Chapter 20 Collaboration between soldiers and bandits

Author: Scholar Wu

Chapter 20 Collaboration between soldiers and bandits

In the Qing army's camp, Yang Wenqi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Although he turned defeat into victory, he described the recapture of Taicang and Kunshan as a great victory, and claimed to have killed more than 200 water bandits.

But neither Zhou Boda, the governor of Jiangning, who was near Suzhou, nor Hong Chengchou and Ma Guozhu, the governors of Nanjing, were easy to fool.

In the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, it was commonplace to "kill good people and take credit for their merits", but at this moment, he didn't have a real water bandit's head in his hand. It was completely made out of nothing, and he still felt a little lacking in confidence.

Although he sent his men to find a relatively remote village, chopped off the heads of many people, and burned the village to blame the Taihu water bandits. But at this moment, the people around Suzhou had all shaved their heads, and all of them had their heads shaved.

No one would believe the braided head when he said he was a water bandit?

Moreover, if you don't do something like massacre a village, you have to kill them all, leaving no one alive. This is not a remote place. Although it is just a remote small village near Taicang, there have been many famous people here.

people, are there people who are officials outside, or their

Are there any such people among your relatives and friends? If you miss a living person, you will be found out and you will be left with nothing to eat. This is why such things as "killing good people and taking credit" rarely happen in wealthy areas.

Reasons: First, there are very few refugees here, and second, the background of the people here is not simple.

Now Yang Wenqi also regrets that he was too impulsive at that time. "Killing good people and taking credit" is a habit that warlords like them have developed for many years. Although they have restrained it after being stationed in Suzhou, how can they say that the habit they have developed for many years can be changed?

change?

If it didn't work out, he could only break the jar, shave his head and turn it over to the top, who would believe it or not.

The sergeant came to report: "Report to the general, there is someone outside the door asking to see you, saying that he is here to bring you a gift."

"Giving a gift?" He came in.

The villain has a lot of money and pays homage to General Yang.

"We, Commander-in-Chief Weng, know that General Yang is currently worried about the heads of water bandits, so we specially sent a young man to relieve your worries!"

Yang Wenqi: "Which Chief Soldier is Weng?" I don't know the Chief Soldier named Weng.

Qian Buer: "General Yang is very forgetful. Didn't he just fight with my General Weng outside Taicang City a few days ago, and he forgot so quickly?"

Yang Wenqi was shocked: "Weng Zhiheng, are you a Taihu water bandit? Someone come and capture it for me."

Qian Buer laughed and said: "General Yang, don't panic, don't you want to see the big gift from my general Weng?"

Then Qian Buer opened the box, which contained the heads of Taihu water bandits "Langli Fei" and "Zhi Duoxing".

Said: "In addition, there are dozens of heads of water pirates. My Chief Weng can give them to Mr. Yang as well."

At this time, Yang Wenqi was so happy that he felt sleepy and gave him a pillow.

Said: "Isn't General Weng of the Qian family having other motives for taking action this time?"

Qian Buer replied: "My General Weng just wants to make a deal with General Yang and give the General a sum of money."

"What's the deal?" Yang Wenqi asked.

Qian Buer: "We want to buy firecrackers and cotton armor. It's best to have artillery and the price can be negotiated."

"General Yang has recaptured Taicang and Kunshan this time, and killed a large number of water bandits. He must have consumed a lot of supplies, so there is no harm in selling some to us."

So Yang Wenqi said: "This cotton armor is easy to talk about, and I can also give you some gunpowder. It's just that we have a limited number of firecrackers in the army, so I'm afraid I won't be able to give you too many, and don't even think about artillery."

Qian Buer smiled and said: "In this case, a pair of iron armor costs 300 taels, a pair of cotton armor costs 50 taels, a bird gun costs 50 taels, and a tiger squatting gun costs 1,000 taels."

After hearing the price, Yang Wenqi was very excited, but he also understood that rare goods can be bought. He said: "Now that our military resources are limited, we can raise funds from several other Qing armies, but the price will increase by another 50%."

It seems that Yang Wenqi is planning to sell the iron armor as silver armor. Faced with such an outrageous price, Qian Buer can only say: "Price is not a problem, the more the better, but it must be top-quality goods, and you cannot use junk to fill the price."

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So Yang Wenqi teamed up with other Qing generals in Hangzhou and other places, and soon they collected 30 pairs of iron armor, 500 pairs of cotton armor, 80 muskets, 4 small-caliber Tiger Squats, and even a Thousand Jin Buddha

Lang machine guns. As well as a large number of gunpowder, bullets, bows and arrows, etc. Some craftsmen were even provided to help repair the firearms.

Faced with such a wealth of supplies, Qian Fujian generously paid 10W taels of silver at once after accepting the goods. Although most of these items are used second-hand goods, and some have been repaired, they are indeed well maintained. For now,

The Taihu Rebels always say they are rare "treasures". But according to Yang Wenqi, this basic

This was a one-and-done deal, and he would not be able to provide equipment again in the short term! However, Qian Buer said that there are many projects that the two parties can cooperate on, such as food, gunpowder, intelligence, craftsmen, population, and even warships. As long as Yang Wenqi dares

If he sells it, he dares to take it. The Taihu Rebel Army can also cooperate with Yang Wenqi to gain military merit. The cooperation between the two parties has broad prospects.

A few days later, the Nanjing Governor-General received another good news from Yang Wenqi.

The water bandit leader "Zhiduoxing" who provided false information to the Qing army last time has been hunted down by him. In addition, the mastermind of the previous attack on Kunshan in Taicang and the giant bandit "Langli Fei" who has been rampant in Taihu Lake for many years have also been wiped out by him, and his nest on Feiying Island has been destroyed.

destroy

At this time, everyone on Turtle Island was extremely happy.

I didn't expect the heads of "Langli Fei" and "Zhi Duoxing" to be so useful. Now the Taihu Rebels are armed to the teeth.

Almost everyone in the "Jingnan Camp" wears armor, and even in the "Shenji Camp" everyone carries a gun, and the equipment is no less than that of the elite Qing army.

The most important thing is to open up Yang Wenqi's line, so you don't have to worry about being surrounded and suppressed by the Qing army in the future.

I believe that given time, this will become a powerful army in the world.

Looking at Taihu Lake, Xia Wanchun couldn't help but feel filled with emotions.

In the past, he would never have thought of colluding with the Qing soldiers. He would have only persuaded the Qing generals to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

Not long ago, he was disheartened and wanted to die; now that he has strong soldiers, he has a lot to do. I don't know when he began to change? But he can be sure that this change was brought to him by Qian Mo.

At this time, he remembered what Qian Mo said:

Just say that Supervisor Shi Kefa defended Yangzhou and sacrificed his life for the country. His integrity was impeccable, and Mo Mo admired him very much!

However, for twenty years, Jiang Huai, his commander in charge, did not have a single usable soldier, and he only defended Yangzhou for a few days! What use is this kind of integrity to the country?

What our Ming Dynasty really needs are unparalleled national warriors like Gou Jian, King of Yue, who work hard and endure hardships, not incompetent people who have no moral integrity and just want to die!

"Brother Mo, are you okay now?"
Chapter completed!