Chapter 181: Intimidation

The two hundred people on the ferry were even more vulnerable. Li Meng and the others took a break and left Xiajin County for half an hour. They were full of horsepower and were led by people familiar with the local terrain. When they arrived at the camping place, the other party was also "joking the Spring Festival". Although they did not send people to deliver wine and meat like Xiajin County, these soldiers were already huddled in the military camp and were unwilling to come out.

The so-called soldiers who were on guard were just arranged two people at the camp gate. When the cavalry led by Li Meng came, the two were warming in the sheltered place. Seeing the cavalry coming from the brigade, they didn't dare to get up to warn, so they let the cavalry rushed in directly.

Getting angry, forcing people out of the room and slashing them is not a complicated process. In less than half an hour, these more than 200 people have completely disintegrated.

The repeated rebellion of the Southern Bandits Zhang Chengye caused great harm to Liu Zeqing. At the beginning, Zhang Chengye led them to several strongholds guarded by Yan Ding, which was also a contribution to leading the way.

But in the same way, he stationed Liu Zeqing's barracks, and the number of soldiers was also the Menqing. With the Nanshan bandits leading the way, Li Meng's four hundred cavalry was really twice the result with half the effort.

On the 29th day of the 12th lunar month, the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, the 10th year of Chongzhen, Liu Zeqing set up a barracks in Dongchang Prefecture, and set up a stronghold in the way Yanding guarded the intersection. Eleven were attacked, the barracks were destroyed, and the soldiers were dispersed. The news was not until the tenth day of the first lunar month that it reached the Liu Mansion, the general of Caozhou.

Since the master arranged for the so-called rebuttal letter to be written, Liu Zeqing has been focusing on having fun. The female dramas sent by the salt merchants are all good things. Being an official is just for the desire to speak out. If there is no such thing, who would have climbed upwards!

When the personal soldiers reported the losses everywhere, Liu Zeqing's eyes almost fell out. Except for the three in the Dongchang Prefecture that were close to Yanzhou, the rest were removed, nearly 2,000 soldiers were killed and injured, and the rest were dispersed.

The death and injury of two thousand means that the two thousand completely lost their combat power, and the rest could not be collected at all. The Qianlong General, after a calculation, lost more than 4,000 officers, was probably the loss of more than 4,000 people. This made Liu Zeqing feel so painful. Today, there are all kinds of disasters and famines, and there are no need to catch soldiers. Someone must have been to surrender. But among these more than 4,000, there are at least four or five hundred veterans. These veterans are the core of the army. With these veterans, you can bring new soldiers into a military force at any time.

In a blink of an eye, only more than 15,000 soldiers were left in his 20,000 troops. Liu Zeqing was completely confused. After he realized that he was shocked.

Who in Shandong has such strong strength and can destroy more than 4,000 of his own troops in such a short period of time? Although Liu Zeqing is arrogant and domineering, he has a full estimate of his own strength. In Shandong, his more than 20,000 troops are already the first to be strong, so who else?

Liu Zeqing investigated the people he thought were possible one by one, and finally contacted Li Meng. But he couldn't figure it out that if he wanted to suddenly kill more than 4,000 troops in such a short time, he would have to mobilize more than 7,000 troops. Not to mention whether Li Meng, a new general, had so many soldiers, it is impossible for him to not know the mobilization of an army of this size in Shandong, and it is impossible to mobilize without news from the governor. This is like a rebellion. If Li Meng could do this, then how strong would he be?

At present, all Liu Zeqing could do was to gradually shrink the troops that were stationed in the strongholds of the salt merchants. There were hundreds of people here and hundreds of people there, which were too easy to be defeated by people. As for the salt merchants, they could only ignore them. They could not take the silver gifts they sent back.

The troops stationed in Dongchang Prefecture, the only few remaining strongholds of the troops stationed in Caozhou, received orders to retreat. At the same time, the salt diary of Li Meng, inspector of Jiaozhou's salt administration, re-entered this area, but this time the situation was different from before. This time, the locations were set up in several county towns.

But the main distributors of private salt, that is, local landlords and powerful people, have already scared the courage of what happened in the first month of the year. Shandong has many chaos and no big or small battles have been stopped. However, I have never seen such a fighting style. One side can hardly resist, while the other side is coming and going like the wind.

Seeing the military camps beside their homes being burned and soldiers were killed and dispersed, everyone was thinking about what would happen if these people attacked my home.

So after the salt diners re-entered all over the Dongchang Prefecture, there were endless people buying private salt. Originally, there were some salt products sold by salt merchants from Lianghuai, but in this situation, they had to buy dozens of tumbles of private salt to show their loyalty.

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Chengye, a bandit in the South Mountain, played the role of a road-leading detective this time, really helped Li Meng's 400 cavalrymen. Li Meng assigned him a separate area of ​​En County. The profits of private salt sales here belonged to Zhang Chengye, which is a very generous reward.

This repeated villain Zhang Chengye can be treated like this. If we get closer to Jiaozhou Camp, will we have better treatment? The local gentry in Dongchang Prefecture are thinking about this.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Li Meng and his 400 cavalry were already in Qingzhou Prefecture. This was his own territory. He had a continuous high-intensity movement and combat for more than ten days. The results were indeed brilliant, but the men and horses were extremely tired. Fifteen cavalrymen died and injured more than 30 people, and they also needed rest and conditioning.

After entering Qingzhou Prefecture, except for the corpse and people brought back to Laizhou Prefecture, the wounded went to find familiar private families to recuperate and treat, while the rest were broken into pieces and divided into ten people. A team of fifteen people was heading towards Jiaozhou. Most of the salt smuggling salt smuggled were of this scale. These people also had documents to prove themselves and would not attract the attention of others.

Ma Gang stopped in Changle County. This was the headquarters of his commander Yan Ding in Qingzhou Prefecture. However, Ma Gang was also quite excited. Li Meng was promoted to general. Yan Ding, whom he led, would soon become a regular military force according to the previous rules. He could become a garrison, a ministry, or even a guerrilla!

Li Meng's physique was better than the soldiers around him. During the daytime marching, Tang Er and 30 cavalrymen who were following Li Meng were all dozing off, while Li Meng was very energetic.

The news in this era was sometimes astonishingly slow, but sometimes it was unusually rapid. What happened in Dongchang Prefecture was spread quickly by those who were interested. When Li Meng led the cavalry from Qingzhou Prefecture to Dongchang Prefecture, the landlords and gentry received along the way were a little cold, of course, it was just a very slight manifestation. No matter when a person like Li Meng was, they could not offend him.

When they come back, it will be different. Li Meng and his friends often stay at home in these powerful people under the guidance of Yanding, stationed in Qingzhou Prefecture. The one with the words "passion" is a bit insufficient to describe it.

Although it was the first month of the year, every household was received attentively. The generals were senior military officers. It was inevitable to kowtow when they met, and it was also inevitable to have good wine and meat. What Li Meng really couldn't stand was that someone was so attentive that he was sent to send his concubine and his daughter came to serve him. Although he refused directly, he really couldn't stand it.

If Li Meng hadn't been strictly restrained, his cavalry would have been traveling all the way to the gentle village. The single Tang Er was even mentioned for more than a dozen marriages, and they all stated that they didn't care about their status, and that they could be both wives and concubines.

Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Meng finally returned to Jiaozhou City. For him, this journey was more pleasant than coming to Dongchang Prefecture to get the wind and kill people like chopping melons and vegetables.

For everyone stationed in the old camp in the Jiaozhou camp system, Li Meng came back to rest, which was the beginning of the New Year. For the entire Jiaozhou, Li Meng's private salt, military soldiers, and various trading activities are everything that supports them. For them, the New Year has just begun.

Originally, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, even if the year was over, Jiaozhou suddenly became lively and unseasonably.

After returning to Jiaozhou for a sleep, Rossi was about to come to ask for a banquet in the inner house, and so many new female family members were added, so he always had to handle it.

However, Ning Qiangui rushed in front. Master Ning is so busy that he is just a master. He is not less than that of a governor. Li Meng's kindness has long made him devote himself to his heart, but at this moment he feels too busy.

Ning Qiangui didn't come to complain to Li Meng, but reported to Li Meng in detail some of the things he had told him before going to Nanjing. He recruited more than 90 blacksmiths and apprentices from all over the place, and they all spent money to move here. They were already living with the craftsmen in Liaodong, and gradually they could increase their production.

The purchase of saltpeter gunpowder is still not ideal. It can only be purchased in Dengzhou's arsenal through some shameful channels. The green salt in Jiningzhou has been transported intermittently, and every time it requires weapons such as swords. These things can be sold after being eliminated by Jiaozhou Camp.

But Li Meng saw some tricks in Dibao and Tangbao. Although Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops are still moving around and very calmly, as long as they fight with the official army, they win less and lose more. The demand for this weapon must be increased, which must be the increase in losses.

Li Meng thought for a while and spoke to Ning Qiangui:
Chapter completed!