Thanks to the friends who have always supported the boat!
Merry Chrismas!
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Babu left, but Liu Ruyi slowly fell into deep thought.
In fact, the most critical reason why the refugee army intensified in the late Ming Dynasty and could not be eliminated for a long time was the situation in the entire Ming Dynasty!
Natural disasters and man-made disasters have made it difficult for the people to put food on the table, and they are tempted to sell their sons and daughters. How can they be expected to be obedient citizens?
And with the rise of Li Chuang, Xian Thief and other refugee armies, many people instantly tasted the benefits!
Following King Chuang and the Eight Kings, you don't have to do anything on weekdays. At critical moments, you can kill people and set fires. Not only can you eat and drink well, but you can also grab a lot of money. As a result, how can these poor people survive?
Can you resist this temptation?
On the other hand, the officers and soldiers have not been paid for many years, the hierarchy is strict, and officer positions at all levels are basically controlled by the powerful. Even those who are truly capable can only swallow their anger!
As a result, wine bags and rice bags account for the main force of the official army. How can we expect such an army to win the war?
Three feet of ice is not as cold as one day!
However, Emperor Chongzhen was also unlucky enough. All he encountered were Li Chuang, a powerful and unbeatable Xiao Qiang like Xian Thief. If it were in other eras, his opponents might not be so difficult to deal with!
"Huh~~!" Liu Ruyi took a deep breath of air-conditioning. Now that the matter has come to this, it is useless to think too much. All he can do now is to try his best to help the imperial court wipe out the traitors!
Huguang is the granary of the world. If the thieves are allowed to run rampant like in history, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will really be broken!
But Zhang Xianzhong is far from comparable to Luo Rucai. Although Luo Rucai is known as "Cao Cao" and has a shrewd mind, he understands his own weight and goes with the flow. In comparison, he does not have such big ambitions!
But Zhang Xianzhong has an eagle eye and a snake heart. If you want to make him surrender, it will not be so easy!
Zhang Xianzhong has many talents and generals under his command. If he really risked his life and fought to the death in public, Liu Ruyi would not be absolutely sure!
The most important thing is that the terrain in the mountainous area of Jingxi is complicated. Liu Ruyi is a visiting army and does not understand the situation in this area. Even if he can defeat Zhang Xianzhong's troops, it will be extremely difficult for him to surrender!
After all, Zhang Xianzhong's escape skills are not weaker than Li Zicheng's!
Thinking of this, Liu Ruyi was also a little relieved. After reaching this level, stopping quietly was undoubtedly the best choice!
And all the opportunities depend on the energy of Babu, the chieftain!
After a few days of rest, the results of this battle were also tallied up.
This time, in the Battle of Xiangyouping, Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army killed a total of more than 16,000 Luo Rucai's remaining troops, but only suffered less than a hundred casualties!
This result was within Liu Ruyi's expectation. After all, beating dogs behind closed doors and using firearms to attack heads, how could Luo Rucai be his opponent based on the equipment and strength of Luo Rucai's men?
However, the property seized surprised Liu Ruyi.
Not to mention silver, Luo Rucai in Xingshan County had nearly one hundred thousand taels of gold alone, countless jewelry and jades, plus other trivial belongings, converted into silver, at least one million taels!
This is just a conservative statistics. If those women and livestock are included, it would be a full 1.5 million taels.
But these fell into Liu Ruyi's pocket.
However, Liu Ruyi did not treat Luo Anbang badly and rewarded him with more than 100,000 taels of silver, which was used to compensate him and Yang Shien for the five thousand officers and soldiers who died in battle. This made Luo Anbang burst into tears of gratitude.
After counting the belongings and imprisoning the slaves, Liu Ruyi ordered the army to camp again and built a strong fortification by the Xiangxi River, waiting for Yang Sichang's reaction!
After all, although Liu Ruyi's colorful stone army was powerful, it only had less than 4,000 men. Liu Ruyi was secretly really afraid. Zhang Xianzhong was so angry that he made dangerous moves and fought for his life!
Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong obviously did not intend to avenge Luo Rucai. More than ten days passed, everything was calm, and Liu Ruyi also received the news that Yang Sichang was sending troops!
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A few days later, Zuo Liangyu's vanguard army also arrived at Xiangyouping, led by the general Jin Shenghuan, the deputy general who had met Liu Ruyi.
Jin Shenghuan has now turned over. Although he is still a deputy general, because he relies on the young marshal Zuo Mengeng, his troops and horses are all young and strong elites. They are high-spirited and have a bright future. They are really different from when they were in Nanyang City.
What a difference!
"Jin Shenghuan, who is in a humble position, has met General Zhendong!" Looking at Liu Ruyi in front of him, Jin Shenghuan also had mixed feelings. He originally thought that his promotion speed was fast enough, but in front of Liu Ruyi, he really couldn't keep up.
!
"Haha! Brother Jin, please get up quickly! Why should we be like this between brothers? Come into the tent quickly, I want to help Brother Jin wash away the dust!" Liu Ruyi hurriedly smiled and welcomed Jin Shenghuan into the big tent.
The wine is good wine and the food is good food!
Except there are no women, this is already a pretty high standard!
Seeing Liu Ruyi's enthusiastic attitude, Jin Shenghuan slowly calmed down in his heart. Looking at Liu Ruyi's eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little softer!
"Brother Liu, it's such a joy to see each other again after so many years of separation! Back then, I knew that Liu Ruyi was the best among men, and sooner or later he would soar into the sky! Unexpectedly, in just a few years, he would be so successful.
It has come true! Hahaha! Come on, I’ll give you a drink!”
After drinking a bottle of wine, Jin Shenghuan's face became rosy and he spoke more freely.
Liu Ruyi exchanged greetings with him and said with a smile: "Brother Jin, I wonder when Shuai Zuo will arrive? I'd better be prepared and go to greet him in advance!"
Jin Shenghuan was stunned, but he lowered his voice and said to Liu Ruyi: "Brother Liu, for the sake of our brother's friendship, let me tell you the truth! You, you are too popular now. We already have many generals in the Zuo Army.
I can’t stand you! Even the handsome man seems a bit..."
Liu Ruyi's eyelids twitched. The reason why Zuo Liangyu was able to gather an army of 100,000, far exceeding the size of other generals, was because he had been entrenched in the Central Plains and suppressed bandits in Huguang!
But now, Liu Ruyi just came to Huguang and wiped out Luo Rucai's tribe. This, this is a bit of a grab for Ta's job!
"Thank you, Brother Jin, for informing me about this! However, the friendship between me and Zuo Shuai is old! We are fellow villagers after all! Haha! I will explain to Zuo Shuai! Come on, Brother Jin, we have many brothers.
We haven’t seen you in the day, let’s have a good drink first!” Liu Ruyi smiled, filled up her wine glass, and touched Jin Shenghuan meaningfully.
Jin Shenghuan knew that Liu Ruyi had understood what he meant, so he laughed and drank happily!
Two days later, Yang Sichang led Zuo Liangyu, Fang Kongmei, nearly ten civil and military ministers, and more than 100,000 troops to Xiangyouping.
Liu Ruyi went to greet him personally and saluted Yang Sichang respectfully.
Yang Sichang laughed heartily and praised Liu Ruyi profusely along the way, which made all the generals envious!
A hundred thousand troops set up camp on the bank of Xiangxi River, and the tent stretched to twenty miles away.
At night, Yang Sichang held a military meeting in his Chinese army tent, and generals from all parties were present to participate!
The soldiers served tea to the generals, and Yang Sichang said energetically: "Generals, Luo Rucai has bowed his head, and the morale of the Xianthief tribes has been greatly damaged. This is a good opportunity for us to work together to wipe out the main force of the Xianthief! I don't know.
What good ideas do you generals have?"
The generals immediately started talking about it.
Some said they went directly to Bashan County, some said they used small roads to attack with elite troops, and so on. There were all kinds of ways, but only one was really useful!
In this kind of scene, Liu Ruyi was too lazy to talk and stayed quietly in the corner, watching the generals' performance.
However, perhaps because Liu Ruyi killed Luo Rucai, Meng Ruhu became a lot closer to Liu Ruyi. He picked up the teapot, walked to Liu Ruyi, and said with a smile: "General Liu is very powerful. I am Lao Ruyi, so I still want to thank you."
You!"
Liu Ruyi hurriedly raised her hands and said with a smile: "Meng Shuai really upset me! I am lucky this time! It's still Meng Shuai, you fought against the thief with a real gun and a knife, this makes me admire you more than ever!"
"Brother Liu, people say you are so righteous, but I still don't believe it. What I saw today is that your reputation is well-deserved!" Meng Ruhu laughed loudly. He was also a straightforward Shaanxi man, but because his son and brother were killed in battle, he only
A little depressed, but now that the army is going out again, he is also full of confidence.
The generals were discussing "military affairs" aside, while Liu Ruyi and Meng Ruhu were having a happy conversation in the corner.
Soon, the two became brothers and had a close relationship.
However, Meng Ruhu picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and suddenly said: "Brother Liu, I, why do I feel that there is a strange smell in this tea! Damn it, it is really unlucky, it seems to smell like death!"
Liu Ruyi was startled, but then she remembered that the ashes of the nearly 20,000 homeless soldiers under Luo Rucai's command had all been dumped into the Xiangxi River, and she hurriedly asked: "Commander Meng, I wonder where you got the water from?
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Mengruhu said hurriedly: "This? Aren't they all in this big river?"
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but swallowed, and said with a smile: "Mengshuai, the water in this river may not be very clean! Tomorrow, you should go to the spring on the east side to get water! The water there is so sweet.
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Fortunately this is in Ming Dynasty!
If it were left to future generations, maybe dozens of journalists from various countries would have come to accuse the ‘King of Murderers’ Liu Ruyi for being so cruel and polluting the environment!
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At this time, there was also movement on Yang Sichang's side. He patted the table to signal the generals to be quiet, and then said: "What you all said makes sense, but if you want to wipe out all the thieves, it is not that easy.
!The terrain in western Jingxi is complicated and there are too many mountains and forests. We still need to make careful plans. If the thieves are allowed to sneak into eastern Sichuan, it will be difficult to handle!"
Zuo Liangyu said with a smile: "What Mr. Ge said is absolutely true! According to me, if we divide our troops into several places and march into Jingxi at the same time, then even if the thieves want to escape, there will be no such thing.
So easy!”
After Zuo Liangyu finished speaking, he stood up, smiled and said to Liu Ruyi in the corner: "Brother Liu, tell me, is this true?"
Liu Ruyi did not expect that Zuo Liangyu would suddenly turn the blame on herself. It seemed that he resented her very deeply!
"What Zuo Shuai said is absolutely true! I completely agree with Zuo Shuai's opinion! But how to implement it depends on what Mr. Ge wants!" Liu Ruyi clasped his fist at Zuo Liangyu, but kicked the ball back.