In terms of the area of the city, Ganzhou City is only half the size of Nanchang City.

As for the city wall, the foundation stone of Ganzhou City is solidified with molten iron to prevent it from being destroyed by the flooding of the river. There is a drainage system of the Northern Song Dynasty in the city, which is not afraid of a hundred years of water.

It is surrounded by rivers on three sides and has a moat on one side.

Most of the cities in Jiangxi have this kind of thing. All kinds of two-sided rivers and three-sided rivers, and all brick and stone structures, can be called a nightmare for siegers.

Zou Weilian sat on the eight-mirror platform, where Su Dongpo wrote eight poems, but he now has no poetry Yaxing.

More than 600 fire attack boats had already been prepared, just waiting for the enemy's sailors to throw themselves into the net.

The confluence of the three rivers is Ganzhou City, and the river to the north of this place is more than a mile wide. Unless the anti-thief is stupid and learns Cao Cao's iron rope and crossboat, it will be difficult for more than 600 fire attack boats to be effective.

Only after crossing the confluence of the three rivers, whether it is driving into Gongshui or Zhangshui, the river will be much narrower, and it will be conducive to fire attack at that time.

However, Gujian Mountain will not go over!

Because of the sailor of Gujian Mountain, there are only two tasks this time. One is to transport people and grain, and the other is to intercept any ship going north, just get stuck in the north and cruise around, why risk sailing into Zhangshui or Gongshui?

"Fu Shuai, there are scholars who cross the river from Gongshui."

"Bring him here."

Not long after, a scholar was brought to the eight-mirror platform, and he was impatient when he met: "Fu Shuai, please send troops quickly, it's too late!" ”

The place where Zou Weilian stands is the best viewing spot, you can look down on the river in all directions, and even faintly see the anti-thief camp on the opposite bank. He frowned and asked, "But what's wrong with the thief?" ”

The scholar said: "The thieves are inciting the people to form a peasant association and force the landlords to reduce rents and interest. The peasant associations refused to admit all the loans for grain borrowings with an interest rate of more than three cents, and forced the landlords to hand over the loan deeds. To remove barrel noodles and waste winter animals, it is simply lawless! ”

Barrel noodles, similar to the fire consumption of the government.

If the tenant pays a stone rent to the landlord, the loss of the barrel surface has to occupy a bucket, and the actual rent is one stone and a bucket. And it's a special bucket to collect rent!

Anyway, the landlord has countless ways to squeeze the grain out of the hands of the tenants, and then force the tenants to borrow usury.

Day after day, year after year, almost every family was in debt, and the tenants were essentially reduced to serfs.

Hearing what this scholar said, Zou Weilian instantly felt finished.

Although he tried his best to restrain his soldiers and did not go to the surrounding villages and towns to plunder, he seemed to have treated the people very well. Compared with the formation of a peasant association by thieves, rent reduction and interest reduction, removal of bucket noodles, and waste of winter livestock, Zou Weilian's good governance is a fart!

What's more, the Fujian soldiers were already disobedient, and secretly went out to loot twice this month.

If the thieves were allowed to do this, it was estimated that in only one or two months, the surrounding countryside would be occupied by the thieves, and he led his troops out of the city as if he had entered the enemy-occupied area.

Zou Weilian asked, "Are you going to let the thieves form a peasant association?" ”

The scholar complained bitterly: "A team of fifty anti-thieves escorts those scribes (the backbone of the peasant association), and they can bewitch the people in a few words." But if the landlord resists, he will be tried by the public. There was a landlord in the same village who took his clansmen and domestic slaves to suppress the peasant association, and was immediately killed by those thieves, and his house was raided in the afternoon of the same day! And ......"

"And what?" Zou Weilian asked.

The scholar was horrified: "Moreover, in the villages and towns where the Ten Thousand Peasant Associations were formed, the thieves also trained peasant soldiers. used Qi Wuyi's mandarin duck array, using bamboo, sickles, kitchen knives, and pot lids as weapons. Even if the thieves are gone, these people can also win against the landlords, and only the officers and soldiers can come forward to ask for it. ”

Zou Weilian was speechless for a moment, he didn't know how to deal with it at all, and he couldn't find old examples in the history books.

This is sowing the seeds of rebellion, even if the thieves are repelled now, as long as the officers and soldiers evacuate Ganzhou, I am afraid that the local peasants will start an uprising of their own.

Is it possible to kill all the small people?

Zou Weilian stood on the eight-mirror platform, looking at the anti-thief camp on the other side, and was depressed and couldn't say anything to anyone.

He turned to look back at Yu Gutai on Helan Mountain, and muttered Xin Qiji's words: "Yu Gu Tai is under the Qingjiang River, how many pedestrians are in tears...... Who is this man? ”

If Zhao Han was present, he would definitely say, "Of course, it is the people who bear the suffering." ”

After a few days, all the officials and soldiers of the city knew what the thieves had done.

Chen Ting, the chief soldier of Fujian and the champion of martial arts, came to visit: "Fu Shuai, you are afraid of the Zhao thief, but I am not afraid." And let the river go and kill those thieves without leaving a single piece of armor! ”

"Don't be rash," Zou Weilian said soothingly, "Inspector Zhu has already admonished him not to send troops without authorization before receiving his military order. For today's priority, it is to defend Ganzhou City and consume the grain and grass of the thieves. When the officers and soldiers of Jiangxi and Huguang are fully prepared, the troops of the south, south and west will be launched together, which will definitely make it difficult for Zhao Thief to parry! ”

"Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are just watching stupidly in the city?" Chen Ting said depressedly.

Zou Weilian said: "Don't be impatient. ”

"How can you not be dry?" Chen Ting became more and more angry, and shouted, "I came all the way from Fujian, and it was hard to suppress bandits in western Fujian and southern Jiangnan. After moving to Ganzhou, it has been almost a year here, and he has been reluctant to go north to suppress thieves. These Fujian sergeants, who also have wives and children, have been sent out of Fujian for two years. They left their hometowns, are they just for you Zou Fushuai to be promoted and rich? If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you Zou Fushuai eats meat, and our martial artists should at least drink soup! ”

Zou Weilian didn't have Shang Fang's sword, so he had nothing to do with these generals, so he could only stubbornly say: "Within this year, I will definitely go north to suppress the thieves." ”

"The thief is on the other side, you don't have to go north, just cross the river!" Chen Ting said to the river.

Chen Ting's right is a martial champion, a martial champion appointed by the emperor.

He was born in a large family in Fujian, and his ancestors were hereditary generals. After being admitted to the martial arts champion, he was directly awarded the deputy commander-in-chief of Guangdong, and was quickly promoted to the commander-in-chief of Fujian, and made meritorious contributions in the suppression of pirates many times. When the peasant army was suppressed in southern Fujian, it was even more invincible, killing the rebellious peasants like slaughtering chickens and killing dogs.

Luling Zhao thief is a fart!

Chen Tingwei also sent spies to cross the river, and he was very keenly aware that there were not many thieves on the other side of the river, and there were five or six thousand who could have died.

Back in the army, Chen Ting summoned the generals and said: "Zou Weilian's house, the clansmen were all captured by Zhao thieves, I'm afraid that they have really been secretly thieves for a long time." Otherwise, why didn't he delay going north to use troops? A few thieves, on the other side, he also held the city out. ”

"I have long seen that he is not pleasing to the eye, and he has been on the expedition from Fujian for two years, and he has been constrained and constrained everywhere."

"That is, we have destroyed many thieves in western Fujian. He said that he wanted to repay the merit to the imperial court, but what kind of merit could be repaid? I can't even see the silver bounty! ”

"Most of the reward was stolen by this guy!"

"Last year, my nephew was beheaded by this bird official just leading troops to rob a village, and I couldn't bear it anymore."

"It's better to kill this fang!"

"He is a civilian official, and he can't be killed."

"Then tie it up, and report to the court that the governor has become a thief."

“……”

The powder keg, which has been buried since last year, is finally about to explode in the face of anti-thieves at this moment.

Chen Tingzheng gave gifts to Wen Tiren's henchmen, and he also knew that Zou Weilian and Wen Tiren did not deal with each other. If he was replaced by another civilian official, he really didn't dare to start, but Zou Weilian was really not afraid of being placed under house arrest.

He put Zou Weilian under house arrest, as long as Shangshu impeached his accomplices, Wen Tiren's henchmen would inevitably fall into the ground.

That night, a group of Fujian soldiers led troops to rush into Zou Weilian's temporary residence.

As the governor of Fujian, Zou Weilian had 2,000 pacesetters who had been personally trained, and he personally promoted the pacesetters guerrillas and pacesetters.

At this moment, there are only more than 100 pacesetters guarding the official residence, and the others are sent out to guard the city in turn.

These soldiers rushed too fast, and they attacked at night, and hundreds of governors and pacesetters didn't react at all, and Zou Weilian was already caught.

"Do you want to rebel?" Zou Weilian reprimanded angrily.

Chen Ting sneered: "You have been a thief for a long time, and all kinds of military orders are considered for anti-thieves." You are a civil official, I won't kill you, the court will dispose of it itself! ”

Actually, it's an excuse to say anything.

The real core contradiction is that Zou Weilian, as a native of Jiangxi, did not allow Fujian guest soldiers to loot in Jiangxi.

From Fujian, they fought in western Fujian and then on the border between Guangdong and Jiangxi, defeating a large number of peasant armies there. However, after the military exploits, the imperial court did not raise the rewards on a large scale, which made these soldiers resentful and wanted to get it back in Jiangxi, but Zou Weilian was not allowed to loot in Jiangxi.

After being away from home for more than two years, the Fujian soldiers can't reap the benefits, so what are they going to fight? I've been wanting to go home for a long time!

Zou Weilian thought that he would be able to harvest the military hearts of the low-level soldiers by paying his salary personally.

But how can the little salary he pay be more than a robbery?

After putting Zou Weilian under house arrest, Chen Ting announced that the governor had become a thief, and he was arrested by him and handed over to the imperial court for processing, and promised to take all the soldiers to make a fortune. Those pacesetters trained by Zou Weilian himself, except for a few who were not convinced, the rest all fell to Chen Ting!

In just two days, Chen Tingzheng took control of Ganzhou City.

After all, he had read a book, and knew that there were thieves outside, so he couldn't fool around in the city at this time, so he set his sights on the other side of the river.

On the bank of the river that is more than ten miles long, there is always a chance to attack.

Moreover, the anti-thief sailors did not dare to sail past the confluence of the three rivers, and the upstream section of the river was all the territory of the officers and soldiers.

Chen Ting set up an ambush in the upper reaches, as long as the anti-thief sailor of Gujian Mountain dared to come to the Gongshui River section to cruise, hundreds of fireboats could be sent out immediately. And the sailors of the officers and soldiers can also block the back road of the anti-thieves from Zhangshui, so that the anti-thief sailors can't run if they want to!

Only 3,000 people were left to defend the city, and Chen Tingxiang went upstream to smuggle 5,000 people first, and the rest of the troops swaggered across the river from the front.

He just wants to lure the thieves over, whether it is the sailor or the army, all have to fall into his trap.

During the night, 5,000 smugglers crossed the river one after another. Because the battle was too large, it was discovered halfway through the crossing, because there were sentinels sent by the peasant associations along the river.

It didn't matter to the officers and men, the smuggling site was far away from the anti-thief camp, and the main anti-thief force could not stop it for a while.

As for the anti-thief sailor, don't think about going back if you dare to come and make trouble, more than 600 fire attack ships are waiting.

The local peasant association beat gongs and drums and began to remind the people to move.

It is a pity that the peasant associations have just been formed, and their appeal is insufficient, and many peasants are disobedient and hide at home and refuse to come out.

After 5,000 officers and men successfully crossed the river, they immediately plundered the villages and towns with torches. They looked down on the poor and small people, and only killed a few when they passed by, and then went straight to the mansions of those big families.

Guest soldiers from other provinces are more ruthless than anti-thieves!

How ruthless it is, you can refer to Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang. Not to mention robbing money, he also engaged in massacres, which were so excessive that even foreigners couldn't stand it.

If Chen Tingzheng wants to gain a firm foothold in Jiangxi, he must let every Fujian soldier under his command earn the money to go home and be a landlord!