Because of its north of the Ganjiang River and the south of Guangdong, Da Yuling is the same as the Meiling Ancient Road, and has become the only way for Guangdong to communicate with the rest of the provinces.

Since it was developed during the Tang Dynasty, the Pearl River water system area has liked to go north to the Ganjiang River to carry out trade and exchanges.

Even when going to Fujian and Zhejiang, it is customary to take the road from Poyang Lake and arrive through the dense Ganjiang River system.

Therefore, in "Tengwang Pavilion", Wang Bo will write the famous sentence "Three rivers and five lakes, control the barbarian Jing and lead Ouyue".

A Ganjiang River is also the foundation of Jiangxi's strength for thousands of years, and it also makes the whole Jiangxi the most important strategic place in the south.

Whether it was Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang, Wu Sangui and the Qing army, as well as the Taiping army and the Hunan army, they were all fighting in the dark in Jiangxi.

When Zhao Yunyi passed through the Dayuling Pass, he was surprised by its steepness, which was reflected in the mountain.

can really do it as a husband, and don't open it. If firearms are not used, no matter how elite the army, it will have to gnaw at this portal.

Fortunately, the defenders here are easier to dismiss, and they only supervise those who go south, and they don't particularly care about the so-called caravans going north.

In addition, they have a good relationship with the merchants, so the soldiers guarding the pass only came over and asked for a few dollars to drink.

"We have to find out the road situation here, otherwise if the Ming army turns around, we will be blocked in Nanjiang!"

Zhao Yunyi glanced back at Da Yuling and said to a few company commanders who followed on the side.

Li Yong was also among them, he held a map and said: "The map provided by Shang Jia is generally not bad, the terrain here is complicated, if there is a change, if we want to withdraw, it is better to take the Ganjiang River, let the comrades in Nanchang respond, as long as you get on the big boat at the mouth of the Yangtze River, then go directly down the river and return to Dongqin by sea!"

"Can I skip this pass?"

"Naturally!" Li Yong spread out the map and said: "This map is clearly drawn, it only says that let's go to Da Yuling into Jiangxi, how to leave Jiangxi, and there is no clear order!"

The corners of Zhao Yunyi's mouth moved, and he noticed that the rest of the people were snickering, so he raised his voice and said, "You know a fart, this is called being prepared!" What if the waterways are cut off? It's not like you have to go this way! ”

He was like a nimble wolf, and when he had finished speaking, he leaped through the woods.

When he came to a flat place, he ordered the number of people to be counted and the team was reorganized.

The wooden boxes containing the muskets were also pried open, and weapons and ammunition began to be distributed, two hundred caps per person, in a leather box around their waists.

Although Zhao Yunyi's mind is not clear, he can hold the telescope and observe for a while, and then determine the basic marching queue.

He rode a tall horse, mingling among the cavalry, and a cloth mask was also taken out and put on.

Of the five hundred, more than two hundred had horses, and the scouts were sent out early.

After walking for about an hour, a puff of smoke filled the distance.

Zhao Yunyi is like a hunting dog, sniffing vigorously with his nose, and then raising his hand to make people slow down.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the scouts in front returned to report that there was a destroyed market town ahead.

"It should be Yangjia Town, which is the closest commercial market town to Da Yuling." Li Yong judged.

Zhao Yunyi didn't speak, there was a smell of burnt meat in the smell of smoke, and it was obvious that someone was disposing of the corpse.

"Don't shoot a gun, touch it quietly, remember! Seeing that the villagers are going to be resettled, we need to understand the current situation! ”

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In fact, there is no need to be quiet, and the survivors of the entire Yangjia Town have no intention of running at the moment.

Sixty percent of the town's dwellings were burned down. There were still many corpses in the streets, estimated to have been dead for a few days, and a foul smell filled the air.

The soldiers walked into the town in silence, and there was a mess everywhere, some of the corpses of disheveled women, still showing the horror before death, and the two eyes did not know if they had been taken away by rats, they were so empty and terrifying, and the painful expressions on their faces were still faintly visible.

Zhao Yunyi sighed and asked people to put on their masks, not allowing them to touch the corpse.

There are more than a dozen survivors in the town, and the bodies are already being burned.

They looked at these people who entered the town numbly, and did not run or resist, as if death was no longer a terrible thing for them.

Those who can run have already run, and most of these people are old women and old men, and a few children.

"Who did this?" Zhao Yunyi looked at an old woman with a wound on her shoulder and asked.

"I don't know, they fled to the other side of the mountain!" The old woman pointed in a direction to the north.

"Do you know the mountain?"

"Who are you?" The old woman asked.

"We? We are the righteous army, the righteous army that reassures the people and saves the needy! ”

"Bandits too?"

"No, we're rebels!" Zhao Yunyi said firmly.

The old woman was silent for a while and then said: "Everything here has been robbed by the bandits of the barren slope ridge, they are several groups of bandits, there are hundreds of people in total, if you are greedy for money, then it is best not to go to them, so as not to lose your life!" I think you are good at hands and feet, even if you go to Fucheng to be a coolie, you will not starve to death, why do you need to be a thief? Young man, listen to a word of advice......"

"We are the rebels!" Zhao Yunyi waved his hand to stop: "We are here to exterminate the bandits, we are here!" The peace of Nangan is here! ”

The old woman stopped talking, this group of people was dressed strangely, and they were holding blades one by one, so they must not be good people.

"Where's Barren Slope Ridge? If any of you help lead the way, we will immediately go and destroy them! ”

Everyone didn't speak, and hung their heads one by one, as if they didn't want to get involved in the matter.

Zhao Yunyi asked people to take out a few bags of grain and said: "Don't worry, we are really a rebel army, not those fake rebels, we have discipline!"

"I, I know how to walk on Barren Slope Ridge!" A shrill voice sounded, and a young man with pot ash on his face stood up reluctantly.

The two old men hurriedly went to pull him back, but the young man turned around and said: "Grandpa, mother-in-law, father and mother are all dead, even if I live for the rest of my life, I can't avenge them, and now this gang is strong...... Rebels, if you want to do the right thing for heaven, even if I die, I have to let those bandits shed some blood! ”

Zhao Yunyi looked at it with a smile, took out a few pieces of candy and said, "Good job!" Don't worry, if you want to kill the bandits, I will definitely satisfy you! ”

He looked at the old men again and said, "If you can, after you have burned the corpses, you will continue to set a fire!" Burn it all down, rest assured, it won't be any more messy! ”

Zhao Yunyi took the soldiers, saluted them, asked them to leave a few large bags of food, and then led the team and the young man to the mountains over there.

Damn it! This is the only thought in his heart, what kind of rebels are these, what kind of rebels, what a fart of the rebels!

At least a few thousand people in the entire town were slaughtered by them!

If these people go to Eastern Qin, they may not be able to grow much grain.

No wonder the king wants them to beat the righteous army and the Ming army, especially the righteous army, to destroy their arrogance.

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Capital.

The news of the rebellion in Southern Jiangxi has reached the court.

Not only that, there were sporadic rebellions in Tusi, Huguang, Sichuan, Hebei, Shandong, and Gansu in Guizhou.

Judging from the situation reported by various localities, after the treasury was escorted into Beijing, chaos suddenly appeared in various places.

Not only that, but the situation in Gansu is even more troublesome, the uprising there is in the name of the Buddha Mother, and the White Lotus Sect does not make trouble in Shandong, the birthplace, and there are faint signs of resurgence in the northwest.

Liu Jin was also taken aback, and hurriedly stopped the genius idea in his head and seriously prepared to quell the chaos.

His idea was very simple, that is, to let all localities quickly send troops to exterminate them, and all the lost territories must be recovered immediately.

At present, the cabinet, Wang Cheng and Yang Tinghe have no foundation, Li Dongyang can only be with the mud, and Jiao Fang is partial to Liu Jin. Liu Jin's meaning, almost no one can change.

Li Dongyang could only sign and seal, and he had to know the sourness.

But the ministers are waiting! is waiting for a bigger mess, as long as it gets up, then Liu Jin will die!

This is no way, to cut the flesh and mend the sores, only when the real pain is on the body, the emperor can really grow.

And looking at Liu Jin's actions, the ministers also found that this person is ambitious, talented, and greedy, and he is by no means a long-term person, no matter how much Zhu Houzhao favors him, he can't stop the opposition of the people of the world.

Yuqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao, who was enjoying the dancing of the twelve orchids, received a submission from the celebrant supervisor.

Orchid's waist is gentle, and it looks good when she twists, not to mention that Orchid is more charming than Central Plains women, and the operation in the room naturally has a Western style.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't put down these orchids, almost to the point of madness.

In the past, he didn't read the submission, and just put it and let people take it out, but today's little eunuch reminded: "Your Majesty, there have been some unappeasements in the local area recently!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned, and found that the order of these folds had changed, and he picked up the top fold and looked at it, and his emaciated face instantly became a little more annoying.

He glared at the little eunuch and said, "Zhang Yong asked you to present it?"

"Your Majesty...... Be...... It was Gonggong Gu who asked him to present it, and he said that there were a lot of local chaos, and he was afraid that it would affect the emperor's holy name! ”

Zhu Houzhao twisted his eyebrows and thought about it, and said with a decree: "I ordered the matter of stopping the treasury and storing it in Beijing, and those that were not collected will not be collected, and ordered that this year's Xia Fu does not need to be deported to Beijing, and after the number is declared, it can be stored on the spot!" At the same time, he ordered the right attendant of the military department, Min Qi, to be the governor of Gansu and go to quell the local rebellion! Ordered the general army of Jiangxi and southeast Jiangxi to march immediately to exterminate the rebels............"

The piles and piles were all ordered by Zhu Houzhao personally, and Min Jue was lifted out.

This also shows that Zhu Houzhao has a deeper understanding of the government and officials, and the Min Jue he took out this time has the merit of counterinsurgency, and more importantly, this person has just been transferred for less than two years, and his foundation is not solid, and he can develop into a lonely minister.

Liu Jin and the cabinet were stunned when they received the emperor's will, and the little emperor seemed to be just playful, not a complete straw bale emperor.

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