As soon as the Zhangjiang Gate was broken, Lu Zhao led the troops directly into the city of Nanchang, and the people in the city saw the red-eyed rebel soldiers, and they were so frightened that they fled away.

A girl from a good family who was away ran into a bloody rebel army on her way home, and she was so frightened that she thought she would be ruined by the chaos.

When three volunteer soldiers saw that the two young girls were still on the street and had not returned home, they were immediately interested, and the three of them surrounded them in the corner of a courtyard wall, and they were immobile.

"The king spares his life, the king spares his life!" The maid next to the woman desperately begged for mercy from the rebels, hoping to save her own lady.

The master and the servant were so frightened that they hid in the corner and shivered, covering their heads and not even daring to look at the rebel soldiers who surrounded them.

"Little lady, don't be afraid, we are King Mo's soldiers, I am also from Nanchang, we will not hurt you, come, go with my brother, my brother will send you home!"

After speaking, a soldier from Nanchang stretched out his hand.

But before his hand could reach him, suddenly a loud shout came from behind him.

"What a big boldness, don't you know that the military order is like a mountain, come and behead these people, in order to correct military discipline!"

The three soldiers looked back and saw that the chief soldier was staring at them with a dark face.

"The chief soldier spares his life, the chief soldier spares his life!"

The three of them hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed wildly, hoping that Lu Zhao could open the net and let them live.

But unexpectedly, Lu Zhao said without changing his face: "The marshal once had an order, three major disciplines, eight points of attention and nineteen crimes, you two committed a capital crime, and you dare to beg for mercy here, Hugh said that I, the general soldier, can't save you two, even if the marshal himself comes, he will definitely behead you and the other three to show the public, in order to correct military discipline."

Where are the Judge Generals? ”

"The subordinates are here!" Ten soldiers with red bands on their arms stood up to answer.

"Behead these three people immediately to show the public, and inform the whole army that the army will enter the city, and those who dare to violate military discipline will be beheaded immediately!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the three Nanchang soldiers who were molesting women were dragged to the street by the military law and directly beheaded in front of the passing rebel soldiers.

With the beheading of the three soldiers who were molesting women, the rest of the soldiers who had crooked thoughts in their hearts suddenly did not dare to have any other thoughts, and honestly followed the commander to clean up the remaining officers and soldiers in the city.

There were originally 20,000 officers and troops in Nanchang City, but after Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to recover Guangxin Mansion, in order to prevent the cult from coming back, he left 3,000 men and horses there to strictly investigate the remnants of the cult.

This time, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops north to support Luzhou and Chuzhou, and took away 15,000 men and horses, and there were only 2,000 regular troops in the city, plus more than 1,000 people such as the guard post and the official arrest.

More than 800 people were reimbursed on the city wall with more than 3,000 horses, and the remaining 2,000 people were caught off guard by the rebels who rushed into the city before they were fully organized.

The two sides even started a street battle in Nanchang City, and by noon, the 3,000 defenders were basically wiped out, and the rest of the people were so frightened that they took off their armor and changed into regular clothes to hide back to their homes.

In the afternoon of the same day, the rebel army occupied the whole city of Nanchang, and Lu Zhao ordered the seven gates of Nanchang City to be closed in the morning, and each gate was guarded by 200 soldiers and horses to prevent the people in the city from fleeing.

As soon as the city gate was closed, none of the officials and landlords in Nanchang City escaped, and they were all arrested by Lu Zhao.

After conquering the Governor's Yamen, the soldiers of the Righteous Army successively conquered the government office, the county office, the judge, the political secretary and other big yamen.

All the officials and officials in the yamen were captured alive, and under the torture of the rebels, the officials quickly confessed the places of residence of the officials of all sizes in the yamen.

According to the location, the rebels carried out the search throughout the whole process, and the search and arrest operation continued until late at night.

That night, I don't know how many people in Nanchang fell into insomnia and panic.

After capturing Nanchang City, Lu Zhao immediately sent a fast boat and asked the soldiers to set off back to Yichun immediately with their letters to report the good news to the marshal.

In the afternoon of the same day, Mo Qian received the good news.

When he heard the soldiers say that Lu Zhao had captured Nanchang, Mo Qian's mouth was wide enough to stuff a goose egg.

"You said that General Lu has captured Nanchang?"

"Yes, the commander, General Lu has already invaded Nanchang City, and the little one has come back to report the news on the order of the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, there is also a handwritten letter from the commander-in-chief, please take a look!"

The soldier respectfully handed the letter written by Lu Zhao to Mo Qian, Mo Qian opened the letter and saw that the font in the letter was crooked, and Mo Qian was sure at a glance that this was indeed Lu Zhao's handwritten letter.

After reading the contents of the letter, Mo Qian believed that Nanchang City had really been captured!

"Quick, go and pass on Cao Guoqi and Cheng Zhidun immediately!"

Cao Guoqi and Cheng Zhidun are currently the prefect of Yuanzhou, and the other is Mo Qian's logistics director and Linjiang prefect, and the two can be said to be Mo Qian's right-hand men.

The two of them hurried over after receiving the order, and as soon as they entered the hall, they asked, "Lord, are you looking for me?" ”

"You two may be seated, I just received a letter from Lu Zhao."

"Oh? General Lu has completed the task of capturing the four cities, and he has sent a special letter to report the good news? Cheng Zhidun asked Mo Qian with a smile.

Mo Qian smiled and said: "Lu Zhao did capture the four cities, but one of these four cities is a little different, he didn't go to Fengcheng, but went to fight Nanchang, and he has already captured Nanchang this morning!" ”

"What? Captured Nanchang? ”

Cao Guoqi and Cheng Zhidun were full of surprise on their faces.

"Lord, is this news reliable? Nanchang City is a city that insists that the city wall is three zhang high, and General Lu did not bring any siege equipment, how did he defeat Nanchang, isn't he deceiving you, right? Cao Guoqi's first reaction was not to believe it.

Mo Qian waved his hand and smiled: "Jiezhi, this matter is true, Lu Zhao said that he used the thunder I developed to capture Nanchang City, he is the veteran of the righteous army, and the commander of a battalion, he will not lie to me!" ”

Cao Guoqi saw Mo Qian's words, and then he believed that Nanchang City was really captured.

His mind flickered, and he immediately said: "Lord, Nanchang has been conquered, the lord must not stay in Yichun City anymore, he must settle in Nanchang immediately!" ”

"Why is that?" When Mo Qian heard this suggestion, he was a little puzzled.

Cao Guoqi explained: "My lord, Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and the city is high and deep, which is conducive to defense.

The terrain around Nanchang City is flat, it is a plain area, there are many high-quality paddy fields, it is a large area of grain production, if the lord enters Nanchang, then the tax revenue of Nanchang Mansion is in our hands, which is conducive to the development of the righteous army in the future, and the second is also.

There is the Ganjiang River flowing outside the city of Nanchang, the Ganjiang River is abundant, and Poyang Lake is only within easy reach, after the lord enters Nanchang, you can recruit the craftsmen of the imperial court, build warships, and then train sailors in Poyang Lake, so that when the time is ripe in the future, my army can enter the Yangtze River from Poyang Lake, go down the river, and attack Anqing, Yingtian two mansions, once these two cities are occupied by us, then half of the world in the south of the Yangtze River is in my hands, which is beneficial to three also!

Lord, with these three benefits, even if there are all the disadvantages of entering Nanchang now, it is enough to offset it! ”

After Mo Qian heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened.

Although he already had a plan in his heart to go down to the entire territory of Jiangxi first, and then capture the three provinces of Huguang, Zhejiang, and Nanzhili, Mo Qian also knew in his heart that his current power was too small.

He is only 20,000 horses, and if he really wants to live in Nanchang now, the court will not immediately turn its attention to him.

At that time, if Chongzhen really went crazy and sent an army of 100,000 to attack him, he really might not be sure of victory.

He cautiously asked Cao Guoqi: "If we enter Nanchang, the imperial court will be shaken, and Chongzhen will send a large army to conquer me, how will it be good then?" ”

Cao Guoqi thought for a while, shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, your majesty will never send heavy troops to Jiangxi today." ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it! ”

"Henan, Shaanxi, Hanzhong, Shandong, Shaanxi are all attacked and harassed by Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves, these five provinces are the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it is not too far from the capital, plus now there is a Huangtaiji outside the pass, if Your Majesty sends heavy troops to encircle and suppress us, then the defense of the Beijing division will be empty, and the Central Plains will have no soldiers available.

Your Majesty will not do such a thing, Jiangxi and Jingshi, which is more important, I think Your Majesty can still distinguish it today, the lord does not have to worry, although he can rest assured to enter Nanchang! ”

After Mo Qian heard this, he was not entangled in his heart, he patted the case and said: "Okay, the order, the Marshal's Mansion will be moved to Nanchang City!" ”

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When Lu Zhao led his troops to conquer Fengxincheng, Qian Dayou's army on the Western Route also progressed extremely smoothly, and they set out from Pingxiang and marched to Liling County in the afternoon of the same day.

Lai Wanyao, the magistrate of Liling, saw the banner of King Mo of Yuanzhou outside the city, and immediately ordered to defend the city.

However, there are too few soldiers and horses in Liling County, only about 300 people, half of whom are newly recruited villagers.

The distance between Liling and Pingxiang is only a stone's throw away, and the dialects spoken by the people of the two places are almost identical.

The people of Liling all knew that the people of Pingxiang County had both land and land under the governance of King Mo, and that in addition to the normal field tax in the territory of the rebel army, there was no landlord or old wealth to collect more taxes.

The people who had relatives in Pingxiang went to their relatives' houses and came back in Liling County to preach how good King Mo's Juntian policy was and how King Mo's yamen was honest and honest.

Anyway, it is to praise the righteous military government.

How could the people of Liling, who had been oppressed by the government and landlords for a long time, be indifferent when they heard this.

Moreover, the taxes of the imperial court are extremely heavy today, and some people have calculated that the annual output of the fields is not enough to pay taxes to the imperial court.

The people of Liling have long wanted to live this kind of day, and they have long hoped that one day King Mo's army will come over, and quickly kill the dog officials and landlords to solve their poor people.

Now that King Mo's army has finally arrived, the people of Liling have heard the news and have run out of their homes, and some enthusiasts even rushed directly to the commander of the army to ask for them to lead the way.

Qian Dayou didn't expect the people of Liling to be enthusiastic, and with their help, the rebels came to Liling City very smoothly.

Liling Zhixian wanted to lead people to resist a little, but when he saw the rebel army and thousands of people outside the city, Lai Wanyao was not calm for a moment.

He left his subordinates behind and fled directly from Simon.

He Cheng had just left the city gate and had not run two miles away, when he was stopped by the people who heard the news.

"Dog officer, where are you going, take your life!"

Lai Wanyao expropriated and extorted money in Liling County, colluded with the local squires and landlords, and wantonly imposed taxes on the heads of the people.

The people of Liling have long hated him, and now the people have finally found a good opportunity, hundreds of people surrounded Lai Wanyao in the middle, and beat him to death with their fists and feet.

The magistrate ran away, the rest of the people in the county town had no backbone, and the sentinel guarding the city always talked about the friends who came to see the rebels outside, and they didn't dare to resist at the moment, so they simply took their subordinates to open the city gate, and let their subordinates tie themselves up with ropes, and went directly to Qian Dayou to ask for guilt and surrender.

Qian Dayou didn't know whether it was good or bad to talk about Laiyou, so he simply ordered him and his subordinates to be taken into custody, and waited for him to capture the three cities before starting a public trial, and then dealt with them after the public trial.

Liling City went down without a fight, and Qian Dayou's non-stop soldiers were divided into two routes, all the way north to attack Liuyang, and all the way west to attack Zhuzhou.

In later generations, Zhuzhou City was still just a small town at this moment, but it basically had the appearance of a city.

The town is lined with merchants, teahouses, inns, restaurants, and even two brothels.

Zhuzhou is located on the trade route from the south to the north, and the business travelers who transported goods from Changsha to Jiangxi mostly passed through this place, so the business in the town was excellent, and the far-sighted boss paid some prostitutes from Changsha to invite some prostitutes, known as prostitutes from the good family, and started business here.

With the development, the town of Zhuzhou is getting bigger and bigger, and today, the scale of the city has begun to appear.

The town has also set up a patrol village warrior, who is mainly responsible for the security of the town and the arrest of bandits.

On this afternoon, the town of Zhuzhou was still full of people, and the merchants all took out the things they sold to sell to others, and some exchanged things with others.

Just when the big guy's business was doing a lively business, the village warrior who was suddenly patrolling rushed in and shouted: "Run, the thief is coming, everyone run!" ”

Anti-thief!

What anti-thief?

Everyone was confused.

But soon they understood, and saw thousands of people rushing from outside the town, all of them wearing armor, looking like the officials and soldiers of the imperial court.

But if you look at their banner again, it is a big banner with black characters on a yellow background.

This is King Mo of Yuanzhou calling!

The name of King Mo of Yuanzhou is not only resounding in Jiangxi, but also known to the people in the Huguang area who contacted Yuanzhou.

But soon they understood, and saw thousands of people rushing from outside the town, all of them wearing armor, looking like the officials and soldiers of the imperial court.

But if you look at their banner again, it is a big banner with black characters on a yellow background.

This is King Mo of Yuanzhou calling!

The name of King Mo of Yuanzhou is not only resounding in Jiangxi, but also known to the people in the Huguang area who contacted Yuanzhou.

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