Last year's Jiangxi floods and droughts came in turns, and if they were exploited by the government gentry again, the word "hunger" would be left in the history books.

Especially in the second year, it may be more "hungry" than in the disaster year.

But under the rule of Zhao Han, in the eleventh year of Chongzhen's reign, Jiangxi, except for a few areas in the north, had a bumper harvest of summer grain!

All the people rejoiced and rejoiced.

On the occasion of the mobilization of troops and food, Zhao Han threw Zhang Bingwen a piece of information: "Jun Neidi (brother-in-law) has become the governor of Huguang. ”

After Zhang Bingwen finished reading, he said with a smile: "It's okay, he can't take care of Xiangnan." ”

Now there are three governors in Huguang, and Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, is Zhang Bingwen's brother-in-law. Dai Dongmin, the governor of Yunyang, specialized in recruiting rogues; Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan, specifically dealt with Zhao Han.

Fang Kongzhi has just taken office, and the former governor is called Yu Yinggui, who is now in prison in Beijing.

Yu Yinggui is a native of Jiangxi, and his relatives have been attached to Zhao Han. But he was questioned by the imperial court, not because he was a thief, but because he sabotaged Xiong Wencan's "appeasement of the overall situation", and was impeached by Yang Sichang and disgraced and imprisoned.

These front-line governors all think Xiong Wencan is a fool!

For example, Dai Dongmin, the governor of Yunyang, resolutely resisted the strategy of appeasement. He believed that small bandits could be appeased, and large bandits must be suppressed by force, unless they were willing to dismiss their troops after being appeased. Dai Dongmin commanded dozens of battles, and Zhang Xianzhong was forced to recruit by him.

"Who is this Wang Zhiliang?" Zhao Han asked.

Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan, was Zhao Han's main enemy.

Li Banghua thought about it carefully, and suddenly had a little impression: "When I was the secretary of the Ministry of War, this person was a member of the middle school in the cabinet. The emperor is discussing in the Wenhua Palace, and I have seen this Wang Zhiliang several times. I heard that poetry is excellent, but I don't know if I can fight. ”

"Shaanxi people, how much do you know about military affairs." Zhang Bingwen added.

Wang Zhiliang is not well-known in history, but his son Wang Hongshu is famous, proficient in science, history, easy learning, poetry, gold and stone, painting, and calligraphy. Wang Hongzhu resolutely refused to be recruited by Kangxi, and hid in Huashan to live in seclusion, and was called "the leader of Guanzhong's voice" by Gu Yanwu.

Research comes, research goes, and there is no more information about this person, so let's just start fighting!

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In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, at the beginning of June.

The Datong army, the soldiers set off in four ways.

North Road:

Gu Jianshan is the main general, leading the sailors to cruise the Yangtze River. Li Hui was the deputy general and led the sailors to cruise the Xinjiang River. The main purpose is to guard against the invasion of officers and soldiers from Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

West Road (Upper):

Huang Qi was the main general and attacked Liling from Pingxiang. Li Zheng was the deputy general and attacked Liuyang from Wanzai.

West Road (Down):

Zhang Tieniu was the main general, leading 2,000 rattan armor soldiers, crossing the mountains and mountains to take Yu County. Liu Zhu was the deputy general and attacked Chaling from Yongxin.

Nan:

Fei Ruhe was the main general and attacked Longchuan from Changning. Jiang Dashan was the deputy general, attacking peace from Dingnan.

In fact, to invade Guangdong from Jiangxi, it is best to go south along the Meiling Ancient Road. However, Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, had already quelled the civil unrest in Guangxi, and it was almost impossible to forcibly conquer it by force in Nanxiong.

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Because he did not bring baggage and auxiliaries, although Zhang Tieniu's marching route was the most difficult, he set off ahead of schedule and arrived at the battlefield first.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there were endless wars, and nearly 100,000 people were killed by the Qing army, so many Hakka people moved in during the Kangxi and Yongzheng periods.

At this time, although Yuxian County belonged to Huguang, it was mostly Jiangxi people, and the local language was Jiangxi dialect.

When Zhang Tieniu traveled day and night and ran to Xiayang Town outside the county, the two thousand rattan armor soldiers had been hungry all day. It's a pity that the sneak attack on the county town failed, and the thieves in the city saw the rattan armor soldiers from a distance, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly gave the city gate to the officers and soldiers.

They could only return to Xiayang Town, and instead of grabbing food, they divided their troops to guard the head and tail of the town, holding weapons and observing the surrounding situation.

More than a dozen military missionary officers are also wearing rattan armor.

Seeing that the whole town had withered, and the doors of the families were closed, the missionary rang a small gong and shouted along the street: "Old cousin of Youxian, we are Zhao Tianwang's soldiers, and we are here to kill the thieves in Youxian County." Don't be afraid, for if we rob, it's useless for you to close the door. I don't want your food, I don't want your money, I want to borrow a ladder from anyone who has it. The carpenters in the town are also invited to come out, and we will pay the carpenters to make siege ladders! ”

After shouting for a quarter of an hour, the townspeople finally believed.

Because when other thieves came to Xiayang Town, they all violently broke into the door, robbed food and money, and even robbed beautiful women. And these rattan armor soldiers in front of them are very orderly, and they look different from thieves.

A shopkeeper opened the door and said respectfully, "Meet the generals!" ”

The missionary returned the salute: "Dare to ask the old cousin's name." ”

"You are not noble, your surname is Liu, and your name is Ansheng," the shopkeeper asked, "but you want to attack the county seat?" ”

"It turned out to be Shopkeeper Liu," said the missionary, "yes, let's borrow twenty ladders." We are all soldiers of King Zhao Tianwang, we don't rob the people, we fight thieves. ”

Shopkeeper Liu immediately shouted: "Come out, this is Zhao Tianwang's good soldier!" ”

The townspeople opened the doors one after another, and then knelt on the ground around the missionary officer, and screamed: "General help, those bandits are not people, they come to rob once in ten days and a half months, and they can't live this day!" ”

"My daughter was also snatched away, and I don't know if she is dead or alive!"

"The food at home is gone, the money is gone, and if you continue like this, you will starve to death!"

“……”

The missionary shouted: "Don't panic, folks, borrow all the ladders at home, and if the ladders are not enough, dismantle the door panels and make them." As soon as we have a ladder, we will immediately enter the city and kill the thieves! ”

The townspeople immediately sprang into action and brought wooden ladders one after another.

The county seat of Yuxian County is not tall, only more than four meters, and two civilian wooden ladders can be tied up to attack the city. But it was still not enough, so I had to remove the door panel and make a simple wooden ladder out of nails and rope.

In the afternoon of the same day, 2,000 rattan armor soldiers, carrying more than 20 wooden ladders, all rushed to the county seat hungry.

The thieves here are from Yongning County.

The thief leader Xiaobawang has captured Yongxin County and enjoyed happiness in the more prosperous Yongxing. Those who stayed in Yuxian were all weak chickens, only more than 1,800 people, and the thieves were called sky-turning monkeys.

When the Heaven Turning Monkey heard that King Zhao had sent troops, he was so frightened that he immediately wanted to flee. But he was reluctant to have money and beauties, so he simply defended the city and did not leave, and at the same time sent his henchmen to Chaling to ask for reinforcements.

This guy was sitting on the city tower, and suddenly the rattan armor soldier came up with the stairs and hurriedly shouted: "Over there, move the rolling wood and boiling oil over there!" ”

Due to the lack of time to prepare in advance, the thieves in the city had very few materials to defend the city, which was simply not enough to defend the various sections of the city wall.

I saw 2,000 rattan armor soldiers, carrying more than 20 siege ladders, jumping into the moat with a brush.

Both the rattan armor and the ladder are buoyant, and it is easy to cross the river and go ashore, and the siege ladders are placed on several city walls.

"It's a vine armor!"

"Zhao Tianwang recruited the rattan armor soldiers!"

The thieves who heard "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" shouted in horror, and many thieves simply turned around and fled.

"Ahh

Suddenly there was a scream, but it was the thief who was carrying the boiling oil, and he fell down because he was too panicked, and several thieves' feet were burned by the hot oil. They also had no care to defend the city, so they slipped away in pain, and led the other thieves to flee wherever they passed.

Zhang Tieniu took the lead and climbed up the wooden ladder.

There were a few thieves here, trying to push the ladder away, but more vine armor soldiers held down the bottom of the ladder underneath.

At a height of more than four meters, Zhang Tieniu climbed up in a blink of an eye.

His current weapon has been replaced by a steel knife, and two small axes are pinned to his waist for tossing.

"Kill!"

Zhang Tieniu climbed onto the city wall, raised his shield to block the vital point, and raised his hand to slash out.

In many other places, they were also attacked one after another, and the vine armor soldiers chased the thieves and slashed for a while.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the thief immediately ran from the wall near the river, climbed the rope and slipped away quickly, and then swam to the other side of the river and into the mountain.

After this battle, only two of the vine armor soldiers were wounded, and the hot oil and rolling wood of the thieves were not even used.

The whole city was searched, and more than 600 thieves were caught.

"What do these people do?" The missionary asked.

Zhang Tieniu's face was hideous: "Kill them all!" ”

They belong to a surprise attack, rest for a day, eat and drink enough, and have to go to the next county town, how can they divide people to take care of the prisoners?

The missionaries also knew this and did not stop it.

More than 600 thieves were tied up and killed one by one. The people of the city were not afraid, but cheered and cheered, and they were greatly affected by these thieves.

The women of the city were hired to cook with the food of the thieves, and all the soldiers took off their armor and rested.

The missionaries could not rest, and they had to run in tandem to gather the surviving families in the city, and let each of them send someone to defend the city. After preventing the vine armor soldiers from leaving, the thieves who successfully escaped were killed. In addition, large households had to collect small boats and mules to transport rattan armor and grain, and Zhang Tieniu had to go along the river bank to Chaling.

(Note: Chaling has been upgraded to a state, and it has been written incorrectly before, thank you for correcting it.) ）

On the side of Chaling, although Liu Zhu is a deputy general, his strength far exceeds that of Zhang Tieniu.

Liu Zhu had 2,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 peasant soldiers, and more than 6,000 grain transportation teams, as well as more than 900 missionary groups, expatriate officials, backbone peasant associations, and medical soldiers.

After entering the territory of Chaling County, the missionary group, officials, and peasant associations immediately took action and went to various villages and towns to preach policies. Not only did the peasants respond enthusiastically, but even the gentry and landlords warmly received them, who were so badly plagued by the thieves that they did not want to keep their fields and property, as long as they could save their lives.

A few days later, Liu Zhu led his troops to appear in the north of Chaling Prefecture, plus thousands of grain transport teams, which frightened the anti-thieves in the city.

Although most of the thieves were locals, several of the thieves fled from Jiangxi. They had already been cast in the shadow by the "heavenly soldiers", and Liu Zhu's army was still ten miles away, so they directly packed up the city and fled to the southeast.

It is the direction of Yuxian County!

Zhang Tieniu's 2,000 rattan armor soldiers, two miles north of Hukou Town, collided with more than 5,000 thieves who had escaped.

There is no need to line up at all, and even the rattan armor is too lazy to put it on.

Zhang Tieniu asked the soldiers to put on rattan armor helmets, hold rattan cards and steel knives, and directly kill more than twice as many enemies.

"Run! King Zhao knows how to spell, and there are also heavenly soldiers recruited here! ”

When the old thieves saw the Datong military flag, they turned around in fright and ran. They were really frightened, they had fled from the north, and they had somehow encountered an enemy in the south, and they were more and more convinced that Zhao Tianwang really knew how to spell.

Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu all the way, because they were all weak chickens, the start was very smooth.

As long as Anren and Youxian are laid again, the strategic goals of the first phase will be achieved.