Anlu was the land of Nanjun in ancient times, controlling Han and Mian, and radiating to Yunmeng, Yingcheng, Hanchuan, Xiaogan and other counties on the northern edge of the Jianghan Plain. It was the city with the largest population and the richest locality in the area controlled by Li Laiheng.
While he moved the commander's headquarters from Suizhou to Anlu, he also forcibly moved all the influential and prestigious squires in Suizhou, Huang'an, Macheng, Luotian and other places to live in Anlu.
The purpose of this large-scale migration of local gentry is to make these local snakes leave their hometown and be unable to use their social relations and village energy to cause harm. It also makes it easier for the intruders to restrain these powerful forces who can easily become The leader of the rebellion is powerful in his place.
These gentry were forcibly moved to Anlu, and they were all worried about their future. Yi Daosan was also one of the leaders of Tuanlian Village to which Shenzhuang Army belonged, and his cousin Yi Daoxian was a good friend of Mei Zhihuan and a well-known figure in the country. The literary celebrity is said to be the Guo Youdao and Huang Shudu of today.
Yi Daoxian happened to be resting in Mei's Mansion when Zhou Wenjiang assassinated Mei Zengzhi. As a result, he was injured by Zhou Wenjiang's servants who attacked Mei's Mansion and broke one of his legs.
This time, Li Laiheng summoned a group of leading figures from the gentry who had been forced to live in Anlu to meet at the commander's residence. Yi Daoxian was unable to go out because of a leg injury, so he asked his cousin Yi Daosan to represent the Yi family.
Yi Daosan was born in Huangzhou Prefecture. In the sixth and seventh years of Chongzhen, when Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong jumped into jute activities, he organized the four-city coalition to fight against the "rogue bandits" and achieved a great victory. Who would have expected that, but A few years later, not only would he be trapped in a den of thieves, but he would also rebel against the imperial court due to the military coup in Shenzhuang, and would have to survive in the den of thieves.
He and his friend Geng Yingqu, who was also forced to live in Anlu, stood outside the gate of the Anlu Marshal's Mansion, waiting in line for Li Laiheng's summons. The Marshal's Mansion was rebuilt from the former De'an Prefecture Magistrate's Yamen, except for the new Except for the last plaque of the Huguang Festival Commander's Mansion, no major changes were made. However, the garden was demolished and some sheds were built for temporary offices according to the structure of the Macheng Commander's Mansion.
Geng Yingqu was also a scholar. They all felt that they were no longer worthy of the imperial court because of their participation in the battle between the Shenzhuang Army and Song Yihe, the governor of Huguang. Also, after the fall of Macheng, all the regiment training armed forces gathered in Macheng were absorbed by Li Laiheng, and they lost their ability to use force. The ability to resist invading troops.
Now being escorted to Anlulai by Li Laiheng, they have left their homeland and have no choice but to escape into the mountains. What's more, most of them have some vague hope for Li Laiheng. The conflict between the two sides is not so sharp that Geng Yingqu and others can firmly escape into the mountains. the point.
This is completely different from the situation when the Qing army carried out massacres in the Qihuang area under the order of shaving heads. Yi Daosan, Geng Yingqu and others would resist the barbaric rule of the Manchu slave owners at all costs, but they did not have the same determination and intention to do so. Resist Li Laiheng's rule.
Just thinking about his own property that was managed by the envoys and envoys who broke into the military camp, Geng Yingqu still showed a pained expression, lowered his head, and whispered to Yi Daosan: "This little King Li is really good. Great official power, we have been waiting here for almost an hour, right? The weather in the first month of the year is so cold, and a bunch of Qin bandits are so arrogant. I think thieves will be thieves after all, and they have no sense of mastery."
Yi Daosan put a finger in front of his mouth to signal Geng Yingqu not to talk nonsense: "Do you really think that Li Shijun is a young boy who doesn't know how to kill people? Although our land is managed by the envoy of Chuangjunzhuang,
At least there is still some land interest left. Look at the other landowners who fled to Wuchang, weren’t all their properties and houses confiscated by the intruders?”
"There were also those gentry who secretly assisted Zhou Wenjiang in the rebellion. Although Li Shijun did not deal with it at the time, afterward, like Meng Meiqi of Huang'an, they spread rumors and went to the army to massacre. Wasn't it that they were captured and tortured by General Hao?
?I still don’t know what the result will be!”
"Alas." Geng Yingqu felt helpless and could only sigh. They were all from well-dressed and distinguished families. How could they be reduced to waiting in line at the door of a thieves today?
Time and momentum!
"Hush, someone is coming." Yi Daosan saw the door of the Commander's Mansion open and several soldiers who were delivering orders came out, so he hurriedly slapped Geng Yingqu and told him to pay attention and stop talking nonsense.
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The soldiers walked up to the jute gentry who were lined up in two lines and suddenly threw a large number of Ming military seals and flags to the ground. At first, Yi Daosan and others thought they were captured by the intruders when they captured Anlu.
However, upon closer inspection, I found that most of the official seals seemed to be those of Henan prefecture and county officials, and the flags were mainly those of the Qin army.
The gentry were all astonished and confused. At this time, Li Laiheng's confidant Zhang Pizhu, who was already familiar with Yi Daosan and others, led a group of soldiers to guard the gate of the commander's mansion and introduced to everyone: "Fengtian Advocacy Camp."
In the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the marshal annihilated more than 100,000 Qin and Chu soldiers and horses under the supervision of Wang Qionian, the governor of the three sides, in Zhuxian Town. They captured nothing. These were all trophies sent by the marshal. You are all scholars and should know this.
Right? There is also the private seal of Qin Governor Wang Qionian in it. Come and identify it."
Qin and Chu had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and they were all wiped out in Zhuxian Town?
These gentry simply couldn't believe that Song Yihe and Shen Zhuang's army were captured by Li Laiheng at the same time. That was because part of the main force of the Huguang official army was taken by Zuo Liangyu to rescue Kaifeng, and part of it was taken by Ding Qirui to pursue Zhang Xianzhong. Then the official army itself had internal strife with the gentry.
, gave Li Laiheng the opportunity to take Jute by storm.
But now it seems that all the elite soldiers and generals gathered by Wang Qiaonian were annihilated by the Chuang army? How is this possible!
Yi Daosan and Geng Yingqu were both literati. They carefully identified Wang Qiaonian's private seal. With their cultural level, they naturally knew that it was not possible for Chuang Jun to forge it, not to mention that Chuang Jun had forged it.
There is no point in growing things.
After all, if the battle of Zhuxian Town is true, such big news will probably cause a sensation in the world soon!
"This... this, this..." Yi Daosan could not help but chatter when he thought of the 100,000 soldiers and horses who were killed by the Chuang army in Zhuxian Town until the whole army was annihilated. However, when he saw Geng Yingqu
When he was performing, he felt that he was doing well this way, because Geng Yingqu was already trembling in both parts of his body.
Zhang Pili looked at these frightened gentry and couldn't help but chuckle. Of course, the flags and seals were all real.
After Li Zicheng's great victory in Zhuxian Town, he sent Li Guo to chase him north, pursuing Zuo Liangyu's troops who were fleeing to Xiangyang along the way. They were even more excited after hearing the news about Li Laiheng's capture of Juma on the road.
After Li Guo reported to Li Zicheng the news that the Huguang Chuang Army was developing smoothly and had occupied most of the prefectures and counties of De'an Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture, King Chuang appointed Gu Kecheng, the "Nine Dragons" from Liu Zongmin's old unit who was familiar with Li Laiheng.
He was asked to bring a large number of trophies captured by the intruders and send them to Suizhou to "encourage" them.
When Gu Kecheng arrived in Suizhou, a group of local squire landowners were mutinying and rioting because of the new law on camp land, and Zhang Pili was leading his army to suppress it. Gu Kecheng did not come to Huguang alone, he also brought hundreds of trespassers with him.
After the army cavalry helped Zhang Pizhu quell the rebellion, they learned that Li Laiheng had moved the commander's residence to Anlu, so they brought these flags and seals to Anlu.
It happened that Li Laiheng had just forced the jute gentry to live in Anlu, and was planning how to give them a showdown. The arrival of his old friend Gu Kecheng helped Li Laiheng solve this problem. As soon as these flags and seals were thrown out, the jute gentry immediately
They gave up the idea of resisting.
"Commander Jie is waiting for you all at the mansion. It's so cold, so everyone should come in quickly."
Zhang Pizhu, a young general, still had a smile on his face. However, Yi Daosan, Geng Yingqu and other gentry leaders all felt chills running down their spines. For a moment, they felt as if the gate of the handsome manor was swallowing up Abi Hell.
There is definitely no return.
But everyone had no other choice but to grit their teeth and go in. Whether they wanted to plunder money or hold public trials that had been held several times in Huang'an and Macheng, they could only