In the night battle of Runzhou, the officers and troops won the battle. The Ming Sect demon thieves who rebelled against Runzhou spun up and down, and nearly 2,000 thieves were awarded, and only eight officers and soldiers were injured.

The self-proclaimed Holy Father's demon thief Qu, Weikang's rank, was also sent to the state government three days after the night battle in Runzhou, along with the heads of his two sons and a nephew. They were found by the villagers in the process of fleeing in makeup, and then shot dead by the local Baozheng and his people.

After Weikang, the 66 successive Ming Sect thieves were brought to justice on their own, or were sent to the government, and after five or six days, there were no corresponding reports.

At this point, it can be said that this battle has been a complete victory.

The Mingjiao demon thieves have only been in trouble for two days, and the scope of the ravages is only in Dantu County, but the casualties in the county are incalculable. Thousands of villagers were looted and coerced. After the war, the families who hung white cloth flags in front of the middle gate of Dantu County were seven or eight out of ten.

On top of that, the damage to property is staggering. The silk mills were burned before, and the two families of You and 6 were burned all over this time. The rest of the big households, except for the Li family in the township, which is famous for their kindness and charity, were let go by the thieves, as long as they were on the path of the thieves, none of them could escape.

More than a dozen factories producing silk, ceramics and glass in Dantu County were all destroyed. Even the oil mills and mills, which employed only three or five people and only served the villagers, were all destroyed by the thieves.

With such tragic casualties and such huge losses, the responsibility naturally falls on the head of Zhizhou Yang Hua. And Jing Cheng, who has made the contribution to quelling the chaos, no matter how much responsibility he had to pay before this turmoil, now he has military merits in hand and an iron backer, and he is already regarded as a popular horse that is about to soar.

Therefore, even on the second day after the rebellion, Yang Hui came out of the backyard of the state government and tried to make amends and save some of the situation, but Jing Cheng was pushed back together with the state officials. One can imagine how much responsibility the state officials will put on Yang Hui.

For the next five days, Jing Cheng was busy caring for the people, counting casualties and losses, while Zong Ze waited for reinforcements from Sizhou. They will be temporarily stationed in Runzhou, and Zong Ze will stay for a few days, waiting for new orders from the imperial court.

During the subsequent interrogation of the captives, Zong Ze and Jing Cheng, from the perspective of self-defense Kang, learned the ins and outs of this demon thief's rebellion.

After reading the interrogation report, Zong Ze couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was thinking too much. It is true that the enemy should be lenient, but there must be a limit to leniency.

Weikang's earliest plan was not to rebel, but to prepare to gather the congregants in Runzhou, pack up their belongings and flee Runzhou, and go to the mountainous areas of western Zhejiang to temporarily avoid the limelight. That is the area where Mingjiao spreads most widely and has the largest number of believers. The backwoods between the valleys were also places beyond the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

If it weren't for the state lieutenant sent Dantu County Lieutenant to arrest him, Wei Kang would have set off on the road the next night. And the so-called ambush was nothing more than hearing the report of the believers in the state city, and in a hurry he led people to hide in the mulberry garden near Zhuangzi. It was only when he saw the people in the county walking over unguarded, and there was an opportunity, that he temporarily decided to attack from behind.

After easily taking down the county lieutenant of Dantu and feeling the incompetence of the officers and soldiers, Wei Kang's goal finally changed. It was to expand the momentum and attract more Mingjiao followers to join the uprising, rather than fleeing to western Zhejiang like a lost family dog - although Wei Kang still planned to go to western Zhejiang, he planned to take as many of his subordinates as possible to help him maintain his position with his companions in western Zhejiang.

Therefore, he bewitched a group of believers, swept through the villages of Dantu County, and coerced a large number of people. When the number of people under his command exceeded 2,000, he had the idea of attacking Runzhou Prefecture to gain greater fame and collect more goods.

The reason why the north of the city was left unattacked was the idea given to Wei Kang, who wanted to make a big show and encircle the three missing one, and release a way out, so that the hearts of the people in the city would be difficult to hold on to - this is a strategy that often appears in the book - and then this person was named a military advisor by Wei Kang, and now he has become one of the official and military beheadings, and it is impossible to distinguish who is who in a pile of heads.

But the horizons of Wei Kang and the anti-thieves have not yet expanded beyond Runzhou City. Because he was worried about the reinforcements in the direction of Jingkou, he put a sentry on the way to the road, but he didn't think about ambushing him.

After all, the thieves still did not dare to be enemies of the forbidden army. After all, the combat effectiveness of the official army has been proved countless times in the small countries of the Quartet over the years, and the more it is well known to the world.

Wei Kang is familiar with the archers and native soldiers in the prefectures and counties, and he also knows the troops in Runzhou City, but he is completely unfamiliar with the forbidden army, let alone the process of transferring troops within the government, and he does not know that the forbidden army stationed in Runzhou will never send aid lightly, and the forbidden army in the surrounding military states will not be dispatched so quickly.

At the same time, Wei Kang did not think that he would be able to capture Runzhou City, he thought that if he could not take Runzhou City in a short time, or if the official army reinforcements arrived, he would retreat to the mountainous area of western Zhejiang according to the original plan. With abundant troops, you don't have to take refuge with the co-religionists, but directly occupy the magpie's nest.

Therefore, outside Runzhou City that night, Wei Kang was stationed in the southwest, which was the easiest to evacuate and far away from Jingkou, instead of ambushing troops in the north as Zong Ze guessed. The envoys he sent to persuade him to surrender came from the south, and if Jing Cheng hadn't been led astray by Zong Ze's judgment, he would have been able to judge the location of Weikang's main force at that time.

From beginning to end, Wei Kang was just a layman in military science. But all the thieves who rise up will either absorb the scholars who have mastered knowledge, or after years of fighting, otherwise they will never become a climate.

This time, eight veterans from the northwest, with more than a hundred brave soldiers, attacked the thief camp at night, easily causing great chaos and breaking up Weikang's camp. When the main force in the city came out, the victory was completely established. If you only look at the results, this is a big victory of 8 to 1,008.

In this process, the dozen or so armor soldiers who had defeated the county lieutenant of Dantu before did not play any role at all. After the war, the dozen or so iron armors were also seized.

The so-called iron armor is just an iron plate made by a folk blacksmith, with a little curvature, a piece of front and back, and a leather cord, which can barely be said to be a cuirass. When this kind of 'iron armor' is put on by brave and powerful people, it is indeed impossible for local soldiers and archers to resist it.

Compared with the genuine iron armor, it is not at the same level at all. Even though they were only equipped with the inventory in the state's arsenal, the eight veterans who went out to fight were enough to easily overturn the dozen or so armor soldiers.

In any case, this batch of iron armor is the best proof that Weikang has been planning for a long time. What officials force the people to rebel against, and what silk factories harm the people, are all slanderous words. With a dozen pairs of iron armor, there is no need to say anything, this is the best explanation.

Since the silk factory was burned, all the chaos was caused by Mingjiao. After a period of time, all the attacks on the factory can be said to be the so-called Mingjiao henchmen.

The confessions mainly made by Weikang's cronies still have some problems in terms of details.

For example, the real culprit who sent people to burn the silk factory was said to be a crazy man who wanted to collect more believers, so he incited the workers to burn the factory. It's hard to believe.

Another example is the choice made by Weikang when he besieged Runzhou, whether it was for Zong Ze to come and see it or for Jing Cheng to see, it was stupid. Many of the ideas of laymen, in the eyes of insiders, are fanciful and unfathomable. This kind of self-inflicted cleverness is incomprehensible even to experts. It's just that it's completely attributed to Wei Kang's layman in the art of war, and there is still something that doesn't make sense.

However, these confessions came from Wei Kang's cronies and henchmen who were attached to the thieves, but after all, they were not blood relatives like brothers and nephews, let alone Wei Kang himself, some questions were certain.

Therefore, after some earnest persuasion, Jing Cheng and Zong Ze got the confession they wanted - some things could be reported directly, and some things had to be ambushed.

Just like Weikang's iron armor, it is just a preparation for fighting for water with neighboring villages, and the two iron plates are iron armor when put together, and they can be used to spread cakes when they are separated, but the shape is awkward. If you really want to go down and search carefully, Weikang is not the only one who has similar utensils at home. But if such a thing spreads, it will cause an uproar. It's better to just press it down, and then publicize more in the state and county what kind of law there will be for the private iron armor. Otherwise, I don't know how much discount I have to give for this credit.

There is also the matter of Wei Kang's ambush of the county lieutenant of Dantu, to be honest, it is far better to say that Wei Kang is more cunning and ruthless, and it is better to say that the thief is too cowardly, and the reputation of the county lieutenant of Dantu is damaged, so it is also a comfort to the county lieutenant of Dantu who died in battle.

It took another two days, and when Jing Cheng finished writing his piece of recital, Zong Ze also sorted out his recital. The contents of the two pieces are well coordinated, and the important joints can reflect each other, and there are some differences in the details, which is an indispensable camouflage.

However, in the secret letter written by Zong Ze to Han Gang, he did not hide it at all, and told the whole thing as it was.

Sending out the recital to the imperial court, Jing Cheng and Zong Ze could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

It's finally over.

Although there are still many aftermath matters to be dealt with, the materials provided to the imperial court are enough to make a conclusion about this major case of rebellion.

Whether it is a merit or a crime, a reward or a punishment, it depends on how the court determines it.

Jing Cheng and Zong Ze finally had time to sit down and have a cup of tea first.

Hanging from the stove was a small, long-spouted silver kettle with boiling water. Jing Cheng held the pu kui fan, gently fanned the red clay stove twice, and took out two pieces of golden flower dragon from a silver-capped glass bottle. Carefully dismantle the gold silk outside, and put the tea cubes that are more expensive than gold into the tea mill.

Jing Cheng prepared the tea soup in an orderly manner, Zong Ze watched quietly, and suddenly spoke: "Zong Ze speculated too much before the war, but it made Brother Chengfu laugh." ”

Jing Cheng raised his head and smiled, "It's nothing, if the matter is born in Kansai, Ru Lin, you will have no last resort." ”

"Nope." Zong Ze said solemnly, "If it is in Kansai, the thieves will not be able to attack any village at all. Even the twelve or thirteen young men in Kansai Township, if there are one or two hundred, armed with weapons, they can also win them. ”

"Yes." Jing Cheng snorted softly, disbelieving himself in his heart.

"In the Mongolian school and elementary school in Kansai, half an hour is spent every day to train in formation. Although it is just a formation, practice some fist and foot kung fu to strengthen the body. But when it came to the winter armor protection drills, the Mongolian students played martial arts, and the formation was much stronger than their father and brother at home. Zong Ze seemed to be pouring out something, "Three years of learning is not only to read and write, but more importantly, to increase knowledge, and at the same time, in the process of learning, learn to abide by discipline." This is the foundation of elite soldiers. ”

"Perhaps, but the folk customs of Jiangnan are different from those of Kansai after all. Rulin, you must know better than me. ”

Zong Ze was silent and shook his head.

Jing Cheng pushed the delicate small tea mill with both hands, crushed the tea ball little by little, and asked without raising his head: "This time the two Zhejiang have changed, and the Ming Sect has taken care of it." But what do you plan to do with it in the future, and whether this is the case. ”

"What do you think of Brother Chengfu?"

"This incident, although there is a Ming religion, the cause is the silk factory, this matter does not sleep, the workers are still exploited by the proprietor, in the long run, how can it be embarrassed? In my opinion, the burning of the factory will be repeated in the future. ”

Zong Ze was silent for a moment, and said: "Zhang is in the middle of the performance appraisal, and he has been surveying for three years, Duan Wei has been transferred to the palace after his term of office, Duan will be old, and he will be reprimanded for begging for bones, and the 6th son Shi Su has no official voice, before Zong Ze left Beijing, the imperial history has been impeached. In a few days, there will be a report to the military states, which will surely give people a wake-up call. ”

Jing Cheng stopped and shook his head at Zong Ze, "I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

Zong Ze said, "Tenant farmers have been making trouble since ancient times, and soldiers are being paid every year, so why is it strange that workers make trouble for wages?" As long as the government keeps it from making a big deal out of it, they will eventually strike a balance. And after this incident, presumably there will not be a few silk factories in Jiangnan that dare to treat workers harshly. ”

The people should not be taken lightly. The people are afraid of the officials, but the officials are also generally afraid of the people.

The two taxes and body money of the people of the two Zhejiang provinces were mostly paid in the form of silk. Therefore, Jiangnan produced a kind of silk silk specially used for paying taxes. Normally, only one horse of raw silk can be woven, and at least two horses can be woven from tax-paid silk, and even five horses can be woven with a black heart.

The warp and weft threads on this kind of silk are, in the worst cases, so sparse that they can drill through mosquitoes. Zong Ze once saw Han Gang take a horse to the middle school, and half-jokingly said that he couldn't even do a screen window. In the past, the imperial court would treat this kind of silk as a military salary, but after Han Gang ruled the matter, substandard silk was banned, and it was returned to Yuanzhou County according to the place of origin, and the local officials handled it themselves.

There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below.

This is what Zong Ze heard from Han Gang, not only the superiors to the subordinates, but also the people still have a way to deal with the government. At worst, it will be revealed.

In the face of employers, how can the people be easy to bully? As long as the government does not interfere too much, sooner or later there will be a balance.

"I hope so." Jing Cheng said.

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