One of the four famous towns in Jiangbei, one of the most powerful warlords in the late Ming Dynasty.
However, unlike Liu Zeqing, who was a scourge, Liu Yuanqing's life still had bright spots.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army attacked Linqing.
Liu Yuanqing, who was the chief military officer of Linqing at that time, defended the city vigorously. After the city was broken, he fought hard and died. He was called a righteous man in the fight against the Qing Dynasty.
Although he had such a glorious resume, Zuo Menggeng was deeply wary of this person.
Humans are the most complex creatures in the world.
When facing aliens, Liu Yuanqing could fight bravely and sacrifice his life for the country. But that does not mean that he is a good person.
It can be seen from what he just said that this guy is ready to kill people and take credit for it.
Although Zuo Mengeng and others were his saviors, a soldier leader would not be so kind at all.
After Zuo Mengeng guessed it correctly, Liu Yuanqing was really thinking about how to take the credit for himself.
The number of thieves wiped out in this battle was at least two thousand, which was almost twice his troop strength. In any case, it was a great achievement after reporting them.
The only pity is that it was Zuo Menggeng and others who truly accomplished the task of breaking the formation and determining the outcome.
If there weren't these people...
Liu Yuanqing's eyes flashed fiercely, ready to take action at any time.
Then he heard Zuo Mengeng's words.
"General Liu is polite, my subordinate is Zuo Mengeng, and my family Yan is the commander of Liaodong Cheyou Camp, Zuo Ba Kunshan."
Zuo Mengeng decided to take a gamble and bet on the time difference.
The Ningyuan Mutiny caused an uproar across the country and attracted everyone's attention. But when an officer like Zuo Liangyu was dismissed, the news might not spread so quickly.
"What? You are not gangsters?"
Liu Zeqing was shocked and annoyed.
Sure enough, he didn't know that Zuo Liangyu was among the officers being dealt with in Liaodong. Otherwise, Zuo Menggeng's declaration of his family status would not scare him.
It's different now.
Liaodong...
Cheyouying...
Dusi...
Liu Yuanqing thought about it for a moment and realized that he couldn't afford to offend him.
After the collapse of the guard system and the rise of the recruitment system, the officer system of the Ming Dynasty became extremely chaotic.
Dusi was originally the abbreviation of Dusi Commander, who was a high-ranking official and a very important figure. Later he became a mid-level officer, spread throughout the army.
But the problem is that Dusi's authority does not have a fixed scope. When he was young, he was inconspicuous, but when he was old, he was scary to death.
This military position can be promoted from General Commander, Conduct Officer, Thousand Commander, and Guard, and can also take charge of the functions of Staff General and guerrilla.
Logically speaking, as a guerrilla general, Liu Yuanqing need not fear Dusi.
But to Zuo Liangyu, he was equivalent to the commander of the local second-line army, facing the battalion commander of the combined reinforced battalion of the field army.
Can it be compared?
Can't compare.
Just when he regretted that he could not be greedy for merit, Zuo Mengeng added another straw.
Zuo Menggen pointed at Miss Xu and said, "This is the rich man of Xu Xuan, the minister of rites. We encountered bandits on the road and ran all the way. Fortunately, the general came to our rescue. I am really grateful."
Liu Yuanqing gave up completely.
If being the son of a governor only made him hesitate, then he couldn't afford to offend the relatives of the Minister of Rites.
In the Ming Dynasty, the civil servants of the seventh rank could make life worse than death for the generals of the first rank. The Minister of Rites was a high official of the third rank, and it was only a matter of one word to kill him.
Even so, Zuo Mengeng still gave the credit to Liu Yuanqing.
He is a family member of a military general, not an officer. No matter how many enemies he kills, he has no merit to claim.
Rather than doing this, it would be better to blame it all on Liu Yuanqing.
This hellish place is full of chaos and chaos, and there is nothing that can be done by a general who leads the troops.
Liu Yuanqing was so pleasantly surprised that he saluted Miss Xu, and his attitude changed 180 degrees.
"This great victory is all thanks to the help of my virtuous nephew. Come on, my uncle will arrange a banquet for us to celebrate. I also want Miss Xu to take a bath and change clothes to take away the pain of running around."
Look, "you" has become "nephew".
As he spoke, his eyes kept wandering back and forth between Zuo Mengeng and Miss Xu, which was very ambiguous.
Zuo Menggeng and Miss Xu are similar in age, one is tall and handsome, the other is tall and beautiful, and they seem to be a perfect match.
Although Liu Yuanqing didn't think that a son of a Dusi could rise to the rank of Minister of Rites, in this chaotic time, young men and women depend on each other to escape. Who knows whether they will end up fighting each other?
Even if it is investing in potential stocks, Liu Yuanqing is still willing to spend money.
Facing his ambiguous gaze, Zuo Mengeng was very calm. After all, his heart was flawless and he was naturally beautiful.
But Miss Xu blushed, and for some reason, her delicate buttocks felt numb again.
"lecher……"
Miss Xu looked at Zuo Mengeng with angry eyes, which made Liu Yuanqing think astray.
He laughed loudly and was about to lead the way first, but a horse came galloping in the distance. The soldiers on the horse were about to fall apart if they ran away.
"Report, the bandit leader Wu Shenglian took seven thousand people and broke into Nanpi County last night. The county magistrate, county magistrate, chief bookkeeper and other officials were all killed."
"oops!"
Liu Yuanqing fainted on the spot.
Zuo Mengeng had just helped him backstab the bandit, but in the blink of an eye, the bandit gave him a bigger stab in the back.
Who can bear it if the spring water is stolen?
The personal guards rushed up and rescued Liu Yuanqing with all their hands and feet before Liu Yuanqing regained consciousness.
Needless to say, the celebration party was cancelled.
Liu Yuanqing was like a dead tree, his soul was lost, and his thoughts of flattering senior officials had already flown to nowhere.
For a general like him, losing a city and losing territory would cost him his head.
When Liu Yuanqing thought that he would lose his head soon, he was filled with despair and his laughter was uglier than his crying.
"My dear nephew, Miss Xu, I'm sorry. I'm in a precarious situation right now and I don't have time to entertain you two. You can go on your own."
Zuo Mengeng didn't leave, and Miss Xu didn't dare to leave. She knew she had to follow Zuo Mengeng to survive.
"Uncle Liu, I'm afraid there's room for discussion on this matter."
The land of Jifu is full of bandits, and now that they have finally managed to sneak in with the officers and soldiers, Zuo Mengeng doesn't want to be in danger again no matter what.
"Uncle Liu must have been sent by Shangguan when he went out to fight in the city. In this case, the sin of losing the city and losing the land cannot be attributed to uncle."
Liu Yuanqing's face became a little more angry, and then he sighed.
"My dear nephew, I don't know. Although I left the city on a mission from the superior officer, the superior officer will not tell me whether I lost the city or lost the land. Unless..."
Unless you bribe the superior with a large sum of money, you can save your life.
But Nanpi County fell, and all of Liu Yuanqing's wealth was in the city. How could he save it?
With the virtue of a Ming Dynasty bureaucrat, how could he speak for him without giving him generous gifts?
How many people may be watching this Nanpi guerrilla location.
Is there no other way?
No.
Zuo Mengeng felt that Liu Yuanqing still had a chance to make a comeback.
Furthermore, in his memory, since Liu Yuanqing was able to become the commander-in-chief of Linqing later, he would definitely save the day this time.
What he has to do is to exert influence and gain Liu Yuanqing's gratitude, which will be of great use in the future.
"Uncle Liu, my nephew has been fighting with the bandits for several days. In my opinion, there is a good chance of retaking the county seat."
If Liu Yuanqing wanted to save his life, in addition to bribing Shangguan, there was another way to take back the county seat.
Recovering lost ground is also one of the achievements.
Liu Yuanqing was like a drowning man who immediately came to life after hearing that he was being saved.
He grabbed Zuo Mengeng, his humble attitude was really eye-catching.
"Did your good nephew teach me?"
"Uncle, do you have a map?"
A mysterious feeling filled his heart. He didn't know why, but whenever war was involved, Zuo Mengeng felt very excited, and various ideas emerged one after another, and he was full of confidence.
Liu Yuanqing quickly brought the map and spread it in front of Zuo Mengeng.
The maps of the Ming Dynasty, even military maps, were too rough to look at.
But it's enough.
"Uncle may not know that although the bandits are powerful, their ranks are scattered and they go their own way, unable to form a joint force."
The civil unrest in Jifu in the first year of Chongzhen was caused by drought and locust plagues that made people miserable. When countless hungry people had their families destroyed and their lives lost, they acted spontaneously in order to survive.
Although the White Lotus Sect was instigating and guiding them, Xu Hongru's rebellion a few years ago severely damaged the White Lotus Sect's vitality and was unable to completely take over the chaos.
This can be seen from the horse bandits that Zuo Mengeng and others encountered before.
In order to deal with the government and the army, bandits from all walks of life gathered together, but they were very strange to each other and no one was convinced by the other.
This will create a situation that is beneficial to Liu Yuanqing.
That is, no matter what the situation is, the bandits cannot accurately grasp it.
This gave Zuo Mengeng an opportunity to use his tactics.
Combining the information provided by Liu Yuanqing, Zuo Mengeng began to formulate ideas.
"Qingxian County fell to the rebels, and the troops from Tianjin Guards and Hejian Prefecture went to reinforce it. Cangzhou Prefecture was frightened overnight and could only defend the city. They did not dare to come out and had no hope. But the arrangements of the rebels for the imperial court were impossible.
You know, this is our starting point."
Liu Yuanqing just wants to survive now.
"My dear nephew, just tell us what we should do."
Zuo Mengeng took the lead.
"There are now more than 7,000 bandits in Nanpi County. It is impossible for us with more than 1,000 people to attack the city."
If it is a field battle between the officers and the army, they can easily attack the rebels with one thousand against ten thousand. But if it is an siege, it is impossible to succeed.
"For the current plan, we must deceive the bandits from the city."
Seeing that the generals were ignorant, Zuo Mengeng was unable to complain about the quality of the Ming army.
"The rebels only thought that there was no army nearby, but what if Deng Guosheng, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, and Hei Yunlong, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, came? What if Dezhou in the south also sent troops north?"
A person of ethics felt that Zuo Mengeng was having a whim.
"How can the officers and soldiers from Baoding Prefecture and Xuan Prefecture come? It will be extremely troublesome for Shandong soldiers to cross the border to suppress bandits."
Zuo Mengeng smiled.
"We know about this, but do the bandits know about it?"
This question made everyone scream in surprise.
Everyone has made a common-sense mistake, that is, treating illiterate bandits and officials the same.
In fact, for ordinary people, they really don't know how the government works, but they don't know why.
All officials know that if they want to mobilize troops from Baoding Prefecture and Xuan Prefecture to quell the rebellion in Cangzhou Prefecture, they will be delayed for a long time. If troops are mobilized from Dezhou, Shandong across provinces, there will be no two or three months to complete the paperwork.
Less than.
But how do ordinary people know this?
"The rioters are defending the city, and we have nothing to do. But if we disguise ourselves as troops from Baoding, Xuan, and Dezhou Prefectures and come from three sides, will the rioters still dare to defend the county?"
Zuo Mengeng's insight into the picture opened everyone's eyes.
Liu Qingyuan stared blankly at the confident and high-spirited Zuo Mengeng, and then thought about the bastards in his family who were just waiting to die, and he had mixed feelings.