Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 147

Song Qingshu persuaded Zhang Xianzhong to divide his things quickly when he returned home, fearing that other peasant troops would come up like flies smelling carrion, and they would lose everything by then.

But Song Qingshu couldn't have imagined in a hundred dreams that the peasant army came so quickly, and their rank was so high.

That's right, it's really high level!
Knowing the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are generally familiar. These two characters are really famous. One forced Emperor Chongzhen to death in Meishan and destroyed the Ming Dynasty. An emperor full of swear words is too familiar.

But they are also like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce in the Three Kingdoms period. They also worked for others at the beginning, just like now, Zhang Xianzhong is still someone else's subordinate in name, and then developed on his own.

The first cut in the Peasant War at the end of the Ming Dynasty was cut in Chengcheng County, Shaanxi Province. Chengcheng is mountainous, and the land is even barren than Shangnan. There was also a severe drought. In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Baishui Wang Er led the farmers to smear their faces with ink, marched into the county town, and killed Zhang Douyao, the county magistrate of Chengcheng, which opened the prelude to the peasant uprising army.

However, Wang Er Fubo died under the suppression of the government not long after, but the uprising he set off did not die out. Fugu Wang Jiayin, who was not far from Chengcheng, took over his banner. Wang Jiayin was a frontier soldier and fled. Back home, taking advantage of the wave of uprisings set off by Wang Er, he also rose up, roaring in Yan'an and Qingyang, and gathered five or six thousand people under his command. Soon after, the famous Chuang Wang, the Ansai horse thief Gao Yingxiang led his troops to vote, and the momentum became even more powerful. grow further.

The government and the army are suppressed every year, God is drought every year, and the government is still pressing every year. Now it is the third year of Wang Jiayin's rebellion, which is called the king of heaven. For example, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other rising stars regard Wang Jiayin as the leader. Together, they are called the 36th Battalion .

Of course, at this time there were also those who were on equal footing with Wang Jiayin, such as Wang Zishun from Qingjian, who was called Wang Zuohang, who summoned thousands of thieves to rebel against Yichuan. Under his command were Miao Mei, Flying Tiger, Big Red Wolf, etc., with Gansu to the west, Brother Yiyuan, the god of the frontier army, led more than [-] frontier soldiers to rise up. These are the West Road Peasant Army.

At this time, Wang Jiayin, the king of the East Road Peasant Army, came to the city in person, and brought almost all the main force of the East Road Peasant Army. How dare Song Qingshu and Zhang Xianzhong pretend to be deaf and dumb?The big banner hung around the east city gate for two cups of tea, and in the middle of the night the city gate burst open, with torches lit, Zhang Xianzhong, the three brothers, Lao Huihui and several of his nephews came out in embarrassment.

"Hey, the king of heaven is here, and I have lost my way to welcome you. Forgive me!" Zhang Xianzhong also became more civilized, and under the banner of the king of heaven, his yellow tiger face immediately turned into a big cat face, full of clenched fists and smiles. Bowing and bowing down, Song Qingshu silently said a lot at the side.

No matter what age, it all depends on the face, especially in the Ming Dynasty. Those who can become officials and leaders have to be dignified, and military generals are mostly Qing Yishui with a big beard, looking so vicious that they can frighten their soldiers. This Wang Jiayin obviously conformed to this rule, his face was full of red, his appearance was dignified, his sky was full, and his nose was hanging like a gall. Although he could not be called a handsome man, he at least looked upright and reliable at a glance.

But before Song Qingshu looked around again, a strange voice sounded from the side.

"Hey, the heavenly king has face, but I, Lao Luo, can't do it. I smelled the smell of rice under the city wall and yelled for a long time. The eighth king just didn't give me face and didn't let us enter the city. Tsk tsk, to lay down such a big state capital, The Eight Great Kings are so generous!"

Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Shouying are really a little embarrassed. After all, Wang Jiayin is the leader of the East Road Peasant Army, and his strength is the strongest. In addition to the leaders Chuangwang, Zijinliang, Buzhanni, etc., the number of troops is no less than 7, and the following vassals are hungry people It's almost [-], and the population of Yan'an Prefecture is only [-] to [-]!
Under such circumstances, Luo Rucai would really hurt Cao Cao by revealing the bunt report in front of Wang Jiayin.

Seeing the embarrassment of his eldest brother, Song Qingshu had no choice but to hold his fists together: "I can't blame my brother, it's Cao Shuai's marching speed is really extraordinary, the eight kings' rescue messengers are as anxious as sparks, Cao Shuai marched ten miles in fifteen days, at this speed, It is estimated that Cao Shuai will not be able to arrive at Yan'an Mansion until August, so the elder brothers are busy dealing with the officers and soldiers in the city, and the younger ones are ignorant and neglected Cao Shuai."

After saying this, Song Qingshu poked his head slightly and teased with a smile on his face: "Cao Shuai will fly next time, please let someone notify you first, in case we are caught off guard and there is no time to greet him!"

Song Qingshu's words were interesting, and Luo Rucai was really hurt. He secretly scolded him for not being seen during the war, and for running faster than anyone else when grabbing things. Wang Jiayin and other big leaders who listened to him also laughed. The leader with a three-pattern beard, who looked a bit like an elder, patted Luo Rucai on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Old Luo, it's really difficult for you to survive under the eyes of officers and soldiers at this speed for so many years!"

As expected of Cao Cao!Thick-skinned is extraordinary, he can still smile in this situation, and said to himself: "Lao Luo is waiting for the king of heaven! Only by thinking about the power of the king of heaven can he overwhelm these officials and dogs. Who knew that the eight kings are so powerful?" It is so sharp that it can gnaw down the city in one fell swoop, but now, tsk tsk, the whole city is filled with the smell of rice."

The money is not revealed, and Luo Rucai provoked in front of many leaders again. Zhang Xianzhong felt depressed again when he heard it, and immediately clasped his fists together: "The king of heaven is coming, don't just stay at the gate of the city, please come with my old Zhang." , Go to the city and talk about it!"

"The eight great kings are so kind, this king will not shirk it, come on, everyone enter the city!"

The peasant army also has rules, whoever takes it down belongs to him, even the leader can't overwhelm others with power and eat ready-made ones, otherwise, with so many peasant armies, who will rest assured to follow you?Although Zhang Xianzhong didn't dare to reject the door due to his status as the leader of the Heavenly King, and there were so many leaders, but each family was very knowledgeable, and only brought some relatives and cronies, but about 5 people entered the city, leaving more than [-] The peasant army, more than [-] vassals and hungry people still stayed outside the city overnight.

Even so, it is quite depressing to let the city gate open and stand guard on the edge of the city wall, watching other people's soldiers and horses rolling in, so I followed by as a companion, aiming at the scale armor worn by the guards, riding The high-headed horse is not weaker than the equipment of the regular army of the Ming army. Song Qingshu couldn't help but slander him for being blind to such a good thing.

But before he could take a few steps towards Wang Tianwang, another accident happened, at the gate of the city, suddenly a delicate, sharp but pleasant voice sounded.

"Cheaters, cattle thieves, don't run away!"

Out of nowhere, a dozen people came out, dragged one person from the cavalry line, and dragged him off the horse suddenly. Seeing his leader being dragged away, the cavalry behind him pulled out their knives one after another. Looking at this posture, Song Qingshu's subordinates on the edge of the city wall also stood up all the firecrackers they just got.

"Here, what's going on?" Wang Jiayin frowned all of a sudden.

Song Qingshu was also taken aback. Looking from a distance, it turned out that Caiwei, who had never caused any trouble, grabbed the man angrily. Unknown why, Song Qingshu hurriedly complained: "The heavenly king forgives the crime. I don't know why. There is a little conflict, let's go down and have a look!"

Watching Song Qingshu hastily pull the horse over, Luo Rucai hummed again with his cheap mouth: "Oh, the Eight Great Kings are still so fearful of guilt! This can also be reused by the Eight Great Kings. This Eight Great Kings camp, tsk tsk, I guess I don't want to go anywhere, sir."

"This is my brother. People nicknamed him a fool. His temperament is a bit simple and honest." Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly argued to Song Qingshu, but Ma Shouying next to him became angry and sneered coldly with a flick of his horsewhip.

"Lao Tzu and the Eight Great Kings are men who don't go anywhere. 5000 troops can take down such a small city. Unlike Cao Shuai, who is very imposing. He didn't dare to face the officers and soldiers for sixteen days."

Luo Rucai really couldn't get down now, so he glared at Ma Shouying, who was arrogant with his head high, with resentment, and then turned around and glared at Song Qingshu viciously.

He didn't know that he was envied by a villain, but Song Qingshu was really dumbfounded when he came to him, old acquaintance!

Caiwei was angrily grabbed and dragged off the horse with a scarred face. It was Li Zicheng who lied to Song Qingshu at the beginning!The black-faced Lenwa with a knife behind her and staring at her like a tiger is also the eldest nephew Li Guo who has met once.

Seeing Song Qingshu coming, Caiwei pointed to Li Zicheng happily and said happily: "Brother, I caught the liar who lied to us last time and nearly sent us to jail!"

Seeing the embarrassing look on the face of Prince Chuang, who led the big guys to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and almost establish a new dynasty in the future, Song Qingshu suppressed a smile and quickly waved to Scarface: "Don't let go!"

Then, he clasped his fist at Li Zicheng again with a smile on his face: "Brother Li, long time no see, how are you doing? Do you still remember brother?"

What he did last time was really insincere. Not to mention being caught by a little girl, he was also bumped into by the creditor. Li Zicheng's broad face could not help but be filled with embarrassment, and it was also an expression of resentment. Fist.

"Thanks to Brother Song's righteousness that day, but Lao Li, what I made is not good!"

"Zicheng, who is this? Do you know each other?"

As soon as he was talking, he patted Luo Rucai on the shoulder to tease him just now, and the elder-like man with a three-color beard came over, looked at him strangely, and then opened his mouth to ask.

"Uncle, I had a little misunderstanding with Brother Song. Brother Song, this is my uncle, King Chuang, Gao Yingxiang!"

Li Zicheng hurriedly introduced. Hearing the name, Song Qingshu couldn't help shaking, and turned his head in astonishment. Gao Yingxiang was actually this one!In other words, today is really a gathering of the Eight Immortals, all the gods and gods are here!

(End of this chapter)