Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 110 Fengqiu County

"The imperial court wants to send troops to take back the world, but there is no one to take charge of the overall situation in the north of the Yellow River, so I am here." Yue Qijie's words resounded loudly, and it was very pleasant to the ears of the bearded man.

"Really, that's great." The bearded man was as happy as a child who had eaten honey, and his previous serious look was gone.

"To tell you the truth, my lord, I, Rogge, was originally a member of the Xuanfu Army Township, in charge of a team of soldiers. Because I was dissatisfied with the commander's surrender to the bandits, I ran back with a dozen brothers in the team as deserters. "

Hearing Rogge's self-introduction, Yue Qijie understood why he met a strong man with a big ax in this remote place. It turned out that he was an officer of Xuanfu before.

"If you don't mind it, I'm willing to wait for you under your command." After saying that, Rogge put down the ax and knelt on one knee in front of Yue Qijie's horse.

Seeing Rogge's great gift, Yue Qijie quickly got off his horse and helped him up, and said, "Please get up the strong men. I never thought that I, Yue Qijie, would be helped by warriors as soon as I crossed the Yellow River. God help me."

"It's just that I don't have any money, so I'm afraid I won't be able to give you any good money." Xuanfu Army Town adopts a recruitment system, and the soldiers are all recruited from the people. The payment will be nearly one tael.

Yue Qijie doesn't even have an official office now, and he only has a few followers. How can he have the money to pay them.

"Nowadays when the country is overthrown, a good man doesn't want to serve the country, so how can he care about some money." Rogge is really generous, and he doesn't want any money, willing to let Yue Qijie go whoring for nothing.

In fact, he knew that even if they asked for money, the imperial court would not be able to pay them out, and the frontier soldiers did not know how long they were owed for money.

Mutiny, rebellion, defection to the enemy, such things have happened countless times in the Nine Sides in the past few decades. They have long been used to the days of working without pay and free work. In many cases, they are satisfied as long as they can eat enough.

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll accept you." Yue Qijie heard Rogge say this, and felt that if he still disagreed, it would make the people feel chilled by the people in the court, so he decided to accept him.

It was also a time when he was short of people. Let alone Rogge, who was a deserter. Even if he was a serial murderer, Yue Qijie could only keep him by his side and take care of him.

"I don't know where my lord is going now. There are more than a hundred old and weak women and children in my village. They are all brothers' family members, and there are also poor people who have been rescued. I want them to follow." Rogge suggested.

Yue Qijie thought to himself, anyway, he was only active near the north bank of the Yellow River for the time being, and there was no danger, so it would be fine to let those old and weak women and children follow him, so he said.

"Okay, you go and pack your things first. I'm going to Fengqiu City first to contact the rebels, regiments, and villages in Hebei counties. You can come to Fengqiu to find me later."

So Yue Qijie and Roger temporarily separated.

As soon as he came ashore, he met Rogge and other righteous men. Yue Qijie thought it was a good omen. He thought that most of the people in the world were still loyal to the imperial court. As a springboard for the official army to attack, retreat can be used as a stronghold for the court's defense.

Thinking like this, Yue Qijie slowly came to the foot of Fengqiu city. Because the sky was dark, the city gate here was closed, so they had to stand at the foot of the city and call for the door, asking the people inside to open it.

After a while, the city gate opened. Yue Qijie thought that the local magistrate would come to greet him, but instead he saw a man in brocade robes coming with a large number of soldiers wearing coarse short brown cloth and holding swords and guns.

"Who are you?" Yue Qijie thought Fengqiu was captured by the Chuang army.

"This is Ji Guangxiu, a Juren from Fengqiu County." Ji Guangxiu introduced himself.

"Where is Fengqiu County, why didn't you come out to meet him?" Yue Qijie asked, it stands to reason that it is the responsibility of the parents and officials of a place to receive Shangguan, so why would a Juren come out.

"My lord, two months ago Fengqiu County surrendered a bandit, and the people in this county were outraged and expelled him. I was elected by the folks and elders to manage the whole county. I don't know where he is now." Ji Guangxiu will seal the What happened in Qiu county was reported to Yue Qijie truthfully.

"That's it." Yue Qijie listened to Ji Guangxiu's words thoughtfully, because of the war and the rampant bandits, and the Yellow River as a natural geographical dividing line, he was not familiar with the situation north of the Yellow River.

"I wonder what your lord's coming to Fengqiu is?" Ji Guangxiu asked Yue Qijie respectfully, as if he was ready to carry out Yue Qijie's orders at any time.

"I want to contact and gather rebels, regiments, stockades, and gather armed forces to defend the place to prevent the invasion of rogues or Tartars." Yue Qijie didn't hide it from him, anyway, anyone with a discerning eye can roughly guess what he is going to do when they see him. .

"How many soldiers do you have now?" Yue Qijie asked.

"The whole county has donated [-] volunteer soldiers to prevent bandits from invading." Ji Guangxiu replied.

"Okay, since you were elected by the local government and have military power in your hands, I will transfer you to my account. How about waiting for orders?" Yue Qijie asked Ji Guangxiu's opinion.

"Follow your lord's order." Ji Guangxiu agreed.

As the governor of Henan Province, Yue Qijie already had the right to command the troops, not to mention the volunteer soldiers and militiamen in these places.

"Come on, let's enter the county government office now. You go and send someone to invite all the rich households and gentry in the county." After Yue Qijie finished speaking, he brought Han Guang and others into the county government office.

Although the sky was completely dark, Yue Qijie had no intention of resting. It was wartime, and every minute and every second was precious, let alone a place like Fengqiu, which was almost equivalent to the front line.

Although Ji Guangxiu called all the wealthy households and gentry in the county over at night and made them very angry, when they heard the order from the governor, none of them dared to say anything.

"Do you know why I invited you here?" Yue Qijie asked while sitting on the first seat.

"I don't know."

"do not know."

When everyone heard Yue Qijie's question, they all shook their heads and answered.

"Currently there are bandits everywhere, the northern captives are invading the south, and His Majesty will personally conquer the west and the north. The disputes in the world have reached the extreme."

Before Yue Qijie could say the next sentence, everyone sitting there started discussing one after another.

"What, does Your Majesty want to personally conquest?"

"That Your Majesty?"

"You are stupid, of course you are the successor prince."

Zhu Cixi has not yet promulgated his reign title, so he can only be called His Majesty or Emperor, but cannot add other prefixes. At most, he can only be distinguished from other emperors by using the title Prince.

The tradition in the Ming Dynasty and later is that after the new emperor ascended the throne, the new emperor's reign name was used in the following year, and the previous emperor's reign name was still used in the year of his accession.

(End of this chapter)