Chapter 327 Intercept (4)
As soon as he received news of the fall of the Fairy Temple in the evening, Han Xiufeng summoned the gentry to evacuate and help the people near the bridgehead, leaving only more than 500 young and strong men to dig trenches.
The bandits who had already reached the other side could not find so many boats for a while, and even if they could find them in the middle of the night, they would not be able to force the traitors who captured the Fairy Temple. All the villages who were training in Jiaojiazhuang were recalled, but they did not let Lu Daming and the others enter the camp, but asked them to go to the village where the people had just evacuated in the east and let them rest in the village.
The young and strong men gathered by Han Bo and Wang Qianli were responsible for the night watch. Zhou Xingyuan sent more than a dozen spies to the Fairy Temple. Zhang Guangcheng urged the young and strong men to continue to do it as soon as he finished supper. Wu Wenming only dealt with the bandits for a day and even lost more than 30 township heroes. He felt sorry for Han Xiufeng's trust and followed Han Xiufeng with a bitter face without saying a word.
Most of the 30 or so village warriors on the other side were brought from Hai'an. Han Xiufeng said that it was fake if he was not worried, but he still comforted him: "Brother Wu, don't worry about Chen Hu and Chen Biao. Others don't know that I know. They are so savages. If they can beat them, they will run away if they can't beat them. If they can't fight, they will not be so easy for the thieves to want their lives."
"Brother Han, I'm not just worried about them, but the errand was not done well. I...I..."
"The bandits are powerful, and it is not easy for you to deal with each other for a day. Even if I go there in person, I may not be able to fight better than you." Han Xiufeng patted his arm, lifted up the curtain and walked into the tent.
As soon as Wu Wenming came with him, Zhou Xingyuan chased after him with a foul-rank civil servant.
"Governor Zhang, this is the acting Taizhou Prefecture and Han Xiufeng, Master Han. Zhixing, this is the alternate Yan Governor Zhang Yiguo, Brother Zhang!"
It turned out that the civil servant in front of him, who was in his thirties and looked like a bamboo pole, was the candidate governor of the Salt Transport Department. Han Xiufeng hurriedly bowed and said, "It turns out to be Brother Zhang, who has long been famous."
"Master Han, the official... the official has nowhere to go, so he came to join Master Han and beg Master Han to take him in!" In the past few days, more than 400 local warriors who had finally recruited fought only a dozen. Zhang Yiguo's heart was as stolen as a knife, and his hands were hunched in tears.
Just as he was employed, Han Xiufeng liked the lifeless thing in front of him. He held his hand tightly and said sincerely: "Brother Zhang doesn't need much politeness, it's really impossible to join him. To be honest, Xiufeng had wanted to ask Brother Zhang to help with the camp affairs for a long time, but he didn't expect that Brother Zhang was really here, and I added another tiger general to my Taiyong Camp!"
"Master Han laughed. How could the subordinate officer be called a tiger general? The defeated general is still the same."
"Brother Zhang has been defeated and fought repeatedly, and his loyalty to the court is understandable."
"The only loyalty left is left of the lower officials."
"I haven't eaten yet, Datou, hurry up and prepare to go to the wine and food."
"Master Han, don't worry about eating. The subordinates have important things to report!"
"What's up?"
Zhang Yiguo looked back at Wu Wenming and Zhou Xingyuan, but he wanted to speak but stopped.
Han Xiufeng suddenly reacted and couldn't help but smile, "I forgot to introduce him while I was just greetings. Brother Zhang, you have never seen this, but you must have heard of it. He is Mr. Wu Wenming, the cousin of the two adults, Wu Wen-ming, Wu Wen-xi, the governor of Huguang, and Wu Wen-xi, Wu Salt Tea Chapel in Sichuan."
Zhang Yiguo was shocked and hurriedly bowed: "It turned out to be Mr. Wu, the official has long been respected by his great name, and has lost his respect."
"Good meeting, lucky meeting." Wu Wenming bowed and returned the gift.
Han Xiufeng continued: "Brother Zhang, this is not only Xiufeng's friend, but also Mr. Zhou Xingyuan, who has been a friend of the Liangjiang Governor's Office. Mr. Zhou was a juren and also went to Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan to be a county magistrate. In short, it was all his own. If they couldn't believe it, Xiufeng wouldn't know who else could trust."
"Mr. Wu, Mr. Zhou, I didn't know about offending me just now, and it was not that I could not trust the two of you, but that this matter was very serious and I dared not... not..."
"Those who do not know are not guilty. Can you tell me now?" Zhou Xingyuan looked at him and asked with a smile.
"Of course," Zhang Yiguo took the cup from Wu Wenming and took a sip of water, rubbed the corner of his mouth and said, "Mr. Han, Mr. Wu, Mr. Zhou, the reason why the officials were defeated repeatedly is not that they are ignorant of the world, nor that they overestimate their abilities and want to be a chariot, but that they are waiting for news from Yizhen."
"Isn't Yizhen already lost? What news about Yizhen?" Han Xiufeng asked in confusion.
"The bandits stayed in Yizhen's guard general Huang Desheng, who was a fellow villager of Mr. Zhu Zhanao, the deputy general of Yangzhou who had already died in his country. He was forced to go to the fore and was forced to go to the fore. Now the bandits have occupied Jiangning and proclaimed themselves kings, and rewarded them all. All the ones that can be rewarded are Guangxi old thieves. Huang Desheng is from Hunan, so naturally he is not favored by the bandit leader Hong Xiuquan, and he is determined to be determined. In the first month of the year, he sent someone to contact Mr. Zhu, wanting to abandon the secret and turn to the light, and ask the court for peace."
Han Xiufeng finally understood that Zhu Zhanao could not stop the bandits and wanted to go to Taohua Temple to intercept them. Finally, he understood why the person in front of him was defeated and fought repeatedly after Zhu Zhanao died. It turned out that they were waiting for Huang Desheng to lead his troops to surrender, waiting for Huang Desheng to give Lin Fengxiang a thunderous blow behind his back.
Wu Wenming and Zhou Xingyuan were also shocked.
Fearing that everyone would not believe it, Zhang Yiguo said anxiously: "Master Han, Huang Desheng will not be faked if he wants to surrender, because the bandits are powerful, so he can attack wherever he wants. He doesn't need to lie to me and Mr. Zhu who has already died in his country!"
"Brother Zhu, why don't I believe it? It's just that it's not that easy for Huang Desheng to lead his troops to surrender! As far as I know, most of the bandits who came from Jiangning to Guazhou, Yizhen and even Yangzhou were old thieves in Guangxi, and most of Huang Desheng's subordinates were. He wanted to surrender to the court, would those old thieves under his command be willing?"
"Yes, this matter is not that simple." Zhou Xingyuan agreed deeply.
Zhang Yiguo did not fail these, but he was still lucky. He didn't know how to say it. Zhang Guangcheng walked into the tent with a letter, looked up at Zhang Yiguo curiously, then turned around and said, "Brother Han, my father sent a letter to send him a letter, which said that Xu Laogui led a thousand young and strong Mercedes to assist the Fairy Temple, but now the Fairy Temple has fallen, and I don't know what he plans next."
"What else can he have? He must find a place to block the news as soon as he receives the news."
Han Xiufeng sighed lightly and continued, "Brother Zhou sent so many spies to finally figure out the reality of the bandits. The military system of the bandits is that five people are the ranks, and the ranks are the commanders of the ranks; five troops are the two, and two Sima is the commanders of the ranks; four liang is the soldiers, and the soldiers are the commanders of the soldiers are the commanders of the soldiers, and one soldiers is the commanders of the ranks; five soldiers are the ranks, and one soldiers are the commanders of the ranks, and one soldiers are the commanders of the ranks.
The way to the Fairy Temple was the first division, and the other side of the river was also the first division. We had Liaojiagou natural danger and camps. There should be no problem blocking the more than 2,600 bandits on the other side. What about Xu Ying? There is no danger to defend, no camp, and there is not even a bird gun. Why does he stop the bandits? It will most likely be defeated."
"Someone has to stop it. You can't let the bandits go straight in." Zhang Guangcheng was too lazy to care about Xu Laogui's life and death, and then said: "My father will lead two thousand townsmen to Yiling Town at noon tomorrow and set up defenses on the east bank of Baita River east of Yiling Town. My father said in the letter that if the bandits attack Yiling, we will quickly return to defense, raid the bandits' retreat, attack them from the east and west, and catch them off guard!"
Han Xiufeng didn't say anything and was caught off guard by the thieves and bandits. This was clearly a talk on paper! I thought that only one thousand people came to the township, it was okay to guard the camp, but going out to fight with the bandits who had been through many battles was seeking death.
Just as I didn't know how to deal with it, a gong suddenly came from the south.
Zhou Xingyuan blurted out and said, "It's black and black. It's impossible for the bandits to force their way through this time. It's probably spies."
"It may also be harassment. Brother Zhou, didn't you say that they did this when they attacked Jiangning," Han Xiufeng thought for a while and turned around and said, "Second Young Master, let the Yiling side aside in advance. You should urge the young and strong people to dig the trench and I'll go to the south to see what's going on."
"Master Han, I'll go with you." Zhang Yiguo said without hesitation.
"Brother Zhang, don't worry about anything now, hurry up and have a meal and rest. I guess there will be a fierce battle tomorrow, and I will have to worry about you helping to lead the army at that time."
Chapter completed!