There was turmoil in Guangdong, and the first ship to deliver the news was a ship from a maritime trade company. However, no news came from the local government. It seems incredible, but it makes sense if you think about it carefully.

The reason why news is transmitted faster by sea than by land is because the best land route from Guangdong to the north is from Meiling into Jiangxi, and then from the north of Jiangxi. There is a post delivery system all the way. And now, because the entire Jiangxi is occupied by rebels. Guangdong The news can only be delivered by land through Fujian and Zhejiang. Fujian is full of mountainous terrain, land transportation is inconvenient, and there is no complete postal system from Guangdong to Fujian.

Of course, another reason is that the local officials in Guangdong deliberately concealed the news of the unrest, or even many officials and gentry participated in the unrest. As analyzed previously, Zhu Yousong of Jiangxi came to supervise the country, and the news that Yuan Chonghuan led the army down the river stimulated In order to prevent the tyranny of Zhu Youjian, the Guangdong gentry took risks and committed violent acts.

If this is the case, the situation will be very troublesome. Foshan's weapons cannot be counted on, and the entire Guangdong and Guangxi will be separated from the control of the imperial court. Guangdong is adjacent to Jiangxi. If the Guangdong rebels and Jiangxi rebels merge, if there are gentry in Huguang, The rebellion may not take long, and most of the provinces south of the Yangtze River may not be owned by the imperial court.

"Don't you Jin Yiwei notice anything?" Zhu Youjian looked at Liu Wenbing.

Liu Wenbing wondered: "The focus of Jinyiwei's layout is in the north. Now they only send spies to Huguang, Jiangxi. There is no time to deploy south of Meiling. Besides,"

Moreover, it was Xu Xianchun who was responsible for the work of the Jinyi Guards, and then Tian Ergeng. Liu Wenbing was just a relative of the Jinyi Guards and became the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Recently, he was re-appointed by Chongzhen to be responsible for the southern patrol. Liu Wenbing did not know the specific layout of the Jinyi Guards. .

"Send someone to Beijing quickly to summon Tian Ergen to come!" Zhu Youjian said. Xu Xianchun was in charge of enemy investigation in Liaodong. The current commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei is Tian Ergen. However, in order to stabilize the court after he left Beijing, he controlled Due to the situation in Beijing, Zhu Youjian left Tian Ergen in Beijing and only ordered his commander Liu Wenbing to accompany him. However, the successive rebellions in the southern provinces made Zhu Youjian aware of Liu Wenbing's lack of ability. At this time, Jin Yiwei needed to intervene strongly. Play a role in the southern provinces. And only Tian Ergen is capable of this kind of thing.

It has been more than half a month since the turmoil broke out in Guangdong, and the emperor has only now realized that this is not allowed by Zhu Youjian!

"It seems that the rebels in Jiangxi supported Zhu Yousong, the prince of Prince Fu, as the governor of the country. This stimulated the gentry in various provinces and gave them an opportunity to make a comeback. If this continues, I am afraid that the gentry in Fujian, Zhejiang, Yunnan and Guizhou and other provinces will also follow suit. It won't take long, The world will be in chaos! For the current plan, we must quickly defeat the rebels attacking Nanjing with thunderous force and quell the chaos in Jiangxi. Only in this way can we frighten all parties!" Yuan Keli sighed.

From the perspective of the gentry, Yuan Keli understood very well the rebellious choices of the gentry in various provinces. They originally lived a good life. They studied hard to gain fame and official status, then accumulated good land and beautiful houses, and lived a life of superiority. And the emperor wants to deprive himself of everything for no reason, who would be happy?

The servants are gone, the land is gone, and the privileges of the gentry are gone. Instead, their tenant servants are turned over on their heads. Who else would be happy? What makes the gentry the most desperate is that Emperor Chongzhen stopped for no reason last year. The imperial examinations are now being held privately in Shandong and Jiangdong to select and appoint poor scholars and even low-status merchants as officials. This means completely abandoning the imperial examinations!

This is to cut off the official careers of the gentry and their family descendants. This is to completely subvert the current gentry class and replace it with merchants, poor scholars and even ordinary untouchables!

If it weren't for the Confucian idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor that was rooted in his heart, if he hadn't followed the emperor these days and saw that Zhu Youjian's actions could really make the Ming Dynasty strong and make the people live a good life, Yuan Keli would have wanted to imitate those rebellious gentry!

"What Aiqing said is true. Now it seems that the rebels in Jiangxi are the real trouble!" Zhu Youjian nodded in agreement.

"Sun Governor Wen Ge and the others should know His Majesty's intentions and will quickly mobilize troops south. I only hope that Governor Hong can hold on for a while longer until the Henan Imperial Guard arrives." Yuan Keli said.

"Hong Chengchou should be able to defend Nanjing City." Zhu Youjian said, but his tone was a little unconfident. After all, the rebel army of 200,000 was huge, but Hong Chengchou only had more than 10,000 troops.

But now, he can only choose to believe Hong Chengchou. Zhu Youjian knows that there is not much he can do.

Now I just hope that Hong Chengchou can persist for a while until the arrival of the Henan Imperial Guard led by Sun Chuanting and Zhang Shize

Kaifeng Prefecture, Chenzhou, Zhang Shize just won a victory, defeated the red scarf vanguard general Li Quan, and captured Chenzhou City.

Since Wen Tiren led thousands of imperial guards to Kaifeng, he took over the civil affairs from Zhang Shize, allowing Zhang Shize to devote all his energy to suppressing thieves.

The army in his hands, plus the imperial guards brought by Wen Tiren, totaled eight thousand, which was already a very large force.

Zhang Shize led his troops to attack continuously and captured Qixian, Tongxu, Taikang and other counties.

At that time, the red scarf thief marshal Hong Niangzi was leading troops to attack Runing Mansion and occupied Ruyang, Xinyang, and Shangcheng successively. Because of her actions of fighting local tyrants and evil gentry to divide the land, she won the support of the people, and her military strength increased to 20

As many as 10,000. Of course, these 200,000 are farmers who have just put down their hoes, and their combat effectiveness is really pitiful.

Therefore, tens of thousands of peasant troops often fought against the Imperial Guards, only to be defeated by thousands of Imperial Guards.

Seeing the aggressiveness of the Imperial Guards, the Red Lady became furious and summoned an army of 80,000 people. She ordered her senior brother Li Quan to lead the troops and go to Chenzhou to fight Zhang Shize.

At that time, the red scarf thieves had Chenzhou City and an army of 80,000. They seemed to be much stronger than the imperial guards. In the view of the red lady, not to mention defeating the imperial guards, at least there would be no problem in defending Chenzhou.

The Red Lady was very smart and knew that there was a gap in combat effectiveness between her troops and the official army. She would definitely not be able to win in a head-to-head confrontation. So she gave an order to Li Quan and asked Li Quan to defend Chenzhou. She asked Li Quan to defend Chenzhou, and the Red Lady planned to lead the troops to kill her personally.

He entered the adjacent southern Zhili and attacked Fengyang Mansion, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Fengyang Mansion is the burial place of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty royal family. As long as they make a posture of attacking Fengyang Mansion, the imperial guards will inevitably withdraw from Chenzhou and go to Fengyang to block it. In this way, Ruyang Mansion, which they just occupied, will be at peace.

The Red Lady wants to run Runing Mansion as her own territory, but she also knows that if she wants to completely occupy Runing Mansion, it will take at least a certain amount of time to operate it. Whether it is to stabilize the people's hearts or to train elite soldiers, it will take a certain amount of time. Runing Mansion

All the local tyrants and evil gentry have been killed, and all the fields have been distributed to the poor people. As long as it develops over a period of time, it will become the most stable territory.

Before that, the attention of the army must be diverted from Runing Mansion. So the Red Lady made a plan to defend from the north and attack from the east.

Strategy is a good strategy, but it also depends on who the opponent is!

Although Zhang Shize only has 8,000 troops in his hands, they are the most elite imperial guards!

Naturally, it is impossible for all of Li Quan's 80,000 troops to be deployed in the city. Instead, 50,000 people set up camp outside the city, competing with Chenzhou. If the official army attacks the camp, the troops in the city will quickly support and attack the official army.

After that, the officers and soldiers naturally could not attack the city before they secured the main camp.

In Li Quan's view, his strategy was perfect. The camp had sufficient troops, dug deep trenches, and built high walls. It would be even harder for the army to defeat it than to reach the sky!

However, no matter how good the strategy is, it is useless in the face of absolute strength.

After Zhang Shize led his troops to Chenzhou, he could not rest and recuperate, so he immediately launched an attack.

He sent 500 troops to block the four gates of Chenzhou, and then personally led 6,000 imperial guards to attack the Red Turban Army's camp outside the city.

Although there is no Hongyi cannon, there are as many as 200 artillery pieces such as Folangji and Tiger Crouching Cannon in Zhang Shize's hands.

Two hundred artillery pieces were deployed 200 steps away from the Red Turban Army camp and launched a fierce bombardment on the camp.

The sound of artillery was like thunder, shaking the hearts of the Red Turban soldiers in the camp. They were called soldiers, but they were actually farmers who had just put down their hoes for a few days. Many of them couldn't even use weapons. How could they know how to fight?

Amidst the thunder, a large number of artillery shells fell into the camp every moment, and the barracks were collapsed by the shells. Many Red Scarf soldiers screamed, escaped from the camp, and ran around in the camp.

They are all light artillery, and they use solid shells. They are not very powerful. Only if they are directly hit by the shells will there be casualties.

Under Zhang Shize's order, two hundred artillery pieces fired for half an hour before causing four to five hundred casualties to the Red Turban soldiers in the camp. There were thousands of tents that were destroyed by the bombing. There were casualties.

Although it is not big, the morale of the Red Turban Army is already facing collapse.

Seeing this situation, Li Quan, the commander-in-chief of the camp, did not dare to allow the Imperial Guards' artillery fire to continue. He knew that if it continued, the morale of the 50,000 troops in the camp would collapse. So he decisively led his troops out of the camp and prepared to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers.

.At the same time, he sent an order to the defenders of Chenzhou City, ordering the defenders to leave the city and attack the rear of the imperial guards.

Seeing the red scarf thieves rushing out of the camp and forming an array, Zhang Shize ordered the artillery bombardment to stop. In fact, after firing continuously for more than half an hour, most of the artillery pieces were already extremely hot, and they had to explode their chambers if they continued to fire. Almost all the artillery shells he carried were fired.

, they couldn't hold on for long at all. And the red scarf thief's departure from camp was exactly what Zhang Shize wanted.

Fifty thousand red scarf thieves came out of the camp and formed a formation, and six thousand imperial guardsmen were also waiting in strict formation. Judging from the numbers alone, the gap between the two sides was too obvious.

"Charge!" Relying on the strength of the crowd, Li Quan didn't talk about tactics. He gave the order and the whole army rushed towards the Imperial Guards on the opposite side. In fact, there was no strategy. These peasants who had just picked up their swords and guns simply couldn't talk about tactics.

He didn't know how to change the formation, and forceful transfer would only lead to chaos. And Li Quan was just a performer, and he didn't know how to fight.

Tens of thousands of people charged, overwhelming, and the momentum looked very terrifying.

Facing the charge of tens of thousands of people, the Guards soldiers just stood quietly and did not react. Two hundred steps away, the rebels on the opposite side ran to attack. In the eyes of the Guards soldiers, it was really stupid.

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Sure enough, after only running half the distance, there were still a hundred steps to go. Many Red Turban soldiers were already panting from exhaustion, and their formation became even more chaotic.

After running for more than fifty steps, many Red Scarf Army soldiers were already tired and panting with their arms akimbo. These Red Scarf Army soldiers usually did not have enough to eat, even after joining the Red Scarf Army.

Although the 200,000-strong army robbed the entire Runing Prefecture of gentry and landlords, they still had insufficient food to feed so many people.

What's more, not only the army, but every soldier has a family behind him. The food in the hands of the red lady is very tight. In the entire army, except for the top generals, most people only eat two meals a day, one dry and one thin.

Their stomachs were already empty, and after running for more than a hundred steps, many Red Turban soldiers could no longer hold on and were breathing heavily.

At this moment, the Imperial Guards moved. Under Zhang Shize's order, six thousand Imperial Guards lined up neatly to greet them. At the front were four rows of firecrackers.

When they were still thirty steps away, the Guards column stopped, and the firecrackers all raised their firecrackers and aimed ahead.

"Charge over!" Li Quan was still shouting from behind, but what was waiting for him was a row of firecrackers firing.

"Bang bang bang" a row of fire cannons were shot out, and three to four hundred Red Turban soldiers who were running at the front were directly killed. Many Red Turban soldiers who were still running suddenly stopped, but those behind them continued to move forward.

Running, the team of tens of thousands of people huddled together.

"Bang bang bang" the gunmen in the second row crossed the first row and started shooting. Hundreds more Red Turban soldiers were shot down. Seeing a large number of their companions in front being shot and killed, many Red Turban soldiers felt fear in their hearts.

Drop your weapon and run away.

"Bang, bang, bang!" When the third row of gunmen opened fire, most of the Red Turban soldiers turned around and ran away, crying.

Before any contact was made, more than a thousand people were shot and killed. It was so terrifying that it had frightened many Red Turban Army soldiers.

They were just farmers. They usually fought with neighboring villages for water sources. How had they ever seen the tragic scenes on the battlefield?

When one person runs away, many people follow suit, and many people run away. The whole queue is in chaos and can no longer be controlled.

"Don't run, there are many more of us than them!" Li Quan was still shouting at the top of his lungs, but no one listened to him anymore. Even the personal guards around him joined the fleeing queue.

Seeing that the defeat was certain, Li Quan had no choice but to flee. He just wanted to escape back to Chenzhou. There were still 30,000 troops in the city. With the tall city walls, they should be able to block the attack of the official army.

However, when Li Quan fled to the west gate of Chenzhou with his defeated troops, he found that hundreds of imperial guards were blocking the way into the city.

And between the hundreds of guards and the city gate, there were hundreds of corpses lying down. However, the defenders in the city came out of the city after hearing the order and wanted to attack the flanks of the guards, but they were directly repelled by the five hundred guards.

There is no way out of the city gate.
Chapter completed!