Jiangxi, since Jin Shenghuan was in good condition, he has not suffered any wars for many years.

Now this place has become the main battlefield for the battle between the Tang and Lu armies.

Zhu Yihai pretended to be defeated in Hukou, which attracted Jin Shenghuan and Gao Yigong to pursue him. He successfully ambushed the Chu-Gan coalition forces in Anqing and defeated Longwu's army.

Under the cover of thousands of cavalry in Jiangbei, Li Yuanyin, as many as 100,000 were killed and captured, which immediately strengthened Zhu Yihai's strength.

The King of Lu immediately took advantage of the situation to capture Jiujiang and Nanchang, and most of Jiangxi fell into the hands of Zhu Yihai.

At present, Zhu Yihai, with the power of great victory, proclaimed himself emperor in Anqing and established the title of Jianwu, which meant to follow the example of Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and complete the great cause of revival of the Ming Dynasty.

In April of the first year of Jianwu, Zhu Yihai granted all his ministers, Li Chengdong as the prince of Zhongwu, led a army to the south, took southern Jiangxi, marched into Fujian, and also named Zhang Mingzhen as the king of Fuping, Wu Zhaosheng as the Duke of E, led two soldiers to advance to Wuchang.

Zhang Mingzhen's army set out from Jiujiang and attacked Huangzhou.

After Jin Shenghuan was defeated in Anqing, he fled to southern Gansu and threatened Zhu Yihai's flanks. After Li Chengdong occupied Nanchang, he pursued Jin Shenghuan, conquered Ji'an, and approached Ganzhou.

For a time, the Longwu court was in danger. Zhu Youjian hurriedly ordered the army from Hunan and Guangdong to mobilize, and ordered Zheng Chenggong, Fujian to raise an army to defend the king.

Because Zhu Yihai rewarded the meritorious officials and even issued the edicts to the generals of the Longwu Dynasty, He Tengjiao took the opportunity to make suggestions and asked Zhu Youjian to also reward the civil and military officials of the Longwu Dynasty to prevent the generals and ministers from being moved by the titles given by the King of Lu.

After Zhu Youjian retreated to Wuchang, he had actually fallen into the control of He Tengjiao, so he had no choice but to issue an order to confer He Tengjiao as King Zhongxiang, Jin Shenghuan as King Yulin, Zheng Chenggong as King Yanping, and Fu Shangrui as Duke of the Fuguo.

The two emperors of the Ming Dynasty were in opposition. In order to win over subordinates and local warlords, both Tang and Lu vassals were granted titles.

Originally, there were only Zhao Ming and Sun Kewang, the kings of different surnames in the Ming Dynasty, and both of them were heroes with hundreds of thousands of soldiers in their hands and were qualified to be kings.

Now, Li Chengdong, Jin Shenghuan, Zhang Mingzhen, Zheng Chenggong and others have all been kings, and even He Tengjiao has become the king of Zhongxiang. The news came to Zhao Ming's ears, which made Zhao Ming curse, "What achievements does He Tengjiao, Jin Shenghuan have, are called lonely and widowed. It is really a great shame and humiliation for both the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty!"

In Wan'an County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, a team of Jiangxi soldiers retreated in panic.

On the street, Gan soldiers kicked open the shop, snatched the property of the gentry and the people, carried cloth and food, and hurriedly left, and cried in the city.

"Mr. Jun, show mercy. This is the food for the villain's family this year!" An old man hugged the sergeant's thigh and begged for pain. His family hid in the corner, protecting the child, and shivered in horror.

"Start up!" The soldiers of the Gan army kicked the old man to the ground and cursed loudly: "Hmph, old man, do you want to use this food to support the traitor?"

"Go away! The traitor is here!" Outside the house, there was a small flag of the Gan army, waving his hand and calling out to his subordinates to evacuate.

When the soldiers heard the words, they carried the grain bags and hurried out of the house. Outside were full of Ganzhou soldiers carrying large bags, small bags, chickens and ducks, and pigs and sheep.

The 10,000 Jiangbei troops who returned from outside the pass were well-equipped and had strong combat power. Especially thousands of cavalrymen, they caused a huge blow to the Longwu Dynasty army, which lacked cavalry.

After Jin Shenghuan's defeat in Anqing, his army retreated all the way.

Now, 50,000 or 60,000 defeated troops are retreating to Ganzhou, with a chaotic structure and a loss of food, grass and supplies. In addition, the Nanchang nest is lost, the Jiangxi Sansi is almost collapsed.

Most of the entire Jiangxi was lost, leaving only the southern part of Jiangxi. Jin Shenghuan's army was in short supply. In order to maintain the war, they could only plunder the people while ordering the walls to clear the fields.

This will obtain a certain amount of military capital and money, and continue the war, which will make the Jiangbei Army unable to obtain military capital and capture, making it difficult to maintain the war through war.

For a time, as the defeated troops retreated south, the defeated troops were robbed along the way, all counties were looted, villages were burned, and the people were in great distress.

In Wan'an County, shortly after the Ganzhou soldiers retreated, Li Chengdong rode a tall horse and entered the county town under the urging of Jiangbei soldiers.

The Jiangbei Army, wearing neat military uniforms, carrying muskets and bayonets, lined up in columns, with bayonets rising and falling, and murderous intent walked past the streets. The shops and houses on both sides were all closed.

The Wan'an County Yamen has been surrounded by the Jiangbei Army. The outside of the Yamen Yamen is full of soldiers standing with guns, and Li Chengdong, wearing armor, stands in the lobby with a sword.

The gentry and wealthy families in Wan'an County stood in the hall, lowering their heads one by one, and were overwhelmed by the soldiers of Jiangbei Army who were like wolves and tigers, and their legs were trembling.

Li Chengdong glanced at everyone and smiled and said, "You are all people of the Ming Dynasty, so I'm not polite. This time, our Jiangbei Army will help you drive away the Gan-type warlords. They have suffered a lot of casualties, consumed materials, and damaged equipment. The emperor is upright and the court is first established, and the treasury is empty. If you don't fight, that's fine. Once you fight, money and food will be like water. Military pay, rations, rewards, excise fees, and pensions are not small numbers. These all need your help. After all, the Gu King will also help you drive away Jin Shenghuan, a heinous warlord."

The many gentry and wealthy families in the hall dared not speak at all.

Jin Shenghuan's defeated army had just washed the county, and the Jiangbei army came to quarrel again.

Looking at the soldiers inside and outside the hall, everyone knew that they could not hide. The bamboo snatch was finalized, but I just hope that Li Chengdong would not be too sarcastic.

The gentry looked at each other, and the last old man came out and said, "King, the county has just been looted by the defeated soldiers. Everyone has no spare grain in their hands, but they have prepared some silver, pigs, mutton, wine and meat, and rewarding the soldiers. It is still appropriate."

Li Chengdong said: "How many?"

The old man gritted his teeth and said, "Ten thousand taels!"

This amount is the result of discussions by many gentry. Ten thousand taels is not a small amount. Wan'an County pays only two or three thousand taels a year, which is equivalent to paying three or four more taxes to the Jianwu court.

But when Li Chengdong heard the words, his face suddenly collapsed. He pressed his hand down with the hilt of the knife, and cursed in a bad tone: "My mother, I'm a king, after all, I'm sending the beggar to 10,000 taels?"

Seeing the king getting angry, Jiangbei troops on both sides pulled out half of the sword, and murderous aura filled with them.

The gentry in the hall was panicked, and the old man suddenly turned pale and said quickly: "Don't worry, this is just a preliminary number. Southern Jiangxi is mountainous and the county is poor! In addition, they have just been looted, and there are only so many on hand, but no matter how poor they are, they cannot be wronged Jun Ye, Cao Min and others will bring it together."

Li Chengdong immediately waved his hand and said, "Okay, within three days, I will raise 100,000 taels for me to deliver it!"

When many gentry heard this, they were almost forced to cry.

The Longwu Dynasty was not rich, and even lost states and counties, the national treasury was exhausted, so Jin Shenghuan could only raise money and grain by himself.

The Jianwu Dynasty was newly established. It turned out that the territory was only more than ten counties in the north of the Yangtze River, and it was even more poor. Now that the territory was expanded and the army increased, the same amount of money could not be paid.

Li Chengdong's army and Jin Shenghuan's army had poor military disciplines. Their respective courts did not pay any money. In order to maintain the war and achieve victory in the war, the two did not care about cherishing the people's strength and could only plunder the place.
Chapter completed!