Chapter Seventy-Two

So much so that the entire Jingren court was terrified, and frantically wanted to mobilize the army to suppress this rebellion.

However, the soldiers and horses of the provinces around Hengjiang are all in Anzhou, and the troops are empty, so they transfer troops from other places, but the distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near.

Therefore, we can only watch as the rebel army did not rest for long after occupying the Hengjiang River, and it had already divided into two routes and attacked again.

All the way from straight to Xiaoshui, there is a great tendency to go to Anzhou and join the rebels of the Sanyang Sect.

The other one, however, came out of the Iron Plough Pass and pressed towards Lingyue Province.

Lingyue Province is an important town, and I don't know how much more important it is than Hengjiang.

Under the great horror and shock of the Jingren court, the Lingyue Provincial Army was strictly ordered to defend to the death, snipe the rebels at Tiehua Pass, and not allow the rebels to cross the thunder pond for a single step.

However, at the instigation of the local gentry and even officials at all levels, the governor of Lingyue Province strictly ordered the army to take the initiative to attack and defeat the rebels.

A big battle between the two sides near Iron Mountain!

Originally, everyone thought that the rebels were in a hurry, and the training and equipment should not be very good.

But no one expected that the rebels were actually equipped with sophisticated firearms, and the training was even stricter.

After just a few rounds of shooting, it had already collapsed the imperial court officers and troops in Lingyue Province.

Under the defeat, the rebels took the opportunity to seize Tiehua Pass and entered the territory of Lingyue Province.

Just after the capture of Tiehua Pass, most of the entire Lingyue Province surrendered without a fight, and almost immediately surrendered to the rebels.

You must know that the so-called Yuegang is originally within Lingyue Province, and this place is the place where Tao Xiaowu's forces are most deeply operated, and it is also one of the places where the people are most dissatisfied with the Jingren Imperial Court.

In this case, it was easy to seize the entire Lingyue Province.

The Eighteen Lines of Yuegang almost immediately took refuge in Tao Xiaowu......

You must know that these eighteen trades contribute more than one million taels of tax silver to the imperial court every year.

This is still a case where local officials colluded with the Eighteen Banks and embezzled a large number of interests.

At this time, Tao Xiaowu seized this place, not to mention anything else, the silver that could be brought to the righteous army in a year was more than three million taels.

War is fought with money, and with such a huge source of wealth, you can imagine how good it is.

Not to mention that Lingyue is richer, more than ten times far away in Hengjiang, occupying this place, the financial resources of the entire rebel army can be regarded as solving most of them!

And the rebel army swept Lingyue too quickly, and the Jingren court was simply caught off guard.

And the strategy formulated by Tao Xiaowu is to fight fast and fast, and does not give the Jingren court the slightest chance to react.

The army had traveled long distances, and although they had not really experienced the great battle, they were already very tired.

The rebels rested for a few days and continued their march towards Baipu.

Such a military operation would seem to anyone else to be fantastical and unrealistic.

Because after taking a land, if you want to maintain the occupation, you often need a large army to maintain it.

It takes time to integrate the local army and maintain the local occupation.

Unless it is like the heavenly army of another world, the bear breaks the bag, loses all the way, often does not establish a stable rule, and fights all the way to Jian'an before stopping.

So much so that as soon as the front foot of many sites walked, the back foot was subdued!

However, it was because the Heavenly Army could not get the cooperation of the local squires and the Confucian scholars.

Therefore, as soon as the front foot walked, the back foot was seized by the regimental training armed forces organized by him.

However, Tao Xiaowu encountered a different situation, but he got the full cooperation of the local squires and Rulin.

With these people contributing money and efforts to maintain local order, Tao Xiaowu didn't need to think about the back road at all.

Directly rushed forward and entered the land of Baipu.

The Jingren officers and soldiers only put up a few unsuccessful resistances before surrendering.

The rebel army did not occupy the entire territory of Baipu, but directly seized the waterway of the Great River, crossed the river by boat from here, and seized Yingzhou, an important town in the world.

Almost at the same time, the other division of the righteous army had already gone straight up the Xiaoshui and also captured Nanji.

For a while, the two armies seemed to have the potential to converge in Maoyun Province.

And the Sanyang Sect in Na'an Prefecture is also in Maoyun Province.

Maoyun Town, in the heart of the world, once it occupies this place, it is almost equivalent to Sun Monkey getting into the belly of Princess Iron Fan and grabbing her heart.

In such a situation, the Jingren court was almost crazy, and while making preparations for moving the capital and retreating outside the pass, it frantically gathered northern soldiers and horses to prevent the rebels from crossing the river.

However, no one thought that the rebels were just a false shot, and then turned around and went down the river and went straight to Jian'an.

That Jian'an is the core of maintaining the rule of the south, and in the former dynasty of the Great Qi, it was one of the two capitals in the north and south.

Even if the Jingren Imperial Court was turned around, there was still a large army stationed near Jian'an.

Especially in such an important place as Jian'an, there is also Jingcheng, and a large number of Jingren flag soldiers are stationed.

Originally, the southern thistle was also an important town, and there was also a Jingcheng, where Jingren flag soldiers were stationed.

However, in order to encircle and suppress the rebellion of the Sanyang Sect in Anzhou, they have all been transferred to Anzhou, and the direction is empty, so it was seized by the righteous army from Xiaoshui.

And now, this time, Na Jian'an is really heavily armed, and there are also the so-called invincible Jingren banner soldiers stationed.

Anyone can imagine that this is a battle that will determine the fate of the world!

At the very least, it was a battle that would decide the fate of the entire South!

For a while, eyes from all over the world gathered.

The outcome of this battle will also determine the final outcome of most of the local forces that are difficult to decide between the swings.

Once the rebel army wins, I am afraid that all the local powerful factions in the world will probably throw themselves into the rebel army.

And if the rebel army fails, I am afraid that many people who have already taken refuge will also be shaken and uneasy!

In short, this battle is extremely symbolic, and it can almost be said that it can really decide the fate of the world.

However, the result was very unexpected, and the fighting strength of the rebel army was beyond anyone's expectations.

In the next battle of Jian'an City, the main force of the banner soldiers was easily defeated!

Then, with the help of Neiying, he quickly captured the entire Jian'an City.

What everyone thought was a battle between dragons and tigers was easily won by the rebels.

No one else expected this result, but Tao Xiaowu knew it very well.

Weapon generation, tactical generation.

Coupled with the total political victory, and the countless sabotage activities of the intriguing and sabotage of the city, it would be a strange thing if the battle was to be prolonged for a long time.

At this time, all the forces in the world were shocked, but they were also in awe of the righteous army, and they all had the heart of refuge.

So the main force of the rebel army had just entered Jian'an City, maintained order, and established political power.

The partial division led by Wang Youxun has already been taken refuge by all parts of Maoyun Province, and a large number of state capitals have surrendered without a fight.