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  Chapter 288 286 [Zhang Xianzhong]

  Anqing.

  Zhang Xianzhong has more than 100,000 soldiers and has been besieging the city for half a month.

   Can't beat it.

  Anqing’s defenders were only 3,000, but they were united, and even the common people came to help, fearing that they would be looted after the city was broken.

  Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry were all scattered, and the sentry extended a radius of twenty miles. If officers and soldiers come to rescue Anqing, if there are few reinforcements, they will take the initiative to annihilate them, and if there are too many reinforcements, they will run away.

  To this day, Zhang Xianzhong does not want to go to Sichuan either.

  Zhang Xianzhong has great ambitions and has always wanted to cross the Yangtze River. With Nanjing as its base, sitting in the best place in the south of the Yangtze River, it can rule at least half of the world!

  In history, Zhang Xianzhong crashed into Sichuan, purely at the instigation of counselor Wang Zhaoling. Later, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to leave Sichuan with his entire army, occupy the northwest and seek the world. Wang Zhaoling again provoked dissension, saying that once Zhang Xianzhong left, the generals who stayed in Sichuan would definitely rebel and stand on their own.

   Zhang Xianzhong’s mass murder in Sichuan was also caused by Wang Zhaoling.

   Of course, certainly not as much as the history books say.

  Although the author of "Shu Bi" has all kinds of black Zhang Xianzhong, he also recorded a sentence pertinently: Zhang Xianzhong) has kept great ambitions since he broke Wuchang, and he did not kill much."

  …

  The peasant army advanced step by step, and in a blink of an eye they came to the bank of the moat, and the officers and soldiers on the city began to shoot arrows.

  Suddenly, someone shouted in the city: "The thief ship!"

  At Zhang Xianzhong's side, there were also sentinel cavalry running quickly: "The officers, soldiers and sailors are here, the officers, soldiers and sailors are here!"

  The peasant army that was attacking the city was immediately recalled by Ming Jin.

   Both attackers and defenders, inside and outside the city, were all frightened by the fleet on the river surface.

  The Jiangxi Navy, which has expanded its army to 4,000, already has hundreds of warships of all sizes. In addition to practicing, he usually assists the transshipment envoys in transporting official money and food in Jiangxi.

  At this moment, ten large ships of 400 materials and thirty ships of 200 materials came from upstream.

  Zhang Xianzhong rode to the riverside himself, muttering to himself: "The officers, soldiers and sailors are not so majestic. They seem to be the flag of Jiangxi Zhao's bandits."

   "The Lame General" Bai Wenxuan followed, and asked in confusion, "Is Bandit Zhao going to attack Jiangnan?"

   "I'm afraid we will really fight." Zhang Xianzhong was a little frustrated.

  Such a majestic naval fleet is enough to break the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Zhang Xianzhong never even thinks about crossing the river to occupy Nanjing.

   "Fuck it!"

  Zhang Xianzhong cursed: "Order all the ministries to stop attacking Anqing, and immediately go north with the whole army to help that **** Li Zicheng!"

  Since the Jiangxi thief Zhao is ready to attack Jiangnan, and there are also strong navy. In Anqing, where Zhang Xianzhong still beat Mao, this place is easily besieged by officers and soldiers, so it is better to go north to Henan to help Li Zicheng.

  Of course, helping is fake, and disturbing the arrangement of officers and soldiers is real.

  Pretend to be going to Henan, mobilize officers and soldiers from all walks of life to chase and intercept, then look for a gap and immediately go west, jump out of the encirclement and return to Huguang (Hubei).

  Seeing Zhang Xianzhong's sudden withdrawal of troops, the defenders in the city were in shock and did not dare to lead their troops out.

  Even after Zhang Xianzhong left for several days, the Anqing defenders did not dare to move, for fear of being killed by bandits—Zhang Xianzhong often did this!

   Marched for thirty miles and began to set up camp.

  Zhang Xianzhong summoned his generals to discuss matters. Except for Bai Wenxuan, the descendants of Siyi Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi were all present.

   "The king of Zhao in Jiangxi may be able to take down Jiangnan this year," Zhang Xianzhong said to the generals, "Let's not attack Jiangbei. Even if we take down both Huai and Huaihe Rivers, we will just stand here and serve as a shield for that Zhao."

   "Father," Sun Kewang took out a copy of "The Collected Works of Great Harmony", "I found this from a landlord's house."

  Zhang Xianzhong can know a few words, but as for the level of education, it is estimated to be about the same as that of a Mongolian boy who has been in school for half a year. He glanced at the title of the book and asked, "The book in Shanxi?"

  Sun Kewang said: "Father, this is the Datong of Datong in the world, not the Datong of Shanxi."

   "That Zhao Tianwang's book?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

   "Yes," said Sun Kewang, "My son has consulted the master, and the meaning of this first article has been understood."

  Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "Tell me, what kind of articles did the surname Zhao write?"

  Sun Kewang said: "The Great Harmony under Heaven means to say that the world belongs to everyone, not to any family or surname. It is necessary to choose people with good moral character and ability to be officials, and to be trustworthy..."

   "That's a good statement, the surname Zhao has knowledge in his belly." Zhang Xianzhong nodded in approval.

Sun Kewang continued: "Everyone should be close to each other, treat other relatives as your own relatives, and treat other sons as your own sons. Some people will die when they are old, young and strong can find a job, and children can grow up alive. Widowers Men, widows, and disabled people all come to support them. Men can beg their mothers-in-law, and women can marry their husbands...Scholars don’t play tricks, common people don’t become thieves, and they don’t have to close their doors at night.”

   Zhang Xianzhong was silent for a long time after listening.

   "Oh," Zhang Xianzhong sighed, "who would not want to live such a good life? I can't even dream of it. What else is written later?"

  Sun Kewang said: "The child is not very literate, and he can half understand what he reads. He hasn't asked his master yet."

   "Call Master here." Zhang Xianzhong said.

  Sun Kewang said: "On the way to retreat today, the master wanted to escape, but was killed by the child."

  Zhang Xianzhong warned: "Please ask for another one tomorrow."

   Zhang Xianzhong was in Gucheng last year and listened to "Sun Tzu's Art of War" for several months. Although he still didn't understand a lot of content, he still felt that he had benefited a lot.

  It's a pity that the master who explained "Sun Tzu's Art of War" actually ran away when the troops were transferred.

   Marching for another day, Zhang Xianzhong not only invited his master, but also got a copy of "Records of Female Generals of Datong".

   Because of the illustrations, Zhang Xianzhong was very interested, so he asked the master to talk about the record of female generals first.

This book can be listened to as a story. After listening to it, Zhang Xianzhong clapped his hands and praised: "The surname Zhao is interesting. There are so many Sun Erniangs and Hu Sanniangs in the army." He also said to the generals, "Women also have skills, and they can choose strong women If you join the army, you might be able to produce a few Sun Erniangs and Hu Sanniangs."

   "Yes!" All the generals responded.

  Actually, these generals are all fantasizing. They have read the illustrations in the book, and they pay more attention to beauty.

   As for choosing a strong woman to join the army?

  When Zhang Xianzhong was at his lowest ebb, the generals killed their wives one after another!

  The master talked about "Theory of Graphs" again with trepidation, but Zhang Xianzhong didn't take it seriously at first. But in the next few days, he listened to "Theory on Dividing the Land", "On the Release of Slaves", and "On the Family, the Country and the World", and was immediately convinced by Zhao Han's set of rebellious theories.

Another day passed, Zhang Xianzhong summoned all the generals and said: "I decided to go to Yunyang to lay down a piece of land and learn from that surnamed Zhao. First distribute the land to the soldiers, and then to the common people. Let go."

  Li Dingguo said: "Father, the soldiers and the common people have divided the land, and they sincerely support it. But when the officers and soldiers come, we have to run away. Isn't the land divided for nothing?"

  Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a long time: "Try it first."

After a while, Zhang Xianzhong said again: "Jiangxi Zhao Tianwang is well-known, and it seems that he has some real skills. When the officers and soldiers are led by the nose, we will jump out and run southwest when we reach the border of Henan. When we reach Huangmei County, we will send people to follow him." Contacts with the surname Zhao. They are all rebels, let’s see if we can help each other, and we will fight officers and soldiers together.”

  …

  However, Xu Fengcai, Xu Nianzu, Liu Rushi and others also encountered the Jiangxi Navy Fleet halfway.

  Standing on the deck, Xu Nianzu asked in a daze, "Is this going to hit Jiangnan?"

   "Brother, look at the sides of the ship." Xu Fengcai pointed to the warships and said.

  Xu Nianzu glanced over and found that the sides of each boat were tied with ropes to giant logs, and the giant logs were **** and floating on the water.

   "Why are you carrying a lot of wood?" Xu Nianzu wondered, "Is it to make siege equipment?"

  Xu Fengcai said: "To build siege equipment, such a huge tree will not be used."

Li Fenglai came over and said, "That's oak oak, which is used to build sea-going ships. Last year, notices were posted in various prefectures and counties in Jiangxi to prohibit cutting oak oak. If there are oak oaks hugged by two or three people, report to the government immediately. If the situation is true, report the letter." Those who do will be rewarded with one tael of silver."

   "Is this going to...Guangdong?" Xu Nianzu asked in surprise.

   "It should be to Guangdong." Li Feng said.

  Jiangxi Navy Fleet, after arriving in Nanjing, actually stopped at the pier and did not leave.

  Nanjing officials were shocked. Zhang Guowei, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of War, immediately ordered the defense of the city and ordered the officials to prepare things for the defense.

  A man with a sword on his back suddenly appeared in the city, and went straight to see him.

   "How dare you show up in the city, catch and behead you for public display!" Zhang Guowei was furious.

  A man with a sword on his back said, "Don't be angry with Zhang Bingbu. I'm waiting to show up at this moment because I have something to say to the Bingbu."

  Zhang Guowei sneered: "Is it possible to persuade the old man to become a thief?"

The man with the sword on his back said: "No. King Zhao knew that there was a famine in the south, and although there was not much grain left in Jiangxi, summer grain would be harvested in one month. Therefore, King Zhao ordered to buy grain in Jiangxi, brought a lot of it, and sold it at a low price. Relief to the Nanjing government. Please Zhang Bingbu send people on board to inspect the grain to ensure that the price of grain is far below the market price. Don’t sell directly to merchants in Jiangnan, because they are afraid that these merchants will hoard and live in strange places.”

  Zhang Guowei was silent for a while, he didn't believe that thief Zhao was so kind, but it seemed unnecessary to cheat.

  By the way, it must be an invitation to buy people's hearts!

  Zhang Guowei sent more than 20 people to inspect the goods in hanging baskets out of the city. Half a day later, these people came back and reported: "Except for the sailors, there were no soldiers hiding in the ships. Some ships contained food, and some ships contained porcelain."

   Are you really here to sell food?

   All of a sudden, officials from the six ministries in Nanjing stood on the tower and talked about it.

  Most officials suggested buying grain, because the rice price in Nanzhili this year is too expensive. Famine has already occurred in many villages. The price of rice in Nanjing City has risen to 1.5 taels a stone, and if it continues, it must break through 2 taels a stone.

Gu Gao, Chen Zhenhui, Wu Yingji, Huang Zongxi and other scholars who were restored to the society, as many as dozens of people, came to the city wall together and bowed collectively: "If Jiangxi really wants to sell grain at a low price, please Zhang Bingbu will consider it for the people. "

   Immediately afterwards, the people in Nanjing city heard that Jiangxi was transporting grain, and they also came to inquire about the situation.

  Zhang Guowei was inexplicably horrified. If he stopped him from buying grain, the people in the city might rebel.

  But Nanjing Six Departments, the Ministry of War Minister is the boss, once buying food from the rebels, he must be convicted of collaborating with the enemy and treason!

   This is putting him on the fire to roast him. Whatever he does is wrong, and he is not human inside and out.

  Even if the food is bought, how will it be distributed?

  The nobles are like sharks, they must come smelling blood. If the food is not sold to the nobles, these nobles will definitely cause trouble; if the grain is sold to the nobles, it will inevitably lead to public resentment.

   Zhang Guowei is going crazy!

  (end of this chapter)