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The old man was afraid that the rebels would kill his whole family, so he had to open another granary to provide food.

The rebels really don't want much, one person only takes half a bucket, and insists on making a written statement, throwing away the written statement, taking food and leaving.

From the beginning to the end, the five hundred soldiers were in strict order, and they never set foot in the landlord's house.

Watching these rebels leave, the old man lamented: "What kind of world is this? I can't go on!"

After walking for another half day, they were lighting a fire and cooking at noon when the sentry suddenly reported that officers and soldiers had appeared.

Huang Yao climbed up the small hill and saw that there were two or three hundred officers and soldiers, and everyone had captured something.Some soldiers even pushed small carts full of looted goods from the countryside.

The military discipline of the officers and soldiers can no longer be controlled.

You can grab it, why can't I?

So generals, big and small, took turns to go out to collect grain, and some unlucky landlords were repeatedly requisitioned several times.

These are soldiers recruited locally in Jiangxi, and they are relatively civilized. It would be even worse if they were replaced by guest soldiers from other provinces.Under such circumstances, the officers and soldiers not only robbed money and food, but also killed people and slaughtered villages, beheading good people and saying that they were beheading traitors.

Once the officers and soldiers are defeated this time, Li Maofang will definitely hint that the general will kill people, and chopping off some heads can offset the defeat.

"Blow the horn!"

"Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo~~~~~~"

"Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo~~~~~~"

"kill!"

When the officers and soldiers passed by under the hill, five hundred soldiers swarmed out, and two or three hundred officers and soldiers who robbed the food fled in panic, completely confused about what was going on.

Huang Yao ran the fastest, stabbed several of them to death in succession, and chased these officers and soldiers into the village.

The villagers who had just been looted closed their doors and windows one after another and observed the situation through the gaps.Seeing the officers and soldiers being chased and killed by Huang Yao, although they dared not speak out, they all applauded secretly for Huang Yao.

Of the more than 200 officers and soldiers, Huang Yao led people to kill nearly half of them, so he stopped chasing.

Instead, go back to the ambush point just now, and send the grain looted by the officers and soldiers to the village for the farmers to pick it up.

Five hundred soldiers and five missionaries.

These missionary officers shouted along the village: "Old cousins, don't be afraid, we are Mr. Zhao's Datong soldiers. Datong soldiers don't harm the people, they are for the people. The grain looted by the officers and soldiers is piled up in the threshing ground of the village. Whoever’s family has been robbed of food will go and get it.”

When I first arrived in Guibao, I haven't gained the trust of the farmers yet, so I can only do this.

When Huang Yao led his soldiers away, the villagers finally dared to come out and ran to the threshing ground to get back the grain.Some people get more, some people get less, and naturally there is another dispute.

A boy didn't go to grab food, but chased Huang Yao's troops, and picked up a long gun thrown away by the officers and soldiers on the way.

After chasing him all the way, Huang Yao stopped to rest, and called the young man, "Why are you following us?"

The boy stammered: "I...I want to fight with you."

"Where's your family?" Huang Yao asked.

The boy replied: "Father died for five years, mother died for three years, and both sisters got married. I live with my uncle's house, and my aunt doesn't want to see me, and she scolds me no matter how much I work."

"It's also pitiful," Huang Yao asked, "What's your name?"

The young man replied: "Hu Dinggui, my father gave me the name. My father has been studying for a few years. I can also read, it was taught by my father. I can recite the "San Zi Jing"."

Huang Yao smiled and said, "Very well, you will fight with me from now on."

Cruising behind enemy lines for several days, Huang Yao's force increased to 536.One family even took refuge with the whole family. All the old people died, and the family was too poor to marry a wife. All three brothers of the family came to join the Datong Army.

In addition, there is a record of killing more than 400 officers and soldiers, so that the officers and soldiers dare not come to this area to rob.

What's even more valuable is that the nearby villagers already know that the Datong Army is an army fighting for the common people, which is different from those brutal officers and soldiers.Even many landlords half-voluntarily lent grain, because officers and soldiers came and grabbed more.

"Bastard!"

Li Maofang was furious, and personally led [-] governor's pacesetters, and rushed towards Huang Yao's troops.

At this moment, Huang Yao was near Longguang Academy, the "Longguang Shooting Niudou Market" in Longguang, the plaque of the academy was written by the long-legged emperor Zhao Gou, and Zhu Xi had lectured here for more than a month.

"General, General!"

A farmer came running quickly, panting: "General, hurry into the mountain, many officers and soldiers are coming!"

"Thank you, old cousin!"

Huang Yao got up immediately: "Stop eating, pack up your things and go into the mountains."

Li Maofang chased all the way to this place, but she had no choice but to go to nothing, Huang Yao had already entered the Lion Mountain two miles away.

Li Maofang was also tired from chasing, so she arranged the soldiers outside and went to Longguang Academy to rest by herself.

It's a pity that the gate of Longguang Academy is closed, and he, the governor, is ignored at all.

There are five of the four major academies in Jiangxi, and Longguang Academy is the fifth largest.This is no longer the boundary of Qingjiang County, but the fringe of Nanfeng County. Li Maofang dared to send troops to plunder the people, but did not dare to lead troops into the academy.

After being shut down, Li Maofang became more and more angry as she thought about it, looking at the Lion Mountain with nothing to do.

Two days later, the officers and soldiers camped.

Li Maofang, Li Ruolian, and Wang Siren were still arguing. The former was resolutely unwilling to cross the river for a decisive battle. He believed that the training of the officers and soldiers was not enough.

Among the 3000 officers and soldiers, more than 2000 are newly recruited soldiers, and the training time is only two or three months.Li Ruolian's five thousand soldiers were brought by the guards from all over the country, all his mothers were weak military households who put down their hoes.There are about 2000 others, who are the brave men recruited by the governor of Linjiang.There are more than 3000 sailors who are Wang Siren's sailors, and it is impossible to go ashore to fight.In addition, there are [-] civilian husbands.

There are less than 2000 officers and soldiers who can really fight!

Is this still a haircut?

Although Li Maofang is greedy, she is not a fool.His original plan was not to fight the rebels, but relying on Wang Siren's navy to overwhelm the rebels so that they could not carry out a decisive battle.

When the rebels ran out of food and grass, they would naturally choose to withdraw their troops.

As for Li Maofang herself, not only was she unscathed, but she was able to take the opportunity to make money.Part of the silver is used for training soldiers to train truly elite soldiers.Part of it was used to bribe Shangguan, either to transfer him or allow him to continue training soldiers and suppressing thieves.

Both left and right are beneficial to Li Maofang.

Is it because Wang Siren is so stupid, arguing for a decisive battle with the rebels, rushing to die?

Shuzi lacks and seeks!

This sentence is the attitude of Li Maofang and Wang Siren towards each other. They both think that the other party is mentally retarded.

"Fu Shuai, Fengcheng County is gone!"

"what?"

Li Maofang jumped up in shock, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't the magistrate of Fengcheng recruit a thousand townships to defend the city bravely?"

The spies replied: "Those village braves went to the countryside to collect food. When they returned to the city, they were killed by the rebels. They chased them all the way into the county and disappeared."

Li Maofang, Li Ruolian and Wang Siren looked at each other in blank dismay.

Fengcheng County is behind them, and it is on the bank of the Gan River.If the rebels coerce the people in Fengcheng County, they will directly cut off their retreat.

Li Ruolian sneered, "You did a good job!"

Li Maofang was speechless, because he was indeed the one who issued the grain requisition order.

But who the hell would have thought that the county magistrate of Fengcheng was so awesome that he sent Xiangyong to the countryside to collect grain, and hundreds of bandits took advantage of it to sneak in and seize the county seat.

That was not to collect food at all, but the magistrate of Fengcheng wanted to make money and sent troops to rob in the name of suppressing thieves!

Wang Siren sighed: "Now there are only three ways, one is to cross the river immediately for a decisive battle, the other is to immediately withdraw the troops back to Nanchang, and the third is to take back Fengcheng County and station the camp there."

"It's impossible to withdraw the troops. If you don't suppress the bandits in front of you, you and I will all lose our hats." Li Ruolian shook his head and said.

Li Maofang asked: "Can't we send troops to take back the county seat and then keep people to garrison it?"

Wang Siren said: "There are hundreds of bandits hiding behind us all the time. These rebels are used to bewitching people's hearts. If they continue to develop, there may be two to three thousand people in the next month. There are two to three thousand enemies hiding behind you. Dare to fight such a battle?"

Li Maofang thought about it: "We can't evacuate from Linjiang Mansion, we can't just evacuate to Fengcheng County. Linjiang Mansion is a tax-heavy town, once it is lost, the court will be furious, and it will be easy for us to lose our official position!"

"Then let's fight." Li Ruolian sighed.

Wang Siren sighed: "This Zhao thief is so cunning."

Wang Siren thought that Zhao Han might send troops to go around, but he never expected that the rebels did not come to attack the camp of officers and soldiers at night after they went around, but to help the peasants drive away the looting officers and soldiers!

There are only a few hundred rebels, and the officers and soldiers want to clear them up, but they can't even touch the ghosts.

Not to mention the tipping of the peasants, even the local gentry secretly provided food for the rebels, just because the officers and soldiers robbed them too hard.

Wang Siren had an illusion that he was the traitor...

Chapter 162 [Bailuozhou Water Battle]

"Boom!"

Lightning and thunder rumbled, the rain shrouded the fields, and the sky and the earth became dark.

All activities on both sides of the battle were suspended due to the heavy rain.

Including the soldiers brought by Huang Yao to the enemy's rear, they also lived in the homes of fellow villagers one after another, and no one could bear the pouring rain.

"It's finally raining."

Standing in the tent, Zhao Han watched the rain fall on the ground, and muttered to himself, "Governor Li, I'm waiting for rain, so what are you waiting for?"

Fighting in Jiangxi, as long as the strength of both sides has a large scale, the water battle is what really determines the outcome.

This is true of Zhu Yuanzhang's decisive battle with Chen Youliang, and it is also true of Wang Yangming's suppression of King Ning's rebellion.

Which side of the navy can win, can occupy the food road and the route of advancing troops.If the navy is not destroyed, as long as it can still defend the city, the infantry can start over no matter how many battles they lose.

This is due to the special terrain of Jiangxi. The whole province is full of mountains, and the main cities are distributed in mountain basins and connected by rivers and lakes extending in all directions.

Although Zhao Han's naval force has more than a dozen ships less than the official army, the number of large ships is far less than that of the officers and soldiers.However, he had the advantage of terrain and occupied the confluence of the two rivers first, while still in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River.

Originally, he wanted to lure the navy of the army to pass through the river mouth, and then surrounded and strangled according to the terrain, so that the opponent's advantage of having a large number of ships could not be brought into play.

Unexpectedly, Wang Siren was not fooled, and he never let the navy step beyond the mouth of the river, which led to the confrontation between the two sides for more than a month.

Then we can only wait for the rain and wait for the Ganjiang River to enter the flood season!

But the weather at the end of the Ming Dynasty became more and more strange. Not only was the spring drought severe this year, but it didn't rain even in early summer, and it still didn't rain after the summer harvest.

Finally, the first heavy rain of this year came, and it continued for two days and two nights.

What Zhao Han thought was not about the war, but whether the officials at the county and township levels and the missionary team actively organized the farmers' association to fight the flood.

……

The officers and soldiers had successfully crossed the river before it rained, and were about to launch an attack the next day, but they were given a blow by God that night.

Li Maofang looked at the cannons in front of her and asked, "Can you still fire the cannons?"

The gunner replied: "It can ring, the gunpowder is well stored, and it hasn't been damp."

"Okay, there are many rewards." Li Maofang praised.

The officers and soldiers have artillery, and there are nine of them.

Six of the cannons were dismantled from Nanchang City and belonged to the antiques of Zhu Yuanzhang's period.Very primitive copper mortar, thick caliber, short barrel, powerful, short range.

The other three are Flang cannons, a product of King Ning's rebellion era.The two doors were built by craftsmen hired by King Ning.One was made by Wang Yangming's friend Lin Jun, who became an official at home and had his slaves brought it over from Fujian.

These nine cannons are hard to describe. The six mortars are city defense cannons. They are thick and heavy and have a short range. They can only achieve unexpected results by waiting for the rebels to attack by themselves.Although the three Franco cannons are light and have a long range, their power is actually very small, and the number of sub-cannons is insufficient.

"The officers and soldiers have moved!"

"Let them attack slowly."

More than 1 officers and soldiers were dispatched, but Zhao Han stayed in the camp.

Three trenches were dug outside the battalion, and the passage left by each trench could only allow three infantrymen to pass in parallel.

In the camp, there are also two trenches.

If you can't hold on, it's just delaying time, dragging to Gujian Mountain to lead the navy to dispatch.

"Look at the chief town!"

Zhao Han immediately climbed up to the high platform, but because the distance was too far, he couldn't see clearly what the enemy was lifting.It wasn't until more than ten steps away from the first trench that the officers and soldiers began to assemble the Franco cannon, and he finally understood what it was.

"The whole army retreats into the trenches, the rattan shields are held up to protect the top of the head, and those without shields look for things." Zhao Han immediately ordered.

The three Franco cannons quickly entered the predetermined location.

But those six mortars moved extremely slowly.After the rain, the ground was muddy and potholed, dragged forward by mules and horses, and sank into the mud before walking far.In the end, it could only be lifted by manpower, and after a long time of tossing, it was finally lifted.

"fire!"