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Chapter 342 Art Troupe

"The scenery in early spring is beautiful in March, with the pink and green willows full of rosy scenery. I can't see the scene before me. I only owe the love of men and women in this life. I send my husband to Qiliting and talk with my hands. You are a man, don't be an unknown young man..." A beautiful woman in a long dress on the stage held a peach blossom fan and stood on the stage singing loudly. The woman was Liu Rushi, and the two maids around her were He Xiang and Mo Zhu.

Li Guodong, Han Dashan, Wang Quan and others were sitting in the audience watching the rehearsal. Li Guodong was interested in sending troops to Korea and waited for Zheng Zhilong's reply, so he came to Wang Quan's Touhu Village. Once Zheng Zhilong was willing to borrow troops, they would rush to Laideng and board the ship to Jianghua Island. This time, Li Guodong came to Lianghuai and only brought a hundred elite soldiers at night. If he wanted to send troops, he would go from Wang Quan to fight. The next thing he wanted was water war and island-grabbing war. The cavalry was not very useful, and one hundred cavalry was enough.

Three men appeared on the stage, one of whom was wearing white paper armor costumes, and the other two were wearing red paper armor costumes. The next play was Liu Rushi, Hexiang, and Mo Zhu reluctantly sent his lover to join the army to fight against Jiannu.

After a while, the curtain was pulled up, and then the young general in white helmet and white armor led the Ming army to kill Jiannu and defeated the army.

"Wang Quan! Did you make this play?" Li Guodong turned around and asked.

"Yes, it was made up by me, brother, are there any problems with this drama?" Wang Quan replied.

"Not right, this play cannot reflect the hatefulness of Jiannu at all! And it is too stupid to play Jiannu! We are all killing Jiannu, and our losses are minimal. The audience still regards this play as a fool's play? What we want to show the audience now is not how we kill Jiannu, but the harm of Jiannu to us. You'd better write a new play to show the miserable scene of the Han woman who was captured in Liaodong in the Jisi Transformation to the audience." Li Guodong shook his head. His elite cavalry won many battles against the Shangqing army, but what is the difference between such a play and the anti-Japanese dramas in later generations? Can it arouse the anger of the people, or can it show the misery of the people, or can it show the sins of Jiannu?

Wang Quan asked, "Showing the sin of Jiannu? This is easy to deal with. A young couple is from the capital. During the Jisi change, Jiannu was beaten. The man was captured and used as a plaque. The woman was taken away by Jiannu and became a concubine for Jiannu."

"Is this over?" Li Guodong still shook his head and expressed his dissatisfaction.

"This, brother, please give me some advice."

"It's still not miserable enough. The military and civilians may not have a big reaction after watching it. I think it's still like this: Miss Liu still plays a rich lady from a scholarly family, who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Hexiang and Mozhu are also her maids, and they are also beautiful girls. The three young men, the young man, was a scholar, who passed the Juren at a young age, and went to Miss Liu's house to propose marriage. She passed the imperial examination at a young age, and she must be a high school Jinshi in the future. So, both families agreed, and the other two young men were his servants, master and servant, and had a good time with the lady and maid. This is not a perfect play, right?"

"Yes, this ending is really enviable."

"Then Jiannu came..."

Before Li Guodong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wang Quan: "I understand. Jiannu is here. The three ladies, masters and servants are arrested and went to Liaodong to serve as concubines for Jiannu. The three young men are arrested and become coat slaves. Until we rescue them, they join our army and kill Jiannu to take revenge."

"It should be even more miserable. Jiannu came and thought that the old man was useless to them. Their parents were killed. Three stubborn women were humiliated and committed suicide. Three young men and two servants resisted Jiannu and were killed. Scholars were captured and used as slaves in Liaodong. They were finally tortured to death in the snow and ice."

"But that's how it is," Wang Quan hesitated for a moment, and his lips squirmed a few times. "This ending is too tragic. Jiannu, who has done evil, has not received any retribution. I'm afraid the military and civilians will be extremely angry."

"It is to make the military and civilians extremely angry! When they see that the sinful Jiannu has not received the punishment they deserve, they will join the army and try their best to kill the slaves when they go to the battlefield! Moreover, our art troupe will not only perform in the Toutu City Wall, but also perform in the city wall in our north, and perform in all parts of the country, so that everyone can know the sins of Jiannu!"

"Okay, you're the big brother, just as you said."

Two days later, Wang Quan, who had prepared the script, gathered all the soldiers of the art troupe and assigned them new rehearsal tasks.

The actors who had played Qing soldiers in the art troupe were frowning when they heard this.

The actor who was beaten by the Ming army a while ago is now playing a role that is evil and still alive is really hateful. The actors who play Jiannu are talking about it.

"Sir, if we perform like this, we will be beaten to death by the common people."

"Yes, the Jiannu we played before was killed by someone. How happy did the military and civilians relieve their hatred? I'm afraid that the performance is like this, I'm afraid that the audience will not be able to control their emotions."

"Sir, we are here to join the army and want to kill Jiannu, not to play Jiannu."

"Everything is quiet!" Wang Quan shouted at the top of his voice, "I don't care whether you want to play Jiannu or not. Since you have joined the art troupe, you are soldiers! You are literary soldiers, and the stage is your battlefield! Those who are soldiers go to the battlefield, escape at the last minute, judge crimes according to military discipline, and be executed! Have you heard of it?"

"Okay, let's play, let's play."

"Remember, arousing hatred between the military and civilians against Jiannu, this is the task of our art troupe! You are the power multiplier of the soldiers on the front line! With your propaganda, the soldiers can only sacrifice their lives and fight to the death if they go to the battlefield!" Li Guodong opened his voice and said loudly.

In feudal army, 20% of casualties will lead to defeat. The Ming army was mainly infantry. When faced with cavalry, once defeated, it would be chased and killed all the way, and it would be one-sided massacre. Li Guodong needed to awaken his national consciousness to turn his army into a modern army that would fight bloody until the last person left to the death. Even if the last person left, he could detonate the glorious bomb and die with the enemy. Such an army is the most terrifying army.

The first rehearsal after the script was revised began. This rehearsal was not publicly performed, and only officers over a hundred households were qualified to observe the performance.

Liu Rushi is also the heroine. She plays the daughter of an official from a scholarly family named Liu Yan. Her father is a county magistrate who loves people as much as his son. The hero is named Zhao Hao, a famous talent in the county. He passed the scholar at the age of fifteen and passed the juren at the age of sixteen. The actor who plays Zhao Hao is named Wu Yanjin. He was originally an actor. Because the thieves destroyed his home, became a refugee, and was saved by Wang Quan.

The actors who played Jiannu wore a special head hood with the same color as the scalp, and a gold rat-tail braid on the back of the head hood, which looked like a real gold rat-tail. Several young men who played the Ming army and the people also wore head hoods, and wigs were on the head hood, but according to the plot requirements, after the Qing army captured the county town, they would be shaved and replaced by clothes.

Although it was not a formal performance, there were more than a hundred officers sitting in the audience.

Liu Yan and Zhao Hao were childhood sweethearts. Seeing that Zhao Hao even became a scholar, the officers in the audience felt that they were involved in the show and shouted: "Golden List, bridal wedding candles, good!"

Wu Yanjin has excellent acting skills. Liu Rushi has been trained since childhood and has been very dedicated in acting, which has won rounds of applause from the officers.

The two got engaged, and on the day of marriage, Jiannu came.

"Jiannu is here! Jiannu is here!"

Liu Yan's father immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Friends, follow me to the city to stop Jiannu!"
Chapter completed!
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