stubborn thief

Chapter 114
Qingwang Zhuangzi by the Xingzi River.

Cao Yao didn't wait for the opportunity to prove that the times had changed until the end.

On the contrary, calling the Han brothers proved that the times have not changed, but others are not strong enough.

And the little bosses in Wangzhuang gave Liu Chengzong a profound lesson.

Facing the armored cavalry, the farmers who still had the courage to meet the enemy, and even ran to the unrepaired mountain fort to defend themselves, were persuaded to surrender by the little bosses who nodded and bowed before Liu Qian and ordered by Liu Hou.

The entire Wangzhuang quickly returned to a peaceful appearance.

What do you mean that two dogs can reach one hundred thousand soldiers?

On the unfinished mountain castle, Liu Chengzong opened his binoculars and looked into the distance, without turning his head, he asked: "You said that the scholar insulted the lord, and he co-authored it because he quarreled with his mother-in-law, so he was sentenced to exile?"

The cost of this couple's quarrel is high enough.

The servant behind him shook his head like a rattle: "It's not my aunt. His aunt is the Lord of Shajing Township. He scolded General Fengguo. He was not filial."

Oh, General Fengguo, the father of Xiangjun.

Liu Chengzong nodded and understood: "I had a quarrel with my father-in-law."

There must have been no fight, the fight would have killed him long ago.

The greatest crime in the world is unfilial piety.

If you commit other crimes, you will have a chance to be judged if you are taken to court. This is not only a violation of the law, but also a moral condemnation.

Not to mention Xiangjun Yibin, even the county lord Yibin dared to beat his parents and was known by the county magistrate in charge.

Directly tied to the official yamen ranks and ordered the yamen servants to beat to death with fists and feet, no one wants to live in the same world with such a person.

The moral condemnation is very simple and straightforward: irreconcilable.

Liu Chengzong didn't know much about the clan's affairs, and people from two worlds completely aroused curiosity at this time, asking: "Why did he quarrel with his father-in-law?"

Just after asking, Han Shipan who was standing behind him said in a low voice, "General, the Chief Transport Officer is here."

Liu Chengyun's name is the commander of the heavy post, but in fact he is the commander of the polished post. He is the only one in the whole post.

The five captains under his command are the former captain's male donkey, the latter captain's mare, and the three captains on the left and right are all mules born by them. Heilongshan Township Mountain God Beast.

"elder brother."

Chengyun said hello, and Liu Chengzong smiled first: "This place is not bad, isn't it."

Then he asked, "Has everything been counted?"

Chengyun shook his head, looked at the servants of Wangzhuang next to him, and said to Liu Chengzong: "There are too many things, and I won't be able to figure them out for a while, but I found a letter from Wu Zimian, the general soldier of Yulin. Zhuang asked for food and grass for the horses."

Liu Chengzong laughed when he heard the words: "Heh, Zongbing Wu really has the same prestige as before!"

Liu Chengzong, who used to be a frontier soldier in Yulin Town, didn't have a good impression of Wu Zimian, the corrupt commander-in-chief, but he never thought that Wu Zimian would ask Wang Zhuang for food and horses.

It's that time of year again to go out and burn wasteland.

I just didn't expect Chengyun to be worried: "He is not important, it is Li Bei, brother, Li Bei is going to be appointed general of Yan'an, and the horses and food are used to suppress us."

Li Bei?

Liu Chengzong's heart fluttered, and he hurried to get the letter to see it.

The letter said that Chihan Huduntu led 20 troops to knock off the pass. When Yulin was using troops, the imperial court promoted Li Bei to be the general of Yan'an. Wu Zimian wanted to get some horse fodder for the old army, so he asked Wangzhuang for help.

The general idea is that Li Beiping's thieves and bandits are also good for King Qing and Zhuangzi, and we can overcome difficulties together.

The so-called Chahan tribe is actually Chahar Mongolia, whose leader is Lin Danhan.

It's just that Da Khan doesn't deserve a name in the Han area. In the official documents of the Ming Dynasty, he and the Chahar tribe were called Huduntu and Chahan tribe respectively.

Sometimes it is simply called the Eight Great Battalions of Chahan Huduntu. They moved here from the east and expelled the former Shunyi king Bushitu of Bansheng in Tumochuan.

The westward migration of Chahar Mongolia was mainly due to famine.

After Lin Dan Khan moved westward, there were still the Five Great Battalions of Chaohua in Neikalkha to the east, Nuantu, Guiying and other tribes. These people were all well-known Mongolian leaders in Han. They threatened Houjin from the flank.

In the battle of Guangning in the second year of Tianqi, Nuantu and Guiying once lent [-] horses to Zu Dashou to restrain the gold.

But that is not the case today.

In the first year of Chongzhen, there was a famine on the frontier, and various ministries asked the court for corn, but Emperor Chongzhen firmly refused to give it.

But Huang Taiji of Houjin gave it.

So now the Houjin troops can go directly to Xuanfu and Datong to knock on the door.

However, the pressure from the Chahan tribe that used to spread in Yulin, Xuanfu, and Datong was all in Yulin Town. After walking five hundred miles from Bansheng, Huduntu could go to Fugu and knock on the door to ask if Wu Zimian was at home. .

Liu Chengzong was not worried about Wu Zimian. The external environment of Yulin Town did not allow Wu Zimian to send troops to attack the interior.

But it was different when Li Bei was appointed General of Yan'an. This was an official position dedicated to dealing with them, and he knew that Li Bei was a ruthless person.

Although in Liu Chengzong's heart, he vaguely felt that the subordinates who followed Li Bei in the two-day and night march for [-] miles last time were probably dead or disabled, and they might not be able to use them.

But Liu Chengzu said that if the Taolu team can travel hundreds of miles a day outside the Great Wall at the fastest, then it should be estimated according to the speed at which it can travel hundreds of miles a day.

Calculations can be wrong, but the battlefield never gives second chances to those who make mistakes.

"Take the momentum, Wei Qian'er, the Xuntang cavalry team, let him divide the pond to ride at Gaoqiao, ten miles southeast, and Tangping, twenty miles southeast; and send another rider who is familiar with Yanchang Road to set off immediately with you, and be sure to arrive tomorrow morning Go to Tianmao and find me to report the news of Li Bei's promotion to General of Yan'an."

"The rest of Tangqi went to Yanchang County to inform Chief Gao of this news." Liu Chengzong paused, patted Guo Zhashi and said, "Remember to ask me to inform all villages and villages that if Li Bei enters Fushi County, we need to know the information .”

Having an enemy is like having a knife hanging over your head.

And this enemy is good at marching speed, which means that he can't see the knife, even if he sees it, he doesn't know when it will come, let alone where it will go.

Liu Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief at the mirror of the telescope, wiped it carefully with the hem of his clothes, and heard Chengyun ask: "Brother, Li Bei is here to serve as a general, what shall we do?"

How to do?There is no way.

He heaved a sigh of relief, put away the binoculars and said, "We should have the best information about Yan'an Mansion right now. We haven't heard the news that Li Bei has entered Fushi County. I think he's still in the north and hasn't set off yet."

So he patted Chengyun, pretending to be relaxed and said: "It's okay, you go on to finish the accounting of Wangzhuang's property, and I'll ask the manager."

This stone castle built on the mountain ridge platform on the north bank of the river is really good.

The location and construction are good.

It is 43 steps away from the fields in the valley and [-] steps away from the mountain wall on the other side of the river. There are well-cultivated fields on both sides of the middle valley, with [-] hectares and [-] mu of high-quality good farmland.

On the west side of the North Shore Fort there is a trail leading to the mountain kiln. The surrounding mountains are bounded by the North Kiln and the East Kiln, and there are more than [-] hills. The hillsides are reclaimed on the hills, and alfalfa and horse grass are planted on the bottom of the hills.

The small streams of the Xingzi River tributaries in the Nan'an Mountains are also inhabited by village people, and they also have the ability to irrigate the fields.

The foundations of three loess piers were built at intervals of two or three miles in the southeast. With this mountain fort guarding the road, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

According to Cao Yao's words, if you put a few giant Buddha wolf machines or a thousand-jin general cannon on the fort, as long as the enemy is not familiar with the terrain, they won't be able to get out of this valley.

Liu Chengzong once entered the earthen castle built by King Zhuangzi of the Qin Dynasty. This castle was about the same size as that one. The stone walls were stronger than the rammed earth, but it was built lower, only one foot two or three feet high.

But the situation inside Qingwangzhuang Mountain Fort is quite different from Qinwangzhuangzi, giving Liu Chengzong the feeling of a military fortress.

There are not as many caves for hiding soldiers and twists and turns as in the military fort, but the general feeling of simplicity is very similar to that of a military fortress, and it looks like a Northwest Guard can only be repaired.

The stone houses leaning on the fort wall on both sides of the front yard are like barracks next to each other. There are only big kangs paved with rammed earth inside, no water intake patio, and no well repair in the fort.

The main hall in the backyard is poorly lit and very dark.

Liu Chengzong saw Lin Wei who was tied up and detained outside the main hall.

This Gansu scholar looked very strange. He didn't shrink back after being caught, nor did he look like he was looking for death with his neck stuck. He was just tied aside and seemed to be thinking.

Liu Chengzong asked: "When did Wu Zimian send this letter?"

The questioning was very smooth, and there was no need for threats. Lin Wei said just like a normal conversation, "The day before yesterday, Li Bei was coming, and this bunker hasn't been repaired yet. You snatched things and left quickly. You can't keep it."

His attitude amused Liu Chengzong: "Hey, you don't hate me for robbing your Wang Zhuang? You are more caring than Qin Wang Zhuangzi."

Lin Wei turned his face away and sighed, then turned around and asked, "The goods sent to Gansu have been robbed by the king?"

Seeing Liu Chengzong nodding his head, Lin Wei closed his eyes for a while, knowing it in his heart.

When he saw Liu Chengzong, Lin Wei knew in his heart that the shipment to the palace should be gone.

He is not big-hearted, but he is very clear that there is no way out, and there is no room for redemption.

Whether the property was robbed or Wangzhuang was captured, it didn't matter if the two things were put on other stewards.

But it would be bad if it happened to him. Anything that happened would mean death.

So if two things happen together, it won't make people have too much psychological fluctuation.

Anyway, it can't be changed, so I can only accept it as calmly as possible.

Three days later, Liu Chengzong thought, since Wu Zimian sent this letter three days ago, then Li Bei might not be on his way yet.

He should still have time to discuss countermeasures.

At this moment, Lin Wei seemed to be waiting for him to say something. Seeing that he was silent, she took the initiative to ask, "What is your majesty planning for me?"

Liu Chengzong only felt that this person was very strange and very calm.

Not everyone has the ability to deflect arrows with a knife, but in border areas, if the bow strength is light enough, there is a good chance that a good player will deflect feathered arrows.

This is a unique skill. In Yuhebao in the past, the forwards often used flat-headed arrows to play when they had nothing to do.

But in battle, it is generally not used by anyone. For fun, it doesn’t matter if you miss it. If you miss it in battle, you may be gone.

Compared with single-handedly picking arrows, shields are much more reliable.

But Lin Wei dared to show that posture when there was no other way, Lin Wei was very courageous.

Liu Chengzong therefore asked: "You blocked the horse with a sword earlier, why are you different now?"

"It was a moment of anger. I was already guilty of a crime. Now the kiln has been taken by the king, so I can't survive." Lin Wei said: "If you think about it carefully, if the king doesn't kill me, I might as well fight with the king. , maybe I can live longer."

This is the first time Liu Chengzong has seen that a person with a reputation as a scholar can turn to a thief so cleanly.

Compared to himself, this is a thief. He has the same style as Cao Yao, and both have a flexible moral bottom line.

Thinking of this, Liu Chengzong looked around and found Cao Yao's figure easily. This guy climbed up the house in the distance, stood on the roof under the protection of the half wall, and aimed the three-eyed gun at the fort wall.

I don't know how old I am, what am I playing with myself there.

He came back to his senses and asked, "Why did you scold your father-in-law?"

Lin Wei was taken aback when he heard the words, and then realized that he must have asked others about him, and sighed: "I'm not filial, I didn't want to be Yibin at first, but I can't beat the rich and powerful, my parents are seriously ill, Yibin can't be filial, drinking and swearing, it's nothing Easy to say."

Lin Wei didn't think it was important, so he didn't go into details, but said to Liu Chengzong, "I'm a student of the Ningxia Zhongwei. It’s like adding wings to a tiger, and there are always multiple functions, how about it?”

Liu Chengzong thought for a moment, then nodded and asked, "Do you know who I am?"

Lin Wei looked and looked, glanced at the Liu Ziqi on the gate tower of the stone castle from the corner of the eye, bowed his head and said, "I don't dare to know."

"I'm Liu Chengzong, you said I'll take you away..."

Liu Chengzong paused and asked, "Then what if I said I don't plan to leave?"

"No, you're not going to leave?"

For the first time, Lin Wei showed surprise on his calm face, and hurriedly said: "I can't hold it, this fortress hasn't been repaired yet, even if it is repaired, it can't be held. Between five and five.

Then Li Bei was appointed general of Yan'an, now there are thieves everywhere in Yan'an prefecture, he may not recruit troops near the prefectural city, maybe he will organize the army on the side wall, lead the battalion south, go to Suide, Yanchuan, and extend the line, and block from the southeast at that time Live on the way.

At that time, this place can only run northwest to Baoan County, which is a dead place. There are Dingbian and Anbian camps in the north, Yan'an generals in the southeast, and Qingyang is blocked by two side walls in the southwest. "

Lin Wei uttered a series of words suddenly, finally sighed, looked at Liu Chengzong cautiously, and said: "If the king doesn't leave, and he doesn't want to kill me, let me go, I am a person who must die, I will not sue the officials, just I want to find a way to survive."

Liu Chengzong smiled. In fact, what Lin Wei said was not much different from what he thought.

This fortress and Wangzhuang are good places, but they cannot be defended because of the threats of the officers and soldiers.

"Get up, don't worry about what I think, tell me first how many fields this castle has and how many people it can support."

Liu Chengzong asked someone to untie Lin Wei. Although this man has martial arts skills, he has no weapons on him, and there are brothers from the Han family beside him, so there is no need to worry.

Lin Wei said: "The [-] hectares of land in the river valley and the more than [-] hectares of sloping fields in the mountains are all royal fields. The people in the north and south mountains have contributed more than [-] hectares of land. The rent of those lands is four Dou, and there will be no need to pay the government in the future. , Every year there is a wonder in harvesting grain and ten thousand stones.”

"You still pay taxes? Then why do the people donate their fields to Wangzhuang?"

"Assessment, the imperial court collects the grain for only a few silver coins. Compared with the apportionment of prefectures and counties, the land rent in Wangzhuang is a little less, and the people are willing to donate their land."

Just as he was talking, Cao Yao jumped down from the room and shouted: "General, Tang Qi is back, and he brought a horse with him, it seems to be Liu En."

Liu En is a horseman from Heilong Mountain, and upon hearing that Liu Chengzong didn't care about Lin Wei, he hurriedly ran outside the castle.

Seeing that Liu En ran so fast that the horse was foaming at the mouth, he turned over and got off the horse, knelt on the ground before he could stand still, gasped for a few breaths, and said, "Second master, the master said that there was a Yanchang person who came to Dawangshan with a Chuangzi flag. Let the news tell you that Yanchuan, King Huntian of Yanchuan was defeated by Li Bei, the general of Yan'an, and fled into Yanchang."

Liu Chengzong didn't speak, but clenched his fists.

Li Bei, Li Bei is here.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)