Early the next morning, Cao Xun rushed to the Panghu Restaurant to meet Yang Yan. ☆☆ Thinking Road Chinese Network Members Hand Fight ☆☆ The two have not seen each other for most of the time, because they have gone through a rebellion, and it is naturally a surprise that the two can meet here this time. Although it was still morning, Yang Yan asked the kitchen to cook and entertain Cao Xun and his party.

After everyone met, Yang Yan first introduced Ye Muxue to Cao Xun, and then called to make a shadow and called Cao Xun "uncle".

Ye Muxue was famous in Lin'an back then, Cao Xun naturally heard of it, and Cao Xun was also one of the young famous generals of the Great Song Dynasty, Ye Muxue had also heard of his name, but this was the first time the two met each other. After the salute, Cao Xun looked envious and said, "Big brother, it's better for you, this is my seventh sister-in-law!" Not to mention marrying two princesses, you can still marry such a fairy-like sister-in-law, do you have any tricks, and teach me and Xiao Gao. ”

Although they are both almost thirty years old, the two of them are still as casual as when they were young, Yang Yan said angrily: "Your current official is not too small, isn't it okay to ask for a few concubines after you go back?" ”

Cao Xun said with a sad face: "I have this heart, but unfortunately Wenzhu has not allowed it, but the eldest brother is still powerful, and he has made several sisters-in-law subdued." ”

Ye Muxue is also angry and funny, when she left Jiankang, she had heard other ladies say that Cao Xun and Yang Yan were friends of life and death, and they were also very familiar with Yang Yan's wife and concubine, but because of this, in addition to being honest in front of Zhao Yueru, they were used to laughing at everyone else. Therefore, he rolled his eyes and said with a slight smile: "When I went to Beijing this time, I have some friendship with Wenzhu, or I will persuade Wenzhu after I go back and let you ask for two concubines?" ”

Cao Xun was so frightened that he raised his hands and said, "Seventh sister-in-law, I understand your kindness, but don't go and tell Wenzhu to let her know, is there any good fruit to eat?" I'm afraid I won't be able to go home for half a month. ”

When Ye Muxue heard this, she couldn't help but be amused by him and laughed.

A few people laughed for a while, and then they started to talk about business. It turned out that Chen Yi and Pan Ren returned to Taihu Lake after escaping from Jiankang. The two also knew that this matter would never be over, so as soon as they returned to Taihu, they immediately recruited their comrades who stayed in Taihu Lake and pulled the flag to rebel. Then he sent people to spread rumors that the imperial court would soon send officials and soldiers to wash the area around Taihu Lake and kill all the residents here. Therefore, instead of waiting for death here, it is better to rebel together and fight to the death with the officials and soldiers.

They were troubled by this legend, and the entire Taihu Lake area immediately panicked, plus the two of them are locals, because they are Pan Ren, who is a local hero, and has considerable power, so they immediately recruited five or six thousand people, and at this time, the army of quelling the chaos has not yet arrived, and the state capital is not able to expropriate for a while, so the two of them took Taihu Lake as a base, rapidly expanded their power, and successively captured Xukou, Wujiang, Hushu, Wangting, Mudu and other counties around Taihu Lake, and the number of people and horses also reached more than 10,000 people. For a while, the limelight was quite popular.

So the two gathered more than 8,000 horses and besieged Pingjiang Mansion. Fortunately, at this time, Cao Xun had already led his men and horses to Pingjiang Mansion, and the two saw that the situation was not good, and immediately withdrew their troops back to Taihu Lake.

In the past few years, Cao Xun has also been a battle-hardened general, although he usually has some hanging, he doesn't seem to be serious, but he doesn't dare to be sloppy when he does business. Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Pingjiang Province, he was not busy sending troops, but immediately investigated the situation of the rebels and formulated a plan to counter the rebellion.

Compared with the rebel Li Quan on the other side, the rebels in Taihu Lake were smaller in number, and they were basically fishermen and farmers, without formal military training, so it could be said that they were a rabble. Therefore, it seems that it is easier to deal with than Li Quan. However, the rebels along the way were led by powerful local forces, which were very easy to incite the local people to resist the official army, and most of the members were locals, who were not only very familiar with the local geographical environment, but also had secret supporters and potential forces. At the same time, the rebels occupied the waters of Taihu Lake in order to collect all the fishing boats, and the Song army collected less than half of the fishing boats in the area. All this is far more difficult than the conquest of Li Quan.

After learning about these circumstances, Cao Xun immediately made arrangements and first sent people to urge Li Gongzuo's army to arrive as soon as possible. Then he went to various counties and villages and towns to post notices, stating that this time the imperial court sent troops to Taihu Lake to quell the rebellion, but only to arrest the rebels who had participated in the Jiankang rebellion, with Pan Ren and Chen Yi, and would never wantonly kill any peaceful people. Therefore, if the people who have been deceived by the rebels and join the rebels can immediately leave the rebels and return to obedience, the government will not investigate his crimes. He also asked the local people to urge their relatives who joined the rebels to get rid of the rebels as soon as possible and abandon the rebellion and follow the good deeds.

At the same time, Cao Xun strictly restrained the Song army, absolutely not allowed to scratch the people, and deliberately raised the price, purchased food and materials from the local people, all paid in cash, never in arrears, and Zhang Tao, the prefect of Pingjiang Prefecture, came forward to appease the people. The houses destroyed by the rebels were also repaired at the government's expense, and the people who left the rebels and returned to the Song army were not allowed to go home to reunite with their families, and a certain amount of settling-in expenses and food were also given to reassure the people.

After more than ten days, the people's hearts finally settled down, no one was afraid of the official army anymore, and no one went to join the rebels anymore. On the contrary, in the past ten days, there are still five or six hundred rebels who have broken away from the rebel ranks, like the Song army to surrender. When many people saw it, they also actively advised their relatives who were still in the rebels to come back as soon as possible and return to the Song army. Although Pan Ren and Chen Yi were still trying their best to deceive the rebels, the facts were in front of them and could not be changed, so the morale of the army was greatly shaken, and the number of people who left the rebels gradually increased.

Seeing that the policy of appeasing the people had been effective, although the naval army had not yet arrived, Cao Xun still led the Song army first to sweep the county town captured by the rebels along the Taihu Lake. The first to attack was Wujiang. Because Wujiang County is relatively large, and it is also a stronghold of the rebels on the shore, the rebels attacked Pingjiang Mansion with Wujiang as their base, and Pan Ren and Chen Yi were also in Wujiang at this time.

Because at this time, the rebels' military spirit began to move, so the Song army's offensive was very smooth, and it took only one day for the Song army to break open the gate of Wujiang County and enter the city. Seeing this, most of the rebels threw down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender. Pan Ren and Chen Yi saw that the situation was not good, and immediately fled from Wujiang with a few relatives. The two didn't dare to go to other counties, so they retreated straight to Taihu Lake and hid on Dongting Mountain in the middle of the lake.

After capturing Wujiang, Cao Xun released all the rebels who had surrendered, and then went to divide his troops to capture other places. Because of the example of the Song army attacking Wujiang, and the two main generals of the rebellion, Pan Ren and Chen Yi, were also absent, the rebels in other places had no intention of resisting, and as soon as the Song army arrived, they took the initiative to switch and surrender.

Cao Xun comforted the rebels who surrendered with kind words, and then released them all. In less than ten days, all the counties around Taihu Lake that had been captured by the rebels were recovered by the Song army. Chen Yi and Pan Ren could only hide in Taihu Lake, and the number of rebels was less than 3,000. Now the Song army is stationed in three divisions, guarding Wujiang, Wuxi and Changxing, in case the rebels come ashore to make trouble, just wait for Li Gongzuo's fleet to arrive, and then they can attack the rebels hiding in Taihu Lake.

After listening to Cao Xun's introduction, Yang Yan also nodded, Cao Xun did quite well in the entire process of counterinsurgency, showing his ability to take charge of himself now.

Cao Xun continued: "This time, Li Gongzuo sent more than 120 warships, more than 5,000 sailors, and the commander was Zheng Sihai, most of the ships were small ships with 200 to 400 materials, and only five large ships with more than 800 materials. The navy took the Songjiang estuary in Jiaxing Prefecture and entered Taihu Lake from the vicinity of Wujiang County. The 20 warships in advance have reached Wujiang via the war, and the fleet has reached the territory of Pingjiang Prefecture, and it is expected that we will be able to reach Taihu Lake within two days today and tomorrow. ”

As he spoke, he took out a map of Taihu Lake again, and said while pointing: "In Taihu Lake, there are three large islands, namely Maji Mountain in the northwest, Dongting East Mountain and Dongting West Mountain in the southeast. The main forces of the rebels are all stationed on the East Dongting Mountain and the West Dongting Mountain, and Chen Yi and Pan Yu are stationed respectively, and there are more than 1,000 defenders on each of the two islands, and 50 or 60 ships of various types, while Maji Mountain is in Changzhou, and there are not many rebels stationed there. Therefore, I plan to leave 3,000 men and horses and 10 boats in Wuxi and Yixing, and only need to monitor the movements of Maji Mountain. The focus of our attack is on East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Then how do you plan to attack Dongting East Mountain and Dongting West Mountain." ”

Cao Xun pointed to the map and said, "Except for the twenty ships allocated to Wu Xi and Yixing, the number of warships we have is roughly equal to that of the rebels, but we have an absolute advantage in the performance and quality of the warships, the configuration of weapons, and the quality of soldiers." In addition, I prepared more than 2,000 pieces of water and trained the soldiers in their ability to water water. In the Dongting East Mountain and the Dongting West Mountain, the Dongting East Mountain is only a few hundred steps away from the land, so I plan to dispatch eighty ships at the beginning, with five large ships to attack the Dongting East Mountain, and strive to send a thousand soldiers at a time, and then another thousand soldiers to go ashore, and two thousand troops are more than enough to deal with the rebels on the island, even if there are reinforcements on another island to support it. Then the warship withdrew, immediately reassembled the landing personnel, and immediately launched an attack on Dongting West Mountain. It is possible to take two islands in one fell swoop. More than 20 other warships, including those assigned to Wu Xi and Yixing, patrolled the lake to prevent the rebels from escaping ashore. ”

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