Several times of knocking on the golden stirrup under the moon

Zhao Crazy Zi abandoned his soldiers to protect the commander and allocated 15,000 people to Li Shuai, so that he could defend the Wu Lao Peak and lure the imperial army into the depths. Then, as the commander of the three armies, Xing Laohu personally took the strategy of luring the enemy and attacked Feilingdu strongly. Yang Ling was forced to join the reserve team. Only then did Zhao Crazy Zi take out the last card, seize the upper ferry of the Yellow River with the Red Lady, and searched a large number of ships on the other side. He made a surprise attack on Taiyuan and forced Yang Ling to return to the army. Then he used the cavalry's maneuver and flexibility, and the weakness of the official army was relatively backward, returning to the ferry and successfully jumped out of the encirclement.

More than 100,000 troops surrounded Donghua Mountain, which was 300 miles away, and could only guard the important roads. Yangling did not expect to wipe out the bandits in Zhongtiao Mountain. However, he did not expect Zhao Sui to use such a clever plan to preserve the main force of the horse thieves. Due to Zhao Sui's outstanding breakthrough plan, almost all of his 10,000 cavalry crossed the Yellow River. Then half of the water and half of the land were running downwards, as if descending from the sky, and grabbed a large number of ferries along the coast of Shaanxi that had never expected that horse thieves would appear here.

Then hundreds of ships rushed along the river and divided their troops to Fengling Ferry. Hongniang led a sail into the Wei River, along Xiangqiao, and traveled westward, plundering the heavy troops and garrisoned Tongguan until Weinan landed onshore. There were thousands of cargo ships left in Weinan Prefecture blocking the entire river. Pedestrians led children to walk from the bow of the boat to easily travel east and west of the Wei River, like a huge artificial floating bridge, which was spectacular.

Zhao Crazy Zi led more than a hundred merchant ships, and in the ferry officers and soldiers, the boats were stunned, and the waves floated across the boat, swaying in front of them, and went to the mooring shore of Caijiagou, and picked up Xing Laohu, who was traveling east along the river, and transported it to the south bank.

Zhang Yin's troops followed the wrong way all the way, but the post soldiers who escaped from the ferry came to them to report the news. Then they led people to intercept them. After a fight, the two thousand soldiers and horses that Xing Laohu had cut off were destroyed again, and less than 1,800 people crossed the river.

Yang Ling got the news that Zhao Crazy escaped to the ferry halfway. When he led his troops back, Zhao Crazy's men had already crossed the river. The merchant ship carried people along the river and attacked the ferry all the way to rob the ship and the grain.

Yang Ling was furious when he heard the news and led his troops back to the ground. Zhang Yin advised: "Don't be upset. This fact is no wonder the river guards and defense forces. The guards along the Yellow River guards are guarding rivers, but the soldiers are army. The only things that can walk on the Yellow River are a few small boats from the Inspection Office, and there are no navy troops at all. How can you defend the enemy on the water?"

Yang Ling was also stunned by Zhao Crazy's false and false tactics. When he heard this, he remembered that he should blame Zhu Yuanzhang for blaming him. He smiled bitterly and sighed: "I underestimated Zhao Sui. This person is full of wisdom and is really a general."

Miao Kui felt a little relieved. He didn't want to see Yang Ling's joke. But he had no results in attacking the mountain for two months. If Yang Ling finished his full efforts in one battle, his face would be even worse. Now Zhao's main force escaped. He was more confident in front of the emperor.

Xu Tai comforted him: "Duke doesn't have to be bothered. According to the statistics of the battle records just reported, except for Li Hua who stayed in Zhongtiao Mountain, who fled when he saw the opportunity, led more than a thousand people to Wangwu Mountain and became a bandit, killing more than 7,000 Xiangma thieves and capturing 12,000 people. Xing Laohu's men and horses escaped only 2,000, and 50,000 Xiangma thieves jumped out of the encirclement, with only 18,000 people. This time, the encirclement and suppression surrounded 300 miles of Donghua Mountain. The results were already great."

Yang Ling nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Although that's the case, although the number of people who robbed horses is small, the actions are more mobile and flexible, and the supplies are easier to solve. It is not so easy to wipe out them."

He thought about it, then smiled coldly and said, "Xiao Wu. Go and count the detailed battle reports of each department. Reward the merits and punishments of all the people participating in the encirclement and suppression, and then re-arrange the deployment. The captured horses are properly placed. Choose their heads to ask to see if there is any valuable information."

Seeing Xiao Wu Xiaoai go out hurriedly, Yang Ling said to himself: "Zhao Crazy, hehe, this is a good move. Since you are going to meet Liu Liu and Yang Hu, I will solve you in Jiangnan."

Zhang Yin's eyes flashed and he asked quickly: "Duke... wants to completely solve the stubborn bandits in Jiangnan? Is there any plan to arrange them?"

Yang Ling looked at him coldly, and Zhang Yin hurriedly lowered his head and said, "I will talk too much."

Yang Ling said lightly: "You have been in charge of soldiers for many years. You are not familiar with the local terrain. When chasing, you should lead local soldiers from the ferry to lead the way. As a result, you took the wrong path. If the deserters at the ferry came to you to report the news, Xing Laohu's people would have crossed the river. I want to pursue with all your might after you get the news, and spare no effort to attack, annihilate Xing Laohu's men who stayed behind. My country's Duke will not investigate this time. Quickly sanction the troops and return to Taiyuan, and the defense forces from all over Shanxi remain unmoved to prevent Zhao Shui from killing him and retaliating."

Zhang Yin didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he hurriedly stepped back.

Yang Ling vaguely remembered that there were several important battles in history where reinforcements were lost and military opportunities were missed. This was a common occurrence in ancient marching. He had just killed a Xia Guard, but now it was obvious that his military judgment was wrong, which led to the entire army being passive and could no longer blame Zhang Yin. Therefore, he just scolded him a few words, and then said to Xu Tai: "Your troops and horses will be rested, then look for a boat to cross the river, and at the same time, he sent people to quickly find out whereabouts of the horse thieves."

Xu Tai took the order and hurried out. Yang Ling saw Jiang Bin's face covered in white cloth, only showing a pair of bull eyes, and was standing there stupidly, without realizing a gentle smile, and joked: "Let's go and have a rest. You are brave in fighting. Your country's guild has asked you for me for me. It's a pity that this arrow pierced the cheek and broke the appearance. The handsome and mighty Jiang Guerrilla showed his mightyness."

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the tent, Jiang Bin shook his eyes and said, "As a man, it's enough to look like he looks, but he's still afraid of being ugly? I'm not selling my butt."

Yang Ling touched his nose and glared at him: "Stop talking nonsense, go down and rest!"

Jiang Bin quickly stepped back. After a moment, he heard Jiang Bin shouting loudly outside: "Hey, Brother Wu, go slowly, that's it..... I'll ask a few bandit leaders to ask me if my little wife was abducted by them, whether she was dead or alive..."

After hearing this, Yang Ling shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This guy is not afraid of his cheeks hurting."

Yang Ling arranged the aftermath in great intensity and deployed a pursuit. Zhao Crazy and Xing Laohu landed at the entrance of Jiaozhai. In addition, Zhao Crazy and Zhao Crazy took out 4,000 people along the river, claiming to be 20,000. He walked along Lingbao, Luoning and Yiyang, and had the potential to capture Luoyang. At this time, the troops from Henan were gathering along the Yellow River, but they were left behind.

Luoyang Prefect Jiang Hengyi was very nervous. He quickly gathered all the troops that could be mobilized into the city, closed the city gates, and then summoned the gentry from the palace to speak generously, mobilized everyone to provide people, money to pay, and work together to resist the bandits, and all the people and strong people climbed the city to fight.

The gentry was so scared that it was like a last word on death. The gentry was so scared that they were really willing to spend money. They donated enough money as military funds, and then gathered all the servants and servants, and handed them over to the magistrate to form a civilian to prepare for war.

The whole Luoyang city was panicked. Unexpectedly, Zhao Fengzi circled around the city and attacked Yichuan and Ruyang. At the same time, Hongniang's team abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, along Lantian, Shangluo, and Danfeng, quickly turned into Henan and attacked Xixia and Zhejiang.

The Hongniang was dressed in men's clothing, with two beards on her lips, and she also called herself Zhao Crazy. The two armies responded to each other, and the government could not figure out which team was the team commanded by Zhao Crazy himself. Seeing that the two Zhao Crazy was in a state of joining troops in Nanyang, the Tang King of Nanyang was frightened and hurriedly asked the commander-in-chief to send troops to reinforce, but the officers and soldiers were not there for a long time. Zhao Crazy went down along Baofeng and Nanzhao, making the Tang King as anxious as an ant on the ground on a hot pan.

The battle of Zhongtiaoshan in life and death established Zhao Crazy's leadership position, including many internal leaders of Xiangmath, who are now convinced by him. After Xing Laohu crossed the river, he had to take a car and could only walk. In addition, his main force was almost wiped out, and this team was actually in the hands of Zhao Sui.

The smoke of war reignited in Henan.

On the third day of the September 2018, Yang Ling led Xu Tai and Jiang Bin's troops to cross the river to Luoyang. Luoyang Prefect Jiang Heng looked forward to reinforcements. He suddenly had the backbone and hurriedly led the gentry all over the city to greet him and invited Yang Ling into the city.

Jiang Hengyi said excitedly: "Duke, you are here. Henan was disturbed by the white-clad army and just left, and the horse thieves broke in again. The people are uneasy. Zhao Crazy is extremely arrogant, and only you, Duke, have caused them to be defeated. When you come, the people will have hope."

Yang Ling smiled faintly, ignored these flatteries, and just asked: "Prince Jiang, the sound of horses is always scattered, and he should avoid creating a large number of refugees to support him. Although you are a civil servant, politics is the foundation of the war, so your task is also the most difficult. It is not called out to act on behalf of the heavens, and the so-called local rebels are not able to be bound by themselves."

He glanced at the officials, generals and rich gentry present and said, "In terms of advantages, the advantage of the court is not concentrated on the military's combat power. Although the garrison has been rectified, its combat power is still not high. This is a fact. The court's unique sharp giant cannons face the extremely fast-moving bandits, which are not very useful. As for bows, arrows, swords and spears, officers and soldiers, and the people have them.

Why did the white-clothed bandits respond to the response in Hebei, and so many people followed them? Because there are many poor people, the rich and rich people are exploiting them too ruthlessly. After the bandits were in chaos, they did not appease them in time, so the people could not survive."

When Yang Ling came to this era, he witnessed everything that happened with his own eyes and realized that any uprising was evaluated by later generations. If he thought it was called uprising, he thought that the people were absolutely supported by them, and he sacrificed his head and shed his blood. It was nothing more than an idealistic theory.

After all, in order to live, the people must have a clear political program to convince the people. This is what the white-clothed army lacks in horse thieves. Being proud of several military victories cannot determine the final success or failure. The people only look at reality. If you are good to him, they will support you. If they are not good to him, they will oppose you. It's that simple.

Therefore, Shandong's bandit suppression had just come to an end. Yang Ling immediately launched an offensive on the policy and urged the emperor to carry out reforms. Various strategies for the people were effective. The refugees were resettled and the people had hope. After the white-clothed army went to Jiangnan, they not only did not have a chance to quickly strengthen the land, but instead encountered walls everywhere. It was not so much a military success made by the officers and soldiers, but more powerful political effects.

What's more, the orthodox concept was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the Ming Dynasty was far from losing the hearts of the people. In this feudal era, orthodoxism could definitely produce powerful material power when it was in the armed struggle. Later generations believed that the heroes of uprising were just thieves in the eyes of most people at that time, and Zhao Suijun was still relatively famous. The panic caused by the people as soon as they entered Henan was enough to prove this.

Yang Ling said: "The people are the easiest people to be content. They want to have children, dress and eat. With these, they refuse to rebel. Henan is also relatively poor, and natural disasters have occurred in recent years. As parents and local gentry, you should care for the people. Actively respond to the new court policy. Then Zhao Sui came here just like a meteor, and he could not ignite the fire of a prairie fire."

"Yes, yes, the Duke of the State said that the local gentry all love the people. Jiao Ge asked the emperor to exempt Henan from taxes for three years. This time, the white-clothed bandits were in Hebei, and Shandong was in a state of upside down. They entered Henan repeatedly. The people never rebelled, all because they were grateful for the court's kindness." Prefect Jiang hurriedly smiled.

Yang Ling was stunned and remembered that Jiao Fang used cicadas, scorpions and other so-called Henan Three Treasures to advise the emperor. No wonder the white-clothed army was so fierce this time. There were almost no one in Henan rebelling. Unexpectedly, Jiao Fang did a good thing for the elders of his hometown. It actually had such an effect.

The officials and gentry here were deeply moved by the words of the prefect Jiang. The Luoyang Tongzong Shi Chantian praised: "The king of the country is polite and martial, and the hard and soft are combined. I believe that annihilation of the thieves is just around the corner. It is ridiculous that Zhao Crazy was extremely arrogant and did not dare to attack after passing Luoyang, but he left a poem in the White Horse Temple outside the city to praise himself. He clearly fled from Shanxi, but he was pride himself on a hero and was complacent, which was ridiculous."

When Yang Ling heard this, he said curiously: "Oh? Zhao Qianzi left a poem in White Horse Temple to praise himself? What did he say?"

When the judge Shi Tong knew that he had made a mistake, he hurriedly looked at the prefect Jiang. The prefect Jiang hurriedly covered up and smiled and said, "Hehe, it's just a thief's arrogant word, why bother to pay attention to it?"

Yang Ling looked at the prefect Jiang and smiled and said, "Since you know it's nonsense, why not say it to make everyone smile?"

The prefect Jiang was extremely embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment before glaring at Shi Tong, and said, "When Zhao Crazy passed by the city, he temporarily stopped at the White Horse Temple. He once wrote a poem on the pink wall. The poem said..... He said, "How many times are the golden stirrups under the moon? How many heroes are scared. Who dares to capture the enemy? He bullies the enemy and the tiger captures the sheep!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't dare to breathe. The officials have always valued fame and valued the most. Giving a set of women's clothes to the enemy generals who could not leave the ground was aroused by him, regardless of the enemy's situation. It was a joke in modern times, but it worked in many occasions at that time. Zhuge Liang scolded Wang Lang to death, and was just a fame.

Yang Ling was successful when he was young, and he was a Duke of the country. He won many battles. Now that he was ridiculed by a bandit, he was still furious? Everyone was trembling with fear and guarded against the roar of the lion. Unexpectedly, Yang Ling looked exactly the same when he heard this. He read it again and smiled happily: "Zhao Crazy Zhao is outstanding in martial arts, and his literary talent is also very good, and he has written a good poem."

His eyes turned and saw that everyone's expressions were strange, then he came back to his senses, "Tiger captured sheep, tiger captured Yang, haha, will he still be able to capture me Yang Ling in the opposite direction?"

Seeing that he was not angry, the prefect Jiang felt relieved and smiled and said, "The Duke is generous, and the crazy words of Zhao Crazy's words are just bragging."

Jiang Bin said, "The toad yawns, and it's so good that he is so proud of him. Who dares to arrest him? My general's surname is Yang. This crazy man Zhao, a family will sooner or later take his skin."

As he was talking here, Wu Hanchao walked in quickly and whispered a few words in Yang Ling's ear. Yang Ling smiled and said, "My Duke just arrived in Henan. He still needs to understand the specific trends of theft in the horses before he can decide to do it. Military affairs are busy and there are still some things to do. Please come back now."

The prefect Jiang hurriedly stood up and said, "The Duke of the Kingdom is working hard for the country. Now that the troops are in Luoyang, the officials and gentry of Luoyang have prepared several tables of banquets to welcome the Duke of the Kingdom. Is it..."

"No need, Henan is in trouble with bandits, and local officials and gentry work together to stabilize the local area and stabilize the people's hearts. Doing this way is to welcome the Duke of the country the greatest welcome. Now there is an important military service. The good intention of the Prefect Jiang, and the Duke of the country the public is grateful for."

Seeing this, the prefect Jiang had to lead a group of officials and gentry to say goodbye. Yang Ling sent them out of the hall and took Wu Hanchao back to the study room and asked, "An urgent letter from Mr. Jiao Ge?"

Wu Hanchao took out a letter from his sleeve and said, "Yes, the sender is still in the doorman. However, Bei Zhi asked, he was only responsible for delivering the letter, and he knew nothing about the details in it."

Yang Ling nodded, hurriedly opened the letter and frowned gradually. Wu Hanchao observed his expression and asked quietly: "Duke, what big thing happened in the capital?"

Yang Ling shook his head and said, "There is nothing big in Beijing. Mr. Jiao Ge has returned to Beijing and sorted out some recent major affairs in the government and the country to let me know. Boyan can lead his troops back to the northern grassland, but his situation is not very good. Huadang can take the lead. Now the power is greatly boosted, and it is enough to compete with Boyan and Fire Screen.

Huojian and the Ola coalition forces learned that Boyan's territory had been lost, and now they finally broke their faces. The three sides fought on the grasslands. It seems that each has a victory or defeat. However, Boyan's family is the weakest, and it is the common enemy of Huadang and Huojian. Although they relied on their reputation as descendants of the Golden Family, they recruited some tribes, but their overall strength was still at a disadvantage.

This is what happens now. We are in chaos here and they are in chaos. There is no need to consider their threat for the time being. The implementation of the new policy in the North Korea and China was also smooth, but Jiao Ge Lao mentioned the situation in Jiangxi, which made me very worried.

Yang Hu and Liu Liu entered Jiangxi. Because the officers and soldiers in various places were not in charge, the White-clothed Army repeatedly took advantage of the ease. However, King Ning sent a central official to Beijing to express his support for the new policy. At the same time, he suggested that the emperor ordered King Ning to temporarily control all the troops in Jiangxi and jointly suppress the bandits with the governor of Jiangxi...."

Wu Hanchao said strangely: "What are the worries about this? If the local government is cut off from the court during the war, the vassal kings have the right to take all military and political control to suppress the rebellion. King Jin, King Dai, King Shu and other vassal kings in the border have this power. Although King Ning is in the inland, he is also responsible for the local peace in Jiangxi. It is common to temporarily control the troops and horses so that they can command nearby."

Yang Ling wanted to speak but stopped. Although Wu Hanchao was a confidant, how could he say such shocking and unfounded words to him? He pondered for a moment and said, "Well... I just considered that King Ning never commanded a war, for fear that he would overstep his duties and would disrupt Jiangxi's defense. There was nothing to do, so you retreat first."

"Hey, by the way, Xiao Ai has been silent recently? Are you having a quarrel, right?"

Wu Hanchao smiled dryly and said, "How could it be? Hahaha, she has a bigger temper than me and has a bigger official position. How dare I mess with her?"

Yang Ling also smiled, he waved his hand, and Wu Hanchao quietly retreated, and a trace of sorrow then covered Yang Ling's brows.

He sighed quietly, sat at the table and spread out a map of the Ming Dynasty, and was extremely worried: King Ning would not rebel at this time, right? If he took advantage of this chaos to raise an army, the court would not know how much it would cost to quell the rebellion.

King Ning was always extremely respectful to the new emperor. He kept giving gifts during festivals and celebrations. He also bought officials in Beijing and treated wise men. According to the local information he knew, even Yang Tinghe had received gifts from King Ning. Without accurate evidence of King Ning's rebellion, the vassal kings had precedents to restrain their troops in the face of chaos, so he would definitely not stop King Ning from inquiring about military affairs.

Yang Ling thought for a long time, began to spread out the letter and began to draft memorials for Emperor Zhengde. He did not talk about the matter about Jiangxi, but only said that he was preparing to wipe out the White-clothed Army in Jiangnan. The military deployment had already achieved results. Yang Hu and Liu Liuyi's troops were gradually compressed in Jiangnan. Zhao Sui went south. Due to limited troops, the variables caused were extremely small. However, in case of precautions, given that Jiangnan was mostly soldiers, weak soldiers and mediocre generals, and it was difficult to achieve results at critical moments, he asked the emperor to adjust and defend the generals from all over the country.

Yang Ling pondered for a while and wrote: "I suggest that the Fujian Commander Commander He Bingwen control the troops of Fujian and Guangdong provinces in order to be unified and to prevent the white-clothed army from continuing to move south across Jiangxi. Sichuan Commander Li Sen has rich combat experience and can be transferred to the Hunan Commander Liu Zhong to strengthen the Hunan defense line."

Yang Ling thought about it and said that such an arrangement should prevent problems from being unburned. He spanned Henan, southern Zhili, and Zhejiang, Bai Chongzan was also brave and good at fighting, and was trained by the anti-Japanese war. He was worthy of use. These generals surrounded Jiangxi. If King Ning dared to raise an army, as long as he blocked the way north, he would be able to catch a turtle in the jar. I would not be able to escape from his palm.

In Song Xiaoai's room, Wu Hanchao whispered: "Xiaoai, you have to pay attention. The Duke of the State asked you just now, don't let him see it."

Song Xiaoai sat on the head of the bed with her little mouth pouted, grabbed a pillow and threw it over: "Look at it, look at your head, you can't see it now, and you can see it in a few months. Should they still live at that time? It's all you, you have deceived them with sweet words. What do you think you should do now?"

"I.....I...I...." Wu Hanchao blushed and was so anxious that he kept spinning around. He said with a sad face: "I didn't expect it, how could it be possible? Why is it so coincidental..."

Song Xiaoai's eyes were wide open and she said angrily: "What are you talking about? What coincidence and what is impossible? Is there a second man besides you and me? You are so heartless, you..."

"Shh! Shhh......You're a little bit more, aunt, how could I say that the child is not me? I mean I've stopped at the cliff, why... Why did it happen? Hahaha...." Wu Hanchao smiled dryly, with a little smug smile.

"You're just trying to be happy, and you don't worry about others."

Song Xiaoai flattened her mouth and almost cried: "I don't know where you got so much energy. You fought during the day in Bazhou City and touched someone's room at night, which made them so embarrassed now and hate you."

Wu Hanchao muttered with his head down: "Just talking about me, aren't you as happy as you are?"

Song Xiaoai had sharp ears and said angrily: "Xiao Wu, what did you say just now?"

"No......I didn't say......Uh...I'm thinking. I think. The Duke's wife is the best. I originally wanted to ask her to take the lead and get the marriage for us. If you want the Duke's wife to take the lead and let us get married, my father can't say anything else after hearing this, but who would have thought that the Duke's wife went to Shanxi to suppress bandits again? It's not appropriate for you to say it at this time. Now I say...what is that kind of decent?"

"Okay! Do you want to behave properly? Then I don't want children anymore. I will prescribe a side medicine to abort him. You are a disgraceful person. Eunuch Miao is a eunuch. You are a military supervisor. You are a Wu Hanchao, a fragrance thief, and a man is not..."

While speaking, Song Xiaoai grabbed the things on the dressing table and threw them over in a mess. Wu Hanchao immediately used his skills, danced and connected the belt, and his last foot was raised, carrying a vase on his feet, biting an eyebrow pencil in his mouth, a powder box in his left hand, a bronze mirror in his right hand, a cow horn comb in his crotch, a golden step under his ribs shaking, and frozen there with laughter and crying, saying embarrassedly: "Xiao Ai, don't lose it anymore, I can't take it."

Song Xiaoai snorted, gave him a blank look and said, "Then what should you do now?"

"You can't beat the child, you're not stealing someone to raise a man... No, I mean I'm the only one in my family. If my father knew that I had knocked out his grandson, he could beat me to death."

"Then you can quickly write a book for your father, and you can still cover it up and marry me early."
To be continued...