Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 431 It's Really Unreliable

Anyone who knows a little bit about the history of the late Ming Dynasty knows that Li Yan was a very important person.He is not the protagonist of this era, but he played a vital role in this history.

Li Yan is a native of Qixian County, Henan Province. He was smart and studious since he was a child, and he won the imperial examination at a young age.This is not a good idea. They say "Jinshi is born, and people are promoted after death." If you become a Jinshi, you will have a bright future. If you are successful, you will be sorry. If you want to be an official, you have to wait until those officials die before you can get your turn. So he should be The official basically has no hope.This man was in ancient times. During a severe drought in Henan, countless people starved to death. He stepped forward and composed a "Relief Song" to persuade the officials and gentry of Qixian County to provide money and food to help the hungry people. He also donated all 13 shi of food from his home. go out.Although this move was motivated by book business and was not of much use, it also made the people grateful. The local people called him "Mr. Li".In the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the immortal Xiaoqiang Li Zicheng lost his pants again in repeated battles with the Ming Dynasty. Only thirteen horses were left and he was defeated in Shangluo Mountain. When he was at his lowest, Li Yan rushed to join him. The two hit it off and fell in love with each other. We talked for a long time and met each other late.It was also at this time that Li Yan's literary, Taoist and military strategies began to shine brightly. He improved the military discipline of the peasant army, advised Li Zicheng to respect the virtuous and courteous people, eliminate violence and calm the people, and prohibited the sexual abuse of women, so that the original name of the rebel army was actually The peasant army of the rogue bandits was in a state of solemn military discipline, and their whole appearance was completely new.Not only that, he also tried every means to publicize Li Zicheng and win the hearts of the people for Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was able to resurrect with the Thirteen Cavalry in the Shangluo Mountains, quickly mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, and finally broke through Beijing and dominated the world. Li Yan took the most credit. great.It is a pity that Li Zicheng is the kind of person who can only share adversity, but not wealth and wealth. He listened to Li Yan's advice when he was down and out, but after he swept through the Central Plains and came to Beijing, he could no longer listen to Li Yan's opinions and attacked. After entering Beijing, Li Yan once advised on four things, including strict military discipline and recruiting Wu Sangui and his son. For the fledgling Dashun regime, this was undoubtedly a matter of life and death, but Li Zicheng did not take it seriously at all. He replied coldly: "I got it!" He did not restrain his subordinates at all, and allowed them to plunder the city of Beijing, which made people lose their hearts. Even Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang was arrested and beaten until he was covered in blood.In anger, Wu Sangui let the Qing troops enter the pass. In a blink of an eye, the Dashun regime was wiped out. Li Zicheng became a rogue again, and was eventually beaten to death by villagers while robbing grain.

Li Yan's ending was not very good either. He was farsighted, and only he remained sober when everyone was dazzled by the victory. This sobriety made him make many enemies, and finally died in the hands of Niu Jinxing.

However, now Li Yan is still a chivalrous scholar who was chased by a tigress, he must not know what a brilliant and sad chapter he will write seven years later.This great man who decided the fate of the Ming Dynasty to some extent looked at Yang Menglong pitifully, his eyes looked like a head falling into a trap, looking at the little girl who came to check the trap, hoping that she would show kindness and let him go The little beast... There is no way, that tigress is too scary, have you ever heard of someone who personally led people on horseback and brought a sword to catch her husband?Such a miracle would be appalling in any era, but this aunt did it, and she did it with confidence and vigor!
Yang Menglong was a little dizzy, and unexpectedly met the wise and powerful Mr. Li here, and it was when he was most embarrassed?It’s incredible!He scratched his head and asked: "Say, Mr. Li, if you don't just stay at home, why are you here? Isn't it fun to be chased by a tigress all over the world?"

The red lady was furious, raised her eyebrows, and yelled: "Little brat, who do you call a tigress!?"

Yang Menglong made her tremble when she roared, "My dear, my temper is really hot. No wonder Li Yan would run away, he would have run away if it were him!"

Li Yan smiled bitterly and said: "I want to pay a visit to Master Lu, a famous Taoist priest, and learn a lot, but this girl has been entangled..."

Yang Menglong was overjoyed: "Are you going to see Master Lu? Coincidentally, I happen to be passing through Daming Road, shall we drop by?"

The red lady sneered: "You want to take him away? You have to ask my sister if I agree!" With a wave of her hand, several subordinates drew their weapons one after another and forced them forward, scaring the eunuchs almost to the point of incontinence.

A dozen guards came forward side by side, staring at these knights and knights with sharp eyes, and growled in their throats: "Go away!" They slowly pulled out the horizontal sword, pointed it at the ground, and breathed through their bodies, ready to explode.A murderous aura formed by flowing from the sea of ​​​​blood spurted out, making the red lady's horse neigh uneasily. The faces of these knights in the world changed. They had been wandering in the world since they were young, and they had already developed a pair of piercing eyes. It was obvious at a glance that these knights in black were all warriors who had lived through hundreds of battles. If they didn't take action, they wouldn't be finished. Once they did, they wouldn't be finished unless they killed corpses all over the ground. They couldn't afford to offend such ruthless characters.

The red lady's complexion changed slightly, and she calmed down the horse. She looked solemnly at the black military uniforms of the guards, and then at the long sword with a wide front, a narrow back, a thick blade and a thin blade in their hands, and said, "Straight blades, horizontal swords, Are you the new Heluo army?"

Black military uniforms and straight blades and horizontal knives have long been the symbols of Heluo's new army, and countless bizarre legends have been deduced among the people. Naturally, it is not unknown that the red lady is active in the Xinyang area.Yang Menglong chuckled: "You're only seeing it now? I said, red lady, chasing men is not as chasing as you are..."

The red lady screamed: "I want you to take care of it!" She glanced at Yang Menglong, and then slowed down her tone: "Little boy, you must be the commander of the Heluo new army who will never be reliable and can forget the date of marriage , Yang Menglong?"

What responded to her was a roar: "I will never be reliable? Which bastard made up the rumor!? Tell him to come out, and I promise not to hack him to death!"

The red lady snorted: "Still spreading rumors? Everyone in Henan knows about it! Seeing that you are good to the common people, and your good governance has given countless refugees a way to survive, my sister will not care about you, and take you quickly If you leave, you offend me, your eccentric head may move its position!"

Yang Menglong also snorted: "I was so scared! Do you think that these knights of the rivers and lakes under your command are the only ones who can defeat my iron warriors who rolled out of the pile of dead people under me? You have offended me, and I want to take you out!" Xinyang's cottage is a breeze!" Suddenly remembered a very important thing, and asked Li Yan: "By the way, where is her cottage in Xinyang?"

After working for a long time, he didn't even know where his old nest was. Li Yan smiled wryly, didn't answer, and muttered to himself: "It's really unreliable..."

The red lady is not in the mood to care about these things, she annoyed Yang Menglong: "General Yang, you must meddle in our business, don't you?"

Yang Menglong shrugged his shoulders and said, "At first I didn't want to care about it, but you surrounded us with guns and sticks and shouted to kill. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I didn't care anymore? I said, Hong Niangzi, You really don't chase men like you. If you chase like this, even a fierce general like Zhang Fei can scare the shit out of you! Why don't you tell your people to go back, and you, accompany Mr. Li to Daming Road with us Go sightseeing, get along well with each other, cultivate and cultivate your relationship, and I will help you match up, if it doesn’t work, just find a chance to knock him unconscious with a black stick, isn’t he at your mercy?”

The red lady pondered: "It seems... there is some truth!"

Li Yan exclaimed: "Master Yang, you can't do this!"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Mr. Li, for the lifelong happiness of the majority of male compatriots, please show mercy and accept this tigress... Besides, she is so beautiful and skilled in martial arts, and she may have saved a lot of money." Good thing, you won't be at a disadvantage if you marry into her cottage."

Li Yan wanted to cry but had no tears, he must have been blind and found such an unreliable guy as his savior!But the more she thought about it, the more she realized it made sense. She looked at Li Yan and said, "Little brat, you finally said something humane... Are you at a disadvantage for marrying into my village?" She turned to the subordinates. Said: "Okay, you guys go back first, and I will accompany Mr. Li to Daming Road to have fun."

Those well-dressed guards watched Yang Menglong vigilantly at the guard who was on the verge of firing, hesitated a little, and called out with Chinese characters: "Master, this..."

The red lady said, "Don't worry, the Heluo new army will not harm the common people, kid, am I right?"

Yang Menglong said in his heart: "What kind of common people are you? You are obviously a bandit who kills people and steals goods to attack the state!"

The big men in fine attire were still worried, but they had no choice but to cup their hands, turn their horses' heads one after another, and disappear at a gallop.

After the gang of deadly guys left, Yang Menglong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's all right, let's go on."

The red lady brought her bay red horse, which was already panting, and said to Li Yan with a smile: "Mr. Li, please get on the horse!"

Li Yan sighed, stepped on the stirrups, and hurried on in silence.The red lady controlled the horse with her legs, looking left and right, her spirits were high, her mood was so good that she was about to fly, which formed the most sharp contrast with Li Yan's depression.

Cao Huachun was terrified by the tense scene just now. Seeing the red lady nearby, he was terrified and asked Yang Menglong in a low voice: "General Yang, that woman is obviously not a kind person. Why didn't you take her down?"

Yang Menglong smiled bitterly: "How dare I... I am not afraid of anything, but I am afraid of this large female cat. I can't even hide in time, so I will take her down!"

It was only then that Cao Huachun remembered that Yang Menglong was still afraid of his wife... To be precise, he was afraid of women. On the battlefield, he was a brave general who won the three armies, but when he returned home, he immediately tucked his tail and became a good boy. Xiao Yufang, Liu Ziyan, Cheng Qi, any one of them can make him submissive, and they even call it: "A real man doesn't need to bully women to prove his heroism!" He shook his head Laughing, no one is perfect!
After some twists and turns, the convoy continued to set off, traveling hundreds of miles a day, and rushed to the Daming Road. Everything was as usual.

It's just two more people.

(End of this chapter)