Northern Qianbei is very chaotic, and Songkan, known as the "first gateway of northern Qianbei", is not only not chaotic, but has become more and more prosperous with the stationing of more than 1,000 regimental exercises in eastern Sichuan.

The grain and wages of Sichuan Xieji Guizhou were continuously transported to the wharf through the Songkan River, and then the officials selected by the Guizhou Grain Governor led the soldiers and porters to the state capitals and distributed them to the officials and troops of the three provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan, who were quelling the chaos. Merchants from eight provinces in Ba County and Qijiang also transported commercial goods from Ba County to here, and then six merchant gangs of all sizes sent goods to Zunyi and even Guiyang.

The people in the town have work to do, as long as they are willing to contribute, the goods on the dock are really inexhaustible!

The people in the vicinity can also find a livelihood in Songkan, they can go to the dock to work as a porter, or they can go to the caravan to be the "second brother of Yanba". Although carrying salt is not a good livelihood, so much so that the local people say that they "carried salt" when they die, it is better than starving to death or having their heads cut off by the officials and soldiers in rebellion.

There are also some people who start a small business, selling the salt or cloth exchanged for tea or other mountain goods to nearby towns and even Tongzi County, and then buying mountain goods in exchange for more salt or cloth. Not to mention the Sichuan regimental training stationed here, even the local officials could not tell whether the people who came to the town with mountain goods to exchange salt, cloth or grain were "in the regiment" or "in the fate".

Since it was impossible to screen Wu Kuixiang, he simply didn't screen it, so he set up a checkpoint outside the town, and ordered the brave man on duty to search his body, as long as he didn't bring the murder weapon into the town. At the same time, the scouts on duty of each regiment were ordered to change into the clothes of the common people, disguised as small traders or porters, and quietly watched the movements of strangers.

It is worth mentioning that Zhu Youzeng, the prefect of Zunyi, actually appointed an alternate prefect named Jiang Binglin to be stationed in Songkan to purchase the salt and grain needed to quell the turmoil in Zunyi Prefecture. Tongzi Zhixian also sent a chief and a scribe to Songkan with a few officials to collect land and silver and miscellaneous taxes.

Wu Kuixiang not only knew very well that Tongzi Zhengtang would be able to receive some taxes from Songkan now, but even secretly thought that if it was not "the duty to defend the land", Tongzi Zhengtang would definitely move to Songkan, where there was no need to worry about bandits and no need to worry about money and food, instead of staying in Tongzi County, which had been occupied by bandits.

Just when he finished inspecting the camp and was about to go to the dock to take a look, Liu Shanyang, a man from the Jiangbei Department who had just come from the Sheephorn Camp last month, chased after him and said: "Master Wu, I just received the official letter from the Camp Office, Master Han asks you to lead the regiments to supervise or return to the Sheephorn!" ”

"The prison group is going back?"

"As long as one person goes back to a regiment, there is only one regiment leader who is temporarily appointed as the head of the regiment."

Thinking of the thieves he had found out during this time, Wu Kuixiang realized that Han Xiufeng should be preparing for the next big chaos, and asked in a low voice as he walked back: "What about the regiments stationed along the river?" ”

"Shanyang has already sent someone to shout."

"Okay, I'll go back and pack my bags first, and I'll leave as soon as they arrive!"

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As Wu Kuixiang expected, the situation in northern Qianbei is far from being as peaceful as it seems.

Soon after the death of Yang Yixi and Wu Sanxing, Shu Guangfu led the rest of his troops out of Shiqian and Bensongtao, intending to enter Sichuan and recover but was blocked, so he could only take the remnants of the defeated army and return to Tongzi, and after robbing and killing a group of gentry who relied on the government, he was chased to the border of Zunyi County by the officers and soldiers who followed, and was captured by the local regimental training and official army, and was punished by the Ming Dynasty.

Because they are all remnants of the White Lotus Sect, they are also called "Sect Army".

Although the main force of the Sect Army was wiped out, there were still many people who rebelled with them and were affected by them, and judging from the news that the Songkan camp had been inquiring in the past few months, at least 30 bandits had swarmed up in various parts of northern Qianbei.

Zou Chenbao, Mu Ertong, Mu Yupeng, Chen Ba, Hou Tingkui, Yang Erxi, Yang Ertong, Yang Fengjiao, Liang Datong, Liang Santong, Zeng Qisi, Liang Facai, Yu Masan, Zhang Bobo, Chen Manman, Zhao Maoding, Zhu Ertong, Bai Daman, Bai Xiaoman, Zeng Xi, Liang Depan...... It's all in the mountains!

Han Xiufeng stood in the tent of the sheep's horn camp, looking at the large map marked with various snobbery and banners, and Daoguang 18 years of Jinshi, who had been the head of the household department and Langzhong, and served as the prefect of Chongqing as the first class of Jingcha, and rushed to the Sichuan-Guizhou border to inspect Fei Jiashu as soon as he arrived: "The most threatening of these bandits is the Zhao hat top of Suiyang, he gathered thousands of chaotic people to take the dam as his nest, and was active in the mountains and mountains at the junction of Suiyang, Tongzi and Zheng'an counties, with the yellow 'Sanyi Regiment' as the banner, so the officials and people on the opposite side called it the Yellow Trumpet Army. ”

"Brother Zhixing, did Zhu You, the prefect of Zunyi, know about such a big event?"

"How could Zhu Youzeng not know, but what if he knew?"

Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, and said helplessly: "A few days ago, Daoguang Bingwuke Township in Zunyi County tried to raise people, and two years ago he was in charge and was sent to the Ministry of Rites to learn to walk, and then returned to his hometown in Zunyi. It is said that when Yang Yixi led his troops to besiege Zunyi, if it weren't for this Jian Ge scattered all his family wealth and ran a group training, he took Shipantou in the east of the city as the key pass, and repeatedly led the regiment to attack and harass the bandits. Whether Zunyi City can hold on to it is two words. In short, there are not many soldiers in Zunyi Mansion, and Xiangfu, the general stationed in Zunyi, is a straw bag, and it would be good for them to be able to hold the city and several surrounding towns now, so how can they have spare strength to encircle and suppress.

"Jian Ge, this name is a bit interesting, I'm not afraid of my brother's jokes, this is the first time I've heard of this surname." Fei Jiashu groaned.

"It is said that after the former dynasty Shangshu was loyal to the righteousness, his father once served as a teacher in Wuchuan County." Han Xiufeng smiled, and continued: "Then there is Zou Chenbao of Tongzi, according to reports, he has gathered nearly a thousand bandits, and he is also ready to move. It's just that I don't know if his target is Zunyi or Tongzi. ”

"Why is this messing up!"

"To sum up, there are three, one is that they are bewitched by Yang Yixi and other remnants of the White Lotus Sect, the second is that they can't live this day by collecting grain for many years, and the third is that the government is not effective in suppressing bandits, and they see that the officials and soldiers are nothing more than that, so they are getting more and more bold."

Fei Jiashu had just become the prefect, but he didn't want those thieves to break into Chongqing Mansion, so he asked eagerly: "Then what is the next plan for the old brother?" ”

"It is said that it is better to block than to suppress, but if we really go to suppress, it will definitely arouse the anger of the people, so we can only respond to all changes with the same, as long as those bandits do not attack Songkan, we will not move."

"How can the crackdown arouse public indignation?"

"Brother Jian'an doesn't know, now the other side can't tell who is the thief and who is the people who are guarding themselves, if Xiufeng sends the brave people to help Zunyi Mansion attack and suppress, he will definitely accidentally injure or even kill the people. When the time comes, it will become Sichuan people killing Guizhou people, and they won't even be able to stay in Songkan. ”

Fei Jiashu suddenly realized that although Tongzi was close, it belonged to two provinces after all, so he could only give his hand and say: "Brother Zhixing, you are an expert in leading troops to fight, and everything can only rely on my brother!" ”

"Brother Jian'an, what are you talking about, Xiufeng is originally from Chongqing Prefecture, and handling the prevention of blockage is both a duty and a duty."

"That being said, if you don't have your brother here, the prefect of Katsuki really doesn't know how many days he can do!"

"Here we go again, back to business. Brother Jian'an, you just came here as soon as you took office, it's not just as simple as patrolling. ”

Fei Jiashu looked back at Qijiang Zhixian and the others who were waiting outside, and said embarrassedly: "It's not a secret, Jiashu originally planned to ask for help from his brother this time, but he never thought that the situation on the other side was so critical, and Jiashu didn't know how to speak." ”

"Brother Jian'an, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Okay," Fei Jiashu sighed and said helplessly: "As soon as Jiashu arrived, he received a letter from Rongchang and other counties about tiger trouble, Rongchang County said that in the past few months, there are tigers everywhere, or one or twenty groups, or seven or eight on the same road, over the wall of the house, floating on the boat and climbing the building, and going down in the middle of the night to support the rafters, all the old and young in the room, appalling!" ”

"Tiger trouble?" Han Xiufeng was taken aback.

"It's really a tiger plague, those evil tigers even entered the city at midnight to harm the people and harm the livestock!"

It is said that the tiger plague in the Kangxi Dynasty was more severe, and there was a terrifying scene of a thousand tigers besieging the city.

It is not a new thing for Rongchang, as early as the 21st year of Kangxi, the new Sichuan Rongchang magistrate Zhang Maowei arrived in Rongchang County with seven entourages to take office, but he did not expect to enter the county seat but found that the city was full of artemisia grass, a dead silence, and no one. Just when they felt puzzled, a group of fierce tigers jumped out of the artemisia grass, Zhang Maowei the master and servant eight people fled in panic for their lives, how could the tiger's mouth be fierce, in the blink of an eye, seven followers, five people died under the tiger's mouth.

Thinking that his father-in-law had said that a tiger had run into the county seat of Ba County the year before last, and several people had lost their lives, which made the people in the city panic, Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice: "Brother Jian'an, are you planning to transfer some brave men from me to fight tigers?" ”

"I ...... I was going to borrow a few people and a few guns from you, but the other side is so tight that it's really hard to talk about. ”

"What's so hard to say about this, Xiufeng is here to prevent the blockade to protect the safety of the people in eastern Sichuan, how can he watch those evil tigers hurt people. What's more, once those evil tigers eat people, they are no longer afraid of people. If we don't kill them quickly, we will definitely hurt more people. ”

"So, my brother is willing to borrow it."

"Why don't you borrow it, these group exercises are not my Han Xiufeng's, but my Chongqing Mansion's, the people of Rongchang are in trouble, how can I, Han Xiufeng, sit idly by. In this way, I will send a firearms regiment to Rongchang not to kill those evil tigers who are in trouble, and not to let them collect their troops. ”

"What are you doing here after the people and guns were transferred?"

"I don't have two firearms regiments here, and besides, we can't rely on firearms to fight on the march."

"Okay, then I'll be disrespectful."

Thinking that he didn't do it for no reason, and then thinking of the letter and five thousand taels of silver tickets that the former Chongqing prefect Du Xingyuan had just sent to his family a few days ago, Han Xiufeng muttered: "Brother Jian'an, the governor of Hezhou was dismissed and investigated because of the murder of the father and son of the Ju family in Qijian Bridge, and the former prefect Du Xingyuan was also implicated. Alternate Tongzhi Qian Houde was even ordered to act in Hezhou affairs, so I have no one to handle the grain station, can you give Du Xingyuan a chance to redeem himself, let him come to the Sheephorn Camp to serve, handle the food and military supplies? ”

Fei Jiashu didn't expect Han Xiufeng to help Du Xingyuan intercede, and said helplessly: "Brother Zhixing, this matter is not something that a prefect can say about me, the master of Taiwan has already reported to the imperial court, it is said that the emperor is angry, and he has handed over the envoy Lu Daoen, Cao Shuzhong of East Sichuan Province, Du Xingyuan, the former prefect, and Rong Yutian, the former governor of Hezhou, to the ministry!" ”

"I know, I've heard of some, I'll go to the fold to help Lord Cao and Du Xingyuan intercede, but I have to ask Brother Jian'an on the side of Lord Taiwan."

"It's easy to say from the master of the station."

"Then it's a deal!"

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