Chapter 282 Are You the Imperial Army from Beizhili?
Shagou Village is a village on the bank of Yishui in Yishui County, Shandong. Since it is the connection between the mountainous area and the Sichuan area, and there is a ferry, the village is quite prosperous. During the Taiping years, the whole village had a population of one to two thousand.
Although today are troubled times, the population of the village has little impact. In troubled times, the closer to the mountainous area, the smaller the impact. On the contrary, in plain areas, once a disaster occurs, it is easy for the entire village and the entire county to become a no-man's land.
The most typical one is northern Shaanxi. It is said that that place has been in chaos for decades, but there are still people living there. I have not heard that that county has become a no-man's land. On the contrary, in Henan, several counties have become extinct. In real history
In the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty, the Chengdu Plain was almost deserted.
Although the population has not been significantly reduced due to troubled times, this place cannot be a paradise in troubled times. For example, they will often be robbed by bandits.
"Third uncle, why is my heart beating so hard today? Nothing bad is going to happen, right?" In order to deal with the harassment by the bandits, the village formed a stronghold to protect itself.
Rob the village.
In fact, the bandits in the nearby mountainous areas have a symbiotic relationship with the villages of this generation. They cannot attack the villages with all their strength. They usually just go around the village when they are short of food and extort some money and food. They will not do anything too much.
Jue. What the village fears most is not the local bandits, but the passing bandits.
The third uncle who was called was the talker in the village. He was in charge of all the ministries and the like. He was also the biggest rich man in the village. When he saw the leader of the ministries saying depressing words, he became angry and blew his beard.
He glared and said: "Take care of your bad mouth. How can trouble come from such a good thing? I heard the magpies chirping today. If something happens, it's a good thing."
Just as the third uncle was reprimanding the leader of the people, a fierce gong sound suddenly sounded at the entrance of the village. It was broken. Listening to the sound of the gong, it was true that soldiers and bandits had come to the village. The third uncle threw a pair of broken shoes and ran out the door. He had to hurry up.
Gather the villagers into the fort to avoid disaster.
After struggling for more than half an hour, the whole village ran into the fort. By this time, the so-called bandits were already riding around outside the fort.
"Third uncle, I told you that something bad happened today. Look, these bandits are here!" The leader of Minzhuang stood on the wall of the fort, looking at the more than a thousand cavalry under the fort, and kept complaining to the third uncle.
"Stop your bad mouth! Who said we encountered trouble today? There should be no big trouble in our village today." The third uncle looked at the soldiers and horses under the fort, stroking his beard and expressed his judgment.
"Why won't our village encounter disaster today?"
"You idiot, if the men and horses who came here had made trouble for us, they would have entered the fort long ago. How could they have been wandering around outside the fort? Look at the horses under them. They are all good war horses, and they are all two horses per person. Like this
Our team is interested in a little bit of wealth in our little village? It must be some kind of passing god, let’s just deal with it properly and not offend him.”
As people mature with age, the third uncle of Shagou Village was right. The troops coming were none other than the assault brigade led by Ren Shuangyou.
"Go, throw fifty or sixty taels of silver into the fort, and ask them to deliver about thirty kilograms of dry food outside the fort. If there are chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep in the village, let them send some." Ren Shuangyou, who was riding on the horse, said.
He didn't pay much attention to the situation in Baozi and directly sent his soldiers to discuss with the people in the fort about buying supplies. Although they brought dry food with them when they set out, it would definitely not be able to support them to Nanzhi, so they encountered places where they could replenish supplies on the way.
They would stop for a moment and make appropriate supplements according to the situation. Fortunately, there were only more than a thousand people and more than 2,000 horses, so it was not difficult to obtain supplies. A slightly larger village or town could handle it. If the team were larger, there would be no problem.
The law is as casual as it is now.
With a few "clang" sounds, several soldiers on horseback threw several bags of silver onto the fort wall, and then shouted out the need to buy grain.
Buying food? After picking up a bag of silver and looking at it carefully and finding that it was indeed real money, the third uncle showed a strange look on his face. Why did these soldiers dressed like bandits act so strangely? He had seen bandits who did not rob villages.
, He has seen bandits who want food without harassing the villagers, but he has never seen bandits who spend money to buy food. Especially this kind of team of more than a thousand elite cavalry actually spends money to buy food, the Ming Dynasty
Neither the officers nor the army had this awareness.
"Third uncle! Shall we sell food to others?"
"Sell, of course! After all, what you get is real money. Even if you want food, we have to give it to you."
After saying a word to Captain Minzhuang, the third uncle quickly shouted to the soldiers and horses at the fort: "Grandpas, our fort can scrape together the food and noodles, but we don't make many pancakes. Can you please slow down a little? I'll ask the fort to
Did people prepare pancakes and deliver them to the grandpas?"
Ren Shuangyou heard that the people in this fort wanted to make fresh pancakes, and his mind changed. The pancakes made in this area are very portable and are good for marching rations. Why not let them make more? With pancakes, the march will be faster.
Quite a few.
"Can your fort make more dry food? If you have pickles, dried meat, etc., buy them for us. Come, throw another hundred taels of silver into the fort." Ren Shuangyou is not a business person.
Before anyone could agree, he had someone throw the money over. If the quartermaster knew about this, he would have a big headache.
They paid all the money, how could the third uncle and others refuse? He arranged for someone to go to the stove in the bunker to make pancakes.
In the evening, the first batch of pancakes was ready, and the third uncle was ready to leave the castle to deliver the pancakes himself.
"Third uncle, you don't have to go out in person. What if something happens?"
"I have a request. This strong force outside the fort must have a lot of background. If you go out, it will be easy to mess up the matter. I have to go out to the fort. If I can get along with this team, maybe I can be ours in the future.
How can the village help?"
[To be honest, I’ve been reading books recently to catch up on updates, switch sources, read aloud with many sounds, and it’s available on both Android and Apple.]
The third uncle, together with twenty or thirty strong men, carried the burden to deliver pancakes to Ren Shuangyou and the others. After delivering the pancakes, the old man did not leave, but ran to Ren Shuangyou and started a relationship.
"Grandpa General, can you give Lao Chan and others a chance? It will be easy for Lao Chan and others to know that they have dealt with the people of that family. If they go to our village again in the future, it will be easier for them to interact with them, right?"
Seeing the old man's flattering look, Ren Shuangyou naturally knew what these guys were planning.
"So that you know, I am the Major General Commander of the Assault Brigade of the Ming Dynasty. I came straight from the north. I led my troops through your village today because I was ordered by the emperor to go to the south to perform a mission." In such a remote village, Ren Shuangyou is not afraid of them.
He leaked his whereabouts. Even if they leaked it, it wouldn't matter. One day later, his men had already traveled more than two hundred miles away. So he simply told the old man about the situation. He might not be able to use it when he returned.
on.
"Are you the imperial army from Northern Zhili?"
Imperial Army? Ren Shuangyou is still a little unfamiliar with this title. "We are indeed the emperor's personal army from Northern Zhili."
"Is it really the imperial army? People say that the imperial army in Beizhili has strict military discipline and treats the people like children. It is true today. The young general led his troops to our Yishui. Is the emperor going to regain this place? I want to come to the general's place.
You are the forward officer of the imperial army, right? Can you tell me when the imperial army will come to rescue us?"
Chapter 282 Are you the imperial army from Northern Zhili? chapter