A scout came on horseback and reported to Li Yuchun.
Li Yuchun, who was riding on a flower horse, looked into the distance. A village appeared in front of him, and he could see a manor with a large wall next to the Xingluo Village House.
Such a large landlord's compound looks like a fat sheep at first glance.
He robbed many fat sheep along the way and knew how rich these landlords were.
"Then what is Zhujiazhuang's background and what are its roots?"
There are many gentry clans in the south of the Yangtze River. Maybe one of the landlords' compound is the Shangshudi or Jinshifang. Not only did our ancestors have ministers, but some of them may be serving as officials in the court now.
Li Yuchun didn't want to offend someone for nothing. Although generals had soldiers, swords and guns in troubled times, they could be more domineering, but there was no need to make enemies everywhere.
"Go back to the commander-in-chief and find out more about it, and then we'll kill him in one fell swoop."
"It's just a big move. I wish the villagers would be able to show their respect to me when my king's army arrived."
"Commander, the gate of Zhujiazhuang is closed, and there are servants holding bows guarding the wall. I waited until I shouted in front of the door, but they ignored me."
"Damn, you are really brave. Give me the order to the front camp to take down this Zhujiazhuang."
"My subordinates have the order!"
The scouts rode away. Li Yuchun ordered to stop the march, rest on the spot, and then ran to find Lord Manchu.
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Majiawan Village on the shore of Linghu Lake is not far from Zhujiazhuang.
"Come on, come on, the Li bandit team is here."
"The front camp has arrived in front of Zhujiazhuang, but the door is not open and is ready to attack."
Under the big tree at the entrance of the village, the censor, Shen Wenzhong, the supervisor of the flag-bearer Zuoying's outpost, was arguing with Zhang Quan, the commander of the flag-bearer Zuoying's outpost. Shen Wenzhong was a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, but Zhang Quan, the commander-in-chief, was an authentic man from outside the customs.
The old brother who defected to King Lu with Wang Chuangzi was also a veteran who fought from outside the Pass to inside the Pass, and from the north to the south of the Yangtze River.
They argued for more than half an hour. The reason was that a soldier from the outpost slept with a widow from Majiawan Village yesterday. Shen Wenzhong found out about this, so he immediately tied up the soldier and locked him up in a dark room.
He was court-martialed.
Zhang Quan refused, so the two of them fought.
Shen Wenzhong was determined and had to kill him.
"We are the Northern Expeditionary Army crossing the sea led by the Supervisor himself. We are the King's Division. How did His Highness promulgate the Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention before? Your Highness asked everyone to avoid women even when taking a bath. You are so brave now that you actually dare to
Insult to the widow!”
Zhang Quanzhang is tall and strong, with a dark and rough face. It is said that he has practiced Iron Head Kung Fu, Golden Bell Shield, and Iron Sand Palm since he was a child. Anyway, he has practiced eighteen kinds of martial arts, and his temper is also hot.
Facing Shen Wenzhong, a close confidant of the Supervisor, he did not give up.
"The supervisors can't just accuse people for nothing. That boy in Dapeng is indeed a jerk, but he is not so stupid that he dares to rape women. He is a soldier I recruited in Ningbo. He is a very solid young man. He is active in training and behaves obediently.
.Since arriving here, he has been very hard-working when he was stationed in this village. Besides training, he also carried water and chopped firewood with everyone. The widow Wang had her husband killed when she was young, and her parents-in-law died young. She was pulling three and a half-year-old children by herself.
How difficult is it for a child?”
"Dapeng often helped Widow Wang carry water and firewood, and Widow Wang also saw that he was diligent and honest in doing his laundry and mending. After going back and forth, the two bastards looked at the mung beans, took an eye, and rolled under the same bed. This is not against the king's law.
Right? It’s not like you’re stealing from a married woman!”
Shen Wenzhong frowned, "That won't work either. Who can prove that Zhang Dapeng didn't force him?"
"As for that boy Dapeng, I don't dare to force him even if he has the courage! Besides, Widow Wang's husband has been dead for many years, so it's difficult for her to raise a child by herself. Look at the look in her eyes at Dapeng. It's obvious that she had the idea first. What a strong young man! Can you bear this young woman's seduction? In fact, Widow Wang is not bad at all. She just wants to find a reliable and honest man to rely on to help raise her three children. Is there anything wrong?"
"Whether Widow Wang is at fault or not, I have no control over, but Dapeng is a soldier of the Bannerman Battalion, and I, as the military supervisor, have the responsibility to supervise her. What he did was a violation of military discipline."
"It's a consensual thing. What kind of crime are they committing? Even if it's a bit immoral, it's not a big deal. No one even interferes with the Widow Wang's husband's family. Why do you care so much, Supervisor Shen?"
The more the two talked, the stronger the smell of gunpowder became.
"I must kill this man. How can Master Wang's reputation tolerate such a black sheep?"
"I have guaranteed Dapeng. Even if the lawsuit goes before His Highness Jian Guo, I will keep it. Dapeng has not forced Widow Wang. No one can care about the love between the two of them. Dapeng is in Minghe, Songpu, and Meishan. They all have meritorious service. This is an honest and brave soldier. Now just because he slept with a girl, you want to kill him, and I don’t agree!"
At the time when the quarrel was getting louder.
Ye Bushou, disguised as a villager, came over and reported the military situation.
"This kid Dapeng sleeps with a widow. It's immoral. Let's take a note first and let him go back to the team to serve his crime. He will then report to the prison and obey His Highness's disposal. Let's do business first. Fighting the traitors is more important. How about that, Mr. Shen?" Hearing that the traitors were coming, Zhang Quan immediately stopped arguing with Shen Wenzhong, stood up and patted his butt.
Shen Wenzhong was still very annoyed. He felt that he had been working hard to maintain Master Wang's image during this period, but now everyone's efforts were wiped out by Zhang Dapeng.
But Zhang Quan was stubborn and did not agree to the killing. As a supervisor, he could not force a military execution. The enemy was facing a formidable enemy, so he had no choice but to take a step back.
"I will definitely report this matter to the supervisory authorities."
"Don't worry, I will report it too."
The two looked at each other and ignored the matter.
"Wang San, can you find out where the various members of Thief Li are?"
"We have found out that this Li thief is very arrogant and arrogant. His army originally said there were 5,000 people, accompanied by 500 Tartar cavalry. However, we found that Li thief's army also threatened a large number of civilians and robbed them. He brought many young women with him, and even a theater troupe and many prostitutes, followed by many traders, a huge force, dragging back and forth, and there were dozens of miles between the beginning and the end."
Zhang Quan is a veteran of the army, and he immediately heard that Li Yuchun was very arrogant. Nearly ten thousand people were marching without any precaution at all. Although there were so many people, it was indeed impossible to march together. Normally, each battalion would set off in sequence. There is a certain distance, but if you are careful, you won't be too far apart, and there will be Tangqi exploring the road and light cavalry guarding on both sides.
But now these thieves actually threatened a large number of civilians, and even dragged a large amount of looted supplies with them in the army, which greatly slowed down the marching speed and increased the distance between the battalions. The distance between the beginning and the end was dozens of miles.
They even brought theater troupes, prostitutes, and vendors along with them.
This is not a war, this is more like a parade.
However, it is not difficult to guess that Li Yuchun acted like this. After all, this is a Tatar-occupied area. Although they came to attack the Haining Ming army, how many soldiers did they have?
How could Li Yuchun, who had been in the Ming army, not know the details of the Ming army, so he felt confident.
Zhang Quan asked Ye Busuo to tell him the locations and strength of Li Yuchun's troops who had been scouted.
"According to the plan, we don't care about the front, we just block the last tail to stop it."
The order conveyed by the supervisor sent people to attack Li Yuchun's troops one by one. They should act quickly and resolutely. They should leave immediately after the fight. Do not get entangled and do not want to fight.
The newly formed militia teams of various township regiments must also be mobilized to assist in blocking the attack and be responsible for logistics, transportation, cleaning the battlefield, transporting the wounded and other tasks.
Zhu Yihai is determined to completely annihilate Li Yuchun's traitor and puppet army.
"Gather all the brothers, prepare for battle, and rush to the planned ambush location. I don't care about the puppet troops in front of us, the two Tatars, the real Tatars, etc. The task assigned to us by the Supervisor is to take down the last two Tatar battalion leaders.
If they are eaten, then we must do it, even if we risk our lives, we must complete the mission."
Shen Wenzhong frowned and reminded the post commander Zhang Quan, "The original words of the supervisor are that while we are completing the task of annihilating the enemy, we must also find ways to protect ourselves. If there is really no chance, don't force it. The remaining green mountains will be there.
Don’t be afraid of running out of firewood, you can always find opportunities to destroy the Tatars.”
Zhang Quan waved his hands with a straight face, "Although His Highness said so, he is out of love for us, but we ourselves cannot be cowardly. There is no magic weapon in fighting, just one person who is not afraid of death is enough."
Shen Wenzhong did not argue, "I will go to the village chiefs and elders of each village to call a militia."
Although during this period he tried hard to obey the orders of the Supervisor, mobilized the masses, did a lot of work, and raised several militia teams, but when it came time to actually go to the battlefield, he didn't know whether these strong people would be able to play their role.
But if you just help with transportation and cleaning the battlefield, etc., and don't have to go directly to the battlefield to kill enemies, it should be fine.
Shen Wenzhong had been on the battlefield several times, and even hacked an enemy to death with his own hands, but he still didn't have much confidence in this battle.
The 10,000 Ming troops in ten battalions had no advantage over the 5,000 bandits and 500 horsemen.
Especially the five hundred Tatar cavalry were always a great threat, but now that the battle was about to begin, he could only take a deep breath and tell himself that he must trust His Highness the Supervisor.
The young Highness of the Supervisor has led them from one victory to another, winning several games in a row. This time, they should be able to win the final victory again.
The Tatars are not that terrible. In the two battles at Meishan and Changtan, didn't they annihilate a hundred Tatars?
While waiting to meet the village chiefs and clan elders, Shen Wenzhong went to see Zhang Dapeng and said, "The battle is about to begin. I will put your head on your neck for the time being. I will deal with it after the battle is over."
Dapeng smiled at Shen Wenzhong, "Mr. Xie Chen, Sister Wang, Sister Wang, is she okay? She's not implicated because of me, right?" The young man's face turned red at the mention of that woman.
"What do you think about this? Is she really seducing you?"
The young man said hurriedly, "Sister Wang is a good woman, but her life is too hard. She didn't seduce me, and I didn't force her. We just don't know why, it happened all of a sudden, but please don't worry, Mr. Shen, I will definitely
I will be responsible. I have thought about it. After this battle is over, I will marry Sister Wang and raise those three children with Sister Wang. We will have a few more..."
Shen Wenzhong suddenly thought of his wife, son and daughter. He felt sad and turned away, "Survive first, don't lose your life on the battlefield. Since you are willing to take responsibility, you must live well, not only for yourself, but also for others." You live with the person you care about. That woman's life is miserable enough. You just gave her some hope and vision for the future. Don't let her lose hope again."
Zhang Dapeng stopped Shen Wenzhong, "Mr. Shen, I will definitely work hard to kill the enemy. If, I mean, if I die in the battle, can my pension be given to Sister Wang? Ten taels of silver should be enough for Sister Wang. The four of them, mother and daughter, have been living together for a while. I still have the monthly rations for three years and half of the monthly rations for the next three years as mentioned by the Supervisor. Can you give them the same?"
"I am a bachelor, and my parents are no longer alive."
Shen Wenzhong felt uncomfortable when he heard this, and he hummed heavily, "Go back to the team to report and prepare for battle. I will write down what you said, but you are still so young, so I am sure you will be fine. Take care of yourself. , when the battle is over, I will personally intercede with the prison country for you, and then I will be your witness!"
After saying that, he hurried out without looking back.
