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Chen Lan, who was sitting on the chair, let the soldiers wipe the water off his feet, lifted his feet, and hung them on the desk. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoLingnan's "return to Nantian" is troublesome, everything is wet, moldy and rotten. Even the people are moldy, and there are already many officers and soldiers in the battalion who are rotten and can't fight!

Huinantian (referred to as Huinan) is the name of the weather resurgence phenomenon in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and other places in South China, which generally appears in February and March in spring. The phenomenon of returning to Nantian is related to the local proximity to the sea and the humid air. The main reason is that after the cold air leaves, the warm and humid air flow quickly counterattacks, causing the temperature to rise, the air humidity to increase, and some cold objects on the surface of the surface to meet the warm and humid air flow, resulting in water droplets.

When the "return to the south sky" appears, the air humidity is close to saturation, and the walls and even the ground will "bubble water", and the air seems to be able to wring out water.

In the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong, the humid weather not only rotted feet, but also caused heavy fog to obstruct the line of sight, and also made the fire* equipment purchased from Liaoning with heavy money damp and unusable. Originally, the official army had already sent the traitors led by Li Yuanlang and Wang Zilong back to Nanxiong, but they were forced to suspend the attack due to returning to Nantian.

Chen Lan (1543 ~ 1607), the word dynasty, the name Longya, was born in Wengyuan County, Shaozhou (now Wengyuan County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province), a general of the Ming Dynasty and a hero of the anti-Japanese war. In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (1598), Chen Lan went out to conquer the dynasty * Xian, defeated the Japanese army in the Battle of Luliang, and defeated Shi Manzi (Shimazu Yoshihiro, Qin Yihiro of this time and space), and made the first contribution to aid Korea. In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli (1600), he participated in the Battle of Banzhou, first defeated Yang Dongliang's army, and then annihilated the four-card and seven-card thief army, and broke the Qinglong hoard, causing Yang Yinglong to self-immolate. In his later years, he pacified the Miao people and made meritorious contributions to border security. After his death in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1607), he gave the crown prince Taibao.

In the autumn of the twelfth year of Wanli (1584), Luo Yinghe, who supervised the imperial history (one of the fifteen supervising imperial histories, had seven official ranks, and had the privilege of supervising hundreds of officials), listed the crimes of "building a large number of civil works, camping temples, serving soldiers, advocating rebellion in anger, and plundering Zhou County", and impeached Chen Luan. In December, Wanli edict seized the official. After Chen Lan was dismissed, although many people in the court cherished his talents, they did not dare to recommend him.

The rebellion of Li Yuanlang and Wang Zilong gave Chen Lan a chance to recover. Since the officials and troops of Guangdong could not deal with the rebels, and the officers and soldiers of the nearby provinces were busy suppressing the local rebellion, the imperial court used Chen Ling to suppress the rebellion of Li Yuanlang and Wang Zilong.

As a veteran soldier, Chen Lan was well aware of the shortcomings of the Ming army, and after knowing the "brilliant achievements" of Nanzhili, he also contacted Liaoning, hoping to purchase advanced weapons and introduce mercenaries from the East China Sea. Of course, by the way, I also do "point" business. Nonsense! If you don't do some business, how can you have money to buy weapons, please mercenaries.

For Chen Lan's request, Liaoning was also troubled. First of all, Guangdong is a little farther away from Liaoning, and Liaoning feels a little out of reach; Moreover, the Great Ryukyu (which had not yet been renamed at that time) had not yet been completely taken, and the troops could not be distinguished, and the officers and soldiers in the north were not suitable to fight in Lingnan; But I don't care about it like this, and I'm not reconciled.

In the end, the puppet army fan who still returned to Dalian to report on his work gave the final decisive suggestion: even if you can't send a large army and send some instructors, it is still necessary to mix some sand. Besides, it is also feasible to send the vanguard to adapt to the climate in Lingnan while it is winter.

Liaoning replied to Chen Lan: It's no problem to buy weapons, but you have to be in a hurry, we can only sell the weapons in service in the army to you (I was worried about what to do with the equipment that was replaced, and someone came over.) ）； As for the mercenaries, after all, the northern army is not satisfied with the water and soil of the south, so they can only send some instructors to guide them; You can buy and sell, you can do whatever you want. But there is one important point, that is, you can't take credit. We are not unreasonable, and we can exchange other things for no cash.

You can't just take some garbage in exchange, you have to take out some good things, such as Xinhui tangerine peel, Huazhou orange red, patchouli, shipbuilding wood, Nanyang spices, lead, Duan inkstone, Cantonese embroidery, tea (his mother's, Jiangnan tea is too expensive!) Rice, it is okay to exchange people, but it is necessary to have strong men and women, all kinds of craftsmen are more valuable, and children are cheaper. Unfortunately, there are a lot of minerals in Guangdong, but they can't be developed or used now.

The role of Liaoning's weapons and instructors is obvious. Chen's army soon defeated Li Yuanlang's madmen at Duanzhou City (present-day Zhaoqing), and then began a counteroffensive. However, the price is too expensive, a fire * gun costs 20 taels of silver, 10 bullets cost 1 tael of silver, and a good knife costs 20 taels of silver...... However, in comparison, the price in Liaoning can be regarded as conscientious, and it is much cheaper than the rotten goods in the arsenal.

As a result, everywhere the officers and soldiers went, there were thorough "three lights" -- robbing, burning, and killing. rob all that is valuable, and of able-bodied men and women, and of children, and of all manner of craftsmen; Burn it all and kill it all after you grab it.

The squires who had fled to Duanzhou and Shaozhou had organized a "return to the township" and put forward the crazy slogan of "people want to go through the knife, and the stone should go over the fire", and raised the butcher's knife against those who dared to rebel and rob their own property.

Knife and burial alive have become the common means they employ. Some were first cut off their ears and tongues, and then buried alive; Some were plucked out of their hair and then killed; Some were burned to death after their legs were cut open; Some were tied up and thrown into the water and drowned; Some were stripped naked, poured with boiling water, blistered all over the body, and then swept away the skin with a bamboo broom, called "Sweep your old mother's hair"; Some use scissors to cut the flesh of the whole body, called "cutting hedgehogs"; They also split the legs of the babies to be fed and threw them in a red-hot pot, which is called "poor boy turning". If it weren't for the able-bodied men and women who wanted to exchange money, the squire's methods would have been even more brutal and bloody. (See "The Atrocities of the Returning to the Countryside during the First and Second Kuomintang-Communist Wars")

Of course, these atrocities have nothing to do with Liaoning, which is still very kind. If Liaoning hadn't bought these poor people with money, they would have to be killed by the "return to the township".

The bodies of the victims were thrown into the Beijiang River (a tributary of the Pearl River), and the water was stained red.

The counteroffensive went smoothly until the arrival of the return to the southern sky.

Chen Lan was worried, and his own soldiers came to report: "Report to the commander, there are many people from the East China Sea outside the camp, and an old man led by him claims to be the old man of the commander." "Since you are from the East China Sea, how can you be the old man of Ben Shuai? Chen Lan asked his subordinates to bring the man up.

That person walked in, and Chen Lan saw that he was really an old man, it was Deng Zilong and Deng Wuqiao.

Deng Zilong (1531-1598), a native of Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province (now Dengjia Village, Xinzhuang Town, Fengcheng, Jiangxi), was a native of Wuqiao, known as Daqian, and also known as Huguan Daoren. An outstanding anti-Japanese general, military strategist, and national hero of the Ming Dynasty. Deng Zilong was the first to resist the Japanese in the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, and was promoted from primary school to general manager. Later, he participated in the suppression of peasant rebels in Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places. During the Wanli period, the rebellion of the Jin Daolu and the Wukai guards were pacified. In the 11th year of Wanli (1585), he attacked the Burmese army in Panzhihua and was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, but was later removed from his post because he favored the soldiers and caused the soldiers to defect. In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (1598), Deng Zilong participated in the Wanli Dynasty * Xian War and was martyred in the Battle of Luliang.

The two had a relationship in the early years when they were fighting against the Japanese in Guangdong, and they had a good relationship. Later, Deng Zilong went to Yunnan, and was held accountable after the mutiny, and was assigned to Liaoning, but he didn't expect to come to Guangdong.

"Oops! It turned out to be the old brother? Don't come unharmed, right? How did you get to Guangdong? Kids! On the wine and meat, I will have a good chat with my brother! ......""Brother Chaojue, don't be in a hurry to eat and drink yet. These brothers have been transferred from the ministry to help them, so please settle them down as well. ”

"Great! You couldn't have come at a better time! ”……

…… Dividing line ......

"Mr. Shu Jian, Brother Meiming, Mr. Longjiang and Mr. Wujian suffered a catastrophe, but they couldn't do anything about it, it's really ...... I'm so ashamed! Please also ask Mr. Shu Jian to preside! "Mengbai, hold on! Lao Yu and Meimei have just returned to Beijing, and the matter is detailed, and Mengbai needs to talk about it carefully. ”……