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Chapter 221
(PS: It’s the end of the month, so I have the cheek to ask for a monthly pass!)
"Officer Zhang Gou's soldiers are here again—!" Accompanied by a distraught cry, the woods, which had been lifeless just now, suddenly boiled like boiled rice porridge, and thousands of people lay down in disorder In the woods, the hungry people in ragged clothes struggled to stand up. The rebel soldiers picked up hoes and wooden forks, gathered in a mess, and flocked to meet the enemy in the direction where Xuan Da's army came; The poor package, the old and the young, fled to the west crying and shouting, crying, shouting, cursing, screaming and thunderous horseshoes from a distance, and played again The symphony of the escape of this medium-sized rebel army.

"Kill—!" In the neat roar, the vermilion flag of the Ming Dynasty first caught the eyes of the peasant rebel army. The leader of the rebel army, Bai Jiu'er, knew a few words and tried to distinguish the Ming army. After the big characters on the banner, the leader screamed, "Ma! Ma Dengyun's iron cavalry, brothers, don't die, run! Run--!" Shouting, Bai Jiu'er turned his horse's head, and ran away in the lead. The main force of the rebel army who had reached [-] was defeated without a fight, turned around and ran away with their heads in their arms, looking eager, as if they only hated their parents for giving them two legs.

"Hoo! Shoo! Shoo—!" With the sound of arrows piercing through the air, arrows rained down, and the soldiers of the rebel army who were running a bit slower also splashed blood on their vests, screaming and falling to the ground one after another. When it rained, forty or fifty rebel soldiers died tragically on the spot.Over there, the iron cavalry tactics under Ma Dengyun's command inherited the Mongolian cavalry, and what they are best at is riding and shooting on horseback. The first wave of arrow rain has not yet completely landed, and the second wave of arrow rain has risen from the ranks, drawing countless lines in the sky. The standard arc, whistling, fell on the head of the rebel army again, and the screams and hisses of death sounded again and again in Bai Jiuer's team. In this cycle, less than ten waves of arrow rain When they got down, Bai Jiuer's team completely collapsed.Over there, Ma Dengyun waved his command flag again, the Ming cavalry stopped shooting arrows, drew their knives in their hands, and clamped their legs on the horse, the horse neighed in the sky, and galloped wildly, carrying the Ming cavalry like tigers into a herd of sheep and rushed into the white field. The bright sabers in the hands of the soldiers of the Ming army in the rear of the Jiu'er Army also swung wildly and hacked wildly.

Starting from the vicinity of Wuzhaibao on the west side of Kelan Mountain, Ma Dengyun's army chased and killed the Bai Jiu'er army for more than 40 miles in one breath, and did not withdraw until they pushed the Bai Jiu'er army to the Zhujiachuan area. The few rebel soldiers knelt down and surrendered, expressing their willingness to abandon darkness and join the army, but the wolf-hearted Young Master Zhang had already issued an order not to take prisoners, so no matter whether the rebel soldiers surrendered or not, as long as they were chased by the Ming cavalry, they would be fine. Not to mention just going up with a knife, forcing those rebel soldiers who had put down their weapons to stand up and run away. They were chased and killed by the Ming army cavalry like a flock of sheep. Spots of blood stained the Loess Plateau red, and also exaggerated the sad tune of this helpless battle-the rebel army had no food to eat, so they had to attack eastward, and wanted to go to the relatively affluent Shanxi to beg for a bite of food; The soldiers of the Ming army did not want to harm the people, but in order to protect more Han people to live and work in peace and contentment, they had to raise their butcher knives against their compatriots.In this kind of battle, no one is wrong, and no one is right.

Forcing Bai Jiu'er to escape from Zhujiachuan, Ma Dengyun immediately ordered the troops to withdraw and let the troops gather to rest and recover their strength.Lieutenant General Lin Hu of Ma Dengyun next to him suggested: "Commander, the soldiers and horses still have strength, why don't you chase for a while, cut off more heads, and let the brothers get more rewards when you go back."

Ma Dengyun was noncommittal, and then hummed after a while: "The real rebels are all young and strong, and they all run fast. What's the point of killing some old people and women who are outdated? Are they slaves or Tatars? You have the face to take advantage of old people and children Should the head go back and ask for credit?" Lin Hu was speechless, and retreated with his hands folded.

The rebel army Bai Jiu'er met Ma Dengyun, who once cut off his own thigh meat to make medicine for his father's illness. It was indeed luck, but those rebel troops who met Sun Chuanting, the governor of Datong who sent troops from Laoyingbao, were in bad luck. Now, in order to prove that he is indeed worthy of being recommended by Master Zhang, the God of War of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting was even more ruthless than when he was Ma Shiying's aide. A rebel army team fought across the Yellow River. Among them, Luo Rucai, the stronger rebel army, had a lot of soldiers from the Ming army who had surrendered to the rebel army. They had relatively strong combat effectiveness, and combined with Liu Guoneng, who was also stronger, gathered about eight Nine thousand elite troops formed an array on the Guanhe River near Piantouguan in an attempt to fight a decisive battle with Sun Chuanting's army.Unexpectedly, Sun Chuanting took out the train he himself invented as the vanguard—that is, an armored car equipped with Franco cannons. The carriage contained food and grass, which could be used as a chariot and transport luggage.Hundreds of Franco cannons bombarded Luo Rucai's army indiscriminately, causing Luo Rucai's army to jump around and out of formation. The Erluming army led by Qu Jiazhen took the opportunity to charge, and completely defeated Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng in one go. Sun Chuanting's army fired arrows and cannons on the bank again, killing and injuring countless rebel soldiers, and the corpses silted up in the river. His younger brother Luo Rude also died tragically in the rebellion.

Strong people like Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng were all beaten away by Sun Chuanting, and the remaining leaders of the rebel army were not fools. Of course, they refused to touch Sun Chuanting's misfortune. Playing hide-and-seek, unwilling to give up, he went south along the east bank of the Yellow River, trying to find loopholes in Xuan Daming's defense line, and went to the relatively affluent Young Master Zhang's territory to make a living.But it is a pity that these leaders of the rebel army obviously forgot the nickname of Young Master Zhang. Waiting in the south with their pockets in their pockets, the army of the two thieves, Heisha God and Xing Honglang, had just arrived at the Lanyi River, and just halfway across the river, Zhang Honggong's own army rushed out from both sides, killing Heisha God and Xing Honglang in one go. Xing Honglang howled ghostly and wailed, dropped thousands of corpses and fled to the north. He never thought that when he fled to Mijing Town, there was no one in Mijing Town when he came. The [-] Shanxi elites from the Fubiao Camp waited for work with leisure, and hit the two hapless Hei Shashen and Xing Honglang head-on. Behind Zhang Honggong also ran to attack back and forth, forcing the two hapless people to turn around and go west again, scrambling and scrambling to escape The Yellow River, the remaining small groups of insurgents did not dare to stay any longer, and they all fled back to Shaanxi honestly. They would rather play hide-and-seek with Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou than provoke Xuanda's gang of wolves. Tiger's young master Zhang lackey.

It took half a year to finally drive nearly half of the thieves into Shanxi, but in less than 20 days, they were beaten back by Young Master Zhang. Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, were so depressed that they even wanted to scold their mothers What annoyed Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou even more was that because Young Master Zhang had driven most of the rebel leaders to Fugu County intentionally or unintentionally, Wang Jiayin, the most powerful of the rebel army, took the opportunity to initiate the first rebel army meeting, and contacted the rebel leaders. The Ministry gathered in Fugu County to discuss strategies to deal with the Ming army's advance and suppression—you must know that the first rebel army meeting in history was held seven years later, but this time the Ming army around the rebel army was too fierce. Many, forcibly joined forces to bring together dozens of rebel leaders, and also forcibly beat dozens of rebel leaders who had their own thoughts together for the time being.

Someone must have said, since most of the main forces of the rebel army were forced to Fugu, why didn't the Shaanxi-Gansu army and the Xuanda army join hands to besiege and try to destroy the main force of the rebel army in one go?In fact, Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou also sent fast horse messengers to contact Young Master Zhang, hoping to jointly launch such an attack-but the problem is that Young Master Zhang refused to suffer this loss!As I said before, in order to protect Xuanda, his ruling land, from being affected by thieves, Young Master Zhang concentrated his main force at the northernmost end of the Fenhe defense line, which is very close to Fugu. As long as Young Master Zhang is willing, it only takes three days for the slave army to be slaughtered They arrived at the city of Fugu, and the main forces of Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou were still far away in Xi'an. They would not have 20 days to go to Fugu to participate in the battle. Moreover, the main force of the Shaanxi army was rampant and harassed on the way northward. How long would it take to arrive at the scheduled battlefield? Participating in the war, I'm afraid even God can't tell clearly.In this way, if Young Master Zhang agreed to this battle plan, wouldn't Young Master Zhang's army become cannon fodder to consume with the rebel army? ——Making someone else's wedding dress to marry his own wife, Young Master Zhang has never done such a stupid thing in his life!
"Shitou, go and bring me the book "Exegesis", I can't write a few characters." When he wrote back to Sun Chengzong to evade, Young Master Zhang discovered the benefits of Song Xiance being by his side - because Zhang Da The young master has used simplified characters since elementary school, and many traditional characters can be read but not written, so he can only copy them from books.However, after getting the ancient dictionary, Young Master Zhang still struggled to copy the writing, and couldn't help throwing the brush away in anger, and shouted angrily: "No, I have to find another teacher, otherwise, when I encounter such a I can't write letters that search for chapters and excerpts, and quote from scriptures."

"Young master, why don't you call Lu Wanling back?" Zhang Shitou, who is also illiterate, kindly suggested, "Before Master Song came, Lu Wanling told you about these matters in the case. Now Master Song has gone to Mongolia. , Lu Wanling's wife also ran away, just in time to call him back, and continue to write letters and memorials to the young master."

"No, that kid is already unreliable, and we can't let him touch our secrets." Young Master Zhang shook his head decisively, pointed at Zhang Shitou again, and shouted, "Go to the yamen immediately and ask the secretary office to issue a notice to find two people for me." The sooner the master comes back, the better."

Zhang Shitou had no choice but to leave in a hurry, but what Master Zhang didn't expect was that Zhang Shitou hurried back not long after he left, and shouted excitedly to Master Zhang: "Master, the master you want I found it, and someone recommended himself to be your teacher." Young Master Zhang was taken aback, and asked in surprise, "So fast? Since when did the servants of Governor Xuan's yamen become so efficient? In such a short time, I'm afraid the notice will still be released." Didn't post it?"

"The notice has just been posted on the notice board in front of the yamen." Zhang Shitou nodded, and replied with a smile: "The thing is, when I went to ask the yamen servants to post the notice, a friend of Ruan Dacheng, the prefect of the Xuanfu, came to visit. , I heard that young master, you want to find a master to act as an agent for official documents and letters, and he immediately recommended himself, saying that he will be your master for you, young master, even if he doesn't want a tael of silver as a screen remuneration."

"Is there such a good thing?" Iron Rooster Young Master Zhang's eyes lit up, and he asked in surprise: "Does that person have any talent? Really, he doesn't want a tael of silver?"

"Really not, the student has a small family property, and there is no shortage of this money." A voice suddenly came from outside the door, and said very sincerely: "The student just wants to do a little bit of work for the governor, and assist the governor. To kill thieves and drive out slaves, to protect the country and the people, is enough for what I wish in my life.”

"Huh? This voice seems a little familiar?" Young Master Zhang was a little puzzled.At this time, the man dressed as a scholar outside the room had already entered from the door, bowed to Young Master Zhang, and said loudly: "My lord, it has been three years since I left Wuxi, and my lord is not only still handsome, but also famous all over the world. , Megatron, the students admire him so much, I just want to stay in the Governor-General's shogunate, and do my best for the Governor-General!"

"Shi Kefa?!" Young Master Zhang jumped up at once. It turned out that the person who appeared in front of Young Master Zhang was none other than the old Linggong Shi Kefa who once fought against Young Master Zhang at the Donglin Conference, also known as Shi Kefa! ——Of course, Mr. Shi Laoling is only 27 years old now.Surprised, Young Master Zhang hurried up to help Shi Kefa, grabbed his hand and asked in surprise, "Brother Shi Nian, aren't you in the south of the Yangtze River? Why did you come to Shanxi?"

"Return to the Governor, the students have a good relationship with Ruan Dacheng Ruan Gongzu (the prefect)." Shi Kefa respectfully replied: "This time Ruan Jizhi was appointed as the prefect of the Xuanfu. The students heard that this move was recommended by the Governor, and they feel ashamed of their dissatisfaction at the Donglin Conference. What the Governor-General did, and admired the Governor-General's astonishing achievements in breaking the city and stationing in Tatar, he gave up his undergraduate Jiangnan rural examination and accompanied Ruan Jizhi to the north to take up his post. He only wanted to meet the Governor-General again and face the Governor-General Apologize for the previous crime. After arriving at the Xuan Mansion, the student accompanied Ruan Jizhi to settle down first. After sorting out the errands, he immediately rushed to Ningwu to visit the lord. He never thought that when he arrived at the gate of the yamen, he would see your yamen servant After posting the recruitment notice, the students overwhelmed themselves, so they wanted to serve the governor, and I hope the governor will give him permission."

"Taiyang, I didn't expect Ruan Dacheng's white-faced treacherous minister and his buddies like Shi Kefa to embarrass the treacherous minister." Young Master Zhang murmured in his heart, and said with a false smile on his face: "Brother Shi Nian is too polite, like the Donglin Conference. Why are you still mentioning him? Brother Shi Nian, you gave up the undergraduate Jiangnan provincial examination, but you are a little confused. Now that the country is employing people, brother Nian, you should work hard to become an official in the examination hall, serve the country, and be king of An'an How can you give up the township examination and miss the opportunity just for a moment of enthusiasm?"

"Master Zhang taught you the right lesson, but brother Zhang Nian once said that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." Shi Kefa said very sincerely: "Although the student is just a scholar, the Governor-General only wants to take the student into the shogunate and assist the shogunate." The governor can protect the country and the country, expand the territory, and can also contribute to the people, the country, and our Daming Jiangshan. The students once again implore, the governor allows the students to enter the curtain as guests!" Said, Shi Kefa turned to Young Master Zhang I bow deeply.

"This..." Young Master Zhang was a little hesitant. Originally, with Shi Kefa's virtues and talents, he was more than enough to be an assistant to Young Master Zhang, but Young Master Zhang knew his own affairs and knew that many of the things he did were disgraceful—such as this The first time he was going to reject Sun Chengzong's request to send troops, it was a bit unreasonable.Keeping a straightforward and loyal minister like Shi Kefa by his side, I'm afraid it will destroy his tall image in the eyes of Shi Kefa, a national hero.But having said that, no matter how much Young Master Zhang refused to decline, Shi Kefa was determined to be a small assistant to Young Master Zhang, and almost knelt down to beg for Young Master Zhang, but Young Master Zhang had no choice but to nod in agreement.Shi Kefa was overjoyed, and after thanking him again and again, he immediately picked up a pen and wrote a letter in reply to Sun Chengzong for Young Master Zhang.

"Brother Shi Nian, I will dictate the content, you can polish it." Young Master Zhang pretended to pick up an official document, pretending that he was very busy and tired, and told Shi Kefa: "Reply to my grandson. Mr. Ge, tell him that the new governor has arrived in Xuanda, and everything is not going well. There is no shortage of soldiers, horses, food and fodder. It is impossible to send troops to Fugu immediately to suppress the bandits together with Mr. Sun Ge, so forgive me for not agreeing to what Mr. Sun Ge mentioned in his letter. But please rest assured Mr. Sun Ge, as long as his army launches a general attack on the rebels in Fugu , when necessary, I will definitely send troops to Fugu to help him wipe out the bandits and quell the chaos in Fugu. ——By the way, also help me to greet Elder Sun Ge and tell him to take care of his health.”,

Master Zhang’s excuse was high-sounding. Shi Kefa, who helped Ruan Dacheng take over as the magistrate of Xuanfu, also knew that it would be difficult for the new official to straighten out the government affairs after he took office. He believed it to be true and wrote a book for Young Master Zhang. Sun Chengzong's request for help was rejected. ——However, Sun Chengzong, a treacherous and cunning man, is not as good at turning corners as Shi Kefa is, so when Shi Kefa wrote the letter of Young Master Zhang and sent it to Xi'an, Sun Chengzong was so angry that he tore the ten-thousand-word book to pieces on the spot, cursing: "Little slippery boy!" If you don’t want to consume your strength, just say it clearly, what are you looking for with so many excuses? There is no shortage of soldiers, horses, food and fodder. You are a fool as an old man. I don’t know that every time you ask the court for food and money, the Ministry of War and Housekeeping will not dare to give you less One piece of grain, one tael of silver less!"

"Everyone says Zhang Haogu is cunning. I didn't believe it before, but now I have seen it. This guy is indeed more slippery than a loach." Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, also lamented: "He knows that the rebellion in Shaanxi is hard to put down, so he just He would rather drive the bandits back to Shaanxi than send troops to suppress the bandits! Otherwise, if he is not careful, he may fall into the reputation of his undefeated God of War, not to mention, he will kick If you step into the trap of Shaanxi, you can’t take it back even if you want to.”

"Old Ge, if Zhang Haogu can drive the thieves who fled into Shanxi back to Shaanxi, then we can drive the thieves into Shanxi again." Lu Shanji, who was once again serving as Sun Chengzong's aide, had long disliked Young Master Zhang and took the opportunity He said darkly: "As long as the main force of the rebels enters Shanxi and threatens Zhang Haogu's Fenhe defense line, even if Zhang Haogu thinks of not sending troops, it will be impossible. Or, we can also contact the rebels directly and encourage them If you enter Xuanda University, you will be paid!"

"Nonsense!" Sun Chengzong knew that Lu Shanji and Master Zhang did not see eye to eye, so he said angrily: "How can we tear each other down because of a momentary quarrel in national affairs? The people of Xuanda are not the people of Ming Dynasty. Isn’t it a commoner of the Ming Dynasty? If you say such a thing in the future, I will never forgive you lightly!”

Lu Shanji blushed when he was scolded by Sun Chengzong, and retreated obediently.Hong Chengchou felt that Lu Shanji's words made sense, and couldn't help but said: "Mr. Ge, in fact, Mr. Lu's method, leaving aside the latter sentence and directly contacting the rebels, is also a perfect strategy for us in Shaanxi. We are in the bandit army. During the detailed investigation, the leaders of the thieves of the 29th Route gathered in Fugu to discuss the election of a leader to command the overall situation and the direction of the next invasion of the bandit army. If they decide to go east to Xuanda, then everything is easy to talk about, but if they decide to go south and harass Gongchang, Hanzhong and Fengxiang, which are relatively peaceful Shaanxi prefectures, then our pressure will be even greater."

"But the problem is that the strength in our hands is not enough to drive the main force of the thieves into Xuanda." In fact, Sun Chengzong was also very annoyed at Young Master Zhang's resignation and preservation of strength, and he really wanted to let such thieves go to Zhangda again. The young master's defense line will suffer again, and use the hands of young master Zhang to consume the overall strength of the rebel army.Sun Chengzong frowned and said: "And if the 29 thieves form a group and fight together, it will be even more difficult for us to drive them into Xuanda."

"Ge Lao, we can't drive us away, we can stop it." Hong Chengchou said with a dark smile: "If the officials are not mistaken, Wang Jiayin, the most powerful rebellious thief, should be able to be elected as the leader of the thief. This Wang Jiayin used to be in Fugu County. Before they were conquered, he had already appointed officials and ministers, and set up six ministries over his own strength. It seems that his ambition is not small. If he becomes the leader of the thieves in the 29 ministries, he will definitely not allow the division of troops, resulting in the 29 ministries Losing control! In this way, if the main force of the Fugu rebellion wants to go south, it must pass through Yan'an Fucheng. If we concentrate our heavy troops in Yan'an Fucheng and try our best to block the southward road of the rebellion, the rebels will be unable to attack for a long time. Isn't there only one way to go east to Xuanda?"

"This method... is worth a try!" Sun Chengzong hesitated for a long time, finally nodded, and said with a smile: "That little bastard Zhang Haogu is cunning, we were trapped into the quagmire of Shaanxi by him, suffered for two years, suffered He has committed two years of crimes, and he should give us some reward."

(End of this chapter)