Daming wolf ride

Since being besieged by Li Jiucheng, Laizhou City has become an isolated city by the sea. The soldiers and civilians in the city have not contacted the outside world for nearly half a year.

The several collapses on the city wall blasted by the rebels have been reinforced, but the tall city wall has been cracked continuously, which makes people worry. I don’t know that the city built on Wanli 26 is indestructible. Whether the fortress can really stick to the last moment.

Years later, the movement of the rebels was much quieter, except for firing a few cannons every few days as a routine, there was no other action.Ants attached to attack the city, and the crazy move of taking human life to fill is no longer used.There are rumors that this is because the rebels want to be appeased by the court, but others say that it is because the imperial army is only a dozen miles away in Xiaoguanzhuang, so the rebels dare not attack the city with all their strength.

The soldiers and civilians in Laizhou City ignored the reason why the rebels stopped attacking the city. They only knew that the ferocious rebels outside the city must not be allowed to enter the city, otherwise the whole city would be destroyed.

After being besieged for a long time, even the pedantic nerds in the city now know that they cannot count on the imperial court. Those so-called reinforcements from Xiaoguanzhuang ten miles away are probably not here to rescue Laizhou, but to wait for Laizhou to fall!In this way, they can retreat back swaggeringly without having to die, and then tell the imperial court that the city has been lost and cannot be saved. [

I personally don't want to stay here because of the isolated and dangerous city. Originally, there were naval warships in Laizhou. When Mr. Xu (Congzhi) was there, he planned to evacuate the soldiers and civilians in the city to Jinzhou across the sea with the navy's warships. Unfortunately, that Liu Shilang of the imperial court just listened to the tricks of the rebels, sent the Tianjin navy to accept the surrender, and urged the Laizhou navy to cooperate. As a result, the original Dengzhou navy and the current rebel navy buried buns and all the ships The destruction completely cut off the only sea passage between Laizhou and the outside world.Now the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Laizhou can only resign themselves to their fate. Fortunately, there are grain and grass piled up in the Liaodong Army Town in the city, and they are not afraid of being hungry. Recruit the rebels

"Don't surrender, don't caress, don't leave, only fight to the death! Those who speak of appeasement, first ask the general if he agrees to the sword in his hand!"

In the yamen of the prefect of Laizhou, an angry young military general glared at the two civil servants. He had already pulled out half of the sword from his waist with one hand. Judging from that angry face, it seemed that he was really about to draw his sword to kill someone.

Those two civil servants were not others, one was Zhang Guochen, the head of the Ministry of War, and the other was Qu Yiyang, the official of Shuntian Prefecture, and this young general was Yang Yufan, the Tongzhou general who was ordered to reinforce Laizhou years ago.

Ming Dynasty is rich in culture and military in power, Zhang and Qu are both officials in the capital, and they represent the governor Liu Yulie to discuss the matter of appeasement. Liu Yulie is also an imperial envoy, so the two can be regarded as half angels. This identity is Xie Lian, the governor of Denglai who is present here. Even Zhu Wannian, the magistrate of Laizhou, dared not trust them in the slightest.

Although Yang Yufan is the commander-in-chief, he has been called a town in the army. Qu Yiyang may not withdraw him, but Zhang Guochen's status as the head of the military department can overwhelm him. Even if he imitates Yuan Chonghuan back then, he can kill generals and kill people. I'm afraid he can do it have to.

However, the two of them are now wexeed by Yang Yufan with the sword, and they dare not move at all, not even dare to utter a word, let alone jump up violently and shout, "Do you know that I am a scholar! You know that I can kill people!"

The reason why the two were so aggrieved was very simple, because they really couldn't afford to offend this [-]-year-old commander-in-chief. To be precise, they couldn't afford to offend Yang Zhaoji, the dead old man behind Yang Yufan!

Who is Yang Zhaoji?

Today, the son personally granted the five-flower seal, added officials and guards to thousands of households, the governor of the five armies, the left governor, the general, and the first grade.

In the former Song Dynasty, Youqing fought in the South and the North, and made great contributions to the Song Dynasty. After his death, he was posthumously named "Wuxiang". , It can be seen that he made a lot of contributions during his lifetime.

Although Yang Zhaoji is dead now, his legacy is still there, and he still has weight in the eyes of the emperor. Otherwise, Yang Yufan would not have become the commander-in-chief of a town at a young age, and he was still serving as the township in an important place in Gyeonggi.Of course, this Yang Yufan is not a flamboyant dandy, he has come to be the commander-in-chief purely on the merits of his father and ancestors, he indeed has real skills, when he followed his father to conquer Bailian in the rebellion, he was also extremely brave in rushing to kill others.In addition, the emperor recited Yang Zhaoji's merits and reused them exceptionally, and Yang Yufan became the youngest general officer of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yufan led his [-] Tongzhou soldiers to Laizhou in October last year. It took him only half a month from receiving the transfer order to arriving in Laizhou. Half a month later, the Dengzhou rebels arrived.

The reason why Yang Yufan worked so hard to reinforce Laizhou was actually related to his father, because the two places of Denglai were guarded by Yang Zhaoji after he quelled the Shandong religious rebellion. job.With this layer of incense origins, Yang Yufan is naturally unreasonable for working so hard. Under his command, Laizhou has been able to survive until now, and he is also a resolute main fighter, and he has nothing to do with the so-called consolation.After Xu Congzhi died in battle, Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian knew that they had no military skills, so they handed over the full power of Laizhou's defense to Yang Yufan.

Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian were also the ones who fought against the appeasement faction. Before Xu Congzhi died, Xie Lian and him each presented a memorial, explaining to the court that the rebels were untrustworthy and the danger of appeasement. The news came.However, the reinforcements who were eagerly awaiting to arrive were huddled in Xiaoguantun, more than ten miles away, and could not enter. Finally, the two "angels" who could be said to be escorted into the city by the rebels were waiting in front of them. Therefore, they were also extremely distressed, but they did not dare to have a fit with Yang Yufan.

What Yang Yufan said, "Don't surrender, don't caress, don't go, only fight to the death" is also the voice of Xie and Zhu. They must never surrender to the rebels, and they will never appease them, let alone leave the city. The only way for the soldiers and civilians in the city It's a fight to the death!

Only by fighting to the death can Laizhou survive!

Zhang Guochen and Qu Yiyang were momentarily shocked by Yang Yufan's ferocity, and the former cast a look of help at Xie Lian.Xie Lian pretended not to see him, Zhang Guochen coughed, but he ignored it.

Zhu Wannian also lowered his head, showing no intention of coming out to persuade him.Seeing this, Zhang Guochen and Qu Yiyang could only secretly scold the Laizhou officials for being ignorant, and they must tell the Governor and Eunuch Gao to know about it after they go back, so that they can be punished.But now, the two of them could only swallow their breath. Yang Yufan was young and energetic, he was a stunned young man, and he was followed by a dead man, so there was nothing he could do about it. [

"My lord Futai died for this Laizhou city. Could it be that we can't die for this Laizhou! Those who advocated Futai regard the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians as a trifling matter, and Yang categorically refuses to agree! If you are sensible, go back quickly, otherwise , don't blame Yang Mouli"

Yang Yufan hated the injustice, the more he looked at Zhang Qu and the other, the angrier he became, and he wished he could step forward and kick them out of the yamen right now.The Master Futai he was referring to was Xu Congzhi, the Shandong governor who was shot to death by rebel artillery at the top of the city.

Being bullied by a military general in public, and he was still a young general, Zhang Guochen finally couldn't bear it anymore. He slapped the table and got up and shouted: "Yang Yufan, I am here on behalf of Governor Liu. The matter of appeasement was ordered by the Governor himself. You have to disobey!"

Yang Yufan snorted, and said tit for tat: "Governor Liu, Yang has only eyes for the emperor! If the emperor wants to caress, please show the imperial decree. As long as there is an imperial edict, Yang will definitely obey the order. If there is no imperial edict, then Yang will not Talk nonsense with you!"

"you!"

Zhang Guochen froze, Yang Yufan's words hit him in the weak side, it is true that the matter of appeasement was not approved by the emperor, where did he come from the imperial decree.

Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian also changed their expressions, one looked at Zhang Guochen meaningfully, and the other looked out like a man.

I came to this dangerous place to get rich and honor. Seeing that the wealth was about to be obtained, a warrior appeared to block it. Seeing that Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian were no longer willing to cooperate, how could Qu Yiyang be reconciled.However, because Yang Yufan just said that he was going to kill people, Qu Yiyang didn't dare to talk to him, but stood up and said to Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian: "My lords, Li Jiuzheng has written a letter to the governor's hall, as long as the two lords go out of the city to accept the surrender in person , he immediately led his troops to surrender, this great achievement, don't you two want it?"

Before Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian could speak, Yang Yufan sneered and cursed: "What is going out of the city to be surrendered? My lord is about to die and hand over Laizhou to the rebels, hmph, what a servant did!"

Qu Yiyang wanted to refute as soon as he was in a hurry, but Zhang Guochen stood in front of him and shouted angrily at Yang Yufan: "Li Jiuzheng has surrendered, and the court will naturally be appeased. Is it just a minister's action to sit and watch them poison the place and harm the people?" After finishing, he took out a letter and handed it directly to Xie Lian, "Master Xie, this is a letter written by Governor Tang, and please leave the city to accept the surrender for the people of Denglai."

Xie Lian took the letter, glanced at it, sighed, and handed the letter to Zhu Wannian. After he read it, he asked directly, "Henan, what do you think?"

After Zhu Wannian saw it, he was stunned, and said with a wry smile: "What do you think about the lower officials? Master Futai has decided that the lower officials are the parents and officials of Laizhou, and they are all about protecting the environment and the people. As long as they can protect the people, the lower officials Even if you go up the mountain of knives and down into the sea of ​​fire, you will definitely not complain." After a pause, he said generously: "To be born as a strange man, to die as a strong husband, I shouldn't be like this!"