Gao Daniu's troops appeared in Liaoyang. Although there weren't many of them, they were well-organized. There were more than a thousand people in the battalion, and more than half of them were wearing armor. They weren't low-grade paper armor or cotton armor, but forged metal chest armor. They were polished until they were as bright as a mirror, shining brightly.
There was a cavalry company, two spear companies, one combat engineer company, plus medical, communication, logistics, and other service platoons in the battalion. The soldiers were either riding horses or riding four-wheeled carriages. Although many of them were new recruits, their morale was high, and their mobility was unprecedented.
The Ming Army in Liaoyang was stunned to see such a troop appear in front of them in the winter. Li Weihan sighed that he didn't have such a strong army under him. The Ming Army under him also felt that this group of rebels was too strong.
Tan Feng, who had left Zhou Qingfeng's side before, was still under Li Weihan. After his defeat in Shenyang, he learned from his painful experience and decided to use some of the rules he learned from Zhou Qingfeng to reform his subordinates. The results were remarkable. Now, he had led more than two thousand soldiers and climbed to the position of Commander of a thousand in the Ming Army.
Tan Feng had always paid attention to the news of Zhou Qingfeng's Revolutionary Army that swept across the Liaodong Peninsula. He felt that even if the two thousand soldiers he had personally trained couldn't beat the same number of Kennu, it shouldn't be a problem for them to beat the Revolutionary Army. He even thought that if they met again on the battlefield, he would put on a show of "catch and release."
On one hand, he wanted to repay Zhou Qingfeng's kindness of taking him in, on the other hand, he wanted to show off his might in front of Zhou Qingfeng, and on the other hand, he wanted to earn a good name that would be passed down to future generations. But today, when he saw the true elites of the Imperial Guards, Tan Feng's heart turned cold.
Not to mention that they were strong and well-trained, with sharp spears and thick armor, just their spirit was incomparable.
It was fine if one or two officers of the Imperial Guard wore armor, but the soldiers on the opposite side were all wearing armor, and they were all wearing the best defense metal chest armor. What about the Ming Army? Even generals did not receive such treatment. As one of Li Weihan's main forces, Tan Feng was only wearing a set of pierced metal armor, which was completely different from a chest armor forged from a whole piece of iron plate.
In addition to the breastplate, the Imperial Guard also wore leather boots, pants, coats, and even gloves. This set of thick clothes looked warm. The soldiers all raised their heads and puffed out their chests. Their cheeks were full. They ate well and wore well. When they looked at others, their eyes were filled with arrogance. In comparison, the soldiers of the Ming Army were all timid. Even the few servants that Tan Feng had painstakingly raised could not compare.
"Fengying." Li Weihan lifted the window and looked outside. He whispered in the carriage, "These must be the retainers of the Revolutionary Army General."
"It should be." Tan Feng approached Li Weihan's carriage and nodded in a deep voice, "The Revolutionary Army is indeed a formidable enemy. We really can't underestimate them."
"There are really a lot of retainers. They are truly a tiger and a wolf. This official remembers that Fengying previously worked under Zhou Qingfeng? "Li Weihan asked again.
Tan Feng's heart ached when he heard this. He had just inquired about who the general of this troop was. He immediately knew it was Gao Daniu. The thin and weak youth that he took care of when he was wandering in Fushun appeared in his mind again. When he was driven away by Zhou Qingfeng, Gao Daniu showed a ferocious expression. He desperately trained his troops in Liaoyang to catch up, but he did not expect that in just a few months, the gap between the two sides had widened again.
This time, he was not even as good as Gao Daniu, let alone Zhou Qingfeng.
When the superior asked, Tan Feng could only lower his head and said in a deep voice, "I did work under that traitor Zhou, but my heart is now with the imperial court. I do not dare to disobey Sir's promotion."
Li Weihan nodded and said, "I know that Fengying is an honest and generous person. This official has treated you well and will certainly take care of you in the future. I, Daming, am after all, a powerful country with plenty of money and food. As long as the imperial court painfully reforms, there will still be great achievements. You mustn't let me down. "
Tan Feng was startled and then solemnly agreed. It seemed that this Li Weihan had some misgivings and was aware of the importance of holding military power in troubled times. He was afraid that Tan Feng would run away and return to Zhou Qingfeng's side. And this idea really turned around in Tan Feng's mind several times. It was just that when he thought of the humiliation of being driven away, he really could not swallow it.
This time, Li Weihan was taking more than ten thousand troops from Liaoyang, along with several thousand local officials and their families. Among them were more than two thousand troops under Tan Feng, and there were also more than a thousand people under the Yang brothers who had previously sought refuge with him.
The Yang brothers were born in a military family and became bandits after falling to the grass. The troops they brought were even worse than Tan Feng's subordinates. They dragged their way out of the city like a group of local ruffians. When these fellows suddenly saw a strong army in front of them, they actually panicked and retreated.
The Yang brothers did not care about their own troops. They gathered their courage and brought Ximen Ai, who was a dog head strategist, to the side of the Imperial Guard until the Imperial Guard lowered their spears and told them to stay away from their security zone. The three of them had always felt that the army and bandits were actually two sides of the same coin. They had never thought that there could be such a well-organized army.
"Strategist, have you ever seen such an army?" After the two brothers were shocked, they asked Ximen Ai, "How much money would it cost to have such a soldier? Look at the armor they are wearing, it should be made of iron. It should be at least a hundred taels. With these people in front of us, wouldn't it cost tens of thousands of taels? Tsk tsk tsk, what can we do with so much money? To actually use it on these soldiers. "
Ximen Ai knew that Zhou Qingfeng was powerful, but he did not know that he could be so powerful. The Imperial Guard's appearance was completely beyond his imagination. Even the few strong armies recorded in the history books could not compare. He had to sigh, "Let's go, let's go. The rebels are too powerful. We can't stay in Liaoyang anymore. We'd better go to Jinzhou."
But the Yang brothers were whispering in private. The younger brother Yang Wei said to the elder brother, "We know that Zhou Qingfeng before. Why don't we go to the 'Revolutionary Army' to get close to them? We have a lot of people here. Maybe we can get an official position by joining them. At least we can get some money and get a few sets of armor to wear. "
The elder brother, Yang Bang, felt that it made sense, but he also felt that his family was not powerful enough, so he simply ran to the officials of Liaoyang who were fleeing with him and persuaded many of them to pay a visit to the general of this imperial guard, wanting to serve him.
But a group of people went there but were met with nothing. Zhou Qingfeng did not meet them at all. He only said that he wanted to join them, so he stayed in the city to wait for the screening and make arrangements after their identities were found out. The Yang brothers were immediately dejected. They thought that it was better to go with Li Weihan. Daming's officials were more 'reasonable'. They would do things as long as they were paid.
The most powerful force in Liaoyang City was not the Ming Army led by Li Weihan, but the Ye family that had been here for more than two hundred years. Zhou Qingfeng wanted to drive the officials out of the city, but many officials were reluctant to give up their property and wanted to stay and bargain. But when the Ming Army left, the Imperial Guard immediately counted the remaining people and materials in the city and prepared to evacuate.
This time, Zhou Qingfeng not only brought the Imperial Guard but also thousands of militia. Xu Bing also sent people to take over the city. Ye Erniang, who was born here, came back with her head held high. She first quietly sent her name card to the Ye's Mansion and then sent people to search the properties of the Ye's in Liaoyang.
Grain stores, cloth stores, pharmacies, restaurants, teahouses, and pawnshops were all searched.
Ye Erniang changed her name to Chun Ni and stayed with Zhou Qingfeng for a whole year. Even in her dreams, she was thinking about how to tear down the Ye family. When the shop assistants and shopkeepers saw her, they were all stunned and called out 'Second Miss'. No one dared to stop the people of the Revolutionary Army from searching. Even a fool could see that the daughter of a concubine who disappeared for a year came back for revenge.
"Just in the city, we found more than ten grain stores with more than two hundred thousand dans of grain stored." Ye Erniang was very clear about what Zhou Qingfeng wanted. She didn't need to cry and beg for his support. It was enough for her to inform Zhou Qingfeng about the wealth of the Ye family on the day of the search. "The Ye family has been in Liaodong for more than two hundred years. Liaoyang is their nest. They have more than a million dans of silver."
"So much?" Zhou Qingfeng was surprised, excited, and annoyed. "My hundreds of thousands of people are still living frugally and starving on the peninsula, but there are actually two hundred thousand dans of grain stored here. If I knew there was so much grain here, I would have come here earlier. "
After the Revolutionary Army absorbed hundreds of thousands of people from all over Liaodong, the grain storage decreased sharply. Xu Bing took out her precious silver to buy grain, but she couldn't buy it. If this year's spring plowing didn't go well, the Revolutionary Army would immediately be in a very dangerous situation.
Ye Erniang saw Zhou Qingfeng was so surprised, and she already knew what was going on. She continued, "This is just the grain stored by the Ye family in the city. They still have many farms outside the city. They should be able to find another hundred thousand dans of grain.
In addition, the Ye family has a lot of people in their hands, and they have at least one or two thousand craftsmen. Young Marshal always wanted to make paper, right? The Ye family has two paper workshops, one ink workshop, and one book workshop. This is a big family, and they have a lot of property. "
"You don't need to say anything." How could Zhou Qingfeng not know what the little girl in front of him was thinking? He just didn't expect that the Ye family would be so rich. They were simply overflowing with wealth. He shouted outside his headquarters, "Guards, go and call Gao Daniu. This fat sheep, I will definitely eat it. "
Gao Daniu, who was wearing a full suit of armor, quickly came to report. As soon as he stood up and saluted, Zhou Qingfeng ordered, "Follow Ye Erniang to raid the Ye family. If there is any resistance, kill them immediately. Ye Na, you can go with them. There should be a lot of cultivators in the Ye family. You go and hold the fort. " He also deliberately lowered his voice and secretly transmitted his voice, "There should be a guy with two broken legs in the Ye family. Kill him on sight."
When it was time to be shameless, Zhou Qingfeng was absolutely shameless. His merciless order made Ye Erniang, a little girl, blush. Gao Daniu specially mobilized a spear company to follow her and found that the Ye family occupied a large area in the east of the city.
"These streets all belong to the Ye family." Ye Erniang rode a pony and arrived in front of the Ye family's gate with a majestic procession. Along the way, she had already alarmed the first branch of the Ye family who were trying to bargain with Zhou Qingfeng. Many of the Ye family's descendants were at the gate to welcome the new lord of Liaoyang, but they were surprised to see Ye Erniang smiling fiercely.
The first branch's grandmother came out dressed as a second rank noblewoman and screamed as if she had seen a ghost, "How can a bastard like you come back?"
"When you dragged my mother to the gate and beat her to death, you definitely didn't think that a bastard like me would be able to make a comeback, right? I'm sorry to disappoint you. Not only am I still alive, but I'm also coming back to take your lives! " Ye Erniang shouted with the same shrill voice, "The day you sold me to the human traffickers, I swore that as long as I was alive, I would come back and destroy this dirty place."
The first branch's grandmother trembled with anger and pointed her fingers randomly. Suddenly, an angry shout came from behind her, "How dare you! Second Niang, you are also a member of the Ye family. How dare you talk to my mother like this? Who gave you the guts? "
The person who spoke had two broken legs and was sitting in a wheelchair being pushed out of the gate by a servant. He was arrogant and shouted with spiritual power, trying to intimidate everyone. But as soon as he appeared, Ye Na, who was following behind Ye Erniang, narrowed her eyes. Wings appeared on her back and she rushed forward quickly, swinging her sword.
The guy with the broken legs was cut in half along with the chair.
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