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The Tao family has already been killed and is extremely sensitive to disturbances.

Now, the number of males in the family has multiplied to ten, and it is very likely that the family will be wiped out if they are massacred, so they must find a strong backer.

They sent people to Jiangxi last year to observe Zhao Han's policy towards the big clan.The situation made them very happy. The Jiangxi thief Zhao actually only wanted the land, not to mention stealing money and killing people, even the grain in the warehouse.

"Father, uncle," said Tao Aizhi, the eldest son of the house, "since you have decided to join Mr. Zhao, why don't you take the opportunity to make great contributions?"

Tao Bangxian asked, "How to make meritorious service?"

Tao Aizhi said: "In Nazhi County, the Tao family will pay for the group training, and then we can lead the troops to fight back!"

Tao Aizhi was born in the early years of Tianqi. At that time, there were only four grandparents and grandchildren left in the Tao family.Therefore, it was named "Aizhi", and it was trained strictly since childhood, hired famous teachers to teach, and sent it to Yuelu Academy to study.Although only this year, he is also knowledgeable and quite strategic.

Tao Bangxian and Tao Bangyong looked at each other, but they had lingering fears, and they were especially afraid of fighting.

Tao Bangyong said: "The military situation is dangerous, if you can avoid it, you might as well wait at home and wait for the land to be divided. The most important thing now is for you brothers to take more concubines and have children, so that the Tao family will prosper."

Tao Aizhi said indignantly: "Uncle, my nephew is a talented general. The second and third brothers are 16 years old, and the fourth brother is only 15 years old. Young Yinghua, who is just making great achievements, how can he be obsessed with women?"

Tao Bangxian's expression was a little frightened, and he sighed and said, "You are young, so you don't know the dangers of war. Decades ago, there were more than two hundred men in the Tao family. In your great-grandfather's generation alone, there were 13 brothers in the main clan. Your grandfather's generation There are 11 brothers from the same branch. However, there have been countless civil unrests and countless killings. For my father, I saw all the uncles and uncles being killed. The female family members in the family were insulted and even tortured to death!"

Tao Bangyong also said: "The most dangerous time was when the thieves came too fast. My mother and I jumped into the cesspit and soaked in the dung for a whole day, covered with maggots all over our body, and escaped in the middle of the night."

Tao Aizhi had never experienced that before, and she was also young and energetic, and said firmly: "Father, uncle, why did the Tao family suffer so many misfortunes? It was all due to the corruption of the court, the officials forced the people to rebel, and the people were in chaos. Now Mr. Zhao raised an army, Jiangxi Now that there is a great order, there is no more civil chaos. This is the hero who calmed down the troubled times. Since my Tao family is determined to join, it is not only about offering soil, but also taking the opportunity to make great contributions. For the public, it is for the livelihood of the people; for private, it can be done. Let my Tao family get rich again! How can I miss such a good opportunity? A man was born in troubled times, do you still want to live by idling and spend all day with women in the inner house?"

"boom!"

The door was pushed open, and three teenagers walked in.

It was Tao Bangxian's second son Tao Jizhi, Tao Bangyong's eldest son Tao Yunfeng, and his second son Tao Aifeng. The youngest was only fifteen years old.

"Please father and uncle (uncle) recruit soldiers!"

The three teenagers knelt down in unison.

Tao Aizhi also knelt down: "Father and uncle please recruit soldiers!"

The two brothers were both worried and happy.The worry is that the soldiers are afraid of disasters, but the joy is that the sons have great ambitions.

A few days later, the Tao family sent people to Fucheng to report, and the magistrate and county magistrate were very pleasantly surprised.During the ten-month period, the Tao family recruited more than [-] soldiers, led by the four brothers Tao Aizhi, Tao Yizhi, Tao Yunfeng, and Tao Aifeng.

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Liuyang.

Li Zheng was very depressed at this time, and sent troops to the four troops in southern Hunan. Huang Yao conquered Liling, Liu Zhu conquered Chaling, Zhang Tieniu conquered Ling County, and he was the only one trapped under Liuyang City.

Although Feng Zuwang, magistrate of Liuyang County, has been promoted to a different place, the bravery he has cultivated is still there.Although the new county magistrate has little ability, he also knows how to delegate power, and handed over Xiangyong to Wang Hui to lead.

Wang Hui came out of the city according to the city, and hot oil, gold juice, rolling logs, and falling rocks were all available, and he guarded Liuyang County impeccably.

There is no way to attack!

Feng Zuwang, the former county magistrate, not only compiled and practiced Xiangyong, but also repaired and strengthened the county town.

This Feng Zuwang didn't follow his father Feng Menglong's writing, why did he come to meddle in military affairs?

Li Zheng looked helplessly at the city, and could only hope to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements, but Changsha did not send reinforcements.

"Attacking the city is the top priority, and attacking the heart is the bottom." Xiao Zongxian reminded.

Li Zheng asked: "How to attack the heart?"

Xiao Zongxian said: "The missionaries and farmers' associations are ordered to first allocate land to the family members of Xiangyong in the city, and then let these family members go outside the city to speak out. If they cannot find their family members, they will allocate land to their neighbors."

Li Zheng suddenly came to his senses, and said happily, "Good strategy!"

Make a plan and act now.

A few days later, hundreds of farmers who had been assigned to the fields first crossed the moat in small boats.

"Don't shoot arrows, I saw my dad!"

"My third uncle is here too, everyone, don't shoot arrows."

"..."

The guard Wang Hui was startled and angry at once. He was born into a family of big landlords, with tens of thousands of acres of land in his family, and he had brought his family to the city ahead of time.

But most of the bravery under his command came from small landlords and self-cultivating farmers, and some of them were tenants.

With the hundreds of peasants outside the city, he really didn't dare to order to shoot arrows, otherwise the army's morale would be in chaos.

A self-cultivating farmer shouted: "Brother Run, I am your father. Our field has not been divided, and there are more than [-] mu more. There are paddy fields, dry fields, and mountainous land! Don't fight again with the government. Quickly surrender and be Mr. Zhao's soldier!"

Another tenant had tears streaming down his face, and cried, "Shitou, our family has a field, too! We don't have to farm for the landlord anymore, our family has a field, so go home and farm!"

"Liangzi, I am your uncle. Your father left early, and you brothers have lived a hard life since childhood. Come home, your mother has divided the fields, and you should divide the family and the fields too!"

"Brother, I'm a younger sister. Women can also divide the fields, parents want you to go home quickly!"

"..."

After shouting, all the defenders fell silent, listening to what the city was saying.

Wang Hui felt cold all over, how could he fight like this?

He looked at the soldiers around him. Except for the children of the rich family, everyone else became restless, with yearning written all over their faces.

How is this fighting?

Just two or three more days of shouting, the rebels don't have to attack the city at all, and more than half of the defenders themselves will run away, and they may even open the door to offer the city directly.

Wang Hui walked towards another section of the city wall, and said expressionlessly: "The county lord, I will borrow your head."

The magistrate looked terrified, and before he had time to beg for mercy, he was hacked to death by Wang Hui.

"Kaesong!"

Wang Hui held the head of the county magistrate and led Xiangyong out of the city to surrender. This battle is simply impossible to fight.

Li Zheng came over with his troops and said with a smile: "You are the guard Wang Hui? It's good to lead troops. Follow me to fight from now on."

"Willing to die for Mr. Zhao!" Wang Hui knelt down on one knee.

Wang Hui had only killed bandits from Jiangxi before, and had never had the blood of Datong soldiers on his hands.Moreover, his subordinates are all soldiers from his hometown, so it is impossible to kill people randomly in his hometown.

Apart from being born in a rich family, the land must be divided, and there is no other conflict with Zhao Han.

Most of the Xiangyong under Wang Hui were sent home, leaving only 1000 people as a food delivery team.There is no official establishment for the time being, just temporarily recruited food and auxiliary soldiers.

After a short rest, Li Zheng sent someone to report the victory to Huang Yao and discuss the next battle plan.

At this moment, Huang Yao had already left Liling, captured Lukou Town (Zhuzhou), and blocked the main water and land transportation.

When the news of the victory of the friendly army came, Huang Yao immediately ordered Li Zheng to go to harass Changsha.And he himself led the troops to Xiangtan. As long as Xiangtan was captured, he could encircle Changsha with Li Zheng.

While Li was waiting for the order, he suddenly caught a "spies".

The "spies" knelt down and kowtowed: "General, please forgive me. This villain is a servant of the Shaping Tao family. My master has recruited thousands of soldiers. As long as the general arrives, he will surely fight back. If the general does not believe it, after arriving in Changsha, you can go to Shaping first." Fentian, the fields there are all owned by Dow."

Li Zheng was skeptical, and there were big landlords who took the initiative to ask for land?

Chapter 242 [Wang Zhiliang]

Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan, can definitely be called "knowledge of military affairs".

When he received the appointment, he said to Chongzhen in this way: "Zhao thief, sitting on the bandits, confuses the hearts of the common people by dividing the land. The longer the time, the more powerful it becomes. And the soldiers of Huguang all go north to conquer There are no soldiers in southern Hunan for bandits. Even if the squires are ordered to organize and train regiments of bravery, it will take a year to become a battle-ready army. By then, Zhao bandits will have swallowed the mansion and merged the county. Only by training a firearms battalion can an army be formed in a short period of time. , Your Majesty, please bestow firecrackers, artillery, and gunpowder!"

Chongzhen was very generous this time, and immediately ordered to allocate firearms to Wang Zhiliang.

Then, Wang Zhiliang was made to lose his temper.

The cannons are all old objects, and I don’t know which generation of ancestors they belong to. They can be put into museums with their patina.

Three thousand guns were given, including the three-eyed guns from the early Ming Dynasty.There are also relatively new types of bird guns, but if one out of ten is usable, it is considered a good fortune for the ancestors.

As for gunpowder, it's not in powder form, nor in granule form, but in fucking lumps!

Is this for the firecrackers to smash the block of gunpowder first, and then use it to fill and launch?

Before Wang Zhiliang left Beijing, he went to see Chongzhen again, and explained to the emperor the status of the arms he had received.

Chongzhen was also very angry, and immediately asked people to investigate strictly.

It is still being investigated now, but there is no need to investigate, because the gunpowder factory has been blown up.

It was really not a trick of "fire dragon burning warehouse", but improper storage of gunpowder, which caused a big explosion.

It is known as the "Anminchang Disaster" in history: within more than ten miles of the capital, the axis of the earth was shaken... The city wall was shaken, and there was no end to the city in a radius of more than ten miles, and the trees were all dead and standing.Residents and pedestrians, pillows on each other, death is scorched... According to investigations, more than [-] residents were killed and injured.

The city walls collapsed, and there were no intact houses in a radius of more than ten miles, and the nearby weapon and equipment warehouses were completely destroyed.

Poor Chongzhen, who was short of money, had to take out 5000 taels of silver to comfort the dead and injured.

Wang Zhiliang went to the post empty-handed, and called officials from the Huguang Third Division to arrange for the squires to organize and practice group bravery.

The Huguang Third Division is also helpless. They have been paying taxes to the court and raising food and grass for the governor for several years in a row.Huguang is one of the main theaters for the encirclement and suppression of rogue bandits, so there is no time to fight against the rebels in southern Hunan. How can we have the financial resources, material resources and manpower to deal with Zhao Han now?

The officials of the third division directly pretended to be dead.

Wang Zhiliang had no choice but to go out in person, at least to persuade the gentry of Yuezhou and Changde to cobble together more than 6000 regiments of brave men.

At this moment, the news that Zhao thief sent troops to Huguang came.

Wang Zhiliang immediately led his troops to Changsha.

Changsha must be defended, otherwise the entire Dongting Lake Plain will be exposed to Zhao's soldiers!

"Mr. Yu Qing, you are finally here!" Wang Qisheng, the prefect of Changsha, was so moved that he almost knelt down on the spot.

Wang Qisheng is also considered a capable minister, but his skill points are all in construction.His political achievements all the way to promotion are building dams, cities, and canals. Fighting bandits is really not his forte.

After Wang Zhiliang inspected the city defense, he was very satisfied with the newly built urn city, and praised: "This can keep Changsha safe." He asked, "I brought more than 6000 regiments here. How many troops does Changsha have?"

"More than 8000 regiments are brave." Wang Qisheng replied.

County magistrate Yang Guanji suddenly asked: "Wansheng has also read military books, should we divide the troops to garrison the high mountains outside the city, and form a confrontation with the defenders inside the city?"

Wang Zhiliang replied: "If there are elite soldiers, it should be so. But you and I have only a short period of time to train our soldiers, so how can we divide them out of the city? Weak soldiers should not fight against a strong army in the wild, and we should not divide our troops at will. All of them must be used. Yu Shoucheng. Since there is no shortage of soldiers in Changsha, I will send [-] regiments back to guard Xiangyin bravely to prevent Zhao bandits from bypassing Changsha and advancing northward!"

Under Wang Zhiliang's arrangement, there were 1000 defenders in Changsha and more than [-] defenders in Xiangyin. Two cities were used to prevent Zhao Han from advancing into the Dongting Lake Plain.

The Dongting Lake Plain is the core quintessence of Huguang. If it falls there, most of Huguang will be lost.

The four Tao brothers, leading more than [-] troops, were also stationed in the city.

"How did the governor come so quickly?" Tao Yunfeng, the third brother, said, "Now that there are over 4000 defenders in the city, can our [-]-plus people really dedicate themselves to the city at a critical moment?"

The second younger brother Tao Juanzhi was also worried: "That governor Wang, it seems that he really knows how to fight. Once the governor came, the city defense was properly arranged, much better than us."

The four brothers are all scholars. Recently, they have been reading war books crazily. Talking about war on paper can already bluff people, but they don't even know the most basic military knowledge.

Eldest brother Tao Aizhi said: "Don't panic, as long as we are the internal support, Changsha will definitely win. The more than 4000 soldiers recruited by my Tao family are all mobs. But look at the other regiments in the city, and the mobs of the Tao family What's the difference? Once there is chaos, the whole army will be defeated!"

a few days later.

"Report! Tens of thousands of bandit troops have come along the Liuyang River, and they are already thirty miles away!"

"Explore again!"

Wang Zhiliang went up to the city tower and looked at the houses outside the city, feeling at a loss for a while.

He studied under "Guanxi Master" Feng Congwu, and majored in "Guan Xue". "That one.

When it came to Feng Congwu, based on Guan Xue, he combined Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and Yangming Xinxue to create a brand-new Guan Xue at the end of Ming Dynasty.

This is true of all schools in the late Ming Dynasty, showing a trend of academic integration.

Zhang Bingwen, for example, studied Neo Confucianism, which is a combination of psychology and practical learning.It's a pity that the Manchu Qing broke the backbone, and although it developed into the "Tongcheng School", it lost its core philosophy, leaving only empty shells like textual research and prose.

The predecessor of the Tongcheng School advocated practical learning, and Feng Congwu's Guan Xue also advocated practical learning.

As long as it is a school of change at the end of the Ming Dynasty, all advocate practical learning, advocate applying what you have learned, and advocate avoiding emptiness and practicing it!

Although Wang Zhiliang was from Shaanxi, he also belonged to the Donglin Party, and his mentor Feng Congwu was the Northwest leader of the Donglin Party.

Learning, doing, doubting, thinking, and persevering, these are the five-character mantra of the new school of Guan Xue.

Wang Zhiliang now only has "doubt" left, and he doesn't know how to "do" or "think".Before coming to Shonan, Wang Zhiliang studied Zhao Han carefully, and then his three views were destroyed.

Wang Zhiliang discovered that Jiangxi thief Zhao was practicing the "Four Sentences of Hengqu", just like a wild disciple of Guan Xue.

The great harmony of the world is the heart of heaven and earth.

Equalizing the land and dividing the land is to establish a life for the people.