Chapter 181: Intimidation

The two hundred people on the other side of the ferry were even more vulnerable, Li Meng and they left Xiajin County after resting for half an hour, with sufficient horsepower, and people familiar with the local terrain to lead the way, and when they arrived at the place where they camped, the other party was also "celebrating the Spring Festival", although they did not send people to deliver wine and meat like Xiajin County. But these soldiers were already huddled in the barracks, unwilling to come out.

The so-called sentry soldiers were just two people at the gate of the camp, and when the cavalry led by Li Meng came suddenly, those two people were warming up in a sheltered place. Seeing the cavalry of the brigade coming, he didn't dare to get up to warn, so he let the cavalry rush in directly.

Getting angry, forcing people out of the house, and slashing and killing were not too complicated processes, and in less than half an hour, more than two hundred people had completely dispersed.

The repeated rebellion of the Nanshan thief Zhang Chengye caused great damage to Liu Zeqing, and at the beginning, Zhang Chengye led them to several strongholds where Yanding was stationed, which can be regarded as a credit for leading the way.

But in the same way, he stationed in Liu Zeqing's barracks, and the number of soldiers was also clear, with the Nanshan thieves leading the way, Li Meng's four hundred cavalry really got twice the result with half the effort.

On the twenty-ninth and thirtieth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Liu Zeqing stationed the barracks in Dongchang Mansion, imitating the stronghold set up by Yanding to guard the intersection, eleven of them were attacked, the barracks were destroyed, and the soldiers were scattered, and the news only reached the general army of Caozhou on the tenth day of the first month.

Since arranging for the master below to write the so-called rebuttal proclamation letterhead, Liu Zeqing has concentrated on having fun, those female dramas sent by salt merchants are all good goods, and being an official is not just a desire for lust, if there is no this, who will climb up!

When the leader of the pro-soldiers reported the losses everywhere, Liu Zeqing's eyeballs almost fell out, and the strongholds in Dongchang Mansion were uprooted except for the three near Yanzhou, and the rest were uprooted, and the soldiers were killed and wounded nearly 2,000, and the rest were scattered.

The two thousand dead and wounded means that the two thousand have completely lost their combat effectiveness, and the rest is completely uncontrollable, and the thousand generals, the general officers were killed and wounded thirteen, and roughly calculated, they actually lost more than 4,000 people, which made Liu Zeqing's flesh hurt too much, and today there are disasters and famines, and there is no need to arrest the recruits, there must be someone to vote, but among the more than 4,000 people, there are at least four or five hundred veteran backbones, these veterans are the core of the army, and with these veterans, they can get new recruits to build an army at any time.

In an instant, there were more than 15,000 of his 20,000 soldiers and horses, Liu Zeqing was completely stunned, and after reacting, he was only shocked in his heart.

Who has such a strong strength in Shandong and can defeat more than 4,000 of his own horses in such a short period of time, although Liu Zeqing is arrogant, but he also has a full estimate of his own strength, in Shandong, his more than 20,000 soldiers and horses are already considered to be the first strength, so who else.

Liu Zeqing investigated the people he thought were possible one by one, and only in the end did he contact Li Meng, but he couldn't figure out how he could mobilize more than 7,000 soldiers and horses if he wanted to suddenly kill his more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in such a short period of time, not to mention whether Li Meng, a newly promoted general, had so many soldiers, and it was impossible for him not to know about the transfer of an army of this size in Shandong, and it was impossible to mobilize it without news from the governor's side, which was a complicity. If Li Meng can do this, then how strong will he be.

At present, all Liu Zeqing can do is to gradually shrink back the soldiers who are stationed in the stronghold because of the salt merchants, hundreds of people here, hundreds of people there, it is too easy to be broken by each person, as for the salt merchants, they can only ignore it, and they can still go back with the silver gifts they sent.

The soldiers and horses of Liu Zeqing's troops stationed in Dongchang Mansion in Caozhou, the only remaining strongholds, all received orders to retreat, and at the same time, the Yanding of Li Meng, who was inspected by the Jiaozhou Salt Administration, re-entered this area, but this time the situation was different from before, this time it was set up in several county seats.

But the main distributors of private salt, that is, the local landlords and heroes, but it is already the first month of the new year what happened in the past few days frightened the courage, Shandong is chaotic, big battles and small battles have not been broken, I have never seen such a way of playing, one side can hardly resist, the other side is coming and going like the wind.

Watching the barracks next to my house being burned and the soldiers being killed and scattered, everyone wondered what would happen if these people attacked my house.

Therefore, after the salt lads re-entered the various parts of Dongchang Mansion, there was an endless stream of people who bought private salt, and there were originally some salt goods sold by the two Huai salt merchants, but in this situation, how could they buy dozens of private salt to show their loyalty.

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Chengye, a thief in the South Mountain, played the role of leading the way and the sentry this time, and really helped Li Meng's 400 cavalry a lot.

This repeated villain Zhang Chengye can have such treatment, if we get closer to the Jiaozhou camp, will there be better treatment, the local gentry of Dongchang Mansion are all thinking like this.

On the eighth day of the first month of Chongzhen's tenth year, Li Meng and his four hundred cavalry were already in Qingzhou Mansion, which was his own territory, and the results of the high-intensity sports battle for more than ten consecutive days were brilliant, but the men and horses were also extremely tired, the cavalry died fifteen people, injured more than 30 people, and also needed to rest and recuperate.

After entering Qingzhou Mansion, except for the corpses brought back to Laizhou Mansion, the wounded were found to be familiar with the people to recuperate and treat on the spot, and the rest of the people were divided into pieces, divided into ten people, and the team of fifteen people marched in the direction of Jiaozhou.

Ma Gang stopped in Changle County, this is the headquarters of his command of Yanding in Qingzhou Mansion, but Ma Gang is also more excited, Li Meng was promoted to general, and the Yanding led by himself will soon become a regular soldier according to the previous rules, and he can be a garrison, a division, or even a guerrilla!

Li Meng's physique is better than the soldiers around him, and during the daytime march, Tang Er and the thirty cavalrymen who followed Li Meng who relaxed couldn't stop dozing, and Li Meng was very energetic.

The news transmission of this era is sometimes slow and amazing, but sometimes it is unusually fast, what happened in Dongchang Mansion was quickly spread by people with intentions, when Li Meng led the cavalry from Qingzhou Mansion into Dongchang Mansion, the landlords and gentry received along the way were a little cold, of course, it was only a very slight performance, Li Meng This kind of person no matter when, it is not something they can offend.

When they came back, it would be different, Li Meng and his night stay were often under the guidance of Yan Ding, who was stationed in Qingzhou Mansion, and lived in these powerful homes. That belt is a bit lacking in the words enthusiasm.

Although it is the New Year's period, every household is a courteous reception, the staff will be a senior military attaché, it is inevitable to meet and kowtow, good wine and good meat are also inevitable, Li Meng really can't stand it is that someone is so attentive that he sent his concubine and daughter over to sleep, although he refused directly, he really couldn't stand it.

If it weren't for Li Meng's strict restraint, the cavalry under his command would probably have traveled all the way in the gentle township, and the single Tang Er was even mentioned to more than a dozen family affairs, and they all declared that they didn't care about their status, and they could be wives and concubines.

Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Meng finally returned to Jiaozhou City, for him, the way back was happier than when he came to Dongchang Mansion to take the wind and kill people like chopping melons and vegetables.

For all the people in the old camp of the Jiaozhou battalion system, Li Meng came back to rest, this is the beginning of the new year, for the entire Jiaozhou, Li Meng's private salt, soldiers, and various trading activities are all that support them, and for them, the new year has just begun.

Originally, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, even if the year was over, Jiaozhou suddenly became lively out of season.

After returning to Jiaozhou and sleeping for a while, Rosie was going to come to ask for a banquet in the inner house, and so many new female family members had to be organized.

However, Ning Qiangui was in front, Master Ning was really busy now, he was just at the level of a master, and what he was doing now was not less than that of Zhizhou, Li Meng's grace and power had already made him die, but at this time, he felt a little too busy.

Ning Qiangui did not come to Li Meng to complain, but to report in detail to Li Meng some things he had confessed before going to Nanjing, and recruited more than 90 blacksmiths and apprentices from all over the country, all of whom spent money to let them move here, and they were already living with those craftsmen in Liaodong, and they could gradually increase production.

The purchase of saltpeter gunpowder is still not ideal, and it can only be purchased in the arsenal of Dengzhou through some shady channels, and the green salt in Jining Prefecture has been transported intermittently, and every time it needs weapons such as swords, these things can be sold after the Jiaozhou battalion is eliminated.

But Li Meng saw some ways in the Di Bao and Tang Bao, and now although Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops are still coming and going, they are very calm, but as long as they engage the official army, they will win less and lose more, and the demand for this weapon will increase, presumably the increase in attrition.

Li Meng pondered for a moment, opened his mouth and Ning Qiangui commanded:

"You can let the people in the Jining store ask the green salt seller, if there is something urgently needed, we can give it to them on credit first, at the moment the bulk is the transaction with the Zheng family, and these silver are personal favors."