A few people walked out of the captive team, and came to Yang Ming with a respectful gait, the leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a clear face, wearing a square scarf, and a green shirt was quite clean.

The middle-aged man shook Yang Mingchang to the ground and said loudly: "Fan Tongzhou, a member of Shunyi, thank you for saving your life." The other two people in the group fell to their knees and thanked them repeatedly.

In the Ming Dynasty, the official establishment of a county is a county official, a county is a county, a county, a bookkeeper, a canonical history, a total of four, small counties are less, there is no master or county, the other three classes and six rooms or something, are officials, do not belong to the formal official establishment, and the student is regarded as a reserve official, the status is above the officials.

After the Houjin soldiers sneaked through Jizhou, on November 16, in Shunyi to repel the troops of Datong General Man Gui and Xuanfu General Hou Shilu, Zhao Huizhong of Shunyi Zhixian County led all living beings to surrender the city, Fan Tongzhou was unwilling to surrender, fled back to the countryside to hide, but did not expect to be swept and captured by the Houjin soldiers.

"Everyone, please get up, don't be polite." Yang Ming was not used to others kneeling down to him, so he hurriedly motioned for them to get up.

Fan Tongzhou, a student, said to Yang Ming: "The talented student saw that the general broke two hundred Tartars with the strength of one person, and the prosperity of bravery, although the general of Guan Zhang was not as good as it, there are people like generals in the Ming Dynasty, and the blessing of the emperor is the earth." ”

Hearing Fan Shengren praise himself like this, Yang Ming was a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly replied: "Mr. praised too much, the student really doesn't dare to be." ”

Fan Tongzhou listened to Yang Ming's kind words, and called himself a student, he felt close in his heart, and most of his previous uneasiness disappeared, and he hurriedly asked: "The general is also a scholar?" ”

Yang Ming smiled, thinking that he had also been in the Ivy League University for a few years, and according to the standards of this era, he could be regarded as half a student, so he said stupidly: "I don't have success in my studies, I dare not be ashamed." ”

When Fan Tongzhou heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "You might as well do it, if Qi Yue's general, internal security and external security, Le Shi Yanran, how can you be in the middle of the branch." ”

Fan Xiucai means that although Yang Ming does not have a reputation for military achievements, it is also good if he can make achievements in military achievements.

Yang Ming smiled, arching his hand and not speaking.

Fan Tongzhou arched his hand again and asked: "The student is not talented, I don't know the general's surname?" Where is the army? What is your role? I don't hesitate to tell each other, and the students must remember the five hearts and always feel the kindness of the general. ”

"In Xia Yang Ming, he is neither military nor civilian, has no official or position, and he dare not insult his name." Yang Ming replied with a slight smile.

Yang Ming didn't want to say more, Fan Tongzhou naturally didn't want to ask more, he shook Yang Ming to the ground again: "Nowadays, the captives are plundering, and the villages near and far are all ruined, and the general is martial arts, and I hope to take pity on these captives and lead everyone out of a way to live." ”

Yang Ming knew that although he had defeated the Houjin soldiers at the moment, the vicinity of Gyeonggi was the sphere of influence of the Houjin army, and if he left it alone, whether this team of prisoners was formed or dissolved, most of them would eventually fall into the hands of the Houjin soldiers.

After a moment of silence, Yang Ming asked Fan Tongzhou: "According to Mr. Will, how should I handle it?" ”

Fan Tongzhou replied: "At present, the capital is under martial law, and the surrounding cities are either closed or trapped. The captives plundered everywhere, and the people in the countryside had no place to live. There are no less than 1,000 prisoners rescued by the general today, and most of them are young and strong, with the courage of the general, if they can lead a city to defend the ten days, and wait for the army of the king to gather to drive out the Tartars and calm the ground, then we will finally be able to save our lives, and we will always feel the great virtue of the general. ”

Yang Ming thought about it, and there was indeed no other good way, so he nodded and said, "What Mr. said is very good, although he is not talented, he is willing to do this." ”

When Fan Tongzhou saw Yang Ming agree, he was overjoyed, and he thanked him again, saying, "That's very good, the student will go to Zhang Luo first." With that, he took his leave, and went back with the two men who had come with him.

In the era of the Ming Dynasty, the influence of scholars should not be underestimated, even in the season of the death of the Ming Dynasty, such as Zhang Huangyan, Xia Wanol, Chen Zilong and others, as the identity and influence of scholars, contact the Quartet, recruit people, and resist the Qing soldiers.

"Yang Engong, I want to see if my father and mother are there." Wang Cheng looked at Yang Ming expectantly and said.

"Oh, okay, you can go check it out."

"Stay safe!" Yang Ming didn't forget to tell him.

After more than half an hour, Fan Tongzhou came over with a group of people, and Wang Cheng also followed.

In front of Yang Ming, as usual, Fan Tongzhou took a long look, and the rest of the people knelt down in an uproar, and Wang Cheng also knelt down in the crowd.

"Everyone, please get up." Yang Ming stepped forward and pulled Wang Cheng up, "Did you find your father?" ”

Wang Cheng shook his head, his face full of tears.

Fan Tongzhou looked at Wang Cheng, sighed, and said to Yang Ming:

"The general has finished counting, the general has killed sixty-one captives in this battle, the heads have been collected, thirty-seven horses have been obtained, a number of weapons and armor, as well as wealth, silk, grain, grass, clothing, utensils, etc., all waiting for the general to be disposed of."

After listening to Fan Tongzhou's report, Yang Ming nodded lightly.

A big man beside Fan Tongzhou stepped forward, bowed to Yang Ming, and said loudly: "Three of the hundred generals of the Datong Army have seen the general. ”

This man has a square face and a wide mouth, a burly figure, and blood marks on his coarse cloth clothes, thinking that he has received a lot of whips along the way.

"Datong Army? Are you one of Man Gui's subordinates? Yang Ming remembered this history, after Emperor Chongzhen arrested Yuan Chonghuan and went to prison, he led 40,000 troops with the general army of Datong Mangui in Yongdingmen and fought a decisive battle with the Houjin soldiers, the whole army was annihilated, and Mangui was killed in battle.

"Exactly!" The man's face showed a desolate look.

"Yongdingmen fought with the Tartars, the Manchurian army was killed in battle, and tens of thousands of troops died and scattered. A certain did not want to be captured by the Tartars, so he took a few brothers to hide in Tibet, but he didn't expect to be caught by the Tartars in the end, alas! ”

The man let out a long sigh, looking helpless and frustrated.

"Fortunately, the sky has eyes, and today I saw the general show his might, single-handedly beating the Tartars to the ground, and a certain heart was happy! If you don't give up, you are willing to serve the general! ”

Ding Yousan said, and introduced Yang Ming to a group of men around him, these men were the routs of Datong, Xuanfu Army and other Qinwang armies, and they were lucky to pick up a life in the defeat, hiding in Tibet everywhere, and were finally captured by the Qing army.

Fan Tongzhou also said on the side: "General, these people are all soldiers of the battalion and army, and they are familiar with the military formation. The young and strong among the captives can be given swords, guns and weapons - those who do not have knives and guns can take hoes and sickles, and the Tartars have plundered a lot of agricultural tools, each person is enough, and they can be organized into a team led by these soldiers, and they can also have the strength to fight. ”

Yang Ming nodded and said, "Well, it's up to Mr. ”

Fan Tongzhou sang, looked at Yang Ming, and said: "The people and materials have been roughly counted, and most of the captives are hungry for a day. ”

Yang Ming felt that Fan Tongzhou, Ding Yousan and others had faintly regarded themselves as the leaders, thinking of this, his heart moved, but his face was still unshocked.

"It's okay, you come with me, go two miles, bury the pot and make rice."