The rogue bandits, which had grown like snowballs, were divided into four groups and approached Taiyuan.
Not only was Shanxi Governor Zhang Zongheng sitting on pins and needles, but Governor Xuanda was also furious.
It was necessary to mobilize troops and generals. Geng Zhanghua, who was confronting Lin Dan Khan, also received the order and led 3,000 troops to southwest Shanxi.
At this moment, the governor of Shanxi saw Huang Yi's good news. Xinghe's army defeated one hundred thousand rogue bandits, captured the bandit leaders Eight Kings, Yatouzi, and Guo Tianxing, and killed more than 3,700 old bandits.
Huang Yi reported his merits because he wanted to get some food.
To be honest, there are too many prisoners. Although we can still survive with the captured food, we will definitely not be able to sustain it in the spring.
At this time, Huang Yi had to make a choice. He could only choose to send away some prisoners who were healthy, had no blood debts, and had intact families.
The rest is handed over to the governor of Shanxi or the local prefect or county magistrate.
At the time of hiring, the governor of Shanxi needed the Xinghe Army to meet his urgent needs, so he had to find ways to get food and personally escort it to the Xinghe Army's garrison.
The power of role models is infinite!
Nowadays, the bureaucracy in Shanxi and Xuanda is different, and they are all scrambling to do it themselves!
There is no way, the eunuchs who supervise the army all climb the ice and lie in the snow with the army. It is said that they have dark faces and rough hands, and they look exactly like Qiu Ba.
Hearing was worse than seeing. Shanxi governor Zhang Zongheng, who had delivered five thousand shi of grain to the Xinghe Army camp, actually lost the arrogance of the civil servants when he saw Wang Kun and took the initiative to bow.
He said sincerely: "Your Majesty is truly a role model for our generation! I admire you greatly."
There was no way not to admire him. The emperor's close ministers, the big shots in Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi, all had cracked faces, which simply subverted their perceptions.
Finally meeting the feudal official, Wang Kun, who had been suffering for more than three months, suddenly felt the urge to explode.
Hearing Zhang Zongheng's words, he cursed in his heart: You are the one who wants to be a model, your whole family should be models, the Sa family wants to return to the Xuanfu, the Sa family wants to return to the capital, the Sa family has had enough...
well! It's a pity that he didn't dare to have an attack and could only endure it.
Having no choice, he could only squeeze out a smile and said: "The emperor's kindness is as great as a mountain, and the Sa family swears to die in repayment."
Zhang Zongheng must be polite to the chief eunuch who supervises the army, but that doesn't mean he should treat a junior general the same way, even when employing people.
Moreover, he was already angry because Huang Yi extorted 5,000 shi of grain by threatening not to send troops again without food.
Now the governor of Shanxi personally escorted the grain and grass to the army, and Huang Yi didn't come out of the camp thirty miles to greet him. It was simply unreasonable.
What happened to Governor Xuanda’s son-in-law?
This made me so angry that my son-in-law and father-in-law also participated in the impeachment.
They all saw the supervisors, but the general had not shown up yet. Zhang Zongheng was so angry that he couldn't help but ask: "Where is Huang Yi?"
"General Huang has been settling down the area for the past few days, chasing down the scattered bandits and wiping out the local bandits. Sometimes he leaves early and comes back late, and sometimes he doesn't return to camp for a day or two!"
Huh? How strange? When did the eunuchs who supervised the army defend the generals they supervised like this?
Zhang Zongheng couldn't understand and asked: "Please tell me, Eunuch Wang, is it true that the Xinghe Army is facing a shortage of food? Is it impossible to advance if the food is not delivered?"
Wang Kun said without hesitation:
"You can say that the main problem is that there are too many prisoners and there is no food. These people will loot everywhere. We can only resettle some on the spot and evacuate some.
Now that the adults are here, Sajia no longer needs to worry about these things. After delivering the grain, the Xinghe Army immediately marched to Xizhou to ensure that Xizhou and Puzhou were conquered within seven days. "
The governor of Shanxi Province was guilty of losing his city and lost his territory. The most urgent thing now was to conquer the city captured by the rogue bandits.
Seeing that the chief eunuch of the Supervisory Army had expressed his stance, the army immediately set off. Zhang Zongheng did not worry about where Huang Yi had gone and why he didn't come to see him.
He nodded and said: "That's very good!"
An hour later, the Xinghe army broke out and set up camp. Then Zhang Zongheng was dumbfounded because Wang Kun actually took away all the food, leaving him with more than 40,000 refugees.
The purpose of his personal visit was to participate in the retaking of the lost territory and gain recognition for his courage in taking on the task. It was for military merit, and he was not willing to do the hard work of resettling the refugees.
Fortunately, the official level suppressed people to death. He ordered Shanxi's chief envoy and inspector to work with seven county magistrates and two prefects to do this.
They also arranged for people to put up notices to calm the people everywhere. The notices were stamped with the seal of the governor of Shanxi, saying that they would not starve to death.
The governor of Shanxi made a high-profile propaganda that people would not starve to death to gain reputation, so the officials below had to find ways to obtain food.
They will definitely cheat and bury people secretly without reporting it.
There is no way, Huang Yi is not a philanthropist. His food is limited and cannot be used to feed useless people.
Therefore, only more than 30,000 people were selected to be transported to the base area, and the rest could only be handed over to the Shanxi governor.
But I didn't expect that after Zhang Zongheng explained the matter, he would lead more than 300 soldiers and horses from the Fubiao Battalion to catch up with the Xinghe Army.
Huang Yi would not kneel down to anyone. After seeing Zhang Zongheng, he not only refused to kneel down, but also set rules for Fubiao camp.
This is simply domineering to the extreme. How can Zhang Zongheng endure it?
It's just that Wang Kun clearly supported Huang Yi and told him frankly that even he, the chief eunuch overseeing the army, would not receive any preferential treatment if he lived and ate with the soldiers, let alone the Fubiao camp.
He also sternly warned the generals of the Fubiao camp not to make fun of the discipline of the Xinghe Army. They must endure it whether they can bear it or not, otherwise they will inevitably be beheaded!
During this period, the governor and the musketeers screened and selected more than 2,000 young men from the surrendered bandits and refugees.
An auxiliary soldier of the Xinghe Army led three strong men who were transformed from "rioters, bandits, and refugees".
There are more than 6,000 strong men in this team. Fully 5,000 strong men wear blue vests with thin wooden boards or soles padded on the chest and back, and carry spears measuring one foot or two feet.
Since more than half of the auxiliary troops used flintlock rifles, this team was able to carry out effective long-range attacks, and its overall combat effectiveness exceeded that of the old camp of rogue pirates.
The cavalry and mounted infantry of the Xinghe Army took full advantage of their strong mobility and constantly deviated from the main marching route to attack the rogue and sitting bandits discovered by the reconnaissance cavalry. There were gains and seizures every day.
Seeing the Xinghe army fighting more and more, Wang Kun hated Huang Yi, but he had to admire him. He was full of confidence in the next battle.
In fact, he did not want Zhang Zongheng to be in the army.
well! The embarrassment of being yelled at by Huang Yi was seen by civil servants and generals outside the Xinghe military system. Where should the eunuch put his face?
So Wang Kun frightened Zhang Zongheng and angered Zhang Zongheng, hoping that the Shanxi governor would walk away.
Strangely enough, the more he spoke ill of Huang Yi, the more Zhang Zongheng refused to leave.
He also held his head high and laughed to the sky, saying: The emperor's ministers can endure humiliation and endure hardships for the sake of state affairs. How can he, a two-ranked Jinshi who has read poetry and books, be afraid of hardships?
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