The rebels in Jinshan seemed to have completely disappeared in one day.

Hao Yangping couldn't find his former companion.

Geng Zhongming supervised the army to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress the enemy. This was the first time he met a rebel army that dared to provoke the Qing soldiers head-on. So he would rather spend half a day on the siege.

The rebels were chased so much that they didn't even take a breath. They turned around and fought twice on the way, and were defeated and fled in less than a quarter of an hour. They did not have bird gunners, and a few archers could not compete with the Qing soldiers at all.

I can't resist, I can only escape.

After the Qing soldiers caught up with the rebels who fell along the way, they slashed them with one knife, leaving no prisoners. Since they were still going to beheaded by Jie Xiu City, why not save them from trouble?

Hao Yangping cried in the mountains and forests. He was indeed familiar with the mountain roads here, but the Qing soldiers were also guided by people familiar with the mountain roads here.

The rebels were originally here, where did Jin Xiaoding take them away? Hao Yangping saw that there were only more than a thousand people left behind him, and his heart was bleeding. He threw all his anger on Jin Xiaoding.

"That coward only knows to hide in the mountains"

The only way to live is in the mountains in front of you.

If a war is necessary, Jin Xiaoding will choose the battlefield in the mountains, and even if he is defeated, he will have a chance to escape.

After entering the mountain, Geng Zhongming was very careful.

After a long battle, he confirmed that the troops in front of him were not bait. If the rebels could pretend to be like this, they would not have such combat power.

Jin Xiaoding hid in the dense forest, peeping at the foot of the mountain to chase two soldiers and horses. He retreated so deeply that if the Qing barbarians did not chase him, his trip would be an explanation for Jie Xiuren. In Shanxi, the most suitable battlefield is of course the Taihang Mountains.

"The Qing soldiers are chasing me." The 60-year-old Hao Yangyou reminded behind Jin Xiaoding that Geng Zhongming is chasing his tribe members now.

“I can see”

Jin Xiaoding was not sure whether the mob under his command could defeat the Three Thousand Qinglu, but no matter when he waited, he could not help but feel nervous when he tried the first strike.

"Strike"

Twenty thousand rebels rushed out of the thorn forest, some with wooden sticks, and some carried stones down the slope. Before sending troops to Jiexiu, Geng Zhongming had inquired about the information from Jinzhong, and there were no powerful rebels here. But everything was always unexpected. Jin Xiaoding led his troops to this place the day before yesterday.

This place is not far from Jiexiu County, and the rebels fought desperately. Apart from Jiexiu people, the soldiers of the other battalions fought even more violently. Geng Zhongming's troops reminded them of their slaughtered companions in their hometown.

Jin Xiaoding really wanted to encircle and annihilate the group of Qing soldiers who were alone in deep into the army, especially the general who was riding a horse behind. However, when he saw that the soldiers and horses were only concerned about killing each other, they completely forgot his instructions before going to the battle, and sighed in his heart.

He could not have higher requirements for leading such a rebel army to win a battle. Thinking back to the beginning, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's bandits were defeated repeatedly against the Ming officers and soldiers.

The rebel army drove the Qing soldiers away from Jinshan. Jin Xiaoding personally went to the front of the formation to pass orders and ordered all troops to retreat.

It was a trivial victory, but it came at a very time.

The Qing soldiers slowed down their attack speed, and the name of Jin Xiaoding began to be praised among the rebels in Shanxi.

No matter how hard the Qing army fought, they still won victory in Shanxi. No leader of the hundreds of thousands of rebels was defeated by them. Dorgon trapped Jiang Xiang in Datong City, fearing that the Datong rebel army and the rebel army in Shanxi would become one.

Every few days, Jin Xiaoding wrote the battle situation in Shanxi in a letter and gave it to Zhai Zhe in Huguang.

Although there are messengers from all over the country, there are no stable communication channels. Some messengers may be captured by Qing prisoners, so Jin Xiaoding only wrote about changes in the situation in various places and never revealed his own ideas. He believed that the general understood what he meant and wanted to end the war in Huguang as soon as possible and the troops entered Shanxi.

Huguang is like Shanxi, but the host and guest are changing positions.

He Tengjiao led his army to Yuezhou Prefecture, Du Yinxi led 100,000 troops to besiege Jingzhou City, and Zuo Ruoze led his army to stalemate in Hanyang Prefecture. Yuezhou had 10,000 defenders, Jingzhou had 25,000 defenders, Hanyang City had 20,000 defenders, and outside the city, Luke Dehun led 35,000 soldiers to respond.

The Qing court was at a disadvantage in all three battlefields. Hong Chengchou hoped that the Regent Dorgon would pacify Shanxi as soon as possible and rush to Huguang to help.

Zhai Zhe stayed in Wuchang Mansion for most of the time, but he did not live in the government office, but handed over the civil affairs of Wuchang to the military staff to handle.

Fan Yongdou and Zhao Yucheng spent eight days on the same boat and finally arrived here.

As soon as the passenger ship they were on docked, Fang Jin was waiting on the shore and led the two into Zhai Zhe's residence.

Both of them suddenly received Zhai Zhe's order and were somewhat looking forward to coming to Wuchang.

Zhao Yucheng knew Fan Yongdou's identity and originally thought that Zhai Zhe would summon Fan Yongdou first, but he did not expect Zhai Zhe to summon the two of them at the same time.

Facing the two at the same time, Zhai Zhe naturally became more intimate with Fan Yongdou.

"Brother Fan, don't be fine"

Fan Yongdou saluted respectfully: "Meet the General"

Zhao Yucheng was stunned for a moment and followed him to pay a visit.

Zhai Zhe did not continue to be polite. Excessive humility was rude to others.

"I call you, there are two important things."

"First, I want to establish a spy network in Jiangbei. I know that Brother Fan has connections and subordinates in the northern border, so I ask Brother Fan to hand over the relationship to Zhao Yucheng."

Fan Yongdou hesitated and replied: "Abide by the order."

"Zhao Yucheng, from today on, you will no longer belong to the secret camp." Zhai Zhe threw another thunder at Zhao Yucheng, "Your top priority is to cooperate with Fan Dongjia and establish contact with the rebel army in Shanxi. If you have any news, report it directly to me."

Zhao Yucheng was so excited that he bowed and said, "Abide by the order."

In a year, he went from a scholar to a general, and became a position similar to a factory guard in the General's Mansion. He liked this, he had a clever nose and could smell the dangerous breath in the air.

"General" Zhao Yucheng's cheeks stimulated, "I have an important news to report."

"speak"

"There are people in Nanjing who are not honest with the scholars of Fushe as their heads, and the Qinhuai River as their handover ground." Zhao Yucheng peeked at Zhai Zhe's expression and plucked up the courage to say, "It involves General Xiao of the Beijing Camp."

Zhai Zhe waved his hand and ordered Fan Yongdou to retreat for the time being. Ji Hong never mentioned this to him.

"The general knew that Mrs. Xiao had a good sister who was Qian Qianyi's concubine, and Liu Ru, who was famous in Jiangnan.

Zhai Zhe nodded silently, and with his trust in Xiao Zhiyan, he should have stopped Zhao Yucheng from speaking, but he did not.

"Liu Rushi would go to the General's Office to meet Mrs. Xiao in four or five days. The rest of the time was in Qinhuai Hefang, gathering with Hou Fangyu and other scholars of the Reshe Society." Zhao Yucheng slowed down and spoke every word clearly, "Half a month ago, a castrator from the palace appeared in Hefang."

"Oh" Zhai Zhe showed obvious interest.

"Liu Rushi has a lot of friendship in Jiangnan. She has an old relationship with Governor Chen in Jiangnan. Her husband Qian Qianyi was once the teacher of Zheng Sen, the general of Beijing camp."
Chapter completed!