Orthodoxy fifteenth year at the beginning of April.

After Deng Maoqi and Ye Zongliu each led the army of thieves and robbers to flee to Jiangxi, the local soldiers and horses in Jiangxi could not resist at all, causing these two bands of thieves and soldiers to enter the hinterland of Jiangxi one after another.

The 100,000 thieves led by the thief Korandron, who were stopped by Liu Juntao's army at Xinquan Pass in the east of Tingzhou Prefecture, immediately started a fierce battle.

In this battle, Liu Juntao had already led the army to occupy Xinquan Pass, completely cutting off the survival of the 100,000 thieves led by the thief Kolanderon, and could only attack the fortified city.

At the same time, when the general Dai Jingkui heard the news, he immediately led an army of more than 20,000 people to rush over, copied it from the north bread, and united with Liu Juntao's department to gather and annihilate 100,000 thieves from Landlong's department under Xinquan Pass City.

That night, the general Dai Jingkui slaughtered pigs and sheep at Xinquan Pass to invite the generals, especially Liu Juntao, who praised the independent leader to recover the land of the two provinces, wrote his military exploits on the good news, and sent them to Beijing to report the victory together with Landlon's head.

"General! This time, the thief leader Landlong was executed, the thief leader Chen Fucheng was killed by his companions, and the army of hundreds of thousands of thieves was wiped out. ”

"Yes, General, you can't let go of the thieves, please give the general an order to pursue westward immediately!"

"Please give the general an order!"

At the celebration banquet, a number of generals in the Beijing camp advocated an immediate attack on Jiangxi so that the great achievements could be made as soon as possible.

The Mongolian generals also echoed one after another.

General Dai Jingkui smiled when he heard this, and said to Liu Juntao: "What is Liu Guerrilla's intentions? ”

In fact, Liu Juntao also wants to attack as soon as possible, but his qualifications are still shallow, and it is not good to put it forward at the celebration banquet, since the group of Beijing camp generals have been mentioned at this time, then Liu Juntao took the opportunity to say: "Lord Qiyu, what you said is reasonable, our army should pursue westward as soon as possible, and we must not let the thieves and horses slow down, and we must completely exterminate the thieves in one go!" ”

"Good! Guerrilla Liu is well versed in the art of war! ”

"Guerrilla Liu's words are reasonable!"

"The general gives the order!"

Seeing that the generals were unanimous, General Dai Jingkui said; "Good! In this case, tomorrow our army will march west to Wuping County, the capital of Tingzhou, and after reorganizing the troops and horses in Wuping County and waiting for the grain and grass to be ready, the army will go west to Jiangxi and divide the troops to attack according to the situation! ”

When everyone heard this, they all clenched their fists and said, "The last general will be ordered!" ”

The next day, the general Dai Jingkui led a large army from Xinquan Pass to the west, and four days later arrived in Wuping County, the capital of Tingzhou.

General Dai Jingkui received a part of the money and grain provided by the magistrate, and then sent a brigade to enter Jiangxi at night to investigate the movements of the thieves Deng Maoqi and Ye Zongliu, while more than 40,000 officers and soldiers temporarily stayed in Wuping County for a few days to rest and recuperate.

During this period, the staff general Dai Jingkui sent back the news one after another: more than 300,000 thieves from the seventh department of the thief leader Deng Mao were operating in southern Jiangxi, and Xinfeng County, Longnan County, and Anyuan County were all ravaged by thieves; The 280,000 thieves of Ye Zongliu's department are active in the northern part of Jiangxi, and Ningdu County, Shicheng County, Xingguo County, and Ruijin County have all been plundered and invaded by thieves and horses, and the thief leader Ye Zongliu has gathered troops to besiege the capital city of Ganzhou!

These two bandits wantonly plundered villages and towns all over the country, and countless people and villagers were taken captive, and the thieves and soldiers showed signs of recovery!

Hearing that almost all the whole province of Jiangxi was ravaged by thieves and soldiers, the general Dai Jingkui and the general Zuo were both indignant, and at the same time, they were also shocked in their hearts.

If Jiangxi is hit hard because of the poor pursuit of everyone, then everyone from the general Dai Jingkui to the general and the general will be punished by the imperial court, and even punished and imprisoned!

And Liu Juntao is also very anxious, Ye Zongliu is like an immortal Xiaoqiang, he can always survive in a desperate situation, after being repeatedly defeated by the official army, he can make a comeback, once such a person gains power, it is very likely that he will be out of control and become a big trouble for Daming, and even rewrite the history that Liu Juntao is already familiar with!

"It seems that it is really as later generations believed, history always has countless uncertainties, meandering forward in inertia and uncertainty!"

After Liu Juntao sighed in his heart, he and the rest of the generals asked the general Dai Jingkui for battle, asking for war and asking to go west to suppress the bandits as soon as possible.

General Dai Jingkui also stood up abruptly and said to everyone: "Okay! Ladies and gentlemen! Two days later, the army ......"

Before General Dai Jingkui finished speaking, a man who didn't collect it at night hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "General, the military department has an urgent order!" ”

General Dai Jingkui was also taken aback when he saw this, and after receiving the urgent order from the military department, he hurriedly opened it and looked at it, and then his face instantly became very ugly.

Liu Juntao was secretly surprised when he saw this, and asked in a deep voice, "General? What happened? ”

The rest of the generals also asked.

General Dai Jingkui said very depressedly: "The Yellow River from Xuzhou Mansion to Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion in Shandong has burst!" Hundreds of thousands of victims are waiting to be fed, and the Grand Canal has also been affected, and the imperial court's transportation has been temporarily cut off! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded, and Liu Juntao also looked at the general Dai Jingkui in a daze, unable to say a word.

"As soon as the luck is broken, the imperial court will give priority to supplying the money, food and armaments of the army along the Great Wall in the north, and the money, food, and military salaries of our tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be cut off at any time, and the military department orders us to temporarily stop pursuing the thieves, and first station in Wuping County, waiting for further orders from the military department!"

Hearing this, everyone was anxious, and they shouted that they wanted to go to the military department to argue, and they must not let the thieves have a chance to breathe.

And Liu Juntao secretly said in his heart: "Yellow River! How did you break at this time! It's only March, and although there is more rain, it won't let the Yellow River embankment burst! ”

In fact, what Liu Juntao didn't know was that although the rain in Fujian was only slightly more, it was raining heavily in Xuzhou and other parts of Shandong, and the water level of the Yellow River was constantly soaring, so that the Yellow River embankment could not hold on.

At this time, for Liu Juntao, the matter of Deng Maoqi and Ye Zongliu two thieves is no longer the most important, what is the situation of his own industries in Xuzhou Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and various parts of Shandong, is what Liu Juntao is most concerned about, after all, this is the support of the strong combat power of the Yushan Town Guard!

Next, General Dai Jingkui said something, Liu Juntao didn't listen to it, he didn't care about it at this time, and he was full of worry at this time.

Finally, General Dai Jingkui said: "The army is temporarily stationed in Wuping County, and the grain and grass of each battalion are saved in case of emergency. Although Wuping County and Tingzhou Mansion will also support us some, but Tingzhou Mansion has just been hit by a military disaster, and the grain and grass that can be provided are limited, so it should be counted! ”

After saying that, everyone took their leave and returned to the camp.

Liu Juntao also returned to the camp outside the city with a heavy heart, and summoned Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Zhou Zongsheng, and Sun Xu to the big tent of the Chinese army overnight, and informed the generals of the news of the Yellow River's bursting embankment.

"What! How is this possible? ”

"General, what's going on at home!"

"General, we have to attack as soon as possible to end the war, and we might as well return to Yanzhou Mansion as soon as possible!"

Listening to everyone's shouting, Liu Juntao sighed heavily and said: "The military department has sent an order: temporarily stop the pursuit of thieves, and it is very likely that the army's money, food, and military salaries will be cut off. The general has already ordered that the army is temporarily stationed in Wuping County, waiting for further orders from the military department! ”

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this.

Liu Juntao was silent for a while, and said: "Order: Send someone back to Yushan Town immediately, check the situation at home, and report as soon as possible!" ”