Near Nanyang Fucheng, in Baitugang Village at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, the sun was shining brightly and the climate was mild today. But for some reason, Li Laiheng suddenly sneezed heavily, making Hao Yaoqi laugh and say: "Who is this?
Talk bad things about the team leader behind your back!"
"Who told you to talk? You are so talkative. Go and train the brothers of the Little Tiger Team."
After Li Laiheng reprimanded Hao Yaoqi, he looked towards the village. In front of the house of a rich man, a big flag with a tiger's head was flying high, which was the symbol of the Little Tigers.
Soldiers from the Little Tiger Corps are stationed everywhere inside and outside the Baitugang village. Within a few miles, there are hundreds of infantry soldiers and nearly a hundred cavalry soldiers, intensifying their training. Often across the hills, you can hear
The sounds of people practicing and the sound of horse hooves could be heard, and the clash of weapons could be heard in the near distance.
Outside the village gate of Baitugang or on the streets in the village, people from all over Nanyang Prefecture came to join the army and complain about their grievances. Many small businessmen and hawkers came from the city and the surrounding countryside, making it as lively as attending a party.
Ever since the late winter at the beginning of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the rebel army was forced to leave Yiling under the pressure of Yang Sichang. They had been hiding day and night, from western Hubei to the Shangluo Mountains to lurk, and then caught Yang Sichang and mobilized the Qin troops.
On its way south, it passed through Pingli, Xunyang, and Shangzhou in Shaanxi Province, and quickly broke into Xichuan and Neixiang in Henan.
From then on, he was completely freed from the pressure of Yang Sichang's encirclement and suppression campaign, and was able to enter the land of Zhongzhou, which was full of firewood and fire. He galloped across the Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountains, conquered a large number of local bandit villages, and his strength grew rapidly.
Li Zicheng considered that there were many cottages in western Henan, so he decided to divide his troops. He ordered Tian Jianxiu and Yuan Zongdi to lead the troops north to attack the cottages in Fangcheng area and collect the hungry people. He also ordered Liu Fangliang to move around Dengzhou and continuously attacked the territory of Dengzhou.
He also ordered Li Guo and Liu Tichun to develop near Nanyang Fucheng. One Tiger and Two Tigers had just broken through Zhenping, while Li Laiheng stayed in Nanzhao County to pacify the village.
In addition to the soldiers of the Little Tiger Squadron, most of the men and horses from the old camp also stayed in the Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain mountains with Li Laiheng. They included craftsmen who made military tents, uniforms, armor, bows and arrows and various weapons, as well as those who ordered Li Laiheng to
A batch of gunpowder and gunsmiths trained by Fang Yiren. Of course, in order for Fang Yiren to be obedient and obedient, Hao Yaoqi had to intimidate him with a stick.
Although Li Laiheng's task was to stay at the old camp in the mountainous area, he did not remain still. On the contrary, Li Laiheng used the powerful force of the large number of local bandits and powerful men gathered in Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain, who were divided into dozens of strongholds that fought endlessly against each other.
The situation. Using the tactics of both vertical and horizontal forces, they pulled together one stronghold, attacked another stronghold, divided and attracted each other, and used all possible means to create a situation in the mountainous area.
The Little Tigers first pacified the native villages in the Funiu Mountains, then distributed the grain seized from the wealthy villages to the hungry people, and gathered the hungry people to farm in the mountain valleys. Soon it became a trend and became stronger and stronger. Not only the Little Tigers were captured by Funiu Mountain
The powerful local bandits in the village called it "Little Tiger Village, the first of the thirty-six villages in Funiu Mountain". Li Laiheng was even called "Mr. Li" by the villagers because he looked like he had read many books and was "full of knowledge".
When the legend of "Mr. Li" in the mountainous area spread to Nanyang Prefecture through the mouths of hungry people, it became even more outlandish. The people in Nanyang Prefecture did not believe that a common man from northern Shaanxi could be as good as "Mr. Li".
With his strategy and talents, he created a whole set of "personalities" for Li Laiheng. He was assigned a father, a scholar brother, and a chivalrous and popular wife. Even his name was changed to Li Yan, whose real name was Li Yan.
Instead, Leghorn became a cousin.
Li Laiheng himself has lived in the mountains for a long time, thinking all day about how to collude with one cottage and go to another cottage, or else he is thinking about the problem of opening up the valley fields for hungry people. He has no idea that he has been arranged from head to toe by the people of Henan.
At that time, not only was he given a full set of "personalities", including a wife and younger brother, he was also given a Sima biological father (Li Jingbai became the official of the Ministry of War, and was often called Da Sima in the Ming Dynasty).
He touched his nose and wondered: "Is the weather going to get colder? I have been trained by Master Liu every day for the past year, and I have not dared to relax my muscles and muscles for a day. How can I still be so weak?"
At this time, the soldiers were rigorously practicing their swords, swords, and spears. After the army stabilized in the Funiu Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain mountains, they stepped up their training of the soldiers' military formations. Li Laiheng also suggested that every once in a while, each group should
To mark the mark, each team will have to compete in military formations, formation competitions, riding and shooting, infantry combat, marching and other events. The winner of the team will have the mark, and everyone can have an extra dinner, and everyone will be honored.
After Hao Yaoqi walked back to the queue to drill his soldiers, Zhang Pizhu followed him again. More than half a year had passed since the Battle of Yiling. After Zhang Pizhu, a young man, arrived in Henan, he had better food than before when he lived in the Yunxi Mountains.
I don't know how many times he has improved, and his height has also increased day by day, and now he has grown to the position of Li Laiheng's eyelids.
Zhang Pili was holding a bag of rice and wheat with holes in his hand, his face was full of mourning, and he said helplessly to Li Laiheng: "Guard team, our granary in Xiaohu Village has been hit by rats again!"
The mountain village where the Little Tigers were stationed was originally built by a powerful squire in Nanzhao County. The father of this powerful squire was a retired official. He relied on his father's influence to plunder and plunder the county, commit evil acts, and colluded with the Baitugang natives.
The bandits robbed merchants. Later, they simply moved out of the county and built a mountain village with their family in Baitugang. They dominated the area and became the largest local snake in Nanzhao County.
At that time, Li Laiheng had just led the Little Tiger Team to the southern foot of Funiu Mountain. He was determined to use Baitugang Village, where the public was most angry, to open up his situation of being in the many mountain villages in Funiu Mountain. He asked Uncle Qing to lead a group of soldiers disguised as soldiers from Shaanxi
The merchants who came over lured the soldiers and horses of Baitugang Village out of the village to plunder. After taking the opportunity to annihilate them, he personally led the elite soldiers and pretended to be a civilian transporting the captured property to the bandits.
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After conquering Baitugang Village, the Little Tigers immediately became famous in the Funiu Mountains. There are dozens of cottages in this mountainous area. Although people often refer to them collectively as the "Thirty-six Villages in Funiu Mountain",
In fact, this is just like "the forty-eight villages of Xiong'er Mountain" and "the forty-eight villages of Qihuang". They are not real numbers, but just imaginary references.
But this is enough to show the large number of cottages in Funiu Mountain. After the Little Tigers occupied Baitugang Village, the villagers called the cottage Little Tiger Village because of the tiger head flag held by Li Laiheng. Hao waved the flag and Zhang Pi
These soldiers of the Little Tiger Team also think that the Little Tiger Village sounds much better than the Baitugang Village, so they also like to call themselves that.
Li Laiheng looked at the torn bag in Zhang Pizhu's hand and felt a headache. He rubbed his eyebrows and asked: "Now we have more and more food, but a new trouble has arisen. This happens every day
It’s really distressing for people to know that rats steal large quantities of rice and wheat, and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
Zhang Pizhu scratched the back of his head and replied blankly: "This, this...that's right! Military Advisor Fang posted a talisman on the granary. Maybe it has the power to drive away rats and eliminate rat infestations!"
"What are you talking about, Military Advisor Fang? That guy Fang Yiren is just a freeloader in our Little Tigers. Why are you calling him Military Advisor?" Li Laiheng forcefully patted Zhang Pizhu on the shoulder and said while pushing him forward, "Let's go.
Take me to see what kind of talisman Fang Yiren put on the paper."
It's okay if you don't look at it. Li Laiheng almost burst out laughing when he saw it. It turned out that what Fang Yiren posted at the door of the granary was not the "talisman paper" Zhang Pihu said, but a list of articles. The content of the list was very humorous.
The title is "Call for Cats":
Those who catch rats and slave raccoons are cowardly by nature but have a kind appearance. Learn how the lady in snow clothes chants sutras and follow the rules of a noble man. Flowers are lazy during the day and do not care about turning pots; bamboo mats are lazy at night, so he can chisel the wall. Even
Calling friends and attracting others, nine sons circle the palace of the Demon Mother, and one after another climbs the shoulders, and six thieves play on the cliff of Amitabha. But it is like an old monk who has entered concentration, invisible and unheard; the puppet appears on the stage, silent and odorless. He is indecisive, tolerates and fosters evil, and then takes over and destroys him.
The evil in the nose is the poison of grinding the teeth. Yama is afraid of ghosts and sweeps away his majesty; generals are cowardly and lose their discipline. Those who are willing to spit on others are actually those who indulge in evil. Whoever has a strong rank will be a famous person. This is
Use the formation of Chu people's canine teeth to rectify Caizhou's mule army. It is supplemented by oxen and horse ropes. The light weight is the same as holding a hog, and the weight is equal to whipping a sheep. The heads of foxes are hung on the poles as a warning for others; they are tied to the body of the unicorn.
On the last, let’s look at the picture of the aftereffects. Let’s work together to make the tiger stronger and don’t teach the rabbit to escape.
This is a declaration of war that "scolds" the raccoon slaves for not performing their duties of catching mice and cats properly. Fang Yiren wrote it with great skill and a certain momentum. Originally, according to Li Laiheng's preference for raccoon slaves, Fang Yiren dared to do this
To insult a kitten, you will inevitably have to threaten him with a stick. But because this article was so beautifully written and humorous, Li Laiheng laughed and asked Zhang Pili to call Fang Yiren over and praise him a few words.
When Fang Yiren heard that he was being summoned by Li Laiheng, he saw that he was at the edge of the granary. He thought that he had offended Li Laiheng by writing "A Call for Cats". He bowed hurriedly and explained repeatedly: "Chief Li, I wrote this in my hand."
Message, it’s all because you asked Chief Hao to rectify the rat plague the day before yesterday, and he was angry with the raccoon slave... Oh no, Brother Cat, Chief Hao was angry with Brother Cat for not doing his best for him, so he asked me to persuade Brother Cat, so I drafted this
This article has absolutely no intention of trying to frame Brother Cat."
"Haha," Li Laiheng couldn't help but laugh twice, and said to Fang Yiren, "Fang Yiren, you are really a wonderful person! There are clear rewards and punishments in the Little Tiger Team. The raccoon slaves are always cheating and slipping, and they are ineffective in catching rats. They really should be scolded.
Scroll. Your essay is also very interesting. I think it will definitely become a good story."
Fang Yiren laughed twice and explained: "I just followed the wisdom of the ancients and imitated Mr. Hu Shi's "Essay on Cursing Cats", and it was an occasional article, but it is really worthless."
"Fang Yiren, you don't have to be too modest." Li Laiheng said that there was no need to be too modest when calling Fang Yiren, but in fact he still called Fang Yiren by his first name, not Mr. Fang, Military Advisor Fang or even Lao Fang. Obviously, he was very interested in this man being called.
The scholar who was coerced into the Little Tiger Team was still very uneasy.
It was just that there were few people in the army who were familiar with firearms, and no one in the Little Tigers knew how to make gunpowder, firearms, how to train firearms shooting, etc., so Li Laiheng had to keep Fang Yiren alive.
After he revealed the topic of "Call for Cats", he directly asked Fang Yiren about firearms, saying: "The Little Tiger Team will attack another village soon, and firearms must be used. You, Uncle Qing, and Baijiu from Dianqi
Crane, to what extent have you studied the issue of firearms?