Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 386
"I am Liu Fei, the commander-in-chief of Uncle Guangchang. There are people making trouble in the city. I am guarding this gate under the military order of Prince Yu and Uncle Guangchang. No one without an army order is allowed to pass through!"

A general at the gate of Dadong shouted majestically to a group of about a hundred elite soldiers.

The leader of this team of elite soldiers said angrily: "Damn it, I followed Prince Yu's military order to meet up at Zhenhuai Gate."

After listening to it, Liu Fei carefully identified it, and then smiled coquettishly: "It turns out that it is the uncle of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty. Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, the flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, you always invite me!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him made way for a passage.

Without any doubt, the troops of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty were ordered to meet up in a hurry, and immediately got into the city gate.

But as soon as he entered, he felt that something was wrong, and there were a lot of corpses piled up next to him.

He couldn't help asking: "Why is this?"

Liu Fei followed closely: "Is this the body of the rebel?"

Han Baqi Zuoling was deeply suspicious, and touched the handle of the knife with his hand, but in an instant he felt pain in his left armpit, and a knife had already stabbed in.

At the same time, he saw bursts of cold light flashing by. The advancing soldiers under him were attacked at the same time. It was the soldier named Guangchang Bo in the doorway. Their spears stabbed at the side of his soldiers almost at the same time.

"Damn, so much nonsense!"

Liu Fei pulled out his knife and threw the Han Eight Banners Zuo Ling aside. His subordinates immediately lifted their bodies and threw them into the crowd, so as not to block the road.

"Mr. Xie, there is another business coming!"

At this moment a soldier shouted in a low voice.

Liu Fei strode out and scolded the soldier: "I'm Liu Fei, the general manager of Uncle Guangchang, remember it for me, I'm calling and beating you with a military stick!"

While speaking, a group of soldiers ran forward to the gate of the city, and stopped immediately when they saw soldiers guarding the gate.

Liu Fei walked a few steps alone, and shouted an order: "I am Liu Fei, the commander-in-chief of Uncle Guangchang. There are people making trouble in the city. I am guarding this gate under the military orders of Prince Yu and Uncle Guangchang. No one without military orders is allowed to pass!"

Outside the Great Eastern Gate, Zhao Kang was also confronting a group of Qing troops at this time.

"I am Liu Kang, the commander-in-chief of Uncle Guangchang. There are people making trouble in the city. I am guarding this gate under the military orders of Prince Yu and Uncle Guangchang. Those without military orders are not allowed to pass through!"

But the response from the other side was a string of Ula birdsong, which Zhao Kang couldn't understand at all.

I was suddenly annoyed, unlucky enough to meet the Manchu Eight Banners or the Mongolian Eight Banners, if only the Han Eight Banners would be fine, Kuang entered the city gate, and it was easy to solve.

Before Zhao Kang could say the second sentence, the other party had already drawn out the knife.

Zhao Kang didn't say anything else, let's charge with the whole army, the opponent only has a hundred people, but he has thousands of people.

There was no surprise in the result of the battle. More than 100 Eight Banners soldiers were all killed, and the corpses were dragged into the city gate and hidden. These corpses were all money.

But no one dared to move lightly. If they were seized privately, they would be beheaded. At that time, Haizhou seized so many taels of silver, and everyone was divided into hundreds of taels of silver. But in the end, it was found that someone had a few taels of silver in four games and was beheaded. up.

In the army, it is impossible to keep secrets. Whoever takes the money will always be exposed. No matter when, once it is found out, it will be a matter of losing his head, but if he does not keep it private, how much will be shared in the end. Some.

Therefore, no one touched those corpses, nor did they want to see how many things the Tartars had robbed.

Even if the recruits don't have this experience and want to earn some extra money, they will be stopped immediately by the experienced officers, or they will have to be beaten first.

After putting away the corpse, Zhao Kang continued to pretend to be Liu Liangzuo's subordinate Qian Zong, leaning against the door and smiling to greet the returning Qing troops from all walks of life.

What Zhao Kang didn't know was that Duoduo had helped them a lot. After he fled in a hurry, he immediately asked the gatekeepers to rush to Dongguan Street and other areas where the Eight Banners soldiers concentrated, holding his command arrows. Let the scattered robbery soldiers hear the military order and immediately gather at Zhenhuai Gate.

As a result, these scattered Eight Banners soldiers did not dare to be negligent, so they rushed back in a scattered manner. Fortunately, the Eight Banners soldiers always acted in units of cattle records. Although they were scattered when looting, once they greeted them, they could quickly gather a cattle This is the case in life and battles, so they can still assemble a team of hundreds of people. If it is replaced by those three or five groups of surrendered soldiers, I am afraid that even ten people will be enough to get together. It is impossible to return to the rescue in no time. of.

So under Duduo's military order, one hundred and one hundred well-disciplined Eight Banners soldiers gathered at the two city gates like fueling, and finally died aggrieved by the swords of Zhao Kang and Xie Fei.

In the governor's mansion.

Yang Chao is drinking tea, there are so many good things, although Duoduo himself did not come forward to rob, but his subordinates still obediently handed over half of the plunder, of course it is limited to the Eight Banners soldiers, and there is no such thing for the surrendered soldiers. Enlightenment, I don’t have this habit either.

Of course, the places where the Eight Banners soldiers robbed were better than the surrendered soldiers. The places where the surrendered soldiers were assigned were basically slum areas. It was lucky to be assigned to some places where craftsmen lived, and the Eight Banners soldiers, especially It is full of eight banners, and the land they are allotted is all fat and oily salt merchants' gardens, which one is not a millionaire.

It's just that Yang Chao discovered that Duoduo only handed in more than 500 million taels of silver, as well as a large number of pearls and precious jades. Either the Eight Banners soldiers hadn't snatched the silver cellars of the wealthy merchants, or they hadn't discovered them yet.

In fact, it is very likely that the rich merchants have already run away, and the servants who stayed behind to watch the house have no idea where the silver cellar is, so they can't grab it if they want to.

However, there is no need to hide gold, jewelry, and other jewelry. They are all daily necessities of the family members. If they are not taken away, they can only be snatched by the Eight Banners soldiers.

In addition to these, other luxuries are readily available, such as Longjing from Shifeng in West Lake, and there are too many fine wines that have been cellared for 30 years.

Yang Chao found out that a pot of tea in a small white jade jar is, needless to say, a good thing. A white jade jar with no flaws is worth several thousand taels of silver. How bad is tea?

So I invited someone to drink tea with her, and the person could tell in one sip whether it was Hangzhou Longjing or Shifeng's authentic top quality.

"Miss Wei has great taste!"

Yang Chao would definitely not be able to drink what kind of tea it was, but it would be good if he could drink green tea.

Wei Shuzhen shook her head and said, "There is no one else, only familiarity!"

"Young lady, how do you feel after drinking?"

Ge Nunniang is also there, it's not that Yang Chao wants her to follow, but she doesn't leave at all, she said that she can dance an eighteen-pound sword, can wear a double-layer armor, and is proficient in all eighteen martial arts, why can't she follow? Kill the enemy together.

So he entered the city with the army and fought together. He had already killed several people. Seeing her killing without batting an eyelid, Yang Chao had nothing to say. Except for the machismo with a knife, Yang Chao couldn't find any reason to drive her away.

So after all the general affairs were assigned, Yang Chao immediately led his troops back to the Governor's Mansion, and resolutely brought Ge Nunniang over.

Ge Nunniang refused at first, his father was killed by the Eight Banners soldiers, so she naturally wanted to kill a few more Tartars to avenge her.

But Yang Chao asked her if she came to protect herself or to take revenge, Ge Nunniang said honestly that she was here to protect Yang Chao.

So she could only follow Yang Chao honestly.

Ge Nunniang took several sips and shook her head: "I can't drink it."

Not every lady in the official family knows everything. Ge Nunniang's family is just a family of military generals. You can ask a master to teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the taste of daily life cannot be cultivated by several generations. The so-called three generations of wealth, Only know how to dress and eat, this is not a joke.

And Wei's family is an official family, and they don't know how many generations have been rich. Wei Shuzhen's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are just basic skills, such as clothes and so on, which are much better than the girls in Qinhuaihe.

"Uncle Yang's counterattack came back so quickly, the little girl was really surprised. The little girl used tea instead of wine, and dared to offer a glass to uncle, and I hope uncle will not be disgusted!"

Wei Shuzhen poured another cup of tea. She brewed the tea very slowly, and she only drank it after the color and shade were right.

Yang Chao took the teacup with a smile: "Miss Wei offers tea, dare not obey."

Yang Chao drank it in one sip, with a sip of fragrance, he seemed to feel that the brew was different after following him, but he couldn't taste the difference.

Wei Shuzhen lowered her head and chuckled. Drinking tea is not a good drink, and she didn't pick it up.

He suddenly sighed: "Uncle Zhongyi has counterattacked, and the little girl has fulfilled her wish, so she can bring good news to my father."

Wei Shuzhen is still going to die!

Yang Chao asked her to drink tea just to calm down her emotions. It is better to live than to die. When encountering such drastic changes in the family and country, women can't help themselves. If they lose their integrity and die, how many people will die.

Yang Chao couldn't help persuading: "Miss Wei is in such a beautiful age, why commit suicide?"

Wei Shuzhen said: "There is nothing to love in this life!"

Yang Chao knew in his heart that there is nothing greater than death, and how important it is for ancient people to lose integrity, especially for women.

Scholars and Jinshi surrendered, and they didn't say anything, but if the woman in the family was insulted, they would make a big statement. If they didn't kill themselves, it would be like the sky falling.

Yang Chao sighed: "It's such a pity to have such a good time."

Wei Shuzhen said: "As a woman, I can't lift my shoulders or hands, and I don't have the talent to serve the country economically. What's a pity that I can't keep my reputation!"

Women under the ethical system have strong self-esteem and lose their reputation. They feel from the bottom of their hearts that they are a piece of shit, and life is really meaningless.

But Wei Shuzhen's words made Yang Chao unmoved. She seemed to feel that life was meaningless, so finding something meaningful for her would save her life. She lacked a motivation to survive.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao tentatively said: "Miss Wei must not be so conceited, whoever said that women are inferior to men. Don't talk about others, just say that our young lady can kill people with a big knife."

When Ge Nunniang heard about her, she felt proud, but her face turned red.

Wei Shuzhen smiled and said: "The little girl is not as capable as Miss Ge!"

Yang Chao said with a smile: "But you have other skills, extraordinary skills. In war, you not only need soldiers, but also food and pay."

Wei Shuzhen shook her head and said: "Although the Wei family has a little money, but the uncles and brothers are still there, the little girl can't be the master."

Yang Chao smiled and said, "It's not that your Wei family is asking for donations, but if Ms. Wei comes forward, she can raise tens of millions of taels of military funds for my subordinates. I wonder if Ms. Wei is willing to do it?"

Wei Shuzhen didn't believe it at all: "Uncle Zhongyi was joking."

But Yang Chao said seriously: "This is not a joke. Miss Wei is good at piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, ritual and music, and can't lose to the famous prostitutes in Qinhuai River."

Wei Shuzhen jumped up all of a sudden, her face flushed: "Uncle Zhongyi is laughing at the little girl's indecency and lowliness."

After speaking, he sneered: "If Uncle Zhongyi thinks that the little girl can be sold to the brothel to raise some military funds, then Uncle Zhongyi please feel free to do so. The little girl dare not refuse, but the little girl will never steal a living to receive customers."

This woman is too sensitive.

Yang Chao shook his head and said, "It's not to sell you, nor to let you sell yourself, but to let you sell something! As for what it is, I won't tell you, just say whether you want it or not!"

Wei Shuzhen was suddenly embarrassed, she overreacted, but her heart was too complicated during this time.

"If that's the case, the little girl is duty-bound. If she can help the uncle, the day when the uncle conquers the Central Plains and regains Baierheshan, the little girl will have the face to face her father's spirit in heaven. But if the uncle makes fun of the little girl, the little girl Although women can't do anything to Uncle Yu, but if it spreads out, I'm afraid it will make Uncle Yu look bad."

Yang Chao said: "Don't worry. But I'm afraid it will be very hard for you. To tell you the truth, my concubine went to Wa country last year and sold several 10 taels of goods in Wa country. Every tael of silver is worth The knife in my soldier's hand, the food in my mouth."

Wei Shuzhen's face changed slightly, and Yang Chao's expression changed. What kind of person is he who sent his concubine to the country of Japan?

But she didn't say it, but she was thinking in her heart, if she were herself, if she went to the Japanese country, it would not be a bad thing if she could earn several 10 taels of silver for the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, anyway, she was already a lowly and dirty person , the big deal is death.

Seeing Wei Shuzhen's renewed hope, Yang Chao bid her farewell appropriately, and then went to deal with military affairs.

The situation of the battle keeps coming back, and everything is normal at present.

Yang Chao asked Xie Fei and Zhao Kang to bring a thousand soldiers each to block the east and west gates. These two gates are the places where the east and west cities must pass through. At this time, most of the Qing troops are gathered in the east city, and they are going to join Zhenhuai gate. You have to go through these two doors.

Therefore, Zhao Kang and Xie Fei were left to guard, and one would kill the other. The Qing army was like refueling tactics, just sending them to death.

In addition to these two city gates, in the old city, there are eight stone arch bridges on the Wenhe River connecting the north and the south.

From the northernmost Kui Bridge to the southernmost Yiji Bridge, [-] soldiers were guarding each bridge, tantamount to interrupting the traffic on both sides of the bridge.

Another ten corps, with a total of 4000 people, asked for advice on all the streets in the west city, and killed soldiers when they encountered them.

The west city is an old city, and the residents are all gentry. Although they are not as rich as the merchants in the east city, they are much better than ordinary people, and most of them are wealthy families.

Therefore, it is impossible for the entire West City to be plundered by surrendered soldiers, but the ten thousand Han Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners. I have repeatedly emphasized to them the territories of the various armies and prevented them from crossing the border and looting.

To deal with the [-] Mongolian and Han Eight Banners who were scattered and plundered separately, Yang Chao dispatched a well-organized army of four thousand. The chances of winning should be great, and at this time the Eight Banners soldiers of all ministries actually started to move towards Zhenhuai Gate, but the traffic had to reach the capital. Being stuck by Yang Chao prevented them from gathering too much.

Moreover, they didn't know what happened at all, they only knew to rush to assemble according to the military order, so they didn't waste time restoring the establishment. The armored elites who followed the streets and intercepted them.

Because of the looting, most of them did not wear armor, so their fate was already doomed. Most of them died helplessly under the charge of four hundred iron armored soldiers waiting in line.

Yang Chao himself has only more than 1000 people around him, so he sits in the governor's mansion. The first thing is to protect the property here, and the second is to let his subordinates rest.

These more than 1000 people are all veterans, the most elite veterans, none of whom participated in the bloody battle in Haizhou, but were born in Haizhou Minzhuang, and have experienced the most bloody battles.

Let these people rest for a while, and then they will be given the most important work.

An hour later, the corps, which had completed the clean-up operation according to the scheduled task, began to return to the Governor's Mansion to report.

These people took the corps as a unit, each divided into a relatively large street in the west city, and then from east to west, or from south to north, they killed everyone they saw, and they just killed one back and forth, and then returned to the Governor's Mansion.

What they cleared were all the main streets, and most of them were concentrated in the prosperous areas on both sides of the Wenhe River. The sites robbed by the Eight Banners soldiers were also mainly concentrated in this area. After clearing this area, they basically wiped out the main force in the west of the Eight Banners city. up.

Then it was time for Yang Chao to attack.

When the last one returned the team to the governor's mansion to rest, Yang Chao immediately set off with more than 1000 elites, aiming at Zhenhuai Gate.

Both Zhao Kang and Xie Fei sent back information that Duoduo was at Zhenhuai Gate.

Yang Chao intends to have a king against king with Duoduo and kill him with his own hands!

(End of this chapter)