The Liu brothers from Qingyang Prefecture are a bit worse in fighting ability than the two brothers from Yan'an Prefecture.
But they are very good at running. They took Wu Weifan's 1,200 people on a seven-day tour of Qingyang Mansion, running from Huan County to Heshui, from Heshui to Ziwuling, and finally out of Zhenning County.
If they meet the impatient Li Bei, they will probably be doomed.
But Wu Weifan was not known for his speed in marching. He got lost in the Ziwu Mountains and finally ran out of food. He found his way back by picking up wild fruits. He robbed two villages in Anhua County and rushed to Ningzhou to take revenge. The brothers
Ran into Ziwu Ridge again.
In the end, Wu Weifan had no choice but to lead his troops back to Anbian Camp.
Liu Chengzong no longer had any worries, but he had captured a lot in this battle, and there were also many wounded soldiers. The convoy brought by the carrier was only enough to transport the wounded soldiers, and the supplies and artillery had to be transported three or four more times. Besides, he really didn't know where the artillery should go.
Luck.
I wanted Chengyun to mobilize the people, but Chengyun was too lazy to deliver them, so he said, "Just throw them away and let others transport them."
Later, Liu Chengzong led his troops to surround Yan'an Fucheng, and the fierce general Yang Yanchang went to battle again.
The Yan'an Guard's 400 banner troops became more and more courageous as they fought, and defeated three battalions in a row. The general Baihu Ren Quan'er under his command became more and more courageous as they fought. He led the general flag king himself, Shi Wanzhong, small flag officers Chen Ruji, Lu Bin and others rode their horses to break into the formation, and almost almost
Begged for Liu Chengzong’s head.
Then Liu Chengzong, the leader of the bandits, fled in panic, leaving behind his armor and three heavy cannons, and fled to the northern mountains.
The prefect Zhang Nian issued an official document to requisition civilian vehicles, and personally led his troops to transport three thousand-jin cannons and armored weapons back to Yan'an to guard the siege city.
A month later, three messages were sent to Xingzihe Wangzhuang by Yan'an Guard.
The first news was that Li Bei, who was the commander of Yan'an's generals, was besieged when he was attacking Liu Chengzong, a giant thief who was entrenched in Yan'an Prefecture. He failed to break through and died.
As usual, the imperial court granted his family members in Yulin thirty kilograms of rice, twenty pieces each of woven gold, silk, silk, and silk, and a hundred taels of silver for burial.
The second news is that Chief Ma Ke was dismissed from his post due to defeat and desertion, and he became a border soldier in Yulin Town again.
The third news is that after receiving the news, Yang Yanchang, a member of the Yan'an Guards, led 400 banner troops to intercept the victorious returning rebels, defeated Liu Chengzong, captured 156 heads, reported it to the Yan'an Guards, and was promoted to the Commander of the Yan'an Guards.
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Hundreds of households under his command, such as Ren Quan'er, Liu En, and the general banner king Ziyong, etc., all made great achievements. After their heads were inspected by Fushi County, they were all recorded for meritorious deeds, and they were rewarded for their merits.
Before the silver reward had been approved, Ren Quan'er wore a silver and silver flowered black gauze hat, a variegated green official robe, and a bear bandage on his chest. He led a few soldiers with big muscles and round waists, and rode a high-headed maroon horse to Xingzi.
He Wangzhuang paid a visit to Chief Liu.
In the stone fortress of Wangzhuang, Liu Chengzong and Mei Dianmei were lying on the roof to bask in the sun. They lowered their heads and said with a smile: "Oh, not bad, you have been promoted to the fifth rank so quickly!"
Ren Quan'er took off his official hat, knelt down on one knee, paused and said, "It all depends on Chief Liu's cultivation!"
"Get up quickly. If you don't want to do this, come up and bask in the sun."
"I humble my duty and obey my orders!"
The well-dressed beast had nimble legs and feet. He handed his official hat to the soldier, climbed up to the roof through a crack in the wall, lay down happily on the tile-mat quilt, and narrowed his eyes.
Liu Chengzong rested his arms and asked: "How is it? Where does the court plan to arrange for you to go?"
"Senior Gate, don't worry, sir, as long as there are humble officials here, no officers or soldiers can come in at the north gate of Yan'an Prefecture!"
"Okay, I'm very relieved."
Liu Chengzong asked again: "But since you left and Liu En was transferred to the security station, you Commander Yang will have no one to accompany you. Without your right-hand men, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Commander Yang to regain his former courage."
"Sir, don't worry, the imperial court has made arrangements. The Yan'an Guard also has deputy Wang Qianhu, Shi Baihu, Chen Baihu, Lu Baihu and others. Commander Yang still has many talents under his command."
After Ren Quan'er finished speaking, he paused and said: "Furthermore, I asked a craftsman to make him a big fishing rod. He didn't need to go out of the Nanguan siege city and could fish while sitting on Fan Gong's well. The commander now has the two aunts he bought earlier.
Taking care of them, both of them are pregnant with babies, and there are five babies waiting for them. They live a leisurely life and have a happy family."
The two mothers-in-law and five children they bought were like the seven people Yang Yanchang wanted to buy for himself at that time.
Liu Chengzong smiled. Ren Quan'er, who has two identities, black and white, is becoming more and more yin and yang in his speech.
"If we just let him fish, will there be any fish in the river?"
"Yes, but it's not easy to fish. I catch one every two or three days. I have people block a section of the river and keep them to watch them catch small fish."
The development of things took an unimagined path.
The Yang Shi family, who were so poor that they wanted to rebel, lived a life like this. They fished every day when they had enough to eat, and when they had caught enough fish, they went to enjoy the blessings of the whole family.
Enjoying retirement life early, apart from staying at home, is not a bad thing.
He nodded: "General Li, how are you, General Li? And Liu Guoneng, who is recuperating in Yan'an Guard, how are they?"
"General Li is very good. During the siege of Beiguan, there were eighty good men around him who took turns protecting him day and night. General Liu, Mr. Liu and Mr. Yang often visited him. He also taught me reading, literacy and martial arts, and taught me some
The principles of life and military use."
The General Liu mentioned by Ren Quan'er is Liu Chengzu.
"Oh? Art of war?" Liu Chengzong noticed the problem: "What art of war will I teach you?"
"He taught me to catch the thief first and catch the king first."
Liu Chengzong looked a little strange and asked again: "What calligraphy did he teach you to write?"
Ren Quan'er sat up and wrote with his fingers on the quilt: "In the seventh year of Zhengde's rule, the thieves will be killed. A famous thief will be beheaded to the first level, and he will be awarded the first rank and be hereditary."
Liu Chengzong's expression became even weirder: "Then what martial arts did he teach you?"
Ren Quan'er didn't even raise his head when writing, and wrote very slowly: "Teach me how to assassinate at close range with a dagger and flying knives...Those who are third-level thieves and those who died in battle will all be given a rank and will be hereditary."
The more he wrote, the more frightened Liu Chengzong became. He touched his waist with his hands and found nothing. Who would bring a knife while basking in the sun at home?
In the end, I had to break off the tiles from the roof and hide them in my hands.
Damn it, this bad old man Li Bei is so bad that he won’t teach his children to be good.
After finishing writing, Ren Quan'er raised his head and said with a smile: "He also taught me about eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. I think it makes sense. Eat the food of Chief Liu and do things for Chief Liu."
Liu Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Ren Quan'er with pity in his eyes: Silly boy, do you know that you have already walked around the gate of hell just now?
"Should I send Li Bei to Wangzhuang or to Saimen Station?"
"Let's leave it here. It's only sixty miles away anyway. When you are fine, you can still come here to learn from him."
Liu Chengzong was helpless. What Li Bei taught Ren Quan'er, from thinking, martial arts, tactics, and even writing, was completely tailor-made. He wanted Ren Quan'er to take his head off without any distractions.
He is a dead man in the court, but he is still so determined.
Liu Chengzong said in a long voice: "Tell Li Bei, I won't let him go because when he returns to the court, he will either make him escape from the battlefield or make him a traitor. Let him stay with me in peace."
He guessed that Ma Ke wanted to win a reward for Li Bei's family, so he didn't say he was captured, but said he was killed in battle, and he did not hesitate to pay for the crime of being a deserter.
It may also be that Marco really felt that if the general fell into his hands, he would be dead.
But no matter what, Li Bei is officially dead, which is not a bad thing for him.
"Ah, by the way, the officer also asked me about Liu Guoneng. Liu Guoneng's left leg was not seriously injured. He was hit by an iron ball in the calf. He just needs to be healed. But his right leg was seriously injured and the bones were broken. The doctor said that he can
He stood up, but he must be a little lame... I said this person is really ungrateful."
Ren Quan'er sighed and said: "He actually blamed Commander Cao, saying that he was pretending to be dead on the ground, but he broke his leg after being pulled up by Commander Cao."
Liu Chengzong sat up and savored it carefully, thinking that this was indeed the case.
Moreover, Cao Yao may not have wanted to save Liu Guoneng at that time, but Liu Guoneng blocked his artillery fire and did not want to use his own artillery to kill Liu Guoneng, so he dragged him behind.
If the firing range of the artillery was not blocked, based on Liu Chengzong's understanding of Cao Yao, Cao Lao Cao would not run out and take the risk of pulling him back.
But objectively speaking, Cao Yao did save Liu Guoneng, otherwise Liu Guoneng would probably have been trampled to death if they had followed their military formations and the last chase collapsed.
At that time, some people were trampled to death, and there were quite a few.
Afterwards, it was impossible to tell whether he was trampled to death by his own family or by the enemy.
If you are lame, just be lame. At least you can save your life. How many people can't even save their lives?
In fact, having said that, Liu Chengzong feels that the secret commander of the Yan'an Guard should be his eldest brother.
Yang Yanchang still cannot command the Yan'an Guard's flag army.
On the contrary, Ren Quan'er, Wang Ziyong, his uncle's brother-in-law Chen Ruji, Shi Wanzhong, a loyal tenant of the old Liu family, Liu En, a blood relative of the old Liu family, and Lu Bin, the lucky man of the old temple village, are all his own.
The eldest brother should be able to command with ease.
Not to mention that the flag troops are also rebels.
But Liu Chengzong didn't expect that there would be more outrageous things in this world.
Ren Quan'er said: "Sir Liu, Mr. Yang from Zhuantianmao has opened a private school there and asked you to send a few children who have studied there."
"What are you doing sending me to study?"
Ren Quan'er looked as if he was making a fuss and said: "Next year is the year of the rural examination. Yan'an Guard will give Yu Ding registration to military households to take the scholar examination!"
Liu Chengzong was still a little confused. He was a group of rebels. He had no objection to studying, but why did they test talents? They couldn't do... be an official?
He asked: "Am I planning to let them take the examination as scholars and serve in Yan'an Prefecture?"
Ren Quan'er nodded heavily: "The old man said that whoever can pass the exam will be recognized as your adopted son, and whoever can pass the exam will be recognized as your adopted brother."
Are all the candidates scheduled for the examination?
Isn’t my father too obsessed with having a candidate for the Liu family? Even if he does, he still has to recognize his son as a candidate?
It happened that at this moment, Lin Wei walked by the stone castle, and Liu Chengzong called out: "Lin Wei, we have set up an academy over there. Jinshi and Juren will teach you the imperial examination, and give you military household registration. You will take the exam in March next year."
Scholars, will you be admitted to the examination next year?"
Lin Wei, who was holding the account book under his ribs in the courtyard, was startled. He raised his head and said, "I was just doing arithmetic and didn't hear. The monkey in the sky smashed a fort again and brought a batch of grain and grass over. What did you say, my lord?"
"I said I would give you the birthplace of Hu Yuding, a member of the Yan'an Guards Corps. You will be admitted to the scholar examination next year and the judicial examination the year after that. Do you want to go?"
"I am a scholar, what kind of scholar should I take? Besides, I can't pass the exam. If I pass the exam and go to Beijing, my secret will be revealed. I have too many acquaintances."
Lin Wei shrugged helplessly. Although he really wanted to take the exam again and become an official freely, this was just a daydream. His path was blocked and he would not be able to pass the exam.
After that, he made a 'five' sign with his hands, and walked quickly with the account book under his ribs: "Your Majesty, please continue to bask in the sun. I have to calculate the army rations quickly, five hundred kilo of rice."<
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After a while, he entered the central hall in a hurry.
Liu Chengzong spread his hands and said: "Look, you can't pass the test. No one else has studied seriously. They can only read a few words. How can I pass the test?"
Dad also thought that if he came out at once, he would incite some subordinates to report the news and make a few low-level officials stop doing serious work, so let it go.
Seeing this, I actually want to send a child to take the imperial examination under his own name.
Liu Chengzong is not optimistic about the idea of sending people to take the imperial examination, but it is good to let people study.
"I will send someone to Zhuan Tianmao. You stay here for a day and leave tomorrow. Go back and bring me a letter to send to Zhuan Tianmao. You can't just expect children to take the imperial examination, but you must also train your own children." His father had such an idea, and Liu Chengzong followed this idea. Now they have many people, but not many who are literate.
Moreover, even if you are literate, your knowledge is limited and it is difficult to teach others knowledge.
However, the few people who are literate themselves have their own things to do, so it is difficult for them to be teachers and cultivate more literate people.
You can't just rely on a few Jinshi, Juren, Xiucai, or cultivating a few more such people, it won't work.
He needs people with a certain level of education. The level of education does not need to be too high. It is enough to help them learn and progress more efficiently in their future lives and battles.
The more Liu Chengzong thought about it, the happier he became. He patted Ren Quan'er and stopped thinking about it. He went into the room to write down his thoughts and refine them further.
But halfway up, he stepped back on the tiles with eyebrows under his ribs and asked: "You go to Semen Station. I don't have anything to give you. In this way, I will ask someone to bring you a hundred taels later."
Silver, if you are short of food when you take office, send someone to deliver a message and Wangzhuang will deliver it to you."
"Thank you for your cultivation, sir!"
Ren Quan'er, a kid, doesn't know much about other things. He doesn't know how Yang Yanchang taught him the military salute, but he has to do the military salute no matter what he says.
Then Ren Quan'er said: "Actually, I have something in my mind. There are military fields in the guard post. I went over to see who owns the military fields in Saimen. There are also local wealthy families who have seized the civilian fields. The chief will need to come forward at that time."
,Kill them all."
"As long as the army's farmland is taken back and a group of good families' good fields are occupied, then the people of Guaizichuan can be self-sufficient by taking advantage of the Yanhe River. Why can't the humble Saimensuo?"
Liu Chengzong was happy, but Ren Quan'er still had some ideas.
"It's good that you think so, but the water conservancy system has been in disrepair for a long time, so we have to take the drought seriously. If it were so easy, Ansai would not be like this."
Liu Chengzong did not expect Semen to be self-sufficient, but it would be a great thing to take back the military farmland and occupy some of the fields of large households. If the construction of water conservancy projects could alleviate the food pressure to some extent, it would be a great thing.
"Do a good job!" He patted Ren Quan'er on the shoulder: "Sooner or later, the big ones will be finished. There are more people in the camp. If you need anything, just send someone to pass the message. I will fully support you!"
Ren Quan'er saluted again and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Chief Liu!"