

In the western part of Qian'an County, that is, Xinglong County in later generations, Lin Yi's team found Zu Kuan's team.

Zu Kuan led 6000 Ningyuan troops to camp here. These 6000 troops included 3000 infantry and 3000 cavalry. Zu Kuan had joined Lu Xiangsheng who had arrived in Yuyang. Governor Lu ordered Zu Kuan to station here to intercept the Tartars.

In the big tent, Zu Kuan and his deputy Li Mingfu were discussing matters.

Zu Kuansheng's broad shoulders, thick back, big arms, round waist, and square face made him look like a strong man in the army.

"Governor Lu is asking us to wait here, but not allowing troops to enter. It's really urgent."

"Don't worry, my lord. This time the Tatars are numerous and powerful. Governor Lu Yanwang has six soldiers and horses. He has to complete the deployment of troops before he can encircle and wipe out the Tartars. We will stay here at ease."

"Hmm..." Zu Kuan let out a long snort, and leaned back with his huge body, "There is a village a few miles to the south, take someone to wash it tonight, and get some interesting girls come over."

Li Mingfu looked distressed, "Master, the governor has arrived in Yuyang, King Lu Yan is very strict in governing the army, and his majesty's Shangfang sword, if the governor finds out, it will be bad for the governor."

Zu Kuan has the same virtue as the original Zu Keyong. They have been guarding the customs for a long time, and they have never developed the habit of guarding the army. .

To say that Ning Yuan's army is famous means fighting, but their military discipline is really bad.What was especially bad was Zu Kuan's team. They fought bravely, were invincible and invincible.

But their biggest problem is that they like to plunder villages and bully the people. Wherever his army goes, they burn houses and rape women, even worse than those bandits and thieves.

Outside Shanhaiguan, especially when Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou's subordinate, was in power, Zu Kuan and the others simply did whatever they wanted.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan had an accident and was executed by Emperor Chongzhen Ling Chi. It is said that more than 3500 knives were cut in total, and the image of Ning Yuanjun also plummeted.Although Emperor Chongzhen threatened and comforted him later, until now, Zu Dashou, the new leader of the Ningyuan Army, has not dared to enter Beijing for fear of being captured by Jin Yiwei.

Since then, Zu Kuan has been apprehensive whenever he leaves the border.In the past few years, even though he fought with Zuo Liangyu, generals Cao, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Lao Hui, he made many military exploits and wiped out countless enemies.

But this time when he was about to go to King Qin of Gyeonggi, a string was tightened in his head, and the shadow of Yuan Chonghuan lingered in his mind.

Now that they have come to the pass, especially near Gyeonggi, and served under the command of Lu Yanwang, Zu Kuan and the others have restrained themselves a bit along the way, but their nature cannot be changed after all.

Zu Kuan felt itchy in his heart, "Old Li, why are you so brainy, you can't come to the dark if you're clear? I'm working hard for the court, I don't want my head, can't I just play with a woman?"

Li Mingfu knew that his boss had a hot temper, and if he said another word, he would scold his mother. The other generals were in front of him, and they dared not even say a word.

As a lieutenant general, he still has a bit of face, so the self-aware Li Mingfu had no choice but to nod, "Well, tonight, my subordinates will send a few people to pretend to be thieves, so that the boss can have fun."

"That's right." On Zu Kuan's big face, an expectant smile appeared.

A soldier from outside the tent came in to report: "My lord, the guerrilla general Zu Keyong has returned."

"Who?" Zu Kuan's square face tensed when he heard the name.

Zu Keyong has not contacted him these days, and he thought that the more than 1000 horses were missing. Zu Keyong was his confidant and beloved general, his right hand and right arm, to open the way for him in front.

Now the front vanguard is gone, so many days, he didn't notice it two days ago, but after a long time, Zu Kuan, who is the deputy commander in chief, has lost the vanguard, of course this matter can't be finished.

He sent people to inquire but there was no news. Zu Kuan thought they got lost, or they went somewhere to enjoy themselves. The possibility of the former is not very high.

In the first few days, Zu Kuan still looked forward to good things like this, but he was always disappointed, and then he scolded his mother.

The night before yesterday, he and Li Mingfu scolded Zu Keyong severely, who had been missing for a long time. Now that Zu Keyong had news suddenly, Zu Kuan was startled as if he didn't hear clearly.

"Back to the boss, the guerrilla general Zu Keyong is back." The gate army who reported the incident had no choice but to repeat.

"Let him come to see me!" Zu Kuan said angrily.

After Zu Keyong entered the account, he found that Zu Kuan's face was wrong, so he quickly saluted Zu Kuan: "The final general will see the vice president."

Zu Kuan stared at the flesh on his face and jumped a few times. Although Zu Keyong was violent and rude, he was like a sheep in front of Zu Kuan. It can be a little bit of a big deal.

Zu Keyong knew that Zu Kuan was about to explode, and he was ready.

"You still know how to come back! Where did you die these days?"

"Your Excellency, calm down, this subordinate has something to report..." Zu Keyong also suppressed his anger, and said to himself, sir, you still ask me, we are fighting with the Tartars in front, and more than 1000 people have fought off?Where are you?Trapped in Yongping, in danger.We sent people to rescue the soldiers, we were desperate, and the city was almost destroyed, where are you?
But how dare he say this directly, he can only explain truthfully and patiently.

Unexpectedly, just after Zu Keyong finished explaining, Zu Kuan was furious, and went up against the case, "Doo! Zu Keyong, Zu Keyong, you can't lie, you have more than 1000 people, and you can defeat Yue Tuo and Amin's tens of thousands!" Baqi? Do you know who Yue Tuo and Amin are? Does this general dare to brag like that? Where did Lin Yi come out? Could it be that he is better than this general soldier? After following this general for so many years, don’t you know? General Ben’s temper? How dare you talk nonsense, it’s okay. Come on, push it out, and cut it off!”

(End of this chapter)