Chapter 57: Steamed Buns
Fang Dayou had a headache, it was easy to appease Shandong at the beginning, how could it be so difficult as now? First Xie Qian, then Zhu Yiyuan, these thieves will actually buy people's hearts.
This is no ordinary thief, you must punch hard!
After the Qing army entered the customs, they pursued Li Zicheng with all their might, and the huge Shandong had no time to take care of it.
At that time, the Yuyuan Rebels were determined to join forces with the Ming army to resist the Qing Dynasty together, and Yan Ermei led 7,000 villagers to Yangzhou to persuade Shi Kefa to go north to Xuzhou and recover the land of Qilu.
In the face of a God-given opportunity, what did Shi Kefa do?
He didn't do anything, just trapped in Yangzhou and did nothing.
To say that the Southern Ming Dynasty court, really can't see the value of Shandong?
No, as early as June of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Hongguang appointed Wang Xie as the governor of Shandong, Qiu Lei as the general soldier of Shandong, and in August he reassigned Wang Yongji, the former governor of Jiliao, as the governor of Shandong military affairs, and in September appointed Wang Chu as the governor of Denglai Dongjiang and other places...... These four ministers have been appointed, and it's time to take office, right?
I'm sorry, it's all on Huai, timid, and hesitant.
It turned out that the Hongguang court was afraid of the Qing army, entered Shandong, and bordered the Qing court, if it didn't fight Li Zicheng and turned its head to fight them, what should it do?
So we can only sit back and watch the opportunity be lost.
Of course, it can't be said that he didn't do anything, for example, the chief soldier Qiu Lei was about to set up a branch in Shandong, but Liu Zeqing took Ma Shiying's order and cut off his head......
The big guys are doing nothing, why are you so prominent?
If we don't cut you, won't it seem that we are too incompetent?
Sure enough, the Southern Ming Dynasty was a good medicine, specializing in treating low blood pressure.
And when the Hongguang court was in chaos, Fang Dayou led thousands of people to the south, successfully appeased Shandong, and sat in the position of the first governor of Shandong in the Qing Dynasty.
It's just that the next thing didn't go so smoothly, the heroes and heroes of the land of Qilu raised troops one after another, and there were all kinds of uprisings.
Xie Qian aimed the spearhead at the gentry, first destroyed the Zhang family, and then destroyed the Han family, I heard that Han Yuan, who was in the capital, heard that all the family had been killed, cried and fainted several times, scolded Xie Qian for being unjust, and wanted to commit suicide by jumping into a well.
At this time, there is even a Zhu Yiyuan, who actually has to sit on the throne, divide the land and grant the land, and even play the banner of expelling Hulu to restore China, you are the Ming Taizu?
"This kind of coward can't help but kill! Let it grow bigger, and the legacy will be endless. ”
Fang Dayou gritted his teeth, Zhu Yiyuan's land division was 10,000 times more hateful than the Qing court's horse racing. In the past, he just stared at Xie Qian, but he didn't even watch out for such a fierce tiger.
"Lord Zhongcheng, I don't think I need to care too much, Ma Degong is too arrogant, so that when he was resting and eating, he was raided by thieves and suffered a fiasco. The Zhu thief released so many prisoners, although it could shake the morale of the army, but it also revealed his bottom line. ”
Xin Youliang, the counselor of the political envoy department, said with a smile: "The Zhu thief is from Zichuan, and Ma Degong's surprise attack can't be successful, so he will deal with it with a dignified army." Lord Zhongcheng can send Liu Zeqing's nephew Liu Zhigan to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses, converge Zheng Longfang and Yao Wenchang, a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses, take the main road, go straight to Zichuan, and kill a person to turn over on his back. ”
Xin Youliang said again: "At this time, Xie Qian is trapped in Gaoyuan, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, and the adults can also mobilize Qingzhou soldiers and horses to help fight and destroy the Zhu thief, which is as easy as a snap." ”
Fang Dayou thought about it again and again, and finally nodded, "Indeed, the Zhu thief made too much trouble, Xintai was lost, even the Confucian family was killed, and the grain and salary in Shandong could not be raised, and the Yan Shenggong had already written to the capital to ask for guilt." It's just that people are descendants of saints and seedlings, and it won't be good anyway, but we must work together! ”
When the officials of Shandong heard this, they all nodded yes.
Ironically, these traitors and scum, when it comes to life and death, know that there is no way out, but can fight to the death. As for those humble gentlemen, life and death are small, and party disputes are big...... If you don't fight for three lives and three lives, you will never give up!
Liu Zhigan, who received the order, did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered troops to set off...... His uncle Liu Zeqing is one of the four towns in Jiangbei, and among the generals of the Qing Dynasty, his status is quite high, and he belongs to the kind that needs to be guarded against, so he was left in the capital, and his soldiers and horses were also arranged everywhere.
Liu Zhigan also understood the suspicion of the Qing court, so he quickly whipped his horse and supervised the troops to advance, without stopping for a moment, and soon the soldiers and horses passed through the empty Zhangqiu County and arrived in Zouping. Joined Zheng Longfang and Yao Wenchang, both of whom were Liu Zeqing's generals.
"How much do you know? What's so special about this Zhu thief? ”
Zheng Longfang pondered for a while, and said helplessly: "I just heard that Zhu Thief is a member of the Ming Sect, good at demagoguery, originally he was Xie Qian's subordinate, and then Xie Qian left, he stayed in Zichuan, I don't know what's going on, so he suddenly became stronger." ”
Yao Wenchang added: "I heard that the Zhu thief dug a lot of tunnels in Zichuan, which can hide people and grain, which is very powerful. ”
"Authentic? It turned out to be a mouse, and Ma Degong lost to this kind of thief, and he was also a rice bucket. Liu Zhigan smiled: "Let's kill it now and see how capable they are." ”
After a short rest, they led their troops and horses to the territory of Zichuan...... It's just that after entering Zichuan, they found that something was wrong, and there was no one on both sides of the road.
As far as the eye can see, the wheat fields are smooth and there is nothing.
After entering the village and town, the house was still there, all the furniture in it was gone, especially the most important thing, the well was also sealed, and there was nothing to use......
Liu Zhigan is not a waste snack, he immediately realized that something was wrong, "Hurry up and kill Zichuan." ”
When they arrived at Zichuan County, a more terrifying scene appeared, this county town still looked a little like it from a distance, but after entering, they found that the houses in the city had been demolished, bricks and stone slabs, wood tiles, and nothing was left.
Even a layer of bricks covering the outside of the city wall was removed.
The treasury of the city was empty, and the shops were empty.
Deserted, with nothing.
"What a ruthless thief!" Liu Zhigan also wanted to burn, kill and loot, but nothing was left.
"Go to the bluestone set, isn't it the lair of the Zhu thief? Let's see if it's also clean! ”
The Qing army was thirsty and tired, and could not grab the common people, so they could only eat some dry food casually and get some muddy water from the river to drink. Then they set out towards the bluestone set.
By the time I arrived at the bluestone set, it was already approaching dusk, and when I looked at it, it was still empty, and there was nothing.
"I don't believe that they can hide in the underworld!" Liu Zhigan asked Zheng Longfang to lead three hundred cavalry, no matter what, he had to find a living outlet.
Zheng Longfang took the order and left, and it took almost half an hour before he led the people back.
"I caught a little cub, and he peeked in the bushes for me to see."
As he spoke, Zheng Longfang slammed a teenager to the ground.
"Say, where are all the people hiding?"
The young man didn't say a word, Zheng Longfang immediately raised the horsewhip and whipped it down, and suddenly the clothes on the young man's back were torn, leaving a deep blood mark.
He snorted and didn't speak.
Zheng Longfang was furious, "Little cub, look at your hard bones, or my whip!" ”
After saying that, he frantically waved his whip, and after a while, the boy was covered in bruises and was beaten to death.
Liu Zhigan saw it in his eyes, jumped down from the horse, waved his hand, and asked Zheng Longfang to stop, and then squatted down, smiling and laughing: "Little brother, don't hold on, what benefits did people give you?" Say, say it, what you want, say it. ”
He asked several times in a row, and the young man seemed to be a little sober, and he slowly spit out two words, "Man...... Head ......"
Liu Zhigan laughed, "I wanted to eat steamed buns, give it to him!" ”
A Qing army handed the dry and hard steamed bun to the young man, who reluctantly opened his mouth, took a bite, chewed carefully, and gradually showed a smile on his face.
"It's delicious."
Liu Zhigan smiled proudly: "It's delicious, as long as you say it, I will guarantee you to eat steamed buns." ”
The young man ignored him, but lay on his back on the ground, threw away most of the steamed buns in his hand, and said with a smile: "No need, yours are not clean." My mother, my younger brothers and sisters, will have clean steamed buns every day after tomorrow...... I was relieved. ”
After speaking, the young man closed his eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became a little bigger......