Shaozhou (Shaoyang, Hunan) assassinated Shi Zhou Yue and also led troops to march in Hengzhou. They cried out in the dust of the villages and towns they passed, and the young women and men who had been searched everywhere were tied up in a string and driven after the army.

He was originally a native of Hunan Xixi (now Hunan Xiashi Town), and he was born with the natural majesty of Fang Ku'er, so he was recruited into the Langzhou local official army very early as a team leader.

During this period, he and Lei Man, who was born in Langzhou (Changde, Hunan), were also like-minded brothers, and served for many years under Gao Yu, who was the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu; has been a general in the camp of the expedition to the south.

Later, after Gao Biao moved to Huainan, these generals, who were tired of tossing and turning to fight and missed their hometown, finally couldn't help but flee one after another; Among them, Zhou Yue took a group of people, bandits, and officials all the way back to his hometown.

found that Lei Man, who was a righteous brother, had already led a battalion of Wuling barbarians, so he killed the assassin and occupied Langzhou first. Then, on the grounds of familiarity with the local area, he proposed to partner with the other party to conspire with each other, and Lei Man also patted his shoulder and agreed.

As a result, the banquet that was entertained in the evening turned into a Hongmen banquet in ambush with swords and axes, intending to kill and seize the army; Zhou Yue is from a local wealthy family; Outside the banquet, he was warned by local acquaintances, and turned around and fled and gathered the crowd to rush out of Langzhou City.

However, the relatives and old people he left in the state to establish himself, as well as the connections and resources that the family had operated for many years, were wiped out by Lei Man. This also became the origin of his enmity with Lei Man and his endless death.

However, Lei Man, who is known for his bravery, is also the same as another leader of the Shimen Barbarians, who is now Li Zhou (now Li County, Hunan), and is also the source of a feud with each other and endless attacks;

In the early years, with the help of the cadres who were invested in the Jingnan Army, he broke through and slaughtered many settlements, including Xiangzhu Residence, and forced them to jump into the river and flee. Later, Xiang Zhu rode the youth of Wulingman to go out with the army, and was able to make a comeback from the place, and also killed and broke through more than a dozen villages to which Wulingman belonged.

Therefore, after coercing and annexing the 37 Tuban Divisions, and raising troops to occupy the city of Lizhou; It was also the first time to send troops to attack the city of Langzhou occupied by Lei Man; This allowed Zhou Yue to survive in the pursuit;

Then he first humbly took refuge in Shaozhou Assassin History, and then deceived Shaoyang City and resolutely raided the state government to expel Xu Hao, the assassin history, and since then he has gained a foothold in a foundation place.

Therefore, this is one of the three strengths in Xiangxi. Lei Man, who brought back many subordinates who saw good warfare, was the strongest, but he was in a state of being attacked from both the north and the south. And Xiang Zhu's men and horses are the most numerous; But because of the background of the barbarian leader, he is not very popular in the local area and has a lot of obstacles.

As for Zhou Yue, he was the most disadvantaged. Because he didn't bring back many robes and old departments, plus the children of the family who had fled, he was probably only able to control more than a dozen towns near the state city and the villages attached to them.

Other places still need to be "entrusted and recognized" by him, and those local clans and wealthy surnames are governed and controlled in the name of the leaders of the Tutuan; Therefore, he was most obedient and eager to befriend the Taiping forces that were rising in Hunan at the same time.

However, after the liquidation and investigation of those powerful surnames in the territory of the Taiping Army, he inevitably fell into a certain sense of crisis in the face of those who fled to cry and lament.

Therefore, when the envoy of Song Hao, the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu appointed by the imperial court, came to the door; He was also the first to respond with a painful determination; After all, how can the benefits of dealing with the Taiping army and the temporary peace of mind compare to the threat of being eradicated from themselves in the future.

The foundation of his ability to be powerful and prosperous in Shaozhou is still based on these wealthy families and surnames. Once their tenants and villagers are lured away by the methods of the Taiping thieves, what will he use to expand his power and raise his subordinates?

Therefore, with Zhou Yue, the weakest of the three, as the bottom and slow turn, it is relatively easy to persuade Lei Man, who was originally a two-sided enemy, or Xiang Zhu, who is suffering from a lot of uncooperative local conditions, to re-accept the canonization and recognition of the imperial court, and kill the thief to serve the country as a response.

However, to sum up all the reasons, although this time it was said that the three states of Xiangxi jointly sent troops to attack the Taiping Army, basically no one would dare to go all out and kill to attack and seize territory, but only to plunder and harass large and small.

This is not only because the place itself is Xin'an, and it still needs manpower to suppress those signs of disobedience, but also because other families who have always had grievances against each other took the opportunity to steal their rear and nest, and that is because the gains outweigh the losses.

It's just relative to the withering and depression in the three states of Xiangxi; These Taiping soldiers have only been under rule for a few years, and the people have become so rich; (Mainly the Yu Ze of the wealthy family, and the lack of layers of exploitation) to make people a little surprised.

struggled to lay down a few Zhuangzi stationed in Tun, although the gains were more abundant than those of ordinary villages; But the price paid is a bit of a pain that makes people lose more than they lose. Because of the casualties caused by the process of attacking and desperately resisting, they accumulated one after another even more than the killings after breaking Zhuangzi.

What's more, most of these Zhuangzi are still gathered on the flat land near the river, and they can often get the support and echo of the Taiping thief water army, once they are blocked, there is even a risk of being scattered by internal and external attacks.

This further increased the cost and difficulty of attacking these settlements for the allied forces of the Tutuan from Shaozhou. All they got were rice, wheat, melons, vegetables, and free-range livestock that they had not had time to harvest on the outskirts of Zhuangzi.

For this reason, it is the capital of their hometown to stand on their own and divide the party, and it is very painful to damage a little more. In contrast, it is more cost-effective and easy to attack and plunder those ordinary villages and towns.

Often as long as the people and horses are surrounded, there are people who run out to negotiate without deliberately attacking, and all kinds of begging for the price of preservation; Of course, he prefers to let his men just take it down and do a good job of looting.

Because even if these places are attacked, they do not have the will and determination of everyone to resist to the end like the grass thief Tunzhuang. On the contrary, it can allow the soldiers to vent a good time to improve and boost morale. Even if there is a sufficient harvest, it can also deter other places.

It's just that in this process, it will accidentally hurt some people who welcome the king or the internal response, local powerful people or leading figures, and they really can't take care of so much.

After all, since they were able to survive under the rule of the thief army or survive in stealth, they themselves had done a solid job of working with thieves and working together with thieves. As long as the people below are neat and tidy, things are done more simply; There is no danger that someone will live to ruin the reputation and reputation of these officers and soldiers.

"Zhou Ming Mansion. Things are not good."

At this time, there was a powerful general in the distance, galloping over and leaning over, and said urgently.

But it was the brave general he recently recruited at great cost, the captain of the Long March who was originally stationed in Annan, and Min Miao, a native of Yuzhang in Hongzhou, who was known as "Feishaner". He is also a key candidate for his investigation in Jiangxi.

"There is news that the thief monk has returned with a large army, and the bloody rain and bloody wind are rolling in the place he passes; The people and horses who responded from the east of Xiangshui have already collapsed one after another. ”

"What, Duan Yanmo misunderstood me."

Zhou Yue couldn't help but scream in surprise when he heard this, and immediately shook his body so that he didn't fall off the horse. Then he said in a tight voice

"Quick, blow the trumpet with me and gather the people. Don't worry about anything else. With all the captures at once. ”

At this time, Min Miao, who was already close to him side by side, suddenly shouted:

"Xiao Deng, do it."

Before the words fell, suddenly a noose pulled Zhou Yue on the horse's back from behind, and he held his neck with both hands and couldn't speak for a while; He tried his best to reach out and pull out the knife, but he was stabbed in the armpit by Min Miao, and then passed through it and stirred it violently.

"I have an old story from the Long March, as long as you can make the merit of the first righteousness, even if you don't want to be restrained in the army, you can go to Guangfu to be a happy and rich man with a reward."

Min Miao said with a face full of regret and a blind eye to death

"My generation doesn't want to be an enemy of the monk who knows the thunder and fire demon method, so I have to borrow your head for a future and a way out."

At the same time, Zhou Yue, who was stunned by this scene, was attacked and slashed by the cavalry brought back by Min Yue before he could react.

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