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The price of rice in the south is more than a little cheaper than in the north, but under the operation of the Zhang family and the Li family, the price of rice in Zhili has taken the lead in falling, and it is even cheaper than that sold in the south. The price of rice in Shanxi

It also came down soon, because there was also a rice store opened there called "Limin" Rice Store. There were also two owners of this rice store, one was the British Duke Zhang's family, and the other was Wei Guogong Xu.

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Yue Su's strategy was to protect Zhili and Shanxi first, and leave other places free. As a result, many people fled from Shaanxi and Henan.

Now let’s talk about Henan. Yue Su issued a death order to Henan Governor Zhang Woxu, asking Zhang Woxu to quickly eliminate the rogue bandits. The soldiers and horses in Henan had never fought many battles with the real rogue bandits. They usually killed good people and took credit for their merits.

Arriving, Zhang Woxu was a little anxious, and he was grateful for deploying troops and horses to really suppress the bandits.

But now the actual suppression is over. The rogue bandits have all grown stronger. Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other bandits have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. What can Zhang and I continue to do to suppress them?

After two battles, the officers and soldiers were all defeated. In desperation, they could only retreat to Kaifeng, Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other places, allowing rogue bandits to wreak havoc. These three places were important towns with high walls.

Hou, it was not easy to capture it. The bandits mainly focused on robbing and did not cultivate. The territory was not important to them. Seeing that there was really no competition in Henan, they decided to go south to Huguang because there was more food there.

The rogue bandits were stationed in Xinyang, preparing to go south to attack Wuchang. Unfortunately, the Huguang general army had just been replaced.

The rogue bandits had no choice but to retreat to Xinyang. Those who fought against Xing Ying this time were Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Ma Jinzhong, Hui Dengxiang, Ma Shouying and other troops. Seeing that they could not defeat the other party, Luo Rucai suggested that they join forces with Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and other troops to gather all the rogue bandits.

Fight again.

Now Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and other troops are in Nanzhao County in Nanyang. Li Zicheng has joined Gao Yingxiang, and they are still in harmony, and they are going to fight a family. Now they are planning to attack Nanyang. When they are preparing to encircle, Luo Rucai's messenger arrives and invites them

Attack Wuchang.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were loyal and wanted to agree, but at this time Li Yan and Niu Jinxing raised objections, saying that Wuchang had hoarded the main forces of Huguang and went to attack, which was suspected to be killing an egg with a stone. Full text advertisement At present, even if they do not attack Nanyang, they cannot

To attack Wuchang, the best strategy is to go south to attack Xiangyang. After capturing Xiangyang, directly take a detour to Sichuan.

Gao Yingxiang thought it was feasible. On the one hand, he told Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and other leaders of the plan. If they are willing to come, they can follow. However, I am going to pretend to attack Nanyang and secretly send people to Xiangyang. Don't affect my plan and drag it on for a long time.

drag.

Luo Rucai and others understood immediately, and ostensibly started fighting with Xing Ying again, waiting for Gao Yingxiang's victory report. Gao Yingxiang pretended to attack Nanyang, and secretly sent people to sneak into Xiangyang. Xiangyang was originally an important town, although some of his troops were transferred by Xing Ying.

Wuchang, but there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Gao Yingxiang made good arrangements, suddenly abandoned Nanyang, attacked Xiangyang, cooperated internally and externally, conquered Xiangyang, and took the opportunity to seize Fancheng. Luo Ru just got the good news, so he ignored Xing Ying and immediately led his troops to Xiangyang to join him. Xing Ying was shocked when he heard this, and left

Part of the troops defended the city and he personally led the troops to Xiangyang.

After the rogue bandits occupied Xiangyang, they did not stay and looted wantonly. They then marched into Sichuan and went straight to Baoning Prefecture. What was left to Xing Ying was an empty city.

The land in Sichuan is fertile and is known as the "Land of Abundance". Under Yue Su's governance, it has regained its vitality. This year's business is not bad. Because of the farming and production distribution, most of the land has harvests, and the people's faces are bright.

With a smile on his face. Sichuan can be self-sufficient, and the price of food is almost the same as that in Zhili now.

However, once the bandits came in, everything changed.

In Sichuan, the government had food and the people had food. Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong only robbed the government and large households, but other bandits were different. They also robbed ordinary people and even held them hostage.

Boryeong Mansion was attacked by bandits in the beginning, but now that the people are living and working in peace and contentment, who wants to be a bandit? Many people are organized by the government and fight with bandits. Bandits are also made up of common people, and those who guard the land are also common people.

The bandits were evenly divided, and the rogue bandits could not take any advantage. However, in order to protect their homeland, the people who defended their land were even more desperate, leaving the rogue bandits helpless and causing many injuries.

It happened that at this moment, he received news that Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, was seriously ill. Gao Yingxiang thought this was a good opportunity to lead his army directly to Chengdu. However, Li Yan made another suggestion at this time, that is, the main force of the rebel army was in Sichuan, which was really inappropriate and could easily be defeated by the officers and soldiers.

Encirclement and annihilation, after all, the road to Shu is difficult. It would be bad if reinforcements from other provinces arrive and block the way out.

Li Yan's suggestion did not receive widespread response because everyone was afraid of Shaanxi's two tiger generals, Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu. Seeing that no one responded, Li Zicheng thought of the overall situation and was willing to personally lead his troops into Shaanxi.

He was willing to die, and no other bandits would stop him. Only Gao Yingxiang tried to persuade him, but Li Zicheng insisted on going, and Gao Yingxiang had no choice but to follow him.

So, the rogue bandits divided their troops into three groups. Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Ma Shouying and other troops sent to Chengdu. Zhang Xianzhong, Shun Tian Wang, Yao Tian and other troops went to Chongqing. Why did they divide their troops? After all, there were too many rogue bandits, and the things they robbed may not necessarily be the same.

That's enough points. And the Sichuan soldiers are nothing, so there's no need for everyone to be together.

The third route belonged to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng, on Li Yan's suggestion, led his army to attack Hanzhong. There were not many defenders in Hanzhong, but Li Zicheng rushed to attack it. In Hanzhong's Shaanxi territory, Yang Yishan was shocked when he heard that Hanzhong had been lost.

He hurriedly mobilized the main forces of Shaanxi to rush to Hanzhong, preparing to annihilate Li Zicheng's troops and recapture Hanzhong.

Yang Yishan's troops were divided into three groups, and he personally led them to Hanzhong via Xiegu. Zuo Liangyu fought from Chencang to Hanzhong, and Cao Wenzhao led his troops from Jinzhou to Hanzhong, forming a three-way encirclement.

However, Li Yan had already calculated and left only a small number of troops to guard Hanzhong, while the main force left Ziwu Valley and marched straight to Chang'an.

Li Zicheng now has a lot of soldiers and horses, and his troops are all capable soldiers with great combat effectiveness. Although he does not have any siege equipment, he can reach the city at dawn after leaving the valley at night and rushing to Chang'an.

The troops suddenly arrived and Li Zicheng used the old method again. He first sent hundreds of people to sneak into the city. When the city was unprepared, they cooperated with the outside to capture Chang'an. Sun Juxiang, the governor of Shaanxi, saw that the city had been breached by the rogue bandits. The situation was over and he was hanged.

He committed suicide and his wife committed suicide and forgot about him.

After capturing Chang'an, Li Zicheng became famous. Yang Yishan received the report and fainted on the spot. After he was revived, he wiped his neck with a sword and committed suicide. Fortunately, he was stopped by his men and he did not die. On the one hand, Yang Yishan apologized to the court.

, on the one hand, he turned around and rushed to Chang'an, and notified Cao Wenzhao that Zuo Liangyu returned to Chang'an for reinforcements.

Yang Yishan's army moved in a hurry. When they were about to leave the Xie Valley, they encountered rogue bandits waiting for work. The two sides fought fiercely. Yang Yishan was defeated. They were defeated by the rogue bandits for more than 30 miles, and only less than 5,000 of the 50,000 soldiers and horses were left.

Under this situation, Yang Yishan could only lead the remaining defeated generals to bypass Chencang, gather troops and horses, and then take Chang'an.

Reports of defeat came to Beijing one after another. First, Chang'an was lost, and then Ziwu Valley lost troops and generals. The two reports of defeat shocked the capital. At this moment, the officials of the Donglin Party finally became energetic, as if they had been given chicken blood.

Shang Ben impeached Yang Yishan.

The northwest is already chaotic enough now. Not to mention the defeat of Yang Yishan, the city of Chengdu is also in danger. Mianzhu Pass, known as the dangerous pass in the middle of Sichuan, was easily captured by rogue bandits. Yue Su was so angry that he almost vomited blood. There was news again in Chengdu. Governor Zhu Xieyuan

He is critically ill and, at the head of the pack, please ask the court for reinforcements as soon as possible.

Fortunately, there was good news in Chongqing. General Qin Liangyu led his troops to severely inflict heavy losses on Zhang Xianzhong and other rogue bandits, forcing the rogue bandits to retreat towards Bazhong.

There was so much news about the defeat, and there were dangers in so many places, but no one suggested how to regain the lost territory. All they had were tips on impeaching Yang Yishan.

The atmosphere in the cabinet today was very tense. Officials from the Yue Party looked at Yue Su one by one, wondering what to do now. After all, Yang Yishan was one of his own, so he couldn't step on him. Officials from the three parties in Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang all looked at

Although Qi Shijiao is now united with Yue Dang, if Yang Yishan loses Chang'an and loses troops and generals, it will be a big deal. It is not that easy to suppress it. The officials' saliva almost drowned them. The first two

Tianguang's impeachment of Yang Yishan has been a good two days. Among the cabinet ministers, except Han Xu, who was a sidekick, there was no one who was not scolded. Yue Su was scolded the most. The content was that he protected his disciples, employed nepotism, and harmed the country and the people.

The guys who were offended for selling rice a few days ago also jumped out and vigorously impeached Yue Su and Yang Yishan. It is said that now, the Sili Prison is full of papers to impeach them, and the papers are almost as big as Xiaoshan's.

Too high. The most irritating thing is that some innocent people who have nothing to do can join in the fun and take pride in impeaching powerful people. This is a big nonsense.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan did not embarrass Yue Su. She just said, Yue Qing's family, please make up your mind quickly.

In the cabinet, there was only one brother who was relatively free, and that was Han Xu. He sat next to Yue Su and watched with cold eyes, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

"Everyone, Chang'an was lost, Yang Yishan was defeated, and the troops were lost. However, victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. The court cannot kill the high-ranking officials just because they lost a battle. If so, who would dare to lead the army in a big battle.

Everyone has also read Yang Yishan’s story. It’s not that he is afraid of the enemy and refuses to fight, but he is greedy for life and afraid of death. It’s just that the rogue bandits are too cunning. But Yang Yishan lost Chang’an after all, and this matter must be explained to the world. Your Lordships think,

How should we deal with it?" Yue Su said calmly.

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