Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 419

What does it mean to guard against your own people as well as guard against thieves?Gaoyang County is the case. The entire city is full of strong men who help defend the city. The city gate is as tightly closed as the thighs of a goddess in front of Diaosi. The smell of oil made the veins on his forehead twitch.

"Which army is under the city of Wuna? If you don't go to the capital Qinwang, why come to our Gaoyang County?"

Not to mention, the county magistrate's voice is quite loud. Song Qingshu just arrived at the gate of the city, and came over with a buzzing voice, which shocked him so much that he couldn't help digging his ears.

Along the way, there were so many cold ass posts, Song Qingshu didn't want to talk to these guys anymore, he shook his head directly at the leader of the soldiers, Xiao Bao, who immediately sank into his dantian, and yelled back.

"Our troops from the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, the King Qin under the command of Governor Lufeng, have come here, and are ordered by the court to station in Gaoyang County to defend against the Eastern captives. Please open the door and let our troops enter the city!"

"Nonsense, the Eastern Prisoners occupy the north of Baoding, along the Gyeonggi line, what kind of king do you serve in this Gaoyang County?"

This dish has been rejected countless times, and Xiaobao is also annoyed. Seeing Song Qingshu impatiently scratching his ears, he simply yelled impatiently: "Here is an order from the Ministry of War, and I will throw it up for you. Believe it or not, believe it or not." Pull down!"

Saying, with a whistling whistle, the soldiers found the official document from the package, regardless of the majesty of the court, Tuanba Tuanba looked like a baba ring, put it on a leather rope, dangled it twice, and threw it on the wall with a whimper up.

It is estimated that the county magistrate looked unhappy when he saw the official document that looked like waste paper, but Song Qingshu was yawning when he saw the county magistrate turned his head and discussed with an old man with a white head and beard beside him, and then pointed to the side.

"Since there is an order from the Ministry of War, your ministry should be stationed under the city, and you are not allowed to enter the city! Keep the enemy out of the city!"

Song Qingshu's nose was almost out of breath. This Gaoyang County is located on a large plain, and the nearby mountains don't even have any ups and downs. This Gaoyang County is not big enough to cover the back of the entire begging army. What's more, he is big Come all the way, didn't even drink a sip of hot water, and let people stare like thieves, who the hell is happy, snorted coldly, Song Qingshu directly pulled the horse.

"go!"

It was also full of anger, the big team carried the big flag, followed Song Qingshu, turned around and left, Xiaobao stood under the city gate, pointing his finger up, and shouted angrily: "Remember, Dong The captives came and burned your ruined city, you damned recruited it yourself, don’t blame me on Hades’ place!”

"Hmph, I dare not go there more than 100 miles away from Donglu. I want you cowards to have nothing to do! Donglu is here, and grandpas can defend the city by themselves."

On the top of the city, the county magistrate spat in disdain, then turned his head and clasped his fist at the old man like a grandson: "Master Sun, you say no!"

But the old man with the white beard actually ignored him, but watched in astonishment that the tens of thousands of troops under the city quickly disappeared from sight, and after a long time, he muttered to himself in amazement.

"Orders are prohibited, and the ranks are not chaotic. When did such an elite army appear in Lianghuai?"

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What does it mean that there is no place for the master to stay here? Song Qingshu did not expect that it is not far from Gaoyang County, and it is actually a famous tourist scenic spot that he has never been to in later generations, Baiyangdian.

However, it was not called Baiyangdian at that time, and it hadn’t experienced the end of the Jiuhe River in the Qing Dynasty. It's been more than a month, and the swamp here is still muddy, with its back against the big swamp. If the Houjin cavalry dare to kill them, they will immediately become the target of the begging army. As for the front, although the terrain is a little flat, the begging army's engineers There were not a few of them, Song Qingshu gave an order, and began to dig around the frontier.

Although the battlefield is still sticky in the area of ​​Baoding Mansion, Song Qingshu knows that Emperor Chongzhen is restrained by the masters of mud and those pig teammates in the court. This battle cannot be won at all. The Qing army is still like mercury, defeating Xuanda The frontier soldiers were so frightened that Gao Qiqian led the Guanning Army to collapse without a fight. In this battle, Dorgon plundered most of Hebei and a small half of Shandong. The location of Gaoyang City will sooner or later become a battlefield. Touch the Qing army, in the future, if the Ming Dynasty falls apart as it did in history, the burden of survival will have to be on the beggar army again.

It took a few days to imitate the Russian army in the Battle of Borodino. Commander Song Qingshu excavated three trapezoidal earth hills five meters high and twenty meters long in front of the Qihuo army, and built bastions with cement on top of them. One meter apart, two rows of two meters apart, and sixty cannons piled up. With this position, even if all the [-] Qing troops were pulled over, they would at least be invincible. Dig trenches and stockpile food.

The front line is still like soaking mushrooms, leaving the beggar army to slowly continue to build the camp, Song Qingshu has a little leisure time, strolling in Baiyangdian, which he has never been to in his previous life, in the euphemistic name of exploring the enemy's situation.

The geography of the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty is really different from that of later generations. First of all, there are many rivers. In the current drought year, relying on this rare large lake, the nearby people live fairly well. Pull a small boat nearby In the reed marshes, I occasionally encountered a few fishing boats fishing nearby, but as soon as I saw Song Qingshu and the others in their military uniforms, I immediately rowed and ran away, until I met the fifth boat, Xiaobao was so angry that he took out the gun He came out and gestured to the boat, which forced the trembling old fisherman to stop the boat.

Not to mention, this trip was quite fruitful. An old man in his 50s and two young men in their twenties had a lot of good things at home, especially the red heart salted duck eggs, a specialty of Baiyangdian. You can only buy one, and now it is a big jar. Although there is no delicious Northeast rice in the future, this dry rice is still full of flavor. In addition to duck eggs, the old farmer also has dried wild ducks, all of which were packed by Song Qingshu.

What is the ups and downs of life? Seeing Song Qingshu move most of the special products on board, the old fisherman's face looked like the end of the world, but when Xiaobao threw a full ingot of ten taels of silver over, the eyes of the old guy's family of three immediately lit up like a light bulb. It seems that this time, the wife of the two stupid sons probably has a wife.

"Marshal, that old boss is a stubborn donkey. If you don't walk away, you will go backwards. Give me an ingot. You are as unhappy as a grandson!" Row the boat back, Xiaobao still hummed resentfully. Who knew that Song Qingshu, who was leaning on the bow of the boat, looked cheerful, smiling and nodding his fingers.

"What do you know, don't look at this small jar of salted duck eggs, if you get it to Suzhou, you can sell it for 50 taels, do you believe it?"

"Now these rich people are just too rich, and they are tired of delicacies from mountains and seas. The good thing is this local specialty. I met this one. After the war, let's open a shop here, specializing in local specialties. In the next day, one year, at least tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Marshal, you are still taller, you are the God of Wealth descending to earth, and even the younger ones can't catch up with you!"

"By the way, handsome, how do you feel about my sister? You have seen my sister's body back then, and now she is over nineteen, and she will be an old girl if she doesn't marry again. When will you take her into the house? "

Song Qingshu, who was still figuring out how to set up a souvenir shop, almost fell into the reeds from the bow of the boat in a daze. At nineteen, he will only be an adult in later generations, and he will go to college to manage the house and ask for money. As thin as a little chicken, he didn't even know if he was a girl until the end, so why did he fall for him?

But think about it, these years Qiaoer has indeed been too busy in the inner house. These days starvation to death is a small injustice and a big one. If you marry her, you may not be able to meet a good family. Follow me all the way in this barren world. The female thief who came out should indeed have an arrangement.

"I've thought about this."

This time I brought out a hundred soldiers, and left them nearby when I went to the old farmer's house to draw out the reeds. Unexpectedly, these boys killed more than a dozen wild ducks and a few black fish sticks. They can do it tonight It's time for an extra meal. You can't live without a handsome man in the army. Although he felt itchy, but thinking of Sun Chuanting's nagging mouth, Song Qingshu still stopped his heart and went back with a firecracker.

When I went back, I caught up with a lively event. As soon as I arrived at the gate of Daying, a group of people came from the other side of Gaoyang County. They drove a dozen pigs and carried dozens of loads of grain. The sergeants guarding the gate were arguing about something.

It really felt like the sun was coming out from the west, Song Qingshu walked over with the air-dried duck in amazement, and asked in amazement.

"what happened?"

"Back to Commander!" The soldier guarding the gate immediately knelt down respectfully on one knee: "This is a laborer sent by Gaoyang County, but under the order of the Chief Sima, we will not accept it."

Along the way, not to mention the pot of water, I didn't even see a piece of water. Now people drive big fat pigs to the door, but they don't accept them. Song Qingshu is really confused. Just at this time, when he comes back, he doesn't know where to hide. Sun Chuanting came out in a hurry, cast an annoyed glance at the head of the squire who brought the things, and walked towards the camp to meet Song Qingshu.

"Mr. Boya, what's going on here? Why didn't you accept it when it was delivered to your door?"

Song Qingshu is not our army of later generations, he does not use the masses for a needle and a thread, he, the king of Qin who came all the way, has already spent no less than a few hundred thousand taels, why not do it if he can subsidize some military use?However, Sun Chuanting's face was always extremely gloomy, and he turned his head angrily and explained angrily.

"Marshal, these bastards obviously look down on us. According to the rule, the army is stationed. If they don't enter the city, the local gentry must come to work. We have been stationed in the boundary of Gaoyang County for more than four days. These guys just came to work today. There are still so few things, this is using our beggars as beggars!"

The military discipline of the begging army is completely controlled by Sun Chuanting. Although the strict seventeen laws 54 are not used, the military law must be punished. The tempered military discipline is strict, just like the war machine Song Qingshu requested.

However, according to the law of these years, the more fierce the looting, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the army. The begging army has been stationed in Gaoyang for more than four days. In addition to digging trenches and mounds, even if the farmers living nearby have not robbed it, it will cause a kind of begging. The army looks weak and deceitful, so yesterday there were more than a dozen local people who flowed into the camp to steal things. After being caught, hundreds of people in the nearby villages were still clamoring for someone with hoes. This matter has not been dealt with yet. Well, this group of shabby laborers came here again, and the feeling of contempt made Sun Chuanting, the creator of the first military discipline song, feel as awkward as a Japanese husky in his heart.

The gift recipients in this camp were furious, and the gift givers at the door were also furious. Seeing that Song Qingshu had disappeared without a trace, the leading squire with a big belly also shouted grumpily: "Don't pull it down! Carry things, Let's go!"

"But, Mr. Liu, the Donglu cavalry is said to have arrived in our county. If we don't establish a good relationship with these troops..."

"Mr. Sun, I have already said that this bunch of worthless people don't even dare to rob a civilian husband. What do you expect them to do? It's superfluous to come here. Our Gaoyang County has high walls and thick walls, and there are bright people like Mr. Sun Handsome Commander, are you still afraid of his little slave?"

In the labor force team, another rather young scholar obviously hesitated, but unfortunately, he was pulled by the arm by the fat squire and had to follow to Gaoyang County.

(End of this chapter)