I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 29

Chapter 028

"This year's severe drought has severely reduced grain production. There is no way to water the dry fields of Zuoqian households. Ten percent of the harvest will be reduced by at least [-]% to [-]%. If they don't buy grain, their thousands of households will starve to death!"

As soon as Qin Wu said this, all the gangsters fell silent.

The current disaster situation is serious, and the life of ordinary people is difficult, and the life of being a bandit is also difficult. In the past, it was enough for thousands of people to eat for half a month by looting a few towns.

But the question is now?They ransacked many villages, but found few grains of food.If there is no food, no matter how much money you rob, it is useless. Money cannot be used as food. If the officers and soldiers surround the mountain, they can only guard a large pile of silver to drink the northwest wind.

If you want to live a good life for a few months, you still have to grab a large amount of food.

And Cheng Shijie was buying grain like crazy, tens of thousands of shi of grain, enough for them to squander for two years!

Qin Wu's staff reminded Qin Wu again: "The master, could this be a trap?"

"trap"

Qin Wu burst out laughing: "Although our Zhejiang army is bad, at least we can still fight. However, Shandong has been in peace for too long, and the Shandong army can no longer fight. It's not like we haven't fought Dengzhou Wei before!"

"That's right, it's just a thousand households, hanging alone in Ninghai Prefecture. I heard that the city wall there has long been dilapidated..."

Speaking of the city wall of Qianhusuo, Xizuo hurriedly said: "The head of the family, the new Qianhu, has repaired the city wall for more than a month, and now the city wall of Qianhusuo is not low!"

"So what, no matter how hard the tortoise shell is, I smashed it to pieces with a hammer!"

Liang Youcai, the tall and mighty Liang Youcai, the second in command of Qin Wusuo's department, said quite arrogantly.

"Officers and soldiers don't dare to go to war at all. If they go to battle, they don't bother to fight, and we can kill all the officers and soldiers with just five hundred heroes.

Because of the clumsy performance of Dengzhou Guards, Qin Wusuo's Department looked down upon Dengzhou Guards Zuoqianhusuo. The combat effectiveness of the guards' officers and soldiers was so scumbag that it would be considered a compliment to describe them as "war five scumbags".

Qin Wuda made up his mind and said, "We'll hit Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households Office, grab a batch of grain, and then go back to Linglong Mountain!"

The leaders of all the bandits said arrogantly: "Beat the Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households, and have a good year!"

"Let's go, grab food, grab money, grab ladies!"

"Walk fast and eat meat, walk slowly and eat fart!"

Qin Wu is actually a smart man, he is very aware of the pissing nature of Ming officials.If ordinary peasants rebelled, they would immediately send troops to suppress it, because peasant rebellions basically have no strength, do not understand military affairs, and peasants are also timid. Kill the leader, and the rest are nothing to worry about.

Qin Wu himself never ran into the state and attacked the county seat, so the government of Dengzhou Prefecture, including Sun Yuanhua, who had more than [-] western-style firearms troops, the governor of Denglai, did not know Qin Wu's existence.

Of course, either they really don't know, or they may pretend not to know.

In fact, Qin Wu did not have more than a thousand troops as claimed to the outside world. In fact, his tribe included not only the remaining troops of the Zhejiang Army, but also deserters from the Shanxi Army, and even Shandong bandits.The troops in the department are divided into six parts, with more than [-] troops.

This is actually not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he has a cavalry team. Once this cavalry team rushes to the battle, its combat effectiveness is absolutely amazing.

Although Qin Wusuo's department looked down on the Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households Office very much, they almost rushed out, leaving only more than 1000 old, weak, sick and disabled guards in the camp, and more than [-] thugs, carrying more than [-] carts , Killed in a mighty manner towards Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households.

From Linglong Shanzhai to Zuoqianhusuo, the distance is actually not that close, more than 250 li.

Thousands of bandits picked up all kinds of weapons, crying and howling, and marched in the direction of Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households in a mess.There were so many of them and their formation was chaotic, they looked like a group of refugees passing through the border.

The dispatch of Qin Wusuo's troops frightened the villages and towns along the way, and they reported to Dengzhou Fucheng or Dengzhou Wei Commander Si Yamen respectively.

Soon, Jin Yousheng, commander of the Dengzhou Guard, received the news.

Jin Yousheng frowned as he looked at the information.

In fact, Jin Yousheng is a very principled person. He has a close personal relationship with Geng Zhongming. However, when Kong Youde's rebel army attacked Dengzhou City and Geng Zhongming wanted to surrender the city, Jin Yousheng was the most important person.

According to the "Shandong Tongzhi", in the fifth year of Chongzhen, the rebels attacked Dengzhou and besieged the city for seven days.Zhang Tao, the general of Sun Yuanhua's detachment department, attacked him and ordered Yousheng to defend him.At that time, most of the officers and soldiers were baited by bandits. When the battle was in full swing, they suddenly retreated for no reason, and Gai wanted to lead the bandits into the city.Seeing that Yousheng was patrolling closely, he dared not move.On the evening of the same day, Yousheng ascended the patrol to the south gate, and the rebels outside the city fired cannons to attack him, and Yousheng was killed. "

Huang Zuxin asked cautiously: "Master Commander, are you worried that the traitor Qin Wu is powerful?"

"If you say you're not worried, it must be prevarication!"

"Let's just sit back and watch the tigers fight. No matter who wins or loses, it will only benefit us, and there will be no harm..."

"They are also soldiers of this commander."

Jin Yousheng sighed and said: "Zuo Qianhu must have heard the news. He neither rescued nor escaped. He is still responsible. Zuo Qianhu lacks ordnance!"

"We're not rich either!"

"Give them six hundred guns, six cannons, one thousand catties of gunpowder, and fifty armors. Send them quickly!"

"Yes!"

Jin Yousheng went on to say: "Don't transfer from the Commander Si Yamen, time is running out, transfer from Zhongzuo Qianhu Office, tell Zhongzuo Qianhu Liu Jintang, don't do anything!"

Huang Zuxin looked at Jin Yousheng in surprise: "Master Commander..."

"go a head!"

……

Since the implementation of the fishing plan, Cheng Shijie has not been idle, but it is a pity that his transportation capacity is limited, and it is impossible to transport a large amount of materials to the end of Ming Dynasty in one day.

Cheng Shijie was ready and just waited for the enemy to arrive.

The enemy did not come, but the weapons and equipment sent by the commander of the Dengzhou Guard arrived first.

"Master Qianhu, please sign for it!"

Cheng Shijie took a look at the list, and saw that it read: six hundred long spears, two hundred waist knives, six bowl-mouth guns, one thousand catties of gunpowder, and fifty pairs of armor.

After Cheng Shijie signed for it, the soldiers who came to deliver the ordnance left immediately, not even the cart.Cheng Shijie touched the spears with his own hands. These spears were made of well-grown wood, and the wooden sticks used by Zuo Qianhu were not to mention the rough wood, which was even more helpless if it was not flexible enough and too brittle.

Now these gun shafts are made of ash, also known as ash rods, which have good flexibility, high hardness, and smooth wood texture. They are high-quality wood for making ancient long gun shafts.

Although the iron armor is stained and stained with rust, it is generally in good condition, at least there will be no phenomenon that a poke will cause a hole.

"Master Qianhu is sure that Qin Wuhui will be fooled? Attack our Qianhu Office?"

Cheng Shijie nodded lightly, pointed at these equipments and said, "I wasn't sure at first, but now I'm sure they will come!"

Song Kangnian asked with some puzzlement: "There are no absolutes in everything, what if he doesn't come?"

"First, Qin Wu's Ministry needs food, and we have food here. Second, the guards' combat effectiveness is too poor. Although we are an army, we will not be valued by Qin Wu. Third, someone wants him to come, so he will definitely Come!"

While Cheng Shijie was speaking, there was a burst of noise outside.

"Lord Qianhu, the bandits...the bandits are here!"

"Pass down the order of Qianhu, all young and strong, regardless of whether they are young or not, immediately climb up the city wall!"

"Yes!"

When Cheng Shijie went to the city wall, the entire Thousand Households House had become a mess.The wheat on the threshing ground, the working military households, including children, ran around.

Cheng Shijie also swung his whip and beat several military households before he climbed onto the city wall of Qianhusuo.

On the dirt road to the south, there was a huge puff of dust and smoke, the sound of horseshoes shook the sky, and cheers came and went.

Song Kangnian hadn't spoken yet, but Zhou Yandong said, "Lord Qianhu, the number is wrong, it's definitely more than a thousand people!"

Cheng Shijie said indifferently: "Ben Qianhu can see it!"

The number of people is boundless, and the formation of the bandits is loose. It seems that there are bandits everywhere.These bandits also had a group of knights, and these knights rushed towards Qianhu City quickly.

The atmosphere on the walls of Qianhusuo began to become serious.

"At least four thousand, how do we fight this battle?"

The Qianhusuo is nominally ten Baihusuo, but there are three Baihusuo outside the Qianhusuo, and only seven Baihusuos inside the Qianhusuo. Among them, the Zhongbaihusuo and the Middle Left Baihusuo are trained outside the city and have not returned yet.

It also means that there are only five hundred households in the entire city of the thousand households. If Cheng Shijie hadn't stopped these hundred officials from eating up their quota, there might not even be four hundred sergeants.

Although there are five full-staffed hundred households, each leading 110 people, this is still a gap of one to ten, which makes people feel extremely desperate.

Qin Wu rode a fine horse and came to the city of Qianhu. He looked at the chaos on the city wall and said proudly: "Send someone to persuade them to surrender, and let them open the city gate to surrender, otherwise, after the city is broken, I will kill you." Massacre the city without leaving any chickens or dogs behind!"

(End of this chapter)