Chapter 356: The Foundation and the Gravedigger

There are more than 1,000 displaced people who came out one after another, all of them in rags, and the guys in their hands are very simple. Chen Xie kept smiling, looked at them standing not far away, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, we are Dengzhou Camp, follow us, and promise to find a place for everyone to work and eat." The Dengzhou battalion counts when it comes to talking. ”

A man seemed to be the leader of these people, walked up to Chen Xie with a wooden stick, knelt down and said: "Master, my name is Ding Gui, I am from Xichuan, Dengzhou rescued my family back then, and I also went to send Dengzhou to the camp. It's a pity that the Dengzhou camp is gone, and life is sad again. Chen Xie secretly sighed in his heart that a good reputation is really important. stepped forward to help the man and said, "Get up, everyone follow us, there will be food when you arrive in Chuzhou." ”

Among the more than 1,000 people, many are old and weak. Chen Xie also paid some attention to this man. When he fled for his life, he was still old and weak, which was naturally different from the ordinary bandit leader. For a full show, Master Chen asked the guards to let the horses out and give some of the injured people to ride. Ding Gui hurriedly wanted to refuse for everyone, but Chen Xie said to him with a smile: "You are being coerced by thieves, and it is not your intention to rebel." Now that the battle is over, the people are the fathers and brothers of the Dengzhou camp. You're welcome, it's not early, so let's get on the road. ”

After speaking, Chen Xie picked up a small child, and he didn't think he was buried, and said loudly: "Go, follow me." ”

Chen Xie set an example, and some children who couldn't walk were carried on their backs by the guards.

Ding Gui asked a personal guard: "That was the old man just now?" The guard said proudly: "The chief soldier of the Dengzhou battalion, Master Chen." ”

The people are not going fast. After walking for an hour, it was only four or five miles. Chen Xie saw it and ordered to rest, and when he saw that some people were still carrying pots, he patted his thigh and said, "Forget this, Han Shan, collect everyone's dry food, and give it to children, the elderly, and women a little first." ”

The two dozen people didn't bring much dry food, but each person could barely divide it with a small piece of compressed biscuits. Chen Xie and his guards didn't eat it, but gave it to the elderly, children and women. The rest of the displaced people are hungry and uncomfortable. No one reached out at this time. Instead, they all looked at Chen Xie with grateful eyes. This is the Dengzhou camp, benevolence and righteousness! A little to eat, think first of the elderly, children and women. Unlike the rogue, if there is food, it will be given to the strong man first. The rest will consider something else. The human heart is made of flesh. It's a good look.

Rested for ten minutes. Those old and weak women and children who couldn't walk on the road seemed to have strength after eating something. Chen Xie picked up a child again. He said loudly behind his back: "Let's go, when you arrive in Chuzhou, you can eat enough." ”

It's not a fast ride, but it's not too slow. A patrol Dengzhou battalion appeared in front, and when he saw Chen Xie walking in the first place, the officer leading the team turned over and dismounted, stood up and saluted: "I have seen the lord in my humble position." Chen Xie smiled casually: "It's just right to come, hurry up and take out all the food, many people are hungry, otherwise they won't be able to go back before dark." ”

After resting for a while, continue on the road, it is already dark, as long as you pass through the mountains and forests along the way, the people behind you will shout: "Follow the Dengzhou camp, there is food." Chen Xie came to Han Shan and asked him to find out that this matter was organized by Ding Gui. Another look at this guy, such a person can be used.

handed the child to the soldiers on patrol, Chen Xie asked people to find it, Ding Gui saw Chen Xie and immediately knelt down and said, "Master Chen, what's the matter?" ”

Chen Xie helped him up with a smile and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that I am very happy to hear the villagers shouting like this." You are a good man with a conscience, and you have to help settle the people and come out to be a steward. ”

Ding Gui said again and again: "How can this be made? The little one who is illiterate is a farmer. ”

Chen Xie said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you are literate or not, what matters is that you think about everyone in your heart, and you can lead everyone to do things well and earn a bite to eat." I think you're good, you can do it, so don't shirk it. ”

Ding Gui was also dry, nodded and said, "The master lets you do things, and the small ones do things." Guaranteed to work hard. ”

When I returned to the camp under the city of Chuzhou, it was already eight or nine o'clock at night. In the open space outside the city, there were small huts built by the people themselves. The fried noodles transported by water were delivered, and Chang Shiren, who stayed behind to take care of the affairs, did not delay at all, and the two people distributed a bag of fried noodles as a three-day ration. It is still the old way of the past, choosing some literate people to be the big stewards, and the small stewards of the people themselves to choose themselves, and then camp according to their regions.

With something to eat, the people quickly settled down. When Chen Xie came back, he approached the camp outside the city, and saw that Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin were there, so he stepped forward and saluted with some surprise: "I have seen the supervisor, and I have come back from my humble position." ”

Lu Xiangsheng was discussing things with Yang Tinglin, and when he saw Chen Xie, he frowned and said, "Sihua, how can you fight with so many people?" Chen Xie smiled when he heard this: "It's not a big problem, in the next battle, the humble official will personally take the cavalry and two Jiazi battalions to fight with the superintendent, and the combat effectiveness will not be weakened too much." ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded after hearing this and said, "That's good, I think your Dengzhou battalion is not like other officers and soldiers." Especially the equipment is special, can you tell me why? When Chen Xie heard him ask this, he immediately smiled and said, "Why not?" ”

Yang Tinglin beckoned to the side: "Then sit down and talk slowly." ”

Chen Xie sat down, and Yang Tinglin actually poured him a cup of the car with his own hands, which was really flattering. Taking a sip of tea, Chen Xie opened the conversation: "At the beginning, I didn't plan to make it so complicated. The combat effectiveness of a single battalion is far stronger than that of the battalion battalion. The problem is that I can't afford to raise so many A-shaped camps, not because I can't afford to spend money, but because the logistical pressure is too great. The maroon fire, medicine, guns, and cannons used by the Jiazi battalion were all transported from the Americas from thousands of miles away. The fleet comes at most once a year, and the equipment it can bring is only as good as it gets. I had to think of other tricks, and this is why I have the B word camp. ……。 Chen Xie said his idea of building the army in an orderly manner, and the two nodded frequently in listening.

Suddenly, Yang Tinglin asked: "The Dengzhou camp is invincible in the world, and Sihua has the style of Qi Shaobao back then." ”

Chen Xie was stunned for a moment, quickly reacted to what he meant, and immediately smiled: "I don't plan to stay in Daming all the time, how can I compare with Qi Shaobao?" In the future, I will go to the South Seas, where there is a large area of land, and the fertile hand can pinch out the oil and water, and it will fall into the hands of the natives who do not know how to farm. The Ming Dynasty has a large population, but the land area will not increase, so it can only be found from Nanyang. ”

Hearing Chen Xie's words, both of them showed thoughtful expressions, and Lu Xiangsheng asked directly: "What does Sihua mean, will the Dengzhou camp follow you in the future?" Chen Xie said as a matter of course: "That's natural, otherwise why would I go to Nanyang to work hard?" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, each showing a relieved expression. Chen Xie said again: "No, this batch of displaced people, I plan to transport them to Liaodong." Now that the war situation in Liaodong is stable, and the land is barren in large areas, it just needs people to cultivate. After a few years, the Ming Dynasty was stable, and he went north, destroyed the Jiannu, and resettled at least tens of millions of people. ”

Lu Xiangsheng clapped his hands happily and said, "That's it, it's very good." The two didn't mean to stay longer, and after talking for a while, they took their leave. After leaving the camp, Yang Tinglin said quietly: "Jiandou, have you thought about it?" Tens of millions of people went to Liaodong, how many gentry in the Central Plains couldn't hire tenants? ”

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, and said angrily at random: "It's no wonder that others are not so greedy, they are unwilling to give up their wealth to help." Where did the rogues sweep the Central Plains? If you want to say that the world is in turmoil, half of the root is here. ”

Yang Tinglin smiled bitterly and was silent, the situation of Daming, both of them are very clear. The gentry held the power at the grassroots level, and they were the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule. Once someone does something that hurts the interests of the gentry class, it will inevitably be attacked by the people of the world.

It's a pity that Chen Xie was not there when the two were talking, otherwise they would have told them very unceremoniously that the gentry class was the basis of the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the moth of the Ming Dynasty, it was precisely because of their greed and luxury that the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty were born, and this is the people in the world who are facing starvation. These grassroots units that they usually look down on, desperately oppress and enslave, and when they can't survive, they will inevitably take their lives in turn, and finally overthrow this rotten root court.

After resting for a few days, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to continue on the road and walked as far as Luzhou, at this time, all the thieves had fled into Henan. According to the news sent from various places, Zhang Xianzhong fled to Gwangju and had the intention of returning to Huguang. Li Zicheng, the general of the break, fled to Guide, wreaked havoc in Henan, and his whereabouts were undecided. Lu Xiangsheng decided to divide his troops into two routes, one led by Chen Xie, and led the men and horses of his headquarters to pursue Zhang Xianzhong and prevent him from re-entering Huguang. He took Zu Kuan and other troops to chase and kill the rogues in the direction of Guide. At the same time, the local government is required to take strict precautions to prevent the spread of thieves.

This requirement is actually redundant, and wherever the thieves go, no official government dares to send troops to stop them.

Chen Xie left two B-shaped battalions, one responsible for settling and transporting the displaced people to Dayuan, not Liaodong as he said. The other battalion guarded the central capital to avoid being ravaged by the bandits again. This is actually what Lu Xiangsheng meant, there are two Dengzhou battalions in the B-word camp, Jiangbei worry-free, Jiangnan worry-free.

After defeating Gao Yingxiang at the peak moment, Liukou ushered in a big low tide. Especially Li Zicheng, he is not as good as a day. But this is all later, after Chen Xie said goodbye to Lu Xiangsheng, he took two Jiazi battalions and a cavalry battalion to Gwangju. Along the way, the Liukou were terrified and rushed to the northwest to escape the blow of the Dengzhou battalion.

As for the officers and soldiers, the rogues still know very well, as long as they hide in Shaanxi, the army under Lu Xiangsheng will not continue to chase and kill. The leader of this gang of thieves was scared of being killed by Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Xie, and would rather face Hong Chengchou than face the Dengzhou camp. (To be continued......)