I don't know if he was hallucinating, but Shen Fucong seemed to hear shouts of death in the distance.
As the evening breeze blew from the river, Shen Fucong shivered all over, and his mind was racing: "I haven't officially taken up my duties yet, so there shouldn't be anyone held accountable, right? Why don't you go back immediately?"
Li Ying didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and reminded: "We took a bus and a public boat all the way, and they were reported at every water and land station. The one we are taking now is also an official ship, don't you think the court can find out?"
"Then what should we do!" Shen Fucong was already panicking.
The authorities are confused, but bystanders are clear. Li Sanlang thought more clearly. He immediately comforted him: "It's okay. Even if the water ship is burned, the first responsibility should be the governor of water transport, the commander-in-chief of water transport, the general of water transport, and the colleagues of Jining will bear the responsibility. You Jining The state's culpability was not very high."
Shen Fucong was still worried: "I'm afraid that since I'm new here and I'm humble, they'll get together and use me as a scapegoat!"
Li Sanlang said: "Mr. Shen, you can't bear such a big crime by yourself. Don't worry."
The two of them sailed into the dock on an official ship and saw more than a thousand grain transport soldiers on the shore. They were leading the civilians to unload the goods frantically, trying to transport the grain into the warehouse before the rebels came.
Water transportation is a large-scale project, sophisticated and far-reaching. It is not just about transporting grain to the north by ship.
From Huai'an to Tongzhou, there were 568 observation points, and officers and soldiers were stationed to guide the ships to prevent them from running aground. Wells were dug near each observation point to draw water to facilitate the stationing and transportation of troops for drinking and cooking.
Dozens of additional gates were built, and granaries were set up in many cities along the river to facilitate transshipment.
There is a transshipment granary in Jining. As long as the rebels don't capture the city, they can only burn and loot the canal boats, but they will never get a grain of canal grain.
"The rebels are coming!"
With a cry of surprise, the soldiers and civilians were horrified and rushed towards the city, leaving probably more than a hundred stones of food for the bandits.
Shen Fucong and Li Ying did not care about protecting the grain, and fled towards the city with the soldiers and civilians. If they did not run faster, they would not be able to enter the city, and they might die outside the city inexplicably.
Because Wang Yuan beheaded Liu Liu and Liu Qi, killing the bandits so frightened that the rebel bandits moved south faster than ever before.
The thieves elected Yang Hu as the leader, Liu Hui as the deputy leader, and Qi Yan as the commander-in-chief. Under the plan of military advisor Zhao Hao, they captured En County and established a government. Then they occupied several towns in Xiajin County and had cavalry. Two thousand, with more than 10,000 young and strong men, they defeated Gaotang Prefecture in one fell swoop, and their strength was once again expanded to 20,000.
Seeing that Wang Yuan did not continue to pursue, and only Xu Tai followed closely with his light cavalry, Yang Hu immediately turned around and killed Xu Tai in the north of Gaotang Prefecture, causing him to throw off his armor.
The rebels became emboldened and actually split into two groups (actually, there was internal strife).
The east road was led by Qi Yanming, Liu San, Li Long, Li Rui and others, leading 1,200 cavalry and 8,000 infantry, and successively captured Pingyuan County, Yucheng County, and Qihe County, and the troops were approaching Jinan Prefecture.
The west route, led by Yang Hu, Liu Hui, Zhao Hao and others, led 800 cavalry and more than 10,000 infantry, and first captured Linqing Prefecture. Then they besieged Dongchang Prefecture, which was unfavorable, and immediately went south to capture Dong'a County and Wenshang County, and took a boat Head straight to Jining Prefecture.
The rebels who were almost wiped out by Wang Yuan suddenly resurrected in Shandong.
Who let the people of Shandong have a useless governor?
Bian Xian, the governor of Shandong, was very good at deciding cases and supervising grain. He also reformed the bad border reserve policy in Liaodong. In every aspect, he was an official.
But this guy just didn't know how to fight. He concentrated the soldiers from the Shandong Guards, leaving the states and counties with extremely empty defenses. He concentrated the troops but did not dare to fight decisively. When encountering the rebels, he retreated in various ways, and watched the bandits continuously capture more than ten states and counties. .
When the West Route rebels led by Yang Hu went south to besiege Jining, their strength exceeded 20,000! And because Zhao Hao established a government and unified military orders, the rebels on this route were highly disciplined and had high morale. They only robbed government officials and large households, never Civilians were massacred indiscriminately, and most of the new recruits were poor people who came to seek refuge.
The Beijing camp led by Lu Wan has arrived in Shandong, but has not yet engaged the rebels.
The two generals, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Xu Tai and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Feng Zhen, fought several battles with the Shandong rebels, with both sides winning or losing. Soon, these two generals only pursued Qi Yanming and did not follow him. Yang Hu's troops were entangled because after Zhao Hao reorganized the army, Yang Hu's troops were too powerful.
On the evening of the same day that Shen Fucong and Li Ying arrived in Jining, Yang Hu surrounded Jining, and hundreds of watercrafts fell into the hands of the thieves.
Bian Xian, the governor of Shandong, led the soldiers of various garrison posts, watched the rebels from a distance, and ordered: "Withdraw ten miles to the south. After the main force of the official army arrives, we will attack from the north and south to catch all the rebels!"
If Wang Yuan were defending the city in Jining at this moment, he would definitely curse: "Withdraw your paralysis. Jining City is high and deep, and there are Jining Guards and Water Transport Soldiers holding on. How can the rebels break through easily? You won't stay where you are." Set up camp and wait for the opportunity to stab the rebels in the back! What on earth do you want to do when you retreat ten miles away?"
Historically, Liu Hui, Zhao Wei and others went to Henan, and Liu Liu, Liu Qi and Qi Yanming ravaged Shandong. Because the governor Bian Xian was afraid of the enemy and avoided fighting, more than 90 cities in Shandong were captured, including Jingying and the border areas. The army's pursuit speed was not as fast as the rebels' capture of the city.
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Early morning, Beijing.
Song Ling'er rode a fast horse to Huang's Mansion. Outside Jin's Mansion, Huang E and Jin Lan were already on the carriage, preparing to set off under the protection of their respective brothers.
Wang Xiang also came with him. The teenage boy didn't want to miss the fun.
When everyone arrived at Chaoyangmen Street, people were already standing on both sides of the street. Their cars had to retreat far away, and they were almost facing Shuangnian Street to the west.
After waiting for a long time, I suddenly heard the music and rituals coming from the direction of Chaoyang Gate.
"We're back, Wang Yuan is back with his army!" Song Ling'er stood holding him, shouting.
Huang E and Jin Lan wore veils, opened the curtains and looked out, only to see dense crowds of people walking along the street.
The positions of Jin Lei, Chang Lun, Yu Ben, Zhang Chong and others were further east, and they could already see the road opening ceremony. The people in front cheered and shouted, throwing flowers, melons and fruits at the victorious soldiers. This action was spontaneous. Because Wang Yuan killed Liu Liu and Liu Qi who were revolting in the capital.
Finally, Wang Yuan, wearing a unicorn suit, rode Ah Hei into their sight.
The Qilin suit is not the official official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, but a special costume given to ministers. More advanced ones include flying fish suit, bullfighting suit and python suit.
Wang Yuan had been fighting for two months, and he was even darker than before, but his eyes were firm and angular, and he had a bit of murderous intent from the battlefield. He was wearing a unicorn uniform, and the royal guard of honor in front cleared the way, followed by more than a hundred powerful cavalry behind him. The end is majestic, and the young man's ambition soars into the sky.
Chang Lun's blood boiled up when he saw it, and he said excitedly: "This is what a man should do!"
"It should be like this, it should be like this." Jin Lei murmured and repeated. Although he looked down on generals and didn't care much about military exploits, he was a young boy after all, and he was equally excited at this moment.
Yu Ben and several Hanlin Academy roommates stood on the street, pointed at Wang Yuan with a smile and said: "Brother Ruoxu must be the current Yao Chong!"
"Wang Erlang!"
"Flying General, Flying General!"
"Well done!"
"..."
The people along the street were shouting one after another. The bandits were approaching Beijing twice. They were frightened, and now they were finally able to vent their anger.
The triumphal procession has passed, and the people are unwilling to go home and continue to chase them forward.
"Haha, Wang Yuan is riding here, he is so majestic!" Song Ling'er clapped her hands and laughed, shouting.
Jin Lan's eyes also shone and she said with a smile: "I didn't think so last time, but this time I found that Wang Erlang is very brave. He is not inferior to the handsome Mr. Jin at all."
Huang E just smiled and said nothing, watching Wang Yuan from far to near. When he passed by her, Huang E looked up and felt that the number one scholar was unusually tall and mighty. His aura made her heart beat fast.
Chang Lun did not follow the chase, but said to his entourage: "I will serve you with pen and ink!"
The attendant took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and lay down on the street to study the ink.
Chang Lun wrote a poem with a pen, praising: "The red unicorn is flying on the crotch, and the young man is full of energy and dreams of clouds. The golden tower is warm in the sun, and the brave knight rides on the wind with brave hooves. There have been many heroes in China in ancient times, and now they are the best in the world. Ji Qiu
The moon moves the capital, and the whole city is clamoring to see Wang Erlang!"
Jin Lei joked: "The rhyme of your poem is wrong."
Chang Lun didn't care and threw away the pen: "When I'm excited, I just write it on the spur of the moment. Just take it back and revise it slowly."