In order to ensure that not a single trafficker is spared, the field army that is about to go south even specially dispatches a battle group to return to Yangzhou, and at the same time, all the remaining officials and the military, police, constitutional, and even civilian personnel with guns sent to Yangzhou by the empire are mobilized at the same time, and all of them take to the streets to temporarily blockade the entire city of Yangzhou.

In the early morning of August 15, 1795, 2,000 Imperial soldiers in full armor entered the city of Yangzhou, and their heavy military boots trampled on the streets of Yangzhou.

No one is allowed to leave their homes, and all streets are closed.

Ordinary Yangzhou people still think that the empire is going to turn its face, but the goal of the empire is actually the "green forest heroes" in Yangzhou.

Because the interrogation of the old eagle in Jiyuan proves that most of the cases related to it can basically involve these guys who are used to violating the ban by force.

Therefore, after temporarily sealing up all the Ji Yuan and carrying out simple torture, the emperor ** entered the city to seize all the properties of the "heroes".

What Jiangnan Seven Heroes, Yangzhou Three Monsters, together with all kinds of lone rangers and so-called famous factions, as well as the beggar gang as the primary target, are all within the scope of the crackdown.

All dart bureaus, martial arts halls, and all kinds of shops under the name of the hero must be temporarily sealed, all his family members and subordinates must be investigated, and all granges must have investigators stationed.

Xu Daizhuo, the grandson of the emperor, personally rushed to Yangzhou to lead the investigation team to thoroughly investigate the major case of harvesting and cutting that broke out this time, as well as a series of cases involved later.

But the Cabinet still demanded that the peaceful common population not be involved, and that the target should still be concentrated on the unproductive rentier class – that is, the gentry.

The reason is very simple, the Criminal Department suspects that there are gentry involved in this big case, otherwise, how dare a few old eagles and heroes do such a big case?

……

The matter in Yangzhou will not end for a while and a half, so I will not press the table for the time being.

On the frontal battlefield, the emperor ** team launched a continuous attack.

The 3rd Army Corps went down the river, conquered many important towns south of the Yangtze River in succession, and returned to the division near Anqing with the 2nd Army at the end of July.

The two corps that merged together crossed the Yangtze River at Anqing. Immediately, Chizhou, Tongling, Nanling, Wuhu and other places surrendered without a fight.

Along the way, the Zhou army did not carry out scorched earth resistance, so the Chinese army captured a lot, including 80,000 catties of brass in Tongling, and also seized all the treasury in other cities, and there were more than 600,000 stones of rice, 300,000 pieces of money, and 60,000 horses of silk according to preliminary statistics.

There is such a seizure in the local treasury, I have to say that Jiangnan is really too rich, and the grain seized during this period alone is enough for the army to go south for half a year.

The First Army crossed the river near Jinling, and Xu Shisong did not retreat anymore, choosing Jinling as the decisive battle.

He led 130,000 men to meet the First Army of the Chinese Army, preparing to use his temporary superiority in strength to win a victory.

……

Turn back a few months.

In the spring of 1795, Xu Daixuan, the king of Qin, led his troops over the Green Mountains and suddenly appeared in front of the Pars people.

In the past, in the wars between Pars and the countries of the Western Regions, the Pars people generally took the initiative to attack, and the countries of the Western Regions, which were much weaker, could only defend together.

Therefore, this time, although it was learned from the merchants that a new force was coming to the Western Regions, and it seemed that there was a possibility of taking the initiative to attack, Pars's eastern defenders were still too careless.

At the beginning of March, when the snow was still falling west of the Green Ridge, 6,000 Qin troops arrived at the city of Balshagon, which had been occupied by the Pars for twenty years, in a sleigh car.

The Qin army did not carry artillery, but they prepared a large amount of explosives, and the fragile gates of Balshagon were easily blown open, and the Qin army swarmed into the city, and within a day, this important city in the Western Regions was declared to have changed hands.

Balesagon was the core of Pars's domination in the eastern realm, and the city was stockpiled with a large amount of ordnance, grain, coins, cloth, and other supplies.

The Qin army captured 7,000 sets of iron armor in the city alone, in addition to a large number of horses, camels, cattle and sheep, and slaves.

According to the rules set by Xu Daizhuo before departure, the treasury of the Pars people in the city belonged to the king of Qin, but the seizures of various troops and individuals only needed to be handed over to forty percent of the empire (including one percent dedicated to the emperor, and the other three percent as taxes), and one percent of the king of Qin, and individuals could keep half of the seizures.

It seems that this percentage is not high, but when the capture is huge, the personal income of the soldiers also seems to be much more abundant - the troops of the advanced city have grabbed the rich areas of the city, some have received more than a dozen camels, and others have grabbed a lot of gold and silver.

Of course, other unneeded supplies can also be sold to the merchants who accompany the army, who are like vultures, greedily devouring the wreckage of the Parsians.

After having a foothold, the Qin army seized the opportunity to attack from all sides, and those local tribes who surrendered to Pars, such as the Tuqishi, Luchi, and Gelulu, were all wall-to-head grass, and they always took refuge in whoever they saw was powerful.

Now that the Han have defeated the Pars, then they naturally don't care about changing their masters.

These people were not reliable to the Qin army, but they were familiar with the local terrain, and they could also provide a certain amount of food, grass and livestock supplies, and more importantly, the more people who took refuge in him, the less force the Pars people would be able to fight back, so Xu Daizhuo accepted the surrender of these tribes.

The Pars, of course, were not content to be defeated, and in May, after the snow had melted, an army of 70,000 men marched towards Bal-Shagon.

Xu Daizhuo, Zuo Helin, Xu Shizhen and others fought separately.

At this time, the strength of the Qin army did not exceed 20,000, and most of them were Waibo soldiers, but they were very well-equipped.

This is something that the Pars people are completely unmatched.

The Qin army, which had absolute confidence in their own combat effectiveness, chose to leave the city and fight in the field.

Xu Daizhuo, the king of Qin, personally led 5,000 core Han soldiers in the center, Zuo Helin led 4,000 Tubo soldiers in the left, and Xu Shizhen led 4,000 Waibo Sauron and soldiers from the Eight Kingdoms of the Western Regions on the right.

The local vassal army composed of wall grass watched the battle from the rear - indeed it was to watch the battle, because the generals of the Qin army did not believe in the loyalty and combat effectiveness of these people, it was better to let them watch from behind, carefully appreciate the majesty of the imperial army, and in the future they would naturally know who was the real master of this land.

Of course, when the Qin army is victorious, these local tribal soldiers can also participate in the pursuit.

The line of the Pars was relatively straight, with the main formation of 40,000 infantry, in a defensive state waiting for the Qin army, and the cavalry troops of 15,000 men each on either side (Pars was rich in good horses, so the high proportion of cavalry was frightening).

The tactics of the Pars were more similar to those of the nomads, with the Chinese withstanding the enemy's attack and then outflanking the enemy with their cavalry wings.