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Jiang Liang abandoned the boat after crossing the river, "borrowed grain" from the landlord all the way, and swaggered to Xinchang County.

There were only a few hundred township warriors stationed in Xinchang County, and the magistrate was also scared to pee his pants, thinking that the neighboring Shanggao County had been taken over by rebels.But seeing Jiang Liang leading troops into the mountains, this move was even more puzzling, and the county magistrate of Xinchang was completely confused.

Alas, the governor of Fujian, Zou Weilian, has a truly bitter background, and his hometown is actually in the middle of the mountains.

Although there is a relatively flat road out of the mountain, it is a full forty miles away from the county seat.When Zou Weilian was young, orphans and widowed mothers cut firewood for a living, and it cost eighty li to go to the city to sell firewood.

It is estimated that the deceased father left behind mules or something, otherwise the mother and son would have starved to death if they had only relied on manpower to transport firewood.

When he came to Longgang Village and asked where Zou Weilian lived, Jiang Liang immediately led his troops to rush there.

In fact, the target is easy to find. The Zou family has a tall Jinshi memorial archway, and the house is relatively lavishly built.The orphans and widows who used to be poor have now built a big house, Zou's mother has maids to take care of her, and several grandchildren are celebrating at her knees.

"Madam, come with us." Jiang Liang smiled.

Mother Zou was fearless in the face of danger, and asked, "Are you rebels?"

"Yes," Jiang Liang threatened very politely, "I am following orders to take the old lady's family to Ji'an Mansion. If the old lady commits suicide, then the Zou family will have to be exterminated. When leaving, you can bring some money, but things cannot Bring too much, after all, you have to march long distances."

Mother Zou sighed, "Oh, let me arrange it."

Zou's mother took out the land deeds and body deeds, and donated the land property to tenants and domestic slaves, and also gave some to neighbors and relatives.After spending three days, Jiang Liang waited patiently, and then took Zou Weilian's family away.

Including Zou Weilian's two sons and a daughter, the oldest is only 16 years old.

On the way back, Zou's mother saw that the rebels did not rob indiscriminately. Even if they asked the landlord to "borrow food", they only took a few catties each.She couldn't help but said to Jiang Liang: "General, I see that you are also a kind person, not the same as that ordinary villain. Why don't you join the government and serve the king and the court?"

Jiang Liang said with a smile: "It seems that the old lady has lived a good life for a long time. She doesn't know how the poor can suffer. The emperor is stupid, the government is immoral, we poor people can't survive, so we rebelled and tried to survive."

Zou is still persuading people to be kind. She said: "More than 30 years ago, my husband passed away, leaving only orphans and widows. The family's more than ten acres of Susukida were also occupied by relatives, leaving only two mules and one mule. I took I took my dog ​​into the mountains to cut firewood, and when I got tired of cutting, I taught him how to read and practice calligraphy with branches. A mule of firewood was transported from the mountains to the county town, and it took a day and a night to walk, and the dog would recite the book on the road. Tired, as long as you work hard, you can always succeed.”

Jiang Liang couldn't help but sneered: "What if your son didn't pass the exam to become a Jinshi? How many people in the world can be an official?"

Zou said: "If you don't want to be an official, you can also do other things. As long as you are kind to others, have good conduct, and work hard, there will always be a day of success."

Jiang Liang finally couldn't take it anymore, stopped and shouted: "My father worked hard to farm the land, but he was starved to death! My mother was sick and had no money to buy medicine, so she just lay in bed waiting to die! If I don't rebel, sooner or later I will too!" Parents will end up like that!"

"Oh, they are all miserable people." Zou could only sigh.

……

Zhao Han sent people to rob Zou Weilian's family, and Jiangxi General Yang Jiamo also started to do it.

This guy took hundreds of family members and hundreds of guard soldiers left by Li Ruolian, and came all the way to the border of Qingjiang County by boat.

If the war horse is not brought, that thing is a burden.

By the riverside, a six-year-old cowherd boy suddenly turned around and ran away with his cattle. On the way, he met a villager shouting: "The officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers are coming!"

Not long after, the village officer in charge of training the peasants and soldiers beat the iron pot and ran around shouting: "Gather soldiers, gather soldiers!"

The village chief and the cadres of the peasant association hurriedly organized the transfer of the villagers: "Don't delay, just take a few catties of grain and leave, don't be killed by officers and soldiers."

Where are the farmers willing?

Not to mention picking up food and leaving, even the pots and pans wanted to be taken away, which greatly delayed the speed of transfer.

Not long after, Yang Jiamo led his troops into the village and shouted: "These are all followers of thieves, and dogs and chickens will not be left behind!"

Several peasants who had transferred all their belongings were chased by officers and soldiers and hacked to death on the spot.Moreover, cutting off the head is regarded as the head of the anti-thief, and can be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

Immediately afterwards, instead of chasing other villagers, Yang Jiamo went straight to the mansion of a nearby landlord.

"boom!"

The gate of the house was knocked open, and an elderly gentry greeted him courteously. He cupped his hands and said, "Gentlemen, you are finally here. My family is really a good citizen. Instead of following the thief, the Zhao thief divided the land. Thousands of acres of good land, all of them After being divided, how can people live with the remaining acres... Ah!"

Yang Jiamo hacked the gentry to death with a knife, and ordered: "This county has been stolen by the Zhao thief, and everyone is a traitor. Kill the men, kill the old, and take the young women and girls back!"

What's the point of robbing Xiaomin?It's quick to grab the big players!

What's more, here is under the rule of the rebels, even if all the big households are killed and robbed, the evil deeds can still be blamed on the rebels.

The bastard governor and chief envoy completely dismissed Yang Jiamo as a beggar.Jiangxi Dusi is also a piece of rubbish, he has nothing he wants, Yang Jiamo had to plunder the people in order to raise soldiers.

Not only can you rob food and money, but you can also kill good people and pretend to be meritorious!

Yang Jiamo's servants were responsible for killing people, and the hundreds of guardsmen were responsible for transporting the looted things back to the ship.In half a day, hundreds of heads were captured, and countless money and food were also robbed.

"Run, the rebels are coming!" The guard soldiers who were carrying the goods were so frightened that they dropped their things and turned and ran.

The person in charge of commanding the guards was a local chief executive, who ran to Yang Jiamo and said, "Mr. Yang, these bandits are powerful. It's better to return to Nanchang as soon as possible."

Yang Jiamo pointed to the distance and said with a disdainful smile: "That's considered soldiers? It's just a group of peasants. Call your people back, and all the goods and goods will have to be moved to the boat. Let's see how I break the thieves!"

Yang Jiamo's hundreds of family members are all elites who have been fighting bandits for several years.

Although the horses were not brought, they all wore iron armor.

The inside is a chain mail, and the outside is a cotton armor embedded with iron wire and iron sheets. It is not afraid of being hacked by a knife or sword, and can even withstand bows and arrows.

But what they are facing at this moment is the farmers and soldiers in the nearby villages and towns.

This is Zhao Han's new territory. The peasants and soldiers have only been training for two months. Many of them don't have all their weapons and are still fighting with kitchen knives and bamboo spears.

In the surrounding villages, all the peasants and soldiers gathered.

Hu Dinggui, who is only 15 years old, now belongs to the Chief of Farmers and Soldiers. He is holding an officer-style long gun he picked up in his hand.

"stop!"

The temporary commander of these farmers and soldiers was a soldier who was assigned to the village for training.He sent an order: "Don't rush forward and hold back the enemy, Mr. Gu Qian and Mr. Li will come by boat soon!"

Chapter 176 [Death Charge]

Seeing the rebels stopped far away, Yang Jiamo sneered, and suddenly took down his bow and arrow to aim.

As soon as the arrow was shot out, a rebel fell down.

"it is good!"

"General's sharp shot!"

The officers and soldiers cheered one after another, but it was the anti-thief leader who stood at the front and was shot in the shoulder.

Yang Jiamo shot an arrow from such a long distance, and the peasants and soldiers turned and ran away in fright. After all, they had only trained for two months.

The soldier who was shot was named Xiao Zongxian, who came from a wealthy family in Luling, but he had been down and out for several generations.He joined the army as a vagrant in Ji'an Fucheng. Like Zhang Tieniu, he belonged to the dock coolies.

"Stand back, don't run away!"

Xiao Zongxian yelled loudly, reluctantly climbed up, was supported by the mission officer and retreated.

"Chasing and killing the rebels!"

Yang Jiamo is very experienced in this. This kind of garbage rebels will be defeated after chasing them.

Hundreds of armored officers and soldiers rushed out with weapons in hand, while the guards continued to come back to carry the goods.

However, neither the chasing side nor the fleeing side could form an array, and all stepped on the narrow ridges between the paddy fields.

The scene was very magical. There were three ridges in total, and the two sides lined up in six long dragons running.

The peasants and soldiers really collapsed, inexplicably.

At first they followed the order and retreated, but when they saw that the people next to them were running away, everyone just knew how to run away.Some people thought that the ridge was blocked, so they took off their shoes, stepped on the paddy field with bare feet, and ran diagonally to another ridge.

While retreating in pain, Xiao Zongxian shouted hissingly: "Don't run around, don't run away!"

These are farmers and soldiers from several nearby villages. There are more than 600 people in total. Today is the first time they have gathered together. They usually train in villages.

Xiao Zongxian's military order was ignored, not to mention taking off his shoes and running away, some people even threw away their weapons.

Especially the Wolf Whip, that thing is in the way, very unfavorable for escaping.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

After chasing for a while, Yang Jiamo ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.Because there is no way to chase him, his servants are all wearing iron armor. How can he chase the peasants who are lightly dressed?

Alas, it would be great if it was in the north, riding a horse can wipe out the rebels.

Although Hu Dinggui was also running away, he turned his head from time to time to observe the enemy's situation.Seeing that the officers and soldiers stopped chasing, he immediately shouted: "The officers and soldiers are not chasing, stop now!"

"Whoa, whoa!"

The missionary officer blew the bamboo whistle. Since the suona was not enough, bamboo whistles were used for military training in the village.

After two months of training, the peasants and soldiers had formed conditioned reflexes. When they heard the sound of bamboo whistles, they stopped, and many people began to run back to gather again.

Xiao Zongxian ordered to count the number of people, and found that there were more than 30 people missing, who knows where they went.

"Go back, listen to my orders, don't run around!"

Xiao Zongxian reluctantly pulled out the arrow, because the distance was very far, the arrow did not penetrate deep into the flesh, but the barb still brought out a pinch of flesh and blood.

"Chief Town, those traitors are back."

Yang Jiamo glanced back and said with a sneer, "Don't worry about it, get all the rest of the goods onto the boat, the rebel reinforcements may be coming soon."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

Another burst of bamboo whistle came from the south, but the farmers and soldiers from the neighboring town came to support them. However, due to the rush of time, this group of farmers and soldiers only gathered more than a hundred people.

The mission officer beside Xiao Zongxian suddenly raised the peasant and soldier flag, embroidered with a hoe more than the army flag of the Zhengbing.

"The world is one!" The mission officer waved the flag and shouted.

"The Great Harmony of the World!"

The peasants and soldiers followed suit.

The mission officer shouted again: "Farm and eat!"

"Farm and eat!"

The peasants and soldiers who came to rescue from neighboring towns also unfurled their flags.

"The Great Harmony of the World!"

"Farm and eat!"

The farmers and soldiers began to line up, and many of them stepped into the paddy fields, advancing slowly with one foot shallow and the other deep.

The peasants and soldiers who supported the south trotted over to join them.

Not long after, the two groups of peasants and soldiers gathered together, and their strength increased to more than 700.

Regardless of Yang Jiamo's disregard, he gradually withdrew his troops to the river to cover the boarding of the guards who were carrying the goods.

In other words, it can't be called a cover, but to help them hold the line.

These guard soldiers are too weak, and they are beaten out of the shadows. They are afraid when they see the rebels, and want to run away when they hear the rebels' slogans.

"Accelerate the pursuit, don't let the dog officer run away, that's our food!"

Yang Jiamo stood expressionlessly on the ridge of the field, waiting for Bingnong to enter the range of the bow and arrow, and then shot another arrow towards Xiao Zongxian.

The arrow was shot a little crookedly, and hit an ordinary peasant soldier next to him.

"Pu Er is dead!"

The peasant soldier fell down from the arrow, and the peasant soldier next to him was frightened and backed away.

The formation is completely messed up, and there are signs of collapse.

"Raise the shield, raise the shield! Swing the wolf's whisk to block arrows!"

Xiao Zongxian shouted.

Some rattan players raised the wooden pot lids in their hands, while others stood there dumbfounded.

"Whoa, whoa!"

The missionary officer shouted: "Folks, if you don't leave the dog official today, he will lead soldiers to rob us in the future. He will steal our food and our fields. Don't be afraid, call me, the world will be united!"

"The Great Harmony of the World!"

"Farm and eat!"

"Farm and eat!"

The peasants and soldiers on the verge of collapse miraculously boosted their morale and marched forward again.

Yang Jiamo finally paid attention to it, and recruited hundreds of servants to his side, lined up on a horizontal field ridge, and all raised their bows and arrows to shoot.

Most of the cavalry of the Ming frontier army were equipped with Kaiyuan bows.