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Chongyi County of Nan'an Prefecture is about four hundred miles away from Chenzhou. Ma Yongzhen has been stationed in Chongyi County with more than a thousand troops for nearly half a month.
In order to gain more credit, Ma Liuliang, Hong Dazhuang and others sharpened their knives every day and stretched their necks in anticipation of the rebels' arrival. However, apart from a large number of refugees pouring in from the direction of Chenzhou every day, there was not even a shadow of a rebel.
The scouts sent out reported that after the rebels occupied Chenzhou, they showed no signs of continuing to move east or south. Ma Liuliang was impatient, and when he heard this, he immediately started cursing: "What the hell is going on? My blade is almost worn out, and these sons of bitches are not coming?"
Hong Dazhuang chuckled and said, "According to what you said, sir, you should say that I took off my pants, and you let me see this?"
"Stop talking nonsense. To be honest, I still don't understand what the adults mean by this. How can you use this phrase carelessly?"
"Alas, I don't know how things are going over there, Master. I hope he won't be like us, starving in vain."
Ma Yongzhen just came back from outside. After listening to the conversation between Ma Liuliang and the others, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's nothing for us to suffer a little, but Wang Sunlan is really wronged."
Speaking of this, Ma Liuliang and others could not help but laugh. Wang Sunlan, the deputy envoy of Nanshao, was so scared that he hanged himself when he heard that the fake official set up by Zhang Xianzhong was about to issue an edict. As a result, after the rebels captured Chenzhou, there was no sign of taking over Shaozhou. Wang Sunlan was frightened to death in vain.
Wang Sunlan's story teaches people a lesson: Even if you want to die for your country, you can't be impatient. You must choose the right time and wait until the enemy arrives in front of you. Then you can slap the enemy in the face with a righteous voice, and then make a heroic speech about your loyalty to the emperor and your patriotism, and your willingness to die rather than surrender, before dying for your country.
Otherwise, things like Wang Sunlan would make it very difficult for the leaders.
You didn't die for your country. You didn't abandon the city and flee. You would rather die than surrender to the enemy. You are much better than those who abandoned the city and fled, or surrendered at the first sign of trouble.
Finally you died for your country. The city is still there, but you are gone. If every official was like you, and immediately found a rope to hang himself when hearing that the enemy was coming, would the Ming Dynasty still be able to survive
This puts the leader in a very difficult position!
After laughing loudly, Ma Liuliang said unwillingly: "Brother Ma, why don't we stop waiting here foolishly? If the rebels don't come, can't we fight our way to Chenzhou?"
Ma Yongzhen shook his head and said, "I understand what you are thinking, but now there are countless refugees pouring into Ganzhou every day, and Ganzhou's military force has been almost exhausted. Once the refugees pouring into Ganzhou cause chaos, Xiang Liancheng who is left behind may not be able to cope with it. At the beginning, the adults set the strategy of defending the south and attacking the north, which meant that we should take care of Ganzhou. Now if we are far away from Chenzhou, if Ganzhou has problems, we will be out of reach."
Han Xiu, the captain, was a calm person. He nodded and said, "Your Excellency has left us near Ganzhou. He has let Brother Ma handle the situation on his own, and has taken Meng Ke and the others on the expedition. I think your Excellency has more trust in us."
"What a joke. Why didn't he let Xiang Liancheng come to the south and let us stay in Ganzhou City?"
"Six taels!" Ma Yongzhen shouted in a deep voice, "Don't mention such words again in the future. Do you think I don't know? If I asked you to stay in Ganzhou City, I'm afraid you would be even more unwilling. Now that the rebels are not coming, you are bored and complain. Did you know that the rebels would not come? Han Xiu is right. Your Excellency dares to hand over the southern defense line to us. It is a trust in us. I warn you, after experiencing Yang Tinglin, now is different from the past. Your Excellency is equivalent to controlling the entire southern Jiangxi, and there will be more and more people under your command. If you don't restrain yourself, you will be squeezed out sooner or later."
Ma Liuliang was so frightened that he dared not utter a word. Qin Mu asked Xiang Liancheng to select strong and capable people from the refugees in Ganzhou to train them into an army. Now they have formed an army of 5,000. As long as time is given, after these 5,000 troops are trained, the more than 1,000 people who originally belonged to Ma Yongzhen's faction will seem weak. To Qin Mu, they are neither too many nor too few. It can be said that they have lost the ability to challenge Qin Mu.
Hong Dazhuang said, "Brother Ma, it is not a good idea to just sit there and wait without making any achievements. We will inevitably be looked down upon by others in the future. Brother Ma, why don't we leave 1,000 troops here and send another 500 troops to Chenzhou. We can act according to the situation and fight if we can. If we can't, we can withdraw. I heard that Zhang Xianzhong's rebels are just newly mobilized rioters with poor fighting ability. As long as our 500 troops find opportunities, we can also win a few great victories."
Ma Liuliang immediately agreed, "That's right, Brother Ma, let me lead these 500 men. I will definitely not embarrass you, Brother Ma..."
"Just stay here quietly. Even if someone is sent, it won't be your turn. With your temper, you need to be disciplined." Ma Yongzhen glared at Ma Liuliang. He knew this guy's character very well. Who knows what kind of trouble he might cause if he was allowed to go on an expedition alone.
Plop! Ma Liuliang was so anxious that he fell to his knees and begged: "Brother Ma, Brother Ma, please trust me for once and let me lead the army to Chenzhou. Please, just tell me what you want me to do. If I, Ma Liuliang, disobey you, I will die a miserable death. Brother Ma, please let me go. I will listen to you..."
Ma Liuliang was persistent and just when Hong Dazhuang and the others were about to ask for the job, he immediately changed his face and said murderously: "If anyone dares to snatch this job from me, ask me for this knife first."
After saying that, his expression seemed to change again. He turned around and kowtowed to Ma Yongzhen repeatedly. The kowtow made a loud bang and his forehead soon turned blood red, as if that head was not his.
Ma Yongzhen looked at this brother who had followed him through thick and thin from the very beginning, and finally he couldn't bear it, so he had to hand over this task to him. After giving him careful instructions, Ma Yongzhen was still a little worried, fearing that this guy would forget all his instructions once he left his sight. So he let the more calm Han Xiu serve as the deputy general and go with Ma Liuliang.
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On Yuchun Mountain, Zhang Zai volunteered to go and find out Wang Yuncheng's intentions. At the same time, he promised Qin Mu that if Wang Yuncheng really came for Qin Mu, he would try his best to stop him to avoid internal strife. He hoped that Qin Mu could also restrain himself and not do anything to provoke him.
Qin Mu was too lazy to talk to him and immediately let him go down the mountain. As for taking the initiative to provoke, Qin Mu certainly would not do it. He would just quietly dig a hole and wait for Wang Yuncheng to jump in.
Isn't it obvious? There is only one road from Yuanzhou to Wanzai. Now that Wanzai has been captured by us, and Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 troops are about to arrive, Wang Yuncheng is not guarding Yuanzhou, but insists on rushing up this road. Isn't this looking for trouble with us
No matter whether you are a soldier or a bandit, if you dare to show your teeth to me, I will beat you till your teeth are all over the ground.
Zhang Zai, along with twelve guards, hurried to Wang Yuncheng's army to inquire about their purpose. Wang Yuncheng didn't even take Lü Daqi seriously, let alone Lü Daqi's staff. He scolded him, "Zhang, stop talking nonsense. I can tell you that I'm here to deal with Qin Mu, that bastard. Brothers, speed up and catch up..."
"General Wang, General Wang, Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000-man army will arrive tomorrow. Now is the time to work together to fight against Zhang. Even if General Wang has a grudge against Qin Mu, can't we talk about it later? After we defeat Zhang, General Lu..."
"You know nothing!" Wang Yuncheng shouted before Zhang Zai finished speaking, "It is precisely because Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000-man army is about to arrive that I have to hurry to deal with Qin Mu. Do you know that just a few days ago, Qin Mu got Yuanzhou by chance and immediately emptied out all the gold, silver, treasures, food and supplies. After I entered the city, I found that there was not even a hair left. Damn, there were thousands of carts. Tell me, if I don't deal with Qin now, are we going to fight Zhang Xianzhong with empty stomachs?"
Wang Yuncheng became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He really wanted to cut Qin Mu into pieces. He was already furious because Qin Mu refused to let him into the city. After entering the city, he didn't get anything. After asking around, he found out that Qin Mu had moved everything he could a few days ago.
This is like a man who excitedly takes his bride home, waits for the guests to leave, and is ready to go back to the bridal chamber to enjoy the wonderful sex, but when he pushes the door open, he finds that the bride has just been fucked. The bride is lying on the bed, her limbs are weak, and her face is still full of afterglow and she still has a satisfied expression... ... ... ... .
Do you think that someone like Wang Yuncheng could resist the urge to kill someone if he encountered such a thing
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ps: Brothers, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, no matter what kind of tickets you have, just cast them. I'm tilting my head and waiting and waiting. Don't let me be cured into jerky in the waiting. Isn't the New Year coming soon? Happy New Year, I'm hello, everyone is hello, ahem, monthly tickets are also good!
.(To be continued..)
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