Nanming Yiming

Chapter 20
In the camp of the Qing army, Yang Wenqi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot at this time.Although he turned defeat into victory, he called the recovery of Taicang and Kunshan a great victory, and claimed to have killed more than 200 water bandits.

But whether it is Zhou Boda, the governor of Jiangning who is near Suzhou, or the governors Hong Chengchou and Ma Guozhu who are far away in Nanjing, they are not easy to fool.

In the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, "killing the good and pretending to be meritorious" was commonplace, but at the moment he didn't have a real pirate's head in his hand, it was completely fabricated out of nothing, and he still lacked confidence in his heart.

Although he sent his subordinates to find a relatively remote village, cut off the heads of many people, and set fire to the village to blame the Taihu water bandits.But at this moment, the common people around Suzhou have all shaved their hair, and no one would believe that their heads with braids are water bandits?

Moreover, if you don't do things like massacre villages, if you do, you have to slaughter them completely, and no one can be left alive.This is not a remote place, although it is only a small remote village near Taicang, but how many famous people have come out of this place, are there any people who are officials outside, or are there such people among their relatives and friends?In case a person is missed, when the time comes to be identified by others, he will not be able to eat and walk away.This is also the reason why things like "killing the good and taking the meritorious deeds" rarely occur in wealthy areas: first, there are few refugees here, and second, the background of the people here is not simple.

Now Yang Wenqi also regrets it a little, because he was too impulsive at the time. "Killing the good and pretending to be meritorious" is a habit that these warlords have developed over the years. Although they have restrained themselves after being stationed in Suzhou, how can they change the habits they have developed over the years?
If it doesn't work, he can only smash the jar, shave his head and submit it to the higher authorities, whether the higher authorities believe it or not.

The sergeant came to report: "Report to the general, there is someone outside the door asking to see, saying that he has brought you a gift."

"Gifts?" He sent him in.

The villain has the best money and pays respects to General Yang.

"We, Zongbing, know that General Yang is worrying about the leader of the water bandits, so we specially sent the younger one to relieve your worries!"

Yang Wenqi: "Which Zongbing Weng?" I don't know the Zongbing surnamed Weng.

Qian Buer: "General Yang is very forgetful. Didn't he just fight with our Weng Zongbing outside Taicang a few days ago, and he forgot so quickly?"

Yang Wenqi was shocked: "Weng Zhiheng, are you a water bandit from Taihu Lake? Come and take it down for me."

Qian Buer laughed and said, "General Yang, don't panic, you don't want to see the big gift from our Weng Zongbing?"

Then Qian Buer opened the box, which contained the heads of Taihu water pirates "Lang Li Fei" and "Zhi Duo Xing".

Said: "In addition, there are dozens of heads of water bandits, and our Weng Zongbing can give them to Master Yang."

At this time, Yang Wenqi's heart was full of joy, and he was really sleepy and gave him a pillow.

Said: "I'm afraid that Weng Zongbing of the Ni family has other plans for this attack?"

Qian Buer replied: "My Zongbing Weng just wants to make a deal with General Yang and give him a sum of money."

"What business is it?" Yang Wenqi asked.

Qian Buer: "We want to buy firecrackers and cotton armor. It is best to have artillery, and the price is easy to negotiate."

"General Yang regained Taicang and Kunshan this time, and killed a large number of pirates. It must be a huge waste of supplies. It doesn't hurt to sell us some."

So Yang Wenqi said: "This cotton armor is easy to talk about, and I can give you some gunpowder. It's just that the number of firecrackers in our army is limited. I'm afraid I can't give you too much, so don't even think about artillery."

Qian Buer smiled and said: "This way, iron armor costs 300 taels a pair, cotton armor 50 taels a pair, bird guns cost 1 taels a shot, and tiger squats run 50 taels a door."

After hearing the price, Yang Wenqi was also very moved, but he also understood the reason why rare goods can be lived in. He said: "Now my military resources are limited here, and we can raise money from other Qing troops, but the price will increase by 5%."

It seems that Yang Wenqi intends to sell the iron armor as silver armor. Faced with such an outrageous price, he can only say: "The price is not a problem. It is better to have more things, but it must be high-quality goods, and you cannot use junk to make up for it. "

So Yang Wenqi teamed up with other Qing army generals in Hangzhou and other places, and soon made up 30 pairs of iron armor, 500 pairs of cotton armor, 80 bird guns, 4 small-caliber tiger squats, and even a thousand catty Buddha Lang cannon.And a lot of gunpowder, bullets, bows and arrows, etc.Some artisans were even provided to help repair the firearms.

Faced with such a wealth of materials, Qian Buer also generously paid 10W taels of silver once after the acceptance.Although most of these things are used second-hand goods, and some have been repaired, they are indeed well maintained, and they are rare "treasures" for the current Taihu Rebels.But according to Yang Wenqi, this is basically a one-shot deal, and he will not be able to provide equipment again in the short term!However, Qian Buer said that there are still many projects that the two sides can cooperate with, such as food, gunpowder, intelligence, craftsmen, population, and even warships.As long as Yang Wenqi dares to sell, he dares to take it. The Taihu Rebels can also cooperate with Yang Wenqi to make military achievements. The cooperation between the two parties has broad prospects.

A few days later, the Nanjing Governor's Mansion received a good news from Yang Wenqi.

The water bandit leader "Zhi Duoxing" who provided false information to the Qing army last time has been captured and killed by him. In addition, the mastermind who attacked Taicang and Kunshan before, the giant bandit "Lang Li Fei" who has been rampant in Taihu Lake for many years has also been wiped out by him, and his nest Feiying Island has been destroyed. destroy
At this time, the people of God Turtle Island were overjoyed.

I didn't expect the heads of "Flying in the Waves" and "Zhi Duo Xing" to be so useful. Now the Taihu Rebels are armed to the teeth.

Almost everyone in the "Jingnan Battalion" wore armor, and even the "Shenji Battalion" everyone carried guns. The equipment was no less than that of the elite Qing army.

The most important thing is to get through Yang Wenqi's line, so you don't have to worry about being encircled and suppressed by the Qing army in the future.

I believe that in time, this will be a powerful army in the world.

Looking at Taihu Lake, Xia Wanchun couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

If it was before, he certainly would not have thought of colluding with the Qing army, he would only persuade the Qing army generals to fight against the Qing and restore the Ming.

Not long ago, I was disheartened and wanted to die; now that I have a strong army in hand, I can do a lot.I don't know when I started to change in myself?But it is certain that this change was brought to him by Qian Mo.

At this time, he remembered what Qian Mo said:
It is said that Shi Kefa, the supervisor, defended Yangzhou to the death and died for the country with his own body. His integrity is impeccable, and Mo also admires it!

However, his supervisor Jianghuai had been in command for twenty years, and he didn't have a single soldier in his hands, and he only stayed in Yangzhou for a few days!What is the use of such integrity and the country?

What my Ming really needs is a unparalleled national scholar like Yue Wang Goujian, not an incompetent person who wants to die blindly!

"Brother Mo, are you okay now?"

(End of this chapter)