Chapter 161: The Qing Army Arrives
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In terms of scale, Kaifeng is a metropolis second only to the north and south of Beijing, with many households and businessmen. However, since Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng three times, the Ming army dug the Yellow River, Kaifeng suffered bad luck, more and more people fled to other places, merchants also went south, Kaifeng's household registration has been less than one-third of the heyday.
After the wealthy businessmen left, they left behind a large number of exquisite and meticulous mansions, Wu Kaijie was sitting in the back garden of a salt merchant's courtyard at this time, with a few sand and watermelons pulled out by well water in front of him.
Opposite him, sat four or five military attachΓ©s, all wearing armor, for the sake of the deputy general Chen Yi. Chen Yi was also a military general, took over the position of a thousand households left by his father, and then made many military exploits, and assisted Chen Qianfu to expel the Dashun army and recapture Kaifeng, before becoming a deputy general.
However, although you are a deputy general, Chen Yi also knows how many bowls of dry rice she eats, and the young man in front of him is the Duke of Ji Guo, who represents the power of the government and the opposition, so he can't help but be careless.
"Vice General Chen, you don't have to be so restrained, Wu invited everyone to come over, just to talk about friendship and eat some watermelon."
Wu Kaijie picked up the knife as he spoke, and cut the big green watermelon, revealing a bright red crispy sand pulp, and the abundant juice came out.
Wu Kaijie smiled and cut a large watermelon and sent it to Chen Yi's hand, and then cut a few pieces in 6 and gave them to others, and in the end, Wu Kaijie only had a narrow one, but he didn't care, he picked it up and gnawed wildly, his cheeks were full of juice, and there was a watermelon seed in the corner of his mouth.
"Cool, if there is no watermelon. I really don't know how to spend this summer! β
Chen Yi looked at Wu Kaijie's appearance and couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Wu, how do you look at it." You're more like a martial artist than we are. β
This is not bad at all, several of them are all eating in small bites, in comparison, it is a bit of a lady feeling.
"Vice General Chen, Wu has nothing else to do, just pay attention to one word: true! Life is a stage, as soon as you open your eyes. started the play with gongs and drums, he was originally a person in the play, why bother pretending to be someone else! β
"That's interesting!" Chen Yi touched it for a long time. smiled and said, "Brothers, Mr. Wu said so, let's stop pretending!" β
Saying that, Chen Yi took the lead in nibbling on watermelon, and the juice flowed sideways. It's time to eat to the fullest. Chen Yi even removed his armor and wore only a single coat.
Wu Kaijie looked at them and couldn't help but smile and said: "Vice General Chen, when Wu divided the carve, he gave you the big petal, but left the small petal, do you know what this means?" β
Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Chen is in a trance." Mr. Wu doesn't like to eat it. β
Wu Kaijie laughed, "Vice General Chen." You're pretending to be confused. Wu Mou told the truth, what year is it now, there are many fights, Daming, Dashun, Daqing, and it has become a pot of porridge. In the troubled times, you can still eat a mouthful of watermelon, all of them are the protection of the warriors, everyone fought bloodily, so that we have the stability of these people, do you say that this soldier should eat the biggest piece? β
As soon as Chen Yi and a few of his subordinates heard this, some of them showed joy on their faces and looked quite proud, but Chen Yi couldn't figure out what Wu Kaijie meant, so she had to continue to pretend to be stupid.
"Mr. Wu is polite, strategizing to win a thousand miles, we still can't do without the guidance of civil officials, we are just officers."
"Hahaha, do civilian officials know how to fight, and do they know how to arrange troops? To put it mildly, if it weren't for the fact that there were always some confused civilian officials who commanded blindly, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would not have fallen to today. β
Wu Kaijie stood up as he spoke, and said loudly: "Everyone, when I founded the country, the civil and military were still balanced, but as the peace went by, the civil officials bullied the heads of the warriors. The general soldiers, the generals, and the generals of the first and second grades, saw the soldiers of the fifth grade, and even went to kowtow and salute. Mao Dashuai, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, who held Shang Fang's sword in his hand, was actually killed by a second-grade civil official who said to kill him, is there still a royal law in this world? Isn't it better to play with a gun than to scold with a pen? With such contempt for military generals, the Ming Dynasty will not die, and heaven will not tolerate it! β
A few words were impassioned, and they just hit the sore spot of the generals present, and they lowered their heads one by one, gritted their teeth, and clenched their fists with a clenched rattle.
Chen Yi raised his head suddenly, looked at Wu Kaijie, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wu, just these few words, Chen admires you from the bottom of his heart!" β
Wu Kaijie laughed and said: "Vice General Chen, this is not what Wu said, but Ji Guogong and his old man!" In troubled times, generals should be self-reliant. Looking at the martial artists of the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu is greedy and tyrannical, and the four towns in Jiangbei are blind. Only the public position of the Ji State is high and powerful, and it is determined to forge ahead. If you want to change the status of military generals, if you want to straighten your chest and be a man, seal your wife and son, and make a name for history, you can only follow Jiguo Gong, what do you think? β
Chen Yi didn't understand that this was Wu Kaijie recruiting them, and he stood up without hesitation: "Mr. Wu, I have long admired the prestige of the Duke of Ji, and I can't wait to serve the Grandpa of the Kingdom immediately." β
General Huo Yingfang also said: "There is nothing wrong at all, it is true that the Henan soldiers have been in arrears for two months, if it weren't for the fact that Chen Futai was not bad, we would have been unwilling to endure it." Those landlords and wealthy businessmen, their homes are full of grain, and as a result, they also raise prices, and the brothers eat moldy and green grain, which is not as good as pigs, and everyone is looking forward to Ji Guogong to give us a breath of relief! β
"That's good!" Wu Kaijie said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo will arrive in Kaifeng soon, shouldn't you go and welcome Grandpa Guo?" β
Just yesterday, when discussing things, Chen Qianfu had already been moved by Wu Kaijie's words, but Yuan Shu insisted that only Gu Zhenhua was allowed to enter the city, and no soldiers were allowed to enter the city. The reason is simple, it is the fear of disturbing the order in the city. His ideas were supported by most of the officials and gentry, so that Chen Qianfu did not know what to do.
As soon as Wu Kaijie saw this situation, he directly put aside Chen Qianfu and found Chen Yi, he wanted to start from the generals, as long as he pulled the gun, everything else was easy to say.
"Ladies and gentlemen, not to mention anything else, under the rule of Grandpa Guo, the food and salary are abundant, the soldiers have countless preferential treatment, and there is no nobility in the civil and military affairs, but the division of labor is different. On the contrary, the military generals shed blood and sweat for the country, and they are the pillars of the country, and I think everyone knows best! β
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Gu Zhenhua killed Haoqiang and built a farm in Qi County, and the news spread quickly like wings. The people everywhere suddenly heard the wind and moved, especially those who were homeless, and they were even more happy.
I have to say that a good reputation is still very important. Gu Zhenhua defeated the Tartars, became famous, and led his subordinates to fight for disaster relief, all of which were spread by the storytellers and singers sent by the Military Music Division.
Up and down the Yellow River, in fact, the pressure of the embankment on the first line of Kaifeng is far less than that of Xuzhou, but Xuzhou survived, but Kaifeng and other places were executed, and the people were displaced, saying that it was a natural disaster, in fact!
The desperate people have long hoped that a good official will come out, but this good official is a bit imaginary, not only to protect them, but also to give them the land they covet.
If you join the Grange of An**, as long as you work for ten years, you will have your own land. After the news spread, people from all over the country formed a team, carrying hoes, shovels, wooden sticks and other weapons, eating pots and wine, to welcome the arrival of An **.
When Gu Zhenhua came out, there were only more than 30,000 people, but when he arrived in Kaifeng City, more than 50,000 people had gathered, and more displaced people were still flocking here.
There are many people and there are many troubles, which drags down the degree of marching, and some displaced people have no food, and they have to solve the problem of food. But this growing pains are nothing.
Gu Zhenhua brought a large number of Tuntian officials, and when it was time for them to show their skills, Zhu Chenghai and Bi Yuanzhen all took the displaced people to settle nearby.
An ** also sent troops to sweep away the landlords along the way. These landlords are not fools, and they don't dare to fight when they see that Gao Zhongwen, who is strong and strong, is easily dealt with. I could only take my wife and flee to Kaifeng, praying for shelter. A group of gentry also united to file a complaint, and some of them were more daring, restrained their families, and wanted to fight to the death.
At this juncture, Gu Zhenhua led the army to the outside of Kaifeng City, just twenty miles away from the city, and a puff of dust rolled up from afar, and gradually rushed towards this side.
"Good boy, his skills are not bad!"
Gu Zhenhua saw Wu Kaijie at a glance, and he was followed by a group of generals with helmets and armor, all of whom dismounted first and came to Gu Zhenhua.
Chen Yi, Huo Yingfang and the others hurriedly nodded to the ground on one leg and said together: "The lowly Chen Yi (Huo Yingfang) meets the Duke of Ji Guo!" β
Wu Kaijie also happily jumped off the war horse and ran in front of Gu Zhenhua, unable to hide his pride.
"Grandpa Guo, several generals are fierce generals who have recovered Kaifeng and defended the Central Plains, and they have long admired the name of Guogong and came to greet them!"
Gu Zhenhua smiled, "Let's all get up!" Benjue was ordered by the emperor, the governor of the Central Plains military affairs, you are all loyal to the Ming Dynasty, Benjue has nothing else, all the brothers are paid two months. β
If you want to recruit a younger brother, you can't afford to spend money. Sure enough, the silver bullet was shot, and the effect came out, and several people all showed joy.
"Thank you for the reward, we are willing to serve the grandfather of the country!"
Just as he was talking, Chen Qianfu, Yuan Shu and the others rushed over breathlessly, originally Chen Qianfu was going to meet him ten miles away, and he was also thinking about discussing the matter of letting Gu Zhenhua garrison outside the city. How do you know that as soon as he left the city, he heard a group of military leaders running to the front, and it was already Gu Zhenhua.
Chen Qianfu hurried to hurry, but he was still one step too late, and Chen Yi and the others had already joined Gu Zhenhua's side.
"It's too late to greet the lowly position, and I also ask the grandfather of the country to atone for his sins."
"Chen Futai is polite, what you did in Kaifeng, this lord is clear and has done a good job. It's just that sometimes, it's too indecisive, I heard that many local emperors have gone to Kaifeng to complain, is there such a thing? β
"Yes, it's all blamed for the dereliction of duty."
"The tumor has been cultivated, only by decisively cutting it off, not to tolerate the adulterer!"
These words sounded in Chen Qianfu's ears like a thunderbolt. At that moment, a rider came running from afar.
"Lord Futai, something is wrong, the Qing army has seized Yanjin!" (To be continued......)