Chapter 380: The unscrupulous soldier is sailing at night and the barbarian soldiers are arrogant

Ruan Dacheng was a famous Donglin Party member and anti-Donglin Party member in the late Ming Dynasty. This is not a joke. He was a general of Donglin back then and was also a sensational figure who was in the imperial court.

Later, because of the wealth in Donglin, the Ministry of Personnel, which was supposed to fall on him, was replaced by another Donglin party member Wei Dazhong. He just took the job of the Ministry of Works, which was a separation from heaven and earth. Ruan Dacheng was so angry that he spent money to take back this position.

It was really because of his intent. After a month of work, his dissatisfaction with the distribution was already a public enemy of Donglin, because it was rumored that Ruan Dacheng had left Wei Zhongxian's nephew.

He was also free and easy, so he resigned from his post a month later and returned to his hometown Anqing. He traveled between Anqing and Nanjing all day long. Ruan Dacheng's family was rich and he threw out a lot of money. Although he did not belong to the Donglin Party, he still had a vast handover and a great reputation. He was also one of the shadow leaders of the Shilin in Jiangnan.

Ruan Dacheng has his status in art history because he has a deep study of opera and has been raising opera troupes in Anqing and Nanjing. You should know that this opera is inseparable from the romantic affairs in this era. There are so many scholars in Jiangnan who are very fond of romantic affairs. With this opera troupe, it will naturally win over a large number of people.

Although you can understand the clear and turbid flow every day, and the words and articles are all incompatible, the scholars in Jiangnan still do not distinguish between parties when it comes to drinking, watching plays and playing women.

When he spent his money, drank his wine, and played together, he naturally felt soft-mouthed. Ruan Dacheng shouted, and there were still many people below who echoed.

This is the root of the sudden appearance of opposing Li Meng's voice. Attacking Shandong soldiers took advantage of the national crisis to gain benefits, attacking Li Meng with ulterior motives and a disobedient heart. Of course, some people reiterate the old story of forcing the Qinhuai beauty to talk about the historical roots of the general Li Meng's inability to record.

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are two abnormalities in the Shilin area in Jiangnan. One is that he does not follow the rules, and the other is that he does not obey the internal orders of Donglin and has always been very close. This time, Ma Shiying brought someone to Ruan Dacheng with a handwritten letter, which was to ask Ruan Dacheng to incite Shilin in Jiangnan, launch a public opinion offensive, and delay Li Meng's actions.

After obtaining He Yilong's surrender, Ma Shiying's troops also quietly expanded. Although it was impossible to defeat the Yang army of Huai and the Qingzhou army, after joining forces with Lu Jiude, it was still possible to protect most of the strength of the people and withdraw calmly.

But what Yan Jizu and Li Meng talked about was exactly this matter. Yan Jizu was able to be the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. The so-called court officials were in charge. Ruan Dacheng fought for the position of bloody place. Naturally, he was also a core figure in Donglin and knew the inside story. However, Yan Jizu's speculation was slightly different.

The Shandong army headed south along Henan, and the first thing they could feel was the great change. They were the scholars in Jiangnan who wanted to engage in speculation and gambling. Generals like Li Meng were naturally different from thieves. At least, the Ming Dynasty originally had to treat preferentially, and he could not be mean anymore. However, the scholars were not worried about their future future.

But the reason why scholars are called scholars is because these people are not ordinary people, they are the upper class of the country and want to get the big head in the distribution of the regime.

As the change is about to change, how can we make the greatest advantage in this change? This is what scholars care about. The things that praise flattery and advocated by Shandong Yan Party and Lai Party have already been doing well. It is worth noting to wait until they do it themselves. How can Li Meng notice it and make concessions?

Now everyone can see Li Meng's actions. Although he has the ability to seize land in reverse, he has to worry about public opinion. In the eyes of the people, it is not what he, General Li Meng, wanted to do, but the orders of the court and the situation in the world, and what he asked for at that time would be natural.

Since you want everything to go smoothly, we want to give you some trouble. The Ming Dynasty was the emperor and scholars and officials who ruled the world together. We scholars are all elites. We always say whatever we want. It is also appropriate to make some passionate remarks at this time. It is also a sign of loyalty and righteous attitude.

Of course, Li Dashuai has been making arrangements for so long, and has taken great painstaking actions again and again for the quiet support of the people. It is not impossible to let us not speak. We should give some money. Of course, don’t think that this money can bribe everyone. After the big change, will this official position be given preferential treatment?

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, decided to be the four north and six south. If there is any change in the future, will it be a 37, 28 or something?

Sometimes the pen is powerful, and at the right time it can become a tool for blackmail and blackmail, which can bring wealth and glory to yourself.

Even if the matter on Li Meng's side did not succeed, then when I, a scholar from Jiangnan, made a statement and angrily scolded the rebels when the world was lost. Isn't this a great loyalty and righteousness, a great iron-minded person?

After all, this is really a matter of making a profit but not losing money. Why not do it? Yan Jizu knew the bad nature of these scholars in Jiangnan, so he reported to Li Meng in advance. This is his letter of fame. If a literati wants to surrender to Li Meng, he naturally has to come up with what the literati can do.

For the relationship between Yan Jizu and Li Meng, it is not important whether Yan Jizu can come up with a substantial claim. As long as he can make a gesture, Li Meng will accept it happily.

After all, Yan Jizu is the head of administrative department of Shandong and has extremely rich administrative experience in the center and local areas. These are extremely valuable wealth. For Jiaozhou Camp, which currently values ​​martial arts and neglects culture, it is really necessary. As for the words "If you must first calm the country when fighting foreign countries, you can let him go with the wind.

When Jiangnan's remarks began to show Yan Jizu's foresight, it was a merit, but the cause of the matter was slightly different. Ruan Dacheng encouraged this matter. He just sent some news in Nanjing to awaken the scholars to the right time. At this time, cursing her is not only not harmful, but also a great benefit.

This made the scholars and literati who were frightened by the power of the army suddenly realize it, and then flocked to it, first say a few words, and then waited for Li Meng to bribe him.

Yan Jizu's judgment was spontaneous, but the actual situation was that someone was pushing it behind the scenes. This was just a small difference, and the outcome of the matter was completely different.

The so-called Jiangnan scholars dared to speak out because of the germination of capitalism and the free style of business tradition. The words of expressing opinions on the world are just a lie. The entire public opinion is completely controlled by several bigwigs. For some self-interest purposes, various means can be influenced.

For example, the trend at this time was just a small pusher in Nanjing. This situation immediately occurred. The trend in the Jiangnan literary world was not only like this at this time, but you can still see shadows when you go up and down, but the methods have changed slightly.

Governor Yan Jizu contributed this strategy. Naturally, there were corresponding countermeasures. What he said was very simple, naturally, it was to deterrent force and accept gold and silver.

The following pawns ignored them, just need to sort out the behind-the-scenes pushers, and everything will be solved. Yan Jizu was also a famous Donglin master in the world at that time. He was very familiar with people in Nanjing. He asked for his own appointment and was very confident that he could succeed. At worst, he could be a middle-aged man and talk about the conditions with Ruan Dacheng and see what he wanted.

After Yan Jizu set off, Li Meng felt a little irritated. He also had his own network of relationships and eyeliners in Nanjing, but this time he played a very small role.

In the past, the activities and public opinion of Jiaozhou Camp in Nanjing were operated by Wu Jiawei, the assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War, but behind Wu Jiawei was the Zheng family in Fujian. Since Li Meng took back the warships and built a fortress in the coastal port, although the business of both sides was going smoothly, the friendship in the dark was no longer returned to the previous state, and everyone was wary of each other.

The Minister of War was naturally less biased in his speech, allowing Li Meng to control Nanzhili and then control Jiangnan. Most of the Zheng family's sphere of influence and business areas were not threatened by Shandong's military and horse territory. In that case, the lifeline of the Zheng family would be almost held by Li Meng.

Originally, both sides were at the level of generals, and there were several local governments and local forces. Now Li Meng can shake the world, but the Zheng family is still a general who recruits pirates. How can you be happy in Zheng Zhilong?

This time, the literati in the world lost their voices, and the first person to jump out was Wu Jiawei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. At that time, Ruan Dacheng had not yet secretly supported him.

This behavior of Wu Jiawei has caused many people to dissipate. Wu Jiawei's several suggestions have indeed achieved his goal in the end, but the troops in Shandong have always been the biggest advantage. Is it pretending to be blunt, but it is the secret stakes in Lu that have already been there?

But this performance has caused everyone's doubts to disappear. It seems that Wu Jiawei is really a fool, speaking straightforwardly. With such a high-ranking person and Ruan Dacheng's operation, he naturally speaks like a tide.

However, outsiders can't explain whether there is a verbal threat to seek wealth in the future...

Governor Yan Jizu took gold and silver first, and then Li Meng called the branch commander of the Shandong Salt Gang of Nanzhili. Li Meng arranged a very simple and direct order. If Yan Jizu's activities were not good, he would immediately let him kill people. It would be difficult for Nanjing City to enter from outside, but it was simple to cause wind and rain inside.

The more important the matter is, the more Li Meng feels inexplicably irritable. The noise of these people like a mantis arm is as if they are chariots, which makes Li Meng more angry.

In the superficial historical knowledge that Li Meng knew, I don’t remember how many scholars died in the intervening period of the Ming and Qing dynasties. These verbal skills are useless at the critical moment. If you don’t know what’s going on, then give them some benefits.

After Suqian arranged all these things, the army also made some adjustments. This time, we tried our best to succeed. In addition to the troops led by Li Meng in the Jinan camp, the Qingzhou army and the Huai Yang army both left the guards in the Lianghuai army. This time, they all came to gather with the army. The greater the force, the smaller the possibility of mistakes.

After all, this is a major event that determines the future glory, wealth, wealth and life of Jiaozhou Camp, and is not careless at all.

On November 18, 15th year of Chongzhen, in the evening, the huge fleet and troops began to move, and almost everything was completed, and the results were to be seen.

In theory, Li Meng should be bored and waiting for the confirmed result, but at this time Li Meng did not feel bored at all. Instead, he was so irritable that he could not calm down in the cabin.

It was okay to march at night, but the troops on the road could not stand it, so after they marched together, they had to camp on the spot. The fleet continued to move forward.

Li Meng was irritable but he did not dare to let the guards and confidants around him know that he was the commander of the army and the backbone of these more than 100,000 troops. Before this victory battle, he was so uneasy. How to lead the army and suppress the world in the future is the disadvantage of the superiors.

His every move is a public image. He needs to pay attention to it all the time and express his true feelings. Sometimes it is impossible to be even in a private house, so he is naturally a little bored, but this is also one of the costs that the superiors should have.

Although the weather and environment are quite suitable for sleep, Li Meng couldn't sleep no matter what, so he simply moved a chair to the bow of the boat.

Li Meng's appearance shocked the personal guards in charge of the guards, but then they calmed down. In Suqian, Li Meng's ship had already been replaced with a large ship provided by a salt merchant. It was quite spacious. Putting the chair on the bow of the boat makes it vaguely feel like sitting on the platform, which is quite comfortable.

The weather was already a little cold. However, Li Meng was also banned from taking it, but he felt that the air was extremely clean, there were no waves on the canal, and the ship was extremely stable. Sitting on a chair, looking at the ships in front, back, left and right, he could only vaguely see a contour in the night, because of the wind lights hanging on the bow and stern of the ship.

Looking at it, the outline of the ship disappeared, leaving only the wind lights on the pole flashing, and the fleet on the river cannot see the head and tail. From this perspective, it seems that the Milky Way hanging in the sky fell on the water surface of the canal. It looks like a dream and a reality, and it makes people unable to tell the difference.

As early as an hour ago, the land troops were camping and resting, and were left behind by the fleet. Half an hour ago, the soldiers on the fleet also began to rest.

Although the troops of tens of thousands of people were marching, they were extremely quiet and no sound was heard. From time to time, one or two small boats patrolled among the big boats. The rest was the river slapped the side of the boat, but this monotonous and regular sound made the whole atmosphere more quiet.

Li Meng did not think that the ability to be so quiet on such a large scale is itself a sign of the strength of the army and the profound training of his own. Such an environment only reminded him of some modern things. At the beginning of this irritability was the same as in the modern times. In the People's Liberation Army, he was promoted from a soldier to a non-commissioned officer. The night before the appointment ceremony, the waiting and uneasiness were so similar.

However, sitting at the bow of the boat and thinking carefully, I found that I didn’t think about this. The big thing was going to be done. Perhaps the next thing would be that in modern times, I would never think of wealth and glory.

But this wealth and glory is so lonely. If my parents can share it together, it is just that.

Li Meng knew that his career in this era might reach its peak. Before this moment, he was extremely lonely and lonely, thinking about home that could not be returned to and parents that could not be seen again.

The personal guards on Li Meng's boat were resting in shifts. When they saw Li Meng sitting on the bow of the boat, they were staring carefully, but they were far away.

The lights in his sight suddenly became distorted and deformed. Li Meng was shocked. He woke up from sadness and sorrow. His eyes were a little wet. He couldn't help but laugh and scolded him a few times. There was nothing he had made sure of, but he was so sentimental. It was so ridiculous.

After leaving home for ten years, Li Meng's homesickness in his heart became stronger and stronger. No matter how longing he missed him, he did not meet again. This made people despair. He was always full of everything, and Li Meng had great ambitions, so his thoughts were still suppressed in his heart and had no expression.

But big things are about to come true, and in this quiet situation, some emotions in the hearts cannot help but rise, which is how sad the mood comes out.

But this scene is quite subtle and can only last for a short time. Li Meng sat on the bow of the boat for not long, and this silence was interrupted by the rapid sound of horse hooves.

The night marching was stationed. Although the Jiaozhou Camp's regular training and preparation made the soldiers' quality surpass this era. They were not afraid of night bombings caused by noise and disturbance. However, in order for the soldiers to rest sufficiently, they also required quietness at night, and the noisy people were punished heavily.

It must be a big deal to rush over so without any scruples...

"The Grand Marshal is our own messenger and an urgent report."

A personal soldier leader next to him reported in a low voice that when the sound of horse hooves approached the ground, someone on a ship near the shore was holding a wind lamp at the bow of the ship and sent a signal at Li Meng's ship. All kinds of military orders were self-contained. The personal soldiers were very familiar with each other.

The signal has been transmitted. You can hear the officers of various battalions on the water on the way to issue orders to keep the soldiers resting without worrying about the matters outside. After all, it is a sudden expedited momentum in the middle of the night, which will inevitably cause the soldiers' minds to fluctuate and change.

The ships on both sides of Li Meng's ship are equipped with small boats and pedals, so that the messengers from land can easily reach Li Meng's ship and inform the situation.

These ships were all responsible for the personal military camp. They were on duty at night, and their efficiency was not affected at all. Soon the boat was put down. Seeing the lights flashing, the messengers who were sending the message were already sent over. When sailing at night, the lights were indicative signals and marks. They could not be changed easily.

So even though it was night, there was no light on Li Meng's boat. The messenger who sent the message boarded the ship could only use the lights on the bow to see the rough view.

This sight scared Li Meng. The messenger's clothes were covered in tatters. Even in the dark, he could see his clothes were ragged and dirty, as if he had suffered some injuries. When he got on the boat, he was holding a leather pocket and drinking water in a big mouthful. He was extremely thirsty.

As soon as he saw Li Meng, the messenger threw away the water bag, knelt on the ground, and said with a hissing:

"The Grand Commander, the Tartars entered the pass from the fourth day of November, and broke into Jizhou on the sixth day of November. When the villain set off from Jinan on November 15th, the Tartars' horses had passed Yangcun."

When Li Meng heard this news, he felt unexpected and relaxed. He said that his main force was in Nanzhili and could not go back in a hurry. Shandong's defense was empty, and this was full of people. With the grand strategy of Tunan Province, he proposed and insisted on implementing it.

When I suddenly heard this military newspaper, I should have anger, panic, self-blame and other emotions. But Li Meng always felt relaxed at this moment. The irritability and sorrow disappeared just now, and perhaps this was the source of his irritability. Now that he was put on the table, he felt relaxed.

The only negative emotion or helplessness is that when I was in elementary and middle school that day, the book said that before the Tartars finally entered the pass and won the world, they entered the pass five times.

Li Meng also doubted that even if he knew this knowledge, he would have how much energy he would have to remember these things as a soldier and an escort. He was afraid that these five times would be remembered in his mind only "five times". In the detailed year, no student or professional, who would remember him?

But this situation really corresponds to the saying, "Eighty or nine out of ten people who are not satisfied in the world." In the past two years, Li Meng played two chess games, wanting to decide the stagnation and establish his dominant position among all forces in the world. Who would have thought that the two situations, whether internal or external forces, would not be successful.

It seems that I have overestimated the impact of a time traveler on the general trend of the world. Perhaps this general trend is irreversible. To avoid him or to take advantage of it is a delusion, and only a face-to-face solution is the right way.

However, when a big thing comes, the soldiers are in a hurry and complain about anything, and feel that it is too late to sigh that everything is too late. The only thing that can be done is to do your best. After figuring this out, I feel calm.

"Don't panic, how many Tartars are there, and who is leading the team?"

Compared to the nervousness and facing a great enemy in the surrounding soldiers, Li Mengwen's tone was surprisingly calm...

When Li Meng received the news, the Qing Tartars army had already passed Yangcun and marched towards the Three Guards of Tianjin. Tianjin was the maritime gateway to the capital, and was regarded as the maritime hub of the northern Zhili. There was also a Changlu Salt Field on the side. During the Wanli period, the firearm manufacturing center of the Ming Empire was in Tianjin.

With this significance, Tianjin's defense was also first-class and strict. The troops and horses in Northern Zhili were arranged, Liu Yuanbin's 20,000 troops were stationed in Tongzhou, and the other 15,000 troops were barely ok, which were arranged around Tianjin.

The Manzhou troops led by Abatai also attached great importance to this Tianjin city, which was also one of the goals of entering the pass. Although the last time Dorgon led his army into the pass and returned to the pass, he had already plundered a large number of firearm manufacturing craftsmen in Tianjin to return to the pass. This time Abatai's mission was to plunder more firearm craftsmen.

The firearm craftsmen brought back last time have greatly enhanced the strength of the firearms of Manzhou soldiers. They swept through the white mountains and black waters several times and captured savages, relying on firearms to take advantage of them.
To be continued...