Chapter 314 Pingjiang Road

In the city of Pingjiang Road (i.e. Suzhou), it is bustling and people come and go. This is a typical city in the south of the Yangtze River, with small bridges, flowing water and people, which constitute the unique scenery of Suzhou City.

Since ancient times, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been rich in the world, and Pingjiang is even more so. There are business people everywhere, and the most important business in Pingjiang is not the salt industry, but the wine industry.

The Pingjiang region produces a lot of grain. In addition to self-sufficiency, it is also exported to various places, but there are still many grain savings. Therefore, the wine industry has emerged and occupies half of the national wine industry.

There are winerys everywhere here. There are many women selling wine beside the road, and the door is covered with fragrant osmanthus flowers. It's better to say Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and the idle officials are also free. The city's wine is fragrant in spring, and the lake field rents a thousand boats of ripe snow.

Therefore, Pingjiang's official positions are all fat and poor, and many people have earned their scalps and want to get into Suzhou and Hangzhou.

However, now, as the largest official position on Pingjiang Road, Daluhua Chiu Hada and the magistrate Lian Xixian are stunned by the amazing news and don't know what to do.

Last night, Lian Xixian was called up by the housekeeper and received people who came to convey military information. When he learned that there were anti-thieves on Changzhou Road adjacent to Pingjiang Road, and Changzhou Road had been taken down by anti-thieves. Lian Xixian was shocked.

There are many troops stationed on Changzhou Road, but they have not been guarded for a day. It is impossible for neighboring states and counties to send troops to support, and the main force of the province has been sent by Youcheng Dazhi Timur of the province to counterattack and collected by Zhu Yuanzhang. In other places, there are not enough troops. For a while, for this rebels, unexpectedly There are no effective measures. The province only strictly orders all places to take more precautions. Once the rebels attack, they must defend the city.

However, no matter how fast the province's action is, it is not as fast as the insurgents. The information has been sent to various places, and it has been five days since Changzhou Road was captured.

Guard the city? There are 20,000 troops stationed on Pingjiang Road, but of the 20,000 troops, there are less than 8,000, and the rest are empty, that is to say, Daluhua Chigu Hada is eating empty. And these 8,000 people, I'm afraid both of them know how the combat effectiveness is.

If they fight and run through the streets, these people are still doing it. If they pull them out against the rebels, I'm afraid they will have to pee their pants.

Changzhou Road and Pingjiang Road are close to each other, and even Changzhou Road has been taken down. Next, will the rebels join Zhu Yuanzhang in the west, or will they attack Pingjiang Road in the east?

I'm afraid you don't even have to think about it. It must be eastward. The richest in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is Suzhou and Hangzhou. Will the rebels let go of here?

I always thought that the war was far away from me, but I didn't expect it to arrive so soon.

At dawn, Lian Xixian went to visit Wu Hada, and the two discussed countermeasures.

The most important thing now is to figure out where these rebels came from, and to figure out the direction of their attack.

"Lord Dalu Huachi, Lord, Mr. Li, I want to see you." The two were discussing, and the housekeeper came in to report.

Li Yuanwai? Lian Xixian knew that Li Yuanwai was a big family in Pingjiang City. There were two large wine workshops, which were also counted as the best figures in Pingjiang City. There were many people who usually honored themselves. At this time, what should I do with me?

"Can he explain his intention?"

"No, he just said that there was an emergency and wanted to report it to the adult in person." The housekeeper said.

Emergencies? Lian Xixian pondered for a moment: "Then let him in!"

Uhada did not object. His mind was still turning rapidly to see where he could draw a little strength from and increase the strength to guard the Pingjiang River.

With permission, Li Yuanwai hurried in.

"Two adults, it's a big deal!" Mr. Li also knew Gu Hada. Seeing that both of them were there, he immediately said.

"What happened? It's a fuss. What's the style? Lian Xixian was still pretending to be calm and asked.

"Your Excellency, Wuxi has been attacked by the rebels!"

"What?" Lian Xixian and Uhada shouted at the same time, "Wuxi has also been beaten down by the rebels?"

also? Mr. Li was anxious and didn't think of the meaning of the word.

"What's going on?" Lian Xixian asked.

"The day before yesterday, my winery sent more than a dozen clerks to Wuxi to deliver wine. Unexpectedly, before I arrived in Wuxi, I met a brigade of thieves and took all my wine. My clerk still wanted to argue. Unexpectedly, the other party disagreed and wanted to kill people. When the clerk saw that the situation was not good, he ran away immediately, but he was still I caught it, and only one ran out. When he inquired, he knew that the rebel had robbed Wuxi. Wuxi is so close to us. Two adults, you must make the decision for me!" Mr. Li said.

Make the decision? Your wine, no matter how valuable it is, is it worth Pingjiang City? Both of them think about it.

However, the news he brought is very important. Needless to say, it must have been the rebels in Changzhou. The other party acted really quickly. Within a few days, Wuxi was beaten down again? In this way, the other party's intention is obvious, and the next goal must be Pingjiang City.

"You go down first. We will report this matter to the province." Lian Xixian sent away Li.

"Lord Uhada, we must have to order Pingjiang City to enter the battle, and the door is closed to prevent people from going back and forth." Lian Xixian said.

Uhada nodded. Although this would cause panic, he had to be prepared in advance.

"Come on, inform the gate immediately, and all of them will be closed." Uhada shouted.

After the order was passed on, the two then began to discuss. At present, there is still a lot of grain in Pingjiang City, which is enough to eat for about half a year. The main thing is to let the soldiers step up their training and inspect the head of the city. At the same time, they send people to report to the province to ask for assistance and stick to Pingjiang River for help. The other party besieged for half a month at most, and then they have to withdraw their troops.

Can you hold on for half a month? I'm afraid no one is sure.

"My lord, my lord, it's a big deal!" Suddenly, a guard ran in in panic and reported to the two.

Uhada saw that it was the guard he had just sent to send the letter.

"Zhe don't take it off, why are you panicking?" Uhada shouted.

"Your Excellency, the thief has appeared outside the city." Zhe didn't take off his breath and said breathlessly.

Lian Xixian felt that it was dark in front of him and was about to faint. Where did this rebel come from? Why is he so strong? Last night, I just arrived in Changzhou. At that time, I captured Wuxi, and now I have arrived in front of me? Even if it flies, it's not so fast, is it?

"How many people are there in total?" Uhada could bear it and asked.

"I don't know. It's everywhere. I'm afraid there are tens of thousands. In addition, there are countless warships on Taihu Lake, which seem to be anti-thieves."

It's over. I'm surrounded. I was still calculating just now. If I'm surrounded, how long can I last? So quickly, it's time for inspection.

Can you hold on for half a month?

"Let's go to the top of the city and have a look." Uhada said.

Lian Xixian leaned against the chair and barely supported his body: "I have to take a rest first. I didn't get enough sleep last night and felt a little uncomfortable."

Suddenly, "Boom!" With a loud shaking of the mountain, I felt that the earth was trembling.

What happened again?

The generals carefully understood Zhang Yang's theory of rapid assault: Now it's time to fight. The faster the time, the more time the tars have to react. In the battle of siege, the loss is the smallest. Along the attack line, attack at the fastest speed, assault!

Under the guidance of this tactic, the major battalions launched a marathon. Out of Changzhou City, the cavalry of the major battalions began a crazy march.

If it hadn't been for the artillery, they would have been eager to run to Pingjiang City in one day.

They spent a day and a night to run to Wuxi and rest for two hours. Before dawn, they began to attack the city. The effect was also surprisingly good. The defenders in Wuxi panicked. When the first round of artillery rain fell, they began to abandon the city and flee. However, they unfortunately chose to escape to the west because they were the first to enter the attack. The battalion attacked the East Gate. They thought that the gods appeared from the east.

As a result, they were all killed by the subsequent battalions, and few of them ran away.

There was a small episode in the middle of

. There was a team of convoys passing by. Originally, it was strictly forbidden for the rebels to disturb the people. However, this team seemed to be bold. They actually boasted that they were under the governor of Pingjiang and let the invigorate make way. Since it was the Tuttars, the invigilment army was naturally rude. They confiscated all the goods and took the group of people. Grab it for the time being, and then let them pretend to be a tiger. The rebels were not polite to the scum who defected to the tars.

After Zhang Yang knew it, he did not object, because he found that these people were transporting wine.

When the people are still hungry, there will be people who spend a long time. The prosperity of the Pingjiang wine industry is not suitable for the development and progress of society. Zhumen smells of wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road.

Zhang Yang has made up his mind to rectify the liquor industry after entering Pingjiang.

Strict prohibition of alcohol is not suitable. Zhang Yang decided to adopt another method: levy a high tax on alcohol.

If you want to brew wine privately, it is not easy to achieve underground wine workshops under Zhang Yang's rule, because he distributed the land to the people and did not collect taxes for three years. However, in addition to eating, if you want to sell grain, you must go through official acquisition, which prevents the problem of grain source for winemaking.

If it is not profitable to make wine, it will naturally decrease.

Maybe, after the elimination of poverty across the country and the development of social productive forces, the restrictions on brewing can be relaxed.

After occupying Wuxi, a thousand-person team was left behind, and the rest rushed to Pingjiang City.

This kind of marching method of not playing forwards, not protecting the flanks, and not leaving defenders makes Shi Naian very worried. The Tartars only need a tenacious block to bring greater casualties to the cavalry in the marching state.

When Shi Nai'an told Zhang Yang these worries, Zhang Yang just smiled. This kind of marching method was indeed a taboo for soldiers, but everything was also discussed. Now, his biggest purpose was to rush to Pingjiang Road as soon as possible and take Pingjiang with lightning speed.

The tartar set an ambush for himself? It's impossible. Now, the tars don't even know where their troops are. How can he set themselves in ambush? The mobilization of the Tutar army can't be done without ten days and a half a month. At that time, I'm afraid even Hangzhou itself will take it down.

(to be continued)