: Soldiers are the best

Tiemo simply did not respond, and the Xuanfu army still stopped in Luzhou Prefecture without moving, especially the two main forces of Lengshui Pass and Nijianghe, which almost remained unmoved. It was strange that the peasant army on the opposite side was also very honest, and the two sides seemed to have reached a tacit understanding.

Nanjing thought Tiemo was dissatisfied with the price, so he sent Fei Yang to Luzhou Prefecture and personally talked to Tiemo. However, Tiemo ran to the vicinity of Nijiang River and did not give Fei Yang a chance to meet. Fei Yang was staying in Luzhou City and sighed. He could see that Tiemo had no intention of discussing. In this case, all officials from Nanjing jointly signed a letter and submitted a report to the north of Zhili, impeaching Tiemo such arbitrary act and ignoring the safety of the people.

In the Luzhou Yamen, Ke Minxing and Fei Yang sat opposite each other. The two seemed to talk about something, but they didn't talk about any practical issues. Ke Minxing also understood in his heart that when he decided to introduce Tie Mo, the tiger, to Nanzhili, he was destined to be disliked by the officialdom of Nanzhili. Similarly, Ke Minxing also contempts Fei Yang and others, and they all looked higher than their heads, as if everything was in their hands. Are you still running over to ask for help from others?

The soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu were not moving, and Tiemo even had an intrigue with the officialdom of Southern Zhili, but the bandits would not stop. After occupying the entire East-West Tianmu Mountain, they rested for two days and continued their strength, Li Zicheng decisively left Tianmu Mountain. He did not rush to attack Lin'an County, but instead took Zheng Guosong as the vanguard and went out of the West Tianmu Mountain and rushed to Huanghua Pass in the south. Huanghua Pass was a pass in the north of Qian, but it was disrepaired and had long been abandoned. Zheng Guosong broke Huanghua Pass without any effort and pointed the troops directly at Yu Qian.

Since the peasant army attacked Tianmu Mountain, Zhejiang has been panicked. On the one hand, they asked Nanjing for help, on the other hand, they gathered all their troops and concentrated them in important places such as Hangzhou, Lin'an, Jiaxing and Yuhang. The few soldiers were transferred to Lin'an. What did Yu Qian use to resist thousands of peasant troops?

Jiangnan has been in peace for a long time, and it has not been a war disaster for too long. In the past, Japanese pirates were rampant, but they were just struggling along the coast and rarely came to the inside. However, the fear and pressure brought by the peasant army came over were unimaginable. Before the peasant army could attack the city, the peasant army was already in chaos. First, the magistrate Bao Guoxiao fled the city, and then the inspector surrendered to the enemy. When Zheng Guosong led his troops to come, he found that the city gate was actually open. It turned out that there were evil people in the city who took advantage of the chaos to rob and helped open the city gate.

The whole process was smooth and Zheng Guosong was a little unbelievable. At this time, Zheng Guosong also saw something. The fish and rice town in Jiangnan may not be able to raise elite soldiers, but they are mostly soft men who are greedy for life and death. In northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, he wanted to attack a county town without killing or injuring some people. After arriving in Jiangnan, he actually took down a city that wanted to fight against the rich Yu Qian.

When Yu Qian was in his hand, Li Zicheng was not polite and directly ordered his soldiers to control the major shops. Then he ordered Lu Weiliang and Li Yan to join forces and approach Lin'an County along the official road near Dongtianmu Mountain. Lin'an, as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, was left behind not only a small palace, but also a prosperous business. The porcelain and silk here have always been an important industry in Zhejiang. In order to protect Lin'an, Zhejiang invested more than 14,000 troops here.

More than 10,000 people are already the limit that the Zhejiang Metropolitan Command Department can draw. After all, they need to consider not only Lin'an, but Jiaxing and Hangzhou are more important in comparison.

Hangzhou, a thick layer of haze is shrouded in the sky above this city. Even if the warm sunlight shines on the ground, there is still no smile on the pedestrians' faces. Zhejiang Provincial Administration Commission, Censorate, Command, Yanyun Department, and Prefectural Office, and many Zhejiang officials all came to the Provincial Administration Commission. The current Administration Commission Du Fushan is in his prime and is young and strong, and can be regarded as an official general. But at this time, Du Fushan no longer had the previous chats and laughter.

Zhejiang is a blessed land in Jiangnan that is not different from Su Yang, and it is even above Su Yang. After three years in Zhejiang, he could probably go to Northern Zhili to join the six ministries to take important positions. Zhejiang is a good place that can't even beg for. Isn't it beautiful to stay in Beijing for three or four years and go to Beijing with millions of wealth? However, I never dreamed that Zhejiang would be in trouble.

Bai Xuan, the commander of the city, said with a frown: "Mr. Du, the bandits have launched an attack on Lin'an. Lin'an is constantly asking for reinforcements. What should you do next? You have to make the decision."

A cold light flashed through Du Fushan's eyes, but it was instantly restrained. How did the bandits enter Zhejiang? Bai Xuan should be responsible, but now he comes to ask him Du Fushan. Is Bai Xuan incompetent? Do you really understand nothing? Of course not. Now, whoever decides will take responsibility, and the officialdom has always been like this. When it's okay, everyone laughs. When it's really bad, they argue with each other and shirke each other, thinking about how to take less responsibility.

Humph, Bai Xuan, you have a good idea. Du Fushan thought for a while and sighed without a trace: "I don't know anything about military affairs at all. Just command your own ideas for these things."

Bai Xuan could only curse the old fox inwardly. As for the others, he even turned a brick. In short, he would never cause this trouble. Bai Xuan didn't want to let everyone cover up the matter so easily, and said with a wry smile: "Everyone, at this moment, we will prosper and lose both. When Lin'an City is broken, the bandits will surely enter Hangzhou east. Everyone must think of a way. If something goes wrong in Hangzhou, Bai's boss will not be protected, and you will not have any benefits."

Speaking of this, Bai Xuan is already a little threatening. Lin'an is definitely not able to defend it. If everyone can't work together, Hangzhou may not be able to keep it. If I, Bai, take responsibility alone, then if I am unhappy, I, Bai, may drag everyone to hell. Bai Xuan is not a martial artist, but a native Hangzhou local snake. He said this, but was really not a joke. He was so anxious that Bai Xuan could do everything.

Du Fushan and others frowned. On weekdays, everyone is happy, but at a critical moment, they don’t even care about their last face. They are angry, but they have to comfort them. "Why do you have to be angry? Isn’t it just to think of a safe way to summon everyone today?"

Everyone nodded quickly, but if you want to make an idea, can you have a bad idea? In short, relying on the soldiers of these guards in Zhejiang will be out of the way. Everything depends on when the Beijing camp can rush to help. The censor Wu Xin lowered his head and sighed, "I don't know what's going on in Nanjing, why the Beijing camp stopped in Wuhu and has not gone south for a long time. The same is true for Tiemo's border army in Xuanfu. If these two armies went south, how could the bandits be so arrogant?"

Du Fushan knew a little bit about the matter between the Jingying and the Xuanfu Army. At this time, Nanjing was bargaining with those people. There was no movement. It was probably because it had not been agreed, which made Zhejiang suffer. If you want to blame this, you can only blame the six ministries of Nanjing. They forced Xu Hongji too much. Now Xu Hongji has seized the opportunity, how can he not fight back?

There is time to argue in Nanjing, but Du Fushan has no time to wait. If the bandits ruined the neighborhood of Hangzhou, Du Fushan's official fortune will come to an end. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment. He looked at Wu Xin, the censor next to him, "Mr. Wu, you are a friend of Mr. Xu, and I will trouble you to go to Wuhu this time. I hope Mr. Xu can send troops as soon as possible to rescue the people of Zhejiang from the fire and water."

Wu Xin raised her head, her expression was very complicated. It was okay to go to Mr. Xu to talk to Mr. Xu, but what's the use of going empty-handed? Facing Wu Xin's eyes, Du Fushan understood and quickly smiled and said, "Everyone, if Mr. Xu leads troops, we must make some statements. I plan to distribute one-third of the income tax silver this year to Mr. Xu as military expenses. What do you think?"

Everyone thought about it carefully and it seemed that this transaction was not a loss. As long as the bandits were repelled, it was worth it to give one-third of the tax. Although there would be some dissatisfaction in Nanjing, it was not a big deal. I believe those people would understand it in the end.

Lin'an, as Bai Xuan expected, under the successive attacks of the peasant army, this ancient city was in turmoil and would fall down at any time. Li Yan and Lu Weiliang divided into two directions, and jointly attacked Lin'an City. By late November, Liu Zongmin also brought this army to join the battle group.

On November 22, the third year of Chongzhen, at the end of the Si period, Lin'an City, which had been defending for four days, finally let out a painful groan. As the city gate collapsed, the peasant army rushed into the city like a tide. The guards of the city resisted, but when they were unable to retake it, they could only abandon the city and retreat to Yuhang. The guards of Lin'an, the horses were running wildly, and they were determined to hide in Yuhang County. However, less than twenty miles away from Lin'an, bad news came from behind.

A peasant cavalry suddenly came from the northwest. Wan Guoliang had never thought of bandits and cavalry, so he was caught off guard by this cavalry. The defeated soldiers who escaped from Lin'an were cut off in half, and the situation was in chaos. Seeing this, the defeated army was even more collapsed. Even the basic formation could not be maintained, and they all spread their legs and fled eastward.

It can be said that Li Zicheng is really tolerant. Since entering Nanzhili, the cavalry of less than 3,000 people under his command has never been exposed. For a moment, people in Nanzhili had an illusion that they always thought that bandits could not afford to raise cavalry. As a result, Li Zicheng endured it until the battle of Lin'an before putting this precious cavalry on the battlefield. The cavalry charge was significant, and Wan Guoliang and thousands of remaining soldiers under his command fled in a panic. This was exactly what Li Zicheng wanted. He threw the cavalry into it, not to kill the defenders in the city, but to make this defeated soldier his pioneer.

There are many mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, so there are really not many places suitable for cavalry. Near Yuhang is a good place for cavalry to gallop. The defeated soldiers flee in front and the cavalry chased in the back. Wan Guoliang could not think normally in order to escape.

In this way, a defeated soldier rushed to Yuhang. The Yuhang guards did not think much and let go of the city gate to welcome the defeated soldiers. However, as soon as the city gate was opened, they could not be closed. A large number of bandits rode on horseback and rushed to the bottom of the city gate in a blink of an eye. In the chaos in Yuhang, Wan Guoliang could only turn around and cooperate with the city guards to block the cavalry.

Li Zicheng was prepared for this. After taking down Lin'an City, he ordered Li Yan not to rest and rush to Yuhang without stopping. Li Yan was also powerful, and he rushed to Yuhang in time with a tired army. While the city gate was not closed, he captured Yuhang County in one fell swoop.

The poor Wan Guoliang fled to Yuhang, but he couldn't sit down and take a breath, and was driven out again. In one day, the peasant army joined Lin'an and Yuhang, and the troops headed straight to Hangzhou City. This time, the whole of Zhejiang was shocked three times.

With Yuhang County in hand, he could attack Hangzhou City at any time as long as Li Zicheng was willing. However, Li Zicheng did not do this. The next day, his general Tian Jianxiu led his troops eastward and launched a fierce attack on Deqing County in the northeast. Deqing has never been the focus of Zhejiang's military defense, and no one would think that the bandits would attack Deqing without fighting. Due to various reasons, Deqing's defense was pitiful and weak. When Tian Jianxiu led his troops to suddenly arrive, the soldiers and civilians of Deqing were confused.

The result can be imagined that the Deqing military and civilians could not resist the attack of the peasant army. The peasant army, with strong morale, took less than an hour to step onto the city with Tian Jianxiu's charge.

When Deqing fell, Li Yan led a 10,000 peasant army to continue east along the road south of Deqing. The peasant army ignored Hangzhou next to him and went around directly. At this time, the fool also understood what the bandits wanted to do. The bandits wanted to give up Hangzhou and attack Jiaxing directly.

Jiaxing seems not as important as Hangzhou at first glance, but any Zhejiang official understands what Jiaxing Prefecture means to the whole of Zhejiang. Jiaxing has Haining Yanguan Town, and there are six salt fields in Zhejiang. As long as the main Jiaxing is guarded, the bandits will have to decide whether to enter or leave the official salt. There are not only official salt there, but also infinite wealth. Can Jiaxing Prefecture, which is full of salt merchants, have no money?

When it comes to wealth, Jiaxing is not inferior to Hangzhou at all, but its defensive power is far inferior to Hangzhou. Jiaxing Prefecture, which is famous for being easy to attack and difficult to defend.

Zhejiang governor Du Fushan could no longer sit still and quickly sent someone to ask for help. At this time, he would not say anything but a third of the tax bank, even if he gave out all the tax bank for the second half of this year and next year.

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In Wuhu, in a simple and elegant room, the lights were brightly lit, and Xu Hongji and his daughter talked about this matter with serious expressions.

"Dad, the bandits have now captured Deqing. Should we take action? If we don't take action, Zhejiang will be really going to suffer. Moreover, the people have begun to discuss and are dissatisfied with us."

"Oh, wait a little longer. As for the public discussion, what should they say. As long as we can finally beat the bandits out, these discussions will disappear!"
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