No one is blind. When the fleet of the Runing Army drifted down the Yangtze River in a mighty manner, both the official and peasant armies on both sides of the Yangtze River learned about this unit.
First, Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the five provinces, asked the Runing army to postpone their operations and wait for Xiong Wencan to join him. Then Wang Jiazhen only left Xiong Wencan with three and 40,000 old and weak troops. These troops still have to garrison the major cities in Huguang, so Xiong Wencan
I can't wait to master a mobile army.
Then there was Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing. He asked the Runing army to disembark in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible and help the officers and soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River catch the Zhang and Luo coalition forces who were hiding and hiding.
Lu Jiude is indeed ruthless. He no longer cares about Liu Guoneng's troops operating near Nanjing. After all, Liu Guoneng is in Jiangbei and will not be able to conquer Nanjing for a while, so Lu Jiude has actually given up on Jiangbei.
Lu Jiude had made up his mind: as long as the city of Nanjing was preserved, and as long as Zhang Xianzhong, the giant lord who captured Fengyang, could be eliminated, any disaster would be wiped out in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
However, Xue Yong was not impressed by them, and he still went his own way. The main purpose of the Runing Army in sending troops this time was to establish a foothold in Huguang and along the Yangtze River, so it was destined that the Runing Army would only operate in the north of the Yangtze River. Besides,
Xue Yong still wants to herd Liu Guoneng. He needs to drive Liu Guoneng to a predetermined area and then recruit him and place him on the spot.
At this time, Huang Degong also lost the meaning of defending Hanshan County. They originally did not dare to leave the city for fear of encountering Liu Guoneng's troops again, but now with the company of Runing Army, Huang Degong's troops could finally withdraw to Nanjing City.
So Huang Degong immediately contacted the Runing Army and obtained the consent of the Runing Army. Afterwards, Huang Degong's troops marched along the coast and withdrew to Nanjing under the cover of the Runing Army.
In fact, the Runing Army is not willing to have such an extra official force in Jiangbei. It will bring a lot of variables to Liu Guoneng's recruitment. It is better to let them stay where they are cool!
At this moment, Guo Zeng'an and Lu Jianchen arrived. They brought news of the emergency in Yangzhou to the Runing Army.
"Two gentlemen, I have to shirk it. I really can't." Xue Yong's attitude was very kind, but his refusal was also very firm. "My master has told me that our Runing army is here to help this time, and we cannot leave you."
Ning is too far away. Moreover, the Prime Minister and the guard Eunuch Lu want us to go to Jiangbei to fight. It is really difficult for me! How about you two try to find Mr. Huang on the shore? "
In fact, in his heart, Xue Yong held an all-or-nothing attitude towards rushing to Yangzhou. The reason why he refused was because he was afraid of any extraneous complications. Besides, he was just pretending to be in a state of pretentiousness and asked for more appearance fees.
"We have asked General Huang, but he refuses! Now we are looking forward to General Xue to save the whole city of Yangzhou from the fire. General! Please show mercy! Show mercy!"
Huang Degong's Ming army was already very war-weary. So of course Huang Degong rejected the invitations of Guo and Lu.
Now Guo Zeng'an and Lu Jianchen were worried. It was a small matter to lose face in front of Yangzhou salt merchants, but their families were still in Yangzhou city.
"Is there no reason?" Xue Yong spread his hands. The Runing army sent troops to Huguang was already on the sidelines, and now they are actually rejecting Xiong Wencan and Lu Jiude. They crossed Nanjing and sent troops to Yangzhou. No matter what, it would make the court suspicious.
You know, the arrest of Wu Shigong is not over yet.
"We will deal with the official documents from the imperial court, and we will definitely let the general dispatch troops according to the order!" Hearing Xue Yong's tone softened, Guo Zengan immediately patted his chest and said.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the power of Yangzhou salt merchants had developed to an outrageous level. Nanjing's officialdom did not make much progress, of which the salt merchants' filial piety accounted for a large part. Therefore, they could influence Nanjing to a great extent.
Official decision-making. Therefore, it is an easy task for salt merchants to issue a troop deployment order.
But Lu Jianchen is a relatively mature person, and when he saw Xue Yong, he was still frowning, so he knew that Runingjun still needed some personal reasons.
So Lu Jianchen went on to say: "General! If you come to my rescue, everyone in Yangzhou will be grateful, and our colleagues in the salt industry will not be stingy. I will make the decision first and add ten thousand taels to the original conditions. To the general
You also have a generous gift to give me."
"I'm just a private person. But on such a long journey, people eat what horses chew..."
"Then add another ten thousand taels."
"One price! Eighty thousand!"
"become!"
After a severe blackmail, Xue Yong decided to send troops to Yangzhou. A major mission of the Runing Army was to guard Liu Guoneng. Since Liu Guoneng was playing in Yangzhou, let's go there! So the Runing Army went smoothly.
, first came to the river next to Nanjing City.
On the top of Nanjing City, a group of scholars looked at the fleet of the Runing Army and pointed, while Hou Fangyu was in the middle and was impassioned.
After secretly glancing at the group of scholars, Gu Hengbo smiled and said, "Sister Liu, look at Mr. Hou's appearance. I didn't expect him to actually come. Hee hee——!"
"My little hooves are so nostalgic." Liu Rushi immediately teased, "Actually, Wu Runing is not bad. He comes from a wealthy family, has wealth and power, and is not too old. He is really a good match for Sister Gu!"
At the end of the song, Liu Rushi sang along with the tune, and even posed and waved her sleeves.
"Does he look like that? Is he worthy of me?" Gu Hengbo also made a stage move. Because they were going to be in public today, both Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo were dressed in men's clothes. "The young man saw that Sister Liu was in love, so he rehearsed the play.
When you were so involved in the movie, you still thought of Runing to act?"
When they learned that Runing's army was moving down the river, Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo knew that they had lost, but they didn't care about losing the bet. They just used this as an excuse to rehearse a new play written by Ruan Dacheng, and they wanted to play again.
Create a new world of Qinhuai Entertainment.
"Sneeze!" Wu Shigong sneezed heavily in Runing, and he thought to himself: "Who is saying bad things about me behind my back? It must be Fei'er and two sons who stayed in the capital. However, I also want to
They!"
"Grandpa Hou! Mother! Lin'er is leaving first. Master Wang is waiting at the school ground." Xue Chenglin, who had just returned from studying in the study room, had already changed into a sword sleeve. Years of upbringing had completely transformed him into a young adult.
His appearance and gestures of salute were also meticulous.
"Hurry up and go!" Xue Yufei was sitting dignifiedly. Her face had lost its innocence and she had completely transformed into a mature woman. Seeing that her eldest son was about to leave, Xue Yufei suddenly felt a pain in her chest.
She couldn't help but warned again: "Be careful when practicing martial arts."
Watching his eldest grandson leave, Xue Lian also remained silent for a long time. It wasn't until Mrs. Zhang came in that Xue Lian let out a long sigh.
When she saw her father, although he was less than fifty, his hair was gray and his face was full of wrinkles. Xue Yufei's nose became sore and she shouted: "Dad...!" She cried and was speechless.
Xue Lian was also very sad and said harshly: "I have only been blind once in my life, just to find a good son-in-law."
Xue Lian's words were both irony and not irony. They were quite rich in meaning. But these words made Xue Yufei even more sad.
"Master Hou!" Mrs. Zhang quickly winked at Xue Lian.
But Xue Lian still said regardless: "We are old and can't bear the pain of leaving our hometown. But we must find a way to send you three out." After a pause, Xue Lian felt that it was very difficult, so he
He immediately lowered his standards and said, "At least I have to send Ping'er away."
At this moment, there was a burst of laughter at the door, and Xue Chengping ran in holding a big apple. Seeing his grandparents and mother, Xue Chengping immediately laughed "giggle", and he raised the bitten apple.
A bite of apple was delivered to Xue Lian...
After passing through Nanjing, Runing's army abandoned Huang Degong's troops who were staying in Nanjing and went straight to Yangzhou. However, Liu Guoneng, who had already arrived near Yangzhou, seemed not to feel the arrival of this army and was still making trouble near Yangzhou.
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Of course Liu Guoneng was not afraid, because it was the Runing Army who came. They also wanted to get new instructions from the Runing Army, so they were very confident and looted near Yangzhou.
"What on earth are you doing? Can't you spend money to buy land? If the rich people in the countryside don't want to buy it, why don't they go to the local government? Don't they want to accept the money? Even if you throw money at it, you're going to break the government's mouth!"
Holding a high position for many years has caused Chang Meng's temperament to change drastically. Training a group of senior officials of a reclamation trading company is like training a group of gray grandchildren. Especially the leaders of the company's guards, although those guards have all seen him when they plundered "terra nullius".
There was blood, but in the face of the angry Chang Meng, no one dared to breathe heavily.
This time, Chang Meng took a large amount of money and five thousand trading company escorts to go south, and came to Huanggang, Lu'an, Tongcheng and other areas in the name of Runing Army Auxiliary. For this reason, the Reclamation Trading Company added a new branch and
New stocks were issued on the stock exchange under this branch, thereby raising a large amount of funds.
Of course, these funds are not used to purchase land at market prices. The land reclamation companies will also follow the Runing Army's old tricks and use cabbage prices to purchase government-confiscated land and "terrainless land" that were "collaborated with bandits."
However, everything went smoothly in other places, but it encountered resistance in Lu'an. The local government ignored the reclamation companies at all, and even the local gentry was unwilling to sell land to the reclamation companies.
In fact, all the gentry and government officials in this area were unwilling to cooperate with the Runing Army. The massacre of their families in Huanggang gave them a feeling of sadness, and they were afraid that the Runing Army would use drastic means to deprive them of their land.
That is to say, the Jinyuan offensive of the Reclamation Trading Company was too fierce, and the lessons of the massacre were too profound. Therefore, with Chang Meng's efforts, Huanggang and Tongcheng and other areas "fell" one after another, and only Lu'an was nailed like a nail.