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In the evening, school is over.

Pang Chunlai was packing up his textbooks when Zhao Han suddenly walked over and whispered: "Sir, the Tatars have broken through the border, and the imperial court has been urgently summoning King Qin for 800 miles."

"What?" Pang Chunlai suddenly raised his head, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Although Pang Chunlai was from Liaodong, although his family was ruined, and although his hometown was lost, in Pang Chunlai's mind, the Later Jin regime was nothing to be afraid of. At most, it was just another Tatar or Oara.

He always believed that even if the Ming Dynasty was to fall, it would be due to political corruption and peasant uprisings, and that the Later Jin regime had no hope at all.

This is because Liaodong is also troubled by the Little Glacier, and social productivity cannot develop at all.

Moreover, the structure of the Hou Jin regime was loose and the Eight Banners system was not perfect. They were just a bunch of barbarians who only knew how to rob. They not only robbed the Han people, but also robbed other tribes. The savage Jurchens were robbed miserably.

It is true that the ethnic minorities in Liaodong are constantly resisting because the rule of Hou Jin Dynasty was too cruel.

Even the tribes that surrendered to Hou Jin would be conquered twice or three times, which was simply inexplicable. If there is a shortage of food, they will grab food. If they are short of people, they will grab people. Many savage Jurchen tribes miss the Ming Dynasty.

When Pang Chunlai left Liaodong, the Hou Jin regime was already showing signs of internal collapse.

However, he was slow to obtain information, and he did not know that Huang Taiji came to power and implemented a "Tian Cong New Deal" to bring Hou Jin back from the brink of collapse.

The Hou Jin Dynasty at this time has undergone a qualitative change from the Hou Jin Dynasty when Pang Chunlai was in Liaodong!

Zhao Han said: "The Tatars have really broken through, and the governor of Jiangxi intends to follow the imperial edict to King Qin."

Pang Chunlai shook his head repeatedly and complained: "Jiangxi Qin Wang is a bastard. When Wei Zhaocheng arrived in the capital, the Tatars had all looted and went home. This fight is a good plan. One can make money in the name of King Qin, and two can show his own power." Be loyal and brave. When the time comes, you won’t have to fight a single battle. You can earn money and be appreciated by the emperor."

"There is indeed some cleverness." Zhao Han admired him sincerely. No wonder the man named Wei was able to advance to eight levels in a row.

Pang Chunlai thought carefully and said: "First, the Tatars will definitely not be able to attack the capital; second, the prefectures and counties in the capital will be ravaged; third, Liaodong manager Yuan Chonghuan will be in trouble; fourth, the Donglin Party cabinet may collapse. "

Zhao Han looked at the master, unable to conceal his surprise, and exclaimed in his heart that he was awesome!

Pang Chunlai's information all came from Tang Bao. The Tang Bao in May this year completely exposed Chongzhen's political intentions.

The emperor took advantage of the capital inspection to demote, dismiss, transfer, and dismiss nearly 200 officials in the capital, and promoted dozens of officials of the Ministry of Science and Education. In addition to the previous purge of more than 200 eunuchs, Chongzhen had complete control of the court. situation.

At least, Chongzhen felt that he had the situation under control.

The next step is to clean up the Donglin Party cabinet, and the Tatar break provides sufficient reason.

Chongzhen really wanted to work hard and could not wait to sweep away the decline, but unfortunately the steps were too big. Many of the young officials he promoted only knew how to talk nonsense, and their abilities were not as good as those of the Donglin Party.

The two masters and disciples sat and looked at each other in silence.

Suddenly, Zhao Han asked: "Sir, what is a knight?"

Pang Chunlai said disdainfully: "He is just a person who violates the law and violates the prohibitions. He has no merit at all."

"Brother, it's time to eat!" Fei Chun suddenly shouted.

"Just come!"

After dinner, Zhao Han went directly back to the dormitory and sat in a daze after studying ink.

He suddenly wanted to write a martial arts novel, copying the general plot and adding various personal items. It is necessary to promote the feelings of family and country, to promote the integrity of the nation, and at the same time call on those knights to serve the country and the people.

The writing style cannot be too formal, otherwise the general public will not be able to read it.

The writing style cannot be too modern, otherwise it will not conform to ancient reading habits and will be considered vulgar.

The writing style of "Water Margin" is just right.

The most suitable ones for adaptation are naturally "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

But when Zhao Han studied the ink, he found that he seemed to have forgotten the plot, and seemed to remember a lot of it. He couldn't tell the difference between the novel and various TV series.

But no matter what, most of the supporting characters in it must have been forgotten, and I can only make them up at random.

There is also a gang of beggars. You can't write too decently. Who let the brother and sister be bullied by the beggars?

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But it was said that the fourth young master, Fei Yinggon, had failed to recruit troops in his hometown. He took the money and went straight to Nanchang, where he found that Wei Zhaocheng had already led his troops.

He hurried slowly and hurriedly, and finally caught up in Nankang Mansion.

The Jiangxi general soldier happened to be ill and was lying in Nankang Mansion refusing to leave. After many days of delay, Wei Zhaocheng couldn't wait any longer, so he led his troops and continued to set off.

The commander-in-chief of Southern Jiangxi didn't come either, saying that the banditry in Southern Jiangxi was serious and he wouldn't be able to leave for a while.

Under the command of Governor Wei Zhaocheng, he only had 2,000 tofu soldiers provided by Nanchang Guards. At least he recruited more than a thousand local warriors and more than a hundred bandits brought by Fei Yinggon. Traveling all the way by boat, plus the boatmen and sailors, the force barely reached 4,000.

They didn't bring much food and supplies, and they ran out of supplies halfway through the journey.

Fortunately, he could run quickly by boat. After arriving in Nanjing, Wei Zhaocheng received Chen Yuting's support.

Chen Yuting was a leader of the Donglin Party and Wei Zhaocheng's mentor. At this time, he was appointed as the censor of Nanjing Youdu. Moreover, having presided over the Nanjing Jingcha for two consecutive years, he is a capable and capable person.

After getting some food and grass in Nanjing, King Qin's army continued on their way. When they passed Huai'an Chao Pass, they were unexpectedly asked for tolls by the gatekeeper.

The soldiers were so happy that they turned against each other and robbed the Huai'an Pier. They took advantage of the canal guard troops not yet gathering, and ran away quickly, and everyone made a lot of money.

In the third year of Chongzhen, it was early February.

Jiangxi King Qin's army arrived in Dezhou by boat and encountered a large number of White Lotus sect bandits.

There was no fraud this time, there were real White Lotus sect gangsters.

Because the Tatars broke through the customs and entered, Northern Zhili became a mess, and various states and counties were looted by the Tatars and the government troops. The White Lotus cultists took the opportunity to cause chaos, which spread across the three provinces of Beizhi, Henan, and Shandong, blocking all water transportation channels.

Wei Zhaocheng was a little scared and wanted to retreat to Dongchang Mansion.

Fei Yinggong was eager to try: "Don't panic Futai, wait for me to kill the thief!"

"Good brother, don't do it. The thieves are so powerful that they may be difficult to defeat." Wei Zhaocheng quickly dissuaded him.

"Thieves, what's there to be afraid of?" Fei Yingcong laughed.

That night, Fei Yinggon personally led more than a hundred thieves and selected two hundred local braves, promising gold and silver, to land ashore and attack at night.

The White Lotus Cult members were in chaos outside the city. Zhizhou Dezhou took the opportunity to lead his troops out of the city, and worked together to defeat tens of thousands of White Lotus Cult bandits—actually a group of refugees who had just taken up arms.

Wei Zhaocheng rewarded the soldiers and selected young and strong prisoners as soldiers. The strength of King Qin's army in Jiangxi reached 5,000.

By the time they arrived in Tongzhou, the war was already over, and the Tatars returned to Liaodong after looting.

Jiangxi King Qin's army was asked to evacuate North Zhili immediately.

That bastard court won't give you any reward, and won't provide you with military rations.

However, Wei Zhaocheng only knew how to bribe the ministers of the court, confirm his merits as a diligent king, and report his merits to several generals, without caring about the life and death of his soldiers.

On the way back, the army ran out of food and fodder in Shandong and disembarked in anger to plunder towns and villages.

Just grab it all the way back!

This time King Qin is like a farce.

Zhang Honggong, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, was ordered to stay in Tongzhou on the first day, Changping on the second day, and Liangxiang on the third day.

Such frequent defense changes were only because the court did not need to provide food and grass on the day the army arrived.

Shanxi soldiers traveled thousands of miles to rescue the enemy, changing defenses in three places in three days, but failed to get a single ration. The soldiers were angry and looted villages and towns, and the court imprisoned the Shanxi governor and the commander-in-chief. Five thousand elite border troops dispersed in a hurry. After fleeing back to Shanxi, they either joined the peasant army or occupied the mountains and became bandits.

Wu Zimian, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, in the name of King Qin, extorted soldiers who were unwilling to join the guard, deducted food and salary, and stole and sold military horses. During the march, many soldiers fled and the governor Zhang Mengjing died of grief and anger.

The army of King Qin of Gansu Province did not receive the departure fee and was urged by the commander to march in a hurry. Both the soldiers and the horses were exhausted.

As a result, a mutiny broke out in Gansu Town. The soldiers killed the chief officer, robbed food and wages, and returned to their hometown. They were suppressed on the way, some continued to serve the king, and some returned to their hometowns to guard the border.

This series of cunning operations not only failed to kill the Tatars, but also destroyed the northwest frontier army.

The elite border troops in Shanxi and Shaanxi were all wiped out, and the peasant uprising spread rapidly.

Even the main force of the rebel armies in some places were the fleeing border troops. The elite border troops participated in the uprising, which greatly increased the peasant army's combat power and no longer had to be chased and beaten like last year.

Things have changed in the north, but Jiangnan is still prosperous.

Although Jiangxi suffered a minor disaster, it was generally normal, except for a slight failure in the summer grain harvest.

Zhao Han still reads, practices martial arts, and learns the art of war every day, and by the way writes "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in the style of "Water Margin".

When King Qin's army returned to Jiangxi, Zhao Han was already twelve years old, thirteen years old.

There are still fourteen years until Chongzhen hangs himself!

(End of Volume 1)