Chapter 376: Seeming to be loyal and Xuanwu has a guest coming from the north

"Zhang Puheng died, none of the Donglin party members who wrote articles and sang to each other and praised him to the sky on weekdays dared to come forward, all of them were there to wagging their tails with Zhou Yanru, or the old man came forward, ran thousands of miles, and handled the funeral for him without touching his feet, these people are also happy in peacetime, full of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and full of Wang Baxin!"

The Caoyun Governor Yamen of Fengyang Zhongdu, Ma Shiying roared loudly in the hall, and several generals and guerrillas around him and Fengyang soldiers and horses were silent and did not dare to speak out.

At the beginning, Ma Shiying got out of the military because Ruan Dacheng conspired with Zhang Pu to help Zhou Yanru regain his appearance, and Ruan Dacheng helped him get the lottery. Who knew that Zhang Pu was poisoned by Zhou Yanru when he changed hands, and none of the scholars and ministers who had received some benefits from Zhang Pu dared to open their mouths, that is, Ma Shiying, who had never known him, dared to risk Zhou Yanru's anger and run to handle the funeral. After this incident, Mrs. Jiang Zuoshi looked sideways, and they all felt that this Ma Shiying was a stunned person, and she couldn't figure it out, and everyone avoided it.

The Fengyang prefect who was sitting on the side saw Ma Shiying's gaffe like this, and couldn't help but open his mouth to persuade:

"Governor, Shandong soldiers and horses are also here to rescue the Shouzhou crisis, maybe Governor Tang has thought too much......"

Ma Shiying, the governor of Caoyun, turned his head sharply, stared at him viciously, and said in a cold voice:

"Wu Fengming, do you believe this, then Li Meng has done everything possible to garrison troops and horses in Nanzhilitun over the years, why in the end, this time there was chaos in Shouzhou, and the imperial court repeatedly asked him to send troops to quell the chaos, he didn't come, and when the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo was about to go to Huguang and Henan, he intervened sideways, and blocked those scourges back!"

The prefect of Fengyang was also a little discouraged, sitting there and simply not making a sound, Ma Shiying was already angry, where did he continue to shout loudly:

"The town guard Duke Lu led the army to a stalemate with the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution, and it was a good time to gather and annihilate, and his soldiers and horses were motionless behind him. But now that the situation is corrupt, the power of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left has risen sharply, but at this time, it is unusual, and it is going south with all its might, what is this for!? ”

Under Ma Shiying's angry questioning, everyone in the room was silent and bowed their heads silently, in fact, Li Meng's actions. Delicate people can almost see it clearly, but they are too lazy to break it.

Everyone understands very well in their hearts that if Li Chuang and Zhang come back, they will not do any good, but if this Li Meng comes, it is the least to ensure the wealth of the whole family, and if it is not good, he will have to stay in his position, after all, this Li Meng is also a general of the imperial court. And according to the rules of the system.

Ma Shiying was still there angry, muttering:

"Traitorous minister, traitorous male, he wants to be justified, and he will go south if the court needs him to go south. He has a big army and a big name, what does he want to do, this is the number one traitor in the three hundred years of the dynasty! ”

The Shandong army wants to go south so justifiably, and the last anointment of Nanzhili is already overwhelming. But. In Ma Shiying's eyes, this Li Meng has always asked for a name for himself, everything is transferred according to the rules, indicating that he still pays attention to the remarks of the people in the world.

After all, the Donglin Restoration Society and Jiangnan Shilin almost represent the public opinion of the world. Li Meng will still be very scruples, because of his reputation, many things cannot be implemented smoothly.

As long as Li Meng blatantly goes to do something rebellious, then all parts of the country can gather strength to slowly plot, who would have thought that Li Meng's army would start to move, and the northern and southern Shilin would be silent, and no one would say anything.

Everyone knows what Li Meng's southward journey means, but everyone is reluctant to speak out and be the first bird, and most people want to speculate and get a vote. It's not bad to have a background in the new dynasty!

Liu Zongzhou, the only right-hand envoy who dared to speak out. It was already because of arguing with Emperor Chongzhen about the policy of Dongchang and fighting against the Jurchens, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. If he is not in his position at this time, he will naturally not do anything.

What Ma Shiying didn't know was that since Li Meng's army set off from Jinan to the south, almost ninety percent of the officials above the fourth rank of the DPRK sent someone to send letterhead to Li Meng, although the letter was vague, but they all revealed the meaning of marriage, and now there are no less than dozens of famous daughters who are willing to be concubines for Li Meng, and there are also about a similar number of children who are willing to be concubines for little Li Hong.

The civil officials of various prefectures and counties in Shandong, this is the most boring official position in Shandong, or the most boring official position in the whole world. But they are entering the official career in the imperial examination, and they finally have such an opportunity in the ten-year cold window, and they are unwilling to lose it when they catch the real shortage. Full of reading the books of sages, and a protégé of the Son of Heaven who ascended to the Son of Heaven Hall, he was sent by the imperial court to be a civil official, and he was born to be at odds with Li Meng, who was born as a military general, and got along with each other without embarrassment, allowing the small officials inside and outside the yamen and the armed salt Ding to manage things.

They knew that they would be transferred as soon as their term of office expired, and even if they were good friends with this Li Meng, there would be no benefit, and if they didn't do well, they would be infamy, so they were all cold and indifferent.

But as soon as the army went south, the officials of the state governments along the way were extremely diligent, even if they couldn't touch the ground, they all went to the local Jiaozhou camp to express their loyalty, in the eyes of everyone, the world is about to change, at least Shandong and Nanzhili will change in the future.

As for those Donglin Party members, Jiangnan Shizi has already pondered writing some praise articles at the moment, that Cao Yun Li Jin is also for the country and the people, and the garrison in Nanzhili Lianghuai is also a hard-working state affair, Daming has Li Meng, that is like Emperor Taizu has Xu Da, Daming's Dinghai Shen Needle.

Ma Shiying's only hope is that the mouth of the people in the world can make Li Meng act more restrained and leave time and space for them to operate, but these people who are righteous and awe-inspiring on weekdays are all wagging their tails to please and humble to the extreme.

In the last days of the world, although there are many loyal and virtuous people, this morally corrupt generation will also have a lot more normal years, moral degradation, and loss of integrity, which is the sign of the last days.

"Send someone to Nanjing City and bring me to write a letter to Ruan Dabeard......"

roared to the end, Ma Shiying could only sit on the chair helplessly, and made this small action in despair.

The so-called soldier is fast. The Jiaozhou battalion has always been proud of its thunderous strength, and every time it goes into battle, it is killed on the battlefield when the enemy army is not expecting it. However, this time, the speed of Li Meng's army to the south was as slow as possible, and every time he passed through a state or county, whatever was suitable for the army to stop would inevitably stop and station.

Anyway, between Jinan and Jining Prefecture, the Tuntian Grange in Jiaozhou is densely packed with the industries of various large gentry. Moreover, before the army went south, the transfer warehouse and military station had already been set up, and it was normal to stop and stop.

The army marched slowly, the distance that could be completed in ten days, but at present, looking at this process, it takes at least fifteen days at the moment, and the purpose of this road is to show off its might.

Along the way, the local officials and gentry came to see each other when the army arrived. For example, before this expedition, the prefect of Jinan asked to see him, entered the hall, and saw Li Mengmian kneeling down and kowtowing first. After arriving in Tai'an, the prefect of Qingzhou hurried to come here, and the etiquette was also very grand. Although there is no loess mat road, the pomp of these hundred officials kneeling to receive it, the umbrella cover is wide open, and the drum music is also the most powerful, the smallest is also the pomp of the university priest and the superintendent, and the largest is chasing the prince. In the past, when civil officials saw military generals, they were considered a small acquaintance. It's all nostrils facing the sky, where does such a big pomp come from, this kind of variety of things has given Li Meng a new understanding of the so-called literati style.

People who couldn't see the situation clearly that day and were unwilling to bet on speculation now seem to have a clear situation, and if they don't take action, they may be left behind.

Li Meng wasn't worried that there would be anything wrong with Nanzhili's side. Now "the people's will". The local Shangqi ate pot pulp, and with the support of the two local wealthy clans, the Qingzhou Army and the Huaiyang Army were enough to easily raze all the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili. Whether it is the official army or the army of displaced people, not to mention that the troops of the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left are still under the remote control of the Jiaozhou Battalion.

Such a parade represents the low-key Jiaozhou battalion beginning to show off their powerful force to the world, so that everyone who sees this army knows that it is not wrong to join this side, and gives them absolute confidence in Shandong and the Jiaozhou battalion group.

The Shandong people along the road, not only the local people along the way, but also the people from the neighboring prefectures and counties also rushed to meet the Jiaozhou battalion commanders who were qualified, and those who were not qualified enough went to watch the march and marveled, seeing such troops, everyone was relieved, and everyone's hearts were settled.

Among the people who came to the place this time, there were quite a few local celebrities who dared to speak out, regardless of life and death, because Shandong has been accustomed to living a peaceful life in recent years, and the situation in the past two years has obviously become better and more relaxed, seeing that the rich and peaceful are in front of them, they are ready to come over to persuade Li Mengshuai, saying that it is a peaceful plan for Shandong, or don't raise swords and soldiers in vain, and destroy the peaceful days in Shandong at this time, but after seeing such military might, they all dispelled their thoughts.

With such a force, more territory should be laid, and at that time, our Shandong sons can follow the rich and virtuous, what are we doing in the way?

However, there are also the backbone literati of the Yan Party and the Lai Party who feel that things are not quite right, and pass the news to Li Meng through various channels, saying that it is a major matter for the soldiers, and it must not be ignored, and the actions of the army should not be so frivolous and flaunting, and some people also vaguely pointed out an inappropriate analogy, which was not the same when Qin's Fu Jian went on a southern expedition, and everyone knows what the final result was.

It is not too late to wait for the people to persuade the marshal or wait for everything to calm down, and then engage in these pomp and circumstance, they must not have thought that the idea of such a march was exactly what Sun Chuanting came up with.

According to Sun Chuanting's words, Shandong has been forbearance and low-key for so many years, except for the princes of the court and the central government and some big enemies who know how powerful Shandong is, the rest of the people are ignorant, and even there are many places in Shandong that do not know what kind of military general this Li Dashuai is and what kind of strength he has.

If you want to do great things, outsiders will inevitably look at you without the corresponding strength, and you will inevitably be unstable, or unconvinced, which will lead to the non-surrender of those who should have surrendered, and the non-surrender of those who should have surrendered, then you will have to fight many battles that should not be fought and consume excess energy.

In this march, we should show off our strength as much as possible, show the strength of the Jinan battalion to the people of Shandong, and show it to the people of Nanzhili, so that they can know what kind of group Shandong is, and let them understand in their hearts that surrendering to this group is what they should do, what kind of disadvantages will there be in confronting the Jiaozhou battalion, and what benefits will there be in this group.

In addition to the march, Zhou Yang, Ning Qiangui and Lingshan Commercial Bank launched together. For example, in the Tuntian Grange, the use of Tuntian households began to be relaxed, and the resettlement and renaturalization of the military dependents of Tuntian was underway. There is nowhere to go, who in the end will give them food and clothing, so that they can have such a good life.

The people will become the most terrible mob in troubled times, but most of the time they are still simple, they were originally in the Tuntian Grange, and they really felt the benefits that Li Meng gave them, and now they are constantly preaching by these people, and everyone is very grateful in their hearts.

In addition, the renaturalization and relocation of the military dependents of Tuntian. Let those Tuntian households who have no children in the army are very envious, and they still think that good children don't go to dance knives and guns desperately, and honestly farm for a lifetime, isn't it better, but now this gap is separated.

This shows one more thing, if you are loyal to the big handsome. It is sure that there will be enough and rich rewards, and now the child can only be sent to the team of the guardians, hoping that he will be blessed to join the army.

As for the locality, it is around Zhou Yang. The Lai Party, which was mainly a small official and a local literati in the yamen of government offices at all levels, and the Yan Party, which was vaguely represented by Yuan Wenhong and mainly wealthy people who ran various shops and commercial houses in Yanzhou Prefecture, wrote articles one after another to encourage and praise them.

It is said that in today's troubled world, everyone is at both ends of the first rat to preserve their strength, and they don't know how to be loyal to the king, they don't know how to appease Li Shu, and they only know the remnants of the people. Now only Zhendong General Li Meng is a real loyal and strong person, there is a great chaos in the south, and only Li Dashuai went to war with anger, leading my Shandong children to send troops to quell the chaos, Shandong is so strong, my Qilu disciples are all obedient to orders, and the pacification of the Shouzhou thieves is just around the corner.

After the chaos in the south is pacified, where should the Shandong army go? It's not that there are also Li Chuang and Cao Cao thieves who are raging in Henan. Is the Eight Great Kings Zhang who is running rampant in Huguang a thief, since there is no way for the officers and soldiers in other places. Let's calm down the Shandong soldiers and horses!

Some people also summarized that the Jiaozhou battalion has changed from the head of the battalion of more than 1,000 people in Jiaozhou to more than 100,000 troops today, what changes have happened in Shandong, with the gradual expansion of the scale of the Jiaozhou battalion, Shandong is also becoming more and more prosperous and wealthy, and the people of the people have gained many benefits.

This leads to a reason, that is, the stronger the Jiaozhou battalion, the more benefits our Shandong people will get, so supporting the Jiaozhou battalion and supporting Li Dashuai is to plan for our ordinary people's own lives.

There are also a few reckless, and they actually began to advocate that General Zhendong and Shandong General Li Mengnai are the bell of the Mandate of Heaven, and the hidden dragon is in the abyss, and some people "rigorously" speculate from the Book of Changes and Tui Beitu that Shandong Li Dashuai is the change of dynasty of this generation, and there will be saints in 500 years.

However, as soon as these reckless people's articles were written, they were only discussed in the literary society, and before they had time to assemble and publish them, someone came to visit them in the evening, and the next day these reckless people did not mention a word about the articles they had written.

For the local Wenhui Poetry Society in the pro-Li Meng's pro-Jiaozhou camp, there is a regular allocation of expenses, and Zhou Yang and Ning Qiangui's selection of subordinate personnel is also a priority in this selection.

This time, they advocated in groups, and at first a few influential literati clubs were instructed, and after some people took the lead, the rest of them naturally rushed up.

There are special people who sort out the well-written and highly encouraging articles, change them into vernacular texts that ordinary people can understand, and vigorously preach them in private schools and public schools everywhere.

The common people face the loess with their backs to the sky, what they can understand, and they respect those literati abnormally, and what these people say is obedient and convinced, and this effect has deepened a lot.

Of course, not everyone is so inflammatory, so soft-boned, the entire Shandong millions of people, there are always a few people who read and read their heads fainted, and they clinged to the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, they wanted to write articles scolding Li Meng for being rebellious, and even extremely prepared to kill Li Meng's horse, so as to gain a name of loyalty.

But people like them have long been on the blacklist of armed salt ding, and they can't even read it themselves when they write that article, armed salt ding will be searched regularly sooner or later, not to mention that people in the local area feel that these people are not villagers at all, and they have backbones behind them, but they want to go against Li Dashuai. Isn't that a trouble for the smear of the parents in my hometown, everyone is poking the backbone behind them, and the family members are isolated on the street, and it is extremely uncomfortable to live such a life.

Shandong Salt Gang and Lingshan Commercial Bank are not idle, these two institutions have a better impact on the common people and those grassy green forests than the scribes, not to mention that there are many people in Shandong who are now engaged in the salt works salt field iron yard, and Shandong Salt Gang and Lingshan Commercial Bank are dark and bright. Inciting the spread is more effective.

What's more, the common people believe in the grassroots rumors that are closer to them, and spontaneously spread and talk about them.

For example, in the area of Jiaozhou City, I don't know when there were such rumors, saying that when Li Dashuai was born, the sky was full of fire and clouds. There are holes in the thatched grass in the thatched house, and as a result, many magpies come to protect the mothers from the rain on the roof.

And what is the next day, a certain general and a certain soldier Beidao walked together, coinciding with heavy rain, and then guarded the door of this thatched hut to avoid the rain. Hearing that there was a child inside, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "This child will definitely be rich and wealthy in the future, otherwise how can we let the two of us guard the door" and so on.

If this news reaches Zhao Neng's mother, she will have to laugh off her big teeth and give birth to a child. Obviously, a few neighbors' mothers-in-law gathered together to help, and his Li family's parents were waiting at the door, and it was a sunny day, how could there be so many random legends and rumors.

Li Dashuai has been mentally handicapped for more than ten years, and everyone knows a thing or two about this matter, and there are rumors that when the salt administration inspection went to Xuejiadao Qianhu to investigate the illegal salt, he didn't beat Li Dashuai with a stick. As a result, after the high tide, Li Dashuai was submerged in the sea.

It is said that someone was fishing nearby, and saw the stormy waves, and there was a faint black shadow in the sea, as if it was a giant dragon, and it galloped towards the place where the salt was boiled on the coast, indicating that our handsome man was possessed by a real dragon.

All this, look at the records of the history books of the past dynasties. There are also some rural legends. There must be countless similar legends and allusions, so Liu Bang is not sleeping in the wine shop. Lying on the table, the proprietress of the wine shop saw Yilong lying on Liu Bang's back, thinking it was a vision.

God knows if Liu Bang owed money for wine at that time, and the proprietress was beaten if she couldn't pay the bill, and when Liu Bang became the emperor, she made up this allusion to bluff people.

Of course, Li Meng's various jokes are different from this, but there is no difference in essence.

Of course, Li Meng and Li Erlang are chivalrous and righteous, go to Qilu with a stick, and eliminate violence and peace, which are also made up everywhere, just like the descendants attached to Zhao Kuangyin to send Yingniang thousands of miles and so on.

This kind of folk circulating things are completely different from what literati write about the Mandate of Heaven, and they are very beneficial to Li Meng's prestige and the stability of his rule, so they let Huang Ping and Hou Shan do it, anyway, these things are all rumors, is this rumor, if he is true, it is true, and if he is false, it is false.

Although Li Meng is the general of Zhendong, he still does things according to the rules, for example, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Chen Min, the eunuch of the supervising army, are all brought together and command and make decisions on the spot.

The actual situation is that Chen Min, the eunuch of the prison army, was firmly guarded by dozens of soldiers, and there was no personal freedom at all, and Li Meng, the governor of Shandong, Yan Jizu, never promised to let him go home, but this time he was relieved, saying that he would let him return to his hometown after the end of the southern expedition, and he would never be hindered again.

Yan Jizu is in his fifties, looking more than ten years older than his actual age, he heard that he was allowed to leave, but his mood was a lot more relaxed, his residence was adjacent to that Chen Min, but one person had freedom, and one person had no freedom, and after dinner in the evening, Li Meng was receiving guests from all over the world.

These two idlers are like-minded, they simply have nothing to do, sitting there chatting, the boiling propaganda outside, these two people know a little bit, what was born two nobles guarding the door, fainting in the sea water The real dragon possessed these paragraphs, both of them are well-informed, that is, they scoff.

can talk about the future, both of them are reluctant to say more, after Li Meng eats Nan Zhili, the Ming Dynasty is already uncontrollable, and what can be done in the future, it depends on how far he and Li Zicheng can fight, and the Ming court is no longer qualified to play chess.

Anyway, it was also small talk, and the two of them first laughed at rumors such as "noble people guarding the door" and "true dragon possession", but this Chen Min remembered one thing, although no one could hear it, he still lowered his voice and whispered:

"Mr. Yan, just now our family remembered an allusion. I still remember that Li Chuang is a traitor, the warlock Song Xiance once gave him a prophecy, saying that it was 'eighteen children as the main artifact', and everyone said that these 'eighteen children' are 'eighteen sons', which together are the word 'Li', which is exactly that Li Chuang, but if you think about it, this chief soldier Li Meng. It seems to be in the midst of this prophecy! ”

This eunuch Chen Min chattered, Yan Jizu was a little impatient, but in the end, it made him shiver directly, don't think about it, this is clearly just a Li character, who knows whether it is Li Zicheng's Li or Li Meng's Li, and this is still a thief's internal rumor. Presumably, he Li Chuang would not be stupid to build momentum for an officer and soldier, not to mention that when these words were spoken, Shandong soldiers and horses were not valued at all.

Speaking of the fulfillment of this prophecy, it has always been quite bizarre, and the first to get the prophecy. Generally there is no scum, when Wang Mang was in the past, there was a "Liu Xiuwang", and as a result, Liu Xin, the national teacher who was the hope of the world. Changed his name to Liu Xiu, and people all over the world thought that he was the person who should be said, the Nanyang farmer who was considered a coward at that time, and the Liu Xiu, who had the same name as the national teacher, actually said by the way that he may not be the person who should be the person, and was also made fun of by the people around him, as a result, everyone remembered Liu Xiu, the emperor of Guangwu, and few remembered the national teacher.

to the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of Sui dreamed of "peach and plum, win the world", he felt that the minister Li Hun was this person, killed Li Hun's whole family, who thought that he watched his relatives grow up, but Li Yuan's little plum son took the place of the Great Sui; When he arrived at Li Shimin, he saw the "heroine Wuwang" again, and he was the prince of Wulian County according to the fiefdom of Li Junxian, the general of the forbidden army who was close to him. The official position is General Zuo Wuwei. The guard is Xuanwu Gate, and it is also called the Five Ladies. Obviously, the "heroine Martial King" is him, and he killed the whole family on the charge, of course, Li Shimin may have a Xuanwumen obsessive-compulsive disorder, he killed his brother and imprisoned his father in Xuanwumen, and he also felt a little uneasy in conscience, and he was always afraid that others would stab him in Xuanwumen.

At the end of the Five Dynasties, Hou Zhou Shizong Chai Rong was also a wise and martial king, but he was also superstitious, he heard that the big-eared people would replace the Hou Zhou, so he saw that there were officers with such appearances in the forbidden army and found a crime to kill, and he missed one of the bravest, the most dangling in front of him, the most windy aspect of the big-eared person, and later picked up the wooden sign of "inspection to be the Son of Heaven", he was so frightened that his relative, the prestige Zhang Yongde fell away from the position of the inspection, and promoted the brave and good at fighting, simple and obedient aspect of the big-eared person to do the inspection, In the end, it really fulfilled the sentence "check and be the son of heaven", and Zhang Yongde has always worked hard and kept to himself......

Could it be that the destiny is really in Li Meng, Yan Jizu and Chen Min were speechless for a while, the weather was cold, but the eunuch Chen Min felt cold sweat flowing, and he was extremely panicked, so he hurriedly confessed his guilt and went back to his room to rest.

And after Yan Jizu began to ponder and understand this prophecy, his whole body became cold, but in an instant, it became hot again, and the officials all gave the characters who were supposed to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but after the governor of Shandong was released, one thing after another came out, and there was no hope of any inch.

In Shandong, I feel that life is extremely dangerous everywhere, full of thoughts about going home to retire, to this day, hearing this prophecy, he Yan Jizu only felt suddenly enlightened, to move forward again, why bother looking for drill camps in the court, the world around this is infinitely vast, Shandong, many of them are the kind of autumn wind blunt show talent, how can there be such a reputable scholar as himself, if ......

The grassland outside the gate is in October, there is no vitality of the green waves rolling at all, and the eyes are all bleak and yellow, walking in it, people will not feel any pleasure at all, it is like a desert, people walking in it, they will feel small fear and depression.

But the Mongol tribes who live in this steppe have lived on this boring landscape for thousands of years, and now it is the end of the pasture to prepare for the winter.

A few years ago, every late autumn and early winter, the prince and the Nayan people had to worry about the men who could ride horses in various tribes, ready to go to the Han people in the south to plunder, although the people above could take the lion's share, but every family could also get some benefits, at least it was not difficult to survive the winter.

But the Han side is getting more and more difficult to fight, and their side is being robbed by the Jurchens from the east all day long, and life is getting more and more difficult.

At this time of the year, they collect all the grass as much as possible, and then hide as far as possible, and the so-called Qing people in the east are too barbaric and tyrannical, and it is not enough to grab grain and livestock. It is also necessary to snatch back the young men and women of each family, which will not let people live.

Nowadays, many Mongol tribes have fled around Harashen, which is occupied by the Duoyan tribe, but many tribes have rushed to this side from all directions, and the Taiji people each have brought dozens of people, hundreds of people, and even some only a dozen people, riding horses. Gathered here with a full set of equipment.

Lord Belle of the Great Qing Kingdom, Lord Abatai came over with more than 20,000 Qing soldiers, and he was going to open the side wall of the Han people, go to the legendary rich hinterland, and make a big profit. A few days ago, His Majesty the Emperor Chongde of the Great Qing Dynasty had already issued a decree to the princes of the Zasaks. I asked them to send troops and go south with them.

Sending troops to the south, there is no risk, those Han dogs, it's okay to fight with our Mongols, but where is the opponent of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners. As soon as the elite of the Eight Banners appeared, those Han dogs were so frightened that they ran away directly, where did they dare to fight. This is a profitable deal, a trip. A year's chewing and wrapping is complete, and it is still a great opportunity to show loyalty to His Majesty Emperor Chongde of the Qing Dynasty, and a fool will miss it. Therefore, everyone desperately purchased equipment, prepared grain, grass and horses, and selected the most elite soldiers, so as to behave well in front of Lord Belle.

In the best part of the river at the Harashen River, there was a huge tabernacle, about five zhang in diameter. The height is also two feet, which the herdsmen usually do not see.

This tent is all sewn with high-quality cowhide and fine felt, and many places are lined with high-quality Ming silk, and there are all kinds of embroidery on it, some are the best Suzhou embroidery, and there is a crooked pattern embroidered by the Mongolian mother herself, and the patterns embroidered inside are also strange, and some are red wedding embroidery. Some are mandarin ducks that resemble ducks. There are many more bright yellow three-clawed dragons, the source of these things. No one can say clearly, but anyone can see that the texture of these brocades is very superior, even if it is the richest, most luxurious and most ruined prince, it is absolutely reluctant to use such a good tabernacle.

In the big tent, a group of Mongolian men in brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes were tied into several small piles with each other, whispering there, and everyone's voice was not loud, but hundreds of people were so noisy, but it made this gorgeous big tent look like a big market in a disturbance.

Where there are people, there are factions, and the grassland is no exception, the Khalkha people, the Korqin people, the Karaqin people, the Uliangha people, they have their own different identities, but also have their own different interests entanglement, more importantly, their relationship with the Qing Dynasty is different, they follow the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji at different times, relatives are different, and the Qing princes who follow and communicate with each other are different, so naturally they are divided into factions, and they naturally have to get together.

However, everyone's mood is very good, in recent years, everyone has often gone south, to the fat pig who has no power to resist to slaughter, a lot of gold and silver, a large group of slaves, a lot of silk, and the pile of grain like a mountain, everyone's life is more and more comfortable, there are a lot of fair-skinned Han women, silk clothes are much more comfortable than leather, everyone is more and more hopeful, from time to time there are people can't help but laugh loudly.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting in Manchu and Mongolian: "I have ordered the great general Doro to spare Yu Beile!" Turichen Belle to! ”

The Mongolian nobles who were gathering there stood in line as fast as they could, automatically lined up according to their status, and at the same time those who were close to each other in their positions, this is really a genius skill, which cannot be achieved by acquired training. Just when the big guy was tidying up his appearance, two tall tooth swinging soldiers picked up the door curtain and stood on both sides of the door, but saw Abatai wearing a dragon coat and a warm hat This year, next to him was a young man in his twenties, wearing a Mongolian robe, but wearing a Qing Dynasty dragon coat and a red top warm hat like a Qing official, looking nondescript, this is indeed Korqin's Turichen Beyler.

A group of Mongolian nobles threw their sleeves, although the Mongolian robe had no horseshoe sleeves to fall, but they still beat a thousand decently, and shouted in unison: "See the general under the order!" "Some use Mongolian, some use Manchu, it's messy. Abatai was also not reserved, and waved his hands on both sides as he walked to the main seat, asking everyone to get up, of course, everyone did not get up as a matter of course. Abatai and Turichen walked slowly to the main seat and sat down cross-legged, and the nobles on both sides stood up and sat down in turn.

At this time. Sitting in the middle of the tent was Doro Rao Yu Beile of the Great Qing Kingdom and a Belle Lord of Horqin, and sitting below was a prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, who looked quite funny. The Zasaks of Mongolia were all given the title of prince and county king by the Qing Dynasty, and their status was extremely respectful.

But they never dared to fight against the commanders of the Qing Dynasty and the generals who had the right to dictate the generals. As for Horqin's Belle Ye, it was Her Majesty's nephew, the younger brother of Concubine Zhuang of Yongfu Palace and the deceased Concubine Chen of the Sixth Palace, Tulichen Belle Ye.

Who doesn't know what Horqin has to do with the Qing Dynasty, although he is just an idle Baylor now, and he is not the prince of Wu Keshan himself, but who dares to let him sit under him.

Abatai is in the middle, but he does not look arrogant. The so-called Manchu and Mongolian families are not just talking about fun, the Manchurians have few soldiers, the Mongols have weak soldiers, and the two phases are adjusted. That is the best, especially as long as the Mongolian soldiers are accompanied by Manchurian soldiers, they are also like wolves and tigers, no worse than the genuine Manchurian soldiers.

This time Abatai commanded the army commander-in-chief. With an army of 37,000, it can be regarded as a rare expedition.

According to Huang Taiji's will, each Manchurian Niulu transferred twenty people, and each Niulu with the blue flag transferred an additional fifteen guards, that is, the Swing Tooth Lama soldiers, and each of the conscripts transferred their own Swing Tooth Lada soldiers, making up 7,000 people; Each of the Eight Banners of Mongolia drew another thirty-five people, totaling five thousand soldiers; The Eight Banners of the Han Army drew another forty dings per Niulu. A total of about 6,000 people, 18,000 people were made, and 3,000 elite Wuzhen Chaoha were drawn from the king of Sanshun, which was Manchuria's own number of soldiers, a total of 21,000 people, and 2,000 soldiers drawn from Korea, and the remaining 14,000 people were all Mongols. If it's not good, it's wrapped. Even if it's an armed march, there will be chaos.

Before speaking. Abatai first clasped his fists and saluted everyone, and then nodded at the map Li Chen next to him, before he spoke:

"It was the emperor's great grace to go to the south this time, which allowed my brother to take such an errand."

Speaking of the word emperor, Abatai hugged his fist in the direction of Shengjing, his expression was solemn, his action, the Mongolian relatives and nobles in the entire big tent, the Manchu generals including the Belle Tulichen all got up and hugged their fists as a salute to show respect, this action came first and later, and the tent was suddenly a mess.

When it was quiet, Abatai cleared his throat and said:

"This time I went over there, Your Majesty has set a charter, all the way to the south, and the Jingshi place of the Emperor Lao Er of the Ming Kingdom doesn't need to be ignored."

Looking at the ignorant appearance of the Mongolian relatives in the room, Abatai explained with a smile:

"The soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty entered the Ming Kingdom several times, and they were all on the side of their Beijing Division, and that place was washed a few times, and it was long time impossible to squeeze any oil and water, this time we will go to the fatter south."

This is the tone of a horse bandit, but the Mongolian nobles and Manchu generals in the tent are willing to listen to this, and before the words fall, everyone in the tent is laughing, and a few people who are not particular about it are still screaming there twice.

Huang Taiji's consistent policy is to let everyone have food to eat and have benefits to take, so that there will be a steady stream of people to join, in order to ensure the loyalty of the Mongols and Han people, which is very simple logic and the most perfect logic.

From beginning to end, they didn't think about what resistance might be on the Ming side, the Manchurian army used to be not to fight in the past, that is, to rob and make money, when they came in just now, they all saw the cannons placed outside, and many people were still pondering, isn't this a knife for killing chickens!

On 25 October, the army of Li Meng's camp, which was heading south along the Dawen River, was about to enter Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou prefect and the magistrates of Yigan greeted him at the border early.

"When is this, and how can there be such a big cloudy day."

Wang Hai, who was riding on the horse, looked at the sky with some wonder, the sky was dark, and black clouds were pressing down on the city......