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Zhang Yinggao himself took a small boat with a guide and went down the river to explore the terrain, while more than [-] troops were stationed in Yongfeng County.

"Master Guan, the front is Baijiao Town (Bajiang Township)," the guide said in detail, "From Yongfeng County to Jishui County, Baijiao Town is the most bustling and bustling town, with many merchant ships berthing every day."

Wujiang River and Enjiang River are the same river. It is called Enjiang River in Yongfeng County and Wujiang River in Jishui County.

Baijiao Town is located at the confluence of Wujiang River and Bateng River, forty miles away from Jishui County.This is only a straight-line distance. The river has seven bends and eight turns. The actual distance is sixty to seventy miles, and there are many mountains on both sides, so you must walk along the river valley.

Zhang Yinggao carefully observed the terrain and found that this is an excellent location for ambush.

Because there is a big sharp bay, the sediment in the river is silted up, forming large and small sandbars.In this place, ships with more than 200 materials should not try to pass through. If you don't pay attention, you will run aground, and even ships with more than 100 materials will run aground.

In this way, even if the rebels have sailors, they are not afraid. Large warships cannot pursue them at all, and the rebel soldiers have to disembark and chase them with their feet.

There are many mountains on the west bank, so you can set up ambushes and set up more flags, and you must call the anti-thief all the trees and trees!

The villages on the east bank can disperse the people, and then loot Baijiao Town along the way.The villagers and residents of the town will inevitably rush to Jishui County to report the news, and then they can pretend to be defeated, and it doesn't matter if they really lose.Just wait for the rebels to chase after them, and the ambushes on both sides of the strait are all out, and the big rebel navy ships can't get through, maybe they can win a big victory.

Small victories or small defeats are also acceptable, anyway, they are just harassing the rear, forcing the main rebels to withdraw from Fengcheng.

Even if they are defeated, since the rout soldiers are not familiar with the terrain, they will inevitably flee along the river bank, and then return to Yongfeng County to gather the rout soldiers.

Zhang Yinggao immediately returned to the border of Yongfeng County in a small boat, and discussed with Cai Bangjun to send troops the next day.

The soldiers were quick, and they didn't loot along the way this time, they didn't even rule out the mountain search team, and they didn't send sentry ships to check the situation. They arrived at the ambush point along the river bank for half a day.

Cai Bangjun led the weaker Fuzhou soldiers, took all the flags of the whole army, and went to the mountains on the west bank to ambush.

At the same time, Zhang Yinggao personally led the elite Guangxin soldiers to sweep up the villages on the east bank, preparing to fight all the way to Baijiao Town, and the bigger the momentum, the better.As long as the rebel army dares to come, the ambushes on both sides of the strait will come out, and he will be caught off guard!

That is, why does it feel a little wrong?

There is not even a ghost in the village!

At this moment, Fei Ruhe was yawning in the gentleman's mansion, and he had brought his troops here to wait for five full days!

Even in Yongfeng County, there are sentinels sent by Fei Ruhe, and Zhang Yinggao's every move is watched.

Zhang Yinggao never imagined in his wildest dreams that he dispatched troops in advance and the rebels got information in the rear.

Otherwise, relying on the superior terrain, Zhang Yinggao could really come and go freely.

"No, withdraw quickly!"

Zhang Yinggao found that the riverside village was empty, not even any poultry or livestock. He immediately shouted in horror to withdraw his troops, and at the same time asked someone to signal to the ambush soldiers on the other side.

They withdrew along the original path of Jiang'an, while Fei Ruhe led his troops straight to the rear.

If Zhang Yinggao does not believe in evil, continue to Baijiao Town, where a thousand soldiers are waiting for him.The leader of the army is Li Xiangui, a native of Lijia Village, Wuxing Town, Zhao Han's first military judge, and now he has been transferred to lead the army.

If Zhang Yinggao's vigilance is strong and the whole army retreats immediately, he will run into Fei Ruhe head-on.

Zhao Han's main force was really in Fengcheng, Fei Ruhe only brought [-] regular soldiers and [-] peasant soldiers, while Li Xiangui brought [-] regular soldiers and [-] peasant soldiers.

All the small merchant ships at Baijiao Town Wharf were requisitioned temporarily, and hundreds of sailors from Gujianshan were hidden inside.

"kill!"

The sentry sent back the news of the retreat of the officers and soldiers. Li Xiangui, who was hiding in the town, immediately led a thousand soldiers to chase and kill him.

At the same time, Gu Jianshan also drove a small boat and passed between the densely packed sandbars.

"Don't panic, retreat slowly along the river bank!"

Zhang Yinggao was sweating profusely, he had already guessed the truth, it must be Nanchang who leaked the military information.Although he plundered all the way, he was in the northeast of Yongfeng County. Afterwards, he marched quickly, and he always sent ships to explore the way ahead, and no ships were allowed to sail in the direction of Jishui County.

Even if some people ran to Jishui County to report, the rebels would not be able to set up an ambush so quickly.

It can only be Li Maofang's side, who somehow leaked the news.

Li Maofang mistaken me!

At this moment, Zhang Yinggao just wanted to look up to the sky and sigh.

The officers and soldiers ran quickly on both sides of the bank. The Guangxin soldiers on the east bank became terrified as they ran. They found that there was an array of rebels ahead (to the north).Although there were only 4000 peasants and soldiers, more than [-] officers and soldiers were so frightened that they ran to the east again.

"Array! Array!"

Zhang Yinggao issued the flag order and blew the bugle, but there were only a few hundred officers and soldiers who could keep calm and line up, and all the others fled towards the east.

They didn't run very far, but they saw that there were also rebels in the east, and Fei Ruhe personally led a thousand soldiers to line up.

They wanted to go south, but Li Xiangui had led his troops to chase them.

It is surrounded by north, east and south sides, and the west side is the river.

As for Cai Bangjun on the west bank of the Wujiang River, Gu Jianshan was chasing after him with a small boat, and hundreds of sailors went ashore, enough to deal with the thousands of officers and soldiers who were scared out of their wits.

At this moment, Fei Ruhe was very mighty, wearing chain mail on the inside and cotton armor inlaid with slices on the outside, he finally had the look that a general should have.

All of a sudden, the soldiers from Qianshan Mountain didn't recognize Young Master Fei.

Zhang Yinggao hastily asked someone to blow the bugle, and at the same time shouted: "There are few rebels, hurry up and line up!"

They also formed a fart formation, the officers and soldiers were surrounded by three sides, and they directly chose to flee in all directions, making it difficult for Fei Ruhe to pursue them.

"Li Maofang, you misunderstood me!"

Seeing the complete collapse of the officers and soldiers under his command, Zhang Yinggao said to the hundreds of soldiers who were still able to line up: "After I die, you surrender. I brought you from Guangxin Mansion, but I can't take you back. I am sorry for you."

These hundreds of soldiers were the first batch of troops that Zhang Yinggao organized in Ehu Town. At that time, Mi Tanjiao advocated Puwei, and they were entrenched in Shanglu Town next to Ehu Town.

Moreover, before Zhang Yinggao trained soldiers, eunuch Wang Heng also trained these Ehu soldiers.

Although he is a villager, he is full of tactics and calculations. He has practiced for more than two years and defeated the bandits many times in Shanglu Town, Qianshan County, and Nanfeng County.

The rest of the officers and soldiers came all the way to plunder, only these few hundred Ehu soldiers, Zhang Yinggao could barely restrain them, and did not do too much evil to the people along the way.

Seeing Zhang Yinggao draw his sword and kill himself, those Ehu soldiers were all dumbfounded.

You look at me, I look at you, put down their weapons and surrender one after another.

This is really sending food for thousands of miles, sending troops from Qianshan to Fuzhou to suppress bandits, and then rushing from Fuzhou to this place, running across half of Jiangxi in a horizontal direction, and then collapsed as soon as the fight started.

Zhao Han had always been afraid of being attacked from three sides by officers and soldiers, but the situation changed so quickly that he didn't know what expression to make.

For the enemy in the north, Yang Jiamo led hundreds of family members to plunder, and killed the elite officers and soldiers in a daze.

The enemies from the east came over mountains and rivers, and they all threw themselves into the trap.

Zhao Han couldn't understand the government's magical operation, and felt that he was facing a group of psychopaths.

In the last years of the dynasty, this kind of god operated a lot.

The most famous is the Battle of Kunyang. Hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers surrounded the small town of Kunyang, with more than ten floors inside and outside.The defenders in the city were frightened and begged to surrender, but the commander of the officers and soldiers refused to accept it. He insisted on forcibly attacking himself, forcing the defenders to defend desperately.

Then, Liu Xiu, the chosen son, came with thousands of reinforcements. With 42 officers and soldiers, only a few thousand people were sent to fight each time, and they were defeated by Liu Xiu every time.

When Liu Xiu led a death squad of 42 soldiers to the Chinese army camp, the [-] officers and soldiers collapsed...

This is more like a fantasy story.

Seeing the broken soldiers running around everywhere, Fei Ruhe also let the soldiers disperse, and Shi Chang led the team to capture them.

Fei Ruhe personally led [-] regular soldiers, and came to the riverside to receive the surrendered soldiers who had formed a system.

On the other side of Gujian Mountain, they also abandoned the ship and landed, chasing and killing Cai Bangjun's Fuzhou soldiers.It was hard to escape and hard to chase, because it was all snow-covered mountains.

"The one who committed suicide just now was the coach?" Fei Ruhe stepped forward and asked.

A Ehu soldier clasped his fists and said, "The person who committed suicide was the governor of Guangxin...Ruhe?"

"Ru Cong?" Fei Ruhe was dumbfounded.

The person in front of him is Fei Ruhe's clan brother, and he is a very close clan brother.He is the great-grandson of Fei Ruhe's great-grandfather's cousin, a small landowner who failed to be a scholar, and is now an officer among the bravery of the village.

Fei Rucong was so shocked that he couldn't speak coherently, pointing at Fei Ruhe, he said, "You... you, you, you, how did you become a high-ranking anti-thief official?"

Fei Ruhe smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, it seems we can't let you go back."

"Master Fei, I'm Lu Yuan!"

"Master Fei, I'm Chen Yongshun."

"Master Fei..."

Fei Ruhe's expression was extremely exciting: "There are so many acquaintances."

Chapter 182 [A Bunch of Talented Scholars]

Yang Jiamo was hungry, cold, and sick. He drank some porridge these days, and now his cheeks were sunken due to emaciation.

After waking up, he hoped to pay thanks to his benefactor face to face, but he actually wanted to find out the situation.

Soon, his benefactors walked into the cabin, and there were quite a lot of them.

Moreover, they are all dressed up as scholars!

Gan Dashou from Fengcheng County, Yuan Bingkun from Fengcheng County, Yu Shiqin from Nanchang Prefecture, Tu Tingying from Nanchang Prefecture, Yuan Maoling from Fengcheng County, Gan Tangshu from Fengcheng County, Tu Zhi from Fengcheng County...

"President Yang, I haven't seen you for half a month, why are you so haggard?" Yu Shiqin looked surprised.

Yuan Bingkun said: "Mr. Yang worked so hard to think about it that he became sick from overwork. It's really embarrassing."

Tu Zhi said: "Mr. Zhao in Luling, I heard that there is a famous doctor who sent Zongzhen Yang to treat him, and the disease will definitely be cured."

"Hahahaha!"

All the scholars burst out laughing.

Yang Jiamo recalled it immediately, and shouted in horror: "You...you are going to gang up on the thief!"

Yuan Bingkun sighed: "If you can protect your family and defend your country, who would be willing to follow the bandits? Last year, my Yuan family assisted the governor in recruiting more than [-] soldiers, and donated money and food to help pay, just to wipe out the bandits as soon as possible. But what is Li Maofang doing? The soldiers blackmailed the gentry and looted the common people, and even though they were fighting in Linjiang Mansion, they actually blackmailed them into the territory of Fengcheng!"

Yuan Maoling sneered: "Even so, my Yuan family has no resentment. After the governor's defeat, he was still donating money to help pay. But Fengcheng County was besieged for many days, and I waited for Fengcheng scholars to go to Nanchang to persuade them. Li Maofang just stood still. This guy is as timid as a mouse, and he may only dare to stay in Nanchang in the future, and he can no longer care about Fengcheng County.

Tu Zhi said: "Since Governor Li doesn't care about Fengcheng, I, a scholar in Fengcheng, can only find my own way out."

Yang Jiamo struggled to get up, wanting to fight these scholars desperately, but he had no strength after starving for many days, so Yu Shiqin kicked him back on the bed.

Tu Tingying took out a copy of "The Collection of Great Harmony" from his arms, waved it at Yang Jiamo, and said, "This is the book of salvation. Mr. Zhao of Luling must be a hero."

The Tu family also belongs to a large family in Jiangxi, and has been doing business for generations.

Tu Changhan led his slaves in Fengcheng County to seize the gate and sacrifice the city. Tu Tingying and Tu Zhi then went to join Zhao Han.Representing the three clan branches of the Tu clan, they have turned their backs on the court one after another. In their eyes, Zhao Han is not a devil, but a cute little guy who encourages the development of industry and commerce.

Gan Dashou remained silent. Although his family was in Fengcheng County, it was far away from the county seat, but closer to Fuzhou Prefecture.His family lived in the mountains. Although they were a prominent family in the mountains, they didn't have many acres of land. "The Collection of Datong" was very much in line with his wishes.Historically, this person will be able to become a Jinshi in more than a year. The agricultural policy he adopted when he was a county magistrate was ordered by Chongzhen to be extended to the entire Huguang.

Although Gan Tangshu was also surnamed Gan, she was far away from Gan Dashou's family.Just a few days ago, more than 20 of those fleeing guards rushed into his house to loot.The Gan family hastily summoned their slaves to resist. Although they repelled the defeated soldiers, Gan Tangshu's father fell and broke his bones, and there were signs of a stroke.

These more than a dozen scholars and juren were completely disappointed in the imperial court!

In a blink of an eye, they arrived at Ji'an Fucheng, a few servants dragged Yang Jiamo off the boat, and all the students went to the General Military Mansion together to ask for an audience.

"Please inform me that Jiangxi General Soldier Yang Jiamo has been arrested here." Yuan Bingkun cupped his hands and said.

Not long after, everyone was brought in.

Zhao Han was very happy that three candidates and eleven scholars took the initiative to vote by boat.

The scholars reported their names, Zhao Han greeted them warmly, and directly invited them to the inner house for tea.

Yang Jiamo was also tied in. After seeing Zhao Han, the guy suddenly shouted: "Mr. Zhao, I am willing to surrender!"

Zhao Han said, "No need."

"I really want to surrender." Yang Jiamo said anxiously.

Zhao Han sighed: "It's really not necessary."

Yang Jiamo became more and more anxious: "Mr. Zhao, the south ships and the north horses. In the future, sir, I will help you train the cavalry for the northern expedition!"

Zhao Han was a little impatient, and ordered: "Gag his mouth."

"Mr. Zhao, there must be cavalry in the north. You don't know how fierce the bandits and Tartars are... Mmmmmmm..." Yang Jiamo was pressed to the ground, struggling with a rag in his mouth.

Zhao Han asked, "How did you catch this person?"

Yuan Bingkun said with a smile: "Brother Ziyu (Gan Dashou) was kind-hearted. When he saw someone trapped on the sandbar, he hired a boat to bring him back to Xigang. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Jiangxi General Soldier."

Yu Shiqin said: "I once saw this tusk in Nancheng Fucheng, and I recognized it immediately."

Yuan Bingkun also specially introduced: "Brother Ziyu is a child prodigy, and he was a scholar at the age of nine."

Nima, these child prodigies are more outrageous than the other. What the hell is it that you were admitted to be a scholar in Jiangxi at the age of nine?

Zhao Han immediately exclaimed: "There are really Wenqu stars in the world!"