The two-stone bow and the one-stone bow use different arrows, and it is not easy to buy them in stock on the market.
Wang Yuan usually hangs two quivers, each with a capacity of eighteen. He has already emptied one quiver, and the remaining arrows are indeed not enough to kill more than forty horse thieves.
Seeing that the horse thieves never came out, Wang Yuan simply dismounted and collected arrows, and recovered a few more from the horse thieves' corpses.
At this moment, the gate of the house opened.
More than a dozen horse thieves filed out. Instead of running towards Wang Yuan, they hid behind several large carts, took out the gold and silver from the carts and put them on themselves. Then they threw the gold and silver into the courtyard. Finally, every horse thief
He has at least several kilograms of belongings on him.
Wang Yuan sneered, took back a few arrows, mounted his horse again, and drew the rhinoceros bow to full length by the light of the fire.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow was shot, and a horse thief with half of his head exposed was directly hit by the arrow and killed on the spot.
The horse thieves were even more panicked. After everyone brought their gold and silver, the master immediately ordered to charge towards Wang Yuan.
Although Wang Yuan has always been reckless, he is still reckless with brains. He will not do something as stupid as forty unless it is absolutely necessary. These are more than forty horse thieves, not more than forty bandits, and Wang Yuan has no clothes on his body.
armor.
When the horse thieves came, Wang Yuan ran away, shooting arrows while running away.
The horses raised by the civilian animal husbandry are mainly supplied to the troops stationed in Beijing. They can only reach the level of reserve war horses. How can they compare with the top-notch water horses?
The horse thieves charged fiercely, but not only were they unable to catch up with Wang Yuan, but the distance was further and further stretched.
After several people were shot to death in succession, the leader finally calmed down and shouted: "Retreat south and join General Liu!"
"Second brother, we are here!" Zhou Chong shouted on horseback.
Zhou Chong, Zou Mu and his book boy tied up all the thieves who took advantage of the situation outside the city, and handed them over to the co-police in charge of public security. After they were properly placed, they came to meet Wang Yuan - the so-called co-police means Baojia.
Residents rotated to assist the authorities in maintaining law and order, similar to the nature of the corvee.
Liu Liu and Liu Qi, who caused the rebellion this time, used to be full-time police assistants and were hired by the government with money. The Liu brothers had made numerous meritorious deeds and were absolutely positive, but they were forced to rebel by Liu Jin's relatives.
Wang Yuan did not chase the horse bandits immediately, but waited for Zhou to rush over and said: "Help me recover the arrows on the corpse, and also collect the belongings on the corpse, and then return to the inn immediately. Don't make any noise!"
The horse thieves are certainly abominable, but Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling is equally abominable, forcing many people in the suburbs of Beijing to have their families destroyed.
Wang Yuan took the opportunity to take away Zhang Heling's belongings without any psychological burden.
If these horse thieves did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, Wang Yuan would not even bother to care and let them rob Zhang Heling's village.
Although Emperor Hongzhi was the leader of ZTE, he was too indulgent towards his relatives and powerful people.
Those noble relatives, civil servants and eunuchs who wanted to occupy civilian fields around the capital were all approved by Emperor Hongzhi. This method of asking for land has been around for a long time. The powerful people reported: "There are countless wastelands in such-and-such area, and there is no one."
It's a pity to cultivate it, your Majesty might as well give it to me to cultivate."
Then the emperor agreed, and the nobles and nobles were ordered to form a large area in the fish and meat township. The people in the area must either flee or stay and work as tenants for the powerful.
Emperor Hongzhi had a weak character, so he agreed to land when powerful people asked for it, which caused a lot of trouble around the capital.
In addition, Hongzhi only doted on Empress Zhang, and Empress Zhang was a protector, and the two uncles were simply lawless. When Zhengde succeeded to the throne, no matter who was in power, Empress Dowager Zhang had the most effective words. Zhang Heling even proposed to eliminate Li Dongyang, the chief minister.
Just because Li Dongyang stopped him from preying on the common people.
Zhou Chong and the scholar stayed to clean up the battlefield, and each returned to the inn with more than ten kilograms of gold and silver.
Wang Yuan and Zou Mu, on the other hand, tried to catch up, but Wang Yuan's horse was faster and he soon pulled away and gradually caught up with the horse thief who was lagging behind.
In the wilderness, there is no light and no fire.
The horse thieves were holding torches as they walked, and Wang Yuan couldn't see clearly, so he could just point at the torch and shoot.
Fortunately, the official road in the north is wide and flat, otherwise Wang Yuan would not dare to chase him. It would be funny if a horse stumbles and falls to death inexplicably.
"Whoosh!"
Another bandit was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, and he screamed pitifully at night.
The head master was shocked and angry, and cursed loudly: "This bird will not give a man a way to survive, and he will be cut into pieces one day!"
After about twenty miles of running, there were only thirty-three horse thieves left. Their horses were running out of breath, but Ah Hei, who was under Wang Yuan's crotch, was only breathing heavily.
Suddenly, the horse thief and Wang Yuan stopped at the same time.
A small town without city walls ahead was burning into the sky at the moment. The fire in the manor on the outskirts of Beijing was incomparable to the fire in front of me, because the entire town was already burning.
If the horse thieves were Li Gui, then it was Li Kui who set fire to the town, and they must have belonged to the rebel army under Liu Liu and Liu Qi.
The idiom "Liu Li Liu Qi" came into being because of Liu Liu and Liu Qi.
They have many horses under their command. Their advantage is that they can fight thousands of miles, but their disadvantage is that they are not good at attacking cities. Therefore, they specialize in villages, towns, and rural areas to kill the old and young, seize women, and tie up the young and strong. Wherever they go, they will inevitably burn down the houses. The people are homeless.
If you return, you will either rebel with the rebels or be killed by the rebels. Those who can escape are considered lucky.
"It's General Liu's team!" The horse thieves were surprised.
The infantry brought by Liu Liu and Liu Qi are besieging Boye, Raoyang, Nangong and other prefectures and counties. The nearest one is only 500 miles away from the capital. The cavalry dispersed and looted everywhere. This group actually came south of the capital.
Twenty miles later, his mother set the town on fire.
Wang Yuan was extremely shocked. This was the capital of the Ming Dynasty!
Who told Wang Yuan not to read history books? In history, Liu Liu, Liu Qi and the Shandong rebel army were very arrogant. They forced Beijing three times, crossed Nanjing three times, and fled to eight provinces. The remaining troops even went to Guizhou to fight guerrillas.
There was no other way, Ma Zheng had caused a large number of cavalry in the rebel army, and the speed of their movement was too scary.
Wang Yuan stopped pursuing, dismounted, took out a handful of tartary buckwheat, let the horse chew it to regain its strength, and then took out a water bag to give the horse a drink of salt water.
Not long after, Zou Mu came riding on horseback. When he saw the flames soaring into the sky, he was shocked and said: "Really Liu Liu, Liu and Qi's rebel army?"
"It's very possible." Wang Yuan nodded and said.
Zou Mu hesitated and said, "Then what should we do?"
Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "You should return to the capital immediately to report the news. I will stay and observe for a while."
"good!"
Zou Mu knew that the military situation was urgent, so he didn't waste any time and immediately returned to the capital to report the news.
As for the horse thieves, they went to join the rebel army outside the town.
Two months ago, the bandit leader Qi Yanming was arrested and imprisoned. Yang Hu, Liu Liu, and Liu Qi rescued him from prison. Liu Liu and Liu Qi immediately became famous. Within a month, there were thousands of Hebei horse thieves, bandits, and robbers.
, took the initiative to join the three of them.
The previous group of horse thieves also planned to gain a vote in the suburbs of Beijing, and then immediately go south to join the rebel army.
And just last month, the rebel army captured the official ranch of Xiongzhou and Bazhou, obtained countless war horses, and began to expand crazily.
As dawn approaches, the fire in the town has not yet been extinguished.
Wang Yuan waited for the horse's strength to recover, then rode forward again, finally seeing the details clearly.
This is a small town by the river. When Wang Yuan came to Beijing to take the exam, he got off the boat and bought salt for his horse in the town. The once prosperous town has been burned to rubble, and the rebels are transferring the stolen goods and women onto the boat.
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There is a camp outside the town, where all the young men in the town are being held hostage, and they are being collectively guarded by the rebel cavalry.
Wang Yuan galloped to the front of the camp two hundred paces on horseback and shouted: "The leader of the thieves comes out and speaks!"
The leader of the horse thieves immediately ran to a young man and said, "General Zhao, this is the guy who has been chasing me all the way to this point."
The young man's name was Zhao Pan. He was wearing leather armor and sneered: "A scholar, single-handedly, actually chased dozens of you for twenty miles?"
The leader was so embarrassed that he defended himself: "This guy is very fast and has superb archery skills. We chased him and ran away, but we just shot the arrow in the cold. No one can bear it?"
"Hmph, I'd rather go meet him!"
Zhao Pan rode his horse out of the camp, followed by more than twenty horse-riding rebels. He shouted: "Who is in front?"
Wang Yuan shouted: "I am Wang Yuan, a member of Guizhou Province. You are burning, killing, looting, violating the laws of nature, and have no laws. Why don't you surrender quickly!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"This guy has lost his mind from reading."
"Wow, he is a great official. He has great authority."
"..."
The thieves laughed endlessly, pointing at Wang Yuan and taunting him in various ways.
There were more than three hundred people in this rebel army, and all of them were on horseback. Wang Yuan single-handedly made them surrender.
Zhao Pan smiled and said loudly: "Ms. Wang, I have also studied for a few days. Although I have not entered school, I am still a child. You and I are both scholars. Please listen to my advice and stop working for that foolish king Zhengde!"
"
Wang Yuan scolded: "I am not working for the emperor, but for the people of the world. You are a thief, you are a child. Even if you are oppressed by corrupt officials, how can you slaughter people for no reason? This town is adjacent to the water and land routes. It was originally prosperous and peaceful.
It was burned to a white ground by you!"
After all, Zhao Pan still had some sense of shame. He looked slightly red and shouted: "Ms. Wang, my brother Zhao Hao is just a scholar, but he can serve as a military advisor in the rebel army. You are a noble man. If you are willing to join the rebel army, you will be able to found the country in the future."
It's not a bad idea to be the prime minister. Please think twice!"
"A man with a great reputation is a thief, and his crime is unpardonable!" Wang Yuan was furious.
If a scholar rebels, it will take ten years to succeed. But if a scholar becomes a thief, his crime will be serious.
At the beginning of the incident, Yang Hu, Liu Liu, and Liu Qi were not successful at all. They used hammers here and there and sticks here and there. They could only be regarded as large-scale thieves, and they were always beaten by the army.
But since the scholar Zhao Hao became a thief, he immediately made a strategic plan and began to coerce the refugees to capture the prefectures and counties in North Zhili.
what does that mean?
It means that large groups of horse bandits who just rob and run, coerce refugees into gangs in one county, and their social destructive power increases exponentially.
If Liu Liu and Liu Qi were forced to rebel by the eunuchs, it would be understandable logically.
But Zhao Hao was not oppressed by the government. He was still receiving rice from the court. Because he and his family were hiding from the war, they were discovered by the rebels. The rebels wanted to rape his wife and daughter. Zhao Hao rose up and killed two people, so he was arrested.
Capture alive.
Zhao Hao made an impassioned speech and convinced the leader of the rebel army, so he became a military advisor from the thieves.
Moreover, his two younger brothers, Zhao Pan and Zhao Hao, both became thieves and became rebel leaders.
Seeing that Wang Yuan was still yelling and scolding, Zhao Pan sneered: "Separate two hundred-man teams and capture this person for me!"
The leader suddenly reminded: "General Zhao, be careful, this guy is drawing his bow, and his archery skills are extremely accurate."
Zhao Pan looked from a distance and saw Wang Yuan taking aim with an arrow. He immediately laughed and said: "Haha, he is at least two hundred steps away from here. Can he still shoot me to death with one arrow?"
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