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Yang Chen and his daughter suddenly appeared at Qin Mu's swearing-in ceremony, and the people of Ganzhou who were watching immediately discussed, and many people looked at Qin Mu with a trace of doubt in their eyes.

Liu Meng and Su Jin both turned around, intending to stop Yang Chen, Qin Mu shook his head and stopped the two of them, Chen Yang really wanted to say something, let her say it, a good reputation is important, but for a good name, he has had enough these days.

Mrs. Yang walked to Qin Mu's side, looked at him with complicated eyes, and then sighed faintly, Qin Mu's eyes were clear, and he couldn't see any waves from it.

Mrs. Yang turned to the soldiers and the people of the city, and said as loudly as she could: "Today is the day when thousands of soldiers swear to go on the expedition, and I am a woman from a Taoist family, so I should not have appeared here, but I heard that there are many rumors about clumsy husbands in the market, and I feel that it is necessary to take this opportunity to come out and clarify;

Yes, the clumsy husband is indeed seriously injured and needs to rest in bed, but this has nothing to do with Lord Qin, please don't listen to the rumors in the market, that's all I have to say. I hope that the soldiers who go out can fight bravely with Qinzhi County to kill the enemy and keep the war out of Ganzhou, and I also hope that the fathers and villagers of Ganzhou can try their best to cooperate with Qinzhi County, and all of them will work together to overcome this difficult situation in front of them. ”

Madame Yang's words were very brief, and after saying that she had collected blessings from the soldiers below and the people of the city, she turned around and went back to the ya, and her steps as she left seemed to be a little lighter.

Qin Mu hurriedly took two steps, turned to her, and said with a long bow, "Thank you, mother-in-law." ”

"You don't need me, I do this, I just hope that the people of Ganzhou can avoid the flames of war, which is also the wish of your Yue is Zhi'er and his father."

Qin Mu opened his mouth but didn't say anything more.

"Husband" Yang Zhi called lightly, her mood was extremely complicated, and when a thousand words came to her mouth, she swallowed it again, and Zuihou said hesitantly: "You take care"

Qin Mu nodded at her, turned around and walked to the front of the steps, and shouted to the two thousand soldiers: "Come on, go to the Zhuang Xing wine!" ”

Under the watchful eyes of the people of the city. Qin Mu and two thousand soldiers drank Zhuangxing wine, smashed the bowl, and then gave an order, the army was marched, and the two thousand men and horses were high-spirited, under the guidance of the two banners, they took a solid step from the east gate;

The people of the city followed him and bid farewell to the athletes who had gone on the expedition.

"May Lord Qin be victorious."

"May Lord Qin defeat the thief Zhang and return victorious."

"The original soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, and blessed my Ganzhou from the scourge of thieves."

"The former soldiers returned triumphantly earlier"

All the hopes of the people are pinned on the call of the voice. All around were the voices wishing the army victory, and each voice seemed very sincere, and the scene was very touching.

After all, if you can enjoy peace and tranquility, no one wants to be devastated by war, and no one wants to be displaced. Now, people have no hope but to pin their hopes on the soldiers who go out on the expedition.

Although the imperial court also sent a large army south, people also heard of the Zuo Liangyu army sent by the imperial court. The people are more ferocious than the rebels, and the people would rather he not come to such an army.

Now, regardless of whether the rumors are true or not. Regardless of whether Qin Mu really killed the prefect or not, none of this mattered, and people only hoped that he could keep Zhang Xianzhong's rebels outside Ganzhou as he did last time to quell the rebellion in southern Ganzhou.

Some people want to express their hearts. They stuffed some small fruits into the hands of the soldiers who went out to fight, as if they were their own relatives, and followed the army out of the city for several miles. The people of the city stopped.

Maybe the people are a little utilitarian, they treat the soldiers who go out in this way, just hoping that they will not be devastated by the war, but the people work hard, pay a lot of taxes and grain, and just ask for peace?

This time, Yang Zhi's mother was able to stand up and say those words at a critical moment, which had an immeasurable effect on dispelling the doubts of the sergeants in the army, after all, this time to fight against Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of thousands of rebels, in addition to the two thousand households of Huichang and Xinfeng, it was necessary to mobilize other soldiers and horses of the Ganzhou Guard to participate in the defense;

At the same time, in terms of logistics supply, it also needs the cooperation of officials of all sizes in Ganzhou, although Yang Chen's words are brief, they can bring great help to Qin Mu, and at the same time play a huge role in stabilizing the hearts of the people in Ganzhou;

Qin Mu, who was out of the city, could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and now, there was no need to worry too much, just rest assured that the battle would be fought well.

"Drive!" Qin Mu whipped on the horse's stock, the war horse neighed, raised his hooves and ran north, the Qinzi banner, hunting and rolling in the autumn wind, behind him two thousand strong soldiers set off a long yellow dust, like a yellow dragon, churning to the north.

From Ganzhou to Ji'an, there are about 400 miles, Qin Mu led 2,000 men and horses to gallop all the way, and it only took four and a half days to reach the city of Ji'an, with an average daily travel of nearly 100 miles, in this era, the speed of this march is amazing.

Lu Daqi took Zuo Liangyu's tens of thousands of troops from Nanchang Mansion to the south, the distance from Nanchang to Ji'an is about four hundred and fifty miles, when Qin Mu arrived at Ji'an Mansion, Lu Daqi is still three hundred miles away from Ji'an Mansion, on average, the daily march is only thirty miles, the two are compared, the gap is not a little bit.

Because the imperial court really could not pay the military salary, Zuo Liangyu's tens of thousands of troops looted even more justifiably, without fear, where they passed, the people fled one after another, which was a disaster, no less than Zhang Xianzhong's rebels.

The only difference is that the place where Zhang Xianzhong's rebels passed would become a fallen area, while the place where Zuo Liangyu's army passed was nominally still the Ming court, nothing more.

Li Shen, the prefect of Ji'an, saw that Qin Mu brought troops to help, and the two thousand men and horses were strictly disciplined, and they did not commit any offence against the people along the way, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and personally took the officials of Ji'an out of the city to greet them.

But Li Shen was obviously happy too early, Qin Mu didn't rob the people, it didn't mean that he didn't want logistics supplies; The main reason why his 2,000 men and horses marched so quickly was that they did not bring logistics, and each soldier only brought a few days of dry food.

Outside the city, Qin Mu was quite polite, and greeted Li Shen and others warmly, but as soon as he was not careful, Huo Sheng led people to occupy the south gate, and then the army couldn't help but say that they would go into the city and immediately want to eat and drink.

Li Shen just shirked two sentences, Huo Sheng and the others were too lazy to talk nonsense, and immediately surrounded the treasury, do you give it or not? If you don't give Lao Tzu to be self-reliant, you have come all the way from Ganzhou to help you stop the rebels, is it difficult for you to transport grain and grass from Ganzhou, is there still a reason for this?

"Lord Qin, what are you doing here? Can't you discuss something? Li Shen came to Qin Mu in a hurry.

Qin Mu held the hilt of the Juque Sword, stood in the open space in front of the treasury, looked at Li Shen and replied lightly: "Lord Li, as the saying goes, the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, and I can't let my men and horses go hungry to fight the rebels, right?" Zhang Xianzhong's rebels swept Huguang, and now they want to try my Jiangxi, Master Li imagines, there are no eggs under the nest, at this time, the provinces and states need to work together to tide over the difficulties, my Ganzhou soldiers and horses took the initiative to come to Ji'an, fight against the rebels, isn't Ji'an to provide some supplies? ”

"How can this mansion not know what Lord Qin said, and this mansion didn't say that it would not provide supplies to your army, but you also have to give some time to let this mansion raise it, how can you besiege the treasury without a word?"

"Lord Li, we don't have time, I just picked up the news, the front of the rebels is less than a hundred miles away from Yuanzhou, Yuanzhou is the right gateway to the river, if you lose Yuanzhou, the whole province of Jiangxi will be bad, and Ji'an is the first to bear the brunt, in order to rush to Yuanzhou quickly, the lower officials have to offend, Lord Li, the lower officials are all for the good of Lord Li."

Li Shen saw that Qin Mu was resolute and justified, and his heart was full of helplessness to lure the wolf into the house.

Qin Mu's men and horses rested in Ji'an for the whole night, and Su Jin's cavalry was sent by Qin Mu overnight, and the enemy was imminent, and of course it was not enough to rely on hearsay alone, and the enemy situation must be reconnoitred clearly before a detailed battle plan could be formulated.

Early the next morning, Qin Mu's 2,000 men and horses drove out of the city, from Ji'an to the north is Linjiang Mansion (Xinyu), Qin Mu decided to take the northwest direction of the road, through Anfu County directly into Yuanzhou Mansion;

Yuanzhou, also known as Yichun, is the gateway for Huguang to enter Jiangxi, and now the rebels have arrived in Yuanzhou, and Qin Mu's first battle was also decided to be in Yuanzhou, and the gateway of Yuanzhou was preserved, so as to prevent the rebels from spreading in Jiangxi, and to prevent Lu Daqi from going south to Ganzhou, it is best to counterattack and introduce Lu Daqi into Huguang.

On the way from Ji'an to Yuanzhou, countless people dragged their families and mouths, and were fleeing to the south one after another, one by one, ragged, unkempt, miserable, and crying endlessly, in this disorderly escape road, it is common for the weak to be robbed and killed, and the corpses exposed to the wild can be seen on the roadside from time to time.

When the fleeing people encountered Qin Mu's officers and soldiers, absolutely none of them had the kind of overjoyed and jubilant situation; On the contrary, the refugees they encountered were also afraid of their officers and soldiers, and when they saw them from afar, they all fled in panic, and some of them could not even care about the remaining belongings, and threw pots and pans on the ground, only to flee the road for their lives.

Qin Mu couldn't help but feel a little sour when he saw it, the army was used to protect the country and protect the people, but the officers and soldiers not only failed to bring the people the slightest sense of security, but made the people regard them like tigers, which shows that the image of the Ming army in the hearts of the people has been corrupted.

Qin Mu's heart was depressed, and he just wanted to kill all the traitors and all the soldiers and bandits, "I am still bitter before I am paid, and there are traces everywhere in the country." Qin Mu couldn't help but pull out the giant sword, and shouted from afar to the north: "General, speed up the march, fast, faster!" ”

At his command, two thousand soldiers began to trot out, rolling north with a long yellow dust.

The army is still one hundred and fifty miles away from Yuanzhou, and suddenly there is a scout horse galloping back in front, rushing to the banner of Qin Zi and reporting loudly: "My lord, it's not good, the rebel 20,000 forwards under the leadership of the rebel general Zhang Qi launched an attack on Yuanzhou yesterday, the Yuanzhou defenders were crushed at the touch, and the defender Zhong Weiguo abandoned the division and fled, making most of the Yuanzhou defenders surrender to the enemy. ”

"What, Yuan Zhou is lost?"

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(To be continued......)