Chapter 71: Butcher's Knife
Zhang Mu sat in the lobby and waited, half an hour was equivalent to an hour.
The reason why it took so long to assemble was because of the unique guard system of the Ming Dynasty.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the common people were roughly divided into civilian households and military households. To put it simply, Zhu Yuanzhang divided the common people into farmers and soldiers.
The common people of the households, that is, the peasants, the squires, and the merchants, were under the control of the prefecture and county, and obeyed the orders of Yu Cheng to announce the political department, while the military households belonged to the control of the local health posts, and obeyed the orders of the capital to command the envoys, and belonged to the governor's office of the five armies. The state government is in charge of the people, and the guard is in charge of the military households, and they do not interfere with each other.
The so-called military household means that all generations have been soldiers, the father is a soldier, and the son cannot do anything else when he grows up, but to become a soldier. If two sons are born, the eldest son goes to serve as a soldier and is called a regular army, although the younger son does not have to be a soldier, but he has to go to plant the land that the state has specially given to military households, and provide support for the eldest son, called Yu Ding or military amateur. If the eldest son dies in battle, the second son will make up for it.
Zhejiang is bordered by the sea in the east, and the main garrisons are concentrated on the coast to resist the Japanese invaders.
The guards in western Zhejiang are all Tuntian guards, and they are more scattered, mostly concentrated in post stations, official roads and other key areas to train soldiers in Tuntian.
For example, Chuzhou, Jinhua and other prefectures, because they are not strategic places, so there are not many military households in the city, most of them are outside the city, and they usually gather together for drills, and after the drills, they go home to farm, otherwise they will have no food.
Zhu Yuanzhang once said proudly: "I raise millions of soldiers, and it doesn't cost the people a grain of rice." However, it was very difficult to trap these military households, so in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the guard system was gradually replaced by the recruitment system.
There is only one garrison of 100 households in the city, which is used for city defense, and the other military households need to scout for a horse running notice, which naturally takes some time, if they encounter a big enemy, they will ignite a beacon fire to send an order, but Zhu Yuanzhang gave Li Yunchang a secret order, and he did not dare to do it.
When the hour came, Li Yunchang ordered the general at the gate of the military preparation road, and asked Zhang Mu to take a hundred cavalry, equipped with bows and arrows and short knives, and travel lightly, starting from the state capital and going straight to Yifeng Township, and Li Yunchang then took a large number of men and horses, rushed to Jinhua in the starry night.
In the south, there are few battles with the remnants of Meng Yuan, the tiger and wolf elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are concentrated in the northern guards, just this hundred cavalry, or several hundred households put together, military horses are still very precious war resources.
Li Yunchang arranged this way because he was afraid that there would be another change, after all, horses are much faster than people.
Zhang Mu didn't talk nonsense, and went out of the city gate with the hundred cavalry, and after finding Yan Su and Yanyan, he galloped towards Yifeng Township.
The sky is gray and just bright, the people of Yifeng Township are up very early, now the spring flowers are harvested, it is time to plant rice immediately, this moment is the busiest time for farming, every household gets up very early, ready to go to work in the fields after breakfast.
A farmer chews a piece of rice cake, carries a hoe, and walks in the field in a cold clay pot, breathing in the damp and cold fresh air, wondering how many seeds to plant and how much fertilizer to pour today.
At this time, he felt the earth tremble, and suddenly raised his head, and in the fog, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, like thunder, and he was frightened and hurriedly hid in the field.
Looking up, he only saw a small man in a green coat and a small hat with a black pressure of a military man, like a black wind swept in front of him, those people ran one by one sweaty, their eyes were on fire, and the farmer muttered in his heart: "Is this the Japanese coming?" ”
The Yan family not far away also got up very early, especially Mao Xiang, this time Zhu Yuanzhang went out on patrol in micro-suits, and the next stop was to accompany Du Fengyang, so he planned to leave early today, and he was ordering someone to prepare a carriage and horses at the door.
There are only a dozen people who are waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to accompany him, but this is on the surface, Zhu Yuanzhang is the Ninety-Five Honor, saying that he is a micro-service patrol, but he doesn't want to attract attention, secretly this time Mao Xiang brought a thousand households, they were divided into zero, dressed as businessmen and ordinary people, all over the radius, some are responsible for exploring the way, some are responsible for breaking off, and some are secretly protecting.
At this time, a lieutenant hurriedly turned over and dismounted, he was dressed as an ordinary person, very inconspicuous, but he was a lieutenant of Jinyiwei, after turning over and dismounting, he hugged his fists and said: "My lord, the big thing is not good, a hundred cavalry were suddenly found in front, and they were rushing towards this place." I'm afraid that there is a bad heart. ”
When Mao Xiang heard this, he was shocked, and subconsciously knew that this might be something bad, and turned around and was about to enter the Yan family, at this time Zhang Mu had already arrived at the gate of the Yan family with more than a hundred cavalry.
There was a bump all the way, Zhang Mu's eggs were about to break, his internal organs were as if they had been displaced, he stumbled when he turned over and dismounted, and he couldn't help retching and shouted: "Lord Mao, please stay." Wait for them to be taken down quickly. If there is resistance, it will be killed. ”
Before the soldiers behind him traveled, they got Li Yunchang's order to listen to Zhang Mu's command, and immediately led the horse to block the gate of the Yan family, and then there were fifty or sixty people left, turned over and dismounted, and drew out a long knife to immediately encircle Mao Xiang and seven or eight brocade guards.
"Zhang Mu, are you going to rebel?" When Mao Xiang saw this, he understood everything in his heart, and immediately took out his saber and shouted at Zhang Mu.
"I don't dare to be humble, I just follow the instructions of His Majesty, and order Lord Mao and my humble post to see the king's face together." Zhang Mu bowed and said.
Mao Xiang saw that these more than 100 cavalrymen were carrying bows and crossbows, if he dared to move at this moment, he would shoot into a hedgehog in minutes, but he was fearless, because he still had a killing move, so he returned the Xiuchun knife to the sheath, and said with a sneer: "You lead the troops to rush into the holy frame, and I want to see how you will die in a while." ”
After speaking, Mao Xiang was carried with his hands behind his back, and followed Zhang Mu towards the main hall where Zhu Yuanzhang lived, followed by Yan Suhe Yan.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang and Yan Yongnian were leaving the main hall in the main hall, when they suddenly heard someone outside the door preaching: "Commander Mao Xiang, Jinyi Wei General Banner Zhang Mu, ask to see Your Majesty." ”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, the smile on his face gradually dissipated, and a strong killing intent that could not be dissolved gradually spread, and he immediately said: "Spread Zhang Mu to see you." ”
Mao Xiang stood in the courtyard and heard that he was not allowed to enter, and suddenly knew everything in his heart, and when he saw Zhang Mu enter the door, he immediately shouted: "If you don't do it at this moment, when will you wait?" ”
As soon as Zhang Mu entered the gate, he suddenly heard Mao Xiao's shout, and immediately saw Wei Yun standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, took out a quenched dagger from his sleeve, and was immediately shocked.
Wei Yun was an old eunuch in the end, he was hit by Zhang Mu and immediately fell to the ground, Zhu Yuanzhang looked back and saw this, with a pair of tiger eyes and a murderous aura.
It's just that before he could speak, the door was kicked open, and Mao Xiang took the two brocade guards guarding the door, holding the Xiuchun knife in his hand, and went straight to Zhu Yuanzhang with a knife.
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