Zhu Houzhao didn't have a chance to leave the capital, especially after Zhu Youzhu and Empress Zhang knew that he had the intention of leaving the palace, even if he wanted to go to the toilet at this time, there would be a bunch of people following him, and he would never be intimidated by his words to go back, so his plan to find Shen Xi could not be implemented at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Of course, Shen Xi definitely didn't want this bear child to come...... If he knew, he would have scolded this kid to the point of blood.

You are obviously making trouble for me for no reason, I gave you some delicious and fun food, are you going to fool me like this? You pit your father, pit your mother, pit your ancestors, pit your own Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, and now you have to pit me, Mr., you kid was born to pit people, right?

At this time, Shen Xi was busy pacifying bandits in northeast Guangdong.

As the army took the initiative to attack, the triumphant song was played, and the thieves entrenched in Ruyu Mountain, Baishi Mountain, Dongshan, Shifanling, Lotus Pond and other places were successfully exterminated by the soldiers and horses sent by Shen Xi.

The bandits in these places seem to be numerous, but most of the mountains where the stockade is located are not high, and they are basically fenced by wooden fences, and there is no defense at all.

In just a few days, the army broke through each of them, and now it has eliminated eight bandits in a row, killing more than 600 bandits and capturing more than 1,000 people, but the seized money and food are not much, it seems that there are more bandits, and the place has become barren, and even the bandits themselves are living a tight life.

Shen Xi handed over the prisoners to the officers and soldiers who came to cooperate with the local guards, and then reorganized the army and continued to move north, striving to eliminate the bandits on land as soon as possible.

On the third day of the first month of April, Shen Xi commanded the troops in Dongzaiping to capture the ninth and last cottage on the land route, killed more than 90 bandits, captured more than 300 thieves who did not escape, and the land bandits came to an end temporarily, and they were stationed in Huanggang under the jurisdiction of Raoping County that night, which was the location of Raoping County in later generations.

Huanggang Town is not big, but because there is a Yamen of the Inspection Department stationed there, and there are thousands of households in the big city nearby, there are hundreds of people in the town, but in order to prevent thieves, high walls are still built around the town as protection.

Huanggang is almost 100 miles away from Raoping County, and about 120 miles away from Chenghai County, the starting point of this expedition, but it is very close to the border of Fujian Province.

Jing Yue went out to inquire about the situation and came back: "My lord, I heard that from here to the southeast, through the big city, and then more than ten miles south can reach Huzui. Huzui is a long and narrow peninsula, the northwest end is separated by two or three hundred meters of the strait is Xi'ao Island, starting from the port in the south, take a boat for more than ten miles to the stone lion head of Nan'ao Mountain. ”

Jing Yue thought he was thoughtful and helped the three armies explore the way, but he didn't know that Shen Xi had already investigated the topography of this area clearly.

As a region at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian, the bandits around Nanao Island are the top priority of Shen Xi's efforts to perform his duties in the southeast.

Shen Xi was leaning in front of the handsome case to check the topographic map, and when he heard this, he raised his head and said, "Let's not go to the big city, I have sent someone to inform the fleet and directly pick up people at the East Reef off the coast of Huanggang." ”

"There are several islands of different sizes such as Clam Guyu, Tai O, Central Australia, Western Australia and other islands in this sea area, among which there is no one on Western Australia and Zhongao Island, there were originally several bandits on Clam Guyu, but I heard that the army came, and has abandoned the island and fled, and now there are bandits who are left on Tai O Island. We only need to level Tai O, and we can attack Nanao Mountain without worries. ”

Tai O Island is the seamount island of later generations, Zhong'ao Island is Xunzhou Island, and the names of Xi'ao Island and Nan'ao Island have not changed until later generations.

Jing Yue smiled ashamedly and said, "The adults have arranged it very carefully, and the subordinates are ashamed of themselves." ”

While he was talking, the curtain was lifted, and Zhu Hong rushed in recklessly, and said: "My lord, Jiang Zhixian has sent someone to deliver food again, come and report it quickly, and the team will arrive later, do we need to go out to greet you?" ”

Shen Xi put down the map and case in hand, stood up from behind the handsome case, walked out of the tent, and said as he walked: "Jiang Shun is afraid of being held accountable, so he is willing to work hard at this time." The official has never obtained any evidence of his fornication with the thief, and if he can keep his current state, he may not be allowed to make meritorious contributions. ”

Shen Xi personally led people to the Nanzhen Gate to greet the carriage transporting money, grain and materials.

After sunset, more than 90 carriages loaded with goods slowly drove into the south gate of Huanggang Town, and the official who escorted the money and grain was none other than Chengcheng Fengwei of Chenghai County.

Cheng Fengwei belonged to a fierce general with no brains, and he was a little proud after entering the camp set up in the open space in the middle of the town...... Look, this is what you call the forbidden land, I will come as soon as I come, and your governor will personally greet me, which is great!

Shen Xi couldn't help frowning when he saw Cheng Fengwei's arrogant appearance, it was obvious that Jiang Shun asked this thorn to send money, food and materials, because he knew that Shen Xi had a prejudice against him and Cheng Feng, this trick is called throwing stones and asking for directions, looking at Shen Xi's attitude towards Cheng Fengwei, he knew whether Shen Xi had murderous intentions.

"Cheng Xiancheng has worked hard, come here, prepare wine and food for Cheng Xiancheng, and wait for Cheng Xiancheng to eat and drink enough, and then talk to the Chinese army's big tent!" Shen Xi said kindly.

Cheng Fengwei's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "Is there wine in the camp?" That relationship is good, prepare two altars for me, don't say, I don't dare to be interested in anything else, just wine...... Hehe, I'm not drunk with a thousand cups, the two altars are just right, and it's boring if there are more......"

Even Zhu Hong, who also had a cloudy mind, couldn't help but look at this "freak", knowing that he was not welcomed, he still came to the camp to brag, this is because he feels that his head has grown a lot, and he plans to cut one off?

When Shen Xi heard this, he shook his head helplessly.

Cheng Fengwei was simply pushed out by Jiang Shun as a gunman, and he had the same idea as before, don't worry about anyone else, otherwise he will become a fool.

"Lao Jing, you lead him!"

Shen Xi couldn't listen to it anymore, so he directly asked Jing Yue to take Cheng Fengwei to drink.

Although alcohol is forbidden in the army, it is still carried in the marching procession, because alcohol is often used to ward off the cold, and soldiers with external injuries can be disinfected with alcohol, which can sometimes be used as an anesthetic, and some simple surgical operations, such as pulling arrows, cutting bad meat, etc., also need to use alcohol.

Even if everything goes well and you can't use it for the time being, you can still use it as a celebration after the victory.

Shen Xi looked at the money, food and materials sent by Feng Wei in the process, the rice was new rice, the clothes and bedding were all brand new, and there were also three thousand taels of silver in military funds, and there was no perfunctory component.

Removing the evil intentions, in Shen Xi's opinion, this Jiang Shun is a usable talent. After all, being able to stick to Chenghai County, where bandits are rampant, for two years without problems, is a manifestation of ability in itself.

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On the morning of the fourth day of April, the group arrived at the East Reef Platoon on the beach.

The land cavalry and some infantry were stationed in place to wait for news, and Shen Xi selected some officers and soldiers with good water quality from the infantry to board the ship and prepare to attack Da'ao Island.

When Shen Xi boarded the boat to comfort the soldiers of the three armies, Ma Jiu accompanied him and informed Shen Xi of the results of the cruise around during this time:

“…… There are very few boats that can be seen around Nanao Mountain, the thieves on Daao Island are more stubborn, and they actually burned the boats themselves, and the people on the island are not allowed to leave, as for Nanao Mountain, there are many thieves who take advantage of the night to escape by boat, and the villain continues to launch harassment operations according to your orders, and several times down to capture more than a dozen boats and more than 100 thieves, and now most of them are locked at the bottom of the cabin, do the adults bring people to interrogate? ”

The first step in Shen Xi's strategy to pacify Nanao Island was to "knock on the mountain and shake the tiger".

The news of the bandits in the official army has spread all over the southeast coast a few years ago, and most of the bandits know that the imperial court sent a young Qin to supervise everything, and he was surprisingly decisive, and it only took more than a month to turn the line from Guangzhou Mansion to Leizhou Mansion upside down, and the thieves in that area were either captured or killed on the spot, or they were broken into pieces and hidden, waiting for a comeback in the future.

Knowing that Shen Xi led the troops north, the bandits around Nanao Mountain were extremely jealous, and before the war started, the bandit army had actually taken the lead.

Shen Xi first put down bandits on land, mainly to deter the bandits on the island.

The thieves on land are relatively easier to deal with than pirates and pirates, after all, there are no secrets in the inland mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, Shenxi wants to attack the bandits, the local villagers can be used as guides, the bandits are raging in the place, and the people have become lambs who are bullied arbitrarily.

At the same time, it is relatively convenient to transport grain and baggage by land, which makes Shen Xiping bandits extremely easy, basically before the army arrives, the bandits have fled, and the remaining stubborn resistance is basically pushed over and collapsed.

After more than 100 years of forbidden seas, the coastal areas and the environment of the island have reached the point where there is no evidence, and the situation on the island is unknown, and even how many thieves there are on the island are also different opinions.

Rashly attacking the island will not reap much effect, but it is better to use the method of deterrence to make the island thieves submit to the strength of the official army, and then flee without a fight.

Shen Xi understands the truth that the poor and the poor are not chased, the escaped bandits, pirates, and robbers will basically go north to Fujian along the official road to find other hiding places, Shen Xi will not blindly chase, but only set up a slight ambush on the way they escape, and can take a few people and a few boats to complete the task, and do not set specific standards, as long as the self-confidence of the bandits is defeated, the battle will be half won.

Shen Xi said: "Since you have taken people, first ask their identities clearly, and hang some of the leaders on the mast to show the public!" ”

Ma Jiu crawled out of the pile of dead people and didn't care about killing, but at this time he still looked embarrassed, obviously not approving of Shen Xi's approach of showing off his head in public.

Shen Xi said: "One more bandit surrenders, and there are fewer brothers who are desperate." It is still necessary to kill chickens and monkeys, so do as I say. ”

"Yes, sir!" Ma Jiu took the order and left.

If you want to cut off your head, you can't do it on the boat, and the most taboo thing about sailing is to see red on the boat, and people are generally pulled to the shore to kill.

Shen Xi also didn't want to kill innocents indiscriminately, and the thieves who were in the crowd, as long as they did not commit a life lawsuit, according to Shen Xi's idea, they would be sentenced to exile, and only the most heinous bandit leaders would be sentenced to death.

The specific identity is easy to determine.

Among those who beg for mercy, there may be leaders who are afraid of death, but those who are their waists are all bandits, who do not admit their guilt, and deserve to cut off your head.

After cutting off eighteen heads before and after, the remaining more than 100 people were completely honest, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, and no longer dared to resist.

After hanging up the severed heads, instead of being afraid, the officers and men were invigorated and cheered incessantly, and some of them looked at their heads and clenched their fists, telling others how much merit they would have to cut off a few heads when they attacked the island.

The head was hung up, and the time was not yet noon, but the East Reef Pai and Tai O Island were across the sea, and the distance between the two places was only ten miles, Shen Xi immediately ordered: "Sail and attack Tai O!" (To be continued.) )