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  Chapter 339 337【Conflict with Zhang Xianzhong】

  During the Ming Dynasty, Daguan Lake and Longgan Lake were connected to each other, and they were collectively called Leichi, which could communicate with the Yangtze River.

  Take a boat and cross Leichi, and a war is about to begin.

   Li Zheng and Xiao Zongxian led five thousand soldiers to attack Huangmei County. Accompanied by a thousand people.

   Huang Shun and Fei Yinggong led 3,000 regular soldiers and 2,000 peasant soldiers to attack Susong. Accompanied by a thousand people.

  These two counties are both Zhang Xianzhong's territory.

   To be precise, it is the territory of his son, Sun Kewang.

  Among the adopted sons, Sun Kewang was the most capable, so he was thrown to Huangzhou Mansion to guard against Zhao Han.

  Hearing that the cities of Huangmei and Susong were besieged, Sun Kewang left his infantry to defend Huanggang. He personally led the cavalry to help them and sent envoys to resolve the dispute peacefully.

  When he arrived in Guangji, the envoy came back to report.

   "What did they say?" Sun Kewang asked.

  The envoy knelt down and replied: "General, Bandit Zhao told us to retreat to Guangji, saying that the mountain (Dabie Mountain) is the boundary."

  Guangji is the Wuxue City of later generations, but the county seat is in a mountainous area, not on the banks of the Yangtze River.

  The conditions Zhao Han gave were to take away the two counties of Huangmei and Susong, and to ask for land suitable for farming in Wuxue City, bounded by the remaining lines of the Dabie Mountains such as Luojia Mountain, Henggang Mountain, and Zhutou Mountain.

   "Fuck it!"

  Sun Kewang was furious, drew his sword and shouted: "Command the counties, gather troops to follow me to kill the enemy!"

  Many of the territories that Zhang Xianzhong allocated to Sun Kewang were mountainous areas. Now Zhao Han's mouth costs two and a half counties, and all of them are good lands that can grow food, which is tantamount to cutting flesh on Sun Kewang's body.

  With an order to gather troops, all the counties in Huangzhou Prefecture will fly like dogs.

  The Datong Army detected the news and immediately mobilized the navy to cruise in the waters of Huangzhou and Qizhou, and even sent several ships to bombard the capital city of Jingzhou.

   "Boom boom boom!"

   "My lord, the Jiangxi navy is calling!"

  Zhang Xianzhong has just captured Yunyang, and is rectifying his troops and horses, and will attack Nanyang after the autumn harvest.

   Inexplicably, he was attacked.

  Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly summoned three military advisers, and said confusedly: "Jianghuai has many rich and big cities, Zhao Han didn't go to fight Jianghuai, why did he come to fight me?"

  Fortified cities like Yangzhou and Anqing, Zhao Han can take them without bloodshed.

  Replaced by Zhang Xianzhong who ran to attack, a city could be fought for at least half a year, or even two or three years.

   Zhao Han's soldiers approached the city, and the wealthy city would choose to surrender.

   Zhang Xianzhong's army is approaching the city, and the rich and big city must resist resolutely.

  Because the former does not plunder, the latter must plunder the city!

   Zhang Xianzhong has indeed started farming, but at the beginning of the reclamation, there is not enough money and food, so what should be robbed should be robbed, and it is not just killing people indiscriminately.

  Knowing that he couldn't handle the big city of Jianghuai, Zhang Xianzhong simply stopped fighting and managed the Hubei area seriously. At the same time, Jianghuai was also handed over to Zhao Han to avoid conflicts with Zhao Han in the short term.

Xu Yixian called himself Zhuge Liang, held a white feather fan, frowned and shook the fan and said, "There must be something wrong with this matter. Zhao Han only asked the navy to bombard Jiangling, obviously he didn't really want to send troops to kill him, it was more like a deterrent and a warning. "

   "Could it be some general who clashed with Zhao Han's soldiers?" Liao Zhifang guessed.

  Pan Duao suggested: "You can send people across the river to make contact first. Even if you want to fight a war, you must find out why you are fighting. Don't fight the war in a daze, and don't know what it is for."

   Just when Zhang Xianzhong was about to send an envoy, another personal guard rushed over: "Your Majesty, the enemy army has shot books into the city!"

   "Bring it quickly!" Zhang Xianzhong said quickly.

   This guy got the letter, although he didn't know much, but he roughly understood it.

  Zhang Xianzhong sighed: "Zhao Han asked for the two counties of Huangmei and Susong, and also wanted to cut off all the good land in Guangji County."

  Xu Yixian immediately understood Zhao Han's intentions, and said with emotion: "This is trying to rely on the mountains and the Yangtze River to block us in Hubei!"

  Liao Zhifang said: "Susong can give it, but Huangmei County must not. Once Huangmei County is given up, if you want to send troops to Jianghuai in the future, you have to go north of Dashan (Dabie Mountain) and fight from Henan."

  The administrative divisions of the past dynasties have been deliberately drawn in one piece to prevent local separatism, but wars depend on the terrain of the mountains.

  For example, Zhao Han took all the territory in Hubei south of the Yangtze River.

  After Zhang Xianzhong occupied Hubei, he would continue to fight in Xinye and Nanyang. Although these places belong to Henan, the terrain is closely related to Hubei. Zhang Xianzhong had to fight until there were mountains around him before stopping, using Biyang and Yuzhou (Fangcheng) as the key points of attack and defense.

  Similarly, although Huangmei County belongs to Huguang, it is a piece of land flying out of the remaining veins of the Dabie Mountains.

  Zhao Han is willing to maintain peace with Zhang Xianzhong only if he wins Huangmei County.

  Do you want to fight?

  Pan Duao asked: "The king's soldiers, are they sure to defeat Zhao Han?"

   "I don't know." Zhang Xianzhong frowned.

  The two sides have never fought each other before. Zhao Han defeated the governor one after another and occupied several southern provinces, which made Zhang Xianzhong a little guilty.

  However, Zhang Xianzhong despised Zhao Han for not having cavalry, and felt that he could try to fight a battle.

Xu Yixian struggled and said: "If you are not sure of victory, it is best to be patient. Give Huangmei County, first take down Xinye, Nanyang, Biyang, Dengzhou, and Tang counties. At that time, the north can attack Shanshan and Shaanxi You can go to the Central Plains in the east, and go to Sichuan in the west. If you waste time with Zhao Han in Huangmei County, Li Zicheng will be cheaper for nothing!"

  Liao Zhifang said: "If you don't fight a battle, you will give up two and a half counties. Where is the morale of the army? Moreover, it is the territory given to the eldest son (Sun Kewang) by the commander. What will the eldest son think?"

Xu Yixian said: "Conquer the surrounding areas of Nanyang, and our army's territory will grow again. The eldest son lost two and a half counties, and then give him half of the De'an mansion! Zhao Han sits in several provinces in the south, and he can lose one defeat after another three defeats. With 10,000 soldiers killed and injured, another 20,000 soldiers can be recruited. When will this fight end? The top priority of our army is to expand the territory, develop internal affairs, hoard money and food, and increase the population!"

   "Indeed," Liao Zhifang was persuaded by Xu Yixian, "Zhao Han has a large population and sufficient food and money. He can be defeated ten times and still keep his territory intact. Our army may be defeated for a thousand miles after only one or two defeats."

  Zhang Xianzhong was a little puzzled by what he said, and asked: "Why can Zhao Han be defeated ten times, and still guarantee that the territory will not be lost?"

  Xu Yixian asked back: "Your Majesty, what do you think is a war?"

   "Sufficient money and food, strong soldiers and horses." Zhang Xianzhong replied.

  Xu Yixian said: "Zhao Han is rich in money and food, and has a large number of soldiers. These are just one of them. Your Majesty, Zhao Han still has the hearts of the people, and the people are willing to fight for him!"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I know the heart of the people. It is the same as the heart of the army. I give the soldiers land and pay them, and I have the heart of the army. The method of the three military advisers is very good. After I gave the land to the soldiers, I married them. Auntie, everyone is more willing to fight with their lives."

   "Zhao Han distributed the land to all the people, and all the people think of him well." Xu Yixian said.

  Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said, "How can there be so many fields in the south? If the generals are only allocated a few acres of land and are not allowed to loot at will, the generals under Zhao Han's command will not cause trouble?"

  The **** decides the head.

  The gentry who are not familiar with Zhao Han have always felt that the south is unstable, and the forced division of land is too terrible, and the rich and powerful must be thinking of making trouble.

   But Zhang Xianzhong is just the opposite. In his eyes, the gentry and aristocrats are useless, and they should be killed if they are not convinced. He thought that Zhao Han's generals would not get more benefits, and there must be many people who were dissatisfied.

  For more than a year, Zhang Xianzhong has not only killed officials and soldiers, but also killed the heads of thieves attached to him.

  In the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, there were many bandits who fought with Zhang Xianzhong. These people are in a semi-independent state, and they can barely work together when they are running around, and they have all kinds of disputes and internal strife when they fight for territory.

   Zhang Xianzhong almost killed all the thieves, and Luo Ru ran fast, otherwise he would have died.

   After killing all the thieves, Zhang Xianzhong was somewhat suspicious of the generals and godsons. So under the advice of the three military advisers, they recruited scholars as much as possible to serve as officials, and assigned them to various places to control internal affairs, and all the civilian villages were in the hands of civil officials.

  The generals in the south didn't have a few acres of land, and they couldn't rob everywhere, and they only received some military pay every month. Why is there no rebellion?

  Zhang Xianzhong really couldn't figure it out.

  Liao Zhifang sighed: "If the generals of the southern army dare to plot chaos, they will probably be killed by the soldiers under their command as soon as they rise up. Datong soldiers only recognize Zhao Han."

   "Datong soldiers, only recognize Zhao Han..."

   Zhang Xianzhong was fascinated when he heard it, if he was a soldier under his command, he would only recognize himself.

  Zhang Xianzhong looked at Liao Zhifang, Liao Zhifang shook his head: "Impossible, don't even think about it, Your Majesty."

   "Zhao Han divided the land for the soldiers, and I also divided the land for the soldiers. Why can't it be the same?" Zhang Xianzhong was very upset.

  Liao Zhifang took out a copy of "Da Tong Ji", and it was the latest edition: "Zhao Han uses this book to conquer the world, my lord..."

  The rest of the words, did not say it.

Xu Yixian also read the latest version and said: "Zhao Han said in this book that if he conquers the country and his descendants become emperor, if any emperor treats the people badly, the people can follow his example and rebel and kill his descendants. .”

   "There are such words?" Zhang Xianzhong was surprised.

   "Yes," Liao Zhifang opened the "Datong Ji", "the latest Sanyuan chapter was added, he said that the world belongs to the common people, and the emperor and officials are managing the world for the common people."

Zhang Xianzhong slapped his thigh fiercely: "Damn, what a Zhao Han. Go back ten years and replace Zhao Han as the emperor, and I will make a rebellion? If I were a commoner, I would definitely treat him as a Bodhisattva. That's right, I want to lead troops to join him!"

  This remark is purely a joke. Zhang Xianzhong is willing to surrender, and neither are the civilian and military generals under his command.

  Not to mention the generals and godsons, the three military divisions in front of me have each allocated tens of thousands of acres of land. Are they really willing to hand over all the land?

  In Zhang Xianzhong's territory, military farms supply the army, and minkens supply the government. From Zhang Xianzhong to generals at all levels, they also recruited refugees to work as tenants to cultivate the land they occupied. The soldiers also divided the fields, almost occupying all the good land.

  Owner farmers have almost all disappeared, leaving only remote areas. Landlords can still keep their own land, or keep middle and lower fields in rich areas.

  Thinking about it carefully, Zhang Xianzhong sighed and said: "Forget it, give up Huangmei County to Zhao Han. To spare time and troops, first take down the surrounding area of ​​Nanyang, and then go to take down Sichuan as well."

  As for Sun Kewang, who has already dispatched troops, let Zhao Han take care of him. Anyway, this godson has been disobedient recently.

   It’s also good to beat and beat.

  (end of this chapter)