After calming down the situation in Zhangzhou a little, on May 22, the second year of the Apocalypse, Lu Yan proclaimed himself the king of Qin on the grounds that the emperor favored the nurse Niang Keshi and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, so that he arbitrarily increased the salary and caused the people to live poorly, and announced that he would personally lead an army of 100,000 and raise troops to serve the king! Qingjun side!

If Lu Yan's defeat of Yu Zhigao and the surprise attack on Zhangzhou shook the entire Fujian officialdom, then Lu Yan's letter to the Qing monarch was like a bombshell and would shake the entire Ming court.

I don't know how many old masters were so frightened that they almost fainted when they saw this piece of text at the city gate or the yamen, and then moved out of here with their families in a panic.

Those big families also beat their chests, after the news spreads, it will definitely be surrounded and suppressed by the imperial army in the future, and this place will also be full of wars.

It is not known how much of their property will be destroyed in the war.

So they seized the time to sell their assets and tried every means to escape to other places.

The news also quickly reached the ears of Zhou Zuo, the governor of Fujian.

"Rebels and thieves! Mess around! ”

After learning the news, this was the only thing Shang Zhouzuo said in anger.

If in the past he still had the rare meaning of pitying General Lu Yan, then now his only thought is to gather troops as soon as possible to destroy this rebel army.

Is it you who can clear the king's side?

Maybe the emperor will be cleared out of the Qing Dynasty, and the impression caused by Zhu Di, the king of Yan, on the side of the Qing Jun is too deep for the Ming Dynasty.

And he dared to proclaim himself the king of Qin, which simply regarded the court as nothing.

As for the 100,000 army?

What are you kidding, a rebel army will also have an army of 100,000?

Is it really so easy to raise an army of 100,000?

So Shang Zhouzuo sent people to rush 600 miles to report to the Beijing division on the one hand, and mobilized armies from all sides to prepare to exterminate Lu Yan.

"We must not sit idly by and wait for the other side to mobilize a large army to come and destroy me."

As soon as King Qin's article was released, Lu Yan said so to his subordinates.

"We need to take the initiative and break the enemy's main forces before they can assemble."

All the generals thought that Lu Yan's strength was still quite weak, although they were all strong soldiers, but the number was too small.

Lü Yan currently has only about 1,300 cavalry and 500 infantry troops.

As for those fleets, it is estimated that they will not be of much help for the time being.

"So I ordered Wei Guogong to lead a thousand Xuanjia elite cavalry to the north and defeat the enemy of our army along the way. Including all the officers and soldiers of the guard post and the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city. As for how to fight, where to fight, and when to return to the division, it is completely up to you to decide Wei Guogong. ”

Lu Yan said to Li Jing.

Li Jing nodded, and then asked, "It's just that how to solve the problem of food and salary?" ”

"I will prepare three days' rations and 50,000 taels of silver for you, and if you don't have enough food, you can ask the local people to buy them."

Lu Yan said.

Li Jing nodded.

He understood what Lu Yan meant, if those ordinary people didn't sell it, then they could only buy it forcibly.

"Also, we must publicize the policies of our army more, any squire who dares to fund the official army to resist the army of King Qin will have all their assets confiscated, and in addition, all areas occupied by our army will never be paid, and all taxes will be halved that year."

Lu Yan said.

Jia Xu felt deeply inappropriate about the move of raiding large households.

Now the Ming Dynasty is still in power with those big households, although Lu Yan does not intend to raid those law-abiding big households, but those big families do not necessarily believe it.

After all, the thief army will not have any reputation, and they will definitely pay money and people to desperately resist the attack of Lu Yan's army, which will cause unnecessary casualties to Lu Yan.

Instead of this, it is better to draw the conditions more clearly, and the assets of those large households who dare to fund the official army will be confiscated, so that it will be easier to win the trust of those large households.

Of course, how to implement it is still up to Lu Yan to say.

After a brief operational meeting, Li Jing set off with his army.

He knew that the better he fought, the stronger the forces in Lu Yan's hands would be, and the safer he would be.

When Li Jing left with 1,000 elite horsemen, he immediately raided the guard in Haicheng County, destroying more than 200 enemy troops.

Then make full use of the cavalry machine power, attack the Ming officers and soldiers along the way, kill countless enemies, almost invincible, until the vicinity of Quanzhou.

The surrounding state capitals were all frightened, and they closed the city gates one after another, prohibiting civilians from entering and leaving the city, in order to prevent thieves from entering the city.

Later, in the Quanzhou area, he encountered more than 6,000 bandit troops led by Xu Yiming, the general soldier of Fujian.

Li Jing first deceived the defeat with a small force of cavalry, luring his cavalry to break away from his own camp and attack.

Then he led his army to ambush his cavalry, killing the enemy's cavalry and fleeing.

Finally, he led the army to storm the soldiers' formation, and when the enemy army broke and fled, he entered the enemy's main position, broke the enemy's army, beheaded the enemy and captured countless people, and since then there is no army on the North Fujian Road to confront it.

After learning of the outcome of the battle, the surrounding state capitals were shocked, and a snowflake request for help was sent to the Fujian Governor's Office.

Just as Li Jing and Xie Yiming were fighting, Zhang Jiace, the deputy chief soldier of the Xiamen Central Left Office, looked at the official letter sent by the governor of Fujian by sea and frowned.

He had already known about the fall of Zhangzhou Mansion, but without the official document of the governor, how could he dare to go to suppress the thief.

Moreover, it is said that the enemy has thousands of cavalry in his hands, and with his strength, even if he goes, he is not necessarily an opponent.

But now that the governor's official document to suppress the bandits has come down, then he has no reason to refuse.

"The big families in Zhangzhou have already sent people to report the news, and the Lu thieves have sent a thousand cavalry, and now there are only a few hundred thieves left in the city. As long as your soldiers arrive, you will definitely be able to destroy the thieves. ”

Zhang Jiace's side, a general said with a smile on his face.

For Lu Yan, a thief, the big family in Zhangzhou Mansion is extremely disgusted.

Needless to say, many of the big families who had their property confiscated and did a lot of evil deeds were arrested and planned to be sent to Taiwan for labor reform.

As the so-called blocking people's money, it is like killing parents, and these big families are the most active anti-Qin Wang elements.

Their power in Zhangzhou is deeply rooted, how can outsiders like Lu Yan easily clear their power, I don't know how many people are still secretly working for them.

This time the messenger was a distant nephew of one of the big ones.

As for those big families who usually abide by the law, they don't have a good impression of Lu Yan, after all, Lu Yan's existence will definitely bring them military disasters.

God knows what they did when those officers and soldiers entered the city.

Killing, injury and looting are definitely indispensable, and even if these big families are through the government, they will definitely suffer great losses in front of these rebels.

Zhang Jiace smiled slightly, if he could defeat this thief, he would definitely be able to get the appreciation of the governor and the imperial court.

It is really tired of daring to raise troops on the side of Qingjun.

But he quickly said with a straight face: "Even if there are only a few hundred people, we can't underestimate it, after all, it is the elite of Liaodong, and we have defeated General Yu." ”

"Your Excellency, you're right."

The general hurriedly said with a flattering face.

"Bring the man who delivered the letter, and I'm going to talk to him. In addition, inform the Golden Gate Guard to come with me to exterminate this thief. ”

Zhang Jiace said.

"Yes, my lord."

Two days later, Zhang Jiace gathered a total of 4,000 troops from the Golden Gate Guard, landed in Yuegang, and went to Zhangzhou Mansion to exterminate the thief army.

Of course, along the way, all the squires along the way came to labor with pigs, sheep and grain.

Lu Yan's house raiding policy scared them, although Lu Yan said it very clearly, and there were some big families who were not raided.

But no one dared to guarantee that Lu Yan would not copy it on his head.

In addition, there are also those big families and nephews who have been raided have come to cry and complain, denouncing Lu Yan's cruelty, hoping that Zhang Jiace can exterminate Lu Yan as soon as possible and return their family property to them.

They will definitely let their own forces in the officialdom say a few good words for Zhang Jiace, and ensure that Zhang Jiace will be promoted to the general army after this battle.

Of course, all the expenses of the officers and soldiers along the way were paid by these big households.

Zhang Jiace knows what it means to be in front of the front and back to hug, because the Ming Dynasty has always valued literature over military force, although he is an official to the deputy commander-in-chief, but these big families are not afraid of him at all.

Don't underestimate the energy of these big households, although these big households seem inconspicuous, as long as they are united, they are enough to overthrow any official in Fujian and Zhejiang.

During the Jiajing period, Zhu Kun, the governor of Zhejiang, conscientiously implemented the policy of banning the sea and severely cracked down on maritime trade smuggling.

Led an army of 6,000 people, and after fierce battles, broke the civil smuggling forces on Shuangyu Island.

His behavior greatly harmed the interests of the big families in Zhejiang and Fujian, so they united and mobilized officials from the DPRK and China to jointly impeach Zhu Kun.

Later, Zhu Kun was dismissed from office by the imperial court, and when he returned home, he said that those Fujian people would not let him go, and finally committed suicide at home.

The dignified governor of Zhejiang will end up like this if he violates the interests of these big families, let alone his deputy commander-in-chief.

Although Zhang Jiace felt very happy in his heart, he was not careless.

He knew that these big families valued him so much, hoping that he would exterminate the rebels in Zhangzhou as soon as possible.

In order to prevent the enemy's cavalry from coming back, he rushed to the city of Zhangzhou in only one day.

Unbeknownst to him, shortly after he left, a fleet also arrived in Moonport and defeated the fleet he had left behind.

Looking at the high walls of Zhangzhou Mansion, Zhang Jiace was a little worried.

In order to prevent the Japanese invaders, the city wall of Zhangzhou Mansion was still very difficult to build.

Although many years have passed, the defense is still very difficult.

But when he thought that the enemy was only that little man, Zhang Jiace was relieved.

As long as he attacks the city on all sides at the same time, and then focuses on one side, presumably the enemy with insufficient troops will not be able to resist his attack.

Moreover, there were large families in the city who showed that they were willing to cooperate with them in opening the gates.

In this way, he has ninety percent certainty of capturing Zhangzhou.

Looking at the army outside the city, Lu Yan sneered.

Then he said to a middle-aged man with a beautiful beard, about thirty years old, and very well-maintained: "There will be an old general in this battle." ”

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