Zhao Shujiao is not stupid. Although he is temporarily with Sun Chuanting, he and Tie Mo are actually a grasshopper on the same rope. If Tie Mo is unlucky, Zhao Shujiao's life will not be easy.
Seeing that Qin Liangyu was still hesitating, Zhao Lianjiao sighed: "General Qin, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the millions of people in Bashu. According to Zhao's knowledge, in the past two years, there has been a major disaster in Shu, and the grain harvest has been poor.
It’s not a good life. General Qin has asked the court for money and food several times. Is there any news? Isn’t General Qin worried? This is an opportunity. As long as we cooperate with the Superintendent to fight the battle of Nanzhili, money and food can be saved.
We have them all, and the Superintendent will also find ways to get a lot of life-saving medicinal materials for the general."
Seeing Qin Liangyu's solemn look and no reply, Zhao Shujiao frowned and said seriously: "Zhao knows what General Qin is worried about, but the general thinks about it, is it more important to overcome the current difficulties? Or to make things difficult for him in the future?
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Qin Liangyu trembled all over, and his originally hesitant head became clearer. Yes, why did he become confused at this time? Even if the court was dissatisfied, that was a matter for later. The most important thing was that he could get enough at the moment.
Money and food are the most important thing to enable millions of Shu people and tribesmen to survive the difficulties.
After a while, Qin Liangyu stood up and saluted Zhao, "General Zhao, it's Qin who is confused. Fortunately, you wake up, otherwise I'm afraid things will be missed. Qin agreed to the previous matter, but...
...Things promised by the Supervisor..."
"Haha" Seeing Qin Liangyu agree, Zhao Shujiao was overjoyed and stood up and said: "General Qin can rest assured about this. Zhao has dealt with the supervisor several times, and the supervisor's words are still credible. No matter what, since
The Superintendent has promised to give you a batch of grain, so he can certainly do it. General Qin may be worried because he doesn't know the details of the Superintendent."
The people standing behind the Iron Supervisor were Shanxi merchants and powerful officials from the North Zhili Military Academy. With just one lucky name, they had a lot of money. I dare not say anything else, but to support Qin Liangyu with some money and food, it was absolutely out of the question.
After Zhao led Jiao and Qin Liangyu to finish their detailed discussion, he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to Luzhou Mansion. At the same time, he began to call Wu Sangui and Zuo Liangyu to tell them to leave. When the army set off, trivial matters were inevitable. Naturally,
He couldn't hide it from Sun Chuanting. After learning that Qin Liangyu and Zhao Shujiao were leaving Nanyang Mansion, Sun Chuanting suddenly became anxious. At noon the next day, Sun Chuanting and several soldiers hurried to Zhao Shujiao's residence and saw Zhao Shujiao.
The bodyguard of the teaching was loading supplies into the truck. He opened the door and walked in. He didn't care if there were other people around him, and asked with an angry look: "General Zhao, the army is packing up and intends to travel far. What do you want?"
Do you know that deploying troops without permission is a capital offense?"
Zhao Shujiao was very unhappy. Strictly speaking, he was not a subordinate of Sun Chuanting. He asked such a question in front of everyone, but he showed no mercy. He frowned and made a gesture to Wu Sangui and others.
, after everyone walked out of the room, he asked Sun Chuanting to sit down and said slowly: "Master Sun, the troops were dispatched this time under the orders of the Iron Governor. Why was there no order?"
Sun Chuanting opened his mouth to refute, but swallowed his words again. Strictly speaking, the two sides are two systems and are not subordinate to each other. Tie Mo was appointed by His Majesty, and the six ministries of the cabinet did not approve it very much, but this kind of
It is enough to understand the matter in private, but cannot say it openly. These are secondary. The most important thing is that Sun Chuanting has always thought that Tie Mo was too selfish, and he was very unhappy. Now Tie Mo does not say hello, and in the
If you adjust people here, the opinions will be even greater.
"I will definitely report this matter to the court. General Qin, do you have the same idea as General Zhao?" Sun Chuanting looked at Qin Liangyu with a complicated expression. In his heart, he always felt that Qin Liangyu would not collude with Zhao Zhijiao.
Qin Liangyu herself admired Sun Chuanting and was even more loyal to the court, but the situation in front of her forced her to make a temporary choice. After some hesitation, she took a step forward, facing Sun Chuanting's sharp gaze, she cupped her hands and said: "Sun
Sir, Qin is sorry."
"You..." Sun Chuanting didn't expect Qin Liangyu to say that. For a moment, anger climbed onto his brows, but Zhao Lejiao took the lead and said: "Master Sun, if you have any dissatisfaction with us, you can report it to the court, and we will
Accept the fight and accept the punishment. But now, Mr. Sun, there is no need to persuade him any more. We have made up our minds and will definitely go to South Zhili."
Sun Chuanting snorted coldly, his expression a little uncertain, but in the end, he left the camp angrily. He knew very well that with Zhao Shujiao and Qin Liangyu leaving, it would be almost impossible to make any progress in Funiu Mountain and Baofeng City.
It's impossible.
Zhao led the teaching and set off for South Zhili, while Cao Wenzhao's troops stationed in the southwest of Luoyang also left the Henan battlefield and rushed towards South Zhili. Compared with Zhao led the teaching, Cao Wenzhao could
It was much smoother. Chen Qiyu knew about the relationship between Cao Wenzhao and Tie Mo. There was nothing he could do to stop it, so he simply turned a blind eye. However, Chen Qiyu was not stupid. Cao Wenzhao could go, but Liu Yingyu
Don't even think about moving. Liu Yingyu originally wanted to lead half of the troops and follow him, but was suppressed by Chen Qiyu's order.
Facing Chen Qiyu's strict order, Liu Yingyu had no idea at all. In the final analysis, he and Cao Wenzhao were not in the same system. Cao Wenzhao was a border army, and he was under the direct jurisdiction of Shaanxi Military Preparation and Chen Qiyu. In short, Liu Yingyu
The encounter was very unpleasant. He remembered how great it was to fight with the Iron Governor in the past. Not only could he win the battle, but he could also divide the spoils from time to time and get promoted and make a fortune. It was not like now, where he was in trouble everywhere and was beaten by the bandits. He had no temper at all.
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On November 28th of the third year of Chongzhen, Zhao led Jiao, Qin Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao to meet up in the area of Macheng, Huguang. After the army met, they did not stop at all and followed the official road through Guifeng Mountain and arrived at Luotian County.
Luotian is located at the junction of Huguang and Nanzhili, just across the Dafu Mountain from Anqing Prefecture. On November 30, after a day of rest, Cao Wenzhao sent his nephew Cao Bianjiao to cross the Dafu Mountain at the end of the day.
Before the fog dissipated, they launched a fierce attack on Baisha Town in the northwest corner of Anqing Prefecture. Baisha Town was just an inconspicuous town, and no one would pay attention to it on weekdays. After Gao Yingxiang led his troops to sack Anqing Prefecture, only Baisha Town remained.
There was a warning team of less than a hundred people. Gao Yingxiang did not expect these more than a hundred people to play a role in blocking the enemy, as long as the signal could be sent out in time.
Unfortunately, heavy fog shrouded the surrounding area that day, and Cao Bianjiao's attack was swift and sharp. Half of the hundreds of bandits in the town were killed while they were sleeping, and the rest could not escape from the town. Cao Bianjiao's attack went very smoothly, and at noon,
The main force crossed Dafu Mountain and completed its assembly in Baisha Town. Youdao knows how fast soldiers are, and no one knows if there are any fish that have slipped through the trap in Baisha Town. For fear that the rogue bandits will be prepared, Zhao ordered Zuo Liangyu and
Wu Sangui was the vanguard and attacked Qianshan County.
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses were the first to appear under Qianshan City. At this time, the bandits in Qianshan County did not know what was happening in Baisha Town and were not prepared at all. Liaodong soldiers and horses took advantage of the city gate to be closed and launched a sneak attack.
After arriving at the city gate guard, only half an hour later, the South City Gate announced that it had changed hands. However, Wu Sangui also fell into a hard fight.
Qianshan County guards the rear of Anqing City, and Anqing Mansion is the only way for the peasant army to return to the Central Plains from South Zhili. From the beginning to the end, Gao Yingxiang and others never thought of staying in South Zhili.
They wanted to plunder the rich southern Zhili and then return to the Central Plains. Therefore, before leaving Anqing Mansion, Gao Yingxiang listened to Niu Jinxing's suggestion and sent his general Heijingang He Yishan to garrison Anqing City. He Yishan knew who
The burden was very heavy, and I did not dare to relax. Not only did I send my deputy Feng Cen to Qianshan, but I also stationed more than 8,000 people in Qianshan. This was almost half of the troops under He Yishan. The reason for doing this was because
On the one hand, this is because Qianshan is very important, and on the other hand, it is also because Qianshan is easier to defend and harder to attack than Anqing City. If anything goes wrong in Qianshan, Anqing City will probably not be able to defend it.
It can be said that He Yishan's previous arrangements played an important role at this time. After the South City Gate was lost, after the initial panic, Feng Cen calmed down and led more than 2,000 elite soldiers to start a counterattack. In order to recapture the South City Gate
, Feng Cen fought hard to save Qianshan.
Wu Sangui could only hold on. After Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses arrived, the two of them finally stabilized their position, but they could only hold on to a small area near the south city gate. The territory they had previously seized during the chaos had long been lost to the rogue bandits.
They took it back. The two sides launched a bloody tug-of-war around the South City Gate. The battle was quite brutal.
By the third day of the third lunar month, Feng Cen had suffered a bloody blow here, and had suffered nearly two thousand casualties. The officers and soldiers on the opposite side were miserable, and the casualties were not small, but the south gate was still in the hands of the officers and soldiers after all.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, there was another day of fierce fighting. It was not until noon that the brutal fighting slowly began to come to an end. The main army finally arrived at Qianshan in time and launched a fierce attack on Qianshan City on the east and west sides.
As a result, Feng Cen could only divide his troops to defend, and the pressure on the South City Gate dropped sharply.
In fact, at this point in the battle, Feng Cen was doing his best to obey fate. The attacks on the east and west sides were all in vain. What was really fatal was that officers and soldiers were pouring in through the south gate. Although they could still be blocked for the time being, at this time
Just like a river that bursts its banks, it will collapse sooner or later. After resisting tenaciously for a long time, in the evening of that day, Feng Cen finally ordered an evacuation from the north and abandoned Qianshan City. At this point, the Qianshan offensive and defensive battle that lasted for three days finally ended
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Standing at the top of Qianshan City, Zhao Lianjiao and Cao Wenzhao looked at each other and smiled bitterly. It was really dangerous. Fortunately, Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui were able to fight. If they had been replaced by two people, they might not have been able to survive until the main army arrived. Caress
Looking at the ancient city wall, Cao Wenzhao looked into the distance with a solemn expression and said in a hoarse voice: "The next step is to see the governor. I hope everything goes well."
"Well, but we can't be idle. We have to let the bandits in Anqing City know our thoughts!" Zhao Shujiao touched his chin and rolled his eyes, not knowing what he was planning.
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In Jiaxing Prefecture, Zhejiang, the war was raging and the people were wailing. After Li Yan and Lu Weiliang's army entered Jiaxing Prefecture, the attack went very smoothly. Jiaxing Prefecture was already easy to attack and difficult to defend, and there were too many places to defend, so the number of troops
It was too scattered. Because of the special situation of Jiaxing Prefecture, the peasant army's attack went very smoothly. In just two days, it even attacked Tongxiang and Xiushui. By the first day of the twelfth lunar month, even Yanguan Town in Haining fell into the hands of the peasant army.
After visiting Jiaxing Mansion, many people were inspired by the prosperity here.
Saltworks, silk, boundless romance, wealthy mansions, countless gold and silver jewelry. Faced with layers of temptations, the military discipline that had been barely maintained finally collapsed.
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, a peasant army poured into the Changjie Street of Haining County and looted the mansions of wealthy households in the city. During this period, they not only killed people, but also brutalized the maids and women. Soon, this kind of burning, killing and looting spread throughout the city.
The ancient and wealthy Haining County turned into a devilish hell within half a day, filled with the wails of women.
The furious Haining people finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to spontaneously resist. However, this resistance ushered in more unscrupulous massacres. By the second day of the twelfth lunar month, half of the people in Haining County had been killed, and the county was in a mess, with corpses scattered everywhere on the streets. I heard that
After the bad news, Li Yan rushed to Haining in an attempt to stop this crazy behavior, but his roar was drowned in the crazy laughter of everyone.
Li Yan found that no one listened to him at this time. Those people seemed to be possessed by evil spirits. They all had red eyes and only knew how to kill people and steal things. Facing the hellish Haining County, Li Yan closed his eyes in pain.
Eyes, he wrote a letter and sent it to Lin'an, but Li Zicheng, who was in Lin'an, said nothing. Not only that, the subsequent robbery was even more excessive. This kind of robbery spread from Haining County to Xiushui, and then to Yuhang
, and even Lin'an.
In the ancient city of Lin'an, the former Imperial Palace of the Southern Song Dynasty still retains a trace of the strictest emperor. Gao Yingxiang, dressed in rich clothes, walked through the palace gate and walked towards the main hall. The dragon chair in the hall, which represented the supreme authority, had long since disappeared and was replaced by a
The wooden chair was painted with gold. However, in Gao Yingxiang's eyes, it was the dragon chair. It was made of pure gold and symbolized the seat of the emperor with supreme authority. He walked up the steps, sat down slowly, and looked up. I don't know why.
, it seems that everything is different, and the people in front of me are also different.
Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing each led more than 20 people, divided into two columns, raised their hands and said loudly: "Congratulations to King Chuang!"
The calls made Gao Yingxiang feel an inexplicable warmth and his blood was boiling. At this moment, he felt that he was the real King of Chuang. King, is this how it feels? No wonder so many people have fought for that position for thousands of years.
They threw their heads and blood, and some people even destroyed their families and wiped out nine tribes just to touch that seat.
It's really a different feeling. Just for a moment, I want to sit here for the rest of my life. This feeling is really wonderful.