161 [Who is the rebel?] (For the leader, this is a monster
dark night.
Huang Yao led five hundred soldiers and circled for half a month, finally reaching the northwest of Bailuozhou.
There are no big mountains along the way, just small hills and flat plains.
The reason for making such a large circle was that they were afraid of being discovered by the officers and soldiers. Similarly, the officers and soldiers did not dare to cross the river to plunder, fearing that the rebels would find out and set up an ambush to attack.
The vast countryside on the other side of Linjiang Fucheng turned out to be surprisingly peaceful.
Arriving at the river bank in the dark, the five hundred soldiers took off their clothes and swam to Jiangxinzhou on the other side. The rattan players and the wolf shield soldiers were very relaxed, because the wooden shields and wolf shields were both buoyant, and the distance of a hundred meters was easy.
After landing, we walked to the other side of Jiangxin Island. The river here is two hundred meters long, which is still not a problem for a man who is familiar with water properties.
In this way, Huang Yao led five hundred soldiers and crossed the river without anyone noticing.
This is the narrowest place in the Ganjiang River near the entire battlefield.
Wang Siren was already prepared and sent 300 officers and soldiers to guard the area. However, robbery was popular recently, so the officers directly led the soldiers to plunder the villages, leaving only a dozen people standing guard by the river.
Can a dozen officers and soldiers guard a river seven to eight miles long?
A few miles away from the riverside, Huang Yao found a harvested wheat field and sent an order: "Leave a few people on guard, while the rest will sleep!"
After sleeping soundly in the wheat field for an hour, Huang Yao immediately led people into the village when the sky became bright.
He didn't bring enough food, so he had to borrow food from the landlord.
"Bang bang bang!"
Knocking on the door, an old man walked out and begged: "Fellow military lords, you have been here several times in the past few days. I really have no food at home."
"Old man," the missionary officer accompanying the army clasped his fists and said, "we are the Datong Army, not the officers and soldiers who have been levied and levied violently. The food borrowed by the Datong Army must be returned, and we can establish a written receipt. As for the officers and soldiers who bully you, wait until we are full.
Go deal with those bastards!"
"Rebel...are you rebels?" The old man was trembling with fear.
The missionary officer asked: "Do you have paper and pen? We don't borrow much food, so I will definitely return the written notes after leaving them."
Zhao Han had always refused to accept borrowing grain from landlords in "enemy-occupied areas", but at this time he could be more benevolent.
The old man was afraid that the rebels would kill his whole family, so he had to open a warehouse to provide grain.
The rebels really didn't ask for much. They only took half a dou per person, insisted on setting up a written document, threw down the written document, took the food and left.
From the beginning to the end, the five hundred soldiers looked in good order and did not even step foot inside the landlord's house.
Watching these rebels leave, the old man lamented: "What kind of world is this? I can't survive anymore!"
After walking for another half day, while making a fire for cooking at noon, the sentry suddenly reported that officers and soldiers had appeared.
Huang Yao climbed up the hill and took a look, and sure enough he saw two to three hundred officers and soldiers, each of whom had something to gain. Some soldiers even pushed carts loaded with looted goods from the countryside.
The military discipline among the officers and soldiers is beyond control.
You can grab it, why can't I?
So the generals, big and small, took turns going out to collect grain, and some unlucky landowners were repeatedly levied several times.
These are soldiers recruited locally from Jiangxi. They are relatively civilized. It would be even worse if they were replaced by guest soldiers from other provinces. In that case, the officers and soldiers not only robbed money and food, but also killed people and slaughtered villages, cutting off the heads of good people.
It is to kill the rebels.
Once the officers and soldiers were defeated this time, Li Maofang would definitely hint to the generals to kill people and cut off some heads to offset the defeat.
When the officers and soldiers passed by under the hill, five hundred soldiers swarmed out, and two to three hundred soldiers grabbed the food. The officers and soldiers were so frightened that they fled in panic, completely confused about what was going on.
Huang Yao ran the fastest and stabbed several officers and soldiers to death in succession, chasing the officers and soldiers into the village.
The villagers who had just been robbed closed their doors and windows one after another and observed the situation through the gaps. Seeing the officers and soldiers being chased by Huang Yao and his men, although they did not dare to speak out, they all secretly cheered for Huang Yao.
Huang Yao and his men killed nearly half of the more than two hundred officers and soldiers, and then stopped pursuing them.
Instead, they returned to the ambush point just now, and sent the food that the officers and soldiers had snatched to the village for the farmers to pick up.
Five hundred soldiers and five missionaries.
These missionary officers walked along the village and shouted: "Old fellows, don't be afraid, we are Mr. Zhao's Datong soldiers. The Datong soldiers do not harm the people, they make decisions for the people. The grain stolen by the officers and soldiers was piled on the threshing floor in the village.
If your family is robbed of food, go get it."
When I first arrived in Guibao Land, I had not yet gained the trust of the farmers, so this was all I could do.
After Huang Yao and his soldiers had gone far away, the villagers finally dared to come out and ran to the threshing floor to get back the grain. Some took more and some took less, so naturally there was another dispute.
Instead of grabbing food, a young man chased Huang Yao's troops and picked up a spear thrown away by the officers and soldiers on the way.
After chasing all the way, Huang Yao stopped to rest and called the young man over: "Why are you following us?"
The young man hesitated and said: "I...I want to fight with you."
"Where are your family members?" Huang Yao asked.
The young man replied: "My father died five years ago, my mother died three years ago, and my two sisters are both married. I live with my uncle's family, but my aunt doesn't want to see me. She scolds me no matter how much work I do."
"It's also pitiful," Huang Yao asked, "What's your name?"
The young man replied: "Hu Dinggui, the name was given to me by my father, who studied for several years. I am also literate, my father taught me how to read. I can recite the Three Character Classic."
Huang Yao smiled and said: "Well, you will follow me to fight from now on."
After wandering behind enemy lines for several days, Huang Yao's troops increased to 536. One family even moved their whole family to join the army. All the old people died, and the family was too poor to marry. Three brothers from the family came to join the Datong Army.
In addition, there are other records: more than 400 officers and soldiers were killed successively, so that the officers and soldiers did not dare to come to this area to rob.
What's even more valuable is that the nearby villagers already know that the Datong Army is an army that helps the common people fight, unlike those brutal officers and soldiers. Even many landowners half-voluntarily lend out their grain because the officers and soldiers come to grab more.
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"Asshole!"
Li Maofang was furious and personally led two thousand governor's pacesetters towards Huang Yao's troops.
At this moment, Huang Yao was near the Longguang Academy. The plaque on the Longguang Academy called "The Ruins of the Longguang Shooting Bullfight" was written by the long-legged emperor Zhao Gou. Zhu Xi once lectured here for more than a month.
"General, general!"
A farmer ran over quickly and panted: "General, go into the mountains quickly, many officers and soldiers are coming!"
"Thank you, old man!"
Huang Yao stood up immediately: "Stop eating, pack your things and go into the mountain."
Li Maofang chased him all the way here, but he could only miss him. Huang Yao had already entered the Lion Rock two miles away.
Li Maofang was tired after chasing him, so he arranged the soldiers outside and ran to Longguang Academy to rest.
Unfortunately, the gate of Longguang Academy was tightly closed and they ignored him as the governor.
There are five of the four major academies in Jiangxi, and Longguang Academy is the fifth largest academy. This is no longer the boundary of Qingjiang County, but the edge of Nanfeng County. Li Maofang dared to send troops to plunder the people, but he did not dare to lead his troops to break into the academy.
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After being rejected, Li Maofang became more and more angry as she thought about it, looking at the Lion Rock without any solution.
Two days later, the officers and soldiers gathered in camp.
Li Maofang, Li Ruolian, and Wang Siren were still arguing. The former was determined not to cross the river for a decisive battle. He believed that the training of the officers and soldiers was not enough.
Among the 18,000 officers and soldiers, more than 3,000 were newly recruited soldiers with only two or three months of training. Li Ruolian's 5,000 soldiers were brought by guards from various places. They were all weak troops who had put down their hoes.
There are about 2,000 other people who are rural warriors recruited by the governor of Linjiang. There are more than 2,000 people who are Wang Siren's sailors and cannot go ashore to fight. There are also 3,000 civilians.
There are only less than 2,000 officers and soldiers who can actually fight!
Is this a big deal?
Although Li Maofang was greedy, he was not a fool. His original plan was not to fight the rebels, but to rely on Wang Siren's navy to suppress the rebels from a decisive battle.
When the rebels run out of food and fodder, they will naturally choose to withdraw their troops.
Li Maofang himself, not only did not lose a single soldier, but he was able to take advantage of the opportunity to make money. Part of the money was used to train troops and train truly elite soldiers. Part of the money was used to bribe the superior, either to transfer him or allow him to continue training troops to suppress thieves.
Everything is beneficial to Li Maofang.
Is it just Wang Siren who is so stupid that he is planning a decisive battle with the rebels and rushes to die?
There is no shortage of tricks and strategies!
This sentence is the attitude of Li Maofang and Wang Siren towards each other. They both think that the other person is mentally retarded.
"Fushuai, Fengcheng County is gone!"
"What?"
Li Maofang jumped up in shock and asked hurriedly: "Didn't the magistrate of Fengcheng recruit a thousand soldiers to defend the city?"
The spy replied: "Those country warriors went to the countryside to collect grain. When they returned to the city, they were killed by the rebels and chased all the way into the county seat before disappearing."
Li Maofang, Li Ruolian and Wang Siren looked at each other in confusion.
Fengcheng County is behind them and on the bank of the Gan River. If the rebels hijack the people in Fengcheng County, their escape route will be cut off.
Li Ruolian sneered: "What a good thing you did!"
Li Maofang was speechless, because it was indeed him who issued the order to collect grain.
But who the hell would have thought that the magistrate of Fengcheng County was so awesome that he actually asked Xiangyong to go to the countryside to collect grain, but hundreds of thieves took advantage of it and seized the county seat.
They were not going to collect grain at all, but the Fengcheng magistrate himself wanted to make money and sent troops to rob in the name of suppressing thieves!
Wang Siren sighed: "There are only three ways now. One is to cross the river immediately and fight decisively. The other is to withdraw troops immediately and return to Nanchang. The third is to recapture Fengcheng County and station the camp there."
"Withdrawing troops is impossible. If we don't suppress the bandits in front of us, we will all lose our hats." Li Ruolian shook his head and said.
Li Maofang asked: "Can't we send troops to retake the county seat and then leave people to garrison it?"
Wang Siren said: "There are hundreds of thieves and bandits who have been hiding behind us. These rebel thieves are used to confuse people's minds. If they are allowed to develop, there will probably be two to three thousand people next month. There are two to three thousand enemies hiding behind us.
Do you dare to fight such a battle?"
Li Maofang thought: "We can't evacuate from Linjiang Prefecture, not even to Fengcheng County. Linjiang Prefecture is an important tax town. Once it is lost, the court will be furious. Even if we lose our official positions, it will be light!"
"Then let's fight." Li Ruolian sighed.
Wang Siren sighed: "This Zhao thief is so cunning."
Wang Siren thought that Zhao Han might send troops to encircle the rear, but he never expected that after the rebels encircled the rear, they did not come to attack the officers and soldiers camp at night, but instead helped the farmers drive away the looting officers and soldiers!
There were only a few hundred rebels. The officers and soldiers wanted to clear them up, but they couldn't even figure them out.
Not to mention the peasants who tipped off the enemy, even the local gentry secretly provided food for the rebels because the officers and soldiers were robbing them too hard.
Wang Siren had the illusion that he was the rebel...