Chapter 25: Chaos

Everyone left the palace, and it was almost sunset. The generals who received the task rode their horses straight to their defense area, and the shouts of his guards and followers sounded everywhere in Yan'an Mansion:

"Douying, gather at the treasury immediately. Kill the head who didn't come back before dark! ”

"Tianzi camp, assemble at the east gate. I didn't go back to chop off my skull after dark! ”

"Those who are in the Zhenyong camp will all go to the West Gate ......"

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With the shouts and shouts that spread throughout the city, the streets and alleys were chaotic again, and the guys with knives and guns in one hand and large and small burdens in the other were all out of the shops, wine shops, and private houses, most of them wearing clothes that had been snatched and even just taken from the residents. Among them, the more "smart" one, in order to make the most space to carry, actually put five or six pieces of four-hour clothes on his body and covered himself with sweat. and those with two or three fur hats on their heads and one or two pairs of boots around their necks...... The most unbearable thing is that there is a guy wearing a yellow "dragon robe" who runs out to the street with a big burden on his back!

At first glance, everyone thought that the "emperor" had arrived in Yan'an Mansion, but when they looked closely, the more they looked at it, the more they felt that something was wrong: the sleeves and waist were ridiculously large, and the dragon was four-clawed (this is called "python robe"). The ancients said that the "python" is not the "python" we understand today - no one has been to the Amazon primeval rainforest at that time, and does not know the existence of this animal, the difference between the python and the dragon is mainly in the toes: "four claws for the python and five claws for the dragon". The python robe is the auspicious costume of the prince, and the Son of Heaven sometimes gives it to the meritorious heroes - if there is no ready-made four-clawed python robe and gives a five-clawed robe, the recipient must "pick one paw to wear", and the material is not silk but homespun cloth - it turns out that this guy actually robbed the troupe and put the emperor's costume on the body!

This "emperor" was very unhappy: he was originally going to the Hua Dan in the team who were all over the country and the city, but he didn't expect to rush in with a vigorous personality only to find that the drifting beauties on the stage were all dressed as men, and some of them were still bad old men! In that era, in order to walk the rivers and lakes conveniently, many of the roles in the team were played by men, otherwise, it would take ten or eight years of hard work to train a pillar, and the time and teaching costs were very high. Of course, in the Ming Dynasty at that time, especially among the scholars, there were also many people with "good male style", and those teenagers who played the role of Dan would inevitably encounter some trouble from time to time...... However, compared to a woman, it will be much better after all - where does this turtle understand this, and when he understands, he is so angry that he is like thunder.

If you can't rob it, you can rob it. I didn't expect that those dazzling gold, silver and jewelry from a distance were all worthless fake props! As soon as he had packed up some pieces of loose silver and robes, he heard the order to assemble. The anger puffed out, and he was feeling remorseful in his heart, but he didn't expect that this dress would cause all the accomplices to cheer when he walked on the street! For a while, everyone watched one by one, and the bandits pointed and pointed, and the vanity of this guy was instantly greatly satisfied, and the troubles just now were all thrown away from Java, and the grinning mouth was full of uneven yellow teeth, and the ugly face of the dirty was overflowing with a smug smile, and simply learned the play on the stage to pace in a nondescript square step, and from time to time put on a self-thinking but strange appearance, attracting more onlookers and colorful voices. This guy became more and more happy, while squinting and fantasizing about the style of the Son of Heaven, he pointed to a guy with a shy face and stupid music, and pretended to drag out his voice and shouted: "That father-in-law, bring a white-flour steamed bun to eat!" The accused agreed, knelt down on his knees, and raised his hands falsely: "Grandpa Emperor, the best white flour bun is also dipped in sugar!" The bandits leaned back and fell back laughing even more and more—until they were both whipped on their heads, and there was a loud shout in their ears: "Bastard, don't go and assemble quickly, it's too late to kill your dogs!" Fang Cai ran up with his head covered, and a burst of laughter broke out again behind him......

At the time of the lantern, most of the troops found their respective commanders in the designated places, and Guan Shengyun's troops finally returned to the formation, and the chain of command resumed operation.

In accordance with Luo Yonghao's instructions, the generals first called the team officers and fruit chiefs together, knowing the benefits, and when this group of guys understood that it was a matter of small lives, especially the reward of 20 taels for the team officers and 10 taels for the fruit length, things were much easier: a group of guards stood in a semi-circular shape with a torch in their left hand and a knife in their right hand, standing behind the blazing-eyed Gao Teng Dougu Baihua and others, staring at the team officers and fruit chiefs to search one by one, and soon, mountains of property were piled up in front of each general's case.

Subsequently, these stolen goods were escorted to the treasury by the guards - Master Luo and Chang Wen Pingzhi County, who was in civilian clothes, were waiting there, and they were registered in the warehouse one by one. It is natural to rub some oil and water on the way, Xiao Luo Master has good eyes, looking at a guy with a bulging bag in his arms who just opened his mouth, Luo Yonghao, who has been lowering his head and concentrating on accounting, suddenly coughed heavily, and Luo Shifan immediately stopped making a sound. The guard glanced at the father and son, gave a deep salute, and walked away briskly with his head down.

After staying in Yanchang County for two days, Yu Shengliang finally gradually regained his senses, and in a few days, he also successively collected more than a dozen large and small officials who escaped from Yan'an Mansion and more than 200 defeated soldiers.

At the same time as sending another military emergency report to Xi'an Mansion, the old man was not idle. Yan'an Weiben set up five guards in the front and back, left and right, and the thousands of households, due to the long period of peace, these thousands of households, which were mainly in the nature of Tuntian, have completely transformed into farms without soldiers and generals, so Yu Shengliang simply asked Li Yaobao to hastily reorganize the rout army with Ding Zhuang of Yanchang County, and barely gathered the strength of a battalion, of which about half of them had formal weapons, and the rest of the people used sticks and hoes. As for the combat strength of these peasant soldiers, there is no need to count on it, it is better than nothing.

The old man also wanted to mobilize the people to raise the city wall, but was persuaded by Li Yaobi, Liao Xingxiang and others from Yanchang County. The earthen wall is so dilapidated that there is really nothing to repair, and if you don't stack the masonry on top of it, it will all collapse at that time. If you really want to repair, you have to pick up a long section and start over again - that is equivalent to opening the door and waiting for Guan Shengyun to come in. What's more, there is always no city wall on the Yanhe River, as long as Guan Shengyun wants to come, he still can't stop it.

Shaanxi Chengxuan's political envoy Niu Shiqun, Zhang Deming, the criminal envoy, and Ma Teng, the commander of the three feudal officials, got together rarely, frowned, and looked at each other. What can make these three feel tricky at the same time can only be Guan Shengyun's military disaster.

According to common sense, there are no more than three traditional methods for thieves to suppress or appease or not see. The specific operating criteria are also simple:

If the number of thieves is not large, for example, two or three hundred, and there is no rabble with a tightly organized command system, like the king of the mountain, or it is expected that they will not dare to fight hard, then they will be killed! Mobilize thousands of soldiers and horses, surround them in all directions, spend several months, and when they are half starved to death, they can gather and annihilate them in one drum. During this period, there will definitely be officers and soldiers who will receive the benefits of the thieves and run away, and there is a high probability that there will be bandit leaders. But it doesn't matter, there are corpses of thieves, and whichever head is pointed to, which one is the culprit. In order to avoid affecting family members and friends, or to make their names more famous, thieves almost always give themselves nicknames such as "Scorpion Block", "Heavenly Monkey", "Old Zhang Fei"*, etc., but no one knows their real names. Even if the thieves make a comeback in the future, as long as they insist that it is other thieves who are impersonating, there is a chance that they will be able to fool the past - some giants have been beheaded more than a dozen times in military newspapers around the country, and each time the evidence is ironclad, and I haven't seen the court compare the truth, anyway, they have to be rewarded! If not, who will work hard in the future?

The advantages of this are the greatest: First, the troops will have to be paid, and they will be paid. The cannon fodder can get a little silver scum and recite Amitabha, who dares to care how much they really get? Second, it is possible to recruit soldiers. The soldiers have gone to suppress the bandits, what should the city do to prevent and secure the city? Who guards the army's food route? So recruit troops. You have to pay a settling-in fee to recruit soldiers, don't you? Thirdly, fighting a war consumes grain and grass, and the longer you fight, the more you consume, right? Of course, if it drags on for too long, the court will not do it, and it is estimated that it will be hit according to the longest period that the court can accept - grain and grass are also money! Fourth, they can receive awards for meritorious service. The reward for the decapitation is clearly priced! There are even some generals who lead their guards out to catch the homeless people from time to time, catch them back and lock them up in the camp to raise, anyway, just give the mouth of wild vegetable porridge every day and don't starve to death, and when the number of people reaches dozens, they will all be killed, and report a great victory to suppress bandits and find the court for a reward! In fact, the imperial court also knows that eight or nine are not far from ten, but it can't really be more serious, and it is also earned by bargaining and taking a small half. There are always dead and wounded in war, not to mention thieves, those cannon fodder who died in battle, as long as you say that you are thieves, your head can be exchanged for silver! Fifth, we can promote "meritorious people". There are ready-made examples: it took several years to catch a "Jiangyang giant", and hundreds of people received awards for meritorious service! How can you let go of a good opportunity to promote your own people. In the end, the soldiers were exempted from local taxes - those who died and could not see the holy decree, the court was exempted, and the local authorities could collect "a little" "appropriately......

If the number of thieves is a bit large, or the knife in your hand is hard enough to fight, and you have a desperate heart, then stroke! The officers and soldiers are not stupid: they usually scare and scare, and they would rather hang their whole families than dare to desperately take a good citizen with them, of course, they are brave and invincible, and when they meet someone who is really open-minded, it is not worth it to be cut by thieves for a few taels of silver.

If you are in trouble, the court will definitely be unhappy, and some people will say cool things or something, but you are not afraid. Can you? You can do it, you are so good! In the end, the court will always weigh the cost, talk to the other party, send some money and food, give a guerrilla garrison and the like, and this matter will be passed - the court needs to be faced, this is much more important than spending some silver! Of course, whether it's true or not, it's necessary to hit it a few times, and if you have to go through the process, you can also get the benefits above, just less. However, the premise of Fu is that the thief dares to spare his life, which is not only a necessary condition but also a sufficient condition: when you see the hands of the officers and soldiers, they are so soft that they can't lift the knife, who will you cut if you don't cut them? Tyre! The thief takes his life!

If you encounter a really difficult thief, then the third way. or pretend to be deaf and dumb and deny: "ill-intentioned, petty fuss, and vain attempts to destroy the good situation" - this crime is the best, and it can be easily grasped; Or if the troubles are brought to the neighboring provinces, then it will be a headache for those dog officials! The court is also easy to explain: I have already exterminated the thieves, and a few fish that have slipped through the net have come to you to make waves, and you don't review your greed for the people and lead to the hungry people to join the thieves, and you still have the face to slander the official? It's simply unreasonable - who is afraid of this kind of lawsuit that spits at each other......

But these three methods are not effective for Guan Shengyun. The three veteran cadres encountered new problems.