Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Star Monarch (Part II)
At dinnertime, Chen Wen returned to Sun's house.
Compared with yesterday, today's showdown looks extremely unsmooth.
In the morning, Chen Wen hurried to the nearby village to meet the Taizhou man, but learned from his neighbors that the guy had left yesterday.
What's even more infuriating is that his neighbor told Chen Wen that the man had listened to Chen Wen's talk about the ancients and felt that he was born in troubled times and couldn't waste his time here, so he decided to go south to serve Xinchang Boyu Guowang. As for why he voted for Yu Guowang, it was because there were many people in Taizhou under Yu Guowang's command, and they would not be discriminated against regionally.
After hearing this, Chen Wen praised on his lips, but he couldn't help but scold in his heart.
It seems that there is no need to preemptively register for the Heaven and Earth Society, and it is better to register directly with the Alliance Association. With my brainwashing ability, which is comparable to Yuri's, wouldn't it be the end of directly organizing a riot or gathering people to assassinate high-ranking Manchu officials? It's also a war to dry wool.
From there, Chen Wen didn't care about lunch, and began to go door to door according to the list to wear Wu Dengke's township party. But the result was that these bastards either wanted to hear what Wu Dengke meant, or planned to see Sun Yu's behavior first.
When Chen Wen saw Wu Dengke, this man who was five big and three coarse, and who had always been straightforward and fast-talking, actually twisted and wanted to ask Sun Yu how he decided.
These Jinhua guys are really holding together, Chen Wen couldn't help but scold in his heart.
In his opinion, he and Li Ruixin have only been in contact twice, and he can rely on the military thinking of later generations to pocket this man who is above the top, and he should be able to capture those targets who have been in contact with him for nearly half a month. But the end result will be like this. This made him feel a sigh that he had the intention to plant flowers and flowers not to bloom, and he had no intention of planting willows and willows.
It's just that Chen Wen didn't think about it. Li Ruixin himself no longer has a sense of belonging to this place, especially after his friend and his friend's mother passed away one after another, a heart that joined the army and killed thieves was re-ignited, and his appearance gave Li Ruixin this opportunity, so it was so easy.
In the saying in the game of the Three Kingdoms, Li Ruixin himself is a military general in the wilderness, and although Chen Wen's reputation value is not high, he has great potential, so it is easier for talents to ascend to the top.
However, Wu Dengke and others are completely different, their group came to Dalanshan together, although they are not very popular here, but because Sun Yu has been accepted by the Dalanshan Group and has been promoted, they have hope for this place.
There is a way to suffer from inequality without suffering from widowhood, and suffering from anxiety without suffering from poverty, which is exactly the case.
To paraphrase the previous statement again, unlike Li Ruixin, Wu Dengke and others are not military generals in the field, but military generals in service, although their loyalty is not high, they are also military generals with lords. Therefore, it is much more difficult for talents to ascend to the top.
Then, all the nodes are on Sun Yu alone, Chen Wen said secretly in his heart.
By the time Chen Wen returned to Sun's house, dinner had already been prepared. Originally, Chen Wen planned to talk to Sun Yu first, but when he thought that he would have to talk about the ancient times at night, he put out this thought for the time being. Although Sun Yu also had this intention, he finally decided to wait for Chen Wen to come back.
After dinner, Chen Wen went back to the West House to get the manuscript for today's ancient story, he is very familiar with this story, but he must also review it before telling it, otherwise it will be a shame to say the wrong thing.
When he turned out the manuscript he had prepared earlier, Chen Wen cursed in his heart, he was really carried away by the news that the Qing army might set off early, and if he went to Wu Dengke and others for a showdown after talking about this, the effect would definitely be much stronger than now.
When Chen Wen came to the threshing floor, the scene was already crowded, he didn't say a word, looked around and went straight to the point. "Today I want to talk about a hero of this dynasty."
"His ancestral home is Nanzhili, but he was born in Shandong."
"He worked in Dengzhou, but he became famous in Zhejiang."
"He has fought many places in his life, but he has rarely been defeated. Regardless of the Japanese and the northern captives, they all fled when they heard their names. ”
"He beheaded more than 150,000 people in his life, but the casualties in previous battles never exceeded 100, and he created a myth of zero casualties."
"He is the first general of the national dynasty who is famous in Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli dynasties, the hereditary commander of Dengzhou Wei, and the prime minister of Jizhen, Baoding, and Changping military affairs and the chief soldier of Jizhen Qi Jiguang Qi Shaobao."
"Good!"
From the beginning of Chen Wen's description, some people have already vaguely guessed. As he spoke, more and more people were excitedly waiting for him to give his answer. Until the moment when the glorious name came out of his mouth, whether it was Jinhua people, Shaoxing people, Ningbo people, Taizhou people or people from other places, they all cheered heartily.
At this moment, Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in modern times, Qi Jiguang may just be a celebrity, just a national hero in everyone's mouth, and just the favored object of film and television dramas. But in this era, Qi Jiguang is a hero, a hero of every Chinese people, because he has devoted his life to resisting foreign invasion and protecting the common people of China.
"I'm sure I'll be such a hero, I'm sure of that!" In the cheers, Chen Wen silently made a promise to the sky.
Soon, the threshing floor was quiet again, because most people knew that Chen Wen would stop if it was too noisy, and those who didn't know were also consciously quiet under the infection of the overall atmosphere.
"Qi Shaobao was born on the first day of October in the seventh year of Jiajing, it is said that because he was born when he was a child, when Qi Shaobao's father Qi Gongjing Tong's happiness had just weakened, he suddenly remembered that when he had to give his name, it was already dawn, so Qi Shaobao had the name Jiguang."
At this time, there was good-natured laughter from the audience.
"Qi Gong Jingtong has a very good official fortune in his life, from the commander of Dengzhou Wei to the commander of Daning, and later he also served as the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion in Beijing, and Qi Shaobao also did this position later."
"Although Qi Gong Jingtong is not as amazing and talented as his son, he is honest and honest, and it is such a good character that has a good influence on his next generation, that is, Qi Shaobao, so Qi Shaobao led the soldiers to the autumn without committing any crimes, and after his death, he had no money to spare."
"In the twenty-third year of Jiajing, seventeen-year-old Qi Shaobao inherited the hereditary military position handed down from his ancestors, and commanded the affairs of Dengzhou Wei. And this position has to start from the thirteenth year of Zhizheng. ”
"In the thirteenth year of Zhizheng, Emperor Gao, the ancestor of this dynasty, conquered Dingyuan, and a loyal and honest man joined the army and became Emperor Gao's personal soldier, his name was Qi Xiang. Although Qi Xiang is not as good as those famous generals at that time, he is the most diligent and conscientious, and he will do everything entrusted by his boss with his heart. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Fu Youde, the king of Lijiang, and Lan Yu, the prince of Liangguo, went on an expedition to Yunnan, and Qi Xiang died heroically. ”
After the war, Emperor Gao received a list of fallen soldiers, on which he saw this familiar name, and thus remembered the figure who had followed him and was honest and conscientious all his life. So, Emperor Gao wrote such a paragraph on the holy decree: Qi Bin, the son of Qi Xiang, was awarded the title of General Mingwei, and served as the commander of Dengzhou Wei, and he was hereditary! ”
In the eyes of the Chinese, whether they are successful or not, there is no one who does not want their children to become famous, and wishing for a son to become a dragon and a daughter to become a phoenix is not a derogatory term, but a kind of dream sustenance. And Qi Xiang's story corresponds to this, although he does not have amazing talents, but he deserves a platform to display his talents for future generations with his hard work, which gives his descendant Qi Jiguang the opportunity to leave his name in history.
"In the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing, Qi Shaobao was appointed by the imperial court to manage the affairs of the Tuntian of the Dengzhou Local Guard, when the coastal area of Shandong was burned and looted by the Japanese invaders, so Qi Shaobao wrote the poem that the marquis was not my will, but I hope Hai Boping, longing for the day to be able to command the army, kill thieves and protect the people."
"In the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing, Qi Shaobao was admitted to the Wuju people. In the second year, when Qi Shaobao went to the capital to participate in the examination, preparing to win the Wujinshi, or even the martial champion, the Gengxu Revolution broke out, and Qi Shaobao was ordered to guard the nine gates of the Jingshi. During this period, he wrote the "Preparation of Answers", which was highly praised by the imperial court. After the end of the Gengxu Change, the imperial court ordered the Shandong Guard to participate in the autumn prevention, and Qi Shaobao participated in it over the years. ”
"In the thirty-second year of Jiajing, at the recommendation of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the Wanli Dynasty who had just returned, Qi Shaobao Jindu commanded the affairs of the army, responsible for managing the three garrison camps of Dengzhou, Wendeng, and Jimo and their subordinate twenty-five guard posts, to prevent and harass the Japanese along the coast of Shandong."
"I remember that Qi Shaobao has a poem called "Guo Wen Dengying", which should have been written at this time, I specially copied it down, and now read it to you."
As he spoke, Chen Wen took out a piece of paper from his arms and opened his mouth to read it.
"Ran Ran Shuangqi is the end of the sea, and Xiaoyan is low to protect the savages. Who will come to the remnants of spring, the unique wind will send short eggplant. The water falls and there are still Qin Dynasty stones, and the tide does not see the Han Dynasty. Knowing the floating sky of Yi Island, I dare not forget the dangerous years. ”
"Two years later, Qi Shaobao, who was full of the heart of expelling the Japanese and protecting the territory and the people, was transferred by the imperial court to Zhejiang, the hardest-hit area of the Japanese rebellion, and served as a general in July of the 35th year of Jiajing, responsible for the defense of Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Taizhou.
"In September of the 35th year of Jiajing, the Japanese came straight to Cixi. So, Qi Shaobao ordered the organization of a guard of tens of thousands of people to exterminate the Japanese with the momentum of a lion fighting a rabbit. When he arrived at the Longshan Station, he finally encountered the Japanese Invaders. However, as soon as the war began, the vanguard of tens of thousands of Ming troops was scattered and fled by the Japanese with only 1,000 people, and even the Chinese army was shaken. ”
Seeing this, Qi Shaobao immediately ran to a commanding height on the battlefield, drew his bow and shot. Qi Shaobao's arrows were not missing, and three arrows were fired in a row, and each arrow would hit one of the leaders of the Japanese Kou. The Japanese are not stupid, if they let the man on the mountain keep shooting, won't the whole army be wiped out? So, they made the right decision and ran away! ”
As soon as the Japanese turned around and ran, the soldiers who were still being chased just now seemed to be inspired by Qi Shaobao's martial arts, and immediately turned around to chase the Japanese invaders, and the battle was reversed, and Wang Shi won. As for how many beheadings, I don't know very well, but the only thing I know is that if Qi Shaobao didn't turn the tide, it is estimated that this ten thousand kings would have to be beheaded by the Japanese Kou. ”
After listening to this funny battle of Longshan, everyone in the audience began to discuss, either saying that Qi Jiguang's archery was accurate, or that the combat strength of the guards was low, so it was not lively. It wasn't until the threshing floor was quiet again that Chen Wen began to tell about the more comical battle of Yanmenling.
"In October of the 35th year of Jiajing, the Japanese invaded Longshan again, but they would face an epic combination of famous generals known as Yu Long and Qi Hu in later generations. Not surprisingly, Qi Shaobao and Yu Dayou led the army to attack, three battles and three victories, and the Japanese invaders fled at night. Finding that the Japanese had escaped, Qi Shaobao led the army to pursue, but when he chased to Yanmen Ridge, he was ambushed by the Japanese invaders. ”
Encountering an ambush, Qi Shaobao still commanded the soldiers to attack in the face of danger, but his subordinates at that time did not listen to that, turned around and ran, but dumped Qi Shaobao to the Japanese Kou. Seeing this, Qi Shaobao had no choice but to run away with the gang of cowards, and the Japanese took the opportunity to escape by boat. ”
The impression that Qi Jiguang left in the hearts of this era and future generations will always be that invincible figure, and because of this, the vast majority of people selectively ignore the hero's defeat.
Seeing that everyone in the audience was discussing again, Chen Wen also rarely explained, and he said loudly: "Heroes are not achieved overnight, even if they are as amazing as Qi Shaobao, they have failed. And it is precisely because of these defeats that he continued to move forward, and eventually became an invincible star. ”
"Mr. Chen has a point, everyone is quiet, listen to Mr. Chen continue."
Chen Wen gestured to the old man who had come forward to maintain order, and then continued. After the war, Qi Shaobao submitted a letter to his superiors and asked for the formation and training of the new army. And his boss, Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, admired Qi Shaobao very much, but he did not agree with Qi Shaobao's idea, he wrote in his reply: If Zhejiang people could be trained, I would have gone to practice a long time ago, and I still have to wait for you to come?! ”
Hearing this, some of the people in the audience let out a sneering scorn.
In February of the 36th year of Jiajing, Qi Shaobao once again put forward a request for the formation and training of the local new army, which said: In the city of ten rooms, there must be faithfulness; The whole of Zhejiang, is there no material to be brave? Chengde Zheshi 3,000, personal training, compared with three years, enough to resist the enemy, can save the cost of several times the cost of the guest soldiers. Qi Shaobao's words were sincere, so Hu Zongxian allocated 3,000 soldiers from Cao Tianyou, the military commander, to Qi Shaobao for training in December of this year. ”
"In February of the 37th year of Jiajing, Hu Zongxian gathered 20,000 elites, including Yu Dayou and Qi Shaobao, to surround Cen Gang, but the Japanese were defended according to the danger, and Wang Shi suffered heavy losses, and the situation was stalemate. In May of the same year, a large number of Japanese invaders attacked Taizhou, and Qi Shaobao was ordered to rush to help, but when he arrived, he learned that the Japanese invaded Wenzhou when they saw that the military and civilians in Taizhou were resisting fiercely. So Qi Shaobao led the army to pursue, six battles and six victories, and the Japanese army was annihilated. ”
"Good!"
"It's really worthy of Qi Shaobao."
"Who said that we don't have warriors in Zhejiang, the one surnamed Hu doesn't know anything."
Listening to these discussions, Chen Wen laughed secretly in his heart, Qi Jiajun hasn't appeared yet, aren't these people afraid that they will be slapped in the face if they cheer too early?
Subsequently, Qi Shaobao immediately returned to the army to surround Cen Gang, but it was still unconquerable until July. At this point, the imperial court was furious and removed Yu Dayou, Qi Shaobao and other generals, and explicitly ordered them to make meritorious contributions and must break through Cen Gang within a month. As a result, Wang Shi launched a round-the-clock attack on Cen Gang, and when the Japanese saw this, they burned down Dazhai and moved to another place to build a ship and flee, and then plundered Fujian. ”
"After the Battle of Cen Gang, because the Japanese were not only not exterminated, but wandered to Fujian, the imperial court held them responsible, Hu Zongxian because Yu Dayou and the imperial history that impeached him were both Fujianese, and suspected that Yu Dayou was behind the bad work, so he simply put the responsibility on Yu Dayou, and Yu Dayou was arrested and imprisoned."
This incident touched Qi Shaobao greatly, and he realized that the new army in his hand was still not enough to extinguish the Japanese invaders, and once he failed again, he could take the blame for others at any time like Yu Dayou. As a result, Qi Shaobao submitted a letter again, asking for a new army to be reorganized, and he had already chosen the location for recruitment, which was Yiwu County, Jinhua Prefecture. ”