Five days later, Jinghaiwei's team arrived outside Qixia County.
The journey was by no means easy.
Most of the roads were mountain roads.
Qixia County was surrounded by hilly areas, which was very rugged and difficult to navigate. top novel, Zhao Lie's troops were also struggling.
After all, they were marching on the mountain road fully armed with more than thirty kilograms of iron armor and long spears in their hands.
Of course, the troops who had completed the training persisted.
It can be said that the soldiers from other Qianhu Stations tried their best to get over.
When they arrived in Qixia County, some officers and soldiers even cheered.
It was really not easy.
Then they were not so happy, because they were surprised to find that they were the first batch of guardsmen to arrive.
Even the war barracks in Dengzhou and Laizhou did not arrive.
They were the first among the Denglai army to arrive.
Soldiers.
In Qixia County, Zhang Keda, a close general, had been waiting for a long time and ordered the first arriving army to go to Laiyang immediately.
Now the Wenxiang Sect rebellious people swept around Laiyang, and nearly 10,000 people gathered and rushed to Laiyang County.
There were only a hundred government officials in Laiyang County. , as the county seat in the west of Denglai, there was no garrison at all.
The county magistrate of Laiyang called for troops three times a day, with tens of thousands of troops in urgent need.
Chang Runing cursed in his heart, Damn, I, Jinghaiwei, was the first to arrive after hearing the order just to get this miserable order.
Is it better to march as slowly as possible in the future?
Who will fight bravely in the future?
This Zhang Keda is really a bastard.
Of course, he just cursed in his heart and never dared to speak out.
Now in the battle formation, Zhang Keda usually had to go through the governor and the capital to deal with him.
However, in the current war, Zhang Keda could kill first and then report.
Chang Runing pinched his nose and took the military order, filled with resentment.
Immediately, Chang Runing summoned the generals.
"Zhao Lie.
This expedition belongs to your troops.
I will order your troops to go to Laiyang as the vanguard to investigate the situation of the rebellious people and the enemy.
I will command my troops and will arrive shortly."
Boy, Zhang Keda has made this general uncomfortable.
I It has to make you feel uncomfortable.
Zhao Lie looked at Chang Runing and saw a solemn expression on Chang Runing's face.
Zhao Lie also understood what he was thinking, which was to let him move forward.
If something goes wrong, blame him.
Chang Runing is the commander of the guards.
If Zhao Lie disobeys military orders, he will be punished.
Chang Runing wishes he would disobey military orders.
"I obey my orders."
Zhao Lie knelt down and accepted the order.
The other generals are not looking sideways.
We cannot afford to get involved in your grudges.
Chang Runing secretly cried out that it was a pity that Zhao Lie did not disobey, which also proved that Zhao Lie was not that reckless, could endure, should not be underestimated, and was not a playboy who only relied on his father's generation. at the same time.
It would also be a relief, if Zhao Lie's troops were holding back from the front.
His commander leading the beggar soldiers can also live a little more peacefully.
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Zhao Lie's unit is the only Jinghaiwei that can go into battle and carry it for a while.
The remaining beggar soldiers from each Qianhu station are much better if they stay in battle and lead them.
It's really a life-threatening job for these soldiers to go into battle.
No, seven people died on the march before they even went into battle.
Oh my God, it was just a march.
Zhao Lie came out of his tent and immediately ordered his troops and horses to march along the official road.
He was too lazy to talk to Chang Runing now.
He was just trying to teach the rebels by smelling the incense.
After all, he was not the slave building brigade or the old camp of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the future.
Zhao Lie Lie really didn't take it seriously.
Zhao Lie now just wants to stay as far away from Chang Runing as possible, lest he can't suppress his anger and punch him a few times.
Lin Dongze, the magistrate of Laiyang County, looked out from inside the arrow stack while holding on to the city wall.
He saw rioters everywhere outside the city.
At this time, many refugees outside the city were busy making wooden ladders, and many wooden ladders were in the final stage.
Lin Dongze looked at the swarming church members outside the city and the ladders that most of them had already built.
He felt his heartbeat speed up and his arms shaking uncontrollably.
He was really a useless scholar.
When Lin Dongze was studying poetry and books, he also applauded Ban Dingyuan and others and longed for one day to be able to be famous in foreign lands.
But now, just smelling the fragrance and causing trouble caused him to tremble all over and refuse to listen. handle.
"Although your Excellency is not afraid of riots, you still need to take care of yourself.
Your Excellency is the food and clothing parent of this county.
We still have to rely on you.
It is better to go to the city now."
Zhang Tao, the classic historian, said.
Damn, I, my hands and feet don’t work, I can’t move.
Lin Dongze is feeling aggrieved.
"Your Excellency, please relax.
Your subordinates and Wang Xian Cheng have already prepared the rolling logs and stones, and summoned three thousand people in the city to help defend.
The people outside the city are just a mob, and there is no way to get rid of them."
Zhang Tao advised.
After hearing Zhang Tao's persuasion, Lin Dongze finally calmed down a lot.
With the help of his servants, he went down to the city and back to the government office.
As soon as he arrived at the government office, he heard a loud noise outside the city.
It was very chaotic.
However, due to the large number of people, The public's momentum was still overwhelming, and the mob attacked the city.
During the next meal, the city was shouting for murder.
Lin Dongze closed his eyes and resigned to his fate.
After that, the momentum was suspended.
The first siege of the city by his subordinates who came to report the rebellion was repelled.
Lin Dongze then stood up and returned, sweating profusely.
Inner house.
He had already sweated profusely this day, so he had no choice but to go back to shower and change clothes.
Li Shengming frowned as he watched the followers retreat, and sighed in his heart.
These followers were all a mob, and they were far different from the men of the leader Xu Hongru in the second year of Tianqi.
They were repelled by just a burst of stones from the city.
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It's useless, so what can I do?
Li Shengming and Li Chengnai are the incense leaders in the Fuyuan area of Laiyang.
They have been anonymous here for many years.
After spreading the news several times, they have gathered more than a thousand believers from poor people.
When there was a severe drought in Laiyang last year, the government not only did not provide disaster relief, but instead forced the fields to work.
Taxes and wages were getting higher and higher, which gave Li Shengming, Li Cheng and Fuyuan Xiangtou Xutang a chance.
Since Juyi, the congregation has grown to tens of thousands in the past few months.
Li Shengming knows that if he does not take advantage of this moment to initiate an uprising, many of the congregants will go back and continue to be obedient people next year if the weather is good.
The uprising at this time is unavoidable. .
At the beginning of the uprising, Xu Tang lagged behind.
Laiyang had already gathered a crowd to start an uprising, but Fuyuan was not fully prepared yet, so the two ministries had to launch separate uprisings.
Fortunately, the government was too coercive and many people joined in.
In just twenty days, Laiyang had already Six to seven thousand believers gathered, and Fuyuan also started an uprising under the leadership of Xu Tang.
After gathering 2,000 to 3,000 followers, under the leadership of Li Shengming and Li Cheng, they swept through the surrounding towns of Laiyang County, pacified many large households, and distributed a lot of money and food to the followers.
The momentum was greatly increased, but Li Shengming knew that the Ming army would definitely come.
He came to quell the rebellion, and there was not much time left for him.
Before that, he must capture Laiyang.
The first is to accumulate money and food.
The second is to occupy a strong city.
The third is to continue to build momentum and hope that believers in other parts of Shandong will start an uprising.
Laiyang alone has no hope of success.
His attack on Laiyang this time revealed that his followers were really a bunch of old peasants, a ragtag group that could be defeated with just a few stones.
He turned around and looked at the more than 600 people led by his henchman Mao Ping.
Most of them were wearing leather and cotton armor and holding spears and swords.
This was his support.
Many of them are old believers who revolted during the Tianqi years.
Some of them were soldiers recruited with a lot of money.
Most of them had kung fu skills and were the foundation of their own fighting strength.
Should they be allowed to go into battle?
No, Li Shengming shook his head.
This was the last trump card for his family to settle down and survive.
They could not die easily under the rolling stones.
Li Shengming ordered Mao Ping to lead his men to kill several believers, and ordered everyone to regroup and attack the city.
"Maitreya has arrived and is invulnerable."
Li Shengming's eyes widened.
He was trembling all over, looking like a magic stick.
The people around him shouted.
"Maitreya has arrived and is invulnerable."
The voices got louder and louder, and the shouts became more unified.
The eyes of many believers became firm, and they waved swords, guns, sticks, axes, wooden forks, and all kinds of weapons in their hands.
It was really a group of demons dancing wildly, with their own momentum, scaring everyone in the city to death.
What?
I had seen such a scene on a clear day in the daytime.
They, well, couldn't be really invulnerable.
Classical historian Zhang Tao comforted the people in the city in an angry and funny manner.
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As an old native of Laiyang, he knew that he was invulnerable when the Wenxiang Cult rebelled during the Tianqi years.
Defeated, corpses littered the fields, and blood flowed into rivers.
The Wenxiang Sect has always been known to pretend to be gods and ghosts, and to incite the fooling of the people.
Just when the congregation was rousing their spirits and planning to start over again, two fast horses galloped into the formation.
"Defender, the Ming army has arrived from Qixia County, which is only about ten miles away."
The visitor reported back by rolling his saddle and dismounting.
It was over, Li Shengming felt relieved, and he hurriedly and slowly failed to capture Laiyang before the Ming army arrived for reinforcements.
Li Shengming's face was already gloomy and his fighting spirit was gone.
From that direction, there would only be Denglai's soldiers, who would be invincible.
"How many Ming troops are coming?"
Li Cheng asked in a deep voice.
"There are four to five hundred people, including more than a hundred cavalry, and the rest are infantry."
The spy replied.
Well, Li Shengming breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, there are only four or five hundred people.
God is still looking after me.
If I defeat the enemy and place his head armor in front of Laiyang City, the morale of the Laiyang City defenders will be great.
If it collapses, Laiyang City may collapse in one fell swoop.
Li Shengming came to his senses at this time and immediately ordered, "Li Cheng, you lead two thousand people to continue to besiege Laiyang.
I will lead the brigade to defeat the Ming army.
Our success or failure depends on this."
"Don't worry, protector, we will definitely make it difficult for the people in Laiyang City to fly."
Li Cheng responded.
When Zhao Lie came this time, more than twenty scouts were stationed in front of him, but they never encountered any members of the Wenxiang Sect, which made Zhao Lie almost doubt whether the Tang report was accurate.
It wasn't until more than ten miles away from Laiyang County that we met the Wenxiang Sect's sentry scouts.
Although the scouts killed several sentry scouts, a few of the sentry scouts returned to their horses and fled.
After all, Zhao Lie's cavalry only consisted of more than a hundred guards. , it is impossible to spread them all.
Zhao Lie knew that the Wenxiang Sect had already known about their coming.
The question before Zhao Lie now was whether to fight or not.
To be honest, Zhao Lie did not expect that a forward scout would not encounter the Wenxiang Sect until he approached Laiyang.
Whether to fight now or not It's a problem.
"Sir, the Wenxiang Sect has a large number of people.
Most of our troops have not been in battle, so it is best to stay away for a while."
Zhao Da stepped forward and said.
"That's right, our army is too small, so it's better to stay away for a while."
Zhu Ying hurriedly agreed.
Although the soldiers around him were all well-armed, even the most well-armed soldiers Zhu Ying had ever seen in his life, However, they were all farmers and had never been in a battle before.
Wen Xiang taught thousands of rebels, and Zhu Ying's heart, liver, and lungs were trembling.
"Don't worry, let's see how the Wenxiang Sect will deal with us.
If they come in full force, our army will avoid fighting.
If one of them comes, we will fight here.
Order all the scouts to disperse, and we will definitely clear Wenxiang.
The whereabouts of the teacher," Zhao Lie ordered.
Zhao Da accepted the promise and left.
Zhu Ying closed his eyes, Young Master, what kind of hero can you be at this time?
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This is a time when swords and guns have no eyesight.
Do you think this is Qianhusuo?
However, he knows this gentleman's temper, and he can't persuade him any more. , Fortunately, most of the generals were on horseback, and at worst they could run away quickly.
He hurriedly winked at his more than 20 guards, and everything would be done first. s: Thank you to Wen Dao Ke Xia, Xiao Zhu Nanfei, and Chen Jingjing for their monthly tickets.
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