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Haiyan County is located on the north side of Hangzhou Bay, and was placed in the county in the 25th year of the reign of King Qin. It is named because of "the seashore is widely reprimanded, and the salt pans face each other".

This is one of the main salt producing areas of the past dynasties, in the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, in Haiyan County, the "Lulichang Salt Section Ambassador's Office" was built, located in the east of the county 39 miles, the salt government set up an ambassador, under the jurisdiction of 12 regiments, 1805 stove households, 5707 stove Ding.

Salt has always been an important source of income for the imperial court, and Niu Wanchuan conquered Haiyan County during his southern expedition, leaving 500 men and horses to take over the salt works here.

Bolo, Ilduzi, Durde, and Feiyangu, who escaped from Hangzhou, led the remnants of his men to the east to find Zheng Zhilong, but they were chased by Huo Sheng and Ning Yuan and were dizzy and embarrassed.

Jinling is sending officials to take over the governance of Jiangnan, hoping that Jiangnan can quickly stabilize, and is already impatient with Bo Luo and others who are still fleeing, and the military department has sent a strict order to let Huo Sheng exterminate Bo Luo and his gang as soon as possible.

Huo Sheng was under pressure, in addition to the old minister Ning Yuan, he transferred 3,000 cavalry from Liu Fangliang's department in Hangzhou, and then ordered Hui Dengxiang, who was stationed in Songjiang Mansion, to squeeze from the northeast, and finally forced Bolo and his gang to Haiyan.

Later, a chasing army was approaching, and Bolo was unable to attack Haiyan County, so he swept through the south of the county and continued to flee eastward.

Huo Sheng and Ning Yuan, as well as the general Chang Ping, who came from Hangzhou, were divided into three routes, the war horses roared, the iron hooves were like thunder, and they clung to it.

Twenty miles east of Haiyan County, Ilduqi, who rushed over a slope, suddenly screamed, and then Bolo, who rushed over, couldn't help but hurriedly rein in his horse, and as far as the eye could see, there were boundless reeds in front of him. The sea breeze blows, and the white-headed reeds rise and fall like waves.

Once, there was a time when on the shore of Tao Lake in Jintan County, Bei Leye, who was left in the war realm, suffered all the hardships in the reeds, and he still has palpitations.

And compared with the boundless reeds in front of you, the reeds of Taohu Lake are not worth mentioning at all.

The Luli Salt Farm is near here, and the local stove households have adapted measures to local conditions, expanded the salt pans, and diverted the tide to make brine. Cut the reeds and boil salt.

In order to meet the need for boiling salt. At least two or three hundred thousand acres of reed land were preserved nearby, and Bolo stood on the back of a horse and looked around, only to see the reeds all over the ground, reaching the sky. Countless gulls flew up. Flying like a cloud shadow. Beauty! It's really beautiful! But beautiful things can kill people.

"Lord Belle. What to do? ”

"What else can I do? Turn back, turn back, and fight with Qin Jun! ”

Bolo yelled hysterically. If you don't fight, you can't do it, he doesn't dare to go in this long reed, and the chasing soldiers are approaching, less than ten miles behind, the smoke and dust are all over the sky, and the faint sound of iron hooves can be heard.

"Lord Belle, why don't we break it up and meet again in Shanghai County." Durd cautiously suggested.

There are still 1,600 remnants of soldiers left, fleeing for so many days, everyone has already fled to the ground, every day the wind is loud, the grass and trees are soldiers, and they have never slept well, and now they are all weak in their limbs, their expressions are sad, and they have even used up their bows and arrows, and turning back to fight with the Qin army can only be the fate of the entire army, at least Durd thinks so.

Bolo, who was full of anger, raised his hand and whipped it, and shouted angrily: "You dare to talk nonsense again, cut!" Brothers, there is no way forward, there are pursuers behind, we can only survive if we turn back and kill the pursuers, turn back, turn back, and kill the enemy with Benbele! ”

Bolo roared, and took the lead in turning the horse's head, he knew very well that the people of Jiangnan hated them as invaders, everyone hugged together, and there might be a glimmer of life, once they were scattered, without the encirclement and suppression of the Qin army, the people of Jiangnan alone could let them die without a place to be buried.

As it turned out, Dould's fears were correct, after so many days on the run, how could a few words from Bolo restore morale?

The three groups of people and horses of the Qin army, Huo Sheng, Ning Yuan, and Changping, appeared one after another, hunting with banners, the sound of hooves was like thunder, without making any stops, rushing over from three sides, rolling up smoke and dust.

The Qing army that turned around in a hurry was attacked from three sides, and he couldn't take care of his head and buttocks, Durd was unwilling to die here, and took the lead in escaping into the reeds.

Bursts of gongs and drums sounded in the endless reeds, and the Qing troops who fled into the reeds were frightened.

Nearly 10,000 salt soldiers under the leadership of the Qin army stationed in the salt field turned into experienced hunters, flying through the familiar reeds, or setting fires, or digging resistance, tripping ropes, fishing nets, salt shovels can all cost the life of the Qing army.

The sound of gongs and drums, shouts of killing, cheers, and screams stirred up the vast reeds.

The feathered phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and the once invincible Qing army is not much better at the end of the road. Ilduzi was killed by indiscriminate arrows, and Bolo and Feiyangu were captured with all their might.

Durd, who was the first to flee into the reeds, lay down in the mire and pretended to be a frogman; He used the reed stalk to ventilate, lay motionless in the muddy water, and really escaped the search of many salts;

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and there were so many leeches in the reeds that he was all over his body, especially those that got into the crotch of his pants, which seriously challenged Durd's nerves;

Durd endured it with difficulty, until his asshole was attacked by Durde's two clamps, "Ah! He got up with an exclamation, and before he could wipe the mud and sand off his face, the cheers of Yanding came from his ears: "Here's one, here, here"

Crash! A large net came over the boat, and then the two salters dragged together, and Durd, who had just stood up, was dragged down in the muddy water again.

Poor General Durd, who could not resist, was too busy picking at his asshole, but the nets were quickly tightened, and he was rolled up like a seed, and he couldn't pick his asshole

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Haiyan's good news soon spread to Jinling, Qin Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with Boluo's team in Jiangnan, Jiangnan has always been rare to really settle down, and now this henchman has finally been cleared.

According to the suggestion of the Ministry of War, Qin Mu quickly adjusted the speed of the troops in Jiangnan, let Huo Sheng temporarily stay in Suzhou to recuperate, and ordered Yuan Zong's first army to go south from Ningbo to oppress Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, who occupied Taizhou Mansion.

In addition, 2,000 troops were transferred from Hangzhou, and they went south through Zhuji, Yiwu, Jinhua, and Chuzhou to reinforce Li Changyi in Wenzhou.

Then Liu Fangliang was transferred 4,000 men and horses to Quzhou, western Zhejiang, and then went south from Quzhou through the Xianxia Ancient Road, approaching Xianxia Pass.

Then transfer Han Xiu's 5,000 men and horses to Quzhou back to Ganzhou, rest in Ganzhou, and order the governor of southern Ganzhou, Tian Yimu, to be responsible for appeasing Guangdong, if Guangdong does not accept the appeasement, then Han Xiu will join the Ganzhou defenders and send troops to Guangdong.

In addition, Lu Daqi was transferred back to Huguang, on the one hand, to organize the defense of Xiangxi to prevent Liu Wenxiu from advancing into Xianghu, and on the other hand, to appease Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces. At the same time, he ordered Ma Liuliang to lead 3,000 men and horses south and march into Guilin Mansion.

The actual number of troops mobilized was only 20,000 or 30,000, and it was impossible to rely on this number of troops to pacify the five provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan.

The main purpose of this is to create a situation of soldiers approaching the city, and to provide assistance for the recruitment of Lu Zhenfei, Tian Yimu, and Lu Daqi.

The Qing army still occupied the land of the Central Plains, and the civil war could be fought less.

It is the strategy adopted by Qin Mu and his ministers against the southwestern provinces is to focus on appeasement, supplemented by suppression, and it is best to take a few provinces without using swords, if anyone refuses to accept the appeasement, it is not too late to send troops to attack.

The biggest obstacle to appease the southwestern provinces is undoubtedly Longwu in Fujian, the officials of these provinces are all former ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the banner of Longwu is floating in Fujian, and it will be very difficult to appease them, and there are always many officials who are loyal to Zhu Ming.

In order to cooperate with Lu Zhenfei, Tian Yimu, and Lu Daqi's appeasement work, Qin Mu also began to act in Jinling, since Longwu is the biggest obstacle, let's start with attacking Longwu.

This blow is not a military one, but a moral one.

Before Ma Shiying claimed that the Empress Dowager Feng (Hongguang his mother) pulled the flag to resist the Qing Dynasty in eastern Zhejiang, Yuan Zongdi took Ningbo, and Lu Zhenfei sent people to appease him, Ma Shiying saw that the general trend of the Qin State had been achieved, and obediently accepted the appeasement.

Regardless of whether the Queen Mother he served was true or not, Qin Mu decided to use this banner first, so he asked Lu Zhenfei to send troops to escort the Queen Mother back to Beijing as soon as possible to "Rongyang".

At the same time, Qin Mu asked Bai Tie, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Shao Hua, the Imperial Shi of Zuodu, and Chen Kaiji, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, to hold a "public trial meeting" outside the Taiping Gate to encourage the people to go to watch the trial.

The first to be tried is Hong Chengchou and his son Hong Xizhe, as well as the old slave Hong Yingfu who came to Jinling with Hong Xizhe.

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PS: On the 31st, the day after the end of May, the brothers see if there is a monthly pass in the ticket holder, Haoyuan kneels and begs for support, asking for a monthly pass!.

(To be continued......)