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

Chapter 596 Bargaining
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Hong Niangzi slapped the table with her palm, cracks suddenly appeared on the hard table, and all the generals in the big tent shuddered.This heroine, who always loves to talk and laugh, has a vicious look on her face, her eyes almost burst into flames, and she repeatedly cursed: "Damn Zuo Liangyu, hateful Liu Zeqing, how dare you harm civilians like this! What kind of imperial army are you? , not even a group of grassroots bandits, I must take your skin off!"

The Queshan area is not far from Xinyang City, she has released so many sentry cavalry, of course the good deeds done by Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing cannot be hidden from her eyes and ears.When she learned that Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing slaughtered those honest people without any scruples and falsely accused them of being thieves, she was really furious. If Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing appeared in front of her, she would definitely draw out her sword and pounce on them. Chopped up these two bastards!
——— Subconsciously, the female bandit completely regards Xinyang as her territory. She can rebel in Xinyang and mobilize a large number of people to rebel against the court. She can rob the rich and help the poor, but outsiders must not touch every plant and tree in Xinyang , otherwise she will never end with them!Now Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing are killing each other in Xinyang, which has crossed her bottom line, how can she not be angry?
Feng Lei sneered: "It's still the officers and soldiers we are familiar with!"

Feng Ting also sneered: "Those are the dog officials we are familiar with!"

These two brothers are refugees from Shanxi. Their parents were killed by officers and soldiers as bandits on the way to exile, and a young sister also starved to death on the way. They are naturally full of hatred for those officers and soldiers who are more ruthless than bandits. Now they What happened to more people is repeated, and they have nothing but hatred.

The red lady waved her hand and said: "Needless to say anything else, call all the infantry and cavalry immediately, let's go and make an appointment with those surnamed Zuo and those surnamed Liu, and let them pay with blood!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the Feng brothers immediately took orders to gather the cavalry.

At this time, a general came to report: "The head of the family, there is a scholar asking to see you!"

The red lady was a little surprised: "A scholar wants to see me?" This is strange. Ever since she started the army, those literati have tried their best to slander and slander her. They almost turned her into black ink, but there is actually a scholar here. ask to see?
The general said: "The scholar said his surname is Li!"

The red lady suddenly said, "Take me there!" Walking out of the big tent, she followed the general to the outside of the barracks. At first sight, she saw Li Yan's white clothes fluttering, handsome and dusty, surrounded by a dozen soldiers wearing Iron armor, black clothes and long sword, who is not a soldier of the Heluo New Army?
Their eyes met, and both sides looked a little strange. When the red lady saw Li Yan, she lost the surprise and excitement in her heart, but when Li Yan looked at her heroic spirit, he felt more admiration and amazement.

Li Yan clasped his hands in salute and was about to speak when the red lady waved her hands and said with a smile: "Don't do that, I see my teeth sore..." I looked around, but I didn't find the round face and the time when he wasn't smiling. Also like a guy who laughed, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, "Are you the only one here? Where's that kid? Why didn't he come?"

Hearing that she casually called her immediate superior a brat, the dozen or so soldiers of the Heluo New Army who escorted Li Yan all the way looked a little weird, but Li Yan had long been used to it and said, "Champion!" Hou is busy quelling the chaos in Huguang and implementing the New Deal, so he really can't leave...won't you invite me in?"

The red lady said generously: "Come here, take Mr. Li and those good men's horses down to serve them well, and prepare meals to greet the guests!"

Immediately, someone came to lead the horse, and took the dozen or so soldiers down to rest.The red lady took Li Yan to her big tent, and asked as she walked, "How is he recently?"

Li Yan said: "As usual, he has a very flexible mind, but he never thinks about the consequences when doing things, and makes a lot of trouble every day. He can do the work of ten people alone, but at least ten people must follow behind in a hurry. remedy, or something serious will happen.”

The red lady couldn't help laughing: "When will this clown change his disregarding temperament?"

Li Yan was a little helpless: "I'm afraid there is no hope in this life." Pointing to the army that was gathering, "What are you doing?"

The red lady said calmly: "Two mad dogs came to Xinyang to bite and bite everywhere, and injured many people. I have to take people there and kill them before they kill more people!"

Li Yan frowned: "Are you talking about Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing?"

The red lady was a little surprised: "You know everything?"

Li Yan didn't deny it either: "Yes, I know all about it. I also know that these two were sent by the imperial court to deal with Champion Hou and sabotage the new policy that Champion Hou implemented in Huguang. They are not good things."

Hong Niangzi began to feel that Li Yan's appearance was not accidental: "So you rushed here from Wuhan?"

Li Yan said: "Yes. The Zuo and Liu troops have lax military discipline. They like to kill the good and take meritorious service. They have a very bad reputation. If they are allowed to enter Huguang, there will be a bloody storm in Huguang. I can't tolerate this kind of thing happening, so I'm here to help you deal with those two beasts."

The red lady raised her eyebrows: "That little brat actually wants to take advantage of me?"

Li Yan secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good. If the red lady believed that Yang Menglong wanted to use her, then the situation would be bad. Is he benevolent or malicious!He hurriedly said: "You want to make a career in Xinyang. Champion Hou fully understands, and has given you the utmost support. With so much military funding, has he never asked you for a penny? Now In order to deal with him, the treacherous officials in the court did not hesitate to release those two mad dogs, trying to set off a bloody storm in Huguang, and you are really indifferent? Besides..."

The red lady waved her hand and interrupted: "My lord, don't talk about it, just talk about it, what benefits can I get by helping him?"

Li Yan really could only smile wryly, Hong Niangzi and Yang Menglong are really a match made in heaven, their styles are exactly the same, they are both straightforward, and they don't even bother to go around in circles!If you want to get along with her happily, you'd better talk straight and fart, so he made a sneaky offer: "Champion Hou hopes that you can keep those two scum who are not as good as grass bandits in Xinyang, and even put them Exterminate!"

The red lady said: "This is unrealistic. Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing are veteran generals, and their subordinates are full of experienced and ruthless people. Although I claim to have 20 horses, most of them are farmers. , there are only 7000 people who can fight, how can they beat 2 of them?"

Li Yan said: "Although these two thieves claim to have tens of thousands of people, they can only bring over two thousand people. These two thousand people are their servants and sentry cavalry. As long as these people are wiped out , the latter is nothing to worry about... Don't worry, the Heluo New Army will provide you with sufficient weapons and equipment and food, so that you have no worries." Lowering his voice, he revealed an important information to the red lady: "The New Army is now changing Loading muskets, a large number of swords, guns, horses, and strong bows and crossbows were eliminated, and the armory was piled up like a mountain of crossbows, and the champion Hou Zheng was worried that he had nowhere to deal with it!"

The red lady curled her lips: "There is no place to dispose of such good equipment? Then I will help him dispose of it a little bit. So-so, send me another 50 strong crossbows, [-] crossbow bolts, and [-] horizontal knives." , come here with three thousand rifles!"

Li Yan was very straightforward: "No problem!"

The red lady was a little surprised: "There is really no place to dispose of those equipment? You agreed so readily?"

Li Yan said: "There is really no place to deal with it. If you don't want it, he can only give these stocks to the Sichuan Army."

The red lady was happy: "Don't, don't be in vain... Well, remember to get me another three thousand sets of armor!"

This female bandit is really a lion. In the past, Yang Menglong would have been so distressed that his face turned pale, but now Yang Menglong is calm, because the Heluo New Army is indeed going to completely eliminate cold weapons. It is really useless to produce so many armor knives and guns before. The land of martial arts.Bows and crossbows are okay to say, some troops can use them, but swords, guns and armor are really useless. The Heluo New Army believes that the new ceramic breastplate can completely withstand the direct hit of the gold heavy arrow within 30 meters. This thing is better than iron armor. It's too light, and it won't rust, so it doesn't need to be maintained at all. With such a good stuff, ghosts continue to wear heavy armor!However, there were too many produced in the past, and now it is difficult to get rid of the inventory. The equipment is very sophisticated, and it is a disaster if it falls into the hands of those troops with lax military discipline, and the few troops with good military discipline have no money to buy... …The military discipline is not bad, which means that they dare not loot around, dare not loot around, live on the little military salary given by the court, and can't even eat enough, so where can they have money to buy equipment?Yang Menglong had cheated himself.Now that the red lady wants it, what else is there to say?Just give it to her!

She asked Li Yan for another batch of food, and the female bandit was finally satisfied.At this time, her army had already assembled, and more than [-] people rushed out, leaving only [-] people to continue to monitor Xinyang City.She wasn't worried at all that the defenders of Xinyang City would come out... Those peasants were too diligent. They dug a trench two and a half meters wide and one and a half meters deep around Xinyang City, and then piled the excavated soil on the ground. I built an earthen wall on my side, and the ditch was covered with bamboo sticks and pickets. It hurts to look at it. In some areas that are easier to break through, I creatively pulled up barbed wire from Nanyang, just like the gang in Xinyang City. The good-for-nothings all day long want to fight out of the city, and what meets them is bound to be a massacre.

Thousands of troops assembled, and the momentum was extraordinary, especially the fact that half of this army was riding horses, which made one's scalp tingle.The red lady leaped to the front of the army, and asked sharply: "There are two mad dogs who came to Xinyang City to burn and kill, and want to ruin Xinyang into a piece of white land. Do you agree!?"

Thousands of people responded loudly: "Never agree!"

The red lady said: "I will be the first to say no! It's a man who doesn't want his wife and daughter to be caught as prostitutes. Come with me and beat them back!" Speeding away in the direction of Queshan.The gang of green forest heroes who followed her to the state were the first to follow, followed by the newly recruited grassroots thieves. Of course, there are bad embryos with no lower limit among these people, but there are also many hot-blooded men. They have one thing in common , that is to admire heroes from the bottom of my heart. If you have the right temper, you can even sell your life to you!And Hong Niangzi is undoubtedly such a person. Her heroic posture of sprinting and leaping horses makes these green forest heroes leisurely and fascinated. Her superb martial arts make everyone admire her. She was sincerely convinced, with a pointed finger, there were a lot of brave men——Masters, let a woman charge forward, are you ashamed?Now one by one scrambled to follow up.

Li Yan shook his head slightly, thinking that although Hong Niangzi recruited thieves and bandits, they could grow in a short period of time, but it would also cause endless troubles. Most of these thieves are undisciplined and ruthless. If they are not controlled well, accidents will easily happen.But Hong Niangzi did a good job, so many green forest heroes on the hilltops obeyed her, and it has been so long since I heard of any hilltop looting the village, which is considered a great deed.He felt that Hong Niangzi's approach could be used as a reference. Gathering these heroes together, giving them a goal, and then taking them to risk their lives together is better than letting them do nothing and rush to the state.He made up his mind. After the situation in Huguang stabilized, he must persuade Yang Menglong to recruit those thieves in Henan and Shandong, and then send them to the border to rob the Mongolian Tartars, or simply rob Annan and Japan. They can't be allowed to stay in the hinterland and rob their own people!
After making up his mind, he rode his horse and followed.Although Hong Niangzi is excellent in martial arts and can play quite subtle tactics, but after all, she has never commanded a large army to fight and needs his help.

(End of this chapter)