With the first person, more and more people are no longer afraid of this official army. After the young men walked out of the house, the curious children also walked out of the house. Finally, the older girls and wives also walked out of the house, carrying hoes to the fields to work as before.

"Why are there so few young people here?" Li Guodong looked at the number of villagers and asked Duan Da.

"Oh, the thief is here, some young and strong men are captured by them, and the older girls and their wives are also captured by them; the thief is just leaving, and the thief general is here again, and another group of young and strong men are caught, and the older girls and their wives are harmed by them. Many women cannot bear the humiliation and commit suicide; later, Liu Zeqing's people come again, and even half of the older children are arrested to join the army by them." Duan Da replied.

After all, Duan Da didn't say it very clearly. After asking Duan Liuye, Li Guodong realized that ten years ago, when Duan Da and his friends were still half-aged, the thieves had come once, and the people who failed to escape in time were captured by them. Later, the officers and soldiers came and captured a group of people. Two years ago, Zuo Liangyu came to harm him again, and the remaining women and elderly people finally pulled the older children and were captured by them. Some time ago, Zhang Xianzhong came again, and some children who had grown up here and around the villages were captured by them again, and then Zhang Xianzhong left, and Liu Zeqing came again.

The bandits and soldiers took turns to come, and the local people were harmed by the bandits and soldiers.

Young people like Duan Da and others still hid in time, and escaped the revolving disasters of the bandits and officers and soldiers.

Seeing that most of the remaining people in the village were women, children, old and weak, Li Guodong ordered: "Brothers, the people here are being harmed by the bandits and left thieves in turn. We have to help them, put our spare horses on them, and help them plough the farmland."

"Master, you must not do it!" Duan Liu knelt down and kowtowed, "Dear military horses are going to fight the bandits, how can you cultivate the land for the grass-roots people?"

"What's this?" Li Guodong pointed to the weed farmland, "Dear fellow villagers, brothers and sisters, you are all our parents of food and clothing for the army! Why are we joining the army? It's for the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

The soldiers also shouted: "Dear fellow villagers, we are also from the people! You are our parents and our brothers and sisters!"

The soldiers of Jinyang Army began to get busy, using slow horses and spare horses to cultivate the land for the villagers. Some soldiers cleared the weeds in the fields, some climbed up the roof to help the people repair their houses, and some helped the people chop wood and carry water.

"Children, thank you for your hard work, let's take a rest." An old lady with white hair stuffed the wild fruits she had just picked from the mountain into the hands of the soldiers.

"What a great kid." An old man looked at the busy soldiers and shed tears.

There was also a fourteen-five-year-old girl stuffed the cooked eggs that she couldn't bear to eat in the hands of a soldier.

The Jinyang cavalry stayed in Duanjia Village for three days. Within these three days, they helped the villagers do all the work. They also went to nearby villages to help the local people work. Finally, Li Guodong also ordered to leave some food for the local people.

It was finally time to leave. The local people came to see him off with tears in their eyes. The people stuffed the eggs and fruits that they couldn't bear to eat into the hands of the soldiers. The girl blushed and gave some handsome soldiers the purses they sewed.

Duan Liuye mobilized all the people in the surrounding villages. In just one day, a floating bridge appeared on the river.

"Dear fellow villagers, Li said goodbye! Please rest assured that as long as Li is here, the bandits and the bandit army will never let you harm you again!" Li Guodong, who was riding on the horse, turned around and bowed to the people who were saying goodbye.

The reason why Li Guodong dared to make such a confident promise to the people was because he did not receive the news from the night he sent out, and Zuo Liangyu's army would not come here. According to the original historical process, Zuo Liangyu went south to Anqing and passed through Shouzhou. However, Li Guodong's army was here, and Zuo Liangyu dared not have conflicts with him, so he chose to change the route.

"That thief general, he also knows that he is afraid of us!" Han Dashan laughed.

"Brothers, let's go to Anqing! If the bandits under the thief general's command harm the people again, we will implement military laws on behalf of the emperor!" Li Guodong laughed and pointed to the south, "Let's go!"

Li Guodong had already made up his mind. If the Zuo Army was caught by him by the people, he would not hesitate to kill him without hesitation! If Zuo Liangyu dared to launch an internal strife and attack his own army, he could stay with him to the end. Although there were many left thieves, they were known as a 500,000 army, but in fact they could only fight 80,000. In the eyes of Li Guodong, the 80,000 troops were also a mob.

When the Jinyang army headed south and arrived by the Yangtze River, they received news from the navy's command: the navy fleet had arrived in Anqing.

The cavalry was still not as fast as the navy when they moved closer. Moreover, when the navy was in Guazhou, the locks were not opened in winter and they had to get off the boat and then change to the boat. In this way, the speed was faster than that of the cavalry.

Not long after, a navy ship came to greet the Jinyang army. Li Guodong took his soldiers and horses on the boat, rode upstream and arrived in Anqing.

Infantry and Navy have been here for five days. According to Li Guodong's military rules, the infantry and Huai Army of Jinyang Army did not enter Anqing City, but were stationed outside the city. The Huai Army of Navy set up a naval camp in the south of Anqing City. There is a circle of village walls stuck in the water outside the naval camp. Water gates with wooden fences can enter the naval camp and enter the bottom of the naval camp. Underwater stakes are provided, which stand on the water walls in the water. Several watchtowers are also erected. At night, lanterns are lit on the naval walls and ships to prevent people from attacking and attacking.

The Navy Camp extends to the shore, and the Land Division camp is on the shore. The infantry camp that arrived first is connected to the Navy Camp. The outer side of the Land Division camp is a reserved cavalry camp, which has stables, forage farms, etc. In it, Li Guodong's cavalry arrived, he settled in the cavalry camp.

"Governor Anlu is here!" As soon as Li Guodong arrived at Anqing camp, he heard a roar coming from outside.

Li Guodong hurriedly welcomed the Central Army’s tent in person: “Huang Futai came to my camp in person, I am very grateful.”

"Wuweibo serves the country and the people, and leads his army to pursue and suppress the bandits, which makes Huang admire him." Huang Peixuan bowed and returned the greeting.

"Huang Futai, please come in and ask!" Li Guodong invited Huang Peixuan into his central army tent.

In recent years, Zhang Xianzhong's army has been rampant in Anhui, and it is difficult to be the governor of Anlu. Because of Zhang Xianzhong, Emperor Chongzhen established the governor of Anlu, Shi Kefa, the first governor. After Shi Kefa returned home, the next governor Zheng Eryang was arrested by Chongzhen for losing Luzhou and other places. Later, the governor Xu Shimeng, who was afraid of Zhang Xianzhong, became the governor for one year and then returned home after being ill.

Now the governor of Anlu, Huang Peixuan, was also trembling. Zhang Xianzhong was rampant in this area. He was both afraid and was captured by the thieves. However, when he heard that Zuo Liangyu's army had come to Anqing, Huang Peixuan was also very worried. Zuo Liangyu's army was not much better than the thieves. When that guy came, the people of Anqing would suffer again.

After walking into Li Guodong's central army tent, Huang Peixuan suddenly bowed deeply and trembled with a crying voice: "Wuweibo, save Huang quickly! The thieves are rampant in Anlu. Zuo Liangyu is afraid of the enemy like a tiger and dares not fight with the thieves. Instead, he will harm the people of Anlu! I hope Wuweibo will chase and suppress the bandits and guard Anqing to ensure the safety of the people in the area."
Chapter completed!