Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 139
Several people were wearing tattered cotton-padded jackets and cotton gowns, and some ripped leather boots stepped into the snow that did not reach their calves, and they pulled it out with great difficulty. In the horse chestnut forest, the sound is obviously filtered much smaller, and the dense virgin forest is like a natural umbrella, completely covering the winter hunting camp in the forest behind the mountain.

"This forest is a protective umbrella! Hiding here, unless the officers and soldiers hold hands and go deep into Shangluo Mountain to search one by one, otherwise even if they stare out their eyes, they will not be able to find us hiding here! Therefore, the trees here must not be cut down. ! Otherwise, once there is a gap in the forest, people will not be able to hide!"

While walking, Song Qingshu pointed out, Zhang Xianzhong and the leaders of the Peasant Army couldn't help nodding their heads, went around, and when they returned to the tent on the cliff, Zhang Xianzhong shook his head solemnly.

"Third brother, what you said makes sense. I ordered the tree not to be cut down, but we won't hide it for a few days! We must kill it!"

"Why?" Song Qingshu couldn't help but exclaimed.

Standing on the cliff where Zhang Xianzhong pitched his tent and looked down, among the clouds and mist, he could vaguely see the snow in the distance. It seemed that black spots were shaking, and they were all patrolling troops of the government.

Yesterday in Funiu Village, Song Qingshu really saw the strength of the Ming army. The number was about 7000. Although it was a bit uneven, Song Qingshu still felt the momentum of a dozen or so Ming troops carrying long spears climbing neatly. Unmatched, this Ming army is also equipped with twenty cannons, no less than two thousand guns, and capable frontier cavalry. With this strength, it is no wonder that Hong Chengchou was able to chase down the peasant army in the early days of the Peasant War. The situation is so miserable, and the corpses that are frequently killed are scattered all over the field.

Zhang Xianzhong's current power has indeed increased considerably, but attacking the official army with his current strength is no different from sending him to death.

"Let's talk about this matter when we go back!" Zhang Xianzhong shook his head sadly as he glanced at the military spies swaying at the bottom of the mountain.

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This trip out for a walk was not fruitless, Bai Wenxuan actually shot two rabbits, skinned them and grilled them on the fire, the nude rabbits dripping with oil exuded a seductive fragrance, hooked Zhang Xianzhong The son swallowed saliva.Standing in front of the rabbit, Song Qingshu couldn't help feeling powerless.

Does history really have an inevitability?

Historically, in the second year of Chongzhen, not long after the Li Zicheng Uprising, Zhang Xianzhong, who was unemployed and returned home, called on the peasants in his hometown Shibazhai to revolt in Qingjian, Suide, and formally rebelled against the government. In this time and space, Song Qingshu stepped in. The city has been more comfortable for a few months, but the peasants in the Eighteen Villages of Qingjian rebelled under the leadership of another person.

Two months ago, Zhang Xianzhong went north to recruit the township party to work in Shangnan. He took Bai Wenxuan and the two idiots on the road, but in Baishui, they encountered a battle between the government army and the peasant army, and were arrested. During the battle, Zhang Xianzhong recognized that the people on the opposite side were all his fellow countrymen, so he turned his back on the water and hacked to death Wu Guoyong, a member of the Ming army who was the warlord, from behind, helping the rebels win the war.

Coincidentally, in this war, the unlucky ghost who met the righteous master was shot to death by the army, and the leaderless two thousand rebels elected Zhang Xianzhong as their leader.

But at this time, it was the darkest cold night before the dawn of the peasant army in Shaanxi. Yang He almost recruited the frontier soldiers, and several officers and troops firmly surrounded the main force of the peasant army with more than 8 people. In the narrow triangular area, there is no food in northern Shaanxi, and the large team can't survive. At this time, the leader of the rebel army, Wang Jiayin, planned to break through Hancheng and enter Shanxi. Just give everyone a new suggestion, go south to Shangluo, here, break through Wuguan from behind, and then go to Henan!

Zhang Xianzhong did not come back this time to look for Song Qingshu. Wuguan is not far from Shangnan County. He and Lao Hui returned to Ma Shouying, Ba Jingang, Wang Zishun, Shangtian Monkey and more than 3 peasant troops as vanguards to Shangnan It was very close, but it turned out that Zhang Xianzhong was unlucky, and Wu Zimian, the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, was caught near Shangluo Mountain. More than 8000 people and [-] cavalry were beaten, and only [-] were left. They fled scattered into Shangluo Mountain. The Undead One met Liu Yinda, who was besieging and suppressing Song Qingshu, at the foot of Funiu Mountain, and gave him a flower.

Now Zhang Xianzhong doesn't know what happened to Laohui and them, but according to the agreement, all the ministries must still advance to Wuguan!So Zhang Xianzhong wanted to take a rest for a few days, and continued to head east even if he was head-to-head.

"Third son, this place has already been destroyed by the official dog. Anyway, you can't stay here anymore. Just follow us and fight out together!"

Zhang Xianzhong and several other leaders told me about the general events of the past two months, Bai Wenxuan suddenly sniffed the scent of rabbits, stared at Song Qingshu with round eyes and asked, this sentence, Let the six or seven leaders in the room stare at him with piercing eyes.

Damn!

Song Qingshu wanted to scold his mother a little bit, and ran out to break through with Zhang Xianzhong, that would definitely be death!What's more, this kind of wandering and precarious life of a thief is definitely not what he wants, but if he doesn't say a word now, he probably won't have to walk out of this tent alive. All the rebel leaders in the tent were directly stabbed to death.

Thousands of thoughts lasted for almost half a second, and suddenly, Song Qingshu shook his head heavily: "I don't think any of us should leave now!"

The topic changed from whether they should follow along to everyone should not leave. Zhang Xianzhong was the first to stare at Song Qingshu and shouted: "I have already promised Wang Tianwang! The Tianxia Rebels are one family, don't you want Have I broken the loyalty of the rebels?"

"Then tell him, let him stand still now and try to hide for a month! At most one month, a large number of officials and dogs will have to evacuate from Shaanxi. "

Feng Shuangli took a deep breath, Zhang Xianzhong also shook his head in disbelief and said, "My third son, don't fool me!"

"Do you still remember Hong Chengchou, the Zuo Shenzheng we knew in Xi'an? I got the news from him that at the end of this year, the Qing army's dog Tartars attacked the capital from Xifengkou, and all soldiers and horses from all over the country had to enter the capital. Just these days, do you think the governor of the three sides, Yang He, dares to continue to detain the army and destroy us in the name of disloyalty?"

This time Song Qingshu learned his lesson, and pinned the source of the news on the top of Hong Chengchou's head. Anyway, it is impossible for Hong Chengchou to come to the rebel army to defend himself. He knows something about Hong Chengchou. Zhang Xianzhong asked Song Qingshu hesitantly: "The third brother , this is a matter of life and death, how sure are you?"

"Ninety-nine percent!"

Song Qingshu responded with a confident nod, and even tore off a rabbit's leg beforehand. Zhang Xianzhong was pushed to the position of the leader of the Eight Great Kings by this inevitability. What happened in the history of Qin Wang, what is there to be afraid of? Woolen cloth?As for the remaining [-], irresistible factors such as comets hitting the earth and volcanic eruptions cannot be ruled out.

Song Qingshu's impression of Zhang Xianzhong was that he had no plans to spare. This is also the reason why Zhang Xianzhong still supported Song Qingshu who killed him today. Seeing Song Qingshu gnawing on a rabbit's leg with his mouth full of oil, Zhang Xianzhong really made a fuss. He also didn't want to fight the main Ming army, but this suggestion was made. If the Eight Great Kings didn't take the lead in charging forward, he wouldn't have to mess around in the rivers and lakes anymore, but now, Song Qingshu gave him a step down.

"Old Feng, there is still hope. The two of you find some capable brothers and ride out of the encirclement of Guan Gouzi to tell Lao Huihui, Wang Tianwang, Gao Chuangwang and the others. Things have changed. Go to King Qin! Tell everyone to stand still, and hide for a month no matter what!"

"Father, let me go?"

Sun Kewang couldn't help shivering, there were almost [-] officers and soldiers surrounding him!Dozens of cavalry forcibly broke through, probably because meat buns beat dogs, and they never returned!But before he finished complaining, Zhang Xianzhong's tiger eyes glared over with terrifying fear, and Sun Kewang couldn't help shivering when he saw it.

"I obey, my boy, let's go!"

As he said that, he and Feng Shuangli exited the tent together, but before leaving, Song Qingshu obviously felt that Sun Kewang paused, and stared at him. It seemed that this Sun Kewang hated himself to the core.

But I don't care, as long as Zhang Xianzhong lives, this jealous guy won't be able to get up, besides, he doesn't have to follow Zhang Xianzhong, grandpa is afraid of you?Song Qingshu took another bite of the rabbit's leg in disdain.

After issuing the order, Zhang Xianzhong snatched another rabbit's hind leg from Song Qingshu's hands. Zhang Xianzhong shook his head with a helpless smile: "I said, third, don't cheat your elder brother! If the officers and soldiers don't retreat , brother, I don’t have the face to hang out in the rivers and lakes anymore!”

Unsatisfied, he snatched a piece of the rabbit breast meat and filled his mouth with it. Song Qingshu nodded indifferently: "Brother, don't worry, brother, when did I cheat you?"

"That's good, brother, how much food do you still have, and now you are trapped in this deep mountain and wild ridge, and you can't go to collect food for a month! It's not easy to survive!"

This sentence made Song Qingshu choke, the rabbit meat in his mouth was hanging in his mouth so he didn't choke him to death, he coughed for a long time before he could catch his breath.

Just thinking about not being able to leave, how could I forget this!

In the beginning, there were nearly 4000 tans of coarse grains, but Guan Gouzi planned to slow down the troops. When the village at the foot of the mountain rebelled, almost [-] tans of grains were gone. Yesterday, out of desperation, he ordered everyone to resist as much as possible. In order to break through the siege, The army still only moved more than [-] loads. It is estimated that the minimum standard of one catty per person will not be a problem for more than ten days, but it will not be a problem if it lasts for a month! .

Leading Zhang Xianzhong to open the grain cellar of this winter hunting camp, looking at the last remaining 3000 tans of grain inside, Song Qingshu's heart was bleeding.

Now he understands why Zhou Papi is so stingy!Because food is really a life-saving guy at a critical moment!

(End of this chapter)