Fang Kongzhi was at a loss, and was secretly anxious, when he heard that Li Timing, the governor of Wugang, came to visit. Out of like-mindedness in science research, Fang Kongzhi summoned Li Timing.

"Meet your lordship." Li Timing said: "Now the hungry people in Changsha Mansion are rioting, and there is chaos, but Baoqing Mansion is in order, all because King Min came forward to settle the hungry people, and there are Chengbu Patrol Division and Wugang Guardian Water Division to maintain local law and order. ”

"Really? That's great. "Isn't this a sleepy pillow? Fang Kongzhi was overjoyed and said: "Quickly send the inspection department and the sailor to Changsha Mansion to quell the hunger riots." ”

Li Timing's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated: "It is the duty of the lower officials to worry about the upper officials. It's just that...... The Chengbu Inspection Division and the Wugang Guardian Water Division came out of Changsha Mansion, and their names are not right. ”

The Inspection Division can only inspect the area and is responsible for local security. The Wugang Guardian Water Division can send troops, but it needs to be dispatched by the commander of Huguang or the governor of the Yamen.

"Special affairs, you say, how to act?" Fang Kongzhi rushed to the hospital in a hurry, as long as he could quell the riot, he didn't care about anything.

What's more, Li Timing came all the way from Wugang, and it was impossible for him to help himself alone. If he didn't have his own demands, Fang Kongzhi might not dare to use Wugang's troops.

"The locals are easy to do, if Changsha is still there...... The mob would not dare to act like this. Li Timing said cautiously.

The main force of Changshawei was transferred to the north, and the old and weak soldiers who stayed behind were dispatched to encircle and suppress the mob, but they were defeated by the mob, and the Changshawei camp was also burned to the ground.

"Okay, rebuild Changshawei." As soon as Li Timing heard it, he knew what Li Timing wanted. He glanced at Li Timing meaningfully and said, "You will report the roster of Changsha Wei generals to the imperial court." ”

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Zhu Shunming was appointed as the commander of Changsha Wei, and he had 5,000 households under his jurisdiction, stationed in Changsha, Shanhua, Xiangtan, Yiyang, and Xiangyin counties, and basically mastered the most prosperous and grain-producing counties in Changsha Prefecture.

Zhu Shunming was very excited to drive the tiger and devour the wolf and not use the sword to achieve the political goal. Entering Changsha Mansion, it is no longer a scene of shrinking to the southwest, you can let go of your hands and feet.

"Fight fast and chase slowly, break the enemy but not destroy the enemy." Zhu Shunming instructed Li Dingguo on the course of action for this military operation.

Li Dingguo had a bitter face. When will we have a good fight? Why do you always do this kind of dirty work that you can't do with all your energy?

"The military should serve politics." Zhu Shunming said: "You say, if we lead the army to attack Changsha, how sure are we that we can enter Changsha City?" After entering Changsha, how sure are you that you can resist the counterattack of the imperial army? And how to face the strangulation of landlords and merchants? ”

"Now let you drive away the mob, what is the purpose? Let them do what we can't do, but we really want to do. ”

"You know, let those big landlords feel pain, and take the initiative to ask for our protection." Li Dingguo said with a smile.

"Yes, it hurts them. If you are still obsessed......" Zhu Shunming's tone became gloomy.

"The mob also kills people and sets fires." Li Dingguo understood what Zhu Shunming meant.

"Work hard, when you understand the principle of politics as the main thing and military as the auxiliary, you can be on your own."

Li Dingguo understood Zhu Shunming's intentions very well, and led the soldiers of Changsha Qianhu (formerly the 10000 Households) to disperse the mob besieging Changsha County, and then followed closely behind the mob team.

When the mob went slowly, Li Dingguo gave them a stick, and when they deviated from the route, they were beaten with their heads and faces, and rushed back to Zhu Shunming's established route.

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Shi Xiaohu was quite complacent. He roared in Wuling, and the entire Huguang shook. The hungry people who had no food and clothing responded one after another, and uprisings broke out in more than a dozen county towns in Changsha Prefecture, large and small, and the landlords and bureaucrats who were usually high on their toes trembled with fright, and the landlords who were broken down even gave their families their lives.

As the big leader, Shi Xiaohu naturally had to take the lead in attacking the landlord's manor. What a pleasant thing it is to turn the landlord's money into his own money, the landlord's land into his own land, and the landlord's woman into his own woman.

In just two months, Shi Xiaohu has completed the transformation of his life, from a fisherman who is worried about life to an ambitious and ambitious general.

When he eats the delicacies of the mountains and seas of his dreams, when he wears the silk and satin that he envy on weekdays, and when he sleeps the official eunuch woman who can only watch from a distance and cannot play with it, his outlook on life and world view has completely changed.

The world could have been so beautiful that the first twenty years were spent on dogs. He had greater ambitions.

An ordinary landlord can live such a luxurious life, and the big officials and businessmen in Changsha Mansion live a fairy life? What kind of prince will Xiangning have? The prefect can touch it, and I, Shi Xiaohu, can also touch it.

"Attack Changsha Mansion." Shi Xiaohu made an astonishing decision: "Let's let the court know how powerful we are, so that the court has to recruit us." If you want to be an official, you will be recruited to kill people and set fires. ”

Thousands of people vigorously attacked the city of Changsha Prefecture, frightened to learn that the palace thunder and dragon closed the city gate tightly, and arranged for the old and weak soldiers left behind by the Changsha guard to guard the city wall.

Sheltered by tall walls, the rabble of rebels had little effect on the siege.

Shi Xiaohu, who had read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", had a plan and sent a partial division to capture the old camp of the Changsha Guard, escorted the old and young of Changsha Wei to the city wall, and forced the old and weak remnants of the Changsha Guard to surrender.

The prefect Lei Qilong saw that the guards were shaken, and he was afraid that they would surrender the city, so he urgently contacted the major merchants and landlords in the city, and each family took out their families to protect them and form a joint guard.

Lei Qilong held the idea of "doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times", rewarded the guards, took the opportunity to drugged, and poisoned all the guards. All the soldiers defending the city were replaced by the Combined Army.

No matter how old and weak the guards are, they have been trained in the general system, and there are some rules and regulations for defending the city.

The combined army composed of family guards is ruthless, and when they really defend the city, they act recklessly.

"Okay, work hard." Shi Xiaohu was very excited to see that the righteous army had the upper hand and had already attacked the city wall, and continued to climb the city wall, constantly expanding the occupied area. Maybe we can also be the king of Changsha, Shi Xiaohu is obscene.

"Whoosh ......"

"Ah...... Not good...... Run......"

"There is an ambush ......"

"Surrounded ......"

The rebel ranks were in disarray, and soon became a rout, and the fleeing soldiers broke up the attacking formation.

"What's going on?" Shi Xiaohu grabbed an escaped rebel soldier and asked.

"Shi Dashuai, run, the officers and soldiers have ambushes and are coming from behind."

Ambush? Officers and soldiers have ambushes? Shi Xiaohu was stunned. In the past two months, the officers and soldiers have fled when they see the rebels, and Shi Xiaohu never thought that any officers and soldiers would dare to take the initiative to attack the rebels.

Shi Xiaohu was furious. Where are the dead officers and soldiers? Since you want to die, Shi will fulfill you.

Before he could command the chaotic rebel army to counterattack, Li Dingguo had already killed him.

The distinctive armor, the orderly battle group, and the methodical pace of the attack were like a torrent that destroyed everything that stood in its way.

The speed of the attack was not fast, as long as the rebels fled, the officers and soldiers did not chase after them, they seemed to have just come to relieve the siege of Changshafu.

It was the first time Shi Xiaohu had seen such a strong officer and soldier. The rebels were like mustard in front of them, falling down at the slightest touch, and they had no power to fight back.

Come on! Shi Xiaohu had only one thought. To hell with the king of Changsha and the heroes of troubled times.

In less than half an hour, the mob besieging Changsha Mansion disappeared without a trace, leaving only corpses all over the ground.

"Who's the army under the city?" Lei Qilong shouted at the head of the city.

"The next official is the new Changsha Wei Changsha Thousand Households Li Dingguo Thousand Households, who was ordered by the governor Fang and the commander Zhu to relieve the siege of Changsha."

Lei Qilong was very nervous. The officers and soldiers who had just shaken their stance in Changsha were served, and a new Changsha Wei Qianhu came immediately, wouldn't it be such a coincidence?

"Is there an appointment?"

Li Dingguo handed Fang Kongzhi's order and the military order stamped with the Great Seal of Changsha Wei to Lei Qilong from the hanging basket.

Chengbu Inspection Division? Wugang Marine? Where did this guy named Zhu Shunming come from? From a small official who does not enter the local stream to a commander of the second grade? Fortunately, he is a military attaché, and no matter how high his rank is, he has to give himself a salute.

It's good that he doesn't have anything to do with the original Changsha Shawei, Lei Qilong is relieved. With the new Changsha Guard, he is not afraid that the former Changsha Guards who were transferred to the north will come back to make trouble. The new guards looked more fierce and skilled than their predecessors.

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Shi Xiaohu fled in a hurry, and he didn't even want his family's money, and all the trophies such as gold, silver, jewelry, daughters and concubines of the old rich family, accumulated in the past two months, were too late to take away.

Thousands of defeated troops fled in all directions, and soon they gathered again. The reason why everyone gathered was the same, there were officers and troops in the south, north, and west, and there was only one way to survive in the east.

"Dashuai, what should I do?"

"Dashuai, why don't you surrender?"

"Marshal, all our logistics have been captured by the officers and soldiers, and we don't have rations......"

Shi Xiaohu said impatiently: "Surrender now, it's good to save your life." What about our glory and wealth? What about our beautiful wives and concubines? Do you want to go back to being a poor ghost? ”

All the leaders looked at each other and shook their heads. After eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, wearing silk and satin, and passing everyone's ladies, who would want to go back to live the life of the poor?

"What to do? Fuck it. Shi Xiaohu showed a confused expression, and said with a cruel smile: "The city is not allowed to rob, let's go to the countryside to rob." The old wealth of the landlord in the countryside is also very rich, and the daughter of the landlord's family is also a hundred times stronger than the yellow-faced woman. ”

The officers and soldiers seemed to have a tacit understanding with the mob, and once the mob attacked the landlord's estate, the officers and soldiers would stop and repair. When the mob takes down the manor, the officers and soldiers will slowly move, so that the mob does not have much time to experience the joy of victory.

Officers and soldiers and mobs had a tacit understanding to wreak havoc in the countryside of Changsha Prefecture, and the insane landlords flew to the yamen of the prefecture like snowflakes of letters for help every day, and even set up political envoys.

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Zhu Shunming quickly relieved the siege of Changsha, which made Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, and Lei Qilong, the prefect of Changsha, very happy, and made a good impression of him.

Zhu Shunming's army discipline was so good that the people in Changsha City couldn't believe it. The military master actually doesn't eat the overlord meal? The military master actually bought fruit to pay? The military master will actually say sorry? The military master will actually help push the cart? This...... Is it still the guard of the Ming Dynasty?

As long as the county town is not broken by the siege, the stockades of several rural rich people are robbed. Where in Daming is there no strongman bandits?

There were many letters for help, and Lei Qilong also sent an official letter to Zhu Shunming, asking him to try his best to quell the bandits.

Zhu Shunming's reply was full of enthusiasm: first, the soldiers were not familiar with the terrain, second, the mob was wandering around, and it was too late to catch up, third, the soldiers were short of pay and lack of motivation, fourth, the equipment was too poor, which affected their combat effectiveness, and fifth, the weather was too hot, and the soldiers lacked medical treatment and medicine, and suffered from heat stroke......

Lei Qilong, an official oilman, knew at a glance the key point in Zhu Shunming's letter - asking for money.

Also, these landlords are too picky, and they make people work hard, and they have to come up with some money to buy their lives.