Ming politicians

() In fact, what Yan Zizhang said is reasonable. If you spend too much time on the road, it is definitely not appropriate. This is like a guerrilla war. There is no fixed base, and the results are definitely not great. It feels like a temporary deal .It is necessary to rush to Mengjin as soon as possible to let the common people know that the imperial court's relief has arrived.

After simple thinking, Su Tiancheng made a decision. Yan Zizhang took 10 sergeants and [-] taels of silver, rushed to Mengjin in four days, and started disaster relief work on the spot. At the same time, rush to Kaifeng Mansion as soon as possible, and go directly to Mengjin after purchasing food and supplies.

The news that the imperial court rescued Henan spread quickly.

This is also the result of Su Tiancheng's efforts to help the victims and publicize vigorously. The imperial court already knew about the disaster situation in Henan, so they specially sent people to ask many refugees to return to their hometowns quickly and wait for relief.

While the news spread, it also attracted the attention of bandits from all over Henan.

These bandits, occupying the mountains as kings, are used to the life of burning, killing and looting. Just in the past few years, Henan has encountered many disasters. Many peasants have no food to eat. In order to survive, they simply scatter the weeds. The team of bandits has grown rapidly. Yes, there are several groups of bandits claiming to have more than [-] people.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, several bandits entered Henan. Although they were killed by officers and soldiers, some sergeants survived by luck and joined the bandits. Habit and experience, after their training, the bandits faintly gained combat effectiveness.

It is said that the imperial court's disaster relief was originally a joyful thing.And with more than 1000 sergeant guards, the bandits shouldn't change their minds.But there are still bandits who are not afraid of death.

Du Laosan is one of them.

Du Laosan was from Qi County, Weihui Prefecture, and his ancestors were farmers. In the second year of Chongzhen, Du Laosan had an argument with his neighbor and beat him to death by mistake. In order to avoid punishment from the government, he left his hometown and hid in the mountains.He is physically strong.With a lot of brute force, in order to survive, he slowly started to rob houses and houses. After more than a year, he slowly gathered many people and took over the mountain as king.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Du Laosan's team.The rapid development and growth is due to the fact that he has a military adviser in his team. The military adviser is a scholar named Deng Hui, who seems to have suffered some injustice.As a last resort, the fallen grass became a bandit.

This down-and-out Deng Hui is not simple, he is familiar with the matters of marching and fighting, he can pinch and count, and he takes every action.The plans are careful, according to Deng Hui's arrangement.The several times of robbery were full of rewards, and a few women were also robbed. Now Du Laosan's reputation has grown, and more people have defected. In a short period of time, nearly ten thousand people gathered in the cottage.

Du Laosan's self-confidence swelled sharply, and he no longer considered himself a bandit.

The imperial court sent troops to protect the disaster. Du Laosan thought, if he wiped out this group of officers and soldiers and got a lot of money, wouldn't he be able to develop towards a higher goal.He is a vulgar man. He has heard the story of the Water Margin, and he thinks that if he grows up and is recruited by the court, he can be an official and glorify his ancestors.

When Du Laosan came to Deng Hui to discuss robbing the imperial court's disaster relief team, who knew that Deng Hui strongly opposed it, thinking that such a thing should not be done, and said a lot of truths about saints and gentlemen. is disgusted.

He dispatched bandits, dressed as refugees, to observe secretly. According to the news, there were only a thousand officers and soldiers, and about a hundred of them, with a small amount of money, had already headed for Huaiqing Mansion. The rest of the disaster relief team brought Carrying a large amount of silver, estimated to be one million taels, along the way to help refugees and victims of disasters, the marching speed is very slow.

Hearing this news, Du Laosan's eyes turned green. No matter what the danger was, he insisted on robbing. If he succeeded, he could do anything with so much money.

In order to prevent Deng Hui from doing bad things, Du Laosan strictly kept it secret and arranged it secretly.

Du Laosan is still not stupid. The way he thought of was to let the brothers in the village pretend to be refugees, and take advantage of the relief time to suddenly attack. There are only a thousand officers and soldiers. Everyone spits and drowns them up.

Deng Hui still knew about Du Laosan's arrangement.

He felt scared. The reason why the Shanzhai was able to develop and grow in the past year or so was that it followed a principle, never going against the government, and only merchants and wealthy households were attacked, including some ordinary people. In order to avoid the invasion of the bandits, the government focused on dealing with the bandits, and did not have the energy to wipe out the bandits.If you really want to fight against the government and attract attention, your life in the future will definitely be difficult.

Two consecutive efforts to dissuade him did not have the slightest effect, and Du Laosan was already stepping up his plans.

Deng Hui felt that the danger was imminent. If the government's disaster relief money was robbed by bandits, the court would not send a large army to suppress it. Let alone a few thousand bandits, even tens of thousands of people would not be able to resist such a battle.

What he said was not as good as before. Some so-called rebels entered the banditry. These people were very courageous and wanted to fight against the government. The strategy he had formulated before was slowly thrown aside.

It is a great shame for scholars to commit themselves to being a bandit.Deng Hui's choice was originally an expedient measure. At this time, his mind changed rapidly, and he planned to leave Du Laosan.

While helping the victims and refugees all the way, Su Tiancheng was not idle.

There are quite a few bandits in Henan. He has known for a long time. Therefore, after entering Henan, the Xiaoqi camp is tight inside and outside, and he is always on guard. He keeps telling many soldiers not to underestimate the bandits. Although the bandits They don't have any organizational skills, but most of them are desperadoes, and they don't care about the consequences when they do things.

The number of victims and refugees following the disaster relief team is slowly increasing. This is a big problem. The speed of the victims and refugees cannot be fast. If you bring these victims and refugees with you, the speed will be greatly affected, and you can leave these people behind. , It is also inappropriate. After consideration, Su Tiancheng began to discuss with the county government officials along the road to resettle these disaster victims and refugees on the spot.

Resettlement requires money, and Su Tiancheng is not stingy at all in this regard.

According to Su Tiancheng's requirements, the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Camp did not bother the local government, did not increase the burden on the local government, prepared their own dry food and tents, and declined local banquets.

After entering the territory of Henan, Su Tiancheng's reputation slowly spread. The local officials who came into contact with him found that the patrol censor for disaster relief could not be fooled at all, and he was very familiar with related relief matters .

When passing through Xinxiang, the refugees and disaster victims who followed the disaster relief team have almost been resettled.

The team speeded up their march. According to this speed, after two days, they could reach Yangwu County under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Mansion, and on the eighth day of August, they could reach Kaifeng Mansion.

The news sent by Jin Yiwei made Su Tiancheng, who was a little more relaxed, quickly become nervous.

He summoned the officers of the Xiaoqi Battalion to discuss the situation. It turned out that after investigation, Jin Yiwei learned that Du Laosan, a bandit in Weihui Mansion, had noticed the relief team and might take action. As for how to act, Jin Yiwei had no specific information.

Du Laosan claims to have a team of ten thousand people, and he must not be underestimated in the face of such desperadoes.

The specific methods discussed were: first, to strengthen the guard, and second, to speed up the march. It is impossible for the 1000-strong Xiaoqi Battalion to suppress bandits. The most important task is disaster relief.

On the fifth day of August, the disaster relief team encountered a group of refugees, about 100 people.

The situation of these refugees is a bit strange. Most of them are young and strong. Most of the refugees I met in the past are old, weak, sick and disabled, and most of them are old people, children and women.

These refugees, with no color on their faces, tried their best to appear decadent even though they were dressed in tatters.

Seeing these refugees, Su Tiancheng quickly thought of the information sent by the Jinyiwei. He vaguely understood something. He really wanted to thank Dong Chang for caring about him all the time. He ordered the Jinyiwei in Henan to send him a lot of information.Otherwise, ignoring these conditions may cause great disaster.

The officers of the Xiaoqi Battalion also discovered this problem.

After some secret discussions, Su Tiancheng took out the inspection documents and talisman, and secretly ordered five sergeants to bring these things to Xinxiang County quickly, and call the sergeants of the inspection department, including the county government officials, to come quickly reinforce.

At the same time, he ordered the sergeants to keep a close eye on the hundred people and find out the leader inside.

Deng Hui is one of these refugees.

After Du Laosan made up his mind, Deng Hui no longer objected, nor did he make any suggestions, but only made a request to follow up.

Of course Du Laosan was happy that Deng Hui had changed.

Therefore, when arranging the first batch of disguised bandits, Deng Hui was asked to be responsible.

After following the disaster relief team for half a day, Deng Hui was invited into a temporary tent.

He has been observing this disaster relief team, and feels that this team has an extraordinary momentum. He expected that Du Laosan's actions will suffer a major setback, but he was invited into the tent so quickly. was unexpected.

Entering the tent, he saw a young man with his back turned to him.

Inside the tent, the furnishings were very simple, and there was almost nothing to see. It seemed that they were ready to set up camp at any time.

"Tell me, what is your identity, pretending to be a refugee, and what exactly do you want to do."

The young man's words made Deng Hui's body tremble, and he couldn't react. He didn't have the slightest special place, and he had always pretended to be very good, so how could he be exposed.

The young man turned around.

"I'm Su Tiancheng, who is in charge of disaster relief in Henan. From your appearance, you seem to be a scholar. You'd better tell your purpose and what you want to do. This is your chance. If you don't want to talk, just hurry up. I don't want to waste time. "