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The city of Ganzhou was majestic and strong, so it was impossible for Zhao Han to attack by force, and he didn't even think about taking it down - taking down Ganzhou would be detrimental to defending the territory to the south.

Zhao Han continued to transport troops and food, camped at the foot of Egong Mountain in Ganzhou Prefecture, and faced Ganzhou City across the river.

Zou Weilian hurriedly took the main force of the Fujian army back into Ganzhou City.It's not that he didn't do nothing, he has already built hundreds of small sampans, and he didn't even bother to brush the tung oil. They were all one-off fire attack ships.

Once the right opportunity is found, Zhao Han's sailors will be burned to the ground!

As for the father-in-law Fei Yinghuan, he will go to Fujian this winter.As the magistrate of Fujian, it is impossible for him to stay in Jiangxi forever, otherwise Zou Weilian would be suspicious.

The strange thing is that after Zhao Han came to Ganzhou, the navy and army didn't move much.

Instead, they brought a large number of backbone peasant associations, and under the protection of a small group of troops, went deep into the countryside to form local peasant associations.There is no rush to divide the land for the time being, because there are not enough grassroots officials. We just set up farmers' associations to carry rent and tax resistance, and at the same time help local farmers train farmers and soldiers.

Chapter 195 [Military Mutiny]

In terms of city area, Ganzhou City is only half the size of Nanchang City.

As for the city wall, the foundation stone of Ganzhou City was poured with molten iron to prevent it from being destroyed by flooding of the river.There is a drainage system in the Northern Song Dynasty in the city, and it is not afraid of floods that are rare in a century.

Surrounded by rivers on three sides and a moat on one side.

Most of the cities in Jiangxi have such things.Facing the river on both sides and facing the river on three sides, all kinds of structures are all masonry structures, which can be called a nightmare for besiegers.

Zou Weilian sat on the platform of eight mirrors, where Su Dongpo wrote eight poems, but now he has no taste for poetry.

More than 600 fire attack boats have been prepared long ago, just waiting for the enemy's navy to throw themselves into the net.

The place where the three rivers meet is the city of Ganzhou. The river to the north of this place is more than a mile wide.Unless the rebels are stupid and learn from Cao Cao's iron rope horizontal boat, it is difficult for more than 600 fire attack boats to be effective.

Only after passing the confluence of the three rivers, no matter whether you enter Gongshui or Zhangshui, the river will be much narrower. At that time, it will be conducive to fire attack.

However, Ancient Sword Mountain will not pass!

Because of the navy of Gujianshan, there are only two missions this time.One is to transport people and food, and the other is to stop any ships from going north. It is enough to cruise in the north. Why take the risk of sailing into Zhangshui or Gongshui?

"Fu Shuai, there are scholars crossing the river from Gongshui."

"Bring him here."

Not long after, a scholar was brought to the eight-mirror stage, and he couldn't wait to meet him: "Commander, please send troops quickly, or it will be too late!"

The place where Zou Weilian stands is the best place to see the scenery. You can look down on the river and even vaguely see the camp of rebels on the opposite bank.He frowned and asked, "But what happened to the rebel?"

The scholar said: "The rebels are inciting the common people to form peasant associations to force the landlords to reduce rent and interest rates. The peasant associations refuse to accept any loans with an interest rate of more than three percent and force the landlords to hand over the leases. They also have to remove barrel noodles and waste winter animals, it's simply lawless!"

Bucket noodles, similar to the fire consumption of the government.

If the tenant pays the rent of one shi to the landlord, one dou will be taken for the loss of the surface of the barrel, and the actual rent is one stone and one dou.And it still uses a special big bucket to collect rent!

Anyway, the landlord has countless ways to squeeze out the grain in the hands of the tenants, and then force the tenants to borrow usury.

Day after day, year after year, almost every family was in debt, and the tenants were essentially reduced to serfs.

Hearing what the scholar said, Zou Weilian instantly felt over.

Although he tried his best to restrain his soldiers and refrained from looting surrounding villages and towns, he seemed to have treated the people very well.But compared with the rebels who formed farmers' associations, reduced rent and interest, removed barrel noodles, and abolished winter animals, Zou Weilian's good governance is nothing!

What's more, the Fujian soldiers are already disobedient, and have sneaked out to loot twice this month.

If the rebels were allowed to do this, it would probably only take a month or two before the surrounding countryside would be completely occupied by the rebels. He led his troops out of the city as if entering an enemy-occupied area.

Zou Weilian asked, "Are you going to let the rebels form a peasant association?"

The scholar complained: "The rebels have a team of [-] soldiers, escorting those civil officials (the backbone of the peasant association), and they can confuse the common people with a few words. If the landlord resists, his house will be ransacked for public trial. There was a landlord in the same village of Wansheng. The clansmen and slaves suppressed the peasant association, and were immediately defeated by those bandits, and the house was ransacked that afternoon! And..."

"And what?" Zou Weilian asked.

The scholar said in horror: "Moreover, the rebels also trained farmers and soldiers in the villages and towns where the Wannong Association was formed. They used Qi Wuyi's mandarin duck formation, using bamboo, sickles, kitchen knives, and pot lids as weapons. One day the rebels left , these unruly people can also win against the landlords, only the officers and soldiers can come forward to crusade."

Zou Weilian was speechless for a moment, he didn't know how to deal with it, and there was no old example in the history books.

This is sowing the seeds of rebellion. Even if the thieves are beaten back now, as long as the officers and soldiers leave Ganzhou, the local farmers may spontaneously revolt.

Could it be possible to kill all the little people?

Zou Weilian stood on the platform of eight mirrors, looking at the camp of rebels on the other side, feeling so depressed that he couldn't tell anyone.

He turned around and looked back at Yugu Terrace on Helan Mountain, and murmured Xin Qiji's words: "Under Yugu Terrace, there are so many people crying in the clear river water...Who are these pedestrians?"

If Zhao Han was present, he would definitely say: "Of course it is the people who are suffering."

A few days later, all the officers and men in the city knew what the rebels were doing.

Fujian General Soldier and Military Champion Chen Tinghui came to pay a visit: "Fu Shuai, you are afraid of the Zhao bandits, but I am not. Let me cross the river and kill those traitors to the last!"

"Don't be arrogant," Zou Weilian comforted, "Master Zhu has long been admonished not to send troops without authorization before receiving his military order. The most important thing now is to defend Ganzhou City to the death and consume the food and grass of the rebels. Wait for Jiangxi, Huguang officers and soldiers Sufficient preparations, the north, south, west and third armies are coming together, it will definitely make it difficult for the Zhao thief!"

"Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are just watching in the city?" Chen Ting asked depressedly.

Zou Weilian said, "Be safe and don't be impatient."

"How can you not be bored?" Chen Ting became more and more angry, and roared, "I have come all the way from Fujian, and I have worked hard to suppress bandits in western Fujian and southern Jiangxi. If you say that you restrain the soldiers, you restrain the soldiers. After moving to Ganzhou, it will be almost a year here. It has been years, and he has been reluctant to go north to suppress the thieves. These Fujian soldiers also have wives, children and parents. It has been two years since they dispatched troops from Fujian. Are they leaving their hometowns to get promoted and get rich for you, Fushuai Zou? You want to get promoted and get rich, you Zou Fu Shuai eats meat, we warriors should at least drink soup!"

Zou Weilian didn't have a sword of Shangfang, so he had nothing to do with these generals, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Within this year, we will definitely go north to suppress the thieves."

"The thief is on the other side, you don't have to go north, just cross the river!" Chen Ting said, pointing to the river.

Chen Ting is the champion of martial arts, the champion of martial arts hand-picked by the emperor.

He was born in a rich family in Fujian, and his ancestors were hereditary generals.After being admitted as the champion of martial arts, he was directly awarded the deputy commander-in-chief of Guangdong, and was quickly promoted to the commander-in-chief of Fujian.When suppressing the peasant army in southern Fujian, they were invincible. Killing rebel peasants was like slaughtering chickens and dogs.

Luling thief Zhao is nothing!

Chen Ting also sent spies across the river. He was very keenly aware that there were not many rebels on the other side of the river, and if they survived, there could be five or six thousand.

Back in the army, Chen Ting summoned his generals and said: "Zou Weilian's family members were all captured by Zhao's bandits. I'm afraid he really joined the bandits in secret long ago. Otherwise, why didn't he go north to use troops? Some bandits, On the other side, he also guards the city to get out."

"I don't like him for a long time. He has been in Fujian for two years, and he is restrained and hindered everywhere."

"That's right, we wiped out so many bandits in western Fujian. He said he wanted to repay the merits to the imperial court, but what kind of merit is he repaying? He can't even see the reward!"

"Most of the reward money was stolen by this guy!"

"Last year, my nephew was beheaded by this bird officer just by leading troops to rob a village. I couldn't take it anymore."

"It's better to kill this dog!"

"He is a civil servant and cannot be killed."

"Then tie it up and report to the court that the governor has been a thief."

"..."

The powder keg that has been buried since last year is finally about to explode in the face of the rebels.

Chen Tingyue had given gifts to Wen Tiren's party members, and he also knew that Zou Weilian and Wen Tiren were at odds.If it were any other civil servant, he really wouldn't dare to do it, but Zou Weilian is really not afraid of house arrest.

He put Zou Weilian under house arrest. As long as Shangshu impeaches his followers, Wen Tiren's party members will surely fall into trouble.

That night, a group of Fujian soldiers led troops into Zou Weilian's temporary residence.

As the governor of Fujian, Zou Weilian had [-] personally trained governors, and he personally promoted the guerrillas and generals.

At this moment, there are only a hundred or so pacesetters guarding the mansion, and the rest are sent out to guard the city in rotation.

These soldiers rushed too fast and made a surprise attack at night. The hundred or so governor's pacesetters didn't react at all, and Zou Weilian was already caught.

"Are you planning to rebel?" Zou Weilian scolded angrily.

Chen Ting sneered at him: "You are the one who has been a thief for a long time. All kinds of military orders are considered for rebels. You are a civil servant. I will not kill you. The court will deal with it!"

In fact, everything is an excuse.

The real core contradiction is that Zou Weilian, as a native of Jiangxi, does not allow Fujianese soldiers to plunder in Jiangxi.

They set out from Fujian, fought in the west of Fujian first, and then fought at the junction of Guangdong and Jiangxi, defeating a large number of peasant troops there.But after making military exploits, the imperial court did not raise rewards on a large scale, which made these soldiers resentful and desperate to get them back in Jiangxi, but Zou Weilian did not allow them to plunder in Jiangxi.

After being away from home for more than two years, Fujian soldiers can't get any benefits, so what are they fighting for?I want to go home a long time ago!

Zou Weilian thought that by paying the salary himself, he could reap the morale of the soldiers at the bottom.

But with the little salary he pays, how can there be more robberies?

After Zou Weilian was placed under house arrest, Chen Tingdui announced that the governor had been a thief, and he arrested him and handed it over to the court for handling, and promised to bring all the soldiers to make a fortune.Those pacesetters personally trained by Zou Weilian, except for a few who were dissatisfied, all turned to Chen Tingdui!

In just two days, Chen Tingdui took control of Ganzhou City.

After all, he had studied and knew that there were bandit soldiers outside, so he couldn't mess around in the city at this time, so he aimed his eyes at the other side of the river.

There is always a chance to attack on the river bank that is more than ten miles long.

Moreover, the anti-thief navy did not dare to sail past the confluence of the three rivers, and the upper reaches of the river were all the territory of the officers and soldiers.

Chen Tingdui set up an ambush upstream, as long as the anti-thief sailors from Gujian Mountain dared to swim in the Gongshui River, hundreds of fireboats would be dispatched immediately.And the sailors of the officers and soldiers can also block the back of the rebels from Zhangshui, so that the rebel sailors can't escape even if they want to!

Only 3000 people were left to guard the city. Chen Tingdui went upstream to smuggle 5000 people first, and the rest of the troops swaggered across the river from the front.

He just wants to lure the rebels, no matter the navy or the army, they all have to fall into his trap.

At night, 5000 people smuggled across the river one after another.Because the battle was too big, they were discovered halfway through the crossing, because there were sentinels sent by the peasant association along the river.

It doesn't matter to the officers and soldiers, the place of smuggling is far away from the camp of the rebels, and the main force of the rebels will be unable to stop them for a while.

As for the anti-thief navy, if you dare to make trouble, don't even think about going back. More than 600 fire attack ships are waiting.

The local peasant association began to remind the people to move by beating gongs and drums.

It's a pity that the farmers' association has just been established, and its appeal is insufficient. Many farmers are disobedient and hide at home and refuse to come out.

After [-] officers and soldiers successfully crossed the river, they immediately plundered villages and towns with torches.They looked down on the poor and poor people, just killed a few when they passed by, and then went straight to the mansions of those big families.

Guest soldiers from other provinces are more ruthless than rebels!

How ruthless it is, you can refer to Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang.Not to mention stealing money, but also engaged in massacres, the killings were too extreme, and even foreigners couldn't stand it.

If Chen Tingdui wanted to gain a firm foothold in Jiangxi, he had to let every Fujian soldier under his command earn money to be a landlord at home!

Chapter 196 [Ganzhou Water Battle]

The commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition was Fei Ruhe, who did not respond to the officers and soldiers crossing the river.

Huang Yao, Li Zheng, Jiang Dashan and others led the troops, and they would definitely act immediately, recruit local farmers as auxiliary soldiers, and then fight a big battle with the officers and soldiers to prevent more people from being slaughtered by the officers and soldiers.

But who is Fei Ruhe?

The eldest son of the Ehu Fei family, the young master of the Fei family!

To this day, although Fei Ruhe accepts the Datong theory, he thinks that doing so can win the world.But deep in his heart, he is still the son of that family, no matter how many people die, it doesn't matter to him.

What's more, when the Fujian soldiers went to the villages to plunder, it was the landlords who really suffered, and the ordinary people were just killed incidentally.

Gu Jianshan, Li Hui, Fan Chao, Wan Bangyan and other naval generals were called by Fei Ruhe for a meeting.

Fei Ruhe pointed to the map and said: "Officers and soldiers secretly crossed the river in the upper reaches of the Gongshui River, and their main force swaggered across the river, and sent troops to loot the villages. If we don't take us seriously, the local generals are either fools or do it on purpose." I'm trying to lure me over. I'm not worried, Master Lu, how should your navy fight?"

Wan Bangyan is the son of a concubine from a wealthy family in Linjiang Prefecture. His family volunteered to donate two boats to be converted into warships, and he became an officer of the navy because of this.

Although this man was not a scholar, he was still a boy, and he immediately analyzed: "If the officers and soldiers only want to rob property, they can cross Zhangshui and go to the west to rob. There is no army in the west, and there is no peasant association we formed. Since the officers and soldiers crossed the Gongshui River and came to the east, they robbed incidentally, and their real intention was to lure us to send troops."

Li Hui was born as a fisherman in Yongyang Town. He scratched his head and said, "The terrain of the river here is exactly the same as that of Linjiang Mansion. Will the officers and soldiers learn from what we did last time?"

"It must be," Gu Jianshan said with a smile, "Prepare to attack the ship on one river, and ambush the navy on the other river, and wait for the enemy to come, and immediately attack from both sides. I was fully prepared on the Gan River and Yuan River, Wang Siren’s officers and sailors were not fooled, and in the end they had to take advantage of the rising water to force a fire attack. The Ganjiang River here is wider, so a force fire attack will not work, and our navy must be lured there.”

Wan Bangyan pointed to the map and said: "Fujian soldiers are good at naval warfare, but their sea ships cannot be transported to Jiangxi. The ships recruited in Fujian cannot reach Jiangxi. Therefore, the number of warships of the officers and soldiers is very small. At least, they were all compiled and practiced in Jiangxi. The officers and soldiers swaggering across the river are nothing more than luring our sailors into the Gongshui. , We were rammed by fireboats in front of us, and blocked by officers, soldiers and sailors in the rear, and we couldn't escape even if we wanted to."

"So," Fei Ruhe understood, "Gongshui must have a large number of fire attack ships in ambushes, while Zhangshui must have the main force of officers, soldiers and naval forces in ambush."

"It's obvious," Fan Chao sneered, "We Poyang water bandits have used this kind of little trick a lot, and how can we still be fooled and run to our death? The commander of the officers and soldiers treats us as fools."

Li Hui said: "Then let's do the opposite, regardless of the officers and soldiers in the direction of Gongshui, just go to Zhangshui to destroy the main force of the officers, soldiers and navy!"

Wan Bangyan shook his head and said, "You can't go directly to Zhangshui, otherwise the officers, soldiers and sailors will definitely flee, and all the hard work will be wasted."

"Then bring out the officers, soldiers and sailors!" Gu Jianshan said.

"How?" Wan Bangyan asked.

Gu Jianshan said: "Send thirty or forty grain transport ships, disguised as warships, and sail into Gongshui. The fire attack ships with officers and soldiers are released. When the officers, soldiers and sailors come from behind, our navy will kill them again! The officers and soldiers copy Let's go back, and let's copy the officers and soldiers' back!"

This is tantamount to sending thirty or forty grain ships to be burned slowly by the officers and soldiers, and those boatmen don't know how many will survive.

Fei Ruhe immediately made a decision: "Call the boatmen, I want to recruit dead soldiers. Those who are willing to lure the enemy with a boat, whether they die in battle or escape, will be rewarded with 30 taels of silver. Military achievements will be counted separately, and pensions will be counted separately!"

Wan Bangyan said: "It's just a boat sailing into Gongshui, and nine boatmen are enough for a boat."