Chapter 335

Li Guanying was not born in a family of darts bureaus, in fact, Zhengxing darts bureau was founded when he was twenty-eight years old, because that year was the first year of the Apocalypse, and he coincidentally worked as a husband at Tongzhou Wharf at that time, carrying sacks for a living.

In that year, the Sichuan army stationed in Tongzhou and the Zhejiang army had a firefight, and guns and artillery were fired in the city, and countless houses were blown up everywhere with casualties on both sides, which directly alarmed the Ming court......

Li Guanying also did not know the reason for the fight between the Sichuan army and the Zhejiang army, however, that year, he received an offer that someone was willing to pay a hundred taels of silver to hire them to go to Sichuan to send a letter. The deposit is fifteen taels of silver, and if you send the letter to Chengdu, you will get the remaining eighty-five taels of silver.

According to Li Guanying's income from carrying sacks at that time, it would take him three years and eight months to earn this money, however, Li Guanying decided to gamble and gamble his net worth.

So, he was alone, carrying this secret letter, after nine lifetimes, and finally sent the letter to Chengdu, and Li Guanying has started a life of openness since then. When he was about to return to his hometown in Chengdu, he was hired by others to escort a mother and son to Dengzhou, and in this way, Li Guanying went from a husband to a leader in the dart transportation industry.

Zhengxing Dart Bureau, at its peak, had more than 3,000 people, more than 1,000 carts and six or seven hundred mules and horses, for Li Guanying's success, he knew that he had always relied on daring to work hard.

The life of the poor is cheap, if it wasn't for his hard work at the beginning, he wouldn't be where he is today, of course, he wants to fight more now, if he doesn't fight, he can't do it, as a person without a background, in Cangzhou's hometown, there are many people staring at Li Guanying's industry, and he has made trouble in the past two years.

Because there is no backstage, Li Zhengying's family business earned in the past ten years has become his life talisman.

If it weren't for Cheng Shijie's defense of Pingdingzhou, he would actually be ready to move his family to Liaodong to seek a living, instead of sitting idly by, just like that, Li Zhengying went to Pingdingzhou with more than 300 people.

If he unfortunately dies, then he will die, if he can get away with it, with Cheng Shijie's character, he will definitely not treat him badly, even if Cheng Shijie says a word, those who peep into his industry will retreat.

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Pingding Zhou City, Shanxi Governor Wu Fu was locked up in a broken house, every day to send two pieces of bread, a bowl of water, as for the food, then don't think about it, Pingding Zhou City food is also tight, when the war is tense, no one even pays attention to Wu Fu.

Where did Wu Fu suffer this crime! Who is he? He is the governor of Shanxi, the second grade of the official residence, where is the aisle not a gong to open the way, all eyes are on, what do you want to eat, just give an order, and immediately someone will come and go, choose the best ingredients, use the best cook, and send it to him as quickly as possible?

Wu Fu He has been abused like this! In his opinion, this thing is simply not eaten by people, even the subordinates of his house can't eat this thing!

But the problem is that when Xie Zhiliang was guarding Dingzhou, it was better, this governor scolded the soldiers who came to deliver food, and these soldiers did not dare to offend the governor, even if the governor is only a prisoner now, no one knows when Wu Fu will be released, and the official will be reinstated, offending the governor, and the consequences are quite serious.

However, when Cheng Shijie was guarding Dingzhou, the situation naturally changed, and the person in charge of guarding Wu Fu became Ning Haijun, and the officers and men of Ning Navy would not be used to Wu Fu, and after an old fist, Wu Fu became honest.

Wu Fu only cursed Cheng Shijie when there was no one, and as a result, the Ning Navy soldiers beat Wu Fu, but the problem was that he was careless and beat Wu Fu to the point that he was almost out of breath.

This matter is not a trivial matter, there is no problem in beating Wu Fu, if Wu Fu is killed, he must report it to Cheng Shijie no matter what, Cheng Shijie only knew at this time that he still had a governor of Shanxi in his hands.

Cheng Shijie actually doesn't care about Wu Fu's life or death, he can't even take care of himself, God knows, can he hold until the reinforcements arrive.

However, the problem is that since Wu Fu was beaten and turned around from the Hades Palace, he has become more kind, in fact, Wu Fu knows that it is useless to beg for mercy, it is better to have a mouth before death.

Just when Cheng Shijie was inspecting the city, he suddenly heard someone scolding him, of course, Ning Haijun raised his fist and hit, Cheng Shijie walked over: "What's the matter?" ”

"Returning to the big handsome, this dog official doesn't know what medicine he took wrong, and he actually played tricks with his subordinates, not only ......"

"Let's go down!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Wu Fu, who was as embarrassed as a beggar, and said, "I'm disappointed, right?" Ben Shuai held Pingdingzhou! ”

Wu Fu was indeed very surprised, in his mind, the situation has eroded to this point, even if Cheng Shijie has the ability to reach the sky, it is also a lack of skills to return to the sky, even if Cheng Shijie's Ning Navy is the elite of the elite, he can block ten with one, however, in the face of the menacing Saiwai Iron Cavalry, I am afraid it will not last long, and in the end he either chooses to escape, or dies with the city, there is no third choice.

However, Cheng Shijie actually won the battle, what a hell!

Wu Fu sneered: "The surname Cheng, even if you can achieve a small victory, so what? Hundreds of thousands of Mongolian iron horses, plus 160,000 Junggar iron horses swept through the Hexi Corridor, surrounded Lanzhou, and killed Ningxia in a few days. ”

Cheng Shijie said lightly: "I don't have the ability to reach the sky, but I can make those enemy troops who invade the land of the Ming Dynasty come and go...... Speaking of which, I have to thank you for bringing together all these originally scattered nomads, saving me the time to find them one by one! ”

Wu Fu's eyes widened: "You have to figure it out, this is hundreds of thousands of Saiwai iron horses, not thirty or twenty thousand rabble!" ”

Cheng Shijie didn't raise his head: "In my eyes, there is no difference, the thicker the grass, the easier it is to cut." ”

Wu Fu stared at him and gasped, unable to speak.

In Cheng Shijie's eyes, this is the biggest crisis in the Ming Dynasty, isn't it an important opportunity? Mobei Mongolia and Moxi Mongolia, at least in just a few years, Cheng Shijie didn't have the time and energy to deal with them, and he couldn't even manage the Nine Border Defense Line. If it weren't for the erosion of the situation and the difficulty of reversing, it would be impossible for the imperial court to hand over the nine sides to him.

This is an opportunity for Cheng Shijie, he has transferred more than 70,000 elite men and horses of the Ning Navy, as long as these troops can reach the battlefield smoothly as planned, whether it is Mobei Mongolia or Moxi Mongolia, few of them can run back, even if some of them can escape back, it is difficult to set off any storms.

Wu Fu looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "What do you want?" ”

The smile on Cheng Shijie's face disappeared suddenly: "I still want to ask you, you unscrupulously and deliberately let go of the border defense line to let the enemy army drive straight into the northwest and make the northwest full of smoke, the Central Plains is in danger, what do you want?" ”

Wu Fu sneered: "It is your group of martial artists who are afraid of the enemy like tigers, but they are so happy that they provoke the current situation, what do you have to do with the old man?" ”

Cheng Shijie said: "Still talking nonsense with your eyes open? If you hadn't gone around and colluded, bribed the border generals, and the border generals would get out of the way? In front was Qiao Zhaolin, and now it is He Sui, Qiao Zhaolin has recruited everything, if the surname He doesn't die, he will also recruit everything you do, do you really think that everyone in the world is blind, and you can't even distinguish between black and white? If you do this, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to enter the ancestral grave even if you die? ”

Wu Fu's face turned blue and white, his facial muscles were twisted, his eyes burst out with resentful light, and he roared with a hideous and terrifying expression: "Do you think we like to betray the country for glory and recognize a thief as our father?" It's not for you, a lowly martial artist, to be forced by you, the remnants of the Mo family! If it weren't for your perverse actions and subverting the Taoist system, why would I be so risky? ”

Cheng Shijie pointed to his nose: "Me? ”

"Yes, that's you! You don't know where to get out of the demon, with a little military exploits all the way up, and finally to the governor of Liaodong, you must know that it is a thousand-year-old national policy to control martial arts with literature, but you have broken this thousand-year-old national policy! Anyway, you can be the governor of Liaodong is also your ability, as long as you seriously develop agriculture and educate the people, we are happy to see it, but what have you done? ”

Wu Fu pointed at Cheng Shijie and said: "You, build a lot of flashy buildings for your enjoyment, prosper cheaply, encourage the common people to learn those strange and ingenious skills, implement strict torture laws, and connive at the cruel officials to bully the gentry!" In just a few years, you have completely ruined the simple people of Liaodong! In today's Liaodong, the defense of men and women is gone, the style of studious is gone, and the wind of courtesy and courtesy is gone! In today's Liaodong, everyone chases the smell of copper, men and women are frolic, brave and ruthless, disrespectful to the gentry, and morally degenerate, you ask me what I want to do? I want to ask you what the hell you want to do! ”

Cheng Shijie was silent for a long time: "Just because of this? Just because of this, you have to open the country and let those jackals in, even if the tragedy of Wuhu chaos is repeated? ”

Wu Fu snorted coldly: "As long as we can overturn you, a thief, turn things around, and defend the Huaxia Dao system, what is the pity for us to be crushed?" ”

"What's the pity of your mother's broken bones? It is not you shameless scholars who are broken to pieces, but thousands of Li people! Along the way, don't you see the tired bones lying on the side of the road? How many people died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Tartars, and you should not have seen it? Keep saying that it is the fierce defense of the Huaxia Taoist system, but I am afraid that what you really want to defend is still the high status of the scholars, right? Phew! ”

Cheng Shijie pointed at Wu Fu's nose and scolded: "Do you think that if you sing a high-pitched voice, I can't see your disgusting true face?" You doctors seem to be sanctimonious, but in fact you are selfish and greedy to the extreme! ”

"You would rather raise taxes repeatedly and force all the people to die and rebel, rather watch the army die of cold and starvation in large numbers due to lack of food and clothing, and finally invade and destroy the Ming Dynasty, and you are reluctant to pay a tax of one or two silver, anyone who tries to collect a penny of tax from your class will be regarded as an enemy by you!"

"Not only do you refuse to pay taxes, but you also do everything possible to dig up the foundation of the country, and the Ming Dynasty has raised dogs for three hundred years! Now that the common people are fed up with your selfishness and greed, and want to find a new way, you don't say a word, and you come to open the door and steal! I really want to cut your hearts out to see if your hearts and livers are black! ”

Wu Fu's face turned pale, his lips trembled vigorously, and he said, "You...... You...... You don't want to spray people with blood! You...... You're a fool! ”

"I'm squirting blood? Isn't that your patent? ”

Cheng Shijie sneered: "I wanted to talk to you about it, but your brazenness has left me speechless......"

Wu Fu's face changed greatly: "You...... You dare to kill me? You can't do this! If you dare to kill me, the world's soldiers will not let you go! ”

"They won't let me go? Gotta ask me if I'll let them go! ”

Cheng Shijie said lightly: "The tiger is not powerful, he really treats Ben Shuai as a sick cat, and he really doesn't dare to touch you?" ”

Although Cheng Shijie's tone was flat, the terrifying murderous aura on his body made Wu Fu's heart twitch, his back was cold, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.

"You...... You can't kill me! I'm not wrong, I'm here to defend the Huaxia Taoist system, I want to save a righteous spirit for the world, I ...... "'

The more Wu Fu spoke, the lower his voice became, and the arrogant head hung down overwhelmed. The coercion and oppression of military generals accumulated by the Ming Wenchen for more than 200 years have been completely lost, and only the trembling in the face of death remains.

Cheng Shijie didn't say anything more, strode out, and instructed the soldiers: "Watch tightly, don't let him escape, and don't let him escape." ”

The soldier said proudly: "Don't worry, the marshal, he can't die, and he can't escape!" ”

Cheng Shijie inspected Pingdingzhou City and found that the situation was not bad, the Ning Navy suffered nearly 400 casualties, and now there are less than 2,400 men and horses who can fight, plus Xie Zhiliang's old troops in Pingdingzhou City, there are less than 4,000 available soldiers.

It's just that there are still two and a half bases of bullets per capita, and less than four grenades per capita, but more than 300 earth-shattering thunderbolts have been recreated, and there are more than 2,000 throwing guns.

Cheng Shijie wanted to use fire, but the problem was that there was too little oil in Pingdingzhou, so he asked people to collect the corpses of Mongolian Tartars who rushed up the city wall, theoretically speaking, the fat content of the human body is about 20%, and the fat content of fat cells is only 5%. For an adult of 120 kilograms, the oil that can really be squeezed out of his body is only about 5 kilograms (the oil yield is calculated at 40%).

But the problem is that more than 3,000 corpses can theoretically collect 15,000 catties of corpse oil, but the problem is that this is only a theory, and this collection work is very unsmooth, and only less than 1,500 catties of corpse oil have been collected.

These corpse oils can be barely used, he told Li Dingguo that if the next time the Mongol army attacks the city, remember to put the Mongols on the city wall, at least leave more corpses, refine the corpse oil, and make the corpse oil into incendiary bombs, which can better kill and injure the enemy.

Li Dingguo had seen the incendiary bombs of the Ning Navy, and when he was in Kyushu, he would have nightmares as long as he remembered that scene now.

On December 24, the eighth year of Chongzhen, in the early morning, Cheng Shijie had a nightmare in his sleep, dreaming that he came to Jingshan, the capital city, that is, on the coal mountain, and saw a crooked neck tree, and Emperor Chongzhen was hanging on the crooked neck tree, floating in the wind.

Cheng Shijie woke up from the nightmare, and he faintly heard bursts of whimpering cries in the distance, the cries of the elderly, children, women, and all ages.

Hearing this, Cheng Shijie couldn't sleep anymore, he came to the city wall and looked in the direction of Xicheng, however, the white fog was cloudy, and he couldn't see anything.

"Dashuai!"

Li Dingguo hurriedly walked over.

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "Our trouble is really coming!" ”

"Dashuai means ......"

"The Mongol army captured the people nearby!"

Sure enough, just as Cheng Shijie judged, as the sky brightened, his vision became wider, and he could clearly see that the Mongolian army in the distance was driving countless ragged Ming people, and was rushing towards the city of Pingdingzhou.

Through the binoculars, we can see that there are very few young and strong people among these people, the elderly, women, and children account for the vast majority, and many of them have black hands and feet, and they stumble and walk, not because they are too lazy to wash their hands because they are not hygienic, but they are frozen.

It was cold and frozen, and the cotton clothes that could keep out the cold were robbed by the Mongolian cavalry, leaving them with thin clothes.

A large number of civilians were driven into the Mongol army camp like sheep, and then began to be organized, one group of the elderly, one group of children, and one group of women.

Li Dingguo said with a murderous face: "What do these unconscionable Tartars want to do when they catch so many powerless people to come over?" ”

Xie Shangkui said: "Yes, these people can't even walk steadily, let them fill in the trenches, ants to attack the city, it is absolutely impossible, what do you want to do?" ”

Cheng Shijie's fists were clenched: "It is impossible for these ordinary people to fill trenches and attack the city, but they can consume our arrows, guns, shells, and our morale!" ”

Xie Shangkui saw that the surrounding defenders of Pingding Prefecture had begun to start to be chaotic, and many soldiers tried their best to look over there, and some shouted: "That looks like my father!" ”

"Mother! That's my mother! ”

Others put their heads in their hands and wept bitterly, apparently having determined that their loved ones were in the hands of the Tartars, but they could do nothing but watch their loved ones die at the hands of the Tartars, and even kill them themselves!

More than 300 years ago, when the Mongols were killing in all directions, every time they attacked the city, they would drive the foreign people to bear the fiercest firepower of the defenders, and send them to the defenders' bows and ballistas in batches.

Even if the defenders' hearts are like iron stones, they are unmoved, and shoot all these people, I am afraid it is not a good strategy, arrows, artillery stones, and physical strength are greatly consumed and fall second, the most fatal thing is to see a large number of their own people die in front of them, among which there may be their own relatives, and it is impossible for the soldiers to have no trace of waves in their hearts!

Their morale, their will, will will be slowly exhausted in this one-sided slaughter, and their resentment against the generals will gradually accumulate and eventually explode!

In this way, even if the city is defended, it will become a lonely city. Yes, out of the city, there are only corpses and bones within a radius of dozens or hundreds of miles, there is no human population, the people's morale and morale have fallen to the bottom, the war potential has been exhausted, and it is difficult to withstand the next attack of the Mongols.

This is the famous "Hashaer" tactic, which can be called the most cruel and vicious tactic!

Cheng Shijie knows this tactic, in fact, this tactic was not created by the Mongols, but it is just like the kite flying tactic, which is called the Mangu tactic by the Mongols.

In fact, this tactic was used by the Huns, the Xianbei people, the Jurchens, and the Mongols.

Once they are allowed to implement this tactic, no matter what the battle turns out, they will be the losers in the end! However, Cheng Shijie just can't crack it, and the only way to crack it is to burn the war to the territory of the nomads, so that they have no way to implement this tactic.

The second is to establish a complete Great Wall defense line, but the problem is that the Great Wall defense line of the Ming Dynasty has been destroyed by those fools, they put a group of hungry wolves into the sheepfold, and the shepherds want to protect their sheep from harm, which is impossible!

Cheng Shijie is now in a dilemma, he can't give up Pingdingzhou, giving up Pingdingzhou is equivalent to giving up Yangquan, giving up Yangquan is equivalent to giving up Jingcheng Pass, which is equivalent to letting the opening open, and letting the Mongolian army rush into Zhendingzhou, Baodingzhou, and the entire Jinggi of Huohuo.

If Cheng Shijie asked the soldiers to shoot at these people, the Ning Navy would definitely resolutely carry out Cheng Shijie's order, but the problem was that there were only more than 2,000 people in the Ning Navy in Pingding Prefecture, and there were at least 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Pingding Prefecture, and the Ning Navy officers and soldiers, who only accounted for a quarter, could not defend it if they wanted to, and it was impossible for him to kill all the other people and soldiers in the city.

"Dashuai, you have done a very good job!"

Li Dingguo looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Dashuai, the last general has an idea, maybe this problem can be solved!" ”

"What?"

Cheng Shijie was overjoyed.

However, when Cheng Shijie was close to Li Dingguo, he never thought that Li Dingguo would suddenly attack, and hit Cheng Shijie's neck fiercely with a knife.

Cheng Shijie's eyes were dark, and he threw himself to the ground.

More than a dozen personal soldiers around Cheng Shijie took out revolvers and pointed them at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo was unmoved, and said casually: "The handsome man is tired, take the handsome down to rest!" ”

The pro-soldiers seemed to understand Li Dingguo's intentions.

Just when the two pro-soldiers were about to go down with Cheng Shijie, Li Dingguo grabbed the collar of a pro-soldier and aimed his mouth at the other party's ear: "Monkey, you listen to Lao Tzu, Pingdingzhou can't hold it, let Fang Quan break through from the East City Gate with Dashuai, you take all the grenades with you, go to Jingcheng Pass, blow up Jingcheng Pass, and also, your figure is similar to Dashuai, put on Dashuai's armor, and leave Dashuai's banner in Pingdingzhou......"

After Li Dingguo finished explaining to the monkey, the monkey hugged his fist towards Li Dingguo and said, "Take care!" ”

"Remember, when the incense is put on next year, I will also give my father-in-law (Zhang Xianzhong) a pillar!"

In the shortest possible time, Li Dingguo has already made what he thinks is the most correct decision. Whether it is said that Cheng Shijie is kind-hearted, or that he loves the people like a son, now Cheng Shijie has fallen into a dilemma.

But the problem is that no matter what Cheng Shijie decides, it will be a huge stain on Cheng Shijie's reputation, and he can't wash it in the future.

This black cauldron, Li Dingguo decided to carry it.

There can be no Li Dingguo in the world, at most there is one less general, and there is no shortage of excellent generals in the Ning Navy, such as Zhou Ning, Liu Qingsong, Shen Mingyu, and Zhang Yu, Li Zhixiang, Li Fang, etc.

However, it is impossible to live without Cheng Shijie in the world, as long as Cheng Shijie lives, he can let countless people live a good life, and he can let countless people live like a person.

Li Dingguo knelt down towards Cheng Shijie's back and "bang......bang"

Li Dingguo kowtowed three times to Cheng Shijie's back.

Li Dingguo got up, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to the surrounding soldiers: "Brother, I know that many of the people are your relatives, your brothers and sisters of the same clan and clan, and you also know what the Tartars want to do, so you will mess up!" You routs who are about to retreat can care about nothing, but you can't care less about your own lives and the lives of your families! I can understand your feelings, and I sympathize with your plight, but ......"

Li Dingguo's voice suddenly raised an octave: "Two hundred miles to the east is Zhending Mansion, three hundred miles away from Zhending Mansion is Baoding, and six hundred miles away from Zhending Mansion is the capital, where tens of millions of people live, they are all like you, flesh and blood, relatives and friends, and your duty is to sacrifice yourself, protect them, and defend this country!" ”

"Do you know why Da Shuai dragged his sick body to brave the wind and snow for a thousand miles? It's because there's no way back! You, him, and the whole country, have no way back! ”

"If we take a step back, we will be in the abyss! Take a step back and you will be a repeat of the tragedy of Wuhu Chaohua! He was so tired that he vomited blood and hurried desperately, and finally took a huge risk to take your group of rabble to defend Pingdingzhou, just to hold up the collapsed sky, as long as you retreat a little, the sky pressing on his shoulders will collapse and crush him to pieces! ”

"You can't bear to watch the villagers or even your own relatives die, so should he die? Do the billions of people behind you who have fed you with their blood and sweat deserve to die? ”

The thousands of troops were silent, and the soldiers who were originally hugging their heads and crying stood up with their weapons in their hands, biting their lips and bleeding.

Li Dingguo almost said in a roaring voice: "Three hundred years ago, our ancestors, with swords, drove the ancestors of the Mongols to Mobei to eat sand, and three hundred years later, we can also take the sword and kill the Mongol Tartars." Brothers of the Ning Navy, do you remember the song that the marshal taught us? ”

"The clouds are from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, and the dust and earth are fame. Looking at Shenzhou, the people are bitter, and thousands of miles of fertile land are barren. Look at the world, as much as you want, and make up for the defects of heaven. Good boy, don't be a parent, just for the common people, not for the lord. Holding a steel knife of ninety-nine, kill all Hu Erfang and stop. I am a dignified man, what is a Tartar as a horse and a cow. The strong man drank the wine in the bowl and did not look back on the journey of a thousand miles. The golden drums roared in unison, and the yellow dragon swore endlessly......"

At the beginning, only a few people sang this song in a low voice, and then dozens of people sang it, and then later, all the soldiers and civilians in the entire Pingding Prefecture were shouting at the top of their voices.

Li Dingguo looked at the surrounding soldiers and said: "Our cavalry attacked, if we can save one by one, if we can't save it, then let's die together!" ”

Xie Shangkui held Li Dingguo's arm: "General Li, count me in!" ”

"You ......"

Li Dingguo lowered his voice and said: "Brother Xie, don't make trouble, you take Xie Shuai and retreat with Cheng Shuai!" ”

Xie Shangkui smiled faintly and said, "I really regret it, I knew that I would have joined the Ning Navy!" ”

"Fight with us, you are brothers!"

Li Dingguo yelled: "Fight to the death! ”

(End of chapter)