Ming politicians

(A new week is here, please support me, thank you.) The Spring Festival is coming soon. After the Spring Festival, Su Tiancheng will go to the capital. The schedule of the test is very annoying. , February [-]th and February [-]th, that is to say, around the tenth day of the first lunar month, he will set off for the capital, and he cannot spend the fifteenth day of the first lunar month at home. <section of. <Festival, because we are going to Taiyuan Mansion, so on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the nurses and servants of the Su Mansion gather for dinner, which is regarded as an early holiday.

It is not easy to prepare a dinner for more than 3000 people, even though there are more than 100 people in the kitchen.

The atmosphere in the Su residence was very lively, and everyone knew that in a few days, Su Tiancheng was going to Taiyuan.

The mansion was still preparing, Su Pingyang hurried to Su Tiancheng's side, and whispered that there was someone outside the mansion asking to see him, and the person was veiled, saying that it was urgent.

Su Tiancheng stood up suddenly, he had always had a premonition.

When he came to the gate of the mansion and saw the masked man, Su Tiancheng was shocked. Not only him, but Xiong Zijian beside him also showed a surprised expression.

This masked man has a special temperament, which is similar to the temperament of Nursing Academy, which shows that the identity of the masked man is not simple.

"Next is Su Tiancheng, since he is a guest of the Su residence, can you go in and talk about it?"

The masked man shook his head, did not speak, took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Su Ertong who stepped forward, clasped his fists at Su Tiancheng, and left quickly.

Su Tiancheng quickly returned to the room and opened the envelope.

Looking at it, Su Tiancheng's body began to tremble, and his face gradually turned red.

He handed the letter to Xiong Zijian.

After a quarter of an hour, all the nursing homes gathered.

Seeing that everyone was here, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"I received a letter. There is a small band of rogues who are waiting for an opportunity to rob. They probably know that my family is rich and want to harass me. People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. The tenants in the suburbs have built houses. They saw it. It feels like a big family."

It was very quiet all around.

"The rogues chose this time, it must have been planned. Every household is preparing for the New Year. The rogues came here after grabbing some things and then left. They are cruel by nature, killing people like hemp, and doing things by any means."

After a little silence, Xiong Zijian spoke.

"Master Su, we will follow the arrangement. Whatever arrangement you have, just say it."

Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang and others all clasped their fists in salute, expressing that they had misheard the arrangement.

"So I will make arrangements, General Sun. You are responsible for all command matters. I have two requirements. One is to find out the details of the rogues. Know yourself and the enemy and win every battle. Second, if the rogues dare to invade the Su family, we will kill them." Not a piece of armor is left."

Su Tiancheng was in the room, walking up and down anxiously. An hour had passed, and there was still no news.

When Sun Yuankun entered the room in a hurry, he felt that he was almost unable to hold on.

"My lord, the bandits are indeed coming towards the tenants. There are about 300 of them, and 30 of them are riding horses. They are very fast."

"Are you sure that they are coming towards the tenants of the Su family?"

"It is certain that they took the small road and did not disturb other people along the road. They hurried on their way and headed directly towards the outskirts. This group of people would never dare to attack the city. The only purpose was to leave quickly after robbing the tenants. .”

"Well, General Sun, please."

The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory and the imperial army was limited. It was impossible to wipe out the small groups of rogues everywhere. The small groups of rogues were very mobile. Not to mention the imperial army, they were the sergeants stationed in the local area. up.

Encountering such a thing, it is necessary to dispatch the local militia.

Maintaining the expenditure of the militia requires a lot of money, and the court can't get the money out, so the local government can only find a way.

In order to avoid the invasion of rogues, taxes have been increased in various places, and the taxes collected are supposed to be prepared for war.

Unfortunately, this is not necessarily the case.

There are militia groups in various places, strong and weak, but most of them are useless. The corruption of officials has become a trend, most of the money has gone into their own pockets, and they continue to cry to the court. They are officials of the court. Military spending is also crying poor to the emperor.

In a certain sense, the local militias have become private armed forces.

The so-called local militias are actually composed of two parts, one part is the inspection department, and there are inspection departments in various places. The deputy inspectors are all small officials from the ninth rank, and there are guards, archers, etc. below them, and they are always on guard.The inspection department is a typical local armed force. As for the number of guards and archers, it is directly controlled by the government.

The other part is the yamen servants. Anyway, the yamen servants have no salary, and at most a little subsidy a year. They have also become the main source of strength for the local militia.

In peacetime, the inspection department guards the city gates to maintain law and order, and the yamen servants obey the arrangements of the superiors and engage in tax collection and other matters. In wartime, they are militias.

The situation in Pingyang Mansion is somewhat special. The several raids by rogue bandits have already paid great attention to it by the government and county government.

There are more than 1000 government servants in Pingyang Mansion, and the inspection department has about [-] people, which can be regarded as a good armed force.

Whether to go to the prefect, Su Tiancheng hesitated.

The guards of the inspection department and the yamen servants, when facing the common people, are vicious and seem extremely brave, but when they actually go to the battlefield, it must be these people who disturb the morale of the army. They are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they have no rules. Well, if you say that those yamen servants are originally a mob, it's not surprising that they have fighting power.

Suppressing the rogues is a matter for the government, and it is impossible for him to act on his behalf. Such things must be reported, but Su Tiancheng got the news from Qu Qingze, and Weng Tongzhang might not believe it.

Three hundred rogues are not many. The Su family's nursing home does not need to be dispatched. One third can completely wipe out this group of rogues. It is best not to ask the militia to come forward.

Su Tiancheng finally arrived at the government office and met Weng Tongzhang.

After some reports, Weng Tongzhang spoke slowly.

"Kun Yuan, I haven't received any news. Where did the rogues come from? Besides, the rogues are all active in Ningzhou and Lu'an Mansion, so don't scare you."

"Teacher, students will never dare to lie. The Nursing Academy of the Su Mansion has found traces of the rogues, and it is not far from the Fucheng."

"I know, how dare three hundred bandits attack Fucheng? Wouldn't it be courting death? Wouldn't it be that they looted everywhere? This officer will know for himself."

Su Tiancheng had already guessed Weng Tongzhang's thoughts, there were indeed rogues, and nothing would happen after closing the city gate. As for taking the initiative to attack, that was impossible.

Time is running out, since Weng Tongzhang has such an attitude, he doesn't want to waste time, and he has to participate in the battle to wipe out the bandits.

Shen Shi, inside the Fucheng, suddenly became a little nervous. On the street, teams of guards and yamen servants ran past, with bright swords in their hands, heading towards the city gate. At this time, news spread quickly. A small group of rogues came towards Fucheng, less than ten miles away.

The peaceful atmosphere of Fucheng was completely destroyed, the sound of crying came out, and the number of people on the street began to increase. Many people were like headless flies, asking for news everywhere. The rogues were only ten miles away from Fucheng. It exists, but the countryside may suffer.

At the moment of Shen Shi, the gate of Pingyang Fucheng was closed, which meant that Fucheng was safe.

The Su residence is very quiet.

Everything was within Su Tiancheng's expectation, and Weng Tongzhang really thought so.

The nearby Li Chang and Jia Shou have reported the news, and Weng Tongzhang also knows that a small group of rogues have come to Pingyang Mansion to harass.It is impossible for these rogues to attack Fucheng, and it is impossible for Pingyangwei's sergeants to be dispatched. Besides, most of the sergeants have gone to Ningzhou and Lu'an Mansion to help wipe out the rogues.

A small group of rogues came and went without a trace, their main purpose was to plunder, and relying on the militia to deal with them, Weng Tongzhang thought to himself that he was not sure, if he wanted to hold the city for a while, it would not be a big problem.

Su Tiancheng had already left Fucheng with a thousand nursing homes.

There were six hundred cavalry and four hundred infantry.

When he was about to go to the battle in person, Xiong Zijian and Sun Yuankun firmly disagreed, their arms could not twist their thighs, and Su Tiancheng would not give in at all on this matter.

Judging from the reports of the scouts, most of these bandits were refugees, their clothes were ragged and their faces were disheveled, and those riding horses must have different identities.

These thirty bandits on horseback must be wiped out, and none of them can escape.

As for the rest of the vagrants, depending on the situation at that time, Su Tiancheng doesn't have the feeling of compassion, even if he wants to raise these vagrants, he can't do it.

It takes only half an hour to ride a horse to the suburbs.

In the end, it was the sergeant of the pro-barracks, who moved very quickly, without sloppy, and his actions were uniform.

After arriving at the place where the tenants lived, Sun Yuankun immediately made arrangements. The [-] cavalry were scattered around, front, back, left, and right, leaving only the direction where the bandits came. As for the infantry, they lay in ambush around the house.

The contiguous houses became the best hiding place.

Su Tiancheng insisted on staying around the house, he wanted to personally participate in this fight.

In fact, from the moment Sun Yuankun arranged, Su Tiancheng knew that this was a fight without any suspense, 1000 people against 300 people, and there were [-] cavalry, there would be absolutely no surprises.

It's just that Su Tiancheng wants to see how long it will take to wipe out this bandit.