Chapter 80 Continue the details of the Kun thief
"Although the Kunthi cannon is not heavy, its power cannot be underestimated." Gou Chengxuan now recounted the scene where the power of artillery fire was displayed during the military parade. When he talked about the violent explosion in the target area during the artillery bombardment, he even shrank his neck.
"The thieves just buried sulfur, fire and saltpeter under the mound and fired cannons to ignite it." He Rubin smiled and said to the people around him, "This kind of trick is not new, it is just to scare the ignorant natives."
The staff and generals once again expressed praises such as "the great master of Taiwan has great insights", "sees the fire with insight", "has the opportunity to shine"...
"You said that you yourself have fought against the Kun thieves. What formations did the Kun thieves use when fighting, and what methods were used to break down the stronghold and attack the city? How to fight, tell me one by one!"
Gou Chengxuan secretly complained that the so-called battle with the bandits was nonsense. When Goujiazhuang was massacred, he had already escaped with his father. He had never seen how the Australians attacked the stronghold. It was only later that he learned about them from the people.
The stronghold was finally breached by setting off gunpowder and blowing up the door.
As for the Australian field battle, when Huang Shoutong led the county's Xiangyong to attack Bairenzhai, more than a dozen Xiangyong came out of Goujiazhuang, so although he himself did not go to the battle in person, he still learned a lot from the mouths of the Xiangyong who came back.
, maybe it can still be fooled.
He now recounted the story of how the crossing group attacked Goujiazhuang and how Huang Shoutong led the villagers to attack Bairenzhai. Of course, there was a lot of nonsense that he made up, but Gou Chengxuan was more or less a scholar, and his literary, scientific and eloquent skills were better than those of ordinary rural tycoons.
and the common people, so he spoke in a very orderly manner, and the staff and generals present listened very carefully.
He Rubin asked a few more military questions. Gou Chengxuan actually knew very little about the military aspects of the Cross-Travel Group. After all, he was just a common man. To avoid suspicion, he did not dare to go to the training ground and the port to watch the excitement. Basically, he was just a commoner.
It was just by listening to the chats in the streets. Even so, he already knew a lot about the "Kon Thieves" military.
Gou Chengxuan actually knew more about the civil affairs, infrastructure, and social relations of the Chuanchuan Group, but He Rubin was not very interested in this. Things like building roads, digging rivers, and dams made by the thieves meant nothing to him.
Some of He Rubin's questions he knew a little about, so he talked about them as much as possible. Others he didn't know clearly, but he also made them up casually, and picked out things that people in the Ming Dynasty knew that were novel and described them with added detail. For example,
The Kun thieves raised a group of women specifically to take care of patients. There were also women in the Kun thieves' army, and they were organized into a separate team for traveling to deliver messages, etc.
"The Kun thief claims to be a descendant of the Song Dynasty. I think even if he is true, he has been infected with the barbarian style overseas after being overseas for a long time." A staff member said,
"The Kun thieves are really a bunch of greedy and lustful people!" Chang Qingyun couldn't help but comment, "Women are actually used in the army! In the army, even in the sun, women are mixed in, which is against the law of heaven. How can we be invincible!
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"That's wrong! There have been women in the army since ancient times. It's not surprising." When Lu Yizhong arrived at He Rubin's house, although He Rubin was very polite to him and gave him generous gifts, it was obvious that he was being "honored".
, they didn’t talk to him much when they were actually discussing matters. This made Lu Zanhua, who was always known for his “knowledge of soldiers”, very unhappy, especially Chang Qingyun, who relied on the general’s confidant and was usually the most popular. This time he decided to be ruthless.
Killing his fierceness, he immediately commented, "As far away as Princess Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty, there is Qin Xuanfu of our dynasty nearby. Last year, Qin Xuanfu led his troops to serve the king. The emperor summoned her once on the platform and gave her four poems.
The poem written by the emperor is still well-known throughout the country. Is it any wonder that there are several women serving in the army?"
This hat was not only big and heavy, but it was worn by both ancient and modern people. Qin Liangyu was very famous at that time and was bestowed by the emperor. Chang Qingyun had no room to defend himself. His face turned red and he was speechless.
Already.
Because of the example of this dynasty, Lu Yizhong once again brought up the emperor's card, and no one dared to say that women in the camp were against the laws of heaven.
"Your Excellency, you don't know. There are many female officials and generals among the thieves." Gou Chengxuan saw that the adults were very interested in this matter. When she heard about it, she quickly gathered the most famous female elders of the Time Travel Group one by one.
Daolai. Although there are dozens of female elders in the Time Travel Group, for natives like Gou Chengxuan who are not within the system, the ones they are most familiar with are those who often appear outside, such as Li Mei, Du Wen, and Dong.
Weiwei is the only one.
"...most of the Kunthi women are tall, most of them are over five feet tall. They call themselves Chinese Miao people, but they are very different from Chinese women -"
Gou Chengxuan secretly glanced at the expressions of his staff and generals, and saw that they did not show any signs of impatience or anger. Then he continued to say that the Kunthief woman was not only taller, but also larger than the Chinese women, and her complexion was fair and fair.
He is very talented and can run around freely. He can read and write, and is even used to using firearms...
He was frothing at the mouth as he spoke, and he added a lot of hearsay and random fabrications. Everyone listened with rapt attention. Chang Qingyun thought to himself that this girl with a slim waist, wide shoulders, big breasts, fat buttocks, fair skin and big eyes
The thief woman didn't know what she was like, and she couldn't help but feel agitated in her heart when she thought about it. She figured that once she succeeded, she would have to find a few truly benign women to interrogate her carefully.
It wasn't until He Rubin coughed that Gou Chengxuan's remarks about "concubine women" came to an end.
"You have been in Lingao for a long time. How do the gentry in Lingao get along with the thieves? Can the people's support be used?"
Gou Chengjie was greatly refreshed: He only had to kill a certain family for colluding with the bandits, and when the imperial army arrived, the family would either be ruined or, at worst, wiped out. This would be a great opportunity for someone to seek revenge and enrich his own pockets.
Chance.
Because of this, he had to be cautious. Because he followed his father's declaration, he stayed in various places in Guangdong for more than a year, and his horizons were greatly broadened. Until the power of the local Jin gentry became extremely powerful, and many small country officials looked ordinary.
The family's wealth is not much, but there are countless connections connecting the central officials in the province and the north and south. People from the same year, fellow villagers, world friendships, teachers and friends... collude into a network that even the court officials have to worry about.
If you bite inappropriately, you will only bring yourself jail or even death.
Gou Chengxuan had long secretly noted down the households that had the deepest collusion with the Kun thieves, and had originally planned to seize the opportunity to extort a huge amount of money as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived in Lingao. There were also a few households that had no collusion with the Kun thieves.
, but it was just a matter of providing food and salary to support the young man. However, he might have offended the Gou family, or his family was wealthy, so he was included in Gou Chengxuan's list of "seduce the thieves".
First of all, he wanted to punish Huang Shoutong. This old man had always been hostile to the Gou family. He had said bad things about his family in front of the county magistrate several times. Gou Chengxuan also knew that Huang Shoutong had had a secret discussion with the previous county magistrate and planned to kill Gou.
Everyone in the family arrested him and charged him with harboring a bandit. Fortunately, the former county magistrate was afraid that arresting the Gou family would lead to revenge from the pirates, so he decided not to do it.
If this old bastard Huang Shoutong can be beaten as a "traitor" this time, the Huangjiazhai will be doomed! Gou Chengxuan secretly hopes so.
But Huang Shoutong is not an ordinary person. He has cooperated with the army to defeat the Li people and defeated the pirates many times. He is a well-known figure in the local area. The Hainan army has gained a lot of help from him. His second son has meritorious service, and he was the first to attack the enemy.
He was also the one who took the lead in Bairen Village, and his third son was beaten to death by the Kun thieves. This was a well-known fact in Lingao, and it would be difficult to bite him.
Recently, Huang Shoutong's second son, Huang Xunkun, had a relationship with Liu Dalin because of his husband's affairs. The weight of Liu Dalin's words was much stronger than his own. Thinking of this, he decided not to mention who it was by name.
To collude with the Kun thieves, reserve a place first.
Gou Chengxuan said cautiously: "Although Lingao is a place on the southern border, the imperial court is very powerful. There are some Jin gentry who secretly collude, and those who openly surrender to thieves have never been seen by me. If we investigate carefully, we may not be able to do it."
Hidden…”
Gou Chengxuan raised his head slightly and glanced at He Rubin. When he saw that he was smiling but not smiling, he knew that the Commander-in-Chief did not want to determine who the "thief" was so quickly, so he understood the officer's thoughts. "Just wait for the court."
Once the heavenly soldiers arrive, the gentry will naturally serve the court wholeheartedly."
"So, the people's support in Lingao can be used?"
Gou Chengxuan knew that although many people in Lingao were afraid that they would be implicated after the army arrived in Lingao, they had no favorable impression of the government. Many people had just begun to lead a relatively stable life and even had great concerns about the government's incursions.
Disgusted. Even among the local wealthy gentry, there are many people who have this idea - they are more afraid of the arrival of government troops than the thieves entrenching themselves in Lingao. As for the Australians' own subjects, even more so
They are hostile to the government and have the arrogance to share the same hatred with the enemy. The government does not even have the support of the people in Lingao, so there is no way it can be said to be "useful".
But he didn't dare to say such words, so he had to say very tactfully:
"The people of Lingao look forward to Master Wang as if they look forward to the rain after a long drought. However, the Kun thieves are very powerful in Lingao. The punishments are severe and there are many spies. If they speak a little carelessly, they will be arrested and do hard work, and the Kun thieves have sharp firearms.
, Breaking down a stronghold is as easy as flipping a finger, even if you are a wealthy gentry family, you still have to be weak and make mistakes, and you don’t dare to be careless when it comes to getting food and supplies.”
"Wu Ling is still in the county and the Ming government is still there. Why are the people so afraid of the Kun bandits?"
When Gou Chengxuan heard that this was the opportunity to give Wu Mingjin eye drops, he hurriedly said: "Although Mr. Wu has defended the county seat, he is trapped in the isolated city, and the government orders cannot leave the city gate. The thieves have almost entered uninhabited land in Lingao County.
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He Rubin just said "hmm". Whether Wu Mingjin neglected his duty or not, it had nothing to do with him. What he was most concerned about was the local food supply in Lingao and the situation of the local braves.
Gou Chengxuan said that there is not much grain in the county. Last year, there was a hurricane, and the Wenlan River rose and flooded many fields. The autumn grain production was greatly reduced.
“Since the production has been reduced a lot, where does Kunthi’s food come from?”
"The thieves robbed people from the mainland to farm for them. The thieves have their own secret method for farming, and they can harvest much more grain than ordinary people." Gou Chengxuan knew that war in the army was an opportunity for everyone to make a fortune. In order to encourage people, he
Immediately, he started to talk wildly. The thieves had stored a large amount of grain and rice in the village, as well as a lot of sugar shipped from Leizhou. As for all kinds of Australian goods, they were piled up... These words made everyone present express their emotions.
The color of greed. The wealth of Australians has become a little famous in Guangdong, especially the three properties with purple brands this time. It is said that countless properties were seized, and everyone who dealt with it made a small fortune. Lin
Since Gao is their base camp, there must be countless treasures.
As for the Xiangyong, Gou Chengxuan said that although there were many Xiangyong in the local area, they were weak and unable to withstand the firearms of the Kun thieves, so they only guarded the village.
He Rubin and the generals asked about the Kun bandits' arrangements in Lingao. Gou Chengxuan said that the Kun bandits had five camps in Lingao, not just the Bopu camp. This news attracted his great attention, because so far
So far, whenever the Tang newspapers mentioned the Kun bandits' camps, they only mentioned Bopu, and never mentioned the other camps.
He Rubin immediately asked someone to get a map and asked him to indicate the locations one by one.
"The villain doesn't know the map..."
"No problem, please tell me the name of the place." He Rubin asked a master who was in charge of maps to draw out the places on the map according to the places he mentioned.
"There are five camps in the Kun thief's camp, called Bairen, called Bopu, called Ma Niao, called Gaoshan, called Nanbao. There are also many places in the Jianlou Fortress." Seeing that the commander-in-chief paid so much attention to it, Gou Chengxuan couldn't help but get excited and show off.
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The master circled the places on the map according to the place names he mentioned, and then submitted them to the case.
He Rubin took a cursory look and was secretly surprised. If Gou Chengxuan was right, then the Kun thieves were far deeper in Lingao than originally estimated. They did not just occupy the ports along the river mouth and coast like the Westerners did.
Forget it - you must know that Nanbao has already reached the border of Li District and is already the hinterland of Lingao County.
"The Kun thieves take Bairen as their core territory, and most of the real Kuns live there." Gou Chengxuan said, "It is said that the fake governor Wen Desi and Ma Qianzhu also live in Qiuzhong. All the orders of the Kun thieves come from the Bairen stronghold.
This village is extremely well-guarded, with high walls, deep ditches, and barbed wire fences surrounding it. Even their trusted followers are not allowed to enter. A market was set up outside the village to lure traders..."
He Rubin's face suddenly darkened and he scolded: "Bold!"
Gou Chengxuan was talking enthusiastically, but suddenly He Rubin shouted angrily, and he was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak.
He Rubin said that because Lu Yizhong was present, Gou Chengxuan overturned the original statement that the Kun bandits used Bo Pu as their base camp. This was the tone set by the governor. Now this Lingao native actually openly said that it was less than ten miles away from the county seat.
There is a Bairen Village in that place, and that is the old camp of the Kun thieves.
What this person said is absolutely true, but it is impossible to deny the leadership's judgment - this is true in ancient and modern times.
"This town has long heard about the old camp of Kun Thief, that is, in Bopu. Where did your so-called Bairen stronghold come from?! Could it be that you deceived this town."
"I don't dare, I don't dare," Gou Chengxuan kowtowed repeatedly, but the thoughts in her mind turned quickly. She said it well, why did Lord He suddenly deny the existence of Bairen Village? The scale of Bairen City was guarded in the entire Linlin.
Gao is the best among the Australians in the camp. Even if he doesn't say it, you can still see the detailed work dispatched by the officers and soldiers.
His mind was extremely flexible and he made a decision in an instant: No matter what the reason for Rubin's anger was, he must follow his words. He quickly said:
"Yes, yes, the villain is ignorant. This is what the villain heard and couldn't distinguish nonsense for a while. However, there is indeed a village of hundreds of people and hundreds of thieves guarding it."
He Rubin glanced sideways at Lu Yizhong and saw that he just nodded. Knowing that Gou Chengxuan's words were quite appropriate, he softened his tone and said, "Keep talking!"
"Yes, yes." Gou Chengxuan kowtowed, and then told the location and fortification conditions of several camps. He had not personally peeked into the Nanbao and Gaoshanling camps - Nanbao heard that they were mining quarrying, so he
He was afraid that he would be arrested if he went there rashly. As for Gaoshanling, although it was on the former site of Goujiazhuang, he heard that the place was very tightly fortified and unrelated natives were completely prohibited from going there. So he did not dare to peep.
However, he figured out from He Rubin's attitude just now that the army did not want the Kun thieves to have many camps, so he immediately described Nanbao, Gaoshanling and other places as small villages, with hundreds of fake Kuns stationed at each place.
But he didn't dare to say that again about Ma Niao, because when he left Lingao, he passed by Ma Niao and saw with his own eyes that regiment cities and fortresses had been built there, and a large number of troops had been assembled. If the government and the army were to rise up,
With a contemptuous heart, if Ma Niao suffers a defeat, his own head will be lost.
Fortunately, after he saw the opportunity and admitted that Bo Pu was the old camp of the Kun thieves, He Rubin showed no signs of getting angry again. He finally had the courage to finish his sentence.
Lu Yizhong suddenly asked: "You said the leader of the bandits is called..."
"Reporting to your lord, one is called Ma Qianzhu and the other is Wen Desi."
"Have you ever met these two people?"
"I've only seen this villain from a distance." Gou Chengxuan told the truth. He didn't dare to get too close to the group, let alone the big boss among them.
"What positions do these two people have in their country? Do they have titles? Why don't they avoid the danger of thousands of miles of waves and lead the Kun thieves to attack our country in the Ming Dynasty?" Lu Yizhong is more concerned about the origin of the Kun thieves than He Rubin, "It is said that they call themselves Huaxia
Miao Yi, is this possible?"
Gou Chengxuan said: "Reporting to your lord, the Kun thieves indeed claim to be descendants of Chinese Miao. They can read Chinese characters, but they only write in common style. According to their claim, they are from the Song Dynasty. After their ancestor Yashan was defeated, he led his tribe of ships all the way to
After going through hardships and dangers in the south, we encountered a large island called Australia. Seeing its rich soil and water, we established a country in Australia and named it 'Australia'."
This rumor had spread to Guangdong a long time ago, but it was not given in such detail. Lu Yizhong became very interested.
"That means Song is the country's name, and the country's leader is a descendant of the Song Emperor?"
"I don't know." Gou Chengxuan only heard this from hearsay.
A staff member nearby said: "If you are a descendant of the Song Dynasty, how can you have a long hair and short clothes? Isn't it like transforming the barbarians into Xia?"
"If you live in barbarians, you will go to barbarians; if you live in China, you will go to China." Lu Yizhong shook his head and said, "It is inevitable to live in barbarian lands overseas for a long time."
"In the student's opinion, this group of thieves just used the name of the Song Dynasty."