Zhang Chu was lying in bed every night thinking about making money, and he was thinking about what the rich people were in the late Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the country was very poor, but the merchants and bureaucrats were very rich, and the richest in Shanxi was the Jin merchants, and the most famous were called the eight masters of the Jin merchants by later generations. These eight families also have a disgraceful identity, they are genuine traitors. By smuggling the materials embargoed by the Ming Dynasty outside the customs, he contributed to the establishment of the Qing Dynasty and nailed himself to the pillar of shame in history.

Fan Yongdou was the representative of these eight great families, he used his business name to smuggle grain, grass, iron tools, and sell looted goods for the Later Jin, so that the blockade policy of the Ming Dynasty failed, and he was the traitor of the Jin merchants in the late Ming Dynasty. Fan Yongdou amassed a lot of wealth by selling dirty things. If it weren't for the equally important military towns of Taiyuan and Datong, Zhang Chu would have robbed them a long time ago.

The distressed Zhang Chu thought to the map, if only he could fly over, this is not the era when people can fly. A fool will have something to gain from a thousand thoughts, Zhang Chu thought about the map for a few days and then had a result, he found that he couldn't fly over but he could go around. There are heavy guards of the Ming army inside the border wall, and the strength of the Mongols outside the border wall has been greatly weakened, and the border wall from Shaanxi is an endless steppe, and you can go wherever you want, and it is still very easy to cut off the trade route between the Jin merchants and the Later Jin.

The question of how to get out of the side wall from Shaanxi was placed in front of Zhang Chu. When Zhang Chu was worried, he opened a gap on the side wall alone, and Zhang Chu's old acquaintance Wang Jiayin led people to occupy Fugu again, connecting Shaanxi and the Mongolian steppe.

Wang Jiayin himself is a native of Fugu, and he led the displaced people to rise in Fugu. Later, he borrowed the road from Zhang Chu and fled into Huanglong Mountain after extension. Wang Jiayin is indeed a capable person, and he has been fighting with the official army in Huanglong Mountain for more than a year, not only has he been wiped out, but his team has grown. Wang Jiayin's feelings for Fugu are really deep, and he wants to return to his hometown Fugu.

After dealing with Zhang Chu, Wang Jiayin vowed never to do business with this profiteer again. This time he did not go north through the extension, but led the troops to attack Yan'an, Qingyang two prefectures, Chongzhen three years in March Wang Jiayin captured Fugu County, and then transferred to the territory of Shenmu, and has been fighting in this area since then.

Hong Chengchou led his troops to attack Fugu, but was defeated by Wang Jiayin. Unwilling to fail, Hong Chengchou gathered troops in September of the third year of Chongzhen to fight with Wang Jiayin in Fugu, and finally defeated Wang Jiayin. Wang Jiayin led the troops to withdraw, and Hong Chengchou led the troops to chase the thieves to Shanxi.

Now in October of the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Jiayin showed his stubbornness, and he led his troops back to Fugu.

Zhang Chu knows the habits of Wang Jiayin and other thieves, and after occupying a place and looting it, he will leave without you beating him, Fugu has been repeatedly looted by thieves and officers and soldiers, and he has long been unable to support the thieves, Wang Jiayin will soon leave from Fugu, which gives Zhang Chu a chance to occupy Fugu.

Yang He, who was appeased by the thieves and then rebelled, got another surprise, Zhang Chu, who had no food and even his face, actually wrote to say that he wanted to lead troops to recover Fugu, but the precious thing is that he did not ask for money this time.

No one will refuse, and the order of the governor of the three sides was quickly issued, and the guerrilla Zhang Chu led his troops to recover Fugu.

Zhang Chu is determined to play the prestige of the security army, the thieves will become stronger and stronger in the coming period, and if they do not show their strength, they will be in danger of being attacked at any time, and they can only live in peace if they are beaten.

Zhang Chu was followed on the expedition by He Jin and Li Yi. Li Yi's cavalry added the war horses stolen from Houjin to the ranks, and now there are more than 1,000 people. The infantry and artillery battalions brought by Ho Kim also numbered two thousand. The 3,000-strong army set out from Yanchang and went straight to Fugu through the Yulin area.

Zhang Chu's army walked very slowly, step by step, cautiously marched towards Fugu, Wang Jiayin of Fugu was also confused when he received the report of the horse, he also heard that Zhang Chu accepted the government's appeasement, what to extend the garrison, and later promoted to guerrilla. But this is not true, is this what everyone does, to be appeased and appeased, and to rebel when it is time to rebel. There is no one who really works for the court. Zhang Chu won't suffer from madness, he really brought troops to fight the rebels.

The military advisor Wei Xue was sent to Zhang Chu's military camp.

Zhang Chu's camp was set up in a dangerous place fifty miles away from Fugu, and it was built very strongly, not like a temporary garrison, but as if it was going to stay here for a long time. After layers of checkpoints, Wei Xue finally met Zhang Chu.

"Master Zhang has always been good." Wei Xue came in to say hello, and there was also an implicit ridicule of Zhang Chu, the former thief has now become an "adult".

Zhang Chu didn't care, and motioned for Wei Xue to sit down before saying, "I'm sorry, Brother Wei has no business to do this time." "There's no business to do, what are you doing in Fugu?" Wei Xue knew Zhang Chu's consistent habits, how could he run in vain here if he couldn't afford to benefit the early master. "I'm here to recover Fugu and prepare for future trading." Zhang Chu told the truth. "Just with your little people, you want to recover Fugu, isn't it a bit self-conscious?" Wei Xue was very angry and said unceremoniously. "If you really fight, you are not our opponent if you have a lot of people, but I know that you will not stay in Fugu for a long time, and you will still starve after a long time, so it is better to give me Fugu, let's make a good fate, and I can give you preferential treatment when we do business in the future." Zhang Chu still said unhurriedly. "You think beautifully, we won't let you go out of Fugu, we want to see you on the battlefield in Fugu." Wei Xue knew that it was not easy to take advantage of Zhang Chu in terms of tongue, so he put down his cruel words and prepared to leave. "It's good to fight, so that everyone knows each other's catties, and we will have more contact with Brother Wei in the future." Zhang Chu seems to be determined to start a war with the rebels.

The two sides parted unhappily, and Wei Xue returned to Fugu to report the situation to Wang Jiayin.

Wang Jiayin knew that Zhang Chu was right, he had captured Fugu four times, and there was really nothing left to rob in this place, and it was certain that the rebels would starve if they stayed in one place for a long time. Although Zhang Chu's army was small in number, it should not be taken lightly. The security forces are well-armed and disciplined, and Wang Jiayin has seen it with his own eyes. The combat effectiveness of the security army, last time Wang Jiayin's cavalry was wiped out, and none of them escaped is the best proof.

Moreover, I heard that Zhang Chu went north a while ago to fight with the Manchu Tatars and wiped out a large number of Manchu Tartar cavalry, whether it is true or not, Zhang Chu is now alive and has returned to Yanchang, which means that he was at least not wiped out by the Houjin people.

Wang Jiayin looked forward there, and a new general who joined the rebel army had already stood up. "Isn't it just a few thousand officers and soldiers, the leader is still the person who surrendered to the official army, this kind of spineless person can't bring out a strong team, the last general is willing to lead people to repel the incoming enemy, and take back Zhang Chu's head and present it to the king." A young lieutenant said loudly. "That's fine, touch the bottom of Zhang Chu, but be very careful, this person is scheming, don't fall for him, don't fall in love with him, and withdraw immediately when you find danger." Wang Jiayin told uneasily.

The deputy general ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses to go to Zhang Chu's camp.

Tanma transmitted the news back to the security army camp, and Zhang Chu immediately led the team out of the camp gate, and used the side van to prepare to meet the enemy in front of the camp. After a while, the rebel army led by the adjutant general arrived, stopped and organized the team to prepare for the attack.

The adjutant general observed the security army, thinking that Zhang Chu was really arrogant, defending with fewer enemies and more than the battalion, but pulling the team out to fight.

I saw that the soldiers of the security army relied on the car formation to protect the artillery battalion in the middle, and the cavalry held the two flanks of the team, but the formation was also strong.

Seeing that the security army put on a stubborn posture, the deputy general was not polite, ready to let the rattan players line up in front of the formation, and rush over to defeat the security army in one go, who will make you have fewer people.