When Zhang Tieniu slaughtered from Huguang to Guangdong and picked up fifteen cities for nothing, Fei Ruhe's army on the South Road only defeated one peaceful county.

Moreover, Heping County was still succeeded by Jiang Dashan's surprise attack, and it had nothing to do with Fei Ruhe himself.

Fei Ruhe crossed the mountains and crossed the mountains, crashed headlong in Longchuan County, and has not been able to conquer this city until now.

Shen Youlong divided his troops to defend strategic places, and he didn't come out to fight in the field, just a dumbfounded battle. However, he still has enough troops, and he is a veteran of three years of suppressing bandits, and Fei Ruhe has failed by all means.

Jiang Dashan led his troops to converge and besiege Longchuan with Fei Ruhe, but there was still nothing to be done.

In desperation, Fei Ruhe could only continue to surround Longchuan and let Jiang Dashan lead his troops to fight Xingning County. Except for Xingning County, there is nowhere else to go, because no matter where you go, you have to go over the mountains and mountains.

After Jiang Dashan arrived in Xingning, he was also stuck under the city, and there were also 3,000 old soldiers stationed in this place.

The two sides stood still and entered a two-month standoff.

Outside Longchuan City, Datong Military Camp.

Fei Ruhe pulled the troops out as usual, the moat had been filled, he tried to attack the city once, and then he was too lazy to fight hard.

This thing was full of smiles, and he couldn't see the frustration of frustration at all, and he had the leisure to take out a clairvoyant mirror to observe the city tower.

In the county seat, Shen Youlong was worried.

He didn't dare to go out of the city at all, so he could only be passive and defensive all the time.

And it was impossible to increase the troops, because the main force had to be stationed in Nanxiong. If troops are transferred to support Longchuan, if Nanxiong loses, it will be equivalent to losing half of Guangdong.

Feng Yushun, a man from Nanhai, was Shen Youlong's staff at this time, he looked outside the city and frowned: "Supervisor, it's not a way to go on like this, the thieves have been dividing the fields outside the city for nearly two months, and Longchuan has actually become a lonely city." ”

"If you go out of the city, you will lose." Shen Youlong's face was ugly.

Some time ago, Shen Youlong saw that the main forces of the Zhao thieves were in Longchuan, so he asked the general soldier Lu Qian to send troops from Nanxiong to try to take advantage of the weakness to capture the three passes of Meiling.

Lu Qian led 5,000 elite veterans to attack Meiguan, which was garrisoned by 300 people. After the first battle, he lost his armor and suffered more than 600 casualties, so frightened that Lu Qian hurriedly rolled back to Nanxiong to hide.

Lu Qian also sent news that there were a large number of "10,000 enemies" in the Zhao thief army.

Moreover, those 10,000 enemies are all ceramic shells, and they can be thrown over long distances on flat ground.

Shen Youlong said worriedly: "I'm most worried about Lu Qian's side." ”

"Can Mr. Lu still be a thief?" Feng Yushun wondered.

Shen Youlong sighed and said, "He was impeached by Tongyi, that is, the gentry of your hometown. ”

Feng Yushun was speechless for an instant, secretly scolding his villagers for being mentally retarded, and at the same time slandering that Lu Qian was a bastard.

Lu Qian, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong, killed several gentry from the South China Sea and stole their goods for smuggling when he was cracking down on bandits last year.

In the Ming Dynasty, coastal smuggling was not only at sea, but also by land.

Lu Qian, by virtue of his status as the commander-in-chief, wanted to forcibly intervene in the land smuggling trade. And it went a little too far, often plundering and plundering, which provoked the land-based private merchants in Nanhai County.

Feng Yushun said: "The imperial court is at the time of employing people, and it should not dismiss General Lu. ”

Shen Youlong shook his head and said, "If Lu Qian is not deposed, the gentry of Nanhai County will be in tandem with thieves." ”

"This ...... It's really possible. The more Feng Yushun thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Guangdong has many mountains and little land, and those coastal gentry and wealthy families do not rely on land income to make their fortunes. The goods from Huguang and Jiangxi were transported, and they were buying them in the bright light, and then quietly selling them to maritime merchants behind the back of the imperial court.

It is these people who have been obstructing the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty!

As for the maritime merchants and pirates, they are either their puppets or their partners.

Now, the Datong Army has closed the Meiling Sanguan, resulting in the inability of Jiangxi goods to enter Guangdong. The Huguang trade route was also cut off, and the Guangdong smuggler Jia suffered heavy losses, and even maritime merchants like Zheng Zhilong also suffered huge losses.

In addition, there are Guangdong salt merchants, whose main sales markets are Huguang and Jiangxi, and now they can't be shipped.

Salt merchants, maritime merchants, and land smugglers are now as anxious as ants in a hot pot. They did not dare to offend Zhao Han, the "King of Jiangxi", because Jiangxi was the source of goods, so they tried every means to backstab Guangdong officers and soldiers in tandem.

They not only impeached Lu Qian, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong, but also impeached Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang.

For these businessmen, Guangdong can be occupied by anti-thieves, but it is absolutely not possible to fight for a long time!

……

A few more days passed.

Chen Maosheng led the missionaries and the backbone of the peasant association over the mountains and mountains, and most of his subordinates were Yao people and Hakka people.

Seeing Fei Ruhe, Chen Maosheng couldn't help asking: "You didn't make it clear in your letter, what is the truth in Guangdong?" The head town also asked me to tell me why I sent troops for two months and only captured one county seat. ”

Fei Ruhe said confidently: "Here in Guangdong, all strategic places are heavily defended by Shen Youlong. If we forcibly attack one by one, and when Guangdong is occupied, the soldiers in my hands should also die. In fact, to occupy Guangdong, there is no need to fight at all, and I have already discovered it as soon as I came here. ”

"Just say it, don't go around in circles." Chen Maosheng said.

Fei Ruhe said: "Zhufu County in Guangdong Province has experienced two consecutive years of severe drought, and this year it is only slightly normal. And since the end of Wanli, there has been continuous civil unrest here, and Shen Youlong himself has repeatedly suppressed bandits twice, and the one in front of him has also been suppressed once. Until now, the Yao Rebellion in Lianzhou and Lianshan has not been calmed down. As long as Zhang Tieniu defeats Lechang, I estimate that half of northern Guangdong will have to be in chaos. ”

"What about the eastern part of Guangdong?" Chen Maosheng asked.

Fei Ruhe said: "The people of eastern Guangdong live in extreme hardship, and they hate the government to the core. Under the drought for many years, Shen Youlong still has to raise soldiers, and he has forced many people to rebel. When I saw that Longchuan County could not be stormed, I immediately asked the mission group and the peasant association to preside over the division of the fields. Today, most of Longchuan County has been divided, Longchuan has long become an isolated city, and the villages and towns outside the city are our territory. ”

"Then what are you asking me to bring people to do?" Chen Maosheng was puzzled.

"The situation here is too complicated," Fei Ruhe explained, "there are Hakkas, there are Yao people, there are Miao people, and there are Gu people (Zhuang). Take Yao Min as an example, it is divided into flat land Yao and high mountain Yao, and the mess makes me dizzy. Those Gao Shan Yao are even slash-and-burn farming, and you must do it yourself. ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than half of the prefectures and counties in the Liangguang region, all of which were inhabited by Yao people.

Pingdi Yao belongs to the deep degree of sinicization, and many Yao people even speak Chinese, wear Hanfu, and use Chinese names. They organized households and people, had to pay taxes to the imperial court, and even Yao landlords and Yao tenants appeared.

This kind of Yao people can directly divide the land, and they are exploited very badly by the Yao officials and landlords.

Gaoshan Yao has uneven degrees of sinicization, and the most primitive Yao tribe is still slash-and-burn farming. Burn a mountain forest, cultivate it for two or three years, and then move to another mountain forest to burn and cultivate, anyway, there are many mountains here, which can be called a "nomadic farming tribe".

There are also some Gao Shan Yao, who have learned advanced farming methods, but they do not yet speak Chinese.

This kind of Yao people are ruled by the local officials of the Yao people.

The local officials forced the Yao people to collect, excavate, and make all kinds of special products, and every few years, they had to go to Beijing to pay tribute, and exchange the Yao specialties for the emperor's rewards.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was also a poor man, and the local officials of the Yao tribe gradually became unprofitable, so they led their subordinates down the mountain to loot when they had nothing to do, or simply attacked the city and rebelled directly.

This kind of Yao people must be treated with caution, they do not speak Chinese, they are controlled by the Yao local officials, and they are also exploited by the Yao local officials. Kill the local officials directly, but the Yao people will not appreciate it, and they must first understand the policy.

In many other places, the Han, Yao, Miao, and Zhuang are merging, and it's hard to tell which of them they are.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of Yao, Miao and Zhuang people in Guangdong, and they were constantly being sinicized.

Such a complicated situation made Fei Ruhe a big deal, so he could only write a letter to invite Chen Maosheng to preside over the work.

Chongyi County in the southern Jiangxi region, which is full of Yao people and Miao people, had completed the work of dividing the fields at the beginning of the year and formed a peasant association. Chen Maosheng went south this time, and at the request of Fei Ruhe, he directly brought more than 300 Yao people and Miao people.

As soon as Chen Maosheng came, Fei Ruhe immediately divided his troops and personally led the main force to bypass Longchuan and go to surround Heyuan County.

……

"Supervisor, the thieves have divided their troops," Feng Yushun said confusedly, "With such a swagger, they are not afraid of being cut off from the grain route and being attacked by the north and south?" ”

Shen Youlong was very angry at this time: "They are luring me out of the city, and they don't take me seriously at all!" ”

Feng Yushun said: "Since the anti-thieves divide the troops, it is better to send 500 elites to attack the anti-thief camp at night." ”

"That's what I mean!" Shen Youlong also wanted to take a bad breath.

There was no action that night, and after a few days, Shen Youlong felt that the thieves had relaxed their vigilance, so he asked a thousand generals to lead 500 troops out of the city to attack at night.

I went and didn't come back......

It's not that Mr. Qian became a thief, but he was defeated when he stole the camp, and the soldiers simply took the opportunity to flee back to their hometown.

Fei Ruhe took Chen Maosheng to Heyuan to divide the land, and he had already ended his experience in Nanjiang. As long as the land outside the city is divided, the people of the whole county will be their own people, and they can also take the opportunity to suppress the landlords and increase military rations.

"Report !!!"

"The Eight Pai Yao uprising has captured the four cities of Lianzhou, Lianshan, Yangshan, and Ruyuan!"

Hearing the news, Fei Ruhe said with a smile: "Guangdong doesn't need to fight, the officers and soldiers will soon collapse on the whole front." ”

The three cities of Lianzhou, Huguang in the north, Guangxi in the west, and the handover area of the three provinces are all Yao people's settlements.

In the eight years of Chongzhen in history, it was not only Liu Xinyu who rebelled with the miners of Huguang Yaomin. At the same time, there were also the Bapai Yao Uprising in Guangdong, the Huayao Uprising in Huguangjiang, and the Yao Uprising in Hexian County, Guangxi.

The Yao people and miners in the three provinces rose up to rebel at the same time, and it took three years for the imperial court to send a coalition of the five provinces to encircle and suppress them.

And the Bapai Yao uprising was the largest, the five provinces encircled and suppressed, and two governors were replaced, from the eleventh year of Chongzhen to the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

Two years ago, Shen Youlong spent all his energy and finally beat Bapai Yao back to the mountains.

At this moment, Zhang Tieniu led his troops to occupy Lechang, and next door happened to be the territory of Bapai Yao. They took the opportunity to go out of the mountains, captured all four county towns, and cooperated with Zhang Tieniu to fight officers and soldiers.

Guangdong is gone, and the officers and soldiers can't bear it.