Qingxi County.

Li Bao was sitting in the city tower drinking with the magistrate, and his attitude was quite polite: "Jun is the same year as the prince, why is he still doing this magistrate?" ”

Wu Bo smiled: "Provincial science service, suppress the heroic." ”

"That's really not going up." Li Bao was stunned.

Fujian belongs to the Song Dynasty imperial examination provinces, only in terms of the number of Jinshi, Putian first, Ouning second, Xianyou third, Nanping fourth.

In the year when Zhu Ming participated in the imperial examination, Nanping County produced five jinshi, among which Wu Bo had the best ranking.

However, this old man has been until his death, from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, from the selection of people to Beijing officials, but he has always been a magistrate in various places, and even if he is promoted, he will be quickly demoted.

He is not active in taxation at all, but he likes to fight Haoqiang, and it is strange that he can be a big official.

Although his official position is not high, he is very famous after Zhishi, and is called "son" by Fujian scholars.

Wu Bo drank a glass of rice wine, pointed to the mountains and rivers in the distance and said: "Fujian is mountainous, very suitable for planting corn and sweet potatoes, as soon as I arrived in Qingxi County, I will promote the planting of two things, and now the people in the mountains rely on their lives." ”

Li Bao praised: "Your Majesty and the crown prince will be very happy if they know. ”

"It's useless!"

Wu Bo shook his head with a serious expression and said: "There are very few Uedas in Fujian, and there are not many in Zhongtian, and they are occupied by the gentry and monasteries. The poor people can only own the lower field, and the harvest of ten acres is less than one acre of land in the south of the Yangtze River. If the new dynasty of the Ming Dynasty wants to govern Fujian, it must suppress the strong and destroy the temple, otherwise no matter how good the food is, it will be difficult to bless the people. ”

Li Bao smacked his lips, he knew what he had to do.

Recommending this Wu Bo to the prince will definitely please the prince.

Wu Bo stood up in the city tower, stood up with his hands in his hands and said: "If I become the Taishou of Quanzhou, and then I have the right to act cheaply, I only need to give me three years, and I can make the Quanzhou temple not one out of ten!" ”

"Just wait." Li Bao is very confident in this, he has followed Zhu Ming for many years, and he knows Zhu Ming's thoughts too well.

A jinshi who took the imperial examination in the same year as the prince and has a similar concept of governance, Li Bao feels that this person will be able to enter the cabinet in the future!

Perhaps the biggest gain of this cross-sea attack on Fujian was not to destroy Tong Guan, but to meet Wu Bo in this mountainous county.

Of course, Zhu Ming has to support him all the time under pressure. Otherwise, with Wu Bo's radical methods, he could only be the same as in history, and he would be demoted soon after being promoted, and eventually become the "Wu Zi" recorded in the county annals.

A small boat came from the north, quickly arrived at the water gate under the city, and waved its flag wildly towards the city.

Li Bao said: "It's coming." ”

Wu Bo didn't know much about military affairs, and asked: "If there are no civilians outside the city, will the enemy be alert?" ”

Li Bao said: "Xin Xingzong has plundered many times, I am afraid that he has long been accustomed to the fact that there is no one outside the city, and he thinks that those people are scared away by him. ”

"Indeed." Wu Bo felt that it made sense.

Xin Xingzong led his troops to the outside of the moat, and saw that the wharf was empty, and there were no people in the attached Guo street, so he said regretfully: "Most of the people in Qingyang Iron Field have fled back, and the people of Qingxi County are so scared that they have to hide in the city, and I am afraid that they will have to attack the county seat." ”

Xin Yanzong suggested: "Just go around the city and go straight to Quanzhou, what is there to grab in a small county in the mountains?" ”

"You can also, you must go to Quanzhou as soon as possible to grab the sea boat, otherwise you will not be able to go to sea." Xin Xingzong nodded.

In a few words, they decided to ignore the city, and became even more determined to go to sea.

Even the small county town in Fujian did not accept the Shengjie army, what good situation could it have if it went to Guangdong? I'm afraid that if you have to fight city by city, it's better to go directly to the sea to fight.

As for the miasma on the island, it is enough to take some doctors with you.

The Penghu Islands have been cultivated by a large number of Han Chinese, so they can first go there to gain a foothold, and then slowly move to Liuqiu Island for development.

At this time, it was getting late, Xin Xingzong did not march again, but retreated two miles back and set up camp, and by the way, he sent people to the Fuguo residential area to demolish some houses to make firewood.

Li Bao watched the enemy retreat, looking a little helpless: "The ambush doesn't work, you have to kill it." ”

Wu Bo was surprised: "Don't you wait for the night attack when it's dark?" ”

Li Bao smiled: "A group of frightened birds, where can they use night attacks?" ”

Wu Bomu saw Li Bao leave the city wall, feeling that this old man was too arrogant and conceited, and he might fall behind because of carelessness in the future.

Shengjiejun captured some miners in Qingyang Iron Field, and this kind of thing was naturally for the miners to do it.

Moreover, Xin Xingzong was too lazy to build a strong camp, firstly, the terrain was narrow and difficult to manage, and secondly, he was not afraid of the defenders in the city.

Even deliberately attracting troops from the county seat, maybe they can counterattack and attack the city.

The Shengjie army has indeed become a waste, and its morale is low all the way, but it is not afraid in the face of the local army, and it can be invincible with excellent armor.

More than 20 miners, led by the soldiers, rowed small boats to the residential areas outside the city to demolish houses.

Before they had reached the shore, they heard the sound of drums, and a large number of soldiers came out of the houses and gradually gathered in the streets.

"Yes...... There is a Ming army! ”

Sergeant Shengjie was stunned, and then fled in terror.

Xin Xingzong heard the movement two miles away, and immediately said to his cousin: "You take your corporal on the boat to respond, and I will personally lead the troops to form a formation on the shore." With such a narrow terrain, our army has the danger of land and water, even if the golden soldiers come, they are not afraid! ”

Sheng Jiejun was lying lazily on the ground, bragging and chatting with each other to pass the time.

The hurried trumpets sounded, and they thought that the soldiers in the city were coming, so they slowly got up and followed the officers to form a formation.

When they meet the Xiang army, they are really not afraid!

The soldiers who demolished the house to get firewood quickly rowed back, and said in horror: "It's not the box army, the Ming army is in front." All of them are wearing armor and different weapons, so you can't be mistaken! ”

Xin Xingzong was shocked: "How could the Ming army be in front?" ”

He felt that Li Bao had killed Tong Guan, and there was still a bunch of messes in Fuzhou, so it was impossible to dispatch so quickly.

The Shengjie soldiers, who were originally calm, talked and laughed and formed a formation to fight with the Xiang army. At this time, the troops standing close to Xin Xingzong instantly became frightened when they heard that the enemy in front of them was the Ming army.

They fought with the Jinzhou soldiers under Zhang Guangdao!

Although the main battle was a water battle, the artillery of the Golden State soldiers left a deep impression on them.

As the Ming army swept through the north and heard that the Jin army had been repulsed, these victorious troops were even more frightened, thinking that they would definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army.

They faced the Xiang army like wolves and tigers, but they were cowardly in the face of the Ming army.

Watching the Ming army march along the riverbank, the Shengjie soldiers all looked to the left and right, trying to find confidence from the robe.

The two armies were getting closer and closer, and Li Bao began to divide his troops to climb the mountain, wanting to occupy the mountain first.

Xin Xingzong is also dividing his troops to occupy the mountain, but it is ......

The soldiers he had separated, after climbing halfway up the mountain, raised the white flag and waved it continuously, and he did not know when the white flag was prepared.

At the same time, the Shengjie army on the mountain also broke the arrow and shot it towards the Ming soldiers.

Unfurling a white flag is called "raising a white flag", and breaking off an arrow is called "no golden arrow", both of which represent surrender.

When Xin Xingzong saw the white flag waving wildly, he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

However, the morale of the Shengjie army under the mountain and in the river plummeted, and some bannermen quickly pulled out white cloth from their arms and hung it.

Then another officer of the Shengjie army shouted: "Kill Xin Xingzong!" Kill Xin Yanzong! ”

The soldiers who had already decided to follow the Xin brothers to the sea immediately changed their minds when they encountered the Ming army, and even the personal soldiers of the two began to turn back.

Seeing that Shengjiejun was fighting by himself, Li Bao instantly felt bored.

It seems that since the attack on Hangzhou, there has not even been a decent battle yet. Compared with Zhong Xiang's puppet Chu army, the Great Song army is simply two extremes.

The puppet Chu army even fought desperately in the streets after the city was broken, so that Li Bao was unwilling to forcibly attack the city to increase casualties, and instead changed his strategic plan to conquer the small court in the southeast first.

However, the basic quality of the Shengjie army was still there, not as chaotic as the battle of the Minjiang River, and order was restored in about two quarters of an hour, and the formations threw away their weapons and surrendered.

By the way, he also tied up the brothers Xin Xingzong and Xin Yanzong.

An officer knelt on the ground and shouted, crying bitterly: "I beg the general to spare my life, I just want to return to my hometown alive......"

The rest of the soldiers also wailed, holding back their grievances for a long time, and erupted collectively with homesickness.

Tong Guan was extremely strict in the selection of soldiers at that time, and his physical fitness must be excellent, so most of the Shengjie army were from good families. Since you are from a good family, you have relatives and friends, and the farther away from home, the more you miss it.

Li Bao called an officer to him and ordered: "All the armor is loaded onto the ship, and five hundred soldiers are divided into escorts to the city." The rest of the soldiers will stay here for the night, and I will not send troops to guard you. If you want to go home alive, you have to be honest and obedient. A team of ten people, one person commits an accident, the whole team sits together, and don't want to go back to the north in this life! ”

The seemingly rough and careless way of dealing with it made these homesick soldiers settle down instantly.

Li Bao asked them to camp on the spot, and did not even send troops to guard them, indicating that they had no intention of killing prisoners. Fujian is too far away from Shaanxi, and they don't want to run, as long as they can survive, they are all willing to be honest and obedient.

Even more obedient than when he fought with Tong Guan and Xin Xingzong!

Wu Bo, the magistrate of Qingxi County, couldn't help but come to check, and when he learned the results of Li Bao's treatment, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The general is thick and fine, and he is well versed in the changes in people's hearts, and he deserves to be a famous general in the world." ”

Li Bao smiled and said, "Where do you want to pay attention to many people's hearts? A group of northern soldiers who have been away from home for many years, the old Song Emperor is gone, and the commander who recruited them is also dead, what else can they do? As long as they are promised to let them go home, no one will escape. And they will obey orders, so as not to cut off the way home. ”

"That's true." Wu Bo nodded in agreement.

Li Bao said: "If there is still a battle, I even allow them to carry armor, and these soldiers can be pulled directly into the battlefield." In order to go home, to make meritorious contributions, and to avoid crimes, they will become brave and fearless, and they will not even be afraid of death than the Kuizhou soldiers under my command. ”

Wu Bozan said: "I have learned, governing the people and controlling the army are actually the same truth. ”

These Shengjie troops plundered the people everywhere, and their hands were covered with blood, but Li Bao had no idea about it.

He only had to bring the troops back to the north and hand them over to the imperial court to deal with.

If it weren't for feeling that his credit was too high, Li Bao even wanted to take these victorious troops and run to take down Liangguang as well, and then let them attack Zhongxiang from Guangxi.

(End of chapter)