Chapter 451: In-situ expansion
As a small leader of the rogues, Feng Si has had a very bad time recently, not because their robberies have not gone well, in fact, all the rogue bandits in Henan have been doing very well in robbery recently, because there is no large group of organized officers and soldiers here to beat them, almost as long as they come out to loot, the officers and soldiers in the vicinity will be indifferent, and some of them just stuck in the road will even move away, giving them a lot of space for robbery, from this point of view, they almost have the best robbery environment, There shouldn't be anything unsatisfying.
But the problem is that every time they rob the end, those officers and soldiers will always appear from all directions, surround them with a smile, and then send people to negotiate, in the spirit of the children and daughters of the rivers and lakes, ask them to meet and divide half, if they don't divide, they will immediately attack, if they are replaced by other Ming army teams, Feng Si will not hand over the Lu even if he can't fight, it's a big deal to escape, with his Feng Siye's experience in the rivers and lakes over the years, if he really wants to run, I'm afraid there aren't many people who can catch up with him.
But in the face of the team that dared to do something to them in Henan today, he really didn't dare to fight or run, because it was Song Qing's soldiers and horses, almost the most terrifying existence in the entire Ming Dynasty, and they didn't try to fight, even after Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang were defeated by Song Qing, they also had some awake small forces, and after withdrawing to Henan, they chose to fight with Song Qing's troops, but the consequences were very unified, they were all defeated and killed, because Song Qing divided the troops, The fate of these rebels varied, some were simply killed, or even buried, but some were unlucky, and the corpses were hung from trees with ropes for wild beasts to eat.
Feng Si has a friend. It used to be a heroic Song Qing rebel, and then this friend was hung on a tree, and after Feng Si, who got the news two days later, rushed over, he found that his friend's body had been eaten by wild beasts, only half of his body was still meat, and the rest were bones, it stands to reason that he should be angry about this kind of thing, and avenge his friend, but he couldn't get angry anyway, and some were just thick fear. and the disgusting nausea that lingered no matter what, these two emotions made him dare not oppose Song Qing at all, so he could only obey orders honestly.
Fortunately, Song Qing doesn't seem to plan to kill them all, as long as you are obedient enough and hand over about half of the robbery proceeds every time, you will be able to gain the right to live, and even occasionally meet the passing Xuzhou soldiers, they will greet you. Now there are many thieves who regard this as capital, and when the leaders of the rogue bandits met in the last two times, they would say which commander in the Xuzhou soldiers greeted me today, and even remembered my name. Whenever someone talks about this, others will cast envious and jealous eyes, and they can't wait to replace them.
Feng Si had never experienced such a time, but his luck seemed to be good today. The officer who led the team smiled at him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's been doing well lately, and there are still a lot of big families in the south." You don't have anything to do to go over and see, anyway, we only need half, the rest is yours, as long as you don't be killed by the group training of those big families, it won't be long before you are a rich man, even if you don't bring troops, you can live a good life with the silver to Xuzhou, my family likes Jianghu friends the most, don't worry about being washed over there, just live a down-to-earth life, brother, I used to be the pole of Xuzhou, nicknamed the mountain harrier, the big Li Yuncong, now it is the head of our dog camp! ”
"You, you're from a pole?" Feng Si was surprised at first, and then immediately relieved, the person in front of him did look more like a bandit than an officer and soldier, although there was not much difference between officers and soldiers and bandits in recent years, but the banditry on Li Yuncong's body still couldn't be hidden, and Song Qing didn't plan to let him cover it up, the purpose was to recruit those bandits and rogues everywhere, and now he really used this layer of identity, and it looked very useful.
Li Yucong said proudly: "Can't think of it, right? Our grandfather was also beaten by General Song, and after being subdued, he threw himself directly into the past, and my family looked up to the heroes in the green forest, and directly gave me a small flag to do, and in the past few years, I have been fighting life and death, and now I have done the total, I have a house and land in Xuzhou, not better than you being a thief outside all day? I see that you are not young anymore, you should think about the future, you can't be a thief for the rest of your life, right? ”
A bite to be a thief, if someone else said it, Feng Si didn't dare to show anything, but he must be a little unhappy in his heart, but from this Li Yucong's mouth, he felt that there was no awkwardness, because the other party was also a thief in the past, and it was obvious to be a party, but now that he has become an official, he still has a house and land in Xuzhou, this is simply a pie for you to see, and even let you smell a little aroma.
Feng Si used to be just a peasant in Shaanxi, and he was the poorest kind, if he didn't really can't survive, he wouldn't follow the big leaders of the 36th battalion to oppose the imperial court, as the most ordinary peasant class in China, it is a lifelong hope to have a house and land, and now he is robbing his house outside, no matter how much he earns, it is also floating wealth, it is a tree without roots, as long as there is a slight problem, it will immediately come to naught, if he can also be like the harrier in front of him, a certain official and a half position in Xuzhou, even if it is just a rich man, It's also much better than being a gangster out there now.
Thinking of this, Feng Si's mind began to move, after all, at this time, no one thought that Liukou would finally be able to hit Beijing City and force Emperor Chongzhen to death, Li Zicheng was also addicted to the emperor, but now even if he is the most optimistic about rebellion, he only thinks that he may be able to occupy a piece of land in the future, and then negotiate conditions with the imperial court, either to tear the soil and seal the marquis, or to let them recruit all of them and go everywhere to be officials, as for what to sit in the world and the like, no one will think about it at all, even if they think about it, they will react immediately, I feel like I'm dreaming.
Since he doesn't have such a thought, then Feng Si has a lot of choices, he is not a big man among those rogues, even if he really splits the soil and seals the marquis in the future, or becomes a magistrate after Zhao'an, it is estimated that he has nothing to do, after all, he has only a few hundred people under him, and Zhao'an is estimated to be the life of a general banner, and he has to be afraid all day long. Calculate whether the imperial court will come to liquidate them one day, and now that they have earned all this money, they are afraid that they will have to hand it over to buy themselves a safe and down-to-earth, rather than this, it is better to take refuge in Xuzhou.
Thinking of all this, Feng Si was even more enthusiastic about Li Yucong, calling a harrier brother one by one, politely inviting the other party to sit down, and began to inquire about various things in Xuzhou. Of course, the most important thing is to inquire about his own past, what kind of treatment he can get, this is what he cares about the most, and the mountain harrier is also explained in great detail, and Song Qing's treatment of these Jianghu characters is explained one by one, and what terms with Xuzhou characteristics are encountered, etc., they also help to explain, and they can be regarded as doing their best to help Song Qingla.
Similar things like this have been happening all over Henan in the past two days. The leaders of all the small groups of gangsters were found, and the people who were responsible for 'chatting' with them were all bandit-born officers in the Xuzhou department, and even people from the begging army came to tell their examples. Lao Tzu is not one of those local bandits in Xuzhou, but a serious rebel twice, and now he is at ease in Xuzhou, you are just a rogue. What can there be to worry about? Come to General Song's side as soon as possible, and eat and drink spicy food in the future, and the brothers will be able to live a good life.
Talking and talking. The Xuzhou army system is said to be a place to hide filth and dirt, but this is still the truth, in addition to the children of the good family in the Xuzhou department, the rest is also composed of the imperial court rebels and the ghosts everywhere, if it is changed to other places, this configuration is guaranteed to be chaotic, but in Xuzhou it is very stable, whether it is the beggar army or those bandits, they have been completely convinced by Song Qing, so there is no disobedience at all when they come to work, plus they eat well and make a lot of money here, many people even think it is a beauty difference, Nowadays, many local bandits in Xuzhou are still working hard, waiting for the next army expansion to incorporate themselves in the past, and complete the gorgeous transformation from bandits to officers and soldiers.
This kind of fact is now also affecting the local gangsters in Henan, so that these rogues who originally didn't know what they wanted to do, suddenly there was a bright avenue in their hearts, many people were moved on the spot, and asked someone to go to Song Qing to talk, and those who were a little more cautious also said that they would think carefully when they went back, and they would definitely give a reply in a short time, and never let General Song wait more, and then they also decided to take refuge in the past on the second or third day, they were not Gao Yingxiang after all, just some old farmers who wanted to have a house and land to eat and drink without worry, Whoever can give them these things, they will naturally go to whom, now Gao Yingxiang is fighting with Chen Qiyu, and defecting to Song Qing has become the best choice for small groups of rogues.
Recruit the Liukou in Henan, only part of Song Qing's grand strategy, after a few days in Henan, he decided to recruit troops on the spot, because soon after the carriage gorge, Huang Taiji's second entry into the Kou will begin, now as long as more soldiers and horses are trained, the future war will also be used, although there is no blatant expansion of the army for the time being, but you can use the name of Henan Yiyong to pull people away, anyway, he has relatives in the local area, the big deal is to put the name of the leader of the Yiyong on those relatives, and when the real fight starts, The imperial court will only feel that there are not enough people, so it will not care where these righteous warriors come from, while ordinary people will see that these righteous leaders are surnamed Song, and they will remember that this is the Song family fighting Jiannu.
Of course, first of all, he needs to take over his relatives in Henan, after all, people are also considered to be local snakes, and they have more or less relationships everywhere, and the speed of pulling the team is definitely much stronger than that of him, an outsider, so he sent Song Ying, who has been following him, to go out, Song Ying did live up to high expectations, and quickly found the patriarch of the Song family in Henan, as well as those who spoke in charge of affairs in the clan, and gathered everyone together and said Song Qing's plan, At the same time, let everyone decide whether to go to Xuzhou or not.
This is really a bit embarrassing, if according to common sense, Song Qing's father and son are now making a big scene in Xuzhou, and it is normal for the family to rush to the past, but the Song Qing family took the initiative to split up, and there has been no contact over the years, and now let these people leave Henan and go to Xuzhou to defect to Song Qing, which seems to be a bit of a loss of face, as if Benzong bowed to their branch that took the initiative to split the family, and no one will be indifferent to anyone else.
Of course, Song Qing didn't let everyone go to Xuzhou, just a part of the people in the past, and the rest had to pull out the team in Henan, but the errand of pulling the team didn't seem to be a serious way, although it had nothing to do with the rebellion, but it always didn't look so confident, and it was not a serious officer and soldier after pulling it up, but it just appeared as a Henan Yiyong, and belonged to Song Qing's dog camp. But after all, there is still no serious name.
In these years, everyone attaches great importance to the reputation, even if it is an outer room, you have to find a way to become a concubine, not to mention this kind of big thing with troops, but the Song family is not very good in Henan now, the old guys are okay, how many have some positions in the army, but the small ones can't keep up with the trip anyway, most of the army in Henan followed Chen Qiyu to exterminate the Liukou, but the Song family didn't catch up, it is conceivable that after the army came back, there was basically nothing to do with them, and several clan elders and patriarchs in the family discussed for two days, In the end, it was decided to send someone to Song Qing.
But this faction is not to send all, but to send those young people who have nothing to do for the time being, let them follow Song Qing to manage Henan Yiyong, and the rest will continue to stay in Henan, and wait to see what the situation of those who go to Xuzhou in the future, and then decide the movement of the entire family, after all, this is a big matter, and a decision cannot be made in a hurry.
Song Qing doesn't care, he just wants to pull a few more family members over, even if it is to support his own family, young people are naturally the best, he really doesn't want those big people in the clan who rely on the old and sell the old, so this move in the clan is very suitable in his opinion, immediately put on a general military uniform for those brothers in the clan who followed Song Ying back, and let Luo Xiaobei take them everywhere to collect the local homeless people, as well as those who plan to take refuge in the rogues, but in just ten days, the team has been pulled to more than 3,000 people, In Henan, it seems to be a force. (To be continued......)