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Chapter 20 A letter from Hong Chengchou

Yue Su sent people out of the city to chase and kill them. With only two thousand people, hundreds of thousands of bandits were scattered and fled in all directions. This means that there were too many rebels and too few officers and soldiers. Otherwise,

It is estimated that the entire rebel army will have to be killed.

Seeing that it was getting late, the officers and soldiers withdrew their troops and returned to the city. Looking at the rebels outside the city, the old, weak, women and children following behind were either running away in different directions, or sitting on the ground and resting in place. Among the bandits, there was really no livelihood.

Some of those who just joined the gang were coerced. Most of the people who were coerced were Sichuan people. They took advantage of this opportunity to turn around and run away. You don't care about me, and I don't care about you. Those who reluctantly joined the group are actually very poor now.

Alas, I don’t know whether to catch up or disperse. It will definitely be dangerous if we catch up. But if we don’t catch up, what will we eat in the future? We are far away from home, so what should we do?

Outside the city of Chengdu, refugees were running around everywhere. More than 100,000 people were fleeing in the direction they came from. These people were all trapped people. They finally had a chance, so they had better leave quickly to avoid suffering here. But go home.

, what to eat? In the middle of winter, all the food in the house was robbed by bandits, so they became bandits. Now that they have everything, what should they do? Even if they are farming, they have to survive this winter.

Yue Su stood at the top of the city, looking at the refugees scattered around the city. He wanted to order several times to open the city, but he endured it. This was not the time to be merciful. With so many refugees entering the city, there would be chaos in the city, and the city would be in chaos.

The gate will also lose control. Once the main force of bandits leaves and returns, Chengdu will be lost.

I understand you. Many of you have become bandits in the near future and want to stay in your homeland. However, you are forced to do so and have no choice. But I can’t save you now. I am also a human being. I am not a Guanshiyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering.

Your fate depends on your own fate. If you are still alive after I have exterminated the bandits, I will definitely find a way to prevent you from dying. When the Yellow River was hit by a disaster, more than 100,000 people were displaced. Isn’t this the case?

They have all been saved. As long as you give me time, I will be able to save you too and let you live a life of ample food and clothing.

Yue Su finally gritted his teeth and did not open the city to let the refugees into the city. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to do so, but it was undoubtedly the safest thing to do. After all, the refugee bandits had not been completely defeated yet.

The refugees have nothing to eat or drink, and they are fleeing in all directions despite the winter. Whose fault is this? Uprising, equalizing land and freeing food, even if you really succeed, will you do it? This is just the ambition of those careerists.

It's just a slogan, it only deceives the people. The taxes of the Ming Dynasty were already low enough. Looking at the history of China, no dynasty had lower taxes than the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Jiayin led the bandits to Jianyang County. There were too many bandits. Even after being chased and killed during the retreat, they did not shake their foundation. With so many people marching to Jianyang, it would not be possible to arrive in one day, plus they were charged and killed for a while.

, he didn’t even have time to cook. When the officers and soldiers retreated, he sat on the cold ground, took a breath, and buried the pot to make rice. There was not much food, so he had to eat sparingly. The young and strong man could barely eat enough.

, the old, the weak, the women and the children, just one mouthful will keep them from starving to death.

The march continued the next day, and the rogue bandits finally arrived in Jianyang County. When they arrived, it was almost night, so they found a place to camp first and then went to the surrounding villages and towns to sweep up to see if they could grab more.

They were very unlucky. As early as when they were about to attack Chengdu, the people outside Jianyang County began to move, either to the city or to other places. Anyone who could move had all left;

Everything that could be taken away was taken away. The fields were kept, but you can't get any food this season.

Wang Jiayin was very annoyed and decided to capture Jianyang within one day. The next morning, the bandits gathered and rushed towards Jianyang City in large numbers. They could attack Chengdu City with four gates, let alone a small county town.

The rogue bandits surrounded Jianyang City and attacked desperately. If it were normal times, such an attack would have knocked down the county town. Unfortunately, Qin Liangyu and his white-pole soldiers came, with 5,000 men and horses, plus Wu Rumeng summoned

The common people went to the city to guard the city together, repelling the attacks of the bandits, leaving behind only corpses.

The city is not as tall as Chengdu, so it doesn't matter if it's strong. The rogue bandits don't have any weapons to attack the city. The original guardrail and archery tower was also blasted clean by the cannons on the city when they attacked Chengdu. They just climbed up with ladders to try to break in.

, what is the difference between it and a dream? Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers are more powerful than Lord Yue's guards. Also, Lord Wu has always been honest and fair, and is deeply loved by the people of Jianyang. With his call to defend the city, the people of Jianyang,

It was an act of repentance. There were not enough stones in the city, so some people simply suggested demolishing their own houses. In short, everyone worked together to make up for whatever was lacking.

Wu Rumeng's wife personally led the old, weak, women and children in the city to cook for the warriors who defended the city. Some wealthy households in the city also spontaneously donated food. If the officials were upright, the people would like it, and even the rich would not dare to be unkind for their wealth.

They also understand that donating a little food is nothing. If the bandits really come in, there will be nothing. The bandits don't rob the poor, and they can't steal anything from the poor, so they rob the rich instead.

Mr. Wu climbed up and shouted, the people of Jianyang City were united and united. Coupled with Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers, it was difficult for the rogues to cross the city. Qin Liangyu was very impressed when she saw Wu Rumeng's appearance. She had seen the famous one in the Taihang Mountains.

'Yue Qingtian', but she has never seen how Master Yue governs the place, but in her opinion, Master Yue is nothing more than this.

The rogues attacked for a whole day, killing and injuring more than 3,000 people, and gained nothing at all. On this day, Wang Jiayin was a little anxious. In the past, when he attacked the county town, he could easily capture it. Why did he attack Jianyang County today? Not only did he suffer heavy casualties, but there were not a lot of casualties in the city.

No problem. Why is this county so difficult to fight?

After dinner, the whole army rested. On the next day, Wang Jiayin personally supervised the formation and attacked the city again.

But the result is still the same. Jianyang County is impregnable, and only one of our own people is risking their lives, unable to reach the top of the city.

Yue Su in Chengdu now knew that the rogue bandits were attacking Jianyang, and sent out several reconnaissance cavalry to investigate the situation of the rogue bandits day and night. Hearing that the rogue bandits had not captured the city for two consecutive days, Yue Su not only admired him, but also did not expect that Wu Rumeng still had

With such a hand, he could face hundreds of thousands of rogues without any chaos, and he could organize resistance. He could hold off the rogues for two days at once. He was quite capable, but I am not as good as me.

You must know that when Mr. Yue was in Pengzhou, he did not dare to hold the city in Pengzhou and retreat to Chengdu. He was afraid that Pengzhou could not be defended and his entire family fortune would be lost, which would impair the availability of Chengdu soldiers.

Now that Wu Rumeng has been stationed in Jianyang for two days, Yue Su is now thinking about how to deal with it. Should he send troops to help, or wait and see what happens. If he sends troops to help, it is really not enough to fight the bandits on the ground with his own troops and horses; but

If he waits to see what happens, he is worried that Wu Rumeng won't be able to hold on.

That is, tonight, someone suddenly called Guan outside the city. When the soldiers on the city asked, the people below the city answered that it was a messenger sent by Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides. The soldiers immediately reported back. When Yue Su heard this, he immediately ordered the city to be opened and the people released.

Come in.

There were about twenty people who came to deliver the letter. They were probably worried about something happening on the road, so they sent more people. The messenger handed over the letter, and Yue Su opened it to look at it. The content of the letter was as follows. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, has now received it.

In response to the imperial court's order, he led his army into Sichuan and joined forces with the soldiers and horses in Sichuan to jointly exterminate the bandits. Hong Chengchou has now entered Sichuan and regained Baoning Prefecture. It is estimated that it will take at least a month to reach Chengdu. After all, the roads in Sichuan are not easy to travel.

At that time, I asked Governor Yue Lord and Governor Zhu Lord not to worry. The governor has sent General Cao Wenzhao to lead five thousand elite troops as the vanguard to set off first. They will surely arrive in Chengdu in less than half a month.

It turned out that after Zhu Xieyuan's memorial requesting the imperial court to send Hong Chengchou to send troops to aid Sichuan was sent to Beijing, it immediately received widespread attention, especially Yue Dang, who strongly urged him. After all, Mr. Yue was about to enter Sichuan. In case there were no reinforcements, he would send troops.

What should be done if something goes wrong? Zhang Yan also understood this truth, so she immediately made the decision and sent someone to give an order to Hong Chengchou to quickly mobilize troops to reinforce Sichuan.

After Hong Chengchou took over as Yang He's governor of the three sides, he changed Yang He's strategy and changed it to focus on suppression, first suppressing and then pacifying. To put it bluntly, it means defeating you first and then giving you a piece of candy. The rogue bandits in Shaanxi

, many of them were wiped out by him successively. Wang Jiayin fled to Sichuan, Wang Ziyong fled to Shanxi, and Gao Yingxiang fled to Gansu. Shaanxi was basically at peace, and Hong Chengchou began to appease him. After the imperial decree came, he did not immediately aid Sichuan. He wanted to

All arrangements were made in Shaanxi before heading to Sichuan. Fortunately, his work efficiency was relatively fast. When the rogue bandits attacked Chengdu, his troops finally entered Sichuan and sent Cao Wenzhao as the vanguard to rush to Chengdu.

After reading the letter, Yue Su was very happy. Since fighting the bandits, he has realized that the bandits are not terrible, but he has too few people. If there are 10,000 more people, they can definitely fight the bandits head-on. Cao Wen

Zhao led 5,000 men to come, and Qin Liangyu's white-armed soldiers should have arrived as well, but I don't know where they are now. If these two groups of people join forces with Chengdu's troops, they will be able to wipe out the bandits in just a few days.

After sending the messenger off to rest, Yue Su immediately wrote a reply to Hong Chengchou. The letter was naturally filled with words of gratitude, and at the same time expressed his admiration and expectations, hoping that he could join forces with Mr. Hong to wipe out the bandits in Sichuan.

After writing the letter to Hong Chengchou, Yue Su wrote another letter to Cao Wenzhao. Although he did not know Cao Wenzhao, Yue Su was polite in the letter at that time, said a few compliments, and attacked the rogue bandits.

Chengdu failed to succeed. He talked about it and said that the rogue bandits were strong on the outside but weak in the middle. They didn't have much ability. As soon as the general's reinforcements arrived and they joined forces, they would give the rogue bandits a first blow.

After writing the two letters, Yue Su handed the letter to Cao Wenzhao to his subordinates and asked him to send it out overnight. He searched for Cao Wenzhao's army along the way. After seeing it, he gave it directly to Cao Wenzhao. The other letter was given to Cao Wenzhao.

A letter? Give it to Hong Chengchou's messenger tomorrow and bring it back to Hong Chengchou.

Then, Master Yue discussed the military situation with Jiang Jie and studied where Qin Liangyu and her white-pole soldiers would be. Even though Master Yue and Qin Liangyu had only met in Taihang Mountain, they admired this heroine very much and knew that she was a female hero.

A hero will never dare to come for reinforcements because he is afraid of rogue bandits.

Jiang Jie and Yue Su had the same view. Jiang Jie even gave a definite answer. Qin Liangyu must be here now. As for where he is, it is most likely in Jianyang County, which is the closest to Chengdu. Otherwise, it is just a matter of time.

How could the small town of Jianyang be able to withstand the rogue bandits for two days?

With Jiang Jie's affirmative answer, Yue Su was overjoyed. As soon as Cao Wenzhao's reinforcements arrived, he planned to make peace with one place, fight the generals with one family, and directly send troops to conquer the rogue bandits.
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