Chapter 165: Money, Woman, Sabre
After Gushan Ezhen Jin Li learned about this in the camp, he didn't believe it very much, but when he came over and saw that he was dumbfounded on the spot, and when he was crying and laughing, he saw Tang Sanshui, who was dressed in military uniform, walking majestically surrounded by his cronies Jia Da and Song Qian. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Did I pull out all those cannons!"
Tang Sanshui had actually seen the more than 100 "bean cannons" carried by mules and horses a long time ago, but he had to blow up his throat, as if it was not so, not showing the arrogance of his Master Kuenbu.
Jin Li stepped forward and whispered, "Lord Admiral, this cannon? ...”
Before he finished speaking, Tang Sanshui waved his hand loudly: "This cannon is very good!" ”
"This cannon is good?"
Jin Li didn't know what to say, because he really had nothing to say.
Tang Sanshui didn't pay attention to the green battalion generals who were in a daze, walked straight to a "bean cannon" and glanced at it a few times, suddenly changed color, and scolded: "What the hell, why is this cannon so light!" ”
Jia Da stepped forward to take a look, and it turned out that the weight of this bean noodle cannon was too light to suppress the car, so the mule and horse wheels did not leave any marks on the ground. Jia Da is also clever, and he is busy asking people to put big stones on these gun carriages, so that after the wheels, the imprint is really deep.
Tang Sanshui looked at it again and was very satisfied, and then said to the green camp generals of Jiangnanzuo: "What, do you think that this Admiral is playing child's play?" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare!"
These generals were all officers of the green battalion in various prefectures and counties, and some of them were bandits and were recruited nearby, with more than 1,000 soldiers and fewer 100 soldiers, a total of 5,000 or 6,000 people. When Tang Sanshui personally led 5,000 elite soldiers to come to Maozhou, he sent a transfer to all the states and counties, and transferred all the dry green battalions. Because of the prestige of Lord Kuenbu, none of the generals of the green battalion of the Qing army dared to disobey the order, but they were gearing up and eager to fight. The reason why this is so is precisely because Lord Kuenbu has been in the army for so many years and rarely loses. The generals all pointed out that they could make a fortune with Tang Sanshui this time, but no one expected that Lord Admiral would make a lot of fake cannons to compete with the big guys. Isn't this child's play? But in front of Tang Sanshui, how dare a group of people say it, they all laugh and don't even dare to say it.
"Hmph, Admiral Ben knows what you are thinking, but Admiral Ben doesn't bother to explain it to you, and they all go to war with Admiral Ben, so that the big cowards know how powerful Admiral Ben is!"
Tang San snorted coldly and ordered an attack. Jin Li was stunned and hurriedly asked where to attack.
"Qi... There is a cloud in the art of war, if you want to fight, you will fight the strongest! ”
Tang Sanshui's big order was issued, and he actually wanted the whole army to attack Li Laiheng, the strongest middle lane Dakou of the Ming army.
Jin Li gasped, then Li Laiheng has a reputation for being a tiger, and his department is still the most one in the three-way Ming army, this is not to fight the relatively weak two roads first, but to hit the strongest middle lane first, which is really not suitable for the way of using soldiers. However, Tang Sanshui insisted on this, Jin Li had no military power, and he could only act by him. In order to prevent those green battalions from fleeing in fright when they heard that they were going to beat Li Laiheng, Tang Sanshui ordered the generals to lead troops to monitor them, and even issued a strict order, and those who escaped from the battle would not be forgiven. Under the strict order, coupled with Tang Sanshui's prestige, the generals of the Green Battalion could only attack with him.
Two days later, the Qing army met Li Laiheng's troops in the southwest of Haozhou. The two sides quickly opened their positions and were about to start a battle, and soon, the Ming army found that the Qing army on the opposite side had driven a large number of artillery trucks to the front of the position. After receiving the report, Li Laiheng was also taken aback, came to the front of the battle to investigate, and looked at it from a distance, sure enough, there were many artillery pieces of the Qing army, and he couldn't help but be timid, thought about it again and again, and ordered the withdrawal of the army.
Jin Li and the generals of the green battalion just watched with wide eyes as Da Kou was scared away by Lord Kuenbu's fake cannon, and at that moment, they intuitively felt that Master Kuenbu was really the reincarnation of Zhuge Kongming.
"Admiral Ben has long expected that the big Kou Li Laiheng has soldiers and horses, but his foundation is thin, I put on a posture and brought so many cannons, forgive him and have no courage to attack."
The praise of the generals made Tang Sanshui very proud, and he boasted about it immediately, but he was secretly relieved in his heart: Li Laihengguo is a kind person, he will do things when he receives money, and His Royal Highness King Qi will not deceive me.
Jin Li already admired Tang Sanshui at this time, but he couldn't admire it anymore, if he still relied on his identity in the past, he looked down on Tang Sanshui, the new person who carried the flag, but now, he had to admit that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky, and this Tang Sanshui's way of using soldiers is too much stronger than his Jin Li.
"Lord Admiral, since the thieves have withdrawn, it is better for our army to kill them!"
Jin Li took the initiative to seek battle and wanted to lead his troops to chase and kill the Ming army, Tang Sanshui squeaked, and was about to say something poor Kou Mo chased, but saw that many sparrows suddenly fell on his cannons. The sparrow is going to be holding at the barrel!
"It's broken!"
Tang Sanshui slapped his thigh, Jin Li also reacted, and immediately called the soldiers to drive away the sparrows, otherwise the Ming army would definitely be suspicious when they found this strange scene, and if they didn't get this fake cannon trick, they would be exposed. Fortunately, the action was timely, except for the skin and hairless of the barrel of a cannon called sparrow, the rest of the "cannons" were safe and sound.
Li Laiheng retreated, and Wang Guangxing and Dang Shousu on the left and right roads were suddenly isolated, so the two also retreated one after another. This is how the crisis was resolved.
Although the two sides did not fight at all, it did not affect Tang Sanshui to send a document to the Qing court, which claimed that the state had won a great victory and beheaded thousands.
After asking Jin Li to lead his troops to stay in the town of Maozhou, Tang Sanshui led the army back to Luzhou. As soon as he returned home, he first went to meet his second uncle.
Tang Sanshui's parents have died a long time ago, and there are basically no relatives in the countryside, only a second uncle is there, so Tang Sanshui took the second uncle from Mengcheng to Luzhou and arranged for him to live in the house. Twice a day, in the morning and evening, he asked the second uncle to say goodbye on time, rain or shine, which can be called filial piety. However, this second uncle was very dissatisfied with this nephew who didn't want an ancestor and was a Manchurian, and often scolded Tang Sanshui in front of a group of subordinates, and beat him when he raised his hand. Tang Sanshui always greeted him with a smile and never stiffened his mouth. After a long time, the second uncle was also smoothed out by this nephew, thinking that although his nephew is now called Kuenbu and is a Manchurian, after all, he is also a big official, and it can be regarded as the smoke of the ancestral tomb. You must know that the biggest person in his Tang family in the past few hundred years is just a lifter.
Tang Sanshui was about to go to the second uncle to ask for peace when he brought back the special products brought back from Haozhou, but he didn't want the second uncle to see him but said angrily: "If you go out, go out, ask someone to bring me something to eat, that thing is not delicious at all except it smells a little fragrant, don't send it to me in the future." ”
Tang Sanshui was puzzled by the second monk when he heard this, because he didn't ask anyone to give the second uncle anything to eat. He turned his head to look at the servants, only to find that they were all covering their mouths and noses and trying to laugh but not daring to laugh. This time, it was even more strange, so he asked the second uncle what he ate. The second uncle took a piece of something from the house with a calm face and threw it in front of Tang Sanshui: "This thing is really unpalatable." Now that you have become a great official and have money, you can't ask people to give you a blind eye, so don't buy this thing in the future. ”
Tang Sanshui looked at the thing that the second uncle took out, was speechless for a long time, coughed lightly and said: "Uncle, that is the latest soap produced in Jiangnan, it was specially sent to the grandson by the nobles of the grandson, and the grandson was reluctant to use it himself, so he specially honored you to wash your face, but it was not anything to eat." After speaking, a slap slapped the housekeeper and scolded: "Ma Labazi, why don't you explain to the old lady, can you eat this fragrant pancreas!" ”
The housekeeper was very aggrieved, because he didn't know that the old lady ate the fragrant pancreas as a snack. The second uncle understood, his old face turned red, and he was a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Tang Sanshui sent the housekeeper and his subordinates away, and then took out a golden little mouse from his pocket, and handed it to the second uncle respectfully with both hands.
The second uncle took the golden mouse, felt that the carving was good, and nodded with satisfaction: "Sanshui, where did this golden mouse come from?" ”
Tang Sanshui chuckled lightly and said, "My grandson met a six-room Xiucai in Haozhou, and he thought that there was nothing affordable in the six-room, so he wanted to make a magistrate." I don't know where this kid came from, and I know that the second uncle is a mouse, so he specially beat a golden mouse with gold to give you a birthday. ”
Tang Sanshui looked at the second uncle very expectantly, he was really filial, because there was only one of his relatives left in this world. That Xiucai is well-behaved, and the golden mouse he fights will definitely please the old man. Unexpectedly, the second uncle was furious and scolded him: "Stupid, you won't tell that Xiucai that I belong to a donkey, so if you send a golden donkey, it will not be much better than a golden mouse." ”
"Ahem..."
Tang Sanshui called the second uncle to cough not lightly, and the uncle farted in the crotch of his pants and went to two forks, how could there be a donkey in the twelve genera?
After coming out of the second uncle, Tang Sanshui thought about the concubines he married.
Since the recapture of Luzhou, Tang Sanshui has been really happy these days, as if he is the emperor of a soil. The women of the gentry and big families in Luzhou City were not less harmed by him. Whenever he was called to him, he rented a house in the city, hung a sign saying "Admiral's Palace", sent a soldier to stand at the door, and then stuffed the person into it, and everything was fine. However, in a few days, Tang Sanshui would forget about the newly married aunt's wife, and finally the soldier slipped away and the sign was taken off.
Someone in Luzhou City then quipped: "Let's go, go and sleep with Master Kuenbu's wife!" ”
When the words reached Tang Sanshui's ears, he was not angry at all, but laughed it off and didn't care. Not only that, but he even often rewarded his concubines to his subordinates who had made meritorious contributions, often waving his hand and saying: "Mother is a force, Lao Tzu's woman has rewarded you as a wife, lead her back!" ”
In addition to rewarding his women to his subordinates, Tang Sanshui also personally made many swords. There are seven words engraved on the knives - "When things are difficult, you must be bold."
These sabers were presented to his cronies by Tang Sanshui as a sign of encouragement.
Money, women, sabers, etc., have become the only rules for Tang Sanshui to win over people.
On this day, Jin Li of Haozhou suddenly received an urgent report from Kaifeng, saying that the emperor had died.