Chapter 105: The Siege (8)
It sounds incredible, but that's how the city was breached. Nan'an, Putian, Xianyou, Jinjiang and other counties were almost on the verge of collapse, and the huge Qingyuan County was taken down so easily.
Qingyuan County was originally known as Quanzhou, and the name was changed in the first year of Tianbao. After Yang Tinghe and his troops left Wuyi Mountain, they went all the way east to take the whole county of Fuzhou, and after holding the Xianxialing Ancient Road, they immediately went all the way south to Qingyuan County.
Now the five counties of Qingyuan have won four of them, and only the last Quanzhou city is isolated.
The reaction of the officials and soldiers really didn't dare to compliment, Yang Tinghe destroyed the withered and decayed all the way, attacked the city and plundered the land, and it took a lot of time, but when his troops came to the city, he was still greeted by an unsuspecting city, like a beautiful woman who had stripped off her clothes, where could she withstand the destruction of these rough men?
Now, as long as Quanzhou is taken as an outlet to the sea, the strategic goals in the early stage can be fully achieved!
"Father, don't you stop and rest? These days, the brothers have been running day and night, taking one city and then rushing straight to the next, and they have not rested for a moment, and if they continue like this, they are afraid that they will not be able to attack the city in Quanzhou. ”
It was a young man who spoke, and that night, when the Yang family was discussing at night in Yangzhou City, this young man had entered the city with Yang Ziyun.
The young man's name is Yang Muchen, and he is the son of Yang Tinghe. Yang Tinghe only has such a son, although Yang Tinghe, who is over forty years old, has more than one woman by his side, and has a lot of daughters, but there is only one son.
It's a little strange, but it's not strange to think about it, after all, like his father, Yang Muchen is also an ambitious person.
"Who is your father! There are no fathers and sons in the army, don't you understand these rules?"
Yang Tinghe's words are so unreasonable, if you are not his father, then who is his father? Is the old king next door? But this is on the march, Yang Muchen naturally bowed his head, looking like he knew his mistake.
Seeing that his son admitted his mistake, Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice: "The soldiers are fast, since we left Wuyi Mountain, we have taken more than ten cities in less than five days, taking advantage of the slow reaction of the officials and soldiers, we must take Quanzhou City in one go, and we can rest as much as we want when the time comes." ”
Yang Tinghe's followers in Wuyi Mountain are quite numerous, and the preparation of nearly a hundred years is no joke, almost all the villages and villages in Wuyi Mountain have become believers in "Zoroastrianism", and I don't know how such a foreign Bodhisattva was recognized by the Hakka people.
In short, at the time of the uprising, the mountain people poured out of their nests and quickly occupied several county towns at the foot of the mountain. It was these strangely dressed mountain people who confused the county officials' eyes and won Yang Ting and them the initial time.
Although it has been peaceful for a hundred years, the small-scale chaos has never been broken. In this Fujian land with seven mountains, two rivers and one field, as long as the harvest is not good, these mountain people in Wuyi Mountain will inevitably run down the mountain to find someone to "help and help". The surrounding counties, both officials and ordinary people, have long been accustomed to it.
These mountain people go down the mountain, grab some things, and go back. The usual practice is that after they finished robbing, the soldiers in the county followed behind for a while, picking up some things dropped by the mountain people, which was regarded as the stolen goods recovered. If you're lucky, and you run into a greedy straggler, a group of people besiege one and cut off the head is also a good credit.
The story of the wolf coming, I don't know if Yang Tinghe has seen it, in short, the county officials at the foot of the mountain must not have seen it.
Almost effortlessly, hundreds of heavily armed, elite soldiers of the Yang family, which had lasted for a hundred years, easily took those county seats. Immediately after that, some of the mountain people were left behind, and then they attacked all the way.
By the time they arrived at Quanzhou, there were only sturdy soldiers and well-trained mountain people.
Quanzhou city is not compared to other small cities, since the second year of Jingyun, Quanzhou has been expanded several times, and now it has become a large port surrounded by hundreds of miles.
The bluestone walls were more than five feet high, and the night glowed with blue-black light, like a silent beast.
Yang Tinghe stopped his horse and looked unusually solemn.
The walls of Fuzhou City were also about the same height, but under the impact of hundreds of cavalry that day, the momentum shook the sky, and the gatekeepers of Fuzhou City were so frightened that they collapsed directly to the ground. The gates of the city were wide open, and they were directly rushed into the city by the cavalry that followed.
The government of the Tang Dynasty finally played some role at this last moment.
Facing the closed city gate, the defenders on the city wall holding torches and swords, although trembling but still standing neatly, Yang Tinghe was silent.
"It seems that there is still a real battle going to be fought today!" Yang Tinghe was thinking.
On the city wall, a middle-aged man in a green robe took a few steps forward, his face was solemn, and he said in a righteous voice: "You are waiting for the rebellious army, and you dare to commit rebellion, is there still a royal law in your heart?"
The man beside him saw that Lord Taishou was talking endlessly about popularizing legal knowledge for the rebels, and his heart was bitter.
This guy named Feng Renzhi is a complete nerd, a person who is stupid in reading, full of sage teachings, in the past few years when he was too shou, Quanzhou City has been able to have smooth wind and rain, no disease and no disaster, it is really a blessing to invite heaven!
Other magistrates, when they heard that the rebels were coming, they had already rolled up and slipped away, that is, this Feng Taishou, after hearing that there were rebels, was as happy as if something. Zhang Luo opened with great fanfare, closed the four gates tightly, strengthened the city defense, and gathered the people.
One by one, it was done in an orderly manner, and God knows from which military book this guy copied from.
No, the rebels are all coming to the city, and this guy also plans to use the "soldiers who surrender without a fight" to try to educate this group of lawless people with his mouth.
Alas...... I want to pretend I can't see it!
The archer in the corner of the castle tower bent his bow like a full moon, but there were two huge torches standing beside this Taishou......
It's a pity, if the chief officer of the city guard dies, and he doesn't have to suffer it, how good it would be!
"Lord Taishou, beware of the Dark Arrow!"
The man pounced sideways, and a dark iron arrow "Zheng" nailed into the beam of the city gate tower, and entered the wood for three points!
"Isn't ...... How can this be reasonable? These gang of people will just rebel! How dare they ...... How dare you disobey the teachings! What a ...... It's unreasonable! There is no cure!"
Feng Taishou glanced at the iron arrow that was still trembling at the end, and felt sad and indignant in his heart, what is wrong with this world? Do you still want to listen to the teachings of the sage? A group of people who know their mistakes and do not change their mistakes, and they are no longer saved!
"Captain Zheng, hand over ...... I'll leave it to you! I must arrest all these people for my own officials!"
Taiwei Zheng smiled bitterly in his heart! Catch it? What to catch? Just rely on the more than 2,000 gutless soft-footed shrimp on the tower of the city gate?
Qingyuan County has a total of five counties, and the remaining four counties have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the original government army in the county is only 8,000 people, and it is apportioned to the counties in the name of assisting in defense. Now that the counties have been lost, how can the government army sent out be able to recover them? These well-fed and well-drunk guys have lost the city, and if they don't run far, will they come back and die? If it weren't for you, Mrs. Feng, Lao Tzu would have climbed into the boat and run away!
Alas! If I knew this, I would have eaten less empty money over the years, and I shouldn't have sent these bastards out to "get rich" a while ago, but now I will eat the consequences!
Although he is helpless in his heart, he always has to say something nice on his lips, otherwise these two stunned people will be too guarded and will let people chop it over, and in the past few days, there have been many officials who want to run away and die in his hands.
"Don't worry, Lord Taishou, someone Zheng will live up to the trust of the adults and take down these bandits one by one!"
"Okay! Very good! Then you can get busy, you can come to the war, and the affairs of the people will be mine, and you and I will do our own duties, and we must take down these chaotic people!"
Feng Taishou's righteous words made Zheng Taiwei slandered.
Damn! Now you want to divide and cooperate with me? Who did you take care of it in the first place? Fuck it! These civil officials don't have a good thing! They shirk their responsibilities, and each one is more skilled than the other.
"Lord Taishou relaxes, the last general is gone!"
In the end, Taiwei Zheng, who was unhappy in his heart, still stepped into the command post, and when he got to this point, he could only take one step at a time.
Yang Tinghe, who was downstairs in the city, didn't know what the Quanzhou lord was thinking at the moment, but he delayed it for a while, and the scouts sent to Simen to check also ran back quickly.
"Great handsome, the east gate is closed, and the city tower is empty!"
"Dashuai, there is no one at Simon!"
"There is no one at the South Gate either!"
After the last scout returned, Yang Tinghe looked puzzled.
"No one in the other three doors?"
The scouts shook their heads in unison: "Nothing!"
"Dashuai, isn't he singing about the empty city plan?" Yang Muchen came up and asked knowingly.
"Empty City Plan?" Yang Tinghe smiled when he heard this: "Just rely on him Feng Renzhi, a nerd? Does he think he is Zhuge Kongming?"
For a successful rebellion, prior intelligence gathering is essential. The Yang family has been preparing for hundreds of years, and now this plan Yang Tinghe and Li Yi have also been brewing for more than ten years. For the information on the area involved, the Yang family does not know how much they have collected.
Feng Renzhi, the Taishou of Qingyuan County, has been in Quanzhou for almost ten years, from the county official to the Taishou, all the way in Quanzhou. For such a person, how could there be less information about the Yang family?
Yang Tinghe is clear, and Yang Muchen is naturally clear, but leaders always need to show their cleverness, especially when they are in front of people. How could the smart Yang Muchen do something that wasn't smart?
"Hehe, it's okay! Since this nerd wants to learn from smart people, then let's fulfill him!"
Yang Tinghe smiled, and his smile was extremely relaxed and bright. I thought it would be time for a tough battle this time, but I didn't expect to meet such a cute guy. However, yes, compared to the previous broken city that did not use troops, today's battle can indeed be regarded as a vicious battle!
"The marshal stays at the north gate to attack the city with all his might, you lead an army and enter the city from the other three gates, since our Feng Taishou is unwilling to abandon the city and flee, then we will fulfill him! Haha, the Li family should also have a loyal minister!"
Laughing, the rebels began to attack the city.
They are all mountain people, and there is always no shortage of climbing skills, and they don't need a ladder, and a long bamboo can reach the city wall.
Originally, if the defenders were strong, it would have been impossible to storm the city wall with such rudimentary equipment.
But...... How can there be a good defender!
By the time the moon was in the middle of the sky, the head of the city had been replaced with the banner of the king.