After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 64
"The rebels are so rampant, they dare to go to Surabaya, what can I do, what can I do?"

The county magistrate summoned all the sages in the city and frantically asked for advice, but the big guys looked at each other in blank dismay, and they didn't have to run to the city to avoid disaster if they had a way.

Since it is the governor who treats the gentry preferentially, there must be a way. Then ask Governor Qian for help. As long as the magic soldiers fall from the sky, the mere rebels can be broken with a snap of your fingers.

That's right, the governor is a leader in the literary world, a celebrity in the scholarly circle, and has a clever plan, so there must be a way.

So what should everyone do before the governor sends troops?
It seems that there is no other way but to defend the city.

"This Qian Qianyi is simply a pig. Since the Qing court started, he has always slaughtered the common people and expelled the refugees... He did the opposite. He took the initiative to appease the gentry and brought these people under his own rule. It's lively."

Tan Deyu laughed loudly. He was always serious, and he kept laughing without stopping.

Song Lian also laughed, "In the past, I was still thinking about how to conquer the city, but now I understand it, let's drive out the big gentry, the lackeys of the Qing court, let them flood into the city, eat up the Qing court, and then we can get it at our fingertips. Guys, tell me, what is this strategy?"

He looked around, and everyone present had no idea, and finally looked at Zhu Yiyuan,
"Hey, why don't you give me a name?"

Zhu Yiyuan smiled and said: "The Qing court used to translate the old slave's name into Chinese as wild boar skin. Now this trick is used by Qian Qianyi in reverse. Why not call it stupid pig tactics?"

"Stupid pig tactics?"

The big guy immediately patted his thighs and laughed heartily. Song Lian praised: "Appropriate, appropriate! Qian Qianyi was the leader of Shilin in vain, surrendered to the enemy on his knees, and took the lead in shaving his hair. He is as stupid as a pig! The Qing court sent this thing Come here, you are really helping us!"

Zhu Yiyuan also smiled and said: "Indeed, a god-given opportunity... Commander Tan, how many soldiers have you arranged to besiege Sishui County?"

"One thousand households." Tan Deyu said simply: "Zhu Qian thinks it's not enough?"

Zhu Yiyuan said: "It's not enough, but we have five thousand households and so many militiamen. I don't think we can be idle. We must take advantage of this opportunity to train well and let the big guys take turns to go outside the city of Surabaya to carry out military training. Rotational training. Such drills that are close to actual combat are rare, and they just sharpen our soldiers."

This idea has been exhausted, Zhu Yiyuan has a framework for soldiers and horses, and has fought two big battles, but the victory is a bit of a fluke, and the real combat power is still lacking...

Since the opportunity is right in front of us, how can we let it go... From this day on, Sishui County has become a training point for the rebels.

The gentry and common people in the city of Surabaya were also fortunate enough to experience the demeanor of the Rebel Army.

They wore red turbans on their heads and carried red flags, or one or two hundred people, or three or five hundred people, and they bypassed the city of Surabaya.

At first the rebels were five or six hundred paces away, but gradually, they were within two hundred paces, and the slogans they shouted could be heard clearly.

"Expel the barbarians and restore China!"

These eight words sound like a devil's voice, the thief is so brave, this is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and we are all loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

Faced with the face-riding output, Yang Zhen, the county magistrate, gritted her teeth angrily, and greeted the soldiers and horses in the city to go to the city together, ready to go out and fight for a while.

"Even if you can't repel the thieves, you have to give them a boost. Especially if you have to bring in food and grass. Otherwise, how can we support so many people in the city?"

Although Yang Zhen is a literati, she still found a sword and went to the top of the city with a murderous look.

Other officials in the city also came up, and when they looked outside, they suddenly felt bad.

It turned out that the rebel army outside the city was practicing to attack the city. From among the rebel army, the musketeers rushed out first. They shot towards a wooden wall, and then the archers further suppressed it.

Immediately after the firecrackers and bows and arrows were shot, civilian men rushed over with sand on their backs, filled the trenches and moats, and after that, rebel soldiers carried ladders and came towards the temporary wooden wall. The exercise is over.

Anyone can see that this is a drill to attack Sishui County.

"Lord magistrate, the bandits advance and retreat well, cooperate tacitly, and are extremely fast... Even the soldiers and horses in the city are far behind!" Qianhu, the commander of the city, told the truth to Yang Zhen with a bitter old face. .

It's too ironic that dignified officers and soldiers are not as regular as thieves!
The old face was swollen.

It's just that what's even more outrageous is still behind. Just under the city of Sishui, a leader of the rebel army stood up and cursed at the soldiers participating in the drill.

He also called out several people and asked them to stand in a row.

"You move slowly and have no cooperation... If this is a real siege, you may die. Do you also want to stand up and go back lying down? Practice hard for me! No one is allowed to slack off."

The voice of commentary spread to the head of Sishui city.

Not only the county magistrate, but also those gentry who fled in, their faces are also very strange at the moment... Just so blatantly, rehearsing how to attack the city, sharpening knives in front of you, what do you think of us?
Chickens and ducks waiting to be slaughtered?

"Tang Zun, kill us, don't let the thieves underestimate us!"

"Yeah, don't lose your morale."

When Yang Zhen was hesitating, there was dust in the distance, and another rebel army appeared. They rushed over quickly, and not only came, they also brought pancakes and steamed buns.

All the soldiers who participated in the exercise received their food and just sat under the city, chomping on...the steamed buns the size of a fist, biting down in one bite, it was delicious!
There are also pancake rolls with scallions, which are delicious just by looking at them.

Unknowingly, many people in the city have swallowed their saliva.

Especially those ordinary soldiers, usually they don't eat well, but now thousands of people are squeezed into the city, lacking food, and what they eat is even worse than pigs.

How can such food compare with those outside the city?
At this time, a young man rushed out from the rebel army. It was Luo Yi. He rode his horse a hundred steps away and shouted loudly.

"Listen, people in the city, you have no way out. That traitor Qian Qianyi is just lying to you. He has no soldiers at all. If you don't want to starve to death, come out and surrender, or wait for us to kill you. None of the hawks and dogs working in the Qing court will be left behind!"

After finishing speaking, Luo Yi didn't give up, and even ran a large circle around the county town, shouting while running, perfectly interpreting what it means to be arrogant and domineering.

I just pull it like this, see what you can do?
With a smile on his face, Zhu Yiyuan walked through every thousand households.Through the rapid march, observe the state of the soldiers, solve the problems that arise, and run the training.

Although the time is not long, there are indeed signs of rebirth.

I really want to thank Qian Qianyi, otherwise there would be such a good opportunity to train soldiers.

Zhu Yiyuan decided to intensify his efforts, while continuing to arrange rebel troops to train around Surabaya, intimidating the people in the city so that they would not dare to come out.

At the same time, people from the farming community were arranged to contact local farmers in Sishui County to gain support.

Some time ago, the landlord Confucian government's land rent campaign started by Zhu Yiyuan is still going on, and many villages really haven't paid it, and it has been dragging on.

After Zhu Yiyuan entered Surabaya, these ordinary people had a backbone and came to comfort him one after another.According to Zhu Yiyuan's instructions, all kinds of food must be purchased at market prices.

Attract more people to come to trade for a while.

Outside the city is bustling and bustling, but inside the city is desolate.

A city wall blocked the price of food by more than ten times.

How can you live like this?

The group of poor scholars who came to the city a few days ago got together.They felt that Zhu Yiyuan would not grow up, and wanted to escape and join the governor.

As a result, he was surrounded in the county town and couldn't get out.

"The 20 taels of silver I brought have been spent, and I will be out of cooking tomorrow."

Another scholar said bitterly: "I brought a bag of grain with me, but I couldn't find a place to live. I slept in the Town God's Temple. When I woke up in the morning, the grain was stolen."

There was another scholar who was even more miserable, "I came to join my uncle, but they shut their doors behind closed doors...Human feelings are cold and warm, and the world is cold and cold. Although Zhu Thief is not good, he has a heart to love the people, and he is just an irrelevant old woman." , and will patiently persuade him, I used to think that this person was hypocritical and hypocritical, but now, now, I am looking forward to having such a hypocritical and hypocritical person!"

……

More than a dozen scholars, the more they chatted, the more angry they became. Finally, a small man suddenly asked, "Everyone, why don't we vote for Zhu?"

(End of this chapter)