Chapter 5: Li Yan and the Red Lady
That's right, this is Li Yan, the subordinate general under Li Zicheng.
Li Yan's original name was Li Xin, a native of Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan, and a native of Ding Mao Nian of the Apocalypse. His father, Li Jingbai, was the governor of Shandong, and in the early years of Chongzhen, he was convicted of "befriending close servants, and being secondary, three years in prison, and losing for the people" in the Wei Zhongxian rebellion case. At this point, the Li family began to fall from the top official house, but they were still one of the top squires and wealthy owners in Qi County.
Li Yan can be promoted, and in later generations, he is basically a county-level college entrance examination champion, and his ability to read is naturally powerful. Not only that, Li Yan is both civil and military, but also generous and bold by nature, chivalrous and righteous, and can be described as a well-known young hero.
It's just that such a family was not born in a good era. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, this was an era of drought and locust plague and disaster.
The dilapidated water conservancy facilities and natural disasters have dealt a devastating blow to the agricultural production of Qi County. After three points of natural disasters, there are seven points of man-made disasters. Henan's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have not been reduced, and land annexation has become even more severe. For this reason, it is natural that the hungry people are everywhere and wail all over the wilderness.
Under such a background, the generous and cheerful Li Yan naturally took out his family wealth to help the victims, and even personally went to the county magistrate Chen to explain the benefits and disadvantages, trying to exempt the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. But at the beginning of the Songjin War, the center attaches great importance to local money and grain, and if you want to get rid of money and food, there is a chance that you will lose your black yarn hat. In this way, how could the county order of Qixian County agree, it was naturally categorically refused.
When Li Yan heard this, he was indignant, and offended the county order with an angry reprimand, and had no choice but to help the victims himself. But at this time, the Li family was already in the middle of the road, and it was even more dilapidated. Such a small amount of family wealth is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. Li Yan, who was strong, not only did not stop, but also contacted the gentry from all over the country to try to join forces to help. But Li Yan's move instead set off the indifference and selfishness of the local gentry, which aroused the envy of many people.
At the same time, the Red Lady rebel army who rebelled in Jigong Mountain, Henan Province arrived in Qi County, and after hearing about Li Yan's reputation, they broke Li Yan's Zhuangzi, arrested Li Yan and tried to make Li Yan rebel with him.
Li Yan, who was a good student, naturally didn't do it and ran away. But Li Yan, who ran back to the county seat, was not trusted, and because he had offended people by helping the victims before, he was put in prison in the name of a thief by the grudge county order.
In the end, it was the Red Lady who led the troops to fight, and under the cooperation of the hungry people, she broke Qi County and rescued Li Yan.
After coming out, Li Yan's three views changed greatly and he was determined to rebel. Subsequently, Li Yan met another frustrated bull Venus. Niu Venus is also not having a good life, and plans to rebel and become a minister of the dragon. So the two hit it off and took refuge in Li Zicheng with a person-like aura.
At this point, Li Yan, whose original name was Li Xin, changed his name and called his current name to show his determination.
Now, Li Zicheng has millions of soldiers in Henan, and he has won successive battles, and he has broken through such a big city as Luoyang, and set up officials to keep silver. Li Yan, a little scholar who joined the gang two years ago, is naturally very human, and he also has a soldier and horse based on Qixian people under his hand, and he has become a general under Li Zicheng.
And next to Li Yan was a woman wearing a tight short robe, the woman had a gorgeous appearance and a concave and tight figure, but all the men in the room did not dare to look directly.
This person is also the red lady under the command of the Chuang Army.
Moreover, compared with Li Yan, the red lady is more in awe of the army in Dongming County. The Red Lady is not only a rebellious old-timer, but also has amazing martial arts in her hands.
Among the army, of course, there are some so-called pretentious and romantic embryos. These people can go out and rebel, and their hearts and hands are sharp.
But so far, no one has been able to get close to the red lady's veneer. Even if there were, they were either dead or disabled. If you want to use it together, don't forget that there are elite soldiers and strong generals under the command of the Red Lady, and there is a female army composed of 300 hard-working women around her.
With such hard skills and strength in her hands, the red lady is naturally in awe of everyone.
It's just that this time for Li Yan's arrival, the red lady was a little surprised.
The red lady was sent to the northeast by Li Zi, but she was actually a little disappointed. As a woman, the red lady is the most disdainful of the ** captive, and the soldiers under her command have always been more self-disciplined.
But Li Zicheng's side is different. Except for Li Zicheng, the old battalion soldier next to Li Zicheng, who was more effective, the discipline of the so-called righteous army that followed Li Zicheng was actually lax. It may be rare for these people to plunder, but it is extremely common for them to eat for nothing, and their hands and feet are not clean.
As for the other rebels other than Li Zicheng, because Yuan Shizhong's troops are native to their hometowns, they will not burn them all, kill them all, rob them all, and generally don't want their lives as long as they have money and food. But Luo Rucai is a beautiful concubine, capricious, and naturally does not pay attention to any discipline issues.
For this reason, the red lady especially did not like to act with the coalition army in the big camp, so she found a reason to lead the army to the northeast. At this moment, the rebels have won successive battles, and every time they break the city, there are great benefits, and Kaifeng looks like it has not been beaten. Luo Rucai, Yuan Shi and others thought about this, and naturally they didn't like one more person to get a piece of the pie, so they let the red lady go.
But this time, Li Yan also brought troops to Dongming County, which made the red lady a little confused.
Although there were rumors in the army that the red lady fell in love with Li Yan, she sent troops to rescue Qi County. But in fact, although the Red Lady is brave and able to fight, she has no policy in strategy, and most of the thief generals have a level of strategic view, focusing on where you can fight.
At that time, the red lady had already entered Li Yan's Zhuangzi, and the soldiers pointed directly at the county seat of Qixian County, could it be that they had to bypass Qixian County in order to avoid suspicion?
As for the following, Li Yan took Niu Jinxing together and became a stepping stone with the identity of a lifter, and Li Zicheng was heavy, which made the two even more separated.
The red lady is always independent, and naturally she doesn't have much intersection with Li Yan next to Li Zicheng.
At least now the two have crossed paths a lot. As for what secret feelings have been in history from time to time, in short...... Now the two have just worked together, and nothing else.
Seeing that everyone was complete, Li Yan coughed lightly, nodded towards the red lady, and said, "Everyone, I summoned the big guys here today for the affairs of the Shandong official army." Our task is to prevent the enemy of Shandong from crossing the Dongming Dynasty and rescue the city of Kaifeng. In addition, before the army is launched, I plan to reorganize the army. ”
The red lady bowed slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.
But as soon as Li Yan started, he saw a general with an arhat belly and digging out eye feces snorted coldly, bounced the eye feces away, and then coughed lightly, and the audience was watching.