Anqing.

Zhang Xianzhong has more than 100,000 troops and has been besieging the city here for half a month.

Can't beat it down.

The defenders of Anqing were only 3,000, but they were united, and even the people came to help, fearing that the city would be sacked after it was broken.

Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry was all scattered, and the sentry extended for twenty miles. If there are officers and soldiers who come to the rescue of Anqing, they will take the initiative to annihilate if there are few reinforcements, and if there are many reinforcements, they will scatter and slip away.

To this day, Zhang Xianzhong does not want to go to Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong has great ambitions and has always wanted to cross the Yangtze River. With Nanjing as the base and the land of the south of the Yangtze River, it can rule at least half of the world!

Historically, Zhang Xianzhong crashed into Sichuan, purely at the instigation of the strategist Wang Zhaoling. Later, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to go out of Sichuan with the whole army, occupy the northwest and seek to win the world, Wang Zhaoling sowed discord, saying that once Zhang Xianzhong left, the generals who stayed in Sichuan would definitely rebel and stand on their own.

Zhang Xianzhong's large-scale killing in Sichuan was also caused by Wang Zhaoling.

Of course, it's certainly not as much as the history books say.

Although the author of "Shu Bi" has all kinds of black Zhang Xianzhong, he also has a pertinent record: "(Zhang Xianzhong) Since breaking Wuchang, he has great ambitions and is not very brutal. ”

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The peasant army advanced step by step, and in a blink of an eye came to the moat, and the officers and soldiers of the city began to shoot arrows.

Suddenly, someone in the city shouted, "Thief ship! ”

On Zhang Xianzhong's side, there were also sentinels rushing over: "The officers and soldiers are here, the officers and soldiers are here!" ”

The peasant army, which was besieging the city, was immediately recalled by Mingjin.

Both the attacking and defending sides, inside and outside the city, were all frightened by the fleet on the river.

The Jiangxi Naval Division, which had expanded its army to 4,000 troops, already had hundreds of large and small warships. In addition to drills, it is to assist the transshipment envoys and transport official money and grain in Jiangxi.

At this moment, ten ships of 400 materials and thirty ships of 200 materials came from the upstream.

Zhang Xianzhong personally rode to the riverside and muttered to himself: "The officers and soldiers are not so majestic, they seem to be the banner of the Zhao thieves in Jiangxi." ”

"Lame General" Bai Wenxuan came with him and said confusedly: "Zhao thief is going to fight Jiangnan?" ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to fight." Zhang Xianzhong was a little frustrated.

Such a majestic fleet of sailors is enough to sit on the Yangtze River, and Zhang Xianzhong does not want to cross the river to occupy Nanjing.

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Zhang Xianzhong scolded: "Order all departments, stop fighting Anqing, and immediately go north with the whole army to help Li Zicheng's mongrel!" ”

Since Jiangxi Zhao is a thief, he is ready to attack Jiangnan, and there is also a majestic sailor. That Zhang Xianzhong is still a hairy Anqing, this shabby place is easy to be besieged by officers and soldiers, it is better to go north to Henan to help Li Zicheng.

Of course, the help is fake, and the disrupting of the arrangement of officers and soldiers is real.

made it look like he was going to Henan, mobilized officers and soldiers from all walks of life to surround and intercept, and then looked for a gap to immediately go west, jumped out of the encirclement and returned to Huguang (Hubei).

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong's sudden withdrawal of troops, the defenders in the city were shocked and did not dare to lead their troops to kill them.

Even, Zhang Xianzhong left for several days, and the defenders of Anqing did not dare to move, for fear of being killed by thieves - Zhang Xianzhong often did this!

After marching thirty miles, he began to set up camp.

Zhang Xianzhong convened the generals to discuss the matter, in addition to Bai Wenxuan, the descendants of Siyi, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi were all there.

"That Zhao Tianwang in Jiangxi, I'm afraid that he will be able to defeat Jiangnan this year," Zhang Xianzhong said to the generals, "Let's not attack Jiangbei, even if we defeat the two Huai, we are just standing here, and we will be a shield for the surnamed Zhao." ”

"Father," Sun Kewang took out a copy of "Datong Ji", "this is the child found in a landlord's house." ”

Zhang Xianzhong knows a few words, as for the cultural level, it is estimated that it is about the same as Mengtong, who has been in school for half a year. He glanced at the title of the book and asked, "The book over there in Shanxi?" ”

Sun Kewang said: "Father, this is the Datong of the world, not the Datong of Shanxi. ”

"That Zhao Tianwang's book?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

"Yes," said Sun Kewang, "the child has consulted the master, and the meaning of this first article has been understood. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "Tell me what kind of article the surname Zhao wrote." ”

Sun Kewang said: "The world is the same, that is, the world is a big partner, not a family with a surname." It is necessary to choose people with good moral conduct and ability to be officials, and it is also necessary to stress the ...... of credit."

"That's a good thing to say, the surname Zhao has knowledge in his belly." Zhang Xianzhong nodded in approval.

Sun Kewang continued: "The big guys should be close to each other, treat other people's relatives as their own relatives, and treat other people's sons as their own sons. When they are old, they will be sent to their deaths, and the young and strong will find a livelihood, and the children will be able to grow up alive. Widowers, widows, and the crippled are all fed on. A man can please his mother-in-law, and a woman can marry her husband...... Scholars do not play tricks, the people do not become thieves, and they do not have to close their doors at night. ”

Zhang Xianzhong listened and was silent for a long time.

"Alas," Zhang Xianzhong sighed, "who wouldn't want to live such a good life?" I never dreamed of it. What else is written in the back? ”

Sun Kewang said: "The child is not very literate, and he can't understand half of it, and he hasn't consulted the master yet. ”

"Call the Master." Zhang Xianzhong said.

Sun Kewang said: "On the way to withdraw today, the master wanted to escape, but was killed by the child. ”

Zhang Xianzhong advised: "Please have another one tomorrow." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was in Gucheng last year and listened to "The Art of War" for several months. Although he still didn't understand a lot of content, he still felt that he benefited a lot.

It's a pity that the master who explained "The Art of War" actually ran away when the troops were transferred.

After another day of marching, Zhang Xianzhong not only invited his master, but also got a copy of "Datong Female Generals".

Because of the illustrations, Zhang Xianzhong was quite interested, so he asked the master to talk about the female generals first.

This book can be listened to as a story, and after listening to it, Zhang Xianzhong clapped his hands and praised: "The surname Zhao is interesting, there are so many Sun Erniang and Hu Sanniang in the army." He also said to the generals, "Women also have the ability, they can choose strong women to join the army, maybe they can produce a few Sun Erniang and Hu Sanniang." ”

"Yes!" The generals responded.

In fact, these generals all want to be wrong, they have read the illustrations in the book, and they pay more attention to beauty.

As for choosing a strong woman to join the army?

When Zhang Xianzhong was at his lowest point, his generals killed his wife Mingzhi one after another!

The master trembled and talked about the "Theory of Qualifications" again, but Zhang Xianzhong didn't take it seriously. But in the next few days, he listened to "The Theory of Dividing the Fields", "The Theory of Releasing Slaves", and "The Theory of the Family and the Country", and was immediately impressed by Zhao Han's set of rebel theories.

Another day passed, Zhang Xianzhong summoned the generals and said: "I decided to go to Yunyang, lay down a piece of land, and learn from the surnamed Zhao." First the soldiers were given the land, then the people were given the land, and the slaves of the rich families were released. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Father, the soldiers and the people have divided the land, and they wholeheartedly support it. But as soon as the officers and soldiers come, we have to run, isn't this division of land in vain? ”

Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a long time: "Try it first." ”

After a while, Zhang Xianzhong said again: "Jiangxi Zhao Tianwang has a loud name, and it seems that he has some real skills. When the officers and soldiers are led by the nose and arrive at the border of Henan, we will jump out and run to the southwest. When I went to Huangmei County, I sent someone to contact the surnamed Zhao. They are all anti-thieves, see if they can help each other, and when the time comes, they will fight officers and soldiers together. ”

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said that Xu Fengcai, Xu Nianzu, Liu Rushi and others also met the Jiangxi Navy fleet halfway.

Standing on the deck, Xu Nianzu said in a daze: "This is going to fight Jiangnan?" ”

"Brother, look at the sides of the ship." Xu Fengcai pointed to the warships and said.

Xu Nianzu looked at it and found that on both sides of each boat, huge trees were tied with ropes, and the giant trees were tied up and floated on the water.

"Why are you carrying a lot of wood," Xu Nianzu wondered, "Could it be that it was transported to make siege equipment?" ”

Xu Fengcai said: "To build siege equipment, you won't use such a giant tree. ”

Li Fenglai walked over: "That's hemp oak, which is used to build sea ships." Last year, all prefectures and counties in Jiangxi Province posted notices prohibiting the felling of oak. If there are two people hugging the oak, quickly go to the government to report, the situation is true, and the person who reports the news can be rewarded with a silver tael. ”

"It's going to be shipped...... Guangdong? Xu Nianzu exclaimed.

"I should go to Guangdong." Li Feng said.

After arriving in Nanjing, the Jiangxi Navy fleet actually docked at the wharf and did not leave.

The Nanjing officials were shocked, and Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, immediately ordered the city to be defended and ordered the officials to prepare things to defend the city.

Suddenly, a sword-carrying warrior appeared in the city, and he went straight to meet him.

"You still dare to show up in the city, and you have been arrested and beheaded to show the public!" Zhang Guowei was furious.

A sword-carrying soldier said: "Don't be angry with the Zhang soldiers, I'm waiting to show up at this moment, because I have something to say to the soldiers." ”

Zhang Guowei sneered: "Persuade the old man to become a thief? ”

The sword-carrying warrior said, "No." Zhao Tianwang knew that there was a famine in Nanzhi, and although there was not much surplus grain in Jiangxi, he would be able to harvest summer grain in another month. Therefore, Zhao Tianwang ordered to buy grain in Jiangxi, transported a lot of it, and sold it to the Nanjing government at a low price for disaster relief. Zhang Bingbu asked Zhang Bingbu to send people on board the ship to inspect the grain to ensure that the grain price was far lower than the market price. I don't sell it directly to Jiangnan businessmen, because I am afraid that these businessmen will hoard and live in strange places. ”

Zhang Guowei was silent for a moment, he didn't believe that Zhao Thief was so kind, but it seemed that there was no need to cheat.

By the way, it must be an invitation to buy people's hearts!

Zhang Guowei sent more than 20 people to hang baskets out of the city to inspect the goods. Half a day later, the men came back and reported: "There are no soldiers on board except sailors, some of them are grain, some are porcelain. ”

Are you really here to sell grain?

For a time, the officials of the six departments of Nanjing stood in the city tower and discussed.

Most officials suggested buying grain, because the price of rice in Nanzhili was too expensive this year. There has been a famine in many villages, and the price of rice in Nanjing has risen to 1.5 taels of silver per stone, and it must break through 2 taels and one stone if it continues.

Gu Gao, Chen Zhenhui, Wu Yingji, Huang Zongxi and other scholars of the Restoration Society, there were dozens of them, and they came to the city wall together and collectively surrendered: "If Jiangxi is really willing to sell grain at a low price, please ask Zhang Bingbu to worry about it for the people." ”

Immediately afterwards, the people in Nanjing heard that Jiangxi was transporting grain, and they also came to inquire about the situation.

Zhang Guowei was shocked inexplicably, if he stopped not buying grain, he was afraid that the people in the city would rebel.

But the sixth department of Nanjing, the secretary of the military department is the boss, once he buys food from the thief, he will definitely be guilty of collaborating with the enemy and treason!

This is roasting him on the fire, what to do is wrong, and he is not a person inside and out.

Even if you buy food, how will it be distributed then?

The nobles are like sharks, they must smell blood. If they don't sell their grain to the nobles, they will definitely make trouble; If the grain is sold to the nobles, it will inevitably lead to the boiling of public resentment.

Zhang Guowei is going crazy!