Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume III: The Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 2 The Crisis of Gathering Hungry People Begins

Section 3 Reckless and heroic

Twenty miles west of Dengfeng, the camp of displaced people.

At this time, the camp of displaced people was crowded, almost thousands of people were watching something in the camp, and a man in his thirties was standing on a high platform in the crowd, talking loudly, and more than 100 people were tied up in front of the high platform, kneeling there.

This man in his thirties is named Huang Fuming, who used to be a small merchant selling horses, trafficking horses from the northern grasslands to all parts of Henan, and his family has some spare money to be richer. But just last year, Huang Fuming's home was ransacked by mountain bandits, and the family business accumulated over the years was destroyed overnight. And this year, all parts of Henan have suffered from drought, coupled with the increase in the tax burden of the imperial court, and the number of displaced people in various places has increased; Huang Fuming and a group of brothers also had no food and clothing, and then became homeless people, wandering around with the large crowd of homeless people. Because Huang Fuming is usually righteous and fair, and there is a group of obedient brothers around him, he helps the old and weak among the displaced people, presides over justice, and has a very high prestige, and gradually becomes the leader of the displaced people.

With the passage of time, the emperor saw that the displaced people around him lacked food and clothing, and the old and weak and children continued to die one after another, while the local government only drove everyone away, and never sent food to help the victims; So, in desperation, Huang Fuming wanted to gather people to coerce Dengfeng City, and took some food from the city to distribute to the displaced people around him.

However, Huang Fuming never imagined that his original plan to coerce the government to obtain food through negotiations would go bankrupt and be ruined by more than a thousand homeless people who were already hungry and crazy.

I only heard Huang Fuming roaring angrily: "I told you all that we are outcasts!" It is a righteous people who want to fight against corrupt officials and corrupt officials, not thieves who go around destroying and looting towns! You guys actually openly plundered outside Dengfeng City, and even attacked the official army camp, are you blinded by lard and want to find death! Are you going to kill and beat everybody? A bunch of bastards! ”

The more Huang Fu Ming spoke, the more angry he became, he rushed off the high platform angrily, and kicked at a man kneeling in front of him, directly kicking him to the ground.

At this time, a person next to him stepped forward and grabbed Huang Fuming, this person's name was Li Mingzhi, and the other two: Liu Jinhui and Lan Yuan, they were all Huang Fuming's right-hand men.

Li Mingzhi said: "Big brother, these brothers are also forced to have no way out, otherwise they would not have done such stupid things." Now that we've been out of food for two days, there's really no other way but to go out and loot! ”

"I'd rather starve to death than go out and plunder! Absolutely not! Who did the people who were ruined by these people provoke whom? Who wants justice for those people! Huang Fuming shouted angrily: "Once we indulge these people to go out to loot, then we will become thieves, and we will be traitors for the rest of our lives!" In the future, children and grandchildren will not be able to turn over! ”

Li Mingzhi and the others also looked dark when they heard this, and they stopped talking.

Huang Fuming looked at the more than 100 first offenders in front of him, his face was unusually tangled, and after a while, he said fiercely: "Come on, cut down all these people!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd of onlookers suddenly stirred, but after Huang Fuming's cold gaze looked around for a week, the commotion of the crowd disappeared. Immediately afterwards, hundreds of homeless young people stepped forward, held down the more than 100 first offenders on the spot, and beheaded them on the spot.

Huang Fuming pointed to the scene of Xue Linlin and said loudly: "Everyone take a look, this is the end of not obeying orders and acting arbitrarily!" If anyone dares to rob without permission in the future, don't blame my men for being ruthless! ”

After dealing with these first offenders, Huang Fuming let all the displaced people disperse, and he had to go back to the tent to think about what to do next.

At this time, Lan Yuan on the side said: "Brother Huangfu, most of the displaced people from all over the country have already gathered towards our side, it is estimated that they will all be assembled in the next two days, and then there will be 70,000 or 80,000 people under our command, of which there are 50,000 or 60,000 young people, and the amount of food consumed by so many people in a day is vast." We have to make plans in advance, otherwise, once these tens of thousands of people collapse because of lack of food, then we will all be finished. ”

Huang Fuming nodded and said, "I know, let's wait for another day today, and tomorrow we will start besieging Dengfeng City!" ”

At this moment, a spy ran over in a panic and said something in Huang Fuming's ear, only to see Huang Fuming's face suddenly change greatly, and hurriedly said: "Take someone to check it again, and report it as soon as there is a situation!" ”

Seeing this, Li Mingzhi, Lan Yuan, and Liu Jinhui on the side hurriedly asked, "Brother Huangfu, what's wrong?" ”

Huang Fuming's expression was extremely grim and said: "The officers and soldiers attacked by those guys last night came towards us, I'm afraid there are thousands of people, they must have come to take revenge on us." ”

Liu Jinhui was not very worried after hearing this, and said, "Isn't it just thousands of officers and soldiers?" Those guards are all mud that can't support the wall, we have tens of thousands of troops now, let's beat him first, and then it will be much more convenient for us to ask the government for food! ”

Li Mingzhi and Lan Yuan also echoed one after another, not paying any attention to the officers and soldiers who were coming.

Only Huang Fuming seemed to be afraid of something, and said: "That official army is a guest army in transit, and it is the Hanwei battalion from Liaodong!" ”

Everyone was stunned on the spot.

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Just when Huang Fuming and the others were shocked to hear that the Hanwei battalion was coming, Liu Yunwei had already led the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion to a place fifteen miles west of Dengfeng City.

"Big brother, according to the investigation of the night, there are now more than 60,000 displaced people four or five miles in front of us, and the number is still increasing. It seems that as the eldest brother expected, there must be someone in the unified command of these outcasts, otherwise these outcasts would not act like this, as if an army was being assembled. Wen Poyu said with a look of adoration.

Liu Yunwei said: "Yes, it must be like this. When I went to the prefect's yamen to discuss the military situation with him, the Wu prefect seemed to be in a hurry to burn his buttocks, for fear that I would leave him unaccustomed and continue to hurry. ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

Lu Ying smiled and asked, "Then the eldest brother simply promised that Governor Wu would send troops immediately?" ”

Liu Yunwei also smiled and said: "How can I be so cheap for these civil officials, I asked the Wu prefect to raise grain, and in five days, I will raise 100,000 stone of grain for relief of the displaced people, otherwise, I will directly lead the army back to Sichuan." If we can get these homeless people to lay down their arms and surrender, I will use the food raised by the Wu Governor to relieve them, and if these homeless people have any crooked thoughts and want to start an incident, I will take advantage of the situation to exterminate them! ”

As soon as the words fell, suddenly a team of horses in front of them galloped back, holding a small bright red flag in their hands.

Wen Poyu exclaimed: "Big brother, there is an enemy attack ahead!" ”

Liu Yunwei said calmly: "Pass the order, and the whole army will line up on the spot and prepare to fight!" ”

The soldiers of the Hanwei battalion quickly changed their formation in the sound of war drums, and in less than a stick of incense, they formed a tight defensive formation, while Wen Polu's Changshui Department and Gao Hongguang's Yingyang Department firmly protected the left and right wings of the phalanx, and Liu Yunwei personally led the soldiers of the Longxiang Department to live in the formation and command the overall situation.

After a while, everyone saw the billowing smoke and dust rising in front of them, and then they saw tens of thousands of horses and horses rushing up to meet them, and the endless crowd spread all the way to the sky, as if only these hungry homeless people were left in the whole world.

Liu Yunwei looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "When I read the history books, I said that the displaced people of all dynasties and dynasties were ant thieves!" Today, this word is really apt, these homeless people are numerous and boundless, and they are really like countless ants. Ancient and modern, it is the people who suffer. ”

Just thinking about it, Liu Yunwei saw that the homeless people in front of him gradually stopped, and the formation was about two hundred steps in front of the Hanwei camp, and it took about two sticks of incense to slightly reorganize the prototype of a phalanx.

Liu Yunwei shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: "No matter how many people like this are, they are a rabble, and they will not be able to get on the stage after all." ”

"Herald! The whole army advances a hundred paces and oppresses the enemy army! ”

Liu Yunwei gave an order, and thousands of soldiers in the battalion roared in unison: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Then he took neat steps to meet the large array of tens of thousands of displaced people in front.

Facing the momentum and murderous Hanwei camp array, Huang Fuming and the others were shocked, and there was only one thought in their hearts at this time: "If it really starts, I'm afraid that my tens of thousands of people won't be able to support even a stick of incense!" ”

Liu Jinhui, who was still clamoring to beat the Hanwei camp before, turned pale at this time, and muttered: "How can these officers and soldiers be so strong? Aren't the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty all like those guards and soldiers? ”

And the tens of thousands of homeless people behind a few people are also fluctuating at this time, facing the soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion who are like dragons and tigers, these homeless people who have never seen anything in the world have long lost the heart to fight, and only think that Huang Fuming and other leaders will order to leave here as soon as possible and go elsewhere to find food.

Huang Fuming kept thinking about countermeasures, and after a while, he saw that the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion in front of him had stopped, and the two sides were only a hundred steps apart, so he relentlessly and took Lan Yuan, Liu Jinhui, and Li Mingzhice to immediately call for battle.

"I am the leader of these poor people, my name is Huang Fuming, and the generals of the official army on the other side please come out and answer!"