After pressing the gourd to float the scoop, after temporarily quelling the opposition of the local squires, the local tyrants entrenched in northern Sichuan became lively again.

In the autumn of that year, Yao Tiandong, the big boss of the local tyrants, together with Huang Long, the second leader, and Yuan Tao, the third leader, invaded Pengzhou from three directions: Dazhou and Bazhou, in a vain attempt to grab grain and expand the territory.

Who would have expected that Yang Lin took the initiative to attack, set up an ambush halfway, and killed the other party by surprise, tens of thousands of local rioters collapsed, and even Yao Tiandong, the leader of the local rioters, was defeated and captured.

Hearing that Yao Tian was defeated and captured, Yao Huanglong, the second leader, and Yuan Tao, the third leader, led their troops back to the lair, everyone originally thought that the situation in northern Sichuan was a little calmer, but who expected that Huanglong and Yuan Tao would have endless disputes in order to compete for the throne of the big boss.

In order to win the support of various leaders, Huanglong Yuan Tao sent thugs from time to time to go deep into the jurisdiction to rob, kill people and set fires, rob and plunder, and committed nearly ten key presses in just one month, and the people were miserable.

Everyone complained bitterly, and the volunteers were obviously setting up an ambush to defeat the local tyrant and capture its leader Yao Tiandong, why is the local tyrant still intensifying now?

After pondering for a long time, Yang Lin came to the conclusion that Yao Huang, these reckless heroes, relied on their own force, thinking that the last time they set up an ambush was not martial, so that this month would intensify.

If you want to temporarily curb the disturbance of the local rioters, you need to face the head-on attack again, and only by being afraid of the other party, and only by hurting the other party, can you temporarily maintain the peace of the north.

But the local rioters used guerrilla tactics and their movements were erratic, making people tired of coping.

In order to crack the attack of the local rioters, Yang Lin sent people to make a sand table, drawing the surrounding counties, mountains, rivers, roads, and villages and towns, and after some analysis and summary, he basically grasped the law of the actions of the local rioters.

On the one hand, beacon towers were set up in various prefectures and counties, so that when encountering large-scale attacks, they could quickly grasp their whereabouts.

In the middle of November, the weather was already unusually cold, and I returned to the Zhizhou Yamen at the time of the lamp, just washed my feet, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Yang Lin immediately decided to lead his troops to attack the rioters.

Xiangru County is more than 350 miles away from Zengkou County, and in ancient times there was a saying that the general of Baili Que said, but now I heard that we want to rescue targets hundreds of miles away, and everyone has a lot of discussions.

Everyone discussed for a long time, and Fan Mingshan came forward to admonish: "My lord, now Zhang Xianzhong has entered Sichuan and the whole Sichuan has surrendered, and now Ma Yuanli is stationed in Shunqing Mansion, Guang'an Prefecture, Zhang Nengqi and Liu Jinzhong are stationed in Baoning Mansion, and may invade Pengzhou at any time.

Yang Lin said with a smile: "The art of war is said to be unprepared, everyone thinks that we should not meet the local tyrants in the north, let alone the local tyrants?"

We left the city early in the morning in the name of the exercise, and after the halfway point, Yang Cheng's first battalion returned to the city in batches, so that people could hide their eyes and ears and temporarily protect Pengzhou.

As long as Yang Cheng and the others bluff in Xiangru County for a few days, after we and others defeat the local tyrants, even if Zhang Nengqi and Ma Yuanli get the news, what's the matter? ”

Fan Mingshan thought for a while, and arched his hand: "My lord, Yuan Tao was born as a slave and is extremely cunning.

For example, the county is nearly 400 miles away from Zengkou County, even if we arrive at the destination, the local rioters may have already fled to other places. ”

Yang Lin smiled and looked at everyone: "Everyone, think about it, if you are Yuan Tao, do you think you have a few days to rob time?"

In the past, there was no beacon, and it took at least a day and a half to deliver the message, but now with the beacon, it only takes half an hour to pass back and forth.

In the past, all the soldiers had to wear heavy armor, and everyone usually did not eat well and had no training, so the normal speed of the infantry was only more than 30 miles, and the forced march was only more than 50 miles.

Since the rise of the Rogues, various ministries have paid more attention to the mobility of troops.

Li Zicheng fought Wu Sangui and walked more than 660 miles in 9 days, marching more than 72 miles a day, and walking more than 800 miles in 12 days after entering the customs of the Manqing Dynasty, and marching nearly 70 miles a day.

Since the formation of the Volunteer Army, the weight of the soldiers' equipment has been greatly reduced, and everyone has a lot of fish and meat every day, coupled with the frequent marching training on weekdays, the marching speed of our army is much faster than that of the Dashun Army and the elite of the Qing Army. ”

When everyone saw Yang Lin like this, they had to nod their heads and say yes, and Yang Lin immediately pulled out the arrow and marched along the way to prepare.

Early the next morning, each department cooks three watches, gets up to eat on the fourth watch, and hurries on the road on the fifth watch.

As in the past, Yang Lin led the troops out of the city, and Yang Cheng led the troops to turn back halfway on the halfway, entered the city in batches and returned to the barracks, went out of the city after putting on makeup one by one, and then transferred back to the city.

In the past, everyone used to practice like this, and they were so familiar with the road that they could confuse ordinary and meticulous work.

After joining hands with Yang, Yang Lin led the escort battalion, the cavalry battalion, and the 3rd battalion of the Dragon Frame to hurry on the road, and everyone marched all the way to the north.

In order to ensure the speed of the march, Fan Mingshan and Yao Chonglie led a cavalry squadron to make arrangements in the front, including lunch and camping at night.

This belongs to the march within the jurisdiction, and now all counties under the rule of Pengzhou have established township offices, after receiving the order, the local township chief found the chief of the li, recruited more than 100 peasant households on the spot, and everyone temporarily dug camps and set up tents.

Yang Risheng, the head of the township, led everyone to dig the camp and set up tents, Yang Lin led the cavalry battalion to hurry up, looking at the more than 100 villagers who were not in high spirits, and called the chief of the village and said: "Everyone, I have already announced that I will not forcibly apportion, and I will not forcibly levy labor, and I hope you will forgive me for this urgent matter."

Despite this, I still did not fully abide by the promise I made that day.

In order to make up for everyone, all the money, grain, and goods purchased from the people in this march were purchased at market prices.

Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, as long as he helps the army to build fortifications, he will be given 4 cents of silver after the fortifications are completed, thank you for your support. ”

Everyone was shocked, everyone couldn't even shout, from ancient times to the present, the government forcibly conscripted labor service, so there is a return to the labor silver? (Xu Xiake has the official government guide, and he is still showing off his power on the road, forcing the people to provide money and food for free)

But after seeing the broken silver and copper coins distributed to everyone, everyone knelt down one after another, and everyone was grateful and unspeakable.

Due to the dots on the road, the various departments only marched on the road, and did not need to go up the mountain to collect firewood, did not need to build a camp, did not need to bury the pot to make rice, everyone went all the way north, just marched, and walked more than 90 miles in a day (the first day walked more).

After that, although the soldiers became more and more tired, by the fourth day there were eighty miles, which can be said to be a miracle in ancient times.

As the saying goes, the soldiers are fast and fast, and after doing a good job in logistics support, the volunteers marched for more than 320 miles in four days, which can only be described as magical in ancient times.

The crowd did not believe it at first, but now when they saw the speed of the march, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted.

On the fourth day, they entered Zengkou County and got conclusive news that Huang Long, the second leader of the local tyrant, and Yuan Tao, the third leader, each led a group of soldiers and horses into Zengkou County.

One is in Yihe Township, the other is in Jiulong Township, looking at the map, Yang Lin judged

Around the map, some people think that the main force of the local rioters is in Yihe Township, the reason is that there have been food looting teams in Yihe Township earlier, and Jiulong Township is just a local rioter attacking and harassing people.

Some people think that it is Jiulong Township, Jiulong Township is closer to Bazhou, the base camp of the local rioters, if the two sides fight, Yao Tiandong can lead the main force to reinforce at any time.

In addition, more importantly, in order to transport the grain away, Dazhou must cross the Qujiang River, and now that the weather is freezing and the ground is freezing, it is necessary to transport thousands of loads of grain across the Qujiang River, which is a troublesome thing.

Yang Lin listened carefully, and suddenly smiled: "Everyone, grain transportation is not like anything else, thousands of loads of grain, you can transport it away if you want to."

Thousands of loads of grain, even if the local rioters succeeded in looting, it would be even more difficult to transport it back to Dazhou through the Quxian ferry.

I have made up my mind, let the local thugs plunder the grain, a thousand loads of grain, what's the big deal?"

Liu Xian, the magistrate of Zengkou County, was shocked, knelt down and said: "My lord, this is a thousand loads of grain, the local tyrant is now short of food, if he robs this ten thousand tons of grain, so the local tyrant will definitely be like a tiger."

Besides, in the past few years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, and the food in people's homes is very limited. ”

Yang Lin smiled and said, "Brother Liu, you didn't understand what I meant, I let the local thugs loot, not let them take it away." As long as it is not transported, the grain will still be ours in the end. ”

Chen Huaixi reacted, looked at Yang Lin and said, "My lord, tell me, what are you going to do?" ”

The local tyrants were outnumbered, and Yang Lin pondered how to concentrate the guard battalion, cavalry battalion, Yang Wei's 2nd battalion, and Long Zhiframe's 3rd battalion to defeat the enemy in front of him.

In order to increase the momentum, Liu Xian, the magistrate of the county, recruited the strong men in the county, and everyone rushed to support the officers and soldiers with the township as the unit.