The Red Mansions

Chapter 532 The Chaos in Henan

Just when Shenjing raised a big prison for the corruption case of the imperial tomb——

Henan Province, Runing Prefecture, Luoshan County
Outside the county seat, the spring breeze in February 15 in Chongping blows the endless South Henan Plain. On a row of fields, large areas of wheat seedlings that should have been green are now scorched and withered, and the ground is striped. The shape of cracks.

Farmers in shabby clothes and rickety stature go back and forth between the high cuttings of the field and the river table, carrying wooden barrels on their shoulders with bamboo poles, carrying water from the river that has dried up to their knees, returning to the fields, and bending over to water them.

Last winter in Henan Province, the weather was not beautiful, and there was no heavy snowfall. After spring, the wind was like a knife, but no rain fell.

Runing Mansion, Luoshan County government office, two cross-courtyards and the main hall, crowded with people, one by one wearing a uniform of a big man and armored generals, sitting around the table, beside the high-ranking generals there are gorgeously dressed and beautiful women to accompany the wine .

The sounds of pushing cups and changing lamps and yelling for five and six, across the green eaves and vermilion walls, drifted towards the streets outside the Luoshan county government office. Farmers in the sunset, pushing up their wheelbarrows, raised dust and heard the voices of the county government office. , glanced curiously, detoured in disgust and fear.

The bandits pass like a comb, and the soldiers pass like a grate.

Qian Yushan, the magistrate of Runing Prefecture, is in his early forties, short and fat, fair-skinned, and wearing a blue official robe. This Runing's parents and officials are also from Kejia.

At this moment, Qian Yushan is holding a wine bowl, entertaining relevant generals and schools of the Henan Metropolitan Division, including Guo Peng, the commander of the Henan Metropolitan Government, and at the same time invited a woman from Xingyuefang, the largest brothel in Runing Mansion, to accompany him, making the atmosphere of the government even more Pushed to bursts of orgasm.

It turned out that since last year the bandits entrenched in Jigong Mountain—Gaoheita and Maliu led the bandits in the stronghold, led the crowd to attack Luoshan County, killed officials, and opened warehouses to release grain. Runing Mansion reported to Henan The commander of the capital, and then Zhou Dezhen, the governor of Henan Province, and Guo Peng, the commander of the capital of Henan Province, jointly signed and inscribed the memorial, which was delivered urgently within [-] miles, and reported to the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.

Then, in the first month of the lunar year, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies dispatched five generals and schools headed by the first-class Bo Niu Jizong to the Henan Mansion to supervise the suppression of bandits.

At this moment, Qian Yushan of Runing Mansion is personally entertaining him. As for the former magistrate of Luoshan County, his head had already been beheaded by the bandits of Jigongshan, because the imperial court is planning a top-down Beijing investigation, and no one has yet been appointed to take over.

Guo Peng, the commander of the capital of Henan Province, is in his early forties. He is slightly thinner and fair-skinned. He is wearing a mountain character without wings. He is holding a black porcelain wine bowl with a white bottom, and is paying respects to Niu Jizong beside him. liquor.

"After General Niu became a famous family, he is now leading the troops to govern Henan, supervising and suppressing the bandits. We wait for the elders of Runing, like rain after a long drought." Qian Yushan, the magistrate of Runing, smiled and raised his wine cup, complimenting Niu Jizong.

Niu Jizong was wearing the bullfighting uniform given by the earl at the moment. Compared with his downcast appearance in Beijing in the past, he was now in high spirits in the prefectures and counties, with a smile on his rough face.

It's just that there are two beautifully dressed women in his arms, which somewhat destroys the fortitude and fruitful style of painting. He holds a wine bowl in one hand, and the other big hand is dishonest, which attracts teasing from the woman in his arms.

Niu Jizong laughed loudly and said: "Prefect Qian is too polite. I said that the general once came to Runing Mansion in the early years. At that time, he was the leader of the army to assist Huguang Dusi in suppressing the water bandits in Dongting Lake. It has been more than ten years."

As he spoke, he picked up the wine bowl and drank it down, the beard was stained with wine.

Qian Yushan laughed and said, "General Niu is bold!"

The woman on the side was also sensible, and hurriedly took a handkerchief and said with a smile: "Why is the general drinking so hard?"

Niu Jizong said with a smile: "My old cow is not only a big drinker, but also other things. Do you want to know?"

All the generals around laughed.

Qian Yushan smiled and said, "General Niu is now revisiting his old place."

Guo Peng laughed and said: "The magistrate Qian doesn't know something. General Niu led [-] troops in the northwest, went deep into the Qingtang, and shocked the enemy chiefs. The bandits in the Jigong mountain area are nothing to worry about!"

Not far away, Peng Guolin, the Commander of Henan Province, also laughed and said: "I grew up listening to the heroic deeds of Lord Zhen Guo, and now General Niu is fierce in martial arts, and he has the legacy of his ancestors. He is really a descendant of a famous family. Extraordinary."

This is a compliment to Niu Jizong's ancestor, Niu Qing, the first-class bull of the town.

Niu Jizong couldn't help being more proud, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "My generation of warriors lives and lives in peace, and if we don't owe the shadow of our ancestors, the meritorious service should be taken by ourselves with the three-foot sword! You can't always mention the merits of your ancestors. Inheritance, if I, Lao Niu, were on the merits of my father and grandfather, I would not have the first-class earl today!"

"Okay, what a disgrace to Zu Yin, take the three-foot sword!" At this moment, someone shouted loudly.

All the generals applauded Niu Jizong's heroic and generous words.

Niu Jizong blinked his eyes when he saw this scene, and thought to himself, what a mother, why don't you be kind to Zu Yin, and get fame and fame with a three-foot sword!
He "borrowed" these words from Jia Heng's child, and he won a lot of applause!
Motherfucker!
No wonder Liu Fang said that the child likes to make big words, deceive the world and steal his name, what about "Ping Lu Ce", what about 15 years of Ping Liao, the almost foolish sage can't find the north!
His old cow was too simple and honest before, and he couldn't speak big words!

Guo Peng looked at the applauding generals under his command, smiled and said, "Listen all of you, this is the first-class uncle of our dynasty, the mainstay!"

As he spoke, he raised his wine bowl, respected Niu Jizong, and said in a loud voice, "The last general will toast the general again!"

The man in front of him is the founder of the country, although he no longer serves as the governor of the Beijing camp, but he is still a big shot he can't afford to offend.

Moreover, he got the instruction of the Prince of Nan'an and Liu Tongzhi, this time the first-class Bo Niu Jizong came here to make meritorious service to seek recovery, and he will not stay in the capital of Henan for a long time.

But this time, Henan Dusi mobilized more than 3000 troops from Huaiqing Guard, Xuanwu Guard, Zhangde Guard, and Nanyang Guard to attack Jigong Mountain. Together with Runing Guard, [-] people were enough to wipe out the Jigong Mountain bandits. !

Chen Han's military system was corrupted, and there was no exception from the central capital camp to the local guards.

The original 100 households had a real number of [-] soldiers, but because the general school occupied the vacancy, now there are only [-] to [-] soldiers, and most of them are old and weak. Horses, now more than [-] soldiers and horses have been mobilized, plus the [-] soldiers and horses of Runing Guard, it is enough to deal with the thieves and bandits in Jigong Mountain who only have more than [-] people.

In the evening, the generals of the Henan Dusi were almost drunk, each holding Wenxiang nephrite, and under Qian Yushan's arrangement, staggered away from the government office, while Niu Jizong entered the specially prepared wing room in the backyard of the government office to rest.

And just a stone's throw away from the Luoshan County government office, there is the second floor of the "Hongtong Inn" signboard.

A tall and burly man, dressed in coarse cloth and wearing a bamboo hat, watched the officers and generals coming in and out of the Luoshan County government office through a slightly open window.

"The military discipline of these officers and generals is corrupt. When they arrive in Luoshan County, they still only know how to prostitute and don't think of good strategies to defeat the enemy. It can be seen that Chen Han's court is exhausted!" the man said coldly.

Its person is Gao Heita.

Of course, this is just a nickname. Gao Hei Ta was originally named Gao Yue, but because he was eight feet tall and dark-skinned, he got this nickname.

Gao Yue has extraordinary physical strength, is good at riding and shooting, and loves to use two swords. He was originally a merchant in Yanqing Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. He used to trade horses in the grassland for a living. Afterwards, he led a group of brothers to leave the capital of Dahan, and fled to Jinghu and other places where bandits were plentiful.

Over the years, 36 cavalry have gradually formed around them as the core brothers, joining forces with the leaders of the rebel army in Jinghu and other places, facing the army from Huguang, and defeating the encirclement and suppression several times, but in the end they still couldn't hold back the continuous army of officials During the suppression and arrest, the bandits in Huguang and other places were broken up into pieces, or hid in deep mountains and lakes, or fled to Bashu and other places.

In the 13th year of Chongping, Gao Yue led about five or six hundred remnants into Jigong Mountain.

Due to the repeated natural disasters in Henan in recent years, coupled with the corruption and incompetence of the government, the exploitation has intensified, and the people have been unbearable, and they have fled to Shaanxi, Luo, Jingshi and other places for food in batches. This undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for Gao Yue's uprising. Recruiting refugees, robbing the rich and helping the poor, frequently active at the junction of southern Henan and northern Jing, and echoing the water bandits in Dongting, Jianghan.

Over the past few years, more than [-] elite bandits gradually gathered around Gao Yue, and after a series of battles, they gradually merged with the local bandits of Runing Mansion who were originally entrenched in Jigong Mountain, and were active in the area of ​​Runing Mansion.

Breaking through Luoshan County a few years ago, opening warehouses to release grain, and helping the victims, it was only for a while that the court noticed it. Coupled with the influence of Jia Heng’s suppression of Sanfu last year, the Ministry of War’s order to urge the suppression became more urgent, and the Henan Metropolitan Division urgently dispatched officers and troops Suppression.

Compared with ordinary thieves, this is undoubtedly a group of professional rebels.

"Brother, there are more than 1 officers and soldiers gathered here." Ma Liang who was beside him said.

Henan Dusi mobilized more than 1 soldiers and horses from the guards guarding various places, and the number of soldiers and horses reached 3000 when they came nearby. The original Runing Guard also had 8000 people, so the small Luoshan County has [-] troops stationed. people.

And as time passed, Henan Dusi would eventually gather 5000 people to encircle and suppress the bandits who had been entrenched in Jigong Mountain for two or three years, and report victory to the court. At that time, Niu Jizong would take advantage of the situation and make a comeback.

Gao Yue said in a low voice: "Sixth brother, although there are many officers and troops, their combat power is low and they are vulnerable to a single blow. Besides, we may not be able to outsmart them. Now that most of the generals and schools of the Henan Capital are here, if we wipe out all these generals and schools, we will take advantage of the situation." Runing Mansion is approaching Kaifeng Mansion, what do you think will happen?"

When Luoshan County was destroyed earlier, Gao Yue led his troops back to Jigong Mountain as soon as the Runing Guard army arrived, and did not entangle with the army. Therefore, the army did not know the specific combat strength of Gao Yue's troops.

Ma Liang's face trembled slightly, he was shocked by his elder brother's courage, and he didn't speak yet.

A middle-aged man in a blue shirt dressed as a scholar approached behind him. His face was thin, his hair was tied in a bun with a wooden hairpin, he had a short beard under his jaw, and his eyes were clear and energetic under his thin eyebrows. He murmured: "Kaifeng Mansion is a big city of the provincial capital. There is no heavy army to defend. The defense can be said to be leaking everywhere. Governor Zhou Dezhen has the responsibility of guarding the land. He will urgently order the capital to dispatch troops from around Luoyang. Moreover, once the Kaifeng Provincial Mansion is broken, the world will shake. They are all here to attack, is the general really ready?"

"The day before yesterday, Zhao Dazhao's family in Mangshan, Luoyang City, heard the news that if Luoyang is empty, they can take the opportunity to make trouble." Gao Yue said in a low voice.

There is also a rebel army in Henan that is active at the junction of Henan and Shaanxi. It is controlled by the Zhao brothers. There are not many people, only 400 to [-] people, but they can sneak into Luoyang.

Seeing that the middle-aged scholar was hesitant, Gao Yue had no choice but to persuade him: "Mr. Shao, I heard that last year the Beijing camp weeded out the old and the weak, and reorganized the troops. Before that, Sanfu was wiped out, and now the heroes of the Sanfu are all killed by the imperial hawks and dogs. , Otherwise, I will start an incident in the land of Heluo, and I can respond more in Guanzhong. Sir, the longer we delay, the longer the reaction time for the court will be. Death, the world is in chaos, dragons and snakes rise from the land, only then will they have the opportunity to become kings and hegemons, and it is contradictory."

Mr. Shao frowned and persuaded: "Today is different from the past, the world has not changed a lot, and the imperial court has the heart of reorganizing the army and martial arts, and it is bound to have a decisive battle with the eastern captives. The general will wait a few more years until the world changes , It is not too late to raise troops again to advocate righteous actions, to oppose the Han and restore the Ming Dynasty.”

Gao Yue shook his head and said: "Sir, time is not waiting for me. Nowadays, people in Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places are suffering from the hardships of border guards, natural disasters and man-made disasters. , as long as we take Kaifeng and Luoyang loses again, the whole world will be shaken, and everyone will respond, and Chen Han's country will be shaken!"

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "If you continue to wait and see, Chen Han's court is not only rectifying the army, but also going south to rectify the salt affairs, and is still refreshing the government. If the imperial court frees up its hands, I will be able to get rid of the scabies in my family with a snap of my fingers."

It's not that he can't wait, let's not say that Chen Han's officers and soldiers suppressed and arrested them.

"But the general is weak after all, even if he defeated the Henan army, he also attracted the attention of the court." Mr. Shao's face moved slightly, and he still persuaded.

"As long as we attract the attention of the imperial court officers and soldiers, the Bailian sect members in Shandong, Nanzhili and other places will respond together. At that time, there will be beacon fires everywhere, and volunteer soldiers will rise everywhere, and great things can be expected." Gao Yue said with clear eyes and high spirits: " Sir, today's Chen Han court, especially in Henan, is like a dilapidated house that can collapse with a single kick."

Mr. Shao frowned, and said in a low voice: "General, those families are only afraid to sit on the hill and watch the tiger fight, let us fight with the imperial court to the death, they are reaping the benefits of the fisherman."

In this way, he became the pioneer of the king.

"Sir, righteous deeds are always advocated by important people. If everyone is cowardly and waits and sees, it will only be defeated by the Chen Han court. If we succeed, we will also inspire people, and they will also start in advance. If they fail, It's just dormant again, wandering to other places, the world is so big, there is always a place to live."

He only needs a few hundred core brothers to remain, and then he will break them up into pieces. When the world changes, it won't happen once or twice anyway.

Seeing that Gao Yue had made up his mind, Shao Yingchen thought for a while, and stopped persuading him any more, with a look of firmness in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Since the general has made up his mind, we can launch a campaign in Luoshan County in the near future. These generals then took advantage of the fact that the army had not yet gathered, defeated the other reinforcements and captured the Runing Mansion."

When I was in the granary of Luoshan County in Dakai, I had already hidden a lot of insiders in the city, and I even buried tunnels. It can be said that there is a good foundation in the local area, otherwise I would not dare to see the truth of the officers and soldiers under the noses of the officers and soldiers.

It has to be said that the Chen Han local army that has not been rectified is almost rotten to the root, and the enemy is currently unaware of the danger that is right under their noses.

Gao Yue smiled and said: "What the master said is true, then follow the master's plan."

This is Mr. Shao, even if he had disagreements before, once he made up his mind, Mr. Shao could quickly give him advice.

Mr. Shao thought for a while, with a serious expression on his face, and said: "Even if the general takes the opportunity to go north and take down the Kaifeng Mansion, I can't wait too long in Henan and other places. Go south, pass Huainan and press towards Jinling, it cannot last long."

This is the strategy of bandits, because only by sweeping the provinces, destroying the ruling foundation of the dynasty, and shaking the system, can the world be in chaos, and then profit from the chaos.

Fearing that Gao Yue would have the idea of ​​staying in the Fourth World War for a long time, Mr. Shao almost made it clear in advance.

"Don't worry, sir, I'm quite awake." Gao Yue said in a low voice with a solemn expression.

Chen Han was in Jiangnan and other places, as well as Jiangbei Jiangnan camp, guarding the old capital of Nanjing, and it was not easy to conquer. After entering Jianghuai, he could go north to Shandong and play hide-and-seek with the officers and soldiers.

After all, it still depends on the final result of this uprising. If even Henan is not smashed, it is impossible to talk about pushing Jianghuai. .

(End of this chapter)