Ling Jingyang also sent weapons and grain and grass to the cottages, and the owners of the cottages were also Mingren, and they selected more than 100 people from the army to send to the officers and soldiers, and Ling Jingyang got thousands of soldiers and horses in the mountainous areas.

The owners of the village respected Ling Jingyang as the leader of the alliance and Zhang Jinyan as the deputy leader of the alliance, Ling Jingyang did not let Zhang Jinyan continue in Jiuliguan, he took Zhang Jinyan to Huguang, so as not to cause side effects here.

It is very close to De'an Mansion from Jiuliguan, Ling Jingyang ordered Li Rufeng, He Zhen and the two departments were the vanguard, Li Rufeng led his troops to De'an Mansion, He Zhen led his troops to Huangzhou Mansion, and the other troops and horses were the Chinese army, and they advanced to De'an Mansion in Jiuliguan.

Li Rufeng led his troops from Jiuliguan into Yingshan County, which had no official government, and the local people formed associations and organized militia groups to resist the invasion of rogue bandits and routs.

Suddenly, a formed Ming army appeared in Yingshan County, and the militia groups in various places closed the gate one after another, and the militia was armed with short guns and long guns to prevent the Ming army from entering the jurisdiction.

All parts of Yingshan County have a rejection attitude towards the imperial army, and Li Rufeng is not angry, after all, in this year, the ghost knows if you are a soldier or a bandit?

Li Rufeng did not kill chickens and monkeys, let alone break through a certain village and kill all the militias to establish prestige, but according to the military order given to him by Ling Jingyang, they were handed over in various places, and they were ordered by Emperor Chongzhen to go south to Huguang and restore the royal land.

Most of the militia groups and local forces ignored it, and most of Li Rufeng's subordinates who were transferred in various places did not achieve results, but a small number of landlords asked people to quietly contact Li Rufeng to confirm the authenticity of the holy decree, and that the official army did not come to Huguang to burn and plunder, but to gather troops in Huguang, train troops, collect grain, and then attack Jiannu in the north.

Li Rufeng forbade his subordinates to harass the people, some harassed and plundered the people, beheaded, on the first day, there were more than ten soldiers, under the leadership of a general banner, robbed a village chickens, ducks and grain, after Li Rufeng knew, the general banner and the leader snatched the soldiers beheaded, and the others followed behind to snatch the soldiers and whip twenty military sticks, so that the soldiers of the whole army did not dare to have the idea of oppressing the people.

Li Rufeng's department performed well in De'an Mansion, and the local forces in Yingshan County did not dare to attack the Ming army, Ling Jingyang led the main force into Yingshan County soon after, and the regiments in Yingshan County saw that more than 10,000 Ming troops did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and they were the regular army of the imperial court, well-equipped, and they all moved closer to Ling Jingyang.

After more than 10,000 Ming troops entered Yingshan County, they quickly occupied Yingshan County

Everywhere, the entire Yingshan County was garrisoned by the Ming army, Ling Jingyang put the Governor's Mansion in Yingshan County, and ordered Zhang Shunbu to go to Anlu County in the south of Yingshan County, and Yingshan County formed a corner.

After establishing a foothold in Yingshan County, Ling Jingyang asked Wang Mu and other officials to go to various places to collect the borderless land as the governor's mansion, and then distribute it to the people who went all the way south.

Wang Mu and dozens of officials were busy in the fields of Yingshan County, and in each place, they found land without owners, and settled the people on the spot.

In Anlu County, Zhang Shun was resisted by local armed forces, not only Anlu County resisted the Ming army, but also Yingcheng in the southwest of Anlu County, Xiaogan in the south, and Hanyang in the south, issued statements one after another, saying that the Ming army in the south was a puppet army, and their three counties only obeyed the orders of the Hongguang court.

These three places are the essence of De'an Province, and they are also population gathering places, and the news of these three places breaking away from De'an Mansion reached Ling Jingyang's ears, and Ling Jingyang immediately decided to send troops to Anlu County.

He planned to send troops to Anlu County on 1 March, and all the troops and horses were in full swing to prepare for war, but the news of the troops could be sent to the ears of regimental training in various parts of Yingshan County.

The regimental training from all over the country heard that the new Lingdu Governor was going to attack Anlu County, and became very active, they had the money to contribute, and they had the strength to contribute, and some people contributed people, more than a dozen large and small landlords and squires, and took the regimental training under their command to visit Ling Jingyang, and sent silver, grain and grass to Ling Jingyang.

Ying County's local snake was so enthusiastic that Ling Jingyang was very interested, and he specially entertained these local forces.

At the banquet, Ling Jingyang got straight to the point and asked why they were so enthusiastic?

A landlord with hundreds of militia groups stood up and said to Ling Jingyang: "Lingdu Governor, we are Chongzhen's soldiers, then Anlu County is a puppet dynasty soldier, let's follow Lingdu Governor to fight the puppet army, this is a matter of course, don't you say?" ”

Other landlords and squires nodded one after another, saying that they would vigorously support the Lingdu Governor to go south to Anlu County and eliminate the Hongguang puppet Dynasty army.

Of course, Ling Jingyang didn't believe their nonsense, and said: "Don't hide it with me, tell me, what do you want after conquering Anlu County?" ”

This is a naked exchange of interests, an old

The people swayed and stood up, exchanged words with Ling Jingyang, and said their conditions.

Laying down Anlu County, asking for the local mines in Anlu County, and one-fifth of the land, after listening to Ling Jingyang, fell silent, and everyone thought that the lion opened his mouth and angered the governor of the five armies.

But Ling Jingyang suddenly laughed.

"Everyone, your eyes are shallow, just a little land, and a mine are satisfied?"

When everyone heard this, it seemed that there were more interests, and the old man hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask the governor of Lingdu, who is determined to be in the entire De'an Mansion?" ”

"Hmph, the whole world is not the king's land, the governor of Bendu is ordered by the saint, and he goes south to Huguang, which is to make the decree unimpeded, not only De'an Mansion, but also the governor of the entire Huguang Prefecture."

As soon as these words came out, the big and small squires gasped, this Lingdu Governor was really angry.

Ling Jingyang also told everyone that as long as they followed him, every time they beat a piece of land, the local population and one-tenth of the land would be distributed to everyone, but the premise was that they would do their best to follow the fight, and if anyone communicated with other places, the land would be confiscated, and the family property would also be returned to the imperial court.

Since the Dashun Army, the Great Western Army, and the Qing Army are all fighting in Huguang and the Ming Army, Huguang has lost order all over Huguang, and there are rogue thieves everywhere, and the big drama of bandits becoming bandits and bandits becoming soldiers has been staged repeatedly, and this time there is a regular army of the imperial court coming, which makes them not happy?

Ling Jingyang asked how many soldiers, horses, grain and grass they could send, these people looked at each other, and finally the head of the largest armed regiment in the local area came forward and said: "Governor Lingdu, our twenty families have 6,000 militia groups and 5,000 stones of grain and grass, but we lack weapons. ”

There are 6,000 militia groups in a small Yingshan County, which makes Ling Jingyang angry and happy, angry that so many militia groups have allowed the rout to be burned and killed, and the happy thing is that so many militia groups will be his subordinates in the future.

"Heaven Descends"

He said to the leader of the militia group: "Dare to ask the daimyo? ”

"Back to the governor, the villain Lu Sheng, used to be the president of Suizhou, Suizhou was broken by the thief army, and the villain made a living in Yingshan County."

"Okay, the governor of Pontus appointed you as the chief soldier of the militia in Yingshan County, reorganized the militia groups in various places, and sent troops to Anlu County with the governor of Bendu on March 1."