Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 25 Sending Troops to Tiger Ditch

After telling his family to quickly find a place to stay, Zhou Zhen left in a hurry with a few acquaintances.Along the way, Zhou Zhen was still asking about the job of the Civil Affairs Chief?Also, what is the Chief Minister of Civil Affairs going to discuss?

Unfortunately, everyone does not know.Therefore, Zhou Zhen could only walk into the auditorium with a little apprehension.

The synagogue is a larger house built of wood.Although it is considered a first-class building in Laohugou, it is extremely shabby in the eyes of these gentry and landowners.

After entering the auditorium, Zhou Zhen found that several people were already seated.After they found a place to sit down, a few more people came one after another.After a while, a hale and hearty old man walked in with something under his arm.

After seeing the old man coming in, several people in the front row greeted him warmly.

"Old Zhang, here we come!"

"Mr. Zhang, why did you call us here this time?"

Seeing this sober picture, Zhou Zhen hurriedly asked his acquaintances around, and learned that this was the civil affairs chief who invited his group to the meeting——Zhang Hesheng, Mr. Zhang.I heard Zhang Zhang used to be just a villager from Zhangjia Village, staying in a small village with more than a hundred people.At that time, not to mention a gentry like Zhou Zhen, even an ordinary small landlord would not have looked at him straight.However, the situation is not right now, and Zhang Laopang is on Qiu Tianxing.I heard that this Qiu Tianxing was a ruthless man, he fought with the Tartars with real knives and guns, and killed many Tartars, and now he severely shocked many people who were afraid of the Tartars.

Ever since Qiu Tianxing created the security regiment, his prestige within a radius of several tens of miles has become even more resounding.Although the security team seldom has activities outside, everyone has heard of it.No, as soon as the Tartars issued a hair-shaving order, the villagers who would rather die than submit defected to the security team.

After figuring out the ins and outs of Mr. Zhang, Zhou Zhen calmed down. He thought that this Mr. Zhang is actually just an old man in a small village after such a change. How capable can he be?So, he also prepared to listen to what Zhang Lao had to say with peace of mind.

Unexpectedly, the first sentence Mr. Zhang said made the scene fry.

"What? Food? Silver?"

Many landlords started yelling. They never thought that Laohugou would come to apportion before they had just come to Laohugou to catch their breath.In the past, even the Ming Dynasty didn't treat him like this!My family members are famous!

Many landlords looked at Mr. Zhang, their faces turned red with anger, and it seemed that the blood would spurt out if they didn't pay attention.

Not long after, someone started arguing.Although Mr. Zhang said he was the head of civil affairs here, which of these gentry and landlords would like him?In the eyes of the gentry and landlords, he is actually just an old country man.How dare this daring country old man take his ideas on himself?Don't want to live!

On the spot, several people started to withdraw.They originally came out to avoid the limelight, not to really fight against the Tartars.They are all waiting to see whether the hair-shaving order will cause a large-scale rebellion, and then force the Tartars to cancel this order.For hair, they want to keep it, and they are even more reluctant to give up gold, silver and food!Although he came out this time with not much money and food, it doesn't mean that Laohugou can take whatever he wants!So, they decided to go back and have a look first. If they really couldn't bear it, they would shave their hair as soon as they closed their eyes. It's no big deal!
There are really quite a lot of people who hold this kind of thinking. There are only six or seven people left in the sparsely populated venue.

Zhou Zhen watched this scene with a heavy heart.He saw several acquaintances leave with his own eyes.Originally, he was still happy that he could meet them here, and planned to fight against the Tartars together with them.Unexpectedly, just apportioning a little property made them angry.If you are reluctant to part with money, why give up your life?

Frustrated, Zhou Zhen didn't choose to leave, he stayed.He came here, but he was really ready to risk his life!
What surprised him was that Li Yuanwai also stayed behind.

"Could it be that Li Yuanwai really wants to fight against the Tartars, and doesn't care about his family's property?" Zhou Zhen thought to himself.

Seeing that the venue was largely empty, Mr. Zhang was not in a hurry.He had expected this scene a long time ago.However, there are still a few left now, which makes him very happy.

This is really like what the head of the group said, when the nation is in peril, someone will always stand up!

This person is the militiamen of the security regiment, the villagers who have defected to Laohugou, and these gentry and landlords who stayed here and prepared to donate supplies!
Looking at the people left in front of him, Mr. Zhang bowed deeply and said with a choked voice.

"On behalf of the thousands of people in Laohugou, thank you all!"

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Just as Mr. Zhang was negotiating with the gentry and landlords who stayed behind to distribute more food, gold and silver supplies, in Yingshan County, fifty miles south of Laohugou, in a dim yamen that had been in disrepair for a long time, Mr. Fan Qian He was on fire, growling in his mouth.

"This damned Chen Hu! I'm a mother! I've already seen that this idiot is not a joke! I didn't expect to run away after losing the battle, and even went to the mountains to become a bandit. Don't let me catch you, if you catch him You, I peeled your skin!"

When Mr. Qian was angry, the subordinates in the audience trembled and dared not speak.As for the person kneeling at the bottom of the steps, he was so frightened that he was sweating profusely. After a while, the ground was dripping wet.

This person was a Green Battalion soldier who escaped his life by chance. When Chen Hu encouraged them to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, he agreed in a flash of his brain.But then the more I thought about it, the more something went wrong. I was a good green camp soldier, eating delicious food and drinking spicy food all day long, so why did I go to the mountains to become a bandit?Bandits are not easy to be!The scrawny bandits, who eat bran and swallow vegetables, live in no fixed place, are much more visible to themselves!

Didn't I just suffer a defeat!What does this defeat have to do with this little soldier?That's Mr. Chen's business!Besides, if I report and expose Mr. Chen's defection after I go back, Mr. Qian will probably forgive me!

So, after this thought came into his mind, the more Xiao Bing thought about it, the more it happened!In the end, he made an excuse, saying that he had a stomachache and wanted to have diarrhea.They escaped smoothly.

After walking for a day and a night, the tired and hungry soldier finally reached Yingshan County.He didn't have time to rest, so he ran to Mr. Qian Zong to report Chen Hu's crime of defecting after defeating Zong Zong.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Qian didn't praise himself a few words, but kept throwing a tantrum, which made Xiaobing feel very bad.

Sure enough, the more Mr. Fan Qian scolded, the angrier he became. He squinted his eyes and looked at this subordinate of Chen Hu, the more disgusted he became.He had asked all about Chen Hu's defeat just now, and he had a general idea of ​​who his opponent was.Tiger Valley is becoming more and more famous, and Mr. Fan Qian has heard of it.In the past, well water did not offend river water, so there was no need to knock down this bandit den with no effort.Unexpectedly, if he didn't go and wipe them out, these bandits would actually provoke him.Therefore, I want to give this gang of blind bandits a little bit of a show, and let them know who they can mess with and who they can't.As for this little soldier, there is no need to exist anymore.That being the case, then...

"Come on! Pull this deserter down and cut him off!"

Hearing Fan Qianzong's words, Xiao Bing was paralyzed with fright.He shouted loudly.

"Forgive me! My lord, please forgive me! The little one deserves merit in the prosecution!"

But Mr. Fan Qian was in a bad mood right now!I only had less than [-] soldiers, and I was defeated by Chen Hu by nearly one-tenth.This really hurt him.This revenge must be reported!
So, Mr. Fan Qian went on to say.

"Order to sacrifice this head to the flag! Send troops to Laohugou!"

(End of this chapter)