Chapter 383

"Marquis, this good news must be shared with the Annan people."

Li Fu Sanqi said with a grin.

The preparations were sufficient, and from the beginning of the great war, the Annan Kingdom fell into Li Mu's trap.

The current situation has already driven the Annan King crazy.

If he knew that the Great Yu had pacified the Jiangnan rebellion, the pressure on the Annan King would be even greater.

The best strategy is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Intimidation is also an important tactic.

The more panicked the enemy, the easier it is to make mistakes.

"Well, good news must be learned to be shared.

However, the sharing time is not now.

Counting the days, the people sent over have also completed the landing at this time.

Wait another ten days or half a month, and the Annan King will be able to receive the news of the rebellion everywhere in the country.

At that time, send this great gift together.

Pass the order down, and all armies should prepare to enter Annan for battle.

The recruited physicians must be equipped to every company.

All medicines must be verified, and whoever is responsible for the problem in the link, I will take whose head.

Everyone must memorize the precautions for entering Annan for battle, and they must be strictly implemented when arriving at the place."

Li Mu immediately issued the order.

Throughout history, the biggest difficulty for the Central Plains dynasty to take Annan has always been the terrain and climate.

The terrain cannot be changed, but the climate can be adapted to.

After so many years of development, the power of "miasma" in the Annan region has also been reduced.

As long as you don't go to the deep mountains and old forests and stay in densely populated areas, there is actually no big problem.

Li Mu has no good way to deal with miasma, but there are many stupid ways.

Foolproof operation: drain the water in the swamp and cut down all the trees on the march road.

If conditions permit, it is best to burn it again.

A bare piece, although not environmentally friendly, wins by being useful.

No matter how many mosquitoes and ants there are, after such a toss, they will all die seven or eight out of ten.

In order to implement the plan smoothly, Li Mu spent a lot of money to purchase a huge amount of fire oil.

One step at a time, steadily pushing forward.

Crossing Liangshan and pushing the front line to the hinterland of Hanoi, the situation will be much better.

……

"General, the Marquis sent a military order."

Taking the secret order from the messenger, Zhang Ning's face changed slightly.

"Pass the order down, the army will return to Guangdong to rest."

Returning from Jiangnan to reinforce, I thought I was going to the Among Guangxi front line to show my skills, but the army was forced to change the plan halfway.

There is no way; soldiers take obeying orders as their duty.

The military order requires them to replenish troops as soon as possible to prepare for landing operations, which is clearly intended to push on both land and water lines.

Almost at the same time, the other two garrisons that returned together received the same order.

This war machine of the two Guang regions is fully activated.

……

"Execute the Yue Emperor, equalize the land!"

With the slogan of the insurgent army, the flames of war began to spread to Hanoi.

Pirates burned, killed, and looted in front, creating a large number of refugees.

The landing insurgent army followed behind to recruit troops and horses, sounding the gunfire against the Yue.

The explosive political propaganda slogan scared the officials and gentry in the city to tremble.

"Prefect, the rebel army is coming fiercely, and the garrison is about to fail!"

The secretary said in a panic.

Ningping Prefecture is also full of disasters, first encountering pirate robbery, and then welcoming the rebel army to attack the city.

In order to hold the prefecture city, General Ruan Xie Wenyu was forced to order the abandonment of the territory under his rule and fully defend the prefecture city.

Faced with the pirates who burned, killed, and looted, the garrison in the city could still muster the courage to fight the enemy to the death.

Changing to the rebel army attacking the city, the situation suddenly changed.

The reward silver promised by Prefect General Ruan last time has not been fulfilled until now.

The pension for the dead and wounded soldiers was only issued by one percent, and there were complaints in the army long ago.

After the enemy army put out the political slogan of equalizing the land, the stance of the garrison directly wavered.

"Garrison Commander Huang, where did the person go?"

General Ruan Xie Wenyu questioned sharply.

"Master, your guess is really accurate.

Garrison Commander Huang was shot dead by a cold arrow from nowhere while patrolling the city wall.

Now the army is in a mess, and no one is in charge of the overall situation."

The middle-aged constable's flattery directly hit the horse's hoof.

The garrison general was killed, and it was likely that he was secretly calculated by his own people; what else is there to fight.

"Get out!"

"Stay away from me!"

General Ruan Xie Wenyu kicked him away with disgust.

After kicking the person, he regretted it; in the past, he naturally didn't put a small constable in his eyes.

But now it is wartime, and the city may be broken at any time, so offending the local snake is undoubtedly very unwise.

However, the official's arrogance made him unable to lower his face to apologize to a lowly constable.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and pack your things and cover me out of the city tomorrow.

With your style of bullying men and women on weekdays, do you expect the rebel army to let you go after entering the city!"

General Ruan Xie Wenyu reprimanded with feigned arrogance.

Reason tells him that the more this happens, the more he needs to show a strong side.

The morale in the city is scattered, and he is powerless.

Delaying money and grain military pay, he is also forced to do so.

For the Northern Expedition, the imperial court mobilized a large amount of money and grain to leave, and the treasury was empty long ago.

In order to maintain the operation of the government office, he added money and grain three times, and he only took two percent of the benefits.

The remaining eighty percent, of which fifty percent was left for the clerks and gentry below to share, and the other thirty percent was all used to entertain superiors after deducting the operation expenses of the government office.

The previous prefect's term ended, and he collected taxes for fifty years later; he just added five years on this basis.

All are historical legacy problems, and I never thought that the group of lowly people would dare to rebel.

Since the city cannot be held, then only run away.

In the past few months, there have been many officials who lost cities and land, and the imperial court is too busy to pursue accountability.

Compared with other officials who lost cities and land, at least he resisted a wave of pirate attacks.

Turn around and operate, change to a place to continue being an official.

"Master's lesson is right, the little one will go to gather his men immediately."

The words were sincere, but a cold light appeared between his eyebrows.

After losing the city, Prefect General Ruan can change to a place to continue to be powerful.

But these clerks of theirs cannot.

In the entire Great Yue Dynasty, all clerks are local snakes.

Outsiders, when they arrive at a place where they are not familiar with the place, they cannot stand firm at all.

After leaving home, he is nothing.

Bringing the accumulated wealth over, it will soon be eaten up by others.

But there are too many people in the city who have been bullied by him, and no one can guarantee whether these people have participated in the rebel army.

Once the rebel army kills into the city, beheading such notorious small clerks is the best way to buy people's hearts.

The equally notorious Prefect General Ruan is an official after all and has united front value.

Recruiting these officials can also reduce the resistance of subsequent cities.

"Master, this person is afraid of being unreliable!"

Watching the middle-aged constable leave, the green-clothed secretary on the side stepped forward to remind.

"Well!"

"Bring the retainers immediately, we will disguise ourselves as civilians and mix in the crowd to leave the city."

General Ruan Xie Wenyu ordered decisively.

He may not be enough to handle government affairs, but he is self-taught in running for his life.

As early as before the rebel army surrounded the city, he secretly planned his retreat.

If he wasn't worried about the imperial court's accountability, he would have run away.

After the enemy army surrounded the city, he insisted on holding the garrison for three days, and he considered himself worthy of this salary.

Night fell, and the group quietly left the Prefect's office.

At this time, the prefecture city was already in a mess.

The big households in the city who knew the situation was not good fled the city under the cover of night.

On the way, General Ruan Xie Wenyu met several acquaintances.

(End of chapter)