Three days later, the second cave master under Yan Daniu took six carts of grain to join Tang Peiyu.

"Put the general and the people who went out of the city to pursue in Hengyang City under the peak, Tianhu Village has been taken, and the general has already notified the name of our tiger camp and the general, the two sides are deadlocked, and the general order is small to transport grain, please give the general an order quickly. If you fight first, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to talk about later. ”

Tang Peiyu looked at the inscription of Hengzhou Wei on the car, as well as the white rice in the sack on the car, nodded and ordered: "Hurry up." You go and give the order, and say that General Ben will be there in no time. After going to Hengshan City, Pu Zitong must have known that General Ben was coming. If he really wants to fight, he will have to lose his troops and generals! ”

At the foot of the peak in the north of Hengyang City, Yan Daniu led more than 200 "bandits" to confront the people led by a hundred households in Hengzhou Weizhong, and looked at more people from the direction of Hengyang City.

Looking at the flag from afar, it was a sufficient number of people out of the walled city.

Looking at the scale of smoke and dust, I am afraid of more than a thousand.

Maybe it's Pu Zitong himself.

On the evening of the tenth day of the ninth lunar month, the two "generals" Tang Peiyu and Pu Zitong, who appeared in the rebel army's inscriptions, finally "met" in the north of Hengyang City.

Tang Peiyu's face was ugly: "Pu Zitong, why did you betray your promise, so that Changsha City was lost!" ”

Pu Zitong just smiled and looked at him with a little remnant: "Orthodoxy is in Hengyang City, Your Majesty worships me as the governor of the capital, how can I not protect the left and right?" Before, the secret discussion was only to defend Changsha first, and if it didn't work, he would retreat to Hengzhou Mansion. Your Majesty is young, if you go to the pool on the way to the pool, what is good? General Tang, Your Majesty is extremely disappointed that such a strong city in Changsha would fall so quickly. ”

Listening to him taunt with a gun and a stick, Tang Peiyu just stared at him: "What a big deal is Fengtian's rebellion?" You are so selfish, and now the army of all roads is besieging Hengzhou Mansion, is it a clever strategy? ”

"General Tang came from Hengshan City, didn't he see the walled fort along the road ordered by the governor of Bendu? This Hengzhou Mansion is no more papier-mâché than Changsha Mansion. Pu Zitong grinned, "General Tang was originally the governor of the city, and he knew the talent of the governor of the city, otherwise how could he have promoted the governor of the city to be the commander of the Hengzhou Guard?" It's not what it used to be, and General Tang still shouldn't put up these shelves. Knowing that Fengtian's rebellion is a major event, now the army is united, and the main and secondary are clearly distinguished. ”

After he said this, his eyes were cold: "What does it mean that General Tang fled here in defeat and robbed my grain team?" ”

The two sides were less than fifty paces apart, and the pro-troops around them were ready to protect the two as if they were facing a great enemy.

Pu Zitong said that there were no characters like Rui Wang and Fu Rongzhong around Tang Peiyu, only nearly 2,000 remnants of soldiers brought.

The prefect of Hengzhou refused to act together, and now in Hengyang City, the civil and military forces are all Pu Zitong's people.

He looked at the more than 1,000 elite soldiers behind Pu Zitong who were waiting for work, and could only say in a deep voice: "Cooperation is mutually beneficial!" I can serve you as the main Hengzhou guard, but I can't be broken up by you, and I still have to be the leader. Food, grass and military supplies are indispensable! ”

"It takes as it should be. To tell the truth, on the shore of the river in the north of the city, the governor of Bendu has already built a military village and waited for General Hou. Pu Zitong stared at him again, "If the general wants to join the king, he should enter the city with the governor of Pontus to meet His Majesty first, and be worshiped by the general." Now that King Ji has been captured, everything needs to be justified! What does General Tang think? ”

Tang Peiyu shook his head: "In my opinion, my tiger camp stationed in the peak can form a horn with the defenders of Hengyang." The rebel army must come soon, so why do you need such red tape. If you want to be worshipped, I will send someone to see your majesty on my behalf. ”

Who still doesn't know in his heart, now that the six-year-old "Son of Heaven" is just a puppet, Tang Peiyu will never dare to leave his army and enter the city.

He felt that Pu Zitong was already ill-intentioned when he raised this, which strengthened his determination to go to the peak.

Pu Zitong just looked at him and said, "Why should General Tang be suspicious? ”

"Pudu Governor did not lead an army to defend Changsha, and the general met Gu Shilong's 50,000 army with a guard force and fled here. If Pudu Governor wants to use me, a veteran of 2,000 battles in Changshawei, it is now up to Pudu Governor to make General Ben believe in the Governor's sincerity again. ”

Pu Zitong looked at the vigilant remnants of the Changsha Guard.

After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Brother Tang is not unreasonable. In this case, Brother Tang will send an envoy into the city with me. The peak still needs to build a walled city as soon as possible, and the governor of Bendu can allocate 2,000 people to transport grain and grass and military funds to enter the mountain with Brother Tang, how about it? ”

"Good! Tang waited at the foot of the peak. Yan Da Niu, you entered the city on behalf of General Ben to see His Majesty and be sealed! ”

There are risky jobs, Tang Peiyu now lets Yan Daniu do it.

How is the Tianhu Village on the peak, you have to check and receive it by your own henchmen and cronies.

Yan Daniu said without hesitation: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Pu Zitong stared at Yan Da Niu, his eyes narrowed slightly: "You are Yan Da Niu, the master of the big cave in Zhurong Cave on Heng Mountain?" ”

Yan Daniu just snorted unruly: "Exactly!" ”

"You voted for Brother Tang, but you didn't come to vote for the governor of Pontus?"

Tang Peiyu listened quietly, and believed in Yan Daniu's identity a little more.

"My brother-in-law Deng Erhu died under your arrow, and now I have voted for the general, but I didn't expect to obey your orders!" Yan Da Niu took a sip, "If it weren't for General Tang raising the banner of righteousness, Changsha Hengzhou would be in danger of being swept up by officers and soldiers, how would I be willing to go down the mountain to go to the righteous deed?" If you want me to obey my orders regardless of my previous suspicions, you must bow down and sue my brother in the cave! ”

After saying that, he waved his hand again: "It's not a secret, the three caves and nine villages in Hengshan are now under the command of the general, and many people have blood feuds with you!" Now that you are the governor of the righteous army, you should give an explanation! ”

Tang Peiyu's heart suddenly changed, and he was really afraid that Pu Zitong would put down the shelf and bury a nail under his command to subdue these bandits.

Sure enough, Pu Zitong immediately said: "In the past, under the will of the puppet emperor, it was forbidden to suppress bandits. All the strong men were nothing more than bullied, so they went up the mountain and fell into the grass. Now that they are all righteous soldiers, it is time for the governor of Pontus to pay tribute to his brothers. When you follow me into the city, Your Majesty will personally pay tribute to the altar and give amnesty to the world for the courage of the desperate grass and the grass. Xiangnan and Jiangxi all know Brother Yan's name, if they can be attached, Brother Yan will make a great achievement! ”

Tang Peiyu saw that Yan Daniu had a smug look.

He immediately regretted it, thinking that he shouldn't have let Yan Daniu enter the city for him, but Pu Zitong had already gone over to hold Yan Daniu's hand in person.

"It turns out that Pududu is also a bold character!" Yan Daniu seemed to be very useful to this statement, "If it can really be sacrificed by His Majesty's altar, then what else can you say?" ”

Pu Zitong reassured, and then asked how many brothers on Hengshan went down the mountain with him, and then looked at Tang Peiyu with a smile.

What are the 2,000 soldiers in battle, it turns out that more than 600 are bandits on Hengshan.

And now most of these bandits are led by Yan Daniu. If this Yan Da Niu is subdued and another military commission is set up to take on important tasks, I am afraid that Tang Peiyu's department will immediately fall apart.

Tang Peiyu is now in a dilemma, he can't regret not letting Yan Da Niu enter the city and let him feel his suspicion, and he can't sit back and watch Pu Zitong try to subdue Yan Da Niu.

The general of the defeated army, it is too difficult!

……

The people of the Ming Dynasty have indeed not had a good life for so many years, and there are many bandits living in many lofty mountains and mountains in each province.

Pu Zitong is different from Tang Peiyu's naivety.

Raising an army is to rebel and rebel, and it would indeed be better to rebel with a banner, but Pu Zitong would not really regard King Ji and King Rui as people who must bow their heads and be in awe.

It's just a matter of utilization.

But Pu Zitong is not a reckless man, he knows where the core of the success or failure of this move is: first of all, the rebel army cannot have two leaders, and there is no distinction between priority and priority.

If you don't go to Changsha Mansion, you can kill multiple birds with one stone. With Changsha Mansion as bait, Zhan Huabi was able to plunder more than 300 miles and came to Hengzhou Mansion with a large amount of money and wealth; Pu Zitong did not attack aggressively, but first relied on the geographical advantages of Hengzhou Mansion to build several lines of defense inside and outside; Tang Peiyu was defeated and fled to this point, King Ji was captured, and the rebels were left to him from then on.

At this point, what he needs is to hold on, to keep growing his strength.

Two words: people, food.

Bandits are the easiest type of people to win over Pu Zitong.

Under the Ming Dynasty's very strict household registration management system, once you become a bandit, it is difficult to turn back. Even if it is reduced to zero and incognito, it is a fugitive and a hidden household, and it is only worthy of being a slave. People who are used to being at ease, can they still suffer that kind of grievance?

Now, Pu Zitong has one thing to do.

At his mercy, the six-year-old Zhu Zaiyan used the seal and issued a "holy decree": most of the bandits in the world fell into the grass because the puppet emperor did not cultivate his morality and politics after succeeding to the throne and was desperate. The heirs of the emperor, the orthodox Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty, rebelled against the heavens, and the bandits from all over the country could raise righteous teachers. On the day of success, the land will be divided, the meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and the shadow will be awarded......

And Zhu Zaiyan did set up an altar incense case in the Rui Wang's Mansion, which was renamed the "Imperial Palace", and personally sacrificed to the world's suffering bandits represented by the original Zhurong Cave Second Cave Lord.

“…… Today, I wish the lord of Rongdong Yan Daniu to be very loyal, attached to the Wang Division, brave and good at fighting, specially awarded General Zhaoyi, hereby appointed as the general of the Hengyang garrison, and the commander of the Hengzhou Mansion is attached to the righteous army to guard the camp of Haoyang in the north of the city! ”

Yan Daniu looked ahead, a six-year-old child wearing a dragon robe, sitting on a chair and saying nothing.

The "holy decree" was read by a eunuch, known as the palm seal of the celebrant.

"Thank you for your grace, long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! ”

General Zhaoyi is the rank of military attache of Zheng Sanpin, and the general is also the actual military general of Zheng Sanpin.

After Yan Daniu received the "will", there was another appointment for Tang Peiyu and other generals under Tang Peiyu.

Tang Peiyu Changsha had a meritorious role in sniping the "rebel army" in the First World War, and was promoted from the Dingguo general of the second rank to the dragon and tiger general of the second grade. The position he was granted was that of the former military governor, and he could nominally command the armies north of Hengyang City, including Yan Daniu and the defenders of Hengshan City and the walled forts along the line.

However, Pu Zitong has made meritorious contributions to "making decisions", and has been awarded the general Zhaowu of Congyipin, and he is the governor of the entire "Wang Division", commanding all the soldiers and horses.

"Come, General Yan, I'll introduce you to you." Pu Zitong took his hand warmly, "This is General Zhan Huabi Zhan, the governor of the Left Army and the general of Huguang." ”

Yan Daniu looked at the person in front of him with bright armor and a thin and cold appearance, and hugged his fists and said: "The last general will see Zhan Dudu, the name of the Soul Broken Halberd of Changde Mansion is like thunder, and I will only see honor today!" ”

Pu Zitong smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Now that he is attached to the king, the tone of the rivers and lakes is slowly changed." Zhan Dudu commanded the army, but he did not need to personally carry a halberd to rush into battle. ”

“…… The Metropolitan Governor smiled. Xu is because in the past, Zhan Dudu on Dongting Lake often went on the boat with a halberd to kill thieves with his own hands, and there were too many brothers on Dongting Lake who fled to Hengshan. ”

Zhan Huabi curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

"I don't know what kind of weapon General Yan is good at?" Pu Zitong asked Yan Da Niu again.

"In addition to playing with knives, the last general has some attainments in drawing a bow and shooting arrows because he lives in the mountains."

"Oh? How many punches can you wield? ”

Before the Ming Dynasty, there were many units of bow force measurement. Although the people such as Jin, Dou, Shi, Jun and so on will still use one use, most of them have been measured by "force", and one force is about nine catties of bow force.

In the military, the upper, middle, and lower levels have been clarified. The lower force is about no more than six forces, that is, no more than sixty catties of bow force; The medium force can reach nine forces, nearly 100 catties; The upper force can reach thirteen forces. Further up, it is called tiger power, which is rare to see.

Yan Da Niu patted his chest and said proudly: "The bow of ten forces, the last general can shoot a bag of arrows of one or two coins in a row, and nine out of ten can be nine out of ten steps away!" ”

"So brave? The Governor of Bendu and the Governor of Zhandu must see a thing or two! Let's go, go to school! ”

It is not outrageous to open a ten-force bow, and there are also more than ten arrows or even more that can shoot in a row.

In the army, he can shoot eight arrows in a row, which can be called qualified. Shooting more than 10 arrows in a row is excellent.

But it was a heavy arrow weighing one or two dollars, and a bag of arrows was fifty, and it could be shot nine out of ten in a hundred steps in one go, which was a proper archer.

When he arrived at the school ground, Yan Daniu took a bow and arrows, and really shot out more than 20 arrows in one breath under the noses of Pu Zitong and Zhan Huabi, and only two arrows missed the target in total. This kind of performance only attracted a burst of praise - this is also the reason why Pu Zitong took the lead in making noise.

But then, the arrows became a little limp. Yan Daniu simply stopped, his face was flushed, and he said with some indignation: "After going down to Zhurong Cave, I haven't eaten well in the past ten days!" Let the two governors laugh when they see it......"

"It's already amazing, hahahaha......"

Pu Zitong was very happy.

The more powerful the person, the greater the amount of food. Yan Daniu rushed all the way from Hengshan Mountain, first robbed the grain cart sent by Hengyang City to the north of the walled fort, and then led people to level the Tianhu Village on the peak. I had a meal on the mountain, but then I confronted more than 100 people who went out to investigate the situation, and I really haven't eaten anything since I entered the city from before noon to now.

"It's getting late today, Brother Yan will go home with me, and I will have a meal of good wine and meat first!" I still have a few good bows hidden in my house, which should be given to heroes like Brother Yan, go! ”

Yan Daniu raised his eyebrows: "The last general thanked the Metropolitan Governor first!" ”

Although the atmosphere in Hengyang City is not peaceful, it is not too tense now.

Pu Zitong obviously has a few brushes, and after killing the prefect of Hengzhou, the military and civilians in Hengyang City are now relatively peaceful. Those who do business still do business, but the grain, vegetables, meat, fruits, and many other things in the city are bought and transported into the city by special people outside the city.

Most of them were stored as military supplies, but many were resold to shops in the city. When the supply of materials is less, the price will naturally be higher, but in extraordinary times, although the people in the city are worried and frightened, life is still passable.

At this time, there was a butcher's shop, and the planks and hooks in front of the shopkeeper were already only a few bones that had been shaved and a few small pieces of meat that no one wanted—the rich people grabbed the leftovers, and the ordinary people could not afford to eat them at this time.

He seemed to be just waiting to sell the last bit of goods, and then he saw many of his own soldiers clearing the road in advance, looking warily at the corners on both sides of the street, especially at the doors and windows on the high places.

War is coming, and there are actually rebels in the city, and the people are afraid of it. Since more than a month ago, the city has actually been screened over and over again, but the possible assassins are still there.

Although there has been no assassination of Pu Zitong and new officials in the past month or so.

The butcher shop owner also lowered his head, but he saw a somewhat familiar face in the afterglow of his eyes before.

Now the voice not far away came faintly, and he was sitting precariously, but his heart was slightly shocked.

"Dadu, I don't dare to ask for a daughter-in-law now. Wait for us to stabilize Hengzhou Mansion first, needless to say, Lao Niu himself has to find a few good plots of land to cultivate! ”

"Well said! Brother Yan, follow the governor of Pontus with peace of mind, and he will be knighted in the future, and this title will be passed on. Wife and concubine, Governor Pontus will be a matchmaker for you! ”

The owner of the butcher shop listened to the sound and went away, and Pu Zitong's personal soldiers also moved to the next section of the street in turn to guard, and then raised his head to look in the direction of that side.

…… It seems to be the Orion Yan Chunsheng who was born in Huguang and was brought back to the capital by Wang Zuo, the envoy of Beizhen who returned to Beijing three years ago?

One-handed archery is the best brocade guard, and the smallest official position in the Taibao is the thirteenth.

Why did he get to Hengyang and still call Pu Zitong a brother?

In the "Metropolitan Governor's Mansion", Yan Chunsheng had already feasted with Pu Zitong, Zhan Huabi and their cronies and civil and military teams.

He is no longer the little hunter who held an inferior bow and chased the arrow from a mile away and fled to Wang Zuo and died in front of Wang Zuo, and brazenly argued with him about the ownership of his prey.

He has been through a lot in the past three years. When he entered the Jinyiwei, he was a newcomer, the team of Luo An and Wang Zuo, who received many new training from the emperor - not only to be literate and read, but also to receive experience from the most talented people in the Jinyiwei.

Yan Chunsheng knew very well how much the orderly Hengyang City he saw today was a great result of governance for a rebel army that rebelled against the imperial court with a rebellion in the land of a government.

Grace and might, diligence and talent, are all indispensable.

"Seeing the scene in the city today, I really admire the Metropolitan Governor!" Yan Chunsheng toasted, "Da Niu is a rough man, to tell the truth, I just want to do a vigorous and vigorous thing when I voted for General Tang, and I didn't come to this world in vain, it's a big deal to continue to be a bandit." Now the lives of the people in Hengzhou Mansion are more stable than those of the big bulls. Da Niu thinks that with the Metropolitan Governor, this great thing can be done! ”

He patted his ass, and Pu Zitong was also very proud: "This is where the orthodoxy lies and the people's aspirations." For example, Bu Fuzun, Zhengde was successful in the three-year examination, but he was not used to seeing Liu Jin in charge of the road, and he returned to Fujian to live in seclusion before the palace examination. Although there is no name of Jinshi, there is a talent that has passed through the heavens and latitudes. As soon as these characters saw the text, they came from afar to vote, which shows that everyone in the world is looking forward to Wang Shi setting things right. Brother Yan, in the words of their scholars, the governor of Pontus is also a thousand dollars to buy horse bones, not to mention that Brother Yan is indeed a thousand miles. ”

"Come!" He raised his wine glass, "I hope to start with the strict brothers, and there are more and more heroes in the world." Everyone, drink this cup together! ”

The imperial army was approaching, but the Chinese and martial arts leaders of Hengyang City were drinking here heroically, and they didn't seem to look at Gu Shilong, who had just won a big victory in Changsha City.

And after this glass of wine was put down, someone suddenly came to report: "Governor of the Great Metropolis, Hengshan City has presented a report, captured three Gu Shilong's surrender envoys, and Gu Shilong's seal of surrender!" ”

Pu Zitong's eyes flashed, how could he still feel slightly drunk just now.

"Oh? Where are the people? ”

"General Liao has sent someone to escort him here, calculate the time, it should be tomorrow and Chen."

A smile appeared at the corner of Pu Zitong's mouth: "Then wait until tomorrow." ”

After saying that, he looked at Yan Chunsheng: "Brother Yan, although the two armies are fighting and not fighting, Gu Shilong has come to surrender orthodoxy for the sake of the tiger, this is a great rebellion." Outside the city gate tomorrow, do you dare to cut it? ”

Yan Chunsheng's face did not change: "Most of the governors have orders, and the last general should obey them!" ”

(End of chapter)