"Who are you, report your name?"

Just when Shen Yichen's convoy was less than two miles away from Quanzhou City, rows of rejected horses appeared on the official road ahead, and at the same time, a group of rebel soldiers appeared on both sides of the road.

They were armed with spears and firearms, and surrounded Shen Yichen and the others!

Before Ye Zongliu, who was walking in the front to lead the way, reported to his home, a sharp-eyed soldier of the rebel army found Wu Rui and others in the convoy, wearing the standard uniforms of the border army of the Ming Dynasty, and immediately shouted: "Ming army!" It's the soldiers and horses of the imperial court! ”

Hearing this shout, the atmosphere was instantly tense, and Shen Yichen even saw some firecrackers taking out the fire folds they were carrying, ready to light the arquebuses on the guns and fire!

Don't look at the power of these ancient firearms, and the accuracy is even worse. But under such a close-range launch, the consequences are no less than eating a "shotgun" at close range, and the heavy armor may not be able to withstand it, let alone Shen Yichen and the others have no armor all over their bodies.

At this critical moment, Ye Zongliu shouted: "Don't be impulsive, I am Ye Zongliu, the leader of the miners, everyone is my own people!" ”

In other words, half a year ago, Ye Zongliu's appearance would definitely be recognized by the rebels on the periphery. But with the merger of the rebel armies of different forces such as Deng Maoqi and Tao Deer, many new migrant workers joined the tenants, and only heard that Ye Zong left his name and did not see him.

Especially in the opposing team, there are still people wearing court robes above board, and this group of rebels on guard on the periphery don't believe it at all.

I saw the first one of them asking, "Since you are Boss Ye, why do you mix with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court?" ”

"Because they are court envoys!"

"Since it's a court dog official, it's even more damned!"

Unexpectedly, after Ye Zongliu reported the identities of Shen Yichen and others, it aroused even greater anger among the rebel soldiers present.

You must know that in history, the first anti-rebellion emperor sent by the imperial court, Ding Xuan, actually persuaded Deng Maoqi and others to surrender.

It is not to recruit peace, but to persuade the other party to surrender unconditionally.

Ding Xuan arrogantly overestimated the deterrent power of himself and the imperial court, and underestimated the determination and resentment of Deng Maoqi and others towards the imperial court.

After seeing the imperial envoy, Deng Maoqi didn't even look at the letter of persuasion, tore up the letter in public, and killed the envoy, leaving no way back for himself at all.

The identity of the imperial envoy has changed, but the bloody hatred of the rebels has not changed. They can't wait to behead Shen Yichen on the spot like they did with Zhu Yuan, the Senator of the Political Division, and Xiong Shangchu, the prefect of Quanzhou!

The angry reaction of the righteous army obviously exceeded Ye Zongliu's expectations, and in order to prevent the situation from continuing to expand and become serious, he could only report Shen Yichen's name and say.

"This time the imperial court came to envoy Sanyuan and the first Shen Yichen, Shandong has saved millions of people, brothers must not be impulsive!"

Sanyuan and the first Shen Yichen?

Although Fujian is thousands of miles away from Shandong, the utilitarian benefits of water control are in the future, not to mention the widespread spread of the people in the land of three provinces and eight prefectures.

If it were replaced by other court officials, the rebels would definitely have an extremely hostile attitude, but this person was Shen Yichen, the champion of the Yuangong, and his fame and achievements had already been canonized in the eyes of many people.

"Is this person in front of you really the champion Gong Shen Yichen?"

"Shen Zhuangyuan came to Fujian to supervise military affairs, but will he come to Quanzhou Mansion single-handedly as an envoy?"

"It's hard to say about other dog officials, Admiral Shen is said to have taken the initiative to ask Ying to leave Zhenshan, he may really do this!"

"Then what should we do, do we kill the champion, or let them go?"

At this time, the rebel army broke through Quanzhou City, and most of the main elites were sharing the fruits of victory in the city, and the periphery was basically guarded by some marginal pawns. Without 100% certainty of the identity of the comer, they do not dare to make decisions at will.

At this moment, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a thin but majestic figure stood at the front of the carriage, shouting towards the encircling rebel army: "Ladies and gentlemen, the old man is Lin Zhen, the head of Changtai Xuegong Mountain, who was lucky enough to be admitted to Xuande for five years, I don't know if you have ever heard of it?" ”

The besieged rebel army has not yet recovered from the accident of Sanyuan and Shen Yichen, and as a result, another champion has signed up for his own number.

And compared with Shen Yichen, Lin Zhen's reputation in Fujian can be said to be known to everyone, and everyone knows it.

After all, after many years of teaching and educating people, Taoli is all over Fujian. Even in the social science private school in remote areas, Mr. Teaching may have studied in the Changtai School Palace, which invisibly spread Lin Zhen's experience of resigning and returning to his hometown to everyone's ears.

For Shen Yichen, they may still have suspicions, but for Lin Zhen, at least so far, in the hearts of most of the rebels, there is complete respect.

"Lin Zhuangyuan is also here, no one should dare to fake this, right?"

"Lin Zhuangyuan preached and taught, and my clan Mr. Social Studies studied under him."

"Changtai School Palace is the holy land of Confucius and Mencius in Fujian, Lin Zhuangyuan is in a high position and does not forget to give back to his hometown, to be honest, Lao Tzu admires it very much."

The rebel army talked about Lin Zhen's identity and experience word by word, and the words "rabble" were vividly displayed.

This scene was placed in Shen Yichen's eyes, even if he knew that the peripheral guards could not be the core elite of the rebel army, it was most likely the poor peasant tenants in the state capitals who were absorbed in the process of the uprising.

However, the difference between discipline and military literacy still exceeded the lower limit of his estimate.

The end of the war is to turn these ordinary peasants a few months ago into the souls of the dead and the exploits of war!

However, the sound of discussion soon stopped abruptly, and a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and more than a dozen heavily armed cavalrymen with a murderous aura and bloody smell appeared in front of Shen Yichen and the others.

Seeing this group of people coming, the keen intuition on the battlefield made Wu Rui and other border guards stand by. Subconsciously dispersed to change the formation from the circle of the guards to an arc more suitable for the reunion of the cavalry, ready to charge the formation at any time.

"Deng Xin'an, the commander of the cavalry, has seen Boss Ye!"

The person who came was the first one, and when he saw Ye Zongliu, he immediately hugged his fists and greeted him.

His action was equivalent to officially confirming the identity of the comer, and the rebels on the periphery also clasped their fists and saluted Ye Zongliu.

"Mr. Deng Qian, where is the king of the bulldozing, I have something important to see him."

Ye Zongliu returned the salute with his fists, and asked about Deng Maoqi's whereabouts, preparing to directly lead Shen Yichen and the others to meet him.

This Deng Xin'an is also a member of the seven clans of Deng Mao, who raised horses for the government before the uprising and practiced good riding skills.

After killing the official and rebelling, he simply brought out the military horses raised by the Fujian Buzheng Division, formed a cavalry team with his former colleagues, and was appointed by Deng Maoqi as the general manager of the cavalry, and placed it beside him as a personal elite.

Theoretically, he wouldn't be here unless there was a special mission.

"The king of the bulldoze has entered the Quanzhou Mansion, and it should be in the direction of the mansion."

"Thanks, I'll be over here."

Although the two sides are both righteous armies, the difference in concepts has led to the fact that the forces under Ye Zongliu and Deng Maoqi are not very harmonious. It is still in the realm of each mountain, and has no direct jurisdiction.

"Okay, then Boss Ye will go over by himself, I still have important things to do, so I won't escort him."

After that, Deng Xinan patted the back of the horse, and with the help of the faint torch light, Shen Yichen noticed that there were several human heads hanging with ropes behind him.

And judging from the hairstyle, there are both men and women, old and weak!

"Mr. Deng Qian, what is this?"

A simple man's head, maybe Ye Zongliu wouldn't ask, but there are still women and children and the old and weak inside, which challenges the bottom line of his code of conduct.

"After the city was broken, a group of dog officials from Quanzhou Mansion took advantage of the chaos to escape, didn't this just catch them all?"

When he said this, a happy smile of revenge appeared on Deng Xinan's face.

When he first raised horses for the government, he was not only poorly paid, but also scolded at every turn. What's more important is that there was an accident with the horses raised, and the loss should be recorded on the groom, Deng Xin'an's family was ruined because of this, and his young sister starved to death.

Now that feng shui is taking turns, those high-ranking dog officials finally have a time to wag their tails and beg for mercy.

In the same way, with the way of others, and the body of others, Deng Xin'an will not have the slightest mercy!

"In that case, then I'll go and meet the King of Razor first."

Hearing this answer, Ye Zongliu sighed.

Under the deep hatred of the sea of blood, this kind of thing cannot be simply judged by right and wrong, and even if it is not enough for his wife and children, he doesn't know if it can be applied.

It can only be said that when is the time for retribution!

"Boss Ye, please."

Deng Xin'an arched his hand, and then beckoned his subordinates to make a way.

When Shen Yichen passed by him, Deng Xinan cast a provocative gaze.

He knew what Ye Zongliu was going to do when he left in the past few days, so he could naturally guess the identity of Shen Yichen and the others.

Even if you are the champion and have made meritorious contributions to water control, there is no difference between the court officials and the court officials now in Deng Xin'an's eyes.

The dog official of Quanzhou Mansion was killed, does the champion of the Beijing official have an extra head?

For this kind of look, Shen Yichen greeted him expressionlessly. He upholds the righteousness of the public and does not want the Fujian turmoil to end up with a rolling head, which does not mean that he will compromise the rebels indefinitely.

In many cases, bad order is far better than no order. From the perspective of the country and the world, the Ming Dynasty has not yet decayed to the point where the vast majority of the people cannot survive.

The poor people of the southeast uprising all had their own hardships, and the consequences could not be positive.

After crossing the outer blockade line, Shen Yichen saw camp tents everywhere and rebel armies in a hurry. However, the miners under Ye Zongliu and the furnace under Jiang Fucheng still haven't met.

After asking a few wounded, I learned that the miners and the furnace were the main forces in this siege, and now they are basically in Quanzhou City.

Hearing this news, the expression on Ye Zongliu's face was a little complicated. Intellectually speaking, the discipline and execution of the miners and furnace masters far exceeded the peasant tenants accepted by Deng Maoqi.

Good steel is used on the blade, and if you want to break through Quanzhou City quickly, you will inevitably use them.

But emotionally speaking, most of these people are brothers who have followed them for more than ten years, and the main force of the siege means heavy casualties.

Of course, there is also a premonition that Ye Zongliu does not want to admit, that is, Deng Maoqi may deliberately weaken the strength of himself and Jiang Lutou, so as to complete the full integration of the rebel army.

There is no two days and no two people, and the same is true for the rebels.

The north wall of Quanzhou City had completely collapsed, and Shen Yichen and the others almost walked in from the ruins. The once bustling streets were littered with corpses of all kinds of clothes, including officers and soldiers guarding the city guards, besieging rebels, and local people in coarse linen clothes.

This kind of hell-like scene of Shura brought Shen Yichen a great impact, and he didn't know how to describe it for a while.

At this moment, he really realized what is called the cruelty of war!

Continuing to move forward, more and more rebel soldiers could be seen, and many former Fujian miners and furnace masters all hugged their fists and saluted him after seeing Ye Zongliu, and at the same time loudly informed them of their brilliant results.

It's just that Ye Zongliu's face didn't have much joy of victory, because he saw that most of the houses and shops on both sides of the street had been broken open, and there was no doubt that he had experienced a ransack.

In ancient times, plundering after a siege, except for a very small number of troops with strict management, was almost a commonplace phenomenon.

But Ye Zongliu is not an ambitious hero after all, and his identity in his bones is still the poor miner who has suffered unfair treatment.

The court is at fault, the government is at fault, and the people in Quanzhou City are at fault?

Most of them may be poor people like themselves, who are now robbed of their belongings and rations, and how will they survive in the future?

At this moment, a small group of rebels rushed in, led by gunsmoke and bloodstains. After he saw Ye Zongliu, he grinned and laughed loudly: "Brother Ye, you are finally back, we have captured Quanzhou City, and from now on, half of Fujian belongs to the righteous army!" ”

This person is Ye Zongliu's miner henchman Chen Gongshan, who learned from the mouth of the soldiers that Ye Zongliu had entered the city, and immediately led his subordinates to rush over to greet him, and at the same time shared the joy of capturing Quanzhou City with the boss.

Of course, they are no different from other rebels at the moment, carrying large bags and small bags of looted supplies.

"Shangong, who ordered the looting?"

Ye Zongliu didn't have a heart of joy, but asked with a solemn face, he didn't want the brothers who were once loyal and brave to become bandits who burned, killed and robbed!

Feeling the sternness in Ye Zongliu's tone, Chen Gongshan's smile froze on his face, and then replied with some weakness: "This is not robbery, it is the king of razing who ordered the killing of corrupt officials, the beating of local tyrants, and the confiscation of property." ”

"But these ordinary people in the city, are they corrupt officials and tyrants?"

Ye Zongliu pointed to the houses on both sides, none of them were Zhumen mansions, and they were no longer immune from looting.

"Boss Ye, you misunderstood, this is really not a robbery. The king of the bulldozer said that the property should be collected first, and then distributed to the poor people, and everything we have in our hands will be handed over later! ”

Chen Gongshan's face was full of grievances, they were also from poor backgrounds, so they didn't know that the people were difficult.

Obviously bulldozing Wang Daren and righteousness, how can it be said to be a robbery.

Hearing this conversation, Shen Yichen, who had been silent all the way, finally spoke.

"Deng Maoqi really deserves to be the hero of the troubled times, and the means are really good."

Ye Zongliu didn't understand the meaning of doing this, but Shen Yichen did.

The all-out plundering of property meant that the people of Quanzhou City had to be attached to the rebel army, otherwise they would not survive.

For the current rebel army, after capturing Quanzhou City, they will inevitably face a counterattack from the imperial court, and they urgently need to expand their own forces, the more people the better.

Although it has the same effect, it is easy to be counterattacked. And the redistribution of plundering property, which is an indirect means of pulling people, makes the people's resistance much smaller.

At the same time, when the money and rice are finally distributed to their hands, many people will have a sense of gratitude, truly identify with and voluntarily join the rebels.

It is no wonder that Deng Maoqi was able to change from a tenant farmer from a humble background to the leader of hundreds of thousands of rebels, stirring up the turmoil and changes in the entire southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and sure enough, his means and abilities are far beyond ordinary people.

To be honest, Shen Yichen is looking forward to meeting this troubled man at this moment!