Chapter 138: A wave of unsettled waves rises again

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Although Zhang Zongheng had been the governor of Xuanda for three years and commanded tens of thousands of troops, it turned out that Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, was too poor in professionalism and did not even know the minimum military knowledge.

As the arrows flew towards the procession with a cold light, he had no idea what to do except jump from his horse and burrow into a rock on the side of the road with a degree not befitting his size.

"Whoosh ......"

The sharp arrows with the roar of death pierced the bodies of dozens of guards in an instant, shooting them to the ground, and after two rounds of arrow rain, more than three hundred family members fell seventy or eighty, and before the rest of the family members could react, these black-clothed and black-armored knights had already drawn their long knives from their saddles and slashed down at the family members who were still in a mess on the official road.

"Kill ......"

Driven by the war horse, the snow saber swept quickly across the neck of a housekeeper, and when the knight rushed past the housekeeper without stopping, a column of blood began to spurt out of the housekeeper's neck, and the housekeeper fell into a pool of blood before he could make a sound.

"Ah...... The horse thief is coming! It was only at this moment that Zhang Zongheng's terrifying scream rang out, "Come and protect this official, and quickly repel these thieves!" ”

Objectively speaking, although Zhang Zongheng is very greedy, he is not stingy. He knew that these 300 family members were his capital to save his life, so he was given enough food and food on weekdays, and the equipment on the family members was also very good. The body is all light armor, and in his hand is a spear and a refined waist knife. The family also practiced several days a month.

Zhang Zongheng's investment still had some effect, although more than a hundred people were killed by a round of arrow rain and surprise attacks, the remaining family members still rushed towards those black-clothed people under the leadership of several leaders after coming to their senses.

And those black-clothed men rushed the convoy through and stopped not far from the convoy to re-form a formation, for the black-clothed people watched more than two hundred family members rush towards him, the face hidden behind the black scarf let out a sneer, he lowered his voice and shouted: "All of them, bow and crossbow ready...... Put! ”

"Whoosh ......"

Another round of dense crossbow arrows flew away, and dozens of people fell down on the front line. But I have to say that Zhang Zongheng's family members are very courageous, the death of their companions did not frighten them, and the remaining more than 100 people are still very brave and continue to rush forward.

After the crossbow was shot once, the man in black inserted the crossbow back into the saddle, drew his long knife and headed towards the rushing family.

"Kill!"

The fierce battle was carried out on the narrow official road, and although Zhang Zongheng's family Ding Su zhì was good, the result was actually doomed at the beginning. After less than two quarters of an hour of fighting, except for the man in black and the horseman squatting next to the cart, there is no family in sight on the entire official road.

The men in black walked slowly on the official road, and hundreds of men in black were cleaning the battlefield. If they meet a family member who has not yet lost their breath, they will also give them a ride.

The horsemen crouching on the ground secretly looked at these daring fellows, whether they were horse thieves or robbers. When robbing the road, they will not attack the driver who is driving the car, and the driver door is not too afraid.

At this time, a black-clothed knight ran over and reported to the leader: "My lord, we have caught Zhang Zongheng. ”

The eyes of the man in black lit up: "Take me to see it immediately!" ”

Soon, he saw the governor of Xuanda, who had commanded tens of thousands of troops in Xuanzhen in the past, behind a large rock. It's just that he doesn't look very good at this time. He sat on the ground, leaning against a large rock. was looking at him with horror.

Zhang Zongheng's forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans at this time, and he looked at the man in black who walked in and gasped and shouted loudly; "Ladies and gentlemen, if you want money, you can take it, I just ask you not to hurt your own officials."

The man in black didn't answer, and the bloody long knife in his hand was pressed against Zhang Zongheng's throat. Zhang Zongheng, who was pressed against his throat by the cold steel knife, was terrified, and shouted vigorously: "This good man, you can take things away, forget it, this official has no grievances with you, don't kill this official." ”

......The man in black spat fiercely, kicked him to the ground, and then stepped on his chest and snorted: "No injustice, no revenge? It's worthy of being the governor of Xuanda, it's just forgetful, have you forgotten that you just robbed our silver in the inn of Datong Mansion a few days ago? ”

"It turns out that you are from Yueyang, Wuli Village!" This time, Zhang Zongheng understood, it turned out that there was a problem with fishing for silver a few days ago.

"Got it? You can go to death now! The man in black was Shun Bao, I saw Shun Bao, who was full of fierce face, waved his hand, the cold light flashed, and a stream of hot blood rushed to the sky, and Dou Da's head was instantly separated from his neck, and Zhang Zongheng fell into a pool of blood without saying a word.

After killing Zhang Zongheng, Shun Bao turned around and whispered to the people behind him: "Clean up the battlefield immediately and take all the carriages away." ”

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, a group of black-clothed men drove hundreds of carts and disappeared on the official road, leaving only one corpse in one place......

The news that the former Xuanda governor Zhang Zongheng and hundreds of family members were killed near Shaguobao soon spread throughout the Ming dynasty and the opposition, Chongzhen was shocked, and immediately ordered the new Xuanda governor Lu Xiangsheng and Xuanda governor Xu Dingchen to track down the murderers and give the court an explanation. But where can Lu Xiangsheng and Xu Dingchen find the murderer, after tracking for more than half a month, they only learned from the mouths of those coachmen that the gang that killed Zhang Zongheng drove those carriages to the west after killing Zhang Zongheng, and then they were no longer found. And in this era when there is no way to test DNA and fingerprints, it is difficult to track down a headless case.

Let's say that Shunbao and others, after robbing Zhang Zongheng of all his belongings, went around in a big circle in Shaguo Fort, and then drove the cart to Wuli Village overnight, and finally returned to Wuli Village on the third day. When Yue Yang and the others opened the boxes on these carts, they were immediately stunned by the slow gold and silver in the boxes. According to statistics, there are 20,000 taels of gold and 470,000 taels of silver in these carts, and the rest of the antique calligraphy and paintings are even more expensive.

With so many things, Yue Yang and Shunbao and others were dumbfounded, Yue Yang sighed: "In the past, the ancients used to say that three years of Qing Governor's Mansion 100,000 snowflakes of silver, originally I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect that I saw it today, Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, has only been in office for a few years, and the money looted is almost comparable to the income from selling salt in a year, and corrupt officials like Zhang Zongheng are obviously not a few in the Ming Dynasty, and now the Manchu Dynasty is controlled by such moths, do I still have hope in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Compared with Yue Yang's emotion, Shun Bao's thoughts were much simpler, looking at the cart full of gold and silver, he said to Yue Yang happily: "Young master, with this silver, can we expand the army again?" ”

"Expand the army, expand the army, know the expansion of the army!" Yue Yang shuddered on his head with a smile, and scolded with a smile: "I really haven't seen it, you kid is still an official fan, now that you are already a defensive officer of the sixth grade, what do you want, do you still want to be a first-grade master?" ”

Shun Bao touched his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Yue Yang thought for a while, and then said: "Shunbao, you and the brothers have worked this trip, and after you go back, the brothers will go to the quartermaster's office to receive a reward of fifty taels of silver each, and you will receive two hundred taels, and I will use the rest of the silver for other purposes." You have to tell your brothers to keep your mouth tight, and never reveal the slightest rumor, understand? ”

"Understand young master!" The delighted Shunbao slapped his chest with a bang......

There was no clue about Zhang Zongheng's murder, and just when Chongzhen, who was angry in his heart, was about to issue an order to severely reprimand Lu Xiangsheng and Xu Dingchen, another incident attracted the attention of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.

In April of the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), Wu Gan came to ask Su to relieve hunger. Since August last year, Shaanxi has had no rain, thousands of miles of red land, and the people are hungry and cannibalistic. The people are hungry and chaotic, and the Ming will kill more good and risky achievements. The counties of Zhongzhou are more afraid of officers and soldiers than "thieves". Evacuated, on the sixth day of the first month, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to relieve hunger.

Due to the emergence of Yueyang, some of the original histories have also been deviated. Historically, Shanxi was also the same as Shaanxi because of the drought and the displaced people everywhere and finally evolved into the four wanderers, but because of the emergence of Yueyang, the great harvest of Wuli Village greatly alleviated the famine in Shanxi, and the great opening of Wuli Village Yueyang continued to collect the displaced people, so the original situation of the exiles in Shanxi did not appear.

But despite this, Yue Yang's efforts only changed the situation in Shanxi, and another incident in another time and space was born. Liukou Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and other troops were surrounded by the Ming army mobilized by Chongzhen and mistakenly took Xing'an (the Hanjiang River valley east of Shiquan in Shaanxi Province) Chezhou Gorge. In the canyon is an ancient plank road, and the mountains on all sides are steep, easy to enter and difficult to exit. When it rained for twenty years, the trapped peasant army and horses were exhausted, and Li Zicheng used Gu Junen to deceive and surrender, and lured Chen Qiyu and the generals with heavy treasures. Qi Yu Xu. In July, more than 36,000 rebels broke out of Chezhou Gorge.

"Chen Qiyu mistook the country and should be killed!"

Looking at the post newspaper in his hand, Yue Yang couldn't help but scold angrily. The Ming court actually had the opportunity to eliminate the peasant army of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, but because of the stupidity of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, it missed a good opportunity and let these people go, which laid a disaster for the future.

Throwing down the post newspaper in his hand, Yue Yang walked out of the signing room with his hands behind his back, and was just about to go to the backyard to eat, when a sound of footsteps sounded in front of him, and a soldier walked over quickly, and reported loudly after seeing Yue Yang: "My lord, Datong is urgent, Huang Taiji personally led the Tartar army to knock on the pass, and now he is attacking Datong in a hurry!" ”

"What? The Tartars actually came? Yue Yang was shocked......