Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2209 Freshly Baked General

Bi Xuansheng saw that Feng Haijiao was ignorant, so he hurried up to make fun of him: "Congratulations Feng Yingxiong, you have become a military officer of the court, and you are an officer and soldier in Yangshan County. How difficult is it to raise some food and salary?"

This sentence lifted Feng Haijiao's spirits: Not to mention having an official status and honoring his ancestors, just saying that he has this name. He is a legitimate "officer and soldier" who can collect food and salaries in the county. Which village dares to say "no" "The word is "bandit"!The massacre is not only innocent, but also meritorious.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling giddy.However, after thinking about it again, although the title of "General Manager of the Left Wing of Yangshan Mountain" is attractive, it is only a confession after all.The Kun bandits are not easy to mess with. Dudu Xiong was driven all the way to Guangxi by the Kun bandits when he had an army of [-], not to mention that he was just a small group of green forest heroes in Yangshan County-isn't this an egg hitting a stone? !
Seeing his changing expression, Zhan Zhekun probably guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about Feng Yingxiong. The world says that the bandits are excellent and invincible. In fact, they just rely on the sharpness of their guns. .If it is really as powerful as they boasted, how did Guangning be restored by the government?"

He began to brag about how he led the troops. He first got people into the city as an internal response, persuaded the remnants of the officers and soldiers who surrendered, and then cooperated internally and externally to destroy Huining County.

"...hundreds of the Kun bandits were killed on the spot, and the false county magistrate appointed by the Kun bandits and a bunch of fake officials and officials were also captured. They will be executed in public!"

Zhan Zhekun said it with complacency. Indeed, this was his biggest victory after he led his troops back to Guangdong from Guangxi.The director of Guihuamin County and the heads of several "pseudo-officials" he considered important had been packed in wooden boxes filled with lime and sent back to Guangxi at night.Zhan Zhekun wanted to strike while the iron was hot and make another victory.

However, his plan to instigate the Yang family to rebel in Huining in an attempt to seize Shijian and then capture Huining County was bankrupted because of the timely arrival of the Kun army.Most of Yang Juren's troops lost in the battle of Shijian.After taking the team back, Yang Juren's whole family was in mourning, and even Zhan Zhekun was ashamed.

Fortunately, after the two battles before and after Shijian, the Yang family was completely enmity with the Kun bandits, and even if they wanted to rebel, they would have no chance, so they had no choice but to "destroy the family and serve the country".After Yang Jinghui returned to Zhuangzi, he immediately arranged for the follow-up. One was to move the floating wealth and family members of the village to the Weihu Mountain cottage that he had seized in the past-the terrain was so dangerous that he couldn't easily attack it.He also raised the wall of the village in the village, cast cannons, made gunpowder weapons, and forced farmers and tenants, Ding Zhuang and Er Ding, to choose one as a villager.Stand by and prepare for the Australians to go to the end.The whole village was startled three times a day, everyone couldn't undress at night, everyone was ready to fight.

However, Huang Chao was eager to feel the Lianyang area, so he did not send troops to encircle and suppress Yangjiazhuang.Hearing that the spies said that the army of Kun thieves had crossed the border, the entire Yang family, who had been in panic all day long, finally felt at ease again.

But Yang Jinghui knows that the crisis is not over yet.Now the Kun thief ignored him, purely because the Yao people in the Lianyang area rebelled, making them ignore him.Once the rebellion is put down, the Kun bandits will never let Yangjiazhuang go.With the strengthening of the national army in the county and the continuous strengthening of the militia system.The room for activities in Yangjiazhuang has been greatly reduced. Some villages that used to submit to themselves now have the support of the county, and they have also pulled up the "militia".Although it is not difficult to defeat these villages, he is afraid that it will lead to a large-scale encirclement and suppression in the county.

Although Yangjiazhuang has strongholds, walls and enemy towers, as well as cannons and guns, it is only a Zhuangzi after all, and there is no danger to defend.What's more, once they are besieged by the national army, the farmers and tenants will not be able to produce, so where will the money and food come from?
So no matter how much Zhan Zhekun urged and patted his chest to assure, Yang Jinghui, an old fox, was still unwilling to confront the gangsters directly.But he also knew that if he didn't do something, he would just sit and wait to die.

In the end, Yang Jinghui finally decided to continue "making trouble" for the Kun thief, not in Huining, but in another place - rabbits don't eat grass by the side of their nests.

Zhan Zhekun thinks this plan is feasible.Several people discussed and chose Yangshan.

Yangshan is a place where Han and Yao are mixed, and there was a riot in Yao not long ago. Now that it has just subsided, there may still be a few dissatisfied people who can instigate and take advantage of it. There are acquaintances.

So these people came to Feng Haijiao's house and persuaded him to "help the Ming and destroy the Kun".

When the result of this battle was mentioned, Feng Haijiao couldn't help being secretly surprised——there is such a thing!He had indeed vaguely heard that the Kun thief had suffered a defeat in Huining, and even lost the county seat.Seeing that he didn't quite believe it, Zhan Zhekun immediately asked his followers to fetch a box and opened it in front of him.

"Look, Feng Yingxiong, this is the Qixing Lianzhu pistol used by the fake county magistrate of the Kun thief," Zhan Zhekun said proudly, "This is the military weapon of the Kun thief. There is nowhere to buy it. Do students need to talk about breaking the city and killing thieves?"

Feng Haijiao took the revolver. Although he had never seen this object before, he had heard it mentioned before.Regardless of the shape, luster and exquisiteness, local blacksmiths cannot make it, and it is obviously an authentic "kunwu".

"How about it? The so-called invincible Kun Bandit sometimes loses battles." Zhan Zhekun began to brag again, "The Kun Bandit was defeated in Teng County in the west and could not advance an inch; in the whole territory of Guangdong, heroes from all walks of life rose up. The Kun thieves are no more than tens of thousands of horses, and they spread all over Guangdong. The land is the main route for officers and soldiers from the two lakes to enter Guangdong, if Feng Yingxiong is here to support him, he will not be a great hero for the imperial court to restore Guangdong!"

These words made Feng Haijiao dizzy, and the fire of fame and fortune was raging.Immediately smiled and said: "Okay! Let's do it like this!" After saying that, he raised his hand: "Come here, set up wine!"

After a banquet, although everyone has their own ghosts, they get what they want, and everyone enjoys themselves.The whole group of people who came to Huining wanted to flatter Feng Haijiao with all their might.Zhan Zhekun never left his mouth with the three words "general", coaxing Feng Haijiao into a drunk, as if he completely forgot that what he promised Feng Haijiao was just a "Yangshan Left Wing General" who could not find a place in the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of War. total".

The next day, at the instigation of Huining's gang, Feng Haijiao held a small ceremony, put on the military officer's robe brought by Zhan Zhekun, and crowned himself with a monkey, officially taking the post of "General Manager of the Left Wing of Yangshan" .Zhan Zhekun gave him a standard sword used by the generals of the Ming army. Bi Xuansheng and Xie Wendong would also join in the fun, and offered gifts respectively.

Feng Haijiao has already been appointed an official, so he naturally wants to show his official authority.Immediately asked someone to find a craftsman who carved characters, and carved a piece of wood for Guan Fang.They also asked someone to copy fifty copies of the proclamation—the proclamation was written by Bi Xuansheng. In addition to the words "Hang the people and punish crimes" and "Help the Ming and exterminate the Kun", the most important thing is to collect wages and ask the big households to "be happy." donate".

He took the big seal and stamped and stamped the "notice", but except for Qinglianyu and some surrounding places, his Feng Haijiao's words were not so effective-even if he sent someone to post it, it might not be useful.Just as he was not interested, Bi Xuansheng knew what he was thinking, and said, "General Feng! Since ancient times, when you do great things, you always say that you are right and sound. You are now a military officer of the court, but everyone doesn't know it yet. You just have to post all the notices. Going out, the loyal people in Yangshan County will naturally gather here to help with food and wages—if there are so few stubborn people, it is justifiable for you to send troops to conquer."

"It makes sense!" Feng Haijiao became interested again after being told by him. He felt that the young man in front of him spoke to his appetite. He remembered that since ancient times, whether he was a king of the mountain or an official, he had to have a military adviser. class of characters.Although Feng Haijiao has a few people who are proficient in writing and ink to help with the writing, after all, he is not as good at speaking as Bi Xuansheng, the son of a professional teacher.Immediately, he had a good impression of him, and said: "Your boy is right, after all, you are a scholar and have knowledge!" He walked around the room with his stomach full, and said, "I see how about you being a teacher by my side ?”

Regardless of Bi Xuansheng's young age - he is not even 20 years old - but he is quite "ambitious".He even looks down on his father, thinking that his father has read poetry and books, knows astronomy and geography, and he is at ease as a master of a Juren master in the mountains, and has no ambition to start a career by himself.

As he got older, he realized that doing a career is as difficult as reaching the sky. He read too many scripts, thinking that he would be a mentor to the emperors and generals, and it would be good to assist them in their careers--as the so-called "planning strategies" and "talking and laughing".However, my father is only a scholar when he is old, and he doesn't even have a scholar. He has a belly full of "economics", but he has nowhere to sell.

Master Yang raised the flag "Qin Wang", which gave Bi Xuansheng the hope of getting ahead.Compared with his father, he is more active.This mission to Yangshan was what he volunteered to do next—Master Yang agreed because he didn’t want to be indifferent and enthusiastic, but he didn’t expect that the hero here would fall in love with him at a glance!Now Bi Xuansheng felt like a "confidant".

So Bi Xuansheng became Feng Haijiao's "Master", and Zhan Zhekun was secretly amused, thinking that this young man with a yellow mouth who had no hair on his lips would actually be attracted by this green forest hero, God help me!Originally, Bi Xuansheng was just an insignificant person, but now he has become a great help.With him by Feng Haijiao's side, many things are under control.At the moment, it is said that Feng Haijiao is "a talent with a discerning eye".

Xie Wendong, on the other hand, was a little anxious. Master Bi had entrusted him to protect his son's safety.Now that he has become the master, he has to stay here, so how can he explain it when he goes back?

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