Seeing that Mr. Geng wanted to take his servants to find someone in person, Li Weida quickly said:
"That strong man did have dozens or hundreds of cavalry, and they looked murderous.
It's just that they are not inside the customs, they all live outside the mouth.
Now that it's freezing cold, I don't recommend that you take your servants out to find someone. "
It seems that those heads were also captured outside the pass. This was not the early Ming Dynasty. Most of the heads outside the pass were Mongolian territory.
It is indeed more dangerous to go out to find someone.
Geng Zhangguang and Geng Zhanghua looked at each other.
Geng Zhangguang said: "Alas! Unfortunately, my father is in jail, and we have trouble sleeping and eating. Even if it is more dangerous to go out and find someone, we must give it a try!"
Geng Zhanghua said: "We also have some servants who are skilled in bow and horse. We are still safe. As long as Brother Geng can tell us the general direction, I believe we can always find it."
Li Weida said: "Don't rush out of seclusion yet. My family has an agreement with the strong man. Maybe there is no need to look for it. The strong man will take the initiative to contact my family in a few days."
"Oh? It turns out that brother has a contact method!"
"It's not a good idea. Whether we can get in touch depends entirely on chance!"
Next, Li Weida told Huang Yi's "Pagoda to Suppress the River Demon" contact method as a joke.
The brothers Geng Zhangguang and Geng Zhanghua were dumbfounded.
Although this method is child's play, it is better than nothing!
Geng Zhangguang stood up and clasped his fists, asking Li Weida to immediately arrange for someone to write "Pagoda to Suppress the River Monster". The more the merrier.
This matter was easy, Li Weida promised on the spot to send at least ten servants to do it that day.
Geng Zhangguang and Geng Zhanghua were full of concerns and politely declined Li Weida's invitation to host a banquet and invite several adults to accompany them, and said goodbye and went back.
Not only did the Geng brothers come to Zhangjiakou with their seventeen servants, but also their mother returned from Taiyuan to her hometown of Liaocheng, Shandong Province. They were accompanied by more than twenty people including aunts, sisters, maids, mothers-in-law, etc.
A wealthy businessman from Zhangjiakou who had been cared for by Geng Ruji vacated his courtyard and lent it to the Geng family for a temporary stay.
This wealthy businessman also had the surname Geng and was Geng Ruqi’s nephew.
The fundamental reason why his business grew bigger and bigger was not only because he was good at management, but also because Geng Ruxi became the governor of Shanxi.
It was Mr. Geng who found out about the unusual business of the Li family and told the Geng family that what happened next happened.
Geng Zhangguang and Geng Zhanghua immediately told their mother what happened after returning from Li Weida's place.
A high-ranking official like Geng Ruji has so many disciples and former officials, and his resources such as colleagues, contemporaries, and teachers are quite huge.
Some of them clearly told the Geng family that the five thousand Shanxi King Qin's troops were scattered, looting and fleeing along the way, causing huge killings and destruction. The emperor was furious and the situation was not optimistic.
If the Geng family doesn't find ways to rescue him quickly, Geng Ruqi may be sentenced to be executed by the Queen of Autumn.
How to rescue?
One way is to use money to bribe the censor and give good words to the superiors.
Bribing the emperor's close eunuchs to say a few good words is also a way.
The most straightforward way is, of course, that the Geng family’s descendants from the Shanxi Governor’s Model Barracks fought bloody battles with Jiannu and Tatars to save their master, and obtained the power of beheading!
In the late Ming Dynasty, most governors had governor's model battalions, ranging from a few hundred to more than a thousand troops.
The number and combat effectiveness of the pacesetter battalion depend on the governor's ability, command, and financial resources.
Under normal circumstances, the generals of the governor's pacesetter battalion are the most trusted by the governor, and the governor's servants are also paid by the governor's pacesetter battalion.
It can be seen that Geng Ruji's talent is far behind Lu Xiangsheng.
Of course, Lu Xiangsheng was only the prefect of Daming Prefecture at this time, much younger than Geng Ruxi's official.
Geng Ruji didn't know the soldiers but took the initiative to lead the troops to serve the king. He was really asking for trouble and death.
The governor's model battalion failed to play the role of the mainstay when the troops collapsed, which is evident from Geng Ruji's ability to lead the troops.
The emperor arrested Geng Ruji and Shanxi commander Zhang Honggong and imprisoned them for their crimes. In fact, it was not too unjust.
Because the imperial court had no food to provide, those civil servants were clever and moved 5,000 Shanxi King Qin's troops and horses around, almost all around Beijing.
It was an express rule of the Ming Dynasty that guest soldiers should be fed by the local area on the second day after arriving at their destination.
Therefore, those officials did not allow five thousand Shanxi soldiers to stay outside the capital for a full day.
The soldiers had no food to eat, and they were hungry and kept taking the wrong path. They must be full of complaints, but I don't know what Geng Ruji and Zhang Honggong were doing at this time.
They definitely have time to solve the problem. After all, they have five thousand Shanxi frontier troops with decent combat effectiveness.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were very few troops with strong combat effectiveness!
The cavalry, Guan Ning's cavalry is undoubtedly the first, the infantry, the Sichuan Shizhu Baigan soldiers led by Qin Liangyu are one of the best, I am afraid that only the Tianxiong army trained by Lu Xiangsheng can match it.
The combat effectiveness of the inland camp troops and garrison troops can only bully the refugees.
But the frontier army is completely different. The Shanxi frontier army often goes to war with the Tatars, and its combat effectiveness is second only to the Guanning army.
If the five thousand troops on the western frontier of the mountain are defeated, how many of them will become bandits? How many of them will become rogue bandits?
Daming, who was already weak, was made worse!
Geng Ruqi's crime is extremely serious.
well! What the historical facts actually happened cannot be tested!
Anyway, the Ming Dynasty in the last days was seeking death in all kinds of strange ways. Otherwise, how could it be possible for the barbaric, ignorant, and completely worthless Manchu Qing Dynasty to gain power.
Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong were imprisoned for more than a year, and finally faced off in the autumn of the fourth year of Chongzhen.
Are they wronged?
They do bad things with good intentions, just a little bit!
From a destructive analysis, it can also be said that it is not unfair.
They were indeed tricked by the officials in the capital, but if they were capable and good at solving problems, the five thousand troops would not have collapsed in a day or two without food.
With so many people "horses", there are always more solutions than difficulties.
I'm afraid that neither Geng Ruqi nor Zhang Honggong was with the army at that time, otherwise they would have ordered the horses to be sold to buy food, or directly killed the horses for meat, and they would have definitely survived the most dangerous moment.
After all, not all the cities in Gyeonggi Province had fallen. Geng Ruqi was a civil servant. He did not ask for troops to enter the city. He only asked a magistrate or magistrate who was clinging to the city to give him some food and promised to exchange horses for it.
The official level is overwhelming. Geng Ruqi is a high-ranking official like Taipusi Qing and Youqiandu Yushi. He is much older than the magistrates and magistrates. It is absolutely impossible for him to fail to do this kind of thing.
Lu Xiangsheng's ability was completely different. Tianxiong's army was without food for three days. Lu Xiangsheng shared the joys and sorrows with his soldiers. Not only did the army not collapse, but he also won the battle and was captured to survive the food crisis.
However, the views of some historical data are laughable.
They actually said that it was the remnants of the eunuch party who deliberately made things difficult and framed Geng Ruqi.
As soon as Chongzhen came to power, he got rid of Wei Zhongxian, liquidated the eunuch party, and expanded it, implicating many officials.
Historical records record that in the early years of Chongzhen's reign, "all the people were prosperous and prosperous in the dynasty." How could there be an eunuch who could set a trap for a feudal official like Geng Ruxi?
Besides, Geng Ruqi is also the "one righteous" among the "all righteous people", how could he be tricked so easily?
I'm afraid that when King Qin's army of 5,000 people was defeated, the great master Geng Ruqi was not in the army at all.
Or maybe most of the "people who are upright and prosperous" are just a bunch of empty talkers who are ruining the country.
They are not capable of solving problems, but they are capable of playing word games and exploiting loopholes in the law...
