A few days later, Tian Zongyi was escorted to Guiyang.
Jiang Dongzhi was overjoyed. He did not expect Zhu Renxia to recapture Tongren so quickly and stabilize the situation. He immediately reported it to the court and asked for credit and reward for Zhu Renxia.
The fall of Tongren brought foreign aid to Bozhou, which made Li Hualong, the imperial envoy, a little angry. He wanted to write a letter to impeach Jiangdong, but he didn't expect that the clan named Zhu Renxia would recapture it in just five or six days. This made him I couldn't help but be impressed.
"Tsk tsk... This Zhu Renxia really has some abilities, but I am looking down on him!"
Li Hualong immediately issued an order to Zhu Renxia as an imperial envoy, asking him to lead the commander-in-chief Jiang Guanjun to guard the front line of Tongren and cut off Yang Yinglong's grain and grass supply route without making any mistakes.
There are two channels for Yang Yinglong to purchase grain. One is to buy from Sichuan to the west, and the other is to Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan and other places through Tongren.
Now 150,000 officers and soldiers are coming from the west to cover up and attack, and they are encamping step by step. The food channel to the west of the rebels has disappeared.
If the purchase route of Tongren Prefecture is cut off again, the 80,000 rebels will be left empty-handed and sooner or later they will run out of ammunition and food.
Yang Yinglong was so angry about this that he sent his general Xiang Fan to lead 5,000 rebels to attack Tongren and strive to regain control of this supply line.
With the assistance of Jiang Guanjun, Zhu Renxia led 1,200 Chang'an troops and 2,000 civilians to defend the city. He first used the advantage of defending the city to kill the enemy from a high position, and then rushed out to fight with the rebels after the rebels suffered heavy losses. .
There are many good fighters in the Chang'an army. In addition to Jiang Guanjun, who is the brave champion of the three armies, Jin Zhu, Xu Le, Zhu Junjian, Ding Xiao and others are all highly skilled in martial arts. Under their bravery to take the lead, the officers and soldiers are like a rainbow, killing many The rebels retreated steadily and fled in defeat.
Xiang Fan lost more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and led the remaining soldiers back to Bozhou in embarrassment. He went to see Yang Yinglong to plead guilty, hoping to increase his own strength and fight to the death to recapture Tongren.
As the officers and soldiers continued to advance on the western front, the rebels were under great pressure, and Yang Yinglong was unable to spare any extra troops for a while.
Moreover, after losing two battles in a row, the rebels lost five to six thousand soldiers and horses on Tongren, which made Yang Yinglong so angry that he gritted his teeth and vowed to cut Zhu Renxia into pieces.
But he really couldn't spare any extra troops, so he had to ask Xiang Fan to recruit new soldiers and hire Miao people to work for him. He would wait until his troops reached six or seven thousand men before attacking Tongren.
Yang Yinglong was recruiting troops, and Zhu Renxia was not idle either.
He personally rushed to Sinan County to do psychological work on more than a thousand captured rebels, and persuaded them to serve the court and atone for their crimes.
Most of these rebels were originally coerced and forced to become rebels. Now the prefect said that as long as they surrendered to the court, they could atone for their crimes. Naturally, they couldn't get what they wanted, so they surrendered one by one.
The remaining die-hards were ordered by Zhu Renxia to be beheaded in the street and their heads hung above the city gate as a warning to others.
Soon, Zhu Renxia collected more than a thousand prisoners and incorporated them into Minzhuang of Tongren Mansion.
A few days later, Pang Feihong personally led 500 trained Chang'an troops to Tongren for support, expanding the size of the Chang'an Army to 1,700 men.
In addition to the 2,000 people from various places brought by Jiang Guanjun from Guiyang, the number of officers and soldiers stationed outside Tongren City reached nearly 5,000, firmly guarding Tongren City and blocking the way out of Banzhou like a pair of iron pincers. .
The officials in Tongren Mansion were either killed by Tian Zongyi, or they rebelled with him and committed serious crimes, so there was not enough for a while.
Zhu Renxia wrote a letter to Governor Jiangdong Zhi, recommending Wang Bin, the magistrate of Sinan County, to be promoted to Tongren Prefecture. Jiangdong Zhi naturally agreed and sent more than a dozen officials to Tongren Prefecture to assist Zhu Renxia in governing the place.
With the material support of Chang'an Tianzun, in just half a month, Tongren Mansion restored order, became a people-friendly government again, and lived and worked in peace and contentment.
At this time, Yan Wen, Xie Yangxin, Deng Huaiwen and the scholar surnamed Li who were out searching for treasures came to Tongren Mansion to meet with the mayor and present their gains during this period.
"The student traveled around the capital during this period and purchased a total of fifteen ancient paintings, as well as some jades and bronzes. The fifteen hundred taels of silver he carried with him have been spent."
Because Xie Yangxin was proficient in antiques, everyone gave him the important task of going to the capital.
Zhu Renxia stroked his beard and praised: "Thank you for your hard work. As long as it is worth the money, it doesn't matter how much money you spend. After the Heavenly Lord takes a look at it, I will reward you based on merit."
Then, Zhu Renxia looked up to the sky and said to Tianzun: "Please Tianzun lower your giant palm, and the disciples will lead people to present antiques, calligraphy and paintings."
Zhu Changan immediately placed his huge palm on the free space in front of the magistrate's office, waiting for Zhu Renxia to direct a few confidants to deliver the antiques to his palm, and then took them to the vault, waiting for these treasures to become normal size.
The antiques he received a few days ago have been sorted by him. The most valuable one is a jade from the Tang Dynasty, worth about 40 million, while the others are items ranging from hundreds of thousands to several million.
After Cheng Mei appraised them, Zhu Renxia left several treasures worth tens of millions in the vault, and asked Cheng Mei to bring the other worthless ones to the company to prepare for the next auction.
Although the items this time are not valuable, the advantage is that the quantity is large enough. There are more than 300 items in total. Even if they are not valuable, they can still be sold for about 200 million.
In this regard, Zhu Changan is satisfied. As the saying goes, "contentment is always happy". Only satisfaction can make people happy.
In the blink of an eye, Zhu Renxia has been back from Macau for half a month.
During this period, he also had a gambling addiction and felt itchy.
But in the end, he restrained his gambling addiction and transferred his strong desire to Fang Rou, and competed with her on "body art behavior".
However, Li Xiaobai couldn't hold back and secretly went to Macau. He not only wanted to make money in the casino, but also wanted to have fun with a gambling girl.
The last time he went to Macau, Zhu Changan gave him one million and won more than three million. This gave him a taste of the sweetness, which was also an important reason why he did not resist the temptation.
But without Zhu Changan as his "adopted father", his good luck was gone forever. In just two days, he lost all the four million he had accumulated last time.
This made Li Xiaobai anxious.
In order to make up for the loss, he lost more than three million he had saved in the past six months. Not to mention, he also owed the casino three million.
The boss of the casino detained him in the lounge and asked him to contact relatives and friends to pay for the ransom, otherwise he would be kept in the lounge to "rest".
Who else could Li Xiaobai call? Naturally, he would call Zhu Changan, his adoptive father.
"Chang'an, let me discuss something with you..." Li Xiaobai said hesitantly on the phone.
"What's the matter?" Zhu Changan lit a cigarette and said straight to the point, "If you have something to say, just say it, and if you have something to say, just fart. This is not like you."
"Can you lend me five million?"
"Five million, what are you going to do?"
Zhu Changan immediately became vigilant. This guy asked for leave a few days ago and told him to come home. Could he have gone to Macau to gamble?
Li Xiaobai lied bravely: "I want to buy a villa in my hometown county."
"The most expensive villa in your hometown is only three to four million, right? If I remember correctly, you have at least seven to eight million in your hands now. Isn't that enough for you to buy a villa?" Zhu Changan asked sharply.
"I, I want to buy two sets...one for myself and one for my parents." Li Xiaobai said hesitantly.
"You're farting. You even rent the house you live in in the provincial capital. You want to go to your hometown to buy two villas? Are you going to the grave to burn newspapers and fool your father?"
Zhu Changan was 100% sure that this dog basket went to Macau to gamble again, "Be honest, how much did you lose? Let me see if there is any hope of saving him?"
Li Xiaobai was immediately discouraged and said dejectedly: "Brother Chang'an, save me! I have lost all the more than seven million in my hand, and I still owe the casino three million. They said they will not pay back the money, so they will keep me here forever. Stay here and rest.”
"Hold!"
Zhu Changan was so angry that he cursed, "Li Xiaobai, Li Xiaobai, you are so courageous. You actually ran away and lost more than 10 million. Why are you coming back? Just stay in Macau and sell your assholes. Don't come back." !”
