After the deserted New Year's Eve, Li Xiang was in good health, and visited the homes of those who had relatives killed or injured door-to-door, expressing his respect and distributing the first batch of bereavement benefits.

Li Xiang also took the time to encourage the old man Li Mengkong, who was busy to madness, and read the negotiation agreement brought out by Zhang Wanli and others, put forward a few opinions, and went straight to the martyrs' shrine on the northeast hill of Mingyuezhuang.

Accompanied by the high-level officials of the public middle school, the elder brothers' battalion, the representatives of the guards, and the representatives of Zhuang Min, Li Xiang read the eulogy, looked at the new dozen or so tombstones, and was silent for a long time. That night, Li Xiang led people out of the village in a low-key manner and headed to the south of the Yangtze River.

On the twenty-first day of the first month, Deqing County.

As a senior general of the Yongle Dynasty, Ying Ming almost gritted his teeth as he glanced at the bloody battlefield under the city. He had already launched a second surprise attack, but he only left more corpses in front of the fierce resistance of Liu Chengdong's troops, and did not climb the city wall for a single step.

Before the New Year's Festival, Fang Lasheng attacked the north in the south and the east in the west, and secretly arrived at the battlefield north of Hangzhou. The Holy Father didn't rest in one breath, dispatching Ying Ming, Wu Fu, Shi Bao, and Fang Tianding's strange soldiers to launch a ferocious blow to the official army blockade.

After a night of bloody fighting, Tangqi Ancient Town, the most critical northern fulcrum of the official army, was broken.

Han Shizhong on the Eastern Front decisively broke through in order to avoid the annihilation of the whole army. When resisting the encirclement and harassment of the three armies of Wu Fu, Shi Bao and Fang Tianding, Han Shizhong once wore heavy armor and took his personal guards into battle to fight, hacking to death seven leaders of Fang La's army, and also wounding Fang Tianding with a divine arm bow.

At the western end of the battle line, Liu Chengdong, who was guarding Huangjiadun alone, pulled out the camp and marched north, set up an ambush in the middle, and defeated the Ying Ming Department of Fangla's army, which was chasing after him.

The generals of the Great Zhou army and the Fangla army, including Ying Ming, thought that Liu Chengdong was going north to join Han Shizhong, and then defend Huzhou, Guangde County and Changxing County. No matter how you look at it, Fang Lajun is going to erode the two roads south of the Yangtze River, Liu Chengdong doesn't hurry up to join the Chinese army and huddle together for warmth, where else can he go?

Because of such a judgment in his heart, when Liu Chengdong's troops suddenly turned from the north to the west, once again broke through Ying Ming's formation and drilled into the left flank of Fang La's army, and captured the extremely important county town of Deqing, Ying Ming's whole person was confused.

After that, it's simpler.

Liu Chengdong seized the county seat of Deqing, which was full of grain, grass and ordnance, and turned the nails of the Great Zhou army into the nails of the Fangla army. Han Shizhong, who was worried about how to guard the ruined Huzhou City, immediately encouraged the morale of the army after receiving Liu Chengdong's secret letter, and held Huzhou City dangerously and dangerously, becoming the second nail.

With the two nails of Liu Chengdong and Han Shizhong, Fang La's army could not attack the west of Taihu Lake in a big way, and it could only be confined to the east of Taihu Lake. In the long run, the situation of Fang La's army was once again restricted, and it could only slowly gnaw at the mountains in the northeast of Jiangnan West Road and the north of Fujian Road to the north.

Every time he thinks of all this, Ying Ming hates to kill Liu Chengdong in the city with his eyes. However, after all, his eyes couldn't kill anyone, and Ying Ming, who was sour-eyed, could only collect his troops and return to the camp.

Seeing Ying Ming leave angrily, Liu Chengdong's prison army wiped his sweat and arched his hand towards Liu Chengdong and said: "General Liu is willing to risk his life to protect Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road from being corrupted by Fang La's bandits, and he is really a pillar of the court. General Liu will definitely be promoted after returning to the court, congratulations first. ”

Liu Chengdong didn't understand what this civil official meant. He began to talk to the prison army, Fa Cao, the clerk, and the clerk, and said politely: "The prison lord is polite." The general also had the guidance of Han's envoys, plus you deployed grain and grass, transported the wounded, and gave advice, so that the thief general was in the army. ”

"It's a small effort, don't mention it." Liu Chengdong waved his hand, how enthusiastic and enthusiastic he was, "The last general only asks for a wife and a son, and he will enjoy a few days of wealth in his later years, and he will not dare to ask for more." However, it is not far from a few adults who are concerned about the country and the dynasty and are willing to risk arrows and stones as civil officials, and get the favor of several rulers. ”

Several civil officials were overjoyed and polite to Liu Chengdong for a while.

The two sides did not hesitate to say beautiful words, you said that I am the world's fierce general, I said that you are a handsome talent...... The city is full of disabled soldiers, and the two pictures are put together in a very incongruous way.

Xiong Dachun, San Yanzi and other Liu Chengdong's cronies rushed over, and several civil officials benefited greatly and said goodbye with interest.

At that time, the official and military front collapsed, but Liu Chengdong, who was advancing north, suddenly wanted to kill back and seize the county seat. The superintendent and several other military Chinese officers bitterly persuaded Liu Chengdong not to throw himself into the net, and after the defeat, he had to continue to follow. The entire north of Hangzhou has become a pot of porridge, and a few of them are powerless, so wouldn't it be to deliver food when they leave the army?

In one fell swoop, Liu Chengdong's troops sat on countless grains, grasses and ordnance, and they could attack the waist of the Fangla army when they entered, and they could retreat to defend Anji County, which was surrounded by mountains in the northwest. The overseer couldn't believe it at first, but after reacting, he was overjoyed, and wanted to share the battle merits and return to the military department, but he was a little embarrassed.

I watched a few people from the prison army go down to the city, walk away, and walk through the busy sergeants and civilians. Listening to the uncontrollable screams of the disabled soldiers above and below the city...... Liu Chengdong exhaled, "Mr. Liao can come out." It's really tiring to deal with these guys. Fortunately, there is a rhetoric prepared by Mr., otherwise, Ben will really be unable to parry. ”

Liao Shikai, who was dressed in a scholar's robe and wore a two-cornered head, walked out of the arrow tower.

Liao Shikai was originally from Suzhou, and his family was poor in his early years, and he was easily admitted to the show, but he could no longer take a step forward.

When he reached middle age, Liao Shikai, who saw his wife and children starving, cried for three days, locked the sage book and Xiucai spectrum in the box, and began his career of mixing society.

Mr. Private School, Official Accounts Office, Prefectural Staff ...... After nearly ten years of fighting, Liao Shikai finally ushered in a turning point in his life and became the master of Deqing County. Although he is also a "temporary worker", there is a saying in some places in Dazhou: the county order of flowing water, the master of iron.

Liao Shikai didn't have long to be proud, and the county seat of Deqing was taken by Fang Lajun, and he became a prisoner.

Seeing the fate of the county order, the canonical history, the teachings and others, and then looking at the tragic situation of the big families in the county, Liao Shikai's legs weakened. He began to serve Fang Lajun, Ying Ming's actions of pulling young and strong, searching for money and grain, and robbing large households, there were many of his guidance behind him, and Ying Ming himself was extremely satisfied with him.

The gentry and the small rich family who escaped Deqing by luck spread the reputation of "Liao anti-thief" and "Liao Papi" far away, and Liao Shikai knew that he had no way out. If Fang La's army is defeated, Liao Shikai's entire family, and even distant relatives in his hometown will inevitably be liquidated.

If you don't have a backer, you can't save your life anyway.

So Liao Shikai showed his talents, did his best for Ying Ming, and filled the treasury of Deqing County. He also kept an eye on the big and small news of the Yongle Dynasty, and sincerely cheered for the Holy Father.

Xu responded to Liao Shikai's lucky wish, and Fang La's army defeated the encirclement of the official army in one fell swoop and attacked the two roads south of the Yangtze River. Liao Shikai was excited, and there was a glimmer of light in his heart.

Reality once again drove Liao Shikai to the bottom. Liu Chengdong actually made a big turn and took the empty Deqing County in one fell swoop!

Although he is not good at military strategy, Liao Shi has many skills and is not pressing, and he has seen a lot of maps of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he knows very well what the two nails of Deqing and Huzhou mean to the Yongle Dynasty. No, it's the Yongle puppet dynasty!

Liao Shikai looked at the scene of Liu Chengdong's elite armor bravely entering the city and defeating the defenders of Fang La, and said in his heart: "I really don't agree with Fang La's army, and I can't be the rebel of the Great Zhou." "Turn around and go straight to the storeroom.

Liu Chengdong entered the county seat of Deqing, worried about the fire in the treasury, and rushed to the government with a roar, but saw the scene of Liao Shikai and the officials and the people bravely "rising up to resist the Fangla rebels and defending the grain and grass for the Great Zhou army".

After learning about Liao Shikai's situation, Liu Chengdong was stunned, there is such a shameless talent in the world? ! It's still a slogan, and the acting is too obvious, right?

Looking at Liao Shikai, who knelt on the ground and cried "I have no choice but to be a thief, I only hope that Wang Shi will fight back when he arrives", Liu Chengdong's first reaction was to kick this guy away. But thinking of the experience of being plotted in the Xiang Army many years ago, and now he really needs people who are familiar with the local situation, Liu Chengdong had no choice but to pinch his nose and comfort Liao Shikai with two words, the implication is: Lao Tzu covers you, work hard!

Liao Shikai's business ability is not covered. With his help, Liu Chengdong quickly cleared the iron rods of Fangla in Deqing County, and also pulled young men in their early 2,000s into the city in two days, and repaired the city gate in time, so that they could settle down.

Liu Chengdong found that he had picked up a treasure.

Although he was worried about Liao Shikai's personality, Liu Chengdong thought to himself: Li Mengkong, Zhao Bo and Liu Chengliang were all left to his son-in-law. There are a lot of industries under his name, the affairs in the army are very complicated, and there are so many cats in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there must always be someone who is good at this. Liao Shikai has offended too many people, and only by following Lao Tzu can he live, so it's better to ......

Liao Shikai is also worried.

Although he temporarily took refuge in Liu Chengdong, Liu Chengdong's troops always had to leave Jiangnan, and those gentry and big families would not eat him at that time? After inquiring about Liu Chengdong's personality, past and industry, he decided to take the initiative to defect. Jiangnan can't stay, go to Bianjing!

"The proprietor is really powerful, and he pulls and beats the prison army, and he doesn't give people a bad feeling." Since he had made up his mind to defect to Liu Chengdong, a martial artist, Liao Shikai of course changed his name, "These things are really tiring, but they are quite important. ”

"First give the work of planning to the envoy, and then hand over the work of deployment to a few civil officials to compete for. The proprietor can meet the source left and right and steadily receive favors. ”

Liu Yuan, who had just arrived, snorted, "Obviously, it was the eldest brother's own idea, and the credit should be ours, but we have to give up most of it to irrelevant people......"

Ma Chaobei, who was carrying a knife in one hand, was also short-tempered, "Liu Guangshi, who was south of Qiantang, claimed to be an army of 50,000, but was forced to retreat by the less than 20,000 Fang La army. That General Liu, I'm afraid he didn't use all his skills to befriend the gentry and fight some big shots, right? ”

The blood on the three gentlemen's faces didn't have time to wipe it, and they raised different opinions, "I think that Han Zhaozi has always taken care of us over there, and he is our superior." Presumably, Han Zhaojiao is also in urgent need of war exploits to protect himself, since the general needs Han Zhaoqiu's full support to defend Deqing, he should send some war exploits to the past. ”

Liu Chengdong squinted and nodded.

The third gentleman thought about it for a few breaths, and then added, "But give so many military exploits to civilian officials?" Subordinate, subordinate does not understand. ”

Xiong Dachun, who is second only to Liu Chengdong in military strategy, sighed, "I can't help it." Back then, in the Xiang Army, the eldest brother and I were plotted to the end because they were too prominent and hated their colleagues and a few senior members. ”

"Our army is now less than 3,000 people, but it has become a nail in the waist and abdomen of the Yongle Dynasty. Even if there are any twists and turns, our army needs to retreat, and the battle exploits are too great. It is wise to take the initiative to hand over most of the battle exploits and befriend Han Zhaozhi and the supervising army, as well as those adults in the military department and the Privy Council. ”

An atmosphere of disgust permeated the city.