Daming wolf ride

Zhao Xueqi concealed the truth from Shi Dayong, that is, he was not coerced to follow the thief, but voluntarily

Zhao Xueqi is indeed from Wuqiao, and indeed has the reputation of a scholar, but he is a restless scholar. He claims to be a man who governs the world. Nearly [-] years old, but still a poor scholar who has lost his way in the imperial examination

Therefore, the heavy snow at Wuqiao not only changed the fate of Dongjiang Liao soldiers headed by Kong Youde, but also changed the fate of Zhao Xueqi, a poor scholar who was also in the small town.

When the rebels appeared at the house, Zhao Xueqi said to his wretched wife, "A man should have good food and wine every day, how can he have a rough meal every day!" Then he left his wife and went out to surrender to the thieves

As the first scholar who surrendered, and also a scholar, the arrival of Zhao Xueqi made Chen Shi, who had always respected scholars, overjoyed [

The scholars captured by him are not lacking in talents, and there is even one who was born in Juren, but with one exception, these people all rejected Chen's coercion from time to time, and did not help the rebels from the beginning to the end, and there was nothing they could do about them

Chen sometimes didn't worry about killing these scholars because of this, but continued to keep them in the camp, and visited the thatched cottage every day like Liu Bei, hoping to impress these scholars to work for him, but these scholars were as determined as if they had eaten a weight , always unmoved

Chen sometimes tried his best and tried hard and soft, but there was nothing he could do about these scholars. Therefore, compared with these stubborn scholars, Zhao Xueqi's submission became more and more valuable. He also has a lot of trust in Zhao Xueqi, almost to the point of obeying his words

Zhao Xueqi is also worthy of his ambition in life, he is still somewhat capable. After seeing Kong Youde's army rioting, he did not do anything positive. Instead, he burned, killed and looted everywhere, without any plans for the future. Master Kong should learn from Emperor Hongwu, accumulate food widely, build high walls, find a stable base to slow down development, wait for the situation in the Central Plains to change, and then move northward

After his suggestion was forwarded to Kong Youde by Chen Shiyou, Kong Youde, Li Jiuzheng and others agreed, so they took advantage of Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua's appeal to lead troops to the east, trying to seize Denglai as a base, and Zhao Xueqi also relied on this suggestion. Received Chen Shi's admiration, people before and after often referred to him as "Mr. Zhao"

It's a pity that Chen sometimes is a pirate after all, and he still has his own way in his bones. He didn't follow Zhao Xueqi's suggestion to attack Shang County and pull out the Jingying. Let the Jinzhou army pick up a leak, and when he came out in full force, he rushed all the way to the door of the house

When the fighting on the other side was fierce, Zhao Xueqi in the town knew for a long time, because he didn't know how many officers and soldiers were coming, he didn't dare to leave the town easily until the sound of gunfire on the other side stopped.

After learning that the general was defeated by the army, the rebels in the town suddenly panicked and panicked. Many people said that Shahe would definitely not make money. Now they should go east to Dengzhou to find the main force of the general before the army can cross the river. Rendezvous, if it's late, it's too late

At first, Zhao Xueqi also wanted to go east here, but he thought that once Shahe was lost, Kong Jun would lose his way of retreat, and was blocked by the officers and soldiers in the land of Denglai, so it would be difficult to do anything in the future

Continuing to rebel with an army that has no future is by no means the choice of Zhao Xueqi, a smart man. The general's thousands of soldiers were wiped out by them in half an hour. It can be seen that there are more officers and troops this time than in the Beijing camp last time, and they can still fight them. Siege

Instead of going all the way to the dark, it's better to just take it anyway and lead everyone to join the army. No matter how bad it is, everyone's life can always be saved. If God knows, maybe he can get an official job

Qi Sanbao is an uninitiated person. When he sees the general, he obeys Mr. Zhao and praises him as the reincarnation of Zhuge. Therefore, in Qi Sanbao's view, what Mr. Zhao said must be reasonable, otherwise the general would not I value him so much now that the general is not here, there are only so few people in the town, and there are so many officers and soldiers, this battle is absolutely illegal. better than being a rebel

Most of the rebels who stayed in the town were young and strong who were coerced by the Kong army from various places in Beizhili after the Wuqiao uprising. Naturally, they have no sense of belonging to the rebels, and they are all crop children who have not studied. Therefore, when Zhao Xueqi and Qi Sanbao explained what they meant anyway, the rebels immediately agreed

But whether the officers and soldiers will accept their offer anyway, and whether they will settle their accounts after the fall, everyone is still uncertain. Reward the army

Zhao Xueqi wanted to use the name of rewarding the army to find out what the officers and soldiers on the other side said. If the other party refused to accept them anyway, he could only flee to Dengzhou overnight.

In fact, there are no more people in Shahe Town. The original residents, old and young, had more than 2000 people who were massacred by Li Jiuzheng when Kong Youde led the army to pass by.

Later, Chen was sometimes ordered to guard the Shahe River, and he brought hundreds of Beizhili women who were taken captive. In addition, there were more than 100 young men in the town who worked hard for the rebels, and they were all farmers in the Beizhili area.

Qi Sanbao went back and the general army promised to allow them. Anyway, as soon as the news came out, all the rebels in the town went to the riverside to re-campaign. Those female rebels didn't dare to take them with them, and they all stayed in the town.

Under the supervision of Jiang Wanli's two hundred soldiers, Qi Sanbao and his subordinates are very stable, and they are not uncomfortable with the sudden change from a rebel army to an official army. When all the brothers in Dahe County in Chenyou became captives of the government and army, they all took pleasure in their misfortune.

Here, Li Dashan and Shao Wu led people to forcibly divide the captives into several groups, and lit torches everywhere, illuminating the wilderness like daytime

In order to prevent accidents during the selection process, Cao Bianjiao led the wolf cavalry to occupy a small slope and wait for the captives. Dare to make trouble

Peng Dachui and his group of horse thieves were ordered by Shi Dayong to assist in selecting people to see them. After the Liao army defeated thousands of rebels with hundreds of cavalry, the group of horse thieves became more convinced. If you can fight like this, you might as well just go with them, so you don't have to hide in Tibet, and those who hold their heads every day are suppressed by the officers and soldiers at any time

According to Shi Dayong's request, the Jinzhou Army began to select those who were strong and strong from the captive group, but most of the captives looked the same. In terms of physique alone, there would not be more than a hundred captives who could meet the standard of being strong and strong.

In the past few years, the number of natural disasters in northern Zhili has not been as low as that in the west. The common people are generally malnourished. Most of the young and strong people come from ordinary families.

But in this way, the 1000 people Shi Dayong asked for was far behind. How should this person be picked?

Shao Wu and the others had no idea. In the end, Li Dashan had an idea. His early experience as a bandit gave him a way to distinguish between strong and weak people. count them as strong

Shi Dayong also agrees with this method of selection. In theory, these young men from Beizhili were taken captive by the rebels at different times. After the rebellion, follow the rebels to plunder everywhere, eat wine and drink meat, this nutrition will definitely come up. Therefore, whether the complexion is ruddy or not is the best indicator to distinguish the time when young and strong turned to thieves, and it is also the best to distinguish between the strong and weak among them Method

No matter where you are, the tougher people can always eat better than the weaker ones. This has been almost a truth for thousands of years

Under this standard, more than 700 people were quickly selected out, and then, among the remaining people, those with thick calluses were selected. cocoon

They are all soldiers, so it is easy to tell whether the calluses on a person's hands are caused by holding a knife or holding a hoe

Although there will be mistakes, they are also very individual

In this way, after working for half an hour, a thousand "strong and strong" rebels were selected one by one

The remaining more than 40 Dongjiang Liao soldiers are all included, and those who have been bandits and thieves are also caught in a net. Who made their complexions too rosy and their hands too thick?

The captives each had their own ideas about why the officers and soldiers chose people. After seeing that the officers and soldiers allowed the rebels in the town to do whatever they wanted, most of the prisoners thought that the officers and soldiers wanted to choose strong soldiers to expand their troops, as if The rebels threatened them the same way

Therefore, during the selection process, most of the captives were fairly cooperative, but some of them sensed danger, especially when they saw someone from the officer army suddenly walk up to the frozen sand river to observe back and forth, taking When something pokes here and there, the anxiety becomes more intense

However, there are officers and soldiers with knives and guns all around, and there are cavalrymen not far away. If the captives smell danger and want to resist, they have to ask those officers and soldiers whether they agree with the knives and guns

The subordinates were busy picking people, while Shi Dayong took Guo Yi to inspect the terrain. According to Qi Sanbao, there was a bridge on the Liusha River, but after Kong Youde's army passed by, the bridge was built to prevent the officers and soldiers from chasing after them. After it was dismantled, when Chen sometimes took them to Shahe River, he originally wanted to rebuild the bridge, but then found another bridge three miles downstream, so he gave up the plan to rebuild this bridge. Later, the weather turned cold and the Quicksand River froze. At first the ice was not thick, but after two days, the ice was so thick that people and horses could walk on it.

Qi Sanbao's statement explained Shi Dayong's confusion. At first, he thought that Chen sometimes stationed the main force on the river side, leaving only a few soldiers and horses in the town, in order to learn from the pre-schoolers to fight with their backs.

After observing the broken bridge for a while, Shi Dayong rode his horse and walked to the middle of the river, where Song Qing was leading people to break ice

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