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Seemingly loyal to the emperor and patriotic, he forced the people to rebel.He took the opportunity to train soldiers again and wiped out the rebels. He really trained him an elite army, but the life of ordinary people was even more difficult.

Zhao Han asked the quartermaster to bring a broken piece of silver, and handed it to the scholar himself, saying: "It's almost New Year's Eve, you take the silver and go back to celebrate the New Year, don't go to Yuanzhou Mansion to report to the officials."

The poor scholar took the money in a daze. He thought he would be silenced by the rebels, but he didn't expect that there was still a reward to receive.

Thank you so much for this guy, and go home over the mountain with money in his pocket.

After going up the mountain, he watched the rebels crossing the bridge from a distance, and suddenly became entangled, should he go to Fucheng to report the news?

After weighing repeatedly for a long time, the poor scholar turned and went home.

It's so cold, why did you run so far to Fucheng?The magistrate showed no kindness to him, instead he apportioned a lot every year. If the rebels captured the city, a different magistrate might be able to live better.

In fact, Zhao Han is not afraid of him tipping off the news.

It's almost the Chinese New Year, and the army in Tian Younian's hands must have been sent home.Zhao Han wanted Tian Younian to gather his troops, otherwise how would he eliminate those elite officers and soldiers?

Due to the terrain, Zhao Han was unable to surprise Fucheng, so he had to take down Fenyi County first, and his whereabouts could not be concealed.

At this moment, Zhao Han is crossing the Wannian Bridge built by Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son.

The bridge spans the Yuanjiang River, with a total length of nearly 400 meters and a width of nearly 8 meters, with a total of eleven bridge holes.It was a big project that cost more than [-] taels of silver back then.

Hundreds of years later, the bridge and the county seat were all submerged under the water because of the construction of the Jiangkou Reservoir.

Today's Fenyi County is on the edge of the Yuanjiang River. After crossing the Wannian Bridge, it is the east gate of the county.

"March at full speed!"

Thousands of soldiers ran towards the bridge, and some people fell down in the snow from time to time.

Until I ran to the bridge, there was no response from inside or outside the city. Most people were at home talking about the New Year—it was already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

Even the city guards, because of the cold weather, hid in the city tower to warm themselves by the fire, and no one wanted to stand on the city wall to blow the wind.

On the contrary, it was the people at the pier outside the city. Someone noticed something was wrong, looked around for a moment, and asked in great confusion: "Is this an officer or a rebel?"

"The officers and soldiers are here!"

With all the weapons, it seems that they are not rebels, but the officers and soldiers are also terrifying, they are no different from rebels.

Whether it was traffickers or merchants from other places, there was a mess on the pier, shouting "the officers and soldiers are coming" and fled in panic.

The city guards were confused, the Chinese New Year was about to come, where did the officers and soldiers come from?

These guys came out to look around, and in a daze, some soldiers exclaimed: "It's the rebel, the rebel has come out of the mountain!"

"Close the gate, close the gate!"

Zhao Han has led his troops to run most of the 300-meter-long bridge.

The soldiers shouted in unison: "Avenge Li Tianwang!"

The bandit leader in Pingxiang County who was exterminated by Tian Younian was called "Tuota Tianwang" and "Li Tianwang".

When a few merchants heard the shout, they immediately ran away by boat, and most of them were going to Fucheng to report the news.

And Tian Younian, the magistrate of Yuanzhou, must have received the military information: Although Li Tianwang, the leader of the bandits in Pingxiang, died, his troops who fled to the mountains have returned!

Huang Yao rushed so fast, moving his long legs, as if he was flying on snow.Next was Zhang Tieniu, who followed closely behind with an ax in his hand, and he was already outside the east gate in a blink of an eye.

The two moved one after the other, throwing the other soldiers hundreds of meters away.

"Don't enter the city, quickly retreat!"

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!"

"Back, back!"

"..."

But the merchants and common people outside the city were afraid of being massacred by the rebels, and felt that the county town was safer, so they flocked to the city.

The city guards were closing the city gates, and they couldn't operate normally after being rushed by merchants and people.In anxiety, the officers and soldiers raised their knives and hacked several people to death one after another, but the people behind continued to squeeze in.

"Run!"

Seeing that they could not close the city, the officers and soldiers simply turned around and fled. The people rushed into the city without the officers and soldiers to stop them.

When Huang Yao arrived, the gate of the city was already wide open. It was half closed, but was pushed open by the people.

"Seize the door, don't rush again!"

After Huang Yao entered the city, he immediately guarded the gate.

Zhang Tieniu wanted to continue to charge, but was stopped by Huang Yaosheng, and the two occupied the east gate.

Zhao Han and Fei Ruhe led troops to kill them, and immediately assigned tasks.

Fei Ruhe led [-] soldiers to seize other city gates; Huang Yao and Huang Shun led [-] soldiers to maintain law and order in the city; Zhao Han personally led [-] soldiers to capture the county government.

The county magistrate and master are drinking in the backyard of the county government office, roasting in a small red clay stove, warming the wine and composing poems there.

It's a cold day, and it's the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. The Chinese New Year is coming in a blink of an eye, and it's time to enjoy it.

"Xian... County, county, county, county, the rebels have entered the city!"

"what?"

The first reaction of the magistrate and the master was not to summon the officers, soldiers and yamen servants, but to flee to their residences, holding money and trying to escape through the back door.

Unfortunately, the back door was surrounded by rebels, and the magistrate and master had no choice but to climb over the wall.

"The official is here!"

Wu Yong led a team of ten people, just in time to see the county magistrate, master and slaves, who were setting up stools under the wall to dig out.

The magistrate is also a man who wants money and life, and he carries nearly 2000 taels of silver, which weighs more than a hundred catties.Carried from the residence to the back door trying to escape, but after escaping failed, he was carried from the back door to the garden wall.At the moment, he is sitting on the wall, letting the slaves lift up the silver.

"The rebels are coming!"

Several house slaves were shocked and gave up the wooden box containing the silver. The silver fell and scattered all over the ground.

The county magistrate screamed: "My money... Alas!"

It was the house slaves who panicked and grabbed the magistrate's leg and climbed desperately towards the wall.They climbed up, but dragged down the magistrate who was sitting on the wall.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the master didn't dare to keep the money, so he just fled with a few dozen taels over the wall.

Wu Yong led his troops to rush to the wall, pointed his gun at the county magistrate, and shouted excitedly: "I have captured the high official again!"

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Besides, Chengnan County School, there is not a single student in the school, and they have already gone home for the New Year.

When the county school teacher heard that the rebels had entered the city, he immediately took out a long sword, a crossbow and a pot of arrows.As he walked, he stringed the crossbow, summoned the school's scripture teachers and handymen, and a total of ten people guarded the school nervously.

A scripture teacher trembled: "The rebels won't come to the county school, will they?"

"I must have gone to the county government." Another scripture teacher said.

Jiaoyu asked the handyman to carry the ladder, and he climbed to the fence to observe the situation.After waiting for a while, I saw a group of rebels, chasing and killing civilians, running towards the county school.

Jiaoyu was filled with righteous indignation, aimed at the rebel with a crossbow, and pulled the trigger very calmly.

"Alas... there are archers, hurry up and dodge!"

Huang Shun was a little confused at the moment, he was leading people to hunt down the looters, when suddenly, he was shot in the shoulder by an arrow for no reason.

Reluctantly hiding behind the pillars under the eaves of the bookstore, Huang Shun carefully recalled the situation just now.He looked at the county school across the street, and immediately shouted: "There are people shooting arrows in the school, rush in and arrest them!"

Seeing the rebels rushing towards the gate of the county school, Jiaoyu immediately ran back and said to the scripture teacher and the servants, "Run away!"

The scribes and handymen resented in their hearts, and the rebels were all attracted by the teachings. Wouldn’t it be good to just hide in the school?

These guys quickly ran towards the back door, only to hear a bang, but the main door of the school was knocked open.

"Catch them all, I want to live!"

Huang Shun was angry, but also a little excited. He knew that Zhao Han wanted to form a long-range army.

I broke in from the main entrance of the county school, and everyone inside ran away, so I chased after him for half a street through the back door.

Since every household is closed, the teachers, scripture teachers and handymen can't hide in the houses, so they can only sneak into the alleys along the streets.

The handyman ran fast, but the teachers lacked exercise, and were chased closer and closer by a group of rebels.

"Ouch!"

One scripture teacher fell to the ground, and the other scripture teachers ignored them and ran for their lives with all their strength.

Jiaoyu had already run to the front, but when he heard the situation, he suddenly turned around and shot another arrow.

"what!"

This time the shot was very accurate, hitting the chest of a chasing soldier.Fortunately, he was wearing a thick cotton coat, which offset most of the strength, otherwise he would have died on the spot.

"Raise the shield and pursue!"

Huang Shun hurriedly shouted.

The rattan players under Zhao Han had long since stopped using pot lids, and now they are all serious wooden shields.

In addition to teaching, other scribes were arrested.

Huang Shun endured the pain and pulled out the arrow. He was also wearing a cotton coat, and the arrow didn't go deep into the flesh, but it still hit the bone.This guy led the troops to speed up the pursuit, followed the teaching instruction into the alley in a blink of an eye, and then lost it.

"Boss, there are footprints on the ground!" A corporal reminded.

As the New Year approached, there were few pedestrians in this kind of alley.Although there are many footprints in the snow, there are only a bunch of new ones.

Huang Shun sneered and said, "The rattan player is in front, raise the shield to protect his teammates."

Jiaoyu was hiding in the pile of debris at the end of the alley, and when he saw the rebels surrounding him, he knew he couldn't escape, so he just took another shot.

"what!"

This time it was an arrow in the thigh, because the upper body was protected by a shield.

"Rush forward, don't let him wind up, remember to catch the alive!" Huang Shun shouted.

Zhao Han has already occupied the county office, the master has run away and is being hunted down, the magistrate is trembling and kneeling in front of him.

Huang Shun trotted over and said happily: "Zongzhen, what do you think this is?"

Zhao Han took the crossbow and glanced at Huang Shun's shoulder: "Go to the doctor to bandage it, don't delay the injury."

Jiaoyu and several scripture teachers were brought before Zhao Han. The scripture teachers were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.Jiaoyu refused to kneel, and it was useless to be held down by the soldiers. In the end, he was pressed down to the ground.

"Forget it, let him stand up." Zhao Han waved his hand.

Jiaoyu stood tall and looked at Zhao Han with disdainful eyes, as if he didn't bother to say a word.

"What's your name? Where did you get this crossbow?" Zhao Han asked.

The instruction is still silent.

The scripture teacher next to him said: "General Rongzhi, this person is Song Yingxing, whose name is Changgeng, and he is the teacher (principal) of Fenyi County School."

"Song Yingxing?" Zhao Han smiled strangely.

Chapter 145 [Understanding Song Yingxing]

20 years ago, Song Yingxing and his elder brother Song Yingsheng participated in the provincial examination, one provincial No.3 and the other provincial No.6.

The third and sixth in the Jiangxi provincial examination!

It's a pity that until now, neither of the brothers has passed the Jinshi exam.

Three years ago, Song Yingshengquan was elected as the county magistrate of Tongxiang.To put it bluntly, it is to use the relationship of the Ministry of Officials to by-election for official vacancies as candidates.It must have cost money, otherwise it would not be the number one. Fei Yinghuan's prefect did the same thing.

The family spent a lot of money to buy an official for his brother, but they really didn't have the money to buy a magistrate for Song Yingxing, so they delayed for two years to help Song Yingxing buy a teaching order.

Jiaoyu is barely an official, the principal of a county public school.

Now Song Yingxing is over 40 years old, and he came to Fenyi County to teach. This should have been the most important stage of his life, and all his works were completed in these few years.

Unexpectedly, when he met Zhao Han, he was arrested by a group of rebels when he just started writing "Heavenly Creation".

"Search the county school and find all this person's belongings," Zhao Han glanced at Song Yingxing, "especially manuscripts!"

Half an hour later, the soldiers carried the box to the county government office.

Zhao Han knelt down and looked through it slowly. There were Song Yingxing's travel notes, as well as countless technical data notes, including agricultural machinery, ceramics, bricks and tiles, metallurgy, gunpowder, textiles, mining, meteorology, and so on.

"Tiangong Kaiwu" has begun to write, but there is only the content of planting crops.