Chapter 142: A chapter episode of sudden martial arts
Since Li Laiheng captured Shandong, the foundation of the Dashun Army in Shandong has gradually been consolidated. Although the gentry rebelled when Hauge went south, most of them were willing to wait for the surrender, but there were also many green forest heroes in many places, even when the Manchurian troops pressed the territory.
Despite the situation, they still used the banner of Shunjun and the Yongchang reign, gathered volunteers in Manjiadong, Fujialou and other places, and took the initiative to attack the Qing army's march south.
Originally in Shandong, Li Laiheng had already dispatched Gu Kecheng, the water transport manager, Ma Bao, the Shandong Jiedu envoy, and Xu Du, the Shandong recruiting envoy, to manage it on his behalf. He still felt that the troops were not strong enough to compete with Hauge's army, so he sent troops to Kaifeng and Guo Jun
After the town's discussion, Guo Junzhen was ordered to go to Shandong in the name of Deputy Prime Minister of Qi Ludao Marching Army to unified command the various ministries and launch a counterattack against the Qing army's east-route troops under Hauge's command.
The reinforcements that arrived in Shandong successively from the Shun Army, plus the original garrison in Shandong, reached about 60,000 troops at this time. Compared with the 80,000 troops of the Hauge East Route Army, although it was slightly less, the gap was not big.
big.
Moreover, Xu Du made great efforts to recruit local heroes in Shandong. In Manjiadong and Fujialou alone, they recruited as many as 30,000 to 40,000 militiamen.
Although these heroic armed forces lacked field combat capabilities, they were useful in defending the city. What's more, they could also be used to deal with the armed gentry who surrendered to the Qing army. In addition, the green forest militiamen were active everywhere in the rear of the Qing army, robbing soldiers and food, and killing people.
Dispersed officials and rural regiments could also play a huge role in blocking Hauge's southward movement and opening up water transportation.
In the vast land of Qilu, under the management of Xu Du, heroes have sprung up everywhere, like a spark igniting a prairie fire, they have spread all over the six prefectures of the East and West and cannot be suppressed.
In the Qingzhou Prefecture, on the trail leading to Yidu, there is a delicate and elegant young man in a green shirt named Wen Qingqing. There is only a little fluff on her lips. Although she is dressed in men's clothing, a closer look can tell that she is actually a woman.
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Wen Qingqing was from Shiliang, Zhejiang. She was born into a wealthy family in Zhejiang, but she had heard of Xu Du, a hero from Dongyang, and admired Xu Du very much.
Since the battle of Huolu and the death of the Three Emperors, all kinds of rumors and legends from the north have been spread to the south of the Yangtze River. People's hearts are in confusion and the situation has always been turbulent. The two factions of King Lu and King Fu did not think about the northern expedition to save the country, and they did not even care about defending the country.
Jiang Biao, on the other hand, fought endlessly among the parties for dominance in Nandu's political situation all day long.
Wen Qingqing was greatly disappointed with these hypocritical Jiangnan scholars. At this time, rumors spread to Jiangnan that Xu, a hero of Dongyang well known to Jiangnan people, had established Crown Prince Chongzhen in Shandong and launched the Qinwang's army with millions of followers.
It was unstoppable and fought endlessly with Donglu and rogue bandits.
Wen Qingqing had always admired Xu Du's character. She had practiced martial arts since she was a child and had excellent martial arts skills. She thought that it would not be a problem to deal with some rogue Tatars. So she took advantage of the opportunity when her family members went to Nandu to serve as officials and stole a thousand pieces of gold from their families.
, took a boat to Shandong, hoping to join the command of Xu Du, the great hero of Dongyang, and have a look at the elegance of this unparalleled knight.
Who would have known that Wen Qingqing had just arrived in Shandong and discovered that the situation was completely different from what people in Jiangnan had heard.
At this time, Shandong was in the midst of a fierce war between the Qing army and the Shun army, and Xu Du was not a Qin Wang general who supported Prince Chongzhen at all, but had actually surrendered to the throne and became a high-ranking general in the Shun army.
On the road from Huai'an to Qingzhou, there are thieves, water bandits, and insurgents everywhere, and traffic has been basically cut off. Although Wen Qingqing's martial arts is good, it is difficult for him to beat four hands with his fists. On the way to Qingzhou, he was already robbed by insurgents.
He was robbed, surrounded by dangers, and almost died on the road.
Not long after she set out, most of her beautiful fantasy had been shattered. Even her life was in danger.
Fortunately, Wen Qingqing is an upright and kind-hearted person. When she was passing through Jiacang Town, she encountered a team transporting grain and property that was robbed by rebels. There were only a few guards on the caravan, but there were twenty or thirty rebels. The situation was very critical.
, Wen Qingqing took the initiative and killed one of the rebels. The caravan guards also took the opportunity to fight back, firing a volley of Zhuge crossbows, and finally scared the rebels away.
This team was originally sent to Shandong by Li Kexiu, a guerrilla from the Haizhou Ming Army. The leader of the escort was Li Kexiu's daughter Li Yuanzhi. She was also dressed in men's clothing and had a graceful demeanor. Her handsome eyes were full of anger, which made Wen Qingqing
love at first sight.
The two met like old friends and quickly got along, but Wen Qingqing was very surprised. As a guerrilla in the Ming army, why did Li Kexiu send a cart of goods to Shandong?
When Li Yuanzhi heard this question, she looked a little embarrassed. The guard leader beside her, Sha Guangtian, who was also Li Yuanzhi's martial arts master, said bluntly:
"My general has been recruited by the King of Shandong and is ready to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side to help Dashun in the war."
Wen Qingqing was shocked when he heard this. The guerrilla general Li Kexiu had a high status and Wen Qingqing did not know him. However, Sha Guangtian was a very famous figure in the southern martial arts world. Even he served as a guard for Li Yunzhi. Li Kexiu's strength was evident.
She knew that the King of Shandong mentioned by Sha Guangtian should be Xu Du, the great hero of Dongyang. She did not expect that southern generals like Li Kexiu had been recruited by Xu Du. Wen Qingqing could not help but admire Xu Du's outstanding style even more, but did not care about it.
Li Kexiu's betrayal of the Ming Dynasty.
After Li Yunzhi saw that Wen Qingqing didn't mind her family's defection to the Shun Army, she felt relieved and told many of the inside stories one by one.
It turns out that although Li Kexiu's men were very powerful, many of the soldiers in the camp were involved with the Cao Gang. Since the Dashun Army captured Xuzhou, the Cao Gang had been cut off, and the Cao Gang had basically defected to the Shun Army. Even if Li Kexiu wanted to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Shun Army
When the army gives an order, these Caogang brothers will force him to surrender to the army.
After Wen Qingqing learned the inside story, she sighed:
"Xu Daxia is so famous in Jiangnan, and it is true that there are no dishonest people despite his great reputation. Sister Li, are you going north on this trip to meet Xu Daxia?"
Li Yuanzhi chuckled, with a bright smile, and said:
"What kind of person is the King of Shandong? If he moves his hands casually, the whole world will tremble. How can we have a chance to see him in person? This time we go north, we are going to meet Qingtian, another famous hero in Shandong.
Palace Wencai.”
Wen Qingqing didn't know much about Shandong Wulin and had never heard of Qingtian Palace Wencai's name, so he asked: "Who is this hero?"
Sha Guangtian touched his beard and introduced her:
"King Qingtian is the most respected figure in the Shandong martial arts world. He has extremely high martial arts skills and a great reputation. With a single order, tens of thousands of his disciples can die for him. Even our general Li, when he saw Gong Wencai, he also
If you call him "Gong Lao" respectfully, you can imagine what a powerful person he is."
Wen Qingqing heard Sha Guangtian introduce her to various stories about Shandong Wulin, such as the flying sword that killed the Tatar King Abatai, the horse test, the great swordsman Li Wensheng who dueled with Xu Du on the top of Mount Tai, and all kinds of names.
The legend really made her blood boil, and the stars in her eyes couldn't stop shining.
She listened to many more stories along the way. It wasn't until the team reached a roadside tea shop that everyone stopped and decided to go in and drink some tea and rest.
But before everyone could sit down, they heard the sound of galloping horses outside the store. Sha Guangtian was extremely vigilant. As soon as he heard the sound, he carefully clenched his sword and stood up straight with several guards.
Wen Qingqing was a little surprised and didn't know what kind of situation she was encountering. Li Yuanzhi raised his finger to indicate to her not to worry and to handle the matter by herself.
I saw two knights walking outside the store. They were both wearing dark blue smocks. I couldn't tell what the armor looked like under the smocks. But they just took a step forward, and there was a faint sound of metal collision on their bodies.
It makes people feel horrified and frightened.
One of the knights held up a riding crop, looked down on everyone in the store, and asked:
"Who are you? Write down how many people there are, the goods to be escorted, and where to go. Write them down on paper one by one. Go and do it quickly. Don't waste our time."
Li Yuanzhi saw the two knights asking such arrogant questions, and said displeased: "Why should we write to you where we are going? Who are you? Such gesticulation!"
Sha Guangtian also smiled sinisterly and said: "Are you two official servants? The world is so chaotic nowadays, even official officials don't want to interfere in everything, right?"
"Ah!"
While he was talking, another knight walked in slowly on a war horse. He did not wear a coat and armor like the first two, but only wore a simple light-colored clothes.
"Are you from Jiangnan?"
The newcomer's tone of voice was very kind and gave people a much friendlier impression than the previous two. After Li Yuanzhi hesitated for a moment, she still felt inconvenient to reveal her identity directly, so she only said: "I...where do we come from?
It has nothing to do with you, right?"
When the knight holding the riding whip heard Li Yunzhi speaking like this, he snorted and threw the whip away. Sha Guangtian, the leader of the guard next to Li Yunzhi, was very skilled. He immediately rushed out and grabbed the riding whip with one hand, showing his superb martial arts.
Come.
The knight seemed a little surprised. After he said "Hey", he suddenly showed a sneer. With a little force on his wrist, the tip of the riding crop changed again. With a swipe, Sha Guangtian was thrown into the air.
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Sha Guangtian's decades of horse-stepping skills actually had no effect on this knight's casual whip. He was whipped out like a top and fell to the side.
Everyone in the store was shocked. Sha Guangtian was a famous master in the southern martial arts world, but he was defeated by this knight with just a whip!
Li Yunzhi and Wen Qingqing looked at each other. They both felt that the enemy was terrifying and powerful, but they still relied on their strong martial arts skills and were determined to fight. They drew their swords at the same time and stepped forward. The sword light flashed and their energy flew wildly. The one with the whip
But the knight just shouted, and with a strong swing of his whip, he swept away two top-notch masters in the Jiangnan martial arts world at the same time.
Li Yuanzhi was shocked and speechless, while Wen Qingqing mustered up the courage to draw her sword, stood up in front of everyone, and shouted:
"Who are you?! We are sending military supplies to the King of Shandong. Who are you, how dare you stop us!"
"King of Shandong?"
When the man in green shirt heard this word, his expression seemed to be very confused. Another knight came close to him and explained in a low voice:
"Commander, this King of Shandong seems to be a nickname given to our envoy Xu by the Green Forest?"
Hearing this, the guest in green shirt laughed again and said, "Oh, the King of Shandong! Is Xu Sheng so majestic? I think it's an exaggeration!"
When Wen Qingqing heard this green-shirted guest mocking Xu Du, her most admired hero, in such a tone, Wen Qingqing said angrily:
"Who are you! How dare you say such things to Hero Xu!"
When the guest in Qingshan suppressed his laughter and wanted to say something, there was another sound of fighting and fighting outside the store. Sha Guangtian turned pale with fright when he heard the sounds of swords and guns clashing and the neighing of horses outside.
, Although Li Yuanzhi was calmer, she also thought that she might have caused a big disaster.
With a crash, a figure dressed as a general rushed into the store with more than a dozen guards. He immediately knelt down on one knee in front of the knight in blue and said loudly:
"I bid on Gong Wencai, the mighty general of the Dashun Army. The military situation was tense and I was unable to greet the commander in person in time. Please forgive me!"
"Gong Wencai!"
Li Yunzhi and Wen Qingqing were both in disbelief. Isn't Gong Wencai the Shandong Qingtian King they were escorting military supplies to see?
Didn't Sha Guangtian say that Gong Wencai was a leader-level figure in Shandong Wulin? How could he kneel down in front of this knight in green?
Who is this person?
Gong Wencai first wanted to send troops to capture Li Yuanzhi, Wen Qingqing and others, but the knight in green said to ask questions first, maybe there would be some misunderstanding, so he stopped.
After listening to Li Yuanzhi's explanation, the knight in green asked Gong Wencai: "Gong Weiwu, who is this Li Youqi of Haizhou?"
Gong Wencai quickly explained: "This person is a general of the Ming army whom I recruited on the orders of the envoy."
"Hahaha, I see. It seems that there is indeed a misunderstanding." The knight in green laughed and said, "You two little girls, this matter is a misunderstanding. However, there are still frequent wars in Shandong, so you should be more careful when traveling around the world."
After the misunderstanding was resolved, Wen Qingqing finally couldn't restrain her curiosity and boldly asked:
"You...who are you? Are you one of the people around Master Xu?"
Gong Wencai immediately reprimanded: "What nonsense! This is the Shangfeng of the Xu Zhaobao Envoy, and Ma Jieshuai, the Shandong Jiedushi Envoy of Dashun!"
Ma Bao laughed loudly and said: "Among these heroes, Xu Du's reputation is greater than mine, so there's nothing strange about it."
The guard soldier next to Ma Bao, who was holding a riding whip, shrugged and said: "What kind of heroes are they actually just gangsters in the underworld? I can knock down four or five of them with one blow of the whip."
Ma Bao shook his head and said: "Nonsense, what do you know? Gong Weiwu, you have to entertain these people well. Even people from Jiangnan took the initiative to surrender to Dashun. It seems that Dashun's situation and future in Shandong are very good, and Xu
Du's reputation is indeed quite good in the south, and His Highness has indeed chosen the right person to recruit local heroes - but I don't know what the situation will be like now when Your Highness goes to Guanzhong."
Wen Qingqing asked curiously: "Your Highness? Which His Highness? Is he the crown prince of Emperor Chongzhen?"
Ma Bao's personal soldier said angrily: "Your Highness is a heavenly being, you can't offend your name at will!"
Li Yunzhi quickly pulled the ignorant Wen Qingqing away. Her legs were shaking uncontrollably... In her eyes, Wang Xudu of Shandong was already a person whose status was so high that it was almost endless. She didn't expect this person in front of her.
A knight in green is actually Ma Bao, the military commander of Shandong Province who is more powerful than Xu Daxia!
Li Yuanzhi had already vaguely guessed the identity of His Highness Ma Bao spoke of. Who else could he be except Mr. Li, the man of heaven who was looked up to by all the people in the world?
Ma Bao didn't pay attention to Wen Qingqing's unintentional offense. He walked slowly outside the store and looked at the dense forest on the hillside in the distance. What he was thinking about was that Dashun was quite stable in the hearts of the people in Shandong, like Li Yunzhi and Wen Qingqing.
In Shandong at this time, there were probably dozens or even hundreds of people who took the initiative to surrender, even if they didn't have a thousand shares.
Although these green forest heroes, Caogang gang members, defeated soldiers, and merchant and civilian guards were simply not worth mentioning compared with the regular Dashun Army field troops.
But it was precisely with the assistance of these forces that Ma Bao believed that Hauge would never be able to achieve the Qing army's strategic goal of opening up water transportation.
Ma Bao then galloped toward the horizon under the protection of Gong Wencai's troops. Wen Qingqing looked at the departing general from a distance and said with fascination:
"A person who can make such a powerful general and Xu Daxia fall in love with him. What kind of heavenly being is Mr. Li?"