Under Zhu Yiyuan's inquiry, the messenger told the truth. Yishui County was very empty. The total number of soldiers, horses and government officials was less than 500, and there were many bandits in the territory. It was a mess. Hearing that Mengyin had been lost, the county magistrate Lu Xi
I ran to my concubine's room, hugged my young concubine, and cried for a whole night. It was only in the afternoon of the next day that I thought of sending someone for help...
When Zhu Yiyuan heard this, he was also shocked. What a tough-blooded magistrate of Lu County.
He immediately called Huang Ying over, "The Qing army may not know that we have occupied Mengyin now, so they must take the opportunity to expand the results. You will lead 600 soldiers to continue to garrison Muling Pass, strengthen the offensive, contact the surrounding people, and gain support. I
Immediately lead the army southward, General Zhao's soldiers and horses should also come over. Let's join forces to capture Yishui. If everything goes well, almost all of the Yimeng area will be in our hands."
Huang Ying also wanted to persuade Zhu Yiyuan to bring more troops, but Zhu Yiyuan waved his hand, "What we need to guard against are the elite Qing troops. As for these stinky fish and rotten shrimps, they are really not worth mentioning."
There is no doubt that the battle in Mengyin gave Zhu Yiyuan full confidence, and also made this army somewhat reborn.
Zhu Yiyuan immediately led a team of less than 300 people, heading south from Muling Pass along the wide, smooth road to Yishui County.
Throughout the land of Qilu, the traffic pattern has continued to be the same as that of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it really hasn't changed much.
The main east-west official roads are Jinan Prefecture, Zhangqiu, Qingzhou and Weixian.
The north-south direction runs from Jinan Prefecture to Tai'an Prefecture, Yanzhou, and all the way to Xuzhou.
Just include an additional Grand Canal.
The places where Zhu Yiyuan was originally active were Zichuan, Laiwu and other places, which were in the middle of two north-south official roads. Taking Mulingguan this time would cut off the road from Qingzhou to the south. If he marched to Yishui, he could capture Yishui County.
In the narrow sense, the Yimeng Mountain area fell into Zhu Yiyuan's hands.
This area was chosen mainly because it avoids major traffic roads, has rugged terrain, is separated by mountains and rivers, and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Even if the Qing army sent in tens of thousands of elites, it would be difficult to do anything to Zhu Yiyuan.
And as long as we gain a foothold here, we can threaten Yanzhou in the west, cut off water transportation, and break into Nanzhili in the south, threatening the salt-rich areas of Huaihe and Huaihe.
Offensive and defensive, it is definitely a useful place.
Therefore, Zhu Yiyuan's face was full of smiles and he was in a good mood. When the soldiers were resting, he even touched a bow, which only had eight bows. After all, Zhu Yiyuan was not a fairy like Grandpa Yue who could shoot a three-stone bow.
However, with Zhu Yiyuan's strength, he can still fire a stone bow, which may be slightly stronger than that of ordinary soldiers.
But his archery skills are mediocre, not even close to that. He just learned archery from Zhao Yingyuan a few days ago.
At this time, Zhu Yiyuan was playing with his bow and arrow, and rushed to the barren hills on the roadside, looking for pheasants, hares, etc., to practice his archery skills... Then the rebel soldiers saw a silly man running with his butt stuck out, one arrow after another.
I shot it out and worked for half an hour. Except for the sweat on my forehead, I didn't even shoot a single bird feather.
Zhu Yiyuan walked back and suddenly found that everyone looked at him and wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. They turned their heads to the side one by one.
"What? You were born knowing how to shoot? When we settle down, I will test your archery skills one by one. Whoever can't do it will go to the mountains to catch rabbits." Zhu Yiyuan said rudely, but he suddenly lowered his head and found that his boots were leaking.
There was a big hole, and three toes squeezed out.
He was chasing so hard that he didn't notice at all.
Suddenly Zhu Yiyuan couldn't hold it any longer, "You can laugh if you want, especially you, Luo Yi, just laugh for half an hour and don't stop."
When Luo Yi heard this, his face suddenly turned green, and he said aggrievedly: "Qian Shi, you are just avenging a private vendetta! You are unreasonable."
Zhu Yiyuan looked at the soldiers on both sides, "Why are you still standing there? Hold him down and make him laugh."
In an instant, several rebel soldiers jumped up, and Luo Yi was smart enough to run away. Suddenly you were chasing each other, like a group of children.
In fact, it is correct to say that. Zhu Yiyuan has just turned eighteen, and Luo Yi will be seventeen in a few months. Among these soldiers, most of them are less than twenty years old.
If we put it in future generations, we would have just entered university.
"Stop making trouble, do any of you know how to play musical instruments or sing? It doesn't have to be great, just be able to play loudly and play loudly... During the break, we can put on a little show and have a lot of fun."
Zhu Yiyuan was chatting with everyone. At this moment, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in the distance. It looked like there could be hundreds of people.
The soldiers on guard duty immediately rushed forward to greet him, and Zhu Yiyuan was also ready for battle.
But soon the news came that the other party was a friend, not an enemy.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Zhu? We are all soldiers of King Ji, and we have come here to seek refuge with you."
Zhu Yiyuan was stunned, King Ji?
Is it the fake clan from last year?
When I asked, it was true.
It turns out that after the fall of Beijing last year, a clan emerged from Shandong and was known as the King of Ji. It once liberated five prefectures, nine states, and forty counties, including Laiwu.
Later, the Qing army wiped out King Ji, and some remaining forces fled to various places. One of the troops, mainly from Laiwu, did not dare to return to their hometown, so they crossed the mountains and fled to Yishui.
"Mr. Zhu, we have all heard that the fields in Laiwu have been divided. Every household has land. They haven't paid the land rent this year. Every household has food in stock and can eat every meal... Mr. Zhu, you are really good.
O Bodhisattva!"
Facing this group of enthusiastic Laiwu fellows, Zhu Yiyuan's soldiers also came over to say hello, and some even recognized their relatives on the spot, hugged each other, and cried loudly.
"Folks, I keep my word. There is still some extra land in various villages in Laiwu that has not been distributed. In addition, the fields in Yishui, Mengyin and other places can also be divided. As long as we win the Qing Dynasty, everyone will
Have a good life!"
After receiving Zhu Yiyuan's guarantee, these hundreds of people immediately surrendered to Zhu Yiyuan.
And from what they said, there were quite a lot of rebels nearby. For example, it turned out that Yang Wei, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, occupied Laizhou to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing army captured the city, the remaining troops entered Yishui from the direction of Anqiu.
There were also Qin Shangxing and Ge Dongfang of Qingzhou. They also revolted but were later defeated. The remnants of their army were chased by Tong Yangliang into Yishui territory and hid.
There are so many heroes in Shandong, but these people did not give in when the Eight Banners entered the Pass.
They raised troops one after another and used their meager strength to fight against the Eight Banners Cavalry. Although they were destined to fail, they did not live in an ignoble existence out of fear.
The water was too cold and my scalp itched. Although I surrendered early and became the lackeys of the Qing Dynasty, the people never surrendered. The Qing court ruled the Central Plains for more than 200 years, and not a single year was peaceful or without an uprising.
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From beginning to end, all the way to the end, the main force that destroyed the Qing court was still these reckless heroes.
The adults can surrender, but the common people cannot surrender!
Zhu Yiyuan went south, constantly gathering scattered rebels.
Some have dozens of people, some have hundreds of people.
But without exception, they are all in a bad situation, with rags and rags, and they are like beggars.
Zhu Yiyuan did not carry much food, but he still distributed some to help these people, march with them, and chat with them.
By the time they approached Yishui County, the number of troops led by Zhu Yiyuan had exceeded 1,500.
If the equipment status is not considered, the troops are really strong.
Just facing such an army of beggars, a white flag flew at the top of Yishui City.
The magistrate Lu Xi surrendered.
He only had one request, which was to leave safely with his concubine and money.
Zhu Yiyuan was still hesitating whether to agree or not, but she didn't know that the concubine had given up. She glanced at Zhu Yiyuan, he was such a young handsome man, and I heard he was a descendant of the clan. Now Yishui's surname was Zhu, and she was so young.
With such a beautiful appearance, is it necessary to develop new tracks and adjust new playing methods...
"If you run away, you will be a guilty minister. Can you still be the county magistrate?"
Lu Xi was stunned and couldn't help but shook his head, "Of course I can't, but I think it's enough to be a rich man with my husband's property."
Unexpectedly, the concubine didn't like hearing it anymore, and said angrily: "I want to be the concubine of the magistrate, not the concubine of the old man, so you can do whatever you want!"
OK!
Lu Xi was dumbfounded, "You, you are so heartless! I spent three thousand taels of silver to buy you out, and you treat me like this?"
The furious Lu Xi raised his palm and was about to hit someone.
Zhu Yiyuan stopped him and said in a deep voice: "Zhi County Lu, are you willing to be the county magistrate for me?" This chapter has been completed!
