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Chapter 226 Take Tongshan from the west? (two in one)

Since mid-May, the news of Caizhou taking in the victims spread like wildfire, and gradually spread in various prefectures in Huaibei.

Some well-informed victims brought their families and moved west quickly, and the pressure on the victims under Yingzhou City suddenly eased.

However, the pressure on Caizhou's side increased sharply.

From dozens of people a day at the beginning, to hundreds of people a day later, in late May, news of military riots came out in Shouzhou, and the number of victims who entered Caizhou on foot every day ranged from hundreds to over a thousand.

The influx of a large number of disaster victims brought huge ration pressure to Caizhou, but also made Maoer feel the pressure of the epidemic.

At the beginning of June, Caizhou had taken in more than 1 victims of disasters from other governments, and sporadic cases of typhoid fever appeared in the territory.

According to Taoist Wugen's suggestion, Maoer hastily built two new camps for isolation and observation.

At the same time, continue to purchase medicinal materials in large quantities from other places.

However, in just [-] days after the flood occurred, the prices of several main ingredients in Daqinglong Decoction for the prevention and treatment of typhoid fever have doubled.

If it weren't for the strong family background of Sihai Commercial Bank and Luliuxu Farming, they would really not be able to support it.

But the cat also knows that now is not the time to care about the cost.

Population represents productivity. After the disaster subsides, officials will need a lot of people for their hematite mines, coal mines, and iron smelting plants.

Not to mention, how much prestige can be brought to officials by sheltering disaster victims.

mid-June.

Chen Chu led the fourth army under the left-behind division of Caizhou to the border of Cai and Ying prefectures to prevent the Shuntian rebels from entering.

It is said to be the Fourth Army, but it is not.

Liu Erhu led the first battalion of the Zhenhuai Army and stationed in Caizhou with 2000 new disaster victims Ding Zhuang.

The first battalion of the Wuwei Army stayed in Zhenyang, and the Jing'an and Ningjiang armies each had two battalions stationed there.

Fortunately, the Zhenhuai Army, which should actually number 500 sergeants, has an excess of [-]. Even if a battalion is left in Caizhou, there are still [-] people.

After Jiang Huaixiong's enrichment and re-organization, the Wuwei Army has also reached full strength. After the first battalion was eliminated, 2000 people followed Chen Chu to set off.

As for Jing'an and Ningjiang, there are only half of them in the actual edition. After leaving two battalions in the local area to maintain order, there are only a few hundred people left in each.

Count as a dispensable match.

Among the [-] troops, [-] sergeants lined up along the county towns and passes along the border between the two prefectures. Chen Chu led most of the Zhenhuai Army and a part of the Wuwei Army, and set up the Chinese Army tent ten miles behind the front line.

On June [-], Yingzhou was besieged.

Ever since Tianshun's rebellious army entered Yingzhou, the prefect Liao Siyi and the governor Guo Tao'er sent urgent documents several times a day to Henan Road and Tokyo City.

Daqi Chaotang, who was still immersed in the "Shouzhou Great Victory", was stunned for a moment, and urgently ordered Fan Gongzhi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Chunxiao, the appeasement envoy of Henan Road Economics, to go to Huaibei to sit in town and investigate.

On June 22, Zhang Chunxiao arrived in Shouzhou before Fan Gongzhi.

Taining army camp outside the city.

"General Li, since Shouzhou has won a great victory, where did the more than 3 rebels who besieged Yingzhou come from?"

When the dignified Zhang Chunxiao asked about Li Qiong in a questioning tone, the latter immediately shook his face, "What is the meaning of Mr. Zhang? Could it be possible to suspect that someone killed someone and pretended to be meritorious?"

"I don't think so."

"Heh, so-and-so led his brothers to kill thieves in the front line, Master Zhang just said nothing, and wanted to obliterate the achievements of the Taining Army? So-and-so agreed, but the five thousand brothers under such-and-such would not agree!"

Li Qiong interrupted Zhang Chunxiao quite bluntly. The latter looked at Li Qiong in a daze, and suppressed his anger. I just asked, this martial artist is so domineering, and he is still Brother Wuqian, are you scaring me?
No matter how annoyed Zhang Chunxiao was, he couldn't get angry. The Taining army was borrowed from Shandong Road, and in name he was not under the jurisdiction of Henan Road's appeasement envoy. The guest army has always been difficult to control.

"Don't misunderstand, general, I'm just worried about the situation in Huaibei."

Zhang Chunxiao lowered his eyelids and looked at the ground.

Seeing Lao Zhang lying low and being a small boy, Li Qiong explained lazily, "On the twelfth of this month, the Taining army and the rebel army encountered outside the city. The sons fought bravely and killed two thousand old bandits. There were only a few hundred people left in the army, and they fled westward into Yingzhou. As for how they grew from a few hundred to more than 3, Mr. Zhang has to ask the Yingzhou Left-behind Department.”

No matter how full of loopholes this statement is, Zhang Chunxiao can only hold his nose to admit that he is still counting on the Taining Army.

"General Li and the Taining Army are famous all over the world for their bravery."

Enduring the discomfort, Zhang Chunxiao flattered the warrior, and continued: "General Li, Yingzhou is currently trapped, and the tens of thousands of people in the city still need the general's help to solve this crisis."

"It wasn't that someone was unwilling to help Henan Road break the siege of Yingzhou. It was actually that after the Taining army entered Shouzhou, the army was plagued by plague and there was a shortage of medicine and food. Moreover, after the victory in Shouzhou, the brothers at the bottom were unable to receive it from the court for a long time. To award a reward, even if I want to kill a thief, I am afraid that my brothers will not be moved."

Li Qiong sighed, but Zhang Chunxiao understood that the other party was negotiating conditions. After thinking about it for a while, he tentatively said: "General, how much rations are still missing, I will report to the imperial court for allocation."

Hearing that Zhang Chunxiao only offered rations but not rewards, Li Qiong squinted and smiled, and said, "If the army marches to Yingzhou, it will need [-] shi of rations, [-] shi of black beans, and [-] shi of fodder."

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Zhang Chun was so filial that he almost walked away, five thousand sergeants, three thousand shi per month was enough for the army, but he asked for ten thousand shi, and the amount of black beans and fodder obviously exceeded the normal demand.

Is this Li Qiong blackmailing us!
Zhang Chunxiao still wanted to use the "bargaining" method of dealing with civil servants, but Li Qiong didn't accept his method. He just said: if the army rations are one stone short and the materials are one bundle short, the Taining army will not fight.

Zhang Chunxiao, who was in charge of guarding the land, had no choice but to go up and ask for the allocation of military rations, but the official document replied by the Ministry of Households said that the country's affairs were difficult, please be considerate of this.
In human terms, if you want money or food, you have to find a way by yourself.

An angry Zhang Chunxiao scolded his mother, "Young lady! Tell the rebels about this!"

Just when Zhang Chunxiao was at his wit's end, the army suddenly became aware of the situation, and the rebel troops who besieged Yingzhou withdrew.

"Withdrawn? Where did it go?" Zhang Chunxiao subconsciously asked.

"Going west." The messenger scout replied.

"To the west? Caizhou!"

On June [-]th, after Tianshun's rebellious army entered Yingzhou, it was like a broken bamboo all the way, breaking through a county every day.

The progress was so smooth that most of the county walls collapsed due to floods.

Second, after breaking through Shouzhou, the rebel army Gangjia firmly believed that only by breaking through the city with steel knives would they have money to rob, food to eat, and women to play with.

But after entering the city of Yingzhou, the Shuntian army was defeated.

Yingzhou City has high walls and thick walls, which are not comparable to ordinary small counties.

Moreover, the news of the rebel army cannibalism has already spread in Yingzhou City, and the people fear it like evil spirits.At the same time, the fate of the prefect of Shouzhou and Dutong strengthened the resistance of Liao Siyi, the prefect of Yingzhou, and Guo Taoer, the governor of Yingzhou.

For a while, there was a sense of unity in Yingzhou city.

After four or five days of siege, the food looted by the Shuntian army along the way had been exhausted.

The Suncheon Army, which can only fight with the wind, can't help but fluctuate in morale.

June 25.

Wu Kaiyin, the self-proclaimed 'General of Kaitian', had a big bill case filled with wine and meat.

Several naked women served him drinking and eating meat alone.

The young lady beside him who was helping him with the vegetables was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with tears streaming down her pretty face.

Wu Kaiyin admired it for a while, and suddenly raised his foot and kicked the little girl's chest. The little girl was kicked to the ground, and she didn't dare to cry out the pain, she just lay on the ground and shook all over.

Looked terrified of him.

"Crying makes you paralyzed, crying again will reunite your family," Wu Kaiyin scolded while picking his teeth.

This young lady was originally the young daughter of the magistrate of Shouzhou. Wu Kaiyin was originally the leader of a bandit. He really never thought that he would be able to taste the taste of the magistrate's daughter in his lifetime.

There is a heroic spirit of "the heroes of the world come from my generation" in my chest.

It's a pity that among the many officials and women's family members who were captured, there were many fierce-tempered ones. After being arrested and entered the camp, several of them hanged themselves, cut their wrists, and committed suicide.

It's a pity that they have to be boiled and distributed to the brothers in the lower ranks.

As he was thinking about it, he saw Ma Jinxing, the military adviser, walking into the camp quickly.

"Mr. Ma, it's just in time to come and have a drink with the general." Wu Kaiyin patted an aunt beside Ding Jisheng, motioning for the latter to accompany Ma Jinxing.

Ma Jinxing hurriedly said: "General, there is no rush to drink. Now that Yingzhou has been defeated for a long time, and the food and grass are about to run out, what is the general's plan?"

Hearing that it was a matter of business, Wu Kaiyin waved his hand and dispersed many women, and then said: "Didn't Mr. Ma say that we are waiting to be recruited?"

"General, even if we want to recruit security, we have to make a big noise first! If we show weakness, the imperial court may think of destroying our rebel army. Only when the general beats up the officers and soldiers, can we come after recruiting security." Senior officials."

"Mr. Ma, that's the reason. But Yingzhou can't do it, and we can't help it."

"General! I have a plan."

"Oh? Mr. Ma please tell me"

"Have you heard of Tongshan County, General?"

"I have heard that this county is very rich."

"Yes! We might as well advance to Tongshan."

"Take Tongshan?"

"Well, Tongshan is rich and rich, which can solve the danger of food and grass for our rebel army. Furthermore, Tongshan is close to Tongbai Mountain in the west and Huai River in the south. If we occupy this place, we can go east and north, retreat to the deep mountains in the west, and go to the Zhou Dynasty in the south. Dynasty. Standing in an invincible position, you can wait for the court to call for security, and at the same time prepare your troops and horses."

Ma Jinxing's suggestions immediately moved Wu Kaiyin, who had long been interested in withdrawing, and said excitedly: "Okay! With Mr. Ma's help, I can accomplish great things! Hahaha, I will give orders later, and go west tomorrow!"

The analysis of the two was clear and logical, but they overlooked a key issue. To go to Tongshan, you must pass through Caizhou. Have you ever beaten someone?
On the 26th.

The Shuntian Army, which had rapidly expanded to more than 4 people, moved westward.

In addition to the former Guangxiao Army at the head, who still looked like they were marching, the troops stretching for tens of miles behind were sluggish, dressed in different styles, and had all sorts of strange weapons.

There are knives, hoes, and clubs.

Some people lead donkeys and sheep, while others have chickens and ducks hanging from their spears.

In the middle of the team, there were hundreds of women whose hands were tied with ropes. Although the clothes were torn and dirty, you could still see that the fabrics were not bad.

Only a month ago, most of them were daughters of various families raised in the boudoir by their parents as treasures.

When they left Shouzhou City, there were still a thousand women, but now in less than a month, only half of them are sick, hungry, or humiliated to death.

The whole team was lazy and relaxed, but the city of Yingzhou did not dare to send a single soldier to pursue it.

After allowing the Shuntian Army to wreak havoc in Yingzhou for many days, they swaggered away.

That night, the team only traveled twenty miles and camped in Lintou Town.

Most of the people in the town had fled to Caizhou, so they escaped unharmed.

The next day, Xiaojialing Military Village in Xinxi County, Caizhou, dozens of miles away.

Sergeants Lao Meng and Mao Tou of the armed forces patrolling outside the village captured a rebel spy.
Why is it called a spy, because this middle-aged man sneaked close to the military village, and after being caught by Lao Meng and Maotou, he kept saying that he wanted to see Chen Dutong.

"Did you meet Chen Dutong just as you said?" Mao Tou immediately slapped the spy.

"Young lady, little brat, when I joined the army, you were still playing in the mud at home! Report it quickly, and don't delay the military situation!"

Seeing that this guy was full of confidence, Lao Meng and Mao Tou were also uncertain. After reporting, Mao Dan, a soldier next to Mr. Dutong, came in person.

"Brother Mule!"

Mao Dan met the 'spies' and actually knew each other.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Mule was sent to Chen Chu's Chinese army camp.

In the account, Dalang, Jiang Huaixiong, eldest son, Peng Er, Jiang Shuquan and other middle and senior generals of the two armies are all present.

Regardless of greetings, Chen Chu asked Li Mule to come to Tutu and said, "Mule, tell me."

Li Mule clasped his fists in a salute, pointed at the map and said, "The rebel army marched west yesterday and stationed in Lintou Town that night. It seems that the marching route of the rebel army must be heading towards Caizhou."

"Hey, just in time." Zhou Liang said from below.

The other generals also looked eager to try.

"Mule, keep talking." Chen Chu made a gesture of pressing down, and the tent was instantly quiet.

"Okay." Li Mule pointed to the map, and continued: "The current marching route of the rebel army, passing through Jiaopi and Yong'an Town, will most likely enter through the official road in front of the Xiaojialing Army Village in Xinxi County."

It is not difficult to guess the marching route. Today is not the descendant of roads extending in all directions.

Huaibei has a dense water network, and avoiding dangerous mountains and mountains, there are only a few official roads that can really walk the army.

"Dutong, with the marching speed of the rebellious army, it will take three or four days to travel for dozens of miles. Dutong has made preparations early."

Li Mule reminded me.

"Okay, go down and rest first." Chen Chu nodded.

"No, this subordinate will go back now. We need to sneak into the camp of the rebellious army at night." Li Mule unexpectedly rejected Chen Chu's offer.

"Li Mule, in fact, you don't need to go back."

"My lord, brothers Luo Hong and Li Ke are still in the bandit camp, and my subordinates are worried."

"Well then, be more careful."

"Yes!"

The Xiaojialing Military Village is backed by Xiaojialing, with a tributary of the Ruhe River on the south side and a hill full of dense forests on the north side.

June [-], afternoon.

Wu Kaiyin led his troops to the outside of the camp. The wall of Xiaojialing's camp was only a foot high, and there were few soldiers on the wall. Seeing the sudden appearance of the Shuntian army outside the camp, they panicked.

Seeing the panic on the wall of the stronghold, Wu Kaiyin couldn't help laughing a few times, and prepared to let the brothers step down the small army stronghold.

Since the uprising, Wu Kaiyin believed that he had figured out the combat effectiveness of the local government army.

The county towns that have been attacked along the way have almost no decent resistance. Only the prefectures with deep and deep cities are considered difficult.

Naturally, the army village with a small wall and low walls in front of him didn't take it seriously.

However, Jin Taiping, the former commander of the Guangxiao Army, said: "General, the soldiers in the army below live in hardships, and they are not at one with the superiors. Now that our army is here, they are afraid that they have already lost their courage. In my opinion, it is better to persuade them to surrender than to attack."

Based on Jin Taiping's life experience, this is naturally not wrong.

Most of those who could be thrown into this remote military camp were at odds with their superiors, and they felt resentful to some extent.

"Alright." Wu Kaiyin agreed after thinking about it.

Ma Jinxing at the side gave Jin Taiping a dissatisfied look. It is the duty of a military adviser to make suggestions, and you surrendered and barked like a dog.

After a while, Wu Kaiyin ordered to go down.

A knight rode alone and galloped towards the military stronghold, but reined in his horse more than 100 steps in front of the military stronghold.

At this distance, the bow and arrow can't shoot it, even if it reaches it, it is too weak to hurt anyone.

Afterwards, the specially selected knight with a loud voice shouted towards the military stronghold: "Listen, people inside, I am under the command of General Kaitian, and today the soldiers are coming to the border, just to use the road to go to Tongshan, and it has nothing to do with you. Open the door quickly, the general will not hurt your life. If you hesitate, the heavenly soldiers will crush your little army village with just a snap of your fingers!"

The last sentence was full of momentum, and immediately won the screams of many disorderly troops behind him.

There was silence in the army camp.

"The people inside listen"

The knight, who was encouraged by his brothers behind him, began to shout a second time.

But there was a 'whoosh' sound, and a powerful arrow flew past two or three feet above the knight's head.

Although not accurate, the strength is scary.

The startled knight hurriedly drove his horse back a few steps, turned his head and cursed at the army stronghold again: "Dog officers and soldiers! You really don't want to die! When my army destroys your stronghold, I pick your hearts and livers to drink!" "

On the wall of the village more than 100 steps away, Zhang Gong, the eldest son who had shot the first arrow, was about to shoot the second arrow, but Jiang Huaixiong suddenly took off the hard stringed bow from his crotch, and drew an arrow from the quiver behind his backhand .

Immediately afterwards, hang the string, draw the bow, and loosen the fingers.
There was only a 'boom' sound from the bowstring, and the arrow shot out as an afterimage.

The whole set of movements is smooth and flowing, with an indescribable stretch and beauty.

The white-haired mouse on the side stared dumbfounded. The eldest son, who was completely outmatched, muttered, "It's useless to be handsome."

The eldest son could see clearly that Jiang Huaixiong didn't aim at all when he drew his bow, how could he be able to shoot at a distance of more than 100 steps.

But as soon as the eldest son finished speaking, he heard a scream in the distance, he hurriedly turned his face to look over, only to see that the knight who was still sitting on the horseback just now had fallen off the horse.

At a distance of more than 100 steps, the arrow pierced through the knight's chest armor, almost protruding through the body, leaving only a short part of the plumage nailed to the chest.

This strength, this accuracy.

It's a little bit stronger than me
The eldest son shut his mouth wisely.

Seeing this, the soldiers on the wall cheered and shouted in unison: "Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

Wu Kaiyin yelled in the distance, and wanted to mobilize his elite brothers to attack the army stronghold, but was stopped by Jin Taiping again, "General, the arrow shot from the stronghold just now is really terrifying. I fear there are strong generals sitting in the stronghold, so don't take it lightly." Move!"

Wu Kaiyin, who had been on a smooth journey, was annoyed when he heard the cheers and provocations from the soldiers in the army village, but felt that Jin Taiping's words were reasonable, so he hesitated for a while.

But you can't be blocked by a small army village. Just in time, Ma Jinxing, who suggested taking Tongshan, suggested again: "General, it's better to let the people from Yingzhou go first."

The so-called "Yingzhou people" are refugees gathered in Yingzhou.

The starting team of the Shuntian Army were all from Shouzhou, and Yingzhou people were both foreigners and cannon fodder to them.
"good idea!"

Wu Kaiyin said approvingly.

Half an hour later, the Shuntian Army pulled out two thousand Yingzhou young men.

Except for a small number of refugees who were ambitious, most of them joined the rebel army just to make a living. Seeing that they were required to work hard, they naturally refused to follow.

But at this time, they are beyond their control.

Wang Erchun and others who were in charge of the supervisory team in the rear were merciless. Once someone hesitated to move forward or turned around and fled, it would be a good person to kill them with a knife in hand.

Wang Erchun became more proficient at killing people.

Compared to the seemingly insignificant army stronghold, the gang of murderous and unblinking chaotic troops behind them are more terrifying.

Yingzhou Qingzhuang had no choice but to rush forward crying
Surprisingly, the resistance on the military stronghold was not too fierce, with only a few sporadic arrows, Yingzhou Qingzhuang rushed under the stronghold wall.

The ladder was erected in a mess.

"it is good!"

Wu Kaiyin punched excitedly.

But Yingzhou Qingzhuang only had some wooden sticks and hoes in his hands, and his fighting power was weak after all. Although he climbed up the wall of the village several times, he was beaten down again.

The military stronghold seemed to be crumbling, but it was still breathless.

Seeing this, Ma Jinxing finally couldn't help but said: "General, the time has come, let our people go!"

Wu Kaiyin was waiting for an order, but Jin Taiping broke the stage again and said: "General, wait a little longer!"

It's no wonder that Jin Taiping was not at ease, just now when he entered the Xiaojialing army stronghold, he sent out more than ten scouts, but it has been an hour, and none of them has returned.

Such a strange situation could not help him not to be alert.

But his repeated obstructions not only aroused Ma Jinxing's dissatisfaction early on, but also aroused the resentment of other leaders.

Wu Kaiyin was hesitating, but he heard Li Kui shouting at the side: "Brother, I took the brothers to take this army stronghold within half an hour. After breaking the stronghold, I will return the armor and weapons, and I will take half of the goods!"

Rather than talking about it, it was better to say it was an announcement, because after Li Kui said it, he shouted directly to the brothers in the headquarters: "Boys, follow me! Grab money and women!"

Money and women are more important than any mobilization. Li Kui's battalion rushed over immediately, and some impatient even cut down the Yingzhou Qingzhuang who stood in front of him.

Wang Erchun opened his bloodthirsty eyes, led his brothers, and rushed to the front
Seeing that Li Kui wanted to monopolize the armor and weapons of the army village, the other leaders, regardless of Wu Kaiyin's order or not, each shouted and rushed out one after another.

"Hey~ hey! Boss Zhang, Zheng Bao. Who told you to go up, stop, stop"

Sitting on the horseback, Wu Kaiyin couldn't help shouting, looking a little funny.

Seeing that everyone was swarming in, Jin Taiping called out to the headquarters while cursing secretly, "Zhuzi is not enough to make money".

This is the end of the matter, we can only quickly take down this military stronghold.

Amidst the roar of the Shuntian Army's killing, Jin Taiping, who was giving orders to his opponent, was suddenly startled, and looked towards the hills in the distance as if feeling something.

After a few breaths, a horse with a red mane as bright as a fire jumped out of the woods.

Immediately afterwards, one horse after another came galloping from the forest with well-armored knights on their backs.
The horse's hoof is wrapped in cloth, and the horse's mouth is covered with chewing, silently.

Even the knights on horseback were as quiet as ghosts, and no one screamed.

In the rear, followed by rows of infantry holding long guns, while running at a constant speed, they could still maintain a relatively neat formation.

A large black flag is particularly conspicuous.

Like a knight on a horse, there is no shouting or roaring.

This group of officers and soldiers who appeared suddenly did not seem to have a long mouth.
Jin Taiping's cold sweat immediately flowed down.

He knew that when a sergeant rushed to fight, whether he was excited or afraid, he had to vent his agitated emotions by shouting to kill, so as to ensure that his hands and feet would not become weak when facing the enemy.

Those who can keep the whole army quiet are either the recruits who are scared to death, or their instincts have been overcome by excellent training.
The other party is obviously not the former.

He looked at the main force in front of the village, and then looked back at the congested refugees behind.

Jin Taiping secretly groaned.
　More than 6000 words of chapter, two in one haha
　　
　
(End of this chapter)