243 There is a shortage of bread
Golden autumn and August, is the most important time of the year, for all people in China, whether it is princes and generals, or peddlers and pawns, this month is very tense, because this is the time of harvest, farmers work hard for a year, from the spring to sow seeds, waiting for this moment to come, fortunately, these years God is still very good for the people, as if to compensate for the suffering in previous years, today has been the third year in a row is the wind and rain, and the farmers have also obtained a bumper harvest.
It stands to reason that the harvest should be a time for the whole family to rejoice and celebrate warmly, but unfortunately, at this time in a village chief, there were bursts of crying, screaming, and angry reprimands and horses, and when you looked closely, you saw a group of soldiers wearing Manchu military uniforms and riding war horses, who were holding weapons with cold light, rummaging around the village, and from time to time throwing bags full of things to the carriage outside the door.
I don't know if the Manchu soldiers were too serious or a little lax, all the soldiers were concentrated in the village, and there was not even a single sentry outside the village, so when a team of horses came from a distance, they didn't notice it at all.
Standing on the hillside not far from the village, seeing everything that happened in the village, the person headed by the horse team immediately frowned, and scolded angrily, "What a bunch of bastard things, I don't know how to kill the enemy and serve the country, but I bully the people so much, come here, solve them for me, remember, you have to leave a few living mouths, and the official still has to ask." The last sentence was addressed to the guards around him, and he saw that the guards around him, after hearing his command, led by a young officer, drove their horses happily. Running quickly towards the village, he made various sounds with the whistle in his mouth as he walked, and with the sound of his whistle, the guards behind him also changed their formations.
The Manchu soldiers who were fighting for food for the people in the village looked like there were about 100 people, and the group of people galloping down looked less than 50 people, but even so. The group rushed in for a long time, and then, the killing began, and to people's surprise, it was not the Manchu soldiers who had the upper hand, but the horse team that looked extremely arrogant.
Although they were outnumbered by each other, each of them was like a professional executioner, and with each slash, he was able to hit an enemy. And they were able to slippery to avoid the attack, and what was even more powerful was that they were not fighting alone, but in a group of five, coordinating with each other, in the face of this sudden attack, at the beginning, those Manchu soldiers were able to barely resist. But as time went on, more and more Manchu soldiers were cut to the ground by this horse team. So, the rest of the people were frightened and tried to drive their horses away.
It's a pity that they can't help it at this time, although there is less than a stick of incense in the battle just now. But more than half of the 100-strong Manchu soldiers had fallen to the ground, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and the rest of them had completely fallen into the encirclement of the horse team, and there was only one way waiting for them.
Look down there as if it's not a fight. Instead, he was painting, writing in general and comfortable, freehand, a person on the hillside couldn't help but sigh and said, "Hey, Brother Li Yan, to be honest, at the beginning, I was very unconvinced, thinking that which Shi Lei a little hairy child can have any ability, if it weren't for his good luck and taking advantage of us, how could it be his turn, but after this period of contact, I had to be convinced of him, in just one year, I was able to train such elite soldiers, let alone see, Even if it's a dream, I don't dare to think about it, and he not only did it, but also did it so well, if our Dashun army could have a million, no, can have 100,000 such elite soldiers, let alone a mere Tartar, I'm afraid it would have dominated the world a long time ago. ”
"Hahahaha, Brother Zongmin, don't say it's you, when I first saw it, I was surprised? Otherwise, how can I break my promise and go out of the mountain again, to be honest, you haven't seen Lord Shi, if you see Lord Shi, I'm afraid you will admire him even more, being with him is like tasting a jar of wine, the more you drink, the more fragrant it is, I believe that after you see him, you will be completely impressed by him. The leader of the horse team spoke.
These two people are Li Yan and Liu Zongmin, since Li Yan and the Dashun army occupied the five state capitals of Henan, and Wu Sangui occupied the three state capitals, and divided Henan into two, both sides were very jealous of each other, and at the same time they were not ready for a big war, therefore, the two sides confronted each other in the land of Henan, of course, there was no big battle, but the small friction was not at all, and today Li Yan should introduce the training methods of the Shaanxi Ming army to Liu Zongmin and others, so he came out of the city, these people are people who can't be idle at all, The comfortable life during this period of time made them already feel awkward, so afterwards, Liu Zongmin, who had just recovered from his injury, discussed horse racing, and the two accidentally ran a little far and came directly to Xingyang County.
Xingyang can also be regarded as the dividing line of confrontation between the two sides, so Li Yan and the others were originally ready to go back, but they didn't expect that when they encountered this kind of thing, Li Yan, who has always been chivalrous, couldn't help but speak, of course, in addition, he had other intentions.
Soon, the battle in the village was over, in the gratitude of the villagers, the guards who rushed down just now, riding fast horses, rushed back with two soldiers, and when they arrived in front of Li Yan, they saw that the two soldiers threw a person to the ground from their horses, and it could be seen from the armor that these two people were the leaders of the Qing army.
"It's hard work, come and drink some water and rest!" Li Yan didn't look at the two people, but said to the young guard, this guard is Yang Guoguang Yang Battalion Commander, of course, although he is still the battalion commander now, there are no soldiers under him, and the main job is to study with Li Yan.
"Tell me, who are you, why did you come out to rob the people's food." After seeing Yang Guoguang go to the side to drink water and rest, Li Yan turned his head and said to the two Manchu generals who were kneeling on the ground.
Hearing Li Yan's question, the two of them had already been frightened, their faces were beading with sweat, their faces were pale and kowtowed, and they begged for mercy, "Grandpa spare his life, grandpa spare his life, this doesn't matter about the villain's business, this is all the matter explained by the above, and the villain also does things according to the instructions from above, and please spare your life, please spare your life, and ask the adult to spare your life!" ”
"What was ordered from above, what was above, was it your boss, or Wu Sangui personally ordered it, you all gave me an honest explanation, if you say it well, this official may be able to spare your life, if you dare to lie to deceive this official, don't blame this official for being ruthless." With Li Yan's words, the two soldiers on the horse pulled out their waist knives at the same time and put them on their necks.
"Ah, spare your life, your lord, what the villain said is the truth, it's the truth, this matter is the prince, ah, no, it was ordered by Wu Sangui himself, saying that it seemed that he wanted to reserve grain to prepare for the future war, so he sent us out to collect food." The two hurriedly shouted.
"Tell me, how many of you have come out to collect grain, and how many people have come out of you, and where have they gone to collect grain?" Hearing the words of the two, Li Yan asked again.
Hearing Li Yan's question, one of the two people who seemed to be smarter said, "My lord, my lord, these are the secrets in our camp, and they shouldn't have been let us know, but the villain knows, the villain heard our Lord Qianzong say a few days ago, this time we sent a total of tens of thousands of people to collect food around, as for the place where the grain was collected, this villain didn't know, it seems that the scope is quite wide, and no one knows where the specific scope is." ”
Seeing that the two of them couldn't ask anything anymore, Li Yan motioned to the guards around him to pull them down and treat them as prisoners.
"What's the matter, did my brother think of something, if it doesn't work, just say it, my brother will give you a staff officer, maybe we can still get a good opportunity?" Seeing that Li Yan began to be in a daze after the two of them were stayed, Liu Zongmin on the side couldn't help asking.
Hearing Liu Zongmin's question, Li Yan, who was originally in a daze, suddenly woke up, and at the same time shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just seem to think of something, but I can't contact it, Brother Zongmin, you said that this Wu Sangui is collecting food everywhere like this, isn't he afraid of stirring up a civil uprising, if it's something else, it's okay, now at this critical moment, how could he do such a thing, what to say, even if Wu Sangui doesn't know, that Hong Chengchou will never be stupid, let him do whatever he wants!" ”
After Li Yan's words were finished, Liu Zongmin didn't come up with anything, just kept grabbing his head, but neither of them saw it, after Yang Guoguang on the side heard Li Yan's words, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and then a smile leaked out of his face, and then he saw him walk up to Li Yan suddenly, and then said, "My lord, my subordinates know why Wu Sangui did this." ”
Hearing Yang Guoguang say this, Li Yan and Liu Zongmin suddenly became excited, and couldn't help but eagerly ask, "Oh, you know, come, tell me quickly, what Wu Gouzi is doing such a thing for." ”
"Quite simply, he's short of food." Yang Guoguang said with a smile on his face and a firm tone.
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