The conversation was divided into two parts. Just when Yang Dezheng was causing trouble in Bianjing, the old lady learned that Yang Liulang had added a grandson to the Yang family in Tianjing New City. She happily held a banquet at the Yang Mansion in Tianjing New City. Basically all the senior generals in the army were in place, and the seven ministers of Tianjing New City also congratulated Mrs. She. Mrs. She was drunk that night.
Yang Peng was patrolling his area with a hundred soldiers. There were Tianzhu Mountain, Zhenfeng Tower and other scenic spots in Qingyun Town, Cangzhou Prefecture. Yang Peng watched for two days and visited all these scenic spots before riding his horse. Go back to Cangzhou Mansion. When he reached a small village in the north of Qingyun Town, Yang Peng suddenly saw a girl running out of the village. The clothes on her body seemed to have been torn and mutilated. I don’t know where one of the shoes fell on my feet, and I ran screaming in the rice fields that had already formed ears. One foot was deep and the other was shallow, as if I had encountered something extremely terrible.
Behind him, four shirtless men came out of the village and laughed at the girls running away in the rice fields. Those men wore large swords on their waists and looked very capable. After laughing for a while, a man suddenly jumped out, ran quickly on the field ridge, and immediately caught up with the fleeing girl.
The girl heard footsteps behind her and turned around to look, only to be thrown into the rice field by the man. After the man threw the girl down, he grabbed her clothes and tore them open. He laughed obscenely, grabbed the girl's arms, and dragged her towards the village. A girl here is still dragging her away, and another woman has escaped from the village over there. The woman was also disheveled, and it was obvious that she was almost raped. She rushed out of the village with her head sullen, trying to escape, but was chased by two other shirtless men who ran out of the village.
The two men grabbed the woman's throat tightly to prevent her from running away, then lifted her up and down, and carried the struggling woman toward the village. Seeing this scene, Yang Peng suddenly became furious. Where did the bandits dare to rape women in the village? I defeated the bandits myself, but these bandits are still so arrogant?
Yang Peng waved his hand and said loudly: "Come into the village, catch these thieves and kill them!" One hundred soldiers of the Huben Division sang in victory and rushed to the village on horseback. The soldiers galloped back and forth on the road in the middle of the village for several times before they got a grasp of the situation in the village. There were about thirty thieves raping women in the village. The men, young and old in the village were locked up in a courtyard by thieves, and two big men with knives stood guard at the door.
The thieves were very surprised to see a hundred cavalry rushing into the village. When they heard the sound of rolling horse hooves, they abandoned their evil deeds one by one and ran out of the house in panic, holding their knives towards the galloping Master Hu Ben. After investigating the situation, Division Huben rode out of the village, jumped off his horse fifty meters away, then raised the rifle on his back and loaded it. After loading their bullets, a hundred soldiers walked into the village in formation and walked towards the thieves who were doing bad things.
Inside the village, more than thirty thieves stood at the door with their swords raised, preparing to confront Master Huben. Yang Peng was a little surprised to see the behavior of these thieves. This is not like the bandits who were defeated by him. The bandits have already lost their courage. How can they not run away when they see the officers and soldiers? Not to mention raising their swords in formation to confront a hundred tiger warriors.
Is this an official army? Which officer and army would do such an outrageous thing? Yang Peng rode to the front and shouted: "Are you soldiers or thieves?"
The men laughed loudly when they heard Li Zhi's question. A strong man at the head came out and said: "We are the soldiers and horses of Lin Te's envoy. We are here to supply supplies. Which army are you?" It turns out that they are Lin Te's troops. No wonder they are so domineering. These dirty soldiers actually raped women.
Yang Peng said loudly: "You are unfairly trading supplies, how can you ruin good women?" The leader said: "The rules set by Mr. Lin, women from good families are also part of the supply." After saying this, the soldiers were stunned again. Laughed.
Yang Peng heard this and said loudly: "What's the difference between being a soldier and being a thief?" The leading soldier said: "Being a soldier of Lord Lin will make your life more prosperous than being a thief. That's for sure." Rolling his eyes, he He said loudly: "Where are you from? What do you want? Do you dare to make things difficult for Master Lin?"
Yang Peng was furious and shouted: "First squad, fire!" Eight soldiers aimed at the soldiers at the entrance of the village and pressed the triggers. Only a series of gunshots were heard, and the eight shirtless officers and soldiers at the entrance of the village were suddenly covered with blood, vomiting blood and fell down. Seeing the firing, the more than 20 officers and soldiers immediately ran away with their heads in their hands and fled in all directions as if they were struck by lightning.
Yang Peng waved his hand and said, "Go up and tie up these ruffians, and take them back to Cangzhou City to show their heads to the public!" One hundred soldiers from the Huben Division rushed forward to arrest the ruffians. These soldiers had tasted the power of the rifle. At this time, no one dared to resist when the rifle was pointed at them. The soldiers tied the arms of these ruffians and escorted them all the way back to Cangzhou City.
When they reached the city gate, Lin Te's general Zhao Zhu got the news for some reason and rushed to the city gate with a hundred servants. "Yang Peng, let go of Master Lin's troops!" Yang Peng looked at the lieutenant of the Central Military Commission and said calmly: "Soldiers who rape good women will be punished by everyone. You have to protect the thieves officers and soldiers, too. Are we going to be thieves together?"
Zhao Zhu did not listen to Yang Peng's words and said loudly: "guerrilla Yang Peng, I asked you to let go of Master Lin's people, did you hear it?" After Zhao Zhu said this, the hundred servants behind him walked forward After a few steps, he was pressed in front of Yang Peng. When the soldiers in the front row next to Yang Peng saw that the situation was not right, they immediately drew their bayonets, mounted the bayonets on their guns, and confronted Zhao Zhu's servants. The fifty soldiers in the back row calmly loaded their rifles. It took more than ten seconds to complete the loading, and pointed their guns at the Zhao Zhu soldiers at the city gate through the gap between the people.
Looking at the black muzzle of the musket, Zhao Zhu's soldiers became frightened and gradually retreated back. At the back, a hundred servants no longer dared to threaten Yang Peng's men. They retreated more than ten meters away one by one, leaving Zhao Zhu alone on the horse in front. These servants were smarter and knew that Yang Peng's rifle was no joke, so they did not dare to try it themselves.
Zhao Zhu rode on the horse and said loudly: "Yang Peng, do you want to fight with me?" Yang Peng looked at Zhao Zhu who was riding alone on the horse and said coldly: "Fight with me? You think too highly of yourself. Your troops don’t need a quarter of an hour!”
Yang Peng stopped talking nonsense to Zhao Zhu and walked towards the center of Cangzhou City with more than 20 soldiers. Zhao Zhu's men looked at Yang Peng's soldiers armed with live ammunition. How could they dare to stop them? Walking to the intersection at the entrance of the vegetable market in the center of the city, Li Zhi asked the soldiers to clear an area, and asked more than 20 soldiers to kneel on the ground and put signs behind them. There were several words written in capital letters on the sign: "**Women, behead them immediately!"
Yang Peng also asked the soldiers in charge of order to shout loudly on the side and explain the reasons for killing these ruffians. The common people gathered around seeing the execution of rebel soldiers. I heard that these ruffians wanted to be beheaded by the lord of Tianjing New City because they wanted to rape women. The people all applauded, and they all shared the same hatred.
These days, soldiers and horses brought from other places to fight are called guest soldiers. The guest soldiers of the Song Dynasty were far away from home and their behavior was very barbaric. They often bullied the local people. There is a saying that banditry is like a comb and soldiers are like a grate - the bandits came to plunder, combed through it like a comb and took away all the property in the house. , but the gap between the teeth of the comb is large, and some are still missed; and the guest soldiers came to plunder, openly and with plenty of time, they plundered carefully, and robbed even more hatefully than the bandits, just like the teeth are very fine The same as the grate.
These days the guest soldiers are as terrifying as the King of Hell. The soldiers and horses in Cangzhou not only did not plunder the civilians, but also arrested the soldiers who raped women. They were really benevolent and righteous soldiers. More and more people were watching, gradually blocking all roads. Not long after, Lint rushed over on horseback, followed by more than a dozen servants. Lin Te asked his servants to separate the crowd, and walked up to Yang Peng himself.
When the kneeling soldiers saw Lin Te coming, they kowtowed to the ground and shouted loudly: "Sir, help me!" "Sir, help us!" Lin Te clasped his fists and said to Yang Peng: "Guerrilla general, Lin is here. It's too late, you didn't stop the soldiers from raping women!" Yang Peng looked at Lin Te and thought secretly that this traitor had the nerve to say that he wanted to stop the soldiers? It must be commonplace for his troops to plunder women. Yang Peng had seen the Linte tribe rob people on a large scale and plunder women and cause riots twice in the Di newspaper. Which time did he stop it?
Lin Te said: "The Minister of Etiquette, Wai Lang, is busy with everything. We are late, so Yang Peng can handle it for the general." Lin Te clasped his fists and said, "Guerrilla General, Lin's soldiers are still handled by Lin, so I don't have to worry about the guerrilla general acting as his agent! "Yang Peng said: "I can't control what I can't see, but today I encountered something so outrageous that I won't let it go. The Minister of Rites wants to take back the soldiers, but this won't work!"
Luo Dai, a general behind Lin Te, was angered by Yang Peng's words. He rushed up and cursed: "Guerrilla Yang Peng, do you think you are the governor? What authority do you have to punish Master Lin's troops? Be careful, I will lead my troops to capture you. Tianjing New City!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "I will only send 3,000 people to defend my Tianjing New City. Let me see if you 6,000 people can get close to my Tianjing New City?"
Naluo Dai had relied on the strength of Linte's troops over the years, and had become accustomed to being arrogant in front of other troops. He suddenly forgot that he was facing Yang Peng of Tianjing New City. This Yang Peng captured and beheaded more than 10,000 Khitan soldiers in one battle, which frightened the Khitan army. Their combat power was far superior to that of the official army of the Song Dynasty. Luo Dai threatened Yang Peng with soldiers and horses, which was just a joke in Yang Peng's eyes.
Luo Dai ate a turtle, opened his mouth and was speechless. Lin Te looked at Yang Peng and said slowly: "Guerrilla general, I heard that you are in business, but it's not like this. I will buy the lives of these soldiers with silver, one hundred taels each! How about it? Buy it Later, I whipped these soldiers in public, each of them fifty lashes!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "One hundred taels is too little, ten thousand taels is just right! Twenty-three rebels will be sold to you for 230,000 silver, and you will pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." After hearing Yang Peng's words, the man behind Lin Te Luo Dai shouted, "It's too much to bully someone!" and was about to rush forward to fight Yang Peng, but was stopped by several generals nearby. This Yang Peng army is too strong. He collided with Yang Peng. If Yang Peng really got angry with Lin Te, the unlucky one would be Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites. Moreover, now that Yang Peng is using Lin Te's soldiers to bully women, it is Lin Te who is causing the most embarrassment. The superior officer will not punish and dare not punish Yang Peng.
Lin Te glanced at Yang Peng, stopped talking, and stood aside with his hands behind his back, looking at the more than 20 soldiers on the field with a livid face. Lin Te's subordinates saw this and looked at the soldiers on the ground in silence. The twenty soldiers on the ground looked at Lin Te, still kowtowing desperately to beg for mercy. Not long after, the governor of Cangzhou heard the news and rushed to the entrance of the market with his officials, the general of the town army Mou Wenshou and others. Master Cha has not yet entered the crowd here, but the military commander and others over there have also arrived quickly, all to see the fun.
Yang Peng, who was killing everyone, faced off against the unruly Lin Te, which was very exciting. Panting, Mr. Zha walked to the door of the vegetable market, separated from the crowd, walked to Yang Peng, and said, "Yang Peng has such a huge formation." Yang Peng said, "What these officers and soldiers did is unjust, what is the difference between Yang Peng and bandits?" It has to be punished!”
Mr. Cha stroked his beard and remained silent. When Lin Te saw Mr. Cha coming, he walked up and clasped his fists and said, "Sir Governor!" Mr. Zha looked at Lin Te and said to Yang Peng: "Yang Peng, just give me face and return these soldiers to Lin Te. Sir, let him handle it by himself!"
Although Yang Peng has made great contributions and assigned his head to the governor of Cangzhou, Yang Peng will return to Tianjing New City soon. There will not be many opportunities to deal with the governor of Cangzhou in the future. Moreover, he can't stand Lin Te, a traitorous minister, so the governor of Cangzhou will Differently, he had to rely on Lin Te's etiquette member Wai Lang to speak for him in Bianjing. . As the saying goes, it's better to take the tea off when you leave. Master Cha must of course take care of Lin Te's emotions during the scene.
Yang Peng looked at the governor and said coldly: "I can't let these soldiers go." Turning his head, Yang Peng shouted to the soldiers: "Execution!" Only dozens of gunshots were heard, and Yang Peng Peng's soldiers shot the soldiers in the back of the head and killed them in the middle of the crowd. The governor of Cangzhou and other civil officials were startled when they heard the gunshot. Seeing the miserable state of the soldiers on the ground with their brains blooming, all of them turned pale. The people who were watching were also startled and took a few steps back when they heard the gunshots. But they soon reacted and cheered loudly one by one!
"The soldiers and horses of Tianjing New City are great!" "The troops of benevolence and righteousness!" "The soldiers and horses of Tianjing New City are mighty!" Yang Peng finished shooting the rebel soldiers and shouted loudly: "Send five thousand soldiers to patrol outside the city. If you find out Soldiers who rape women should be shot on the spot!"
Under the watchful eyes of the Cangzhou governor and others, Yang Peng abandoned the body on the ground and led the team back to Tianjing New City. Lin Te sighed and said: "Let the soldiers stop supplying outside and return to the camp!" Lin Te was depressed, abandoned the governor of Cangzhou, and led his men back to the camp.
The governor shook his head and said: "What's the use of joining him? Such a good general will not be punished! What's more, he is dealing with rebels! We can tolerate Lin Te, but we must endure Yang Peng even more!"
After Luo Zhen's death, the Cangzhou Jiedushi is still vacant, and the court has not appointed a new Cangzhou Jiedushi. Yang Peng began to summon his subordinates. Nowadays, Yang Peng is in charge of the military affairs of Cangzhou West Road, and there are three guards under him, namely Jinghai Town School Captain, Qingxian County School Lieutenant, and Xingji County School Lieutenant. These three school lieutenants are all in the county town and are the defensive force of the local county town.
The next day Yang Peng sent people to summon these guards. On the afternoon of the third day, these three guards rushed to Tianjing New City.
Li Zhi asked his subordinates to wait for him in the second hall. Ye Xiancai, the lieutenant of Jinghai Town, was a tall man. He was wearing a crimson official uniform of the sixth rank, and he looked somewhat majestic as a military attaché. He sat at the front of the three of them, a little nervous, and said to Shi Jiegao, the captain of Qingxian County next to him: "Brother Shi, the city lord has a reputation far and wide. Do you think his new official will make things difficult for us when he takes office?"
The Qingxian school captain Shi Jiegao was a skinny middle-aged man who was resting with his eyes closed. Hearing Ye Xiancai's words, he opened his eyes and stroked his beard, and said: "Probably not. I heard that the city lord had very simple requirements for his subordinates." After a pause, Shi Jiegao said again: "And the city lord is a guerrilla. At that time, a lot of wasteland was reclaimed and turned into military fields, and money was given to subordinates for free."
Xingji captain Hao Zhengchao, a middle-aged man with a square face and no beard, said: "We have to be on guard. But the three of us are old acquaintances, and we advance and retreat with the same mind. I don't think he dares to make things difficult for us!" Ye Xian was taller. He nodded and said: "Yes, we are united in advancing and retreating! The banknotes you sent are all one hundred taels of silver, and the gift items are one hundred and twenty taels of silver?"
Hao Zhengchao said: "It's exactly two hundred and twenty taels of silver, one hundred and twenty taels of silver notes plus one hundred and twenty taels of property! After the general saw the gift list, he knew that the three of us were of the same mind and would be wary." Shi Jie Gao nodded and said: "The generals are also human beings. They will understand when they see us united like this! How dare you light three fires?" After saying this, he closed his eyes with peace of mind and calmed down. .
After a while, Yang Peng walked out from the back of the hall. Seeing the general coming out, the three captains looked at each other, knelt on the ground and sang: "Ye Xiangao has met the city lord!" "Shi Jiegao has met the city lord!" "Hao Zhengchao has met the city lord!"
Yang Peng sat on the main seat and said: "No gifts, get up!" The three men got up, took out the gift list from their arms, and came up one by one and handed the gift list to Yang Peng. Yang Peng was stunned when he saw the three gift lists - all the three men gave were one hundred taels of silver notes, plus one hundred and twenty taels of goods.
Yang Peng grabbed the gift slip and thought about it, secretly wondering what it meant? Show yourself that the three of you have a good relationship? Threaten yourself? How united can the three Song Dynasty military attachés be? They are all ruffians, and they will betray you at any time for the sake of profit. Isn't it a joke to show their unity like this? Yang Peng smiled and said, "Why are the gift lists of the three of you exactly the same?"
Ye Xiangao said: "It's different, sir, it's different. Our belongings are all made of different silks, they won't be the same!" Yang Peng sneered and said, "Okay, not bad! I accepted yours. Gift list.”
The three captains looked at each other and secretly thought that the general was intimidated by him and expected that his requirements for the three of them would be lowered. The three of them felt proud and sat back on the chairs without waiting for Yang Peng to tell them to sit down. Yang Peng looked at the proud expressions of the three people and thought about a way to break the unity of the three people. Yang Peng looked at Ye Xiancai, the school captain of Jinghai Town, and felt that this man had a rough appearance and was less scheming, so he said casually: "Ye Xiancai, your Jinghai Town is closest to my Tianjing New City. I plan to reclaim 100,000 acres of wasteland in Jinghai Town." , plowed into dry land. I will buy these ownerless wastelands from your school captain’s office for twenty cents per acre of wasteland.”
When Ye Xiancai heard this, his eyes lit up. One hundred thousand acres of wasteland. The price Yang Peng paid for purchasing the wasteland was twenty cents per acre. Buying one hundred thousand acres of wasteland was also two thousand taels of silver. On the surface, the money went into the garrison as public funds, but once it changed hands, it wasn't just for Ye Xiancai to use it as he pleased? The city lord has given himself a big gift!
I just gave the city lord two hundred taels of goods, and the city lord returned ten times to me. Ye Xiancai said with a smile on his face: "The city lord has this plan. I will definitely cooperate with you and plan and coordinate all parties. I will satisfy the city lord!" Yang Peng said, "Jinghai Town is very close to Khitan's Youzhou. Where are you?" Are there many ordinary people in a military town somewhere? What I mean is that I plan to build a county town there to prepare for the northward attack on Youzhou. You are all officials of the Song Dynasty. Our Tianjing New City is independent and does not belong to the Song Dynasty. No matter what, you can work under me and take the exam yourself."
Hearing Yang Peng's words, the two captains sitting next to him became uneasy. Two thousand taels of silver is not a small number! A school captain only had a few hundred soldiers, and the soldiers' pay was very small. Even if he ate a lot of empty pay and drank the soldiers' blood, he would only earn two to three thousand taels of silver in the whole year. Moreover, he had to be filial to superiors at all levels, and the money that actually fell into his pocket was only a few hundred taels.
Two thousand taels of silver was no more than a huge sum of money in the eyes of the three captains. And Yang Peng gave Ye Xiancai such a huge sum of money to spend in just one sentence. Xingji Captain Hao Zhengchao said first: "General, General, why don't we also reclaim some dry land in Xingji County." Yang Peng said lightly: "The place to be reclaimed has not yet been decided, but it is certain that we will only reclaim 100,000 acres."
Hearing Yang Peng's words, Ye Xiancai became a little uneasy and glanced nervously at Li Zhi, fearing that he would not open new fields in Jinghai Town and move them all to Xingji County. Hao Zhengchao didn't even look at Ye Xiancai and said immediately: "Sir, there are many rivers in Xingji County, which is more suitable for cultivating new fields." For two thousand taels of silver, the fragile alliance between Hao Zhengchao and Ye Xiancai collapsed in an instant.
Ye Xiancai glanced at Hao Zhengchao angrily and said loudly: "Sir, Jinghai Town is closer to Tianjing New City and is more suitable for management!" Finally, Qingxian School Captain Shi Jiegao couldn't help it, stood up and said, "Sir, Qingxian River Quite a few, and it's also close to Tianjing New City, so it's the best place to open up new fields!" Ye Xiancai and Hao Zhengchao snorted after hearing Shi Jiegao's words. The so-called alliance between the three of them to advance and retreat together has long since evaporated in the face of interests.
In fact, Yang Peng has no plans to open up new fields yet. He mentioned this just to let the three captains compete for interests and break their alliance. At this time, the three of them were already fighting for each other. Without the feeling of advancing and retreating together, Yang Peng's goal was achieved. Yang Peng nodded and said: "What the three of you said makes sense. I have to think about this again! When I think about it clearly, I will inform you." After a pause, Yang Peng said seriously: "Say Down to business, there are only two requirements for you to be my subordinate, please listen to me!"
The three captains found that the three of them had become three lonely individuals. Without the alliance of advance and retreat, a single captain was too weak to be vulnerable in front of the world-famous Lord of Tianjing New City. After hearing Yang Peng's words, the three of them did not dare to sit down and stood respectfully to receive their orders. At this time, Yang Peng had already predicted that the school captain was a general under the camp system, and he was only responsible for the training and fighting of the troops along the way, not the farming. Although the school lieutenants are still in charge of the management of the farming, the farming affairs are under the control of the army and the army, and the school captains have to report the farming affairs to the army and the army. Therefore, Yang Peng’s two long-standing requirements have changed:
"My request, first, is to eat better and look good, so as not to cause a mutiny or a civil commotion!" "Second, if I want to cultivate private land within your jurisdiction, you must fully cooperate!" The three captains quickly agreed: "General, I understand!" "I understand!" "The Lord of the City has an order, and I will do my best!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
