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Moreover, the scale of the second encirclement and suppression is definitely much larger than the first one, and it doesn't even seem to be encircled and suppressed all the way, and it is difficult for Wei Hong and them to get the specific details.

Li Zixiao had long expected that the government would never give up, and judging from the information sent back by Wei Hong, things were as they expected.

Yin Tianxing was really anxious this time, and he was going to come to them desperately.

But the good news is that in a short period of time, Kaifeng Mansion will not be able to send enough troops to encircle and suppress the White Dragon Army.

At this time, the government mainly paid attention to the two rebel armies of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and according to reliable sources, all the rebel armies were besieged into the mountains at this time.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen sent Yang Sichang to meet 10,000 soldiers and increase the salary by 20,000 taels.

Yang Sichang's policy of suppressing bandits was very correct, and at this time, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels were all besieged into the mountains, which once made the imperial court see the hope of completely exterminating these bandits.

Therefore, Li Zixiao believes that even if Kaifeng Mansion really sends troops to encircle and suppress him next, there will not be too many troops, and the soldiers and horses will be organized mainly by Xiangyong.

Li Zixiao knew very well in his heart that their White Dragon Army had risen so unscrupulously in Yongcheng County.

To a large extent, with the help of large forces like Li Zicheng, the main force of the imperial court officials and troops was absorbed, resulting in the emptiness of the local official army in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zixiao really has to thank Li Zicheng for these rebels, but in the same way, Li Zixiao also knows that his good days will come to an end soon.

Because, from this year onwards, all kinds of rebels have been very encircled and suppressed by the imperial court, and there will even be a large number of rebels accepting the imperial court's recruitment.

Even the famous rebel leader Zhang Xianzhong would introduce the imperial court's Zhao'an, and the peasant uprising movement in the late Ming Dynasty fell into a trough.

In this way, when the time comes, the imperial court will soon have enough troops to clean him up, and it will be difficult for him to compete with the elite army of the imperial court with his strength at this time.

So Li Zixiao has been thinking about how to go in the future.

In the end, after thinking about it, Li Zixiao still felt that he might also take advantage of this shareholder trend and follow the example of those rebels who were recruited to accept the court's recruitment for the time being.

Spend this difficult time, secretly accumulate strength, and wait for time to rebel again, isn't that what Zhang Xianzhong did in history!

And the effect is quite good, the husband must be able to bend and stretch, and learn to endure when necessary.

This is also what Qian Guangyuan proposed to Li Zixiao, but Li Zixiao has been thinking about it.

In the past two days, Li Zixiao has thought about it repeatedly, and still feels that this method is feasible.

However, on the question of how to be recruited by the imperial court, he still has to ponder more, and he must not take the initiative to raise it himself, and it is best for the imperial court to take the initiative to recruit him.

In this way, he can gain the initiative and reap more practical benefits in the negotiations with the imperial court.

So how to force the imperial court to take the initiative to recruit him, of course, the best way is to defeat them on the battlefield and show their strong strength.

made the court jealous of him, plus Li Zixiao still held the handle of Kaifeng prefect Yin Tianxing, this is the hole card that Li Zixiao has been holding in his hand! .

When the time comes, he will use this to blackmail him, let him match himself with him, and finally let himself accept the court's recruitment smoothly.

At that time, Li Zixiao didn't expect to get any benefits from the imperial court, he just needed to give him an official title, and don't let the imperial court officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress him.

Let him have a period of peace of mind to develop, slowly accumulate strength, and wait until the time is ripe to sweep the world again.

In this way, Li Zixiao must ensure that when Yin Tianxing sends a second wave of encirclement and suppression troops to encircle and suppress them, that battle must be fought beautifully.

Let the imperial court see his strength, and make capital in order to accept the imperial court's recruitment, so after returning to the cottage during this time, Li Zixiao attracted more displaced people to Yongcheng County through soup kitchen.

Then, from these displaced people, select more healthy and young people to supplement the White Dragon Army, recruit more craftsmen, and also bring more people to Qian Guangyuan's spring ploughing this year.

And Li Zixiao also seized the time to conduct strict training for the recruits, and at the same time asked Dong Zhuang to return to Xuzhou City again, using the Xie family's channel to purchase the materials they needed.

"Qiyu is in charge, Captain Zhou and Captain Han, and Captain Luo, they are back."

Just when Li Zixiao was personally training the newly recruited soldiers on the school grounds, a White Dragon Army soldier came over to report.

"Haha, they can be regarded as back, it's been seven or eight days, it's really hard for them, let's go meet them."

When Li Zixiao heard that his three right-hand men had returned to the cottage, a smile instantly appeared on his face, and he said with a smile.

In the past seven or eight days, Zhou Dazhu, Luo Chao and Han Tong led three teams of soldiers and scouts to besiege the landlords and old fortunes who were about to flee and leave in Yongcheng County.

Not to mention, they really let them calculate accurately, they are waiting on the official road, and they will have a harvest almost every day, and in the past few days, they have sent back several batches of convoys to the cottage.

The seized gold, silver and jewelry have even exceeded the income from their capture of Zhouzhuang before, which made Li Zixiao more wealthy, which allowed Dong Zhuang to purchase materials in Xuzhou.

At the same time, with the escape of the big landlords, the fort where they were located was unguarded, and Li Zixiao asked Qian Guangyuan to take people with him casually, and he easily occupied it.

Then, Qian Guangyuan copied what he did in Linjiabao, and asked the villagers to form a team to protect the village and select respected elders to preside over things.

Then take back the land in the hands of those landlords and old wealth, re-measure and then distribute the land according to the population of each family, in general, Qian Guangyuan at this time was busy all day and night.

At this time, Li Zixiao came to the gate of the village with Quartz and Old Master Wei, and saw Zhou Dazhu, Luo Chao and Han Tong riding over, and the soldiers of the White Dragon Army behind him pressed dozens of carts.

Zhou Dazhu and the three of them rode to the gate of the village, then turned over and dismounted, walked to Li Zixiao, knelt on one knee, hugged his fists and saluted: "Qi Yu big boss, the first team, the second team, the fourth team and the scout team have completed the task and returned to the village, please instruct the big boss." ”

"Get up. You guys did a great job. Li Zixiao dragged the three of them up and said with a smile.

"You guys, the landlord and the old fortune you intercepted in the past few days must have a ** home, and the things on the cart you sent back are still being counted.

This time, you can be said to have made a great contribution, seizing so many treasures at a very small price, and at the same time clearing all the large landlords in Yongcheng County, clearing the obstacles to Master Qian's work.

Now that you're back, it's good, I'm going to reward you heavily, go, go to the cottage, I've already let the guy kill a few big pigs, let's drink wine and eat meat tonight. ”、

Li Zixiao's mood at this time was really good, and he decided to treat his subordinates well tonight, and pulled Zhou Dazhu and them into the cottage.

"Big boss, these days we have intercepted a total of eight convoys of fleeing landlords and old fortunes, and at the cost of more than 30 casualties, we have eliminated them all.

However, there are still five or six landlords' old wealth that have slipped away by them, and as for those landlords and old fortunes that we intercepted, some clansmen have fled, but most of them have been captured by us, and now all of them have been brought back. ”

After entering the cottage, when he arrived at the meeting hall, Zhou Dazhu reported to Li Zixiao.

"Yes." Li Zixiao nodded, then looked at Old Master Wei on the side, and asked, "Old Master, can you count the number of materials and treasures they sent back?" ”

"Back to the big boss, all the materials and jewels in these carts they sent back these days have been counted and registered.

There are more than 1,200 taels of gold, more than 70,000 taels of silver, and nearly 30,000 taels of copper coins, as well as hundreds of other antique calligraphy and paintings.

There are more than 1,500 silk and satin of various kinds, more than 300 pigs, sheep and cattle, more than 400 horses and mules, and nearly 2,000 carts.

According to the instructions of the big boss, all the gold, silver, antiques, and cloth were put into storage, pigs, sheep, horses, carts were handed over to the logistics office, and cattle were handed over to Master Qian. ”

As Old Master Wei read the data recorded in the account book, Zhou Dazhu and the others were also stunned.

They have always intercepted a landlord's convoy and then sent it back to the cottage, every time they thought that they would intercept so many good things in the end.

"Haha, did you hear that? Our cottage is now also the owner of the wealth, don't worry about starvation anymore, I have asked Dong Zhuang to come back from purchasing materials in Xuzhou.

After a while, I will let our White Dragon Army men wear armor, and even the expansion of Han Tong's scout team that I promised before can be done.

It's time to expand not only the scout team, but all of your teams, and we've been recruiting thousands of new recruits lately, and we're training intensively.

It's just right for you to come back, Lao Tzu can be regarded as resting, let you go and train those recruits! ”

Li Zixiao waved his hand and said to his subordinates arrogantly, after Zhou Dazhu and the others heard Li Zixiao's decisions, they were also overjoyed.

After all, these guys will never dislike the increase in the number of subordinates they lead.

"In addition, what about the big bosses, what about the landlords and their clansmen that we captured?" Luo Chao stood up and asked.

"Screening, didn't you say that some landlords were reluctant to leave the grain for us or the people when they left their own forts, and burned them all?

For this kind of crazy beast, they can't easily let go, and for this kind of landlord old wealth, all the clansmen who caught them were cut down.

I'd like to see if we can stop this unhealthy trend, as for the remaining landlords and old wealth, we have confiscated most of their wealth.

It can be regarded as a lesson for them to loot the people's fat and ointment for many years, so let all their families who were captured go, and our White Dragon Army is also strict about the rules. ”

In the end, Li Zixiao made such a decision, and in the end won the unanimous support of his subordinates.

After the Battle of Zhouzhuang this time, the White Dragon Army swept through the entire territory of Yongcheng County, and the biggest gain may be those gold and silver treasures and grain in the eyes of others.

But in Li Zixiao's eyes, what he gained the most this time was talent.

After they conquered Zhouzhuang, many displaced people gathered in Zhouzhuang from all directions, and he sent Qian Guangyuan to receive the Zhuang Forts of those big families in Zhuangzhuang.

Li Zixiao recruited dozens of craftsmen everywhere, including some craftsmen who fled from border towns to the mainland, not to mention the others, more than 30 blacksmiths alone.

This made the number of blacksmiths in the White Dragon Army reach nearly fifty, making the original lack of manpower abundant.

Moreover, they also obtained a lot of copper and iron from Zhouzhuang and other landlords' forts behind, which provided them with manpower and material support for building weapons and armor on their own.

Originally, several blacksmith shops had been built in the White Snake Village, and after Li Zixiao returned with the army this time, the blacksmith shop immediately tripled.

As soon as dozens of blacksmiths returned to the White Snake Village, they immediately devoted themselves to the work of building weapons, and Li Zixiao recruited new soldiers on a large scale, making a huge gap in weapons again.

Because of the limited furnace and various tools, these blacksmiths were divided into two shifts, working day and night to create all kinds of weapons needed by the White Dragon Army, and the efficiency suddenly more than tripled.

The triangular thorns, which were originally not easy to make, were produced in dozens of spikes every day after the arrival of this group of blacksmiths.

And because after supplementing all kinds of iron materials, the hundred forging waist knives that Li Zixiao didn't dare to forge in large quantities have now begun to be made by blacksmiths.

Some of the broken weapons have also been rebuilt, in order to bring the quality of the White Dragons' equipment to a new level before the next big war.

After Li Zixiao came back, in addition to arranging various other things, he also invested a lot of energy on the blacksmith's side.

He personally questioned each of the blacksmiths he had recruited, asking them what they had been doing before.

Sure enough, among these blacksmiths, he really found a few blacksmiths who fled from the border towns into the interior, and these blacksmiths were all craftsmen in the border towns.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, these craftsmen are lifelong craftsmen, and they are never allowed to leave their nationality, serve in the guards, and build weapons for the army.

However, the remuneration of artisans is very low, and many people have no land to cultivate, and have had to rely on their crafts for generations.

Over the years, the government has become more and more popular, and even the officers and soldiers can't get food and salary, not to mention them.

Seeing that they could not survive, many craftsmen fled to the mainland with their families in search of a way to survive.

However, at this time, the mainland was also full of displaced people, and these people could not live, so they could only become one of the displaced people, and lived by begging everywhere.

The craftsmen who have been forced to such a situation can no longer care about anything at this time, and they will not hesitate to sell their skills and labor as long as anyone cares about their food.

When they heard that the White Dragon Army was recruiting craftsmen, these craftsmen didn't have to think much about it at all, and immediately unveiled the list and applied for food, and went to the White Dragon Army to ask for food.

After Li Zixiao came back, he personally received this group of craftsmen.

And tell them that for the White Dragon Army, the White Dragon Army can provide them with three meals a day, and at the same time provide for their wives and children, and even pay them every month.

In terms of workmanship, the White Dragon Army will implement a piecework system.

Each person is paid for their work based on the number of things they build, and how easy it is to craft them.

Settle their wages once a month, but the wages are not very much, one or two taels of silver, but they have already made all the craftsmen grateful to Dade.