Chapter 496: The enemy of the enemy(1/2)
Ten days later.
At this time, Xu Du even defeated Quzhou.
Kong Zhenyun, a doctor of the Five Classics of the Kong family in Quzhou, refused to follow the thief, but was reluctant to escape, so he closed the gate of the Kong Mansion in Quzhou to avoid being involved in the thief dust. Xu Du led the generals of the Datong Army to respectfully express his heart to Kong Sheng outside the Kong Mansion...
They are not rebels.
They had no choice but to raise an army to clear the king because the treacherous ministers of the court were in power.
In short, I just wanted to do it and then it would be like that. The gate of the Kong family was closed, but it did not mean that all the doors were closed. The butler of the Kong family was still in and out at any time to manage their property for the Kong family. The rent that should be collected was still transported to the Kong family. Dr. Kong didn't just go out. If the thief forced his way in, he would commit suicide to be loyal, but if the thief didn't enter, he would have no need.
So it is said that Dr. Kong is carrying a hanging rope every day.
Loyal minister, absolutely loyal minister.
It is much better than the treacherous minister in the north who steals the position of Yansheng Gong.
Fortunately, at this time, Jiangxi Governor Yang Bangxian led his army to Guangxin. Although his subordinates were also rushing together a group of mobs, as a Shandong native, he drove the soldiers into Zhejiang with his passion for Jiu Qiansui and fought with the Datong Army. Although he was defeated in a crushing defeat, he temporarily blocked Xu Du's military front, mainly because the gentry on his side did not have a deep understanding of Xu Du, and he has not yet decided whether to join.
But all this is no longer important...
Zhangjiawan.
"Is this the result of the fight?"
Wang Yongji looked ahead with anger.
Next to the canal dock in front of him, 12,500 Korean troops were in formation.
Sixteen infantry battalions were arranged into sixteen square formations, with spears like forest pointing to the sky, and the musketeers carrying a sturdy turtle dove gun on their shoulders. The weight of this thing did make the Ming army complain a lot, but fortunately, the Guansai Han who was aiding the Korean army was still acceptable. Everyone was in red military uniforms, the spearmen were wearing half-body armor, and the musketeers were wearing a simple breastplate and a special helmet on their heads.
The officers stood in front of their respective phalanxes, even if they did not ride horses.
In front of the infantry, the cannons are arranged neatly, in two different models, plus a small number of mortars, and behind them are special ammunition chariots, namely four-wheeled carriages.
The artillery was standing aside.
On both sides of the infantry phalanx are cavalry arranged in arrays, with spears specially equipped with small pennant flags, and they are flying in the wind above their heads.
The drums sounded like thunder in front of the square formation.
His Majesty, wearing a special red four-ball golden dragon with two shoulders and a full body armor, solemnly handed a Shangfang sword to Governor Yang with the sound of a tsunami...
"We endured the disgust, endured the humiliation, bowed to the eunuchs, and sang praises to him against our will to build temples for him, and finally got this? Now that we think about it, we are really cheap, like a group of dogs who wag their tails and beg for mercy. We originally thought that we could ask for a piece of meat, but they didn't give anything. If we had known this, we might as well learn from those of Xu Du, at least they were heroic enough!
Brother Tianshi, Datong Army is about to arrive at your house?"
He said.
"Reading the military intelligence report, it has occupied Kaihua, but they cannot take Yanzhou, and they will not be able to truly face Huizhou."
Wu Kongjia, the new girl next to him, said.
Wu Tanhua was from Huizhou, but the gentry of Huizhou was very entangled with the Datong Army.
Although they really yearn for such a life, the problem is that the large families in Huizhou all play salt merchants. If they openly turn to the Datong Army, then the Hui merchants in Yangzhou will be in trouble. So they support the official troops retreating to Yanzhou to control the water transport passages. In this way, the Datong Army will not be able to cross mountains and ridges by land to their places. On the contrary, they can take advantage of their proximity to smuggle the Datong Army controlled area.
The latter is still very rich.
In addition to the confiscated industries, Xu Du also went south to occupy Suichang, controlling the Yinkengshan gold and silver mines under the control of eunuchs, and then ordered gentry from all over the country to go and pay taxes to them.
Free mining!
The local geniuses in Suichang, Quzhou and other places were all so happy.
The gold and silver mine was closed before, mainly because the eunuch mine was responsible for the past, and the envoys of the eunuch mine were requisitioned a large number of local young and strong people to mine. Not only did the gentry not get any benefits, but because the young and strong people went to mine, there was no one in their landslide, and finally stopped the gold and silver mine from being mined by a landslide. But now they have to go there to mine at will, then who cares about the landslide? It is gold and silver. It is mined and refined. Not to mention that the landslide crushes a few people, even if the bones are piled up into a mountain, it has to be done!
So this gold and silver mine was revived instantly.
"It's so fascinating!"
Wang Yongji sighed.
"So what? Yang Zhe left is not a waste of time."
Wu Kongjia said in a daze.
At this time, Yang Xin had already taken the Shangfang sword from the Apocalypse and then issued an order to board the ship to the soldiers. Tens of 12,500 elite soldiers were about to embark on the journey south to suppress the rebellion. The well-equipped army, coupled with an invincible commander, did make those righteous men who yearn for the Datong Army very disappointed.
Xu Du probably couldn't beat Yang Xin.
In other words, the newly opened door to the new world in the south will be closed again.
The gentry's dream of a world of harmony was about to be shattered at the beginning, and I have to say that this is really sad.
Wang Yongji also sighed.
It is indeed useless to say anything at this time.
Unless Su Song and other gentry can muster up the courage to join Xu Du's camp.
But this is obviously impossible. It is not realistic to expect those wastes. Now Gu Bingqian has become their backbone. Suzhou has also built a temple for Wei Zhongxian, and is still dreaming of flattering Wei Zhongxian in exchange for Yang Xin not to mess with them. Xu Du has become their savior. Yang Xin has no time to care about them when Xu Du makes trouble. Even if Xu Du is finally solved, Yang Xin will have to spend some time there to deal with the funeral. He may not be able to care about them for almost two years.
Wang Yongji suddenly realized at this moment.
He finally understood why someone would support Xu Du.
This is a disaster!
He deliberately let Xu Du rebel in Zhejiang and attracted Yang Xin. Even if Yang Xin could quickly resolve Xu Du, it would be enough to scare the emperor, fearing that more Xu Du would appear if this continued. Then, in order to avoid causing chaos in the world, he would restrain himself in the future and no longer let Yang Xin continue to torture. To put it bluntly, they just treat Xu Du as cannon fodder and let Xu Du scare the emperor. After all, it was a bombing of the imperial city and a rebellion. As long as the emperor did not go crazy, he knew that his behavior had put the gentry on the verge of explosion.
Then he will restrain himself.
But no one expected that Xu Du could do so much, and he made it so big all of a sudden, but the purpose of scaring the emperor should be to achieve it.
But the problem is that after Xu Du was finished, the gentry completely lost hope.
"Ma, why haven't Jiannu come out to kill him?"
He said hatefully.
Suddenly a hand appeared on his shoulder...
Wang Yongji was frightened and screamed, then turned around and appeared in his sight with a face in his twenties, which was actually similar to him. He was only in his twenties at this time. He was successful in his youth and was a Jinshi in his early twenties.
"Where did the bastard come from!"
He said angrily.
"Master, what did you say just now?"
The man said with a smile.
"What does this official have to do with you?"
Wang Yongji shouted with a stern look on his face.
"This official, you just said why Jiannu didn't come out to kill him? As the imperial official of the Ming Dynasty, you are looking forward to the enemy's death. This seems to be called treason, right?"
The man said.
"Nonsense, the king said that with such a powerful army, why not go north to clear Jiannu!"
Wu Kongjia shouted.
They were too careless, of course, mainly because they didn't think about anything else, but they were obviously in trouble. If this was a spy from the Jinyiwei, it would be in trouble. Yang Xin had sent out a lot of spys among the people. Of course, it was only the legend that he had sent out, and it was hard to say whether it was true or false. But it would be better to believe that this kind of thing was, so Wu Kongjia was also panicked. Although he was a Hanlin, if he was really reported to the Jinyiwei, his future would be over. At this time, Wang Yongji's face also changed.
Wang Yongji looked at the latter and quietly took out a silver note.
"Brother, don't talk nonsense. Wang is also the head of the Ministry of Revenue."
He said.
At the same time, he handed over the silver notes.
The latter did not answer, but looked at them with a strange expression.
Wang Yongji and the others looked at each other, then they showed a hint of nervousness, but the man suddenly smiled...
"I am Jiannu."
He said.
"What did you say?"
Wu Kongjia was confused.
Wang Yongji instantly changed into a solemn face, and then he saw the man taking off his hat, with a normal bun on his head, but looking closely, he could see something strange on his scalp. Then he made a forehead-holding shape, and at the same time he picked his fingertips, a thin layer of skin was obviously wrinkled. Wu Kongjia was about to scream, but was blocked by Wang Yongji. At this moment, the four companions behind the man quietly stepped forward. They were actually a forest, and there were no one else nearby. The nearest one was about to be more than ten feet away. Wu Kongjia immediately became honest.
Wang Yongji looked at the man.
"You are brave enough."
Wang Yongji said.
"You are not too brave."
The man said.
"Aren't you afraid of going to the prison of the Jinyiwei?"
Wang Yongji said.
"You are not afraid of me or I."
To be continued...