No one is blind. When the fleet of the Runing Army drifted down the Yangtze River, the officers and peasant armies on both sides of the Yangtze River learned of this force.

First, Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the five provinces, asked the Runing Army to suspend its action and wait for Xiong Wencan's convergence. That Wang Jiazhen only left Xiong Wencan with 30,000 or 40,000 old and weak remnants, and these troops still had to be stationed in the major cities of Huguang, so Xiong Wencan couldn't wait to master a mobile army.

Then there is Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing. He asked the Runing army to go ashore in Jiangnan as soon as possible and assist the officers and troops in Jiangnan to capture the Zhang and Luo coalition forces who were hiding from the cats.

Lu Jiude is indeed ruthless enough, he no longer cares about Liu Guoneng's troops operating near Nanjing. In the end, Liu Guoneng is in Jiangbei, and he won't be able to beat Nanjing for a while, so Lu Jiude has actually given up Jiangbei completely.

Lu Jiude has already made up his mind: as long as Nanjing City is not lost, as long as he can exterminate Zhang Xianzhong, the giant who captured Fengyang, then any misfortune will be wiped out in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

But Xue Yong didn't have any birds, and he still did his own thing. One of the main purposes of this dispatch of troops was to establish a foothold along Huguang and the Yangtze River, so it was destined that the Runing Army would only operate in Jiangbei. Besides, Xue Yong still wants to graze Liu Guoneng. He needs to drive Liu Guoneng to the predetermined area and then recruit him and settle him on the spot.

At this time, Huang Degong also lost the meaning of defending in Hanshan County. They didn't dare to go out of the city, for fear of encountering Liu Guoneng again, but now with the company of the Runing army, Huang Degong's troops can finally withdraw to Nanjing City.

So Huang Degong immediately contacted the Runing Army, and also got the consent of the Runing Army. After that, Huang Degong's troops marched along the coast and withdrew to Nanjing under the cover of the Runing army.

In fact, the Runing Army doesn't want such an extra army in Jiangbei, which will bring a lot of variables to Liu Guoneng's recruitment, so let them stay where they are cool!

At this moment, Guo Zengan and Lu Jianchen arrived. They brought news of an emergency in Yangzhou to the Runing Army.

"Two gentlemen, if you have to shirk it, you really can't." Xue Yong's attitude was very kind, but he also refused firmly, "My lord has instructed that our Runing Army came here to help this time, and we can't be too far away from Runing." Moreover, the Prime Minister and the town guard Lu Gonggong want us to go to Jiangbei to fight, which is really embarrassing! Why don't you two find Mr. Huang on the shore to try? ”

In fact, in his heart, Xue Yong has an indispensable attitude towards rushing to Yangzhou. The reason for refusal is still the fear of something extraneous. Besides, pretend to be in a state, and ask for a lot of appearance fees.

"We have asked Mr. Huang, but he refuses! Now I am looking forward to General Xue saving the whole city of Yangzhou from fire and water. Checkmate! Be merciful. Be merciful! ”

Huang Degong's Ming army was already very war-weary. So of course Huang Degong refused the invitation of Guo and Lu.

At this moment, Guo Zengan and Lu Jianchen were in a hurry. It was a small matter to lose face in front of Yangzhou salt merchants, but the two of them were still in Yangzhou City.

"But there's no reason?" Xue Yong spread his hands. The Runing Army sent troops to Huguang, and now it was actually rejecting Xiong Wencan and Lu Jiude. Crossed Nanjing and sent troops to Yangzhou. How will it make the court suspicious. You know, Wu Shigong's arrest hasn't passed yet.

"We will solve the official documents of the imperial court, and absolutely let the general be ordered to send troops!" Hearing Xue Yong's tone soften, Guo Zengan immediately patted his chest and said.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the shili of Yangzhou salt merchants had developed to a point of outrageousness. There are not many entries in Nanjing officialdom, of which the filial piety of salt merchants accounts for a large part. Therefore, to a large extent, it can influence the decision-making of Nanjing officialdom. Therefore, it was a breeze for the salt merchants to get a troop transfer order.

But Lu Jianchen is relatively old, and when he saw Xue Yong still frowning, he knew that Runingjun still needed some personal reasons.

So Lu Jianchen continued: "General! If you come to your rescue. Yangzhou will be grateful to Dade, and our colleagues in the salt industry will not be stingy. In the next, make the decision first, and add 10,000 taels to the original conditions. For you, the general, there is also another generous gift. ”

"I'm just personal. But for such a long journey, people eat the ...... of horses. ”

"Then add another 10,000 taels."

"A fixed price! Eighty thousand! ”

"Done!"

After extorting a sum of money, Xue Yong decided to send troops to Yangzhou. One of the major missions of the Runing Army is to take care of Liu Guoneng, since Liu Guoneng is playing in Yangzhou, then go over! So the Runing army went all the way down the river and first came to the river next to Nanjing.

At the head of Nanjing City, a group of scholars looked at the fleet of the Runing Army and pointed, while Hou Fangyu was impassioned in the middle.

Secretly glancing at the group of scholars, Gu Hengbo smiled and said, "Sister Liu, look at the appearance of Hou Gongzi." I didn't expect him to come. Hee-hee! ”

"Little hooves are thinking of spring." Liu Ru immediately teased, "Actually, Wu Runing is not bad, she is from a rich background, rich and powerful, and she is not very old, she is really Sister Gu's good~~match~~ah~~~!" ”

Speaking of zuihou, Liu Ru sang to the tune, and also posed and made a gesture of throwing his sleeves.

"Just like him? Is it worthy of this son? Gu Hengbo also made a stage move. Because they are going to show up today, Liu Ru and Gu Hengbo are both wearing men's clothes, "Xiao Sheng saw that Sister Liu's heart was budding, and she was so invested in the rehearsal, and she still wanted to play in Runing?" ”

When they learned that Runingjun was going down the river, Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo knew that they had lost, but they didn't care about losing the gamble, and they just used this as an excuse to rehearse the new play written by Ruan Dacheng, and to create a new climax of Qinhuai entertainment.

"Ahh Wu Shigong, who was in Runing, sneezed heavily, and he thought to himself, "Who is saying bad things about me behind my back?" It must be Fei'er and her two sons who stayed in the capital. But I miss them too! ”

"Grandpa Hou! Mother-sama! Lin'er left first, and Master Wang waited in the school field. Xue Chenglin, who had just returned from studying in the study, had already changed into a sword sleeve, and his perennial upbringing had made him completely look like a little adult, and his saluting movements were also meticulous.

"Let's go!" Xue Yufei sat dignifiedly, her face had shed her childishness, and she had completely turned into a mature woman. Seeing that her eldest son was about to leave, Xue Yufei suddenly felt a pain in her chest, and she couldn't help but tell her again: "Be careful when practicing martial arts." ”

Seeing the departure of his eldest grandson, Xue Lian also remained silent for a long time. It wasn't until Mrs. Zhang came in that Xue Lian let out a long sigh.

Seeing that although his father was less than fifty, his hair was gray and his face was full of wrinkles, Xue Yufei's nose was sour, and he shouted: "Dad......!" And he wept and could not speak.

Xue Lian was also quite sad, and said fiercely: "I was blind once in my life, and I just found a good son-in-law." ”

Xue Lian's words are both counterwords and not counterwords, and the meaning is quite rich. But these words made Xue Yufei even more sad.

"Master Hou!" Mrs. Zhang hurriedly gave Xue Lian a wink.

But Xue Lian still said regardless of it: "We are old and can't stand the pain of leaving our hometown." But no matter what, I have to think of sending you mothers and sons out. After a pause, Xue Lian felt that it was very difficult, so he immediately lowered his standards and said, "At least send Ping'er away." ”

At this moment, there was a burst of laughter at the door, and Xue Chengping ran in with a big apple in his hand. Seeing his grandparents and mother, Xue Chengping immediately "giggled", he lifted the apple that he had bitten into and sent it to Xue Lian .......

After passing through Nanjing, the Runing army left Huang Degong's department in Nanjing and went straight to Yangzhou. And Liu Guoneng, who has come to the vicinity of Yangzhou, doesn't seem to feel the arrival of this official army, and is still making noise near Yangzhou.

Of course, Liu Guoneng was not afraid, because it was the Runing Army that came. They also had to get new instructions from the Runing Army, so they were very determined to loot near Yangzhou.

"What the hell are you going to do? Can't you buy land with money? Those rich people in the countryside refuse to buy it, so they can find the local government? Do they refuse to take money? If you smash it with money, you will also smash the government into the mouth! ”

Being in a high position all year round has greatly changed Chang Meng's temperament, and training a group of high-level executives of reclamation firms is like training a group of gray grandsons. Especially the leaders of the guards of the trading houses, although those guards had seen blood when they plundered the "terra nullius", but in the face of the anger of Chang Meng, no one dared to gasp.

This time, Chang Meng took a large amount of silver and 5,000 merchant houses to escort him south, and came to Huanggang, Lu'an, Tongcheng and other areas in the name of the auxiliary troops of the Runing Army. To this end, the Reclamation Commercial Bank added a new branch and issued new shares on the stock exchange with this branch, so as to raise a large amount of funds.

Of course, these funds are not used to purchase land at market prices. The reclamation commercial houses will also follow the old skills of the Runing Army and use the price of cabbage to buy the confiscated land and "terra nullius" of those "bandits".

However, it was going well in other places, but it encountered resistance in Lu'an. The local government simply ignored the reclamation firms, and even the local gentry were reluctant to sell their land to the reclamation firms.

In fact, all the gentry and government in this area were reluctant to cooperate with the Runing army. The tragedy of Huanggang brought them a feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and they were afraid that the Runing army would use drastic means to deprive them of their land.

That is, the Jinyuan offensive of the reclamation commercial house was too fierce, that is, the lesson of the tragedy was too profound, so with Chang Meng's efforts, Huanggang and Tongcheng and other areas "fell" one after another, and only Lu'an was nailed there like a nail. (To be continued......)