Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 761
Yan Yingyuan was from Tongzhou, Hebei. His childhood and family situation were not recorded in the history books. However, he went to the imperial examination after all the hard work, and in the end he only got a pawn who couldn't be younger. It is not difficult to see that Jiangyin, whose hometown is thousands of miles away, went to work. His family background is really not very good. It is not so unlucky to have a little relationship and financial resources.Moreover, it is not difficult to judge from his brave performance against salt lords and pirates after he took office. This man is a non-mainstream literati. He has practiced martial arts since childhood, is good at reading military books, and has excellent talents.If he followed his original life trajectory, he should still be studying hard in Tongzhou at this time, eagerly looking forward to the three-year imperial examination, and then a few years later, he passed the exam, and his family moved to Jiangyin to be a small civil servant. Officials, and stood up in the upheaval-like upheaval in 1645, blooming with brilliance, and turned into proud stars in the night sky after a short period of glory.

However, the current history has been messed up, the battle of the mouth, his hometown was also affected, and he was forced to leave his hometown. The purgatory-like tragedy left by the Jin army after burning, killing and looting along the way hurt his heart. In his heart, he began to reflect on why the once prosperous Ming Dynasty had fallen to such a point that it couldn't even parry a group of robbers with a population of only two million?Can poems, books and articles really tear apart this dark haze of the end of the world?In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Ming army finally cleared up its shame in Lushun, wiped out [-] enemies in the first battle, and the whole country was excited. He was also so excited that he wrote several poems in succession.After learning that the imperial court was going to hold a victory ceremony, he and many fellow villagers drove hundreds of miles to the capital to visit.At the victory ceremony, the huge lineup of the Heluo New Army, Tianxiong Army, and Denglai New Army, and the overwhelming momentum shocked him and made his blood boil.When Tianxiong's army moved to the Nine Sides of the town and beat the Mongols with no strength to fight back after successive battles. Tired of empty and boring poems and articles, he wants to join the army, and together with thousands of passionate men, he will cross the Great Wall, spread his prestige, and open up new territories!
However, his lofty ambition was rewarded with a slap from his father.There is no way, the concept of being noble and inferior to martial arts has long been ingrained, and the sudden emergence of a new army cannot reverse this concept in a short period of time. In the eyes of most people, being a soldier is the most hopeless, only bankrupt Farmers and prisoners will choose to serve in the army, so, brat, read your book honestly, get a name in the exam and then honor your ancestors, and dare to throw a pen to join the army, I can't kill you!In desperation, Yan Yingyuan took part in last year's imperial examination listlessly... What a ghost, I used to try my best to take the exam, but failed every time, but this time I went with the mentality of dealing with errands, but passed I was sent to Huating County to become a small... pawn!
It seems that he really has an unusual relationship with the official position of pawn.

Yan Yingyuan's luck was really bad. When he arrived at Huating to take office, a conflict broke out between Zheng Zhilong and Yang Menglong. Pirate and Japanese pirate activities in the coastal areas of Central and South China were increasing, causing many surprises overnight.He carefully analyzed the situation and believed that this was just the beginning. Yang Menglong was by no means the kind of good boy who knocked out his front teeth and swallowed it in his belly. He would definitely take revenge after suffering such a big loss. If these two dragons fight, what will happen in the coastal areas? Chaos is impossible.Soon after, a small group of Japanese pirates landed at Wusongkou, killed more than a dozen people, and took away a lot of property, which further confirmed his judgment. Seeing that the officers and soldiers were as dead as shit, there was really no hope, so he had to lobby Huating County everywhere. The wealthy businessmen raised money to buy some weapons and equipment for team training, just in case, and those wealthy businessmen also cherished their lives. Although they were reluctant, the officers and soldiers really couldn't count on them, so they had to reluctantly spend money and buy a large number of spears and bows. With crossbows and gunpowder, a militia of thousands of people was organized and handed over to Yan Yingyuan for training.Facts have proved that they made the most correct choice in their lives. Less than two months after the establishment of this militia, Japanese pirates invaded in large numbers. As everyone expected, the officers and soldiers were defeated in one blow. The Japanese pirates came straight to Huating. .Therefore, Yan Yingyuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead this group of militiamen who could not even walk forward to fight - Huating's city wall was so low that it was impossible to defend it, so he had to take the initiative to attack.

Unexpectedly, such a troop, whose legs trembled when they saw the enemy, performed super-level under his command, and fought against the Japanese pirates for a whole night, and they were evenly matched!Of course, there are factors of the militiamen fighting to the death in order to keep their homeland and performing at a super level, but his ingenious command is also crucial.

After figuring out the ins and outs, Xue Siming repeatedly praised: "It's amazing, it's really amazing! Brother Yan, you have made countless imperial court officers and generals feel ashamed!"

Yan Yingyuan smiled wryly: "General Xue, don't make fun of the subordinates. The ability of the subordinates is not worth mentioning in front of your Heluo new army. If it were you, it wouldn't take so long. A cup of tea would be all you have to do." Put it down!"

This is the truth. While they were chatting, the new army of Heluo had cleaned up all the hundred Japanese pirates, leaving no one alive.

Xue Siming said: "We are a regular army, and it is natural to crush the Japanese pirates with the momentum of Mount Tai. But you are different. You are just a group of militiamen. It is already remarkable to be able to fight like this."

Yan Yingyuan lowered his voice and asked: "The general led the troops to Huating, what's the matter?"

Xue Siming said: "Someone didn't want us to have a good time, so we had to push him into the water and beat him up."

Yan Yingyuan's complexion changed slightly: "Is the champion Hou going to fight the Zheng family?"

Xue Siming said: "Zheng still owes us a beating, we will always remember."

Yan Yingyuan sighed: "I'm afraid the people on the seaside will suffer!"

Xue Siming was about to speak when a scout ran over and reported to him: "We have found Zongbing Wu!"

Xue Siming raised the corner of his mouth: "Where did you find it?"

Scout said, "In the pig house!"

Xue Siming smiled: "The dignified general ran to the pig house to take refuge? Interesting, interesting! Bring him here!"

Several scouts carried a tall middle-aged man who couldn't even stand upright, and dragged him over.As soon as Yan Yingyuan saw this man, Yan Yingyuan showed a horrible expression, and many militiamen even had angry eyes. They rolled up their sleeves and wanted to beat him up, but a smell of pig feces came to their nostrils, which made their stomachs churn. He wanted to hit with his fist, but he was afraid that his hands would be dirty, so he yelled on the ground and said bitterly: "Wu, can you have some backbone? We Huating people have made you lose all face!"

This Commander-in-Chief Wu is really unsightly. He has lost his sword somewhere, his helmet is crookedly worn, his official uniform is as messy as a chicken scratch, and his pair of mountain armor looks quite gorgeous. Dirty and covered in pig shit.Just because of this, many veterans of the Heluo New Army wanted to go up and give him a gun butt. Damn it, what do you think you are wearing?This is what soldiers use to save their lives!What a good Shan Wenjia, you let this bastard ruin it like this, it makes you angry just looking at it!As soon as this man learned that the Japanese pirates were invading, he abandoned his troops, abandoned the fortress he wanted to defend, and the people he wanted to protect, and fled. In order to escape the pursuit of the Japanese pirates, he actually hid in a pig house. Covered in pig excrement, he was in such a state of embarrassment that he was frightened out of his wits when he saw the dead bodies on the ground. But when he saw that the Japanese pirates were all dead and the people present were some soldiers and militiamen, he unexpectedly regained some courage and struggled to break free. His scout straightened his helmet, coughed, glared at Xue Siming and shouted: "Who are you? Why did you break into Wu's defense area? Do you have a fire ticket from the Ministry of War?" He glared at Yan Yingyuan again, with a sharp voice: "And there are more You and other unruly people, where did you get so many spears and crossbows? You want to rebel, right? This is a capital crime to destroy the nine tribes!"

This guy has no guts, no strength, but he is full of official authority. He shouted bravely and sternly, which made many militiamen show fear.Xue Siming knew what kind of idea this guy was playing. He wiped out nearly [-] Japanese pirates in one battle. Conquer the Heluo new army and militia, and then dominate the distribution of the war... Hey, the abacus is pretty good!He looked at the general soldier Wu again, and sighed: "The same surname is Wu, and the same general soldier, why are you so far away from him?" He was referring to Wu Sheng, who led several The Qianzhe Army rushed to Denglai to participate in the suppression of the rebellion, and endured hunger and hunger with the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army. It was precisely because of him that he set an example. Although the Zhejiang Army was struggling, it never thought of looting the village.In comparison, this general soldier Wu is too far behind, he is not worthy of mentioning Wu Sheng's shoes!
Wu Zongbing stared fiercely at his pair of triangular eyes, pointed at Xue Siming's nose and cursed: "What do you mean? Tell me clearly, otherwise I will never let you go... Ouch!" Hearing an earth-shattering scream, Xue Siming kicked him in the lower abdomen. The man's face turned pale immediately, he clutched his lower abdomen and curled up on the ground, turning into a big shrimp.

People who dare to point at Xue Siming's nose and yell at him will not end well, of course, Yang Chenyue is an exception.

The prawn managed to catch his breath, and was still shaking his authority: "You...who are you, how dare you beat Shangguan? I...I want you to die without a place to bury you!"

Xue Siming kicked over again: "I am the third-rank general Longxiang personally appointed by the emperor. Do you dare to beat you, the general who ran away? Do you have the right to beat you, the general who was scared by a group of mobs and hid in the pigsty?" Soldiers? Huh?"

This kick was not light, and the dried shrimp was rolled five or six meters away. He gnawed a mouthful of mud firmly, looked at Xue Siming with a terrified expression, and was speechless.Xue Siming was too lazy to waste time on this kind of rubbish, and said: "Put him down and lock him up, report his good deeds to the Ministry of War, and let the Ministry of War take care of them! Let's take over Wusongkou, camp there and wait for the follow-up troops... Damn, a group of light A trash who eats and does nothing, such a strong fortress can be easily occupied by a gang of mobs, I really want to kill him!"

Thinking of the tragic situation when Wusongkou Fortress was on fire with corpses strewn all over the place when he arrived, Xue Siming became very angry. He really wanted to pull out his horizontal knife and chop the pig with one blow!
(End of this chapter)