The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 184 The Long-awaited Fighter Plane

Chapter 182

"Second brother, you said that when you were in Fujian, you didn't need to wear chains, and the surname Lu even asked you to work for him. Why didn't you leave at the beginning and waited so long to leave?" Sun Kewang asked curiously.

"It doesn't appear on the surface, but I feel that there are always people watching in the dark, and I dare not take risks easily."

After Li Ding finished speaking, he quickly added: "I also want to use the convenience of working to break into the interior of the rural protection team. It is best to have an internal response and external cooperation."

"That's a good idea, second brother, can we go to Fujian to eat delicious and spicy food?" Sun Kewang asked in feigned surprise.

"No." Li Dingguo said with a wry smile: "The core of the rural protection team is the Lu and Yang tribes in Fuzhou. Most of the important people in the army have friendship with them, and they cannot be easily persuaded by benefits."

Some words are hard to say, follow Lu Changle, have a reputation, have a future, live a stable life with a bright future,

Who would give up such a comfortable life and flee here and there like the rebels?

Sun Kewang didn't intend to let Li Dingguo go, and continued to ask: "Second brother, who do you think is the real hero in this world, foster father or Lu Changle?"

"In my heart, the righteous father is the real hero." Li Dingguo said directly without being fooled by Sun Kewang.

"Second brother is right, the adoptive father is the chosen son, and he will become the hegemony."

"It goes without saying that the Dog Emperor will not live long, and the Righteous King is the true Son of Heaven."

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi also complimented on the sidelines,
Advisers Liu Jinzhong, Xie Fengzhou and others also spoke good words,
Zhang Xianzhong put the wine glass in his hand on the table with a slap, and said in a buzzing voice: "Donkey balls are a fart, my pants are about to fall off after being chased by the idiot Liu Liangzuo. It's better to pick them up one by one. Let's discuss where to go next."

If Zuo Liangyu hadn't led his troops southward,

Zhang Xianzhong didn't even have a place for Huangmei to stay,

Maybe he was still suffering from cold and hunger in the mountains,
With few soldiers and little food, the fifth battalion of Gezuo took refuge in Li Zicheng,

Li Zicheng also sent someone to pass the message, asking Zhang Xianzhong to submit,

If you don't submit, don't blame him for not remembering the old love,

Now Zhang Xianzhong is worried.

Sun Kewang rolled his eyes and set his sights on Li Dingguo:

"Second brother, you are the recognized little Zhuge in the army. In your opinion, what should we do next?"

Li Dingguo shook his head and said, "I've been trapped in Fujian for nearly a year. I don't know much about the outside world. I'm in a mess. I don't have any ideas for the time being. I just listen to my foster father."

I really want to say in my heart that there is no way out for rebellion,

The best way out now is to rely on Lu Changle,
Although it is impossible to be an emperor, it is certainly not difficult to change into a rich man.
But this cannot be said,

With the conceit of a adoptive father, he will definitely not listen to it,
Maybe he even blamed himself for it.

The journey from Fujian to Huangmei,

Feels like going from heaven to hell,
What I saw in Fujian were smiling faces,

Pairs of longing eyes,
The smiles from the heart of the common people are so beautiful,

Walking out of Fujian, what I saw were mostly sad faces,
The common people have hungry faces and dull eyes,

There is a feeling of walking dead,
Especially those places looted by rebels,
Everywhere is a dilapidated scene,

It was hard to find Huang Mei,

The scene was even more bleak,

Zhang Xianzhong ordered his subordinates to purge,

The local gentry, officials, and wealthy landlords were all liquidated.

There are tragic corpses everywhere on the city walls, in corners, and in ponds.
Teams of soldiers searched for money and beauties from house to house like a hunt,
Li Dingguo saw with his own eyes that several soldiers tied a fourteen or fifteen-year-old woman to a tree.

Stripped off her clothes, several people took turns to insult her in every possible way,
It is said that she is the daughter of the local owner Bo,

In Zhang Xianzhong's mind, officials are all bad people,

Rich people are bullies who oppress the people,
Every time I enter the city, I will indulge my subordinates to clean up those people,
Of course, this group of people has money and food,

Li Dingguo really wanted to save that helpless and desperate girl,

But in the end, he walked away silently,

Suddenly felt that what Lu Changle said was not only reasonable,
also thought-provoking,
Wealth depends on creation, and the rich are killed, and the poor cannot become rich.

in Fujian,
Officials, gentry, landlords, wealthy households and common people can live in peace,
Why not in other places?

Liu Wenxiu said eagerly: "Father, not long after Fujian experienced the plague, Lu Changle's rural protection team and Zheng Zhilong's Zheng Jiajun fought, and the casualties must have been heavy. My second brother is also familiar with Fujian. , why not go to Fujian”

"Third brother, that's a good idea." Sun Kewang clapped his hands and said, "Get rid of him, and then the adoptive father will be the governor of Fujian."

Before Zhang Xianzhong could speak, Li Dingguo quickly persuaded: "No, Lu Changle's subordinates suffered casualties, but they didn't waver at all."

"He won the hearts of the people in Fujian, and he quickly replenished his troops."

"As far as I know, they still have a secret weapon in their hands. They haven't found a way to crack it, so they can't take risks easily."

"Lu Changle's rural protection team is not large, but there are still a large number of militia groups in Fujian"

"When necessary, the militia can be used as a regular army"

"Please father-in-law think twice"

When Lu Changle first started, his strength was very weak,
Later, Flying Tiger, Hunting Demon King, Zheng Brothers and others,
They folded one by one in Lu Changle's hands,
After mastering Fujian, Lu Changle's strength skyrocketed again,

Going to attack Fujian now is giving Lu Changle his head,
Li Dingguo quickly vetoed this idea.

"Stop making noise, can't you be quiet for a while, it hurts my ears so much?"

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong spoke, the people present immediately shut up,

dare not speak.

"I'm so bored, let's have some fun." Zhang Xianzhong changed the subject.

I was in a normal mood at first, but when I saw my most admired adopted son come back,
This is the time to host a banquet.
Unexpectedly, there was an argument.

I feel even worse.

Sun Kewang rolled his eyes, and soon had an idea: "Yi Wang, didn't we arrest a lot of dog officials and rich landlords? They spit out their wealth, and keeping them is a waste of rice. Why don't we kill them all?" , one can practice knives, and two can save some rice.”

Every time a land is conquered, officials, gentry, landlords and wealthy households are arrested and extorted for their goods.

Also liquidate those who refuse to surrender or disrespect Zhang Xianzhong,
This is Zhang Xianzhong's practice,

Those who were caught were lucky, and they could get their lives back after handing over their belongings.
If Zhang Xianzhong and others are in a bad mood,
kill directly.

"Good idea." Ai Nengqi clapped his hands and said, "Why don't the four of us play a game and see who kills the most, and the loser will be on duty at night."

Zhang Xianzhong said enthusiastically: "This idea is very good, let's compete, just to see if you guys are not lazy."

Soon, about two hundred men, women and children were driven to the back garden,
After the sound of the gong, Li Dingguo reluctantly picked up the knife,

Join the ranks of the "guilty" in the liquidation,

At that moment, Li Dingguo felt the knife in his hand,

Incomparably heavy.

No surprises, Li Dingguo only killed more than a dozen people, and his grades were at the bottom.
I can only go to the night watch,

Zhang Xianzhong felt that Li Dingguo seemed to have something on his mind, so he didn't say anything.
Early the next morning, I heard from my confidant that Li Dingguo did not enjoy the four beauties he gave him,
His face became ugly on the spot.

Write it down first, I don't have time to deal with him right now,
Focus on searching for money and food, and recruiting soldiers and horses.

Finally, Zhang Xianzhong gathered another 3 horses at the end of January,
Under Sun Kewang's suggestion, taking advantage of Wuchang's lack of troops,

He led his troops straight to Wuchang.

Shengjing, the suburbs,
Today is the sixth day of February in the eighth year of Chongde,
That is, the 16th year of Chongzhen,

The weather is still a bit cold, and the snow and ice on the mountain have not melted yet.
breath into ice,

But no matter how cold the weather is, it is no match for Huang Taiji's endless greed and ambition.
Blatantly ordered the launch of the fifth fortress looting.

After the peace talks failed, Huang Taiji felt that he was being played like a monkey by the Ming Dynasty.

Dedicated to teaching Chongzhen a lesson,

In his words, if you can't get it on the negotiating table, you can get it on the battlefield.

Still got more,

The plan was to attack Daming around October,
Because there is a deal with Fujian, after repeated discussions, it was postponed.
The news from the secret work,
An epidemic occurred in the capital of Daming, the Yellow River lacked embankments, and Sun Chuanting died in battle.
The Ming Dynasty was in chaos, and it was the best time to enter the customs to loot goods.

The weather is a bit cold, the earth has not yet melted the ice,

But Huang Taiji decided not to wait any longer.
Abatai was appointed as the general and Duoduo as the deputy general.

With the five flags of Zhenglan, Xianglan, Xiangbai, Zhenghong and Xianghong as the main force,

Take the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty except the Zhenghuang and Xianghuang Banners to plunder,
Take great pains to recruit [-] elites,
Prepare to enter the customs to conquer Ming Dynasty,

Consume Daming's vitality, and plunder goods and population by the way,

The plan is to go south from the Huangyakou of the Great Wall, aiming at the relatively affluent areas of Zhili and Shandong.

For the smooth running of the plan,

Special orders Dorgon and Azige led the Zhengbai Banner to attack Zhangjiakou together with the Mongolian Eight Banners.

Create favorable conditions for Abate.

More than [-] horses stand in the cold suburbs,

Bursts of white mist rose, looking like heavenly soldiers and generals,
Huang Taiji waved his whip to the kneeling soldiers and ordered loudly: "Warriors, let's go, use your sharpened knives, bows and arrows to teach the unbelieving dog a lesson, use your youth and wealth Goods, fill the carriage, I am here waiting for you to return in triumph."

All the soldiers responded with a bang,
After knocking his head, he stood up,
After Abatai, Duoduo and others bid farewell to Huang Taiji one after another,

More than [-] horses disappeared in the countryside.

As soon as the Jianlu troops were dispatched,

The intelligence team that Chen Qi had set up early sent back the news as quickly as possible.

Human horse plus specially trained homing pigeons,

only eight days,

Jianlu's troops have not yet arrived in Jinzhou,
Lu Changle has received the intersecting information,

Also prepared in advance.

Using the name of the New Year's training camp, the relevant troops who set off to build the captives have already assembled in Min'an Town.

Zhou Guoping, the head of a hundred households, bragged with his subordinates in the camp,
Mainly to talk about my past romantic history in the brothel,
Men like that,

Every time I mention the romantic history of the past, it always attracts the envy and jealousy of many people.

If someone says "great",
Whether you are talking about yourself or "little brother",
will be satisfied by Mo Ming,
While talking vigorously, Lu Changfei, who is also the head of a hundred households, walked in and joked:

"Piercing the sky, are you bragging about your old bastard again?"

That's right, Zhou Guoping is the one who took refuge in Lu Changle's Po Tian,
It turned out that he was sent to a coolie camp to atone for his sins.

Because of bravery in battle and repeated military exploits,
Zhou Guoping is modeled by Lu Changle,
From the cannon fodder of the coolie camp, he was promoted step by step to the current head of a hundred households.

For Zhou Guoping, piercing the sky is just a memory,
I prefer to be called Zhou Baihu.

Of course, Zhou Guoping doesn't dislike someone calling him that,
Your Excellency Governor is right, a man is a man, if he dares to do it, he must dare to admit it.

Zhou Guoping bowed to Lu Changfei, and said confidently: "Lu Baihu, I used to be a bit of a fool, but I do things openly and aboveboard. I just go to the brothel and give me enough money every time. It's not for nothing."

The army pays attention to unity and severely punishes fighting.
Just make fun of it, I was a little embarrassed at the beginning,
After listening too much, I became numb.

Sometimes in order to get closer, I would even make a few self-deprecating words,
In this way, the popularity is getting better and better.

Lu Changfei is a disciple of the Lu family in Fuzhou, and he is considered to be the brother of the Governor-General.
Can't really do anything to him.

The crowd roared with laughter,

Lu Changfei was speechless, pointed at Zhou Guoping and said, "You young man, you are still excited to say something about you, don't let me catch you visiting the brothel while on duty, if not, hum"

Zhou Guoping just wanted to refute two sentences,
"Dangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdang"

Of course there was a sudden and rapid alarm bell, still nine,
emergency mustering signal,

Zhou Guoping jumped up from the stool and shouted loudly:

"Everyone in the No.17 team in the fourth defense zone, hurry up and gather urgently."

Hear the signal to assemble, whoever, whatever,
The first time to rush to assemble.

Lu Changfei didn't care about that much anymore, he ran out in one stride,

Urging his soldiers to assemble,
Zhou Guoping has invited guests several times, this time I want to invite him to dinner,
In this case, the only option is to reschedule.

Soon, the training ground on the outskirts of Min'an Town was full of teams from this training camp.

After Zhou Guoping assembled the team at the training ground and counted the number of people,
I found a group of people striding towards Dianjiangtai,
The leader is none other than the governor-general who came out of Lu Changle,

who followed him,
There are clan elders and Fangtou of the Lu and Yang clans, and then the important generals in the army,
Even Gan Hui, who hadn't shown up for a long time, followed behind Lu Jinyuan,
Zhou Guoping's heart trembled: something big happened.

Almost none of the important figures with Lu Changle as the core appeared,
Such a big battle is definitely not for watching an emergency assembly.

A month ago, Zhou Guoping felt strange,
Those who come to the training camp are all elites in the army,

From time to time, carriages pulling various supplies appeared,
I heard that the warehouse on the other side of the pier is full of piles, and there are still people guarding it.

No general can approach,
Suddenly, a thought arose in Zhou Guoping's mind: Is it possible that the Governor-General wants to eradicate the grass and roots, send troops to Jilong Mountain, and eradicate all the remaining evils of the Zheng family?
At the thought of going to war, Zhou Guoping was not only not afraid,
There is still a feeling of urgency in my heart, I can't wait to go to the battlefield immediately,
In the Rural Protection Army, military merit means everything,
With military merit, there is also honor, dignity, status and resources, etc.
He used to be a bandit, no one looked at Zhou Guoping seriously,

Even when I go back to my hometown, I sneak back in the middle of the night,

Not to mention that the door is marrying those girls from good families,
After being promoted to the head of a hundred households in the Rural Protection Army,
completely changed,

The patriarch wrote the letter himself, asking himself to go back and have a look,

There are also neighbors who offer to help with the work at home.

And the matchmaker took the initiative to say goodbye,
Among the people introduced, there are many women from scholarly families,
It turned out that the old lady who often washed her face with tears laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth all day long.

Not to mention how happy I am.

Zhou Guoping is an ambitious man,

Women from ordinary scholars look down on them,

If you want to marry, marry the ladies of those gentry and rich families,
As a toad myself, I also want to taste the taste of swan meat.

It seems a bit difficult now,
As long as I can earn more military merits and be promoted to a thousand households, everything is not a problem.

In the military, there are many people who think like Zhou Guoping,
Seeing Lu Changle appearing in Dianjiangtai with great fanfare,

Many people couldn't help showing a strong fighting spirit in their eyes,

I have been looking forward to the war for a long time.

(End of this chapter)