In March, Huairen Mansion in Qianzhou, full of flowers, magnolia trees in the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate are in full bloom, white and snowy, like bells shaking in the wind, exuding a rich fragrance, making people intoxicated.

Shuaitang, Annan Hou Zhu Jinfeng was listening to the general on the left side report on the war with his hand on his cheek, "...... On 19 February, the last general defeated the rebels besieging the city in Jiangren County, killed and captured more than 1,400 people, and on the 24th, he took advantage of the victory to capture Yiming County, and the rebels fled to the direction of Wuling and Huiliang. ”

"Yes, Ju Bin's courage has not diminished back then." Zhu Jinfeng straightened up and stroked his beard in praise.

Xie Jubin got up and arched his hand: "Thank you for the praise, if there is no training by the handsome, there will be no end today." "Xie Jubin, General Mingwei of the Anton Battalion (from Sipinxia), was a fierce general when Zhu Jinfeng was the governor of Anton, and this time he was ordered to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to help the Anton Battalion to pacify the rebellion of the Annan Tun army.

The topographic map was hung on the back wall of the Shuai case, Cao Jinghan stood in front of the map and pondered, and did not turn around to take over the conversation and said: "Cen Zhu and Yiming have been recovered, the Miao people in the Nu River are contained, and more than 30,000 rebels are cowering in the Wuling and Huiliang areas, so it is necessary to prevent them from fleeing south and entering the deep mountains and old forests, so it will be difficult for the army to exterminate them." ”

You Shungong, the deputy governor of Annan, said with a smile: "Mr. Cao is too worried, I wish the Hou to come to the town, the 100,000 army will besiege, and the rebels will be destroyed soon." According to the spy report, Liu Wei, the leader of the rebel army, proclaimed himself the king of heaven and accepted eighteen women as princesses. ”

Xie Jubin glanced at him with disdain, and the rebels defeated 40,000 Annan soldiers and horses with 20,000 people, which frightened the deputy governor of You to hide in the Huairen Mansion and shut up, I really don't know what kind of face he had to mock the rebels.

Zhu Jinfeng asked, "Jubin, how much grain and grass did you take in Yiming?" ”

"I am reporting to the marshal, when the rebels fled from Yiming City, they burned the grain and grass, and the last general came to ask the marshal for half a month's military rations."

Zhu Jinfeng's slender eyes flashed, when he led the army to capture Cen Zhu County, the rebels also burned the grain and grass first, Liu Wei and others rebelled, delaying the payment of grain under various pretexts, the food reserve of the Annan camp was insufficient, only less than 30,000 stone of grain remained, and I am afraid that there will be no food in ten days, and the army has not moved the grain and grass first, if there is no food, this battle will not have to be fought.

"You Shungong, when will the grain and grass from Dezhou, Huangzhou, and Lizhou arrive?" Zhu Jinfeng asked.

"I wish you the Hou, 20,000 stone of grain and grass in Huangzhou can be delivered in seven days, 15,000 stone of grain in Dezhou will be delivered in 10 days, and 15,000 stone of grain in Lizhou will also be delivered in seven days." You Shungong hurriedly said.

Zhu Jinfeng nodded, and said: "Send soldiers and horses to escort the transportation to prevent the rebels from robbing the grain, and the 15,000 stone grain and grass from Lizhou will be directly sent to the Andong military camp, Jubin, you take someone to protect it, the rebels are very likely to attack the idea of this batch of grain and grass in Lizhou, don't be careless." ”

Cao Jinghan added: "In this battle, as long as the grain and grass can be helped, do not rush forward, and surround on all sides, victory can be expected." However, it is necessary to guard against the Miao people, do not let the rebels escape from the Miao Village, and the commander must send a special envoy to contact the Miao King, and do not make omissions at a critical time. ”

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Wuling County County, the temporary Tianwang Mansion, above the lobby, was noisy.

Xu Mingde's voice roared: "Heavenly King, the imperial army is coming soon, we can't sit still, let's go south early." "There were more than thirty people in the lobby, and half of them were shouting south.

Liu Wei looked at Yang Sixuan on the other side and said, "Sixuan, what do you think?" ”

Yang Sixuan said: "If the army goes south, the soldiers will no longer have the will to fight, I am afraid that they will be defeated without a fight, and I am afraid that there are not many people who are really willing to follow the Heavenly King to the south." Now although the court army has captured the two county towns of Cen Zhu and Yiming, they have not received grain and grass, and I estimate that the court army is short of food at the moment. ”

Everyone quieted down and listened to Yang Sixuan continue: "Wuling and Huiliang are located in the mountains, the roads are rugged and difficult to travel, and the court army cannot give full play to the advantage of being large in numbers, as long as we can choose favorable terrain for ambush, it should not be difficult to defeat them." ”

"Yes, General Yang Tian is right, the 40,000 horses of the Annan battalion are not for us to fight, and the soldiers will come to block, what is there to fear." Yang Sixuan's words attracted many people's agreement, this is the conclusion reached by Yang Sixuan and Wu Yanhao, Wu Yanhao stood quietly behind Yang Sixuan, squinting his eyes as if he was contemplative and distracted.

Liu Wei made up his mind, slammed the table, and said: "The lack of food for the official army is the key, according to the old practice, Zhu Jinfeng will transfer grain from the three neighboring states of Huangzhou, Dezhou and Lizhou, Xu Mingde, you will take 10,000 horses to Yiming, make a feint, secretly cross Mengshan, and block the grain and grass in Lizhou; Yang Guoxuan, you take 5,000 people to the Nu River, and no matter what, you must persuade the Miao people to go north and ambush the military rations transported from Huangzhou. Regardless of success or failure, you will withdraw your troops and return to the area of Wuling and Huiliang, and the king of heaven will personally lead a large army to set up an ambush here, and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers. ”

Standing up, Liu Wei glanced at the generals under the hall, and said in a deep voice: "The success or failure of the righteous army is in this move, if we can win, we will take advantage of the victory to seize the Huairen Mansion, occupy the two prefectures of Guizhou and Shao as the foundation, and divide the land to call the king, you are all the founding ministers, if there is a disagreement, you will lead the army south to destroy a small country can also be called the lord of the country, no matter the success or failure, the king of heaven will share the joys and sorrows with you, and share the weal and woe." ”

The crowd shouted in a chaotic manner, "Respect the order of the Heavenly King." ”

On the right day, Yang Sixuan was stationed in the west of Wuling County, more than 1,000 tents were spread out in a mess, stationed on the high post, looking at the messy camp, Yang Sixuan was full of disappointment, full of fear for the future, with such soldiers and horses to fight against the well-trained army of the court, there was really no possibility of victory.

Wu Yanhao's face was also heavy, after taking the five cities, he recruited troops and horses, and saw that his strength had become stronger, but after those untrained people were mixed into the tun army, the originally poorly trained tun army quickly collapsed, and became a bandit who only knew how to burn and loot.

"Brother Wu, do I still have a chance? Why don't you retreat south before the official army arrives now and win the first opportunity? Yang Sixuan muttered.

A sentry cavalry in the camp galloped over, and these people were Wu Yanhao's subordinates. When Wu Yanhao came to the garrison, more than 50 brothers volunteered to follow, and these people were Wu Yanhao's brothers who could be entrusted with life and death. When defeating You Shungong's 40,000 army, a batch of war horses was captured, Yang Sixuan was assigned to 300 horses, Wu Yanhao unceremoniously asked for them all, and selected the elite in the Tun army to form a light cavalry of 300 people, these people are the hole cards of the right heavenly general's camp.

"Big brother", hearing the affectionate greetings of the brothers, the ice on Wu Yanhao's face thawed, and he responded with a smile. Yang Sixuan watched with envy as Wu Yanhao greeted his brothers, he knew that his life and death were in the hands of Wu Yanhao, and Wu Yanhao's confidence was these three hundred light horses.

The fast horse passed through the camp and came to the big tent of the Chinese army, with two chairs in the tent, Yang Sixuan on the left and Wu Yanhao on the right. There were no outsiders in the tent, and Yang Sixuan asked worriedly again, "Brother Wu, where should we go?" ”

"It is not a good strategy to break away from the army and go south alone", Wu Yanhao said: "The righteous army still has the strength to fight according to the terrain. The terrain in the vicinity of Wuling and Huiliang was not conducive to the deployment of the army, and the numerical superiority of the officers and troops could not be brought into play. ”

Yang Sixuan was worried, and said with confusion in his eyes: "The righteous army from Liu Wei down has no fighting spirit, only trying to survive, and can't even restrain military discipline and prohibit soldiers from disturbing the people, even if such a righteous army can defeat the officers and soldiers for a while, how long can it last." ”

Wu Yanhao thought deeply and said: "So we can't be tied to this rotten tree, we have to find our own way out." ”

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Two days later, Yang Sixuan and Wu Yanhao led the army to Nuhe County. That night, the two sneaked into the Miao Land, presented gifts to meet the Miao King, and with the permission of the Miao King, they quietly led three hundred light horsemen through the Miao Land to the north, traveling two hundred miles a day, approaching Xinnan County at the junction of Qianhuang.

The Tun army rebelled, and the atmosphere in the entire Qianzhou became tense, and Xinnan County was the main traffic route of Qianhuang, and there were more regimental exercises and government guards at the city gate. However, the battlefield is hundreds of miles away, and Wu Zhuzi, a regimental trainer standing in the door hole with a gun, is thinking about going to Dingjia Hutong in the west of the city to find Sister Liu after the city gate is closed.

Wu Zhu swallowed his saliva, the Annan Tun army rebelled, and the county lord ordered to convene the township regiments to practice, and more than 120 people were divided into several groups to help guard the city gate and patrol the streets, and the government distributed 20 wen every day. Guarding the city gate is a light job, but the oil and water are not as good as patrolling the streets, but the night patrolling the streets has to be dispatched, which is as good as being able to drill in Sister Liu's quilt and hug the girls happily.

Thinking of Sister Liu, Wu Zhu's heart is hot, although Sister Liu is older, she is much stronger than her mother-in-law from her hometown, the flesh is oily and slippery to the touch, which is like her own mother-in-law working in the field all day long and feels like old bark. I have been in the county seat for more than 20 days, and I can't go to the Qinglou with that little salary, so I can only go to the private kiln in the alley, and all my money is sent to Sister Liu's house. Alas, it will take three or five days to go once, and Lao Wang's dog is still grabbing food with himself, damn, the bitch is ruthless and only recognizes silver, silver, silver, where do you want to get some extra money. The last time I bumped into Lao Wang at Sister Liu's house, I heard the kid brag, saying that he met a group of merchants who went to Miao Village, and scraped them ten taels of silver, and everyone got one or four dollars. One or two or four dollars of silver, up to more than two months of salary, no wonder Lao Wang's kid later went to Qixianglou, saw his own blow, and when Lao Tzu has money, he also has to go to Qixianglou to open his eyes, I heard that Lao Wang said that the sisters in it are made of water, and it feels like the silk clothes on Ding Laocai's body.

There was still half an hour before the city gate was closed, Wu Zhu glanced at the official road to the south, and a team of chariots and horses came from afar, and a few people in front of him were riding high-headed horses, and they were people from the dart game. Wu Zhu was in good spirits, this year, the darts are all uncles, there are several trucks in the dust, the county lord strictly ordered, to beware of the rebels escaping, the darts are riding horses and holding knives and swords, isn't it necessary to strictly investigate.

A smile appeared on the corner of Wu Zhu's mouth, and the money spent on the outside was sent to the door.