Chapter 365 Stealing chickens doesn't make rice

The team fled in panic, but before they knew it, no one noticed that Fan Ling was gone. At this time, Fan Ling had already changed into a coarse shirt and stumbled towards Chongde County.

Before that, Fan Ling's troops and horses collided with Olge's cavalry. Olg originally wanted to chase the thieves to see if he could expand the results of the battle, but he encountered an unexpected surprise. The two sides met, without a word, and after some torture and killing, the remnants fled to Haining County along Li Yan's footsteps.

It wasn't until he escaped that Lu Weiliang found that Fan Ling was gone.

"What about Fan Ling?"

"Mr. Lu, Leader Fan disappeared before....."

“？？？？”

Lu Weiliang's eyes were dark, and he almost fell off the horse. He worked hard to bring people over to help break through, fought desperately, and escaped with nine deaths, but Fan Ling found an opportunity to flee for his life. Lu Weiliang didn't think that Fan Ling had already died in battle, that guy had to have the determination to die in battle, so he wouldn't be Fan Ling. At this moment, Fan Ling is in front of him, and he will definitely kill this guy alive.

Packing up his mood, Lu Weiliang suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to retreat to Haining County with the remnants of the army. At this time, the remnants of the army can be described as extremely miserable. When they came, nearly 10,000 people met with the Yunfu cavalry, and there were less than 5,000 people left, almost more than half of which were lost. Fortunately, after approaching Haining County, the officers and soldiers withdrew, and did not continue to chase after them. Lu Wei's conscience also knew in his heart that the officers and soldiers must be busy collecting supplies.

When I think of the supplies, I feel very distressed. After months of hard work, the army looted in Jiaxing Mansion for more than ten days, robbed rich supplies, and finally almost all of them were taken away by the living king of Hades. Working hard to make wedding dresses for others, whoever encounters this kind of thing is angry.

Haining County, at this time, has also become a pot of porridge, the problem here has been a long time, and the rogue ravaged Zhejiang, which exacerbated the problem, and finally caused a terrible storm. Haining not only has the tide of the Qiantang River, but also has the largest salt field in Zhejiang, so since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it is the most important official salt place in the south of the Yangtze River. There are salt farms, and naturally there are salt dices.

Thanks to the Ming household registration system, Yanding has been inherited from generation to generation, and in the past, Yanding's income was not bad, but gradually, it became less and less. Salt transportation, as the most lucrative industry in the Ming Dynasty, should not be short of money. In fact, this is not the case, there is no shortage of money in the salt transportation, but the money that finally falls into the hands of the salt ding is very meager. After the Yongle Dynasty, the income of Yanding has gone downhill, and by the Zhengde period, the income of Yanding can barely maintain food and clothing. Up to now, corruption in officialdom has become commonplace, coupled with Jiangnan's distance from the center of the imperial court, the collapse of the factory and health system, the lack of effective supervision, and the low-level officials are even more unscrupulous, competing for Yanding's hard-earned money.

Due to various reasons, Yanding, who is at the bottom of Daming Salt, often does not have enough to eat, and most of the time he is seriously ill and cannot afford to pay for medical expenses. Since last year, the Salt Transportation Department has issued another order to increase the number of working hours in order to increase the production of official salt. The salters take a pitiful amount of money, but they do more and more work. In this case, can there be no problems? Long ago, the salters were already dissatisfied, and in order to earn a living, many people began to secretly resell illicit salt, and started the business of killing heads. This is also the reason why Jiangnan private salt has been repeatedly banned. At the end of last summer, there was a riot in the Changlu Salt Factory, when the salt workers had not received their wages for two months, so they made trouble, but because of the discord at the time, coupled with the timely response of the imperial court, the riot was quickly suppressed.

The matter of Changlu Salt Field has given Jiangnan officialdom a wake-up call, but unfortunately, eating a trench may not lead to wisdom. The officials of Nanzhili seem to have never taken the salt lads seriously, and after this incident passed, they still went their own way, and the officials in salt transportation did not change. There is nothing wrong with the salt farms, but the contradictions are getting deeper and deeper, and as long as there is an introduction, the contradictions will erupt.

Unfortunately, Liukou entered Nanzhili and went all the way to Zhejiang. Most of the rogues were the original low-level people, and they raised troops to make trouble, and many of them did it for a bite to eat. When I came to the world of flowers in Zhejiang, I was immediately confused, there are too many good things here, and they can rob them to their heart's content. The rogues are robbing, and all this falls into the eyes of the salt dings, and they feel quite unfair in their hearts.

Many of the salters began to envy the rogue, and they also thought about bringing down the corrupt officials who oppressed the salters. There are not many people who think about this kind of thing, and when someone takes the lead, it quickly forms a torrent. In the second half of last year, Yan Ding Wei Chen killed the officers and soldiers of the salt protection team in a fit of anger because of the incident of reselling illicit salt. As soon as this incident came out, more people followed Wei Chen to make trouble, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, the riot was out of control, the salt Ding occupied the salt factory, and the Haining Inspection Department and the guards were beaten by the angry salt Ding and escaped from Haining County early.

Bai Lide, the magistrate of Haining, is at a loss for this, and now Jiaxing Mansion is being troubled by rogues, and Hangzhou Mansion is also too busy to take care of itself. The rebellion of Haining Yanding, at this time, there was no one to manage. Because of the Yanding trouble, Haining almost became an undefended place, which allowed Li Yan and Lu Weiliang's remnants to pass through Haining County without much effort.

When Li Yan's remnants passed through Haining County unharmed, the Xuanfu army was already preparing to attack the city outside Deqing City. On the second day of the first lunar month, gunshots rang out in Deqing Town, indicating that the Battle of Deqing officially began. The new town is located in the east of Deqing, guarding the intersection of the official road, backed by the closed mountain, and just forming a corner with Deqing City. Therefore, the peasant army had deployed an army of more than 6,000 men in the new town.

The place was close to mountaineering, and there were rivers on both sides, which was not conducive to cavalry maneuvering, so only musketeers could be thrown into the new town. The peasant army of the new town has not been idle since they came here, and they have built the new town like an impregnable wall. Moreover, after fighting against the elite soldiers of Xuanfu for a long time, they gradually learned how to fight against the musketeers.

The best way to start a battle with the musketeers is to seek death, and the best way is to hide behind cover and wait patiently. Once in close combat, the musketeers have little advantage.

Outside the new town, the musketeers formed a neat formation, slowly approaching the south entrance of the town. The gunfire had been going off for a quarter of an hour, but with little effect.

Outside the town, Tiemo and his party closely monitored everything on the front line, and the development of things was also expected. Xu Zhixin saw that the progress was slow, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Why don't you send the artillery over, you can force the thieves inside out with just a bit of artillery fire." ”

"There's no need for this, when we hit the new town, we originally put pressure on Deqing City, and if we really hit the new town, wouldn't we have to fight Deqing City in the end?" Tie Mo held his chin and said lightly. There is one point, he did not tell Xu Zhixin that there are not many shells in the hands of the Agni Battalion, and they can only maintain a big battle, so they need to be spared.

Xu Zhixin is also an extremely smart woman, and after a little pondering, she understood Tiemo's intentions, "Are you deliberately keeping Deqing and Xinshi Town, and letting the thieves of Jiaxing Mansion retreat westward?" Why not take the opportunity to kill as many people as possible in Deqing? ”

Tie Mo pursed his lips and smiled wryly. Wang Zuohang sighed, picked up an official document on the table and handed it over, "Miss Xu, if you look at this official document, you will understand everything." ”

Xu Zhixin looked puzzled, but still took the official document and looked at it, after looking at it, that clear and beautiful face was as cold as frost, and after a long time, she said angrily: "These bastard things, one by one, only know how to stare at money, now it's okay, Yanding took the opportunity to make trouble, this time, I'm afraid it's not a problem in Haining County." Ay..... It's an eventful season, and it's overwhelming......"

Xu Zhixin had already understood Tiemo's mind at this time, and at this time, the rogues entrenched in Jiaxing Mansion and Deqing City were already a trivial matter. The problem of Yanding is the big thing, it is best to let the thieves retreat westward first, if the Liukou is forcibly blocked in the east, once the Liukou has the intention to mix with the matter of Yanding, then the Liukou will take the lead, and nearly 300,000 Yanding in the salt field will make trouble, and then the strength of the Liukou will expand rapidly, but it will really not be extinguished.

The Yanding riot is completely different from the rebellion of the rogues, and it must not be compared.

Tiemo sent musketeers to attack the new town, and although it had little effect, it still exerted great pressure on Deqing City. Xu Beichuan can be described as restless, what he is worried about is not the new town, but when the shells will fall on his head. It seems that the new town is as stable as a rock, and that is also because the living Hades are not ruthless. If the artillery is pushed up, and then Ding Luyan's Henan soldiers and horses, the new town will definitely not be able to hold it.

For the thieves in Deqing City, it is tantamount to living like a year. On the fourth day of the first lunar month, after some suffering, Li Yan and Lu Weiliang finally arrived at the new town with the remnants of Jiaxing Mansion, and then rested for a while, then evacuated the new town and completed the rendezvous with Xu Beichuan of Deqing City. When the two sides met, Xu Beichuan and Lu Weiliang hugged each other, looked at each other and smiled bitterly, the two sides didn't say anything, everything was silent.

Xu Beichuan saw that the soldiers and horses in Jiaxing Mansion had very few materials, and the soldiers were slumped one by one, as if they had lost their souls. It can be seen that Lu Weiliang and Li Yan were defeated even worse, they not only lost their troops, but also threw the materials they had stolen from Jiaxing Mansion to the living king of Yama. The two armies converged, but the atmosphere was very depressing.

In the Yahoutang of Deqing County, Xu Beichuan, Lu Weiliang, Zheng Guosong, Li Yan and others gathered together, and several people had a lot of trouble, especially Xu Beichuan, who seemed to have an idea, but he was embarrassed to speak. In contrast, Zheng Guosong was a little less taboo, he rubbed the hilt of the knife, and said expressionlessly: "Everyone, to say a depressing word, Deqing City will definitely not be able to hold it, and we have to evacuate as soon as possible." Only after joining forces with General Lee's troops and horses can we have the strength to fight. ”

Li Yan nodded a little helplessly, "Li agrees with Brother Zheng's opinion, at present, our two troops and horses have been defeated repeatedly, and our morale is low, so it is really not suitable for another big war." Moreover, there is no need to fight with the officers and soldiers here. At the moment, we can't stay in Zhejiang, and it is estimated that we will withdraw our troops soon, so we need to join up with General Li as soon as possible. ”

Several leaders were surprisingly unanimous, and after being played wildly by the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu, everyone's minds cleared up a lot. Before, whether it was Li Yan or Xu Beichuan, they were all thinking about finding an opportunity to give the living Hades some color to take a look. The spirit is very high, and the result is miserable. In Tongling City, Xu Beichuan was bombarded repeatedly, and his head was blown up to water. Li Yan was even more miserable, he worked hard for half a month, and let the Living Yama King send troops to snatch it away halfway, and also lost nearly half of the soldiers and horses.

On the fourth day of the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, before the dawn, the sky had not yet dawned, and the peasant army in the city let go of the city gate, and quickly fled in the direction of Yuhang while the sky was still dark. At the beginning of the morning, after the sky was bright, the peasant army had completely withdrawn from Deqing.

The peasant army withdrew from Deqing and soon joined up with Li Zicheng's troops and horses, who by this time already had an army of more than 50,000 men. Perhaps seeing that Deqing was taken back by the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu, the morale of the Hangzhou government was greatly boosted, and they wanted to take advantage of the low morale of the Liukou to take back the Dusong Pass occupied by the Liukou. On the sixth day of the first month, nearly 20,000 soldiers of Hangzhou Prefecture went out of Qiantang and went north, and on the seventh day of the first month, the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Prefecture and Li Zicheng's army started a big battle in the south of Dusong Pass.

In this battle, Li Yan, Zheng Guosong, Xu Beichuan and others were all holding back their strength. After fighting for half a day, the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Mansion were defeated and fled back to Qiantang in a hurry. However, Qiantang was attacked by Lu Weiliang as early as half an hour ago, and outside Qiantang Town, the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Mansion were surrounded and beaten by Li Zicheng's army. In desperation, Bai Xuan, the commander of Zhejiang, could only send troops to attack Qiantang to contain part of Li Zicheng's troops, and on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou near Qiantang to flee to the northeast and return to Hangzhou around Daoqing.

In the battle of Dusong Pass, Bai Xuan became the most unlucky person. worked hard to mobilize troops and horses, and wanted to raise his eyebrows, but he didn't succeed in stealing chickens. For a time, Bai Xuan, the commander, became a joke in the eyes of the people of Zhejiang.

Bai Xuan was also very aggrieved, because it was not his will to send troops to Dusong Pass, but the intention of Du Fushan and others. Now that the battle is not effective, all the responsibility is left to him in vain.

Since Xuanfu sent troops to Lujiang, it has won many battles and won many good news, which can be described as inspiring the people. Especially after Wukang and Deqing were connected, the people of Zhejiang regarded this border army from the north as a savior, and the name of Tiemo, the governor of the three provinces, was even more famous in the south. Nanzhili naturally didn't want to see his reputation overshadowed by an outsider, so he ordered Zhejiang to find a way to earn back his face.

The funny thing is that Du Fushan and others feel that this is an opportunity, the new defeat of the Liukou and the low morale are a great opportunity to recapture Dusong Pass.

So, Du Fushan and the others ordered Bai Xuan to send troops to the battle, and before sending the troops, they didn't say hello to Tiemo.

In the end, it was thanks to the Xuanfu army on the side of Deqing City that coerced Dusong Pass, so that the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Prefecture could safely withdraw to Hangzhou.

Yu Hang, Li Zicheng, who had just won a game, was not too excited, this victory was meaningless to him. What can you do if you defeat the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Prefecture? The army of the Living Yama King is resting near Deqing, eyeing Dusong Pass, in this case, can he Li Zicheng continue to attack Hangzhou?