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  Chapter 251 249 [The Leak Picking King] (adding updates to the "Nuanyang 1314" of the Silver League)

  The army of Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu was taking advantage of the whole process.

  There are only three cities of Hengyang, Leiyang, and Hengshan. Because Liao Sheng led troops to garrison, it was difficult to conquer for a while. But before the city was besieged, Liao Sheng led the main force to leave, intending to sneak attack and cut off Huang Yao's food supply.

  Then, Liao Sheng's entire army was wiped out, Hengyang slaves revolted, and the defenders of Leiyang and Hengshan fled.

   Zhang and Liu went to eight cities in a row, and they only fought in the surprise attack on Ling County.

  In other places, either the officers and soldiers surrendered quickly, or the bandits fled watching the wind, and it was a joy to pick up cities for nothing.

  However, the missionaries, officials and peasant associations who were with them all sighed and complained.

  Because these eight cities were all ravaged by thieves, the restoration and reconstruction work is exhausting. The villages and towns are withered, the land is barren, and the people have to hide in the mountains. They have to recruit refugees to divide the fields and cultivate them, and they have to immigrate from Jiangxi.

   These eight places, not only cannot bring in financial revenue this year, but Zhao Han has to pay for food to restore people's livelihood.

  The two went down the river and went straight to Chenzhou.

  As long as Chenzhou is captured and then Yizhang is captured, they will be able to enter Guangdong, and they will advance east and west together with Fei Ruhe.

   Camping in the evening, Zhang Tieniu ate dinner and said, "Old Liu, I don't know if Chenzhou is a good place to fight."

   "You have to fight a few tough battles, and you can't expect to win all the way." Liu Zhu said.

  Zhang Tieniu said: "I also want to play two games well. Huang Yao and Li Zheng have a lively fight over there."

   "Yes, even Changsha has been defeated." Liu Zhu said with emotion. He also just received the news two days ago.

  Zhang Tieniu smacked his lips and said, "I don't know what happened to that kid Ruhe."

Liu Zhu guessed: "It probably won't go very well. I heard that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has first suppressed bandits in Guangdong in the past few years, then went to Guangxi to suppress bandits, and returned to Guangdong to suppress bandits last year. He fought for several years in a row. Pigs can become powerful, let alone those officers and soldiers."

   The two chatted for a while, and after dinner, it was already dark, and Liu Zhu left his job and went to tour the camp.

  The next day, in the afternoon, a few miles away from Chenzhou City, Zhang Tieniu ordered the whole army to stop and set up camp, and sent spies to the city to inquire about news.

   An hour later, the spies came back with dozens of people.

  Zhang Tieniu asked doubtfully, "Are these all here to join the army?"

  The spies replied: "He came to sacrifice the city."

   "Another city for nothing?" Zhang Tieniu always felt strange.

   "Not one city," the spies muttered, "They have six cities in their hands."

   "Six cities?"

   Zhang Tieniu was speechless for a moment, and Liu Zhu was also dumbfounded.

  In this year and month, does Xiancheng have to do wholesale?

I saw a man stepping forward, leading dozens of people to kneel down and shouting: "Xianghualing Liu Xinyu, leading miners, Yao people and tenant brothers, presents Chenzhou, Guiyang Prefecture, Yizhang County, Linwu County, Guidong County, Guizhou Yang County, ask Tianwang Zhao to preside over the division of the fields!"

  Two states and four counties, indeed six cities.

  Zhang Tieniu swallowed, and asked, "Where's the thief leader Xiaobawang who fled south?"

   "Dead," Liu Xinyu replied, "More than 30,000 bandits went south and were ambushed by my troops. The entire army has been wiped out."

   Liu Zhu asked curiously, "What did brother do before?"

   "Mining." Liu Xinyu said.

  The name Liu Xinyu is really not made up, it belongs to a historical figure, and it should have made a bigger fuss.

   Between Guiyang Prefecture, Linwu County, and Lanshan County, there is a three-way zone, which was called Lequan Township in Ming Dynasty, and Jiahe County a few hundred years later.

  In the mountains, there are big families with the surnames of Li, Peng, Xiao, He, and Chen.

  Official missions are not allowed, don’t even think about collecting taxes.

  Which prefect or county magistrate dares to send people into the mountains to collect taxes, and the bodies of the officials who enter the mountains will not be found.

  Especially the Li family, who moved to the mountains in the early Ming Dynasty, and the whole family moved here to avoid chaos, and almost annexed 90% of the fertile land in Lequan Township.

  These big clans in the mountains are lawless, ignoring the majesty of the court, and even more ignoring the lives of ordinary people.

  The tenants, miners, and Yao people suffered terribly.

  In the eighth year of Chongzhen in history, miner Liu Xinyu raised his arms and responded to tens of thousands of rebels. They set out from Chenzhou, attacked the city and seized territory along the way, all the way to the city of Changsha, and almost killed Hunan directly.

   After three years of trouble like this, the imperial court finally dispatched troops to conquer.

  You heard me right. It took three years for the peasant army to fight from Chenzhou to Changsha before Emperor Chongzhen finally mobilized troops to quell the chaos.

  If it wasn't for the siege of Changsha City, it is estimated that the court will continue to delay.

  Compared to this, it was really unlucky for Zhao Han to be targeted by officers and soldiers within half a year of his rebellion!

  In this time and space, Liu Xinyu did not lead his troops to go north because of the thieves from Jiangxi. Instead, he took down the two prefectures and four counties in the southernmost part of Huguang.

  The thieves including Xiaobawang who were chased away by Zhang Tieniu, more than 30,000 people wanted to flee to Guangzhou. When they passed through Yizhang County, they were defeated by Liu Xinyu with more than 10,000 people.

After listening to Liu Xinyu's deeds, Zhang Tieniu admired him so much, he held his hand and said, "Good man, let's fight together from now on. You used to be a mine worker, and I used to be a bag carrier. We both came from hard backgrounds. We must call those Landlords and evil gentry look good!"

   Liu Xinyu said proudly: "I killed all the bad landlords and businessmen in the two states and four counties, leaving only some conscientious landlords and merchants."

   Hearing these words, the mission officer rolled his eyes. Liu Xinyu has been here for three years, so it is conceivable how many evil gentry and profiteers he has killed.

   I'm afraid, sometimes killing is for money!

Liu Xinyu brought Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu into the city, and kept talking excitedly: "I have a copy of "Da Tong Ji", which was brought by merchants who went south, and I specially invited scholars to tell it to me. Zhao Tianwang has done great things, and the articles are well written. I follow the "Datong Collection" to release slaves, release military households, let prostitutes be good, and distribute fields to ordinary people. When dividing fields, there are often troubles, you get more, I get less, and often fight. I I also formed a peasant association, and sometimes the peasant association was disobedient, and I was so angry that I killed dozens of them."

   Another wild fan who advocates Datong theory.

  Both Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu couldn't laugh or cry. They have not fought any decent battles until now, and they have picked up 14 cities for nothing along the way.

   Liu Xinyu’s two prefectures and four counties are even more powerful. There are even farmers’ associations, and the land is also divided, but it is more chaotic.

   Entering Chenzhou City, Liu Xinyu kept asking about the situation in Jiangxi.

  The more he knew, the more excited he became, and trembling with excitement, he said: "Zhao Tianwang is really a great hero, I can't wait to go to Jiangxi to pay my respects!"

  Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "If there is a chance, I will take you to Jiangxi when Guangdong is conquered."

"That's great," Liu Xinyu said happily, "Is my brother going to fight in Guangdong? I have tens of thousands of warriors under my command. They used to be miners, Yao people, and tenants. Killing officers and soldiers is like killing chickens. I will lead my troops to follow my brother and fight to Guangdong together." Go, it will make Guangdong officers and soldiers cry for their fathers and mothers!"

   "Okay, let's go together!" Zhang Tieniu patted his chest and said.

  Liu Zhu quickly interjected: "Don't need so many soldiers, all the tenants will be sent home to farm. To select miners and Yao people, only 3,000 elite soldiers will do."

  Liu Xinyu laughed and said, "There are more than three thousand miners."

   "Then choose five thousand elite soldiers." Liu Zhu said.

   "Five thousand is five thousand, when will the troops be dispatched?" Liu Xinyu asked.

   "You select five thousand elite soldiers, train them for a few days before leaving," Zhang Tieniu recalled, and reminded, "No robbery is allowed along the way, and if you don't obey orders, you will be punished by military law!"

  Liu Xinyu laughed and said, "Don't worry, brother, my soldiers are very obedient, and those who disobeyed will be killed long ago!"

  Liu Xinyu is strong and strong. Although he is not tall, he looks extremely fierce.

  Combined with a full mouth and beard, it looks like a killer at first glance!

   Mid-July.

  Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu led 4,000 regular soldiers and more than 5,000 grain transport troops, and entered the border of Guangdong along the mountain business road.

   In fact, there are still many farmers and soldiers, but they stayed to garrison Xinzhancheng along the way.

  Every time a city is picked up in vain, two or three hundred farmers and soldiers must be allocated.

   There are fourteen cities in total, and the farmers and soldiers are simply not enough, so we can only divide the grain transporters to defend the cities.

  As for Liu Xinyu, he led 5,000 elite miners and Yao people, and asked 3,000 tenant soldiers to help transport grain.

  Along the business road, over mountains and mountains, and soon came to Lechang County, Guangdong.

  At this moment, Shen Youlong is confronting Fei Ruhe, mobilizing a large number of troops to the Eastern Front. The rest of the troops were mainly stationed in Nanxiong and Shaozhou (Shaoguan), in case the Datong army broke out from Meiling.

  As for Lechang, there are really not many defenders, less than a thousand at full strength.

  Before he arrived at the county seat, Zhang Tieniu saw many round houses, built like fortresses. He asked curiously, "What kind of houses are these?"

  Liu Xinyu replied: "Hakka Wailou."

   "I'm afraid this place is not easy to manage, there are castles everywhere." Zhang Tieniu smacked his lips.

  There are also many Hakka enclosures in Guangdong. Take the Louxia Village in the east of Lechang City as an example. There are a total of seventy-two surrounding buildings in this village and some surrounding areas.

  A walled building is a bunker, and its main purpose is to guard against bandits.

  The peasant association work here must also adjust its methods and methods.

   There are many places, and a walled building represents a Hakka family. Both the clan land and the surrounding buildings are public-owned, and the clan members farm the family's land as tenants. The land rent is relatively low and it must be returned to the public. There is no too bad economic oppression.

  Of course, the clan is very powerful, and the patriarch holds the power of life and death.

  In addition, clansmen who have been separated for a long time cannot cultivate land. These people had a miserable life, and they wanted to be oppressed, so they could only move to Huguang and Jiangxi, and ran to the mountains to cultivate wasteland.

  Zhang Tieniu only cares about fighting, he doesn't need to think about these issues.

   came to the outside of Lechang City in a mighty way, and the county magistrate got the news and hurriedly boarded the tower to check.

  Combining the food transporters and military civilians, as well as Liu Xinyu's troops, there are as many as 18,000 people.

  The county magistrate was dumbfounded. There are less than one thousand defenders in the city. What the **** is this?

  That night, Zhixian ran away with Yin Zi.

  The next morning, Zhang Tieniu sent people to fill up the moat, and suddenly the city gates opened wide, and the chief secretary and Dian Shi led two groups of yamen servants to offer the city to surrender.

   "Damn it, you picked up another city for nothing. Can't you just fight with a knife and a gun?"

  Zhang Tieniu was actually a little depressed. This is the fifteenth city he picked up.

  (end of this chapter)