"We're poking a hornet's nest!"

Liu Shimin said carefully.

He didn't expect to develop to this point at first. He just felt that things were not big. It was just that Yang Xin had turned the militia of those families into militia. What if the gentry was dissatisfied? Especially when they were defeated by the loyal and brave army, could they really fight for these families? Since Yang Xin said that he would do this, he certainly could not object. Besides, this would be beneficial to him.

But now it looks like it's really big.

"What are you afraid of!"

Yang Xin sneered.

He looked at the battlefield in the distance. At this time, the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army had retreated. Their purpose was to harass, either a decisive battle or a tentative one. When he saw that the cavalry of the bandits was really difficult to fight, of course he would not continue to fight.

"Reply to my uncle, this time I, the nephew, willful one!"

He continued.

Liu Shimin didn't dare to say anything more.

What he can't do is just passing the message.

That's fine.

Yang Xin just didn't listen to anything.

Anyway, no one else could do anything to him. All the orders from the Ministry of War were thrown aside. The imperial edict was accepted but he did not listen. As long as the emperor did not issue an order to remove Yang Xin's military affairs, he had the final say. As for the emperor to remove his military affairs from the governor...

The emperor is not stupid.

Yang Xin really wanted to militia all the five prefectures of Susong, Jia, Hu and Hangzhou. The emperor had to increase his income by more than 10 million a year, and also had a militia area with a population of more than 10 million, millions of reserves, and hundreds of thousands of elite troops who could be recruited at any time. All of what Yang Xin did was ultimately profitable in the end. Now he was just a little unable to withstand the pressure of civil servants and gentry, but the emperor had stopped Yang Xin. It was not that the emperor did not stop Yang Xin, but that he stopped him, but Yang Xin didn't listen at all!

Then continue to stop it!

According to the current speed of the bandit army's advance, it is estimated that after three or five rounds of news from the capital and here, Yang Xin will invade Suzhou City.

At that time...

What's the use of stopping at that time?

Did the emperor return the land that Yang Xin had distributed to those gentry?

Stop teasing.

"I'm afraid they will join forces with Xu Du!"

Yang Huan said carefully.

Indeed, the gentry had another choice, which was to completely give up their fantasies about the emperor, turn to embrace Xu Du's Datong Kingdom, and then use the strength of Datong Kingdom to fight against the tyrant monarchs and treacherous ministers. At this time, Xu Du already had a large army of 100,000, and had half of Zhejiang. Relying on a completely free economic model, industry is developing wildly...

real.

They no longer need to buy arms.

They could make everything from cannons to muskets and gunpowder by themselves. Under the stimulation of free mining and free industry and commerce, the gentry in the controlled area of ​​Datong State were celebrating various ores. Although Zhejiang had few resources, it was not without them. It must be understood that mining was restricted in the past, and there were a lot of restrictions in the Ming Dynasty. Although it was actually limited, it was not relaxed after all. But now the gentry is in charge, so naturally there is no restriction. The completely free industry and commerce will definitely lead to a rushing development.

In just over half a year, various factories and mines sprouted in the Datong Army controlled area like weeds after the rainy season began.

Now the Datong Army is really becoming a climate.

The gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang had longed for them, and was forced to go to the point of desperate situations. It was not strange that they would not serve these foolish monarchs and treacherous ministers.

"It's better to be a partnership!"

Yang Xin said.

However……

They have already joined forces.

"Your defeat is decided!"

On a small boat in Liangxi River, Zheng Zunqian held a telescope and looked at Hengshan Fort and said.

"I really didn't expect that this traitor was really capable. Why didn't we expect that the castle could attack like this? The zigzag trench was forward, and people avoided shells underground. The parallel trench arranged cannons close enough to the collapse of the castle, and even dug it to the front of the castle. The soldiers were waiting dozens of feet away, and when would the castle be destroyed and forced to attack.

This trick is really amazing!

All of a sudden, this kind of headache-inducing bastion is no longer unbreakable."

He continued.

He Gang beside him looked solemn.

The Hengshan Fort in the distance was constantly collapsed under the bombardment of 18 kilograms of artillery. Although the fortress wall was so thick that it was scary, as long as these cannons kept bombarding like this, they would eventually blow it out of the gap.

The rest is a strong attack.

The trenches that were winding forward were allowing the soldiers of the bandit army to safely pass through the firepower coverage area of ​​Hengshan Fort and approaching the front of the ridge. Here they could see the earth dikes that were constantly piled up on the hillside. Below was definitely the bandit army that was digging forward. At this time, the front was less than 80 feet away from Hengshan Fort, and it was estimated that they could dig all the way down the ridge. At that time, Hengshan Fortress almost collapsed under the bombardment of cannons, and then the bandit army waiting in the trenches would drill out of the trenches and run wildly until the gap poured in, leaving the melee in the ridge.

But there may not be any melee.

From the collapse of Xishan Fort, we can see that the will of the defenders is limited after all, and if they were really destroyed, the defenders would have run away.

"If I had known today, why should I have been? If you weren't afraid of the beginning, you might as well build the Datong Kingdom with us and join forces with our Jiangsu and Zhejiang forces, would you be afraid of Yang Xin? We have a 100,000 army and 50,000 to go north, enough to help you defend it. Now you have rifles, don't be afraid of Yang Xin anymore. He is just an ordinary commander now. He relies on commanding the army to fight. As long as he can defeat his army, he will still flee in panic.

But do you have to deal with him yourself?

What is the result?"

Zheng Zunqian said.

"What's the use of saying this at this time? Even if we join Datong Kingdom, you can't come to reinforce us. Besides, there is still activity in the capital. If the emperor can order Yang Xin to recall, we still have a chance here!"

Xu Fuyuan said.

"emperor?"

Zheng Zunqian couldn't help laughing.

"You still don't understand who you want to militia the land the most? Yang Xin? What benefits can he get? What benefits does this have to him? Who is the real benefit of who you still don't understand? You expect the emperor, the emperor is the one who wants you the most. Indeed, the emperor will help you. He will issue imperial edicts to Yang Xin over and over again to ask him to turn back, but Yang Xin only needs to continue to use the Shangfang Sword to play with the king's orders outside, and he can continue to deal with you here.

Then what?

The emperor issued another imperial edict, and he resisted it again.

It’s not that the emperor ignored you. He sent an imperial edict to Yang Xin. Yang Xin didn’t listen. Will the emperor arrest Yang Xin because of this? But as long as he didn’t arrest Yang Xin, Yang Xin would continue until he finished what he wanted to do.

What about you?

Who will care about you again?

The land has become a militia area. Do you want to take it back? Have you ever regained acre of land from the militia over the years?

As for Yang Xin.

He brought the emperor at least more than 10 million stones of annual income each year. Will the emperor punish him? The victor will not be punished. He is a hungry wolf who makes money for the emperor. He did a good job. Maybe he will be promoted to the title with this credit, and a duke is already waiting for him."

Zheng Zunqian said.

At this time, the defeated Tianxiong cavalry had also withdrawn.

The Changsheng Army built another camp at the foot of Huishan Mountain, and sent troops to set up defenses between Xishan and Huishan Mountain to block the bandits from capturing Xishan Mountain. Although the Xishan Fortress had been blown up, if the bandits moved the mortar position to Xishan Mountain, they could still bombard Huishan Fort. Now the Changsheng Army, the remnants of the Chang'an Army, reinforced their Tianxiong Army cavalry, and even some of the Changjie Army transferred from elsewhere, a total of 10,000 troops were concentrated on the bank of Liangxi River to defend the flanks of Wuxi City. They also knew that Yang Xin's troops could not be allowed to come to Wuxi. Now the Wuxi city needs to be suppressed. Once Yang Xin's troops arrived in Wuxi, they would be powerless to turn the world back. Those poor people who had been waiting for a long time would open the city gate for Yang Xin.

The reliance they held on was Hengshan Fort. Once this fortress was captured, they could only fight the decisive battle with the bandits in this area.

but.

The decisive battle will definitely fail.

Chang'an army didn't win, and they couldn't win now.

It can be said that the battle situation is really dangerous.

"Two, don't hesitate. Join us and build Datong together. This is your only choice at present."

Zheng Zunqian said.

"But what can I do if I join you?"

He Gang said.

"Add us, we will immediately go east to the Qiantang River, and then Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo and other prefectures all join. Shaoxing and Ningbo gentry are already waiting for us. As long as we come out of the mountain, they will join. Then we will go north to reinforce you, Taizhou gentry will join. As for Jiangxi, there is no need to pay attention to it, and Fujian. They are happy to see us succeed, and even Guangdong gentry is the same. Zhang Keda from Huizhou is also not worth worrying. Any army can stare at him, and we can dispatch at least 80,000 troops. Even if Yang Xin mobilizes the Red Turban Army in Zhaoyi City to participate in the war, we still have absolute advantages.

As long as we can defeat Yang Xin, we can force the emperor to accept our conditions and execute Yang Xin to thank the world.

We are not rebeling either.

We are not against the emperor, we are just desperate under the pressure of treacherous ministers. Since the emperor cannot stop the treacherous ministers from taking away our ancestral land, we will unite to protect ourselves.

But we still respect the emperor as the king, but we do not accept the rule of treacherous ministers. This kind of rule is unjust and does not conform to the way of sages. We are all disciples of sages and wise men, and will not accept rule that is not in line with the way of sages. If the emperor can execute Yang Xin to thank the world and govern the world with the way of sages, then we will still accept rule of the emperor. But if the emperor cannot govern the world with the way of sages, we still have the right to refuse unjust rule."

Zheng Zunqian said.
Chapter completed!