Chapter 403 0398 [Li Bao makes a brilliant appearance] (For the alliance leaders past
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Suizhou, Zaoyang County.
Chen Ziyi rode his old horse and slowly followed behind Shengjie's army.
Not only was he demoted, but he was also directly kicked out of the Shengjie Army and transferred to the Xiang Army as a cavalryman.
The reason is very simple, it has nothing to do with Ju Ming, it's just being excluded.
This time we came to Suizhou to suppress bandits. Due to excessive government exploitation, bandits have been wreaking havoc for more than a year.
If the officers and soldiers went to suppress it, the bandits would hide in Tongbai Mountain and Dahong Mountain. After the officers and soldiers left, the bandits would come out again and seriously interfere with the government's collection of food for Tong Guan.
Shengjie's army personally took action, but it still had no effect, and the bandits entered the mountain again.
"Open the city gate quickly!"
The person who shouted the message was Bu Chang, the general of the Victory Army, riding a horse with great arrogance.
However, the city gate is still closed.
After a while, an official hung his basket down, walked up to Bu Chang and said, "I am Li Hanzhang, the magistrate of Zaoyang County. Are you here to suppress thieves or plunder the people? Are the people of Baishui Village what you want?"
Butcher?"
"Those are bandits, not villagers," Bu Chang ordered, "Quickly get some food, some wine, and kill a few pigs."
Li Hanzhang said: "I only have one hundred stones of food, so I can't obey my order. Please retreat outside the moat. If you dare to take another step across the moat, you won't even have the one hundred stones of food."
Bu Chang sneered: "Do I have to go to the city?"
Li Hanzhang was neither humble nor arrogant: "Then I can only impeach Tong Guan for his rebellion."
Clang!
Bu Chang drew his sword out of its sheath and pointed the tip of the sword at Li Hanzhang's throat: "Do you really think I don't dare to kill anyone?"
Li Hanzhang said: "Killing court officials without permission is the evidence of rebellion."
Bu Chang stared at Li Hanzhang for a while, then turned his horse's head and said: "Hurry up and bring the food, at least three hundred shi!"
Chen Ziyi followed Shengjie's army to camp in the suburbs. Soon he received an order to lead a team to explore the surrounding area in case any bandits suddenly appeared.
As the sentries he led passed through the countryside, the people hid one after another.
Chen Ziyi has long been accustomed to strange things. The story of killing good people and claiming merit has spread all over the country. No matter the gentry or the common people, they are afraid that their heads will be cut off by the victorious army to repay their merits.
At that time, it was discovered that the rebels had appeared near Baishui Township. Shengjie's army rushed over quickly, but the bandits got the news and entered the mountains in advance.
Bu Chang was furious and thought the villagers were colluding with the bandits, so he massacred the village directly.
"Brother, do you really know that little thief?" Geng Zhongnian, the deputy chief of the capital, asked.
Chen Ziyi said: "What difference does it make whether we know each other or not? We are not from Tokyo, nor from Shaanxi. If we serve as soldiers under Tong Taishi, we will never climb up. Even if we climb up, we will be squeezed down."
Geng Zhongnian said: "If I really know my brother, he would simply lead us to surrender to the thieves."
Chen Ziyi said amusedly: "Why would you want to become a thief if you are a good-looking officer and soldier?"
Geng Zhongnian complained: "These officers and soldiers are considered useless and have been bullied by those Shaanxi people. They don't fight in serious battles. They only know how to kill good people and take credit for their merits. However, we kill good people and take credit for their merits. The benefits belong to the Shaanxi people. In addition to being reviled by the people, we
Nothing can be caught."
A few years ago, Tong Guan formed the Shengjie Army and selected nearly 10,000 young men from the northwest frontier.
The selection of soldiers was extremely strict, and only those who were close to 1.8 meters tall could qualify.
Excellent weapons and armor, good food and drink, extremely brave at first, capable of bursting out with astonishing combat power.
Gradually, he deteriorated, and Tong Guan was always with him, but he was reluctant to use it in critical moments, fearing that the troops he had carefully built would be damaged.
Only go out when the battle situation is clear. To put it bluntly, it is just to grab the credit!
Even when the officers and soldiers were about to win a great victory, Tong Guan suddenly called back the fighting troops and then sent the victorious troops to "defeat the enemy."
Nearly 10,000 brave and fearless young men from the northwest became soldiers in just a few years. In addition, the leading generals were brothers Xin Qizong and Xin Xingzong, and the Shengjie Army also had other bad habits.
In particular, the defeat of the Liao Dynasty caused the victorious army to suffer heavy losses due to confusion. From then on, the situation was broken.
Moreover, in the past, everyone was from Shaanxi, and there was no situation of excluding foreigners. After the Liao Dynasty was conquered, we replenished our troops and recruited some soldiers from Kaifeng and Hebei. This formed a chain of contempt among the victorious army.
The Shaanxi soldiers relied on their strength and seniority to crazily squeeze out foreigners.
The Kaifeng soldiers were bullied by the Shaanxi soldiers, and then they turned around and bullied the Hebei soldiers.
When a Hanzhong man like Chen Ziyi was in urgent need of soldiers, he was recruited to take command. When the army was full of men, he was immediately excluded and directly fired from the Shengjie Army, and was instead incorporated into the Xiang Army's cavalry ranks.
Geng Zhongnian's experience was similar to Chen Ziyi's.
He was originally a Hebei cavalryman who temporarily joined the Shengjie Army as the commander-in-chief. At the beginning of the year, he was also dismissed from the Shengjie Army and was thrown to the Xiang Army as the deputy commander-in-chief.
These vacated officer positions were replaced by close associates installed by the Xin brothers, who carried out small operations under Tong Guan's nose.
The current officers of the Shengjie Army are either from Shaanxi or close friends of the Xin family.
Chen Ziyi looked around and asked in a low voice: "Do you really want to be a thief?"
"Can this kind of thing be a joke?" Geng Zhongnian looked serious, and then gritted his teeth, "We are also forbidden troops in Hebei. We eagerly followed Tong Guan to the capital, and turned into Xiangjun cavalry in a daze. If my brother doesn't lead us, we will surrender to Xianggong Zhu.
Go back to Hebei and become a thief! One of my fellow villagers rebelled in Hebei, and his reputation has spread to Tokyo. He just needs a general to lead the army."
Chen Ziyi said: "Most of our cavalrymen are from Hebei. What do they think?"
Geng Zhongnian said: "The top soldiers, ten generals, and generals all plan to return to their hometown in Hebei. If you stay in the south for a day, you will be bullied for a day, and you will never get ahead in your life. But Xiangzhou is too far away from Hebei, so it is difficult to return to Hebei.
It's not very convenient for me to live here, so it would be best if I could seek refuge with Mr. Zhu. But if that doesn't work, I might as well go to Suizhou and go to the Dahong Mountains to fall off the grass!"
"Okay, find a chance and I'll take you to Hanzhong!" Chen Ziyi had long wanted to leave.
As evening approached, Chen Ziyi gathered his sentry cavalry, continued patrolling nearby, and took the remaining cavalry back to camp.
Li Hanzhang was roaring in the military camp, but it was an officer of the Shengjie Army under Bu Chang who led a group of soldiers to a restaurant outside the city to eat and drink for free. Not only was they full and full, but they also bought goods at low prices. The shopkeeper said more.
He was beaten half to death by these soldiers.
Leaving the military camp without permission is a very serious violation of discipline.
But Bu Chang did not punish the soldiers, but instead protected the calves, because they were all Shaanxi people.
Li Hanzhang was humiliated and returned to the county government angrily.
"Ms. sir, the servants from my hometown are here." Mr. Wang Xuxian hesitated, not knowing how to tell the bad news.
Li Hanzhang asked: "Where is he?"
Wang said: "Running all the way, I am eating."
The servant was brought soon, and when he saw him he cried and said, "Mr. Sir, the master and his wife are dead!"
"What?" Li Hanzhang was shocked.
The servant told in detail: "The rebels attacked Qingzhou, and the master led the people to defend the city. A spy sneaked into the city and set fire to it, and the city gate was opened by the spies... The imperial court sent the news home, and the eldest man sent me to inform him.
Your message."
Li Hanzhang stood stunned for a long time, speechless for a long time.
He knew what was going on in Qingzhou, and he had received a letter from his father a while ago.
My father complained in the letter that the imperial court was defeated in the Liao Dynasty and was still thinking about taking back Yanjing. He ordered the states and counties in Shandong to raise money and food, as if he wanted to buy Yanjing. If he continues to collect money like this, he will definitely provoke bandits everywhere.
It will be difficult to clean up.
I didn’t expect that the prophecy would come true and come true so quickly.
Mrs. Wang said: "My lord, your luggage has been packed and you can go back to your hometown Dingyou at any time."
Li Hanzhang still didn't speak, and went to the study alone to sit quietly. He didn't return to the bedroom until midnight and said to his wife: "Put all the luggage back."
Mrs. Wang asked: "Aren't you going back to your hometown for the funeral?"
Li Hanzhang said: "There are more important things than going to the funeral. I want to stay in Zaoyang and wait for an old friend. If he has the ability, he will come. Even if he doesn't come, his subordinates will come. When the time comes,
I want to give him a gift."
"What gift?" Wang asked in confusion.
Li Hanzhang said no more words.
Zaoyang County should be considered a gift. If it is not significant enough, then think of a way to send the entire Suizhou.
While Li Hanzhang was preparing gifts, Chen Ziyi returned to Xiangyang with the army.
Tong Guan had already set off with three thousand Victory troops. The three thousand Victory troops who hurried back quickly took a boat to catch up.
Arriving at the mouth of the Wuling River, officers and soldiers were confronting the rebels.
The terrain here is rugged and narrow, and cavalry is useless. Chen Ziyi's Xiang Army cavalry unit followed the Shengjie Army cavalry and took a boat to Zhushan County.
Xin Qizong was fighting on the front line, and Xin Yongzong was in charge of Zhushan County, responsible for arranging grain and civilian labor.
"General, it's not good!"
The secretary in charge of the army came in a hurry to report.
Xin Yongzong stood up in surprise: "But my brother suffered a defeat?"
The secretary in charge said: "The bandits captured Fangzhou. The life and death of Zhizhou is unknown. The state shogunate and the magistrate of Fangling County have fled here!"
"How can there be thieves in Fangzhou?" Xin Yongzong was confused.
The secretary in charge said: "I'm afraid he came back from Zi."
Xin Yongzong immediately summoned the group of officials who had fled and asked: "Where did the bandits come from and how many of them came?"
"There was a sudden noise at night. I put on my clothes and went out. The thieves had already entered the city."
"Those bandits went straight to the state government office. When I saw that the situation was not going well, I ran away from the west gate."
"I saw the prefect running towards the northeast gate. He might have fled to Gucheng in a panic. It's very difficult to walk there. I'm afraid there's a lot of danger."
"..."
When these officials started talking, Xin Yongzong said angrily: "I ask you how many bandits have come and where they come from!"
"I don't know." The officials shook their heads.
After hesitating for a while, the magistrate of Fangling said: "Most of them are Kuizhou bandits. They left Kuimen in the east and occupied Zigui. I served as an official there. From Zigui, I went north along the Xiangxi River to Xingshan County. Then I continued along the Xiangxi River.
To the north, across the mountains is Fenshui, and along Fenshui you can reach Zhushui. The intersection of Fenshui and Zhushui is dozens of miles east of Fangzhou City."
This road has existed for thousands of years, passing through half of Shennongjia. Even smugglers shook their heads when they saw it.
Zhu Ming planned to suppress Li Bao and transfer most of the Kuizhou rebels back to Hanzhong, leaving only Li Bao to lock Hengjiang and guard Kuimen.
However, with thousands of troops in hand, Li Bao not only defeated the officers and soldiers on Jinghu Road, but also marched eastward from Kuimen to occupy Zigui. Then he led his troops through half of Shennongjia, and the magic soldiers descended from the sky to surprise Fangzhou and joined the Eastern Front uninvited.
battlefield.
The officers and soldiers of Zhushan County are about to be attacked from both sides by Li Bao and Guan Sheng!