Chapter 759 Target! Abatai! [Please give me a monthly ticket!]

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"Governor General, Zhuozhou is ahead."

The guide leading the way said.

"Thanks!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and waved his hand to let the guide leave.

After staying in Dong'an County for two days, Zhang Zhun led his army to Zhuozhou. The Hu Ben Army cavalry did not find any opportunity to fight in Dong'an County, so they moved west to find opportunities to fight. As a result, there was no chance along the way. Finally, Zhang Zhun and his friends came to Zhuozhou. Zhuozhou was a secret contact point for the Hu Ben Army here, with a complete intelligence network. Zhang Zhun hoped that fighter planes could be found here.

The advantage of cavalry is that it transfers very quickly. It is still here today and can appear in another place tomorrow. For Zhang Zhun, who came from later generations, he finally regained a little bit of the feeling of rapid combat. The Marines in later generations were either helicopters or motorboats, and the speed of movement was also very fast.

"Lu Yidian, go and tell Xianmo that I'm here."

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

"clear!"

Lu Yidian agreed to go.

The governor of Zhuozhou was named Xianmo, whose courtesy name was Daxian, and was from Yizhou Prefecture, Shandong. After being admitted to the Jinshi in the late Tianqi period, he became the governor of Zhuozhou. Zhang Zhun was not very familiar with Xianmo, but knew his master. Xianmo's master was named Zuo Maodi. Zuo Maodi was from Laiyang, Shandong and was a veritable local production in Shandong. When the Yinxiang Sect occupied Laiyang, Zuo Maodi wrote a letter asking the court to send troops to the Yinxiang Sect, but unfortunately the court had the will but lacked strength. In the end, it was the Hu Ben Army that finally defeated Zuo Maodi.

Because of the Yinxiang Sect, Zuo Maodi had a special identity with the Hu Ben Army for the first time. Zuo Maodi had a relatively special identity, that is, a censor. The censors in the Ming Dynasty were still very distinctive, that is, they dared to impeach everything, and even the emperor was not active in sexual intercourse, and they dared to hand over a memorial. The Hu Ben Army made such a big noise in Shandong, and Zuo Maodi's impeachment of the Hu Ben Army was indeed a lot of memorials, and they added up. Even if there were not thirty copies, there were more than twenty-five copies.

However, what makes people feel a bit dramatic is that with the deepening understanding of the Hu Ben Army, Zuo Maodi's hostility towards the Hu Ben Army gradually disappeared, and there are fewer and fewer memorials to impeach the Hu Ben Army. While Zuo Maodi was impeaching the Hu Ben Army, he was still quite concerned about the development of the Hu Ben Army. This is certain. If you don't know the Hu Ben Army at all, how can you impeach? The emperor thought you were looking for trouble! As a result, the more he understood, the more he felt that the Hu Ben Army's approach was right. Only the policies of the Hu Ben Army can make the lives of the people truly better.

As a censor, he is in charge of impeachment of unfair affairs. There are too many unfair things that Zuo Maodi sees on weekdays and he can't control them at all. Moreover, there are more unfair affairs, and he has no power or ability to control them. This has always been a pain in Zuo Maodi. For this reason, Zuo Mao thought of it for the first time, so he simply resigned and returned to his hometown to farm.

Especially after the Hu Ben Army carried out land reform in Laiyang, the quality of life of the people in Laiyang was greatly improved, which greatly touched Zuo Maodi. Among them, many of them were Zuo Maodi's relatives. Zuo Maodi was only a seventh-rank censor, without power, and had little salary, so he could not take care of his own tribe. Therefore, the children of the Zuo family lived a relatively difficult life. Fortunately, they finally survived the Hu Ben Army and their lives were greatly improved.

Because of Zhang Shenyan's relationship, Zuo Maodi and the Hu Ben Army have always been better. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, Zhang Shenyan himself is upright and upright, and most of the friends he makes have a similar personality. In fact, since Zhang Shenyan surrendered to the Hu Ben Army, he also actively wanted to bring talented and upright officials who were hit by the court. This Zuo Maodi is one of Zhang Shenyan's goals. Zhang Zhun also supported Zhang Shenyan's efforts to pull Zuo Maodi and others over.

Zuo Maodi is still very famous in history. Because of his unyielding and unyielding resistance to the Tartars, he was eventually brutally killed by the Tartars. Later generations once called him "Wen Tianxiang in the late Ming Dynasty", which shows his evaluation of his integrity. Of course, Zhang Zhun was also very clear that Zuo Maodi had a good impression of the Tiger Ben Army, and Zhang Shenyan's win over was just an unimportant part. The most fundamental reason was that the court's attitude of fighting against the Tartars was too unpositive, which made Zuo Maodi feel very sad and disappointed. Chongzhen's stubbornness and ruthlessness also made Zuo Maodi a little discouraged. The policies of the Tiger Ben Army happened to be consistent with Zuo Maodi's ideas and propositions.

Because of Zuo Maodi's relationship, the intelligence department of the Hu Ben Army also knew about the existence of Xianmo. Xianmo was Zuo Maodi's favorite disciple, and was basically the same as Zuo Maodi's governance philosophy. Xianmo was the governor of Zhuozhou and held real power. It happened to be the powerful piece of the Hu Ben Army's opening up the situation in Northern Zhili. However, for the sake of Xianmo's safety, only a few senior officials such as Zhang Zhun knew about Xianmo.

"Sir, Xianmo is here."

Not long after, Lu Yidian arrived with Xian Mo.

Xian Mo was tall and thin, with a typical civil servant appearance. His expression was a bit haggard, and obvious bloodshot could be seen in his eyes. It was obviously caused by insufficient rest and excessive fatigue. It seems that this magistrate must have not had a good rest in the past few days. It is said that Zuo Maodi himself worked very hard. It seems that the kind of master is really the same kind of apprentice!

Seeing Zhang Zhun, Xian Mo hurriedly saluted respectfully and said enthusiastically: "The Governor came from a long distance and was exhausted. I guess he must be tired. Please go to Zhuozhou to rest for a while."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said warmly: "Xianmo, you don't have to be polite to me. Your affairs must be kept confidential for the time being to avoid posing a threat to your personal safety. I will not go to the city, I just want to know the specific situation of the Tartars."

Xian Mo hurriedly said, "Please listen to the Governor."

Immediately, he introduced the situation around Zhuozhou in detail.

In northern Zhili, Zhuozhou is a famous historical and cultural city. The Taoyuan Sanyi during the Three Kingdoms period took place in Zhuozhou. Among the dozens of county towns in northern Zhili, if you want to talk about which county has the most historical celebrities, Zhuozhou can definitely be ranked among the top three. In addition to Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, Lu Zhi was also from Zhuozhou. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the Sixth Patriarch Zen Master Huineng, the famous geographer and writer Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the famous poet Lu Zhaolin of the Tang Dynasty, Jia Dao, the master of Yixue Shao Yong, and the famous anti-Yuan general of the Southern Song Dynasty, were all from Zhuozhou. The Lu family in history was also in Zhuozhou.

The first time the Tatars did not reach Zhuozhou, and Zhuozhou avoided a disaster by chance. In the next two times, Xianmo was already the governor of Zhuozhou. He fully estimated the cruelty of the Tatars and actively mobilized the people in the city to have money and make great efforts to strengthen the city defense fortifications in Zhuozhou, organize the people in the city to strengthen training, and prepare to fight the attack of the Tatars. As a result, the passing Tatars launched a tentative attack, but were repelled by the defenders. After that, the Tatars never launched another attack.

Although the Tartars did not launch an attack, Xianmo still dared not take it lightly. As long as the Tartars were still in the north of Zhili for one day, the danger of Zhuozhou would not be lifted for a day. For this reason, he sent people every day to actively seek information. He thought he would wait for the imperial army, but he did not expect that the Tiger Army would be waiting for. He told Zhang Zhun that in recent times, in the Liuli River east of Zhuozhou, there were Taurus cavalry active, and there were a large number of them.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Liulihe? Are you sure?"

Xianmo said affirmatively: "Yes."

Zhang Zhun nodded and immediately sent a scout to the detective.

While waiting for the scouts to come back, Zhang Zhun learned about the fields of the people in Zhuozhou with concern.

Xian Mo shook his head, looked at Zhang Zhun intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a wry smile: "Governor, if the people know that you have been to Zhuozhou and have not entered, they will kill me."

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "Take it serious?"

Xian Mo nodded cautiously.

He did not tell lies. The ordinary people in Zhuozhou really looked forward to Zhang Zhun's arrival. The fields in Zhuozhou were either occupied by the powerful people in the capital, or occupied by local wealthy families. Ordinary people could only be tenants for them, and they had no land of their own. I heard that Zhang Zhun had to divide the land and land, but the people were surprised when they were unhappy.

If it were in the past, even if the people wanted the Hu Ben Army to arrive, they would not be so direct. After all, there was a court above them. The vassal of the Hu Ben Army was a crime of rebellion, and they wanted to behead and confiscate their houses. But now, the Hu Ben Army is so powerful that it has been fighting the Tartars continuously, but the court is shrugging and dare not fight with the Tartars at all. Whoever is stronger and weak can be seen at a glance. What are they afraid of the imperial court doing when the Hu Ben Army is so powerful?

With the support of the Hu Ben Army, the people became brave. They spontaneously organized militias, and while protecting Zhuozhou, they also put pressure on the wealthy families. The wealthy families in the local areas were afraid that they would really rebel, so they had to reduce rent and taxes, giving the people as much as possible. Due to the threat from the Tartars outside the city, both sides had common enemies. With Xianmo's mediation, the situation in the city was finally not at a loss.

"Reduce rent and interest rates? This is a good thing!"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

Xian Mo could only smile bitterly.

For the common people, this is of course a good thing. But for the officials of the court, it is not a good thing. Of course, those wealthy families are unwilling to reduce rent and taxes. They constantly put pressure on the government to arrest a few people who are leading the way to avoid the common people being more aggressive. Of course, Xian Mo quit. The Hu Ben Army is coming. Do you want me to stand up to make me a target for the Hu Ben Army? After the Hu Ben Army comes, will I hold me accountable? There is no way, both sides will be in a stalemate.

Of course, those wealthy families refused to give up, so they sent people to the capital and asked the court to come forward to solve the problem. The consequences were conceivable. At this time, the court was in a state of great anxiety, and there was no intention to pay attention to them. Without the support of the court, they calmed down a little. However, the people also knew about the news that the wealthy families went to Beijing to ask for support, so they stepped up training militias to fight against the counterattack of the imperial army. The situation in the city gradually became nervous again.

If Zhang Zhuozhou appeared in Zhuozhou at this time, it would be strange if the people in the city were not ecstatic. What else would they be afraid of when Zhang Zhuozhou himself arrived in Zhuozhou? And the wealthy families in the city would probably all raise their hands to surrender. Where can they have the courage and ability to fight against the Hu Ben Army? Unless they don’t want to live anymore. They don’t know how Zhang Zhuo killed people, and they don’t need to take action at all. As long as Zhang Zhuo winked, maybe he doesn’t even need a look. As long as he expresses acquiescence, the angry people in the city can tear them all to pieces.

"I won't calm down..."

Zhang Zhun said to himself in a low voice.

According to Xian Mo's account, the conditions in the city were indeed very beneficial to the Hu Ben Army. Of course, Zhang Zhun would not let go of such a momentum. It was inevitable that the Hu Ben Army would control Zhuozhou. The geographical location of Zhuozhou was very important, just the only way to the southwest of the capital. This was a real place for military strategists to fight. Fu Zuoyi became famous in Zhuozhou. The Hu Ben Army controlled Zhuozhou, which was equivalent to cutting off the connection between the capital and Baoding Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture and other places. If Chongzhen wanted to escape back to the south, he had to detour to Shanxi.

"Da da da da!"

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came, interrupting Zhang Zhun's words to himself, but the scout came back.

According to the scout's report, there were indeed Tartar cavalry near the Liuli River, and there were quite a few people. Judging from the flag, it should be the Inlaid Blue Flag. According to the information revealed by the tongue caught, the flag owner of the Inlaid Blue Flag may also be in the Liuli River. The flag owner of the Inlaid Blue Flag is Abatai.

"May Abatai be in Liulihe?"

Zhang Zhun's heart suddenly became eager.

After Amin, Abatai was the bravest general in the Great Jin army, a banner of the Great Jin army. If the Tiger Army could defeat Abatai, it would be a great blow to the Great Jin army and Huang Taiji. Dorgon and Dodor were both captured. If Abatai died in battle again, the Beile of the Great Jin Kingdom would have to be removed. Without three Beile who could conquer and fight, the Great Jin Kingdom would definitely plummet.

The Tartars's blue flag was not very strong at first, and after Dongjiabao and Qingzhou City were successively attacked by the Hu Ben Army, their strength was further weakened. At this time, it was still possible for the Hu Ben Army cavalry to fight to the death with them. Abatai's courage was not worth laughing at in Zhang Zhun's eyes. No matter how brave he was, he was still a flesh and blood body. Even if he was a god, he could not stop the shooting of thousands of Hu Ben Guns.

"How many troops are there in the Tartars?"

Zhang Zhun asked cautiously.

"Sir, there are many whistle pedestals in the Tartars. We cannot make accurate judgments. It is estimated that there are about 3,000 people."

The scout answered cautiously.

"Continue to investigate!"

Zhang Zhun issued a cold and stern order.

The captain of the scout turned around and went.

Zhang Zhun thought coldly for a moment and said deeply to Zhong Wuying and others: "Prepare for the fight!"

With the order, all the Huben cavalry were ready for battle. Soon, Zhang Zhun ordered to move towards Liulihe, preparing to attack Abatai off guard. Zhang Zhun had just calculated roughly that the remaining troops of the Inlaid Blue Flag were indeed about 3,000. If the Huben cavalry knocked them out, it would be equivalent to annihilation of a flag of the Tatars.

Zhang Zhun turned his horse's head and moved forward quickly in the direction of Liulihe. He accidentally saw Xian Mo following behind him. This typical civil servant, the governor of Zhuozhou, had quite good riding skills. It seemed that he had received special training. Zhang Zhun couldn't help but say, "Xian Mo, what are you doing?"

Xian Mo said coldly: "The lower official follows the Lord to Liuli River."

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "Xian Mo, this is a battle. You are a civil servant, and it is not suitable."

Xianmo said loudly: "Governor thinks Xianmo is afraid of death?"

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said nothing.

At this time, it is an insult to the other party, which is definitely not advisable. In fact, not all officials in the Ming Dynasty were as greedy as high-level officials, and they only knew how to fill their pockets. Some low-level officials, such as magistrates, magistrates, etc., were still relatively bloody. Some grassroots officers and a considerable number of soldiers were very brave. The key is that the Ming Dynasty's court was already rotten, and even if the officials and soldiers below were occasionally bloody, there was no enough stage for them to play.

"Target! Abatai!"

Zhang Zhun waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice.

"Da da da da!"

The sound of horse hooves was rapid, and the tide-like Hu Ben cavalry immediately galloped towards the Liuli River.

Zhang Zhun looked back at Xian Mo several times during this period and found that he had been riding steadily on the horse and never fell down. What surprised Zhang Zhun even more was that he actually had a sabre! A tall and thin civil servant waved a sabre and followed the army to fight to kill the enemy. What kind of scene was this? Zhang Zhun had to express his admiration for three points.

He suddenly felt that Lu Xiangsheng was really awesome. Xian Mo was just carrying a sabre, but Lu Xiangsheng was carrying a machete. The machete! The machete weighing dozens of kilograms! Even Zhang Zhun could not easily slap that thing. If you admire Xian Mo three points, you should admire Lu Xiangsheng at least five points. If the Ming Empire was controlled by people like Lu Xiangsheng, the Tatars would probably not live long, not to mention invasions, even if they fled to Sakhalin Island!

"Da da da da!"

The captain of the scout suddenly arrived again.

"Sir, the cavalry of the Tartars are coming to us!"

Captain Scout loudly reported.

It turned out that the Tatars' scout cavalry were also quite powerful. Abatai knew it shortly after the Hu Ben Army cavalry arrived in Zhuozhou. Abatai was extremely brave. He heard that the Hu Ben Army cavalry was right next to him, so he immediately led his army to kill him. Fighting in the plains, Abatai would not take Zhang Zhu seriously. As a result, the two armies suddenly encountered this place!
Chapter completed!