Daming wolf ride

It's March, and it's the time of spring. According to the lunar calendar, it is indeed spring now, and it is much warmer than a few days ago. You can also see rapeseed flowers along the way, and the fragrance of rapeseed flowers Coupled with the buzzing bees, it makes people feel indescribably refreshing.But after nightfall, it was still very cold, and I still couldn't take off the cotton jacket on my body, and it didn't feel like spring at all.

After traveling for hundreds of miles, the soldiers complained somewhat, because they didn't know where their general was going to take them.The food was gone, and the army ate everything that could be eaten. The previous three meals a day had now become two meals a day, and one meal was dry and the other thin.

The soldiers of the old camp in Jinzhou can still understand and support them, but those new soldiers and Sichuan soldiers are not so high-minded. After all, the ambush of the Beijing camp in Shang County is a big event, and there are many people involved. Yes, it has been a long time, and the matter of ambushing and killing imperial soldiers and horses has become an open secret in the Jinzhou Army.

Killing officials and rebelling was the first reaction of all the officers and soldiers who had not participated in this incident, and it was impossible for them not to be frightened.Coupled with the transfer in for several days, lack of people and horses, and lack of food, no matter how hard the Jinzhou old camp was pressed, such complaints would inevitably arise.

Due to the toughness of the old Jinzhou army and the wolf cavalry, there will be no troubles in the army for the time being, but no one can guarantee that if this continues, the Jinzhou army will have internal strife. [

Dezhou is more than ten miles ahead, and beyond Dezhou is the territory of the rebels, and it is less than a hundred miles away from the destination Pingdu.

The official road is not dared to go. For more than ten days, the Jinzhou army has picked up all the people who walked in secluded places. They met villagers along the way, and they were all plundered into the army. Cut off.

But people are not as good as heaven. When they arrived in Changyi, the Jinzhou Army was still discovered by the Changyi defenders. At the beginning, Shi Dayong called out the banner of the army and asked Changyi Mansion not to come to make inquiries. and go.But Lu Xiong, the magistrate of Changyi, didn't know which muscle was wrong in his head, and he insisted on bringing people to reward the army.

It's a good thing to reward the army from the local area, a great thing, in normal times, Shi Dayong would have wished for it, but now, he dare not let the Changyi Mansion join the army, because what he is doing now is no different from that of a traitor. He can't take any chances.If the prefect of Changyi discovered the true identity of the Jinzhou army and reported it to the governor's office, Shi Dayong believed that Zhu Dadian's troops would definitely come to encircle him immediately.

He asked Jiang Wanli to send Lu Xiong away, but he didn't know what went wrong, but Lu Xiong became suspicious and sent the garrison Peng Tai to lead troops to block the Jinzhou Army's eastward road. Shi Dayongnai had no choice but to order Cao Bianjiao's wolf cavalry Attacked the Lu soldiers, beheaded the guard Peng Tai in one fell swoop, and all the more than 600 guards in Changyi Mansion were killed by the sword.

Lu Xiong, the prefect of Changyi who was loyal to his duties, was also captured by Peng Dachui's detective team. Shi Dayong didn't want to kill him, but the attack on Peng Taibu was beyond words, and Lu Xiong was a very proud man. In the end, he was stabbed to death by the impatient Li Dashan without asking for instructions.

The man was already dead, so Shi Dayong had no choice but to reprimand Li Dashan and ordered him to rob the Lu soldiers of food and grass, and set off overnight.

The current Shi Dayong is like jumping on the back of a tiger, and it is already impossible to get off.Shang County ambushed Bai Shangyi and Jingying, and now they killed Lu Xiong and Mrs. Peng, and killed officials twice. Even if he has a big injustice, it is difficult to explain what he did.

Now, he can only win Pingdu to rectify his name. If he can't win Pingdu, the best way Shi Dayong prepared for himself is to join the bandits.

After the sun went down, the Jinzhou army camped in a small village. After Shi Dayong took Guo Yi on a brief tour, he turned around and asked Guo Yi, "Where is Junyi?" It was the young man in Changping who went to aid Dalinghe that day and didn't need money.

Guo Yidao: "After setting up the camp, he has been busy with food and fodder for the whole army, and he hasn't rested yet. Knowing that you are going to call the generals to discuss matters, I have already sent someone to tell him to come here after eating. "

Hearing this, Shi Dayong nodded, stood on a high place, looked carefully at the village, and asked, "Are there any people in this village?"

"Of course there are people, but they all hid in the mountains. I heard that there are still many people in this village, but everyone is frightened. Seeing us coming suddenly, is there any reason not to be afraid? The brothers searched for the common people in the village, but they only found a few old men and wives who were deaf and crooked, and stayed behind as gatekeepers. , I can always get some news." Guo Yi was a little unsure if he could find a sensible person, since this place is unfamiliar, without a guide, it would be difficult for the army to pass through.

Hearing Guo Yi's words, Shi Dayong sighed, walked down to the high place, walked to the side of the fire and lit a fire with a branch, while thinking thoughtfully, frowning severely.

The mountains near Dezhou are originally a land of alienation, and there have always been thieves. The common people call this mountainous area a soft land, but the government calls this place a "land of disobedience."

The so-called "land of disobedience" refers to the common people's cooperation with thieves and thieves.It is true that troublemakers come out of poor mountains and bad waters.The people in this mountain have no source of income on weekdays, and they cannot be ruled by the government, so they have developed the character of Fatian. If they are short of money, their favorite thing to do is to block roads and rob houses.When the government arresters came quickly, they hid in the mountain nest, and the arresters had nothing to do with them.Some courageous young people simply quit the house-robbing business. Groups of thieves and thieves formed gangs, and they were as powerful as Peng Dahammer, and the officers and soldiers were also afraid of them.Over time, a tacit understanding has been formed, as long as they don't commit crimes locally, the government will not come to trouble them.Such actions naturally engendered the courage of these evil people, and they were complaining to the prefectures and counties, but they had nothing to do with them.There are some thieves hiding in the mountains and deep wilds. Where can you tell the officers and soldiers to find them and catch them?

Thieves are afraid of soldiers. It is a matter of course. The Jinzhou army is an official army, wearing official robes and flying official flags. If they suddenly appear here, how can the people in the village not be afraid?The young people were even more frightened, and they said that the government was coming to arrest them, so they all hid, leaving only some old people to guard the door.

It was only once when Peng Dachui's detective team was playing the vanguard, it came suddenly, and the people in a village couldn't escape in time, so they were able to see some young people.The other times, I couldn't even see the ghost of a young man, and the people hiding at home were all old men and women who couldn't even understand the words.Facing them, it was a scholar who met a soldier, who couldn't say anything.You can't intimidate them, you want to fight and kill them, after all Jinzhou Army is an official army, in Shi Dayong's mind, no matter how many officials he kills, he is loyal, he is a good servant of the emperor, not a bandit.With the general's mentality, those below naturally wouldn't dare to mess around.At least so far, the military discipline of the Jinzhou Army is quite good. [

Having said that, good military discipline is actually relative. If Shi Dayong breaks the pot, I am afraid that his Jinzhou army is worse and more brutal than Kong Youde's rebel army.

There is a phenomenon that I don't know whether it is good or bad. The common people hide a lot, but there are also courageous young people who have been highway thieves or have a close relationship with thieves. They came to the door to report the news of the surrounding officers and soldiers to the Jinzhou Army, and led the way for the Jinzhou Army.To these people, Shi Dayong was also very happy, he put real money in front of him, said everything, and brought out all the ways.

The team has been drilling in the mountains for four days. According to the guide who led the way, after turning over another mountain, they will leave the border of Dezhou, and then go forward to the border of Denglai. It is said that there are rebels in that area.The guide said that he can only take it there, and he will not go any further.It wasn't that he didn't want to serve the government, but that the rebels were really fierce. It was said that they were ruthless people who had fought with the Jurchen Tartars outside the customs. The officers and soldiers were not their opponents at all.

Shi Dayong smiled and ignored the guide's remarks.He is not afraid of ruthless people, fierce people, he is afraid of villains, my lord.

The villain is actually not scary, it is so scary that the villain is an adult.For example, Gao Qiqian, a high-ranking eunuch, if he plays tricks, Shi Dayong will not be able to compete with him, because he is an adult and he is a villain.This is the reason why the first rank of officials crushes people to death.

Guo Yi brought up the prepared dinner.On the table was half a bowl of pickled radishes mixed with chili noodles, the rest was all steamed sweet potatoes, and there was also a bowl of porridge.The food was pretty good. Compared with the soldiers, the general Shi Dayong didn't have to worry about going hungry.

Dayong had been hungry for a long time, he wolfed down a steamed bun, and then took a few sips from the porridge bowl.It's called porridge, but in fact there is no millet in the bowl, and people can be seen under the light. It is more appropriate to say that it is boiled dried wild vegetables.

While eating sweet potatoes, Dayong thought that the food was about to run out, and he could barely support it for three days, and this area was a poor mountain, even if the people were found, there was no way to find food in a hurry.If you can climb over the mountain and leave the border of Texas tomorrow, all difficulties will be solved. What if you can't get out tomorrow, what will the army do with supplies?

After much deliberation, the only way out is to climb over that mountain at all costs tomorrow.But Pingdu is less than a hundred miles away from here. How many rebels are there? Whether Li Jiuzheng outside Laizhou City or Dongjin Dengzhou competed with Kong Youde, these are unclear.