Jiexiu County Government Office.

General Hu Dawei watched as the doctor treated the injury of guerrilla general Bai Hu.

The county magistrate was not allowed to give up his position in the county government, and his position was very low.

The tragic situation of the magistrates of Pu County and Fenxi County has reached his ears.

Once Jiexiu is captured by Qin thieves, not only will his position as magistrate come to an end, he will also have to die here!

Wouldn’t that be a loss?

For the sake of "the overall situation of Shanxi", he could temporarily tolerate the domineering military commanders.

Now Hu Dawei came to defend Jiexiu with a warrant from Song Yintong, the newly appointed governor of Shanxi Province. The county magistrate was overjoyed that he was finally saved.

He quickly mobilized the squires and asked them to contribute money and food.

Otherwise, everyone will become a Qin thief, and the lives of the whole family will not be guaranteed.

Thanks to Liu Guoneng's heroic deeds of marching into Taotian and plundering Pu County for three days, Shanxi's wealthy merchants and landowners were very afraid of the insurrectionary troops entering the Jin Dynasty.

As soon as the county magistrate greeted him, the masters represented by the Fan family immediately raised their arms and shouted, asking everyone to contribute money and efforts to reward the officers and soldiers and protect Jiexiu.

The county magistrate was extremely satisfied with the performance of the Fan family. They started doing business in Zhangjiakou in the early Ming Dynasty.

It has been passed down to the current head of the family, Fan Yongdou, who has become a wealthy Han businessman in Zhangjiakou's trade with Manchuria and Mongolia.

Among all the business people in Zhangjiakou, no one is as rich as Fan Yongdou.

If the Fan family leaks some money, they can keep these poor soldiers well fed.

Now that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had received the reward, their morale increased greatly, and they all clamored to protect Jiexiu.

So as long as the money is in place, even if the Ming army encounters a god, they can kill you from a god to a dead ghost again.

Money can make the world go round.

"Sir, this group is known as the Hammer Bandits and is well-equipped."

"Hammer Bandits?"

General Hu Dawei watched the doctor go out and sat aside:

"Why isn't the high thief pretending to make me relax my vigilance?"

"Sir, why do you think so?" Bai Hu leaned on the pillow and looked at the gauze on his body:

"The reputation of a hammer bandit is no weaker than that of a high-ranking thief!"

In Hu Dawei's opinion, it took tens of thousands of high-ranking bandits to cross the Yellow River in half a month, making them the biggest bandit leader in the Jin Dynasty.

He is his main opponent, and the others are nothing to worry about.

As for the hammer bandit leader He Jinchao, Hu Dawei really didn't take him seriously.

He knew the combat prowess of the Ming soldiers on the three sides, but he didn't have the money to move out, so they were good evaders.

In addition, the Guyuan mutiny occurred in December of the first year of Chongzhen. The soldiers who participated in the mutiny robbed the property of Guyuan Prefecture.

Then they moved to attack Jingyang, Fuping, and Sanyuan, and Li Ying, a guerrilla from the army, was also captured.

It is said that Li Ying was killed, but rumors spread that he also joined the rebel soldiers.

These elite soldiers have rebelled and are invincible. How many soldiers from the three sides can be left?

When Yang He, the governor of the three sides, arrived, he had no soldiers to use, so he ordered Hong Chengchou, who also had no soldiers to use, to put down the rebellion.

After all, the soldiers under Hong Chengchou were not very elite.

But the peasant army, which is even worse at fighting, is obviously sufficient.

Therefore, Hu Dawei was very disdainful of Hammer Bandit He Jinzhao's record.

What is the victory achieved by hiding in the city?

As for this group of cavalry, they were probably the former Ming Dynasty border troops who escaped from the capital and returned to their hometown in Shanxi to join the Hammer Bandits.

"You need to recover well first, and I'll wait in Jiexiu for the hammer bandits to attack the city."

General Hu Dawei didn't say anything else to Bai Hu.

This battle was not his fault. It was not that the soldiers were not spared their lives, but it was actually the equipment gap.

They are both border troops, and the side with better equipment can defeat the other side.

This experience and lesson of backward equipment was deeply understood when Hu Dawei traveled by car to fight against the Ming army before surrendering to the Ming Dynasty.

Because he came with friendly intentions and wanted to take the iron pot from the fellow villager's home back to the tent so that he could find a wife.

By the way, find new jobs for the folks in the Great Wall,

Take them to herd sheep and cattle on the prairie to prevent them from being exploited by landlords for farming.

Of course, if these fellow villagers make some mistakes while herding sheep, a whipping service is inevitable.

But these are things of the past.

Hu Dawei is now a military officer of the Ming Dynasty, so he will not go to see if there are any iron pots that need to be repaired at home.

Instead, he went to the houses of landlords and wealthy people to see if they had any money.

I hope they can be better off, so that the soldiers under their command will be willing to use their lives.

"As long as He Jinchao dares to come to Jiexiu, I will give the hammer bandits a ruthless attack and avenge our old brothers."

Bai Hu nodded, there were fewer and fewer old soldiers brought from Mongolia.

The cavalry fought against the hammer bandit's cavalry and suffered considerable losses.

Those brothers who were excellent in equestrian and archery skills all died at the hands of thieves.

Most of them are not equipped well enough and cannot even match the endurance of war horses.

The Sweeping King and Gypsophila merged into one. After eating and drinking, they led the army to the fork in the road.

"The sky is full of stars." The Sweeping King reined in the reins.

"What's wrong?"

"Go left to cross Shitong Bridge and head to Xiaoyi County.

The other way is to Jiexiu County, do you think we should go to Jiexiu?"

Hearing what the Sweeping King said, Man Tianxing looked puzzled.

Didn't you just say that you would follow He Jinchao's words and take the Shitong Bridge to Xiaoyi County?

Jiexiu County is guarded by a large number of officers and soldiers.

"I heard that the Fan family in Jiexiu County is very rich, and his son Fan Yongdou's big business in Zhangjiakou is unparalleled by anyone.

He Jinchao, this little brat, doesn't want us to join forces and monopolize Jiexiu County?

That's why you threatened that Jiexiu is guarded by officers and soldiers, to scare us and prevent us from going there to make a fortune?"

Shanxi businessmen are generally wealthy.

But only the richer people can make the people praise them and show their envy.

Gypsophila bit her finger:

"Sweeper, I think He Jinchao even looks down on us two brothers.

But according to Brother Gao’s knowledge of people, He Jinchao should not harm us, there are indeed officers and soldiers in Jiexiu County.”

"Yeah, I know." The Sweeping King hesitated for a moment and continued to encourage:

"He Jinchao defeated the army at Hanxinling, killing and wounding many prisoners.

The officers and soldiers must be scared, so the two of us went to Jiexiu County to extort money under the name of hammer bandits.

Even if there were officers and soldiers, they would not dare to take action easily.

As long as we succeed, let's turn around and rush to Xiaoyi County, okay?"

The Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers spent money to buy He Jinchao's safety, which really made the leaders of this group of rebels jealous.

Because usually they bribed the Shaanxi officers and soldiers who pursued them, and spent money to buy peace, so that they would not pursue too closely.

When it comes to He Jinchao, it's the other way around. Who can not envy him?

"That's a good idea."

Gypsophila is also very happy. With the name of Hammer Bandit, the benefits are inevitable.

People in Shanxi didn't know that the thugs were wearing blue clothes.

We are all rebels who have just joined the Jin Dynasty. Can they tell who is who?

"hey-hey."
Chapter completed!