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However, those rebels who were defeated were killed and fled back to Pingxiang County, and were ordered to gather in Yuanzhou Fucheng the next day.

They dawdled towards Yuanzhou, and when they heard that they were going to fight Zhao Tianwang on the way, they trembled with fright.That night, most of them fled directly and hid in Wugong Mountain with all their brains.

That was Zhao Tianwang, who defeated the officers and soldiers several times. Two Jiangxi governors were expelled, and a Jiangxi general soldier was also captured.

Such a rebel ancestor, how can he be against him?

King Sweeper was currently guarding the city in Yuanzhou Mansion, and hearing the information reported every day made him so anxious that his forehead was sweating.

"Brother, let's surrender." Yizhang Bing said with a sad face.

"Damn it!"

King Sweeper roared angrily: "It's not like you don't know how much blood we have on our hands. If you surrender, you will die. Why don't you fight with your mother! This Zhao is not righteous at all. We have agreed not to attack each other." .I didn't go to beat him, but he beat me instead!"

Yizhang Bing said: "There are deserters every day, and they slide down the city wall along the rope. It can be prevented here but not there."

"They're all eggless cowards, and they have the guts to rebel!" Sweeping King was very depressed.

If he wants to expand his territory, he has only four options, one is to fight Zhao Han in the east, the other is to attack Chaling County in the southwest, the third is to attack Liuyang County in the northwest, and the fourth is to attack Wanzai County in the north.

Sweeping King never dared to start a war with Zhao Han, so he could only choose the last three.

But Jiangxi has such a big disturbance, and Huguang officials have long been alerted.Both Chaling County and Liuyang County were guarded by officers and soldiers. Two strong attacks were ineffective, and attempts to defraud the city also failed.

Wanzai County in the north was even more speechless. More than 500 officers and soldiers were stationed at Tieyanguan.

Being stuck in the land of three counties, if nothing happens, King Sweeper can still enjoy it, but who knows that King Zhao will turn his face when he says it will!

……

Huang Yao was stationed in Linjiang Mansion, and Fei Ruhe was stationed in Wan'an County. They had to guard against a sudden attack by officers and soldiers.

In this western expedition, Li Zheng led troops to attack Yuanzhou Mansion, and Jiang Dashan led troops to attack Yongxin County.

Yongxin County is the territory of Nine-headed Niao and Zhenshanhu, the head of the bandits.

Jiang Dashan led the troops to the outside of Yongxin County. Instead of attacking the city immediately, he camped outside the city, preparing to siege the city and fight for aid.

Waiting and waiting, Zhenshanhu still did not come to the rescue.

Therefore, Jiang Dashan asked his soldiers to plant more banners, led 800 people to continue to guard the county, and sent all the rest of the troops to attack Lianhua Township.

"Report!!!!"

"There are no thieves in Lianhua Township. According to investigations, Zhenshanhu has escaped into the Huguang territory!"

Jiang Dashan was so angry that his liver hurt, these rebels were too disrespectful.The friendly army was besieged, and it didn't matter if they didn't come to rescue, but they fled to Huguang before a battle was fought.

When his large army came back, crossed the river and hid in the mountains, Jiang Dashan ordered: "Send people outside the city to shout, saying that Zhenshanhu defeated Lianhua Township, and only took dozens of old thieves to escape to Huguang."

More than a dozen loud voices, with tin trumpets in their hands, shouted at the tower by boat:

"Zhenshanhu defeated Lianhua Township and fled to Huguang with only dozens of old thieves. You have no reinforcements!"

"Zhenshanhu defeated Lianhua Township and fled to Huguang with only dozens of old thieves. You have no reinforcements!"

The rebels in the city were terrified.

A few days ago, I shouted that the city of Yuanzhou was besieged, and it was impossible for the sweeping king to come to rescue Yongxin County.

That night, more than 30 thieves, carrying their belongings in large and small boxes, sneaked to a certain section of the city wall to the west, and other rebels along the way were dispatched in advance.

The nine-headed bird stood guard on the city tower and asked his confidantes to hang the treasures outside the city in baskets and prepare to take them away.

Yongxin County is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side, and there is only a small amount of flat ground to attack. Forcibly attacking the city is very fatal.

"Bang!"

The basket suddenly fell from mid-air, and the box hit the ground, but did not break open after being locked.

The nine-headed bird scolded in a low voice: "Be careful!"

The confidant complained bitterly: "Master Jiu, the silver is too heavy, the brothers didn't hold back."

The anti-thief sentry on another section of the city wall heard the movement and came to check, very alert and felt that something was wrong.He didn't dare to get closer, but turned around and ran away shouting: "Master Jiu is going to run away, Master Jiu is going to run away!"

The rebels in the city boiled quickly and opened the city gates one after another, wanting to take advantage of the chaos and run away first.

When Jiang Dashan heard the movement, he immediately ordered: "The whole army cross the river and attack the city!"

The soldiers stationed in the northwest mountains also rushed out from the mountains quickly, and the bandits could only flee to the mountains to the west.

Nine-headed Bird didn't care about carrying the goods, but let each of his confidantes take dozens of taels of silver, and then fled to the mountains to the west in horror.

"kill!"

As the soldiers of Datong chased and killed them, one bandit after another knelt down and surrendered.

There are only a few roads into the mountain, and all of them are very narrow.The thieves huddled together, all suspected that the friendly army was blocking their way, and even started to kill each other.

"Go away for me!"

Nine-headed bird is also killing people. There are more than 30 confidantes around him, and each of them has dozens of taels of silver in their arms.

Moreover, they were wearing leather armor and their weapons were relatively sophisticated. While running for their lives, they hacked at the friendly soldiers blocking the way, and there were corpses everywhere they passed.

Finally, a bandit saw the nine-headed bird killing him and shouted wittily in fright: "Kill the nine-headed bird, go to Zhao Tianwang to ask for credit!"

"Kill the nine-headed bird!"

"Kill the nine-headed bird!"

Up and down the mountain, the rebels roared one after another, and the nine-headed bird and more than 30 henchmen were blocked in the middle.

Suddenly, a confidant slashed out with a knife, and the nine-headed bird was hacked to death by his own soldiers before he could react.

"Nine-headed bird is dead, I killed it!"

This man cut off the head of the nine-headed bird, and suddenly he was stabbed in the back, and he was also killed in a daze.

The murderer snatched the head, swung the weapon wildly, and quickly climbed to the nearby cliff while the friendly troops retreated.This guy threw away his weapon, hugged the head of the nine-headed bird, and slid down the steep mountain wall.

"Quickly grab your head!"

Inexplicably, many thieves came down the mountain one after another, trying to snatch the head of the nine-headed bird.

There are also many thieves who took the opportunity to escape into the mountains and fled across the mountains to Huguang.They dare not stay here, Zhao Tianwang is too scary, even go to Huguang to rebel.

When Jiang Dashan came after him with troops, a group of rebels were fighting at the foot of the mountain just to snatch the head.

Chapter 193 [Yasha Celestial Soldiers]

After taking Yongxin County, Jiang Dashan immediately divided his troops to block the mountain passages in Huguang and Jiangxi, and asked the General Military Office to send officials and mission groups over.

Another half a month later, a scholar who looked like a beggar fled to Ji'an Fucheng and reported that the bandits in Jinggangshan City, Yongning escaped, and ran across mountains and mountains to Yanling County, Ling County, Huguang. Mr. Zhao, please send someone to Yongning County to divide the land.

It is false to divide the land, but it is true to seek Zhao Han's asylum.

There is no harm without comparison. The gentry in Luling, Jishui and other counties felt that Zhao Han was like a big devil.The gentry in Yichun, Yongxin and other counties have long been looking forward to Zhao Han's passing. At least Zhao Han wants Tian to die, and the other rebels want everything!

Regarding this, Zhao Han couldn't laugh or cry.

Yongning County is not the territory of Sweeping King, and Zhao Han never thought of taking it, because this place is poor and remote, Zhao Han and Sweeping King look down on it.

Now, Zhao Han sent troops to attack Yongxin County, and actually scared away the rebels in Yongning County next door...

It is also possible that the Yongning rebels felt that this place was too poor, and it was not safe to be next to Zhao Han, so they simply ran to Huguang to plunder a more affluent place.

Now that Yongning County has become a land without an owner, and the people sincerely belong to it, Zhao Han can only reluctantly accept it.It is really difficult, such a poor place has to spend officials and missionary groups to manage it, and the tax revenue is probably not enough to support the local officials.

Zhao Han thought about it, discussed it with Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua, and decided to only set up three towns in Yongning County, and the farmers could share more fields. There are too many barren mountainous lands!

The current acres of land are completely sufficient, and the rebels have ravaged the counties, not only killing most of the landlords and fleeing, but also causing a sharp drop in the civilian population.In Luling, Jishui and other counties, the surplus population can be relocated there, and Zhao Han has more than enough land in an instant.

It's just that money and food are stretched, after all, it costs a lot to migrate people.

The business taxes in Linjiang Mansion, Ji'an Mansion, and Zhangshu Town, the iron mines, iron factories, and porcelain kilns in Xinyu County and Fenyi County, as well as the three consecutive years of bumper harvests, have made Zhao Han a lot of money.

However, there has been a lack of money and food, because he does not exploit the people, but also pays officials and soldiers full salaries.

Fei Chun, who was in charge of money and food, was almost out of breath.

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Yuanzhou Fucheng.

Li Zheng, like Jiang Dashan, did not choose to attack by force.

Moreover, he was more ruthless than Jiang Dashan, leaving only 500 people guarding the other side of the river.Ships are allowed to come and go every day, and flags are planted all over the barracks, creating the illusion of increasing troops.

The rest of the troops quietly left at night and went straight to Pingxiang County further west.

The Datong navy blocked the river, and the news was completely cut off. The sweeping king didn't know the situation in Pingxiang, and the Pingxiang rebels didn't know what happened to the sweeping king.

King Sweeper sat in the capital of Yuanzhou, with more than 5000 soldiers in his hands.He didn't know that there were only five hundred enemies left outside the city, but he thought that he was surrounded by a large army, and there must be enemies ambushing in the mountains outside the city.

Half a month has passed, and the rebels have continued to escape, and they all slipped out of the city with ropes at night.

In desperation, the Sweeping King could only confiscate the ropes in the whole city, and anyone who hides the ropes will have his head chopped off!

Feeling that it is not a problem to continue to procrastinate, King Sweeper selected hundreds of warriors, and let Yizhangbing also select hundreds of warriors.The two of them took down the gate panels in the city and crossed the river at night to attack the camp on the opposite bank, maybe they could defeat the enemy.

That night.

Yizhang Bing asked the soldiers to bring more food, quietly set off from the east gate, and then ran directly to the mountains to the north.

The subordinate quickly reminded: "Second Master, Zhao Tianwang's barracks is to the south."

Yizhang Bing said unhappily: "Zhao Tianwang has learned spells, and he can invite heavenly soldiers and generals. His soldiers are all heavenly soldiers and generals. How can we fight?"

"Where are we going then?" the man asked.

Yizhang Bing said: "I have already inquired. There is a small road in the mountains in the north that leads directly to Wanzai County. We can't defeat Zhao Tianwang's soldiers, and we can't defeat the officers and soldiers of Wanzai County? From now on, we will go to Wanzai County to enjoy the blessings!"

Hundreds of rebels were very happy and didn't have to cross the river to die, so they went into the mountains in the dark and went straight to Wanzai County.

King Sweeper also didn't cross the river to attack the camp, he didn't want all his wealth, and took hundreds of old thieves out of the city from the west gate.

He didn't dare to walk on the flat ground, for fear of being discovered by Datong soldiers.So he went to Pingxiang along the valley on the north bank of the Yuan River, planning to regroup in Pingxiang County, and then go to Huguang Liuyang County to be happy.If the magistrate of Liuyang is difficult to deal with, then loot outside the city and move to Pingjiang County further north.

Anyway, he doesn't want to fight with Zhao Tianwang, Zhao Tianwang is much more difficult to deal with than officers and soldiers!

The rebel who was in charge of opening the door for the two thieves waited in the middle of the night, but there was no sound of fighting from the other side.They immediately realized that there was a problem, and guessed that their boss must have run away, so they opened the city gate and started to flee for their lives.

The commotion became louder and louder, and Li Zheng immediately sent troops across the river. With only 500 people, he killed thousands of rebels and fled, and even captured more than 800 people.

……

The commander of the army sent by Li Zheng to attack Pingxiang was called Wan Sitong, a descendant of a descendant of a wealthy family, who was reduced to a gangster in Ji'an Mansion.

When Zhao Han confronted Xie Xuelong, Wan Sitong joined the army with more than a dozen gangsters who claimed to be vagrants from Ji'an Mansion, and were dispersed into various battalions.

This person has gone through many wars, and was finally promoted to the commander-in-chief of the five hundred troops during the last expansion of the army.However, he is now leading more than 2000 people, and has a navy to help transport the luggage along the way, and quickly rushed to the outside of Pingxiang County, spreading the news that the King of Sweeper has been defeated along the way.

Then it was discovered that all the bandits in Pingxiang County had fled, either hiding in Wugong Mountain as bandits, or directly crossing the border and fleeing to Huguang.

Pingxiang County was taken without a single soldier.

Leaving 500 men to guard the city, Wan Sitong immediately rushed back to Yuanzhou with [-] soldiers, intending to cooperate with Li Zheng to continue the siege of King Sweeper.

"Wan Ba ​​Zong, a large group of thieves have been found in the valley ahead!"

Along with the army, Vance not only sent sentry ships to explore the way, but also sent a mountain search team to avoid ambushes.

Most of the mountains along the river from Yuanzhou to Pingxiang extend horizontally, and there are many parallel valleys that can be passed through.

King Sweeper led his troops to run wildly in the middle of the night. After he was safe, he slept from dawn to noon, ate some dry food and continued to march. He had to rush to Pingxiang to gather troops and escape.

In the middle of the afternoon, they were discovered by the search team sent by Wan Sitong.

"Old Tie, you take the lead." Wan Sitong said with a smile.

The black buddy, Tie Nu, is now called Tie Hong, and he is wearing a pair of cotton armor produced by the Datong Army.He was dispersed and incorporated into the army. Because of his bravery in combat, he can now command 100 troops.

Wan Sitong was not in a hurry to attack, but led his troops over the small mountain ridge, and went around to block the sweeping king's back.

The Sweeper King looked at the sky and urged: "Hurry up, it's getting dark. After leaving the valley, I remember that there is a small town by the river. Go grab some food and goods at night."

"Your Majesty, there are people ahead!" An old thief exclaimed.

The sky is a little dark, too far away to see clearly.

The Sweeping King rubbed his eyes and muttered, "Is it the reinforcements sent by Feishang?"

The news of this guy was blocked by the Datong army, and he didn't know that Feishangtian was defeated in Huguang, so he had no chance to escape back to Pingxiang.