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"And what's going on with his Flying Tigers, how did they come to Lao Tzu's territory to grab food?" Liu Xiyao, the ruling king, also spoke. Liu Xiyao is also a native of Shaanxi, 40 years old this year, has studied in private schools for several years, and has some methods for fighting wars and leading troops.

The two are also one of the leaders of the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo, Liu Xiyao and Lin Yangcheng, He Yilong, He Jin, Lao Huihui and other five people are all Hui, so the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo is also known as the Fifth Battalion of the Hui, and the Fifth Battalion of the Hui is a mixed peasant army of Hui and Han.

Lin Yangyang and Liu Xiyao's teams were stationed in the Qianshan and Taihu areas, and the teams of He Yilong, He Jin, Lao Huihui and others in the Yinghuo area supported each other. Qianshan County is located in the southwest of Anhui Province, at the southeast foot of Dabie Mountain, known as the source of ancient Anhui, the ancient capital of Anhui Kingdom, the hometown of Erqiao, the source of Anhui, the ancestor of Peking Opera, the land of Zen Buddhism, and the hometown of Huangmei. The geomorphological characteristics are distributed with "seven mountains, one water and two fields".

Taihu County is located in the western part of Anhui Province, the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, and the north bank of the Yangtze River. The northwest of the county is the remnant vein of Dabie Mountain, and the peaks above 800 meters above sea level include 16 such as General Mountain, Tongshan, Shanjian Village, Six Provinces Slope, Tianhuajian, Furong Village, etc.; In the southeast, except for the fragrant tea and the beautiful lake, most of them are hilly and flat.

Hearing the two of them ask about Zhao Guohua, Ma Shouying said: "Regarding the situation of Zhao Guohua and his loyal team, He Yilong and He Jin brothers have sent people to Wuchang Mansion to investigate, and now the two of them will tell everyone about it." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, through a period of investigation, we have found out the situation of this Zhao Guohua, this Zhao Guohua is from Ji'an Mansion, Jiangxi, his Flying Tigers were originally called Ji'an Volunteer Brigade, and later changed their name to the Loyal Warrior Team, I don't know if they offended any powerful figures, and they were transferred to Wuchang Mansion by the Ministry of War to assist in encircling and suppressing our peasant army...... " He Yilong said, and completely told the information about Zhao Guohua that multiple spies had found in Wuchang City.

If Zhao Guohua was here, after listening to these materials, he would only admire the peasant army's ability to gather intelligence.

After listening to the introduction of Zhao Guohua and his loyal team, Lin Chengcheng, the king of the world, said with a look of disdain: "How capable I think he is, it turns out that he is just a few thousand people, which annoyed Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu led his troops to destroy him." ”

"Lao Liu, don't underestimate the enemy, do you think, Zhao Guohua and his loyal team only have a few thousand people and can capture three county seats, so do you think his army is easy to eat?" Liu Xiyao, the ruling king, thought and said.

Lao Hui Ma Shouying looked at Liu Xiyao with a smile, and said approvingly: "What Brother Liu said is that at least no one in our army can use five or six thousand people to take the three intact county towns, from this point of view, Zhao Guohua and his Flying Tigers are indeed not weak." If we don't have to, we'd better not clash with them. ”

Lin Chengcheng, the king of the world, thought about it for a while, and said unconvinced: "I'm afraid it's the three county towns that have been taken by fraud, I don't believe how powerful Zhao Guohua's Flying Tigers are." ”

Glancing at him, Ma Shouying shouted, "Ma Bo, you tell a few uncles about the fight with the Loyal Warriors again." ”

"Oh? Did Ma Bo fight the Braves? Liu Xiyao asked in surprise.

Ma Bo stood up and said with an embarrassed red face: "I haven't officially fought, but the sergeants on both sides have tried, and our side is two against one, whether it is offensive or defensive, it is defeated." ”

"Ah, two-on-one defeated? How did the two sides attack and defend? Liu Xiyao asked with interest, and Lin Yangsheng, the king of the world, and the other leaders also looked at Ma Bo with interest, waiting to hear him describe the process of the competition.

After listening to Ma Bo's description of the process and tactics of the competition between the two armies, everyone pondered, and no one spoke for a while.

After a while, Liu Xiyao said: "According to Ma Bo, although the number of Zhao Guohua's loyal and brave team is not large, but the combat power is outstanding, well-equipped, especially their flying thunder, which will explode, is even more powerful, we are still facing the encirclement and suppression of the official army, it is not appropriate to make a strong enemy, my opinion is that if Zhao Guohua's loyal team does not expand the territory to our side, then we and his well water do not violate the river water, otherwise, then resolutely fight back." ”

"Lao Liu, what you said is also right, judging from the current arrangement of the official army, the north of Jinzhai County and the west of Macheng and Mall are all garrisoned by heavy soldiers of the official army, if Zhao Guohua wants to expand his territory, he can only advance to the east and south of Jinzhai County, that is, our Huoshan County, Yingshan County, and Luotian County......" After listening to Liu Xiyao's words, He Jin said.

Everyone discussed for a while, and finally agreed on the opinion, that is, salute first and then soldier, and touch Zhao Guohua's bottom first.

After the meeting, after discussing with other leaders, Lao Huihui sent Ge Li Yanhe Yilong and Liu Xiyao, the ruling king, to Macheng County to meet Zhao Guohua, because Ma Bo had dealt with Zhao Guohua, in order to facilitate communication, he asked Ma Bo to go with him.

Starting from Huoshan County, after more than a day of horseback riding, Ge Li Yan He Yilong and other three people came to Jinzhai County.

Dismounted from a distance, led the war horse and slowly walked into the gate of Jinzhai County, only to see eight sturdy soldiers in black and blue clothes standing straight with their heads held high, carrying a scimitar at their waists, holding a spear in their hands and watching the crowd in and out, an officer who led the team stood aside, and from time to time called the people who entered and exited the city gate to the side, and waved his hand to let him go, and several people in the uniform of the yamen were led by two soldiers in black and blue clothes to weigh the goods pulled by the carriage that entered the city.

"Brother, what are they doing weighing the goods on that carriage?" Liu Xiyao, the king of the ruling world, grabbed an old man who looked like a steward who had just paid taxes for a freight convoy and was about to enter the city and asked.

This old man is the second shopkeeper of a grain and rice trading house in Jinzhai County, he pulled 500 stone of rice to Jinzhai County to sell, and after paying the tax, he was just about to walk to the carriage of a freight convoy waiting not far away. I saw that they were sturdy and led by three tall horses, and I knew that these people were powerful.

So the old man smiled flatteringly and said, "These people are tax-collected, and they are taxed according to one-tenth of the value of the goods. ”

Hearing this, the three of them glanced at each other, and Liu Xiyao asked, "These businessmen are so willing to pay taxes obediently?" ”

The old man said: "At first, I was naturally unwilling, but in the end, people were arrested, goods were confiscated, and after arresting a group of businesses that resisted taxes, other merchants naturally did not dare not pay taxes." ”

Liu Xiyao asked again: "Why do you prefer to pay taxes and come here, and you don't go to other places?" ”

Glancing at the three of them, the old man said: "You don't know, here, as long as you pay taxes, there are no other expenses, you can operate with confidence, no one dares to harass and extort, and in other places, although there is no need to pay taxes, but the cost of dealing with yamen officials and catching fast servants has long exceeded the cost of paying taxes here, so comparatively speaking, everyone still likes to come here." ”

"Is it just Jinzhai County doing this?" Ge Li Yan He Yilong interjected and asked.

Seeing that he looked vicious, the old man hurriedly said: "Macheng County and Shangcheng County, which are controlled by the Loyal Warriors, are also doing the same. After speaking, he arched and said with a smile: "A few heroes, there is still something in the little old man's store, so I will leave." ”

"Let's go! Let's go! He Yilong waved his hand, and the old man hurriedly walked towards the convoy.

Seeing that the old man was gone, Liu Xiyao said: "It seems that this Zhao Guohua is not simple, he can not only fight, but also grab money, and his power will inevitably rise sharply over time, if such a person cannot be united, he can only be eliminated." ”

Hearing this, He Yilong smiled, and he asked, "Lao Liu, do you still say that the well water does not interfere with the river water?" ”

Ma Bo smiled and said, "Two uncles, don't talk about this now, everything will wait until you see Zhao Guohua." "Finished

The three men led their horses to the city gates.

The officer of the Loyal Brigade who led the team at the gate of the city saw three sturdy men leading three war horses approaching, and hurriedly became alert, and he shouted loudly: "Stop! What are the three of you doing? What is the matter with coming to Jinzhai County? ”

Hearing this, the other team members also looked at the three people vigilantly, and some team members also touched their hands on the scabbards.

At this time, Ma Bo walked out and said with a smile: "Brothers, we are acquaintances of Leader Zhao, and we are here to visit him today, please send someone to pass the ceremony, and say that Ma Bo is visiting." ”

"You two, take them to the captain." The officer of the Loyal Brigade who led the team pointed to the two team members.

"Yes!" As he spoke, the two loyal and brave team members took Ma Bo and the other three to the brigade headquarters.

Along the way, Liu Xiyao carefully observed, he had been to Jinzhai County several times, at this time he saw that some of the broken roads in the past have been repaired, the potholes have been leveled, the piled garbage has been removed, the city is much cleaner and tidier than before, the market is prosperous, the flow of people shuttles back and forth, and it is lively.

Liu Xiyao secretly admired it, and his evaluation of Zhao Guohua in his heart was a little higher.

After Macheng County, Shangcheng County and Jinzhai County were occupied by Zhao Guohua, he drove away the magistrate and the county clerk and the main bookkeeper, but considering the cumbersome work of the county government, most of the catchers and errands in the county government were also retained.

After these things were done, he appointed Lu Qing as the county magistrate of the three counties, Zhang Shun as the county magistrate, and organized a roving county government for the two.

The main thing in Lu Qing's job is to consider the economy and military of the three counties.

Zhao Guohua was reading a few official documents from the county government submitted by Lu Qing, when he heard Niu Huan come in and say: "Captain, there are three people outside who ask to see, and one of them seems to be Ma Bo, the son of Lao Huihui. ”

"It seems that Lao Huihui sent someone." Zhao Guohua said with a meaningful smile.

Then, Zhao Guohua said: "Please invite three guests in." ”