After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 73 Dominating Yimeng
Under Zhu Yiyuan's questioning, the messenger told the truth that Yishui County is very empty, with less than 500 soldiers, horses and government officials, and there are a lot of bandits in the territory, making it a mess. When I arrived at the concubine's room, I hugged the young concubine and cried all night, only thinking of sending someone for help the next afternoon...

When Zhu Yiyuan heard this, he was also stunned, what an iron-blooded Lv magistrate.

He immediately called Huang Ying over, "The Qing army may not know that we have occupied Mengyin, so we must take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle. You lead [-] soldiers, continue to garrison Muling Pass, reinforce the offensive, contact the surrounding people, and win support. We Immediately lead the army to the south, and General Zhao's troops should also be killed, and we will jointly attack Yishui, and if all goes well, almost all of the Yimeng area will be in our hands."

Huang Ying also wanted to persuade Zhu Yiyuan to bring more troops, but Zhu Yiyuan waved his hand, "What we need to guard against is the elite Qing army. As for these rotten fish and rotten shrimp, it's really not worth mentioning."

Undoubtedly, the Mengyin battle gave Zhu Yiyuan full confidence, and also made this army a bit reborn.

Immediately, Zhu Yiyuan led a team of less than 300 people, headed south from Muling Pass, along a wide and smooth road, and went straight to Yishui County.

Throughout the land of Qilu, the traffic pattern has continued to the general pattern of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it has not changed much.

The main east-west official roads are Jinan Prefecture, Zhangqiu, Qingzhou, and Weixian County.

The north-south direction is from Jinan Prefecture to Tai'an Prefecture and Yanzhou in the south, and extends to Xuzhou.

The extra count is just a Grand Canal.

Zichuan, Laiwu and other places where Zhu Yiyuan was originally active were in the middle of the two north-south official roads. This time he won Muling Pass, which cut off the road from Qingzhou to the south. In a narrow sense, the Yimeng Mountains fell into the hands of Zhu Yiyuan.

The main reason for choosing this area is to avoid major traffic roads, the terrain is rugged, the mountains and rivers are separated, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Even if the Qing army sent in tens of thousands of elites, it would be difficult to do anything to Zhu Yiyuan.

And as long as you have a firm foothold here, threaten the direction of Yanzhou to the west, cut off the water transportation, and break into Nanzhili to the south, threatening the important land of salt and mineral resources in Huaihe River and Huaihe River.

Attacking and retreating is definitely a place to use.

Therefore, Zhu Yiyuan's face was full of smiles, and he was in a good mood. When the soldiers were resting, he even touched a bow, which was only a mere eight fights.After all, Zhu Yiyuan is not a fairy like Grandpa Yue, who can open a three-stone bow.

However, with Zhu Yiyuan's strength, he could still open a stone bow, perhaps a little stronger than ordinary soldiers.

But his archery skills are mediocre, not even at all, he just learned archery from Zhao Yingyuan a few days ago.

At this moment, Zhu Yiyuan was fiddling with bows and arrows, and rushed to the barren hills by the roadside, looking for pheasants and hares, practicing his archery skills... Then the soldiers of the rebel army saw a big stupid man running with his butt pouted, shooting arrows one by one. After ejaculating, I was busy for half an hour, except for the sweat on my forehead, I didn't even shoot a bird feather.

Zhu Yiyuan walked back, and suddenly found that the big guys looked at him wanting to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, turning their heads away one by one.

"What? You all know how to shoot arrows from birth? When we settle down, I'll test your archery skills one by one, and whoever can't do it will go chase rabbits in the mountains." Zhu Yiyuan said bluntly, but suddenly he lowered his head and found that his boots were leaking. A big hole was made, and a full three toes squeezed out.

He was also chasing it vigorously, without noticing it at all.

Immediately, Zhu Yiyuan couldn't hold back anymore, "Laugh if you want to, especially you, Luo Yi, laugh for half an hour and don't stop."

When Luo Yi heard this, his face turned green immediately, and he said aggrievedly: "You matter, you are avenging your own private revenge! You are unreasonable."

Zhu Yiyuan looked at the soldiers on both sides, "What are you still doing, hold him down and make him laugh."

In an instant, several rebel soldiers jumped up, and Luo Yi was clever enough, so he ran away quickly, and immediately chased each other, just like a group of children.

In fact, it is true to say that, Zhu Yiyuan is just now, and Luo Yi will be 17 years old in a few months. Among this group of soldiers, most of them are under 20 years old.

If it was placed in later generations, it would have just entered the university gate.

"Stop making trouble. Some of you can play musical instruments, can you sing? It doesn't matter how powerful you are, as long as you can play and blow well... During the break, we can put on a little show, have fun."

Zhu Yiyuan was chatting with the big guys, at this moment, suddenly a group of soldiers and horses appeared in the distance, it looked like there could be hundreds of people.

The soldiers in charge of sentry went up immediately, and Zhu Yiyuan was also ready for battle.

But soon the news came that the other party was a friend rather than an enemy.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Zhu? We are all soldiers of King Ji, and we are here to take refuge."

Zhu Yiyuan was taken aback, King Ji?

Is it the fake clan from last year?

After a question, it really is.

It turned out that when Beijing fell last year, a clan emerged from Shandong, known as King Ji, who once recovered five prefectures, nine states, and forty counties, including Laiwu.

Later, the Qing army wiped out King Ji, and some of the remaining forces fled to various places. One of the troops, mainly Laiwu people, did not dare to return to their hometown, so they fled to Yishui territory through mountains and mountains.

"Mr. Zhu, we have all heard that the land in Laiwu has been divided, and every household has land. This year, the rent for the land has not been paid, and every household has food in storage. You can eat every meal...Mr. Zhu, you are really Bodhisattva!"

Facing this group of enthusiastic Laiwu fellow villagers, Zhu Yiyuan's soldiers also came to say hello, and some even recognized their relatives on the spot, hugged each other, and cried loudly.

"Folks, I mean what I say. Now there are some surplus land in various villages in Laiwu, which have not been distributed. In addition, the fields in Yishui and Mengyin can also be divided. As long as we win the Qing court, everyone will Have a good time!"

With Zhu Yiyuan's guarantee, these hundreds of people immediately surrendered to Zhu Yiyuan.

And from what they said, there are quite a few rebels nearby.For example, Yang Wei, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, occupied Laizhou to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing army captured the city, some remnants entered Yishui from the direction of Anqiu.

There are also Qin Shangxing and Ge Dongfang from Qingzhou. They also revolted, but they were defeated. Tong Yangliang chased the remnants to Yishui territory and hid.

There are many heroes in Shandong. Facing the entry of the Eight Banners, this group of people did not give in.

They raised their troops one after another and used their meager strength to contend against the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry. Even though they were doomed to fail, they didn't just live on mediocrity because of fear.

The water was too cold, and the scalp itched. Although they surrendered early, they became the lackeys of the Qing Dynasty...but how did the people surrender?The Qing government ruled the Central Plains for more than 200 years, and there was not a year when there was no peace and no rebel uprising.

From beginning to end, until the end, the main force that destroyed the Qing court was still these reckless heroes.

Adults can surrender, but ordinary people can't surrender!
Zhu Yiyuan went south all the way, constantly gathering scattered rebels.

Some dozens of people, some hundreds of people.

But without exception, they are all in a bad situation, with ragged clothes and ragged clothes, like beggars.

Zhu Yiyuan didn't bring too much food, but he still allocated some to help these people, march and chat with them.

By the time they approached Yishui County, the troops led by Zhu Yiyuan had broken through [-].

If you don't consider the equipment status, it is really strong.

But in the face of such an army of beggars, a white flag was flying at the head of Yishui City.

Lu Xi, the county magistrate, surrendered.

He only had one request, and that was to leave safely with his concubine and money.

Zhu Yiyuan was still hesitating whether to agree or not, but that little concubine would quit first.She glanced at Zhu Yiyuan, he was a young and handsome offspring, and it was said that he was still a son of the clan.Now that Yishui's surname is Zhu, he is so young and beautiful, so he has developed a new track and adjusted his style of play...

"If you run away, you will be a minister of crime, can you still be a county magistrate?"

Lu Xi was stunned, and couldn't help but shook his head, "Of course not, but I think it's enough to be a rich man because of my husband's family property."

I didn't know that the concubine didn't like to listen to it, so she said angrily: "I want to be the concubine of the county magistrate, not the old man's concubine, you can do it yourself!"

OK!

Lu Xi was dumbfounded, "You, you are too ruthless! I spent 3000 taels of silver to buy you out, and you treat me like this?"

Furious, Lu Xi raised his hand and was about to hit someone.

But Zhu Yiyuan stopped him, and said in a deep voice: "Lü magistrate, are you willing to be the magistrate for me?"

(End of this chapter)