Liu Zeqing never dreamed that Wang Lanping's cavalry would suddenly appear, and he was still thinking about going to Nanjing to clean up Wang Lanping in a few days.

The whole army was caught off guard, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the soldiers did not know where the soldiers were, and the soldiers did not know where they would live.

More than 10,000 various arms mixed together have just woken up from a deep sleep, and it is impossible to block the sudden impact of 3,000 cavalry, the Huai'an battalion is like a mountain of routs, swarming and fleeing in the opposite direction, many people are not clothed, not to mention combat weapons, it is good to be able to pick up a life.

If you don't have time to escape, you simply don't run, raise your hands, and kneel in place.

Song Xian's cavalry shouted while rushing, "Those who surrender will not die, and those who dare to resist will be killed."

The barracks are full of soldiers of the Huai'an Army, most of them are bare-handed, on the battlefield, as long as the cavalry breaks through the blocking formation, it is a massacre, and now the barracks are full of routs, and if you want to resist, you are looking for death.

Not long after, Wang Lanping had rushed into the burning barracks with his own soldiers, and the screams of ghosts and wolves were full of screams, and the two hundred personal soldiers who followed Wang Lanping could not hurt as many people as possible, but anyone who dared to approach Wang Lanping within ten steps, regardless of whether you had weapons in your hands or not, would be killed.

Collapsed over the Huai'an army that was falling all over the ground, Wang Lanping drove his horse to Song Xian's side, and Song Xian had surrounded Liu Zeqing's personal guards, who were only more than 30 people who had not had time to escape.

In the encirclement, dozens of people were back to back in fear, desperately trying to squeeze into the crowd, surrounded by hundreds of cavalry, which can be regarded as loyal and brave men, but they are loyal to the wrong person.

Song Xian held the saber and saluted Wang Lanping, "Commander, these people are the guards of the Chinese army, Liu Zeqing ran away from the rear camp, and the last general has been sent to chase him, he can't run far, dare to ask the commander, how to deal with these people"

Wang Lanping nodded, waved his hand to signal the encirclement to spread out, he rode over and looked around, he didn't want to have many people, this long-distance attack was just to take Liu Zeqing's life and seek the millions of two fortunes he had gathered, and it had nothing to do with the Huai'an army, but Wang Lanping glanced at it and smiled bitterly.

Although these guards look nervous and scared, the firmness in their eyes that is put to death and then reborn flashes from time to time, maybe these people are also the same as the Fengzi Battalion that they gathered in Huaining City, Wang Lanping gave the Fengzi Battalion passion, courage, and faith, so that they can change from a coward who talks about war to a warrior who dares to face thousands of iron horsemen, this is not something that money and righteousness can exchange, it is completely a kind of belief, and only people who follow this kind of life live like people.

Wang Lanping didn't want to kill more people, he wanted to make one last effort, he said, "I am Wang Lanping, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, Liu Zeqing's conspiracy to rebel, the matter has been exposed, you are all soldiers of the Ming army, you can't help the abuse, lay down your arms, I don't blame the past"

Song Xian pointed at his saber and shouted, "Put down your weapons, spare you from death" Hundreds of cavalry shouted, just like the county magistrate used the hall to intimidate the prisoners when he tried them in the court, but this is the battlefield, and if you can't get the answer you want, there is only a dead end.

Someone among the guards shouted, "Fart, when did General Liu rebel?" Blood, brothers, we are all General Liu's most loyal and brave guards, life is his people, death is also General Liu's ghost, swear not to surrender"

The guards also shouted with their dancing knives, "Never surrender"

Wang Lanping was helpless, it was too difficult to change a person's beliefs, so he waved his hand and said, "Song Xian, fulfill their reputation."

A burst of sabers fell, and more than thirty guards were killed, bleeding all over the ground.

Wang Lanping rode a horse and walked to Liu Zeqing's big tent of the Chinese army, the tent was empty, full of tents, although this is just a military camp tent with the army, Liu Zeqing does not come often, but the furnishings in this are absolutely magnificent, the best red sandalwood tables and chairs, next to the two rows of weapon racks, there are even crosses of famous calligraphy and paintings, it is really nondescript, all kinds of daily utensils scattered around, extremely exquisite, gold and silverware, among which there are a few things that should be of the palace, which Liu Zeqing spent a lot of money to buy from Han Zanzhou, the eunuch who stayed in Nanjing, I didn't dare to use it in the General Army's Mansion, and I would only secretly take it out in the barracks of the field garrison, and now I didn't take it away.

The shouts of killing in the account gradually became scarce, and it seemed that the war was about to end, Wang Lanping was not worried about how far Liu Zeqing could run, with Liu Zeqing's consistent style of being greedy for life and afraid of death, he did not have the courage to escape alone from the brigade.

Wang Lanping simply sat on the handsome chair in Liu Zeqing's big tent and waited for him, not to mention, put on a few stacks of silk, this chair is comfortable to sit on, and this General Liu will really enjoy it during the march and battle.

Suddenly, the cries of whimpering women came from the back tent, and five or six soldiers rushed in when they heard the sound, followed by the screams of women in the back tent.

"General, you, look!" A personal soldier lifted the curtain of the back tent and stood at the door to Wang Lanping, looking like the situation was a little abnormal.

Wang Lanping walked in and saw that there were seven or eight women who were tied behind their backs, curled up and crowded together, their faces were all full of fear, trembling, most of them were unclothed, and the flesh of the white flowers was crowded together, and they were about sixteen or seventeen years old to twenty-five or sixteen years old.

"What do you see, haven't you seen women, go out, don't you see that they are not wearing clothes? Don't look at indecent deeds" Wang Lanping asked his own soldiers to retreat, and he also retreated.

The soldiers looked greedily a few more times, and then retreated with a grin.

"Go, find some clothes for her to wear"

After a while, a group of women dressed in the wide clothes of various soldiers came out of it nervously, bowing their heads and not daring to look at anyone.

Looking at this group of women whose figures and clothes are extremely incommensurate, all the relatives and soldiers laughed unbearably, and they were all pointing at them, judging their heads, saying that this looks quite standard, look at the little face, don't look at the face is a little gray, it must be a beauty embryo, and the person with a thin waist and round breasts is definitely a yellow flower girl, and even the pair of small feet that have been wrapped up and deformed are admired.

Wang Lanping looked at his group of unpromising subordinates, and waved his hand directly, "Let's go, a group of gluttonous cats, stay outside."

The crowd burst out laughing.

Wang Lanping said, "Don't be afraid, we are not bandits and robbers, who are you?" ”

After some inquiry, it turned out that this group of women were snatched by Liu Zeqing from several surrounding counties, there are all ladies, there are also green \ building girls, even good families, women, this Liu Zeqing is really not picky, all of them are good, but in terms of appearance, Liu Zeqing's taste is not bottom, one of these women is counted as one, and their appearance is good, not only these six, there were originally eleven in total, Liu Zeqing was interested in pulling out a few from the back account to enjoy it, and some of the women who promoted the interest were rewarded to their subordinates, and those women were called miserable. Even the family members who died didn't know that the six women who were still alive were all too late for Liu Zeqing to get started, and they might disappear in two days later.

'Bump' Wang Lanping smashed his fist on the handsome case, which frightened the six women and all knelt down.

"Liu Zeqing, you are too bastard, you can also do this, you all get up, I am Wang Lanping, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, I will call the shots for Liu Zeqing's illegal things, give you justice, get up, come to people, help them to eat something, tell you, don't move your hands and feet, scare people"

Waiting for several women to go out, Song Xian also escorted Liu Zeqing back, at this time Liu Zeqing had no face, there were still a few knife wounds on his naked body, and the skin and flesh were rolling, but he didn't have time to cry out in pain, as soon as he was thrown to the ground by Song Xian, he was busy crawling towards Wang Lanping, standing up with the handsome case and saying, "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, what's going on, the water washed the Dragon King Temple, I, I am Liu Zeqing, the chief military officer of Huai'an"

Wang Lanping's personal soldier on the side raised his foot and kicked Liu Zeqing's calf, "Kneel!" ”

Wang Lanping leaned back on the handsome chair, and said in a weird manner, "General Liu Dabing, Dongping Bo, plus the rank of Governor of Zuo, Prince Taishi, Commander of the Four Towns in Jiangbei, listen, this is a big string, your reputation is not small, but I think it seems to have been exposed."

Liu Zeqing didn't dare to stand up in pain, so he said resignedly, "Brother Wang is laughing, it's just a false name, it's not as beautiful as your brother, the son of heaven is close to the minister, a smash hit, I, I, hehe"

Wang Lanping suddenly got up and slapped the table, "Don't call me a brother, I don't have you as a brother who has lost his conscience, say, what's going on with these women you hide in the back tent?" Is this also imaginary? ”

Liu Zeqing's face changed, and he glanced at the back account and said, "This, this, oh yes, it belongs to you, Wang Zhuangyuan, it's all yours, I swear, I haven't touched these women, and a few of them are still beautiful girls, Peugeot is tight, they all belong to you, general, I ......"

"Shut up!" Wang Lanping said angrily, everyone likes beautiful women, but at least you have to love me, you can't do this kind of thing that loses your conscience, you are all raised by your parents, and you can't even find a corpse when you die, it's too hateful, "You still have words, Tian is shameless, it's light to kill you"

When Liu Zeqing heard that he was going to be killed, he was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, he didn't have any general demeanor at all, and he might not even have the self-esteem of being a man, those dozens of loyal guards really died in vain, how could he protect such a person, it is enough to show that this group of guards died unjustly, and there is no distinction between right and wrong, "The general spares his life, I am a fool in my life, I promise never to do this kind of thing again in the future, I promise"

At this time, Zheng Sen was also found, but he was tied to the big tent by Song Xian's people as the deputy chief officer of the Huai'an Army.

As soon as Zheng Sen entered the account, Wang Lanping hurriedly stepped forward to loosen the tie for him, patted Zheng Sen's shoulder and said, "Brother Zheng, I have been wronged, come, sit down and suppress the shock, and the big thing will be decided."

Zheng Sen was a little displeased, tilted his head and sat down, without speaking.

When Liu Zeqing saw Zheng Sen coming, he hurriedly climbed over again, held Zheng Sen's knee and said, "General Zheng, you can ask for a favor for me, so you and I can work together, and I have never treated you badly these days."

The killing of Liu Zeqing was planned by Zheng Sen and Wang Lanping a month ago, and he was angry that he should not be in the same room, and made such a big move, and the Huai'an Army, which was nicknamed, had at least more than 300 people killed in the chaos, many weapons and firearms were damaged, and the soldiers were scattered.

Zheng Sen kicked him away, and said with a cold smile, "It's not a pity for people like you to die, the Huai'an army will be broken in your hands sooner or later (according to historical records, when Liu Zeqing was the chief soldier of Huai'an, the Qing army went south to besiege Yangzhou City, Shi Kefa ordered Liu to reinforce, Liu Wei to protect himself, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou City was broken, and then Yangzhou was broken for ten days), saving you is to harm the Ming Dynasty"

After that, Zheng Sen snatched the knife from the hands of Wang Lanping's own soldiers, and shouted that he was about to cut with a knife, "You, bring disaster to the country and the people, regard the people as fish and meat, and regard the soldiers as slaves, if you want to fight, you will kill, and if you want to kill, I will kill and kill, today I Zheng Sen will get rid of thieves for the country."

Liu Zeqing on the ground was so frightened that he crawled down and got into the handsome case.

"Slow!" Wang Lanping hurriedly stopped Zheng Sen, and the soldiers on the side also stepped forward to take Zheng Sen's knife.

"General, why don't you kill him" Zheng Sen said angrily.

Wang Lanping understands Zheng Sen's character, he is jealous and hateful, he has a bright heart, and he is dedicated to helping the Ming Dynasty, and he will kill the rebellious ministers and thieves quickly, but Liu Zeqing can't die like this, if he kills himself like this, he will really become a thief of the chaotic Ming, and more importantly, the main purpose of this time is silver, where are the millions of taels of silver hidden, only this kid knows.

Wang Lanping walked to Zheng Sen's side and whispered, "Brother Zheng, you dissipate your anger first, I will explain to you later, how can I guarantee that this kid will die, you go out first to appease the Huai'an army, come, escort General Zheng"

Zheng Sen walked out of the big tent angrily.

Liu Zeqing had a turnaround, and hurriedly got out from under the Shuai case, grinning and laughing, "Thank you for the rescue, Deputy General Zheng is really angry."

Wang Lanping turned around and returned to the back of the handsome case, and said with a smile, "Save you?" Why should I save you? Why? ”

Liu Zeqing is also a veteran of officialdom for a long time, Wang Lanping has put so much effort into it, it is impossible for him to come for his own life, and now it is rumored that Wang Lanping wants to take the Ming Dynasty, that is, where is the rebellion, what does the rebellion want? People, money, everyone knows that Wang Lanping is just a champion, and the world was overturned as soon as he took office, and he didn't have a chance to make money, so he must have come for the money he saved.

Liu Zeqing took a step forward and whispered, "Why don't you let the general step back left and right, my brother has a big gift"

Wang Lanping was secretly happy in his heart, and waved his hand to everyone quietly, "Guarding outside the tent"

Some people, in order to save their lives, even their ancestors dare to throw it, what is there to be reluctant to do with this little floating wealth around them, and there is an opportunity to make money in the future to save their lives.

"If the general can spare my brother's life, I can give you a fortune, a full 500,000 taels, God knows this matter, you know and I know, it can be regarded as a piece of my brother's heart" Liu Zeqing spared the handsome case and said in Wang Lanping's ear.

500,000 is too little, Wang Lanping's 50,000 army is stationed outside, and many weapons and gunpowder are outdated, and there are more than 500,000 taels just by changing clothes.

Wang Lanping didn't speak, and gently slapped the table, meaning that the milk was obvious, and Lao Tzu had a big appetite.

Liu Zeqing saw that he was unmoved, knowing that it was too little, and secretly scolded in his heart: Count you ruthless, Lao Tzu is in your hands today, as long as I live, sooner or later I will get it back with interest.

"Oh yes, yes, my brother's nervousness, I forgot, it's a total of 800,000 taels, this is what my brother has saved hard over the years, and today I gave it all to my brother"

Wang Lanping turned his face sideways and looked at him without anger or joy, seeing that Liu Zeqing's heart was furious.

Liu Zeqing gritted his teeth and made a lot of money, "Yes, my brother is ruthless enough, one and a half million taels, I don't even want the ancestral property, and I hope the general can show mercy."

Wang Lanping reluctantly accepted this number, but it was not good, it had to be scraped clean, and the silver could not be brought into the coffin anyway.

Wang Lanping sighed, shook his head and said, "Hey, I don't know that I am a small official until I don't go to the capital, and I don't know that people are poor when I don't go to Hangzhou, I saw Liu Dabing today, I realized that I am really poor, how can I be poor like this, Liu Zongbing, the stakes, ten years of Qing Governor's Mansion, it is only 100,000 taels of silver, you actually have 1.5 million taels in one mouth, rich, really rich"

Liu Zeqing smiled embarrassedly, "Hehe, this, being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, Wang Zhuangyuan, you study hard and practice hard, don't you win the champion, isn't it also for a wealth and fortune, how about it, one and a half million taels, buy me a life, it's very cost-effective"

Wang Lan stood up calmly, kicked him to the ground, and shouted, "Fart, you are a military general, and you are also greedy for money?" Do you remember that Kongzhi County in Huaining City? A small seven-grade end official, but often put the words of the sages on the head, the military generals do not hesitate to die, civil officials do not love money, this is the way of the peaceful and prosperous world, you are a military general for more than ten years, you have made so much silver, come on, pull it out and cut it" Wang Lanping estimated that this kid has already made a lot of money, and then add a little fire to see if he can get some more, money, the more the better, and there will be more places to use money in the future.

Song Xian and more than a dozen personal soldiers rushed in like wolves, some pulling their arms and some putting ropes, making Liu Zeqing pee all over the ground in fright.

"General, slowly, I remembered, it's not one million and a half million taels, it's two million and four hundred thousand taels, and there are fifty or twenty thousand gold, all hidden in the study and under the thatched house in my hometown, the general sent someone to dig it out, it's really so much, oh yes, there is a secret compartment under the general's handsome case, and there are some broken silver in it" Liu Ze rolled all over the ground, so he really lost the face of a general.

Wang Lan looked at his feet with a flat bottom, knocked on the hilt of his sword, and sure enough, it was empty, and looked up and asked, "How many?" ”

Liu Zeqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said heavily, "More than 10,000 taels, usually used for rewarding people, a little scattered silver"

Wang Lanping believed it now, and then it was estimated that it was gone, and said with a smile, "Mr. Liu is really wealthy, more than 10,000 taels is a little bit of broken silver in your eyes, okay, since you are so sincere, I will collect this money for the emperor first, and hand it over to the treasury another day."

"It's all up to the general, then, when did the general release me?" Liu Zeqing asked cautiously.

"Let you go, who said let you go? The silver is what you want to give me, when did I say I would let you go," Wang Lan asked resignedly.

"You?" Liu Zeqing couldn't wait to bite him to death, but he didn't dare to be reckless, "If the general lets me go, all the 30,000 soldiers of the Huai'an Army will be driven by the general, and I, Liu Zeqing, am willing to be the vanguard of the general's account, and I will fight on the battlefield for the general, and I will never have two hearts."

Wang Lanping glanced at him with disdain, using this kind of person is to shoot himself in the foot.

"Come on, it's really insulting for Mr. Liu to dress like this, find a dress for him to wear," Wang Lanping waved his hand.

A soldier with a burden on his back walked into the back tent and looked for clothes.

Liu Zeqing thought that he was alive in the dead, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you general, from now on, as long as the general gives an order, I, Liu Zeqing, will be the first to enter Nanjing City, and I will dedicate Zhu Yousong's kid to the general."

Wang Lanping smiled secretly, and hurriedly exclaimed, "Oh, I said that you are just a corrupt official, it turns out that you still want to murder the Ming Emperor, it is a big rebellion, everyone has heard it."

Liu Zeqing was stunned, what's going on? Didn't Wang Lanping rebel?

At this time, the soldier who was looking for clothes in the back tent came out, holding a plate in his hand, and the plate was covered with a thing with brocade, "General, find a piece of clothing"

"Okay, put it on for General Liu," Wang Lanping laughed secretly.

Liu Zeqing took the clothes, looked left and right, and shook out the clothes on the plate.

"Ah, dragon, dragon robe" Liu Zeqing actually held a bright yellow dragon robe of the Ming Emperor in his hand, which frightened him so much that his hand shook and he collapsed on the ground.

Wang Lanping said angrily, "Bold Liu Zeqing, he dared to make a dragon robe privately, and he kept saying that he wanted to be unfavorable to the emperor and tried to usurp the throne, come on, tie up"

"No, no, this, this is not mine" Liu Zeqing's face was whiter than the woman's powder, and he waved his hand on the ground again and again.

If you want to say that Liu Zeqing wants to rebel, even Wang Lanping doesn't believe it, at best, he jumps off the clown and bullies the people.

"Song Xian, what are you waiting for, waiting for Emperor Liu to ascend the throne" Wang Lanping smiled leisurely, and the big thing was decided.

As soon as Song Xian waved his hand, everyone rushed up and forced the dragon robe on Liu Zeqing.

"Liu Zeqing is rebellious, I, Wang Lanping, plan for the Ming Dynasty, plan for the people of the world, get rid of thieves for the country, pull out, behead, and hang the body outside the gate for three days"

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(The following is historical data and has nothing to do with the text)

Liu Zeqing (?) —1649), the word Hezhou, a native of Cao County, Shandong, was born in the army, and was promoted to the general army of Shandong in the last years of Chongzhen. When the Dashun army approached Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to lead his troops to quickly enter the Weijing Division, but he lied that he was injured by falling from his horse and refused to obey the edict. Soon the Dashun army entered Shandong, and he led the main force to flee south to Huai'an.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiang, the king of Fu, ascended the throne in the south of the Yangtze River, and was named Dongpingbo, and was called the four towns of Jiangbei with Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, and Huang Degong.

In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), the Qing army moved south, Liu Zeqing surrendered, and the Qing court hated him for his capriciousness and hanged him.

Liu Zeqing opened the mansion Huai'an, Lei Zhi Domain, and the specifications of the mansion were similar to those of the palace. The first is spacious, the gate is magnificent, the gold is splendid, the magnificence is magnificent, the garden is curved, the high house is deep wall, and the sword guards are numerous. Not only that, but he has always been fond of voice play, and once raised beautiful prostitutes to pet more than 40 people. In Huai'an, he was drunk and dreamed of death, spending all day drinking. "The women of good families, who are robbing from all directions, rejoicing uncontrollably. Someone asked him, "What is the best way to keep the king." He said: "I am here to support King Fu, he should let me enjoy, in case something happens, I choose a county in the south of the Yangtze River, and occupy the mountain as the king." ”

In April of the second year of Shunzhi (1645), the Qing army went south, Yangzhou was in an emergency, and the Southern Ming court ordered Zeqing and others to go to reinforcements, but he had secretly planned to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

After Liu Zeqing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was relieved of his military authority and raised in Beijing, thus ending his career as a horseman. Dorgon gave him two maids-in-waiting.

Historical Celebrity Evaluation:

Dai Mingshi: The four towns are only Huang Degong and loyal to the orders of the court, while the rest are arrogant and unlawful.

Hao Jin: The detachments of various towns were collecting grain in the villages, and Liu Zeqing was particularly ruthless, sweeping away the people.

Gu Cheng: Among the four towns, Gao Jie and Huang Degong have strong troops. Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were defeated generals who fled in desperation and should have been punished by the imperial court; Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo also had no "merits" to record during the Jiashen period, but because they used military backing to enable Zhu Yousong to ascend to the emperor's throne as he wished, they all became heroes of decision-making...... It is precisely because the formation of the four towns was not to make any contribution to the recovery of the "lost land" for the Ming Dynasty, but to Zhu Yousong's personal merit in the policy. As far as Hongguang and Ma Shiying are concerned, they need to rely on their forces to subdue the Jiangnan gentry; The four towns also relied on their merits, "the Son of Heaven is established by my generation", and since then they have been arrogant and domineering, blindly gathering in the south of the Zhili Jiangbei region to compete for "good land" to fatten themselves, and then hold the imperial court hostage.