Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 1046 Overcoming Xiangyang

"Yes, the left thief must never be allowed to escape on our boat."

They are actually very unfamiliar with the hammer bandits.

Back then, a wave of hammer bandits passed by Huguang and took some people away.

After those people settled down in Guangdong, they also tried to send people to send letters back, hoping that their relatives could also get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible.

But these things are only known by a few people.

However, what the army led by Zuo Liangyu did in Xiangyang is beyond description.

In the eyes of these shipwrights, the Hammer Bandits were probably similar to King Chuang's team. They were also people who robbed the rich and helped the poor, and killed all the corrupt officials in the world.

And through the performance of Zuo Liangyu and others, they also guessed that the Hammer Bandit is very powerful.

Otherwise, Zuo Liangyu, who claims to have an army of 30, would never send people to search for ships and want to escape Xiangyang quickly, instead of defending Xiangyang to face the hammer bandits.

These dog officers and soldiers don't have the guts.

They also didn't know that the hammer bandits, under the leadership of He Jinchao, had acquired Baier Mountains and Rivers, the capital of Qin, with Shanxi and Sichuan as their bases, occupying one-third of the world, forming a situation where they could attack and defend.

In particular, although the land of Qin suffered from repeated turmoil, Guanzhong was the place where the uprising army rose and had a good mass foundation.

If He Jinchao occupies Huguang and breaks through Nanjing, the accompanying capital of the Ming Dynasty, he will be able to successfully cut off the north-south water transport, imprison the capital, and then take the opportunity to attack the north.

The shipwrights recruited by Zuo Liangyu would not think about these problems, nor would they have thought of them.

It's just that they knew clearly that someone that Zuo Liangyu was afraid of had come to Xiangyang.

Then those oppressed people decided to add fire.

The shipwrights hated Zuo Liangyu's soldiers for a long time.

That night, the boats by the Han River caught fire due to the splashing of tung oil.

Tung oil was originally used for anti-corrosion after brushing ship boards and drying, but now it has become a combustion aid.

The wind borrows the power of the fire, and the fire borrows the power of the wind.

The surface of the water is like a mirror, reflecting the direction of the fire.

From time to time, there were one or two bursts in the flames.

After Zuo Liangyu received the news, if he wanted to put out the fire, it would have been over.

The shipwrights rowed to the opposite bank with their boats, and then ran towards Nanyang to throw hammers.

When Zuo Liangyu learned that the ships he ordered to build had been burned, he was furious.

"Father, the Hammer Bandits have already sneaked into Xiangyang City." Zuo Menggeng made his own judgment, with a rather anxious expression on his face:

"This is trying to cut off our retreat and prevent us from withdrawing our troops smoothly."

Zuo Liangyu's face was also very ugly. He didn't expect the hammer bandits to move so quickly, so he said directly: "Is it because the newly built ships are all burned?"

"Yes."

"Go and rob a group of merchant ships, and use them to load military supplies and looted women's money first."

Zuo Liangyu immediately ordered the looting of the entire Xiangyang City.

No farts are left for the hammer bandits!

The people in the city suffered disaster immediately.

Zuo Menggeng went down the Han River with the boat, escorted a large number of treasures and women, and rushed to Chengtian Mansion.

Zuo Liangyu led his men to guard Fancheng and Xiangyang, in order to delay the attacking momentum of the hammer bandits.

He didn't believe that He Jinzhao could personally lead the army, and even the fortified city of Xiangyang could be quickly conquered by the hammer bandits.

This time, he will never give He Jinzhao the same chance to sneak attack as Zhang Xianzhong.

It was because of Zuo Liangyu's actions that aroused the anger of the people of Xiangyang.

In the past, I was afraid of you and was bullied by you because no one made you dog officers and soldiers afraid.

Now comes the man who frightens you.

Then I still have to endure the bullying from your dog officers and soldiers. Isn’t Grandpa Hammer Bandit coming for nothing?

So a large number of people in Xiangyang took the initiative to join the hammer bandits.

Even the local people "burned incense and saluted, and sacrificed wine to welcome them from afar."

He Jinzhao didn't even have a firm foothold in Nanyang, yet he received batch after batch of Xiangyang people who came to ask the hammer bandits to be their masters.

Shipwrights, merchants, tenant farmers, etc. flocked here.

There were even quite a few gentry who came to ask He Jinzhao to make decisions for him.

After all, Zuo Liangyu used to only grab money from the poor, but now, of course, whoever has the money will grab it.

Zuo Liangyu gathered a mob of 20 people, and they have already ruined Xiangyang, and the anger and grievances are justified.

Rarely, all classes unite to resist Zuo Liangyu and welcome the arrival of Master Wang.

Then as a pioneer, Gao Yigong acted as a guide on the initiative of the local people, leading the hammer bandits to bypass Zuo Liangyu's fortified place and cross the Han River from Baima Cave.

The local people helped the Hammer bandits to pull the heavy artillery together, and helped the brigade to cross the shallows. The vanguard of the Hammer bandits soon approached Xiangyang.

Zuo Liangyu no longer had the ambition to stick to Xiangyang and stop the hammer bandits, but fled to the east, "burning huts, barging wells and stoves, leaving no chickens and dogs, and a thousand miles away."

The next day, Gao Yigong led the team into Xiangyang, and won loud cheers from the people in the city.

After He Jinchao entered Xiangyang City, the Hammer bandit soldiers patrolling the streets also became denser.

Some commercial activities have also resumed, but the people still have a little timidity about the behavior of the hammer bandits.

No one knows whether the Hammer Bandit will become so kind to others.

He Jinzhao was riding on a war horse, and he could also see the timidity of the people around him. After all, it was extremely difficult for a new regime to gain trust.

Especially in today's underdeveloped communications, whether the people in Huguang can hear what life the people in Shanshan and Shanxi are living may not necessarily have the opportunity to hear.

Especially at the level of the local government of Daming, they don't want the people at the bottom to know how the people are doing under the hammer bandits.

So I will spare no effort to slander the reputation of the Hammer Bandits and other rogues. You contribute taxes to the court like cows and horses, and raise so many soldiers, just to prevent the Hammer Bandits and rogues from robbing you.

But in the face of the behavior of the officers and soldiers, this fairy tale has long been exposed.

If Zuo Liangyu hadn't gone too far, these common people would not have come to help, having never heard of the Hammer bandit's behavior.

It was really forced by the Daming officers and soldiers for their own fucking reasons!

When He Jinchao entered the Xiangyang government office, Gao Yigong reported that he had controlled the new Xiangwang Zhu Changcheng and the rest of the county kings.

In order to stimulate Chongzhen to kill Yang Sichang, Zhang Xianzhong borrowed the heads of the previous King Xiang and most of his family members.

It's a pity that in Chongzhen's heart, Yang Sichang's status is much higher than that of King Xiang. Although he cried bitterly, he was not willing to pursue Yang Sichang at all.

Even crying is just a play on the occasion, the blood relationship of Zhu's clan is much weaker.

It was Zhu Changcheng and Zhu Changgan who had fled to report Chongzhen's funeral.

Zhu Changcheng said he was the ninth King Xiang, but Chongzhen still had no chance of letting him inherit the title.

Daming now doesn't have the spare money to distribute feudal lords.

The two were brought in, kneeling on the ground trembling.

Because they all heard about the tragedy of his father and others, and saw the burned bones afterwards, how could they tell who was who?
"Where is there any food hidden in the mansion, the King of Qin will spare the lives of the whole family if you tell me."

Ji Gui had no respect for the vassals of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

In other words, there are no more hammer bandits.

They often sweep the streets on the streets of Taiyuan, collect night incense and so on, everyone knows.

This kind of prince who used to be so high up that he could crush you to death with his hands, did the work of ordinary people under the rule of hammer bandits. For the common people, it is of great educational significance.

For Marshal He to spare their lives, it is considered kind and generous.

At present, only the prince surnamed Zhu, King Qing who was enfeoffed in Ningxia, chose to surrender voluntarily, and after re-education, he became an official under the hammer bandits.

Although it is not rich and powerful now, it is enough to live a normal life.

Most of the oppressed Wang Sun's children surnamed Zhu were sucked into the camp by the hammer bandits to fight against Daming together.

Of course, there are still many people who just want to live a peaceful life and farm.

Because their lives in Daming were extremely bad, otherwise how would they want to rely on hammer bandits to rebel and follow the path of their ancestors?
All those with status and status were suppressed by the hammer bandits, and those who served in King Xiang's reserve were no exception.

Zhu Changcheng hurriedly said: "My lord, my father was beheaded by Zhang Xianzhong, and all the wealth and food in the family were looted by him.

I didn't return to Xiangyang Mansion until Yang Sichang regained Xiangyang, but it was almost burned to the ground long ago.

I have been living in a dilapidated house until now, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty refused to give me even the money allocated to repair the palace.

I really don't have any silver left! "

Zhu Changcheng burst into tears as he spoke, everything in the mansion was taken away.

After the thieves finished looting, the officers and soldiers came to loot.

Zuo Liangyu's group of people are used to lawlessness.

Zhu Changgan's face turned pale. He thought that his father and many family members had been beheaded by Zhang Xianzhong.

Then the corpses were piled up, and a fire was burned on the gate tower, and they couldn't sleep well.

He never thought that this kind of thing would happen to him today, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

He Jinzhao frowned slightly, stood up and said:
"I am not a bloodthirsty person, so I will give you a way to survive.

Hearing this, Er Zhu raised his head again and again, looking at He Jinzhao bitterly.

"Starting tomorrow, I will be responsible for cleaning the streets around the Xiangyang government office."

He Jinzhao gave an order and asked someone to take him down.

Erzhu was stunned and didn't know what to say. According to the past tradition, they must not be kept to attract the old Ming Dynasty?
The Ming princes from the north gathered in Taiyuan to clean the streets.

The princes in the south should be in charge of the territory of Xiangyang, and they should open a "branch office".

In the future, princes from the north and the south can compete in the sweeping skills competition.

Anyway, you don’t need any advanced skills to sweep the floor!
Under Zuo Liangyu's captivity, the princes and wealthy households in Xiangyang City were all damn poorly hunted down.

He Jinzhao could only focus on the gentry and landlords in the countryside.

Those people have been entrenched in the countryside for so many years, exploiting the common people.

Even though the family doesn't have much floating wealth, they only have a lot of food.

Ji Gui knew how to deal with these gentry, so he called a group of officials and asked them to take the army to work in the countryside.

"King Qin, Zuo Liangyu took away all the money and food in Xiangyang City." Ji Gui pinched his beard and said, "And they have been wreaking havoc all the time, so we have to find a chance to take him out."

"Why do you want to do him?"

He Jinchao still has a little appreciation for Zuo Liangyu, and with him, more people can feel the malice of the Ming court.

If there is no evil, where does good come from?

When doing things now, He Jinzhao no longer has any impatience, and everything is moving forward steadily.

Apart from Zuo Liangyu, who else in the south can stop him?

Is it possible to rely on the history of the Ministry of War in Nanjing?

That is a person who can't figure it out.

Coupled with the presence of Zuo Liangyu, a walking general who has discredited the Ming Dynasty, He Jinzhao believes that there will be more and more welcome kings everywhere.

The only thing I need to think about is that I have trained so many officials, and it is still not enough to face the whole world.

Now that he entered Xiangyang, He Jinchao would like to start a school for officials here, mobilize farmers and craftsmen to join the peasant association, and never give too many opportunities to those sages and gentry from the village.

Occupying Xiangyang is nothing, but the grain-producing land in Huguang has to be utilized, and it is even more important to fight the local tyrants to divide the land!
He Jinzhao didn't pay attention to Ji Gui, but sent someone to call Chuanjiang Wang, who took the lead in setting the fire, and those people into the government office to have a chat.

The shipwrights were rather flattered, after all, they heard that Marshal He is now the King of Qin.

He also talked to these craftsmen like this, invited them to drink the good tea that officials and gentlemen should drink, and sat on the chair, twisting unnaturally for a while.

Always want to kneel on the ground.

"Your Majesty, is what you just said true?" Wang Chuanjiang was also dizzy from what He Jinzhao said.

"It's true, I did it all the time in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places." He Jinzhao looked at the crowd and said:
"I want to seize the Great Tomorrow, so it is safe for the people everywhere to make unanimous arrangements."

Everyone was overjoyed, and they all felt that the fire was not in vain.

There are really too many benefits to be gained by joining the Hammer Bandits.

"Your Majesty is really the master of Qingtian."

Wang Chuanjiang and others knelt on the ground one after another.

"Stand up, don't kneel." He Jinzhao said to everyone, "I don't like people kneeling on the ground facing another person."

Wang Chuanjiang and the others looked surprised, because they didn't know how to express their respect for He Jinzhao, so they probably just knelt down.

In the past, I was afraid to kneel down to those elders, but this time I was willing, but the king didn't like it.

Under the persuasion of Ji Gui and others, everyone stood up, their eyebrows still bowed and their waists bent.

"Thank you king."

He Jinzhao waved his hand and asked them to go to the Han River to build their own wooden house first, and then rebuild the boat.

These people just burned the finished ship, and a large amount of wood was piled up beside the Han River.

The group of shipwrights breathed a sigh of relief when they left the gate of the government office, with heavy smiles on their faces, as if they were stepping on cotton.

Qin Wang is really grand.

Working for the King of Qin is not only about taking care of food, but also being an official if you do a good job.

If you don't want to do it anymore, the family will still be able to share the land in the future, and you will never force it to stay.

Many people were watching the group of craftsmen who took the lead in burning the official and military ships. Seeing that they were all happy, they were really curious.

Before these shipwrights could take a few steps, many people ran out of the government office, holding notices in their hands, and began to paste them in the streets and alleys of Xiangyang City. Content.

(End of this chapter)