Chapter 538
It's so relieving!
The second battalion was full of morale, beating horses and galloping more than ten miles to a nameless lake, drinking horses and resting horses, seeing that there was a village next to it, there were still a few farmers, so they asked for directions, and learned that the name of the village was Dongyao Village, and said that they could enter the country by walking 20 miles away along the South Canal.
After a short rest, the second battalion pulled out the camp and went south, and more than ten miles to the intersection of the three rivers, saw a large river south flow and knew that it was the South Canal, and saw that it was noon, so he ordered to rest and eat on the spot, and the front of the Malay newspaper: Twenty miles ahead, there was a Ming army stationed on the riverside, which was Liu Zeqing's men and horses.
Chang Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked where Gao Jie and Huang Degong were?
The spies reported that on the bank of the Qingliang River, nearly 100 miles west of Dezhou, the two camps were separated by more than ten miles from north to south.
The Qingliang River basin is wide, and the source Chang Yu does not know, but he knows that it flows through the west of Fucheng City, and he knew that it would be much easier to go south along the river in Fucheng at that time, and he may have been in Huang Degong's camp at this time, because the first thing he wanted to find on this trip was Huang Degong.
The march and camp without water is not good, the three people and horses all choose water to live, Liu Zeqing is the closest in Jinan, but he has just arrived in Texas in January, so he simply camped and did not move forward.
Huang Degong and Gao Jie went north from Yongcheng and Xuzhou in Henan at the same time, and arrived in Dezhou with their front and back feet to camp in Qingliangjiang.
These three people in the late Ming Dynasty are no tiger monkey in the mountains to dominate the Ming army generals, in the imperial court when employing people, but the army is self-respecting, according to the soldiers, in history Chongzhen Emperor repeatedly urged him to enter the king of Beijing Qin and could not, and even in one breath to the earl, then ......
By the time of the Southern Ming Dynasty, several people were even worse, each of them had troops in one place and did not listen to the order, and there was constant friction between them......
To put it simply, there is no good stubble in this family, Gao Jie is rough and unwise, Huang Degong is loyal and brave and unscrupulous, as for Liu Zeqing, he is a subordinate person, his character is ruthless and cruel, and he will be repaid and he is a wall grass, and he is a person who Chang Yu must kill.
Among the three, Chang Yu is the most important Huang Degong, although he has no strategy, but the most important thing is to be loyal to the imperial court, this time he came to urge the troops to see Huang Degong first to discuss a design to kill Liu Zeqing.
Unexpectedly, Huang Degong is still a hundred miles away, and Liu Zeqing is in front of him.
Chang Yu's heart to kill Liu Zeqing is very heavy, but at this time he has to weigh it carefully, although he can enter Liu Zeqing's military camp to kill a killer, but he is only afraid that his army will be in turmoil and unable to suppress it, and the consequences will be very serious, not to mention that it is a critical moment for Li Zicheng to use troops.
Let him live a little longer, and go and meet this capricious villain first.
I made up my mind in my heart, and when the people and horses were rested, they pulled out the camp and went south, at this time Chang Yu's face was already angry, why?
He visited the location of Liu Zeqing's camp, which had already been explored, and he should have known him through the news, after all, he was the dignified commander of Dongchang, even if Liu Zeqing did not come to greet him in person, he should have sent someone over, but there was no one in the past half an hour.
This guy is really arrogant and domineering, no wonder he even turned a blind eye to the emperor's edict of King Qin, no wonder Shi Kefa repeatedly ordered him to go north quickly, and now the commander of Dongchang is extremely rude.
"This fang is very rude, if you don't enter the camp, you will kill it" Li Tiezhu and other henchmen were angry.
Although Chang Yu was angry in his heart, his face was light, and he motioned to the camera under his command to move, not to be reckless.
After walking five miles, I saw a group of men and horses rushing to about 100 people in a blink of an eye, and the first general dismounted and saluted: "Cheng Yuntao came to greet the overseer by the order of General Liu!" ”
Hu Ling was just about to scold him angrily, but Chang Yu waved his hand to stop him, and said lightly: "Lead the way ahead!" ”
After walking a few miles and encountering a village, Chang Yu frowned when he heard the crying and shouting, and Cheng Yuntao, who led the way, was slightly embarrassed: "Overseer, brothers have been ...... recently."
Chang Yu ignored him and gave Wu Zhong a look, and then Wu Zhong led more than ten people into the village, and after a burst of shouting and scolding, he escorted six or seven people to the horse, but they looked like officers and soldiers, and they didn't need to ask if they were plundering.
Officers and soldiers looting is not uncommon, but such as Liu Zeqing's people and horses go where to plunder which and thieves style is rare, in history Chongzhen Emperor let him Qinwang, he said that he broke his foot, the court also gave forty taels of silver to appease him to go to Baoding to suppress bandits, but in Linqing robbed wantonly, so that the common people mistook it for the thief army, and later Beijing was broken, he led his troops to the south is all the way, all the way to rob, all the way to burn, all the way to kill.
And now he is camping on the bank of the South Canal in the north of Dezhou City, and he is also robbing and implementing the three-light policy, but unfortunately, this group of people met Chang Yu passing by.
"This governor has something to understand" Chang Yu ignored the few officers and soldiers kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, but swept his gaze to Cheng Yuntao.
Cheng Yuntao hurriedly dismounted: "The overseer, please ask, the little words are endless."
"This place is only more than thirty miles away from Jingzhou City, why don't you enter Jingzhou since you plunder?" Chang Yu asked lightly.
Cheng Yuntao was really direct: "There is a thief army stationed in Jingzhou, didn't you meet the overseer when he came?" ”
Chang Yu sighed slightly, and was speechless for a while, no wonder he couldn't see the thieves or the officers and soldiers when he asked for directions in Nadongyao Village, and the people on both sides knew that the other party was close and did not disturb each other, but made it a safe buffer zone.
As it was, Chang Yu slowly dismounted, and when he came to the kneeling six or seven officers and soldiers, he suddenly drew his knife and instantly slashed three people, and the rest of the people were so frightened that they were about to flee, and then they were cut down by Wu Zhongren.
Cheng Yuntao and the others were also shocked, and some people around them couldn't help but pull out their waist knives, but they suddenly heard a loud voice: "Do you want to rebel?" ”
Tu Yuan was as majestic as a killing god, and the two battalions behind him took the swords out of their sheaths, and the arrows were wound, and the frightened man fell to the ground with a sting, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, don't dare to ......"
"Rebellion? The green bird in the hands of this governor is the emperor's imperial treasure knife, specializing in killing rebels, who wants to rebel? Chang Yu carried the knife to Cheng Yuntao's horse and sneered.
Cheng Yuntao hurriedly dismounted and fell to the ground, shouting that he didn't dare!
"You are an official, but you are no different from a thief, should you kill or not?"
"The overseer spares his life, but he didn't participate in the robbery!" Cheng Yuntao shouted: "Which team doesn't have a few black sheep, a mouse spoils a pot of soup, these miscellaneous pieces should be damned!" ”
"So they did it in private, and not at the behest of others, that they should be so bold?" Chang Yu sneered.
"That's self, we are officers and soldiers, how can we be no different from thieves, General Liu ordered three orders to strictly enforce military discipline and not to harass the people, but there are always some bold and reckless people, should be killed, should be killed......"
"Since this is the case, the governor will no longer pursue it", Chang Yu turned over and rode the second battalion south, Cheng Yuntao did not dare to slack off and hurriedly led the way.
Liu Zeqing's military camp on the riverside can be seen five miles away, the soldiers are grazing horses and drinking water on the riverside, and the military tents and flags stretch for several miles, and the scale is no less than 20,000 people.
When he was observing, he saw a group of men and horses rushing out of the camp, with a huge swing of about 2,000 people, Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, and the main man was here!
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