Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

This time, Niu Lu from Helich rushed to the front, so most of the people did not escape.Of the six Helichs, only the white pig returned to Liaodong.Although Niu Lu'e really gave Fujia three coats and a large amount of confiscation, Fujia still vented his anger on the white pig and refused to agree with the white pig's raising the flag.

So this time the white pig can be said to be a success.As a coat, he is definitely not qualified to distribute the confiscation, and now that he has stopped thinking about raising the flag, the white pig only feels that the bright future has burst like a soap bubble.

"Bai Lang! Bai Lang! Save the slave family!" A burst of crying woke up Bai Zhu from his daze, and he saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl being dragged away by a village bannerman.

"Xiao Cui!" The white pig hurried over.

Xiaocui was assigned to White Pig by Niu Luerzhen and Helich after the Qing army captured Jinan City.Of course, Baizhu and Xiaocui had a relationship as husband and wife, and the two had become a couple to the outside world, so seeing the village bannerman dragging Xiaocui away, Baizhu was of course very anxious.

"Master Hu! The servant Xiaocui offended you, and the servant apologized to you. I beg you, please let Xiaocui go!" The white pig grabbed the bannerman.

"Crack!" The bannerman raised his hand and slapped the white pig, "Who said this Han girl is yours? Your grandma has already sold her to the master! Tonight, the master is going to taste the Han girl." smell!"

"No! No! Master Ezhen and the master of the servant's family both said to give Xiaocui to the servant. Master Hu must have made a mistake! Should I ask grandma again?" Although the white pig already felt that something was wrong , but now he still has a glimmer of hope.

Suddenly the white pig felt a pain in the back of his head.Turning around, he saw that Fujia was hitting him on the head with a cigarette stick, and while hitting him, he cursed: "My aunt is going to sell her, are you sad, slave? It's just to keep you from being together. "[

"No! Grandma! You can't sell Xiao Cui!" The white pig swooped in front of Fujia.cried loudly.But he moved so violently that Fujia took a few steps back in fright, almost sitting on the ground.

"You slave!" Feeling ashamed, Fujia immediately became angry from embarrassment. She bared her teeth and clawed at the white pig, and shouted as she hit, "You slave dare to rebel, everyone! ! Beat this slave to death together!"

The bannermen in the village gathered around when they heard the commotion, and under the instigation of their Fujia family, they punched and kicked the white pig.The white pig covered in bruises could only bear it by lying on the ground with its head in its arms.before he loses consciousness.He heard Xiaocui screaming continuously...

In August of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Shangluo Mountain.

"All the brothers have accompanied me, Lao Li, so far, but now we hide in Tibet every day, earning food and clothing. I, Lao Li, are sorry for the brothers!" Li Zicheng cried bitterly in the arms of Liu Zongmin and the others.

Just now, Li Zicheng felt desperate.All of a sudden, I lost control of my emotions and wanted to jump off a cliff to commit suicide.Fortunately, Liu Zongmin and the others were quick-witted.Li Zicheng was rescued.

After being forced into Shangluo Mountain by the besieged government troops, Li Zicheng had fewer and fewer people around him. Now there are only about fifty people following him, and most of them are family members. Only Liu Zongmin and He Yaoqi can fight. Waiting for 18 people.So Li Zicheng felt that the future was bleak, and he had the idea of ​​committing suicide when he couldn't think about it for a while.

"King Chuang! We have overcome many storms and waves. As long as we pass this level, we will definitely make a comeback. How many heroes in the world are waiting for you to ascend to the top! Do such a stupid thing." Liu Zongmin persuaded him repeatedly.

"But how can we break through?" Li Zicheng was still not confident.

"Find a way to get out of the mountain and borrow some horses and weapons from the Eight Great Kings. I heard that he is doing well in Gucheng now. Let's get through this period no matter what!" He Yaoqi made an idea.

"But let's take those old and weak with us. How do we go? We can't break through the blockade of the official dog." Tian Jianxiu said.But what he said made Liu Zongmin and the others quiet, and they all looked at the family members hiding in the distance.

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

After being silent for a while, Liu Zongmin first let go of Li Zicheng's arm, turned around and walked to his family.Seeing Liu Zongmin coming, his most favored woman hugged Liu Zongmin's son and smiled at Liu Zongmin, while Liu Zongmin's son also waved to his father in his mother's arms.

Liu Zongmin took a deep breath, grabbed his son, and amidst the screams of his woman, threw his son head down on the ground, and immediately threw his son to death.Then he drew out the knife and chopped off his woman's head with one knife...

And He Yaoqi, Tian Jianxiu and the others also drew out their knives and walked towards their family members... [

In November of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Gucheng.

Now Zhang Xianzhong is like a fish in water in Gucheng.Because one of Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates was nicknamed "Xue Blin" and was related to his first assistant Xue Guoguan as uncle and nephew, Zhang Xianzhong sent a big gift to Xue Guoguan through Xue Blin. Laijiang is sincere and there is nothing to doubt.So now Zhang Xianzhong is very confident. He said: "Wen Cang is the master outside, and the view of the country is the master inside, just caress, and you can never miss it."

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong always adhered to the policy of four nos: do not abide by the law, do not release troops, should not be transferred, and do not enter the government. The core of these four nos is that the leadership of the army is always in his own hands.

Following Zhang Xianzhong's large amount of bribes to Ming Dynasty officials, military attaches who threatened him were transferred away by the court one after another.

Moreover, Xiong Wencan also gave Zhang Xianzhong a "blood transfusion" and gave him [-] people's salary for six months.Compared with Wu Shigong's Runing Army and Yu Zilian's Ruzhou Army who have always been short of pay, we can see how absurd Xiong Wencan's behavior is.

Therefore, with sufficient food and salaries, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the famine in Hubei and vigorously recruited hungry people to join the army.Its followers soon grew to 10.

And because of the entry of the Qing army this time, the imperial court urgently dispatched Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to lead troops to serve the king, leaving Tongguan in the east and passing through Henan.However, Luo Rucai and other troops were resting in Neixiang and Xichuan Mountains because of their vitality. Cross the Han River in the shallow part of the turbulent water, rush through Junzhou to Fangxian, and set up camp in Xiguan outside the city.

Taking advantage of Prime Minister Xiong Wencan's eagerness to appease them, they sent people to the military camp of Taihe Mountain, the main peak of the Wudang Mountains, to ask for surrender to the eunuch Li Weizheng, expressing their willingness to negotiate a truce with the officers and soldiers, hoping to sign a "mutual infringement" covenant.

Later, Xiong Wencan actually agreed to this ridiculous covenant.After Luo Rucai's Ninth Battalion was appeased, they implemented a truce with the Ming army, but they were not organized by the Ming army, were not dispatched by it, did not disband the army, and did not eat the military pay of the imperial court. They still maintained an independent position.

So Luo Rucai's nine-battalion peasant army was training and farming at the same time.Moreover, the Nine Battalions were stationed together with Zhang Xianzhong in Gucheng, singing together, supporting themselves, wandering and watching.

But today, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru just got the news that Li Zicheng came to Gucheng secretly with eighteen horsemen, so they brought the leaders of the peasant army to host a banquet for Li Zicheng and his party.

After thirty days of drinking, Zhang Xianzhong pretended to be drunk, put his arm around Li Zicheng's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Brother Li! Why don't you stay here with me temporarily, waiting for the opportunity. Why bother to run around everywhere!"

Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng's expression was quite calm, he smiled and said, "No!"

The atmosphere of the banquet suddenly froze.When Luo Rucai saw that something was wrong, he toasted again and again to ease the atmosphere.

But after the banquet, Li Zicheng and the others were immediately placed under house arrest by Zhang Xianzhong, looking like they were going to kill them all.It was Luo Ru who talked about loyalty, he was constantly dealing with the two of them, and Li Zicheng's reputation as the "Chuangwang" was so great that Zhang Xianzhong didn't dare to kill him rashly, so in the end, Zhang Xianzhong gave Li Zicheng [-] horses After buying a batch of armor, Li Zicheng was sent away as a gift.

Relying on these gifts, Li Zicheng slowly began to recover his strength.

"Mr. Lin! If I hear you right, you Yangzhou salt merchants are willing to offer 20 yuan to buy a promise from me!" Wu Shigong was quite surprised when he heard the words of the head of the Lin family.

"Of course!" The head of the Lin family smiled.

When the Runing Army came to Jining at the end of March in the 12th year of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong unexpectedly met the "Yangzhou Salt Merchants Delegation" who were waiting here, headed by Lin Family Patriarch, Lu Jianchen and Guo Zeng'an.

When Wu Shigong received them, the head of the Lin family immediately threw out a "big bomb": Yangzhou salt merchants are willing to donate 20 taels of silver to Wu Shigong, as long as Wu Shigong makes a promise-if the Runing Army occupies Changlu, Salt farms and wells in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and salt merchants in Yangzhou will have the right of first refusal.

Although Wu Shigong was very tempted by this large sum of money, he still felt a little ridiculous. When did he become so important?It would actually cause a large bet from Yangzhou salt merchants.

In fact, Wu Shigong didn't know that although he didn't get a penny in the seizure this time, the shock it caused in the whole world was particularly great, even far exceeding Wu Shigong's own imagination.

"Aren't you afraid that I won't be able to do it?" Wu Shigong asked again with a smile.

"It's just a bet. It's only 20 taels. Our Yangzhou colleagues can still afford it." The head of the Lin family also told the truth.

"But aren't you afraid of believing what I say?" Wu Shigong asked again.

"Hahaha——!" The Patriarch of the Lin family immediately laughed, "Marshal Wu's word 'letter' is well-known all over the world." (To be continued...)