Sanjiangkou, the confluence of Lushui and Heshui.

This is the place where Xie Xuelong gathers troops and trains soldiers, and there are squires who have led their children to defect one after another.

Zidi soldiers, as the name suggests, are hometown soldiers.

Tenant farmers are not worthy of being called "children", most of them are clansmen and good families, and if they can't do it, they let the slave family have children to make up for it. Absolutely loyal, and will not be a thief.

Today, under the command of Xie Xuelong, there are more than 800 guards, more than 500 self-recruited villagers, more than 3,200 gentry soldiers, and more than 2,000 soldiers who transport heavy loads.

Riverside Barracks.

Xie Xuelong sat on the high platform and said expressionlessly: "Bring up!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers and soldiers were escorted to the stage, crying and calling their mothers, and some people were scolding.

An officer hissed and roared: "The surname is Jie, grandpa is a thousand households in Linjiang, you have to have an official document of the court to kill me, do you want to rebel if you kill a military general?" ”

Xie Xuelong snorted coldly: "When Ruijin suppressed bandits, you set up troops to loot, I warned you a long time ago." Now when the thieves are training, you are lacking in training for no reason, and you lead the troops to insult the women of good families. What about killing you? Come on, cut this guy! ”

Seeing the executioner coming over with a knife, the officer began to cry again: "Master Jie, I was wrong, I was wrong, I promise to be obedient, beg the master to let me make meritorious service!" ”

With a knife down, the head fell to the ground.

One after another, more than a dozen people were beheaded, of which four were cut by officers.

Suddenly, the whole army was solemn, and no one dared to make a noise anymore, listening to Xie Xuelong reiterate the military order again.

"Futai, Mr. Meng Yan is here with his soldiers." Staff member Li Zongxue walked quickly onto the stage and came to Xie Xuelong's side to whisper.

Xie Xuelong was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered the soldiers to continue training, while he rushed to the gate of the barracks.

"Liberation Table!" Li Banghua arched his hand, and there were more than 30 villagers standing behind him.

Xie Xuelong hurriedly said: "Meet Mr. Meng Dian in the evening!" ”

Li Banghua said with a smile: "Those who dismiss officials and give leisure should not be so gifted. ”

Xie Xuelong bowed again and said, "Mr. Meng Yan, please enter the camp." ”

Li Banghua, a native of Jishui, is next door to Luling County.

He was also born as a homesteader, and the father and son went to Beijing together to take the exam. He was only wearing cloth clothes, and he didn't even have the money to take a boat, so he walked all the way to the capital.

Not to mention the previous political achievements, Chongzhen returned to the Ministry of Work in the first year, and soon changed to the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War because of the proper management of the army.

Within half a year, Li Banghua rectified the Beijing camp, recovered more than 10,000 soldiers who occupied the service, cleared out more than 1,000 false soldiers, eliminated tens of thousands of old, weak and disabled soldiers, and selected 10,000 elites for drills. He also strictly controlled the military horses of the Beijing camp, first reduced his squad horses by one-third, forbade officials to occupy the military horses without permission, and began to rectify the cavalry.

At the same time, he inspected the generals of the Beijing camp, cleaned up the treasury of the Beijing camp, and after offending countless people, the Beijing camp quickly regained its combat effectiveness.

At this moment, the Tartars broke through.

Li Banghua selected 3,000 elite soldiers to guard Tongzhou, and sent 2,000 elite soldiers to reinforce Jizhou, and personally led various troops to be stationed around the capital.

This idea is very clear, not to stubbornly defend Beijing, but to arrange a defensive line outside the capital.

The thing came, Chongzhen suddenly asked Li Banghua to come back, and ordered the elite of the Beijing camp not to go out to fight, and they must honestly guard the city of Beijing. Not even sending out sentinels, completely cutting off the news from the front, Li Banghua was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

In desperation, Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, could only nest in the city to arrest thieves, arrest spies, prohibit rumors, and donate money to make firearms.

Because during Li Banghua's rectification of the Beijing camp, he offended too many people and cut off countless people's financial routes. Before the Tartars could retreat, Li Banghua was dismissed and returned to Jiangxi to retire until now.

Xie Xuelong is already a fierce man, and now he is the former secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhao Han's face as a little thief is really big.

Fortunately, Wang Siren was transferred to Jiujiang in October, and he is still on his way to his post, otherwise Wang Siren would probably have to come to join in the fun.

It's all capable officials!

Inviting Li Banghua into the tent, Xie Xuelong pointed to the map and said, "Mr. Meng Yan, late life has sent spies, and the troops will be officially dispatched in five days." Going upstream, with Yongyang Town as the center, the north and south merged to recover the villages and towns, purge the surrounding anti-thieves, and drive these anti-thieves upstream. At that time, the anti-thieves in various villages and towns will definitely join forces, and it seems that there are many thieves, but in fact, they have their own thoughts, but it is easier to break them. ”

Li Banghua glanced at the map and asked, "Does Your Excellency have elite soldiers?" It can withstand long-distance travel. ”

Xie Xuelong said: "Before I sent troops to Ruijin, I recruited 500 villagers in Nanchang and had been practicing for several months. Although it can barely be regarded as an elite soldier, it may not be able to withstand a long-distance attack. ”

"Then forget it." Li Banghua sighed.

Xie Xuelong asked, "What is Sir's plan?" ”

Li Banghua pointed to the map: "If there are hundreds of elite soldiers, you can take a boat and go upstream." Get off the boat halfway and take the road to walk to Yongxin County. In the name of the governor, let Yongxinzhi County collect boats and grain and grass. Then go down the river, go straight to the back of Huangjiazhen, and take down the nest of the Zhao thief in one fell swoop! Let's approach with the army, cooperate with the elite soldiers around the rear, and flank the thieves in front and back. ”

Xie Xuelong was dumbfounded, this big detour is too good!

Xie Xuelong thought about it, and suddenly decided: "The strange soldiers are not too expensive, I will immediately select two hundred elites." ”

This big detour plan is divided into three sections, two of which can be taken by boat. Even if there are some winding mountain roads, they only need to walk 100 miles, and the village warriors who have trained for several months are enough to do it.

Li Banghua said: "I came to lead the troops to attack, and the villagers I brought can also be counted." ”

"Why do you have to run around yourself, sir?" Xie Xuelong dissuaded.

Li Banghua sneered: "Although I am over fifty years old, I can still walk, and I also walked to Beijing to take the exam." This trip must be through Yongxin County, if it is entrusted to non-people, burn and loot all the way, I am afraid that it will provoke the people of Yongxin County! At that time, wave after wave of unsettled will arise again, the chaos in Luling County has not been suppressed, and Yongxin County will also have mobs everywhere. ”

Xie Xuelong was in awe, and bowed his hand: "In this way, please sir!" ”

The poor predecessor of the military department Shangshu was full of strategy and could not be used to kill the Tartars, so he could only lead more than 200 troops to suppress the rebels.

Following.

Selected 200 elite villagers, plus more than 30 people brought by Li Banghua, took a boat along the Lushui detour to Yongxin County.

Counting the time to contact Yongxinzhi County and ask it to levy ships and grain, if everything goes well, it will be able to go around to the rear of Wuxing Town in half a month.

At that time, Zhao Han's nest will definitely be ended, and he will also face the situation of being attacked on his belly and back.

Will Zhao Han honestly wait to be beaten?

……

"Don't you go to join forces with the leaders of all walks of life?" Fei Ruhe exclaimed.

Zhao Han glanced at Fei Ruhe: "It's not that you haven't watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", what is the fate of the princes of the Eighteen Roads to ask Dong?" We are not the princes of the Eighteenth Road, but the tyrants and villains of the Eighteenth Road Village, and we will definitely mess up when we mix together. ”

"So how are we going to fight?" Jiang Dashan asked.

Zhao Han didn't even have a map in his hand, and he only knew the distance and direction by asking the locals, so he said categorically: "Attack Ji'an Mansion City directly!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they were all stupid.

The government army pressed the border, and didn't think about how to retreat from the enemy, so he ran to attack the city. With a total of 800 miscellaneous soldiers, can you capture the impregnable Ji'an Mansion?

Zuo Xiaoliang hurriedly dissuaded: "Sir, please think about it in the long run." ”

Pang Chunlai seemed very interested, squinted his eyes and asked, "Tell me how to fight?" ”

Zhao Han explained: "The officers and soldiers have boats, and they come along the Heshui, and they can fight wherever they want. We don't have big boats, only some small fishing boats, and we will definitely not be able to fight in a water war, so we can only fortify everywhere and be beaten passively everywhere. If you want to turn the situation around, you must attack the enemy and save it! ”

"As it should be." Pang Chunlai nodded.

Zhao Han continued: "The government has no regular soldiers, and it all depends on recruiting villagers, how can there be soldiers to defend the city of Ji'an?" It is both a capital city and a county seat, once it is breached, the governor must return to the army, and our territory will be saved! ”

Huang Qi asked: "But let's take all the soldiers away, and Wuxing Town won't want it?" ”

Zhao Han said: "Let all the villagers pack up their belongings in advance. Upstream and downstream, front and rear, all sent people to keep an eye on them, once they found the officers and soldiers, they immediately rowed back to Tongzhi, and everyone temporarily hid in the mountains. Take away the food, the money, and the clothes, and let them burn the houses, and let them trample on the crops. As long as the person is saved, everything can be done again! Mr. Pang stayed in Wuxing Town, Fei Chun stayed in Lijiagui, and Mr. Zuo returned to Xuanba Village, and immediately took the people into the mountains when he learned of the enemy's situation! ”

Huang Shunde suddenly asked: "Even if we take the city of Ji'an, we are alone, and the officers and soldiers return to the division to rescue, how can we stop it?" I'm afraid that if I go, I won't be able to come back.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Conquer Fucheng, open a warehouse to release grain, and recruit troops in Fucheng." Then he went out of the city to kill the landlords and incite the people to rebel. When the time comes, the rebels will be everywhere, let's take the opportunity to transfer, and I'll see what the governor should do! ”

"Seconds!" Huang Shunde was convinced orally.

Zuo Xiaoliang looked at Zhao Han stupidly, and had to admit in his heart that this was a natural rebel leader.

was originally a complete death, but he came back to life all of a sudden, and instead gave the governor to the generals.

The division of labor was immediately arranged, and the civil officials went to organize the people, and the political workers also followed the propaganda, persuading the people not to take chances, and to prepare for escaping into the mountains as soon as possible.

Zhao Han personally led 800 soldiers, ran to the north slope with leggings, and walked straight to Meitang Town on the mountain road.

They could actually take flatter and closer roads, but there were many people along the way, and it was likely that the march would be exposed in advance.

Li Banghua's big detour is the same, he is afraid of leaking the news to the shortcut, so he goes around Yongxin County directly - Li Banghua also has a concern, he is afraid that the mountain road will go too many and the troops will escape, after all, Xiangyong is not suitable for attacking, and the big detour can take a boat all the way.

Zhao Han's army advanced lightly, and there were no logistical auxiliaries, and each of them only brought three days of dry food.

To Meitang Town, the straight-line distance is 60 miles, but the mountain road is more than 200 miles.

When the food was approaching halfway, he killed a landlord in the mountains, and continued the march with a little supply. Relying on the leggings and spirit, he arrived in Meitang Town in four days, and immediately killed the landlord to open a warehouse and release grain.

Interestingly, Li Banghua's great detour also passed here two days ago.

After messing up Meitang Town, because the boats in the town had long been requisitioned by the governor, Zhao Han could only pick up the door panels of the shop, tie them up and make a raft to cross the river.

After crossing the river, go straight to Fucheng, there are only more than forty miles left!