In June of the fifteenth year of orthodoxy, Shaxian.

After the fire of Gongchuan Mountain passed, Liu Juntao led his troops to move the camp to the north of Gongchuan Mountain and joined forces with the soldiers of the Beijing camp.

Then, the 50,000-strong army searched in the area of Gongchuan Mountain for more than ten days, killing a total of more than 2,000 surviving thieves and soldiers, and completely wiped out Gongchuan Mountain.

After confirming that there were no living thieves on Gongchuan Mountain, General Dai Jingkui organized the soldiers of the Beijing battalion to collect the corpses of the thieves on the mountain, while Liu Juntao commanded the soldiers of each battalion to check the sources of light and dark fires on the mountain.

In this way, 50,000 officers and soldiers stayed around Gongchuan Mountain for several days before they led their troops to Shaxian City.

When the magistrate of Shaxian County and the gentry in the city heard that the army of bandits was marching north in triumph, they led the people in Shaxian County to welcome them, and hundreds of people cheered on the streets, which made the soldiers of the army very excited.

At nightfall, the army of bandits was stationed in the city, and the soldiers of the various divisions also settled in various parts of the city.

Staff General Dai Jingkui didn't care about resting, so he summoned all the main generals of Liu Juntao's department, as well as all the generals of the Beijing camp, and said to everyone: "Everyone! Our army has won a great victory in this battle, killing more than 300,000 thieves in a battle, and beheading the thief leader Deng Maoqi, Deng Bosun, and the thief leader Ye Zongliu, which can be described as a great achievement, and the court will definitely reward us at that time! ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone was smiling and talking excitedly, even Liu Juntao's face was full of smiles, and he was talking about something in a whisper with Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu next to him.

Then, General Dai Jingkui picked up an urgent report, raised it excitedly, and said to everyone: "Moreover, I have good news here!" ”

Everyone looked at it when they heard this, and Liu Juntao said secretly in his heart: "Could it be that there is some news from Ganzhou Mansion?" ”

"Ganzhou Mansion sent an urgent report: Ye Zongliu's thief Wang Neng, Deng Maoqi's thief Chen Zhengjing each led soldiers and horses to start a scuffle, and the two thieves tried to fight for Ganzhou Mansion, but just half a month ago, the thief Wang Neng designed to gather and annihilate Chen Zhengjing's army, and beheaded the thief Chen Zhengjing! And Wang Neng was also shot by an arrow in the fierce battle, and died a few days later! ”

Hearing this, everyone present was dumbfounded, and Liu Juntao was also shocked, never expecting that these two thieves would die together!

"I really didn't expect it, I originally thought that the army would attack Ganzhou Mansion!"

Liu Juntao hurriedly asked, "General, what about the army of thieves under the two thieves?" ”

General Dai Jingkui said with a smile: "Chen Zhengjing's thieves have been annihilated by Wang Neng's army, and Wang Neng's department has also been hit hard, after the death of the thief Wang Neng, the remnants of tens of thousands of thieves have broken out in civil strife, and the Ganzhou Mansion took the opportunity to command all parties to carry out encirclement and suppression, and it only took a few days to pacify all parts of Ganzhou Mansion!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the world is impermanent, that Wang Neng can be regarded as a fierce general, and he ended up like this, and it is a pity to follow a thief like Ye Zongliu!" ”

After sighing, Liu Juntao hugged his fists and said: "Congratulations to the general, the rebellion of thieves has been completely quelled!" ”

The rest of the generals also hugged their fists to congratulate.

Staff General Dai Jingkui also said with a smile: "It is the result of all your all-out and bloody battles, and this military achievement is the work of all the soldiers!" ”

The generals were all elated and congratulated each other.

However, Liu Juntao noticed that although the general Dai Jingkui was very happy, there was some loneliness and sorrow between the eyebrows, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Did the general encounter something?" ”

However, since General Dai Jingkui didn't say anything, just celebrated the end of the war with everyone, Liu Juntao couldn't ask anything.

Two days later, after asking Liu Juntao's opinion, General Dai Jingkui sent out the good news, and then led an army of 50,000 from Shaxian to Nanzhili.

Although the army of conquest and suppression has exterminated millions of thieves and quelled the thieves who have ravaged Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, and Zhejiang provinces, they have also paid a considerable price.

First, the 5,000 Mongolian iron cavalry under the command of General Dai Jingkui were annihilated, and the various units of the Beijing camp were seriously damaged, and then there were many casualties among the soldiers of the battalions under Liu Juntao.

Taken together, the casualties of the two armies were more than 15,000, which can be described as heavy.

You must know that the officers and soldiers who went south to conquer the thieves this time were all elite troops that the imperial court could mobilize, and they were all top battalions with the best combat power in various places, and the loss of so many soldiers and horses was already a heavy casualty.

The 50,000-strong army of bandits set out from Shaxian County, entered Jianning Mansion through the city of Yanping Fucheng, and marched north through Jianning Fucheng, Zhenghe County, and Songxi County to Zhejiang.

At this time, the money and food of the military department happened to be transported to the army, and the general Dai Jingkui ordered the army to camp on the spot and rest for a day.

A day later, the army marched north again, and in four days entered the territory of Nanzhili, entered the boundary of Yingtianfu through Guangdezhou, and arrived outside the city of Nanjing two days later.

Since the army had not yet received any orders from the military department, the army could only be temporarily stationed outside Nanjing to wait, and the officers and men of all units were not allowed to drive out and return to their garrisons at will.

Therefore, Liu Juntao can only continue to stay outside Nanjing, even if he is in a hurry to return to Yanzhou Mansion, he can only wait patiently.

Of course, during the period, all the supplies of the 50,000 army were in charge of Nan Zhili, who was rich and could supply the 50,000 army with ease, so the food and clothing of the soldiers in each battalion were very generous, and the morale of the army was also high, which also left a lot of money and food for Liu Juntao.

However, while Liu Juntao led his troops to wait for the order of the military department, there were constantly people who migrated from Huai'an, Fengyang, Xuzhou and other places in the north, ranging from hundreds to thousands.

These victims rushed towards Nanjing City with the old and the young, setting off the originally prosperous Nanjing City very desolately.

The soldiers of the battalions gathered near the gate one after another, watching the victims from afar, and their hearts were very uncomfortable.

Bai Yuxing whispered: "We fought bloodily and finally wiped out the army of thieves, why are there so many victims in such a rich place as Nanzhili?" The Yellow River has burst its banks, has the imperial court not given relief? ”

Tao Jixin next to him obviously didn't understand, but said: "I hope that our Yushan Town will be better, and there will not be so many disaster victims pouring in." ”

Liu Juntao listened to the discussion between the two, and also muttered: "Yes! I don't know what the situation is in Yushan Town! ”

In fact, when the army exterminated the thieves of Ye Zongliu's department, Liu Juntao ordered Liu Zi'an to report the situation in Yushan Town and other places in a timely manner.

But the news from Liu Zi'an shows that Yushan Town is safe and sound, and all places are in order!

Of course, Liu Juntao knew that this was impossible, even Nanzhili was full of victims, and there were crowds of people outside Nanjing, so how could Xuzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion, which were the hardest-hit areas, be safe and orderly?

Liu Juntao understands that this is because Guo Muying and others are worried that the army is outside, and they don't want to mess up the morale of the army!

At this time, Liu Juntao just wanted the military department to give an order as soon as possible, so that he could lead the army back as soon as possible, and go back as soon as possible to clean up the mess.

At this time, the victims who passed by outside the camp suddenly rushed over, and they knelt on the ground outside the gate, crying and begging the military master in the camp to be good and give him a stutter.

Liu Juntao looked at the scrawny old men and women outside the camp, and at the dirty and painful children, his eyes couldn't help but reddened slightly, and tears couldn't stop rolling in his eyes.

"Herald! The battalions immediately raised food and opened a porridge factory outside the camp to provide relief to the victims! ”

Now the supply of the army is jointly undertaken by the military department and Nanzhili, and the money and food in the army are quite abundant, so Liu Juntao is not worried about the lack of food and grass supply for the army.

However, Bai Yuxing whispered: "General, isn't Nan Zhili now giving relief to the victims?" ”

"Humph!"

Liu Juntao snorted coldly and said, "If the officials from all over Nanzhili can do a good job of relief, then there will not be so many victims pouring into Nanjing City!" ”