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

Chapter 336 The singing voice from 300 years ago sounded again

Chapter 335

Li Guanying did not come from a family of Escorts. In fact, he founded Zhengxing Escorts when he was 28 years old, because that year was the first year of Tianqi. By chance, he worked as a laborer at Tongzhou Wharf, carrying sacks for a living.

That year, the Sichuan army stationed in Tongzhou and the Zhejiang army clashed. They fired at each other in the urban area. The two sides were killed and wounded everywhere, and countless houses were blown up, which directly alarmed the Ming court...

Li Guanying didn't know the reason for the fight between the Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army. However, that year, he received an offer. Someone was willing to spend 100 taels of silver to hire them to go to Sichuan to send a letter.The deposit is 15 taels of silver. If you send the letter to Chengdu, you will get the remaining 85 taels of silver.

According to Li Guanying's income from carrying sacks at that time, it would take him three years and eight months to earn this sum of money. However, Li Guanying decided to take a gamble, betting his wealth and life.

So, with this secret letter in his arms, he finally sent the letter to Chengdu after nine lifetimes. From then on, Li Guanying started a life like cheating.When he was preparing to return to his hometown in Chengdu, he was hired by someone else to escort a mother and son to Dengzhou. In this way, Li Guanying became a leader in the escort transportation industry from a labor force.

Zhengxing Escort, at its strongest, had more than 3000 people, more than 1000 carts, and six or seven hundred mules and horses. He knew Li Guanying's success, and he had always relied on daring to work hard.

The life of the poor is cheap. If he hadn't worked hard at the beginning, he wouldn't be where he is today. Of course, he wants to work hard now, and he can't do it without hard work. As a person with no background, there are many people who stare at Li Guanying's industry in his hometown in Cangzhou. The past two years have caused him little trouble.

Because there is no background, Li Zhengying's family business earned over the past ten years has become his life-saving talisman.

If Cheng Shijie hadn't defended Pingdingzhou, he would actually have planned to move his family to Liaodong to seek a living instead of just waiting to die. In this way, Li Zhengying took more than 300 people to Pingdingzhou.

If he dies unfortunately, he will die too. If he can survive by luck, Cheng Shijie will never treat him badly, even if Cheng Shijie says a word, those who spy on his property will stay away.

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In Pingdingzhou City, Shanxi governor Wu Zhen was locked in a dilapidated house. He was given two pieces of cakes and a bowl of water every day. At that time, no one even paid attention to Wu Xin.

Where did Wu Zhen suffer from this crime!who is he?He is the governor of Shanxi Province, the second rank of the official residence, the aisle is not only the sound of gongs to clear the way, attracting everyone's attention, just order what you want to eat, and someone will immediately go back and forth, choose the best ingredients, use the best cook, and at the fastest speed Do you want to send it to him?

Wu Zhen had never been subjected to such abuse!In his opinion, this food is simply not for human food, even the servants of his family can't eat this food!
But the problem is that when Xie Zhiliang was guarding Dingzhou, he was better. The governor kept yelling at the soldiers who came to deliver food, and these soldiers did not dare to offend the governor. Even if the governor is just a prisoner, no one would I don't know when Wu Tong will be released, the official will be reinstated, and the governor will be offended, and the consequences will be quite serious.

However, when Cheng Shijie was defending Dingzhou, the situation naturally changed. The person in charge of guarding Wu Zhen became Ning Haijun. .

Wu Zhen had no choice but to curse Cheng Shijie when there was no one around, and as a result, the Ning Haijun soldiers beat Wu Zhen, but the problem was that he was careless, and Wu Zhen was almost out of breath.

This matter is not a trivial matter, beating Wu Tong is no problem, if Wu Tong is killed, he must report it to Cheng Shijie no matter what, Cheng Shijie only knew at this time that he still has a Shanxi governor in his hands.

Cheng Shijie actually didn't care about Wu Tong's life or death, he couldn't even take care of himself, God knows if he would be able to wait until the reinforcements arrived.

However, the problem is that since Wu Xuan was beaten so much that he walked around the palace of the king of hell, he has become more kind. In fact, Wu Xuan knew that it was useless to beg for mercy, so he might as well have a mouthful before he died.

When Cheng Shijie was patrolling the city, he suddenly heard someone scolding him. Of course, the Ning Haijun soldiers punched him, and Cheng Shijie came over: "What's going on?"

"Reporting to Commander, this dog official didn't know what medicine he took wrongly, but he actually played rough with his subordinates, not only..."

"Go down!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the beggar-like Wu Chen and said, "You're disappointed, aren't you? This commander has defended Pingding Prefecture!"

Wu Tong was indeed very surprised. When he thought about it, the situation had deteriorated to this point. Even if Cheng Shijie had supernatural powers, he would still be unable to recover. I am afraid that the iron cavalry outside the Great Wall will not last long. In the end, they either choose to escape or die with the city. There is no third choice.

However, Cheng Shijie actually won the battle, what a ghost!

Wu Chen sneered and said, "Cheng, even if you can win a small victory, so what? Tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry, plus 16 Junggar cavalry swept the Hexi Corridor, surrounded Lanzhou, and killed Ningxia in a few days. With the ability to reach the sky, how much can you do in the face of this tide of cavalry from outside the Great Wall?"

Cheng Shijie said indifferently: "I don't have the ability to reach the sky, but I can make those enemy troops who invaded the land of Daming border come and go... Speaking of it, I have to thank you for gathering these nomads who were originally scattered and dispersed together. It saves me the time to find them one by one!"

Wu Xuan's eyes widened: "You have to figure it out, these are hundreds of thousands of cavalry outside the Great Wall, not thirty or twenty thousand mob!"

Cheng Shijie didn't raise his head: "In my eyes, there is no difference. The thicker the grass, the easier it is to mow."

Wu Zhen stared at him and gasped for breath, unable to speak.

In Cheng Shijie's eyes, this is Daming's biggest crisis, so why not an important opportunity?Mobei Mongolia and Moxi Mongolia, at least in just a few years, Cheng Shijie has no time and energy to deal with them, not even the Nine Frontier Defense Line.If it weren't for the corrupt situation and it was difficult to reverse, the imperial court would not be able to hand over the nine sides to him.

This is an opportunity for Cheng Shijie. He mobilized more than [-] elite troops from the Ning Navy. As long as these troops can reach the battlefield as planned, no matter whether it is Mobei Mongolia or Moxi Mongolia, few of them can run back. Even if some of them could escape back, it would be difficult to cause any storms.

Wu Xuan looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "What do you want?"

The smile on Cheng Shijie's face disappeared suddenly: "I still want to ask you, you deliberately let go of the border defense line by whatever means to allow the enemy to drive straight in and make the northwest full of flames, and the Central Plains are at stake. What do you really want?"

Wu Xuan sneered and said, "It's you warriors who fear the enemy like a tiger, but are so overjoyed and aggressive, that led to the current situation, what has this to do with the old man?"

Cheng Shijie said: "Still talking nonsense with your eyes open? If you hadn't been walking around and colluding and buying the border generals, the border generals would back off the line of defense? It was Qiao Zhaolin in front, and He Sui now. Qiao Zhaolin recruited everything. If the surname He If you don’t die, he will also tell you everything you did. Do you really think that everyone in the world is blind and can’t even tell black from white? If you do this, you won’t be afraid of death Can’t even enter the ancestral grave?”

Wu Tong's face turned blue and white, his facial muscles were distorted, his eyes gleamed with hatred, and he roared with a ferocious and terrifying expression: "You think we like to betray our country and seek glory, and treat a thief as our father? Why don't you let you, a lowly warrior, You, the remnants of the Mohist sect, were forced to do so! If you hadn't perverted the way and subverted the orthodoxy, why would we have taken such risks?"

Cheng Shijie pointed to his nose: "Me?"

"Yes, it's you! You are an evildoer who came out of nowhere. With a little bit of military exploits, you climbed all the way, and finally became the governor of Liaodong. You must know that using literature to control martial arts is a thousand-year national policy, but you gave this thousand-year national policy to you!" It’s broken! Well, it’s your ability to become the governor of Liaodong, as long as you seriously develop agriculture and educate the people, we’re happy to see it succeed, but what have you done?”

Wu Yan pointed to Cheng Shijie and said, "You, build a lot of flashy buildings for your enjoyment, promote cheap industries, encourage the common people to learn those strange and obscene techniques, implement harsh criminal laws, and condone cruel officials to oppress the gentry! In just a few years, you have completely ruined the simple folk husbands in Liaodong! Today in Liaodong, there is no defense between men and women, no learning style, and even more no respect and courtesy! Today's In Liaodong, everyone is chasing copper stink, men are quiet and women are playful, aggressive and aggressive, disrespecting gentry, morality is degraded, you ask me what I want to do? I also want to ask what you want to do!"

Cheng Shijie was silent for a long time: "Just because of this? Just because of this, you are going to let go of the country and let those wolves in, even if it repeats the tragedy of Wu Huan Hua?"

Wu Xuan snorted coldly: "As long as I can overthrow you, a thief, turn the world around, and defend China's orthodoxy, what pity do I have to wait for my body to be smashed to pieces?"

"What's the point of crushing your mother's bones? It's not you shameless scholar-bureaucrats who are crushed to pieces, but thousands of Li civilians! You don't even think of the countless bones lying on the side of the road this way. See? How many people died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Tartars, and you didn't even see it? You keep saying that it's the Hanwei Huaxia orthodoxy, but I'm afraid that what you really want to defend is the high status of the scholar-bureaucrats? Pooh!"

Cheng Shijie pointed at Wu Tong's nose and cursed: "You think that if you sing so loudly, I won't be able to see your disgusting true face? You scholar-bureaucrats seem to be sanctimonious, but they are actually extremely selfish and greedy! "

"You would rather raise taxes repeatedly to drive the common people to death, or watch the army die of cold and starvation in large numbers due to lack of clothing and food, and finally the foreign invaders invade and destroy Ming Dynasty. Anyone who collects a penny in taxes will be regarded as an enemy by you!"

"Not only are you refusing to pay taxes, but you also do everything you can to dig out the foundation of the country. For 300 years, the Ming Dynasty has raised scholars and raised them on dogs! Now the common people are fed up with your selfish greed and want to find a new way. You have nothing to say. Said, a thief came to open the door! I really want to cut your heart out to see if your heart is black!"

Wu Zhen's complexion turned pale, his lips trembled, and he said, "You...you...don't want to spew blood! You...you talk nonsense!"

"I spurted blood? Isn't this your patent?"

Cheng Shijie sneered: "I wanted to have a good chat with you, but your brazenness has left me speechless..."

Wu Xuan's complexion changed drastically: "You...you dare to kill me? You can't do this! If you dare to kill me, no scholar in the world will let you go!"

"They won't let me go? You have to ask me if I will let them go!"

Cheng Shijie said indifferently: "If the tiger doesn't show its power, it really treats me as a sick cat. I really think I dare not touch you?"

Although Cheng Shijie's tone was calm, the terrifying murderous aura on his body made Wu Zhen's heart twitch, his back felt cold, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.

"You...you can't kill me! I'm not wrong, I'm here to defend China's orthodoxy, I want to maintain a sense of righteousness for the world, I..."'

The more Wu Zhen spoke, the lower his voice became, and his haughty head drooped under the weight.The coercion and oppression of military generals accumulated by the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years has been completely lost, and only the trembling in the face of death is left.

Cheng Shijie didn't say anything else, he strode out, and told the soldiers: "Watch closely, don't let him escape, and don't let him escape."

The soldier said proudly: "Don't worry, Commander, he won't die, and he won't escape!"

Cheng Shijie inspected the city of Pingdingzhou and found that the situation was not bad. The Ning Navy had nearly 400 casualties, and now there are less than 400 troops who can fight. Including Xie Zhiliang's old troops in the city of Pingdingzhou, there are less than 4000 available soldiers. .

It's just that there are still two and a half bases per capita for bullets, and less than four grenades per capita, but more than 300 thunderbolts have been rebuilt, and there are more than [-] throwing guns.

Cheng Shijie wanted to use fire, but the problem was that there was too little oil in Pingding Prefecture, so he asked people to collect the corpses of Mongolian Tartars who rushed up the city wall. Theoretically speaking, the fat content of the human body is about 20%, and the fat content of fat cells Only 5%.For a 120-jin adult, the oil that can really be squeezed out of his body is only about 5 catties (the oil output rate is calculated as 40%).

But the problem is that more than 3000 corpses can theoretically collect [-] catties of corpse oil. However, the problem is that this is only a theory. This time the collection work was very difficult, and only less than [-] catties of corpse oil were collected .

These corpse oils are barely usable. He told Li Dingguo that if the Mongolian army attacks the city next time, remember to put the Mongols on the city wall. At least more corpses can be left behind, and the corpse oil can be extracted. Made into incendiary bombs, this can better kill the enemy.

Li Dingguo has seen Ning Haijun's incendiary bombs. When he was in Kyushu, he still has nightmares as long as he thinks of that scene.

On December 24, the eighth year of Chongzhen, in the early morning, Cheng Shijie had a nightmare in his sleep. He dreamed that he came to Jingshan, the capital city, which is Meishan, and saw a crooked neck tree. Emperor Chongzhen was hanging on the crooked neck tree. , blowing with the wind.

Cheng Shijie woke up from the nightmare. He vaguely heard sobs and sobs from a distance, the cries of the elderly, children, women, and all age groups.

Hearing this, Cheng Shijie couldn't fall asleep anymore. He came to the city wall and looked in the direction of the west city. However, there was a white mist and he couldn't see anything.

"Big guy!"

Li Dingguo hurried over.

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "Our troubles are really coming!"

"The commander-in-chief means..."

"The Mongolian army captured the people nearby!"

Sure enough, just as Cheng Shijie judged, as the sky brightened and his sight widened, he could clearly see that the Mongolian army in the distance was driving countless ragged civilians towards Pingdingzhou City.

Through the telescope, we can see that there are very few young and strong people among these people. The elderly, women, and children account for the vast majority. Many hands and feet are black and stumbling. frozen.

It was freezing cold, and the Mongolian cavalry robbed all the cotton coats that could keep out the cold, leaving them with thin clothes. It is strange that they did not get frostbite after walking so far!

A large number of civilians were driven into the Mongolian army camp like sheep, and then began to form groups, a group for the elderly, a group for children, and a group for women.

Li Dingguo said with a murderous look on his face: "What are these heartless Tartars trying to do by capturing so many helpless people?"

Xie Shangkui said: "That's right, these people can't even walk steadily. It is absolutely impossible to let them fill in trenches and attack the city with ants. What are the Tartars trying to do?"

Cheng Shijie clenched his fists and said, "It's impossible for these ordinary people to fill in trenches and attack the city, but they can consume our arrows, bullets, shells, and our morale!"

Xie Shangkui saw that the surrounding Pingdingzhou defenders had begun to become confused. Many soldiers tried to look over there, and some shouted: "That looks like my father!"

"Mom! That's my mother!"

Some people put their heads in their hands and wept bitterly. It was obvious that their relatives were in the hands of the Tartars, but they could do nothing but watch their relatives die at the hands of the Tartars, and even wanted to kill them themselves!
More than 300 years ago, when the Mongols attacked the Quartet, every time they attacked a city, they would drive away foreign people to bear the fiercest firepower of the defenders, and send them batches within the range of the defenders' bows and arrows. If the defenders If your heart softens and you can't make a move, you will inevitably be overwhelmed by these already crazy people, and eventually the whole city will fall.

Even if the defenders are as hard-hearted as a stone and remain unmoved, it may not be a good strategy to shoot all these people. The arrow branches, cannon stones, and physical strength are greatly consumed, and the most terrible thing is to see a large number of them. The people died in front of him, and there might be their own relatives among them. It is impossible for the soldiers to not have a little wave in their hearts!
Their morale and will will be slowly exhausted in this one-sided massacre, and their resentment towards the general will gradually accumulate and eventually explode!
In this way, even if the city is defended, it becomes an isolated city.Yes, after leaving the city for tens of miles or even hundreds of miles, there are only corpses and no human habitation. People's hearts and morale have fallen to the bottom, and the potential for war has been exhausted. It is difficult to survive the next Mongol attack. .

This is the famous "Hasha'er" tactic, which can be called the cruelest and most vicious tactic!

Cheng Shijie knew this tactic. In fact, this tactic was not created by the Mongols. It was just like the kite-flying tactic, which the Mongols called Mangubai tactic.

In fact, this tactic was used by the Huns, the Xianbei, the Jurchens, and the Mongols.

Once you let them implement this tactic, no matter what the battle is like, you will be the loser in the end!However, Cheng Shijie has no way to crack it. The only way to crack it is to burn the flames of war to the territory of the nomads, so that they cannot implement this tactic.

The second is to build a complete Great Wall defense line. However, the problem is that Daming’s Great Wall defense line has been destroyed by those idiots. They put a group of hungry wolves into the sheepfold. The shepherd wants to protect his flock from harm. It's impossible!
Cheng Shijie is now caught in a dilemma. He can't give up Pingding Prefecture. Giving up Pingding Prefecture is equivalent to giving up Yangquan. Giving up Yangquan is equivalent to giving up Jingxing Pass. , Huo Huo the entire Gyeonggi.

If Cheng Shijie asked the soldiers to shoot at these people, Ning Haijun would definitely carry out Cheng Shijie's order resolutely, but the problem is that there are only more than 2000 people in Pingding Prefecture, and there are at least tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Pingding Prefecture, accounting for only a quarter of them. The Ning navy officers and soldiers could not defend even if they wanted to. It was impossible for him to kill all the other people and soldiers in the city.

"Master, you have done a very good job!"

Li Dingguo looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Commander, the general has an idea, maybe he can solve this problem!"

"what?"

Cheng Shijie was overjoyed.

However, when Cheng Shijie was approaching Li Dingguo, he never thought that Li Dingguo would suddenly attack and hit Cheng Shijie's neck with a knife.

When Cheng Shijie's eyes went dark, he threw himself on the ground.

A dozen or so soldiers around Cheng Shijie took out their revolvers and pointed them at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo was unmoved, and said nonchalantly: "The commander is tired, take him down to rest!"

The soldiers seemed to understand Li Dingguo's intentions.

Just when the two soldiers were carrying Cheng Shijie and preparing to go down, Li Dingguo grabbed a soldier by the collar and pointed his mouth at the opponent's ear: "Monkey, listen to me, Pingding Prefecture can't hold it anymore, let Fang Quan Take the general to break through the east gate, take all the grenades, and blow up the Jingxing pass when you arrive at Jingxing pass. Also, your figure is about the same as the general's, put on the general's armor, and blow up the general's body. The banner left in Pingdingzhou..."

After Li Dingguo finished explaining to the monkey, the monkey cupped his fists at Li Dingguo and said, "Take care!"

"Remember, when the incense is offered next year, put a pillar on my behalf for my adoptive father (Zhang Xianzhong)!"

Li Dingguo has made what he thinks is the most correct decision in the shortest possible time.It doesn't matter whether Cheng Shijie is kind-hearted or he loves the people like a son, now Cheng Shijie has fallen into a dilemma.

But the problem is, no matter what Cheng Shijie decides, it will be a huge stain on Cheng Shijie's reputation, and he will not be able to wash it away in the future.

This scapegoat, Li Dingguo decided to bear it.

There can be no Li Dingguo in the world, at most there is only one less general. The Ning Navy does not lack excellent generals, such as Zhou Ning, Liu Qingsong, Shen Mingyu, and Changyu, Li Zhixiang, Li Fang and so on.

However, the world cannot live without Cheng Shijie. As long as Cheng Shijie is alive, he can make countless ordinary people live a good life, and let countless ordinary people live like individuals.

Li Dingguo knelt down towards Cheng Shijie's back, "Bang bang bang..."

Li Dingguo kowtowed three times to Cheng Shijie's back.

Li Dingguo got up, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to the surrounding soldiers: "Brothers, I know that many of these people are your relatives, brothers and sisters of the same clan, and you also know what the Tartars want to do, so you all know what the Tartars want to do." You will be in a mess! You disintegrated soldiers who are about to retreat may not care about anything, but you have to care about your own life and the lives of your family members! I can understand your feelings, and I also sympathize with what happened to you, but..."

Li Dingguo's voice suddenly rose an octave: "Two hundred miles to the east is Zhending Mansion, three hundred miles away from Zhending Mansion is Baoding, and six hundred miles away from Zhending Mansion is the capital city, where tens of millions live. They are all like you, with flesh and blood, relatives and friends, and your bounden duty is to sacrifice yourself, protect them, and defend this country!"

"Do you know why the commander dragged his sick body through the wind and snow for a thousand miles? It's because there is no way out! You, him, and the whole country have no way out!"

"If we take a step back, there will be an abyss! If we take a step back, the tragedy of Wuhuluanhua will repeat itself! He was so tired that he vomited blood and rushed on the road, and finally took great risks to lead you mobs to defend Pingding Prefecture, just to bring this down. If you stand up against the sky, if you step back a little, the sky on his shoulders will collapse, crushing him to pieces!"

"You can't bear to watch your fellow countrymen and even your own relatives die, so he deserves to die? Do the hundreds of millions of people behind you who support you with blood and sweat deserve to die?"

Thousands of troops and horses were silent, and the soldiers who were crying with their heads in their arms clenched their weapons and stood up, biting their lips until they bleed.

Li Dingguo said in a roaring voice: "300 years ago, our ancestors took swords and drove the ancestors of the Mongols to Mobei to eat sand. 300 years later, we can also take swords and kill the Mongols. Killing. Brothers of Ning Haijun, do you still remember the song that the commander taught us?"

"The cloud follows the dragon, the wind follows the tiger, fame and wealth, dust and soil. Looking at China, the people are suffering, and thousands of miles of fertile land is barren. Looking at the world, there are no barbarians, and the law of heaven is incomplete. Good man, don't leave your parents, just for the common people and not for the Lord." Holding a steel knife 99, kill all the Hu'er and stop. I am a majestic man, why should a barbarian be a horse and an ox. A strong man drinks all the wine in his bowl, and he will never turn back on a journey of thousands of miles. ..."

At the beginning, only a few people sang this song in a low voice, then dozens of people sang it, and later, all the soldiers and civilians in the entire Pingding Prefecture were shouting at the top of their voices.

Li Dingguo looked at the surrounding soldiers and said: "Our cavalry attack, if we can save one, we can save one. If we can't save one, then let's die together!"

Xie Shangkui held Li Dingguo's arm: "General Li, count me in!"

"you……"

Li Dingguo lowered his voice and said: "Brother Xie, don't make trouble, you take Xie Shuai and retreat with Cheng Shuai!"

Xie Shangkui smiled lightly and said, "I really regret it, I would have joined Ning Haijun if I knew about it!"

"Fight with us, you are brothers!"

Li Dingguo shouted: "Fight to the death!"

(End of this chapter)