By the beginning of November, the news of the Fangla uprising had spread throughout the prefectures south of the Yangtze River, especially in the areas of Suzhou and Hangzhou. Hearing that the righteous army called for "killing Zhu Mian", countless poor people applauded.

From Hangzhou to Suzhou, many far-sighted businessmen and families temporarily idle their family properties and began to move to the north for refuge. However, as soon as the situation expanded, the state officials hurriedly ordered that the clans should not move north, let them stay in the city, and send the young men of the clan to help defend the city when the rebels attacked.

During this period, in addition to Taizhou, there were also uprisings of different sizes in Wuzhou, Yuezhou, Mingzhou and other places south of Hangzhou. However, compared with Taizhou, the uprisings in Wu, Ming, and Yue were much weaker. Most of the rebels in the three states wandered between the counties, coercing the people and evading the encirclement of the official army.

In Taizhou, the rebels had been resting in the city for nearly ten days. Thanks to the efforts of Fang Jie and the Manichaeans, the total strength of the Taizhou Rebels grew from less than 3,000 to more than 7,000, and the people who responded to the uprising continued to gather from the surrounding counties and villages.

When the number of rebels was large, military discipline became the biggest problem. Due to the special composition of the rebel army, there were many opportunistic and bent people among the people who came, and while participating in the daily formation training of the rebel army, they privately plundered those people who did not want to join the rebel army in the city as a rebel army.

Fang Jie, who got the news, had a headache and asked Xu Ziling for a plan, Xu Ziling was also helpless about it, the only feasible way was to camp the righteous army outside the city, but this was obviously not a wise move, once the official army of Xianju County attacked by surprise, the righteous army would be in chaos.

Unable to take strong measures, Fang Jie had no choice but to turn a blind eye to these people, as long as he didn't make too much trouble, he would turn a blind eye. But it was precisely his attitude that caused many people to be unable to endure the looting of the rebels and were forced to join the rebels, laying the foundation for the future.

In the west of Taizhou, on the school grounds of the official army, the Manichaeans were conducting rough military training for the newly joined rebels, so that they could give orders to the upper and lower levels during the battle.

In a corner of the school field, Xu Ziling and Hu Sanniang are learning martial arts and polishing each other's realm. The Chixiao Sword and the Sun and Moon swords collided horizontally and vertically, stabbed back and forth, and the sword flashed in the shadows, attracting the righteous soldiers trained next to them to stop and watch, waiting to learn a move and a half.

At this time, it was the early winter season, the weather was cold, and the two fought for a long time, but it was still difficult to distinguish the winner, and they were both panting and sweating profusely.

"Stop, stop," Xu Ziling hurriedly took a few steps back, put down Chixiao, and made a pause gesture, "Come here first, rest for a while, and then fight." ”

"Zhou Wei's closed disciple is at this level?" Hu Sanniang said disdainfully.

Xu Ziling chuckled: "My master is good at fists and feet, and I compare swordsmanship with you." My swordsmanship is all learned after leaving the master, and most of them are skillful moves, and I naturally can't please your double sword, which is mainly fast. ”

Hu Sanniang circled her hands around, put the knife into the sheath, and said coldly: "Then you have joined the rebel army now, and the time to sharpen your martial arts has become less. ”

Xu Ziling waved his hand: "I'll wait and see." ”

At this time, a woman walked from the entrance of the school field, carrying a lunch box in her hand.

The woman's name is Zhao Yunru, the youngest daughter of Zhao Zhidao, who was caught by the Manichaeans on the night of the city's break, and was originally sent to serve Xu Ziling, but he was transferred to Hu Sanniang, and became Hu Sanniang's maid, so she was able to preserve her name.

I saw Zhao Yunru slowly walking into the school grounds, bending down and bowing gently to Xu Ziling and Hu Sanniang, and said, "Young Master Xu, Miss, let's have some lunch." ”

From an official lady, she became the enemy's maid overnight, although Zhao Yunru's face at this time was a weak and peaceful look, but the bitterness, sorrow, despair and helplessness in her heart were only known to her.

On the second day of the city's break, when she walked with Hu Sanniang through the gate that had been passed out of the gate countless times, she saw several heads at the door, including her father and brother who loved her in the past, and her uncle and uncle who she often saw in the house and seemed to her to be amiable.

On that day, she only felt that the whole sky had fallen, and she followed Hu Sanniang for a day, as a maid, but it was Hu Sanniang who helped her prepare the meals and change her inconspicuous clothes, so that she was protected from the insults of the Manichaeans. The next day, after a night of tossing and turning, she buried everything in her heart, accepted the identity of a maid, and was responsible for Hu Sanniang's diet and daily life......

Xu Ziling was not polite, took the lunch box and sat on the ground and ate it. Hu Sanniang was familiar with his casualness, took another meal in the lunch box, found a table and chair nearby, and sat on it to chew slowly.

After a while, before Xu Ziling finished eating, Liu Ying walked up to him and saw that he was still eating, so he waited quietly for him to finish eating. At this time, people still have great respect for "eating without saying big things".

But Xu Ziling didn't care about this, seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, he said while eating: "If you have something to say, you can speak directly." ”

Liu Ying arched his hand and said: "Special Envoy Lu is here, and now he is discussing with Special Envoy Fang in the palace about sending troops. ”

Xu Ziling put down the dishes and chopsticks and said in surprise: "Send troops? Why is it so urgent, is it the official army from Wenzhou who is coming? ”

"No," Liu Ying shook his head and said, "When Envoy Lu came, he also brought a message from the Hundred Flowers Holy Maiden. The Holy Father has already taken the entire territory of Muzhou, and is leading tens of thousands of troops, and will soon be able to break through Shezhou City. After that, the target of the army was Hangzhou City. The place where the original Sheng Gong ascended the throne was Hangzhou City. So ......"

Liu Ying was about to continue, but he heard Xu Ziling interrupt: "So we are sending troops now, just in time to besiege Hangzhou City with the Holy Prince's army." ”

"Special Envoy Xu's eyes are really like a torch." Liu Yingdao.

Xu Ziling said lightly: "Okay, I know, I'll go back later." ”

Liu Ying arched his hand, turned around and was about to leave, and when he passed by Zhao Yunru's side, he suddenly grinned and reached out to grab her buttocks.

When he was about to win, he was held by a strong hand: "She is now Sanniang's maid, don't touch her casually." ”

Zhao Yunru, who heard the movement, turned around and found that Liu Ying's hand was only an inch away from her buttocks, and took a few steps back in a panic.

Liu Ying withdrew his arm, snorted at Zhao Yunru, and left directly.

saw Xu Ziling turn around and said, "You follow Sanniang well, I promise that this kind of thing will not happen to you again in the future." ”

Zhao Yunru hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Gongzi Xu." Isn't that ......?"

Xu Ziling guessed her thoughts, and said softly: "But it's only for you, as for your sisters and aunts, I can't do anything about it." ”

Zhao Yunru's face turned pale when she boarded, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks.

Xu Ziling patted her lightly on the shoulder, didn't say any more comforting words, and walked directly to the outside of the school grounds, preparing to go back to the mansion to discuss the dispatch of troops with Fang Jie.

Since ancient times, it is normal for the victor of the war to rape the wife of the loser, and even if Xu Ziling, who has modern thinking, hates it, it is difficult to change the status quo.

When Xu Ziling returned to the government meeting room, Fang Jie and Lu Shisang were talking, and when they saw Xu Ziling coming, Fang Jie briefly told him about the current strategic situation.

It is said that Song Jiang is on his way to Beijing to meet him, and it is very likely that Liangshan's army will participate in the counterinsurgency as the vanguard of the Hexi Forbidden Army led by Tong Guan.

To Xu Ziling's surprise, the news about Zengtou City, according to Lu Shinang's news, Chao Gai was shot and killed by Shi Wengong on the way back to the cottage after defeating Gao Yu's army, so Song Jiang led his army to attack Zengtou City before accepting Zhao'an.

What Xu Ziling remembers is that before he went south, he sent someone to send a letter to Zengtou City, and the letter only wrote the six words "Do not shoot Chao Gai with arrows" and his signature and "Brother Shi Wengong personally opened" and so on.

It stands to reason that no matter whether Shi Wengong received his letter or not, it would be impossible for him to go to Yunzhou to assassinate Chao Gai, not to mention the stupidity to leave an arrow with his name on it.

Combined with the analysis of his previous life's memory, Xu Ziling came to an ambiguous conclusion: probably Song Jiang wanted to get rid of Chao Gai, enter Liangshan, and forcibly let Shi Wengong carry the black cauldron.

But fortunately, the news came that although Zengtou City was broken by Liangshan, Shi Wengong escaped with Zeng Mi, and probably had not been caught yet.

After informing Xu Ziling of the news of coming from the north, Lu Shisang got straight to the point and said: "Without further ado, my opinion is to send troops tomorrow, and now discuss the route of sending troops." ”

Xu Ziling said: "I saw that you were discussing it before, I think you have a plan, you might as well say it directly." ”

Lu Shisang nodded, led the two of them to the map spread on the table, pointed to the map and said: "The biggest problem of my righteous army is the problem of grain and grass, fortunately, it has just passed the autumn harvest season, and there are many stocks of grain in various states and counties that have not yet been transported to Bianliang, so the march route of my righteous army should follow the states and counties where grain and grass can be obtained." In addition, it is necessary to consider the convergence with the friendly forces of Ming, Vietnam, and Wu. ”

"What I planned with the envoy was that the righteous army would start from Taizhou City, first take Sanmen County and Ninghai County, then bypass Tiantai Mountain, go straight to Xinchang County in Yuezhou, and then go north to capture Yan County, and then join the righteous army from Mingzhou in the east in Yan County, and then go to Zhuji County to join the righteous army from Mingzhou in the west, and finally go straight to Xiaoshan and enter Hangzhou City."

The map is very sketchy, and there are only a few small boxes to change each city, but Xu Ziling still roughly understood Lu Shinang's intentions, nodded and said, "Okay, just do what Special Envoy Lu said." ”

Lu Shisang was puzzled: "I heard that Special Envoy Xu has a lot of tricks, so there is nothing to add to this?" ”

Xu Ziling smiled: "The righteous army occupies the general trend, and attacking these cities is just like exploring the bag, just follow the step-by-step process, why scheming." ”

"That's just as well." Lu Shisang nodded.

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The next day, after the rebels sorted out the looted materials, they began to slowly march towards Sanmen County.

A day later, when the army arrived in Sanmen County, it was found that the county commanders and officials in the county had already fled north when they heard that the rebels were coming, but the grain and grass in the city had not had time to be taken away.

After routine looting and recruitment, the rebels continued to Ninghai County, but found that Ninghai County and Sanmen County were the same, and the army marched for several days and went down to the two cities, and not a single officer or soldier was seen.

The army carried the people all the way, and when they arrived in Xinchang, they were resisted by the official army, but the official army of a county was really a drop in the bucket, and it was captured by the righteous army in less than an hour.

The advance of the rebel army did not stop hastily until it reached Yan County, and the reason was naturally that they were waiting to join up with friendly forces from Mingzhou in the west.

On this day, it was already November 15, and Fang La, who was in Shezhou, had already captured the city of Shezhou, and turned around and went straight to Hangzhou with a great victory.

The sparks of the uprisings in the five prefectures south of Hangzhou, namely Mu, Wu, Yue, Ming, and Taiwan, have already had the potential to set the prairie on fire.