After a short break during the New Year's Festival, the Shanhe Army continued to capture the territory that originally belonged to the Geng Shang coalition army, and Hu Dadao and Meng Ke in the rear also began to play their role. Cheng Xiaolian suddenly discovered through intelligence that Hu Dadao was more suitable for this mode of struggle than Meng Ke.

Meng Ke made the old mistake again, he always didn't like to bully the weak when he was black, Hu Dadao was not soft-hearted at all, whether it was for the enemy or his own people, he gathered some people, and among these people, there were naturally some capricious people, every time he killed this person's family to the point that no chickens and dogs were left. In his words: "If you come out and say that you will betray me and kill your whole family, you will definitely kill your whole family." ”

Of course, he can't be blindly vicious and vicious, after taking the army for so long, he has gradually figured out a truth, envy and power, can not blindly kill fiercely, blindly kill fiercely, although he can completely control the situation in a short period of time, but the hidden danger is also very big.

Geng Shang's coalition army couldn't defeat the frontal battlefield, and originally thought that he would kill all the enemies in the rear and boost his morale, but he chased around the mountains and forests for more than ten days, and was slipped away like a dog, and he didn't even see the shadow of the main force of the people.

Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin's people fled at a very high rate, Geng Jingzhong's people had robbed enough silver before, at this time when they saw that the situation was not good, they began to run away wrapped in their own silver, as long as they found a place, everyone could basically buy dozens of acres of land, even if they couldn't become a big landlord, at least their lives were saved.

There is nothing to be done about Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin, they can't always let the army stay together, as long as there is a war, some people will flee, and after this opening is opened, more and more people begin to join the fleeing team, for them, there is a chance to run early, and when they are in the end, they can only be buried by Geng Shang's coalition army.

Shang Zhixin's men and horses ran relatively less, because these people had been training before, and they didn't have a lot of silver in their hands, but the officials got silver in their hands, but those ordinary soldiers had no money, and if they ran out of the army without money, they would have to starve to death. Once they are left alone, it is simply impossible to grab food from the people who have gathered together, and there is a high risk that they will be beaten to death.

Geng Jingzhong found out about this, and immediately began to collect the silver in the army, and said in public that as long as he could conquer the southern part of Huguang, the silver would be returned to everyone as usual.

Of course, no one believed his nonsense at all, first, everyone was not sure if they could live until that time, and second, where was the reason to hand over the silver to their own pockets?

So the soldiers and generals began to fight openly and secretly, in just three days, there were five or six thousand households hacked to death in the camp, those soldiers turned their heads and went into the mountains, Geng Jingzhong was furious, but there was nothing to do, so he had to cancel the ban. He knew that if it continued to be implemented, he was afraid that the whole army would rebel.

This is also the disadvantage of the Geng Shang coalition army, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, after their descendants died, they immediately supplemented other troops, in their opinion, everyone is the same, they are all two-legged people, and their old subordinates also want to enjoy their old age, so they have changed a batch of fresh blood.

But in comparison, Wu Sangui is much more shrewd, he understands that only the fate of these old subordinates is tightly tied to himself, because for Yunnan, they are outsiders, once Wu Sangui falls, all their power will come to naught, Wu Sangui while giving them this truth, while exchanging generous treatment for their continued service, so Wu Sangui's army is a family of its own, and there are few escapes, because everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, winning and sharing the glory and wealth, and dying together and broken bones.

Looking at Geng Jingzhong's situation, Shang Zhixin couldn't gloat, he trained the army according to the method in the military book, and now it is too far from his expectations, and the military appearance does not seem to be very far behind, but as soon as he fights, it is a big difference, and it is not a grade at all, so he has been defeated repeatedly.

Qin Yue didn't intend to give Geng Shang's coalition army a chance to breathe, now was a good time to beat the water dogs, and according to the information he received, Wu Sangui's army had no idea of sending troops to aid them at all, after all, they all began to invade Wu Sangui's back road, and it would be a pity if they didn't take the opportunity to take these cities.

Soon the Shanhe army advanced to Jiangling City, at this time the bones of Song Yi, who dreamed of being the king of Jiangling, were already cold, in front of the army, those gentry in Jiangling City quickly found their position, Song Yi finally rushed into the army with five thousand chaotic people, the people of Geng Shang's coalition army may be a little difficult to deal with the Shanhe army, and the people who have just replaced their hoes with knives and guns are no problem.

In the end, the gentry in the city jointly handed over Geng Xianzuo, who had been well taken care of by them, and Geng Jingzhong did not pursue these gentry too much, if he did it, he would have to kill half of the people in Jiangling City, and it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Huguang in the future.

Qin Yue came to Jiangling City, these gentry of the generals were a little embarrassed, they welcomed Zhang Xianzhong into the city with great fanfare, Daming will not be no one to remember this account, if someone turns out the old account, I am afraid that none of these gentry will survive, after all, they were thieves at the beginning. And even if the Ming army slaughtered them, others couldn't say anything, if they hadn't been in harmony with the outside, Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, might not have died.

As an old man of the Ming Dynasty, Qin Yue naturally knew that he couldn't avenge his predecessors for the sake of the overall situation, but he still had to beat them well, otherwise there would be thieves and robbers in the future, and some people would have other thoughts.

Therefore, Qin Yue has already set up a Hongmen banquet and invited the heads of various families in the city to come to the banquet. If you don't come, it doesn't matter, your family will be removed from Jiangling City from now on, and your family will not be allowed to open in Jiangling City again.

Many family heads were forced to go to the banquet resolutely, and even began to let the people in the family prepare for the funeral, but fortunately they had dispersed some people to the countryside before, so there was no risk of extinction.

After three rounds of drinking, Qin Yue slowly raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "In February of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, many of the people present at the beginning were afraid that they had already given birth. ”

When those people heard this, they quickly stood up, and the old lady of the Hu family said slowly: "I was also forty years old at the beginning, but it was not us who was in charge of the family at the beginning, in fact, my fathers also regretted doing such a thing. ”

(End of chapter)