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

Chapter 597 Indignant

Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing didn't know that there were still a group of people in Xinyang territory who dared to fight against them.They robbed while walking, beating and stopping, and they only walked more than ten miles a day.The infantry who fell behind came one after another, and the strength of the two rebel armies increased rapidly. Correspondingly, the disasters of the Xinyang people also multiplied. All vented to the land of Xinyang, like a swarm of locusts, eating up the villages and towns along the way, and draining the river. It seems that nothing can stop their progress. Thousands of civilians died in their hands!Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing didn't think there was anything wrong, didn't they always fight like this before?Although Hou Xun and the others felt a little inappropriate, but thinking that Xinyang is close to Nanyang, if Xinyang is in chaos, Nanyang will be in chaos, so Yang Menglong is not in the mood to toss about his unreasonable New Deal in Huguang. He turned a blind eye to all kinds of unreasonable acts of helping the rebellious army, and every time an incident happened, he just sent someone to reprimand him. The reprimands that were neither salty nor light were gone.

In the eyes of these scholar-bureaucrats, Yang Menglong is the number one enemy. The New Deal he implemented is likely to overthrow the respected status of scholar-bureaucrats that has lasted for more than 2000 years. Therefore, killing Yang Menglong is the first priority. As for how much the common people will sacrifice for it Blood, how much suffering, has never been in their consideration.With the support of such a group of unscrupulous guys, Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing were naturally confident, and they became more active in burning, killing and looting: Sir, I have traveled so far and suffered so much, what happened to grab some money and food?What happened to Le Yile who snatched a few girls?It's a matter of course!

However, some people don't think so.

Some Xinyang people who escaped the butcher knife of the rebellion army worked hard and finally came to the city of Xinyang. Not to mention the poor peasants, even the pampered gentry in the past burst into tears when they saw the banner raised high by the rebel army. Hao Tao cried and said that he regretted it. If he had divided the fields and forgiven the debts of the tenants, how could his family be ruined?They shed blood and tears, crying about all the atrocities committed by the rebel army on them, one after another, one after another, all of them are heinous.When it is learned that wherever the rebellious army goes, they will be killed regardless of good or evil. The fat man will hold it with a wooden board and fry it slowly until it turns into a ball of charcoal. When it was cut into two pieces, everyone was shocked, even the rogues back then were not so ruthless!They didn't embarrass these gentry, give them food, and then open a passage for them to enter Xinyang City. They wanted to see what the defenders in the city would look like when they learned that the "reinforcement" sent by the imperial court was such a thing. !
The gentry who had escaped from death entered Xinyang City and cried again. All the gentry in Xinyang City turned pale with horror.Those mud-legged people just asked them to take out their grain reserves and divide their fields, so as not to carve up their houses or harm their families. It would be better for Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing to go straight to the three parties!Everyone unanimously accused the prefect of not asking for help from the court. Look at the kind of reinforcements you invited!The magistrate also wanted to cry without tears. He did not ask the imperial court to send the Changping Army and the Linqing Army. He sent an urgent letter of [-] miles a day asking for help, asking the imperial court to dispatch the Heluo New Army to relieve the siege of Xinyang. How could he be left behind? Liangyu and Liu Zeqing just showed up and ruined his territory?When a gentry told him that the magistrate of Queshan County had led his villagers to defend the county seat bravely and refused to accept the rebel army. After the rebel army broke into the city, they were captured and executed in Lingchi. If the army is transferred away, we will die without a burial place!"

Is it so easy for the imperial court to transfer these two chaotic armies away?People deliberately let these two rebellious armies disrupt Xinyang, and then take advantage of the momentum to disrupt Nanyang!
There was even more movement in Nanyang.Don’t forget, there are newspapers in Nanyang. They are published every two days, and they use vernacular Chinese. Even illiterate farmers can understand them if they are read to them. Therefore, they are very popular. People in Nanyang and Luoyang The circulation has reached [-] copies, which is a very remarkable figure in this era.After learning about the tragedy in Xinyang, the printing presses in Nanyang immediately ran at full capacity, publishing the actions of the two rebel armies continuously, and an additional [-] copies were issued.Soon, everyone in the Heluo area knew what Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing had done in Xinyang.In the past, everyone might think it was nothing special. All armies were like this, but with the Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army as the yardstick, the situation is completely different. Whether it was the common people or the gentry and officials who had some prejudices against the Heluo New Army, they all spoke in a surprisingly uniform manner, and they all cursed one-sidedly: "Is this an army of suppressing bandits or an army of bandits? It is a national humiliation for Huanghuang Daming to have such a chaotic army! "Even Yuan Zongdi, He Yilong and others who were reformed in the labor camp cursed: "Damn it, it's more ruthless than us!"

Zhu Cihong was shocked when he saw the indiscriminate killing of innocent people by the rebel army in the newspaper, and murmured: "How is it possible? The emperor ordered them to help the champion Hou put down the Huguang rebellion. Why did they kill the common people before they even arrived in Huguang?" ?”

An Ning snorted: "You just now know how ruthless the officers and soldiers are? I have learned this a long time ago. We are not afraid of anything in our hometown. We have always been afraid that the officers and soldiers will come and rob us every time they come. They will rob us of all our livestock and survival food." Come on, even grab all the seeds and let us starve to death!"

Zhu Cixiang struggled and said: "All the ministers said that the Changping General Soldier was the bravest of the three armies, brave, resourceful, and loyal, and the Linqing General Soldier was very talented and worthy of a big job...Why are they completely different when they get outside?"

Li Dingguo said coldly: "Of course they are loyal in front of the emperor. How can they get promoted and get rich if they don't do this? But when they arrive in Henan, they don't need to show it at all. Just let go and grab it. If there is no accident, the two thieves will come back There is nothing wrong with going to the capital, and you will be promoted to a noble, do you believe it or not?"

Zhu Cihong's face turned blue and pale, the bloody tragedies in the newspapers had really hit him too hard.For a long time, everyone told him that Daming is a country governed by countless wise civil servants and guarded by countless loyal generals. They are all loyal to the court, and as emperors, they don’t have to worry about anything, just delegate power to them if they have anything to do. Just do it... But now it seems that this is not the case at all!Two small town generals, looting the village and aggressing like fire, slaughtering good people are invincible, what kind of world is this!He gritted his teeth and said angrily, "I...I'm going to find the champion and ask him to send troops to wipe out these two rebels, lest they continue to do evil!"

Li Dingguo glared at him: "You want to kill Champion Hou? Sending troops to attack officers and soldiers privately is like rebellion. You don't even know this?"

Zhu Cihong said: "I can't control that much anymore, the emperor really wants to blame me, I will bear it all!"

Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhu Cihong, as if evaluating whether his small body could bear such a responsibility.After a long while, he sighed and said, "If you can still maintain this innocence after succeeding to the throne, you will definitely be a good emperor, but you should calm down now, things are not as simple as you think." He crawled out from among the dead, and he could tell at a glance that something was wrong. If there was no one to support him, Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing would never dare to be so presumptuous!But after taking a look at the map of Xinyang, he understood that this was intentionally adding chaos to Nanyang.

Zhu Cihong said: "But..."

An Ning threw a schoolbag over and almost knocked him down: "But what? It's time to go to school!"

Well, the world is so big that he didn't go to school, Zhu Cihong can only carry his schoolbag on his back honestly, and go to school with An Ning and Li Dingguo.This incident gave him a great stimulus, and made him realize for the first time that the majesty of the imperial power is actually not reliable. Many people don't take the emperor seriously at all. He must make himself strong before succeeding to the throne. Let's face it, only by becoming as strong as Yang Menglong can we suppress those civil and military officials who are obedient and obedient!
Xue Siming arrived at Biyang immediately.Biyang is not far from Xinyang. It is an extremely important wheat production base in the Heluo area. Last year, the total output of high-quality wheat reached an astonishing 50 tons, and the output of rapeseed oil, tung oil and other oil crops reached 15 tons. This is an astonishing number.This year, the planting area of ​​wheat has reached [-] mu, and [-] mu of sunflowers have been planted by the way, which is a good harvest. In addition, there are starch processing factories, wineries, oil mills, and lacquer factories that are specially responsible for processing sweet potatoes and potatoes. , are all related to people's livelihood, if Biyang is ruined by Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing, Yang Menglong must tear him apart!

But in fact, by the time he arrived in Biyang, Biyang had already started to be in chaos. A large number of refugees poured in from Xinyang and entered Biyang territory, bringing horror rumors of officers and soldiers burning and looting and killing them all, and the local area was shrouded in panic. Among them, sporadic troops from the Changping Army also fled into the territory of Biyang, and fierce battles broke out with the militiamen and military households of the guards, causing mutual casualties.Since the Changping Army is all cavalry, and has been fighting fiercely with the Mongols for many years, the combat power is strong, the Biyang militia and guard soldiers suffered a lot, and their casualties were much greater than the other side, but those militiamen and guard soldiers were very strong. The weapons and the fierceness of the fight also frightened the Changping Army very much. They really wouldn't take a step back even if they died!In fact, they didn't dare to retreat. They all knew about the ferocity of the rebel army in the newspapers, and their home was behind them. As men, how dare they take a step back and throw their wives, children, and mother to the rebel army to ruin and kill!Fighting, desperately counting the ball, anyway, they have an absolute advantage in numbers, and their casualties are far greater than those of the Changping Army cavalry, but every time they fight, the Changping Army cavalry is always wiped out and chopped into pieces. Bolognese!During the confrontation, the militiamen invented an effective tactic against the cavalry, that is, to pull iron wires on the trees on both sides of the official road, traverse the official road, and then attack the Changping army. Wired road section.They usually choose to fight at dusk. Because the light is too dark, the cavalry of the Changping Army failed to find the iron wire lying in front of their necks in time. up.In order to deal with the rebellious infantry who came to attack at night, many villages raised a large flock of geese. When these geese saw strangers, they screamed wildly. Naturally, there was loud gongs and ambushes everywhere. Those sneak attackers ran fast. The end result of running slowly is that the angry farmers use a hoe to smash the bones of the arms and legs into pieces, and then throw them into the mountains to feed the wolves.

The fierceness of the Nanyang militia and guard soldiers really troubled Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing. Faced with such an unreasonably fierce place, where every household has sophisticated weapons and people flock to it when the gong sounds, They were all a little frightened and had to restrain their subordinates not to get into trouble.After several battles, they finally had a clearer understanding of the military strength in the Heluo area. They really pissed off Yang Menglong. They didn't even need to dispatch the Heluo New Army. They could drown them with just the militia and guard soldiers. !By the way, there are still 10,000+ captured bandits. Among these bandits, there are at least [-] to [-] who are eager to go to the battlefield and use their military exploits in exchange for reduced sentences. If Yang Menglong releases these bandits, they will have great fun!
Unfortunately it was too late.I don’t know if Yang Menglong was offended. Anyway, Nanyang was offended by their endless harassment. The representatives of the citizens made a vote, and 90.00% of the representatives agreed to destroy the two unreasonable rebels. They came to harm themselves!

Zuo Xiaoshou and Liu Zeqing will soon be in trouble.

(End of this chapter)