The county magistrate's name was Feng Zuwang, the son of Feng Menglong, the author of "Three Words", and a disciple of Xue Fujiao, the Eight Gentlemen of Donglin.
Because of his father's relationship, Feng Zuwang was deeply influenced by Li Zhi's thoughts. On the one hand, he advocated helping the world and saving the people, but on the other hand, he was cynical, and his whole life was extremely tangled and painful.
Feng Zuwang was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and his first official position was the magistrate of Liuyang County.
After taking office, Feng Zuwang cared about the sufferings of the people, personally visited the fields, and wrote "Eight Difficulties and Seven Hard Talks" to reflect the various sufferings suffered by the people of Liuyang. In his writing, the land in Liuyang was very barren, and the yield of many rice fields was only 1 stone per mu.
, the yield per mu of top-quality fields does not exceed 3 shi.
First, the imperial court sent more troops, and then Pingxiang County next door was occupied by that sweeping king.
Feng Zuwang, a scholar who knew nothing, could only try his best to raise food and salary and recruit local brave men just in case.
This summer, the sweeping king really came, specifically to rob summer grain!
"Your Majesty, the rebels have fallen into a trap!" A scholar ran over happily.
Feng Zuwang was awarded Jinshi at the age of forty-six, and he is already fifty-one years old this year. When he saw the thieves at the foot of the mountain, chasing the defeated soldiers, he immediately drew his scribe's sword and said: "Fellows and elders, follow me to kill the thieves!"
Twelve hundred local warriors suddenly burst out from the mountains and charged towards an enemy three times their own size.
The Sweeping King did not personally plunder Liuyang, but came "flying to the sky" this time.
Flying to the sky was also very depressed. He led his troops to attack Liuyang County twice, but was defeated in both cases. This time he finally encountered officers and soldiers in the wild, so naturally he had to chase them. After chasing them, he lost his mind and forgot.
In front are dense mountain forests.
"kill!"
The warriors of Liuyang Township are as powerful as a rainbow. They are the ones who defend their hometown and protect their fields and food. These rebels who crossed the border from Jiangxi committed all kinds of crimes, including burning, killing and looting, which has aroused public anger in Liuyang.
More than three thousand rebels were ambushed by more than a thousand Xiangyong, and they immediately turned around and fled in panic.
Fifty-one-year-old Feng Zuwang was out of breath from exhaustion when he ran out of the forest. He was too embarrassed to stop, gritted his teeth and kept chasing, finally catching up with the rebel who fell into the rice field.
Before Feng Zuwang could take action, two local warriors took out bamboo spears and stabbed the rebel to death.
In front of the rebels was a small river. In panic, many rebels jumped directly into the river to escape, while many others fled southeast along the river bank.
The thief first flew into the sky, and was jumping anxiously at this moment. He found that there were not many rural heroes chasing him, and they had already dispersed. At this time, as long as he brought more than a hundred people, he could turn around and kill those rural warriors, but there were only a dozen or so around him.
An old thief is willing to obey.
But I saw a brave military officer from the countryside, holding a hundred-smelting steel knife in his hand, running extremely quickly across the field ridge.
Flying into the sky and seeing this man coming alone, he immediately shouted: "Go back and kill that guy!"
However, only six old thieves were obedient, and the rest chose to continue running for their lives.
With one against seven, the local brave officer was not afraid and just rushed along the field ridge to kill him. Six old thieves jumped into the field and flew into the sky to surround him and kill him. The two sides were about to collide in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the rice is not yet mature, and the tips of the rice, which have just headed, have grown as high as a person's waist.
The township yong officer jumped into one side of the rice field, kept pushing away the rice stalks, and rushed forward with his bare feet in the mud. He swung his Bailian steel knife and killed an old thief with one strike. He turned around and struck another thief with his sword, killing the second rebel.
"Run quickly!"
The remaining old thieves were shocked when they saw this, dropped the leader and flew into the sky, turned around and fled.
He had already gone up to the sky, and regardless of the pursuers in the distance, he jumped into the rice fields, hoping to catch and fight with the country warrior officer.
"when!"
The two sides cut each other quickly with a knife across the rice.
Unfortunately, Flying to the Sky wore shoes on his feet, which made it difficult to move in the paddy fields. The Xiangyong officer pushed aside the rice and soon came to his side. Flying to the Sky spent a lot of effort lifting his feet and tore off one of his shoes.
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A flash of sword light flashed, flying into the sky and hanging on his left arm.
Officer Xiangyong moved again, already behind Fei Shangtian, and struck out with another extremely fast sword.
He flew into the sky and fell down in pain, crushing several nests of rice, but he did not die immediately. He struggled to get up, but before he could stand still, he was struck in the neck with a knife.
The local brave officer stepped over and cut off his head, raised his head high and shouted: "Prince Hui of Liuyang, behead the thief here!"
The rebel bandits from Jiangxi entered Huguang. For a few people, this was the time to make achievements.
Feng Zuwang led his troops to pursue him all the way, and he was so tired that he stuck out his tongue. When he heard that Wang Hui had beheaded the thief, he immediately lay on the ground and laughed.
However, it was said that those rebels were defeated and were killed, so they fled back to Pingxiang County, and were ordered to assemble in Yuanzhou Fucheng the next day.
They traveled slowly to Yuanzhou, and on the way they heard that they were going to fight King Zhao Tian, and they were immediately frightened. That night, most of them fled and hid in Wugong Mountain.
That was King Zhao Tian, who defeated the government troops several times, expelled two Jiangxi governors, and captured a Jiangxi general soldier.
How can we defeat such a rebel ancestor?
The Sweeping King was guarding the city in Yuanzhou Mansion at this time. Hearing the information reported every day, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Brother, please surrender." Yi Zhangbing said with a sad face.
"Fuck you!"
The Sweeping King roared angrily: "You don't know how much blood we have on our hands. If you surrender, you will die, so why don't you fight for it! This guy named Zhao is not righteous at all. He agreed not to attack each other.
.I didn’t hit him, but he hit me instead!”
Yi Zhangbing said: "There are deserters every day. They slide down the city wall along the rope. They can guard here but not there."
"They are all eggless cowards, and they have the guts to rebel!" the sweeping king was very depressed.
If he wanted to expand his territory, he had only four choices. One was to go east to fight Zhao Han, the other was to go southwest to attack Chaling County, the third was to go northwest to attack Liuyang County, and the fourth was to go north to attack Wanzai County.
The sweeper king would never dare to start a battle with Zhao Han, so he could only choose the next three.
But the commotion in Jiangxi was so big that Huguang officials had long been alert. Chaling and Liuyang counties were guarded by officers and soldiers. Two strong attacks were ineffective, and attempts to deceive the city also failed.
Wanzai County in the north was even more speechless. More than 500 officers and soldiers were stationed at Tieyan Pass. The sweeping king and his troops could only watch dumbly.
Being blocked in three counties, if nothing happens, King Sweeper can continue to enjoy his life, but who knows that King Zhao will fall out whenever he wants?
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Huang Yao was stationed in Linjiang Prefecture and Fei Ruhe was stationed in Wan'an County. They had to guard against sudden attacks by officers and soldiers.
During this western expedition, Li Zheng led troops to attack Yuanzhou Prefecture, and Jiang Dashan led troops to attack Yongxin County.
Yongxin County is the territory of the Nine-Headed Bird, the leader of thieves, and the Mountain-Suppressing Tiger. The Nine-headed Bird occupies the county seat, and the Mountain-Suppressing Tiger occupies Lianhua Township.
Jiang Dashan led his troops to the outside of Yongxin County. He did not choose to attack the city immediately. Instead, he camped outside the city in preparation for a siege and reinforcements.
I waited and waited, but the Mountain-Suppressing Tiger still didn't come to the rescue.
Therefore, Jiang Dashan asked his soldiers to plant more flags and led 800 men to continue guarding the county town. The rest of the troops were sent to attack Lianhua Township.
"Report!!!!"
"There are no bandits in Lianhua Township. According to investigation, it is known that Zhenshan Tiger has escaped into Huguang territory!"
Jiang Dashan was so angry that his liver ached. These rebels were too unloyal. The friendly troops were besieged and they did not come to rescue them. They actually fled to Huguang without even fighting a battle.
When his large army came back, crossed the river and lurked into the mountains, Jiang Dashan ordered: "Send people to shout outside the city, saying that the Zhenshan Tigers defeated Lianhua Township and fled to Huguang with only a few dozen old thieves."
More than a dozen loud voices, holding tin trumpets in their hands, took a boat and shouted at the tower:
"Zhenshanhu defeated Lianhua Township and fled to Huguang with only dozens of old thieves. You have no reinforcements!"
"Zhenshanhu defeated Lianhua Township and fled to Huguang with only dozens of old thieves. You have no reinforcements!"
The rebels in the city were frightened.
I had announced a few days ago that Yuanzhou City was under siege and that the sweeping king would not be able to come to rescue Yongxin County.
That night, more than thirty thieves carrying belongings in large and small boxes sneaked to a certain section of the city wall in the west. Other rebel thieves were mobilized in advance along the way.
The nine-headed bird stood guard on the city tower and asked his confidants to hoist the valuables in baskets outside the city to be taken away.
Yongxin County is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side. There is only a small amount of flat land on which to attack. It is very fatal to attack the city by force.
"Bang!"
The basket suddenly fell from mid-air and the box hit the ground. It was locked but not opened.
The nine-headed bird whispered: "Be careful!"
The confidant cried bitterly: "Master Jiu, the silver is too heavy, and the brothers didn't hold it."
The anti-thief sentry on another section of the city wall heard the movement and came over to check. He was very alert and felt that something was wrong. He did not dare to get closer, but turned around and ran away shouting: "Jiu Ye is running away, Jiu Ye is running away!"
The rebels in the city quickly became excited and opened the city gates one after another, hoping to take advantage of the chaos and escape first.
Jiang Dashan heard the movement and immediately ordered: "The whole army crosses the river and attacks the city!"
The soldiers stationed in the northwest mountains quickly fought their way out of the mountains, and the bandits could only flee to the mountains to the west.
The nine-headed bird didn't care about carrying any belongings, and only let each of his henchmen take away dozens of taels of silver, and then fled to the mountains to the west in terror.
"kill!"
As Datong soldiers came to pursue them, one bandit after another knelt down and surrendered.
There were only a few roads into the mountains, and they were all very narrow. The thieves and bandits crowded together, thinking that friendly forces were blocking their way, so they began to fight among themselves.
"Get out of my way!"
The nine-headed bird is also killing people. He has more than thirty confidants around him, and each of them has dozens of taels of silver in his arms.
Moreover, they were wearing leather armor and had relatively sophisticated weapons. They were slashing friendly troops blocking the way while running for their lives. There were corpses everywhere they passed.
Finally, when a bandit saw the nine-headed bird coming to kill him, he was so frightened that he shouted smartly: "Kill the nine-headed bird and go to Zhao Tianwang to ask for credit!"
"Kill the nine-headed bird!"
"Kill the nine-headed bird!"
Up and down the mountain, the rebels roared one after another, and Nine-Headed Bird and more than thirty of his henchmen were blocked in the middle.
Suddenly, a henchman slashed out with a knife. The nine-headed bird was unable to react and was hacked to death by his own soldiers.
"The nine-headed bird is dead, I killed it!"
This man cut off the head of the nine-headed bird and was suddenly stabbed in the back. He was also killed inexplicably.
The murderer grabbed the head, waved his weapon wildly, and quickly climbed to the nearby cliff while the friendly troops were retreating. The man threw away his weapon, held the head of the nine-headed bird, and actually slid down the steep mountain wall.
"Get your head quickly!"
Inexplicably, many thieves came down the mountain, trying to snatch the head of the nine-headed bird.
There were also many bandits who took the opportunity to escape into the mountains and fled over the mountains to the direction of Huguang. They did not dare to stay here. King Zhao Tian was too terrible. They could rebel again after going to Huguang.
When Jiang Dashan led his troops to pursue him, a group of rebels were fighting at the foot of the mountain, just to snatch the head.
