stubborn thief

Chapter 545 Chen Qiyu has grown up
Liu Chengzong went to meet the Dragon King, and Liu Xiangyu sat in the study of the Marshal's Mansion holding the comics and read them with gusto.

This is not for children, the story book has more characters, and the illustrations are particularly exquisite, the fly in the ointment is that the engraving printing process is average, and the official paper of the Marshal's Mansion is used, and due to the rush of work, there is no coloring.

But this is already very interesting, the cover is written with the names of the writer, painter, and engraver. The author of the script is naturally Liu Shizi, the engraver is not well-known, and the painter is a well-known painter in the Marshal’s Mansion. He is a captain from northern Shaanxi, named Monk Xue.

Monk Xue is not a monk, he is only bald.

This guy is from the same town as Li Baliang under Luo Rucai's command, and they are both from Wen'an Post. The monk is a painter, and when he catches up with the outing, he will draw pictures of beautiful women, and a picture will cost a catty of beef.

When the drought came, the two suffering brothers and sisters became thieves one after another. Li Baliang followed Luo Rucai, and monk Xue followed Wang Zuohang earlier. Later, he was demoted from the army and served as a soldier in the He Renlong Department. , Liu Chengzong was surrendered during the Hehuang War.

This guy didn't become a small boss when he was in Wang Zuogua, and he didn't even become an official when he came to He Renlong. It wasn't until he was demoted to the Marshal's Mansion that he thought about using his connections from his hometown to give gifts to Heavenly Monkey Liu Jiusi to seek a position. promotion.

The Heavenly Monkey took the gifts and took care of things. The main reason was that Monk Xue was so poor that he gave away a few paintings. Liu Jiusi took the paintings and went to find Liu Xiangyu. After seeing the paintings, Liu Xiangyu threw him into the academy to learn surveying and mapping. Cartography went.

The level of surveying and drawing in the Marshal's Mansion is very sloppy. The teaching and drawing skills of the academy in charge of this subject are actually not as good as that of Monk Xue. Therefore, after only one year of learning, he was born in Xiaoqi and worked as a drawing instructor in Xincheng Academy. Now he is a third-class student. Lieutenant Fenwei served as an instructor.

This time Liu Chengzong needs someone to make illustrations for the storybook, and Monk Xue is the right candidate.

Liu Xiangyu watched it with great interest, not only watched it by himself, but also asked Yang Dingrui to watch it together, and then the two sent people to Xining to find Lin Wei, who was in charge of the Yaoshuihe farmland.

It’s not how fascinating the story of Hexi Biography written by Liu Shizi is. Both Liu Xiangyu and Yang Dingrui know the whole story. The protagonist of the story is Zou Feng, the commander of Duogan Danwei. when things.

Both Liu Xiangyu and Yang Dingrui had seen these things in the battle report back then, and they were very impressed.

But it’s one thing to have a battle report in one stroke, and now it’s even more immersive when you break it up and add illustrations.

From the Lion Camp to the Marshal's Mansion, Liu Chengzong fought for six full years. However, in the six years of war career, because Liu Shizi has always used his troops steadily and is good at overwhelming others, there are only a few war heroes who emerged. That's all, Zou Feng is one of them.

This person was single-handedly picked up by Yang Dingrui.

The first half of Zou Feng’s life was as lackluster as that of Zhao Kechang and others. He was born in the frontier army of Ningxia. When Liu Chengzong went to the Kangning Prefecture in the south, he served as a superintendent. He was appreciated by Yang Dingrui, the magistrate of Kangning. Guan'er became the son-in-law of the local Fanbu.

Just in time for Khalkha Chuoke Rabbit Taiji's invasion, the station was trapped to block the north and south, facing the death of Pao Ze, Zou Feng, with more than ten warriors and two ferry boats, devoted himself to his duties, faced tens of thousands of Mongolian troops guarding the dangerous place, and won nine battles and nine victories , More than ten ships were sunk, but the Mongolian army was 500 meters away from the north, and the Mongolians dared not herd horses along the coast for a mile, until Liu Chengzong led the Marshal's Army to return to aid.

Afterwards, Duogandan set up a county guard, and all the postmen who died in the battle became city gods and lands. Zou Feng was also selected by Liu Chengzong as the first county magistrate and commander.

After reading Hexi Biography, Mr. Liu thought that this set of comic strips was very exquisite, but he was still puzzled, and asked Yang Dingrui: "The lion boy said that this is a sharp weapon for the Marshal's Mansion to enter the Guanzhong. Do you think...it can be used?" How effective is it?"

Yang Dingrui's mind has diverged.

After all, he has the experience of going out of the town of Kangning, and his knowledge is indeed wider than that of Mr. Liu who sits in the center. The two of them will not just have fun with the things Liu Shizi brought out. They have carefully considered all possibilities. Yang Dingrui feels: Say it all.

He pointed to the Hexi biography on the tea table, did not mention the Hexi biography, and the conversation crossed half the world, saying: "There is a Tusi Muya in the west of Changhe, Brother Xiang Yu must have heard of it."

Liu Xiangyu nodded naturally. This Muya can be said to be the most famous chieftain in the Marshal's Mansion. He smiled and said, "I heard Cai Zhongpan mention it."

"In my estimation, this Hexi biography is the experience that the general learned from Kang Ning."

Without waiting for Mr. Liu to ask questions, Yang Dingrui used Muya to help Liu Chengzong spread his influence in Kangzang, hired literati and monks, and created a new story based on the story of the Southern Expedition to Kangning, combined with local theological scriptures. All the things about people and rap artists traveling around are revealed.

"So right now it's just a repeat of the old trick, but I don't think it's very useful in Guanzhong."

Yang Dingrui spread his arms and said with a smile: "I'm talking about this. It's not that the comic strips are useless, but that we are all from Qin, and the local accent remains unchanged. One is Hong Chengchou in Ningxia, the other is Chen Qiyu in Fengxiang, the plague of locusts is really holding him back, otherwise the governors of the five provinces would have gone to Henan in despair."

Liu Xiangyu also nodded slowly when he heard the words, it wasn't that the two of them underestimated Chen Qiyu, on the contrary, they attached great importance to it, and they despised Hong Chengchou.

This is reflected in intelligence. The Marshal's Mansion has very limited intelligence on the direction of Ningxia. At least there are no spies from the Marshal's Mansion around Hong Chengchou, and Yang Dingrui sent dozens of people to Qinzhou and Fengxiang Mansions. There were even hundreds of people, who almost knew all the information about Chen Qiyu, Lian Guoshi and others.

In comparison, Chen Qiyu has quite a lot of troops, at least not less than Hong Chengchou in terms of number of troops. Not counting the garrison guards, there are only six battalions that are not full of soldiers, but the morale of the Ming army in Shaanxi is very high. question.

Where there is not enough to eat, there must be a big problem with morale. No matter how capable Yang Dingrui and Liu Xiangyu are, without food, they were helpless in the Black Dragon King Miaoshan, and Chen Qiyu is the same now.

The six battalions in Shaanxi are mainly divided into two parts. One is the Qin army led by Zhang Yingchang, with the two gods of war Yang Yanchang and He Renlong; The two gods of war, the lineup can be described as quite luxurious in Daming.

Especially the Aid and Suppression Army, they had few troops. From Henan to Shaanxi, the three battalions plus one were less than 6000 people. They experienced the mutiny of Deng Qi's tribe and absorbed more than 1000 peasant troops before returning to 6000 people, but they were all the elites of the elite.

The chief general of the Three Battalions was the most dazzling general of Ming Dynasty in the seven years of Chongzhen. From Jiliao to Shaanxi, it can be said that he fought all over the north from east to west.

Zuo Liangyu is notoriously brave and good at fighting. Since Chongzhen returned to office at the end of the second year, he has not fought for almost every month. He first fought against Houjin in Zunhua and then Dalinghe. , led the [-] Changping Army, which was alone and alone, to fight in Henan, Shanxi, and North Zhili, and made great achievements.

Tang Jiuzhou's prestige and feats are tied with Zuo Liangyu's. He also moved to various places with a lone army, and his generals died so much that they changed.

Deng Qi is a fierce man with great hard work. He started his career in the She'an Rebellion and won the title of brave general. He entered the bandit camp at night to kill people. Nian Weiqin led [-] Sichuan soldiers out of Sichuan, and fought wherever the emperor pointed, and did not return home for six full years. His loyalty to Daming can be learned from the sun and the moon.

And the Qin army, who was born in Shaanxi, is not mediocre. They themselves are in Shaanxi, where the war is the most intense. Liaodong fights big battles every winter when Liaoze freezes. It never stopped.

Except for a few guys like Du Wenhuan, who sell horses when others march and drink flower wine when others fight, the living environment of most Shaanxi generals is the same as hell. They are either dead or dying.

For example, Ai Wannian, a Shenmu ginseng general, was also a fierce general. In the year of the drought in Shaanxi, he carried a sword and mounted a horse. After suppressing the rebellion for seven years, people can't understand the armor and the horse can't untie the saddle.

Chased the rebels in the deep mountains and valleys for many years, drank dirty water every day and slept in the wilderness at night, people were fighting outside, and suddenly heard that both parents in Mizhi's hometown died, fighting, and also heard that both brothers and sisters died, fighting and fighting , Then I heard that the wife and children were mourned together, so the battle still had to be fought, the thief had to be chased, and the disease couldn't be cured, and the injury couldn't be healed.

Lao Ai's family is a big family in Mizhi. How many Shaanxi generals do not have the family conditions like his, but with this condition, the corpses of Ai Wannian's parents, brother and wife were put in coffins after they died, and he was able to put down the rebellion until last year before he was able to ask for leave and go home to calm down. The body was buried, and I was numb due to rheumatism due to being stationed outside the camp all year round. After sitting for a long time, hemorrhoids leaked and prolapsed, and I vomited blood every day. I didn't have a long time to live.

Zhang Yingchang is a character similar to Ai Wannian, the only difference is that he has been suppressing the rebellion in Shaanxi all the time, and he did not go to Shanxi like Ai Wannian; He Renlong is also similar, the current counter-insurgency generals, let alone ability Even if he was lucky, he wouldn't be able to survive now.

The last one is Yang Yanchang.

To be honest, Chen Qiyu was very wary of the Yan'an camp at one time, not against a certain person, but against the entire Yan'an camp.

Many generals and schools at all levels in the Yan'an Camp have unknown origins, and some of them have strange names. They look like they belong to the same family as Liu Chengzong, and their style and equipment look like fakes.

No matter who it is by his side, he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.

However, when the army is overwhelming and employing people, Chen Qiyu must deal with it softly, and can only seek to divide and disintegrate. However, as more than half a year passed, especially after Zuo Liangyu, Deng Qi, and Tang Jiuzhou arrived in Shaanxi, Chen Qiyu thought about it carefully .

He found that he was too young a year ago, and there were no problems in Yan'an Camp, but the times have changed.

Because he saw the performance of Zhang Yingchang and He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and Deng Qi also came.

Did the Yan'an camp kill the good and pretend to be meritorious?No, Zhang Yingchang did.

Did the Yan'an camp rob and kill the rich?No, He Renlong did.

Was the Yan'an camp wantonly looting?No, Zuo Liangyu did.

Is the Yan'an camp passive and idle?No, Tang Kyushu does.

Is the Yan'an camp clamoring for a mutiny?No, Deng Qi did.

The origin of the generals is unknown, and there are all the above camps, especially the two Changping camps of Zuo Liangyu and Tang Jiuzhou, and the Sichuan camp reorganized after Deng Qi's mutiny. Many new recruits directly use their nicknames.

People in the Yan'an camp have a good appearance and a good style. Is this a problem?Oh, Zhang Yingchang's garrison hasn't fought against the marshal's army for three months. You won a big victory today and a small defeat tomorrow, so why did you get the battle report? I, Chen Qiyu, Mr. Chen, really don't know?

You Zuo Liangyu's military discipline is very bad, and you have disturbed the place many times, so if it weren't for the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Hou Xun Libao, you would be able to live comfortably?You Deng Qi’s incompetence led to mutiny in the army. After the mutiny was over, no one dared to speak out. The papers of impeachment flew to the Forbidden City and there was no news. Didn’t it all depend on the protection of Wang Yingxiong, a scholar of Dongge University from your hometown?

Just because people like Yang Yanchang and Ren Quan'er are nobody, I, Chen Qiyu, despise them?

What's more, he found that these problems are understandable in this era. After all, the droughts, locust plagues, plagues, and military disasters that Jingning Prefecture has experienced are not limited to Jingning Prefecture. Influence.

Except for the three sides and five towns in Shaanxi, where else can it afford horse chews for tens of thousands of soldiers?

They moved to various places, and the supplies from the imperial court often couldn't keep up, and the army replenished many captives and thieves, and there was no time for training and training. Know.

are barely sustaining.

The army is trying to suppress thieves, and there is no other way if the military discipline is corrupt; the imperial court is trying to control the army, and it cannot be punished even if the military discipline is corrupt, because the battle has not yet been fought.

In fact, the imperial court is not unavailable. The reason why these generals are caught and used hard is because they have a way to raise food and grass while leading the army. This is something that people tacitly remember. ——When the war is calmed down a bit, he will definitely be dismissed from his official position and become a soldier.

Death is probably not going to die. Emperor Chongzhen would at best turn down his generals and become a soldier.

So for Chen Qiyu, the current situation in Shaanxi is obvious.

Except for the eldest brother, they are all ghosts.

That is to say, except for him, the governor of the five provinces, the six battalions of the army may be ghosts. Everyone is fine today, but tomorrow they may mutiny, fall into the grass, or be rebelled by Liu Chengzong because of a small incident.

Zhang Yingchang's soldiers killed the good and pretended to be meritorious, dare to say?He Renlong, relying on his fellow countrymen, secretly robbed big households at night, and after the robbery, he did business with Li Zicheng, dare you say it?Zuo Liangyu's soldiers don't give money to buy things and bully others, dare to say?Tang Jiuzhou passively led the troops and stationed the camp at the farthest place from the front line every time, dare to say?Deng Qi's soldiers mutinied at once, and after a plunder, they gathered together again. No one said anything.

One of the generals in this group will be killed at any rate.

It seems that the Yan'an camp is the least likely to be instigated. As for robbing He Renlong and Zhang Yingchang, this is nothing, after all, the Yan'an camp has to eat.

The most important thing is that Chen Qiyu is not stupid, he has already seen that the Shaanxi army is unable to fight a large-scale battle with Liu Chengzong, just the heroes under him, one against one, and the generals in the marshal's mansion are not necessarily opponents.

But for one piece...Chen Qiyu felt that the winning rate was very low, and if there were no problems, he might have to let Lord Chongzhen personally conscript.

When something really happened, he still had to count on Yang Yanchang. Chen Qiyu couldn't trust anyone else now.

So Yang Dingrui wasn't worried about Chen Qiyu at all. If there hadn't been a drought and locust plague, the battle would have been over long ago. His hand drew a line to the east on the tea table: "The place where this thing is useful is the southeast."

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)