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Chapter 572 0569 [Suppressing the Rebels]

People of this era have a strong sense of country.

Many of the soldiers in front of me had never left the county town in their lives. They were suddenly drafted and traveled long distances to the unfamiliar Fujian. It would be a lie to say they missed home.

Therefore, the words "go home" made many soldiers wet their eyes.

Zhang Jun struck while the iron was hot and said loudly: "The Qi Dynasty has set up a dragnet, and the navy and Xuzhou Army elites have come out together. Fang Qifu will definitely be wiped out, and we will be able to go home by then. But how can we be empty-handed after being away from home for so long? When I go home, my wife and children need to eat, my mother and father need to support me, my house needs to be repaired, and I need new clothes, and I need money everywhere.”

"Now the opportunity has come. Your Majesty has said that if you kill Fang Qi Buddha this time, you will be rewarded with four guan of gold. If you capture Fang Qi Buddha, Fang Wu Xianggong, the Buddha's mother and others alive, you will be rewarded with 1,000 guan of money!"

Wow!
As soon as the words fell, an uproar broke out in the crowd.

A soldier asked dubiously: "General Zhang, will you really...really give me a reward?"

Zhang Jun replied: "Your Majesty is such a person. He is the True Monarch Erlang who came down to earth. He speaks of the constitution of heaven and follows the law. How can he deceive you and others?"

Not to mention, these seemingly ridiculous words made the group of Qiu Ba inexplicably feel at ease, and many of them even nodded in deep agreement, obviously agreeing with it.

The reason for this, in addition to the ignorance of the people, is also due to the long-term propaganda of "Qingzhou Daily".

Since Han Zhen was in Shandong, Ma Yundi had been compiling various short stories for him through newspapers. These stories all have one characteristic, and they all have a strong mythological color.

Over time, it has become deeply rooted in people's hearts.

……

When Wu Lin led his army to the military camp, he found that the eight thousand Song troops were as excited as if they had been given chicken blood.

"General Wu, please come inside."

Zhang Jun enthusiastically invited Wu Lin into the commander's tent.

Entering the commander's tent, Wu Lin said sternly: "General Zhang, Commander Kuang Du has an order, ordering us to capture Jianzhou within twelve days and encircle Nanjianzhou. Please also ask General Zhang to truthfully inform Fang Qifu of his troop deployment. "

"it is good."

Zhang Jun suppressed his smile, walked quickly to the map, and said solemnly: "Jianzhou is an important place between Fujian and Zhejiang, so nearly 50% of Fang Qifu's troops are hoarded here. In addition to the 8,000 Song troops under my general's command, There are still 13,000 newly recruited soldiers stationed in Qianyang Town, but these soldiers have been recruited recently and have only been trained for a few days, so they are no different from farmers. "

"In addition, six thousand Song troops led by Xin Xingzong are stationed in Songxi County."

After hearing this, Wu Lin pondered: "Is General Zhang confident that he can quickly capture Qianyang Town?"

"The garrison general of Qianyang is Li De, the former general under Fang La. When he put down Fang La's rebellion, he had an old grudge with me. I'm afraid it won't be possible to open the military camp by fraud."

Zhang Jun said and changed his voice: "However, I have a back-up plan. Cooperating with the brothers from your army's scout battalion, we are 80% sure to capture Li De by working together internally and externally."

After making up his mind, he began to prepare.

Zhang Jun also knew that his reputation was not good, and if he wanted to gain a foothold in the new dynasty, he could only rely on military merit.

"it is good!"

Wu Lin was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Soldiers are valuable and quick, so we can leave without further delay."

……

Fang La in history did not have the so-called eight generals under his command.

Li De was originally a hunter from the countryside in Wuyi, Wuzhou, and he was not a Manichean believer.

After the Fangla Uprising, riots broke out in many places in the south. Li De took the opportunity to kill the rural landlords and hijack more than a thousand people.

After several failed attacks on the county seat, he defected to Fang La halfway.

With his bravery, ruthlessness and good archery skills, he was reused by Fang La.

However, Lu Shinang and others were actually just responding to Fang La, not surrendering at all, let alone Fang La's army, they were just strengthening each other's momentum.

Li De couldn't stand Zhang Jun because his good brother Qi Rixin was killed by Zhang Jun while suppressing the rebellion.

But with Fang Qifu pressing down on him, he could only live with his mouth and didn't dare to do anything to Zhang Jun.

That night.

The military camp was silent.

There was a smell of alcohol in the handsome tent, and Li De was fast asleep, snoring loudly.

"Kill!!!"

Suddenly, loud shouts of killing rang out in the night sky, echoing throughout the military camp.

Li De frowned and turned over in his sleep, but he still didn't wake up.

Not long after, the guards rushed into the commander's tent and shouted at the top of their lungs: "General, it's bad, the Qi army is coming to kill!"

Li De got up with a roar, and with the confusion on his face that was characteristic of just waking up, he asked, "What do you mean?"

"Qi Jun, Qi Jun is coming to kill!"

The guard shouted in panic.

"what?"

Li De was shocked, cursed, picked up the armor and put it on his body.

When he put on his armor and hurried out of the commander's tent, the scene in front of him stunned him.

The military camp was filled with flames and chaos, and screams and wails continued to come from afar.

The Qi army has actually entered the military camp?

Li De's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.

He had just suddenly heard the report from his subordinates that the Qi army was attacking the camp. Although he was panicked, he felt that there was an army camp to defend, and he felt somewhat confident.

Unexpectedly, the Qi army was about to rush to his commander's tent.

"General, leave quickly!"

The personal guard advised in a panic.

"Let's go!"

Li De thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, turned around and ran away.

Before running a few steps, there was a clatter of horse hooves behind him.

Immediately afterwards, a loud shout rang out: "Death to Thief Li!"

Li De looked back, suddenly frightened out of his wits.

I saw more than ten cavalrymen running towards them. The cavalrymen were all covered in iron armor, with only a pair of cold and bloodthirsty eyes exposed. The large guns held flat in their hands reflected bursts of cold light under the firelight.

Zhang Jun!

Although he couldn't see the appearance of the leading cavalryman, Li De recognized the other party as Zhang Jun just by his voice.

Obviously, Zhang Jun's appearance here means that he has surrendered to Qi.

Li De was shocked and angry. He opened his mouth and cursed: "You eggless, rotten slave with the third surname..."

puff!

Before he finished speaking, the big gun used the power of the charging horse to instantly pierce Li De's chest.

"Li De is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

Killing Li De with his own hands, Zhang Jun raised his arms and shouted.

Half an hour later, the military camp returned to calm.

Of the 13,000 new rebel troops, more than 2,000 were killed or injured, and more than 8,000 were captured. The remaining 2,000 people took advantage of the chaos and fled.

Wu Lin and Zhang Jun were too lazy to chase them. To put it bluntly, these rebels were no different from farmers. Even if they escaped, they would not be able to cause any trouble.

As for the generals and supervisors in the anti-thief army, they were all beheaded, leaving no one alive.

These people are all followers of Manichaeism, or they have been completely brainwashed by Manichaeism and cannot be retained.

Lifting up Xiang Dun, who was hiding his face, Zhang Jun suggested: "General Wu, Xin Xingzong and I are quite familiar with each other. If you write a letter, we may be able to persuade him to surrender."

Wu Lin glanced at him strangely and said, "Xin Xingzong is the legion of the traitor Tong Guan. Your Majesty wants to see his head."

Hearing this, Zhang Jun was shocked and immediately woke up.

Xin Xingzong was Tong Guan's confidant. This alone was enough to sentence him to death.

Moreover, Xin Xingzong has relied on Tong Guan to dominate the army in recent years, causing anger and resentment.

Taking a closer look, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie brothers, Liu Qi, Yang Weizhong, Nie Dong, Wei Da... all had enemies with Xin Xingzong.

Good guy, this offended 80% of the generals in Qi.

Under such circumstances, even if His Majesty intends to surrender, he will give up the idea of ​​surrender in order to take care of these generals.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jun hurriedly distanced himself from the matter: "Xin Xingzong is a man of violent temper. In recent years, he has relied on Tong Guan to be arrogant and domineering in the army and snatch military merits from him. I have many grudges against him." The previous sentence said that they were familiar with each other, but the next sentence immediately revealed that they had many grudges against each other.

Wu Lin didn't care, but comforted him: "Your Majesty only needs Xin Xingzong's head, and doesn't care about anything else."

"I saved it."

Zhang Jun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling a little lucky that he didn't get too close to Xin Xingzong.

Wu Lin ordered, "General Zhang, I will give you five days to capture Songxi County and Xin Xingzong's head. Eight days later, we will join forces to attack Jian'an."

"it is good!"

Zhang Jun responded loudly.

The next day.

After resting for a night, Zhang Jun left the military camp early in the morning carrying a small amount of food and supplies and rushed to Songxi County.

Anyway, the military order has been issued to seize Songxi County within five days. As for how to fight, whether it is to cheat or attack by force, Wu Lin doesn't care.

As soon as Zhang Jun left, Wu Lin also broke camp and set off, splitting his troops into two groups.

The generals under his command led 3,000 men and set out lightly on the road, heading straight for the Panjiashan Silver Mine and Chong'an County. He himself led the army and prisoners of war and headed straight for Pucheng.

……

Fuzhou.

Dongye Port.

Dongye Port in Fuzhou was built in the Western Han Dynasty. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, it became a port station for the transshipment of goods from the north to the south in the country.

Unfortunately, with the rise of Quanzhou Port, Dongye Port gradually declined and never regained its former glory.

Today, there are only some local merchant ships and fishing boats in Dongye Port, which looks particularly bleak.

The sea is calm today, making it a good time to go fishing.

A while ago, a hurricane roared, and nearby fishermen had no choice but to hide in their homes and suffer from hunger.

Now while the hurricane subsides, we need to catch more fish in exchange for food for the winter. Otherwise, when winter comes, we will not be able to go to sea again.

When you go fishing in winter, the howling cold and wet sea wind can freeze you to death.

Tangyu Island is located north of Dongye Port, about forty miles away. This distance was nothing in later generations. It took more than half an hour to get there by speedboat, but in ancient times, it was a very dangerous distance for small fishing boats. .

Chen Erlu didn't want to take the risk of coming to Tangyu Island, but the fish conditions in the offshore waters were not good these days.

For three days in a row, I only caught a few small fish and shrimps, but no more fish. The three children in the family must be starving.

In desperation, he could only take a desperate risk and planned to try his luck on Tangyu Island.

Since dawn, Chen Erlu finally arrived at Tangyu Island as the tide receded until almost noon.

Along the way, he was on tenterhooks, fearing that the fishing boat passed down from his father would be broken apart by the waves.

The offshore area is better, and you can swim back with your water ability, but if it falls apart here, it will really make the sky and the earth become inoperable.

Fortunately, the fishing boat kept up its performance. Although it always made a sour creaking sound, there was no sign of falling apart.

Rowing a fishing boat, Chen Erlu found a sea area based on experience, picked up the fishing net, and planned to cast a net first to see his luck.

The next moment, he was suddenly stunned.

I saw a dense group of small black dots appearing on the sea not far away.

After a while, the black spots gradually grew larger, and turned out to be warships.

Upon closer inspection, there are hundreds of ships.

Especially the leading battleship looks mighty and domineering.

The bow of the ship was wrapped with thick iron sheets, exuding bursts of chill under the scorching sun.

The giant ship cut through the waves, like a huge wild beast, riding the wind and waves.

"God, how could there be such a big ship?"

Chen Erlu stared straight at the battleship and murmured to himself.

As a fisherman in Dongye Port, he has seen many sea-going ships traveling from south to north, but this was the first time he saw such a huge sea-going ship, and he felt extremely shocked.

As the battleship group got closer and closer, Chen Erlu realized that something was wrong. He quickly put away the fishing net, picked up the oar and prepared to run.

However, how could his small fishing boat outrun a warship full of sails?

The messenger reported: "Commander, there is a fishing boat ahead."

Kuang Zixin ordered: "It should be the local fishermen who bring him up."

"Order!"

The messenger responded.

Not long after, the trembling Chen Erlu was carried by two soldiers by his arms and brought to Kuang Zixin.

After looking at the other person up and down, Kuang Zixin asked: "Where are you a fisherman?"

Kuang Zixin was born as a fisherman, so he could easily tell the difference just by looking at the other person's skin color, hands and feet.

Chen Erlu swallowed his saliva, his face full of confusion.

Upon seeing this, Kuang Zixin immediately realized that the other party could not understand the official language, so he immediately called the captain on the battleship.

Although this person is not from Fujian, he has been on the ship for more than 20 years and is proficient in the dialects spoken near ports in various places.

"Dushuai asked where your home is."

Hearing this, Chen Erlu quickly replied: "I...my home is in Min'an Town."

"Min'an Town?"

Kuang Zixin frowned slightly after hearing Zhao Tou's narration: "Dongye Port is thirty to fifty miles away from here. How could you come here to fish?"

Chen Erlu asked in fear: "Master Haojiao knows that the fish situation near the harbor has been bad these days, there are only some small fish and shrimps, and the children at home are really hungry and can't bear it, so I can only take the risk and try my luck here." "

"Ah."

Kuang Zixin observed the other party's expression and was convinced.

Fishermen depend on the weather. If they are lucky, they can cast a net with their eyes closed and return with a full load. But if they are unlucky, it is not unusual for them to have no harvest for ten days and a half.

Kuang Zixin chuckled and said: "Don't be afraid, we are the navy of Qi State. We are here to suppress the remnants of Fangla. We will tell you the truth about the current situation in Dongye Port, and we will reward you with a stone of rice!"

"One stone of rice?"

Originally, Chen Erlu was a little scared and uneasy, but after hearing about a stone of rice, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he patted his skinny chest and promised: "You may ask, Master Jun, but I will never hide anything."

Kuang Zixin asked: "Is there a rebel garrison in Dongye Port?"

"Yes, yes."

Chen Erlu nodded hurriedly and said: "There were originally more than twenty warships and thousands of people. Yesterday noon, another three thousand people came. They are still encircling the port and seem to be building a dock."

Kuang Zixin naturally knows a little about the situation in Dongye Port. He asked again this time just to compare the information.

What Chen Erlu said was basically consistent with what he knew. The only discrepancy was that Fang Qifu sent an additional 3,000 soldiers yesterday.

Kuang Zixin continued to ask: "Where is Fuzhou County?"

"I don't know about that. I haven't been to the county town for several years." Chen Erlu shook his head.

Fuzhou County and Min'an Town are next to each other, only about ten miles apart, but to him, a low-class commoner, it is a completely different world.

I am busy fishing all day long to support my family, so I have no time to go to the county town.

Seeing that nothing could be found, Kuang Zixin waved his hand: "Let him go and give him a stone of rice."

……

After struggling to carry the two bags of rice back to the fishing boat, Chen Erlu looked at the warship gradually moving away and suddenly grinned.

These Qiu Ba are pretty good.

Not only did he not embarrass himself, but he actually gave him rice.

Qi Navy?

Qi State...

It seems that I heard Wang Ergou from the market in the town say that the Emperor of Qi was a god descended to earth.

(End of this chapter)