Under Ge Wu's wanton misinterpretation, the attack on Luoding City was not to find a serious background for everyone, nor was it to fight to the death with the Tartars based on any national righteousness, let alone for the reward of the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, nor for the sake of any wife and son in the future, but simply "big tickets".

A show talent dares to do a big ticket has become the best reason for Ge Wu to cheer everyone up, I heard that the men were all enthusiastic, and they were still hesitant, this is really not as good as a show talent, his mother is not ashamed to panic!

With Ge Wu's mouth foaming, the abstract Luoding City has been specific to how much grain the Qing army in the city hoards, how many big families in the city, which big family's daughters and daughters-in-law look like the country, which house looks magnificent, which restaurant makes delicious wine and food Finally, the most reliable statement that Zhou Shixiang has heard is how many strong men can be pulled to expand the team, in addition, he has never heard of any constructive or far-sighted statement.

What a mouse!

The fanatical discussion of these men made Zhou Shixiang cry and laugh, reminding him of a movie he had seen in his previous life, which had such a line in the movie: "The Qing Dynasty has always oppressed us Han people and robbed us of our silver and women, so we want to oppose the Qing Dynasty." ”

Yes, for a group of bandits who are illiterate and have no national righteousness, I am afraid that the anti-Qing Dynasty is so simple - to snatch back our money, food and women, as for the rest, these rough men really haven't thought about it.

His subordinates are all thinking about going to Luoding City, Hu Lao will not pour cold water on nature, the prospects described by Zhou Shixiang to him are still very attractive, if he can really be lucky to win Luoding City, he Hu Quan is a veritable Luoding general. When the time comes, there will be land, people, money, and food, and it will not be much happier and more majestic than being a bandit in this mountain nest. If the emperor blesses it, Daming can prosper again, and he will really present this head to the Zhu family, and take the brothers to fight with the Tartars, and avenge the dead old lady and brothers!

Dog's day, bet!

Boss Hu finally made up his mind, but he made up his mind and made up his mind, but his brain did not faint, he had been a personal soldier in Li Chengdong's army, and he had seen what the two armies were like against each other, and he understood that fighting was not a hot-headed thing that could be done bare-chested. How to fight Luoding City, and how to fight it, this matter must be discussed, otherwise if you are not careful, everyone will have no place to be buried.

Seeing that his subordinates were still shouting there, one by one they opened their eyebrows and smiled, as if Luo Ding had already arrived, Hu Laoda's brows suddenly furrowed, and he coughed lightly at Song Xianggong, who came to his senses, and hurriedly pulled Zhao Sihai over and said a few words, Zhao Sihai couldn't help nodding, and then pulled Ge Wu and whispered a few words, and soon, the five Ge brothers said that they drove a group of people out of the house.

After everyone went out, there were only Hu Laoda, Song Xianggong, Zhao Sihai and Peng Dazhu left in the house, and these people were also the core leaders of the bandits in Daqiao Mountain.

After dealing with it outside for a while, the five Ge brothers knew that the house was discussing the matter of beating Luo Dingcheng, so they sneaked back again. When I entered the house, I heard Zhao Sihai ask Zhou Shixiang there: "Listening to what Xiucai said just now, it is obvious that he has seen the world, but I don't know what Xiucai has of the high opinion of seizing Luoding City?" ”

"Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can fight the people, I don't know much about the situation in Luoding City, I don't have any idea at the moment, I have to know the situation in the city to make a decision." Zhou Shixiang didn't dare to say big things casually, he just had hundreds of years of knowledge, and he didn't dare to act rashly when the enemy situation was unknown.

Hearing this, Song Xianggong thought so: "Yes, knowing yourself and knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles, I have been to Luoding City to buy medicine, and I know a thing or two about the situation in the city, so it is better for me to talk about Brother Zhou." ”

Boss Hu has no opinion, Song Xianggong went to Luoding to buy medicine, naturally he also inquired about the situation in the city, no one else in this house can know more than Song Xianggong, and it is best for him.

At that moment, Song Xianggong briefly said what he knew

According to Song Xianggong, Luoding Prefecture is a newly built Zhili Prefecture in Guangdong in the fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and has jurisdiction over the state city of Luoding, Dong'an, and Xining counties. In the second year of Yongli and the fifth year of Shunzhi, after the Qing army entered Guangdong under the leadership of Li Chengdong, Xu Anguo, the general soldier of the Southern Ming Dynasty stationed in Luoding, rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

After Li Chengdong's defeat in Jiangxi, Guangzhou soon fell again, and the Ming army stationed in Luoding fled without waiting for the Qing army to come, and the city of Luoding was once again owned by the Qing Dynasty. Subsequently, Li Dingguo invaded Guangdong twice, and Luodingcheng, like other prefectures and counties in western Guangdong, continued to belong back and forth between the Ming and Qing dynasties, until it was now owned by the Qing army again. There is a green battalion stationed in the city, the number of which is hundreds, I heard that these green battalion soldiers are not soldiers from Guangdong Province, but transferred from Jiangxi, and the leader of the troops is a thousand generals, but I don't know what his surname is.

After hearing these simple situations, Zhou Shixiang thought about it and asked Song Xianggong: "Can there be Qing troops stationed in Dong'an and Xining counties?" ”

Song Xianggong shook his head and said: "Dong'an and Xining were slaughtered by the Qing army a few years ago, and the county seat of Dong'an was burned down by a fire. Xining is generally the same, and there is no good place in Luoding Prefecture except for Luoding City. ”

"Where is the nearest Qing army to Luoding?"

"It should be the Qing army in Deqing."

"How far is it?"

"At least a hundred miles of land."

"So far away?" Zhou Shixiang was a little surprised, "It's so far away, in case something happens to Luoding, how can the Qing army in Deqing have time to rescue?" Luo Dingcheng only garrisoned a few hundred troops, with such a small number of troops, is the Qing army not afraid that Li Dingguo's army will come again? ”

This question doesn't need to be answered by Song Xianggong, Zhao Sihai said on the side, "The Tartars are afraid that Li Dingguo's army will come again, so they don't dare to disperse their troops. ”

Song Xianggong said with a smile: "Tartars are not afraid of others, they are afraid of Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses, if they really want to completely control Luoding Prefecture, they will not even have a governor without appointment." After speaking, he remembered something, and said busily, "Oh, by the way, the city wall of Luoding has long been dilapidated under the back-and-forth competition between the Ming and Qing dynasties in recent years, and the last time I went, I saw two big gaps, and the Tartars were simply repaired, and look at the posture, Li Dingguo is really coming, and they will definitely abandon the city and return to Guangzhou." ”

Ge Wu interjected on the side: "No matter how far away the Tartar reinforcements are, no matter how broken the city wall is, but we have too few people, and this city still can't be taken." ”

"Not necessarily." Zhou Shixiang's heart moved, "Since Luo Ding's Qing army is so afraid that Li Dingguo's army will come over, why don't we take advantage of this to make some trouble?" ”

"Xiucai means to scare them away?" Zhao Sihai shook his head, "Tartar is not a fool, how can he run away without seeing a real person?" ”

Zhou Shixiang did not answer him, but turned to Song Xiang fairly: "Does Mr. Song know the sesame plums in Xuzhou at the end of the Yuan Dynasty?" ”

"Sesame Plum?" Song Xianggong was stunned, and only after searching in his mind for a while did he remember who this person was, and couldn't help but say: "I have seen this person in the book, saying that he is from Pi County, Xuzhou, because of the famine, there is a warehouse of sesame seeds at home, and he is called Sesame Plum." ”

Zhou Shixiang nodded, Song Xianggong said that Sesame Li and the hometown hero he knew in his previous life are indeed the same person, he said to everyone: "This Sesame Li is the great hero who rebelled against the Mongolian Tartars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when the Red Turban Army rebelled against the Yuan, Sesame Li in response to the Red Turban Army, he led dozens of heroes in his hometown to prepare to attack Xuzhou City. ”

"Xuzhou, I know, it's a big city, how dare dozens of people fight Sesame Li?" Peng Dazhu didn't believe it, but he cooperated well with Zhou Shixiang with this question.

"It's surprising to think about it now, yes, there were thousands of soldiers in Xuzhou City at that time, but this Xuzhou City was just called Sesame Li with dozens of people to take it, do you know how he took Xuzhou City?" Zhou Shiyi said this and deliberately stopped.

"How did you take it, Xiucai (Brother Zhou) don't sell Guanzi, say it quickly!"

Including Boss Hu, everyone's appetite was raised by Zhou Shixiang, but Song Xianggong smiled mysteriously, already knowing what Zhou Shixiang was planning to do.

"Sesame Li's situation when he wanted to fight Xuzhou at that time can be said to be the same as ours, and even more dangerous than us, because there are thousands of Yuan soldiers in Xuzhou City, while the Qing army in Luoding City is only a few hundred! At that time, there must have been people who did not agree with Sesame Li's risky move, but Sesame Li was unusual, and he ordered eight heroes under his command to disguise themselves as migrant workers who picked up the river and threw themselves into Xuzhou City at night. Four people entered the city, and four stayed outside the city. At the fourth watch, four people in the city lit four fires and shouted in unison: "The Red Turban Army has entered the city of Xuzhou." Four people outside the city also lit four fires in response, shouting inside and outside, and the city was in chaos for a while. Four people in the city seized the weapons of the gate guards, and four people outside the city also took advantage of the situation to rush in and shouted in unison. ”

Zhou Shixiang said so much in one breath, took a breath, and said in high spirits: "The Yuan soldiers in Xuzhou City woke up in a dream, and suddenly heard the sound of killing in the city, I don't know how many Red Turban soldiers came to the city, and they were all frightened, running around, and there was chaos. At this time, Sesame Li led the rest of his men to take the opportunity to attack the city, bravely killed the enemy, scattered the soldiers defending the city, captured the state officials alive, and quickly captured the whole city of Xuzhou. After dawn, Sesame Li recruited people to join the army in the Chengtou tree banner, and the recruits reached more than 100,000, and the banner was erected on the overlord tower in Xuzhou, and the book "Three thousand tigers, straight to the land of Youyan; Long Fei Ninety-Five, reopen the day of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"It's amazing!"

Hearing such heroic things, the five Ge brothers couldn't help but applaud in unison: "What a sesame plum, what a big hero!" ”

Boss Hu was also excited, rubbed his hands and said, "Brother Zhou means that we should learn from that sesame plum and seize Luoding City like this?" ”

"Yes, the predecessors could do it, how can we not do it!" Zhou Shixiang said categorically, and then hugged his fists and bowed to Boss Hu, "Brother Hu is Sesame Li, we are those heroes, and please lead Brother Hu to lead me to be a big hero!" ”

"Good!"

Boss Hu was so arrogant that he couldn't help but shout: "I, Hu Quan, am a former hero, and take Luoding City to find a place for the brothers to settle down!" ”

Author's note: The Manchu and Han military green flags, commonly known as "green battalions", were stationed in various provinces, and the highest commander was called the commander, and there were four levels: town (general soldier), association (deputy general), battalion (general, guerrilla, capital division, garrison), and Xun (thousand generals, general generals, etc.), which were subordinate level by level, and the staff general was the chief officer of the "battalion" in the green flag soldiers.