Niu Jinxing is particularly familiar with the situation in Guanshan in Henan. On the way with Liu Tichun, he always pointed with his whip at the vast mountains and rivers, the majestic Great Wall, and the ancient castle, and told Liu Tichun: A certain dynasty, a certain year, a certain river, here
What kind of war happened and what was the situation like? He talked about it in great detail, as if he had participated in the war himself, which made the two tigers admire him very much.
When this Niu Ju man saw Li Laiheng, the "Prince" who had long been famous in Henan, and sincerely welcomed him personally, most of the knots in his heart were relieved.
He was riding on the donkey, opened the fan with a flick of his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Li is so charming!"
Liu Tichun rushed forward and hugged Hao Yaoqi, who had dismounted from his horse. Although Hao Yaoqi had numerous minor problems, he had really good connections in the camp. Liu Tichun was Yuan Zongdi's deputy, but he also
He and Hao Yaoqi are old and sincere friends.
Li Laiheng also dismounted. While greeting Niu Jinxing, he kept looking at Mr. Qi Weng and said, "Qi Weng is a civil servant. How can I, a common man, dare to show my grace in front of Mr. Qi Weng?"
He also watched people serve food, and the courtesy he showed in front of Niu Jinxing made Fang Yiren feel very unhappy. He thought to himself that if he hadn't been obsessed with military affairs and not good at studying, with his background in the Fang family in Tongcheng, he would still be afraid of failing the exam.
Who was promoted to the imperial examination? His cousin Fang Yizhi was a Jinshi!
"What are you talking about? What about promoting people and the common people? Since I follow King Chuang to raise righteousness, there is no need to mention these." Niu Jinxing stroked his beard and said with a smile, "He is indeed the adopted son of a tiger. He is indeed a handsome man! I don't know who is under his command."
How do you call Taifu?"
Taifu means name, but Li Laiheng is still young, not yet old enough to marry, and he has never had a name.
After Li Laiheng was stunned for a moment, he replied politely: "I am not yet twenty years old and I don't have a nickname yet. Qi Weng can just call me by my first name. If Qi Weng is free, he can also choose a name for me in the future."
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Niu Jinxing jumped off the donkey's back, bowed and said, "I really don't deserve the trouble of welcoming you from afar. I'm so embarrassed! If the young general allows me to choose a pseudonym, I think it can be called Shanzhai."
, with victory as the symbol! If you don't come to Heng, you will naturally win, and the name and character are also very consistent!"
Li Laiheng's eyes widened and he didn't know what to say. He couldn't refuse the font name Niu Jinxing helped him choose, so he could only murmur: "This, this... okay, Li Desheng will be Li Desheng!"
Li Laiheng greeted Liu Tichun again and asked about the current situation of his adoptive father Li Guo. He was relieved to learn that their development was also very smooth. They were traveling across Baofeng, Lushan and Jiaxian counties and incorporated or annihilated the local copycat militias.
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He waved behind him, and Zhang Pizhu immediately brought over a war horse. This horse was a Northport gelding sent from the owner of a village in Xiong'er Mountain. It was very docile. Li Laiheng knew that with Niu Jinxing's status and social status, he joined the team.
After the camp, he will definitely become Li Zicheng's mastermind, and naturally he will have a good relationship.
Niu Jinxing thanked him again and said: "The young general is elegant and graceful. It is very polite to welcome him so personally. Why do you need to send horses? I am just a scholar. If I am not good at riding, I can just have a donkey!"
Although he said this, Niu Jinxing changed his donkey for a war horse after Li Laiheng's persuasion. Generals such as Guo Junzhen, Li Shiwei and others also followed closely on horseback. Niu Jinxing saw Li Laiheng's front and rear, all of them were vigorous and vigorous.
The young generals and soldiers looked at the majestic mountains and peaks, listened to the surging pines and the sound of horse hooves, and sighed in their hearts:
How can a real man die of old age?
Niu Jinxing volunteered himself this time and begged King Chuang to let him come to Desheng Village to meet Li Laiheng.
The first point is that I am curious about the character Li Laiheng. I am curious about how he, a young man who has only been in Chuang camp for only a year, rose to become the third most powerful prince in Chuang camp after Tian Jianxiu and Li Guo in such a short period of time.
The second point is somewhat worrying. Both Tian Jianxiu and Li Guo have been friends with Li Zicheng for more than ten years, but Li Laiheng, a newcomer, does not know the depth. He also wants to come to King Chuang to see what this "prince" is thinking.
At first sight, he was impressed by Li Laiheng's low profile and gained a lot of favor. He felt that his suspicion was unnecessary.
Although he had not had the opportunity to talk in depth about the people around Li Laiheng, Niu Jinxing felt that these people were not simple just based on his superficial observations and their casual conversations on the road.
Hao Yaoqi has both a simple and ferocious temperament, Guo Junzhen is sharp-edged but also has perseverance and talent, while Li Shiwei and Zhang Pili are both too young and full of youthful energy.
There is also Fang Yiren, who was called the "Black Scholar" by the soldiers of the Little Tigers. Niu Jinxing was once bullied by the Jinshi in his province, so he had deep hatred and hostility towards the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty.
People who have a reputation as a scholar are deeply favored.
What also left a deep impression on him were the ordinary soldiers of the Little Tigers. Although Chuang Wang's troops had very strict discipline and high morale, the characteristic of the Little Tigers was that the relationship between the soldiers was so harmonious that they were like family members. Compared with discipline and mental outlook,
The main force of Chuangwang is no less impressive.
Niu Jinxing then saw in the valley around Desheng Village, soldiers, militiamen, villagers and hungry people attracted by Li Laiheng, all working together to reclaim wasteland, and felt Li Laiheng's both civil and military skills.
No wonder there is a legend spread everywhere in Henan that Mr. Li promoted benevolent and righteous soldiers and saved the people from fire and water!
After everyone entered the village, Liu Tichun and Hao Yaoqi went to the side to laugh, drink and have fun. Niu Jinxing turned to the topic. He talked to Li Laiheng about Li Zicheng's recent situation. He introduced Li Zicheng to Lushan, Baofeng and Jia in Ruzhou.
The three counties have recently conquered Yongning and Yiyang, and have swept through all the county strongholds around Luoyang.
Li Laiheng raised his eyebrows and asked: "Lushan, Baofeng, Jiaxian, Yongning, and Yiyang are all the prefectures and counties surrounding Luoyang. The old commander has conquered them all. Will he attack Luoyang soon?"
Niu Jinxing did not directly answer Li Laiheng's question, but asked instead: "The young general dominates Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain, and has a thousand soldiers. If all the militiamen are used and the people are hungry, the number of four to five thousand is also in the spectrum. But
I heard what Erhu said, it seems that the young general not only failed to attack the county towns of Nanzhao County and Song County, but also the small town of Luanchuan Town?"
"Haha!" Li Laiheng laughed loudly and explained, "Weng Qi knew the reason, why bother to ask again. As the saying goes, 'small chaos lives in the city, big chaos lives in the countryside', the county towns of Nanzhao County and Song County are not as good as Luoyang, and they don't have much savings at all.
On the contrary, the various cottages in the mountains have more grain stored in them.”
"What's more, in order to maintain their positions, the feudal officials of the Ming Dynasty bullied and shunned each other in order to maintain their positions. They were afraid of taking responsibility. As long as you don't attack the city and kill the court officials, even if you attack the strongholds everywhere, your momentum will grow and the people will submit.
Like Ruliu, those officials in the border areas will also pretend to be deaf and dumb and refuse to report to the court."
"If they reported it to the court, Chongzhen would become anxious, lose his temper, and send out edicts one after another, telling them to 'annihilate' them within a time limit, regardless of where the soldiers were or where their pay was. If they failed to 'annihilate' them by the time limit, they would start a prairie fire." Some of them are high-ranking officials in the border areas, and they can be demoted or cut off in the lightest way, or jailed or beheaded in the worst cases. So these high-ranking officials in the border areas have learned how to do it now, and they hold one purpose: to do more is worse than to do less, and to be a monk for a day. Zhong, if you can keep your salary and position for one day, you can keep it for one day."
Niu Jinxing then stroked his beard and said with a smile: "That's true. That's why when the marshal traveled across Baofeng, Lushan and Jiaxian, he only took out the mountain strongholds and did not attack the county towns, trying not to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. But here and there
For a time, the strength of the Chuang army had greatly increased and they were no longer afraid of the Henan army. The marshal then successively attacked the two county towns of Yongning and Yiyang."
Niu Jinxing usually calls Li Zicheng Marshal or Chuang Wang, so he naturally does not need to be called "Zhangpan" with a strong bandit spirit. At this time, Li Zicheng was in the southwestern Henan area where Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang had been active for a long time, although he did not directly use the banner of Chuang Wang.
However, many hungry people have confused the titles of Chuang Jiang and Chuang King, so Li Zicheng's title of Chuang King gradually became famous all over the world.
Although Li Zicheng himself did not use the name Chuang Wang, the locals from Henan who had newly joined the Chuang Army, and even many old brothers in the Chuang Army themselves, began to call Li Zicheng the name Chuang Wang.
He finally explained the purpose of his trip to Xiong'er Mountain and said loudly: "Little general! Now Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain are under our control. If something happens, we can retreat into the mountains to rest and reorganize our troops. I have suggested
Breaking into the king, rushing through the middle and east of Henan, defeating Luoyang, trapping Fu Fan, taking hundreds of millions of money from the royal palace to raise troops and relieve the famine, and strive for balance in the Central Plains."
"I studied in Luoyang in my early years. I met many people there and knew the geographical situation of Luoyang very well. Before this trip, I had made a comprehensive plan for King Chuang to conquer Luoyang. King Zhu Changxun of Fu was an extraordinary vassal.
The prince is comparable. He is the beloved son of Emperor Wanli and the biological uncle of Emperor Chongzhen. The fall of Fu Fan will surely shake the world and break people's hearts. The people of Heluo will also applaud this and believe that Chuangjun is really the master of Tang Wu.
Wherever the flag of righteousness points, we must watch the wind and respond, and we must eat the pot of pulp to meet it.”
Li Laiheng knew Niu Jinxing's purpose for coming to Deshengzhai. It was obvious that he wanted him to send out all his troops from Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain to respond to Li Zicheng's deployment to attack Luoyang.
But Li Laiheng did not want to be too sharp and stand out from the crowd in the camp. In fact, in terms of military strength, Li Laiheng, Gao Yigong and Bai Wang directly controlled as many as 1,500 capable soldiers, and the other half
If the militia and auxiliary troops that have been working for half a year are fully mobilized, just as Niu Jinxing guessed, there will still be four to five thousand soldiers.
And if Li Laiheng recruits soldiers from various villages in Funiu Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain, and asks each family to send some soldiers to recruit, it is not impossible for the total force to reach 7,000 or 8,000 people!
Of course, such mobilization will inevitably strain the muscles and bones, and will also greatly damage the foundation of Li Laiheng's rule over the Liangshan area.
So after listening to Niu Jinxing's words, he thought that Li Zicheng would be confident in conquering Luoyang, so he decided to add militia soldiers and dispatch one or two thousand people.