Chapter 108: Shaanxi Civil Rebellion

Jia County, Li Yan Daying.

Let’s talk about the composition of the thieves’ army. This army actually does not have a very strict organizational structure. Basically, it is a small rebel army that forms a large one. Several large ones are combined together to become the current thieves’ army. Although Li Zicheng is the largest leader, his real direct line is the army led by his adopted son Li Guo and his nephew Li Shuangxi, and more troops are in the hands of Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Luo Rucai, Li Yan and others.

Liu Zongmin, Li Yan and others have great military power, and their men are all "people" and not Li Zicheng's people. Li Zicheng only commands them with his prestige, rather than restraining them through a strict organizational structure. So sometimes, Liu Zongmin and others dare not buy Li Zicheng's account.

Li Yan also has his own army, with a small number of people of only two thousand.

Originally, Li Yan had another army under his command, which was the old army brought out by Hong Niang from the mountain village. Most of them were green forest heroes, with high martial arts skills and good at fighting. They could be said to be the elite among the elites. Unfortunately, they were captured by Zhen Youcai's trick in Jining, which made Huang Degong's naval cannons be destroyed.

Now these two thousand troops are the soldiers recruited by Li Yan from his hometown Qi County, Henan Province. Because they are soldiers, they are loyal to Li Yan. Now the Hongniang is training them on the school field.

The red lady was wearing a big red outfit, a wide silver belt tightly tied around her waist, which set off her willow waist and plump breasts and fat buttocks. She saw her heart beat faster. Under the rapidly enlarged hips and hip curves, there were a pair of long and round thighs wrapped in tight big red breeches and black deerskin boots on her feet. Her slim and toned figure was fully outlined.

Against the backdrop of a red shirt, Hongmao's furong snow face looked more charming and charming, but her willow eyebrows were slightly frowning, and the bright big eyes were also cold murderous intent. If those two thousand new recruits dared to peek at her, the horse whip in Hongmao's hand would immediately ruthlessly suck his face. If he suffered too much, no one would dare to peek at Hongmao again. They all focused on training.

Hong Niangzi taught her a set of stick techniques. Although she had few tricks, only five styles of smashing, chopping, picking, sweeping, and stabbing, she was powerful and was very suitable for killing on the battlefield. Moreover, the bandit army lacked weapons such as weapons, guns, swords, axes, bows and arrows, and more soldiers used wooden sticks to use the ground, so it was the most practical to teach the new recruits the stick techniques.

When the recruits were roaring in the mountains and practicing stick techniques, a sudden burst of horse hooves came from the direction of the gate. When Hongmao looked back quickly, Li Yan had already entered the camp surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers. As soon as he saw Li Yan, the expression on Hongmao's face immediately turned 180 degrees. From cold as ice to spring breeze, he quickly twisted his slender waist to greet him.

"My husband, you are back." Hong Madam greeted Li Yan's horse and asked with a delicate face. "This time, the King of Rebellion has mobilized almost all the troops. Is it going to fight a big war?"

Li Yan turned over and dismounted the horse, threw the reins to the personal soldiers behind him, and said to Hong Niangzi: "We talked in the tent."

The Hongmao nodded charmingly, followed Li Yan into the account and entered the account. Li Yan turned around and held Hongmao's little hand and said, "Madam, we are about to leave Henan."

"Leave Henan?" The Hong Madam said in surprise, "Has the King of Chuang decided to give up Henan?"

"No, King Chuang will not give up Henan." Li Yan said, "This time, the Ming Dynasty's official army was headed by Hong Chengchou in charge of Kaifeng to command the overall situation. Fu Zonglong and Ma Shiying jointly launched the suppression. More than 200,000 troops from three routes came in full force. Our army had a low chance of victory. King Chuang had adopted my strategy of division and disintegration. He decided to send me to Shanxi and Shaanxi to develop the rebel army."

"Dude, do you want to stand alone?" Hong Niangzi said in surprise. "Don't worry, Li Zicheng let you go alone?"

Li Yan said: "It's not me alone, there are also Ma Shouying, He Yilong, He Jin, Liu Xiyao, and Lin Yangcheng led the G Zuo Wuying to go to Shanxi with us."

"That's right." Hong Niangzi flattened her mouth and said, "How could Li Zicheng let you go to Shanxi alone? He sent Ma Shouying and the Left Five Camp of the Land Gage and the husband to go together. It is obvious that they are asking them to monitor you."

"Don't talk nonsense." Li Yan said seriously, "The King of Chuang is a generous person by nature and openly acts. He is one of the rare real men in the world. The ancients said that the grace of a drop of water should be repaid with a spring, not to mention that the King of Chuang has the grace of saving you and my husband. We should kill ourselves to repay you, how can we judge a gentleman by the heart of a villain?"

"I'm just talking about it." The Hong Madam pouted her mouth and said aggrievedly, "What are you fierce?"

"Madam, Hong Chengchou is not easy to deal with. The situation in our army is not good now." Li Yan reached out and gently stroked the beautiful face of Hong Niangzi and said, "The King of Chuang trusts you and my husband so much. This time we must raise the banner of the rebel army in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and try to restrain more Ming Dynasty officials, so as to reduce the pressure on the King of Chuang in Henan."

"Yes." The Hong Madam nodded softly and said softly: "I will listen to you all."

Datong, Wang Family Courtyard.

Lu Liu was fighting with Neng Niang, while Wang Pu and Chen Yuanyuan stood by and watched.

This matter has to start with Chen Yuanyuan. After Wang Pu refused to accept Neng's mother as a housekeeper, Chen Yuanyuan did not give up. Instead, he thought of a compromise and proposed that Neng's mother disguised as a man and be Wang Pu's personal soldiers, because Neng's mother is a woman, unlike Xiaoqi and Lu Liu are both big men, and she can take good care of Wang Pu's daily life when she goes out to war.

More importantly, young ladies can be good at martial arts, which Chen Yuanyuan discovered by accident.

After Wang Pu led his troops to fight against Mongolia, one day Chen Yuanyuan missed him, so he took out the short-handled musket that Wang Pu gave her to play with. Nenniang happened to see it, so Nenniang wanted to go over and enjoy it carefully for a long time, looking like she couldn't let it go. Chen Yuanyuan asked and found out that Nenniang had liked playing with muskets since she was a child and had practiced good shooting skills.

A book friend explained that the bird guns in the morning were shoddy and the hit rate was not high. In fact, the gun making process in the Ming Dynasty was quite exquisite. When the swordsman was a child, he lived in the countryside. There were many hunters in the village. They used earth-made muskets made by blacksmiths in the town. They filled the ammunition from the muzzle. The barrel was the most primitive iron pipe. Without rifling, the gun bullet was also sawed off the iron rod. The gap with the gun barrel was very large. The air tightness of the gunpowder explosion was very poor. However, in this way, the earth-made muskets often hit wild boars running at high speed dozens of meters away. Experienced old hunters could hit wooden boards with one foot within a hundred meters. This was witnessed by the swordsman.

Soon, Chen Yuanyuan knew that young lady not only could play with muskets, but also could be martial.

Neng Niang is indeed good at martial arts. Her martial arts was taught by her father Ge Guang. Although Ge Guang is only a hundred households, he has a good martial arts world. Because Neng Niang is a girl, Ge Guang taught according to his aptitude and focused on teaching Neng Niang two martial arts. One is a long whip, and the other is light skills! Neng Niang has a high understanding and has already mastered a unique skill at a young age. He is particularly outstanding in light skills, and he is an ordinary strong man. He can't even get involved in her in three or five.

At the Futuyu Pass, Ge Guang knocked Neng unconscious in order to protect Neng's wife, dragged two soldiers who died in battle against her, which made her escape. Otherwise, Neng's martial arts would have to fight to the death with her father, and in the end she would inevitably die under the Xiangmath thief.

Because young lady knows martial arts, Chen Yuanyuan wants her to be a personal guard for Wang Pu even more.

After Chen Yuanyuan said too much, Wang Pu was a little moved. He thought that if there was a pretty girl like Young Mother around him when he was out, it would be a pleasing thing. But Wang Pu didn't believe that Young Mother could be good at martial arts, and he didn't believe that her white and tender little hands could play with firearms.

So Chen Yuanyuan specially arranged today's competition, with the purpose of letting Neng Niang show off her martial arts and shooting skills in front of Wang Pu.

At this time, Neng Niang had already tried more than twenty moves with Lu Liu.

At first, Lu Liu didn't dare to use all his strength, for fear of hurting the delicate little girl, but the more he hit Lu Liu, the more he was more shocked. In the end, Lu Liu had already tried his best to deal with Nuan Niang. Although Lu Liu was tall and big, his fists and feet were so fierce that he could not even touch the little girl's clothes. The two of them chased him in the yard for most of the day. Lu Liu was exhausted and panting, but Nuan Niang still had no blushing face and heartbeat, as if nothing had happened.

Taking advantage of Lu Liu's impetuousness and only chasing but neglecting to prevent it, Nuan Niang suddenly turned her hand and wrapped around Lu Liu's ankle. Lu Liu's body still rushed forward, but his feet were already entangled by Nuan Niang's long whip. He suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, and fell to eat shit.

In fact, today's competition is very unfair, because Neng Niang is the wife's personal maid, and Lu Liu is afraid of hurting her, so he dare not take ruthless actions. This invisibly restricted Lu Liu's move and caused him to suffer a great loss. However, even so, it is enough to prove that Neng Niang's martial arts are indeed good. After all, it is not easy to defeat Lu Liu.

Even if it is a bandit Scarface, it will not be able to beat Lu Liu without two hundred moves.

Wang Pu was shocked and said heartlessly: "Liu'er, you are too useless. You can't even beat a little girl."

Xiaoqi, who was attracted by the sound of fighting, also sarcastically said: "That's right, aren't you so awesome? You dare to mess with scarfaces, but why can't you even deal with a little girl now? Liu'er, you can just buy a piece of tofu and hit her to death."

Wang Pu ridicule him, and Lu Liu dared not contradict him, but Xiao Qi also came to sarcastically, and Lu Liu was unhappy. He turned his back and said, "Brother Qi, who is the hero who is right to say sarcastic words? If you have the ability, you will come down to fight with the young lady, but I'm afraid you can't even get away with ten moves."

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Qi said angrily, "Believe it or not, I will suck you?"

Lu Liu smiled and said, "So, Brother Qi wants to fight with me first?"

"you……"

Xiao Qi was speechless and stared at Lu Liu fiercely but did not dare to take action. Xiao Qi knew about Lu Liu's martial arts. Even Scarface was afraid of him, so he was even less of an opponent. Usually, he relied on his old qualifications to dare to drink five or six. When Lu Liuzhen wanted to act arrogantly, he had no choice.

At this time, the young lady cleared Xiaoqi's siege and said with a giggle: "I heard that Brother Qi's musket is good, so my sister wants to compete with Brother Qi's marksmanship."

Xiao Qi suddenly felt energetic when he heard this. He turned his head and looked at Wang Pu with a questioning look, but there was a look of eagerness to try on his face. This kid's musket was really good. He hit a human-shaped target within a hundred steps, and nine out of ten shots were shots. The leader of the musket was not afraid to boast that he could win him safely.

"Okay." Wang Pu nodded, "Xiaoqi, you can compete with Neon Niang for marksmanship."

"Yes." Xiao Qi responded and turned around and said to Neng Niang, "Neng Niang, how do you think you compare?"

Neng Niang pointed at a row of more than a dozen clay pots that had been arranged on the wall in front of the courtyard and said, "Shoot freely within a stick of incense. Whoever hits the clay pots will win."

"Okay." Xiao Qi looked at the distance. The row of clay pots on the courtyard wall were about thirty or forty steps away. Although the target was a little smaller than the human-shaped target, the distance was much closer. He responded carelessly. "Then hit these clay pots and shoot freely. Whoever hits the clay pots will win."

Wang Pu said: "Liu'er, go get two guns."

The young lady said, "The sixth brother just needs to get one for the seventh brother. I will use this branch."

Neng Niang said this to Wang Pu. After that, she took out a short-handled musket from behind like a magic trick. Wang Pu was stunned. The short-handled pistol was clearly given to him by the Western missionary named Johnson. Wang Pu gave it to Chen Yuanyuan for self-defense, but unexpectedly Chen Yuanyuan gave it to Neng Niang again.

Lu Liu quickly went to the ear room to get a musket filled with ammunition, a cow horn gunpowder and a small bag of lead bullets, and handed it to Xiaoqi. However, Nuan Niang saw a short-handled pistol in her hand. She neither saw a cow horns containing gunpowder nor a small bag of lead bullets. She held the musket and stood in the yard, then raised her gun and set off her shooting position.

Xiaoqi did not dare to be negligent. He rushed forward and stood side by side with Nuan Niang, raised the gun to his chest and set off to shoot.

Chen Yuanyuan personally ignited a silk incense. At Wang Pu's order, Neng Niang and Xiao Qi opened fire at the same time. With a loud bang, the two clay pots on the courtyard wall in front broke. Because they were free shooting, the time for filling ammunition could also determine the outcome. Xiao Qi did not dare to neglect and quickly refilled the gunpowder as quickly as possible.

At this time, the most shocking thing happened. Xiaoqi had just filled the barrel of gunpowder with half of gunpowder. On the other side, the young lady had already raised the short-handled pistol again. With a loud bang, the clay pot on the courtyard wall ahead broke another sound. Xiaoqi was completely stunned by the sudden gunfire sound. He turned around and looked at Nui Nium blankly. He had forgotten to fill the gunpowder.

Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!

Xiaoqi had only one thought in his mind. His speed of filling gunpowder was already very fast, but Nuan Niang was faster than him, and it was not just a little faster, it was much faster! At the speed just now, when Xiaoqi reloaded the ammunition and put it in the second shot, Nuan Niang was probably already fired at least five shots!

This speed is amazing!

Xiaoqi was surprised, Wang Pu and Lu Liu were even more surprised. Xiaoqi was busy filling gunpowder, so she didn't see how the little girl, Neon Niang, filled the ammunition area. But Wang Pu and Lu Liu saw clearly. Compared to Xiaoqi's busyness, Neon Niang seemed very calm. She calmly took out a beautiful treasure bag from behind her, took out a piece of something from inside, stuffed it in the front end of the musket barrel, and pressed the ball of thing into the barrel of the gun with a poke bar to compact it.

Then he inserted a thin iron wire into the medicine door and tinked it twice, then turned the musket and tapped it lightly twice, then he raised the musket and aimed at the clay pot on the courtyard wall in front. Before Wang Pu and Lu Liu understood it well, Neng Niang gently pulled the clay pot off the clay pot. With a loud bang, another clay pot on the courtyard wall was broken.

Xiaoqi was stunned by the filling speed of the young lady so fast, and Wang Pu was also stunned.

It was not until the young lady was about to fire the third shot that Wang Pu came to her senses and shouted loudly: "Stop!"

The young lady put down her little hand that had just raised, looked back and smiled at Wang Pu Yanran. Xiao Qi also turned around and looked at Wang Pu bitterly, with an expression on her face showing her eyes closed.

Wang Pu strode to Neng Niang and asked anxiously: "Neng Niang, what was you put in the barrel of a gun just now?"

The young lady replied crisply: "Gunpowder and iron bullets."

Wang Pu reached out to take the sack from the waist of the young lady and loosened the elastic band. He saw more than a dozen such "things" were neatly placed inside. These things looked a bit like cigars, but shorter than cigars. Wang Pu smelled the faint smell of gunpowder and the aroma of oil.

Wang Pu took out one from it and asked the young lady, "That's it?"

The little girl's face was blushing and plain. I don't know if it was because of excitement or Wang Pu's actions just now made her feel shy. Seeing Wang Pu's questioning, the little girl nodded softly and explained: "I think it's very troublesome to fill gunpowder from the medicine door. If you accidentally press the board, it will get fire, which is very dangerous, so I thought of a way."

Wang Pu thought of something in his mind, but he couldn't catch it for a moment, so he asked mechanically: "What method?"

The young lady said, "The little maid cut a piece of kraft paper of appropriate size, rolled it into a circle first, and used a paste. The size of the paper roll is exactly the same as the barrel of the gun. Then seal the paper roll, fill it with gunpowder and iron bullets, and then seal the other end. Finally, apply grease on the outside of the paper roll, and it will be easy to press it into the barrel of the gun. After the paper roll is loaded with ammunition and press it to the bottom, then use thin iron wire to penetrate the medicine door and poke the paper roll, so that a small amount of gunpowder overflows and connects it to the medicine door. Then you can open fire and shoot."

Wang Pu finally remembered that the thing that Neon Niang thought of was the invented paper shells by the Swedes in history? Because of the emergence of paper shells, the firing speed of the flintlock musket was revolutionized, and the power of the firearms truly formed an overwhelming advantage over cold weapons.

"Nen Mom, you are so smart." Wang Pu was excited. He actually did an unexpected move by everyone. He suddenly stretched out his hands to stroke the little face of Hong Pupu, then leaned on her forehead and gently tsk him. After that, he laughed. "Nen Mom, you have really helped me a lot this time."

The young lady's little face suddenly became redder than the sunset in the sky, and then she ran away with a moan.

Xiaoqi and Lu Liu next to them also laughed ambiguously. The two of them had the same expression on their faces. A delicate and crisp little girl like the young lady was swaying in front of the general all day long. So sooner or later, they would be the general? They were not surprised at all in this scene today.

Chen Yuanyuan also looked at Wang Pu with a smile, and Fang didn't know what she was thinking.

"Uh..." Wang Pu realized that his behavior was a bit too much. He quickly explained to Chen Yuanyuan, "Madam, things are not like you see, it was just an accident..."

Chen Yuanyuan looked at Wang Pu charmingly, just laughing but not saying a word.

When Wang Pu was embarrassed, Zhuzi suddenly entered the yard and reported, "San Master, Lord Wei is here again. He also brought Liu Yezi, a famous genius doctor in Shanxi. He is going to treat you again."

"Oh no, I forgot that I am still sick now." Wang Pu slapped his forehead and quickly ordered Lu Liu and Xiao Qi, "Hurry, you two go and prepare, take out all the things that Dad Li told me, go quickly. Madam, don't stand there, hurry up and go back to the room with my husband, huh, don't laugh, your husband is sick and ill half-dead. You should be sad, yes, you should be sad."

The inner courtyard of the Wang family courtyard was in a mess. When the Datong Prefect Wei Daben brought Doctor Liu into Wang Pu's Warm Pavilion, everything was ready. Wang Pu's face was yellow and yellow with green, and he was lying in the pit. The air in the warm pavilion was full of rich smell of medicine. Chen Yuanyuan and Neng Niang stood by the pit and shed tears silently, looking heartbroken.

Speaking of which, it has been more than half a month since the official documents urging Wang Pu to return to Beijing to take office, but Wang Pu was "ill" at this time and was very ill. Wei Daben brought official documents to visit him twice, but both of them were given up because Wang Pu was seriously ill.

This time, Wei Daben brought Liu Yezi, a famous genius doctor in Shanxi, and was obviously prepared.

However, when Wei Daben saw Wang Pu for the third time, a trace of inexplicable anxiety flashed across his face. Wang Pu's condition seemed to be worse than when he met the previous two times. This is not to say that Wei Daben cared about Wang Pu's life and death, but mainly because the official document had not been handed over in person, so Wei Daben could not pay it a bad thing.
To be continued...