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There must be more than that. Tian Younian recruited kiln workers as soldiers. At the beginning, he only recruited 500 people, and later he recruited more than 300 people.

After some interrogation, Gao Gao figured out that some people left their wives and children and ran away, while others lived farther away.

Zhao Han quickly ordered the arrest of people, and in another kiln worker settlement, more than a hundred households were arrested one after another, many of them were ordinary kiln workers.

Finally, Zhao Han asked: "Who has practiced bowing? Raise your hand."

"I have practiced." Xiong Yao raised his hand.

At this moment, a small boat docked in Binjiang Town.

After the officer disembarked, he ran wildly and shouted: "The Fu Zun gathers the troops, the Fu Zun gathers the troops. Be sure to arrive at the barracks outside the Fucheng before noon on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year! The Fu Zun gathers the troops, the Fu Zun gathers the troops..."

The officer ran so fast that the residents of the town didn't stop him, and the sentinel didn't react, and he ran out of the town in a blink of an eye.

"Fu Zunju... Mother, rebel!"

The official was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, and returned to the town in a hurry, where he was caught by several sentries.

This guy was dragged in front of Zhao Han, and immediately knelt down and shouted: "General, spare your life, General, spare your life!"

Zhao Han asked with a smile: "The prefect of Tian wants to gather troops?"

The official hurriedly replied: "Fenyi County is gone, and the Fuzun gathered troops on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year."

"The prefect of Tian is sympathetic to the soldiers, but he has to wait until the next year," Zhao Han complained, and then asked, "How many people guard the city?"

The official sent the bamboo tube to pour the beans and said: "The Fuzun heard that Fenyi County was occupied by..., so he gathered hundreds of troops to defend the city last night."

The situation was already clear, Tian Younian was very nervous and did not regard Zhao Han as an ordinary traitor.

Most of the hundreds of soldiers defending the city were from around the Fucheng, and the defense of the city during the New Year must have caused complaints.

Zhao Han walked up to Xiong Yao: "How good are you as an archer?"

"Yes." Xiong Yao said.

Zhao Han asked, "How many kiln workers practice bows?"

"Only a hundred or so." Xiong Yao said.

"Where are the other archers?" Zhao Han asked again.

Xiong Yao said: "Scattered in various villages."

Some townships are relatively far away, and the gathering of troops on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is also considering the return journey. It is already amazing to complete the assembly in five days.

This magistrate Tian has years, it is hard to say whether he is good at fighting, but there must be a way of training soldiers.

Zhao Han didn't ask any more questions about the military, but went to check the kiln with his personal guards.

The officers under his command organized the captives, packed up their belongings and prepared to take them away together.Regardless of whether he had served in the army or not, he had to take them all back to Ji'an Mansion. Zhao Han's territory also had kaolin, which happened to be short of many kiln workers for firing porcelain.

When he came to a private kiln, the boss and the manager ran away. Zhao Han picked up the porcelain and checked it, and found that the quality of the product was not very good.

You can tell the pros and cons at a glance, and it can't be compared with Jingdezhen's porcelain at all.

"Where is this thing sold?" Zhao Han asked.

A manager of a private kiln who didn't have time to run away said: "A merchant came to buy it, and shipped it to Fujian and Guangzhou. I heard that it was going to be sold overseas."

It turned out to be an export product, presumably these inferior porcelain can be sold at a good price when shipped to Europe.

Zhao Han continued walking forward for dozens of steps, pointed to a cave dwelling that had already grown grass, and said, "Why is this abandoned?"

The steward hurriedly ran into the cave and took out a white city brick: "The leftovers from Emperor Taizu's construction of Nanjing City have been piled there for more than 200 years, and no government dared to use them."

"How many of these city bricks are left?" Zhao Han asked.

The steward replied: "There are fifty or sixty brick kilns near here, and the bricks are piled up in the caves. I dare not throw them away, and I dare not use them, so they have been piled there."

This kind of white city bricks had been burned to the point of porcelain, and they were extremely strong for building the city. Zhao Han decided to come and get them in the year when the city was built.

Three thousand sergeants took turns to sleep. At noon, they went to a big family in the town to open a warehouse to get food. They rested until the next day (New Year's Eve). Zhao Han finally left Binjiang Town with nearly 4000 kiln workers and their families.

"Back to the county for the New Year!"

Zhao Han asked the soldiers to shout, everyone laughed and sang, while the kiln workers were frowning.

After walking a few miles, Zhao Han suddenly divided his troops into the mountain.

He sent [-] soldiers to escort the kiln workers and their families to Fenyi County, and led [-] soldiers to detour.

The three kiln workers with the most family members and former soldiers were left by Zhao Han as guides.

On New Year's Eve, Zhao Han spent time in the mountains.

Eating wheat cakes and pickles for lunch, Zhao Han clasped his fists all the way to the soldiers, and kept saying, "Happy New Year, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year in Zongzhen!" The soldiers responded one after another.

It is inevitable that some soldiers will feel resentful when they come to the mountains during the Chinese New Year.But Zhao Han greeted the New Year one by one, shouting thousands of happy New Years, which immediately made the soldiers enthusiastic.

I dare not march during the day, so I find dead branches and grass to lay on, and then lay quilts on it to sleep.

There is a cold wind blowing on the road at night, and those who have a cold and a fever have to keep up.Along the way is the edge of Wugong Mountain, which belongs to the hilly terrain. After the snow melts to the ankles, it is very convenient to march.

Xiong Yao was one of the three guides, none of them dared to mess around.

Zhao Han said that once the army is defeated this time, their family members in the county will be killed!

"General, Yuegong Ridge is in front of you, and the magistrate's training ground is located at the foot of the mountain." Xiong Yao said, pointing to the front.

Walking day and night all the way, and stopping and going, when Zhao Han arrived at the ambush site, it was the afternoon of the second day of the Chinese New Year, and Tian Zhifu had not yet finished gathering troops.

Send sentry scouts down the mountain disguised as woodcutters, go out of the city to sell firewood and come back.

Zhao Han got preliminary information about the military. There are already thousands of defenders in Yuanzhou Fucheng, but the school grounds and barracks at the foot of Yuegong Ridge are empty, and Tian Younian's soldiers all live in the city.

Zhao Han could only stay in the mountains to rest and make torches for night raids by the way.

The soldiers took off their leggings and put them in their arms to dry them.Before the action, he helped the wooden sticks to make torches, and when he left Binjiang Town, he brought a lot of vegetable oil, which was also used to make kindling.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the spies came back to report.

There are many ships outside the Fucheng, which are loading food, which is the military rations sent by the prefect of Tian.

Judging from the number of ships, it is certainly not enough for [-] soldiers to take the ship.Most of the supplies were taken by water, and the soldiers followed along the river. Even if they were ambushed, the grain transport ships could escape immediately.

Moreover, the barracks at the foot of Yuegong Ridge had begun to house soldiers.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the spies returned again.

There are far more than three thousand soldiers in the barracks, maybe five or six thousand, and I don't know where the magistrate recruited so many townspeople.

Zhao Han now has two choices, one is to set up an ambush halfway by the river, and the other is to directly attack his barracks at night.

Chapter 147 [Training talents]

It was easy to make a choice, because... Zhao Han was running out of food.

On New Year's Eve, I brought rations into the mountains, and now it's the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.In the middle of the day, I hid at night and went out at night, for fear of being discovered, so it was naturally impossible to grab food.

Then attack the barracks at night directly!

At this very moment, Tian Younian, the magistrate of Yuanzhou, was being pestered by the magistrate of Yichun all the way from the city to the military camp.

Fang Lu, the county magistrate, kept complaining: "Your Majesty, what are you recruiting so many soldiers for? All the big households in the city have broken through the threshold of the county government."

Yuanzhou government office and Yichun county office are in the same city.

"You don't care about the war, so you can go back to defend the city, and don't let the rebels steal the city." Tian Younian didn't want to explain anything to an idiot.

The bandits in Duchang have been wiped out by officers and soldiers, and the entire northern part of Jiangxi is peaceful.

Tian Younian made an appointment with the governor early on, and they will send troops together after the Lantern Festival.Since the rebels took the initiative to kill them, it would be even better, and directly surrounded and killed Zhao thief in Fenyi County.

When they came to the barracks, the staff member Hong Yan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the army rations have been prepared, and more than 2300 soldiers have been assembled."

2300 people belonged to the "veterans". Temporarily recruited soldiers were not counted as human beings. They were all domestic slaves sent out by wealthy households in the city, and there were also vagrants in the city.

In total, there are more than five thousand!

Another scholar stepped forward, it was Zuo Xiaocheng who had joined Xie Xuelong before.Now he lives at his grandfather's house in Yichun County, and spreads the hateful deeds of Zhao Bandit everywhere, saying that Zhao Bandit is going to kill all the landlords in the world, scaring the big family in Yichun County to the point of weakness.

It is also because of this that the Yichun rich people actively donated money and food to help the magistrate Tian Younian recruit troops to suppress bandits.

Zuo Xiaocheng reminded: "Master Fu, the rebel in Fenyi County must be the Zhao thief. This thief is extremely cunning and advances quickly. We must guard against this thief from stealing the city."

"Don't worry, I have left 300 elite soldiers in Fucheng, and 800 Xiangyong." Tian Younian had already made up his mind.

Zuo Xiaocheng also said: "Thousands of soldiers gathered in the barracks tonight, and countless grain and grass piled up on the boats at the dock outside the city. We must beware of night raids by Zhao bandits."

Staff officer Hong Yan smiled and said: "Brother Zuoxian, I think you are scared out of your wits by Zhao Bandit. Along the Yuan River, our army has already sent many sentries. Can Zhao Bandit fly over to attack at night?"

Zuo Xiaocheng hesitated to speak, and felt that he was thinking too much.

Tian Younian frowned, thought for a moment and said: "Set up more sentries tonight, and send more soldiers to guard the rations. We will set off early tomorrow morning!"

There were two Tian Younian in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and the other hadn't passed the Jinshi exam, but he was already recognized as a master of Mao poetry.

But the Tian Younian in front of him was only from Juren, and he was able to quickly become the magistrate, and he was promoted thanks to his military exploits!

This guy belongs to the son of a military family in Shaanxi, his father and brother are military generals, he learned bow horse and art of war since he was a child, and it was just incidental to the examination.Spend money to buy a county magistrate, and every time he goes to a place, he must recruit soldiers, either to wipe out the bandits, or to conquer the rebels.

After lunch, Tian Younian personally inspected the barracks, constantly condolences to the soldiers, and pointed out the inappropriate layout of the barracks.

Take back Fenyi County?

Tian Younian never had this kind of idea, he just wanted to block the bandit Zhao to death in Fenyi County, and then join forces with governor Li Maofang and Qian Shi Wang Siren to kill thousands of rebel troops!

Tian Younian sent messengers to Nanchang and Jiujiang to contact friendly forces as soon as he received the thief's news.

As for the sudden recruitment of domestic slaves and gangsters, it was purely to frighten Zhao Han with the superior force, and Zhao Han was so frightened that he huddled in Fenyi County and dared not come out.The longer the time dragged on, the greater the chances of the officers and soldiers winning. He knew that it would be enough to wait for friendly reinforcements.

Tian Younian didn't dare to underestimate Bandit Zhao, and those who can send troops in winter are ruthless people.

What's more, Thief Zhao also sneaked into Binjiang Town and swept away hundreds of elites he had trained for two years!

After the camp tour, Tian Younian went back to the house to rest, and took out a copy of "Ji Xiao's New Book" to read. He had read this book for 20 years.

This guy seems to be a civil servant, but in fact he doesn't have much knowledge, and it would be difficult to test a scholar in Jiangxi.But he is familiar with the art of war, and he is skilled in bow and horse, so he can take the lead and lead the crowd to charge in battle.

As he was reading, Tian Younian suddenly put down his military book and went out to observe the mountains behind him.

Already in the afternoon, Tian Younian gave an order: "Cut down the forest under Yuegong Ridge, and send a few people into the mountain to search for the enemy!"

Yuegong Ridge is very big, it is a big mountain rising abruptly in the southeast of Fucheng, Yuegong Ridge is only its highest peak.

It would be useless to send a few people to search the mountain, but cutting down the woods near the military camp was still feasible.

In fact, the military camp is thousands of steps away from the foot of the mountain, and it is not close to the mountain.

This military camp is fixed, and many barracks have been built, all of which are earthen houses built of rammed earth. It is pure nonsense to want to attack and set fire to the company camp at night.

In each corner of the barracks, several sentry towers were built, which can be used not only for sentry, but also as arrow towers.

After nightfall, Tian Younian personally inspected the barracks again, and ordered the sentry soldiers and archers in the sentry tower to cheer up.

After doing all this, Tian Younian finally went back to sleep, he was exhausted and soon snored like thunder.

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Zhao Han set off in the middle of the night, and it was close to the fifth watch when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, which was equivalent to going from midnight to four o'clock.

March slowly to save energy.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, there is no moonlight, and it is even darker before dawn.

Soldiers who attacked at night often accidentally fell down, how could the sentinels in the camp see clearly?Instead, in order to keep out the cold, they placed a brazier in the sentry tower, which became a guiding lighthouse for the rebels.

Huang Yao led 800 people around the north, Huang Shun led 800 people around the south, and Zhao Han led 900 people in Zhengdong.

It's a pity that I don't have a watch, so I can't tell the time to attack together.

After the two walked around to the attacking location, they both waited for a while.Huang Yao was the first to light the torches, one person with two torches, and [-] torches rushed towards the barracks.

Hearing the shouts of killing, Zhao Han and Huang Shun also lit torches, and a total of more than 5000 torches were lit in the three groups.

Because Tian Younian's arrangement was too strict, he couldn't touch the camp quietly.They are all two or three hundred steps away from the camp, and they will light up and start attacking. If you get closer, you will be spotted by sentries.

"Thief... Thief attack!"

The sentry was shocked, and they blew their horns one after another, and the archers in the sentry tower quickly wound up.

The officers and soldiers in the barracks panicked, and the temporarily recruited domestic slaves and gangsters ran out without getting dressed.Seeing countless torches lit up all around, they were so frightened that they set up camp and ran for their lives, and rushed to the west where there was no enemy army. They even knocked down the gate of the camp.