The good news of the Liu family is not only this, after nearly a year of rectification and settlement, more than a dozen gathering points in Hanzhong and Guanzhong have also come to the good news.

Sujia Village in Hanzhong was prosperous under the governance of Xun Bowen and others, especially after the news that Liu Ximing was made earl, Xun Bowen made a bold decision and directly ordered to increase the intensity of land reclamation, and at the same time actively began to encroach on the surrounding land.

The gentry of Yangxian County will naturally not be willing to be beaten, but the Longxiang Brigade has always had a regiment stationed in Sujia Village, and at the same time has trained many militia guards, so it is naturally impossible to compare with the Liu family in terms of force.

Originally, the gentry of Yangxian County could still put pressure on the Liu family through the official face, but now the Liu family has suddenly become a nobleman, and the local government has nothing to do with him.

As for appealing to a higher-level yamen, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, and the Qin army, which he had just formed, were fed by the Liu family, who would dare to pick up this beard.

Therefore, the population and land scale of Sujia Village expanded rapidly, and with the high-yield rice provided by Liu Ximing, not only successfully guaranteed the rations of Sujia Village, but even began to be delivered to the Liujia stronghold in Guanzhong.

Thanks to this, the defense of Sujia Village has been continuously strengthened.

In October of the ninth year of Chongzhen, he was successively attacked by Cao Bianjiao, Liu Ximing and others in Henan, and later was surrounded and suppressed by Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces.

Although Gao Yingxiang's troops have suffered a lot of losses, the damage to the local area is still very great.

Sun Chuanting even had to send his subordinate Qin army to enter Hanzhong Mansion from the Meridian Road to help the local enemy defend against the enemy.

Gao Yingxiang saw that he was invincible, and the entrance of the Meridian Road was blocked by the Qin army, so he had to go north along the Fu Luo Road, wanting to continue to enter Guanzhong.

Sujia Village is not far from the entrance of Fu Luo Road, and such a piece of fat naturally attracts Gao Yingxiang and others, who lack food and clothing.

Fortunately, although Sujia Village looks like a wooden city wall on the surface, its defensive power is actually not much better than that of ordinary mansions.

What's more, the city is also equipped with artillery, and Gao Yingxiang's troops charged down several times, not only did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, but also left more than a thousand corpses.

Seeing that the Qin army was about to catch up, Gao Yingxiang had no choice but to abandon Sujia Village and lead people into the vast mountains.

Under the care of Su Jin and others, the cotton in the Guanzhong area has also been successfully harvested for several years.

Although the yield per mu was only two stones because of the first year, nearly one million stones of cotton still provided sufficient raw materials for the Liujia Textile Bureau.

Liu Ximing even had to personally dispatch to assist in the transportation, so that all kinds of materials could be fully deployed.

At present, the Liujiacun Textile Bureau has been in full swing, and Hengshun cloth in addition to fine weaving has begun to be produced in a steady stream.

The Liu family was busy and busy, and Shao Derong and others who were fighting in the Central Plains were not idle.

With the extension of time, Liu Ximing built Hanchuan Village in Xiangyang

It stands out with a sudden outstanding.

It is only dozens of miles away from the territory of Henan Province, and there are Hanshui and Yangtze River to communicate with Shunqing, and the Shao Zi Battalion led by Shao Derong can obtain sufficient supplies from Hanchuan Village every other month, which is really a great comfort to the officers and soldiers of the Shao Zi Battalion who belong to the imperial court sequence.

At this time, Shao Derong had been promoted to guerrilla general, and his command had expanded from the original 1,000 people to 2,000 people in an integrated battalion of the Longxiang Brigade, which could basically be regarded as an independent armed force.

Because of this, under Hong Chengchou's arrangement, the Shao Zi Battalion has begun to be responsible for pursuing the severely injured Geli Eye as an independent army.

In Xitan Town, Xukuo County, Shaanxi Province, the Shao Ziying people, who had been chasing all day, appeared on the road east of the town tiredly.

"Brothers, work hard, we are about to come to our village, and I invite you to drink wine and eat meat." , Shao Derong held back his tiredness and stood on horseback and shouted behind him.

"Hooray"

A group of tired and thirsty soldiers of the Longxiang Brigade couldn't help but cheer loudly, in order to pursue Ge Liyan, the Shao Zi Battalion chased all the way from Tongguan to Xi'an, and from Xi'an to Zhouzhi, and the supplies brought from Henan had already been used up.

Shaanxi Buzheng is now destitute, and even Sun Chuanting's Qin army relies on Liu Xi's life to support them, so naturally there is no guarantee for them as foreign troops.

Although the Shao Zi battalion also extorted some supplies by threatening the local government, it was always a drop in the bucket for the army of 2,000 people and horses.

The tall city walls of Xitan Town gradually appeared in Shao Ziying's eyes, because it was already approaching winter, and the leaves on the trees outside the town had fallen to the ground, giving people a feeling of gloom.

On the city wall, the militia in charge of guarding has already sounded the alarm, and hundreds of guards are waiting for them.

When Liu Ximing left Shaanxi, he set up a Rogge camp, and recruited 3,000 people as militia guards, working in agriculture and training in his spare time.

After the Tuntian order was issued, Su Jin further expanded the number to 6,000 people, and the name still used Liu Ximing's name, and the name was called Rogge Brigade.

These people were usually scattered in the ten villages in Guanzhong, and together with the two dragon regiments sent to Guanzhong, they were responsible for the defense of the villages, and played a great role in resisting the raids of the thieves.

Therefore, when an order came from Liujia Village in June this year, requiring Guanzhong and Hanzhong to provide 8,000 reserve soldiers to enter Sichuan for training, the Rogge Brigade was the first group to benefit.

Seeing the crowds surging in the city, Shao Derong hurriedly sent someone forward to contact.

Liujia Village has its own internal communication methods, and there are veterans of the Longxiang Brigade in the town, and after a while, the gate of Xitan Town, which has checked its identity, slowly opened.

Su Jin came out with a group of managers, "Camp Chief Shao, don't come unharmed." ”

Shao Derong saw that it was Su Jin, so he hurried

Turning over and dismounting, he stepped forward and saluted while laughing, "Mr. Su, I didn't expect Mr. to be here, which makes me a little overjoyed." ”

Su Jin took a closer look at Shao Derong, the silver-topped bright iron phoenix wing helmet, the red trimmed fish scale waist-length armor, the black official boots, and the dusty face brought about by the long-term battle, which was almost like the two of them he had seen in Liujia Village before.

"Battalion Commander Shao has worked hard", Su Jin sighed, "You are the only one in the Longxiang Brigade who was sent by your uncle, which shows the trust in you, you have to take care." ”

After speaking, he slapped his head and smiled: "Look at my memory, now I should call you Shao Guerrilla, hurry up, please come in, hahaha." ”

Shao Derong smiled respectfully: "If Mr. Su is there, it is better to call me to the position of Longxiang Brigade." ”

The construction situation of Xitan Town is not as good as that of Liujia Village and Sujia Village, first, the number of people in each village is smaller, only about 10,000 people, and second, there are many thieves coming and going, and defense is the first priority.

So Shao Derong walked all the way, and found that the whole town was only about seven or eight hundred acres of land, and the houses in the city were even denser, and there was no longer the neat and magnificent feeling of Liujia Village.

As for the militia in Xitan Town, most of them are armed with weapons such as spears, and less than one-fifth of them have the Longxiang II style.

There is no way, although the smelting bureau in Liujiacun has greatly improved the process, the output has also increased significantly.

However, limited by the amount of high-quality iron ore, it will take a long time for the steel produced to support the equipment of the Longxiang Brigade, let alone these militias.

In addition, Liu Ximing's plan to open the sea is close at hand, and the Ordnance Bureau has used all the good steel to produce the newly developed five-inch guns and six-inch guns, and it is really impossible to squeeze out more production lines for muskets.

Su Jin saw Shao Derong's somewhat surprised appearance, and hurriedly explained the current situation in Guanzhong.

Despite the fact that these armed forces look average, they are more than enough to deal with ordinary thieves.

In the nearly half a year since the establishment of the village, Xitan Town and other villages have driven away the thieves more than a dozen times and successfully defended the villages and fields.

In addition, Liu Ximing is far-sighted and mainly grows cotton in Guanzhong, this thing cannot be eaten or worn directly by thieves, so a large number of thieves like Li Zicheng are not willing to swallow hard.

"Camp Commander Shao, you have a good rest in the town, since you set off from Henan, the uncle has sent people to constantly transfer supplies to Guanzhong, and now that winter is approaching, the cotton clothes and other things you need have also been prepared, just let the brothers change together."

Shao Derong's tears almost fell when he heard this, wiped his eyes and said:

"The second brother is still worried about us, the dogs in the imperial court, now they haven't even paid the military salary three months ago, if it weren't for the second brother to support us, our Longxiang Brigade would have to follow other officials and soldiers to do those things that loot people's property."