Having said this, Xie Erren finally gained some confidence. He immediately ordered the troops to move in and station them at various city gates and important places inside and outside the city. The rich militia was no longer necessary and was disbanded on the spot. The original Fubo officers and soldiers
After returning to the army, the militiamen who are willing to go home will be given severance pay and those who are willing to continue serving as soldiers will be temporarily organized into a supplementary squadron under the command of the Wuzhou Brigade of the National Army.
Xie Erren took stock of the troops in his hands: a company of the regular army, a brigade and a supplementary squadron of the National Army, more than 500 people. Although they are not strong soldiers and horses, they are not in the frightened "streaking" state at the beginning.
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Once I relaxed, I remembered the female assassin who was imprisoned in the Tutu Temple. I immediately asked her to "interrogate" her at night.
He disliked Zhao Toyota's verbosity, so he changed his secretary. Although this new secretary was a man, he was much more considerate. After listening to the leader's orders, a lewd smile of "understanding" appeared on his face, indicating that he would definitely take care of things.
"It's done".
In fact, Xie Erren himself doesn't have any obscene thoughts yet. He feels that he has too many things to do.
In the past few days, I was worried about security issues. Now a large group of National Army has arrived, and there is also a battalion of Fubo Army operating outside the city. Although it is not "impregnable", it is not "in danger". He went over
Some of the policies under consideration can also be implemented.
There are really a lot of things to do... Xie Erren took out his notebook from his pocket.
"So, Wuzhou has a chance to vote for him?" Hu Lanyan said impatiently.
"Yes." Gou Xunli nodded, "Now is a good opportunity."
The place where these two brothers talked was in a simple village in the rolling hills not far east of Wuzhou City. The Yao and Han people lived together in this area. Although it was not far from the capital city, the government did not have much influence. Whoever had the big fist had the right
In this place, the bandits basically don’t have to worry about encirclement and suppression by the government.
However, the life of the bandits was not easy: Not only were the Han and Yao villages intertwined here, but due to the riots of the Yao people, the government repeatedly recruited wolf soldiers from Guangxi to "suppress the Yao", and during this period there were wolf boys' villages. All villages were
It exists in the form of a village, and each village must have a group of warriors. Various villages have conflicts and fights from time to time due to various reasons such as competition for land, water, and forest.
Villages in this atmosphere are basically heavily guarded, and the people have rich experience in fighting. It is very difficult for bandits to rob or canvass votes. Sometimes they are killed by "fat sheep". Even if they "take advantage of others", it is very difficult.
Not easy.
If it weren't for the Xijiang River, a golden waterway with busy shipping traffic, and Gou Xunli's many tricks, which would make him a fortune from time to time, he wouldn't be able to support the more than 200 people in this village.
For Hu Lanyan, he is not interested in "revenge" or "the court". Although the Kun thief killed many of his brothers, he has no intention of throwing eggs and stones. The only reason that can attract him is to follow his brothers.
, or for the word "wealth".
When they were trapped in Guangdong, they were once recruited by Shi Weng, who asked them to go to the Yao District of Lingao to meet the "Xia Ke". Although later, because all the heroes were arrested and killed, although the matter was not accomplished, Hu Lanyan
I regard Gou Er as a brother with a special regard - being able to serve a high official in the imperial court is not something that an ordinary green forest man can fawn over.
Don't look at Green Forest and Grass's self-proclaimed "not afraid of officialdom", but in fact the idea of "recruiting for an official position" is quite strong. Hu Lanyanneng has been following Gou Er for the past few years. Firstly, he has no choice but secondly, he is also Gouer.
The first time he was recruited by the government, he always held some illusion - maybe he could become prosperous.
If you take this opportunity to make a fortune in Wuzhou, no matter whether the court cites merit or not, at least it will be enough to make money for several years at a time. If you do well, you will make money for a lifetime - the worst is to quit this business.
Go to Jiangnan, a wealthy and gentle town, and live out the rest of your life. You don't have to live in this dilapidated and damp cottage anymore.
"I have inquired and found out that there are only two hundred people in the city. Together with the government officials and the temporary militia they have formed, the total number is only five hundred." After Gou Xunli came back from the meeting with Yi Haoran, he felt more and more like this.
This adventure is exciting - Yi Haoran is not only very familiar with Kun Qing, but also has a hatred for Kun thieves. Asking him to be the leader to unclog the government is a sure shot. However, the master also raised a question: Since he wants to imprison Xiong Wencan
, we must come up with a specific strategy here so that Lord Xiong can consider the issue of support.
"Second brother, I'm not telling you, the Kun thieves' combat power is far superior to ours." Hu Lanyan said, "Our brothers have suffered a lot from them in the past few years! You said that they only have 200 fake Kun thieves."
, our village has 200 brothers at all costs - half of them have to go to the house to summon them at short notice! Even breaking up the village is laborious. Taking so many people to Wuzhou is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. If Governor Xiong doesn't send troops, I will
It’s very exciting to watch!”
"It's unreliable to expect Governor Xiong to send troops." Gou Xunli shook his head and said, "This is like doing business. If we don't come up with something useful, why should Governor Xiong trust us?"
"That's true..." Hu Lanyan was a little disappointed, "Then what else is there to say?"
"In the past, we wanted to ask Governor Xiong to send troops, but that was a dream - but now he is in critical danger. As long as we can show some small achievements to make him conceal his crimes in front of the court, he will definitely do it.
Come with big money!"
Hu Lanyan stood up and walked a few steps up and down the "Juyi Hall" on the earthen steps of Mao Ci. He seemed a little excited and asked: "Tell me, what should I do?"
"Right now, the Yao rebellion has broken out on both sides of the Xijiang River, and the Kun thieves have too much time to take care of themselves. I heard from the informants in the city that the Kun thieves originally planned to deploy heavy troops in Wuzhou. However, they suddenly received the news more than ten days ago and hurriedly withdrew. They only stayed in the west of the city.
Thousands of people were left at the school grounds in Ximatan..."
"Brother, you are cheating people to death without repaying their lives." Hu Lanyan shook his head repeatedly, a little frightened, "Ximatan is only five or six miles away from Wuzhou. If there is any trouble, Wuzhou can be rescued. We don't have enough people.
They stuff it between their teeth! They can’t do it, they can’t do it!”
"You only know one, but don't know the other." Gou Xunli went to Wuzhou this time and got a lot of news, "It's not like the thieves from Ximatan are there every day - the whole Wuzhou Prefecture is not just a Cangwu
County! A few days ago, we set out to capture the counties under Wuzhou, but most of them are not there now."
"But they will come back..."
"What if they can't come back?"
"?" Hu Lanyan's eyes widened, "What's your clever plan?"
"A clever idea? I don't have one, but it can be used in the current situation."
Hu Lanyan knew the so-called situation, that is, the news of "Yao Rebellion" had spread to the local area.
The distribution of the Yao people in Guangdong has shrunk significantly during the Ming Dynasty. The main gathering areas are in northern Guangdong: Lianzhou, Yingde, Ruyuan, Yangshan and other prefectures and counties. However, there are still a large number of Yao people in the mountainous areas along the Xijiang River such as Wuzhou and Zhaoqing.
Minzhaidong once besieged Wuzhou and even broke into the city and captured several court officials.
Although several managers came here to "suppress the Yao" and basically suppressed the Yao people around Wuzhou, the power of the Yao people in the surrounding mountainous areas is still very strong. For hundreds of years, they have been in constant conflict with the government and Han villages, and there has been a lot of enmity between them.
deep.
The news that the "Eight Platoons and Twenty-Four Charges" in Lianshan and other places had begun to riot was also passed on to the local area: this place is only more than three hundred miles away from Lianshan County. Hu Lanyan knew that the rioting Yao people in Lianshan and other places were rioting.
Local connections were made to encourage Yao people to respond.
"Are you talking about uniting with the Yao people?" Hu Lanyan shook his head repeatedly, "This is not easy to handle! Which one of these natives and native officials is easy to get along with! Besides, what can we do to persuade them?"
"With a bait as big as Wuzhou, will they not be tempted?" Gou Xunli sneered.
"That's true, but..." Hu Lan looked at him. They had never had any contact with the people. Although they were always on the same page, conflicts would break out from time to time. There was no deep hatred, but there was no friendship.
.Is it possible that this brother wants to lobby Tushe himself? Although the Yao people's village cave is not a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, but if he goes to lobby at this juncture, he will definitely be killed by the Yao people as a spy.
Brother Hulanyan knows this: if we say he is resourceful, it can barely be called it, but if he dares to take risks and go deep into the tiger's den, it cannot be said.
Seeing his doubts, Gou Xunli smiled and said, "Brother, don't be doubtful! I have my own plans."
Gou Xunli's plan was simple: try to incite the Yao people to riot and cause chaos.
"The Yao people in Lianzhou have been sending people to the local area to collude with each other. I don't think they will rise up in rebellion without our instigation." Gou Xunli said, "Once the Yao people rebel and cause chaos, they will definitely go down the mountain to attack the villages. The bandits have recently taken over Wuzhou. According to the
According to their temper, suppressing the bandits and stabilizing the place is their top priority, so the leader of the bandits will definitely send troops to Pingyao. This army of thousands of people not only wants to prevent the Ming army from coming from Guangxi, but also wants to pacify everywhere.
Can we go to Wuzhou City?"
"The Kun thief is extremely powerful. I don't think this Yao people can resist it for long..." Hu Lanyan was still frightened when he spoke. When he was chased by the small force of the Kun thief, he had no way to go to heaven and no door to the earth. He couldn't even close his eyes to sleep.
None of the memories of his escape are still vivid in his mind.
"As long as there is a gap of ten and a half days, we will have a chance."
"what chance?"
"Sneak attack on Wuzhou."
Hu Lan could hardly close his jaw at this moment, thinking that this brother had lost his mind and gone crazy. Wuzhou was a majestic city! Not to mention that he only had a few people, even if he was an arrogant thief, there were several
Thousands of people surrounded and bombarded with artillery for several days before Wuzhou was captured.
"Brother..." He stuttered a little, "This thing... is unreliable..."
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