It has been almost a month since the siege of Yong'an, and the fact of the battle ahead is not ideal, and there is no result at all. It was so bleak that Saishan's Adu didn't know how to make up a story to coax the emperor. A few days ago, I caught a few traders who were transporting grain to Yong'an, and the first assistant made a big fuss, caught a few rabbits and said they were big tigers. The emperor lied to him that he had exterminated more than 20 bandits, and one of the leaders who died in it might be a marshal.

The emperor was not easy to deceive, and immediately issued an edict to him. Xianfeng reprimanded him again, which basically means that the imperial court gave you a few hundred taels of silver to support your tens of thousands of troops. You've been fooling me with these thieves for a long time? A marshal only takes more than 20 soldiers, and you are less fooled by me.

Sai Shoufu felt aggrieved, it's not the emperor that you pushed too hard, I can only lie. He didn't dare to inform Yao Ying's plan in advance, for fear of raising the emperor's appetite. In case of failure, it will be the same as the previous siege of Jintian, and the gap in my heart will be too big at that time, and I am afraid that I will not be able to eat and walk around. He was scratching his ears and cheeks thinking about how to deal with Xianfeng, but the good news was delivered to the door by himself.

"Report to Lord Shoufu, Jiangzhi County attacked more than 800 bandits with 500 people, and the result was a complete victory. More than 300 enemies were killed, more than 200 were captured, and more than 300 enemies fled. "A soldier came to tell you.

"What? Is this true? Saishana couldn't believe that he was struggling with how to report his results, and someone sent such a big result, "Which Jiangzhi County?" Could it be Jiang Zhongyuan, who just came? ”

"It is Jiang Zhongyuan, and the results are true. Jiang Zhixian personally pressed the prisoners to come to the camp, and also brought hundreds of bandit heads, and is now waiting outside the tent for the adults to receive them. The soldier hurriedly replied.

"Hurry up, please!" Saishana is so happy that there are captives and heads, and this record can be multiplied several times and reported. I can finally stop for a while, and I don't have to make up stories to deceive the emperor anymore.

"I've seen Lord Shoufu, and I'm polite." Jiang Zhongyuan walked in with a majestic attitude, he was not valued before, but this time he finally raised his eyebrows.

Sai Shanga looked at this thirty-year-old magistrate carefully, and when he saw him for the first time, he only felt that this person was quite weak, not like an ordinary general, so he didn't have a deep impression of him, and he didn't plan to reuse this person. But when I saw it today, I felt that this person's chivalrous style was very different from before, which may be the role of people's hearts. Maybe it was Jiang Zhongyuan who solved his big trouble, in short, how he likes it now, he appreciates it more and more.

"Congratulations to Shousuke, congratulations to Shousuke." Yao Ying also rushed over when she heard the good news of Jiang Zhongyuan's victory.

"There is also a share of Yao Lao here, thanks to your meritorious recommendation." Sezanne was in a very good mood, and his wrinkles were stretched out with a smile.

"Xia Guan is just a coincidence, ashamed and ashamed." Jiang Zhongyuan appeared very modest and not arrogant.

"It's no coincidence that less is more. The old man was very curious, how did Master Jiang train such a strong village bravery, can you tell us about it. Yao Ying stroked her beard, and everyone wanted to hear about the successful experience.

"In fact, there is no good strategy for the lower officials, I only follow two things: one is to select soldiers and only admit honest peasants from the same township, and the other is to teach them more culture, so that they can know loyalty, righteousness, honor and disgrace." Jiang Zhongyuan said honestly.

"Whenever they encounter the first to escape, they are often the ones who are traitors and tricksters, and soldiers who have the friendship of their fellow villagers can often share the same hatred for the enemy, and they are often determined to know loyalty, righteousness, honor and disgrace. Lord Jiang, every one of your rules is a strong soldier, but it's a pity that it can't be promoted in the Green Camp and the Eight Banners. "Yao Ying is not resourceful, and she can understand the truth at once, but now the Green Camp and the Eight Banners are terminally ill, and many of them are ruffians. These people are not good at killing enemies, and they have the skill to disturb the people.

"Hey, it's a pity that it's only five hundred, if there can be five and fifty thousand, how can the bandits hold on to the present?" Saishana also understands the joints, the Eight Banners of the Green Camp have long been rotten, but the bandits are fighting more and more, and the more they fight, the stronger they become. Now that it's the climate, it's so hard to eradicate it again.

"Lord Shousuke, can you hand over those more than 200 captives to me for interrogation? I would like to take this opportunity to learn more about the inside of long hair. "The entire Qing army doesn't know much about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, only Hong Yang and a few other big leaders, and little else. Yao Ying's purpose was to find out the key points or weaknesses of the Taiping army through the captives.

"Yao Lao just let it go, I don't disagree here." Sai Shang'a has absolute trust in Yao Ying, he looked at Yao Ying and Jiang Zhongyuan, this Wen Yiwu came to help, and he was so powerful. It seems that the extermination of bandits can be accomplished.

"I also have good news here to tell my lord, the matter of sending people to Yong'an to rebel is a bit eyebrow-raising. Our plan to seize the ferry can be carried out. Yao Ying hid for a long time, and finally showed a smug face, it turned out that he also came with credit, "Li Taizhou of Tongpan Village reported that his younger brother was on an errand at the long-haired Guijiang Ferry, this is really God helping me in the Qing Dynasty!" ”。

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The Li family in Tongpan Village is the only big family in the local area, and their family's land accounts for half of the entire Tongpan Village. The patriarch Li Taizhou was quite smart, and he ran away with his wife and children himself. However, he left his younger brother Li Taiyou and some clansmen to join the Taiping army, hoping to protect his family property in Tongpan Village. In the era of war, many large families were like this, and the officials and bandits placed bets on both sides, in order to leave some leeway, so as not to be completely wiped out.

That night, the landlord Li Taizhou quietly slipped back to his hometown and sneaked into his family's mansion.

"Big brother, why are you back?" Lee Tae-woo was surprised to find that his eldest brother appeared in front of him.

"Be quiet, don't let anyone find out." Li Taizhou hurriedly reminded, and then he asked: "After the long hair came, what did you do?" ”

"Let's not talk about it, half of our family's land was divided into those poor ghosts, and this is because I joined the Taiping Army to take special care of it. In the next village, not a single acre of land was gone, the land deeds were burned, and all the land was divided. Lee Tae-woo said in a low voice.

"These long hairs are really ruthless. How's your mix on the long-haired side? Li Taizhou inquired again.

"It's just a petty official with two Simas, and he manages twenty-five people on the side of the Guijiang ferry, all of whom are members of our original family. Those long hairs are quite polite, they didn't embarrass us, they only borrowed more than 2,000 catties of grain from us, and you see that the IOU is still in my pocket. Lee Tae-woo took out an IOU from his bosom and handed it to his eldest brother.

"Fight the world? Who is Meng, let me tell you, this time I came with the order of Lord Shoufu, this time the imperial court organized an army of more than 40,000 people, and the long hair days will not last. This time, we must be the internal response of the imperial court, cooperate with their anti-bandit actions, and after the matter is completed, the imperial court will reward meritorious deeds, at least it must be Qipin Zhixian County. Li Taizhou's eyes showed a greedy gaze, as if he would soon be able to wear a red top and a black official uniform.

"Big brother, I think these long-haired people are very disciplined and have very proper tactics, can the officers and soldiers win? These days, I heard that the officers and the army are defeated. Li Taizhou said uneasily.

"You know what? This time, the first assistant sent us back, because there was a big plan, and I don't know the specifics, anyway, the bandits are dead this time. You just said that you are on an errand at the Guijiang Ferry, right, this should be reported quickly, the first assistant staff officer Lord Yao has taken care of it, if there is a situation in the Changmao camp, you should repay him quickly, and the credit will be greater than others. Li Taizhou felt that the prefect's hat was waving to him.