Defeated Ma Yuanli and killed Zhang Guoxing. Although Fang County has no time to rescue, the field battle record is still a consolation, of course, this record is only for Zhao Ying. Zhao Dangshi knew very well in his heart that Ming Ting had always judged the military generals and wrongs based on results, and Fang County had fallen after all.

Being reprimanded is a necessary part of almost every Ming court general's career, such as Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and other senior officials have also experienced the "imperial court prestige" in the past. However, the imperial court blamed and reminded, and reminded that at this time of turmoil, for the sake of the stability of the situation, it is unlikely and impossible to temporarily dismiss the army and change the generals. This is especially obvious for the local powerful military leaders, just look at Shaanxi and Henan, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, and others have been ordered more than once to "wear guilt and make meritorious service" and "kill thieves to redeem themselves", and in the end they have not seen the imperial court really send people to interrogate, these people really take it as the same thing, and still do what they should do.

In the final analysis, it is still a question of strength. The dynasty was unified, and the imperial court controlled the generals and inevitably began to bully the weak and fear the hard. Although local commanders such as Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting have important ranks and lofty statuses, they are civil officials after all, and it is not like the military leaders of all walks of life who have their own cultivated henchmen. Take the ancestor of Liaodong as an example, even if the capital of Henan is close to each other and needs to obey the orders of the successive governors and governors who have passed like flowing water above, it is difficult to hide the fact that Liaodong is his family's iron camp.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Dangshi is bent on taking root in northern Chu. Compared with the guest soldiers, the main soldiers such as Zhao Ying, who is the head snake of the land, are the mainstay of the place, and the imperial court can send another person to take over Xiong Wencan's work at any time, but it is impossible to suddenly give birth to an army like Zhao Ying in Chuyu out of nothing.

Therefore, Zhao Dangshi was indeed sad about the fall of Fang County, but he was not obsessed with it, and the field battle weakened Xiying, which made him happy.

Annihilated Zhang Guoxing's troops, Hao Mingluan and Xiaoqu made great contributions. It's just that he doesn't have an identity, so he can follow the army for a while, but it will be inconvenient to march and fight with him for a long time in the future. Zhao Dangshi found him and invited him to serve in the Zhao camp. Hao Mingluan had nowhere to settle down for a while, and he signed a contract with Yang Zhaofeng, and after a little consideration, he should accept it and temporarily belong to Feijie Zuoying.

Qingfeng Town was successful, Zhao Ying rectified for a night, and immediately started pulling out on the same day, and retreated to Siping Township first out of the stone cliff. In the follow-up military report, thousands of soldiers and horses chased after Fang County's Xiying, and Zhao Dangshi returned the other way with his own way, ordering Wu Mingfeng and Chang Guoan to stick to the stone cliff pass and block the pursuing soldiers.

Wu and Chang were both good at defending, and the Xiying chasing soldiers and horses were the mainstay, and they failed to attack the steep cliff pass several times, and they did not have the patience and resilience of Zhao Dangshi to change course at the beginning, and retreated one after another. The Zhao battalion immediately retreated, and retreated and defended, not giving the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of, and retreated until Shengkang Town. Chen Hongfan, who was stationed in Shengkang Town, saw Zhao Ying coming back, and thought that Xi and Cao had joined forces to attack, as if they were facing a great enemy, and they would find out the reason when they met Zhao Dangshi.

At that time, the temperature was gradually getting hot in early June, and Zhao Dangshi said Chen Hongfan: "Offering thieves and Cao thieves to steal Fang County, with steep mountains and dense forest barriers, our army is difficult to overcome, and we need to think about it in the long run." ”

"It doesn't matter, relaxation is the way to use troops. Lord Xiong's foolish brother has his own rhetoric, and the virtuous brother must not worry too much. Zhao Ying had just won a big victory, but Zhao Dangshi poured bitter water, with Chen Hongfan's tacit understanding with him, how could he not hear the sound outside the strings.

"I wonder what's going on in the north?"

When he was separated from Chen Hongfan in Siping Township, Zhao Dangshi entrusted him to inquire about the news in Henan, Chen Hongfan was not good at fighting, and he was doing everything else, and replied: "Brother Xian, rest assured, the army of Zuozhen has arrived at Xikuma Mountain, and it will come to meet in the near future." ”

The sentence "Virtuous brother rest assured" shows that the two of them are tacit. Zhao Dangshi fought a few battles with Xiying, although there was only one elite Zhang Guoxing in the opponent's formation, but he had already fought dangerously, with many casualties, and he was no longer willing to fight to the death. Chen Hongfan is self-aware, and knows that Zhao Dangshi is really the first big arm of his own sit in northern Chu, so he also tries to avoid excessive losses in Zhao Ying. Regarding the hard errand of Fu Zhang Xianzhong, Zhao and Chen coincided - it was better to hand it over to Zuo Liangyu.

"Before the report of the battle in Yu Province, the thieves committed the beginning, Zhang Zongrong led the armies of all roads to win a big victory, and Guo Ruke, the capital of your department, was also among the meritorious rewards in the Tang newspaper. The thieves returned to Huangzhou, and there was no reason for Zuozhen not to move in. "Externally, Guo Ruke's position in Zhao Yingzhong is the standard battalion capital division, and not long ago he won a battle with Zhang Renxue, the chief soldier of Henan, and also made some small contributions. And Zuo Liangyu's army is now analyzing Kuma Mountain, and one step is Xiangyang Mansion, Zuo Liangyu will be too deliberate if he rubs it again, "The foolish brother in Lord Xiong's ear also sent someone to say that it is not a problem to fly to Zuozhen every day, and it is not a problem for him to enter the army." ”

Because of the same interests, in the matter of urging Zuo Liangyu to march, there was no need for Zhao Dangshi to remind him, Chen Hongfan took the initiative to arrange things in an orderly manner, saving Zhao Dangshi a big matter. There are no thieves in Henan for the time being, Xiong Wencan is pressing tightly, and he is under pressure on both sides, so he can't help Zuo Liangyu not move.

Zhao and Chen had no intention of marching into the army, stationed in Shengkang Town for seven or eight days, Xiying and Cao Ying also did not move, and found out that the two liukou were still slaughtering in Fang County, which was tragic, and there was no rooster crying for thousands of miles from the county seat of Fang County to Siping Township, almost like thorns and ghosts. During this period, the Zhao Ying Secret Service Division did not accept a few people who infiltrated Fang County under the guidance of Hei Bangjun, and with the help of the mysterious "General Wang", he stole Hao Jingchun's body, which was already rotting and buoying, and brought it back to Zhao Ying to deliver it to Hao Mingluan. Hao Mingluan dug up the grave with his own hands and buried his father's remains, drew his sword and pointed to the sky, and vowed revenge. When the soldiers of Zhao Ying saw this scene, most of them were moved and inspired. A few days later, in mid-June, it suddenly became sweltering, Chen Hongfan couldn't bear the heat, and he had no desire to fight, so he returned to Xiangyang first.

Subsequently, Zhao Dangshi used Hou Dagui to command the outpost of Li Yanlang and the outpost of Chang Guoan to defend all the key passes in Shengkang Town, and since he and Han Gon led the left camp of Feijie and did not have a battalion, Wu Mingfeng's left post and Xiong Wanjian's right post retreated near the ruins of Gucheng on the bank of the Han River. It is closer to Shengkang Town, Xiangyang Zaoyang and Henan Province.

On June 18, the Zuojia Army finally arrived at Mayao Mountain, which was separated from the first line of the Zhao camp camp. Zuo Liangyu's identity is critical, Zhao Dangshi was preparing to visit in person, but he didn't think that Qin Qigong of Zaoyang County first sent his deputy Sun Weizheng to report on government affairs. He came mainly to relate to the 30,000 disciples.

Since Han Gon escorted 30,000 disciples to the outskirts of Xiangyang City and handed them over to Zaoyang to take over, Sun Weizheng took all the people to the vicinity of Zaoyang County according to Qin Qigong's instructions. The matter of receiving the disciples has been spread all over Zaoyang, and the Zaoyang County Government does not have much grain in stock, because of the situation of helping Fan Hecheng to build and collect money in front of the head, Wang Laixing and He Kewei gritted their teeth, and took grain relief from the military warehouse that was not rich in Zhao Ying, looking at the grain ox carts leaving Fan Hecheng one by one, He Kewei couldn't help but sigh at that time: "These 30,000 people have come, and the savings of my camp for a year have come to naught." "I vaguely think that Zhao Dangshi ignores reality and sells his reputation.

Chang Zeyu thinks that Zhao Dangshi's move is a righteous act of buying horses, and it will benefit the future. The top boss had spoken, He Kewei rolled his eyes a few times, and he had nothing to say, so he honestly organized the soldiers and allocated grain and straw in batches to the private areas near Zaoyang County to give relief.

After a while, I didn't come up with a mess. First, officials and squires in the county successively advocated that these people should be moved to other places, and then several fights between local natives and apprentices broke out, and several apprentices died. Only then did Qin Qigong realize the seriousness of the problem.

30,000 disciples is not a small number, and it is okay to gather in the county for the time being, but after a long time, there was a rumor that Zhao Ying wanted to seize the original people's land and other industries and distribute them to the disciples for cultivation.

Among the 30,000 people, many of them are from Shaanxi, Henan, Nanzhili and other places, less than one-third of the people from Huguang, and even more so in Zaoyang. Their language and customs are very different from the ground of Zaoyang, and there are also lawless and bold people who do some bits and pieces, so it is often inevitable to clash with the local aborigines, small contradictions gradually accumulate, and the panic of the Zaoyang natives is growing, and many people with ill intentions fan the flames, and it is not difficult to understand that the contradictions broke out instantly.

Three days ago, hundreds of wealthy families gathered in the vicinity of Zaoyang County and attacked more than a dozen camps. Xu Hui, who was guarding the county seat, watched coldly, and his soldiers sat back and watched. Qin Qigong sent someone to invite him, but he only deduced the spear of the soldiers, not the outside but not the inside, and made it clear that he wanted to stay out of the matter. Qin Qigong couldn't, and it was difficult to continue with the 1,200 regimental training township Yong used by himself and Li Wanqing and Sun Weizheng to maintain order in the county, so he had to ask Wang Laixing of Fan Hecheng for help.

Wang Laixing put the overall situation first, and personally led the training camp to the scene to suppress it. As soon as the soldiers and horses in the training camp arrived, the wealthy family members stopped fighting, but the famous people in the clan surrounded Wang Laixing and complained bitterly. Qin Qigong rushed to the scene, saw that the situation was unsettled, and after weighing the pros and cons, he reluctantly promised to relocate 30,000 disciples to other places within five days. The gentry got this promise and took people away.

But the fire burned his eyebrows in front of him, in order to extinguish the fire, the promise was promised, where will these 30,000 disciples go? Qin Qigong's head was dozens of times bigger for a while, and Wang Laixing proposed that they could all be moved to Fanhe City.

At the beginning of Zhao Dangshi's establishment of Fanhe City, it was not simply to build a military fortress, but also hoped to use the location of Fanhe City to attract people to develop agriculture and commerce around the city and accumulate incense. However, due to the short time and the results were not achieved, the houses outside the city were not furnishings, but were actually designed for the settlers who were envisioned in the future. There are these 30,000 people to fill Fanhe City, although all of them are now poor, but everyone has two fists and two feet, Fanhe City is surrounded by ownerless wasteland that stretches for hundreds of miles, all of which are good arable land, as long as they are spurred and guided, the production problem will also be solved, and then put an end to the phenomenon of sitting and eating empty mountains, the scene of these 30,000 people feeding back to Zhao Ying is just around the corner.

After all, this is a big deal after all, without Zhao Dangshi's nod, Wang Laixing and Qin Qigong would not dare to make decisions without permission. Sun Weizheng asked to see Zhao Dangshi, and was asking Zhao Dangshi's opinion on this.

Zhao Dangshi not only accepted the apprenticeship, but also thought about the future, but he was trapped in the previous battle in the mountains, and he didn't have time to inform Qin Qigong and others. His plan was actually consistent with Wang Laixing's proposal, and Fanhe City was the best place to settle because of its large land and few people. In addition, he immediately drafted a document in the barracks that formally separated the central and local functions in writing.

The center, at present, is the Terracotta Metropolitan Unified Yuan, the Chengxuan Governor's Yuan, and the Unified Power Inspection Yuan. Originally, there was only one county seat in Zaoyang, but Fan Hecheng had to manage tens of thousands of people, and it was unrealistic to work part-time in the army. It is to set up a leader as the local leader and take charge of local government affairs, Qin Qigong is the leader of Zaoyang County, and Sun Weizheng is the deputy leader. The former Wang Laixing's deputy staff officer, Tuntian Yingtian, and Shuiqiu Tan were promoted to Fan Hecheng, and Li Wanqing was transferred to be the deputy leader. The withdrawal system is still under the jurisdiction of the Chengxuan Governor's Yuan, and the withdrawal is both the governor and the deputy governor.

After Sun Weizheng left with the letter stamped with Zhao Dangshi's public and private seals, Zhao Dangshi immediately got up and rushed to Mayao Mountain.