Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 179 Li Gui Comes (Third)

Jiexiu county government office.

Participating general Hu Dawei watched as Langzhong treated guerrilla general Baihu.

The county magistrate of Jiexiu County had no choice but to give up the county government office and place himself in a very low position.

The tragic situation of the magistrates of Pu County and Fenxi County had already reached his ears.

Once Jiexiu is breached by the Qin thieves, not only will he be the county magistrate, but he will also die here!

Wouldn't that be a loss?

For the sake of "the overall situation of Shanxi", he can temporarily endure the domineering generals.

Now Hu Dawei is holding the warrant of Song Yintong, the newly appointed governor of Shanxi, to defend Jiexiu.

He quickly mobilized the squires and asked them to contribute money and food.

Otherwise, they will all become Qin thieves, and the lives of the whole family will not be guaranteed.

Thanks to Liu Guoneng's heroic deeds of conquering the sky and looting Pu County for three days, the rich merchants and landlords in Shanxi were very afraid of the uprising army entering Jin.

As soon as the county magistrate greeted him, the master represented by the Fan family raised his arms and shouted, asking everyone to contribute money and efforts, reward the officers and soldiers, and protect Jiexiu.

The magistrate was very satisfied with the performance of the Fan family. They had been doing business in Zhangjiakou in the early Ming Dynasty.

It has been passed on to the current head of the family, Fan Yongdou, who has become a wealthy Han merchant in Zhangjiakou's trade with Manchuria and Mongolia.

No one in Zhangjiakou is as rich as Fan Yongdou.

If the Fan family leaked any money at will, these poor soldiers would be able to eat and drink enough.

Now that the soldiers of the Ming army had received rewards, their morale was soaring, and they clamored to protect Jiexiu.

So as long as the money is in place, even if the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty meet a god, they can kill you from a god to a dead ghost again.

Money can turn the devil around.

"My lord, this group of people are known as hammer bandits, and they are well-equipped."

"Hammer bandits?"

General Hu Dawei watched Langzhong go out, and he sat aside:
"Why isn't it faked by a high-ranking thief, let me relax my vigilance?"

"My lord, why do you think so?" Bai Hu leaned on the pillow and looked at the gauze on his body:
"Hammer Bandit's reputation is not weaker than Gao Thief!"

From Hu Dawei's point of view, it took Gao Bandit half a month to cross the Yellow River with tens of thousands of people under his command, and he was the biggest bandit in Jin Dynasty.

He is his main opponent, and the rest are nothing to worry about.

As for He Jinzhao, the leader of the Hammer Bandit, Hu Dawei really didn't take it seriously.

He knew the fighting power of the soldiers of the Ming army on the three sides, those who had no money to attack, and those who were good at evading.

Coupled with the Guyuan mutiny in December of the first year of Chongzhen, the soldiers who participated in the mutiny robbed the property of Guyuan state treasury.

Then they turned to attack Jingyang, Fuping, and Sanyuan, and Li Ying, a guerrilla of the official army, was also captured.

It is said that Li Ying was killed, but gossip rumored that he also joined the rebel soldiers.

These elite soldiers rebelled, and they were simply invincible. How many remaining soldiers from the three sides are left?

After Yang He, the governor of the three sides, arrived, he had no soldiers to use, so he ordered Hong Chengchou, who also had no soldiers to use, to quell the rebellion.

After all, Hong Chengchou's soldiers were not very elite.

But the peasant army with worse combat effectiveness is obviously enough.

That's why Hu Dawei disdained Hammer Bandit He Jinzhao's record.

Relying on hiding in the city, the victory achieved is nothing.

As for this group of cavalry, they were probably the former Daming frontier army who had fled from the capital and returned to their hometown in Shanxi to join the hammer bandits.

"Heal your wounds first, and I will wait in Jiexiu for the hammer bandits to attack the city."

Participating general Hu Dawei didn't say anything else to Bai Hu.

This battle is not his fault, it's not that the soldiers didn't spare their lives, it's actually the difference in equipment.

They are also frontier troops, and the side with better equipment can defeat the other side.

The experience and lessons of this kind of backward equipment, before Hu Dawei surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, he had a deep understanding when he was traveling by car and fighting against the Ming army.

Because he came here with a friendly heart at the beginning, and wanted to take the iron pot from the fellow's house back to the tent so that he could marry a wife.

By the way, find a new job for the folks in the Great Wall,

Take them to herd sheep and cattle on the prairie, lest they be exploited by the landlord to farm.

Of course, these villagers made some mistakes in the process of herding sheep, and a whipping service was indispensable.

But these are dusty past.

Hu Dawei is now a member of the Ming army, so he will not go to see if there is an iron pot in the fellow's house that needs to be repaired.

Instead, go to the home of the landlord and rich man to see if there is any silver.

I hope they can be more generous, so that the soldiers under their command are willing to use their lives.

"As long as He Jinzhao dares to come to Jiexiu, I will give the Hammer Bandits a ruthless blow to avenge our old brothers."

Baihu nodded, and the number of veterans brought from Mongolia became less and less.

The cavalry fought with the cavalry of the hammer bandits, and suffered a lot of losses.

Those brothers who were excellent in equestrian and archery all died at the hands of thieves.

Most of the equipment is not good enough, not even the stamina of the horse.

The Sweeping King and Mantianxing merged into one, and after eating and drinking enough, he led the army to the fork in the road.

"The sky is full of stars." The sweeping king reined in.

"what happened?"

"Going to the left is to cross the Shitong Bridge and go to Xiaoyi County.

The other way is to go to Jiexiu County. Do you want to go to Jiexiu? "

Hearing what the sweeping king said, Man Tianxing was puzzled.

Didn't he just say that he would go to Xiaoyi County on the same bridge as He Jinzhao said?
Jiexiu County is guarded by a large number of officers and soldiers.

"I heard that the Fan family in Jiexiu County is very rich, and his son Fan Yongdou's big business in Zhangjiakou is unmatched by anyone.

He Jinzhao, this brat, doesn't he want us to take over Jiexiu County all by himself?

That's why he threatened that Jiexiu was guarded by officers and soldiers to scare us and prevent us from going there to make a fortune? "

Shanxi merchants are generally wealthy.

But only the richer people can let the people scramble to praise it.Show a look of envy.

Mantianxing bit his finger:
"Sweeping the floor, I think He Jinzhao doesn't even like us two brothers.

But according to Brother Gao's knowledgeable vision, He Jinzhao should not harm us, Jiexiu County really has officers and soldiers. "

"Well, I know." Sweeping King hesitated a little, and continued to instigate:
"He Jinchao defeated the official army at Han Xinling, killing and injuring many prisoners.

The officers and soldiers must have been terrified, so the two of us went to Jiexiu County to extort money under the name of hammer bandits.

Even if there are officers and soldiers, they dare not do it easily.

As long as we succeed, let's turn around and rush to Xiaoyi County, how about it? "

The fact that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty spent money to buy peace for He Jinzhao really made the rebel leaders envious.

Because usually they bribe the Shaanxi government army who pursued them, and spend money to buy peace so that they don't chase too closely.

When it comes to He Jinzhao, it's the other way around, who wouldn't be envious?
"That's a good idea."

Man Tianxing is also very happy, bearing the name of a hammer bandit, the benefits are indispensable.

The Shanxi people didn't know that the hammer bandits were dressed in blue clothes.

We are all rebels who have just entered Jin, can they tell who is who?
"hey-hey."

The sweeping king smiled all over his face: "Then let's surround Jiexiu with an army, pretend to be He Jinzhao, and blackmail him hard?"

(End of this chapter)