The team ran away in panic, but unknowingly, no one noticed that Fan Ling was missing. At this time, Fan Ling had already changed into a pair of rough clothes and stumbled towards Chongde County.
Not long after, Fan Ling's troops collided with Orger's cavalry. Orger originally wanted to chase the rebels to see if he could expand his victory, but he got an unexpected surprise. When the two sides met, there was nothing wrong.
, after a massacre, the remaining soldiers fled towards Haining County following Li Yan's footsteps.
It wasn't until he escaped that Lu Weiliang discovered that Fan Ling was missing.
"Where's Fan Ling?"
"Mr. Lu, Leader Fan disappeared before..."
"????"
Lu Weiliang's vision went dark, and he almost fell off his horse. He worked hard to bring people over to help break out, fought to the death, and escaped with a narrow escape, but Fan Ling found an opportunity to escape. Lu Weiliang didn't think that Fan Ling had already fought.
If he dies, if that guy has the determination to fight to the death, he is no longer Fan Ling. Now Fan Ling is in front of him and will definitely cut this guy alive.
After gathering his mood, Lu Weiliang suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to withdraw to Haining County with the remaining soldiers. At this time, the remaining soldiers were extremely miserable. There were nearly 10,000 people when they came, but after meeting the Yunfu cavalry, less than 5,000 were left, almost
More than half were damaged. Fortunately, after approaching Haining County, the officers and soldiers withdrew and did not continue to pursue them. Lu Wei also knew in his conscience that the officers and soldiers must have been busy collecting supplies.
Thinking of the supplies, I felt very distressed. After months of hard work, the army looted Jiaxing Prefecture for more than ten days, and robbed a wealth of supplies. In the end, almost all of them were taken away by the Living King of Hell. They worked hard to make wedding dresses for others.
, whoever encounters this kind of thing will be angry.
Haining County was already in chaos at this time. The problems here have been around for a long time, and the rogue bandits raging in Zhejiang have intensified the problems, eventually leading to a terrible storm. Haining not only has the Qiantang River tide, but also has
It has the largest salt field in Zhejiang, so since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been the most important official salt center in Jiangnan. If there is a salt field, there will naturally be salt.
Thanks to the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, which has been inherited from generation to generation, the income of salt diners used to be pretty good, but gradually, it became less and less. Salt transport, as the most profitable industry in the Ming Dynasty, should not be short of money. In fact, there is no shortage of money.
Not so, there is no shortage of money in the salt transport, but the money that finally falls into the hands of saltmen is very meager. After the Yongle Dynasty, the income of saltmen has gone downhill. By the Zhengde period, the income of saltmen can barely maintain food and clothing.
.Nowadays, corruption is rampant in the officialdom. In addition, Jiangnan is far away from the center of the imperial court. The factory security system has collapsed and there is a lack of effective supervision. The lower-level officials are even more unscrupulous and compete for Yanding's hard-earned money.
Due to various reasons, Yanding, who is at the bottom of the Daming Salt Service, often does not have enough to eat. Most of the time he is seriously ill and cannot afford medical expenses. Since last year, the Salt Transportation Department has issued an order to increase official salt production.
, the working hours were increased. The salt workers received pitifully little money, but they did more and more work. In this case, could there be no problems? The salt workers had been dissatisfied a long time ago.
In order to make a living, many people began to secretly sell illegal salt and engage in the beheading business. This is why illegal salt in Jiangnan has been repeatedly banned. At the end of last summer, a riot occurred in the Changlu Salt Field. At that time, there were already
After not receiving wages for two months, a riot broke out. However, due to the lack of unity at the time and the court's timely response, the riot was quickly suppressed.
The incident at the Changlu Saltworks has served as a wake-up call to Jiangnan officialdom. Unfortunately, one may not gain wisdom after suffering a setback. Officials in South Zhili seem to have never taken the salt workers seriously. After this incident has passed,
They still go their own way, and there are no changes in the salt transportation officials. There are no problems in the salt fields, but the contradictions are getting deeper and deeper. As long as there is an introduction, the contradictions will break out.
Unfortunately, the bandits broke into Nanzhili and made their way to Zhejiang smoothly. Most of the bandits were ordinary people at the bottom. They started to make trouble, many of them just for a bite of food. When they came to the colorful world of Zhejiang, they suddenly
They were confused, there were too many good things here, they could plunder as much as they wanted. The bandits were robbing, and all this fell into the eyes of the saltmen, and they felt quite unfair.
Many Yanding people began to envy the bandits, and they also thought about overthrowing the corrupt officials who oppressed Yanding. There were not many people who had this idea. When someone took the lead, it soon became a torrent. In the late twelfth month of last year, Yanding
Wei Chen was furious because of the incident of reselling illegal salt, so he killed the officers and soldiers of the salt guard team in anger. As soon as this incident came out, more people followed Wei Chen to make trouble. On New Year's Eve, the riot got out of control, and the salt workers occupied the salt field.
, the Haining Inspection Department and the Guardsmen were even beaten up by the angry salt guards and fled out of Haining County early.
Bai Lide, the magistrate of Haining, was unable to do anything about this. At present, Jiaxing Prefecture was in chaos due to rogue bandits, and Hangzhou Prefecture also had too much to take care of itself. At this time, no one could control the Haining Yanding Rebellion. Because of the Yanding riots, Haining had almost become an insurrection.
The place was fortified, which allowed Li Yan and Lu Weiliang's remaining troops to pass through Haining County without any effort.
When Li Yan's remnants of troops passed Haining County unharmed, the Xuanfu army was already preparing to attack the city outside Deqing City. On the second day of the first lunar month, gunshots rang out in Deqingqing Town, heralding the Battle of Deqing.
The battle officially started. Xinshi Town is located in the east of Deqing, guarding the official road intersection and backed by Fengshan Mountain. It happens to be at odds with Deqing City. Therefore, the peasant army had previously deployed a force of more than 6,000 people in Xinshi Town.
's army.
This place relies on mountain climbing and has rivers on both sides, which is not conducive to cavalry maneuvers, so the only people who can invest in the new town are musketeers. The peasant army in the new town has not been idle since they came here.
The town was built like a copper wall and an iron wall. Moreover, after fighting against the elite soldiers of the Xuanfu for a long time, they gradually learned how to fight against the musketeers.
If you open up a formation and fight head-on with the musketeers, you are just seeking death. The best way is to hide behind a bunker and wait patiently. Once you get into close combat, the musketeers have no advantage.
Outside the new town, the musketeers formed a neat formation and slowly approached the south entrance of the town. The gunshots had been ringing for a quarter of an hour, but the effect was minimal.
Outside the town, Tie Mo and his party paid close attention to all the situation on the front line, and the development of things was also expected. Seeing the slow progress, Xu Zhixin couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Why not send artillery over? With just a burst of artillery fire, we can defeat the enemy."
The thieves inside were forced out."
"It's not necessary. When we attack Xinshi Town, our original purpose is to put pressure on Deqing City. If we really conquer New Town, won't we have to attack Deqing City in the end?" Tie Mo held his chin and said lightly. One thing,
He did not tell Xu Zhixin that there were not many artillery shells in the Liehuo camp, and they could only sustain one battle, so they needed to use them sparingly.
Xu Zhixin is also an extremely smart woman. After thinking about it for a moment, she understood Tie Mo's intention, "Do you intend to keep Deqing and Xinshi Town, so that the rebels in Jiaxing Prefecture can retreat westward smoothly? Why don't you take the opportunity to do your best in Deqing?"
Cause more damage?"
Tie Mo pursed his lips with a wry smile on his face. Wang Zuoguan sighed, picked up an official document on the table and handed it over, "Miss Xu, if you read this official document, you will understand everything."
Xu Zhixin looked puzzled, but she still took the official document and read it. After reading it, her beautiful face was as cold as frost. After a long time, she said angrily: "These bastards only focus on money. Now they are better.
Yan Ding took the opportunity to cause trouble. This time, I'm afraid it won't be a problem in Haining County. Sigh...it's such an eventful year that people are overwhelmed..."
Xu Zhixin already understood Tie Mo's thoughts. At this time, the bandits entrenched in Jiaxing Mansion and Deqing City were already a trivial matter. The problem of Yanding was the big deal. It was best to let the bandits retreat westward first. If the bandits were forcibly blocked,
In the east, once the rogue bandits are determined to get involved in the salt industry, they will take the lead and nearly 300,000 salt men will cause trouble in the salt field. At that time, the rogue bandits will rapidly expand in strength and they will really be unable to be eliminated.
The Yanding riots are completely different from the bandits' rebellion and should never be compared.
Tie Mo sent musketeers to attack the new town. Although the effect was minimal, it still put tremendous pressure on Deqing City. Xu Beichuan was restless. What he worried about was not the new town, but when the shells would fall on him.
From above, it seems that Xinshi Town is as solid as a rock, but that is because the King of Hell is not ruthless. If the artillery is pushed up, and Ding Luyan's Henan soldiers and horses are pushed up, Xinshi Town will definitely not be able to defend it.
For the rebel soldiers in Deqing City, life was like a year. On the fourth day of the first lunar month, after a lot of suffering, Li Yan and Lu Weiliang finally arrived at the new town with the remaining soldiers of Jiaxing Prefecture. After a short rest, they evacuated the new town and went with them.
Xu Beichuan from Deqing City completed the meeting. When the two sides met, Xu Beichuan and Lu Weiliang hugged each other, looked at each other and smiled bitterly. The two sides said nothing, everything was said in silence.
Xu Beichuan could see that the Jiaxing Prefecture soldiers and horses had very little supplies, and the soldiers were all haggard, as if they had lost their souls. From this, it can be seen that Lu Weiliang and Li Yan were defeated even more miserably. Not only did they lose their troops, but they also lost their generals.
They also threw the supplies they had snatched from Jiaxing Mansion to the living King of Hell. The two armies and horses joined together, but the atmosphere was very depressing.
In Deqing County Yahoutang, Xu Beichuan, Lu Weiliang, Zheng Guosong, Li Yan and others gathered together. Several people were worried, especially Xu Beichuan, who seemed to have an idea, but was too shy to speak. In contrast, Zheng Guosong
Without any taboo, he rubbed the hilt of the knife and said expressionlessly: "Everyone, let me be dejected, Deqing City cannot be defended. We have to evacuate as soon as possible. The only way is to join forces with General Li's troops.
Only then will we be able to fight."
Li Yan nodded helplessly, "Li agrees with Brother Zheng. Now that our two troops have been defeated one after another and their morale is low, it is really not suitable for another battle. Moreover, a battle with the officers and soldiers here is not enough."
It's not necessary. We can't stay in Zhejiang any longer now, and we will probably withdraw our troops soon, so we need to join General Li as soon as possible."
The leaders were surprisingly unanimous. After being played wildly by the Xuanfu soldiers and horses, everyone's minds became much clearer. Before, Li Yan and Xu Beichuan were all looking for opportunities to show off to the Living King of Hell.
. He was very angry, but the result was tragic. In Tongling City, Xu Beichuan was bombarded repeatedly and his head was filled with water. Li Yan was even worse. He worked hard for half a month and asked the living hell king to send troops halfway.
They robbed them and lost nearly half of their troops.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Chongzhen, before daybreak, the peasant army in the city opened the city gate and quickly fled towards Yuhang while it was still dark. At the beginning of Chenshi, after it became bright, the peasant army had already
Completely evacuated Deqing.
The peasant army withdrew from Deqing and soon joined Li Zicheng's troops. At this time, Li Zicheng already had an army of more than 50,000 people. Perhaps seeing Deqing being taken back by the Xuanfu soldiers and horses, the morale of the Hangzhou government was greatly boosted.
Taking advantage of the low morale of the rogue bandits, they recaptured Dusong Pass, which was occupied by the rogue bandits. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, nearly 20,000 troops from Hangzhou Prefecture left Qiantang and headed north. On the seventh day of the lunar month, Hangzhou Prefecture troops and Li Zicheng's army were at Dusong Pass.
A great battle broke out in the southern part of Guan.
In this battle, Li Yan, Zheng Guosong, Xu Beichuan and others were all holding back their energy. After fighting for half a day, the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Prefecture were defeated and fled back to Qiantang in a hurry. However, Qiantang was attacked by Lu Weiliang half an hour ago.
, outside Qiantang Town, the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Prefecture were surrounded by Li Zicheng's army and beat them up. With no choice, Bai Xuan, the commander of Zhejiang Province, could only send troops to attack Qiantang to contain some of Li Zicheng's troops. On the other hand, he sent orders to the soldiers of Hangzhou Prefecture near Qiantang.
The horse fled to the northeast and returned to Hangzhou around Deqing.
In the battle of Dusongguan, Bai Xuan became the most unlucky man. He worked hard to mobilize troops and horses, hoping to feel proud, but in the end, Bai Xuan, the commander of the capital, became the leader of Zhejiang Province.
A joke in the eyes of the people.
Bai Xuan was also aggrieved, because it was not his wish to send troops to Dusongguan, but the intention of the chief envoy Du Fushan and others. Now that the battle is not effective, all the responsibilities have been shouldered by Bai Xuan.
Since the Xuanfu sent troops to Lujiang, they have won many battles and received good news frequently, which can be said to be inspiring to the people. Especially after the conquest of Wukang and Deqing, the people of Zhejiang regarded this frontier army from the north as their savior. Tie Mo, the governor of the three provinces
The famous name became even more famous in Southern Zhili. Naturally, Southern Zhili did not want to see its reputation eclipsed by an outsider, so it ordered Zhejiang to find a way to earn back its face.
The funny thing is that Du Fushan and others think that there is an opportunity now. The bandits have been defeated and their morale is low. It is a great opportunity to recapture Dusong Pass.
As a result, Du Fushan and others ordered Bai Xuan to send troops out, and did not even say hello to Tie Mo before sending out troops.
They left in good spirits and returned in defeat. In the end, thanks to the Xuanfu army from Deqing City who threatened Dusong Pass, the Hangzhou soldiers and horses were safely withdrawn to Hangzhou.
In Yuhang, Li Zicheng, who had just won a victory, was not too excited. This victory was meaningless to him. So what if he defeated the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou Prefecture? The army of the Living King of Hell was resting near Deqing and was facing Dusong Pass.
Watching with eager eyes, in this case, can Li Zicheng continue to attack Hangzhou?