Blood from Daming

Chapter 122 Dongchang
Xue Yun decided that it was better to wipe out the remaining brave bandits and the hostile forces, and immediately sent messengers to notify Lu Yaojin to set up camp on the spot and wait for his arrival.

Xue Yun arranged for Xue Siyuan and Xue Dahan to lead Xue Zhuang's one hundred Zhuangding and a dozen of Xue Wu's wounded soldiers to escort the gold and silver property, mules, horses, cattle, sheep and fat pigs looted from the Lin family's stone castle, to Xue Er's whereabouts, and take them by himself. More than 500 cavalry led by Xue Wu, Zuo Ming, and Wang Erwa marched towards Nanpi where Lu Yaojin was stationed.

At night, Xue Yun's team joined Lu Yaojin's [-]-person military battalion. Xue Yun's troops brought a large amount of meat, dry food, cotton cloth and other supplies, which saved the temporary attacking military camp from lack of food and cold. A bonfire was lit in the barracks. The officers and soldiers ate beef and mutton, and drank a small amount of burning knives and wine. After filling their stomachs, everyone relieved fatigue and recovered their physical strength.

Xue Yun, Lu Yaojin, Xue Wu, Zuo Ming, Wang Erwa and several other mid-level officers are discussing tomorrow's action plan. Xue Wu, Zuo Ming and most of them mean to fight against Zhang Wangcai in Dezhou first, and then see if the situation goes south to deal with it. Ma Dashan in Dongchang.

Xue Yun: "It seems that everyone has some concerns about the long-distance expedition. The Xue family's southern team needs to strengthen their long-term continuous combat capabilities. This time it will be treated as military training. I mean first take down Ma Dashan in Dongchang and return to the division to deal with Zhang Wangcai in Dezhou. "

Lu Yaojin, Xue Wu, Zuo Ming, and Wang Erwa looked at Xue Yun and waited for him to continue talking: "Some of you officers think that it is almost the same to attack anyone in the two places first, and it saves time and trouble to attack Zhang Wangcai in Dezhou, so you Our enemies would also think the same way. Zhang Wangcai in Dezhou will definitely resist desperately, so that our soldiers will suffer more casualties. Unnecessary sacrifices are made, and a good officer should achieve the greatest victory at the least cost."

Xue Wu: "Master, what you mean is that Dongchang Ma Dashan thinks that we will deal with Zhang Wangcai and his gang in Zhangjia Village first."

Xue Yun: "It's probably what Wu Ge said. Ma Dashan fled all the way back to Majiaji in Dongchang. It is said that most of them only have one horse. Ma Dashan and the others will not go too fast. When I came, I saw a lot of horses in the camp. The horses must have been seized from the enemy. In addition, Brother Wu got a lot of horses from the Lin family's stone castle on the bank of the canal. I brought them to Nanpi with one man and two horses. Is there any soldier here with one man and three horses? question."

Lu Yaojin: "Master, there should be no problem."

Xue Yun: "We go straight to Majiaji in Dongchang on Qingqi. Maybe we will arrive one step ahead of Ma Dashan. Also, Majiaji is a big market, and Ma Dashan only has some businesses in Majiaji. In the store, Ma Dashan built a large castle and stables outside Majiaji. Most of the servants and minions live in the newly built Majiabao. However, Ma Dashan has lived in peace for a long time. Repairing my mansion compound, there are still two sections of the wall that have not been repaired, it is said that it is convenient to transport stone materials and so on inside.”

Xue Wu and the others burst into laughter, Xue Wu: "I heard that Ma Dashan is a big horse farmer in Dongchang who raises horses for the imperial court, and he also sells horses and runs the horse market. If you walk sideways, you need to build a wall."

Xue Yun: "After defeating Ma Dashan and coming back to Zhang Wangcai, the other party will depend on Zhang Wangcai's own good fortune. However, for the New Year's Eve, I'm afraid that Zhang Wangcai will not be willing to part with his comfortable home in Zhangjia Village."

On the second day, Xue Yun's whole army went straight to Dongchang Majiaji, with a thousand Xuejiajing riding three horses each day and night. On the third day, near dusk, they caught up with the horses near a meadow less than [-] miles away from Majiaji. Dashan, Ma Dashan people are lying or sitting in disorder, letting the exhausted horses eat grass and drink water.

When Xue Yun and Xue Wu surrounded and surrounded Ma Dashan, Ma Dashan himself and his subordinates never thought that they would be overtaken by the Ming army after running hard. Finding that the way out was cut off, and more than 100 people were trapped by the low-lying pond, Ma Dashan rode towards the Ming army on horseback seeing the situation was not good.

Ma Dashan: "Please answer the general of the Ming army on the opposite side. Dongchang Majiaji Ma Dashan has something to say."

Xue Yun also came out on a horse: "What advice do you have for Ma Da?"

Ma Dashan: "This general, if you are willing to let me go, Ma Dashan, I am willing to give 10 taels of silver for my life. If the general is dispatched in the future, he will definitely serve."

Xue Yun looked at Ma Dashan for a while: "You can talk about the person behind the scenes who dealt with Xue's family."

Ma Dashan: "I don't know who is behind the scenes, but it is said that many people want to deal with the Xue family."

Xue Yun: "Ma Da's family, you mobilize your troops to attack my Xue family. You won't be used as a spearman for nothing. If you want to survive, show your sincerity."

Ma Dashan: "If I say I don't know, I don't know. The government and the army can't kill you all like this. We Mahu are just forced by life to find some pocket money. Please allow us to plead guilty to Dongchang Mansion."

Xue Yun didn't speak any more, but just turned Wulongju back to the team.Ma Dashan is still making the last effort: "General, please consider my sincerity, otherwise you will suffer even more tragic revenge."

Xue Yun waved the eight-treasure plum-blossom spear in his hand, and a thousand cavalrymen fired arrows at the thieves surrounding Ma Dashan. The thieves in the lowlands had nowhere to hide, and all the arrows fell off the horses, and Ma Dashan became red-eyed. Called his subordinates to attack Xue Yun desperately, as if to kill Xue Yun and break through from the front.

Xue Yun's soldiers fought hand-to-hand with Ma Dashan's breakout cavalry, but Ma Dashan rushed into the Ming army's camp too few, only a handful of thirty or so people, and Xue Yun, a super killer, was in Ma Dashan's camp. The group just raised a few waves in the sea, and soon calmed down.

The soldiers dragged the half-dead Ma Dashan to Xue Yun, and Ma Dashan said grimly: "I took other people's money to deal with the Xue family, but you dare to chase me like this, you have to know that you deal with me like this!" Ma Dashan despises the Holy Cult of the White Lotus, don't you be afraid of the revenge of hundreds of thousands of Holy Cultists?"

Xue Yun: "I'm afraid you acted secretly behind the back of the White Lotus Sect. If you deceive the Sacred Sect's public weapon for private use, I'm afraid the White Lotus Sect will even trouble you. There can be a matter of avenging you."

Ma Dashan suddenly fell into the dust, Xue Yun ordered Ma Dashan to be arrested, and the rest of the thieves were all killed.

After the officers and soldiers dealt with Ma Dashan's group of thieves, they immediately headed towards Majiaji. At nightfall, Xue Yun's entire army broke through Majiaji outside Majiabaozi. There were more than 800 people in the castle, and more than 700 people were slaughtered. The remaining hundred people had few males. A batch of 20 taels of gold and silver was seized, and more than 2000 military horses were controlled.A batch of Buddhist statues, books, letters, tokens, and clothing were found.

It was night when all the people in Majiaji Town went up to the wall to resist the harassment of unknown cavalry. Xue Yun only sent his men to notify the Majiaji army and civilians after the attack on Majiabao. It has nothing to do with the collection. Majiaji officials and citizens are requested to notify Dongchang government officials to assist in handling the case and look at Ma Dashan's assets in Majiaji.

The officials of Majiaji, the leaders of the wealthy gentry and the militia, were half-believing. It was so dark that they could not judge the authenticity of these Ming troops, but the other party did not intend to attack Majiaji. Everyone thought it would be a great contribution to uncover the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect. One thing, after discussing for a while, I immediately opened the South Gate and sent someone to report to Dongchang Mansion.

Fushen, an official of Majiaji, dared not come out to meet in the dark, and Xue Yun was happy that he could handle everything in Majiabao at will.

Xue Yun and Xue Wu finally decided to hide 10 taels of gold and silver and some valuable and convenient belongings, and let Dongchang Mansion and the court share the rest. Now that a White Lotus Sect came out to top the vat, I unexpectedly made great contributions to the court. I was impeached by officials and ministers for leading troops out of Beijing privately. I believe that with the White Lotus Sect, I can barely pass the test. It's not a big problem.

Only after dawn did someone from Majiaji come out to investigate the letter. It was confirmed that the north gate of Majiaji was half opened, and several officials and rich gentry came out to meet Xue Yun, the leader of this team. Having nothing to do, the soldiers came to report that someone from Majiaji had come out to see the general, and Xue Yun ordered them to be brought in to talk.

Xue Yun was sitting in the main hall of Majiabao, and the soldiers brought in three middle-aged men. The three introduced themselves, one was a small court official of the eighth rank, and the other two were representatives of the rich gentry of Majiaji. Seeing that Xue Yun was young and expected to be of low rank, the officer gained a lot of confidence in his speech: "I didn't ask about the identity of this officer, and where are you in the army."

Wang Erwa: "This is the Ming Dynasty pro-military test of thousands of households. The emperor's young pro-military deputy commander was actually awarded the rank of deputy general of Dingguo, and the second-rank military officer took charge of the general affairs. .” Wang Erwa has a great ability to put on airs.

The eighth-rank official and the representatives of the two wealthy gentry gasped when they heard this. It turned out that it was Xue Yun, a famous anti-gold general who was powerful in China, and he immediately surrounded Xue Yun to flatter him. The pillars of the imperial court and so on were given away for free, and finally the eighth-rank official added the finishing touch: "The general who is in charge of Datong Mansion in Shanxi somehow came to our Dongchang Mansion for business."

Xue Yun knew that civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were particularly difficult to deal with, so he wanted to use the mouth of this eighth-rank official to spread the word, lest the officials of Dongchang Mansion come and be confused with him, so he signaled to Wang Erwa, Wang Erwa never Next to Xue Yun, he picked up a long dark iron plate and flashed it in front of the three people in Majiaji. The three people stared at it carefully, and saw a big word "Ling" engraved on it. East Factory".

The hearts of the three people in Majiaji were pounding. No one knew the ominous name of Donei Dongchang, but the token did not reveal the identity of the owner, but the workmanship of this long iron plate was not ordinary. Dongchang fans, stall heads, and foremen are qualified to use it, and everyone's attitude towards Xue Yun has undergone a subversive change for a while.

(End of this chapter)