Ming Zuo

Chapter 5 The posture of a famous general [Thanks to Mo Jianshang, Zhufeng for the reward! 】

Liu Yuanqing's name is unknown.

His elder brother Liu Zeqing is like thunder.

One of the famous four towns in Jiangbei, one of the most famous warlords in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, unlike Liu Zeqing's scourge, Liu Yuanqing's life still has bright spots.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army attacked Linqing.

Liu Yuanqing, who was then the commander-in-chief of Linqing, defended the city with all his strength, and died in a fierce battle after the city was broken. He can be called a righteous man against the Qing Dynasty.

Despite such a glorious resume, Zuo Menggeng was deeply wary of this person.

Humans are the most complex creatures in the world.

When facing a foreign race, Liu Yuanqing can fight bravely and die for the country.But that doesn't mean he's a good guy.

From what he said just now, it can be seen that this guy is going to kill and take credit.

Although Zuo Menggeng and others were his saviors, a soldier leader would not have so much kindness at all.

Being guessed right by Zuo Menggeng, Liu Yuanqing was really thinking about how to take the credit for himself.

At least two thousand rebels were wiped out in this battle, almost twice as many as his troops.In any case, it will be a great achievement after reporting it.

The only pity is that it was Zuo Menggeng and others who had truly broken the formation and determined the universe.

Without these few people...

There was a fierce light in Liu Yuanqing's eyes, ready to strike at any time.

Then he heard Zuo Menggeng's words.

"General Liu is courteous, I am Zuo Menggeng, and my family is the governor of Che Youying in Eastern Liaodong, Zuo Taboo Kunshan."

Zuo Menggeng decided to gamble on the time difference.

Ningyuan's mutiny caused an uproar all over the world, and everyone paid attention to it.But the dismissal of an officer like Zuo Liangyu may not spread so quickly.

"What? Aren't you gangsters?"

Liu Zeqing was shocked and very annoyed.

Sure enough, he didn't know that Zuo Liangyu was among the officers dealt with in Liaodong.Otherwise, Zuo Menggeng's self-reported family background would not be able to frighten him.

It is different now.

Liaodong...

Cheyouying...

Dusi...

After Liu Yuanqing thought about it for a while, he knew that he couldn't afford to provoke him.

After the collapse of the Weisuo system and the rise of the recruitment system, the military officer system in the Ming Dynasty was extremely chaotic.

Dusi was originally the abbreviation of the commander of the capital, but he was an important member of one party.Later, he became a mid-level officer and spread all over the army.

But the problem is that there is no fixed scope for the duties and powers of the Dusi.It was inconspicuous when I was young, and scary when I was big.

This military position can be promoted from general, integrity, thousand general, and garrison, or it can be entrusted with the duties of general and guerrilla.

It stands to reason that Liu Yuanqing, as a guerrilla general, does not need to be afraid of the capital.

But to Zuo Liangyu, he is equivalent to the commander of the local second-line army, facing the battalion commander of the combined reinforced battalion of the field army.

Can you compare?
Can't compare.

Just when he regretted that he could not be greedy for merit, Zuo Menggeng added another straw.

Zuo Menggeng pointed at Miss Xu, and said: "This is Xu Xuan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and the daughter of Duke Hu's family. We encountered rebels on our way and traveled all the way. Fortunately, the general rescued us. I am really grateful."

Liu Yuanqing completely gave up.

If the son of a Du Si just made him hesitate, then he couldn't afford to offend the relatives of the Minister of Rites no matter what.

In the Ming Dynasty, civil servants were noble and military officials were cheap, and a seventh-rank civil official could make a first-rank general feel worse than death.The servant of the Ministry of Rites is a third-rank official, and killing him is only a matter of one word.

Even so, Zuo Menggeng still gave Liu Yuanqing the credit.

He is a family member of a general, not an officer, and no matter how many enemies he kills, he has no merit to claim.

Instead of this, it is better to push it all on Liu Yuanqing.

In this crazy place full of soldiers and horses, nothing works with a leading general.

Liu Yuanqing was overwhelmed with surprise, saluted Miss Xu, and his attitude changed a hundred and eighty degrees.

"This great victory is all thanks to the great help of my nephew. Let's go, uncle arranges a banquet, and let's celebrate it. Let Miss Xu take a bath and change clothes to relieve the pain of running around."

Look, "you" has become a "nephew".

While speaking, his eyes kept moving back and forth between Zuo Menggeng and Miss Xu, very ambiguous.

Zuo Menggeng and Ms. Xu are about the same age, one is burly and heroic, the other is tall and beautiful, they seem to be a good match.

Although Liu Yuanqing didn't think that the son of a Dusi could climb up to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites, but in this chaotic season, young men and women run for their lives together, who knows if it will be a firewood?
Even if it is investing in potential stocks, Liu Yuanqing is willing to spend the capital.

Facing his ambiguous gaze, Zuo Menggeng was very calm. After all, he had no time in his heart, and his natural light was like the wind and the moon.

But Ms. Xu's pretty face flushed, and for some reason, her delicate buttocks felt numb again.

"lecher……"

Ms. Xu looked at Zuo Menggeng with angry eyes, which made Liu Yuanqing miss her even more.

Laughing loudly, he was about to lead the way, but a horse came galloping in the distance, and the soldiers on the horse and those who ran were about to fall apart.

"Report, the leader of the bandit, Wu Shenglian, took [-] people and broke into Nanpi County last night. The county magistrate, county magistrate, chief secretary and other officials were all killed."

"oops!"

Liu Yuanqing fainted on the spot.

Zuo Menggeng just helped him backstab the gangsters, but in the blink of an eye, the gangsters gave him a bigger backstab.

The spring water is stolen, who can bear it?
The personal guards rushed up, and they had to rescue Liu Yuanqing with all their hands and feet, before he regained consciousness.

Needless to say, the celebration banquet is gone.

Liu Yuanqing was like a dead tree, lost his soul, and his thoughts of currying favor with senior officials had gone to nowhere.

Losing the city and losing the land, for a general like him, his head would be beheaded.

Thinking that he will be decapitated in the near future, Liu Yuanqing loses all thoughts, laughing uglier than crying.

"Nephew, Miss Xu, I'm sorry. My place is precarious now, and I don't have time to entertain the two of you. Go as you please."

Zuo Menggeng didn't leave, and Ms. Xu didn't dare to leave, she knew she had to follow Zuo Menggeng to survive.

"Uncle Liu, I'm afraid there is room for discussion on this matter."

There are bandits everywhere in Jifu, and now they have managed to confuse with the officers and soldiers, Zuo Menggeng doesn't want to be in danger no matter what.

"Uncle Liu must have been sent by the Shangguan to go out to fight in the city this time. If that's the case, the crime of losing the city and land can't be blamed on Uncle."

A trace of anger appeared on Liu Yuanqing's face, and then he sighed.

"Nephew, I don't know. Although I was sent out of the city by the Shangguan, the Shangguan will not tell me about the loss of the city. Unless..."

Unless there is a large sum of money to bribe the Shangguan, he can save his life.

But Nanpi County has fallen, and Liu Yuanqing's entire wealth is in the city, how can he keep it?

With the virtues of the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, how could they speak for him without a generous gift.

How many people may be staring at the position of Nanpi Guerrilla.

Is there no other way?
No.

Zuo Menggeng felt that Liu Yuanqing still had a chance to come back.

Furthermore, in his memory, since Liu Yuanqing was able to become the commander-in-chief of Linqing later, he would definitely save the day this time.

What he has to do is to exert influence in it and gain Liu Yuanqing's gratitude, which will be of great use in the future.

"Uncle Liu, my nephew has dealt with the bandits for several days. In my opinion, there is a good chance of taking back the county."

If Liu Yuanqing wanted to save his life, apart from bribing the officials, taking back the county seat was also a way.

Recovering lost ground is also one of the credits.

Liu Yuanqing was like a drowning person who immediately came back to life when he heard that he could be saved.

He grabbed Zuo Menggeng with a single hand, and his humble attitude was really eye-catching.

"Nephew, can you teach me?"

"Uncle, do you have a map?"

A mysterious feeling filled his heart. For some reason, Zuo Menggeng felt very excited whenever war was involved, and various ideas emerged one after another, full of confidence.

Liu Yuanqing quickly brought the map and spread it in front of Zuo Menggeng.

The maps of the Ming Dynasty, even military maps, are too rough to look at directly.

But it's enough.

"Uncle may not know that although the gangsters are powerful, the team is scattered and goes their own way, unable to form a joint force."

The civil unrest in Jifu in the first year of Chongzhen was caused by drought and locust plagues, which caused the people to live in dire straits.In the case of countless starving people and their families being destroyed, they did it spontaneously for survival.

Although the White Lotus Sect was bewitching and guiding them, Xu Hongru's rebellion a few years ago had severely damaged the White Lotus Sect's vitality and was unable to completely take over the chaos.

This can be seen from the horse bandits that Zuo Menggeng and others encountered before.

In order to deal with the officers and soldiers, all kinds of gangsters gathered together, but they were very strange to each other, and no one was convinced.

This will create a favorable situation for Liu Yuanqing.

That is how the situation is, and the bandits can't accurately grasp it.

This gave Zuo Menggeng a chance to use his tricks.

Combining the information provided by Liu Yuanqing, Zuo Menggeng began to conceive.

"Qing County fell to the rebels. The troops from Tianjinwei and Hejian Prefectures all went to reinforce them. Cangzhou Prefecture was shocked overnight. They only dared to defend the city and did not dare to come out. They could not count on it. However, the arrangement of the rebels for the imperial court was impossible. You know, this is our grasp."

Liu Yuanqing now only wants to survive.

"Nephew, just tell me what we should do."

Zuo Menggeng took the initiative.

"There are now more than [-] bandits in Nanpi County. It is impossible for us with more than [-] people to attack the city."

If it is a field battle between the government and the army, if it is a field battle, one thousand will fight ten thousand, and it will be casual.But if it is a siege, it is impossible to succeed.

"For the current plan, we must defraud the bandits from the city."

Seeing that the generals were ignorant and ignorant, Zuo Menggeng was really powerless to complain about the quality of the Ming army.

"The bandits only thought that there was no army around here, but what if Deng Guosheng, the chief soldier of Baoding, and Hei Yunlong, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, came? Besides, how about sending troops from Dezhou in the south to go north?"

A person feels that Zuo Menggeng is whimsical.

"How could it be possible for the officers and soldiers of Baoding Mansion and Xuan Mansion to come? It would be extremely troublesome for soldiers from Shandong to suppress bandits across the border."

Zuo Menggeng smiled.

"We know about this, but do the gangsters know?"

This question made everyone gasp in surprise.

Everyone made a common-sense mistake, that is, treating illiterate gangsters and officials equally.

In fact, for ordinary people, how the government works, they really don't know why.

All officials know that if they want to send troops from Baoding Mansion and Xuan Mansion to Cangzhou Mansion to suppress the rebellion, it will take a long time.If it is to transfer troops from Dezhou, Shandong to cross provinces, it is impossible to do the paperwork without two or three months.

But how do ordinary people know this.

"The bandits are defending the city, and we have nothing to do. But if we pretend to be the army of Baoding, Xuan and Dezhou, and force us from three sides, will the bandits dare to guard the county seat?"

Zuo Menggeng's picture was so poor that it opened everyone's eyes.

Liu Qingyuan stared blankly at the confident Zuo Menggeng, and then thought of those bastards at home who were just eating and waiting to die, he had mixed feelings.

"Zuo Dusi gave birth to a good son."

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(End of this chapter)