"Brother, brother, is this good-looking?" Zhao Zhenfang jumped and ran in.

Zhao Han is cooling off by the pool, and although it is the autumn harvest season, the autumn tigers in Nanjing are even hotter.

Fei Rulan and Pan Qimei also came in, and they were each wearing new clothes, and it seemed that they had just gone out to visit the ready-to-wear store.

All bandeau Perot shirts, Fei Rulan is better, and the sleeves are wrist-length. Zhao Zhenfang and Pan Qimei were both wearing half-sleeves, and their snow-white arms were exposed.

Don't think that ancient women dressed conservatively, from the paintings left by the Song and Ming dynasties, you can see that women dress very openly in summer.

There are sleeveless shirts, and both arms are exposed. You can still see a bandeau inside, and you don't even wear a bandeau at all, vaguely revealing what it is.

Of course, this is in their own yard.

When you go out, you wear an extra biki (sleeveless and collarless cardigan).

Fei Rulan said with a smile: "The clan brother (Fei Ruyi) also moved to Nanjing, opened a ready-to-wear store, and asked us to be the first batch of customers. ”

"It's pretty." Zhao Han praised.

Zhao Zhenfang held a bag of melon seeds in her hand, sat on the edge of the pool and kept knocking: "I heard that the eldest sister is going to Gaoyou?" ”

Zhao Han nodded and said, "When Gaoyou fights down, my brother-in-law will go over there to be a county minister." ”

The eldest sister's matter has been settled, and Xu Zhiyuan has reconciled with the original partner. His original partner married Zheng Yu and followed Zheng Yu to Fujian as an official.

In addition, the Xu family was temporarily split into three branches.

One stayed in Jiangnan, one moved to Fujian, and one moved to Hunan. This kind of big family will continue to be dismantled in the future, not only the Xu family, but also many big families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be split.

Fei Yinghuan, Lou's family, and Fei Rumei's family were all in Zhejiang at this time, and Fei Yinghuan's official position was the prefect of Jinhua.

Fei Rulan sat by the pool for a while, feeling panicked. He got up and left, and came back with Xiyue after a while, with a few bowls of "milk ice" on a tray.

"I learned this to relieve the heat a few days ago." Fei Rulan said with a smile.

Milk ice is divided into cow's milk and goat's milk, and the milk is added to the ice, and condiments such as jam are added, which is not much different from modern ice cream.

The method of making ice from saltpeter was available in the Tang and Song dynasties.

The cold drink shops in the night market of the Song Dynasty were not closed until the third watch.

When Fei Rulan and the others came to Nanjing, they didn't enjoy anything else, but they tasted all kinds of street food drinks.

Zhao Han shaved the ice cream with a spoon, the entrance was cool, and the heat suddenly disappeared by three points, and he commented: "The taste is too sweet, you can put less sugar." ”

"I think it's just right." Pan Qimei said as she licked the ice cream.

Zhao Zhenfang nodded again and again: "Yes, it's just right, it's not delicious if it's not sweet." ”

Zhao Han could only agree that the sweetness was appropriate, looking at the few people in front of him, he couldn't help but think of the women drinking milk tea on the street.

Ancient and modern, women are all the same.

Everyone was eating cold drinks, and Zheng Sen suddenly came to ask for a meeting.

This kid ran to the pool, first squeezed his eyebrows at Zhao Zhenfang, and the little sister immediately returned a roll of his eyes.

Zheng Sen arched his hand and said: "Dudu, my father heard that there are not enough naval warships in Shanghai, and he is willing to sell them to twenty warships at a low price. ”

"I have a heart." Zhao Han was not happy.

The warship that Zheng Zhilong is willing to sell is definitely not small, but it is not big, and it is considered a medium cargo. But there was almost no ability to go to the sea, and Dutch shipbuilders had to be poached and slowly built by themselves using Western-style shipbuilding methods.

Chinese and Western-style sea vessels have their own advantages.

If you want to improve your combat effectiveness, it is better to have a Western-style warship. This has nothing to do with shipbuilding technology, but is determined by the hull structure.

Zheng Sen wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhao Han smiled: "Your father wants to be an official?" ”

"He always wanted to be an official." Zheng Sen said helplessly.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I want to be an official again, but I am reluctant to trade in the South Seas, and I also asked the merchant ships of various countries to pay him protection money." The benefits of the world can be taken advantage of by him? ”

Zheng Sen sighed: "My father doesn't listen to persuasion. ”

Until now, Zhao Han has not given Zheng Zhilong an official, and his identity is that of the Daming coastal defense guerrilla.

Seeing that Zhao Han's territory was getting bigger and bigger, Zheng Zhilong was a little anxious.

Zhao Han was not in a hurry, and asked Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch to consume it first, and then wait for him to occupy more inland territory.

The autumn harvest is over, the grain is in storage, and it is the time to send troops.

……

The Southern Yuan Army did not move for the time being, and half of it remained in Guangdong to guard against the enemy in Guangxi. Half of them entered Fujian to suppress bandits, and there were a large number of bandits in the mountainous areas of Fujian, and they had to continue to clear out and suppress them in order to be stable.

The Intermediate Courtyard Army——

Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu were the main deputy generals, landed in Taixing and Tongzhou (Nantong) and occupied the salt-producing areas of Jianghuai, where the enemy was the salt lord and the Yanhu rebel army.

Eastern Courtyard Army——

Fei Ruhe and Vance were both the main lieutenants, starting from Yangzhou along the Grand Canal, and the strategic goal was to capture Huai'an. Then divide the troops to the east to help Zhang Tieniu block the north, and then occupy the salt-producing areas together.

Western Academy Army——

Li Zheng and Xiao Zongxian were the main deputy generals, starting from Jiangpu County, first capturing Fengyang Mansion, and the ultimate goal was to fight Xuzhou, mainly fighting against the rebels.

Northern Courtyard Army——

Huang Shun and Fei Yinghui were the main deputy generals, first attacking Luzhou Capital, and then going down to Lu'an Prefecture, mainly fighting against Luo Rucai.

In addition, Huang Qi, the head of the Northern Military Academy, continued to exterminate Tusi in Shizhou Mansion, and his hands are now full of peasant soldiers. After these peasants and soldiers have seen blood in actual combat, they will be expanded into a 7,500-man mountain division next year, which will be specially responsible for the southwestern operations in Yunnan, Guichuan, and Sichuan.

……

Luzhou.

Luo Rucai was already going crazy, he had surrounded the city for three months, and he had not been able to conquer the city.

You must know that the soldiers of Luzhou have long been withdrawn, and the defenders of the city are all townsmen and citizens!

General Yang Chengzu said: "King Zhao is coming, whether to surrender or to fight or leave, you have to make up an idea first." ”

Luo Rucai sighed: "The surname Zhao can't tolerate me, it's impossible to descend." Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, two bastards, are obviously thieves, but they refuse to fight together. If they join forces, plus us, where will they go under the world? ”

"I want to be the emperor." Yang Chengzu shook his head.

"To be an emperor? The mud on the trouser legs hasn't been wiped clean yet," Luo Rucai sneered, "Everyone wants to be an emperor, but they can't tolerate Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu still has to face the surnamed Zhao alone." ”

Among the rogues in the late Ming Dynasty, Luo Ru was an outlier, and his military strength ranked second for a long time.

He saved Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.

Especially when he rescued Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai himself was seriously ill, and as soon as he heard that Li Zicheng was in trouble, he immediately sent troops to save Li Zicheng.

This guy doesn't trust the government, the concept is "thieves don't fight thieves", and he wants to overthrow the Ming court. When there was a conflict among the thieves, he was responsible for mediating, and once Zhang Xianzhong was almost killed by Li Zicheng, and it was Luo Rucai who sent Zhang Xianzhong 500 cavalry to help Zhang Xianzhong escape from the dangerous situation.

Yang Sichang's evaluation of Luo Rucai is: "The best of the best, the most cunning of the cunning, the best of the best, has been trained to be refined and fierce in the past 20 years, and he will not die or fall!" ”

Luo Rucai's old battalion is indeed brave, and in terms of combat effectiveness alone, it may surpass Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng's personal soldiers.

However, this cargo has a bad military discipline, and likes to enjoy it.

Luo Rucai has dozens of wives and concubines, and also has several troupes, and his generals also follow suit.

escaped from Zhang Xianzhong's territory, Luo Rucai's wives and concubines were separated, and in just one year, there were dozens of wives.

The cavalry of this cargo was restored to 2,000 people, and there were thousands of infantry in the old battalion, and the combat effectiveness was likely to be close to the elite of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Huang Shun and Fei Yinghui led 7,500 soldiers and 12,000 people, and killed Luzhou Mansion. The reason why there are so many people is because there are no rivers along the way, and the army has a lot of baggage after the expansion.

Luo Rucai personally led 2,000 cavalry and took the initiative to come to meet him, but he couldn't find a chance to attack.

In desperation, he ordered the siege to be withdrawn and chose to confront the Datong army.

The Datong army went straight to the outside of Luzhou City, and Zhu Zhifeng, the prefect of Luzhou, was overjoyed: "Jiangxi soldiers are coming, quickly open the city to greet them!" ”

Seeing that the soldiers of Datong were actually greeted into the city by the officers and soldiers, Luo Rucai was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

is also a thief, he besieged Luzhou for three months, and the soldiers and civilians of the city resisted, but Zhao Han's soldiers were able to swagger into the city.

"Let's go!"

Luo Rucai's whole army withdrew to Lu'an, but halfway through, the merchant led the cavalry and suddenly slanted into the direction of Shucheng County.

He did not fight positional warfare with the Datong soldiers, but attacked Shucheng, which had already divided the fields, and harassed the logistics and grain routes of the Datong army by the way.

Two thousand cavalry galloped in, and the peasant guild and peasant soldiers did not have time to react.

"Kill!"

The thief cavalry broke into the village, killed people on sight, and left with only a small amount of food.

Many of the people on this side of Shucheng moved from the south, and they have only completed the division of the fields for half a month. It's just that a peasant association has been formed, and the peasant soldiers have just set up a shelf, and they haven't even had time to practice.

"Dangdang, dang!"

"Phew! Sigh! Sigh! ”

In the village, bells were ringing and whistles were blowing, and the peasant soldiers and peasant associations were quickly assembled.

Luo Rucai killed dozens of villagers, and when he saw the rest of the villagers gathered into an army, he immediately ordered to turn around and leave.

Arrived at the next village, attacked and killed like this again, and after the villagers gathered, Luo Ru led the cavalry away again.

Two thousand cavalry marched through villages and towns, killing hundreds of peasants in three days.

He had no other meaning, he wanted to disturb the rear of the Datong army, so that Huang Shun and Fei Yinghui, who had just occupied Luzhou, could not concentrate on attacking Lu'an.

Zhao Han's shortcomings without cavalry were finally exposed, and he couldn't chase them, so he had to mobilize several times the number of troops to surround and intercept them.

Huang Shun and Fei Yinghui had nothing to do about it, and in ten days, more than 2,000 peasants were killed or injured.

Luo Rucai's cavalry rushed into the village and cut it, and they didn't deliberately slaughter the village, anyway, they ran away when they killed someone, and they couldn't even touch the shadow of a ghost.

In desperation, Huang Shun simply ignored it and led his troops to fight Luo Rucai's territory.

"Bastard!"

"Not to rob food, just to kill, Lao Tzu caught Luo Rucai, and he will be cut with a thousand knives!"

When Zhao Han got the news in Nanjing, he was furious and transferred the cavalry from Jeju Island in advance. The Mawari horse continued to breed, and the Jeju pony was temporarily used to fight, only to bite Luo Ru to prevent him from killing everywhere.

From Shanghai to Jeju Island, it only takes a few days to make a round trip.

Hu Dinggui, Wang Yaochen, and Chen Tangong came with cavalry, and Lu Xiangguan stayed on Jeju Island to manage civil affairs.

Zhao Han was furious, and called Lu Xiangsheng and asked Lu Xiangsheng to lead the cavalry to chase the enemy.