In the early morning of the next day, Suzhou City finally ushered in the first round of sunrise in the twenty-three years of Chongzhen.

Today is the first day of the first lunar month, and it is a day of family reunion. But Suzhou City has just experienced a night of military disasters, and thousands of households have already closed their doors in fright, and they have spent the first day of the New Year, which should be a festive year.

Of course, what is more worried than the people of Suzhou is Fang Yuan and the princess who bear the brunt. The two of them had just dealt with the poisoning riot in the palace, and they had been waiting for the military report in the lobby, and they had not slept all night, and they were already extremely tired.

At two o'clock, there was finally a rush of footsteps in the house.

Zheng Zhibao and Ma Yishan, who were full of tiredness, entered the lobby together, and they were escorted with the two of them, as well as Zhao Ting, a thousand households in brocade clothes who were tied up with flowers.

Ma Yishan, who was dressed in military uniform, entered the lobby and bowed to Fang Yuan, "Regent, the riots in Suzhou City have been quelled, and Zhao Ting, a traitor, has been captured alive by me!" ”

Fang Yuan glanced at Zhao Ting, who was as dead as a face, and asked, "Old Ma, how was the result of the battle?!" ”

Ma Yishan arched his hand and said, "The rebels who participated in the rebellion totaled 5,000 people, and they were completely defeated by our army, with 4,000 casualties and 1,000 surrenders; Our army suffered 3,000 casualties and 330 brocade guards. Ask the regent to make it clear what to do with these rebellions? ”

5,000 people rebelled?!

In total, both sides lost almost nine thousand people?!

Fang Yuan was furious when he heard this, the number of rebels was too big, it had completely exceeded his previous estimate, unless something happened to the Xuanjia Army at the Taihu base, and he asked in a cold voice, "How can a mere Zhao Ting make such a big move?" Who else was in last night's rebels except for the Jinyi guard instigated by Zhao Ting?! ”

"One Zhao Ting, who only instigated two hundred Jinyi guards to rebel, is simply a mantis arm as a car, vulnerable to attack, but ......"

Ma Yishan looked at Zheng Zhibao, who was covered in blood on his side, and stopped talking.

Fang Yuan knew that he had guessed the truth as soon as he saw it, and sure enough, it was the Xuanjia Army at the Taihu Lake Base that went wrong, and he stared straight at Zheng Zhibao and asked, "Yuwen, tell me, how many Xuanjia Army are involved?" ”

Zheng Zhibao was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and he knelt on the ground and said, "Regent, I have come to ask for guilt, please punish the Regent!" ”

Fang Yuan took a leisurely sip of tea, looked at Zheng Zhibao and asked, "Yuwen, say it!" I'll do it fairly! ”

Zheng Zhibao said dejectedly, "Regent! The court spies came to the Taihu base to buy me, but they bought the three thousand households of the Xuanjia Army behind their backs. These three people are all old generals of the Zheng family, and they are willing to obey Zheng Sen. When our army put down the rebellion, these old generals also rebelled together, yes, as many as 5,000 people. Our army fought bloodily to pacify this rebel army, so, therefore, the time to quell the rebellion was delayed. Regent, I am not strict in governing the army, so I will be punished! ”

Fang Yuan was also angry, but seeing that the riots in Suzhou City were finally calmed down, Zheng Zhibao did not lose his position at the critical moment and stood on Fang Yuan's side, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Those are too small, so that's it!

Fang Yuan glanced at Wang Chengen, and ordered him to take the detained Zheng Zhibao's family to the lobby, and then opened his mouth to reassure him, "Yu Wen, you have made a great contribution to quelling the rebellion this time, and you have made a small mistake, but you can't hide your flaws, and your merits and demerits are offset!" What else to blame?! ”

Zheng Zhibao thought that he would be implicated by these Zheng rebel generals this time, maybe the position of the squire of the military department and the chief soldier of Nanzhili would not be able to keep it, but Fang Yuan did not punish him, but gave up the investigation lightly, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said respectfully, "Regent Kuanren, I will repay you with death!" ”

Wang Chengen took Zheng Zhibao's family to the lobby and handed it back to Zheng Zhibao.

In addition, Fang Yuan rewarded Zheng Zhibao with 5,000 taels of silver and 500 acres of fertile land. Ma Yishan, who also made great contributions to quelling the rebellion, appointed him as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and handed over all the Jinyi Guards under the Judicial Governor's Mansion to him.

As for Zhao Ting, who led the rebellion, he was sent to death row and punished after the other rebellions were put down. Of the 1,000 rebels who surrendered, Fang Yuan did not massacre again, confiscated all military fields, and expelled the Xuanjia Army. But expulsion alone is clearly not enough to deter rebellion. Fang Yuan also ordered that all rebels who participated in the rebellion were not allowed to engage in politics or the army for three generations, participate in the imperial examinations, and all government-run educational institutions such as Jiangnan University Hall.

The descendants of criminals are not allowed to join the army or take the civil service examination, which is also stipulated in the political examination before the crossing. In this ancient world, when human rights were not discussed, it could be regarded as a light sentence.

In Hong Chengchou's so-called seamless plan, the two beheading battles of the poisoning of the palace and the riot in Suzhou City have been completely declared unsuccessful. The rest is only Jing Jie against Sun Chuanting and Zhang Ying against the Malin rebels.

Fang Yuan's side ordered Zheng Zhibao's Xuanjia army to enter the city, and united with Jinyi Wei to clean up the battlefield in Suzhou City and reassure the people; One side ordered Jinyiwei to immediately go to investigate the battle situation on the battlefield of the two sides, and report it once a day, he wanted to get the news as soon as possible.

In these two battles, it seems that Sun Chuanting's side is more difficult and the troops are stronger.

In fact, Fang Yuan knew it. Sun Chuanting's southward movement was just a false story, and the Xuanjia Army that contained Fengyang could not move, and it was impossible to really have a decisive battle with the Xuanjia Army.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting's journey seems to be huge, but in fact, there is nothing to worry about.

And Ma Lin's side, looking at the strength is not strong, but it is the most troublesome opponent for Fang Yuan.

Ma Linnai is an old bird in the army, the general of the Xuanjia Army, followed Fang Yuan to fight in the south and the north, from the south to Zhejiang, and then to Fujian, is a great achievement, the prestige in the army is very high.

Moreover, Ma Lin is good at scheming, in Huzhou Mansion, Ma Lin once led the army to fight in a roundabout battle, and defeated the main force of Zheng Sen's invasion. After that, he served as the chief soldier of Zhejiang all the year round, and his experience in arranging troops and arranging formations was perfect.

There is also a ready-made Siming Mountain in Zhejiang, which is dangerous to defend the mountain.

In addition, Zhejiang is a rich land, and Malin is willing to reorganize the army for war. The Xuanjia Army was very well equipped, and the number of artillery and guns far exceeded that of the garrisons in other provinces. At the beginning of the expedition to Fujian, at least 30% of the artillery and guns were provided by Ma Lin.

Right now, even if Fang Yuan personally conquered Zhejiang, he couldn't have much upper hand in Ma Lin.

On the other hand, Zhang Ying, who was originally a newcomer to the Xuanjia Army, was also directly airborne into the infantry battalion as the commander, and the control of the infantry battalion was still a little rusty, and there were occasional voices of dissatisfaction in the army.

Moreover, Zhang Ying had never entered Zhejiang to fight, and he was not familiar with the terrain of Zhejiang.

What worries Fang Yuan even more is that although Zhang Ying had great military exploits before, he had never really fought a hard battle because of his military exploits from the remnants of the Zheng clan and the soft-footed crabs of the Guangdong Buzheng Division. Ma Lin, the hardest bone, whether Zhang Ying can gnaw it is still unknown.

As a result, Fang Yuan's judgment of the battlefield situation was not produced.

Sun Chuanting sent Gao Jie to lead 30,000 new-style Ming troops south to Xuzhou, and Bai Guangen led 20,000 train battalions to Huai'an Mansion to deal with the rebellion in Malin.

Gao Jie saw that Jing Jie had already sent Zhao Quanzhong to lead 30,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry to meet the battle, how could Gao Jie gnaw hard bones and make a loss-making deal, so he no longer advanced the army, but retreated to the north of Peishui, set up camp and garrisoned, and continued to play a war of attrition with Zhao Quanzhong.

Before Bai Guangen arrived in Haizhou, he received the news that Zhu Yihai had sent 15,000 Lu troops to Haizhou. Bai Guangen marched to the city of Haizhou and saw that there were at least thirty cannons on the city wall, and the Lu army had already waited solemnly.

Most of these artillery pieces were Fang Yuan's pre-war support for Zhu Yihai to resist Sun Chuanting's harassment.

Bai Guangen was in a dilemma, if he attacked Haizhou, it was estimated that he would suffer heavy losses. If he continues to move south, this train battalion is Sun Chuanting's treasure and a weapon to deal with the cavalry. But there is a lot of damage, and I am afraid that if I capture a few cities, I will be punished when I go back.

Bai Guangen thought about it and decided to stay still under Haizhou City, or wait for the battle situation on the side of the Malin rebellion before deciding on the next military plan.

At this point, the two Ming armies invaded by Sun Chuanting took a defensive position, and there was no longer any threat.