"Squeak......

With the sound of the door opening, a middle-aged woman who still had charm walked in, only to see him walk up to Yan Shenggong and say with red eyes: "Master, now the only one who can help us is the Marquis of Zhongyong, why do you bother to be angry with him, can't you just bow your head to him?" Hundreds of our family are homeless, and it costs a lot of money just to eat and drink Lazar every day, and if it goes on like this, it won't take a few days for our whole family to drink the northwest wind. ”

"What do you know as a woman?" Yan Shenggong glared at her impatiently and scolded: "That Yueyang actually proposed that the officials and gentry pay for food and pay for the errand, he is digging the roots of scholars, and the preferential treatment of scholars was originally my Ming national policy, how can I change it without authorization, just by virtue of this, the old man has to be inseparable from him!" ”

This middle-aged woman is the legitimate daughter-in-law of Yan Shenggong, and she is probably not a good-tempered person on weekdays, but at this time she was also anxious, glaring at Yan Shenggong and said: "I am a woman, I don't understand, you are a descendant of a saint, you know!" Well, from now on, I won't care about the affairs of the family, you can take care of it, and you can find a way to go to lunch today! ”

"You ......"

Yan Shenggong, who has always regarded himself as a descendant of Confucius, is dumb, and now he finally understands what it means to be a hero, even if you are a hero, you have to eat, people are iron rice is steel, and they are hungry and panicked if they don't eat a meal, and now a large family of hundreds of people are pointing at him, if you are stubborn, it is estimated that in two days, they will have to beg on the street. If it is rumored that he, a descendant of Confucius, is so miserable that he starves to death at home, then this face will be lost, and it is estimated that his ancestors will be so angry that they will sit up from the coffin and die again.

Yan Sheng Gong was dumb, but his daughter-in-law was also used to brocade clothes and jade food on weekdays, and the contrast of these days made her really unbearable, and today it all exploded, she pointed at Yan Sheng Gong and scolded: "Isn't the Marquis of Zhongyong just collecting some taxes?" If he collects it, let him collect it, our family has so many fields. What's wrong with handing him a little tax, let's live our lives as usual, it's better than sending people under the fence like now, okay? If someone starves to death in our family at that time, I see how you will explain to your ancestors after you die? ”

Yan Shenggong, who was scolded by his wife and couldn't speak, although the ancestor also said that "if you want to be mighty, you can't bend the rich and you can't be lewd", but it was the old yellow calendar many years ago, this year, I laughed at poverty and didn't laugh at hiding, in these days in Jinan, except for Ke Zhennan, Ma Ke and others who came to see me once or twice in the first few days, the rest of those scholars were all gone, why should I grit my teeth for them, thinking of this, Yan Shenggong's original insistence on the heart was shaken. He weighed the pros and cons, in fact, if he really had to pay taxes every year, he wouldn't be unable to pay them. It's just a big deal to earn less, but if you really continue to let the Liukou entrench in Qufu, I'm afraid that if you really wait for the Liukou to retreat, your home will really become a ruin.

Thinking of this, Yan Shenggong suddenly felt as if he had been tricked, those scholars and gentry had always used themselves as shields, allowing themselves to charge into battle with Yue Yang, but they were hiding behind to watch the excitement, and after their own accident, these people played and disappeared, are they too stupid?

People are always prone to persecution paranoia in times of adversity, although Yan Shenggong has memorized the writings of his ancestors. But personal cultivation is not something that can be cultivated just by memorizing books, and besides, he has suffered from hunger since he was a child, and now he immediately panicked when he thought that he might never be able to go home again. Nima's. If you collect taxes, you should collect taxes, it is better than having a family that cannot be returned to the family property and someone taking it away.

It turns out that not everyone can shout slogans hungry, under the threat of hunger. Yan Sheng Gong finally relented, and he found Yue Yang's squirming promise that if the Governor could help him regain his homeland, he would take the lead in supporting the new policy. He promised to pay the land tax to the imperial court every year.

And Yue Yang is also a wilted and wilted guy, the next day after Yan Shenggong agreed, he immediately announced the news to the outside world, and used the flying pigeon to pass the book to the headquarters of the "Daming Times" stationed in Jinling to inform the news, and soon the entire Ming Dynasty knew that the Yan Shenggong of Qufu had changed his course and bowed his head to the new policy, this news caused a big earthquake in the Shilin world like a tsunami, and everyone was stunned by the news.

In fact, this is also Yan Shenggong underestimated himself, as a recognized descendant of the Confucian sage, his words and deeds are very large, and he also represents the scholar, you see that even the sage also supports the new policy, what else do you have to say.

Yue Yang is a simple person and a man of words, just after Yan Shenggong publicly declared his support for his new policy, he sent Chu Di to lead two thousand cavalry and three thousand firecrackers to Qufu the next day, and he did not hide it at all, and killed him all the way......

In the inner courtyard of the Confucius Mansion in Qufu, Li Zicheng and his generals were pushing cups and changing glasses and drinking so much that they were drinking so happily, when suddenly the leader of an old battalion stumbled in, and soon came to Li Zicheng's side, panting in his ear and whispering.

"King Chuang...... Chuang Wang ...... Oh no...... The Xuan army has been killed! ”

"Hmm...... What army is coming? Li Zicheng, who was already a little numb, didn't hear clearly at first, he held a delicate porcelain bowl turned out of nowhere in his hand and asked with a big tongue: "You...... You repeat...... Who killed it? ”

The little leader was anxious, and shouted in his ear: "King Chuang...... It's the Xuan army that has come over! ”

"What...... Xuan Dajun? ”

This time not only Li Zicheng understood, but even the generals on the side also heard it clearly.

"What...... Xuan's army is coming? ”

The generals who had already drunk and laughed loudly in the inner hall stopped abruptly as if they had been hit by a legendary martial arts master, and many people's faces still maintained the arrogant and arrogant look just now.

After a long time, Liu Zongmin, who was sitting on Li Zicheng's left, suddenly stood up, stepped forward and grabbed the placket on the little leader's chest, and asked viciously, "What did you say...... Xuan's army is coming? ”

was caught by Liu Zongmin's "Liu Zongmin's placket...... This...... Yes, according to the Kuaima report from the stall lurking in Jinan City, the loyal and brave Marquis Yueyang still sent a general named Chu Di to lead 5,000 men and horses towards Qufu! ”

Tian Jianxiu, who was on the side, also said suspiciously: "How is it possible...... Didn't the Marquis of Zhongyong always ignore our occupation of Qufu, why did he suddenly send troops and horses to exterminate us? ”

"What's so strange about that." Li Zicheng's face slowly became ugly, and he said word by word: "They are soldiers, we are thieves, and we are born opponents." Yue Yang is the governor of Shandong, and our capture of Qufu this time has already encroached on his territory, and it is natural for him to deal with us. Do you still think you can live in peace with him? ”

"King Chuang, what now?" Tian Jianxiu asked as he grabbed the steel knife at his waist, but the hand holding the handle of the knife trembled slightly, it stands to reason that this kind of love is very rare for an outlaw like him, but Yue Yang's reputation is too loud, and the current rogues are essentially just a group of bandits who burn and plunder everywhere in order to survive, and naturally have an innate sense of fear when facing the famous Xuan army.

Hearing this, Li Zicheng was silent. After capturing Qufu, his soldiers and horses have expanded to seventy or eighty thousand, although most of these people are only old, weak, sick and disabled, but they can also be used as cannon fodder.

After thinking about it, Li Zicheng asked the little leader who came to report the news: "How many people are coming from the Xuan army?" ”

"Back to the king's words. The Xuan army is coming, about 5,000 people! ”

"What?"

A voice containing disaffection sounded at the same time, and like these voices, the faces of the people around were all different expressions.

"The Xuan army only sent 5,000 men to attack us?" Li Zicheng's expression at this time contained surprise, annoyance, and a hint of imperceptible joy.

"This Yue Yang also underestimates our rebel army too much!" Soon Li Zicheng arrived, and a sense of humiliation came to his heart, he was also in command of tens of thousands of troops, but Yue Yang only sent a mere 5,000 men and horses to encircle and suppress himself, which was too contemptuous of himself.

Also angry with him was Liu Zongmin, who also said angrily: "King Chuang, the Xuan army also looks down on people too much, there are only 5,000 people, and our tens of thousands of righteous soldiers drowned him without a mouthful of spit." Give me 3,000 brothers from the old camp and 30,000 men from the outer camp, and I promise to destroy them all!" ”

Liu Zongmin is known as the number one fierce general in the army, and every time he fights against officers and soldiers, he is the most resolute one, and he is also the most valued person by Li Zicheng. Now he proposed to use 3,000 old battalion men and horses and 30,000 foreign battalion men and horses to deal with 5,000 Xuanda soldiers and horses from Jinan, which is a rare thing.

Li Zicheng also nodded: "It's okay, then let Jie Xuan test the bottom of the Xuan army first to see if they are in vain." ”

Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "Don't worry, King Chuang, there are more than 20,000 horses. Even if I can't win, I'll be able to bite off a piece of his flesh. Others say that the Xuan army is the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty, and it can go far away from the customs to beat the Mantars to the desert and flee, but in my opinion, the power of the Mantars is just a rumor. If you run into our rebel army, you may not be able to please it, then the Xuan army just happened to win a battle, and it may not be really that powerful, and when I eat the 5,000 men and horses, we will come back and drink! ”

"Good...... is worthy of Mr. Liu, and he is really a hero! ”

The people around also cheered loudly in unison, and they also ignored the past for Liu Zongmin's deliberate belittling of Xuan Dajun, in fact, they are not stupid, the prestige that Xuan Dajun has played over the years can actually be erased with a few words. They said this just to hide the panic in their hearts, as for the Manchu people outside the gate are not powerful, it is even more nonsense with their eyes open, if the Manchu people are not powerful, they will not press the Ming Dynasty for decades, and before Yueyang did not appear, it was like no one in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. However, the rogues who became Li Zicheng were accustomed to using the tactics of crowds to drown the enemy in battle, and the truth that soldiers were not expensive was always just a legend for them.

Liu Zongmin is also a simple person, two hours later, he took more than 30,000 horses out of Qufu County, came to the vicinity of Xiaotao Mountain, which was dozens of exceptions away from the county seat, and ambushed, waiting for the arrival of Xuan's army.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Xuan army led by Chu Di also came to a place not far from Xiaopeach Mountain.

Chu Di rode a black war horse and walked in the procession, surrounded by a neatly formed array of firecrackers, and in front of him was a dense cavalry procession.

Looking at the surrounding majestic team, a sense of pride surged in Chu Di's heart, and as Yueyang's power continued to expand, the status of these old departments that followed Yue Yang also rose. Before he took refuge in Yueyang, Chu Di was just a depressed deputy general manager, but now that it has only been less than three years, he is already a general who commands thousands of troops, and this promotion is not unpleasant.

"Well, this time we must annihilate this gangster, otherwise we will not live up to Lord Hou's expectations." Chu Di thought secretly as he rode forward.

That's when it happened. A night Bushu came galloping from a distance, and when he arrived at Chu Di, he reported loudly: "General Qiyu, the villain has traces of Kou in the small peach mountain in front of him. ”

"The rogue will also set up an ambush." Chu Di was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Have you found out how many of them are?" ”

Ye Bushu shook his head: "The horse team of the Liukou has blocked the main road of Xiaomoyama, and the villains dare not alarm them, but it is certain that there are definitely a lot of them." ”

Chu Di nodded in agreement with his opinion, with the combat strength of the Xuan army now, how dare the small number of rogues dare to set up an ambush to ambush him, after thinking about it, Chu Di immediately ordered: "Order the cavalry to stop advancing, and the musketeers will line up to form a defensive formation, and the artillery battalion will prepare for support!" ”

The Xuan army was well trained. With Chu Di's order, the team that was originally marching in line immediately launched a defensive formation. The three thousand foot soldiers immediately spread out to both sides, and soon the three formed three phalanxes, slowly advancing forward in a zigzag formation. The best strategy in the phalanx was to press the formation with 2,000 cavalry, and at the rear was the artillery battalion and the baggage battalion.

The movement of the Xuan army was immediately noticed by the rogues who were ambushed in Xiaotaoshan, and Liu Zongmin, who fought an old nose battle with the Ming army, was naturally experienced, and his original plan was to use the mountain road to enter Xiaotaoshan to eat the two thousand cavalry who walked in the front first. As long as he could eat this cavalry, then he could use the 2,000 old battalion horses in his hand to go around behind this Ming army, and finally order the 30,000 horses ambushed in the mountains to kill them together. He believed that this Xuan army would be hated even if it was three heads and six arms, and Liu Zongmin had used this trick to defeat many Ming troops over the years. It's just that now it seems that this Xuan army is quite clever, and it is so quick to detect that there is an ambush here.

One of the leaders couldn't help but say worriedly: "General Sentry Liu, it seems that those enough officers and soldiers are now us." Let's kill them immediately, or we'll be in trouble if we let them escape. ”

"Well, that makes sense." Liu Zongmin was also afraid that the other party would retreat, and said to a leader beside him: "Wang Dezi." You take 2,000 people to fight and see what the other side has to say, and remember not to rush too hard, if you scare these dog officers and soldiers away, you will be busy in vain. ”

Judging from this sentence, we can know that Liu Zongmin is indeed worthy of the name of arrogance. He was afraid that he would scare the Xuan army away by fighting too hard, and if Dolgon and other Manchu Tartars were here at this time, he would probably give him a thumbs up in admiration for his ignorance.

When Chu Di commanded the three phalanxes to march more than five hundred steps away from Xiaotao Mountain, with a horn sounding, more than 2,000 rogues came out of the mountain col. But to the surprise of Chu Di and the prepared firecrackers in front of him, these rogues were all random homeless people with hoes, sticks, or kitchen knives. They had no formation or organization, and with a lot of enthusiasm and courage, they rushed over in a swarm of chaos.

Seeing such a situation, the first reaction of the thousands of commanders in command at the forefront was shock, and then they laughed, are these rogues here to fight or to send them to death, are they fighting like this?

However, it is funny to be funny, but the strict military discipline of the Xuanda army and the good training on weekdays make them still command the battle in strict accordance with the discipline of the Xuanda army.

"All of them, stop moving forward...... Prepare to reload! ”

"First row aim!"

"Whoa!"

With the command of several hundred generals in the first row, all the firecrackers raised their firecrackers one after another, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the front.

And among those who were rushing forward to the homeless people, dozens of rogue leaders who were in charge of supervising the formation waved the weapons in their hands and shouted loudly at the surrounding homeless people, "Brothers, hurry up, as long as you defeat those officers and soldiers, you will give everyone a steamed bun to eat, and Bai Huahua's steamed bun is enough!" Brothers, rush! ”

When the rogues heard these words, they immediately became excited, no matter at any time, the fate of their lowest cannon fodder will always be the most miserable, eating moldy objects every day, even if this kind of food is not enough, if you want to eat such food, you have to fight with your life. Now as soon as they heard that they would be able to eat fragrant white-flour buns after this battle, everyone's eyes turned red.

Some people may ask, didn't Li Zicheng seize a lot of grain after he laid down Qufu, why did the people below eat so badly? In fact, this is a major feature of the Liukou, to put it bluntly, the Liukou is a rabble that has been temporarily organized, they have no faith, no hope and no future, if they feed these cannon fodder on weekdays, then how can they expect these cannon fodder to fight with their lives when they start a war? Therefore, the leaders of the rogue who became Li Zicheng only gave them barely enough food on weekdays, so that they could not eat enough and would not starve to death, and only in this way could they use the pretext of having enough to eat in wartime to lure them to sell their lives. (To be continued!)

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