Traveler Major League

Chapter 52 Situation

In the early morning of the second day, as soon as the sun came out, Liu Ze set off with a team of food trucks. Although he hurried all the way, it was sunset time when he reached Chengcheng.

Chengcheng is still the same as before, even a bit more lively than before, and Yu Chou can be seen waving his arms at the city gate from a distance to say hello.

"Brother Liu, you're finally here. I heard from my elder brother that you're going back to Chengcheng today, and I'll be here to wait for you at noon." I haven't seen you for a few days, but this boy Yu Chou is much more heroic.

"Brother Liu, I heard from you that you have recruited hundreds of people in just a few days, and even the three villages of the Du family village have been destroyed. The boss of the Du family is very famous, so the second brother and the others I didn’t dare to take them first, and I didn’t expect you to break them.” Yu Chou pointed to the convoy behind Liu Ze.

"these are?"

Liu Ze took Yu Chou's arm, laughed, pointed at the crowd and said, "This is the team I recruited, but there are no decent weapons. The car is full of food and belongings. I said I will go to the countryside to collect money and food for my second brother. Never break your word."

"Let's go, first go to my eldest brother's place to put in the warehouse, and then meet the second brother." Speaking of this, Yu Chou said with a long face, "Second brother is busy every day, and his girl has no playmates. Where have you been and when will you come back, hey, fortunately, I bought two bunches of candied haws for her. "

"Hahaha, I miss Qian'er even if I haven't seen you for a few days."

Seeing Lu Wan'er standing beside Yang Zeming, Yu Chou couldn't help joking.

"Why is there a girl in the team, I'm afraid it's not your friend, Brother Liu!"

"Stop talking nonsense, that's a female doctor in our team." After speaking, Liu Ze smiled and glared at Yu Chou, and gave a thumbs up in front of his chest.

"Hahaha. In this world where there is no future life, brother Liu, you are quite hypocritical." Yu Shou laughed softly, "Brother Liu, you are still a baby, right? Or I will show you to the world tonight? Second brother is Yeye Shengxiao, brother is not bad either!"

"Hey, you don't learn well!"

In this chaotic world, the status of women has dropped to an unbelievable level, but Liu Ze has not turned around for a while, and still retains the habits of modern society, especially after learning the secret of the stone slab. Even more out of place.

In a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, the two entered the city arm in arm.

Once entering the city, the streets in the city are more lively than when Liu Ze was there last time, but the bustle is not because of the bustling, but because of the hungry people. Occasionally, a group of soldiers walk by, and the hungry people will shrink back Heads, like black ducks in the snow, huddled together tremblingly.

The two went to the county treasury first, and Yu Ting worked here every day, so the guards on both sides did not stop them when they saw them.

Before Yu Chouren arrived, the voice first spread to the back room: "Big Brother, Big Brother, Brother Liu Ze is here!"

After entering the back room, he found that Wang Er was also there. Liu Ze clasped his fists in salute and said, "Second brother Wang, brother Yu Ting, in the past few days, he has recruited a hundred people by virtue of the reputation of the second elder brother, and destroyed several villages. Report the food to the second brother."

"Haha, I just said that Brother Liu Ze is not an ordinary person. Brother Youyuan specially sent someone to report that you have done a great thing and killed all the brothers of the Du family. Then Boss Du has a great reputation, but it is nothing Err." Wang Er said, put down the account book in his hand and stood up, praised Liu Ze in his mouth, as if he had forgotten his original attitude, and didn't notice any difference.

The subordinate next to him entered the door, walked up to Yu Ting, bowed his head and spoke softly, Yu Ting nodded after listening, and waved him out.

Yu Ting said to Wang Er: "I just heard that Brother Liu Ze brought seven carts of food and property this time. It can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need."

Liu Ze asked suspiciously, "Is there such a shortage of food in the city?"

Wang Er and Yu Ting looked at each other and nodded. When Wang Er heard that there was so much food, he immediately stood up, walked to Liu Ze, held his hands and said, "Brother Liu Ze, it was Brother Liu Ze before." No, you said you went to the countryside to collect money and food, I thought you wanted to escape from this place, so I didn’t give you any manpower. I didn’t expect you to treat me like this, I’m really ashamed.”

Yu Chou, who was beside him, was also beating and drumming: "Brother Liu Ze has been talking about repaying the second brother for saving his life. If it weren't for the second brother, he would have been made into a 'meat' and eaten. Look, it really is a good idea." Man."

"Second brother's life-saving grace, I dare not forget it. These money and food are just a little sincerity, and I hope to relieve second brother's worries." Liu Ze is very calm, and even at this time he regards this place as a game, and doesn't care too much.

"Brother, how many people did you bring?"

"There are seventy people, but they all cut wood to make soldiers, and they don't have any weapons at hand."

Hearing this, Wang Er immediately said: "Brother Yu Ting, take out a hundred gun heads from the warehouse and give them to Brother Liu Ze."

Then he turned his head and asked Liu Ze: "What else do you need, just tell Brother Yu Ting and ask him to prepare it for you as much as possible. Our blacksmith shop can also make some simple weapons now."

Liu Ze quickly stood up and bowed, "Thank you, Second Brother, and thank you, Brother Yu."

"Hey, brother Liu, don't leave when you come back this time, stay here for a few days, and the old brothers will come back in a few days, let's get together before leaving." Wang Erxu helped him get up and sit down, and then said .

"Second brother, what's the important thing to do? The village below is unstable these days, and I urgently need to go back and suppress it."

Wang Er didn't hide anything, so he told Liu Ze that in a few days, he planned to concentrate his manpower to level up several wealthy households in the city. Right now, there is a shortage of food in the city, and it would be impossible not to do so.

Wang Er is so frank, the first reason is that Liu Ze's previous performance in the city proved that he has nothing to do with the big clan, and the second reason is that Liu Ze's record during this period of time is not bad, and this time he sent so much food and supplies. Believable indeed.

The frankness this time also shows that Wang Er and the others really accepted Liu Ze's joining at this time. If Liu Ze is really stubborn, then Wang Er's knife will also be unsheathed to test whether it is sharp.

Just as the undercurrent was surging inside Chengcheng, the Tongzhou, a hundred miles away from Chengcheng, also ushered in the Ming army who suppressed the rebellion. The blockade circle was formed very quickly. Today's Tongzhou soldiers gather, martial law is everywhere, and pedestrians and caravans are prohibited from passing through. Encounter will come at noon.

At this time, the Ming army assembled in advance has taken over the key points of Tongzhou. There are horse infantry stationed inside and outside the city, and the houses in the city are also occupied by soldiers of the Ming army. , The neighing of mules and horses was so loud that it was like the stage was on fire, and the excitement was so lively that it couldn't be handed in.

The Ming army here is composed of teams, banners, divisions, bureaus, and battalions, which is Qi Jiguang's usual organization structure. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the organization of each army was not the same. Liu Yingyu, a civil servant, has a habit of imitating the formation of Qi's army.

According to "Records of Military Training":
There are 12 people in each team, and there is one captain, who is equipped with a firecracker waist knife, and one cook, who is equipped with a double-pointed shoulder pole.There are two spearmen with bows and arrows.Two swordsmen are equipped with swords and sticks, bows and arrows.There are two card sword players, both equipped with rattan cards, waist knives, and javelins.The two musketeers are equipped with firecrackers and waist knives.In the end, there are two quick gunners, equipped with only one-eyed quick guns, and use quick guns instead of sticks in close combat.

The three teams form one banner, with a total of 37 people.

The three banners form a bureau, with one hundred generals and several soldiers, totaling about 110 and four people.

The four bureaus are one division, with one general and several soldiers, about 460 in total.

The second division is one, with one thousand generals and several soldiers, totaling about 930 people.

The three divisions constitute a battalion, with one general and one member of the Chinese army, with a total of about 800 people.

One battalion for each step of the army, flags and drums and equipment for military equipment: one flag for general recognition, two flags for golden drums, two flags for gates, one side for sitting flags, five flags for five directions, five flags for high recruits, ten flags for patrolling, Qianzong recognizes four flags, Jizong recognizes six flags, Baizong recognizes 24 flags, and team general flags have 72 gun poles.

210 six gun shafts for the team flag, 210 six waist knives, a pair of golden drums, 320 bird guns, 21 sticks, 240 tin turtles, 210 lead bags, medicine 210 tubes, 210 catties of gunpowder, 210 leads, 430 matches, 210 sets of lead molds, 210 long knives, 210 rattan plaques with six sides, Six wolf whisks at 480, six spears at 320, six bows at 210, two strings at [-], and six rockets at [-].Six rain covers [-], six [-] palladium, and [-] rockets.Four sticks at [-], six copper pots at [-].

However, due to well-known reasons, the Ming army has always been dissatisfied with its members, and this Ming army has only just been formed, and there are two shortages of personnel and weapons. The main force that can fight here is actually less than 2000 people, and all of them are new recruits. This is also the main reason for not sending troops.

Liu Yingyu of the Bingbei Road in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province should be a civil servant according to the establishment, but in fact, the post of Bingbei Road was mainly set up to stabilize local law and order, and at the same time assist the governor in handling military affairs. His military duties mainly include military affairs and training guards The army and local people are fast, arresting thieves and suppressing civil unrest, managing guards, money, grain, farming and other miscellaneous things.

This army was also formed to deal with the massacres of hungry people in Shaanxi. It is believed that there were civil uprisings in the entire Yan'an and Xi'an prefectures, but the Chengcheng King and others gathered first to take the lead. This is also Liu Yingyu's leader. The reason why the soldiers came here is to shoot the first bird.

Officials and gentry from Tongzhou all came out of the city to greet them. Civil and military officials waited in line according to their grades. Miscellaneous people wait to come and go.

The first one to arrive was the gong sounding guard of honor. While beating the gong, the attendants who opened the way shouted: "Be respectful and trustworthy, be frugal and love others, and make the people timely."

When the guard of honor passed by, Liu Yingyu was nowhere to be seen behind him. When all the officials and gentry looked at each other, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes. At the gate of the yamen, I got off the saddle and went straight into the lobby.

After a long while, one of the general came to inform Liu Yingyu that Mr. Liu had important military affairs, so he would not meet him, and then he slapped the general and left, leaving the officials and gentry waiting on both sides of the city gate to hang out. They looked at each other there.

Inside the yamen, Liu Yingyu sat in the middle, lined up with staff and military officers on both sides, and a group of people stood upright. Behind the wall stood soldiers with helmets and armor and sword guards. The hall was slightly dark, with only the breeze blowing However, everyone was silent.

Looking at the two people standing in the middle, Liu Yingyu asked blankly, "Are you the two of you, Qiao Laoer and Zheng Chengdong?"

(End of this chapter)