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Restoring the missing chapters of "Mencius" and advocating academic freedom in Bailuzhou Academy, that is, learning from the sages.

Rectify the administration of officials and stabilize Jiangxi. It seems that they have the ambition to help the world, that is, to bring peace to all generations.

This is not a traitor, if this person seizes the world, he will be the Holy Lord of a generation!

Wang Zhiliang didn't want to fight with such a person, and even had an urge to bow down and join him.

However, there is no choice in the matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor.

Wang Zhiliang sighed and went to inspect the city defense again.

Don't look at the eleven thousand defenders in the city, but they are all brave recruits, and the leaders of the troops are also squires.These country gentry don't know how to fight at all, even how to defend the city, they have to be taught by Wang Zhiliang.

So fucking tired!

Fortunately, the eunuch of the supervising army was afraid of death, so he stayed in Yuezhou Mansion and did not come, otherwise Wang Zhiliang would have been distracted to deal with the eunuch.

In the afternoon, Li Zheng led the army to come, a few miles away from Changsha City, he set up a camp with his back to the mountains and rivers.

Both Wang Zhiliang and Li Zheng sent spies to check the situation.

Moreover, the spies from both sides were driving small boats and looking at each other in the narrow Liuyang River.

"kill!"

Datong army spies, driving more than ten small boats, rushed towards the officers and soldiers spies.

The officers and soldiers retreated immediately, unable to catch up at all.After chasing one mile outside the city, Datong army spies went ashore to observe, one of them was carrying a binoculars.

Immediately, they searched around again, looking for local people to inquire about the situation.

"Report!"

"Changsha City is heavily guarded. A few days ago, some high-ranking officials came with reinforcements. Some said thousands of people came, and some said tens of thousands of people came."

Li Zheng was a little annoyed at this moment, he shouldn't have waited for Huang Yao's military order.If after Liuyang County was captured, they would lead troops straight to Changsha City, and the Tao family might be able to take it.

Sometimes, Zhao Han would hire someone to explain the art of war to the officers, and Li Zheng finally realized what it means to "soldiers are precious and fast".

What else can I do?

With Li Zheng's troops attacking Changsha, even if everything goes well, it will take at least three to five months!

After calling Xiao Zongxian, Chen Fugui, Hu Dinggui and other officers, Li Zheng explained the situation and asked, "Let's discuss together, how should we fight next?"

Wan Sitong, who had the same name as the historian of the Qing Dynasty, suggested: "Why don't you just bypass Changsha and go to Xiangyin in front?"

Li Zheng shook his head and said: "Changsha City is stuck in the river, and the army food cannot be transported. If we transport food by land, we will be easily attacked. Moreover, if we cannot attack Xiangyin for a long time, our army may be cut off. If you are hungry, you will also be in danger of being attacked from front and back."

"What I mean is," Wan Sitong explained, "send an elite team to attack Xiangyin by day and night. As long as Xiangyin is occupied, Changsha will become an isolated city."

Xiao Zongxian said: "You can send some spies to Xiangyin to inquire about the situation. If there are many soldiers in Xiangyin, just ignore it; if there are few soldiers in Xiangyin, send elite soldiers to surprise them."

Hu Dinggui said: "No matter how many he has, first divide the land in the villages and towns around Changsha!"

Li Zheng said with a smile: "The fields in Liuyang haven't been divided yet. How can there be so many people who come to Changsha to preside over the division of the fields?"

"Then divide the troops and go south," Hu Dinggui said, "and we must divide the troops in a big way, and send a team to help Huang Bingyuan attack Xiangtan. After defeating Xiangtan, Huang Bingyuan can lead the main force northward and attack Changsha together with us. At the same time Well, the defenders of Changsha City, seeing our division of troops, will probably take the initiative to leave the city, and beat his mother outside the city then!"

"That's a good idea." Xiao Zongxian expressed his support.

Li Zheng glanced at everyone, nodded and said: "Since there is no objection, then divide the troops and pass by the city to see if the officers and soldiers in the city are fooled. It is best to be fooled, and if you are not fooled, then really divide the troops and go south!"

Sitting on the top of the city, Wang Zhiliang watched the Datong army split up and went south, and only sent an order: "Don't worry about him, just defend Changsha City."

Xiangtan can be lost, but Changsha cannot.

Chapter 243 [Xiangtan Zhou Clan]

Xiangtan, Zhou family, big family.

Although it has not yet developed into a "Zhou Ban County", it has not developed to the point of "marriage with half of Hunan and Hunan" in the late Qing Dynasty.But from Jiajing to Wanli years, Zhou Zhiping, Zhou Zhiji, Zhou Zhilong, Zhou Yu, Zhou Xu successively passed the Jinshi examinations, and produced a lot of candidates. The Zhou family frantically annexed land in Xiangtan!

Unlike the Dow family in Changsha, the Zhou family in Xiangtan is thriving.

During the Wanli period, there were many peasant uprisings, and the Zhou family took the initiative to recruit village braves every time.After repelling the peasant army, he immediately took the opportunity to annex the land, which now covers more than [-] mu.

Knowing that Jiangxi Zhao's bandits sent troops to Huguang, Zhou Xing, who was studying at Yuelu Academy, immediately rushed back to Xiangtan to recruit troops.

Historically, in two years, he will also be admitted to Jinshi.

At the foot of the hidden mountain, Liao Jing, Liao Sheng's younger brother, came to secretly contact Zhou Xing.

Both sides are from rich families, there is no possibility of compromise, and they must fight Zhao Han to the end.

"Brother Jingyu, how is Xiangtan's situation?" Liao Jing asked.

Zhou Xing replied, "Thousands of rebels have besieged the city for half a month. I just received the news that the Zhao rebels have captured Liuyang and will definitely march towards Changsha. If Xiangtan is lost, Changsha will be in danger! Where is Hengyang?"

"Except for Hengyang, Hengshan, and Leiyang, the eastern and southern counties are all occupied by Zhao bandits." Liao Jing replied.

After a long period of fighting, Liao Sheng has tens of thousands of regiments under his command, and has recovered Hengyang, Hengshan, and Leiyang one after another.

The bandits in Youxian and Anren were the worst, with Zhao Han's army to the east and Liao Sheng's regiment to the west.

This place can't stay anymore!

Therefore, as soon as Liu Zhu sent troops from Chaling, the bandits in You County abandoned the city and fled.When passing through Anren, the Anren bandits also fled, and the two gangs merged and ran to Yongxing County to join Xiaobawang.

Hearing about the situation in the north, Xiaobawang also felt unable to defend, so he abandoned the city and went to Chenzhou further south.

They failed to attack Chenzhou, so they could only walk around the city, looting villages and towns along the way, preparing to flee from Yizhang to the border of Guangdong.

If one ignores the fleeing thieves and the revolting Yao people, there are now two major battlefields in southern Hunan.

In the north, Huang Yao surrounded Xiangtan, and Li Zheng surrounded Changsha. The strategic goal was to capture Changsha.The commander-in-chief of the officers and soldiers is Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan.

In the south, Liu Zhu, Chen Bing, Leijiabu (the confluence of Minshui River and Xiangjiang River), Zhang Tieniu, Chen Bing, Yongxing County.While letting the missionary officers and farmers' associations divide the land, they confronted Liao Sheng's regiment from a distance. The strategic goal was to capture Hengyang.

Liao Jing said: "Brother is going to attack Lukou (Lukou District, Zhuzhou City) by surprise, kill the bandits there, and cut off the grain roads of Zhao bandits!"

After hearing the situation in the south, Zhou Xing said in surprise: "Brother, if you lead your troops to the north, will you not be afraid that Leiyang and Hengshan will be captured by Zhao thieves?"

"It is enough to keep three thousand soldiers in each of the two cities," Liao Jing said. "The bandits in Xiangtan must be driven away, so that Changsha, Xiangtan, Hengshan, Hengyang, and Leiyang can form a line."

Zhou Xing asked: "How should I cooperate?"

Liao Jing replied: "My brother suggested that the Zhou family's regiment practice, go to Xiangtan to contain the main force of the bandits, and delay the time for the bandits to return to Lukou. After my brother takes Lukou, he can practice with the Zhou family's regiment, as well as the defenders in Xiangtan city. , Attack the rebels on three sides. The rebels are surrounded by groups, without food and grass supplies, the army will inevitably be in chaos, and they can win in one battle!"

"Good strategy!" Zhou Xing exclaimed.

It is indeed a good strategy, the premise is to win the fight.

Liao Sheng fought those thieves who escaped from Jiangxi, and he won consecutive battles. At this time, his prestige was soaring, and his self-confidence was a little too much.He felt that the Jiangxi thieves were nothing more than that, they left thousands of people to guard the city, stopped Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu, and even led their elite troops northward to attack Huang Yao.

He wants one to fight three!

From a purely strategic point of view, this approach is very smart and reasonable.If the combat effectiveness of the two sides is similar, Liao Sheng will definitely succeed, and there is a high probability that Huang Yao's main force will be wiped out.

It has to be said that Huang Yao underestimated the enemy and rushed in, not paying attention to the enemy of Hengshan at all, which exposed his food path to Liao Sheng's soldiers.

This belongs to Huang Yao's military style, dispatching troops quickly and marching extremely fast.

Li Zheng was just the opposite. He was cautious, thoughtful, and liked to discuss with his generals.If he switched with Huang Yao, it is estimated that Huang Yao has already won Changsha, and there is no time for Wang Zhiliang to reinforce him.

Three days later, Zhou Xing and Tuan Yong cautiously approached Xiangtan County.

He didn't dare to get too close, for fear of the collapse of the whole army, he just wanted to attract Huang Yao's attention and create time for Liao Sheng to cut off the enemy's food road.

"It's finally here!" Huang Yao said with a smile.

Huang Yao besieged the city for half a month, never thinking about attacking the city, and was waiting for the reinforcements from the officers and soldiers.As long as the reinforcements are defeated, the morale of the defenders in the city will inevitably be low, and then there will be various methods to capture the city.

There must be reinforcements, Huang Yao had already inquired about it.

There is a Zhou family entrenched here, and five Jinshi have been produced in decades, and every civil disturbance is recruited by the Zhou family to quell it.

If you wait another half a month, and the Zhou family doesn't bring reinforcements, Huang Yao will lead the troops there by himself.

"Boom boom boom!"

Three gunshots were fired, and the Franco cannon was fired.

The well-endowed cannon was regarded as the starting cannon by Huang Yao.

Zhou Xing is choosing a good terrain to camp, that is, the kind that can run, anyway, he will not fight Huang Yao recklessly.

Suddenly three cannon shots were heard, and because the distance was too far, Zhou Xing thought the enemy was attacking the city.

Should I help?

Zhou Xing decided to stand still and watch from a distance. The rebels would definitely not be able to capture the city.And across the Xiangjiang River, he can't cross the river to rescue for the time being-once the rebels try to cross the river, Zhou Xing will flee immediately, and he has to save his own team first.

With this distance, and across the river, Zhou Xing thought he was safe.

"Duddudddddddddddddddd~~~~~"

A moment later, the Charger came from both sides of the trickling water, and Zhou Xing was so frightened that his back was sweating: "Quickly form an ambush!"

Zhou Xing came along the trickling water. At this moment, Baihe Mountain and Hualonggong Mountain on both sides of the strait rushed out [-] Datong soldiers respectively.They ran to the foot of the mountain before they blew the charge horn, and the east and west flanked Tuan Yong who rushed towards Zhou Xing.

It happened so suddenly that Zhou Jiatuan had just unloaded the food from the boat, and he didn't even have time to set up camp.

Zhou Xing led his troops on the east bank of the Juan River, and the five hundred ambush soldiers rushing down from Hualonggong Mountain rushed to kill them at a slow trot.The five hundred ambush soldiers on Baihe Mountain took off their armor and jumped into the river to snatch the boats that had already unloaded their food.

Due to the separation of the trickling water, the Zhou family's thousands of regiments only need to face [-] ambush soldiers, and the other [-] ambush soldiers are temporarily unable to get through.

But, can you stop it?

"Raise the gun!"

Zhou Xing shouted, asking the slaves to raise the command flag.

Ding Jiasheng raised his spear and charged along with Yan Jiu.

Yan Jiu is an old thief who followed Fei Yinggong. He was broken up and incorporated into the army. Now he can command 500 people.

And Ding Jiasheng, the leader of the Duchang Rebel Army, changed his job to become a military propaganda instructor. Although he joined the group halfway, he has learned Datong theory very solidly.

The wolf cleared the way, stabbing with the spear.

Five hundred Datong soldiers broke into the formation of nearly five thousand enemies.Like a knife cutting tofu and making a big gap, Zhou Jiatuanyong collapsed the moment he entered the battle.

"Master, let's go!"

A confidant house slave dragged Zhou Xing and ran away.

Besieged on three sides?

nonexistent.

Although Huang Yao likes to advance aggressively, he doesn't really underestimate the enemy. He is using himself as a bait to lure the enemies behind to take the bait.

Zhou Xing's mind went blank, and he didn't understand how he lost at all.

He has five thousand regiments of bravery, how can he be defeated by five hundred rebels?

Moreover, the collapse was crisp and neat, and there was no ability to resist at all.

The confidant house slave looks back from time to time, and suddenly pushes Zhou Xing away: "Master, get out of the way!"

Zhou Xing fell down in embarrassment, and looked up, his book boy had been killed by the rebels.

Regardless of his grief, he got up on his hands and feet, ran towards the river, and jumped into the river.

While swimming, I suddenly heard a voice behind me.

The five hundred ambush soldiers on the other side of the river had already jumped into the river to snatch the boats. At this time, one by one, shirtless, rowed the boats and assassinated Tuan Yong who jumped into the river and escaped with long spears.

"Don't kill me, I am juren, I am ju..."

Zhou Xing yelled in horror, suddenly a long spear stabbed him in the forehead very accurately.

In another time and space, the Zhou family, which was brilliant in the period of the Republic of China, will definitely be severely suppressed this time, and how many people can survive depends on good luck.

Lukou.

Liao Sheng came here quickly by boat with five thousand elites.This is Huang Yao's grain and grass transfer station. Once it is captured, Huang Yao will be cut off from the grain road.

He was preparing to make a surprise attack at night, but he encountered a sentry ship sent by the rebels when he was still more than [-] miles away.

Anti-thief spies, actually sent more than [-] miles away?

Liao Sheng felt very unfriendly, his surprise attack plan failed, and he could only carry out a strong attack next.

Fei Yinggong was basking in the sun at Lukou, and Huang Yao asked him to guard the grain road, so he could concentrate on guarding it.Lying on a bamboo rocking chair, drinking tea while basking in the sun, stealing half a day of leisure.