A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 883
(Book friends returning to the south, the troubled times should be over. The so-called bandits breaking the old pattern and killing the landlords and bullies is a false proposition. The real tyrants and bullies are forming a stronghold to protect themselves, and ninety-nine percent of the dead are ordinary people. Proportionally To put it bluntly, after the troubled times ended, the tyrants became more powerful. The reason why they didn’t show up was because too many people died and the land was too empty. The people in the new dynasty had land, and they used to have 100 people, but now 99 have died. Therefore, the competition is no longer fierce.)
Lao Hu, Kong San, and Batiao came out of the Jianji Hall and walked down the steps. Kong San said indifferently: "You did well."

Old Hu smiled and said, "It's all taught well by Master Confucius."

They walked towards the Meridian Gate on foot, their horses were parked there, but there were already many people galloping on horses in the square, and their horses stopped under this step.

As he was walking, suddenly the sound of horseshoes sounded beside him, and an ugly voice as if his fingernails were scratching on an iron plate greeted: "Master Hu, Master Confucius."

Lao Hu, Kong San and Ba Tiao turned around, but it was Wuyang Bojin who had a cow, he dismounted from his horse, and a stout man beside him also dismounted.

Jin Youniu came over laughing, but the burly man beside him stopped where he was, and seemed to be casually watching the movement around him.

Old Hu called out, "Master Jin."

Jin Youniu strode over, his face full of flesh and his stout figure gave people a strong sense of oppression.He smiled, but stretched out his hand from a distance, clenched into a strange fist shape, Kong San went up to meet him, the same fist shape.

The two exchanged blows, and Jin Youniu's eyes flashed with excitement. He looked up at the sky and said, "It's so dark."

Kong San said: "It will light up soon."

Jin Youniu's eyes turned red suddenly, and his voice was a little choked up. He suppressed his emotions and said, "I even thought that I was the only one in this camp."

Kong San said: "Our brothers are tens of thousands."

His voice was low, flat, and contained unspeakable excitement.

Jin Youniu nodded vigorously, looked at Lao Hu and Kong San, and said sincerely: "It's a pity that we are in the camp together, but we don't have the chance to have a good drink with Master Hu and Master Kong."

Lao Hu also had tears in his eyes. He always thought that he was lonely, but there were still many brothers in the bandit camp. He said with a hearty smile, "There will be a chance. At that time, I, Lao Hu, will be with Jin Ye." Get drunk and rest."

Jin Youniu laughed loudly and said, "Definitely."

They stared at each other, a wave of heat surged through their hearts, and finally said goodbye: "We are about to go to the battlefield, take care."

"Take care of yourself."

Li Yan passed by at this time, seeing them saying goodbye with high spirits, he thought to himself: "Heroes cherish heroes."

With enthusiasm that spread throughout the veins, Lao Hu and the others parted ways. When they reached the Meridian Gate, they rode out of the Imperial City of Miyagi, and then left the Chongwenmen of the inner city.

Their patrol camp was stationed at Chongwenmen and Dongbianmen.In general, the old battalion is stationed in the inner city, or along the inner city.Then the foreign camp and the foreign camp were crowded in the outer city or the suburbs of Beijing, and many people were distributed in Tongzhou, Liangxiang, Fangshan and other places.

If Liu Zeqing, Qiu Lei, Liu Liangzuo and others were stationed in Changping and Shunyi respectively.

Lao Hu and others rode their horses past, and the streets were depressed all the way. The people were either evasive, or hidden in the dark and cast extremely hateful eyes.

Looking at everything in front of him, he always felt that it was empty, without any sense of solidity, a gust of wind, a gust of rain, the people all over the capital would disappear in smoke.Fortunately, I have a way out, and I am not in the same group as those thieves.

Soon, Lao Hu and others entered their mansion. When they broke into the capital, all the officials would let their horses into the house. Lao Hu also took this luxurious mansion near Chongwenmen. Earl's.

The mansion is spacious and has many rooms. Their trusted guards, personal soldiers and cavalry, and specially developed peripheral personnel all live in the mansion, which is very popular.

They went straight into the hall, and Lao Hu leaned comfortably on his big chair, and said: "We have five thousand people in the mountain patrolling camp, and most of them have horses. King Chuang said that he will arrive at Qinghedian in three days, and it will only be thirty miles away. Hurry up so early?"

Kong San said: "Go early, good morning. Tomorrow, you will bring a team of one or two thousand horses. Follow Chuang Wang and go first to grab a good seat near the water. I will bring the rest of the troops to come, but now the army's morale is weak, and the soldiers are scattered in the houses again. It’s not a short-term thing to get the battalion in order.”

Just like the various ministries of the Chuangying Camp, most of the patrolling camps are also scattered in Chongwenmen, Dongbianmen and other places close to the city walls. Only their cronies live in the mansions or nearby streets. It is not an easy task to gather them together. .

Old Hu said: "Okay, I'll ask Ba Tiao to deliver the order later, so that those bastards will gather together."

They were talking, when the old fireman Sun ran up to the hall and said with a smile on his face, "You two masters are back? I heard that they are going to go to war, so why don't you go and set up a table of wine and food to see the masters off?"

He is a native of Shanxi, with the appearance of a fat orthodox chef, and he is full of "faces", but he is a relative who claims to be Lao Hu, and he came to join him after he came to Beijing.

However, Lao Hu couldn't remember that he would have a relative in Shanxi.

Seeing old man Sun running, Kong San gave Ba Tiao a wink, and Ba Tiao understood, and stood at the door to watch in person, and then they entered the secret room next to the wing.

After entering, old man Sun's expression of nodding and bowing disappeared, his waist straightened, and his whole body exuded a kind of majesty and momentum.

He slowly took out a roll from his pocket, took out a piece of paper from the inside, and unfolded it, with a solemn expression: "Decree from the General."

Both Kong San and Lao Hu knelt down on one knee, bowed their heads, and said softly: "The last general will obey the order."

Old man Sun read slowly: "Speak to Hu Tiande, Kong Sanyang and others, the battle is imminent, and the extermination of the thieves is here. You and the other hidden soldiers must play by ear, fight back and destroy the bandit camp. The heads of the thieves and the eyes of the thieves are controlled by the generals." Generals, trespassers, etc., are especially eager to capture and kill. This order, Minister of Intelligence Wen Daxing, Chief of Staff Wen Fangliang, will recruit the general Wang Dou."

Lao Hu and Kong San shouted: "The last general takes orders!"

They received the decree, which contained the intelligence department and the staff department, as well as the signature and seal of General Wang Dou.

They burned it after watching it, and at the same time they were very excited. It turned out that their names were not only placed on the desks of the Intelligence Department and the General Staff, but also on the desks of the generals.

Old man Sun, the liaison officer, became a fireman again after pronouncing the order. Looking at Lao Hu and Kong San, his eyes were slightly red, and he said softly, "Swords and arrows have no eyes, you have to be careful."

Then he said loudly: "Want to eat roast chicken? There is no chicken, so go and roast duck."

He yelled to go out, but Lao Hu was still rubbing his cheeks vigorously, he murmured with staring eyes: "According to the decree, if we break up the bandit camp, capture and kill several generals, or even break into the bandits, you say the general What rewards will there be?"

Kong San was also excited at this time, he casually said: "At least the village chief."

Old Hu was shocked and said: "The village head."

His greatest dream is to go back to Xuanfu Town to be the head of the security. At this time, at least he was appointed as the head of the township, which made him quite excited for a while.

He looked at Kong San and said, "We brothers will still be together when we go back. I will be the township head, and you will be the county head."

Kong San said: "No, you will be the county magistrate, and I will be the township magistrate."

……

Since the beginning of April, the people in the capital's hatred for the thieves has become more and more deeply rooted in their bones. They deeply regret the present day, and miss and look forward to the Ming Dynasty that they have cursed countless times.

On the eighth day of April, someone posted a private notice on West Chang'an Avenue. Although the nearby residents were killed by Liu Zongmin's order, the emotions spread like sparks. They spread gossip to each other, especially the movement in Xuanfu Town.

The crown prince has fled to Xuanfu Town, the general who conquered captives has been conferred the title of Duke, and the mobilization of the whole people has begun.What is the general who conquered the captives, Wang Dou, has sent troops and is coming to Juyongguan.What hundreds of thousands of Jingbian troops have left Juyongguan, and now they have occupied Changping.

For the people in the capital, they are looking forward to the arrival of the Ming army like never before, especially now that life is so miserable.

Hundreds of thousands of thieves ransacked the capital back and forth. Not only were everyone's wealth and money wiped out, many people were even robbed of their livelihoods.Some people have starved to death, but those thieves are still drinking and drinking, caring about their own happiness, ignoring their own life and death, which makes everyone more angry.

Bagu Yang is also a member of the deep-seated hatred. After her daughter was taken away, apart from inquiring about Niannu's news every day, she just sharpened her kitchen knife in the backyard.Recently, she has been more sneaky and disappeared from time to time. Even Zhang Shouyin didn't know where she was going.

However, she always brought a small bag of grain and rice with her when she came back. Zhang Shouyin worked hard in the mountain patrol camp, and the rations he got were not as much as the grain and rice she brought back.

Zhang Shouyin didn't dare to ask her where the food came from, and Bagu Yang was very indifferent to him now.

But today Bagu Yang came back beaming. When she saw Zhang Shouyin, she dragged him to the backyard, and said mysteriously, "You know? The Jingbian army is calling. I heard that General Wang Dou has arrived in Changping. will be wiped out."

Liu Zeqing was defeated and returned to Deshengmen, and the movement of the troops at Deshengmen, Xizhimen, Dongzhimen, Andingmen and other places this afternoon could not be hidden from everyone, so Zhang Shouyin had heard about it.

Hearing Bagu Yang's words at this time, he was refreshed and said in a low voice: "Really?"

Bagu Yang said with high spirits: "Of course, it has been spread all over the capital, and..."

She looked around, stared at Zhang Shouyin and said, "Can you save your daughter?"

Zhang Shouyin: "Of course I want to..."

Bagu Yang said: "Okay, you can go to the meeting with me at night."

That night Zhang Shouyin went to the rally with Bagu Yang, and it turned out to be the home of the local village chief. The neighbors were crowded with darkness, and everyone looked resolute and pious.There is a desk in the middle, and a grinning head on it is actually shopkeeper Tian.

Zhang Shouyin secretly inhaled, this is a rebellion.

He more or less knew that the neighbors had a gathering, and it seemed that Qingpi also went to report to the nearby mountain patrol camp, and then...

Then the green skin disappeared, and the meeting remained the same. From the looks of it, the plot was not small.

Looking at Bagu's energy, she has become a backbone leader in the neighborhood. Seeing them sitting together, they all said "kill the thief", and then greeted the leader of the organization devoutly. One of the four armored soldiers beside Ying Chong, the one with a cold face.

The armored soldier cast his sharp eyes on Zhang Shouyin's face, welcomed the new brother to join him, and confirmed to the crowd that the Jingbian army had dispatched and captured Changping, which drew low and excited cheers from the neighbors.

The cold-faced armored soldier encouraged everyone, saying that the end of the bandits was coming, the general was coming, and everyone would have a good life soon, which made everyone's heart very hot.

Finally he said: "According to reliable news, the bandits will all go northward, and there are not many bandits staying in the capital. The Wang Shi will attack soon, and I will wait for the opportunity. There will be a rocket at that time. Once the rocket is fired, I will rush out immediately." In the streets and alleys, bravely kill thieves."

They raised incense and swore an oath, and then another one was tied up and pushed out by a man with a gag. Zhang Shouyin saw that it was actually a long class in the workshop.

At that time, there were 50 people in the head squad of each square, and most of them were local rascals as the township guides, who hid money for thieves to arrest officials and people. At this time, the head squad was pushed out.

The cold-faced Jia Bing said: "If you kill this person, we will all be sisters and brothers who depend on each other for life and death."

He threw a dagger on the ground, and the neighbors looked around, Bagu Yang stood up suddenly, she pulled Zhang Shouyin forward, picked up the dagger, and stabbed the long squad in the heart, then pulled it out bloody, and handed it to Zhang Shouyin , staring at him.

Zhang Shouyin fought with heaven and man, but remembered the experience of the thief entering the city, his daughter Niannu was snatched away, he was ruthless, and stabbed the long class with a dagger.

Each neighbor came up in turn, with blood on their hands. They looked at each other and felt that the feelings between them were very different. Many people had smiles on their faces.

After the rally, the Jia soldiers gave out rice again. Yang Bagu, as an active backbone member, got a small bag of rice about two liters, and a meat porcelain pot. Zhang Shouyin also got one liter of rice.

After the neighbors dispersed, the cruel-faced armored soldier walked out of the house of the head of the workshop. He turned east and west, and quickly walked into a house near the east gate. He entered through the side door, and a figure stood there quietly in the darkness.

Looking at this familiar figure, the cold-faced armored soldier bowed down and saluted. He knelt down on one knee and shouted in a low voice: "Tang Yanji, agent of the intelligence department, has met you."

The man said indifferently: "Come here, this group of people is short of you."

Tang Yanji followed the figure into the courtyard, a large group of people were crowded, and then the person took out a roll from his pocket, took out a piece of paper from it, and said in a low voice, "Decree from the General."

Together with Tang Yanji, everyone knelt on one knee and shouted: "The last general will obey orders."

The man read slowly: "...When the army enters the city, they must cooperate to open the city gate and kill all the thieves in the city...and then flank the soldiers and go north, so they must close the city gate and stay with the generals together. Millions of people in the capital must do their best to defend , to prevent thieves from entering the city..."

(End of this chapter)