Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36

As for whether Zhuozhou City was taken by the government and army, because the information transmission is too slow, there is no specific judgment, but according to Zhu Gan's guesses based on the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, I am afraid that it will take some time for the government and the army to take Zhuozhou City, but There is only a certain amount of time in the judgment.

And when the officers and soldiers take Zhuozhou City is very important for him to attack Dezhou.

At this time, for Dezhou City, he adopted a strategy of only besieging and not fighting, occupying the Twelve City as the base camp, removing many of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and giving them the land around them to produce on their own, and began to comprehensively Reorganize the army.

There are more than 1 people in the red-clothed army, a small number of soldiers are from homeless soldiers, most of them are refugees from Shanxi and North Zhili, and there are also many Shandong people who fled to the capital to make a living. Most of the officers are from the scholars who followed him in Zhuozhou City, but there are also many Tongzhou people who rose up in the bloody battle at Baliqiao.

The [-] red-clothed troops were divided into ten thousand-man brigades without counting the boatmen who were taken away from Tongzhou. Shichang and Wuchang, although this position does not inherit the Ming system, it is similar to the Ming Dynasty guard system, but the name seems simpler and easier to understand.

Among them, the positions of the two thousand commanders were vacant, and were left to the missing Yu Song and Gao Qiang, who were temporarily led by Zhu Qiang. It's a little short, but the sincerity to Zhu Gan is irreplaceable.

At this time, the four gates of Dezhou City are closed. If it wasn't for the loud shouts of killing that could be heard outside the city every morning, and the sight of the red-clothed soldiers in the distance with their upper bodies naked, sweating profusely training, I'm afraid it would be impossible. Few people would think that Texas is still peaceful. Even in such a relaxed situation, the red army's regular cannons fired into the city every day will still scare many Texas soldiers to run away with their heads in their hands.

For Dezhou City, it is already a ripe fruit, waiting for Zhu Gan to pick it at any time, so he is not in the slightest impatience. He was recovering quickly, and he clearly felt that the strength in his hands was getting stronger and stronger, and his body became more flexible.

As for Zhu Qian going out together with ordinary soldiers, many commanders under his command euphemistically advised Zhu Gan, fearing that if he was among them, the generals leading the army would panic and lose ground. Without this suffering, the soldiers will have thoughts in their hearts when they look at it, and his brilliant and wise image will suffer a blow.

At this time, Zhu Gan was training with a small group of ordinary soldiers. The leader of the 50-man squad was shouting the password with all his strength. Zhu Gan used his strong perseverance to tell everyone what it means to persist, no matter how much training Bitter, he gritted his teeth and persisted.

This not only did not damage his glorious image, but inspired many soldiers. For a general who can truly share weal and woe with soldiers, Zhu Gan not only made them admire and be loyal, but also gave him a sense of kinship, and he became more and more fond of him. Loyalty, under his leadership, the morale of the Red Army once again glowed with great vitality.

What's even more outrageous is that it's only natural that the red-clothed army besieged Dezhou city for a day, and the ordinary people here were grateful to the red-clothed army for a day, and even many people began to discuss the benefits to them after the red-clothed army entered the city. The origin of all this is It was because the red-clothed army was too generous, not only strictly ordered to harass the common people, but also bought the seasonal vegetables, fruits, chicken, duck and fish with real money, and the prices were generally higher than the market.

The people here can still see the red-clothed army, who occasionally take a pick of food from the boat, make porridge and distribute it to ordinary people, which not only attracts refugees to come to eat porridge, but also makes many people in Texas see it The soldiers in the village are jealous, not to mention eating the big fish and meat of the Red Army, even eating a mouthful of porridge is an extravagant hope.

There are not many officers and soldiers in the city of Dezhou. Most of them are militias pulled up temporarily. The officers and soldiers supervise the defense of the city. At first, the militiamen complained, but now even the officers and soldiers have a suspicion.

In the city of Dezhou, a few people wearing tattered linen clothes gathered together in twos and threes. It was lunch time, and everyone held a bowl of rotten overnight porridge in their hands. A few vegetable leaves are floating, and you can't see a single bit of oil star. You have to chew a mouthful of porridge, not to eat the meat residue inside, but because you are afraid that there will be large stones in it. It would choke to death directly. As for the fine sand inside, I didn’t bother to pick it out, so I swallowed it all with the porridge, which could fill my appetite anyway.

Huang Lang grew up by the canal in Tongzhou since he was a child. The red-clothed army wiped out the gangs at the Caokou of Tongzhou and killed the entire Caokou. With no livelihood, he quietly entrusted his connections to join the Red Clothes Army, and has not been registered until now.

Later, he went ashore at Wuqiao, followed the brigade to Dezhou City, and was successfully dragged out of the strong men, given weapons to defend the city, and drank overnight porridge for a few days, which made him almost vomit, and began to miss him in red. The food of the army is really easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

Seeing an officer and soldier leaving with a cornbread, he couldn't help complaining from the side: "This day is really hard to live, the officers and soldiers are eating the cornbread, and we eat leftover porridge, it's a thief, where did the master of Zhizhou get it?" So much rotten porridge, do all the immoral things, open the door and surrender."

The supervisory officers and soldiers left, and the crowd complained one after another. An old man in his fifties who looked quite healthy said, "The old man Zhizhou is really wicked. I am over fifty, and I was dragged here to guard In the city, such things are eaten by people. Look at what the red-clothed thieves eat outside. The common people who come in and out every day to deliver food and meat, as soon as the meal comes, the delicious smell floats over, which makes the old man straight Swallowing, almost swallowed my tongue in my stomach."

"Old man, don't be angry. If you want to blame it, you can only blame the master Zhizhou for being uninterested. He ordered the adults to pack up their things and prepare to escape, but they were blocked in the city by the red army and did not escape. When they returned to the mansion, they were arrested by Liu Zhizhou took it and was sent to prison, which is good for him Liu Zhizhou to be happy for a while, but he is an idiot who doesn't know anything. He is too busy with civil affairs and wants to deal with the military, so we can only eat this kind of stuff Son." One person patted the old man's shoulder and said angrily.

"Brother Tai's analysis is very reasonable, but I have a brother who is a firefighter. He told me this, and I don't know if it is true. I heard that these leftover porridges are leftovers from Zhizhou banquets. This is why it smells sour." I saw one person sitting next to Huang Lang, this was a fellow villager who went to the city with him, this time he was considered a small leader, and he was also an officer and soldier.

As soon as his words came out, the people immediately burst into riots. Eating this stuff is disgusting enough. Now that they suddenly heard such news, they almost exploded. What did those high-ranking elders think of them? , a watchdog.

They didn't doubt the authenticity of this news, not only because this person was an officer and soldier, but also because they had heard so many such news that they were almost numb, and their anger was only accumulated in their hearts, and they dared not explode.

Huang Lang shook his head. These people were too cowardly. He wasn't even sure if the people, who were already furious in their hearts, would rise up and resist if someone took the lead.

And when the red-clothed army attacked the city, whether they could successfully complete the task, he kept thinking about what he had to do in order to make meritorious deeds and make Zhu Gan pay attention to him.

Zhizhou of Dezhou disguised himself as an ordinary general and led a few people to quietly patrol the city. Hearing the occasional voices of discussion, Liu Zhizhou was extremely angry. , even Qiu Ba, who was a soldier, uttered dissatisfied words. He scolded the court and himself utterly.

No longer able to stay at the top of the city for a while, Liu Zhizhou led his people away from the top of the city, why didn't he want to open the door and surrender, but after hearing what the red-clothed army did near the capital, they almost all wiped out the civilian officials , Yu Tai, the only surviving defender of Zhuozhou City, was also a military officer.

How dare he surrender to the red-clothed army, he can only insist on one day counting one day, waiting for the imperial army to go south, or the Ming army who besieged the peasant army in Shaanxi can come to support, and he has already written to inform the east of the south of the Yangtze River. Lin Dang, his teacher, hoped that he could mediate and urge the imperial court to send troops as soon as possible.

Judging from the current situation in Dezhou City, as long as the red army attacks the city, it is almost impossible to defend the city. Unless there is a miracle, obviously this miracle did not happen!

After getting off the city wall, he said coldly to the fellow judges and judges behind him: "Since they think the food is rotten, let them stop eating it."

"Master Zhizhou, I'm so afraid..." This Tongzhi was also an old pedant. He pondered for a while, not knowing what to say, and finally said: "I'm afraid it's not right!" What was wrong, but he didn't say it.

Liu Zhizhou turned his head and glared at the old colleague, wanting to say that you are fucking full and you are just teasing me!He stopped looking at him, looked at the judge and said: "I haven't come to the banquet after several times, it seems that I am lucky! I don't want to contribute any more, and I will ask someone to remind me. If I don't come, I will ask some people to ask the crime. Anyway, who will be the last one?" Can't even run away."

The magistrate got the order from Liu Zhizhou, led the soldiers, and went to work in a hurry.

The red-clothed army also finished their morning call, and each returned to the camp to wait for lunch. Although Zhu Gan was extremely exhausted, he didn't lie down immediately, but walked towards his official office tall and straight.

Suddenly, a well-dressed guard with an excited expression ran over, knelt down on one knee and saluted, and said, "Reporting to Mrs. Wan, news came from Henan that Li Zicheng used Gu Junen to conspire to feign surrender, and used heavy treasures to lure Chen Qiyu and the generals. Chen Qiyu promised In July, more than [-] rebels escaped from the Chariot Gap."

Zhu Gan didn't know the exact time when the Peasant Army escaped from the Chexiang Gorge, so he sent people to Shaanxi to investigate and pay close attention to the situation in the Chexiang Gorge. Now that it is August, it seems that the red army can't continue to rest and reorganize, they have to immediately Take Texas City.