Chapter 296 A hymn of unity(1/2)
Botou Post.
"Look, the time is poor and the truth is revealed, and the treacherous ministers finally showed their true colors!"
Commander Yang Da carried his exaggerated helmet and looked at the urgent report sent by Yanzhou Prefecture, but the content in the urgent report was only the Guide tragedy...
That's the name.
Now Xing Jie is doing his best, killing loyal ministers and righteous men, and creating the tragedy of Guide, which is spreading to the entire Ming Dynasty at a very rapid pace. All the gentry who knows the news will not be different from the enemy. After all, this behavior is a blatant provocation of the noble Confucian status.
Even if he does this, he is actually a Confucian disciple.
But because of this, his behavior is particularly outrageous. Yang Feng can kill Confucian scholars because he is a monster and a traitor. His killing of Confucian scholars is an ironclad proof of his atrocities. However, Xing Jie shot at the scholars and betrayal of Confucianism. Traitors are more hateful than enemies. No matter what he is, he cannot shoot at the scholars. Now even the gentry who is still opposing righteousness cannot accept such things.
This head cannot be opened.
Once local officials are opened to kill the heads of scholars when necessary, then the country will be out of power.
If you dare to shoot at scholars, where is the Confucian tradition?
Do you still cry or not?
Are you still hiding?
Well, no one is going to Fuque now.
It is said that the blood of those loyal ministers in front of Chengtian Gate can still be seen...
Of course, it may also be old mud.
But crying in the temple is still in full swing everywhere. When local gentry wanted to expel an unsatisfactory official, they carried the Confucius tablet and went to the Confucian Temple to cry. If the local officials were sensible, they would leave in shame. If they were ignorant, they should carry the Confucius tablet after crying, and they would go to the yamen like carrying the real cross.
Now that Xing Jie has started the suppression, what should we do if officials from all over the country follow suit?
This is not killing five scholars, but tearing off the Confucian golden body, and from then on, the Wenqu stars who are lofty fall to the mortal world.
"Xing Kuntian should have acted in such a way because his family became angry and aggressive."
Zhao Bingzhong, the Qingzhou scholar, said cautiously.
His top scorer was not won because he didn't take the exam at all. His juren came out of the Shandong provincial examination, but after the subsequent examination was stopped, he naturally failed to get the top scorer. He would not leave the stunning top scorer test paper that has been passed down through the ages.
As a young and handsome man, he certainly had to join the Knights.
"Do you think Ji Qing is wrong to punish the traitor in Qingzhou?"
Leader Yang said with a serious look on his face.
"Uh, no, no, I have no intention!"
Zhao Bingzhong said quickly.
Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to say it. If he said the wrong thing, he would be troublesome to be regarded as a traitor.
The scholars left behind in Qingzhou will copy him from the Zhao family!
"Ji Qing, your thoughts are very dangerous. We must be clear that we are just, and everything we do is just, and Xing Jie is self-defeated. Similarly, his current rebellious actions can only prove the essence of his treacherous minister, not for anything else!"
Yang Feng said.
"right!"
"Well said!"
...
The knights led by Zhang Zhifa agreed, and Zhao Bingzhong lowered his head in shame, ashamed that his thoughts were not pure enough.
"Come on, follow me and shout, "The emperor will fight against traitors, and the heaven will punish the traitors!"
Yang Feng shouted in an encouraging tone as he looked at him.
"Respect the emperor to fight against traitors, and heaven punishes the traitors!"
Zhao Bingzhong shouted quickly.
"Hit louder, shout out loud, shout out a few more times, the emperor will confront the traitor, and the heaven will punish the traitor!"
Yang Feng yelled.
“尊皇讨奸,天诛国贼!尊皇讨奸,天诛国贼……”
Zhao Bingzhong raised his arms and shouted.
Soon the sound was already clearly full of high fighting spirit.
"Bandits!"
Suddenly there was a scream.
The knights were in chaos in an instant, and they ran back quickly. In a blink of an eye, Yang Feng and Zhao Bingzhong, who were waving his arms, were standing there...
"What are you running? Isn't it just a scout?"
Leader Yang said speechlessly.
Dozens of cavalrymen appeared in the distance, watching them.
At this time, the defense of Cangzhou had begun, and Li Hualong's reaction was faster than them. After learning that the Red Turban Army had asked to go south, the leader of the Northern Zhili gentry immediately sent his return groups to enter Cangzhou in advance in the name of bandits and began to set up defenses in Cangzhou. This city was originally a frontier fortress. In recent years, not only did the city walls be repaired, but also added a large number of artillery and hoarded a large amount of ammunition.
In particular, there are dozens of red cannons built by Jin Dynasty.
The second town of the Red Turban Army's Beijing Camp Cavalry arrived in Cangzhou immediately. After being blocked by the Return Group, it stopped and waited for the subsequent infantry to prepare to attack Cangzhou.
The war between the two sides is fierce.
Those returning groups are truly stubborn.
These guys are actually Shuntian and Yongping, the children of gentry who fled south during the land reform, and the salt owls who were unemployed due to the salt industry reform, even the rich stoves in the salt farms, the fishing tyrants in the fishing villages, and a large part of them were abandoned people who were driven out...
Needless to say, what abandonment people are.
They were truly irreconcilable to Yang Feng and the Red Turban Army.
The total strength of this returnee regiment was 30,000, not only from Shuntian Prefecture, but also from various places in the Northern Zhili region were destined to be abandoned in the future. They fully supported the returnee regiment. This returnee regiment was the main force in the hands of Li Hualong, and the remaining were the original official army and the new army formed by the gentry of the Northern Zhili. The former had basically become a place to maintain public order, but there were 20,000 people who were considered truly elite. These were all officers of the reformed garrison and then led their clans.
This part is also very good.
New troops are 30,000.
This part was armed by the gentry of Northern Zhili.
After all, they are not at ease with the return group. The two sides are just cooperative relations. It is possible that if the return group cannot go back and grab their land on the spot.
What a refugee!
It's all like this.
Every refugee holds the ideal of occupying the magpie's nest.
In short, as the forefront of the Red Turban Army, and the longest frontier, the situation in Northern Zhili is also the most complicated. The official army directly under Li Hualong existed in the name of bandits, but in fact he accepted the return group dispatched by him, the gentry formed a new army training under the pretext of eliminating these bandits. A total of three alliance armed forces were able to fight 80,000 troops, and some local militia groups collected rent for the gentry to deal with the troublemakers. The main job was to capture fugitives...
The fugitive who fled to the capital.
"Go and drive these thieves away!"
Leader Yang shouted.
The entourage commander Hu Biao immediately shouted, and then his 300 cavalry rushed forward, but as they rushed out, the Red Turban Army reconnaissance cavalry turned around without hesitation, and dust could be clearly seen rising from the distance.
"Array!"
Yang Biao roared.
Five thousand entourage cavalry quickly formed an array.
In fact, these scholars don’t understand. Those who are truly military-minded should be able to see the abnormality. This entourage, who can be said to be pieced together like a mob, can truly be arranged in a strict array on the battlefield in such a short period of time, with orders and strict discipline...
If they said they didn’t know each other before, they wouldn’t believe it!
However, none of the five hundred charlatan knights had doubts about this. Some even thought that this was the military strategists who were good at governing the army, and therefore enjoyed the praise of the gentry along the way, making them all look elated, as if in the past, they really didn't come out, but why? Now, as soon as they came out, they immediately made a big splash, and they were all like Xie Shi and Xie Xuan.
And while the entourage was lined up, the cavalry whistle led by Hu Biao rushed straight into the dust.
Soon a large number of cavalrymen appeared on the opposite side...
"Return to the Hometown Group!"
Zhang Zhifa said.
Leader Yang smiled slightly.
"Prepare to fire the gun, welcome these loyal and righteous people!"
He said.
Five thousand cavalrymen immediately pulled out their short guns.
Hu Biao went over to the return group, and after revealing his identity to each other, he returned immediately, but the return group continued to follow him...
"put!"
Yang Feng said.
Five thousand cavalrymen pulled the trigger on the horse's back at the same time.
To be continued...