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"Oh!"

With a muffled sound, the body fell to the ground.

Lu Xiangsheng had already landed with the army, and seeing the flag lowered from the top of the city, he was lamenting that the great Ming Dynasty was completely hopeless after taking the giant city so lightly.

There was a muffled sound, and the corpse was only a few dozen steps away from Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng hurried over and turned the body over.The brains have already burst out, the blood has flowed half of the face, and it is still possible to discern who it is.

Lu Xiangsheng said in grief and indignation: "Li Yifu, why are you so confused!"

The gate of the city was gradually opened, Zhang Tieniu came over with his troops, looked at the corpse and said, "It's true that you are very confused, you have surrendered, why are you looking for death?"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "You don't understand, you don't understand. He didn't die for the emperor, but for the Ming Dynasty. Throughout the dynasties and dynasties, someone has to die for the country."

Zhang Tieniu murmured, "What festival do you die for? It's just right to let the common people have enough to eat."

He couldn't explain it to Niu playing the piano, so Lu Xiangsheng didn't bother to talk about it.

After the officers and soldiers in the city left the city and surrendered, Lu Xiangsheng said: "Buy the righteous man generously, and I will pay for it myself."

"Greetings, General!" Fang Yuegong led the officials to greet him.

Lu Xiangsheng recognized Fang Yuegong and reminded him: "Zhang Bingyuan, this Mr. Fang is very famous. He supervised the construction of the first seawall and stone pond in the south of the Yangtze River. He protected countless good fields and provided food and clothing for the people. Shanghai There is still his ancestral hall in the county."

Zhang Tieniu was originally dismissive of Fang Yue Gong, but upon hearing this, he cupped his hands and smiled, "You are a good official, Lao Zhang will salute you right now."

Fang Yuegong replied: "You don't have to be like this, as an official, you can benefit one side. This is a matter of cleaning up."

While they were talking, all the defenders in the city had come out, and they put down their weapons and ran to find work.

When the army arrived in Anqing, they naturally had a lot of luggage, and most of the defenders were vagrant coolies.These people don't want to fight, they just want to do coolies to make money, and take the opportunity to carry luggage for the Datong army.

"General, move the rations on the ship for us!"

"That's right, I've been carrying bags on the pier for several years, and I'm very strong."

"Your Majesty will give you some work, and the wages will be very low, guaranteed to be less than the coolies in Nanjing."

"..."

These people, who were the defenders of Anqing just now, nodded and bowed in a blink of an eye and came over to take jobs.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he was so full of emotions that he could only sigh.

He often fights with rogues, and this kind of situation cannot happen when rogues attack the city.Not to mention vagrant coolies, even the residents of the city will spontaneously go up to the city to defend themselves when they encounter rogues, because rogues will inevitably rob when they enter the city!

This is not something that can be done with a strong army, but the reputation of benevolence and righteousness must be spread far and wide.

The people of Anqing knew that as long as they surrendered to King Zhao, they would surely have a better life in the future.

All the cities along the Yangtze River know this truth.There was only one river across, and they heard countless rumors that the farmers on the other side had already divided their fields, and the people in the city did not pay excessive taxes.

What a beautiful life that was, why didn't Zhao Tianwang beat Jianglai?

"The Great Harmony of the World!"

"Long live King Zhao!"

The common people had some doubts at first, seeing that the soldiers of Datong Qiu were innocent, so they walked out of their houses one after another, standing on both sides of the street to watch and cheer.

Lu Xiangsheng entered the city with the army and saw more and more people celebrating.

This feeling is absurd and intoxicating.

During the day to maintain order in the city, Lu Xiangsheng took out "Da Tong Ji" at night.He has read this book more than ten times, but every time he reads it, he has new thoughts.

Many of the principles in the book can be verified by farmers in Yixing and urban residents in Anqing.

Lu Xiangsheng is also sympathetic to the people, and the Tianxiong Army is also innocent.

But the Tianxiong Army and the Datong Army are obviously different.

One is to fight for the emperor, and the other is to fight for the people!

Lu Xiangsheng read "Yuanjun", "Yuanchen" and "Yuanmin" repeatedly, and he finally fully understood what Zhao Han said about the great unity of the world.

Chapter 337 [Conflict with Zhang Xianzhong]

In the Ming Dynasty, Daguan Lake and Longgan Lake were connected to each other, and they were collectively called Leichi, which could communicate with the Yangtze River.

After crossing Leichi by boat, there is going to be a war.

Li Zheng and Xiao Zongxian led five thousand soldiers to attack Huangmei County.Accompanied by 1000 civilian husbands.

Huang Shun and Fei Yinggong led 1000 regular soldiers and [-] peasant soldiers to attack Susong.Accompanied by [-] civilian husbands.

These two counties are both Zhang Xianzhong's territories.

To be precise, it was his son, Sun Kewang's territory.

Among the adopted sons, Sun Kewang was the most capable, so he was thrown to Huangzhou Mansion to guard against Zhao Han.

Hearing that the cities of Huangmei and Susong were besieged, Sun Kewang left his infantry to defend Huanggang. He personally led the cavalry to help them and sent envoys to resolve the dispute peacefully.

When he arrived in Guangji, the envoy came back to report.

"What did they say?" Sun Kewang asked.

The envoy knelt down and replied: "General, Bandit Zhao told us to retreat to Guangji, saying that the mountain (Dabie Mountain) is the boundary."

Guangji is the Wuxue City of later generations, but the county seat is in a mountainous area, not on the banks of the Yangtze River.

The condition Zhao Han gave was to take away the two counties of Huangmei and Susong, and to take Wuxue City's land suitable for farming, with Luojia Mountain, Henggang Mountain, and Zhutou Mountain as the boundary of the Dabie Mountains.

"His mother!"

Sun Kewang was furious, drew his sword and shouted: "Command the counties to gather troops to follow me to kill the enemy!"

Most of the territory that Zhang Xianzhong assigned to Sun Kewang was in mountainous areas.Now Zhao Han's mouth costs two and a half counties, and all of them are good lands that can grow food, which is tantamount to cutting flesh on Sun Kewang's body.

With the order of gathering soldiers, all the counties in Huangzhou Prefecture will fly like dogs.

When the Datong army detected the news, they immediately mobilized their navy to cruise in the waters of Huangzhou and Qizhou, and even sent out several ships to bombard the capital city of Jingzhou.

"Boom boom boom!"

"My lord, the Jiangxi navy is calling!"

Zhang Xianzhong had just taken down Yunyang, and he was rectifying his army and horses, and he would attack Nanyang after the autumn harvest.

Inexplicably, he was attacked.

Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly summoned three military advisers, and said confusedly: "Jianghuai has many rich and big cities, Zhao Han didn't go to fight Jianghuai, why did he come to fight me?"

Fortified cities like Yangzhou and Anqing can be taken by Zhao Han's soldiers without bloodshed.

If Zhang Xianzhong ran to attack, a city could be conquered for at least half a year, or even two or three years.

Zhao Han's army is approaching the city, and the wealthy city will choose to surrender.

Zhang Xianzhong's army is approaching the city, and the wealthy and big city must resist resolutely.

Because the former does not plunder, the latter must plunder the city!

Zhang Xianzhong had indeed started farming, but at the beginning of the reclamation, there was not enough money and food, so what should be robbed should be robbed, and it was not just killing people indiscriminately.

Knowing that he couldn't handle the big city of Jianghuai, Zhang Xianzhong simply stopped fighting and managed the Hubei area seriously.At the same time, Jianghuai was also handed over to Zhao Han to avoid conflicts with Zhao Han in the short term.

Xu Yixian called himself Zhuge Liang, held a white feather fan, frowned and said, "There must be something wrong with this matter. Zhao Han only asked the navy to bombard Jiangling, obviously he didn't really want to send troops to kill him, it was more like a deterrent and a warning. "

"Could it be some general who clashed with Zhao Han's soldiers?" Liao Zhifang guessed.

Pan Duao suggested: "You can send people across the river to make contact first. Even if there is a war, you must find out why it is fought. Don't finish the war in a daze and don't know what it is for."

Just when Zhang Xianzhong was about to send an envoy, another personal guard rushed over: "Your Majesty, the enemy army has shot books into the city!"

"Bring it quickly!" Zhang Xianzhong said quickly.

When this guy got the letter, although he didn't know much about it, he roughly understood it.

Zhang Xianzhong sighed, "Zhao Han wants Huangmei and Susong counties, and wants to cut off all the good land in Guangji county."

Xu Yixian immediately understood Zhao Han's intentions, and sighed, "This is trying to rely on the mountains and the Yangtze River to block us in Hubei!"

Liao Zhifang said: "Susong can give it, but Huangmei County will never let it go. Once Huangmei County is given up, if you want to send troops to Jianghuai in the future, you have to go north of Dashan (Dabie Mountain) and fight from Henan."

The administrative divisions of the past dynasties have been deliberately drawn in one piece to prevent local separatism, but wars depend on the terrain of the mountains.

For example, Zhao Han took all the territory in Hubei south of the Yangtze River into his hands.

After Zhang Xianzhong occupied Hubei, he would continue to fight Xinye and Nanyang.Although these places belong to Henan, the terrain is closely related to Hubei. Zhang Xianzhong had to fight until there were mountains around him before stopping, using Biyang and Yuzhou (Fangcheng) as the key points of attack and defense.

Similarly, although Huangmei County belongs to Huguang, it is a piece of land flying out of the remaining veins of the Dabie Mountains.

Zhao Han is willing to maintain peace with Zhang Xianzhong only if he wins Huangmei County.

Fight or not?

Pan Du'ao asked: "The king's soldiers, are they sure to defeat Zhao Han?"

"I don't know." Zhang Xianzhong frowned.

The two sides had never fought each other before, and Zhao Han defeated the governor one after another, occupying several southern provinces, which made Zhang Xianzhong a little guilty.

However, Zhang Xianzhong despised Zhao Han's lack of cavalry, and felt that he could try to fight a battle.

Xu Yixian hesitated: "If there is no certainty of victory, it is best to be patient. Give Huangmei County, first take down Xinye, Nanyang, Biyang, Dengzhou, and Tang counties. At that time, the north can attack Shanshan and Shaanxi You can go to the Central Plains in the east, and go to Sichuan in the west. If you waste time with Zhao Han in Huangmei County, Li Zicheng will be cheaper for nothing!"

But Liao Zhifang said: "If you don't fight a single battle, you will give up two and a half counties. Where is the morale of the army? Besides, that is the territory given to the eldest son (Sun Kewang) by the commander-in-chief. What will the eldest son think?"

Xu Yixian said: "Conquer the surrounding areas of Nanyang, and our army's territory will grow again. The eldest son lost two and a half counties, and then give him half of the De'an mansion! Zhao Han sits in several provinces in the south, and he can lose one defeat after another three defeats. With [-] soldiers killed and injured, another [-] soldiers can be recruited. When will this fight end? The top priority of our army is to expand the territory, develop internal affairs, hoard money and food, and increase the population!"

"Indeed," Liao Zhifang was persuaded by Xu Yixian, "Zhao Han has a large population and sufficient food and money. He can be defeated ten times and still keep his territory. Our army may be defeated for a thousand miles after only one or two defeats."

Zhang Xianzhong was a little puzzled by the words, and asked: "Why can Zhao Han be defeated ten times, and still guarantee that the territory will not be lost?"

Xu Yixian asked back: "Your Majesty, what do you think is a war?"

"There is enough money and food, and the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong." Zhang Xianzhong replied.

Xu Yixian said: "Zhao Han has enough money and food, and a large number of soldiers. These are just one of them. Your Majesty, Zhao Han still has the hearts of the people, and the people are willing to fight for him!"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I know the heart of the people, it is the same as the heart of the army. I give the soldiers land and pay them, and I have the heart of the army. The method of the three military advisers is very good. After I distributed the land to the soldiers, I married them Auntie, everyone is more willing to fight with their lives."

"Zhao Han distributed the land to all the people, and all the people think about him." Xu Yixian said.

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said, "How can there be so many fields in the south? If the generals are only allocated a few acres of land and are not allowed to loot at will, the generals under Zhao Han's command will not cause trouble?"

The ass decides the head.

Gentlemen who are not familiar with Zhao Han have always felt that the south is unstable, and the forced division of land is terrible, and the rich and powerful must be thinking of causing trouble.

But Zhang Xianzhong was just the opposite. In his eyes, the gentry and aristocrats were useless, and they were killed if they were not convinced.He thought that Zhao Han's generals would not get more benefits, and there must be many people who were dissatisfied.

For more than a year, Zhang Xianzhong has not only killed officials and soldiers, but also killed the heads of thieves attached to him.

In Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, there were many bandit leaders who fought with Zhang Xianzhong.These people are in a semi-independent state, and they can barely work together when they are running around, and they have all kinds of disputes and internal strife when they fight for territory.

Zhang Xianzhong almost killed all the thieves, and Luo Ru ran fast, otherwise he would have died.

After killing all the thieves, Zhang Xianzhong was a little suspicious of the generals and godsons.So under the advice of the three military advisers, they recruited scholars as much as possible to serve as officials, and assigned them to various places to control internal affairs, and all the civilian villages were in the hands of civil officials.

The generals in the south didn't have a few acres of land, and they couldn't rob everywhere, and they only received some military pay every month.Why is there no rebellion?

Zhang Xianzhong really couldn't figure it out.

Liao Zhifang sighed: "If the generals of the southern army dare to plot chaos, they will probably be killed by their soldiers as soon as they rise up. Datong soldiers only recognize Zhao Han."

"Soldiers of Datong, only recognize Zhao Han..."

Zhang Xianzhong was fascinated when he heard that, if he was a soldier under his command, he would only recognize himself.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Liao Zhifang, Liao Zhifang shook his head: "Impossible, don't even think about it, Your Majesty."

"Zhao Han divided the fields for the soldiers, and I also divided the fields for the soldiers. Why can't it be the same?" Zhang Xianzhong was very upset.

Liao Zhifang took out a copy of "The Collection of Datong", and it was the latest edition: "Zhao Han uses this book to conquer the world, my lord..."

The rest was left unsaid.

Xu Yixian also read the latest version and said: "Zhao Han said in this book that if he conquers the country and his descendants become emperor, if any emperor treats the people badly, the people can follow his example and rebel and kill his descendants. .”

"There are such words?" Zhang Xianzhong asked in surprise.

"Yes," Liao Zhifang opened the "Datong Ji", "the latest Sanyuan chapter was added. He said that the world belongs to the common people, and the emperor and officials are all managing the world for the common people."