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Chapter 173: Qi's Army! Qi's Army! Qi's Army!

Chapter 173: Qi's Army! Qi's Army! Qi's Army!
Lin Shisan, as an imperial envoy, found Wu Weizhong and Chen Dacheng respectively.

He lied that he was going back to the capital, and before leaving, he set up buffets in Kantou and Beilei villages to bid farewell to the villagers of Wunan.

The banquet was prepared according to the highest standards of Jinhua Prefecture, with each table consisting of fourteen dishes, two soups, and two jars of girl’s red wine.

Others say that the Wunan people are extremely rich thanks to the copper mines.

In fact, for ordinary people, the so-called "rich as hell" means nothing more than one thin meal and two dry meals a day, and some meat on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month.

The imperial envoy paid out of his own pocket to treat nearly 5,000 people from the two villages to a grand banquet and good wine. Wu Weizhong and Chen Dacheng naturally agreed.

The banquet will be held in the evening three days later.

This time was chosen by Lin Shisan, and he first came to Kantou Village.

The chef in the vegetable shed sang loudly: "Today, 500 coins for 14 dishes and 2 soups. Each dish will be prepared and served on the spot. The dishes will be served immediately. Please wait! Put it down!"

Lin Shisan was on a business trip out of Beijing, and wherever he went, people would rush to give him money. But when he came to Wunan, he bleeds.

In order to arrange the buffet for the two villages, he not only spent all the more than 500 taels of silver he brought with him, but also borrowed 600 taels of silver from the Puzhou money house in Yiwu city.

The women in the village competed to pass the dishes around, and the scene was really lively and bustling. The sound of clinking glasses was endless.

Wu Weizhong bowed and said, "Thank you, Imperial Envoy, for helping us to mediate the fight and divide the mines."

Of the 28 mines, Kantou Village got 16, which was a bargain. Wu Weizhong was very satisfied.

He knew very well that if the Chen family members of Beilei Village risked their lives to join them, not only would their copper mining business fail, but countless people in Kantou Village would also be killed or injured.

The purpose of the fight was not to dominate Babaoshan, but to seize as many mines as possible.

Lin Shisan smiled and said, "It is the duty of an official to relieve the people's worries. Why should I thank you?"

After saying this, Lin Shisan stood on a high place and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, eat and drink well! You are not allowed to leave the table until you have a good drink today!"

All the villagers of Kantou shouted in unison: "Thank you, sir!"

Lin Shisan whispered to Zhang Bo, "You and Li Gao stay in Kantou Village. Sun Yue and I will go to Beilei Village."

After saying that, Lin Shisan walked towards Wu Weizhong and said, "Chief Wu, I need to go to Beilei Village. There is also a buffet there today."

"This land belongs to the king. As an imperial envoy, I must treat the people of the two villages equally. I cannot neglect Beilei Village."

Wu Weizhong bowed and said, "Farewell, Mr. Imperial Envoy."

Lin Shisan and Sun Yue left Kantou Village and rode mules to Beilei Village.

Sun Yue asked: "Master, aren't you afraid that one village will take advantage of the other village getting drunk at the buffet and run back to Babao Mountain to seize the copper mine?"

Lin Shisan shook his head: "What if we seize the copper mine? Won't the other party still attack us? Both villages can't be at peace. They are not that stupid."

Sun Yue said, "We have made an agreement with General Qi. He will lead his troops to pretend to be Japanese pirates and enter Babao Mountain tonight to blow up the mine with gunpowder. I wonder how his preparations are going."

Lin Shisan smiled and said, "Don't worry. General Qi brought with him two hundred personal soldiers from the Governor's Office and two thousand garrison troops."

"Those two thousand garrison troops were as cowardly as mice when fighting against the Japanese pirates. They fled in panic as soon as the battle started."

"But when it comes to bullying the common people, tearing down their houses and seizing their cattle, and blowing up the mines that the common people depend on for their livelihood, they are definitely experts at this."

It was late at night when Lin Shisan and Sun Yue finally arrived at Beilei Village.

Chen Dacheng naturally welcomed them warmly. Everyone was drinking and drinking, the sound of finger-guessing games resounded throughout the village, and they slurped up the delicious food and wine.

Chen Dacheng bowed and said, "Thank you, my lord, for getting back the twelve copper wells for us. We in Beilei Village will burn incense for you and pray for you every day."

Lin Shisan thought: Why does this phrase sound so familiar? It seems to be the same phrase I used to curry favor with people in Beijing. This Chen Dacheng has a bright future!

Chen Dacheng invited Lin Shisan to the first seat of the chairman.

Lin Shisan said loudly: "I know that the villagers have a hard life! They rarely see meat all year round. Today you should eat as much meat as possible and drink as much wine as possible!"

"After eating and drinking enough, I have regained my spirit and gathered up enough strength to go to Mount Babao to dig for copper and make a fortune!"

The Chen clan members cheered and continued drinking.

Before I knew it, it was midnight.

Most of the villagers in Beilei Village were drunk at the buffet. The same was true in Kantou Village.

Lin Shisan leaned back in his chair and dozed off.

Suddenly, a loud "boom boom boom" sound came from the direction of Hachihoyama.

Chen Dacheng exclaimed: "What's that sound?"

Lin Shisan asked knowingly, "Yeah, what's that sound? Is there thunder in November in Wunan?"

Sun Yue said, "Maybe there was an earthquake?"

The earthquake is what people later called the ground movement.

There were about twenty or thirty loud noises, and then it returned to silence.

Chen Dacheng looked suspicious: "What is that noise?"

About half an hour later, more than twenty people rushed into the village.

These twenty or so people are the villagers sent by Beilei Village to guard the twelve mines in Babao Mountain tonight.

The leading man exclaimed, "Chief! Something big has happened! Japanese pirates!"

Chen Dacheng asked: "Speak slowly. What happened to the Japanese pirates?"

The leading man stroked his chest and took a deep breath: "One or two thousand Japanese pirates entered Babao Mountain. I saw that they were outnumbered and powerful, so we didn't let the brothers who were watching the well get entangled with them. We ran back together to call for reinforcements."

"I hadn't run far when I saw them blowing up the entire mine entrance with gunpowder!"

Chen Dacheng was so angry after hearing this that he almost fainted. It was Lin Shisan who quickly supported him.

Chen Dacheng asked: "You said that the Japanese pirates blew up all the twelve mines in our village?"

The man replied: "Not only the twelve mines in our village, but also the eighteen mines in Kantou Village were blown up by the Japanese pirates!"

Chen Dacheng was furious: "Japanese pirates, I'll fuck your grandmother! Get up! Everyone in the village, get up, grab your weapons and go into the mountains to fight the Japanese pirates!"

Lin Shisan said, "Chief Chen, please calm down! The villagers are all drunk. Even if we wake them up, they are still drunk and don't have the energy to fight against the pirates."

"You insist on taking a group of drunkards to fight the Japanese pirates. It's tantamount to leading them to their deaths!"

"Besides, soldiers are fed by the emperor, and the emperor's food comes from the people. Even if we have to fight against the Japanese pirates, it should be the government troops who should fight. Why should we let the common people go into battle?"

"I think it's better to do this. General Qi Jiguang is now in Jinhua Prefecture. Sun Yue, you ride a fast horse to Jinhua Prefecture to ask General Qi to mobilize the Jinhua Guards to come to Babao Mountain to fight the Japanese pirates!"

Sun Yue nodded: "Okay! I'll go get some help!"

Chen Dacheng thought about it carefully and decided that at this point he could only listen to Lin Shisan's words and wait for Qi Jiguang's "reinforcements".

The people in Kantou Village were also pacified by Zhang Bo and were waiting for reinforcements.

Let's talk about Babao Mountain. Qi Jiguang asked one of his captains: "Have you investigated everything? Can the mine be cleared and used again?"

The captain replied, "Reporting to the deputy commander, we used more than 200 barrels of gunpowder tonight. After the gunpowder exploded, the wood in the well could not support it at all and it collapsed long ago. It would be useless even if we cleared the well mouth."

Qi Jiguang was now the Tongzhi of Zhejiang Province, so the thousand households called him "Deputy Marshal".

Qi Jiguang nodded and said, "Okay! Gather the brothers, take off your Japanese clothes, and put on your mandarin duck battle jackets. Burn all the Japanese clothes."

"Tell them that everyone will receive five taels of silver tonight. Anyone who talks too much and leaks the news will be killed without mercy!"

The captain was a little worried: "Deputy Commander, there is a saying that too many people will make many mouths. Even if you issue a military order, I am afraid they will not be able to keep the secret sooner or later. When the news reaches the ears of Wu and Chen, your plan to recruit soldiers will be in vain."

Qi Jiguang lowered his voice and said, "It's okay. I will ask Hu Butang to transfer the two thousand households of Jinhua Guard to southern Fujian. By then, the new army will be in eastern Zhejiang, and the 'Japanese pirates' who blew up the mines will be in southern Fujian. There will be no intersection, so the secret will naturally not be leaked."

The Japanese clothes were piled up into a small mountain. Qi Jiguang threw a torch on top of it, and immediately the flames shot up into the sky.
The next morning.

Kantou Village and Beilei Village respectively received the news: General Qi brought 200 of the Governor's personal soldiers and 2,000 Jinhua garrison troops to Babao Mountain and "drove away" the Japanese pirates!

Led by their clan leader, the villagers of the two surnames came to Babao Mountain.

They rushed to the entrance of their own mine like crazy, but found that the mine had collapsed. It would take at least three years to dig a well and mine copper.

Wunan is a poor country. There has been no income from the copper mine for three years. The people are afraid that they will starve to death.

Lin Shisan called Wu Weizhong and Chen Dacheng together. Qi Jiguang stood aside.

Lin Shisan said, "You two! The Japanese pirates are just a bunch of beasts. You should have heard that their purpose of landing on the shore is not just to rob money and goods."

"They kill any man they see, pounce on any woman they see, burn any house they see, and slap any dog they see before slaughtering it for meat."

"The copper mines can generate wealth, but they can't move away. I think these beasts can't bear to see the Wunan people doing well, so they blew up all the mines."

Wu Weizhong's veins popped up: "Japanese pirates, I'll fuck your mother!"

Chen Dacheng's eyes widened in anger: "You bunch of bastards, if you fall into my hands in the future, I will eat your flesh and peel your skin off!"

Wu Weizhong's anger turned into worry: "All the mines have been blown up. From now on, the villagers in our village will have nothing to eat."

Chen Dacheng sighed, "Alas, it will take at least three years to dig a new mine. The little inheritance our ancestors left us is now gone."

"Three years! Are the villagers going to survive by digging wild vegetables and peeling tree bark?"

Lin Shisan said: "You can ask the Yiwu County Government to provide you with relief."

Wu Weizhong waved his hands repeatedly: "Yiwu County Government? They won't give us a grain of rice! Do you know what the dog magistrate of Yiwu calls us?"

Lin Shisan asked: "What?"

Wu Weizhong said coldly: "Mine bandits! Why would the county government give relief grain to mine bandits?"

Lin Shisan deliberately pretended to be in a lawsuit and took a breath of cold air: "Oh, this is not easy to deal with!"

"The people in the two villages are all living people. They need to eat. Now that their jobs have been destroyed, what can they do?"

He pondered for a long time, then said: "Chief Wu, Chief Chen, how about this, you should follow General Qi's wishes and join the new army he is about to form."

"In this way, not only will the villagers of both families have food and money, but they can also kill the Japanese pirates to avenge themselves. Not only can they avenge themselves, but they can also exchange the heads of the Japanese pirates for silver!"

"Isn't this like taking a shit, picking melons and catching grasshoppers, killing three birds with one stone?"

When Lin Shisan said this, Wu Weizhong and Chen Dacheng seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw.

Wu Weizhong said: "If General Qi does not abandon us, the people of Kantou Village are willing to serve under your command."

Chen Dacheng echoed: "It's the same in our Beilei Village."

In order to make the play more realistic, Qi Jiguang did not agree immediately, but said: "It's too late! I have already submitted a memorial to the court, saying that you do not want to join the new army. I will go to other places to find soldiers." Lin Shisan said: "General Qi, how about you give me, the imperial envoy, a little face? Are you going to watch the villagers of the two villages starve to death?"

Qi Jiguang and Lin Shisan played a double act: "Lin Chuanfeng, how about this? You write a memorial to the court, asking for mercy and to give me the right to recruit soldiers in Yiwu again."

"You have deep roots in the court, I believe the court will definitely agree."

"If there is an imperial edict or a document from the Ministry of War, I will dare to recruit soldiers in Wunan to save the folks in the two villages."

After hearing this, Wu Weizhong and Chen Dacheng both knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Shisan, saying in unison: "Thank you, Imperial Envoy!"

Lin Shisan stroked his chin and said, "Ah, this is not easy to handle! The court is not something that I, a mere fifth-rank deputy commander and palace messenger, can decide for myself."

"Got it! How about this, don't your two villages' ancestral halls each raise a Blood General? The Blood General is a divine creature. If you offer it to the Yongshou Palace as a tribute, the emperor will surely be very pleased."

"General Xue entered the palace to follow the dragon, but he did not disgrace their status as the sacred chickens guarding the village."

"As long as the emperor is happy, recruiting you into the new army is just a matter of oral order."

Wu Weizhong immediately agreed: "Okay, Kantou Village is willing to present the sacred chicken to the emperor."

Chen Dacheng was not to be outdone: "We in Beilei Village are also willing to offer the divine chicken!"

Seeing that the two had fallen for it, Lin Shisan said, "Okay. I will first submit a memorial to the court, first to inform the two villages of the blood donation general, and second to request the court to recruit soldiers in Wunan."

"After the memorial is delivered, General Qi and I will stay in Wunan to wait for the court's response."

After Lin Shisan frightened Wu Weizhong and Chen Dacheng, he immediately wrote a secret letter to Emperor Jiajing.

This secret letter praised the bravery and loyalty of the Wunan people.

The memorial was sent 800 miles away to Yongshou Palace in the capital. Fifteen days later, an imperial edict arrived in Wunan.

The content of the imperial edict was: Qi Jiguang, the co-governor of Zhejiang and the lieutenant general of Ningshao, was ordered to recruit a new army of 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers in Yiwu.

There were a total of 5,000 people in Kantou and Beilei villages, half of whom were women, and there were only 1,300 young men between the ages of 16 and 35.

Qi Jiguang also established a set of strict recruitment standards and recruited 1,700 people from seven nearby townships.

Two months later, on the first day of the first lunar month in the 38th year of Jiajing, the 3,000 new soldiers of the Zhejiang Army were fully recruited, and Qi Jiguang inspected the troops at the foot of Babao Mountain.

The imperial envoys, Lin Shisan and Sun Yue, each held a Blood General and stared at the three thousand Wunan men in front of them.

At the hour of Mao, before daybreak, Qi Jiguang picked up the list and handed it to his flag officer, who called out the names.

The flag officer first called out the names of sixty-seven people. These sixty-seven people were the trial centurions, general flags, and small flags selected by Qi Jiguang from the new recruits in Wunan.

These sixty-seven names are like sixty-seven shining stars, lighting up the night sky of the Ming Dynasty as bright as day in the next forty years!

The flag officer shouted, "Wu Weizhong! to! Chen Dacheng! to! Zhu Wenda! to! Ding Mao! to! Zhu Yu! to! Wang Rulong! to! Tong Ziming! to! Gong Zijing! to! Chen Can! to! Ye Dazheng! to! Jin Ke! to! Hu Tianding! to! Hu Dashou! to! Jin Fu! to! Ding Bangyan! to! Chen Lu! to! "

"Chen Ziluan! to! Huang Zongtong! to! Jin Shouyu! to! Lou Zizheng! to! Chen Wencheng! to! Wu Weixian! to! Chen Jiuxiao! to! Chen Yankui! to! Chen Yancai! to! Chen Bofeng! to! Chen Wenying! to! Mao Wengong! to! Chen Xishun! to! Jin Shoushen! to! Chen Tianmin! to! Fu Weicheng! to! "

"Chen Maoren! to! Chen Liangpi! to! Zhu Wenyong! to! Chen Shike! to! Yang Chengtai! to! Chen Jile! to! Chen Jing! to! Chen Dashen! to! Chen Maoyi! to! Yang Wentong! to! Ye Bangrong! to! Lou Bidi! to! Mao Guoke! to! Huang Zongmao! to! Yang Wanli! to! Chen Sixian! to!"

"Chen Sizheng! to! Chen Wenyuan! to! Chen Zonglian! to! Chen Yanjing! to! Chen Zonggui! to! Chen Yanbo! to! Chen Hongqiu! to! Chen Shizhong! to! Chen Zongwen! to! Chen Wenda! to! Chen Wenxiang! to! Chen Zhen! to! Chen Sui! to! Chen Yanliang! to! Chen Dahe! to! Chen Tianxi! to! Chen Zhonglong! to! Chen Zhonglin! to!"

After sixty-seven names were called, the Blood General in Lin Shisan's arms suddenly crowed loudly, and the world became bright when the rooster crowed!

Hundreds of years later, people who write books in the future will write down the names, official titles, and achievements of these 67 generals of the Qi Family Army with reverence.

Wu Weizhong: A famous general who fought against the Japanese invaders. He went to Korea twice to fight against the Japanese invaders and served as the deputy governor and deputy general.

Chen Dacheng: He volunteered to join Qi's army, fought and made meritorious contributions in many battles, and was promoted to the position of Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Three Provinces and Lieutenant General of Sichuan.

Zhu Wenda: General stationed in Southern Zhili and Jiangnan, and deputy governor of the Left Army Governor's Office.

Ding Mao: He joined the army as a military student and had military strategy. Due to his military merits, he was promoted to lieutenant general and given the title of deputy general.

Zhu Jue: He volunteered to join Qi Jiguang's army and was promoted to Lieutenant General of Guangxi due to his military merits.

Wang Rulong: Lieutenant General of Guangdong.

Tong Ziming: Served as a captain and died in the Battle of Xianyou.

Gong Zijing: He fought with Qi Jiguang for 14 years and was promoted to General of Guerrilla and General of Gansu. After his death in battle, he was posthumously awarded the title of Deputy Commander-in-Chief.

Chen Can: Guerrilla General of Shixia Nanbing and Deputy General who went to Korea to fight against the Japanese pirates.

Ye Dazheng: A student of the Imperial College, he followed Qi Jiguang in the fight against the Japanese invaders, recovered Xinghua and other places, and was appointed as the magistrate of Yanping Prefecture.

Jin Ke: Guerrilla General from Fujian.

Hu Tianding: Guerrilla General of the Western Route of Jizhen.

Hu Dashou: He was appointed as the commander of the Fujian camp, then transferred to the left camp guerrilla commander of Jizhen, and promoted to the lieutenant general of training troops in Qingzhou, Shandong.

Jin Fu: Transferred by Luo Wen of Jizhen, promoted to commander of Jin affairs and guerrilla general of Santunying.

Ding Bangyan: Lieutenant General of Songpeng Road, Military Governor of Henan Province.

Chen Lu: The hereditary commander of Jinhua, granted the title of General Huaiyuan.

Chen Ziluan: Commander of Songmen Guard, Garrison Commander of Santunying
Huang Zongtong: He was initially appointed as the garrison commander of Zhangjia in Tongzhou, and later moved to Jizhen as a guerrilla commander in the central route.

Jin Shouyu: Commander-in-chief of the southern troops in Jizhen.

Lou Zizheng: General of Jizhen.

Chen Wencheng: Jinhua commander-in-chief, Daxiaoyu director, Sandian baggage camp guerrilla, general of Jiangsu and Zhejiang guerrillas in charge of military affairs, and was granted the title of Huaiyuan General.

Chen Yankui: Commander of Jinhua

Chen Yancai: Changning Camp Commander, Ganzhou, Jiangxi

Chen Jiuxiao: Quzhou garrison commander, Henan Dusi, Tianjin guerrilla general.

Wu Weixian: Wu Weizhong’s younger brother, he served as a general in the Shixia South Military Camp and was later promoted to a centurion in the Jinhua Prefecture Garrison.

Chen Wenying: Captain of Jizhen.

Mao Wen: The commander of Jizhen.

Chen Bofeng: Commander of a thousand troops in Jixi.

Chen Tianmin: Commander of the Guards.

Jin Shoushen: General of the Southern Thousand Commanderies of Jizhen.

Chen Xishun: Lieutenant General, Deputy Commander-in-Chief.

Fu Weicheng: The garrison commander of Jizhen, later transferred to be the assistant commander.

Chen Maoren: Guard Commander-in-Chief, Huaiyuan General.

Chen Liangpi: Commander of the Jinhua Thousand Households, served as the garrison commander of Datong, assistant secretary of Fujian, and commander of Sichuan, and was promoted to the governor of Huguang Liping.

Zhu Wenyong: He was a deputy commander of the Jinwu Guards, served as the garrison commander of the western route, was awarded the title of Dusi due to his warning of the enemy, recruited and trained Zhejiang soldiers to defend the mountains and seas, was promoted to Xiongwu guerrilla and then to lieutenant general.

Chen Shike: Guardian Commander-in-Chief, Huaiyuan General.

Yang Chengtai: Deputy General of Shanhaiguan.

Chen Jilie: Chief Captain, Commanding Officer.

Chen Jing: Garrison of Yulin.

Chen Dashen: Captain Qian, garrison commander.

Chen Maoyi: Qianzong, Jinglüejian, and garrison commander against the Japanese pirates.

Yang Wentong: He was the commander of the Fujian camp, later transferred to the lieutenant general of Songpeng in Jizhen, and served in the nine gates of the capital.

Ye Bangrong: Guerrilla general of Chehouying, Santun, Jizhen.

Lou Bidi: He served as the garrison commander of Cuihuangkou in Jizhen, was promoted to the guerrilla commander of Shenjiying in Beijing, and then became the guerrilla general of the central route.

Mao Guoke: Laizhou garrison commander, guerrilla general aiding Liao

Huang Zongmao: Supervisor of Shimen Road in Jizhen.

Yang Wanli: Lieutenant General of Shanhaiguan.

Chen Sixian: The Eastern Expedition Thousand Commander

Chen Sizheng: The Eastern Expedition Thousand Commanders

Chen Wenyuan: Jielingkou Qianzong

Chen Zonglian: Taizhou Qianzong

Chen Yanjing: Jizhong Qianzong

Chen Zonggui: Jixi Qianzong

Chen Yanbo: Jizhen Qianzong

Chen Hongqiu: General of Shapo Yu

Chen Shizhong: Jizhen Central Route Thousand Commander