Chapter 50
Shen Zhongzhu captured the second city in this way, and the number of troops surrendered to more than 2,800 people. He still followed what Yue Junshi said, let people collect large households, smashed open the prison, opened warehouses and distributed grain, appeased the people, recruited new soldiers, settled his family, built weapons, and accumulated grain and grass.
Immediately, the army was raised to bury General Zhao, and the whole city was mourned with white yarn, which made the Zhao brothers very grateful, so they asked Shen Zhongzhu and Yue Junshi to be the matchmaker, and married his little sister Zhao Dan to the pioneer Lei Tianbao. After this funeral, there is a happy event, Guangxi Mansion is indispensable to have a lively time, the whole army drank the happy wine, and there is one more female general in the army. And the Zhao brothers have no second thoughts from then on, they just want to attack the city and plunder the land, and establish meritorious services for Zhu Tianxiao, the young lord of Longqing.
After resting in Guangxi Prefecture for three months, a sentry suddenly came to report that more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Yunnan, Qujing, and Yuanjiang were coming to attack. After hearing this, Shen Zhongzhu hurriedly led his own soldiers to the city with Yue Junshi, and also carried the artillery onto the city wall, and issued 500 arrows to each archer. He also sent the Lei Tianbao brothers to lead 500 horses on both sides of the city, and ordered the Zhao brothers to lead 3,000 infantry troops to wait in front of the gate of the city, just waiting for their own flag to wave, and then they fought bravely in three ways to kill the enemy. Then ordered Zhao Dan and Gu Xiulan to lead 300 troops to cook, Geng Sibei, Zhao Zhilan, Zhao Hongli, Wang Shuo, and Wang Quan each led 200 troops to patrol the city carefully to prevent internal changes.
After a qiē dispatch stopped, the soldiers and horses of the three provinces had also arrived under the city, only to see the flagpole of the gatehouse hanging the general flag of "Longqing West Recruiting Soldiers and Horses Pioneer Officer", and I don't know where this is the soldiers and horses, and who is this vanguard officer, I don't dare to be careless for a while, and first use more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to attack the city to explore the reality. Yue's division saw the city clearly, and if he wanted to lure the local army to attack, he deliberately let the archers shoot arrows sparsely, as long as the enemy army was not allowed to come to the city.
Sure enough, when the soldiers and horses of the three provinces saw that the arrows shot from the city were scarce, they mistakenly thought that the foreign Longqing army was insufficient, so they raised their swords and instigated the army of the three provinces to attack the city, trying to take it in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, this time there was a sudden cannon fire in the city, and bows and arrows were shot like raindrops, and the soldiers and horses of the three provinces were suddenly beaten. When he wanted to return but did not retreat, suddenly two teams of horses rushed from the left and right sides with swords and shouts, and they were suddenly in chaos. At this time, the city gate was opened, and a group of soldiers and horses rushed out of the city like a wolf, and the soldiers and horses of the three provinces had already been beaten and dizzy, and they hurriedly retreated in a panic, and they were defeated for a while. The two brothers of the Lei and Zhao clans were already red-eyed, and they chased after them closely, and they were willing to withdraw their troops after chasing them for fifty or sixty miles. Along the way, the surrendered troops and horses were collected, and when they returned to the city, there were more than 7,000 surrenderers and more than 800 horses. Shen Zhongzhu was overjoyed, remembered the first work of the Lei and Zhao brothers, and then formed a horse army of 2,500 people to hand over to Lei Tianba, and immediately went to take Yuanjiang Mansion with Yue's military division. Then he ordered the Zhao brothers to take 3,000 infantry troops to take Qujing Mansion. gave Geng Sibei, Ma Zhi, and Lin Junyi three generals 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Guangxi Mansion. He himself, Lei Tianbao, Zhao Dan, Gu Xiulan, and transferred three generals from Sicheng Prefecture to lead 20,000 troops to take Mangshi, Mengding, Cheli, and Menggen. Let's not talk about how the two soldiers and horses of Lei Tianba and the Zhao brothers easily took the two mansions of Yuanjiang and Qujing, which had no troops to defend. However, it is said that Shen Zhongzhu's army recruited new soldiers along the way, recruited strong people, and appeased the people, and when they arrived in Mangshi, there were more than 6,000 soldiers and horses, and Azari, Meng Hua, and the three generals who were stamped, which can be said to be strong and strong. Mangshi guard general Yan Shiliang saw that the foreign army was pressing, and the soldiers were approaching the city, how could the three thousand soldiers and horses in the city be able to hold it, and he led the big and small officials to surrender the city without waiting for the siege. Shen Zhongzhu left Meng Hua with 4,000 soldiers and horses to guard Mangshi, and let Yan Shiliang take the old army with him. When Meng Ding saw it, the city was already the banner of Longqing, and it turned out that the city had been taken by Yue Junshi.
Shen Zhongzhu was naturally overjoyed, left a seal and took 3,500 soldiers and horses to guard Mengding, sent Azari to take 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard Yuanjiang Mansion, and handed over more than 500 horse troops in Mangshi and Mengding to Lei Tianba, and also gave him three artillery pieces, and still let him be the vanguard.
Although this Lei Tianba has a hot temper, he has the kung fu in his hands here, and there is a military advisor who knows how to use the art of war to assist, so it is naturally like a tiger with wings. A few days later, the 3,000 horse army arrived at the city of Cheli, and the Yue army had three artillery pieces aimed at the city gate, and then offered a good plan "like this" in Lei Tianba's ear, and then said with a smile: "General, only if you do this, can you take this city without blood." Lei Tianba nodded and stepped forward, raised his head and persuaded loudly: "Listen to the guards in the car, this will be Lei Tianba, the pioneer of Longqingxi's recruitment." Mingsi, Zhen'an, Nanning, Lianzhou, Gaozhou, Xunzhou, Pingle, Liuzhou, Qingyuan, Guangnan, Sicheng, Qujing, Yuanjiang, Mangshi, Mengding and other cities have now surrendered to my Longqing, which is also the blessing of the people, I think you have no soldiers in the car, no reinforcements, do you want to defend yourself? Otherwise, only the city will be destroyed. "The main general of the town guarding the city in Cheli is called Xi Meng, the deputy generals Zhang Yun, Liu Xi, there are 4,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but I also heard that there is a foreign Longqing soldiers and horses in the city and plundering the pool, invincible, is a disciplined army. I also know that the commander of the soldiers and horses in Longqing is called Feng Li, the pioneer officer is called Shen Zhongzhu, and the tiger general under the account is called Lei Tianba. At this moment, seeing that the three artillery pieces were aimed at the city gate, the brigade of horses was ready to shoot with knives, and Lei Tianba was so majestic, and this persuasion was quite reasonable, as soon as the three generals discussed, they decided to surrender, opened the city gate, and led the big and small officials in the city to lead the Longqing army into the car and present the big seal.
Yue Junshi stepped forward, helped up Wei Meng with both hands and said: "Old general, you are not in a hurry to hand over the seal, you are still here to guard the town in the car of this city, this will still be your general, and the soldiers are still your soldiers, but the car will be the city of Longqing from now on, and the people will be the people of Longqing." General Lei and I were going to immediately lead our troops out of the city and go to fetch Meng Gen. Hearing this, Wei Meng laughed, took Yue Junshi's hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry." That Menggong guard Dalic is my in-laws, you don't need to take it, I will repair a letter to Chen Ming, let him go out of the city and surrender. After saying that, he asked people to fetch paper and ink, and immediately wrote a letter to his second son, Tula, and asked him to hurry out of the city and send it to Mongundálić. Then led Lei Tianba, Yue Junshi arrived at the general's mansion, and let people set up a banquet, which was lively. After drinking, Wei Meng took Lei Tianba and Yue Junshi rode out of the city to the bank of the Yuli River, looking at the rolling river and sighing. Lei Tianba was a little puzzled when he saw it, glanced at Yue Junshi, and alluded to Wei Meng. Yue Junshi thought to himself, your old general will not take us to this river after drinking, and it will not be for nothing, so he asked: "Old general, why are you sad about Wangjiang, can you tell me one or two? Maybe this military division can relieve you of the sorrow in your heart." After a sigh again, Meng Meng said: "General Lei, Yue Junshi, you two don't know, there is a Mubang city hundreds of miles north of the river, above the Mubang city is Manmo, above the Manmo is Mengyang, and on the edge of Mengyang is Mengmi. These four cities were originally my Ming territory, but they were occupied by a small Burma, so that I couldn't return home. I can't sacrifice the ancestral tomb during the Qingming Festival, and I think it's really disloyal and unfilial, so I'm sad. Lei Tianba was silent when he heard this, and he could only accompany Meng for a long sigh. Yue Junshi said: "Old general, don't be sad, go back to the city first."
After Shen Zhongzhu's army arrived, we will discuss the matter of marching into Burma together, and then we will definitely recover the four cities of Mubang, Manmo, Mengyang, and Mengmi. Wei Meng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in a comfortable mood: "General Lei, Yue Junshi, I have a word first, when the army recovers the four cities of Mubang, I will take the old department to take the lead, and I will also express my grievances." Seeing Lei Tianba nodding, Yue Junshi smiled, Meng Xinyue, raised his head and shouted: "Da Ming official faint, Longqing loyalty, I Wei Meng swear to the sky today, and the rest of my life will definitely protect the little prince Zhu Tianxiao, show his pawn, plunder more territory, and swear to follow me Longqing, today's words can be learned from the sky, and I will never regret it." After three days, Daliqi and his generals really came to surrender, Lei Tianba and Yue Junshi were very happy, and they set up wine. At the banquet, Meng talked about the recovery of the four cities of Mubang, and after listening to the wild weeping and drinking three bowls of wine, Daliqi said angrily: "My old mother died in Manmo, and my wife and child were trapped in Mengyang, and when the four cities are recovered, I will fight for the vanguard." Otherwise, I'm too much of a general. At this time, Shen Zhongzhu and the generals came in, and after listening to Dalic's words, he clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay." Good. For generals, they should have such blood. At that time, I will let you be the vanguard and recover the four cities of Mubang, Manmo, Mengyang, and Mengmi. Seeing that everyone present was surprised when he heard this, Lei Tianba hurriedly said: "This is General Shen Zhongzhu Shen, the pioneer officer of my Longqing West Recruitment Horse. Then in the car, the generals of the two cities of Meng Gen were introduced to Shen Zhongzhu, and the generals hurriedly met with the young Longqingxi Recruiting Horse Pioneer Officer. After Shen Zhongzhu invited the generals to the table, everyone talked with great interest about the recovery of Mubang, Manmo, Mengyang, and Mengmi, which can be said to be passionate. Seeing that the two in-laws of Wei Meng and Daliqi were red-faced in order to fight for the vanguard of the four cities of Mubang, they sent out to compete, Shen Zhongzhu hurriedly said: "Two old generals, don't fight with the two of you, and let the two of you take your soldiers and horses to recover the two cities at that time." However, this should not be taken lightly. I have asked people to go to Mingsi to meet with the commander Feng Li, to talk about the recovery of the four cities of Mubang, the army will arrive soon, and I hope that the two old generals will prepare enough grain and grass for the war. "Wei Meng, Dalic was naturally happy to hear this, and agreed again and again, this wine was drunk smoothly and refreshingly, and it was very happy.
But he said that he had a niece named Nasha, who was sixteen years old, handsome, and very good. It's just that she doesn't know how to needlework as a female worker, she loves to dance knives and guns all day long, dance and ink, and set up a team of 300 female soldiers, thinking about how to recover the four cities of Mubang and hate her father.
On this day, she met Shen Zhongzhu, who was a talented person, on the street, and she liked it so much, so she asked the servant to inquire whose son this was, and let the matchmaker come to the door to draw the line, so as not to let people take the lead and make herself happy. Unexpectedly, the servant went to inquire, only to find out that this prince was the vanguard officer under the command of the generalissimo of Longqing's soldiers and horses, and he was busy reporting to the young lady. After hearing this, Nasha went to the General's Mansion to find the eldest uncle, Meng Meng, and told her love for Shen Zhongzhu.