Under the new banner that the color is still praiseworthy. Gao Maoqing, the newly appointed Jiangxi observer of the court, was also watching these battlefields nervously and solemnly. At least judging from his surname, he is undoubtedly a member of the Gaojun Wang and Gaoshixiang of the "Nan Tian Yizhu" and "Guardian of the Kingdom".
This famous general at that time was always a good candidate for not avoiding relatives, and was also willing to lead his own children and clan members; therefore, where he served, the Gao family’s relatives also held key ministries frequently, and were able to spread all over Helong and Jingzhao. , Fengxiang, Xichuan, Annan and Eastern Zhejiang.
Gao Maoqing is one of them. It's just that, as a member of the Gaojun royal family who is a famous family in Bohai and a family of the Forbidden Army, there are naturally also different degrees of closeness and closeness. From the name, you can know that Gao Maoqing is also a distant relative who is worthy of five clothes, and is within three generations. It can barely be called "Uncle Weng".
Therefore, after Gao Maoqing was selected for the Mingjing Division, he did not choose to go through the examination and examination of the official selection, and instead applied for the post of Jiedu from the West of the Museei River as a candidate to be selected; thus, he was playing against the South. In the battle of Zhao, he accumulated some qualifications and opened up many horizons, and he was further recommended as a judge of Xishan, and a leader of Qingxi Customs.
It’s just that this man who likes to pretend to be a god in front of the battlefield, and the trick that drives Liujia magical soldiers, is really unbelievable and really makes many people dare not speak; plus the change of the Chengdu general; the guest army The practice of slaughtering local commanders of all ages and children has since greatly lost the hearts of the locals.
Of course they did not dare to compete with this murderous person, and the enemy and the people who were ruthlessly "Falling Eagles"; but after he left office, they would inevitably exclude and alienate them in disguise, and even the Gao clan members left behind. The children are embarrassed.
Therefore, Gao Maoqing, who was in charge of building the fence outside Qingxi Pass, was inevitably affected by the pond fish. In the end, he could only seek out the origins of this uncle, but to get out of this powerless situation; but he At any rate, he was also a candidate from the imperial court, and it was also a matter of the Gao family.
The imperial court issued a decree to the people with lofty ideals to go to places where riots were frequent in the south, to recover the land and rebuild Wanghua; they specially selected such a group of noble and loyal and reliable family children, and took the imperial court to give a blank to tell their lives. The locals let them solicit and gather those who are thinking of the "loyal, good and righteous men" of the court.
It is said that it was Jiangxi Observatory and Hongzhou Governor, but he was actually brought to his post; besides a pile of blank confession and some light and precious money issued from the palace, there were only a few hundred armed tribes, plus Desperadoes, rangers, evil boys recruited on the road.
As for the selection of the staff, there is no one, because no one wants to let him come to commit a risk, maybe he died on the road or on the ground that day. After all, he, the so-called Jiangxi Observer, has a name and no place to stand on, and he is not even among the thieves.
Moreover, at the beginning, the imperial court specially selected them as a group of reliable and loyal people, and there were more than a hundred people with additional ranks; but on the second day after the completion of the officialdom, these people were already very few. It's more than half. It is said that it was caused by various emergencies overnight or accidents at home.
Finally, they went to the palace to worship the gods and accepted the envoys who were sitting behind the curtains to preach. Today there are only forty or fifty people who are exhorting from the Holy Lord. Then they routinely award rewards, and after an unwilling banquet; Most of these people scattered outside the palace gate on the spot, saying that it was the elders and brothers in the family who were eagerly recruited.
The last more than a dozen people, led by the post official of the Zhengshitang, took the personal documents from the staff, and went to Zuoyintaimen to receive the money allocated by the court; the result was that they opened the box on the spot and found that they were all used by the palace city to Qiangyi. The old things of the folk's shabby color. Someone immediately yelled at him, and some people wanted to leave in disappointment.
At this time, it was the Prime Minister Dou Lu Yuan and Cui Ma, who personally brought a group of subjects to visit and comfort them; then they reprimanded the palace envoy who provided the items; and delivered a batch of them, said to be from the city. The money raised by the family helped them to comfort them again.
In the end, they prepared for a few days, and when they set off with a companion and guard, they found that the number of each other's hands was incomplete. According to the respective receiving and distribution destinations are also different. For the first-class affluent places like Jiangdong and Liangzhe, Gao Maoqing can't even ask for it.
He could only retreat and make up for a shortcoming in Jiangxi Road, which was let out because of an illness on the spot; then, while saying goodbye to each other and wishing good luck, he took a dozen of them and embarked on the long road; Many things happened on the way.
He just walked out of the Tongguan area, and two Hus had disappeared. Then, outside the Heyang Bridge Difficulty near Dongdu, another person stole his mount overnight, trying to escape privately and was caught on the spot. Up. Then, at the ferry crossing of Huai Shui, he encountered the Hunger Gathering of Hungry People. For this reason, he lost some bags and equipment.
As for his fellows who also set off together, some went south to Xichuan by Sanguan, some went to Shangzhou to Shannan, some went to Guandong just like him, but they found a way to enter Luoyang City from the beginning. It didn't come out again, and all the audio was gone at this time.
And on the land of the Central Plains that has left Hulao, although it is claimed to be under the rule of the imperial court, among the cities guarded by many officials and soldiers, there are an endless stream of thieves and groups of refugees wandering along the road. Up.
Then there were officials and army exchanges to expel and kill them, which was regarded as a merit. Even if Gao Maoqing and his party weren't able to travel by mules and horses, they would almost never be spared. When he passed the Huai River and entered Haozhou, there were only a few people left with two or three kittens beside him.
According to the advice and promises of the prime ministers Zheng Tian and Zheng Daxianggong who advocated this matter, as long as they can restore the place, they can be granted the title of one place; the court will ratify it as long as they get accurate information.
Just like the inspirational story of Zeng Dagon, the nephew of the former Pinglu Jiedu envoy and the capitalist Zeng Yuanyu, who died in office a few years ago, who claimed to be Jedu and Duhu during his restoration in Annan; appealing and encouraging these. "The pillars of the imperial court" can make a difference in the southern land where the thieves are rampant.
It's just a little ridiculous that the relevant news was actually announced by the thief army, and the court was able to hear it and gave it as a gift and sealed it. And as Cui Anqian and others who privately helped this countryman who had gone to disaster in the past, they were able to benefit from being promoted to be a nobleman for a while.
Therefore, after arriving in Huainan, he did not rush to take office directly, but moved to Yangzhou to ask for help from the "uncle"; thus, he also learned that the imperial court's rule in Jiangnan has been completely ruined;
Even the three towns of Zhenhai, Xuanshe, and Zhedu, who control Jiangdong, were unable to withstand the surging thieves; in their hearts, they crossed the sea to Zhedong and Fujian. Even after Lingdong's colleagues squeezed the sweat, Gao Maoqing decided to continue to go south to Jiangxi.
And these hundreds of trilogy are the Huainan Festival Ya, who has not come forward, recruited and armed for him locally, and provided him with food and things for his travels. This made sure that he took the corresponding "passing place" and flag, passing through the areas where the official army and the thief army, the tutu and Liu Min were entangled, and arrived at the land south of the river without any risk.
Then the next thing is relatively simple. With the blank confession granted by the court, and the name of the Gaojun king who pulled the tiger skin as the banner, when most of the grass thieves went to Jiangdongkou to plunder, he was easily saved and raised his banner. Obtained the cast effect of the remnants of the officer and army trapped in the city in Peng Lize (Poyang Lake).
With this beginning, coupled with his wildly issuing various solicitations to appoint officials and make a wish, he soon attracted the armed forces from the place to rendezvous; and then successively defeated and surrendered several "thieves" belonging to them. , Seized the city, food, grass and armor it occupied, and played the imperial prestige and reputation of the imperial champion.
Therefore, in these short months, at the handover of several states, he relied on fighting to raise the war, specializing in the name of the thieves in order to seize his grain. His subordinates are also like snowballs, with various colors The defectors grew rapidly; finally, there was the plan to form a coalition force to take down Hongzhou.
As long as the city of Hongzhou, which "faces the lake and reaches the river," he is no longer the Hongzhou governor and Quan Hongji who are united in the defense of the district self-commissioned government; he is the Jiangxi government recognized by the court to practice guarding, catching and observing. Disposal made. Then take the hard-covered athletes of the coalition forces to rebuild the Nanchang army, and you will have evidence of force.
If he can get in touch and help with the uncle in Yangzhou, and then wait for the opportunity to recover the neighboring parts of Ji, Yuan, Rao, and Jiang in Hongzhou, it will be regarded as a Zhennan Festival. The Jiyue of Dushi is also almost impossible to escape.
It's like the story of Zeng Dang borrowing the Dao Jiannan to go out of Guizhou, and in the area of Annan separated by thieves, he seized power and prospered in Jiaozhou City; it is enough to leave his own branch of Gao's descendants to pass on for generations. Foundation and career pattern. Even like the Jingzhaofang where the King of Gaojun was born, it became one of the pillars of the Gao family of Bohai.
However, all these beautiful dreams and longings were cruelly interrupted and destroyed by sudden changes at the moment when his life was about to set off a passion. Those Taiping thieves who claim to be thieves among thieves, more like officers and soldiers, turned around and killed them at some point;
According to the previous reports of crossing the river, shouldn't they be invited by the yellow thief to attack and plunder in Huainan? If not, how could they give up on the edge of the weak thief and make a living relatively low-key. The style of gathering and waiting, and besieging the city of Hongzhou with all its strength.
However, from the wilderness on the riverside, there is an endless stream. These rigorous and uniform Taiping thieves' are like endless blue-grey waves, and they can easily put the color flags into the chaotic city camp. The mottled tones represented by the coalition forces of all parties overwhelmed the past.
Among them, there are several fronts **, rushing past with unmatched momentum. Even if more support came from the city, it could not shake and change the situation where the city was gradually divided, and then outflanked and attacked the same color;
As far as his heart is concerned, he wants to gather people and quickly retreat to the city, and then rely on the city's defense to deal with these peaceful thieves who work far away; in this way, the spirit of the opponent will be exhausted, and then he will have a huge reputation. Head and momentum are not enough.
However, the various coalition forces under his command have dozens of large and small hills, and each other has advantages in the fetters and ties of various localities and clan ties. Encountering an enemy is of course the courage to work hard and not to give up lightly, and there are often victories and gains in guarding the country;
But after falling into an unfavorable situation, he has no way to completely restrain himself as the commander. I can only sit and watch them rush out of the city as if adding oil, and then join the chaotic battle group one after another.
"Capturing Tiger Lang is out..."
At this time, Gao Maoqing waved the flag to the left and right, a little weak, and suddenly shouted in excitement.
"Capture Tiger Lang..."
"Capture Tiger Lang..."
"Capture Tiger Lang..."
However, he was the leader of a local soldier who was originally a volunteer for the Guoping thief. Today, Zhong Chuan, the governor of Fuzhou, broke out of the city gate; although he occupies only one county in his hometown of Gao'an.
However, he was born with a heroic and suave appearance and was known to have the courage to fight tigers in his early years, so he was also regarded as the choice of generals under his command in the future. I saw that he took the lead to stop the most powerful thief army in the battlefield, and then caught up with the opponent's tall and broad general. (End of this chapter)