Chapter 619: The Mass Grave (Part I)
In this way, almost a month passed unconsciously, and I felt that these girls were brainwashed by themselves, uh, phew, it was almost educational, Wu Xing announced: The exams announced at the beginning of the school year begin, and each will go back to their respective villages, and the time limit will be ten days, and the information of the largest official gentry in the village will be reported back. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info must have physical evidence, and as for the money and property needed, they will all ask He Fengshan for it. At the same time, he ordered He Fengshan that all the watch teams under the control of the Qin Law Academy should be put on alert, and at the same time sent combat documents to the Ninth Garrison Brigade stationed in Linyi, informing them in the name of the Yimeng Town Guard that they were ready for battle and ready to go out at any time.
A few old people who joined the Qin Law School during the Dragon and Tiger Camp couldn't help but rub their hands, "As long as a few ringing kilns are smashed, and the knives, guns, equipment, food, horses, gold, silver, and cloth are all available, not to mention, the people of the four towns and eight towns will be mobilized in the future!" ”
Ten days later, the soldiers and horses were assembled and mobilized, and the students sent to various villages and towns also came back one after another to report.
Wu Xing thought to himself, uncle, with this evidence in hand, he can smash the kiln happily. Then, we can smoothly send cadres down to solve the problem of money and grain in the territory. Then, Wu Xing's heart appeared with the names of Li Shouhan and Li Huayu, and he gritted his teeth in his heart and said: Then, it is how to drive your father and son with wolf ambitions out of the Central Plains.
But Wu Xing didn't have long to be proud, but he suddenly discovered one thing, that is, Song Qiaomei, the squad leader who usually performed well, did not come back. It is said that this girl is usually excellent at everything, she is literate quickly, she works quickly, and she also has a set of naughty students. Could something have happened ... Wu Xing thought of this, and hurriedly said to He Fengshan: "He Fengshan, take someone to Songjiazhuang to see why Song Qiaomei hasn't come back yet?" ”
Two days later, He Fengshan came back with Song Qiaomei, but the image was unusual. Both of them lost their shoes, scratched their clothes, and their heads were not combed or washed, and they felt similar to refugees fleeing the famine. And as soon as he saw Wu Xing, He Fengshan shouted: "Sir, it's terrible, Song Qinhua of Songjiazhuang led the local squires to rebel!" ”
Wu Xing was also shocked when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked about the situation. He Fengshan and Song Qiaomei didn't care about tidying up, so they began to tell what happened unkemptly. It turned out that Song Qinhua was the largest local squire in Songjiazhuang, the word Hu Xing, the name was famous, he made friends with the government on weekdays, and had close contacts with the gentry everywhere, taking over the lawsuits and controlling government affairs. has gained a powerful and powerful force, and it responds to every call. The flat land under the local mountain is almost all their family's property. If you look at it from the genealogy of the ancestral hall, Song Qiaomei is still his elder, and this old man Song has to call Song Qiaomei an aunt. It's just that the interests of the clan are difficult to rival. At that time, Song Qiaomei's father asked him to borrow debts, and begged for less interest for the sake of his relatives, but he was sternly refused. So he planned to mortgage to the landlord of the neighboring village who wanted less interest, but was forcibly blocked by Master Song on the grounds that the Song family's land could not be mortgaged to people with foreign surnames. In the end, nine out of thirteen to one, the profit can not be less. Because he was unable to repay the interest, he finally gave Song Qinhua the only three acres of flat land he had.
With such a nephew and grandson, Song Qiaomei's situation after returning home can be imagined.
However, she returned to the village with high morale, and just sat down at home, and before she could find a breakthrough in work, the words of Master Song spread in the village.
"The eldest girl of the Song Lao Qi family does not abide by the women's way, and she runs around outside, smearing the face of our Song family, she had better hide honestly at home. Don't let Ben see her! When I saw her or heard that she was talking nonsense in the village, I opened the ancestral hall, and in front of the old and young masters of the whole clan, I implemented the clan rules and soaked her pig cage! Sink her in the pond! ”
Song Qiaomei was so frightened by these words that she was so frightened that she was just a girl anyway, so she had to live at home honestly. It wasn't until He Fengshan sent someone from Yishui County to the village to pick her up that she escaped from Songjiazhuang with the people sent by He Fengshan. She later learned that as soon as they left, her father Song Laoqi was beaten to death by Song Qinhua on the grounds that he connived at his daughter to go out and show her face, which was immoral and insulted the Song family.
Then Song Qinhua contacted more than a dozen gentry landlords around him, raised his flag to rebel, and captured Yishui County. claimed to clean up the door for Governor Li, kill the corrupt official Wu Xing, and abolish the harsh law. When Song Qiaomei and He Fengshan fled to Linyi, he had already used Yishui County as a base, contacted various armed forces around him, and organized a force of more than 20,000 people.
For a time, on this piece of land that straddles Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion, black clouds are rolling, and rebel ants from all walks of life are swarming. The spearhead went straight to Wu Xinghe and the Ninth Garrison Brigade in Linyi City.
Lu Mahong, who was in Jinan, after receiving the military intelligence report from Wu Xing, asked the first thing he asked: "How many rebels are there at the moment?" How long can Lord Wu support on the ground in Linyi? ”
"Mrs. Yu, at present, there are many rebels from all walks of life in Qingzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion. There are about fifty or sixty shares with a scale of more than 1,000 people, and roughly calculated, it should be around 100,000. Although there are a large number of people, but the equipment and combat effectiveness are poor, what Lord Wu means, is how long does Madame need him to hold on? ”
"Lord Wu meant, he plans to use Linyi City as bait to attract the rebels who were originally entrenched in the polders everywhere to Linyi City and fight with them in the field. Fight for Lunan in a war! ”
"Good!" Lu Mahong didn't say much, and ordered someone to draft a document, and stamped the governor's seal on the document.
"As long as Mr. Wu sticks to Linyi for half a month and attracts all kinds of rebels to Linyi City, I can complete the deployment of troops and horses from all walks of life, and surround and annihilate them! In order to facilitate the unification of powers, this is a military order in the name of the Governor-General, and all the people from Qingzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion are transferred by Mr. Wu. Soldiers, horses, money, food, and equipment are all in charge, sir! ”
The messenger rushed back with Lu Mahong's letter of authorization to Wu Xing before the formation of the encirclement of Linyi City by the rebels, and handed over this crucial document to the military and political officials of Qingzhou and Yanzhou, so as to clarify the command of the counterinsurgency.
"Mrs. Deer must have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!" After listening to Lu Ma Hong's words relayed by the messenger, Wu Xing couldn't help but applaud.
What is the relationship between the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the current peaceful war? Wu Xing's words made He Fengshan, Song Qiaomei and others very puzzled. Afterwards, several people found a popular romance of the Three Kingdoms to read, but only saw the description in the book "Xu Chu Naked Fighting Horse Chao Cao Cao Wiping Book Han Sui": "All the generals asked: "The first thief is based on Tongguan, Weibei Road is lacking, the prime minister does not attack Feng Yi from the east of the river, but defends Tongguan, delays for a long time, and then crosses to the north, sets up camp and defends, why not?" Cao said: "The first thief guards the Tong Pass, if I first arrive, I will take the east of the river, and the thief will guard the ferries with each village, then the west of the river can not be crossed." Therefore, the Sheng soldiers all gathered in front of Tongguan, so that the thieves could defend the south, and Hexi was not prepared. Therefore, Xu Huang and Zhu Ling have to cross. I then led the troops to the north, and even the car tree fence was used as a road, and the ice city was built, so that the thief knew that I was weak, and he was proud of his heart, so that he was not prepared. I am skillful in using the power of the beast soldiers, once it is broken. As the saying goes, 'thunder can't cover your ears'. The change of soldiers is not the same. The generals asked again: "Every time the prime minister hears that the thief adds troops to the crowd, he will be happy, why not?" Cao said: "Guanzhong is far away, if the thieves rely on the dangers, they will not be able to calm down for one or two years; Now they all come to gather together, although there are many people, people's hearts are different, it is easy to separate, and it can be destroyed in one fell swoop, so I am happy. The generals bowed and said: "The prime minister is a god, and everyone can't do it!" Cao said: "It also depends on the power of your civil and military forces." Then he rewarded the armies. Stay in Xiahou Yuantun to Chang'an. The troops obtained were distributed to the various departments. ”
An earth-shattering decisive battle is over, "Sui, Chao and others went to Liangzhou, Yang Qiuben was stable, and Guan Zhongping was peaceful." In this decisive battle, the armed forces of the generals in Guanzhong were basically lost, which ended the situation of the warlords in Guanzhong, and the counties in Guanzhong entered the direct control of the imperial court. By the way, Ma Teng was implicated in Ma Chao's rebellion, and after Cao Cao returned to the capital, his family was killed; Ma Chao became infamous because he trapped his father to death.
After this battle, Cao Cao had the status of praising and worshipping the unknown, entering the court, and walking on the throne, such as the story of Xiao He of the Han Dynasty. Since then, it has been a shock.
"I really don't understand, Mr. said that Mrs. Lu must have seen the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but what does this matter have to do with our current war?" He Fengshan and the others were still a little confused.
Lu Mahong may not have really read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but this set of tactics is a set of effective tactics that she and Li Huayu explored in Taiwan to deal with those natives who did not obey the king. I am not afraid that you will gather together to conquer the city, but I am worried that you will scatter into various villages and resist stubbornly and hold on to the danger. In that case, the time, troops, energy, manpower, material and financial resources consumed will be much greater.
In other words, such tactics were used to suppress bandits and quell rebellions and deal with the main forces of the rebels in the southwest, in central and southern China, and in Wusizang and other places after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The main force of the rebels was gathered in a way, and then the main force of the rebels was eliminated by throwing troops into force, and then the remnants of the rebels were recovered by small detachments, and with the help of a whole set of means, such as the building of local grassroots political power, mass mobilization, and land reform, the bandit problem that had not been cured for hundreds of years was wiped out.
Due to the limitations of their own status, He Fengshan can only ignorantly follow Wu Xing's deployment to handle the matter of defending the city and preparing to go out of the city to counterattack. But a few old people kept cheering them up: "Boys, do a good job." After this battle, our Qingzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion will be completely peaceful! When the time comes, the money and grain system, your messengers, the grange, and the varieties of crops in the field, these things will be solved in one go! "These old men can't say anything big, but with their experience of following Luo Hu Wang Long to fight in various parts of Shandong since the Dragon and Tiger Camp period, they are very keenly judged that this battle will determine the political trend of these two provinces, and even change the agricultural varieties here!
The wind tightened day by day, and small groups of rebels began to appear around Linyi City, peeking into the city, inspecting the city's defenses from a distance, and scouting the troops in the city. With the appearance of these small groups of rangers, gradually, thousands of brigades of men and horses gradually appeared outside the city.
On several official roads leading from Linyi to Feixian, Lancheng, Mengyin and other places, there is an endless stream of people walking in messy clothes, different flags, and weapons are all kinds of large teams.
Under a big flag, Song Qinhua and Song Huxing, riding on a red horse with great ambition, were surrounded by dozens of bodyguards wearing armor and holding knives and guns, but they were also majestic.
He wore a cloak made of brocade on his back, a warm hat on his head, and a sword hanging from his waist. Master Song, who is known as Hu Xing, is also a Confucian general, but it's a pity that his hair is shiny with shavings oil, and he can slip flies, and his body and face are even more fragrant, which is because he rubbed the incense powder.
The stirrups are much larger than the ones used by ordinary people, almost a little below the saddle. This is because this old man Song was born out of phase, with a long upper body, but extremely short legs. Therefore, such a look and appearance, although he made a solemn face on the horse, and the people around him tried their best to cheer him on, but he always gave people the feeling of being a monkey and crowned with virtue.
Amidst the noise and shouting and scolding, Song Huxing and his companions brought tens of thousands of rebel forces to the city of Linyi, ready to begin the final attack on the city.
"After laying Linyi, let's write to Mrs. Li in Jinan Mansion to talk about our grievances. Tell Mrs. Li that we are not against her and Master Li, let alone against Grandpa Guo. We were forced by Wu Xing's gang to have no choice! ”
In the Guandi Temple, which was used as a temporary headquarters outside the city, Song Huxing was very formal and told his subordinates about his plans. For this kind of play, these gentlemen also nodded yes. If it weren't for Li Huayu's main force confronting Azige, Cao Zhenyan and others in Henan, the two sides repeatedly fought around Chemadian and other villages and towns, and restrained a large number of Shandong soldiers and horses, I am afraid that there will be ten more dares, Wu Xing will sleep with the wives, daughters, aunts and wives of these official gentry, and these people will not dare to get up and make trouble under the banner of resisting Wu Xing's tyranny!
"It's finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time"
Putting down the monocular in his hand, Wu Xing took a deep breath and sneered in his heart. The swarming rebels seem to be huge, but most of them are a rabble coerced by the landlords and patriarchs, and in their hearts they just want to take advantage of the chaos to go to the city to grab some rags that the old men don't look down on, what iron pots, clothes, etc., to go home and use. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is very sorry, Wu Xing believes that relying on the thousands of watchmen controlled by the Qin Law Academy, the strength of the Ninth Garrison Brigade can not only hold the city, but also defeat the enemy.
"This credit is still not the work of the young lady!"
Wu Xing knew very well that the war in Linyi was related to whether he and the Qin legal system could gain a foothold in Lunan.
Wu Xing took Kuang Haishan, He Fengshan, and others, commanders of the Ninth Garrison Brigade, to inspect the city pass and inspect the preparations for war. The city was ready for battle, and the walls were full of three groups of soldiers. Judging from the color of the armor and uniforms, there are soldiers of the watch team and soldiers of the Ninth Brigade.
Although the armor on the soldiers of the watch team was not as good as that of the soldiers of the garrison brigade, the weapons that Wu Xing had painstakingly collected were no worse than those of the garrison brigade. The same fine swords and firearms made in Nanzhong, and in the grass hut more than ten steps away from the battlements of the city wall, there are large barrels of gunpowder.
In the cold wind, the soldiers of the watchmen and the garrison brigade stood firmly on the walls of the city that they were responsible for guarding in their respective sections, and let the rebels outside the city shout and curse. The soldiers of the garrison brigade and the watch team guarding the city were silent, and although their eyes showed excitement, they still stood solemnly in the cold wind and straightened their bodies.
The next day, the sun had just risen above the horizon, and the heavens and the earth were filled with people.
A shrill whistle sounded over the city, and people ran to and fro on the walls to get into their places.
In the midst of the hustle and bustle, the ranks of the rebels entered the sight of Wu Xing and others.
The so-called soldiers are more than 10,000, boundless. Looking from the top of the city, the chaotic ranks of these rebels are also extraordinary, and the men and horses seem to be able to spread from the bottom of the city to the end of the world. People shouted and horses neighed, and I didn't know how many people were in the middle of it. Look at the dense layers of various colored bandanas, messy and colorful in the midwinter sun.
In the clairvoyant mirror, a large banner with the word "Song" fluttered in the cold wind. Under the banner, it was Song Huxing and others who stood on horseback. Like Wu Xing and the others at the head of the city, Song Huxing also held a monocular in his hand to observe the movement in the direction of the city.
It's late November, and it's extremely cold. Bursts of biting cold wind came in front of you, blowing the flag legs rattling. However, the situation of the two groups of people above and below the city is very different.
Wu Xing, Kuang Haishan, He Fengshan and others at the head of the city are all people who have been in the field for a long time, and they have already worked out a good pair of bones. For this kind of weather, they are still calm.
Song Huxing and others under the city were a different scene.
How can they, who are pampered on weekdays, withstand such cold weather? If there was such cold weather on weekdays, it would have been the service of the Fox Qiu Warm Pavilion for a long time, when had you ever come down to this city wall in this weather? A few gusts of cold wind blew, and a few of the leaders were already too cold to stand it!
Song Huxing is better, as the leader of the public promotion, he has to work hard to lead by example. But the other leaders shrunk their necks one by one, their hands were as close as possible into their sleeves, the tips of their noses were red from the cold wind, and their mouths were full of thick white gas. Can't stop yelling at your own minions, hurry up and get the hand stove!
Song Huxing gritted his teeth, "Push our cannon under the city wall, fire, boom!" Foot teams are ready to climb the city! ”
He received a secret report yesterday that Lu Mahong's reinforcements were already on the way, and they would definitely arrive in Linyi within three or five days. If Wu Xing and the others are not solved within this time, the consequences will be serious!