Great time travel

1 Thirty chapters, the "righteous men" who come and go in a hurry
On the other side, the old scholar who went to the envoy's camp for the second time was really scared to death by the reckless impulsiveness of the young scholar Gao Xuan just now. On the way back to Hangzhou City, he kept complaining: "...Those thieves are rude and grumpy at first glance, why do you bother to provoke these goddamn roughs! If you make the thieves angry, wouldn't it be useless for me to wait this time?" Lost your life?"

"...Hehe, it's the so-called wealth and wealth and danger! How can there be fame that falls from the sky in this world? Since we have been recommended by the magistrate, we will naturally know the favor and serve him bravely! Besides, don't you, senior? Can't tell, this thief and his subordinates are clearly not of the same mind? Even one of his subordinates can't be restrained, it can be seen that this thief was excluded in the Kun Song Dynasty and sent out to serve as an army! The ancients did not deceive me! "

Gao Xuan, a talented scholar, smiled disapprovingly—as everyone knows, if the fame recommended by the magistrate was placed in a peaceful era, it would be a fight to the death. The city of Hangzhou is broken, and it may be even more troublesome to have a reputation.

"...Hmph, then why did you offer the king's reward? Still can't impress such wolfish and ambitious people?" The old scholar snorted coldly.

"...Isn't it because I'm afraid that I won't be able to control my subordinates! As long as the magistrate is willing to make great profits for such thieves, why not let them turn against us?"

Gao Xuan, who felt very good about himself, sneered, stopped talking to the old scholar, and went to the brothel to report to the prefect.

It's just that Liu Zhifu's self-esteem is not as good as Gao Xuan's - although his information channels are also not well-informed, he has found out that the big boss of the gangsters outside the city is surnamed Sun instead of Li... After listening to Gao Xuan's report, Liu Zhifu understood: this idiot didn't find the right master at all, but randomly found a small bandit leader, talked nonsense with the duck, and then excitedly went to the court. He has come to repay the credit!
As for the calligraphy that he wrote with his own hand and stamped the official seal just now, it must have been taken away by some thief to wipe his ass!

Looking at Gao Xuan, who was still complacent and unaware, Liu Zhifu's expression changed for a while, but in the end he rolled his eyes, instead of blaming him, he comforted Gao Xuan with gentle words—— In this critical situation, a loyal and brave man is really rare, it is better not to dampen his enthusiasm... It was not until Gao Xuan was sent out that Liu Zhifu explained the truth to all the righteous men present with a dejected expression.

In this regard, not only the righteous men were very discouraged, but even the singing girls who accompanied the wine were worried and paled.

However, at this moment, the Qiongzhou native Gou Xunli, who claimed to have an unshakable enmity with the Kun thief, stood up and said loudly:
"...Everyone! Don't be discouraged! This gangster has always been cruel and immoral, greedy and promiscuous. Wherever he goes, there is no one in ten gentry families. However, I have been supporting scholars for more than two hundred years. Is it possible that the imperial court can be easily suppressed by mere kun thieves with a moment of lust? As long as the magistrate can select one or two loyal and familiar kun thieves to sneak out of the city and contact brave men from all directions to join forces to fight the enemy, there will be Miraculous effect!"

Hearing Gou Xunli's impassioned words, Liu Zhifu seemed to have a glimmer of hope in his heart: "...So, there should be quite a few volunteers in the countryside outside the city? I wonder if you are willing to go outside the city, For this official to contact the righteous people from all sides? This government will definitely recommend him as a parent!"

Before the others had time to react, Gou Xunli had already bowed to the magistrate again, and calmly replied:

"...The thieves invaded the bandits, and the lives were devastated. The common people in the world, the husband will bear it! The students are not talented, and I am willing to share the worries for the adults!"

Gou Xunli's words were resounding, and immediately moved the magistrate to tears, "What a strong man! Drink this cup!"

And the favorability of the rest of the righteous men for Gou Xunli also increased greatly, and they all toasted and flattered.After drinking a few cups of Huadiao wine with each other, Liu Zhifu seized the gap and discussed with Gou Xunli about going out of the city, "...I don't know when the righteous Gou will leave the city? What do you need to go out of the city?"

"...prepare to leave the city tomorrow, because the students are not natives, so they need to find out about Hangzhou's geography first. In addition, the students need to win the trust of others, so they boldly ask the magistrate to lend a set of tokens in case they leave the city at any time, and ask The country gentry proves their identity..."

Liu Zhifu fully agreed to this: "...It's easy to say, everyone, we will be here tonight for the righteous man! I wish the righteous man a smooth journey!"

So, in a warm atmosphere, the drink lasted until the moon was over, and everyone was so drunk that they all went away...

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The next day, when Mr. Zhang Dai, who had been drinking too much last night, was lying on his bed in the Zhang family courtyard in Hangzhou, rubbing his head, which was stinging from the hangover, Gou Xunli, a righteous man from Qiongzhou, did not leave the city. Instead of contacting Jinshen, he rushed to Zhang's mansion in a hurry to persuade Zhang Dai to escape quickly!

"...What? I just ventured into the city yesterday, and the suitcase cage hasn't been opened yet, so you let me pack up and run away today?"

Zhang Dai stared at Gou Xunli in disbelief, "...Didn't you say at the banquet yesterday that the gangster was cruel and immoral, greedy and promiscuous, and disliked the hearts of scholars and people. He will definitely be attacked by rebels from all directions. Even if he gains power for a while, It can't last long, will you just run away in embarrassment in the end? Moreover, it seems that you stepped up to contact the righteous people outside Hangzhou yesterday, and cooperated with the outside world to rescue Hangzhou? Why did you change your mind in just one day?"

"...Alas, Mr. Zhang, those are just consoling words to persuade Liu Zhifu, to make him feel at ease, how can he take it seriously?"

Gou Xunli smiled wryly and waved his hands again and again, "...that Kun bandit has sharp soldiers, brave soldiers, and mighty firearms. The Zheng family and Liu Xiang who ran rampant in the Fujian Sea in the past were also destroyed in a single battle in front of the Kun bandit. Those in the south of the Yangtze River will only suppress The wealthy landowner whose tenants resist the rent is even less of a match for the thieves... The villain has a token from the magistrate in his hand, and he can open the city gate at any time, so I ask you to make a quick decision! If you wait until the thieves surround you , I won’t be able to leave!”

——According to Gou Xunli, who has rich "anti-Japanese experience", first of all, the Jiangnan side has been at peace for a long time, and the villages and towns in the countryside have not been fought for many years. The leader of the militia is just an ordinary big landlord who can mobilize hundreds of farmers to fight in neighbors' land during the slack season.As for the really bad fights, they haven't been fought in generations.

What's more, the land in the south of the Yangtze River has always been a place of peace and prosperity, and it is also a place of first-class prosperity and humanity, so the gentry basically spend their money on squandering pleasure or making friends with officials, and no one thinks of raising a group of capable people. Guard team.So now facing the soldiers of the thieves, they are almost defeated at the first touch!According to the information he inquired in the city of Hangzhou, in the face of the attack of the thieves, no family of gentry could withstand the attack of the thieves.Even if they gathered more than ten times as many strong men, they were still defeated by a small group of thieves with dozens of people, and they couldn't even hold their own village!
It can be seen from this that even if there are so-called "righteous people" in the countryside outside the city, even they themselves are in danger. How can they spare energy to support Hangzhou?
Secondly, even if he really brought in the rebels from the surrounding countryside, Hangzhou City would definitely not be able to defend it—yesterday’s dinner of flowers and wine hadn’t been finished yet, so Gou Xunli left the banquet halfway with the magistrate’s token and official documents, and went to After inquiring about the city defense situation in Hangzhou, I found out that there is not even a Hongyi cannon in the whole city of Hangzhou, only some tiger squatting cannons with a very short range (each tiger squatting cannon weighs 36 catties, which is [-] kg, you can Imagine the size and power of this thing), and the improvised wooden cannon.Facing the shelling of the Kun bandits, basically he could only hold his head and be beaten.

But the thieves on the Qiantang River are full of huge ships, equipped with hundreds of heavy artillery.It was just a small test of skill at Houchaomen before, and without even sending anyone to land, the city tower was easily blown down from the boat, and the city wall was riddled with holes.Today, there are no more than 2000 gun thieves shooting rockets outside the Wulin Gate.But the defenders don't want to go out of the city to counterattack, no one even dares to go up the city wall to defend against the enemy!Because anyone who dared to go up the city wall was killed by the guns of the thieves!
What's more terrible is that even though the offensive and defensive battle has been fought for several days, there are still very few defenders organized by the magistrate's yamen. Even if the temporary conscripts are included, the city's defenders are only more than 4000 people.Half of them are newly conscripted strong men who don't even have weapons and can only shrink on the city wall and throw stones; the remaining half are military households like beggars and government servants and tax collectors who can only bully good people.I didn’t see even a hair of the recruits who were really fighting. It is said that they were all taken to Wenzhou by the governor of Zhejiang to guard the provincial border.Although Liu Zhifu collected a large amount of "donation for thieves", he basically didn't take out the money to recruit soldiers, most of it was stuffed into his private pocket...

Therefore, even if he was able to recruit people from all over the country with his penetrating tongue, where did the military salary and weapons come from?Do you still want those righteous men who risked their lives against the thieves to pay out of their own pockets?Based on Gou Xunli's experience, even if such a rebel army, which has to take care of itself, can be formed, everyone must be full of resentment, and it is even very likely that they will defect to the enemy as soon as they go into battle!Because robbing a big family in Hangzhou is much easier than robbing a thief!

Hearing this, Zhang Dai's mood immediately turned cold, but when he thought about his clan relatives who were still in his hometown in Shaoxing, he couldn't help but hesitated.And Gou Xunli immediately gave him another dose of strong medicine - according to the information he inquired, the gangsters coming from the Qiantang River to ravage the provincial capital Hangzhou are just a few thousand people. .On the other hand, the Kun Thief's other group of tens of thousands of elite soldiers, under the leadership of the rebel general Huang Shi, landed from Ningbo and swept all the way westward.Faced with such a massive attack from both sides, Shaoxing, Shangyu and other places on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay were originally Wen Tian Wuxi, with few soldiers, and now even gods are hard to save!
In addition, although the bandits outside the city of Hangzhou were limited in strength, they failed to completely cut off the traffic between Hangzhou city and the outside world.However, shipping on the Qiantang River was completely blocked, and all fishing boats and ferries would be destroyed.Even if Zhang Dai insisted on staying in Hangzhou, he couldn't find a way to continue going south.Of course, if you don't mind the trouble, you can also go west to Chun'an and other mountainous areas in western Zhejiang to make a big circle... It's just that this mountain road was originally difficult and difficult to walk, and now it is snowing heavily. The bandits and bandits in the country are also very rampant. It is really unknown whether they can reach Shaoxing alive.Even if we did go to Shaoxing, it would be more than a month later, and even the day lily would be cold by then...

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At this point, Zhang Dai's mind was finally shaken completely - he had naturally heard of General Huangshi's reputation of sweeping Liaodong in the past, and he knew exactly how weak the defense of Shaoxing City was.Some of the strongholds and townships that resisted the Japanese pirates in the past have already collapsed completely, and it is impossible to restore them in a hurry.If Huangshi really brought tens of thousands of people, or even sent a few thousand people to fight over, Shaoxing would definitely be unable to hold on.

If the thieves were not coming so fast and had a few months of buffer time to plan and respond, he might still manage to sneak back to his hometown, relying on his family connections and power, as well as the money and food he had accumulated, to pull together A regiment came to defend the homeland...

But now that half of Zhejiang is about to fall, there is no time left to calmly deal with it. Even if he managed to sneak across the Qiantang River and rush back to his hometown, what use would it be?Don't talk about recruiting and training, it's too late to even make temporary weapons!
If the worst happens, Shaoxing City may have been captured by thieves at this time!Faced with such a situation, what should Zhang Dai do?Do you want to destroy your reputation and turn to thieves to protect your clan?Or to scold the thief generously and die?He didn't want to lose face at all, let alone die!

Then, although he used to live in the provincial capital of Hangzhou for many years because of his love of prosperity, Zhang Dai is still a native of Shaoxing after all, and his feelings for the city of Hangzhou are relatively limited. It's completely hopeless.Zhang Zongzi was not an official of the imperial court, and he had no responsibility to guard the land, so why did he die in Hangzhou with Liu Zhifu?

Therefore, under Gou Xunli's repeated persuasion, Zhang Dai finally half-heartedly accepted his statement that "there is nothing to be done, but to preserve a useful body for the future", and ordered the housekeeper to pack his luggage and look for vehicles, horses and boats... …

When Gou Xunli saw this, he was also relieved - after finding out the details of the officers and soldiers and the bandits in Hangzhou, he was so frightened that he wanted to run away.But if the nobleman Zhang Dai was trapped in Hangzhou, but he ran away, then even if Gou Xunli managed to escape back to Nanjing, he would not be spared from Donglin to Fushe... Now that Zhang Dai can be escorted back whole, at least Don't have to worry about your own way of life!
But on the other hand... Hey, I don't know when I will have to wait until my sad wish to avenge the Kun thief to destroy my family will come true!

Looking at the servants and maids rushing back and forth busy tidying up the delicate ones, and the beautiful concubine who was so pale and weeping softly, and listening to the sharp roar of the thief's rockets in the air, Gou Xunli, who had fled all over southern China these years, Finally, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

——Hey, who told this world to be so difficult?For the time being, I really can't care about this much, let's keep myself alive first!