Liu Junxue was naturally calm about coming to the banquet this time, and did not think it was a Hongmen Banquet. When he received the invitation from Jining Zhizhou, the magistrate of Jiaxiang County discussed with him for a moment, and then directly brought a dozen people
He came on horseback. When he arrived in Jining, most of the local officials knew him and greeted him frequently.
Even though Shi Xinghuo was a little worried and insisted on leading his troops to station around Jining, he flatly refused. After all, his trip was for a banquet, not for negotiations. As a local celebrity, he naturally had the confidence.
What's more, on the way here, someone in Jining informed him that His Majesty had also arrived. Therefore, he was not panicked at all. He did not believe that His Majesty would risk being criticized by the people to kill a famous local person. And in this situation, if
Your Majesty may be really stupid for making such a move.
Faced with such a sensitive issue, he just waved his fan a few times, and then said: "General, you have to make a distinction. Those 30,000 people are not mine, nor anyone's. They are the soldiers of the folks in Jiaxiang County. Once Jian Jian
The slaves invaded my Ming Dynasty and marched straight into our country, breaking through countless defense lines and heading straight to our Shandong Province. At that time, the official army was defeated and no one came to protect our country, Jiaxiang. We could only spontaneously organize a rebel army to resist the establishment of slaves."
"Did you know that the imperial court has always prohibited local organizations from organizing private armies, but you directly organized 30,000 people. According to Ming Dynasty law, you and the magistrate of Jiaxiang County will all be beheaded! Even your three tribes will be implicated." Meng Zhangming gradually became more serious.
His tone was also observing his and His Majesty's expressions.
However, after hearing Meng Zhangming's threat, Liu Junxue did not panic at all, but laughed a few times. He looked at Meng Zhangming and said: "If the general really wanted to kill me, I'm afraid he would have already deployed his troops and marched towards Jiaxiang County.
Instead of inviting me to a banquet."
But it seemed that Meng Zhangming also wanted to continue talking to him, saying: "That's because I want to capture the thief first and capture the king first."
"No no no."
"The general should know very clearly that if I die, this 30,000-strong army will not only not disband, but will resent the imperial court for it. And the imperial court is incapable of annihilating it, not to mention that this volunteer army is serving the imperial court, and the imperial court
What we should think about is subjugation rather than annihilation." After that, Liu Junxue drank the wine in front of him in one gulp and looked at Meng Zhangming meaningfully.
"Sir, you are really brave!"
"There is one more thing that the general should hide from me." Liu Junxue said again.
"Sir, please speak."
"May I ask if this is your Majesty?" As he spoke, Liu Junxue turned his gaze to Zhu Ling, who had been silent. Meng Zhangming looked at Zhu Ling and knew that Liu Junxue was not an ordinary person, so he guessed it.
After Zhu Ling was discovered, he naturally stopped covering up and could only nod slightly.
Immediately, Liu Junxue knelt down facing Zhu Ling, with a respectful look, and shouted: "Liu Junxue, a humble citizen, pays homage to Your Majesty. Long live the Ming Dynasty and may I live forever."
"Mr. Liu, get up."
After he stood up, Zhu Ling also returned to his seat, and Meng Zhangming sat on his seat. From this moment on, the three of them began to talk about the real thing.
"Your Majesty is here. The common people are terrified, but they are also honored." Liu Junxue's expression was filled with excitement. Obviously, it was unexpected to see His Majesty's true appearance. After all, he is just an official, and who in the court is not a Jinshi? Although
He has a local reputation, but after all, he still has a heart to honor His Majesty.
"I came here this time because of your 30,000 volunteers. I really didn't expect that a small Jiaxiang County could have 30,000 volunteers, and these 30,000 volunteers were even more powerful than the imperial army. It's really
It's strange. When I think about it, it must be because of you." Zhu Ling admired Liu Junxue quite a bit, and his tone was a little high.
"Your Majesty, thank you very much."
Liu Junxue was also a little ashamed and continued: "They are brave because they are protecting their hometown and family. If they are defeated, their loved ones will definitely die. In addition, with daily drills and tactical coordination, those bandits who gathered in the crowd are naturally not worth it."
Mention. It’s Jiannu who makes us troubled.”
"I would like to ask you, if the imperial court gives you an official position, will you be willing to lead your 30,000 volunteers to join my army and make contributions to the country?"
After the words fell, Liu Junxue knelt down again and said loudly: "Liu Junxue, a small citizen, was elected in the eighth year of Chongzhen. I am willing to follow your majesty and follow the Ming Dynasty! Make achievements, destroy bandits and bandits, and drive out the slaves!"
"good!"
With the addition of these powerful 30,000 volunteers, the strength of the imperial army has become even more powerful. Zhu Ling was also quite happy. He did not expect that it would be quite easy to conquer Liu Junxue this time. This was also due to the fact that this man was loyal to the country.
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The next day, Wang Jiayan also arrived at Fan Xianchao's headquarters. He ordered the army to quickly set up camp, and he took a few servants to Fan Xianchao's camp.
As soon as he entered, he looked tired and depressed, obviously frustrated by this failure.
"Where has Fan Xianchao's former vigor gone? How come he is now a lamb waiting to be slaughtered?" Wang Jiayan spoke without politeness and looked directly at him and mocked.
"Uncle Wang, are you here to tie me back this time?" Fan Xianchao laughed at himself, took out a rope from his side and left it on the ground, indicating that it was the rope to tie him up.
"Suffering a setback is just like this. Will I win every time I conquer for His Majesty in the future?" Looking at such a decadent look, Wang Jiayan couldn't help but say again. He was too impatient and wanted to make meritorious deeds, but he couldn't bear to see himself fail.
.One failure actually knocked him back to his original form.
"I lost this time, I lost to Meng Zhangming."
"You didn't lose. Meng Zhangming didn't go to suppress the bandits, but went to build a defense line." Wang Jiayan also told him the truth, maybe this would make him feel better.
"Then Uncle Wang is coming this time?" Fan Xianchao felt a little hopeful. He hoped that His Majesty could give him a chance, just once.
Sitting on the wooden chair, Wang Jiayan said seriously: "Your Majesty sent me to suppress the bandits. I have full authority to handle all matters, including you, Fan Xianchao."
"Uncle Wang!"
Fan Xianchao quickly walked around the table, knelt on one knee in front of Wang Jiayan, and said sincerely: "Please give me another chance, Uncle Wang!"
"Look at you! Can you still do it?"
"My nephew was impatient and careless. He was attacked by bandits who had ambushed him in advance. In addition, the mountain road was slippery on a rainy day. The soldiers were all looking for the way up the mountain and ignored the arrows, so they were defeated in a hurry." Fan Xianchao also summed up the failure,
He was really unwilling to do so.
"Then if you are given another chance, what are you going to do?"
"My nephew learned the lesson from last time and divided the army into two groups. One group moved slowly from the front, and the other group went around from behind. The front group used shields and heavy armor to feign attack to attract attention. The group behind them went into battle lightly, quickly climbed the mountain, and then attacked from both sides!" Fan Xianchao!
Righteous way.
"Okay!" Wang Jiayan also stood up immediately, inserted the sword on his waist directly into the ground, and said coldly: "I brought three thousand infantry, and I will give you two thousand. If you are defeated again this time, take this sword
Kill yourself."
"The general will obey your orders!"
After leaving the tent, holding swords in hand, they mounted their horses and rushed to the camp. Six thousand soldiers were gathered this time. Two thousand Guan Ning troops were responsible for the frontal feint attack. They unloaded their muskets and ammunition, and wore heavy armor and sabers. Everyone held them.
Shield, advance slowly. Give it a thousand infantry, all armed with bows and arrows, and be responsible for cleaning up the archers in front of them during the advance. The remaining three thousand infantry are all lightly armed and simple, detouring from the back of the mountain. They rush forward with all their strength and directly insert.
Bandit camp!
"Brothers, it depends on this time whether you can avenge your shame! Come to me!"
And he, Fan Xianchao, took Wang Jiayan's sword and led the three thousand infantry to attack the bandits from behind!
As the soldiers' shouts of killing rang out, bursts of shouts directly frightened the bandits on the mountain. They knew that the officers and soldiers must be fully prepared this time, so as soon as the spies on the mountainside got the news, the entire camp immediately
The bandits immediately picked up their weapons and arrived at their respective positions.
All the bandits were nervously waiting for the attack of the army. Some were holding machetes, some were holding bows and arrows, and some were hiding in the grass with spears. Although they were not wearing armor, they were familiar with armor here.
"coming!"
Following the spy's shout, he was immediately shot and killed in the next second. The bandit leader was holding a rake and a machete. He also felt that this time the officers and soldiers were unusual, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He told everyone that they were not allowed to attack without orders.
Gradually, the officers and soldiers slowly advanced towards the mountain. When the leader saw them for the first time, he immediately ordered: "Archers, shoot arrows!"
After giving the order, the archers buried all over the mountain immediately let go of their arrows, and shot out arrows in a hurry straight towards the officers and soldiers. However, no screams were heard, and the leader was confused and looked again.
When I went there, I found that this army was armed with large shields and wearing heavy armor. They were not afraid of arrows at all!
"Made!"
Seeing the officers and soldiers getting closer and closer, the leader couldn't help but get angry, what's wrong? As for the elites being used to destroy them? Instead of destroying Li Zicheng and the Tatars, they wanted to destroy me instead. There's something wrong with that!
He hurriedly ordered the archers to retreat back, and then asked everyone to retreat to the camp. They must not fight hand-to-hand with this official army. However, the Guan Ning Army below did not give them a chance. When they found out that they were about to retreat, they immediately closed the shield wall. The following
A thousand archers immediately fired arrows towards the mountain, and the bandits who exposed their backs screamed in agony.
Many of the bandits who retreated were immediately shot and killed on the spot. Some of them hid in trees and fell directly, while some rolled down from above. Without armor, they were instantly killed and wounded numerous times.
When the leader and the remaining bandits finally rushed back to the gate of the camp, they immediately shouted for them to open the door. Suddenly, countless longbows popped out from above. The leader realized something was wrong and quickly pulled someone to use as a human shield. The next second
The crossbow arrow was shot, and the powerful impact directly killed all the exhausted bandits who had just ran up below.
They were completely defenseless. Almost after the first round of shooting, the bandits were basically killed, leaving only a few surviving ones.
Only the bandit leader took advantage of the crossbows to stop and hurriedly pushed away his men who were riddled with arrows and ran towards the woods nearby. However, he was spotted by Fan Xianchao above, who calmly picked up his bow and arrows and pointed them at him.
He shot directly in the direction of escape. The head was immediately pierced through the heart, and then fell to the ground. A stream of blood slowly gushes out from the chest.