Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 203

Without "borrowing" food, they had no choice but to drink wild vegetable soup and eat steamed buns at night.

The male men in the begging army were all drawn out and formed into an army separately. On the one hand, it was easy to manage, and on the other hand, it was not afraid that they would lose the battle and run away with their families. It's sticky, and then they take the bamboo tableware one by one to beat, and get together to eat.

During dinner that night, there was a strange scene. In front of thousands of soldiers begging for jobs, Miao Mei, who had lost the battle today, led more than 20 officers to the commanding platform.

"Brothers, I, Miao Mei, was careless and led everyone to defeat. This crime should be executed! But he thinks that I, Miao Mei, can take the initiative to come to the rear and not be the first to be defeated. Spare my old Miao's life, but the death penalty is inevitable, and the living crime is inevitable ! This old Miao will confess the crime in front of everyone! Don’t learn from me!”

After shouting loudly, under the astonished gaze of the soldiers, Miao Mei and others took a bright red bowl, showed it to everyone, and immediately started to devour it.

"What the hell, is it a sin to eat?" A newly joined Shanxi soldier muttered dissatisfiedly while gnawing on a cornbread, but the face of the Shanxi soldier next to him was already pale, and he slapped the Shanxi soldier on the back of the head. superior.

"What do you know? It's called chili noodles. That's what Qu Shuai sent everyone to keep out the cold a while ago. If you're not convinced, why don't you try a bowl?"

He ate raw chili noodles, and he had to eat a whole bowl, thinking that he would be jumped up and down by the spicy food after just a little bit of it, and that Shanxi soldier's face turned green.

They ate a large bowl of raw chili noodles and were not allowed to drink water. In less than a moment, twenty or so leading officers, including Miao Mei, had flushed faces, opened their mouths wide and breathed out steam, and some even rolled on the floor and passed out. Miao Mei herself was standing upright, with beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, and now he regretted it terribly, this feeling was worse than being beaten with dozens of military sticks.

The army has to be like this, rewards for meritorious deeds, and punishes demerits!Only then can we gather fighting strength, but we have to fight fiercely in the future. If we want to break this thing, who will work hard for himself?Song Qingshu came up with such a trick, and the effect is not bad.

But Song Qingshu wasn't in the mood to have fun, a big boss appeared in front of him, Sun Chuanting!
This man is amazing. When he was the governor of Shaanxi, with only 11 troops, he calculated that Gao Yingxiang would enter Shaanxi through the Ziwu Valley and lay an ambush. In the battle with Li Zicheng, the Li Zicheng who was beaten was also running around like a tiger. In the end, the desperate eighteen riders rushed to Shangluo Mountain. If Chongzhen hadn't attacked the Great Wall in the [-]th year of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen had transferred Sun Chuanting, and Li Zicheng might have been forced to death by him. up.

Even in the 15th year of Chongzhen, the situation in the world has completely turned around. It was he who led the mere tens of thousands of Qin troops to attack Li Zicheng's million-strong army brazenly, and achieved certain results. Forcing him to go out to fight Li Zicheng, maybe Daming Jiangshan can delay it for a few more years.

Later generations have the cry of the death of the imperial court and the death of the Ming Dynasty!Such a pillar figure is now in such a small county in front of his eyes, why not make Song Qingshu jealous, let alone subdue him, kill him, and cut off a big enemy for the peasant army in the future!
However, it is not so easy to kill him!First of all, Dai County is a big problem. This is the second largest line of defense against the Mongolian invasion after Datong. The military departments of all dynasties have spent a lot of effort. Just Song Qingshu went to see that time. Dozens of doors, the firepower is stronger than myself, I don't know how much.

If there is still yellow gunpowder, I don't worry about it, but when we cross the Yellow River, that stuff is used up, and the oil of hundreds of pigs has to be refined, and Song Qingshu can't make those for a while.

Once Sun Chuanting hid in the city, he really had nothing to do with him. If he forced the siege, if the Ming army gathered reinforcements, he would not be able to beat the fox, but would cause a commotion!
The only advantage now is that Sun Chuanting knows himself but not the enemy.He still doesn't know how strong he is, maybe he can use this to lure the snake out of the hole!
"Carrot, go and call Liu Tichun!" Thinking, Song Qingshu greeted him.

Liu Tichun was gnawing on a big bone when he came!Thinking of yellow gunpowder, Song Qingshu temporarily ordered ten pigs to be killed, and all the fat was used, but the flesh and bones went into the soup. Although everyone was the same, the privileges of being an official were commonplace in China, so he fished them out. An elbow and a leg are dripping with juice.

"Shuai Qu, you call me!" After finally swallowing the meat in his mouth, with the bones hidden behind his back, Liu Tichun nodded with a simple smile, and Song Qingshu, who was watching, couldn't help laughing, and immediately took out a bag and asked.

"Old Liu, how is your network in Dai County, do you know many people?"

"Shuai Qu, it's not that I, Lao Liu, are bragging about you. Everyone in Dai County knows me, everyone knows me, especially those who hang out on the street, everyone has to call me big brother!"

"Very good, now the commander-in-chief wants to give you a task, take the money and find a way to go back to Dai County, contact your friends on the road, and then wait for my news!"

A big bag unfolded in front of his eyes, Liu Tichun felt dizzy all of a sudden, it cost no less than 500 taels of silver!
After sending Liu Tichun away, Miao Mei also came back. This bastard's face was red like a monkey's butt, and he was still breathing hot air. The atmosphere was full until the stomach was full and he couldn't drink anymore, and then he promised Song Qingshu with his tongue out sadly.

"Shuai Qu, my old Miao will definitely be more careful next time, check the upstream before crossing the river, and never lose again!"

"No, you still have to lose the battle tomorrow!" Smiling, Song Qingshu pressed his ear against this guy and ordered again.

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The next day, Miao Mei took more than 300 cavalry under his command and more than 400 sword shieldmen to go out to rob.

But this time, it seems that the military beggars have become obedient, and they no longer dare to go to the west bank of the Hutuo River, and just hang out on the east bank. The army ran away, and now they borrowed it again. Thousands of people took shield guns and stood at the entrance of the village. It was not something that a few dozen strong men could resist. When the money and food come, send these plague gods away.

In particular, Miao Mei ran to Dongheputun viciously. Sun Chuanting's family members were all taken away until they died, but the rest of the township party was still there. Regardless of March 21, [-], Miao Mei arrested everyone and ordered the house. , drove back and walked back.

However, it was not easy to go back this time. Not far from Jinyindu yesterday, another group of officers blocked the way of the army.

The strength of the army today is much stronger than yesterday. Yanmenguan has reinforced more than 800 infantry, 300 cavalry, plus more than 500 infantry from Dai County, and dozens of horsemen. Miao Mei tail.

Miao Mei was really furious, and she was about to start a fight with the officers and soldiers. Not to mention, more than 2000 minions lined up with wild goose wings, and more than 300 elite cavalry took the lead, which is really impressive.

It's a pity that this formation is a foreign candle golden gun head. Two hundred officers and soldiers rushed forward with shouts, and a burst of arrows shot over. Before the battle, Miao Mei led the cavalry under her command to flee in despair , the sword and shield hand in commoner clothes behind him was even more unbearable, he dropped the snatched things and turned around and ran away.

Today, Miao Mei still focuses on robbing money. Gold, silver and copper coins were thrown on the ground in thousands of taels, causing those frontier soldiers who owed their wages for less than half a year to chase after them. They lowered their heads and started Picking up on the ground.

"Bastard, all the trophies have to be handed over, and I will hand them all to the warehouse in a while!" Looking at the glittering money on the ground, Qiu Ming, the guerrilla general of Yanmen Pass, waved and shouted around the army endlessly.

The county magistrate of this generation is also jealous and heart-beating. Yesterday's harvest was more than 5000 taels. With a swipe of his pen, he rewarded [-] to the soldiers, and confiscated [-]. Hiding behind, Wu Shamao's two official wings were flickering and jumping, running over in a hurry and shouting non-stop.

"If you seize it, you have to pay it to the county public treasury, otherwise I won't reward you!"

Among the crowd, Sun Chuanting was the most frowning. The bandit army was defeated too strangely, the lineup was neat, and they were obviously capable of fighting, but they ran away.

especially!The Musketeers that made him feel scared did not show up!

Yesterday he planned to seize one or two and hand them over to the imperial court for imitation, but none of the more than 100 corpses in the lower reaches of the river, and the interrogation of the captives also said that they didn't know about such things, this one is so strange again!Thinking about it, Sun Chuanting grabbed the sleeve of Dai County Magistrate vigilantly, and began to persuade him.

"Minggong! This thief has lost a strange way! Minggong needs to restrain the team as soon as possible! A load of thieves will kill the carbine, and our messy team can't resist it at all!"

But at this time, how could the acting county magistrate, who had fallen into Qian's eyes, care so much?Pulling off his sleeves, he replied easily: "Brother Boya! Mr. Sun! The thieves are just a bunch of vagrants with muddy legs. Where have you seen the posture of the officers and soldiers? Don't just run away after beating them, don't worry! They won't come back!"

As he said that, he went to the guerrilla general Qiu Ming again to ask for money. Seeing the mess, Sun Chuanting stomped his feet in anxiety, but he had no choice but to take his servant and the book boy to hide behind, planning to run away if something happened. run.

However, nothing happened that day. The thieves seemed to be scared away, but the local gentry drove the sheep and brought the wine. That night, the officers and soldiers set up camp at Donghepu on the east bank of the Hutuo River. Beware of the thieves in the mountains who continue to attack.

The Xinding Basin is not big, and here is the uppermost corner. Sitting on the outer mountain of Wutai Mountain and looking down, the bonfire of the Shangguan army's barracks by the river comes into view from a distance. "Hundred Wars and Strange Strategies" looking down, Song Qingshu also showed a knowing smile.

(End of this chapter)