Dominate the Country

The peach blossoms spit out pink-scented stamens, attracting butterflies to fly on the branches.

Shaanzhou City, Daotai Yamen. Beside the small pond in the backyard, the willow tree reveals bunches of new leaves, which are fluttering in the wind beside the lake and are graceful. The willow silk swayed gently, and its tips slid across the water, causing ripples.

The newly appointed Heshan Rudaotai Chongxi and Shaanzhou Zhizhou Jiang Yunming were talking softly. Suddenly, a senior official from the house walked lightly into the small flower hall and handed over to Chongxi and reported: "Sir, the Ruzhou Zhizhou Yamen is here. I asked him to report something extremely urgent."

Chongxu was slightly startled, then a solemn look appeared on his face. The day before yesterday, Ruzhou came to report urgently that Nanyang Town had been defeated and lost. The commander-in-chief Baoning also died on the battlefield: "I'm afraid there will be another funeral. Nanyang Town , Chen family thief..." He snorted coldly. When Ruzhou sent the news of defeat the day before yesterday, God can testify that Chongxi never thought that Baoning would be defeated and die. Who would have thought that the dignified commander-in-chief of the town would die in that small mountain nest? The dignified soldiers of Nanyang Town were killed by a group of thieves who had just fallen into the grass and were so frightened and chilled? ? ?

Chongxi waved his hand while his mind was spinning, "Bring people up quickly."

Jiang Yunming's heart was also raised. Nanyang Town failed to suppress the thieves but was suppressed by the thieves. Even the third-class general of the first town's general soldier died in the battle. While people were stunned, the sense of crisis in his heart also increased. Chongxi The thing we discussed with him just now was to ask the Shaanzhou Yamen to put more effort into organizing regiment training for rural soldiers.

If the previous local officials of Heshan Rudao did not take the Chen family's thieves in their eyes, now even the economic soldiers in Nanyang Town have been beaten by the Chen family's thieves. If local officials like Jiang Yunming are not vigilant, Being attentive means not being ignorant, but being completely short-sighted.

After a while, a middle-aged businessman was led into the small flower hall by the chief attendant.

The official's face was dusty and his clothes were stained. It was obvious that he had galloped all the way here. Beads of sweat covered his head, and the drops of sweat flowed down his forehead, leaving traces of dust on his face. From a distance, Chongxi could smell the sour odor on his body.

This man had already been ordered by the chief attendant on the way in, and he was an old man himself, so he would not get too close to make him feel uncomfortable. After walking a few steps, he knelt down in the middle of the hall. On the ground, "The young horse servant Wang Baoyuan of Ruzhou has met Mr. Daotai and wishes him well."

Chong Gen was a veteran in officialdom, and he was very aware of the slickness of the policemen in the county offices below. Wang Baoyuan was in such a mess, something big must have happened. He immediately said: "You got up to speak, what happened? What happened in Tumenji?" how?"

Wang Baoyuan stood up, his face pale and uncertain, and said tremblingly: "Sir, what a huge disaster. Tumenji was broken into by the Chen family's thieves a few days ago. The officers and soldiers inside were either dead or injured. Only those who escaped to the county seat Hundreds of people. The Chen family thieves took advantage of the situation and came out of the mountain, and half of Lushan was turned upside down..."

Yes, after conquering Tumenji, Chen Ming handed everything over to his father who came later. He led a team of two to three hundred people directly to the foot of Lushan County and killed Lushan who had just arrived. The magistrate was so frightened that he wet his pants. He hurriedly summoned all the men in the city to guard the city, but he did not dare to lead his troops to fight once.

Although Lushan County is small, it still has a population of 20,000 to 30,000, and more than 1,000 men have been recruited, which is much more than the Chen family army under the city. But how dare the magistrate of Lushan County dare to challenge the Chen family thieves? This is the Chen family thief who even brought down the imperial officers and soldiers like Nanyang Town. This is the Chen family thief who beat the entire town's general soldiers to death on the spot.

More than a thousand people in the city watched helplessly as Chen Jiajun ransacked the four passes. Well, it is mainly the property of the Xu family and other wealthy gentry families. The Chen Jiajun will never harass ordinary people and small businessmen and hawkers.

When Ruzhou received an urgent report from Lushan County and Wang Jun ordered Wang Baoyuan to come to Shaanzhou to ask for help, Chen Ming had already begun to shift his attention from the four passes to the market towns around the city.

Especially the properties of the Xu family and several other wealthy gentry families who were destined to stand opposite the Chen family would require some intimidation and small-scale liquidation. Waves of bloody storms were frequently staged in surrounding villages and towns, and the unlucky ones were all local gentry and wealthy households. The Chen Jiajun strictly abided by the military regulations and disciplines formulated by Chen Ming, strictly limited the scope of targets, and resolutely refused to expand.

Chong Xi's eyesight went dark and he almost fell down. Jiang Yunming beside him hurriedly helped him. And Jiang Yunming himself was ashen.

The men and horses of Tumenji, or rather the soldiers of Nanyang Town summoned by Baoning, are the only troops of the imperial court that can be mobilized at this time in the entire western Henan Province. In modern terms, they are mobile troops. Now they were all bereft, and all the general soldiers were killed on the battlefield. The remaining soldiers in Nanyang Town were without their leader. They still had several thousand soldiers left, but there was no sudden decision from the governor's Yamen to temporarily replace the general with someone. Thousands of people can only sit there in vain as soldiers. Except for the responsibility of guarding the land, no one dares or will tamper with it. This will have an unparalleled impact on Ruzhou and even Shaanzhou and Henan Prefecture in the short term.

Wang Jun is asking for help. If there is no regular army, there are always militiamen and local braves, right?

Heshan Rudao has jurisdiction over one prefecture and two prefectures, namely Henan Prefecture and two prefectures, Ruzhou and Shaanxi, with Luoyang as the prefecture. The most powerful faction here is naturally the Henan Prefecture, and the one closest to Ruzhou is also the Henan Prefecture. In addition to urgently reporting the bad news, Wang Jun also came to ask for reinforcements.

Dengfeng is just north of the first county of Ruzhou, very close to it. The Shaolin Temple in the Qing Dynasty was not as good as the Zhu Ming Dynasty. Shaolin no longer had upright monk soldiers, but the Shaolin Temple still had warrior monks on guard.

In the 43rd year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi personally wrote the plaques of Shaolin Temple and Baoshu Fanglian. In the 13th year of Yongzheng, Emperor Yongzheng personally reviewed the temple planning map, approved the plan, rebuilt the mountain gate, and rebuilt the Thousand Buddha Hall. The major renovation and reconstruction of Shaolin Temple cost nearly 10,000 taels of silver. In the 15th year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong personally visited Shaolin Temple, stayed overnight in the abbot's room, and wrote many flowing poems and plaques.

After experiencing the sedimentation in the early Qing Dynasty, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty reached its peak, Shaolin Temple also entered its heyday in the Qing Dynasty. Half of the fields in Dengfeng County belonged to Shaolin, or to people who had various connections with Shaolin Temple, and there were countless tenants. Ruzhou has heard a lot about the dirty deeds of those big monks.

Furthermore, Dengfeng has been a place of great martial arts since ancient times, and its people are brave and courageous. With the help of Shaolin Temple, as long as the government points out their intentions, the militia they raise will be completely different from the weak Ruzhou militia. Dengfeng militia, once the flag is raised, people can feel at ease. Wang Jun was also desperate to seek medical treatment, and when he was desperate, he worshipped gods and Buddhas, and placed his hope of saving Ruzhou on the Dengfeng militia and the great reputation of Shaolin Temple.

"Sir, the Chen family thieves are arrogant and arrogant. After defeating the government army this time, they will not easily retreat to the mountains. Millions of people in Ruzhou hope for strong soldiers like rain. Sir, please save Ruzhou..." Wang Baoyuan cried with tears.