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"But the fourth child?" Sweeping King shouted loudly.

The black buddy who changed his name to Tiehong replied: "I am your grandpa!"

The sweeping king was startled, and suddenly shouted in horror: "Run!"

Hundreds of old thieves turned around and ran away, and the black buddies carried big iron bars and led the troops to chase wildly.This guy's legs were much longer than Huang Yao's, and he was still walking like flying in the cotton armor, and he left the soldiers by more than ten steps in a blink of an eye.

Wan Sitong led his troops over the hill and came to the valley.

"Array!"

The Sweeping King's retreat was blocked, and Wan Sitong stood ready for him.

The sweeping king was so frightened that he turned his head and rushed up the mountain ridge.The mountains to the north were steep, and they subconsciously fled to the ridge near the river in the south, where Wan Sitong had just climbed over the mountain.

"kill!"

There were still a thousand soldiers who stayed on the mountain and did not come down. They ran into the sweeping king head-on.

Encountered strong enemies three times in a row, hundreds of old thieves collapsed in an instant, and quickly turned downhill again, fleeing to the steep mountains to the north.

The black buddies have rushed over alone, each with a stick, killing hundreds of old thieves.

These old thieves were scared to death at the moment, not to mention maintaining their formation, many even threw away their weapons, it seemed that after losing weight, they could speed up their escape.

The stick is made of wrought iron at both ends, and the middle is made of mulberry wood.

Hei buddy swung out his stick, directly swept over two old thieves, then knocked down another thief, and went straight to the sweeping king to kill.

"Ghost!"

"It's the Yaksha soldiers recruited by Zhao Tianwang!"

"..."

The thieves, who were close by, finally saw what the black buddy looked like, and they were frightened, and they all avoided the places they passed along the way.

Seeing the black buddies rushing to kill him, King Sweeping was so frightened that he was paralyzed, thinking that King Zhao could really recruit heavenly soldiers and generals.

Otherwise, why is this person completely dark?

Otherwise, why was he sneaking in the valley, but suddenly surrounded by three sides?

"Grandpa Yasha, spare me!"

The Sweeping King didn't have the courage to resist, so he knelt down and kowtowed to the black buddies.

The black buddies are a bit murderous, and they didn't know how to catch them alive, so they just knocked them down with a stick.

"Ah!"

If you hit your head with an iron rod, imagine a smashed watermelon.

Seeing this, the nearby rebels were paralyzed with fright, and one after another knelt down and begged for mercy.

There are too many people to kill, and the black buddies only hunt and kill those who do not surrender.One child with one stick, there is no second move to kill.He doesn't have any stick skills at all, he just relies on his height and strength, and his shooting speed is very fast.

After the battle, Wan Sitong came over, looked at the Sweeper King whose head was smashed, and couldn't help complaining: "Old Tie, next time you hit someone with a stick, can you change the place? I haven't had my fucking dinner yet." Woolen cloth."

Tie Hong, who was brave and invincible just now, scratched his head and smirked, revealing two rows of white teeth.

He felt that he lived a very happy life. He was caught by the chief when he was a teenager, sold to those red-haired men, and came to the East on a big ship.

The cabin was very crowded, not only lacking water and food, but also lacking oxygen and making it difficult to breathe. More than a dozen black slaves who were with him died of illness.

Because he was tall and strong, the red-haired man deliberately kept him and sent him to Guangzhou for sale, so that the rich merchants of Ming Dynasty could pay a higher price.

He first took care of people's homes and nursing homes, and worked as a servant for wealthy businessmen of Ming Dynasty.Because he couldn't understand the language, the rich businessman thought he was too stupid, so he punished him by beating and scolding him.

One day, Fei Yinggong came and took the bandits to rob the rich merchants. He took the opportunity to escape with Fei Yinggong.

Today's life has become better, he married a widow in Tianhe Town.The widow brought a cheap son, and gave birth to his own son last year. The family business has ushered in a new peak.

As for the things in Africa, he has almost forgotten, and his name will be Tiehong from now on.

At night, the soldiers lit a fire to keep warm and eat.

Tie Hong chewed dry food and asked: "I heard that the emperor is the biggest, when will Zongzhen be the emperor?"

"How do I know?" Wan Sitong also began to look forward to it, "Everyone guesses that Jiangxi will be conquered within three years, Jiangnan will be swept within ten years, and Beijing will be entered within fifteen years!"

"I know Beijing, but where is Jiangnan?" Tie Hong asked curiously.

Wan Sitong said with a smile: "All the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, the world of flowers and flowers, you will know when the time comes."

Tie Hong said: "I just thought, Zongzhen will become the emperor, build a big ship and go back to my hometown. I want to catch the chief and ask him why he sold me to the red-haired man!"

Chapter 194 [Going South to Ganzhou]

Chongzhen ninth year, May.

The Datong Army conquered the three counties of Yichun, Pingxiang, and Yongxin.The head of the bandit fled to Wanzai County to wreak havoc.The bandit leader suppressed the mountain tiger and fled to Chaling County to wreak havoc.

In addition, Yongning County, which is partial and poor, was picked for nothing.

The troops stationed in the four newly occupied counties will be very busy this year, because many scattered bandits have fled into the mountains, and they have to organize repeated bandit suppression operations to eliminate them.

Administrative divisions adjusted again——

Ji'an Prefecture: Luling, Jishui, Anfu, Taihe, Yongxin, Yongning, Yongfeng, Wan'an, Longquan.

Linjiang Mansion: Qingjiang, Xingan, Xiajiang, Xinyu, Fengcheng.

Yuanzhou Mansion: Yichun, Fenyi, Pingxiang.

Ouyang Zheng is the prefect of Ji'an, Yuan Yunlong (niece married to Fei Ruhe) is the prefect of Linjiang, and Liu Ziren (a poor scholar in Qianshan) is the prefect of Yuanzhou.

Fei Yuanjian was transferred to be the magistrate of Jishui County, and the Fang brothers who donated soil to him served as county magistrates in Yongxin and Xiajiang respectively.

Even Huang Shunde and Liu Fang, who were transferred from the General Military Mansion because of their marriage with a rich family, were promoted to magistrates in poor counties because they did not make mistakes in follow-up work.

The old brothers will not be treated badly, and the newcomers who work hard will not be treated badly. Zhao Han respects the rules and nostalgia for the past.

In addition, with regard to the township level yamen, the rules are also completely determined.In the future, there will be no reduction of town-level yamen, six towns will be set up in large counties, four to five towns in middle counties, and three towns in small counties.

Court side.

Zhang Qiping, the governor of Baoding, was transferred to the governor of Huguang South Road. He took up his post in mid-May and recruited troops to assist Jiangxi in suppressing bandits.

Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of the five southern provinces, ordered Zhang Qiping to quickly train his troops in view of the situation of all parties, and agreed to attack the Luling Zhao bandits together after the autumn harvest.

At most, it could be delayed until the autumn harvest. Fujian officers and soldiers were about to blow up, and began to disregard Zou Weilian's military order and plundered the surrounding villages and towns of Ganzhou Prefecture privately.Zou Weilian could only punish him with small punishments, and did not dare to kill people to gain power, otherwise it would easily lead to a mutiny.

Just this year, a mutiny broke out in Ningxia.

Zu Dashou's younger brother Zu Dabi, nicknamed "Zu Er Crazy", was transferred to the general army of Ningxia last year.This guy was greedy for ink as always, and the governor was unable to raise enough military pay, and the frontier army could not survive at all, so he made a fuss about paying and killed Ningxia governor Wang Ji.

At the same time, Huang Taiji began to reform the internal affairs, and set up three internal institutes: the Institute of Internal History, the Institute of Internal Secretaries, and the Institute of Neihongwen.

After the reform of the inner three courts was completed, Huang Taiji ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changed the Yuan to "Chongde", changed the country's name to "Daqing", changed the family name to "Manchuria", established the capital in Shenyang, and honored it as "Kuanwen Rensheng Emperor".Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were all crowned kings.

The enthronement ceremony lasted more than 20 days, and the Ming system was copied in full.

After ascending the throne, Huang Taiji immediately sent [-] troops into Xifengkou and Dushikou in three routes.

Wang Zhaokun, the patrol censor of the Ming Dynasty, was killed in battle, and the Manchu and Qing troops invaded Juyong and Changping North Road.Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, rushed to help, and beheaded more than a thousand soldiers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

The Qing army fought all the way to Liangxiang and Shunyi, which later became Fangshan District and Shunyi District in Beijing.

The capital is under martial law.

Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to the prime minister of the seven provinces, defeating Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng.Just waiting to take advantage of the victory to encircle and suppress the rogues, they were suddenly transferred to the capital to defend against the Manchus. The rogues were beaten and ran all over the place, so they had a chance to breathe again.

Due to the problem of military pay in various places, and the Manchu and Qing ravages in Gyeonggi, many troops began to fight for pay, and Chongzhen became more and more dissatisfied with Hou Xun, the Minister of the Household Department.

The first assistant, Wen Tiren, observed the holy will and began to arrange for his party members to impeach Hou Xun.

Whenever the Tartars retreat, Hou Xun, the Minister of the Household Department, will be imprisoned at any time!

By the way, Zhu Yujian, king of the Tang Dynasty, rose up to serve as king and was deposed as a commoner...

……

"Wang Ting tried to bet on both sides." Zhao Han took out a translation of the secret letter.

Pang Chunlai looked closely for a while, and then passed the secret letter to Li Banghua.

After reading the content, Li Banghua said with a smile: "There is a capable governor, of course he won't be devoted to us."

"This internal response will be useful in the future, but it must not be relied on." Pang Chunlai said.

Wang Ting tried this old thing and saw that Li Maofang was a jerk, so he came to join Zhao Han.Now that Zhu Xieyuan is here, and he is especially valued, this guy has started to actively work for the government again.

If you hedge your bet, you will not offend both sides.

If Zhao Han wins, he is a hero from Conglong; if Zhu Xieyuan wins, he may resume his career as a court official.

He wanted to take advantage of everything, he was daydreaming!

Li Fenglai, a merchant, knew that he sent his son as a hostage.The scholars who came from Nanchang and Fengcheng also arrested the general soldier Yang Jiamo halfway to make a certificate of honor.

Only the Wang Tingshi didn't say anything, and he was timid in doing things and refused to fight.

Pang Chunlai suddenly said: "Yang Jiamo has been raising it for half a year, and he has spent a lot of rice. It's time to cut it down."

Li Banghua shook his head and said, "It's useless, such a trick can't possibly anger Zhu Xieyuan."

"Whether it's useful or not, let's cut it off." Pang Chunlai said with a smile.

Zhao Han suddenly said: "Judging from the information, Zhu Xieyuan's character is extremely cautious. Sending Yang Jiamo's head will not provoke him to send troops, but he will feel that this is our strategy to provoke the generals. He must stick to Nanchang to train troops. fight."

"If it drags on, our army will have the upper hand." Li Banghua said.

Although both sides are developing, Zhao Han is obviously developing faster, especially the production of ordnance and equipment.

According to the information sent by Xu Ying, the Nanchang Weapons Institute is also expanding its scale, but in terms of scale and production efficiency, it is far inferior to the rebels.

"If we drag it on, we will definitely win, but it's not a problem to be surrounded by officers and soldiers all the time," Zhao Han said with a smile, "I mean, sending Yang Jiamo's head will scare Zhu Xieyuan to practice in Nanchang honestly. Let's take the opportunity to send troops to Ganzhou Let’s deal with the Fujian soldiers there first.”

Li Banghua resolutely opposed: "I do not agree to send troops to Ganzhou. Wan'an is a dangerous place. Our army only needs to station a small number of soldiers in Wan'an County to stop tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. After capturing Ganzhou, we have to send more troops. Garrison to guard against officers and soldiers from Guangdong and Guangxi who may come back at any time."

Pang Chunlai echoed: "I agree with Mr. Meng An. The most beneficial strategy for our army is to defend Wan'an, Pingxiang, and Yongxin with a small number of troops, and use the mountains and rivers to block the officers and soldiers of Guangdong, Fujian, and Huguang. In this way, You can calmly mobilize the main force and lure the Jiangxi officers and soldiers in Nanchang to fight a decisive battle!"

Li Banghua continued: "I understand Chongzhen's character. He allows the local governor to delay time, even two or three years, as long as the situation does not continue to deteriorate. However, Chongzhen will not allow the governor to be defeated, and the situation will not continue to deteriorate. I The army only needs to defeat Zhu Xieyuan once, and the governor probably will lose his position."

"Once Zhu Xieyuan is replaced, how can the imperial court send a competent person to be the governor?" Pang Chunlai laughed, "At that time, everything will come to fruition."

Zhao Han shook his head and sighed, now it is the ninth year of Chongzhen, if the original historical process is followed, Chongzhen will hang himself in another eight years.

And myself, still living in Jiangxi, how can I have time to slowly dawdle with Zhu Xieyuan?

Zhao Han said: "We are fighting for the world. We cannot rely on the emperor's stupidity and incompetence. Zhu Xieyuan will stand still for a short period of time, and if he moves, he will be attacked from three sides. We have to take the initiative and defeat all the officers and soldiers first! The rumors that started spreading last year will definitely take half a year. It has been fermented, the Fujian army is chaotic and the generals are not in harmony, we should take the opportunity to win a battle!"

Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua looked at each other with helpless expressions.

They chose the safest way, and Zhao Han decided to take the risk, but Zhao Han could only be the real caller.

With Zhao Han's character, once a decision is made, no amount of persuasion by others will help.

A few days later, Nanchang City Gate.

A bloody human head was placed in the middle of the road outside the door, with a strip of paper on it.Letter: A small gift is not a respect, please accept it with a smile.

Soon someone recognized that it was the head of Yang Jiamo, the former general of Jiangxi.

The Nanchang officials and soldiers were all shocked, and the whole city was under martial law, thinking that Zhao Han was going to lead troops to attack.

Zhu Xieyuan reassured the crowd and said: "Zhao thief dare not attack Nanchang by force, intending to provoke me to send troops for a decisive battle. The governor will naturally send troops, but at this time the training has not been completed, and the officers and soldiers on Huguang South Road dare to start recruiting. Don't worry, gentlemen, wait for the right time. If you are mature, you will definitely go all three ways to encircle and suppress the Zhao bandits with a thunderbolt!"

Immediately, Zhu Xieyuan restrained the generals from crossing the border to plunder Fengcheng County, and at the same time sent spies to observe the movements of the rebels.

Soon he got the news that Zhao Han sent the navy to the south with great fanfare, and the Datong soldiers in Fengcheng and Qingjiang counties disappeared instead, and it seemed that they were all transferred to fight Ganzhou.

This made Zhu Xieyuan wonder whether Zhao Han was deliberately luring him to send troops, or whether he was really concentrating on fighting Ganzhou.

Both!

Zhao Han is transporting troops to Wan'an County to assemble, but the army in the northern counties has not moved, and they can recruit farmers and soldiers to fight at any time.

If Zhu Xieyuan does not move, Zhao Han will go to fight the Fujian soldiers in Ganzhou.

If Zhu Xieyuan dared to send troops, Zhao Han immediately ordered the navy to return and recruit peasants and soldiers from the northern counties to cooperate with the regular army to fight a decisive battle with the government!

This is actually a conspiracy, and Zhu Xieyuan quickly figured it out. Zhao thief was forcing him to make some kind of difficult decision due to the lack of preparation of officers and soldiers.

Zhu Xieyuan chose to continue his military training. He could only trust Zou Weilian to be able to defend Ganzhou City undefeated.