"Your Majesty, the governor has important matters to meet!" Just as Zhao Bing and Duke Zhuang were rising from the rise of the possible peace talks between the two, a small yellow gate came in to report.

"See!" Zhao Bing frowned. He was not because Wang Yinglin came to see him at this time and disturbed his interest, but because he was in charge of the civil affairs of the newly restored place, responsible for guiding local officials to establish local governments, coordinate military and political relations, clearing land boundaries, resettling people, restoring the economy and other matters, and also assisting him in handling military affairs. He also trusted him very much and delegated the appointment and removal of local officials below the fifth rank to him, and had the right to handle emergency affairs, so he was still a little surprised at his sudden meeting.

"I'm leaving!" Duke Zhuang knew that he should avoid it sometimes, and should not listen, and bow down to his words.

"No need, you can listen together!" Zhao Bing waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, Haizhou urgently reported being attacked by bandits, Donghai County was captured by bandits, Huairen County was besieged by bandits, the situation was very tense, please send troops to rescue him quickly!" After Wang Yinglin gave a salute, he did not care about wiping the sweat on his forehead and reported.

"It can be found out whether it was the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan army or the bandits!" Zhao Bing frowned even more. He knew that due to the urgent war, the imperial guards and guards quickly advanced after occupying the prefectures and counties, and the aftermath was handed over to the wing army and the local officials who followed up, so there were very few troops stationed in the rear.

Haizhou was first recovered by the Second Navy, but they were ordered to harass Qingzhou of the Mongol Yuan when they were in front of them, so that the enemy did not dare to send reinforcements. Therefore, the main garrison of Haizhou, except for the local garrison, only a small number of Second Navy guarding the port. The garrison was weak in equipment and combat, and they only undertake the maintenance of rear security, clearing out residual soldiers and escorting supplies, which was difficult to deal with the main force of the Mongol Yuan army. Even large slaughtered soldiers would be very difficult.

"Your Majesty, it is the retribution for bandits. They have different clothes and the weapons they use are also complicated, and they are different, and they are mixed with the defeated army. I think it should be divided into several bandits, and there may be collapsed Mongolian Yuan soldiers joining it." Wang Yinglin replied.

"Oh, bandits can attack states and plunder the palaces, break cities, and kill court officials. That is rebellion, and it is not just some bandits!" Zhao Bing said angrily.

"What Your Majesty said is that they can be called giant thieves. There were more than a hundred warships from the sea, no less than a few thousand. They landed in the East China Sea in the dark at night, climbed into the city, and opened the city gate. Only the two hundred wing troops and the newly recruited Ding Zhuang were guarded. The magistrate Wang Pan led his troops to fight and was killed. Only a few people escaped the news while taking advantage of the chaos. After the pirates robbed the city, they took a boat to cross the sea to land, but were temporarily blocked by the navy officers and soldiers. The number of bandits besieged Huairen County was more, with a rough look of more than two thousand, and they rode mules and horses, coming and going like the wind. I don't know how many. The defenders dared not go out of the city to fight, so they could only defend the city and send people to Haizhou for help." Wang Yinglin replied.

"If you can gather so many people, you must be gathered overnight. You must be dissatisfied with our dynasty's management, so someone rebelled. Why didn't the local area notice it at all?" Zhao Bing looked at Wang Yinglin and said.

"It's my supervisor who is not good, please punish him!" Wang Yinglin was ordered to manage local civil affairs. Now that something happened, of course, the board must be hit first on him, and he quickly apologized.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think this should be done by the bandits in Lu, not caused by unfavorable local governance!" At this time, Duke Zhuang said in the middle of the conversation.

"Bandits, such a large number of bandits exist, how could the Mongol Yuan not send troops to wipe them out, but let them grow bigger!" Zhao Bing shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty should have heard that there are many bandits in Lu. Historical records have been recorded in history since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Whenever there are wars or famines, bandits will rise everywhere. Horses gather in the mountains and forests to rob business travelers, and water bandits are rampant in the lakes and lakes. Large bandits can fight against the official army. Many dynasties have sent troops to clear them out, but bandits are still constantly changing. If there is any abnormal movement, they will rise again, which will become a big disaster!" Duke Zhuang said in his words.

"..." Zhao Bing was stunned for a moment. He had never read it from historical books, but in his previous life he knew that the heroes of Wagangzhai in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" and the heroes of Liangshan in "Water Margin" all came from Shandong. At that time, he thought they were all good men with affection and righteousness. But from the perspective of the court, they were not just bandits and giant bandits, and they were all targets to be wiped out.

"Shi Kai said it is right. According to the "Xuzizhi Tongjian Changbian", there were many thieves in western Shandong during our dynasty, including Juancheng, Shanzhou, Jinxiang, Juye thieves, Qi, Yuncheng thieves appearing, Jingdong thieves rise everywhere, etc. Although the court tried its best to fight, every two or three decades, the bandits rose again, and they continued to suppress them." Wang Yinglin nodded and said that he was.

"Lu is also the hometown of Confucius and Mencius. Why did the people become a place where bandits are rampant by the sages?" Zhao Bing said with a hint of amusement. It is really no one else to have such a frequency of bandits in the land of Confucius and Mencius.

"Your Majesty, although Confucius and Mencius originated in Lu, the Mo family also originated in Lu. The bandits regarded it as their ancestors as their ancestors, and the Mo family was also a native of Lu. The Mo family aimed at "nothing is valuable for righteousness" as their purpose. The people who engage in debates called "Mo Bian", and those who engage in martial arts called "Mo Xia". They used what they did to be soaring and benefiting the world. The Mo family declined later, but they were also well-known to the people of Lu. Therefore, the people of Lu valued righteousness over profit, practiced the way for heaven, and made friends with martial arts gradually became a trend. Moreover, bandits gathered people's hearts and emphasized the word "Yi" as a wave of their arms, so that people followed like clouds." Wang Yinglin said.

"In addition, Lu is a place of war, and the people are martial. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qi State was famous for its long martial arts. "Xunzi·On the Military Affairs" records: Qi people are long martial arts, and their skills are given redemption gold if they get one song. "Yanzi Spring and Autumn Period·Miscellaneous Chapters" records: Qi people are very fond of fighting, and they are happy to offend each other, and they are prohibited. The article "Records of the Three Gates of Longquan Temple in Jizhou" written by Wang Yuxi of our dynasty is also called Shandong Juye: the folk customs are rough, and they are gathered together, and they are considered common. Therefore, the people are more martial and fighting, and the heroes use martial arts to violate the ban, which also encourages this trend."

"So that's it!" Zhao Bing's mouth couldn't help but twitch. This Mohist spirit provided a ideological barrier for the people of Qilu to violate the ban on righteousness. The martial arts habits have encouraged the prevalence of the "thief" culture, which is undoubtedly a direct support for the repeated emergence of robbers.

"My subordinates think that the many enemies in Lu are mainly caused by famines!" Zhuang Duke said in response, "As far as my subordinates know, Shandong has fewer steals in Shandong, but most of them have occurred in the middle of Lu and western Shandong. Because of the main business of farming, the people in Lu and western Shandong are all engaged in farming, but floods, waterlogging and drought disasters are very frequent and serious. In addition, the population of Shandong is relatively dense, and most of them are large towns with more than 10,000 households. In the event of major disasters, large-scale famines will occur. Once the government provides unfavorable relief, the people will either go to a foreign land or they will only be thieves."

"Well, this is the right solution. In recent decades, the Yellow River has been frequently affected, and the Mongolian Yuan has imposed heavy taxes, and the people are living in poverty, so it is not surprising that the bandits are rising. Now that the Mongol Yuan is defeated, our army has just recovered Haizhou, and all parties have weak control over it. It is natural that they take advantage of the situation and go in." Zhao Bing nodded and said. And there is an answer to why the bandits who attacked Haizhou this time ride on mules and horses.

Shandong is a modern and modern name, and it was mostly called Qi and Lu in ancient times. Anyone who has studied geography knows that Shandong has intersected mountains and rivers and extremely complex terrain. This geographical environment is conducive to rebellion. There are many hills in Shandong Province, especially in central Shandong, where hills are densely distributed. The Jiaodong Peninsula is second, with the least western Shandong, with plains mostly. Although the mountains are continuous, there are many traffic channels between mountains. The intersecting river networks and densely covered lakes, which is conducive to thieves to escape. Under this terrain, bandits and robbers are very easy to interact, which has caused great difficulties for the official army to fight.

First of all, if the official army uses large troops to hunt thieves, the thief ship will turn around and can quickly use the low hills to avoid them. After all, the mountain tops are not high, and it will only take a few quarters of an hour to climb over a mountain top of five or six hundred meters. If you ride a horse, the mountain road will not be steep and you can escape quickly. If the ridge line is flat and the valley is wide, you can horses. If you cross the pass from the side of the mountain, people can even ride horses.

Secondly, at the beginning of the uprising, there were not many people in the bandits. If they could win, they would fight, and if they could not win, they would retreat. They would scatter into hilly and mountainous areas. It was extremely difficult for large troops to pursue them. Even if they were broken into pieces and caught up, they would invisibly reduce the number advantage, and it would be difficult to achieve victory. This situation determines that Shandong thieves rely more on horses in terms of transportation mode to improve maneuvering speed. The more horses, the greater the reputation, the deeper the impression they left on the official and the people.

The situation forced Shandong thieves to buy and loot horses from places, and when traveling between many provinces, they undoubtedly had to use horsepower to roam. Moreover, horse thieves come and go like the wind and are extremely difficult to pursue. Therefore, although there are not many horses in Shandong, once they are recruited by thieves and developed into horse teams, it is easy to create the illusion of rampant horses. After a while, bandits everywhere followed suit, and the name of horses gradually became known.

This tactic similar to guerrilla warfare is very effective when the enemy is strong and we are weak. When Zhao Bing's famous monk Gelinmi of the Qing Dynasty was wiped out by the Nian Army equipped with war horses, he was dragged down step by step by step by step by step by step by tempted into an ambush circle and died in battle. When he was in Qiongzhou, he also taught the Yan Xiao and the Rebel Army of Fujian Guang to use this tactic to deal with the Yuan army, gradually developing and growing, laying the foundation for seizing Jiangnan.

Now that I am facing the Lu Kou who is wandering in and traveling like a wind, it is Zhao Bing's turn to fight. If you want to destroy them, you have to pursue them across borders, which will inevitably lead to a battle with the Mongol Yuan, especially in this sensitive period. But the bandits are in the territory of no matter who you are. They have long been accustomed to using the border exchanges to avoid pursuit and suppression. Moreover, the thieves often collude with each other. If they disperse, they serve the people, and if they gather, they become bandits. If they have the opportunity to make money, they can fight together, which is difficult to extinguish them.
Chapter completed!