Xie Qian and Ding Keze's troops set off under the vast moonlight.
Ding Keze led his dozen or so horsemen to lead the way. Xie Qian led more than a hundred servants and a team of more than 300 young and strong horses to follow, and the rest of the four battalions of people in front, left, and right came later.
The eight surrendered Green Camp garrison troops in Xuntang were divided into the front camp. The front camp were all young and strong, mostly farmers and tenant farmers. The back camp were old, weak, women and children. The left camp consisted of strong women, and the right camp consisted of young men.
There are several battalions of people and horses, and they have some appearance.
Before setting off, the eight of them also received a few more steamed buns. The freshly cooked corn steamed buns were hot, and they all felt much more energetic after eating them. Although they had been hungry for a long time, they were relatively weak.
, but after all, people are young, and there is no need to carry armor or strings on their bows at this time. Carrying a wooden gun makes them march lightly.
"I heard that I'm going to fight the rich!"
"I heard that they were hunting Sun Zhixie and they were hiding it in Santai Mountain."
"It turned out to be this big traitor. His family is said to be very rich. When he was in Jiangxi Province, he embezzled a lot of treasure, which is said to be hundreds of thousands of taels."
Although these few people were newly surrendered soldiers of the Green Camp, they actually despised people like Sun Zhixian. They had already cut off their braids and wrapped them in turbans, but they still wore the robes of the Green Camp and had nothing else for the moment.
clothes, so I put them on inside out.
"After destroying this thief, we can also eat meat." Several people were full of yearning and walked with more energy.
The team moved very slowly, especially the women and children in the rear camp. They walked and rested. Several battalions of people marched out for twenty or thirty miles. The few surrendered soldiers were very determined and gritted their teeth to keep up with the large army.
If they lose track, it will be difficult to follow them. They don't want to miss the opportunity to kill traitors and share the gold, silver and meat.
Santai Mountain is located on the bank of Fanyang River. It is said that Zichuan literati listed it as one of the eight scenic spots in Zichuan and one of the twenty-four scenic spots in ancient Banyang. Therefore, many scholars and gentry in Zichuan built their farewells on the mountain.
Yexiu Mountain Villa is a place to escape the heat in the summer, hunt in the fall, and enjoy the snow in the winter.
There is also a temple on Santai Mountain, which was first built in the Tang Dynasty. It has seven halls, three palaces, four caves and two pavilions, as well as a bell and drum tower. During the Tianqi period, the local gentry raised money to overhaul it.
The main peak is in the west, Bian Mountain is in the southeast, and Guangyoutou Mountain is in the northeast. There are very flat open areas at the top of the three peaks. Looking up, they look like three platforms, hence the name Santai Mountain.
People say that the three hills stand like a tripod, so it is also called Zhiguoshan.
"Thief Sun is at the main peak."
When Xie Qian and his party arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was still early.
They traveled fifty miles from Changbai Mountain to Zhangqiu, and they arrived in less than an hour.
However, all the large troops behind them were left behind halfway.
Looking around, Santai Mountain has three peaks standing in a tripod, really like a pot propped on the earth.
Along the way, the land was dry and yellow, and everything as far as the eye could see was desolate.
At the foot of the mountain are large areas of fertile flat land beside the Fanyang River. Ding Keze told Xie Qian, "These lands basically belong to the Sun and Wen families. Many of the lands were not originally owned by their families, but they were all dedicated in name.
It all became their family’s land.”
"These thieves, who live in fertile land, didn't pay for food or money before, but they all fell on us poor people. They deserve to be killed," Xie Qian scolded.
This hero, who is now reported to Beijing by the governor of Shandong, is called the number one bandit in Jinan. Since the uprising, he has attacked local tyrants, distributed money and food, and used his white robe as a symbol, which has frightened many landlords and gentry.
In fact, Santai Mountain is not a big mountain, nor is it dangerous.
The Fanyang River flows to the west of the mountain, and the Pingchuan Valley is surrounding it. Compared to Mount Lu to the east, Mount Tai to the southwest, and even Changbai Mountain to the northwest, Santai Mountain is at best a few hills on the flat ground in the valley.
The Sun family had a manor in the mountains. In the late Ming Dynasty, there were constant wars, thieves, and thieves. The powerful gentry either moved to the city or built forts on the dangerous mountains to defend themselves.
Sun Zhixian used to live in Zichuan City. When he heard that the Ming Army was coming, he ran to the mountain in panic. This mountain had been run secretly for many years. The walls of the village were reinforced, and there were many guards in his family. He even bought muskets.
Tiger crouching cannon, etc.
It's no problem to deal with ordinary refugees, but even ordinary thieves and bandits can't deal with them.
But for Xie Qian, he had already conquered several county towns, but he still couldn't conquer a small villa?
After observing carefully for a while, he asked everyone to find a secret place to rest, waiting for the people behind to arrive, and to take action after dark.
They rested in hiding in an abandoned village on the west bank of Fanyang River, a few miles away from Santai Mountain.
The following battalions were asked to stop in a ruins further away to hide and wait.
Night falls.
Xie Qian and the others had a good meal and then crossed the river and went up the mountain in the dark.
Ding Keze took the first step up the mountain and contacted his brothers in the villa.
Xie Qian and the others lurked outside the villa. They didn't wait long until they finally saw the fire signal and immediately killed them.
The gate of the villa has been opened by Ding Keze, who is the guard of the villa and has surrendered to Ding Keze a long time ago. At this time, he led several brothers to open the gate.
Xie Qian took the lead and charged in.
The villa was in chaos. Although Sun Zhixian had many guards in the villa, and even blunderbuss and cannons, once the mountain gate opened, there was no way he could stop him.
Many villagers immediately abandoned their weapons and surrendered as soon as they heard the names of Xie Qian and Ding Keze.
The chaos lasted for less than half an hour, and Xie Qian and the others completely took control of the entire villa.
Everyone happily started ransacking their homes.
"Where's Thief Sun?"
"We have already captured them. The Sun family and the Han family have captured more than 300 people in total. Most of the guards on the village have surrendered. A few ignorant ones were shot to death by our random arrows."
Xie Qian was very happy to hear the news, "Seal the villa, don't let a traitor's family go, interrogate them separately, and find out all the gold, silver, money and food they have hidden."
Sun Zhixian was brought up.
When the rebels invaded, he was still making out with his concubine on the bed. He was so frightened that he almost fell asleep. Before he could react, the rebels broke in and took him away.
He was tied up naked and naked, and kept in the cold wind for almost an hour. He was almost frozen. When he was brought up, his eyes were filled with tears and runny nose.
"Good man, how much gold, silver and food do you want? Just ask and I will give it to you. Please be generous."
Xie Qian snorted coldly, "You traitor, open your dog eyes and see who I am!"
Sun Zhixian looked at the person in front of him in the firelight for a long time, but he didn't recognize him.
"I am Xie Qian, and I was also called Han Qian back then."
Xie Qian was stunned for a moment and then remembered.
During the Tianqi period, the Daqing River flooded, and many people fled to Zichuan. At that time, many gentry took the opportunity to buy many girls as slaves, and also took the opportunity to accept many refugees as tenants. They were said to be tenants, but in fact they were equivalent to long-term workers who sold themselves to them.
They borrowed grain from them and hired them as tenants, but this grain was as expensive as silver. Although you could survive by eating this grain, it was not easy to pay it back. This was also the case with Sun Han and other families back then. They took the opportunity to lend money to buy people, and even took advantage of the opportunity.
Land acquisition at low prices, etc.
The same is true for Xie Qian's family. One of Xie Qian's sisters was bought by the Han family, and another sister was bought by the Sun family. He sold his two daughters, but they could only get a little food, which was difficult to survive in the disaster year. In the end
He had to borrow grain from the Han family and became their tenant.
Xie Qian hated the Han family and also hated the Sun family.
Because they were all cannibals, his sister was tortured to death within a few years of being in the Han family. Her sister was bought by the Sun family, and was finally resold by them. No one knows where she was sold.
Sun Zhixian was a little panicked and quickly begged for mercy, "It turned out to be General Xie. I didn't know that the housekeeper sold your sister back then. I was still an official in Beijing at the time, but this matter is indeed something wrong with my family. I will definitely let someone go."
Investigate this matter and bring your sister back. Also, I am willing to compensate you. I will give you one thousand taels of silver."
"Shut up!" Xie Qian roared angrily, his face turning red.
Although Xie Qian's family was just ordinary people in Gaoyuan back then, at least they were reunited as a family. Later, when they arrived in Zichuan, their wives and children were separated, and they even became slaves and long-term workers. They were bullied and bullied, and even more so by these unscrupulous powerful men.
He was oppressed in every possible way, and both his parents died of illness early as a result.
He also suffered too much.
All these made him extremely hostile to the landlords and gentry, not to mention that Sun Zhixian was a traitor. The Tatars invaded and occupied Shandong, which made the people even more miserable. He was also surrounded and suppressed by the Tatars several times, and many of his brothers died at the hands of the Tatars.
inside.
This blood debt is as deep as the sea.
It must also be paid with blood.
"Brother, let me greet this traitor."
Xie Qian wanted to interrogate Sun Thief himself.
Sun Zhixian first begged for mercy, and then promised to give him money, but Xie Qian saw his face and was extremely disgusted.
"I heard that the Tatars didn't even think about asking me, the Han people, to shave their heads. It's you, a thief who despises yourself, who insists on shaving your own hair, and why you wrote a letter requesting that all Han people in the world be shaved?"
"How much do you want to be a dog?"
"You were once a dignified Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, and you also did a review of the Imperial Academy. What a glorious thing it was in Zichuan back then? How many people admired and respected you. You were the pride of the scholars from all over the country and the pride of the elders. But in the end
But you became a big traitor and brought Zichuan to shame.
Although I am not from Zichuan, I have lived here for many years, and I feel sick just thinking about it."
The more Xie Qian looked at this traitor, the more unhappy he became.
"Come here, pluck out the rat tail of this traitor and cut off his scalp too!"
When Sun Zhixian saw this, he also knew that Xie Qian was determined to kill him today, so he simply stopped begging for mercy and cursed loudly in order to be happy.
"I'll come in person!" Xie Qian, who was scolded, stepped forward, took a knife and personally cut off Sun Zhixian's gray and silver rat tail, as well as the scalp.
Sun Zhixian screamed repeatedly.
"Hero, spare your life, spare your life."
Sun Zhixian didn't dare to scold anymore and kept whining.
He was naked and even burst into tears. Finally, he peed and soiled Xie Qian's boots.
"groove!"
Xie Qian yelled, "The old thief deserves to die."
"Sew the old thief's mouth shut!"
Several servants came forward, found needles and thread, and sewed Sun Zhixie's mouth shut.
After the stitches were finished, a servant looked at his bald head that was bleeding and cursed, "You damn traitor. There's not a single hair on his head. Let's re-grow it."
"Bring the pig bristles and I will plant them for him." This servant used to be a small craftsman who made pig bristles brushes. Later, he couldn't survive and joined Xie Qian. He also put on a white robe and became a rebel.
At this time, I wanted to put my old skills to use, so I took an awl and asked for bristles, and started to poke holes in Sun Zhixian's head, and then planted the bristles.
This craft has been passed down from generation to generation. Although I haven't practiced it for a long time, my craftsmanship is still there.
He became more and more tempered and became more focused.
Everyone saw the fun and cheered one after another.
Sun Zhixian, whose mouth was sewn and bound, could only struggle in pain.
From planting at night to morning, this craftsman's servant managed to grow a head of fine boar-bristle hair for Sun Zhixian, with silver bristles all over his head like a brush. It was truly remarkable.
Everyone came to watch and cheered loudly.
"Why don't we just plant bristle all over this old thief's body, and then we'll take him to Zichuan County and give him to the Emperor's Shence Army. Think of it as a gift from us to the Emperor."
Someone suggested.
Xie Qian thought it was very good, "Okay, brother Lao, I'll plant it on this old thief's back. Since the good Han people are not good enough and have to be dogs for the Tatars, then let's put it on his head."
He has pig hair and dog hair on his back, making him worse than a pig or a dog!"
"Okay, this is good, not as good as a pig or a dog!"
"It's not a thing!"
"Bastard thing!"
"Hahaha!"
After a night of interrogation and searches, Xie Qian and the others gained a lot. They found a lot of gold and silver jewelry, land deeds, IOUs, etc., as well as a lot of food.
Xie Qian asked several battalions of people at the foot of the mountain to go down the mountain immediately, kill pigs and sheep directly in the villa and eat large pieces of meat to celebrate the victory. He also took some copper coins and broken silver to share with everyone.
While everyone was eating meat and drinking wine, they were watching the servant's good craftsmanship.
Sun Zhixie struggled in every possible way, but he could only be planted with pig bristles and dog hair little by little, turning him into something worse than a pig or a dog.
"This is what happens when you become a traitor!"
"This is the fate of national traitors!"
The eight soldiers from the Green Camp who had surrendered to Changbai Mountain were holding a big dog head and chewing the bone marrow. The meat was gone, but there was still bone marrow inside. The other hand was holding a stick bone, and they stood there and watched this spectacular craftsmanship.
He was born a dignified Jinshi, once served as a Hanlin scholar, and even served as an examiner in the Shuntian Township Examination. Such a person is actually willing to be a dog for the Tatars. Most others are forced to join, but he takes the initiative to shave his head, which is more than an itchy scalp.
Qian Qianyi was much more disgusted.
After all, Qian Qianyi was ordered by the Tatars to shave his head because his scalp was itchy, but Sun Zhixian took the initiative to shave his head, and finally insisted on writing a letter to propose a nationwide shaving. This kind of person is so disgusting.
Even the Tatars found this kind of person disgusting. Although he was once awarded the title of Minister of Rites and served as the governor of Jiangxi, he was soon dismissed.
The fate he has now met is really satisfying.
Looking at the bloody holes all over his body and covered with pig and dog hair, it is really a pitiful man who must have something hateful about him.
"Bring all the children and grandchildren of this thief here, chop them all in front of the thief, cut off their rat tails and scalps, and offer them to the Shence Army along with the old thief."
"Those in the Sun thief family who are not taller than the waist sword will be spared their lives, but they will be castrated and paid tribute to the emperor together."
"All the female relatives of Sun Thief's family who are over thirty are beheaded. The remaining ones who are over fourteen years old will be given as tribute to the emperor for use in the palace. Those under fourteen years old will be sold to Yazi and sent to a brothel to work as prostitutes in the future!"
Xie Qian's sister was bought by the Sun family. Later, because she broke a teapot, the family called Ren Yazi to sell her, and Ren Yazi was sold into a brothel.
"The Han family's will be dealt with in the same way!"
"All the food was distributed to the brothers, and the copper coins and broken silver were distributed together!"
The rebels below cheered like thunder.
Xie Qian confessed, "Don't let this thief die. He must be delivered alive to the Shence Army."
"Take another five hundred taels of gold, three thousand taels of silver, and a thousand stones of fine grain. Prepare them for me. I will take them with the old thief to the Shence Army Camp."