Daming kill

Chapter 239
The next day, after seeing off Xu Wenqi, who had stayed overnight, Li Ping lay on the recliner in the yard while still admiring the "busy" Liu Xiaohui and Li Jing, while dreaming .

Liu Xiaohui and Li Jing were at a loss in the thin and revealing clothes that they hadn't had time to change. They didn't know whether to continue pretending to be busy or go back to the house to change.

They rarely encounter this situation, but they are familiar with it.

And there were only three of them in the yard.

They were dressed like this to show Xu Wenqi. Xu Wenqi lived in the outer courtyard last night.

This is the play that Li Ping has always played for Xu Wenqi, and it is also the impression that Li Ping has always wanted to create on the outside world, otherwise some things will not be explained clearly.

However, whether Xu Wenqi believed it or not, Li Ping didn't know if he acted in this way, but he himself thought that the fake show was real.

People who have never tasted power will never know the beauty of power, and no one can maintain the same mentality when holding power without restriction for a long time.

Bloat is basically inevitable, it's just about size.

Along with the wild growth of impure thoughts, Li Ping's heart also began to twitch.

Li Ping knew that if he could be promoted to the general army, he would definitely leave without the strong recommendation of Yuan Jixian and Xu Wenqi. Although they didn't say anything to him in the end, Li Ping knew that they couldn't have no expectations for him in their hearts.

Everyone pays attention to people, and Li Ping feels that he should reciprocate to some extent. He can't bear others to treat him well.

And he knows that he is not without strength and ability.

When he was first stationed in Hanyang, although Li Ping's troops including the navy (excluding the security battalion) had dropped to less than 5000 because he began to allow soldiers who did not want to follow him to leave, most of the soldiers who had left He returned quickly, and his strength should not be underestimated again.

Especially in the past month when he was stationed in Hanyang, many young people from Wuchang, including Huangpi and other counties, came to join the army for various reasons, which further strengthened his strength.

Qin Yi, Yuanye and others who were sent to the Yinghuo Mountains to search for Luo Rucai, Gezuo Fifth Battalion, and the remnants of Xiaoyuanying also successfully brought back more than 2000 people, especially Yuanye successfully persuaded a group of more than [-] former Luo Rucai His Mongolian cavalry joined them.

Both Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng had many Mongols under their command, and most of them were former Ming frontier soldiers.

Li Zicheng killed Luo Rucai, He Yilong, and Yuan Shizhong. Although he unified the peasant army, some people were killed and some were defeated.

This is a good move, but also a bad move!
All those who were killed were rebels together, and some even were various leaders who had shown great kindness to Li Zicheng. It is impossible for Li Zicheng's character and mind not to arouse great criticism.

Countless people will definitely think that Li Zicheng did this before he successfully rebelled!What if he succeeds in rebelling?
The example of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is there!

Therefore, there are many people who are unwilling to obey Li Zicheng anyway, and there are a large number of them.

Then, most of the people here still look down on Huang Hu Zhang Xianzhong, who is also of bad character, and few people go to the nearest place to join him.

Most of these people eventually voted for the army due to their geographical location, a small number of those who liked to eat, drink, have fun and do bad things went to Zuo Liangyu, and some scattered into the mountains and fell into the grass and finally disappeared in history. .

What Li Ping picked up was those cheap things scattered in the mountains. Although only a small part of them could be attracted by Li Ping, most of these people had a conscience and a bottom line, and they were unwilling to help the evildoers, otherwise they would not have ended up in poverty. In the Inhoe Mountains.

As a result, Li Ping's total strength directly exceeded [-], and the cavalry force even surpassed [-] by leaps and bounds.

Li Ping also further reorganized his troops into four five-battalion infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment, plus a naval battalion which continued to be called battalion.

Originally, Li Ping did not intend to continue the relatively large five-battalion infantry regiment. He wanted to reorganize each regiment into a three-battalion regiment with a total strength of about 1000 people, so as to be able to perform more flexible tasks.

But the surge in troop strength made him temporarily dispel this idea.

He must consider the continuation of the establishment.

Always reorganizing and reorganizing, the troops are prone to chaos, and what Li Ping fears most at this time is chaos.

In addition, the training of staff officers (including officers and assistants) is a complex and long-term process that requires teaching and guidance, time to learn and experience, and reducing the regiment-level force at this time means adding a large number of troops. regiments and regiment agencies, but they simply cannot select enough staff officers who can be used or even make do with it.

Therefore, Li Ping's final choice was to add only one infantry regiment and upgrade the cavalry battalion to a cavalry regiment.

It is precisely because of such a strong military force that Li Ping dared to stay for a long time in a place with Li Zicheng in the west, Zhang Xianzhong in the south, Hanshui in the north, and the Yangtze River in the east.

Of course, Zuo Liangyu also liked Li Ping's position very much, and it properly acted as a warning and buffer for him, and he was even less willing to disturb Li Ping.

But with such a strong military backing, Li Ping's ambitions are also growing.

Since the Jiayu and Puqi counties of Wuchang Prefecture, which are still under the control of Zhang Xianzhong, and up to Yuezhou are all on the east bank of the Yangtze River, that is, the other side of the Yangtze River where Li Ping is located. In addition, Zhang Xianzhong's current strength is too strong. Li Ping He didn't intend to touch Zhang Xianzhong's butt to cause him to come back and bite.

Li Ping felt that he could touch Li Zicheng's ass who was bordering him.

According to Li Ping's knowledge, Li Zicheng's main force had gone northward, and he guessed that Li Zicheng's solution to Zuo Liangyu's uncertain factor in history should also be non-military means (incapable of using military means).

So Li Ping was not afraid of Li Zicheng.

He thought he could try to fish in troubled waters, and set a fire in Li Zicheng's backyard to some extent, which might make Li Zicheng in the far north make trouble. Not only did he repay Yuan Jixian and Xu Wenqi, but he also helped Daming a little.

It would be even better if it really disturbed Li Zicheng.

The longer Daming can survive, the better it will be for Li Ping, at least he will live longer.

The more I thought about it, the more it happened, the more excited I became, the better I felt, and Li Ping's eyes became hotter and bolder.

But suddenly, Li Ping found that Liu Xiaohui and Li Jing's bodies were frozen. He had a bad feeling and hurriedly looked sideways, only to see Gao Lei standing at the gate of the yard with a face full of annoyance, while that cold gaze was on him. on the tent...

Unlike Li Ping, who was enjoying Yingying and Yanyan early in the morning, Shi Ming, who was far away in Taihu County, was licking blood from a knife in a small village this morning.

Although Shi Ming unexpectedly occupied Taihu County through a series of bloody battles half a month ago, he did not enjoy the happiness in the city these few days, but led the army to continue the adventurous trek through the mountains.

Shi Ming received a secret report that people in several villages had secretly taken in thieves a few days ago, which violated his notice that no one should take in thieves and that they must report immediately when they see thieves.

These villages must pay the price for this, and Shi Ming also needs to take this opportunity to further establish his authority and let everyone understand that his practice of sitting together is not a joke, and it is not limited to the city, no matter how far or near.

Unauthorized relocation, mutual supervision, and mutual reporting, if not exposed, the ten neighbors on the left will sit and die. decree.

Shi Ming is well aware of the power of fear, and is also good at using the power of fear.

Before the capture of Taihu County, he continued to implement the policy that the people and armed forces along the way would die if they did not take the initiative to express their loyalty or seek refuge, creating an atmosphere of terror, and finally played a decisive role in the capture of Taihu County.

After capturing Taihu County, Shi Ming sent his troops to loot and carried out a horrific massacre of the city, killing all the people in the city except those who participated in stealing the city gate and their families, and then forcibly relocated the big and rich households in the countryside to fill the city. .

Although Shi Ming couldn't bear to do these things.

However, Wu Xueli, who had [-] troops, failed to attack Taihu County. Shi Ming, who had fewer troops, felt that there was no other way. Moreover, due to the poor military discipline of Wu Xueli's troops, he not only suffered a failure, but also aroused the people of Taihu County. and widespread backlash.

In order not to fail or even die and to make his subordinates willing to accompany him in taking risks, Shi Ming has been persuading himself that he must be ruthless, ruthless, and even more ruthless.

Just like now, Shi Ming stood next to the headless corpses all over the ground and the heads of men, women and children hanging in the wind and looked at the villagers who were forced to watch and were not punished for sitting. His eyes were only cold.

He has long been numb.

He didn't say anything, and he didn't want to say anything more. Harvesting life is worth a thousand words.

But someone still had to say something.

Li Shengcai picked up the head that Shi Ming had chopped off by himself just now, and began to talk harshly to the trembling villagers. He is very good at pretending to be a tiger, and he also likes to show his presence.

This head belonged to their own, and the deceased fished in troubled waters and robbed other villagers who were not punished by Lianzao, so Shi Ming would do it himself.

Shi Ming not only shows ruthlessness, but also shows justice, and attaches great importance to justice.

Otherwise, there would be no difference between him and Wu Xueli, let alone conquer Taihu County!

However, Shi Ming did not interfere with Li Shengcai's blah blah blah blah, he knew that Li Shengcai couldn't threaten him, and that Li Shengcai's hateful mouth and vigor would sometimes have better results.

Just like now.

That's why he only brought Li Shengcai out.

But Shi Ming himself began to wander, his mind was drifting far away.

Shi Ming knew very well why he was ordered to give up Susong County to fight Taihu County, and he also knew why Zhao Jin was transferred to Yuanzhou.

Shi Ming knew that the situation was changing, he knew that his situation was difficult, he knew that he had better show a difference from Zhao Jin and Li Ping, he knew that he had to find a new way out.

He suddenly thought of Macheng.

He had already heard about the interference of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, in Macheng before, and because of his special inquiries, he heard about the ups and downs of Liu Qiao, the largest landlord in Macheng, before leaving the city this time.

Although he made meritorious deeds in instigating Zhou Wenjiang's rebellion, Liu Qiao was widely criticized and almost died because of flattering Zhang Xianzhong and taking a position in Zhang Xianzhong's government before, so he had to flee to the mountains to be ordained as a monk.

However, Liu Qiao has recently turned the crisis into peace again by bribing Ma Shiying.

Including Zhou Wenjiang, who heard that he also followed Ma Shiying's route. Not only did he land safely, he was even sent to command the military power in Macheng, and officially became a member of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom.

Ma Shiying seems to have more power and energy than Zuo Liangyu and Yuan Jixian, and he is not as entangled and more eclectic about many things as Zuo Liangyu, which makes people feel very safe.

Shi Ming felt that Ma Shiying should also be a new choice for him.

It's too dangerous to stay here with Zuo Liangyu!And I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a bright future.

It's just that he hasn't fully figured it out yet, and he needs to look again.

But at the same moment, Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang City said to his son Zuo Menggeng: "We should move too!"

"What do you mean?" Zuo Menggeng, who was holding the secret letter, stared in horror.

The secret letter in his hand came from Sun Chuanting, who just arrived this morning, and it was written directly to Zuo Liangyu.

On August [-]th, Sun Chuanting, who was recently promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War and supervised military affairs in Shanxi, Huguang, Guizhou, and Jiangnan and Jiangbei, led the ten major armies out of Tongguan again with Shangfang's sword and pointed at Li Zicheng. Immediately raise troops and join him in attacking Li Zicheng from the north and the south.

"What I mean is that Changsha is the residence of the vassal prince. We should share the worries of the defenders. Although Yuezhou is not easy to attack, it is okay to harass it! At least the Jiayu and Puqi in Wuchang Prefecture should be killed. Take it back to the county." Zuo Liangyu said calmly, narrowing her eyes.

"Ah?" Zuo Menggeng was stunned.

"What! Is there a problem?"

"What about Sun Dushi's military order? And what about Yuan Shilang..." Zuo Menggeng felt that his brain was not enough.

Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu sighed and said, "Have you seen the letter from Sun Boya (Sun Chuanting's name is Boya)? Anyway, I haven't seen it. Maybe we won't receive it in a few days. Of course, Yuan Jitong will have to wait if he wants to see it. And at that time we were fighting with the thieves, how can we just withdraw, of course we have to discuss going north."

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Notes:

Originally, Wu Xueli was sent to Yuanzhou by Zuo Liangyu in history. Although he quickly defeated Qiu Yanghuan's team that was basically composed of ordinary people with no military experience and occupied Fucheng, but because of the poor military discipline, it caused a great stir in the local area. It is also a strange thing to be expelled by the local people after being outraged by the public.

(End of this chapter)