Chapter 151 Sweeping East

After conquering the ancient town, Xiao Tianjian only ordered a small number of troops to enter the town to clean up and completely control the whole town. Although the ancient town is not big, it is a place where merchants gather and is very rich. This battle surprised everyone. In the post-war count, Xing Tianjun found several large-scale places in the town. The warehouse is full of all kinds of materials, including grain, salt, copper and iron, cloth and so on. The quantity can be said to be quite amazing. It can be seen that although the people are very poor in this era, the commerce of Daming is still quite prosperous, and the life of the upper class can be said to have reached extreme luxury. No wonder the world is so chaotic now. It's no wonder that the people don't do it!

In addition to these materials in the town, when the Xing Tianjun raided the wharf in the southwest of the ancient town, it also intercepted more than a dozen ships, which were also full of various goods. It can be said that the Xing Tianjun made a huge harvest at a very small cost.

When the ancient town was defeated, Xing Tianjun had completely cut off the east-west traffic in Yuanqu County, and the news soon spread in the local area. In addition, the two surrounding gangs temporarily organized Xiang Yong were defeated by Xing Tianjun in one fell swoop, which suddenly made everyone in the surrounding townships and villages in danger and closed one after another. They went to the gate and made a posture to resist the invasion of the Xingtian Army, but as for whether they could withstand the attack of the Xingtian Army next, these people were at a bottom of their minds.

However, compared with the panic of the rich, the poor people were very happy. On the second day of the capture of the ancient town, Xing Tianjun ordered Xizuo to start spreading information around to take out food to help the poor, so the poor people quickly flocked outside the ancient town and looked forward to Xing Tianjun's relief. .

And Xiao Tianjian did not go against his promise. Even among the materials obtained, he took out nearly 30% of the food and opened a relief point outside the town. In the amount of one bucket per person, it was distributed to the people who came to receive the food for relief. For a moment, the ancient town immediately became lively, and the people in various townships and villages became more and more Many people heard the news. Although the food given to them was very limited, for the people who had already been extremely poor, even if each person had only one bucket of food, it also had a huge ** power for them, so they rushed to the ancient towns from all directions.

This time, the number of soldiers led by Xiao Tianjian to the ancient town is very limited, that is, it is limited to Yan Chongxi and Luo Li, plus some scouts and some artillery generals, the total strength is only about 1,000 people. If you only rely on the strength of this thousand people, there is no problem in attacking and plundering Yuanqu County, but It was Xiao Tianjian's purpose of coming this time, but it was not just a looting and robbery. His purpose was very clear, that is, like the situation in Yangcheng County, he completely included the area of Yuanqu County into his control area.

Therefore, when the people began to flock to the ancient town in large numbers, Xiao Tianjian ordered to post a recruitment notice outside the town. The notice was very simple, that is, to recruit 1,000 new soldiers in Yuanqu County to enrich the military strength. Those who are selected will get the first batch of land.

Due to the detailed publicity in advance, the people in Yuanqu County have long heard about the style of Xing Tianjun's behavior, and rarely harms the people. They are indeed one-minded with the poor people, and the matter of division is not deliberately deceiving the people. Therefore, once the notice is posted, there is no need to do more at all. What guarantee? Many local people immediately rushed to sign up to join the Xingtian Army as a soldier.

And the news that Xing Tianjun captured the ancient town also quickly spread to the city of Yuanqu County, which shocked the officials of Yuanqu County. As long as they are familiar with the terrain of Yuanqu County, they will know the importance of the ancient town to Yuanqu County. In addition to Lishan Town, Yuanqu County Basically, the townships and villages are divided in a line. The fertile fields in Yuanqu County are also concentrated on this line. The villages and towns along the line are a bit like a pearl chain, and the ancient town is the middle of this pearl chain. Once occupied by the Xing Tianjun, Yuanqu County is equivalent to being cut off by the Xing Tianjun, and things can no longer be taken care of each other.

Moreover, the area around the ancient town is still the intersection of the three rivers. The land is very fertile. Once the Xing Tianjun controls here, other places here will be dangerous.

The officials of Yuanqu County couldn't believe the speed of Xing Tianjun. On the first day, they just received the news that Lishan Town was controlled by Xing Tianjun. In only two days, the ancient town was occupied by Xing Tianjun. The journey between the two places was nearly a hundred miles. It took only one day to calculate that the Xing Tianjun. Then he killed it to the ancient town. Such a speed is not enough to describe it with the word surprise. How can it rely on human legs? It's just like flying wings! Is this thief of Xing Tianjun a demon? Why is it so fast?

But it has happened so far, and it is impossible to sit and wait. Yuanqu Zhixian once again sent people to report to Xiezhou and Pingyang Prefecture and ask for help. At the same time, once again, it has stepped up the mobilization of township bravery in the territory of Yuanqu County, and strengthened the defense force of Yuanqu County, and another group of rural braves to rush to the northwest of the lonely city. The area around Hebei Village in Yuanqu County was prepared for the Xingtian Army to turn around and attack in the direction of Chaoyuanqu County after capturing the ancient town. As for the villages and towns in the east of the ancient town, they can't take care of it at the time, so they have to let the villages and towns there ask for more blessings.

After Xiao Tianjian captured the ancient town, he did not immediately lead his troops to attack and plunder along the river again, but immediately recruited troops on the spot and recruited more than 1,000 new soldiers. He first armed the captured weapons to temporarily station the ancient town, and Luo Li and Yan Chongxi sent out from his personal guards. Among the people, a total of 50 soldiers and low-level officers were transferred. They were handed over to the orthodox belt, who had been promoted to the team generals because of their achievements. They trained troops outside the ancient town and stationed to protect them from being disturbed within ten miles around the ancient town. In the short term, for this new recruit, Xiao Tianjian did not expect them to fight and kill the enemy, but only asked for them to protect themselves. The power can ensure that the ancient town will not be lost, and the liberation of his soldiers can be used for the next action.

Just after the ancient town was defeated, Liu Bao from Yangcheng sent a group of recruits to the ancient town through the newly opened road. At the same time, a group of people who stayed in Lishan Town also organized the people and began to widen the newly opened road connecting Yangcheng and Yuanqu County. You can quickly pass by horse-drawn carriage.

After all, Xiao Tianjian's strategy is very different from that of many rebels. Since he arrived in Yangcheng, Xing Tianjun has changed his previous style of behavior. He no longer takes looting as the main purpose like ordinary volunteers, but strives to control more land and expand their sphere of influence and basis after every war. The area of the land and the number of people in the area under its jurisdiction have laid the foundation for future expansion.

In this way, it is impossible for them to hit a place like ordinary rebels, grab it all and then leave. Instead, they must fight the ground and stabilize the ground to ensure that the territory they get can no longer be taken away by the officers and soldiers, at least there is no particularly powerful enemy to attack. At that time, he easily lost his territory, so Xiao Tianjian is facing much more things than before. In addition to the military, he also involves the civil treatment in many places. In a few days, Xiao Tianjian almost always rotates. He doesn't have time to have a good rest every day. There are so many things at hand. Like a cow's hair, it's a pleasure to be busy.

Especially for so many materials obtained by the ancient town, it is obviously unwise to leave it in the ancient town. Although the three rivers converge, the ancient town is basically on the flat ground, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Therefore, if this place is not unexpected, it will become a place for the competition between the government and the Xingtian army. It is necessary to It is safer to transfer the materials to Lishan Town. If possible, it should be safer to transfer them back to Yangcheng. However, considering that between Yuanqu and Yangcheng, it is necessary to cross Wangwu Mountain, the road is very narrow and it is very difficult to pass through large vehicles, so it is only necessary to transfer them to Lishan Town for resettlement first.

For a while, the road from the ancient town to Lishan Town was also busy. On this mountain road where there are few pedestrians, many carriages appeared in one day, full of all kinds of materials, like ants moving to Lishan Town.

As for the Xing Tianjun's raid on Yuanqu, not only the rich and officials in Yuanqu County are unhappy, but also some local scattered thieves are also very dissatisfied. As several groups of mountain thieves in Yuanqu County, they are also extremely indignant about this news, because the poles also have a tacit understanding with each other and each has a power territory. Generally speaking, they don't cross the boundary, but Xing Tianjun stretched out his hand to their territory in Yuanqu County, so the thieves were also very unhappy. They felt that Xing Tianjun had broken the rules, so they also made small moves.

While the Xingtian Army was transferring supplies from the ancient town, a group of local mountain thieves suddenly attacked the transport team of the Xingtian Army. In addition to grabbing a batch of supplies, they also killed some people who helped the Xingtian Army transport goods, as well as more than a dozen soldiers of the Xingtian Army who escorted supplies.

This incident made Xiao Tianjian very angry, and immediately ordered to find out who did it as soon as possible.

In addition to these chores, some large local households also felt that there was no way to go on like this. If they waited, sooner or later they would be defeated by one by the Xing Tianjun, so they united one after another. The big families east of the seven or eight ancient towns gathered their respective Zhuangding and villagers together. Once again, more than 800 people were gathered and handed over to a local Haoqiang surnamed Zhang, who asked him to take these villagers to resist the Xing Tianjun and continue to attack and plunder east.

This guy surnamed Zhang was said to have been a thief in his early years. Later, he robbed a lot of money and was afraid of being arrested by the government, so he washed his hands and went to Yuanqu County to buy a village with the money he had been robbed, and took his men to settle down here. Now the Xing Tian Army has invaded Yuanqu County. For him, it is very unacceptable. How could the easy-to-get rich life be destroyed by Xing Tianjun in this way? So he took the lead and summoned the Zhuangdings of the surrounding large households to his subordinates, leading these Zhuangding, intending to separate from the Xing Tianjun.