Inside Caizhou Nancheng, a chaotic crowd poured in.
Zhang Quan'en was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and ordered his troops to contain these defeated soldiers who looked panicked.
"Where is Cui Hong?" Zhang Quan'en asked angrily as his ribs hurt after being hit several times.
No one paid attention to him.
"Where is Cui Donggua?" He grabbed a defeated primary school commander and shouted.
For some reason, Xiao Xiao seemed to be irritated. He pulled out his knife and struck Zhang Quan'en.
Zhang Quan'en was shocked and turned away. The knife slid across his neck and hit the shoulder armor.
The frightened soldiers rushed forward and snatched Zhang Quan'en out.
"Brothers, kill!"
"Kill the dog!"
"General Cui promised to open the treasury, and the wealth will be ours."
"How happy! I have long disliked Bian dogs."
Someone took the lead, and with the tacit understanding reached early in the morning, the "rebellious soldiers" who broke into the city took action immediately.
They drew out their weapons one after another and slashed at the Caizhou soldiers beside them. The soldiers were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, falling into a pool of blood one by one.
An officer beat the drum, and many people responded to him, forming a queue and heading towards the central city.
The number of state soldiers was not large, about three thousand. Cui Hong's troops suddenly attacked, killing hundreds of people on the spot, and then quickly advanced to chase and kill the state soldiers who were in a state of confusion and panic.
What's more, some people are still shouting loudly to lure these state soldiers to rebel, join their ranks, "kill Bian dogs" and "rob cities and towns".
Needless to say, this is very tempting.
Caizhou was a metropolis south of Bian and Song Dynasties, and it was located at the intersection of several roads. There were many businessmen and travelers, and there was still a lot of wealth in the city. Therefore, some people quickly responded and defected to join Cui Hong's troops, heading towards the central city together.
Go ahead.
Of the three cities in Caizhou, Beiguan City is a military facility. Nancheng was formerly called Nanguan City and was also a military facility. It was later expanded and many people lived in it, but after all, it is not as good as Zhongcheng. If you want to plunder property, you still have to go there.
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The rebels moved very quickly, connecting to the south city, and the gate of the middle city was rushed through by them.
The Zhongwu Town Yamen soldiers stationed in Zhongcheng had already heard the news, but before they had time to react, many of them were dispersed.
An officer shouted to his subordinates to come closer to him, intending to form a formation to meet the enemy, but he was quickly killed by arrows flying from nowhere.
The Zhongwu Yamen soldiers who had lost their organization were also very fierce. They actually fought in small groups, causing chaos throughout the entire city.
A few miles southeast of the city, the banners of the Xia army had already appeared. The Yi Congjun envoy Wu Zangjieming and eight thousand sergeants accelerated their march and rushed straight towards the three cities of Caizhou.
Yang Shihou is inspecting Beicheng. There are two thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry stationed here, all of which are old subordinates he brought from Zhongwu Town.
The noise of drums in Nancheng and Zhongcheng soared into the sky, and Yang Shihou heard it soon.
"Could it be that the sergeants are demanding pay?" This was the first thing Yang Shihou thought of.
This is in line with everyone's understanding. These stragglers in Caizhou are all local soldiers and are not well-disciplined yamen troops. At least so far, the King of Liang has not accommodated the sergeants, and the control is very strict. Even if the Cai people join the army, they have to
To be honest, unless one day someone has no bottom line and willfully accommodates the sergeants, causing them to become increasingly arrogant, the yamen army will not be obedient.
Yang Shihou wanted to go to quell the rebel army on the spot, but was quickly stopped by his subordinates.
"Dutou, it doesn't look like it." Someone said.
"There are Xia thieves approaching outside the south city."
"Perhaps a rebellion?"
"Dutou, General Mo is willing to take people there. Let's arrest a few people first and ask them."
"Some of our people have broken out of the central city."
Yang Shihou was anxious and said: "Every unit has its bows strung, its swords unsheathed, and ready to fight. In addition, send people to contain the rebels and screen them carefully."
"As you command!"
The waiting time is long.
Yang Shihou has been standing on the female wall of Beiguan City, staring at Nancheng and Zhongcheng.
Thousands of rebels reveled in the city, and their number exceeded the four thousand brought by Cui Hong, because many state soldiers joined them. Robbery of the city is everyone's favorite, and you don't need to spend a copper coin.
You can take away a dazzling array of treasures.
Yang Shihou wanted to send troops to suppress it several times, but the Xia thieves already had more than 2,000 soldiers waiting outside the city, and more people had already formed up, seemingly waiting for them to take action, so that they could take advantage of the chaos to attack them.
The soldiers and horses who put down the chaos were also captured in one fell swoop.
The cavalry was cruising far away.
They tried to charge at the Xia thieves, but were quickly forced away by foot bows.
It seems that it is not feasible to intercept the grain route, because the Xia thieves only brought a small amount of grain and grass, and there were more than 100,000 dendrobium in Caizhou City. They would not be short of grain, if the rebels were with them.
There was nothing they could do! Yang Shihou was so angry that he punched the female wall.
The generals carefully gathered the two thousand defeated soldiers, and after carefully identifying their identities, they gathered them into Beicheng and restored the organization.
Brothers Zhang Quanyi and Zhang Quanen also escaped with hundreds of people in great distress.
Yang Shihou didn't even bother to say a word to him.
This disaster star will cause trouble wherever it goes, and friendly forces will be unlucky wherever it goes. Why don't you die!
"Dutou, there is a military report." The soldiers came in a hurry and handed over an ultimatum.
Yang Shihou checked it carefully and took it apart. He was a little surprised.
Is it so big this time?
"Second order, everyone is to withdraw, and no one is allowed to leave the city to provoke." Yang Shihou ordered.
"Obey!" Someone soon went to give the order.
There is sufficient food and grass in Beiguan City, so there is no problem in defending it for the first half of the year. After gathering the defeated troops, there are now more than 5,000 infantry and cavalry people, and the Xia thieves cannot eat them at all.
The military order came from Pang Shigu. He led 30,000 troops down the Caishui River. He ordered Caizhou to show weakness to the enemy, show a panic, and prohibit leaving the city to harass.
If possible, you can even send some people out of the city and pretend to flee north, luring the Xia thieves to pursue them in depth.
In short, the principle is that the farther the Xia thieves can penetrate into Caizhou, the better. King Liang had his own plans.
Finally, they will suffer a big loss!
For some reason, Yang Shihou thought of Fu Cunshen and Wang Jianji again.
He no longer hates them, everyone is their own master, no one feels sorry for anyone, it's normal.
If he captured the two of them in the future, he would not intend to kill them. Instead, he would not regret it after questioning them. There is no greater joy in life than this.
By the way, it would be great if we could capture Thief Shao this time.
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Shao Shude never thought that recruiting troops could be so fast!
Almost ten years ago, Zhu Zhen went to Qingzhou to recruit troops and recruited more than 10,000 soldiers in ten days. That was fast enough.
Unexpectedly, he was recruiting troops in Shenzhou, and more than 4,000 troops came in three days. If the news had not been conveyed to other places in time, there might have been even more.
The thorough investigation of the people in Huaixi by Wen Zong and Yizong was indeed credible, and it remains unchanged to this day.
There are no honest people in Huaixi, and few want to farm. Soldiering is their first choice.
Shao Shude does not plan to recruit all the troops in Shenzhou. It may not be a good thing if the troops all come from one place.
On February 18th, he came to Guangzhou and recruited another 5,000 people within two days.
Later, he selected 500 soldiers from among his own soldiers, all of whom studied daily and performed relatively well in discussions, to serve as officers at all levels among the newly recruited sergeants.
The strength of this army is 10,000, and Zheng Yong, the tenth personal general, serves as the military envoy.
Shao Shude also had five hundred soldiers beside him, Li Yanling's son, Xicheng ordered Li Zhong to be ten generals, which was regarded as a reward for Lao Li's previous statement of providing food.
Chen Cheng followed Shao Shude and warned him about his aggressive recruitment of sergeants.
The reason is also very simple. The scouts detected that a small group of Liang Jun soldiers appeared in the direction of Shouzhou. They spoke with a Bian and Song accent and were not natives of Shouzhou.
After a little extrapolation with the map in hand, I realized that this was the Bian army heading south from Xusu.
There were originally over 20,000 people there, but this time, if not all of them, most of them were definitely here, with a fierce momentum, aiming directly at the 20,000 Xia troops fighting in Caizhou, trying to surround them all to the north of the Huai River.
The target may also be Shao Shude himself.
"What is Yang Xingmi's attitude now?" Shao Shude asked from Dingcheng County.
"Commander, according to the news in the past year, Yang Xingmi and Zhu Quanzhong seem to have a good relationship." Chen Cheng replied: "Xingmi has sent people to bring tea and sea salt to Bianzhou many times for frequent transactions. There are rumors recently.
, Quanzhong wants to use Chuzhou to travel as a secret agent, and he will be very pleased with the secret service."
"Is the news reliable?" Shao Shude asked.
"They are all rumors, but they should have some credibility." Chen Cheng glanced at Shao Shude and replied.
This is just like Marshal Shao sleeping on a dragon bed at night and letting the saint's concubine sleep with him. It's just a rumor in the market. How can it be accurate? But as the saying goes, there is no reason. It is a fact that Huainan and Xuanwu have frequent trade exchanges, and it is also true that bilateral relations have greatly improved. fact.
"If Xingmi really captures Chuzhou, his defense line east of Huaibei will be complete." Shao Shude said: "Towards Huaixi, there is still a short period of time. Doesn't he want Haozhou two states?"
If the Huainan regime wants to resist the troops from the Central Plains moving south, Shou and Haozhou must be in their hands.
In the past, in order to prevent Huaixi rebels from going eastward, the imperial court set up regiment training envoys in Shou, Hao and Luzhou and appointed important generals.
Luzhou, asks Shencai in the west, and reaches Xushou in the north. The three states just form an iron triangle, connected by the Huai River, Fei River, Ruxu River, and Chao Fei Canal, making it very convenient to defend.
The imperial court did not do this randomly when it divided these three states to set up regiments and training envoys.
"Quan Zhong is no longer able to go south, and he can see the secrets clearly." Chen Cheng said: "In this case, we might as well put him in front and wait and see again. He still has many expansion directions, Jiangxi Zhong Chuan, Hangzhou Qian Liu , if they can be defeated, they can all be sent to the rear. Du Hong in Ezhou, Xingmi also wants to attack and destroy it, because our army has already gone to Nanyang and Xiangyang to control the Han River. If we take Eyue again, Xingmi will be in danger."
Shao Shude took a deep breath.
Yang Xingmi's plan should first establish a Jiangdong regime and then peek into the Central Plains.
This regime should use Xuanshe, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, etc. as its hinterland to multiply household registrations and supply money and food.
The line of Huai River serves as the northern barrier, which is the four states of Chu, Si, Hao and Shou.
Xiangyang and Ezhou serve as the upstream barriers for the general.
Considering that the Xia army has penetrated deep into Xiangyang, if Du Hong from Eyue takes refuge there again, the threat on the upper reaches of the river will be greater, and may even be more deadly than the threat on the front line of the Huai River. After all, they can go directly down the river to attack your weak troops. the rear hinterland.
When Yang Xingmi came up, he attacked Du Hong and didn't even attack the relatively weak Zhong Chuan. Didn't that explain the problem?
"Yang Xingmi and Zhu Quanzhong should have had a tacit understanding before." Shao Shude suddenly laughed and said: "There are really no fools in the world. If Zhu Quanzhong controls the wind and rain in the Central Plains and is unstoppable, Yang Xingmi will risk his life to win the Huai River line. But now Well, if he starts a war with Zhu Quanzhong, it will only give me an advantage and take chestnuts from the fire for me."
"Send the order!" Shao Shude made up his mind and said without any hesitation: "Niu Li, Wu Zangjieming retreated slowly. Caizhou can't fight anymore, there is an abyss ahead. In addition, Li Tangbin, Gao Renhou's subordinates, it's time to move. ."