Traveler Major League

Chapter 59

Hearing that the master who had followed him for many years objected to sending troops, the county magistrate turned around and asked, "Why not?"

Seeing the master hesitating and hesitating, the county magistrate waved to the few landlords and squires who were still kneeling in the hall: "You go down to rest first, and I will talk to you in detail after I make arrangements. All of you lead the way to help the suppression, and when you have meritorious service, I will report it to the imperial court and reward you generously."

"Yes, my lord. I will take my leave for the time being, and I hope that your lord will mobilize troops as soon as possible to make the decision for us." After speaking, several bitter masters supported each other and retreated from the hall. Tired and lost half his life.

After all the people left, the master said: "My lord, there are only a few hundred soldiers available in the county, and the rest are just making up. The defense of the city is not enough. How can we go out of the city to attack the thieves? There is no food outside the city, but there is food inside the city. Send a letter to Tongchuan and neighboring counties to ask for reinforcements. When the time comes, the bandits will have no food and there will be civil strife, and as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they will surely see their success!"

But I didn't want the county magistrate to stroke his thick beard and say: "Boyuan, I have been an official here for three years. You know the situation in this county. Every year, the food tax is not enough. This year is better than the previous ones. Well, all the subordinate officials in the three shifts and six houses in this county are from this county."

"What do you mean, Dong Weng?"

The county magistrate nodded and said: "I am a Liuguan, an official of Liushui, and an official of Shishou. Although I am a Bailihou, the real Bailihou is the gentry and sages in the county. Seeing the thieves and bandits are like fire cooking oil, they are getting worse and worse. , if I don't send troops, and don't wipe out the bandits in time when their positions are unstable, then..."

Master Yang saw that the county magistrate stopped talking, so he continued: "Then the huge amount of land and various properties of the sages in the villages were burned by the mob. Our meritorious service in defending the city will not be good, and the government will not be able to leave the government in the future!"

"That's exactly the case, that's why I must have made enough gestures in front of these people, otherwise, do you know how Chengcheng was easily captured by Wang Er?"

"Dong Weng, is there something hidden in it?"

Master Yang only knew that Chengcheng was destroyed in less than half a day by Wang Er and the others. Presumably because the defense in the city was too weak, and the soldiers brought by Wang Er were too strong. Er's reputation spread to Yijun County, and some people even said that Wang Er was so cruel that he even killed children and women.

Just listening to the words of the county magistrate, it seems that this matter is not that simple.

"Hmph, Mr. Zhang in Chengcheng exploited too much, and even the virtuous people in the county were not spared. He was poked and killed by Wang Er! Those people in our county prison are from the same town as Wang Er, and they were all recruited. !"

"Ah? There is such a thing?"

"It was just recruited this morning." As the county magistrate picked up the file from the case and handed it to the master, "The original name of Wang Er was Du Shaoling, but he only got the nickname of Wang Er in the past two years. I hope that you can finish this term safely and be transferred to the south. I can't stay here!"

Master Yang carefully inspected the file, only to find out that this was indeed the case. Looking at the inscriptions on the file, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He couldn't help sneezing.He also thought that Liu Ze, one of Wang Eryi's subordinates, had already led people here to divide the fields in various villages, so as to attract people's hearts. Now they have gathered [-] troops, and it might be difficult to resist.

"But those people said that Liu Ze, who has occupied Wuli Town, has gathered three thousand troops, how can he easily win?"

"How can a man without armor be called a soldier? It's just a group of commoner ants and thieves. When Li Dianli leads the county to catch the fast, the strong squad, and the folks, gather the wise and strong Ding Xiangyong from all the townships, plus the economic system of Deputy Liang Qianhu How can we be invincible if we attack the mob together? We have guards here!"

"Good advice, Dong Weng! I'm going to preach to the heads of the third class and the sixth room." Master Yang was about to step up, but suddenly thought of a new worry, "The things Liu Ze has done have won the hearts of the people, so we will send troops like this To suppress, the people in the city may have other thoughts."

"Haha, master, don't be in a hurry. I've thought about it a long time ago. What Liu Ze did has not been spread in the city yet, so we just need to light a fire."

"This is?"

"This is an official defense document from Tongzhou, which tells about the crimes of Wang Er, Liu Ze and others. Then you spread the news of Liu Ze and others murdering and arson, cruel and unkind, the more exaggerated the better. The common people hear that the wind is the rain, so who will go to the bottom of it?"

"Good regards, my lord."

After talking, the two looked at each other, and they all showed smug smiles, as if they felt that they had won the victory.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and despite the active cooperation of various chief executives and big gentry households in the county, the mobilization and organization of tenant soldiers and the preparation of food, grass, livestock and vehicles were all done nervously.

It was a cloudy day when the counter-insurgency army set off, and the whole sky was gray, as if it was going to rain.

On the main street of Yijun County near the South City Gate, a large number of people had gathered at this time. They all voluntarily came to see the Ming army off. They were all driven away by the officers and soldiers, and now the whole street is crowded with people, and everyone stood on tiptoe to look around the street, for fear of missing something.

Seeing that there was still no movement, some people in the crowd began to gossip.

"I heard that the counter-insurgency army is going to suppress one of Wang Er's subordinates this time. It seems to be called Liu Ze. Do you know?"

"I know, I know, his head, Wang Er, is not very good. He often kills innocent people indiscriminately. As for this Liu Ze, he is even more terrifying. I heard that he has to eat a child's heart every day, and he has to rape three women before he can stop. What a crime!"

Another aunt with a basket on her shoulders hurriedly stretched her head over after hearing this, and said, "That's not true, I heard that Liu Ze only eats the hearts and livers of children under the age of five. A girl who only has the cardamom age is really inferior to a beast!"

"Here we come!" There was a sudden commotion on the street. It turned out that the anti-insurgency army had arrived. The people stood on tiptoes and looked around. They didn't even have time to gossip. The crowded crowd was immediately divided by the officials who opened the way ahead. Two halves, leaving a fairly wide road in the middle.

After a while, Deputy Liang Qianhu and Li Dianli came towards the gate of the city on horseback. As they passed by, the people on both sides cheered wave after wave, and some boldly raised their fists high. Shouted: "Kill Liu Zen that beast, avenge the people of Yijun County!"

"Drive them out of Yijun County."

"This battle must be won."

Under the warm gaze and farewell of the people and officials of the whole county, the counter-insurgency army of nearly 600 people finally set off.

Then two more days later, the entire sixty-mile mountain road was only forty miles away, and it would take one day to reach Wuli Town as expected.

The six-day period gave Liu Ze plenty of time to prepare, but he was not sure of victory because he was about to lose control of his subordinates.

At this time, Liu Ze understood the true meaning of the sentence that your vassals are not your vassals. As a foreigner, even if some young and strong were recruited by dividing the land and floating money, most of them did not have a strong demand for land. Because Yijun County is too poor, much poorer than plain areas like Chengcheng.

Even if the land was allocated, they could not grow it. The drought due to lack of water caused most of the land to lose its original function and become wasteland.

So during this period of time, people from eight villages in the surrounding area gathered in Wuli Town, in order to lay down the county town and open warehouses to release grain as Liu Ze promoted, and the prestigious men from each village brought their own people to vote together. If you want to split up and reorganize, that's absolutely impossible, they just stick together.

What Liu Ze can do is to recruit those men from single families and small families into his direct troops, which has expanded to nearly two companies with more than 200 people, but the side effect is that he has several times this number of old and weak people on his back. of.

Liu Ze stood on the top of the hill called Yuanta two miles away, watching the ambush point below.

Because of Yijun County's slow response, it was like a clear sign to march into Zhang Yang, so Liu Ze set up an ambush trap in a small village called Baimugou one day in advance.

This is the place where the Ming army must pass through. The mountains on both sides sandwich the flat land with a width of only 500 meters in the middle. The total length of this valley is [-] miles. According to the Ming army’s daily marching speed of [-] miles, it happens to be the second half of its daily journey. Duan arrived here when he was exhausted. If nothing else, the Ming army will camp in the small village of Baimugou.

Wang Shanbao on the side pointed to the team marching a few miles away and said, "Commander, look, the Ming army is here!"

(End of this chapter)