"General Huo, the Lan family's family is still in detention, and Lan County's young son is seriously ill, and now he is ......"

The county Cheng weighed the pros and cons, so he took the initiative to find Huo Bao.

Huo Bao knows the truth of "woe to his wife and children", but he also understands what "killing his father's hatred and not sharing the sky" is.

He did not directly kill the Yixing County Commander, but the Yixing County Commander died because he led his troops to besiege the city.

For the children of Yixing County Order, he is the general existence of "killing his father and enemies".

If you are ruthless, you will immediately dispose of the wife and children of Yixing County at this time, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

But that would do more harm than good.

When "benevolence and righteousness" are a fig leaf, and if you tear off this fig leaf, it is easy to be attacked and criticized.

The Chuzhou army fought the world, casualties were indispensable, if the policy of "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots" was really implemented, how many more people would be killed?

If you tolerate the family members of Yixing County, it will not make sense.

That would set a bad precedent.

In the future, the Chuzhou army will attack the city again, and the main officer will be able to fight, and those who can't fight will die happily, and the Chuzhou army will be able to accommodate their families.

Huo Bao was in a dilemma, and it was just right for the county to jump out.

A county man came forward, whether he really remembered his old feelings, or had the heart to show his character "loyalty" to the Chuzhou army, Huo Bao was willing to fulfill him.

"The Lan family will be left to you to take care of, whether to stay or let you watch when you turn back......"

Huo Bao said happily.

The county was dumbfounded.

Is this something he can call the shots?

If there is anything wrong with the Lan family when he turns back, is it good for him to release him?

"General Huo, that's not what Xia Guan meant......," the county officer hurriedly explained.

Huo Bao glanced at the county Cheng: "I don't have to worry about Lord Bai doing things, so be it!" Then he waved his hand and sent him down.

Bai County is cunning and cunning, thinking a lot, and he knows how to deal with the Lan family.

You can't put it, otherwise it's his little tail.

Not only must you stay, but you must also persuade well to resolve the Lan family's hatred for the Chuzhou army, otherwise if something happens in the future, it will affect the Bai family.

Huo Bao picked the corners of his mouth.

He has always been willing to deal with smart people, so worry-free.

Early the next morning, Huo Bao left 2,000 people for Li Yuan, and led his troops to Changzhou Mansion.

When Huo Bao and his entourage arrived in Fucheng, Wuxi's good news also arrived.

General Jin Cuo killed 300 soldiers in Wuxi County, captured 3,004 prisoners, and took Wuxi City.

The reason for this record is also due to the merits of the Taihu Lake bandits.

The Taihu Lake bandits went ashore, surrendered to An Yong's command, and arranged manpower to respond to the Chuzhou army in Wuxi City.

Why did you submit the letter to An Yong instead of Deng Jian, the coach of the "Zhengdong"?

Naturally, the reason is that the Yu and An families are from Chaohu Lake bandits, and they are also a little incense with the Taihu Lake bandits.

It's just that the Yu and An families have the heart of Si'an and accepted the court's appeasement early; The nest of water bandits in Taihu Lake has been at large by virtue of the geographical advantages of Taihu Lake and the fact that it is not easy to encircle and suppress.

If there is chaos today, and the whiteshirts are menacing everywhere, they should also know in their hearts.

The land of Taihu Lake will not be defended.

If you want to stand on your own, it's too late.

Now the Taizhou Army is in the north, Taizhou in the south, and the Chuzhou Army in the west.

They had been waiting and seeing, but now it's time to make a choice.

Pirates?

Salt bandits?

Mountain bandits?

Nowadays, it sounds like the White Shirts, but in fact, who doesn't know who?

If they were really allowed to choose by themselves, they would prefer to choose the Taizhou Army.

Among the Taizhou white shirts, Taizhou white shirts, and Chuzhou white shirts, the latter two have water armies, but the former has no water army.

Taihu Lake brought boats and manpower over, which was the main force of the navy.

But when the Chuzhou army occupied Changzhou, they had no choice.

The Chuzhou army brought the sailors here.

Only Chaohu Water Division, Yu and An's in-laws twisted into a rope, it is not something that the Taihu bandits can resist, not to mention that it is no longer Chaohu Water Division, but a joint army Jinling Water Division and Yangzhou Water Division.

If you don't take refuge honestly at this time, you have to wait until the defeat to take refuge?

Although I know that after taking refuge, I must be under the Yu and An families, but everyone also recognizes it.

The Chuzhou Sailor already has seven ships!

Invincible in the Yangtze River.

Even if the Taihu bandits want to fight, there is no chance of winning.

There is a precedent for the Yu and An families to take refuge in the Chuzhou army, and they can also feel a little more at ease if they follow the refuge.

They inquired clearly before, and Huo Taiwei, the head of the family in Chuzhou Baishan, was very tolerant to the An family and became in-laws.

The most important thing is that the Yu and An families are still independent leaders, and they have not been unloaded and killed or overheaded.

They don't expect to be treated better than these two, and they don't have to worry about anything else.

When Huo Bao and his entourage arrived in Changzhou, they were just in time for Xie Er, the leader of the Taihu Lake bandits, to ask to see Deng Jian.

Xie Er guessed that the Chuzhou army was going to fight Suzhou next, and came over to ask for battle.

If you don't make meritorious service at this time, when will you make meritorious service?

Deng Jian did not see Xie Er directly, but met An Yong first.

An Yong and Deng Jian told the general situation of the Taihu Lake bandits: "There are five main forces, among which the Xie family and the Wu family are evenly matched, occupying the largest lake island and the most water boats...... Last year, the officers and soldiers surrounded and suppressed the Qi Chun army in Yuhang, the Wu family found a way to lead people to join the imperial court, and the boat and manpower were transferred to Hangzhou, and the Xie family was left with a monopoly in Taihu Lake, so they took the opportunity to annex the other three...... Now I have voted for our Chuzhou army, saying that there are 1,500 large and small ships, and the sailors are ...... More than 9,000 people ......"

Not to mention the number of people in this vessel, it is insufficient.

An Yong is also a water bandit, so he knows the strangeness.

The Xie family must have left a back hand.

The water surface of Taihu Lake is vast, and there are many islands on the lake, so it is too easy to want Tibetans.

Deng Jian didn't care, and only said: "If you want to ask for war, how many ships and sailors can be used?" ”

"There are more than 400 big ships that can take the waterway of the Yangtze River, and the sailors can use eighty percent of them to remove the old and weak." An Yong estimated.

The so-called water pawn is the previous water bandits, and they are still young and strong.

More than 9,000 people, eighty percent available, that is, 7,000 people.

"Take them all, always let them see what the Chuzhou Army is."

Deng Jiandao.

As for Xie Er's careful thinking, Deng Jian didn't care.

Now the Chuzhou army is not as good as before, and there is no shortage of people.

Not to mention the people of the Xie family hiding in Taihu Lake, even if it is these 9,000 people on the surface, they will not all be turned into soldiers, and they will always have to screen one or two.

The military regulations of the Chuzhou Army are not to be seen.

Deng Jian agreed to Xie Er's invitation to fight, but he still wanted to see him.

When Huo Bao entered the state capital, he heard that Deng Jian was meeting Xie Er, the leader of the Taihu bandits, so he went to find Zhu Duwei.

In addition to his men and Huo Bao, there were also dozens of civil and military officials, who were prepared to take over Changzhou, Suzhou, and Songjiang.

The county seat below is good to say, and the land of the capital city should be arranged with the right candidates.

Zhu Duwei is responsible for taking over the Changzhou Mansion.

"Little Bao Ye is here!"

Zhu Duwei saw Huo Bao and was very happy: "Jinling and Yixing have successively reported successively, and Deng Shuai praised Xiao Bao Ye in front of everyone!" ”

In the past, Huo Baobu was a partial army, and many people muttered, but with the achievements of the previous battle against Zhenjiang, there were few who dared to slander it without shame, and most of them were waiting to see the battle of Changzhou.

Now, in the two county towns, one won the siege battle, and the other surrendered, no one can pick out anything.

Huo Bao said: "Jinling is Qiu Wei's full merit, Yixing...... Luck ......"

Zhu Duwei said with a smile: "Little Bao Ye, don't be humble, what did Qiu Xiao look like earlier, wasn't it all trained by Xiao Bao Ye?" As for luck, our Chuzhou army has come down all the way, which marshal has not had good luck? ”

The reason why the Qichun army or the Chuzhou army were able to occupy several state capitals in a few months was because when the white-shirted army advanced all the way, most of the places they went were dropped.

Even if half of it was fought, it was all abandoned and there was no real resistance.

Huo Bao said: "Where is the mine?" ”

The reason why Zhu Duwei, the henchman of the owner of the horse village, was transferred to guard Changzhou in the future was because Changzhou had the largest iron mine in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Duwei said: "Someone has been sent to take over, and the prisoners of war in Fucheng, Wuxi, and Jinling are absenteeism......"

Huo Bao didn't say anything, which is also the proper meaning.

Those who dare to resist the Chuzhou army, whether they are officials, county soldiers, or government soldiers, must be punished and used as a warning to future generations.

"Is there enough people? Do I still need to smoke dice? ”

Huo Bao Dao.

The Chuzhou army is now short of manpower, but the ordnance is not rich, and many foot soldiers are still armed with spears.

The reason why the gun is used is because the body of the gun is a wooden shaft, and only the head of the gun is made of pig iron.

However, after a war, there were a lot of weapons and war losses, and the local armaments were abandoned for many years, and the Chuzhou army received supplies from wherever it went, and it was unable to make ends meet.

"It's still a few days now, and when it stabilizes for ten days and a half, I still have to draw Ding. Cheap those water bandits! If our sailors level Taihu Lake, the number of miners in this mine will be enough. ”

Zhu Duwei said with a little distress: "The Xie family is treacherous, at least a few thousand people are hiding in Taihu Lake, it's really ridiculous, they still want to prepare with both hands?" ”

The Xie family? Xie Er, Xie Xing!

Huo Bao blinked, a little curious.

This Taihu bandit leader is not an ordinary person, he first surrendered and then rebelled, and was finally executed by Ling Chi.

But his bloodline was passed down with the new dynasty.

His son is unknown, but his two daughters are famous in the history books, one is the prince's nephew and concubine, and the other is the duchess and the queen's mother.

According to history, his two sons-in-law are the only nephew of Tusan, Tie Dan, and one is Shui Jin.