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These frontline governors all think that Xiong Wencan is an idiot!

For example, Dai Dongmin, governor of Yunyang, resolutely resisted the strategy of recruiting.He believes that small groups of thieves can be appeased, but large groups of thieves must be suppressed by force, unless they are willing to dismiss the troops after they are appeased.Dai Dongmin commanded dozens of battles, and Zhang Xianzhong was beaten so badly that he was forced to recruit security.

"Who is this Wang Zhiliang?" Zhao Han asked.

Wang Zhiliang, governor of southern Hunan, is Zhao Han's main enemy.

Li Banghua thought about it carefully, and suddenly got a little impression: "When I was Minister of the Ministry of War, this person was a member of Zhongshu She in the cabinet. The emperor discussed affairs in the Wenhua Palace. I have seen this Wang Zhiliang several times. I heard that poetry is excellent. I don't know if I can fight."

"People from Shaanxi know a little bit about military affairs." Zhang Bingwen added.

Wang Zhiliang is not well-known in history, but his son Wang Hongzhuan is well-known, proficient in Neo-Confucianism, History, Yi Xue, poetry, gold and stone, painting, and calligraphy.Wang Hongzhuan resolutely refused to be recruited by Kangxi, and hid in Huashan to live in seclusion. He was called "the leader of Guanzhong voice" by Gu Yanwu.

Research and research, if there is no more information about this person, then just start fighting!

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In the 11th year of Chongzhen, at the beginning of June.

The Datong army set out in four groups.

North Road:

Gu Jianshan is the main general, leading the navy to cruise the Yangtze River.Li Hui, as the deputy general, led the navy to cruise the Xinjiang River.The main purpose is to guard against the invasion of officers and soldiers from South Zhili and Zhejiang.

West Road:

Huang Yao was the main general and attacked Liling from Pingxiang.Li Zheng was the deputy general and attacked Liuyang from Wanzai.

West Road:

Zhang Tieniu was the main general, leading two thousand rattan armored soldiers, across mountains and ridges to take Ling County.Liu Zhu was the deputy general and attacked Chaling from Yongxin.

South Road:

Fei Ruhe was the main general and attacked Longchuan from Changning.Jiang Dashan was the deputy general and attacked Heping from Dingnan.

In fact, to invade Guangdong from Jiangxi, it is best to go south along the Meiling Ancient Road.However, Shen Youlong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, had quelled the civil unrest in Guangxi and stationed troops in Nanxiong for defense, making it almost impossible to conquer by force.

……

Although Zhang Tieniu's marching route was the most difficult because he did not bring luggage or auxiliary soldiers, he set off early and arrived at the battlefield first.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there were endless wars. Ling County, which had nearly 10 people, was killed by the Qing army to only 5000 people. Therefore, many Hakka people moved here during the Kangxi and Yongzheng years.

Although Ling County at this time belonged to Huguang, most of them were from Jiangxi, and the local language was directly Jiangxi dialect.

When Zhang Tieniu arrived at Xiayang Town outside the county, traveling day and night, the two thousand Tengjia soldiers had been hungry all day.It's a pity that the surprise attack on the county seat failed. The bandits in the city saw the rattan armored soldiers from afar, and were so frightened that they quickly handed over the city gate to the officers and soldiers.

They had no choice but to go back to Xiayang Town, instead of grabbing food, they divided their troops to guard the town's head and tail, and observed the surrounding situation with weapons in hand.

More than a dozen military propaganda and instructors are all wearing rattan armor.

Seeing that the whole town has withered and the gates of every house are closed, the mission officer beat the gong and shouted along the street: "Old cousin from Ling County, we are the soldiers of Zhao Tianwang, specially here to kill the bandits in Ling County. Don't be afraid, everyone, if we rob , It’s useless for you to close the door. Don’t want your food, don’t want your money, anyone who has a ladder will borrow it. The carpenter in the town is also invited, and we will pay for the carpenter to make the siege ladder!”

After shouting like this for a quarter of an hour, the townspeople finally believed it.

Because when other thieves came to Xiayang Town, they broke into the house violently, stole food and money, and even snatched beautiful women.But these rattan armored soldiers in front of them are very orderly, and they look different from bandits at first glance.

A shopkeeper opened the door, bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, generals!"

The mission officer cupped his hands in return: "Dare to ask my cousin's name."

"Miangui, surnamed Liu, named Ansheng," the shopkeeper asked, "Do you want to attack the county?"

"It turned out to be Shopkeeper Liu," said the mission officer, "Yes, we can borrow twenty sets of ladders. We are all Zhao Tianwang's soldiers. We don't rob people, we only fight bandits."

Shopkeeper Liu immediately shouted: "Come out, this is Zhao Tianwang's good soldier!"

Residents of the town opened the doors one after another, then knelt on the ground around the missionary officer, crying hissingly: "General, help me, those bandits are not human, they come to rob once every ten and a half months, this day cannot be passed!"

"My daughter was also taken away, and I don't know if it's dead or alive!"

"The family's food is gone, and the money is gone. If this continues, I will starve to death!"

"..."

The mission officer shouted: "Folks, don't panic. Borrow all the ladders at home. If the ladders are not enough, we will tear down the door panels and make them now. As long as we have ladders, we will immediately go to the city to kill thieves!"

Residents in the town immediately took action and moved wooden ladders one after another.

The county seat of Ling County is not very tall, only more than four meters high, and two civilian wooden ladders can be tied to attack the city.But it is still not enough, so the door panel can only be removed, and a simple wooden ladder can be made with nails and ropes.

In the afternoon of that day, two thousand Tengjia soldiers, carrying more than 20 wooden ladders, rushed to the county seat hungry.

The thieves here came from Yongning County.

The thief leader, the little overlord, has conquered Yongxin County and enjoys happiness in the more affluent Yongxing.Those who stayed in Ling County were all weak chickens, only more than 800 people, and the leader of the bandit called him a monkey.

Fan Tianhou heard that Zhao Tianwang sent troops, and was so frightened that he ran away immediately.But he was reluctant to part with the wealth and beautiful women, so he simply defended the city and sent his confidants to Chaling to ask for reinforcements.

This guy was sitting on the tower, when suddenly the rattan armored soldiers came up the stairs and shouted: "Over there, move the rolling wood and the boiling oil over there!"

Because there was no time to prepare in advance, the thieves in the city had very little defense materials, which were not enough to defend the various sections of the city wall.

I saw two thousand rattan armor soldiers, carrying more than 20 siege ladders, jumping into the moat in unison.

Both rattan armor and ladders have buoyancy, and they quickly and easily crossed the river and landed, and separated the siege ladders on multiple city walls.

"It's the Rattan Armored Soldier!"

"Zhao Tianwang recruited rattan armor soldiers!"

The thieves who had heard "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" cried out in panic, and many of the thieves simply turned around and fled.

"what!"

Suddenly there was a scream, but it was the thieves carrying the boiling oil, who fell down because they were too flustered, and the feet of several thieves were scalded by the hot oil.They also didn't care about defending the city anymore, and ran away reluctantly, and led other thieves to flee wherever they passed.

Zhang Tieniu took the lead and climbed up by stepping on the wooden ladder.

There are a few thieves here, trying to push the ladder away, but more rattan soldiers are holding down the bottom of the ladder below.

At a height of more than four meters, Zhang Tieniu climbed up in a blink of an eye.

His current weapon was replaced by a steel knife, and two small axes were attached to his waist for throwing.

"kill!"

Zhang Tieniu climbed up the city wall, raised his shield to block the vital points, raised his hand and slashed out.

Many other places also attacked one after another, and the rattan armored soldiers chased and hacked the bandits for a while.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the thieves-headed monkey turned over and ran away from the city wall next to the river, climbed the rope and slipped away quickly, then swam to the other side of the river and entered the mountain.

After the battle, only two of the rattan armor soldiers were injured, and the hot oil and rolling logs of the thieves were not even used.

The whole city was searched and more than 600 bandit soldiers were caught.

"How to deal with these people?" asked the missionary officer.

Zhang Tieniu's face was ferocious: "Kill them all!"

They belonged to a surprise attack. After a day of rest, they had enough to eat and drink, and they had to go to the next county town. How could they allocate manpower to take care of the prisoners?

The missionary officer also knew this truth and did not block it.

More than 600 bandit soldiers were tied up and killed by wiping their necks one by one.The people in the city were not afraid, but cheered and applauded. They were severely harmed by these bandits.

The women in the city were hired to cook with the grain of the rebels, and all the soldiers took off their armor to rest.

But the missionaries couldn't rest, they still had to run around in series, call together the big surviving households in the city, and let each of them send someone to be responsible for the defense of the city.Prevent the rebels who escaped successfully from coming back after the rattan armored soldiers left.In addition, the big households were asked to collect boats and mules to transport rattan armor and grain. Zhang Tieniu had to follow the river bank to Chaling.

(Note: Chaling has been upgraded to a state, and I have been writing it wrong before. Thank you for your correction.)

On the other side of Chaling, although Liu Zhu is the lieutenant general, his military strength far surpasses that of Zhang Tieniu.

Under Liu Zhu's command, there are 6000 regular soldiers, 900 peasant soldiers, and more than [-] food transportation teams. There are also more than [-] missionary groups, dispatched officials, backbones of peasant associations, and medical soldiers.

After entering the boundary of Chaling County, mission groups, officials, and peasant associations immediately took action to preach policies in various villages and towns.Not only the peasants responded enthusiastically, but even the gentry and landlords warmly received them. They were terribly harmed by bandits and bandits, and they didn't want to keep their land, as long as they could save their lives.

A few days later, Liu Zhu led his troops to appear in the northern part of Chaling Prefecture, together with thousands of food transport teams, frightened the rebels in the city to their wits.

Although most of the rebels are locals, a few of the bandit leaders escaped from Jiangxi.They had already been overshadowed by the "Heavenly Soldiers". Liu Zhu's army was still ten miles away, so they packed up their belongings and abandoned the city to flee southeast.

It is the direction of Ling County!

Zhang Tieniu's 5000 rattan armor soldiers collided with more than [-] fleeing bandits two miles north of Hukou Town.

There is no need to array at all, and even the rattan armor is too lazy to put on.

Zhang Tieniu asked his soldiers to wear rattan helmets, wield rattan cards and steel knives, and directly charged towards twice as many enemies.

"Run! Zhao Tianwang knows spells, and he has recruited heavenly soldiers!"

When the old thieves saw the Datong military flag, they turned around and ran away in fright.They were really terrified, they had fled from the north, and met the enemy in the south for no reason, and they became more and more convinced that Zhao Tianwang really knew magic.

Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu's journey started very smoothly because they were fighting weak chickens.

As long as Anren and Youxian are captured again, the strategic goal of the first phase will be achieved.

Chapter 241 [Attacking the Heart is the Best]

Changsha Fucheng.

Yang Guanji, the county magistrate of Changsha, is supervising the construction of the Wengcheng.Changsha used to have urns, but only four gates, and now several more.

Facing Jiangxi thieves, we must strengthen the city defense!

"Ji Chang," the magistrate Wang Qisheng said, walking quickly, with a stern expression, "Jiangxi's bandit Zhao has sent troops to attack Huguang. Liling fell, and Liuyang was besieged."

Liling County and Liuyang County are both under the jurisdiction of Changsha Prefecture, and they are the east gate of Changsha.

Yang Guanji asked, "What is that Hunan governor doing?"

"Raise money and food in Yuezhou and Changde, and call on the gentry to start a group training," Wang Qisheng said. "Governor Wang asked the Changsha gentry to also hold a group training. I will entrust this matter to Chief Ji. As for the supervision of the construction of the Wengcheng, I will leave it to other people to do it immediately." Can."

Yang Guanji sighed in his heart, cupped his fists and said, "Do your best."

After handing over the affairs of the Wengcheng construction site, Yang Guanji immediately left the city and went to the countryside to connect with the gentry and wealthy families. To be honest, he really wanted to be a thief at the moment.

Wang Qisheng, the magistrate of Changsha, and Yang Guanji, the magistrate of Changsha County, are actually Jinshi of the same discipline.

Yang Guanji grew up in a poor family. Whenever there was a lack of food at home, his mother would take him to his grandfather's house to grab a meal. He was discriminated against by his aunt and cousins ​​since he was a child.But he studied hard and passed the Jinshi examination at a young age, but unfortunately he had no money to bribe the officials of the official department.

A dignified Jinshi, he was originally appointed as the county magistrate of Rugao, but when he first arrived in Rugao, he was inexplicably demoted to the governor of Guangxin Prefecture.

He didn't offend anyone, and he didn't have time to speak or do anything, so he was demoted from a seventh-rank magistrate to a ninth-rank magistrate.There is only one possibility, the position of magistrate of Rugao County was bought by someone at a high price, and he, the official Jinshi, must give up his position.

After tossing and transferring several times, he is still a seventh-rank magistrate, while his Jinshi of the same discipline is already a magistrate.

Yang Guanji is doing all the hard work, but others deserve the credit.

Yang Guanji went straight to Shaping Village to meet the gentleman Dow.The locals call it "Tao Langu", which means that the Tao family has so much rice that it rots in the warehouse.There are tens of thousands of servants raised by the family and tenants who farm for them.

The family is having a funeral, and the patriarch Tao Tianrong has just passed away.

Yang Guanji went to express his condolences. He was poor and couldn't afford expensive gifts, so he simply went to the mourning hall to offer incense with empty hands.

That night, he called the two brothers Tao Bangxian and Tao Bangyong out of the mourning hall to discuss about organizing group training.

Before he could speak, Tao Bangxian said: "Honorable County, the Tao family has donated a thousand taels of silver for the construction of the urn city in Changsha. The imperial court has increased the allocation several times, and the Tao family has also allocated the heaviest. Is it possible that the Tao family will pay again?"

"No, no," Yang Guanji was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty has a decree that the squires can organize regiment training, and they only need to report to the magistrate, and then they can recruit troops to suppress the bandits."

Tao Bangyong immediately refused: "The Tao family can only read books, but they don't know how to fight."

Yang Guanji persuaded: "The Jiangxi Zhao thief has captured Liling and surrounded Liuyang, and will soon reach the Fucheng side. This thief wants to divide the property of a large family, and the Tao family's tens of thousands of mu of land are in danger!"

Tao Bangxian cupped his hands and said, "Please come back, the county lord, the Tao family will not recruit soldiers to fight!"

Tao Bangyong also got up and bowed, and the two brothers stopped talking, and went back to the mourning hall together to keep watch for their father.

"Ugh!"

Yang Guanji shook his head helplessly, had no choice but to give up, and went to find other big households the next day.

The Tao brothers secretly discussed the matter of being a thief. They have eight sons and several daughters.The two unmarried daughters can marry officials under Zhao thief's command.The eight sons, as long as they are adults, can be sent to thief Zhao to become officials.

As for the tens of thousands of acres of land in the family, they can be divided as long as they can save their lives.

Why so crisp and neat?

Because during the Wanli period alone, more than 20 peasant uprisings broke out in southern Hunan.As long as the peasant army hit Changsha, they would definitely attack the Tao family.

In the entire Tao family, in the early years of the apocalypse, the men were killed and only four grandparents and grandchildren remained.After many wars, the Tao family's more than [-] mu of land is now only a few tens of thousands of mu.