Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 695 Xianxia Ridge

Throughout the dynasties, all have tried their best to seek stability, tied the peasants to the land, and did not want them to have a sense of resistance at all. The peasant rebels of the past dynasties were also labeled as troublemakers and thieves by the literati, just like the rebels of later generations The name is still beautified by the passionate thoughts that encouraged the revolution during the Great Revolution. Otherwise, Li Zicheng and Huang Chao are all thieves in the eyes of people in this era.

But like Song Qingshu who encouraged farmers to resist and eroded the middle class of the ruling class in the Li Dynasty, not to mention that there will be no successors, at least there will be no one before. It can be said that this incident has thoroughly offended the old landlords. All landlords will regard Yingtian as their enemy.

But extraordinary means are used in extraordinary times, but the effect is also extraordinary. A group of fellow villagers visited one by one, making the 10,000+ soldiers on the Zhejiang-Fujian border besieged on all sides. A series of surrounding counties such as Pucheng also began to become commotion.

If you want to talk about major events in the world, there are offenses and defenses. You sing and I go on stage, and this constitutes a wonderful world. However, these orthodox remnant forces are really too white, and they went to Lu Wang to supervise the country. Lu Daqi, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and others of the University Scholars made full use of the lack of success in the Hongguang Dynasty, and the cabinet of Lu Wangjian did not think about how to ease the already boiling civil and military sentiments in the territory at this moment. Ende used to buy people's hearts, but instead exerted high pressure, relying on the thousands of slave soldiers left behind after Man Dahai's death, suppressed the Zhejiang and Fujian soldiers, and organized the landlords' armed forces internally to severely oppress the tenants in Fujian.

And at this time, Gao Hongtu also made a messy move. The cabinet officially sent a mission in the name of King Zhu Yihai of Lu to ask for help from Pingxi King Wu Sangui of Huguang. The lord of the country, follow the Korean example and surrender to the Qing Dynasty! ! !
It is simply shocking. Even if the country fell, the Qing Empire was still a barbarian from the north in the minds of most scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. It is like North Korea who has been reduced to a foreigner. Even the old antiques under the command of King Lu Jianguo cannot accept it emotionally.

Not only Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, but also the entire Jiangnan were in an uproar. This time, not only the Yingtian Daily and Yingtian Pioneer, which are always fierce and sharp, but also the Conservative Party’s Confucianism News and Donglin News took the headlines with headlines. , fiercely criticized.

"Becoming a vassal and building a slave, where is Huaxia?" "

Public opinion is really a sharp weapon. For the first time, no matter workers, peasants, scholars or scholars, they all stood together for one goal. Parades broke out in Yingtian, Songjiang, Changshu and other big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mighty crowd held signs high. , gathered at the gate of Yingtian Imperial Palace, shouting like a sea.

"Send troops! Send troops!"

The angry voice shook the sky and shook the earth.

Living up to the expectations of the people, when the parade reached its climax, Song Qingshu, who hurried back to Jinling, and Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian appeared together on the tower of Zhuque Square. Facing the boiling crowd, Song Qingshu also roared in response .

"The Congress has decided to defend our country's character and set up the National Defense Army, which will send troops to Fujian immediately to fight against rebellion!"

This answer made the citizens of Yingtian, who had recently begun to awaken their civic consciousness, cheer. I don’t know who started it, and the sound of Long Live the Ming Dynasty lingered throughout the city like a tide.

To be honest, Song Qingshu is still reluctant to fight now because the fire has not yet reached its peak. Although the whole of Fujian seems to be about to boil, there has not yet been a large-scale wave of refugees who have jumped out to openly resist, and Jiangxi's On the surface, the progress is not too great.

However, Gao Hongtu, Lu Daqi and others made a foolish move to push Song Qingshu to a dead end. As the orthodox regime of the Ming Dynasty, he must not watch the same separatist regime in the south of the Yangtze River surrender to the Qing Dynasty. If they react in time, the entire Jiangnan will also face great disappointment, and it will be even more difficult to clean up the world at that time.

In May, a huge national defense army composed of the [-]st to [-]th divisions of Qihuo, the [-]st to [-]th divisions of Fengyang, and the [-]th to [-]th divisions of Yingtian, assembled towards the border of Zhejiang and Fujian, and the Xiongguan of Xianxialing, which is the closest to Fujian. , once again became the world's attention.

At this time, there is also an undercurrent surging in Xianxia Pass.

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Xianxia Pass consists of six control cards in total, Xianxia Pass at the front, Anmin Pass next, Erdu Pass as a buffer, rear Huangwu Pass, and Mucheng Pass as the main station for troops, and the last As an exit, Liushiguan is less important than the entrance.

Since the group of fathers and elders from Jiangsu and Zhejiang shouted out half a month ago, Xianxialing has obviously fallen into a wave of restlessness. More than 1000 soldiers and horses from Zhejiang have fled, and the rest are also passive and sabotage. Fujian soldiers went on patrol, but they didn't even dare to use these Zhejiang soldiers to come out for drills.

Moreover, these days, Zhejiang soldiers have also become extremely impulsive and irritable. A little incident can often cause a gang fight. It was Chen Liang, but this kind of commonplace thing made Zhejiang soldiers furious. Dozens of people rushed into the grain truck, beat up the braided soldiers who were transporting the grain, and took the new grain back to their barracks.

Xianxialing was guarding the river, and Jiang Zhengxi, the commander in chief, was furious. He issued a military order to capture the Zhejiang soldiers who were robbing food and beheaded them to show the public. Who knew that the more than 3 Zhejiang soldiers guarding Xianxialing had almost all gathered when they arrived at Mucheng Pass. Get up, gather the crowd and roar, it will turn into a mutiny at any time, and almost all the generals of the Zhejiang army will participate in it. Even Jiang Zhengxi will not dare to offend the entire Zhejiang army group, so this matter will be let go.

For such a big event, the general soldier backed down. As for the small things like fighting and fighting among the soldiers, it was even the Fujian soldiers and even the braided soldiers who bowed their heads and ended up making a mess of Xianxia Liuguan.

As Song Qingshu's army gathered to the south, there was even more noise here.

On the night of May [-]th, at Mucheng Pass, at the southeast corner of the Zhe Bing Camp.

A large tent was immersed in darkness, but surrounded by a lone lamp, more than 30 Zhejiang soldiers were all full of energy, and their eyes seemed to be burning with blazing fire.

"From the military newspaper at Jiang Papi's place, I found out that Marshal Song of Jinling has indeed abolished the guards. All the military households in the guards in our village have been classified as civilians, and everyone has divided the fields of the guards. Taxes are calculated according to the number of acres of land. , ten mu or even one-fiftieth of the harvest will do!"

Ergouzi Chen Ergou, who was the first to roar at the top of the city that day, and the first to kneel down to recognize his relatives, is the general banner of the Zhejiang Army Guanhaiwei, and he can be regarded as a person who can enter and leave the Guanhaiwei Commander Jiang Dayong's tent, his eyes are shining with excitement , He hurriedly told the content of the military newspaper he had peeked at, and the more than 30 Zhejiang soldier brothers who listened to it all became energetic for a while.

Those who were most oppressed in the Ming Dynasty were actually not the low-level peasants, but military households like them. They could hardly take the imperial examination, and the era was not free. There are fewer and fewer fields to cultivate, but more and more apportionments. Many military households will never be able to marry a wife. With such an army and such morale, it is no wonder that during the Japanese invasion in the southeast, dozens of Japanese pirates could chase more than 2000 people. A Ming army ran.

The big guy not only cherishes his life, but also hopes that such a system and such a regime will collapse sooner!

Just as Chen Ergou finished speaking, He Tieniu, who stopped him that day, also picked up the chalk with a stern face, and spoke angrily.

"I found out. The recent rumors are true. Those officials in the court really sold us all to Jiannu. The King of Lu surrendered to Jiannu! Damn, we all want to shave our heads and wear Jiannu's mandarin jackets. If I go to the ground with this appearance, how can I have the face to meet my ancestors?"

"Marshal Song absolutely doesn't allow this! Jinling may send troops to fight over again recently, brothers, let me tell you the truth! I will never give my life to Jiannu!"

"Brother He, you're right. Now these bastards can be arrogant and turn their eyes to the sky. If this continues, they won't be able to shit on our necks? If you work hard, count me as one!"

"But Brother He, Jiang Papi is still following Jiang Gouzi wholeheartedly. These days, Fujian soldiers and braided soldiers have blocked the area around Anminguan. How can we escape back?"

There was still a careful person who said worriedly, but when he mentioned this, He Tieniu's face suddenly showed a ruthless look.

"I don't stop doing anything. I have contacted Zhenshanwei and Yiwu soldiers. Just tonight, I went to copy Jiang Papi's military tent, and then took my brothers to take down Anmin Pass, and welcome the opposite side, Marshal Liu, to enter the pass. When we want to go home, we can go home! If we want to join the army, maybe we can get some military merits!"

"It's really a matter of holding your head up and working hard. Brothers, if you don't want to participate, just go out of this door and keep it a secret. How can I thank him!!"

With that said, He Tieniu bowed heavily and bowed down with fists in his hands.

But that being said, the eyes of Chen Ergou next to him showed fierce murderous intent, and he secretly put his hand on the handle of the knife. In He Tieniu's words, this matter is holding his head and desperately, who dares to rest assured at this time ?But those who can come here are all with one mind, and no one flinches at this juncture. After looking at each other for a few times, these people also clasped their fists heavily.

"I would like to follow Brother He and fight with this group of dog officials!"

Each of them touched their weapons, and more than 30 soldiers touched the middle head to tail. However, a group of people were extremely nervous, and everyone was staring at each other. I was really afraid of who would come. Betrayal.

After touching the two tents, the scarlet-eyed Chen Ergou suddenly stiffened his feet, and fell to the ground with a thump, dropping the knife, so frightened that the stupid Zhao next to him almost didn't cry out.

"Reckless!"

Shaking his head too, He Tieniu reached out and grabbed Chen Ergou's clothes to lift him up, but when he stood up, Chen Ergou stretched his hands under the torch next to him nervously, looking down, his hands were covered in scarlet blood.

The messy corpses spread forward from under Chen Ergou's feet, all of them were Zhejiang soldiers, and they were also watching by the light of the fire. He Tieniu, who was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked, yelled in horror after a while.

"Don't fucking sleep, braided soldiers have entered the camp and are going to kill us all, brothers, fight them!"

(End of this chapter)