Chapter 39: Cai Jiuyi
Wang Xinyu took the pro-army team and escorted the captives into Yunxiao City, and learned that the warehouse was saved, and the first hero to keep the warehouse was actually an old monk!
"Let's go, let's meet the monk!" Wang Xinyu led people straight to the county office.
Walking into the county office, the body of the Qing court magistrate had been cleared, and there were still a few pools of blood on the ground. The hall of the county government was brightly lit, and Chen Python swaggered in the position of the original county master, and a monk wearing a red robe and holding a Zen staff sat beside him.
Wang Xinyu stepped forward, and Chen Python and the senior monk stood up to greet him.
"The master is dedicated to serving the country and keeping the warehouse, which is really admirable!" Wang Xinyu arched his hand to the senior monk and said, "I don't know the honorific title of the master's law? ”
"Amitabha! The poor monk's name is Zhishan, formerly known as Cai Jiuyi, who was a thousand presidents in the border town of Jizhou, Daming. It's hateful that Tartar enters the customs, and the country is ruined! The Tartar gave another order to shave his hair, how can we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, bear to see the mantle of my Han family destroyed? So he became a monk and defected to Shaolin. Although the poor monk is in the Buddhist gate, he does not dare to forget my Ming! Taught many disciples, and the poor monks taught them not to forget their homeland, and never forget the hatred of this dead country every day! I hope that Wang Shi will restore my Ming Dynasty as soon as possible! Cai Jiuyi said.
"Master Cai!" Wang Xinyu was taken aback, and was speechless for a while. In his previous life, he liked martial arts books and martial arts movies, this Cai Jiuyi, but he was the master of Hong Xiguan and others! How many master apprentices do he still have! What Feng Xifan or something, it is estimated that even Hong Xiguan can't beat him alone, let alone this master-level figure!
"Master, this is the Mazu disciple that Ben will tell you!" Seeing that there were no outsiders, Chen Python actually introduced Wang Xinyu to Cai Jiuyi like this!
"Mazu disciple?" Cai Jiuyi was stunned.
Chen Python simply said what Wang Xinyu had said to him before, and after Cai Jiuyi heard it, she was so surprised that her mouth opened so wide that she couldn't close it for a long time. After a long time, he said: "It seems that God really bless me with my great knowledge!" Even Mazu Niangniang has appeared! You are the elite of the sailors, and it is understandable to get the help of Mazu Niangniang! ”
"Master!" Wang Xinyu suddenly clenched his fists with both hands and reached the ground, "I have heard of it in my later life, and I heard that the master's martial arts are strong!" I hope that the master can help the late students and restore my Ming dynasty as soon as possible! ”
"Amitabha, please say, how can you help you?"
"Help me train an elite team that doesn't take it all night!"
"Don't take it at night?" Cai Jiuyi twisted her white beard, her eyes showed a bright look, "I haven't heard this name for a long time!" Back then, I didn't collect the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and now I don't know where I am! The armies of the king of Yanping and the king of Jin are different from my army of Liaodong, although there are tanma, but there is no title of not accepting at night. If the general wants to build a night and not collect, the poor monk is willing to help the general! It's just that the old man wants to go to the Shaolin Temple in Putian to find my big disciple. The old man is old, I'm afraid he can't do it, my disciple can help the general! ”
"Thank you, Master!" Wang Xinyu thanked him again and again. He knew that Cai Jiuyi's eldest disciple, Hong Xiguan, was also very good at martial arts. If you can train an elite special forces, and at the same time cultivate an elite special agent force, then you can be invincible in the future.
Chen Python smiled and said: "If we can get the help of the master disciples, our army will be like a tiger!" ”
"Master!" Wang Xinyu also said, "I know that there are many patriots who are committed to opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, although they are good at martial arts, but they are not opponents when they go head-to-head with the regular army. In his later years, he thought that those heroes in the rivers and lakes should not rashly raise the flag, but should lurk and form our intelligence network to provide information to our royal division. ”
"Intelligence Network?" Cai Jiuyi and Chen Python were stunned.
"That's right! In fact, it is a spy, which is also equivalent to an organization such as a factory guard back then. It is to collect intelligence specifically for our army and infiltrate the enemy camp. If the master is willing to help with this, the late students are willing to fund the establishment of such an organization. ”
"I see! It's all easy to do! Although the old man is old, he has a lot of acquaintances with people in the rivers and lakes and can help the general with this. Cai Jiuyi smiled and nodded.
Wang Xinyu seemed to suddenly remember something: "Master, there is still something to ask for in your later life!" ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it!"
"Master Wang helped the late student find an old friend, it seems that his name is Wang Shiyuan, he should be in the Jiangnan area, and he seems to have become a son-in-law. If you find this person, don't startle the snake, just tell the address of this person to Wansheng, and Wansheng will take someone to invite him. "Actually, this Wang Shiyuan, his real name is Zhu Cihuan! Wang Xinyu felt that he was powerless to save Yongli, if Yongli was in trouble, then Daming would lose his backbone. When Zheng Chenggong died, Zheng Jing covered the sky with one hand. If you want to confront Zheng Jing's court, it is the best way to find Zhu Cihuan. If he can master Zhu Cihuan, then he will master the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, and no matter who Zheng Jing or anyone he is, he will not dare to have any opinions.
In real history, after Yongli's death, although the Zheng family took in a bunch of Ming Dynasty royal families, they did not set up another emperor. In the end, it was Feng Xifan who covered the sky with one hand, killed Zheng Jing, and surrendered to the Qing court.
Why didn't Chen Peng's people poison Feng Xifan that day? This Feng Xifan's life is really big! Wang Xinyu felt a little unhappy in his heart. But after thinking about it, this Feng Xifan is not dead, maybe it's a good thing, if his strength is strong enough, this kind of person who sees the wind and steers may be used for himself.
Cai Jiuyi smiled: "Looking for someone? That's no problem, as long as the person the general said does exist, the old man will definitely be able to find it! ”
"Master! This matter must be kept secret! Don't let anyone know! Wang Xinyu explained again and again.
"Don't worry, general, the old man still knows this! Since it is an old friend of the general, the Qing court must hate it to the core! Cai Jiuyi nodded.
Conquered the clouds, the Ming army won a great victory, annihilating nearly 1,000 armored soldiers in the green battalion of the Qing army, more than 3,000 auxiliary soldiers and 8,000 people, and a total of more than 12,000 enemies were annihilated, including 600 captured soldiers, more than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers, and more than 6,000 people. I sent someone to order the warehouse, and found that there were nearly 10,000 stone of rice, 5,000 quintals of flour, 1,000 quintals of sulfur, 1,000 quintals of saltpeter, 10,000 catties of pig iron, more than 500 catties of wrought iron, more than 30,000 horses of cloth, 50,000 taels of silver, and more than 3,000 taels of gold. In this battle, Wang Xinyu and Chen Python can be said to have made a fortune.
And the three thousand taels of silver that Wang Xinyu received from Xu Shichang, as well as one hundred taels of gold, jewelry and jade, etc., were all accepted by Wang Xinyu himself, and there was no need to report them.
Early the next morning, the captured Qing soldiers and Minzhuang, as well as a large number of captured materials, were sent to the small boat sailing into the Zhangjiang River, and then sent to Tongshan for temporary storage.
The city of the sky was breached, in addition to obtaining a large amount of supplies, it also opened up the passage of the seaside forbidden area into the inland. Just when Wang Xinyu commanded the sailors to transport away the spoils of war and prisoners, Chen Python led a large army to harvest on a large scale in the surrounding villages and towns, and snatched a large amount of rice that had just rived. Conquered some small earthen cities in the surrounding area, and also obtained live pigs, cattle, goats, chickens and ducks, vegetables and other items from the gentry in the town. In view of the fact that those gentry had already taken refuge in the Qing court, Chen Python had no sense of guilt at all and no pressure at all when he robbed. Within two days, Chen Python's army swept through the surrounding villages and towns within dozens of miles, successively broke through more than a dozen Zhuangzi and Tucheng, and captured countless people.
Just when Chen Python sent troops to harvest grain everywhere and attacked Zhuangzi and Tucheng, who had taken refuge in the Qing gentry, Wang Xinyu was mobilizing the people of Yunxiao to go to Xiamen.
Most of the Chinese have a family complex, and except for a few, most of them are unwilling to give up their homeland and go to other places. In this regard, Wang Xinyu simply asked the soldiers to use knives to force those who refused to leave to get on the boat and forcibly send them away.
When Chen Python came back, he found that Yunxiao City was almost an empty city, and almost all the people in the city were sent away by Wang Xinyu.
Wang Xinyu saw that although Chen Python returned with a full load, he didn't bring back a few people, so he asked, "Why didn't Brother Chen bring more people back?" Look at me, almost all the people in the clouds have been moved! ”
"Will they come with us? Brother, I can't help it, I went to a few villages and towns, although there are a lot of people who are willing to give us food, but there are too few people who are willing to go with us! I don't know what you can do to get them to come with us, brother? Chen Python asked.
Wang Xinyu smiled: "The solution is very simple! Take a knife to their necks, and those who refuse to go will follow! ”
"This! This! Isn't this a forcible raid on the population? The prince of Yanping just asked us to collect grain, and as for the people, they will do it of their own will! If you refuse to go, don't force it. How can a brother do this to the people? Chen Python was very surprised.
Wang Xinyu asked rhetorically: "Does the eldest brother know about King Jin?" ”
"Know! The king of Jin fought bravely, and he defeated the king twice, which made the Tartars suffer heavy losses! ”
"But why did the King of Jin attack Guangdong, but when he arrived in Xinhui, he had to withdraw his troops and return in vain?"
"This, it is the Tartars who forced the people of Xinhui to carry bricks and stones to block the city, and also put women, children, the old and weak under the city as shields! The city is eating human flesh! The king of Jin was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to attack the city, so he had no choice but to return in vain. Chen Python replied.
"Yes!" Wang Xinyu said indignantly, "It is the King of Jin who is kind-hearted and treats shameless people with a benevolent heart, and this is the defeat of Xinhui!" Although my brother and I admire King Jin very much, but from the point of view of Ci Bu being in charge of the army, King Yanping has done much better than King Jin! The Tartars held on to the city of Zhangzhou, and the king of Yanping did not hesitate to flood Zhangzhou! I don't care if the people shave their hair or not, as long as the hearts of the people are toward us, they are our people! If people's hearts turn to the Tartars, what is the difference between them and the Tartars? The so-called loyal martyrs of Xinhui were all forced by those people's hearts towards the Tartars' own family! Are they willing to die? Willing to be eaten? Whoever stubbornly resists us is the enemy! There's nothing soft to do! ”
"But the people were also forced by the Tartars!" Chen Python let out a long sigh.
"No, the Tartars are not only persecuted by force, but more importantly spiritually enslaved our people! This made the people of Xinhui become ignorant and ignorant, and they actually regarded the Tartars as their own people and resisted my Ming Wangshi! Wang Xinyu said angrily, "What we lack most now is population!" Brother, I want to recruit enough soldiers, but I find that this is simply impossible! We have so many people on Xiamen Island, if we don't pull more people back, what will we do to recruit soldiers? ”
"But there are too many people, can we afford them?" Chen Python asked worriedly.
Wang Xinyu is full of confidence: "I can afford it!" There's no need for big brother to worry about these! The grain we snatched this time is enough for these people to eat for half a year. Wait until a few months, brother, I have my own arrangements! None of these people need to worry! ”
Chen Python was persuaded by Wang Xinyu, and when he led the troops out to harvest the summer grain the next day, he not only harvested the grain, but also copied the homes of the gentry who resisted stubbornly and longed for the Qing court, and also took the sheep and brought back a lot of people, all of which were handed over to Wang Xinyu and loaded on the ship.
Yunxiao City was broken, and the news penetrated to Zhangzhou, at this time Li Shutai was very embarrassed: Should he take troops to Yunxiao? If you don't bring troops to Yunxiao, let the Haikou plunder in Yunxiao and other places, I am afraid that Yunxiao, Zhao'an, Zhangpu, Pinghe, and even Nanjing and other places will be disrupted. If you go to Yunxiao and Zheng Chenggong goes up the river to attack Zhangzhou, what should you do? If you mobilize Quanzhou soldiers and horses to come to Zhangzhou, you have to mobilize Putian soldiers and horses to Quanzhou, and you have to mobilize Fuzhou soldiers and horses to Putian.
In the end, in desperation, Li Shutai had no choice but to send a fast horse to expedite it, bypass the clouds, and go to Guangdong to ask Wu Liuqi and Shang Kexi for help.