Be the emperor from the postman

The situation in Shanxi is very corrupt for the officers and soldiers.

They simply couldn't stop the Hammer bandits' offensive from north to south, and the people in Jinnan County closed their doors and refused them to enter the city.

The tragic image of Cao Wenzhao is more like the behavior of Shanxi people beating a dog in the water.

Not only did I disobey the imperial order and provide you with food, but I also fired earth cannons at you to tell you to get out of here quickly.

Even the salt workers in Yuncheng wept with joy when they heard the news that the hammer bandits had won the official army.

The hammer bandits used salt from the salt pond, and hired labor for their wages.

After the officers and soldiers came, they directly requisitioned the salt and gave them a fart of wages, all for nothing.

Official positions related to salt have always been fat and vacant.

When those officials heard that the Xieliang Salt Pond had been restored, they all flew back like flies.

More importantly, after those salt officials came back, they killed many salt workers in public, so that you dare to follow the thieves.

Clamoring the imperial court's heavenly army, the whole of Shanxi will inevitably be restored, and everything that goes south and north with hammers will be dead.

Everyone was suffocated by this matter!
Who let the general Cao Wenzhao, the officer and soldier, be able to fight?

All the insurgents in southern Shanxi were wiped out, surrendered or driven away by him, until He Jinchao first dug up the Yellow River and flooded [-] officers and troops, and then defeated Cao Wenzhao, who was the most capable, and fled.

Until this news came out, the angry salt workers gathered together to kill those returning salt censors, salt class ambassadors, salt inspection station ambassadors, inspectors, and their lackeys alive. .

Don't even think about running in front of the salt workers who work day and night!

Zhang Fuzhen looked at the people who welcomed his army wholeheartedly, and felt deeply moved.

There is no such thing as eating pots of pulp, because everyone is too poor to have enough to eat.

The Hammer bandit army also issued repeated orders and repeated orders, neither allowed nor accepted, the few food from the villagers.

Not even water can be drunk casually.

The water bottles of the Hammer bandit soldiers are all boiled in cold water, so as not to affect a large number of soldiers by one person because of dysentery.

Previously, Zhang Fuzhen heard that Cao Wenzhao and others were running hungry, begging for rice from the counties along the way, but the city gates were closed tightly, and they were bombarded with cannons from the Yongle period.

Now that the hammer bandits came, the common people took the initiative to go out to greet them.

Who is Master Wang?

it goes without saying.

"My lord, I'm afraid it won't be a problem to occupy the whole of Shanxi this time." Like Ji Gui, Zhang Fuzhen rode a donkey on his way slowly.

"The three points have not been completely resolved." He Jinchao stretched out his finger and said, "The first one is Hejin, maybe we have to attack it violently, and the second one is Lu Wang's mansion, where Shen Wang appointed to resist desperately. But the second one is Hejin. Three are nothing to worry about."

"Where is the third one?"

He Jinzhao had a smile on his face: "I am the chief officer of Yanmen Pass, the governor of the two counties in Shanxi, Xu Dingchen."

"Oh."

Zhang Fuzhen nodded slightly. Keeping him would have a greater effect on the development of the hammer bandits than killing him.

Hu Dawei, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shanxi stationed in Xiangning County, received the news of Cao Wenzhao's defeat, and before he could recover, he received an order to guard against the hammer bandits.

"Master?" The general, Bai Hu, was stunned. Cao Wenzhao was defeated, and all the officers and soldiers had to withdraw from Shanxi: "Shall we go?"

"Where to go?"

Hu Dawei sat aside, the wrinkles on his face never unfolded.

Now there are two roads in front of him, one is to follow Cao Wenzhao to Shaanxi, and the road is very convenient, the only thing that needs to be guarded against is that the hammer bandits will attack.

The second way is to immediately withdraw the army and run back to Lu'an Mansion, continue to gnaw at King Shen's family fortune, and help him defend the city, so that he can have food and drink as well as military pay.

The only question is, can he hold Changzhi County?

Previously, when Gao Bandit and others attacked Changzhi, they mostly used arrows and broken cannons.

Because they were all seized from the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers themselves did not have good guns.

But the hammer bandit's artillery is sharp and somewhat difficult.

"Of course he's going to Shaanxi." Bai Hu said with a surprised face: "Could it be possible that the General Master wants to return to Governor Xu Dingchen, or to serve under the General Soldier, they are not people who can win battles!"

"Ok?"

"We've all lost battles. Mr. Cao lost this time. Could it be that he won't be able to win next time?"

General Baihu stood up and pointed to the map and said, "If we had to walk hundreds of miles across the mountains to get back to Lu'an Mansion, maybe Lord Shen would have already run away."

"Then let's go to Shaanxi?"

"Governor Hong is also the one who gives money and food to the soldiers under his command. Besides, it's better for him to put down the thieves in Shaanxi than that bastard Xu Dingchen to command randomly. If he works under his command, he will die if he can't keep it."

"Well, you're right."

Hu Dawei finally made up his mind to find a more reliable civil servant to be his boss, or else he will be tricked to death by them, and he will be blamed on you.

Since He Jinchao won a great victory in Fenshui and defeated the army of Cao Wenzhao, the people around him can be said to have welcomed the king's teacher.

Even the salt workers sent some people to visit He Jinzhao, hoping that he could send someone to take charge of the big and small matters of the saltworks.

Let's continue to do our old job, as long as Marshal He gives us wages.

He Jinchao naturally wrote a letter asking Yang Yuxiu to recommend a few honest officials to come. He picked one or two and went to Xieliang Salt Pond to take up the post to fill the power vacated by the Ming Dynasty and propose an incentive method for salt production , More pay for more work.

"Marshal, the dog officer army has already set up a defensive posture in Hejin, but most of them have already crossed the Yellow River."

Niu Youcai brought the latest news that their vanguard had arrived at Mount Ji, and Oxford was further ahead.

"Take the captured tiger squatting cannons to give the officers and soldiers some farewell gunfire. Don't put any junk on the ship. People can run away. If they stay, they will only waste food, but military supplies cannot follow them."

"clear."

Niu Youcai went straight out of the hall and sent messengers to give orders to the frontline soldiers.

Yang Qicai shipped all the military supplies and moved them from the west bank to the east bank, and now he has to ship the supplies and move them back to the west bank. No one can bear this kind of heavy work.

In particular, the Hammer bandits pressed on every step of the way, only thirty miles away from Hejin.

Cao Wenzhao, Yang Jiamo and others have given priority to crossing the Yellow River, so they don't care about these military supplies.

As for Hu Dawei, even though he has led the troops, he still transported his cavalry and the money of his soldiers across the river first.

"Sir, the Hammer bandits have started firing artillery again." The soldier who reported the message hastily added: "There are also ships on the Fenshui River with the flag of the Hammer bandits sailing towards Hejin. If there are cannons on board, our ship might leave No."

Hearing this, Yang Qi's and Hu Dawei's expressions changed slightly.

Although the Hammer bandits didn't rush to pursue them, they marched directly after they were trained, without giving them any more time to prepare.

"Master, our people should withdraw quickly, otherwise they will all be folded here when it's too late."

"But what about things?"

Yang Qi naturally knew how difficult it was for the governor to arrange these military supplies, he was reluctant to throw them all here, and he couldn't explain to the governor.

"Either someone took the goods and burned them, and the hammer bandits were too busy fighting the fire to come after us, or our people and goods have to be broken here." Hu Dawei said eagerly: "Please think again, sir."