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Yang Sichang said: "But here in the capital..."

Chongzhen scolded: "There is Lu Xiangsheng here in the capital!"

Zhao Han finally brought about huge changes. Xiong Wencan was sent to prison early, Yang Sichang left Beijing early, and Lu Xiangsheng might not be trapped to death.

As for Zhang Xianzhong, he could no longer train his troops with peace of mind, and had to flee with his troops again.

Chongzhen has always been war and uncertainty, Zhao Han wantonly expanded in Huguang, forcing Chongzhen to the main battle side.If the front line continues to lose, Chongzhen may be inclined to make peace, anyway, he does not have the willpower to persevere to the end.

Li Zheng captured Changsha and stirred up too many things.

Especially in the prefectures and counties around Dongting Lake, the officials were timid and the gentry were frightened. Zhao Tianwang's prestige could stop children from crying at night in all counties.

Moreover, Zhao Tianwang's prestige has spread throughout the world, and everyone knows that there is such a giant bandit.

Monopolizing Jiangxi is one thing, but also occupying Huguang, everyone knows that the south has changed.

Chapter 249 [King of Leaks]

The army of Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu was taking advantage of the whole process.

Only the three cities of Hengyang, Leiyang, and Hengshan were difficult to conquer for a while because Liao Sheng led troops to garrison them.But before the city was besieged, Liao Sheng led the main force to leave, intending to sneak attack and cut off Huang Yao's food supply.

Then, Liao Sheng's entire army was wiped out, Hengyang slaves revolted, and the defenders of Leiyang and Hengshan fled.

Zhang and Liu went to eight cities in a row, and they only fought in the surprise attack on Ling County.

In other places, either the officers and soldiers quickly surrendered, or the bandits fled watching the wind, and it was a joy to pick up the city for nothing.

However, the missionaries, officials, and peasant associations who were with them all sighed and complained.

Because these eight cities were all ravaged by bandits, the work of restoration and reconstruction was exhausting.The villages and towns are withered, the land is barren, and the people have to hide in the mountains. They have to recruit refugees to divide the fields and cultivate them, and they have to immigrate from Jiangxi.

These eight places, not only cannot bring in financial revenue this year, but Zhao Han has to pay for food to restore people's livelihood.

The two went down the river and went straight to Chenzhou.

As long as they take down Chenzhou and then Yizhang, they will be able to enter Guangdong, and they will go east and west together with Fei Ruhe, beating Guangdong officers and soldiers regardless of their heads.

Camping in the evening, Zhang Tieniu ate his dinner and said, "Old Liu, I don't know if Chenzhou is a good place to fight."

"You have to fight a few tough battles, and you can't expect to win all the way." Liu Zhu said.

Zhang Tieniu said: "I also want to have a good two games. Huang Yao, Li Zheng and the others have a lot of fun."

"Yeah, even Changsha has been taken down." Liu Zhu said with emotion. He also just received the news two days ago.

Zhang Tieniu smacked his lips and said, "I don't know what happened to that kid Ru He."

Liu Zhu guessed: "It probably won't go very well. I heard that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has first suppressed bandits in Guangdong in the past few years, then went to Guangxi to suppress bandits, and returned to Guangdong to suppress bandits last year. He fought for several years in a row. Pigs can become powerful, let alone those officers and soldiers."

The two chatted for a while, and after dinner, it was already dark, and Liu Zhu left his job and went to tour the camp.

The next day, in the afternoon, several miles away from Chenzhou City, Zhang Tieniu ordered the whole army to stop and set up camp, and sent spies to the city to inquire about the news.

An hour later, the spies came back with dozens of people.

Zhang Tieniu asked suspiciously, "Are these all here to join the army?"

The spies replied: "He came to sacrifice the city."

"Another city for nothing?" Zhang Tieniu always felt strange.

"Not one city," the spies muttered, "They have six cities in their hands."

"Six cities?"

Zhang Tieniu was speechless for a moment, and Liu Zhu was also dumbfounded.

In this year and month, does Xiancheng have to engage in wholesale?

I saw a man stepping forward, leading dozens of people to kneel down and shouting: "Xianghualing Liu Xinyu, leading miners, Yao people and tenant brothers, presents Chenzhou, Guiyang Prefecture, Yizhang County, Linwu County, Guidong County, Guizhou Yang County, ask Tianwang Zhao to preside over the division of the fields!"

Two prefectures and four counties are indeed six cities.

Zhang Tieniu swallowed, and asked, "Where is the thief leader Xiaobawang who fled south?"

"Dead," Liu Xinyu replied, "More than 3 bandits went south and were ambushed by my troops. The entire army has been wiped out."

Liu Zhu asked curiously, "What did brother do before?"

"Mining." Liu Xinyu said.

The name Liu Xinyu is really not made up, it belongs to a historical figure, and it should have caused even more trouble.

Between Guiyang Prefecture, Linwu County, and Lanshan County, there is a three-way zone, which was called Lequan Township in the Ming Dynasty, and Jiahe County a few hundred years later.

Among the mountains, there are big families with the surnames Li, Peng, Xiao, He, and Chen.

Officials can't enter, don't even think about collecting taxes.

If any prefect or county magistrate dares to send people into the mountains to collect taxes, the bodies of the officials who went into the mountains will not be found.

Especially the Li family, who moved to the mountains in the early Ming Dynasty, and the whole family moved here to avoid chaos, and almost annexed [-]% of the fertile land in Lequan Township.

These big clans in the mountains are lawless, ignoring the majesty of the court, and even more ignoring the lives of ordinary people.

The tenants, miners, and Yao people suffered unspeakably.

In the eight years of Chongzhen in history, miner Liu Xinyu raised his arms and responded to tens of thousands of rebels.They set out from Chenzhou, attacked the city and seized territory along the way, all the way to the city of Changsha, and almost killed Hunan directly.

After three years of trouble like this, the imperial court finally dispatched troops to conquer.

You heard me right, the peasant army went from Chenzhou to Changsha, and it took three years before Emperor Chongzhen finally mobilized troops to quell the chaos.

If it weren't for the siege of Changsha City, it is estimated that the court will continue to delay.

In comparison, it was really unlucky for Zhao Han to be targeted by officers and soldiers within half a year of his rebellion!

At this time and space, Liu Xinyu did not lead his troops northward because of the obstruction of bandits from Jiangxi. Instead, he defeated the two prefectures and four counties in the southernmost part of Huguang.

More than 3 people including Xiaobawang and other thieves who were chased away by Zhang Tieniu wanted to flee to Guangzhou. When they passed through Yizhang County, they were defeated by Liu Xinyu with more than 1 people.

After listening to Liu Xinyu's deeds, Zhang Tieniu admired him so much, he held his hand and said: "Good man, let's fight together from now on. You used to be a mine worker, and I used to be a bag bearer. We both came from hard times. We must call those Landlords and evil gentry look good!"

Liu Xinyu said proudly: "I killed all the bad landlords and businessmen in the two states and four counties, leaving only some conscientious landlords and merchants."

Hearing these words, the mission officer rolled his eyes. Liu Xinyu has occupied this place for three years, so it is conceivable how many evil gentry and profiteers he has killed.

I'm afraid, sometimes killing is for money!

Liu Xinyu brought Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu into the city, and kept talking excitedly: "I have a copy of "Da Tong Ji", which was brought by merchants who went south, and I specially invited scholars to tell it to me. Zhao Tianwang has done great things, and the articles are well written. I follow the "Datong Collection" to release slaves, release military households, let prostitutes be good, and distribute fields to ordinary people. When dividing fields, there are often troubles, you get more, I get less, and often fight. I I also formed a peasant association, and sometimes the peasant association was disobedient, and I was so angry that I killed dozens of them."

Another wild fan who advocates Datong theory.

Both Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu couldn't laugh or cry, they had not fought any decent battles until now, and they actually picked up fourteen cities for nothing along the way.

Liu Xinyu's two prefectures and four counties are even more powerful. There are even peasant associations, and the land is divided, but it is more chaotic.

After entering Chenzhou City, Liu Xinyu kept asking about the situation in Jiangxi.

The more he knew, the more excited he became, and trembling with excitement, he said, "Tianwang Zhao is really a hero, I can't wait to go to Jiangxi to pay my respects right away!"

Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "If there is a chance, I will take you to Jiangxi when Guangdong is conquered."

"That's great," Liu Xinyu said happily, "Is my brother going to fight in Guangdong? My younger brother has tens of thousands of warriors under his command. They used to be miners, Yao people, and tenants. Killing officers and soldiers is like killing chickens. I will lead my troops to follow my brother and fight to Guangdong together." Go, it will make Guangdong officers and soldiers cry for their fathers and mothers!"

"Okay, let's go together!" Zhang Tieniu patted his chest and said.

Liu Zhu quickly interjected: "We don't need so many soldiers. All the tenants will be sent home to farm. To select miners and Yao people, only [-] elite soldiers will do."

Liu Xinyu laughed and said, "There are more than three thousand miners."

"Then choose five thousand elite soldiers." Liu Zhu said.

"Five thousand is five thousand, when will the troops be dispatched?" Liu Xinyu asked.

"You pick out [-] elite soldiers, train for a few days before leaving," Zhang Tieniu recalled, and reminded, "No robbery is allowed along the way, and if you don't obey orders, you will be punished by military law!"

Liu Xinyu smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother, my soldiers are very obedient, and those who are disobedient will be killed early!"

Liu Xinyu is strong and strong. Although he is not tall, he looks extremely fierce.

With a full mouth and beard, it looks like a killer!

mid-July.

Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu led 5000 soldiers and more than [-] grain transport troops to enter the border of Guangdong along the mountain road.

In fact, there were still many farmers and soldiers, but they stayed to garrison Xinzhancheng along the way.

Every time a city is picked up in vain, two or three hundred peasants and soldiers must be allocated.

There are fourteen cities in total, and the peasants and soldiers are simply not enough, so they can only be assigned to transport grain and guard the cities.

As for Liu Xinyu, he led [-] elite miners and Yao people, and asked [-] tenant soldiers to help transport grain.

Along the commercial road, over mountains and ridges, we soon came to Lechang County, Guangdong.

At this moment, Shen Youlong was confronting Fei Ruhe, mobilizing a large number of troops to the Eastern Front.The rest of the troops were mainly stationed in Nanxiong and Shaozhou (Shaoguan), in case the Datong army broke out from Meiling.

As for Lechang, there are really not many defenders, less than 1000 at full count.

Before arriving at the county seat, Zhang Tieniu saw many round houses built like fortresses.He asked curiously, "What kind of houses are these?"

Liu Xinyu replied: "The Hakkas surround the building."

"I'm afraid this place is not easy to manage, there are castles everywhere." Zhang Tieniu smacked his lips.

There are also many Hakka buildings in Guangdong, such as the Louxia Village in the east of Lechang City.There are a total of 72 surrounding buildings in this village and some surrounding areas.

A walled building is a bunker, and its main purpose is to guard against bandits.

In the work of the peasant associations here, methods and methods must also be adjusted.

In many places, a walled building represents a Hakka family.Both the clan land and the surrounding buildings are public-owned, and the clan members farm the family's land as tenants. The land rent is relatively low and it must be returned to the public. There is no too bad economic oppression.

Of course, the clan is very powerful, and the patriarch holds the power of life and death.

In addition, the clansmen who have been separated for a long time cannot farm the land.These people had a miserable life, and they wanted to be oppressed, so they could only move to Huguang and Jiangxi, and ran to the mountains to cultivate wasteland.

Zhang Tieniu only cares about fighting, he doesn't need to think about these issues.

When the magistrate came to the outside of Lechang City, the county magistrate got the news and hurriedly boarded the tower to check.

In addition to the grain transporters and military civilians, as well as Liu Xinyu's troops, there are as many as 8000 people.

The county magistrate was dumbfounded. There are less than one thousand defenders in the city. What the hell is this?

That night, Zhixian ran away with Yin Zi.

The next morning, Zhang Tieniu sent people to fill up the moat, and suddenly the city gate was opened wide, and the chief secretary and Dian Shi led two groups of yamen servants to offer the city to surrender.

"Damn it, picking up a city for nothing. Can't we fight it with a knife and a gun?"

Zhang Tieniu was actually a little depressed, this is the No.15 city he picked up.

Chapter 250 [Battle in Guangdong]

When Zhang Tieniu marched from Huguang to Guangdong and picked up fifteen cities for nothing, Fei Ruhe's army from the south only took down one Heping County.

Moreover, Jiang Dashan succeeded in the surprise attack on Heping County, and it had nothing to do with Fei Ruhe himself.

Fei Ruhe crossed mountains and ridges and bumped headlong into Longchuan County, and he has not been able to conquer this city until now.

Shen Youlong divided his troops to defend strategically important places, and he didn't come out to fight in the field. He just fought dull battles.However, he still had enough troops, and they were veterans who had been suppressing the bandits for three years. Fei Ruhe tried all kinds of methods but failed.

Jiang Dashan led his troops to join him and besieged Longchuan with Fei Ruhe, but there was still nothing he could do.

In desperation, Fei Ruhe could only continue to surround Longchuan and let Jiang Dashan lead his troops to attack Xingning County.Apart from Xingning County, there is no other place to go, because no matter where you go, you need to cross mountains and mountains.

After Jiang Dashan arrived in Xingning, he was also stuck under the city. There were also [-] veterans stationed here.

The two sides stood still and entered a two-month standoff.

Outside Longchuan City, the Datong Military Camp.

Fei Ruhe pulled the troops out for a walk as usual, the moat had been filled, he tried to attack the city once, and then he didn't bother to fight recklessly.

This guy was smiling all over his face, he couldn't see any frustration at all, and he took out his binoculars to observe the city tower leisurely.

In the county seat, Shen Youlong was worried instead.

He didn't dare to go out of the city at all, so he could only keep passive defense.