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Cangzhou City.

The prefect Zheng Juzhong and several principal officials of the state were sitting in the pavilion by the fish pond, served by young and beautiful maids, drinking fine wine, eating exquisite dishes, and chatting leisurely.

The hot summer breeze blew the water vapor in the fish pond, bringing a trace of coolness, accompanied by the intoxicating aroma of the beautiful maid, these officials in the pavilion felt comfortable and comfortable, and they were quite interested, and they chatted very happily, as if the tragic disaster of the people outside the city being wantonly slaughtered and looted by the Liao Kou had nothing to do with them, the important people guarding Cangzhou.

In fact, they didn't know anything about what was going on outside the city, only speculation.

The border gate city must be prepared for war at any time, and the vicinity outside the city may become a dangerous battlefield of fierce fighting at any time. The local people did not want to live in the city.

The government also forbade residents to live in the city.

Otherwise, the residential area will become a convenient place for the enemy to entrench and block the city, and if it is demolished, it will be the material for siege. It is greatly detrimental to the defense of the city, and it is not conducive to engagement.

However, the interior has been peaceful for a long time, and the population of the prosperous area is large, and the common people and merchants covet the convenience of the city and live together, and it has become natural for a long time, as long as the people do not live too close to the city, the government does not care. Outside the border gate, there is a large area of empty space. Looking at the city, the line of sight is limited, and it is difficult to see the situation in the distance.

The ignorance of the changes in the outside world is also the result of the lockdown.

The Liao army suddenly killed.

With the return of the probe horse, Zheng Juzhong naturally learned about the coming of the war earlier than ordinary people, and knew that the Liao army was moving this time and the army was rushing rapidly, and its intentions were not good.

This guy ordered the city gate to be closed early, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and the Liao army would not stop if it did not retreat.

He and Shi Fulian, the head of the soldiers and horses of Cangzhou City, and other civil and military officials were afraid of death, and learned that the dangerous border fortress was easily broken by the Liao army, and the Liao army's entry and robbery were no longer as in the past, just to contain the border pass troops and take advantage of the border pass to come in, this time directly with the Song army, they were even more frightened, for fear that the Liao army would come to rob the rich and famous Fucheng.

The residents around the city were urgently notified to find a place to take refuge, but the people were strictly forbidden to take refuge in the city.

They were afraid that there would be fornications with the Liao State, and the hidden civil forces would take the opportunity to infiltrate the city, and when the time came, they would engage in civil strife, weaken the defense, and help the Liao army break the city.

The people of Cangzhou are fierce, there are many swords and guns, and the killing of Liao Kou in previous years was deeply hated by the Liao State, and if it is a large-scale refuge in the city, it will definitely bring the risk of hatred and attack of the Liao army to the capital city.

This is a secondary reason.

The main reason is that the people of Cangzhou despise this official government, and do not put the government and officers and soldiers in their eyes at all, with the foundation laid by Zhao Gonglian when he was in power, the armed forces of the township are only stronger than the 8,000 defenders of the prefecture and dare to fight, and they will not be weaker than half a point, if there is trouble, the defenders in the city will not be able to suppress it at all, and the resistance to the enemy will not really listen to the unified dispatch and command of the government, and they have their own opinions.

And Zheng Juzhong and Shi Fulian didn't plan to go out of the city to block and fight back against the Liaokou invasion, they just wanted to hold the city.

If you can successfully avoid this disaster, you will be Amitabha.

If Xiang Yong saw that his home outside the city was destroyed, not only did the officers and soldiers not dare to go out of the city to defend it, but the government also bent its knees to Liaokou to seek peace, and it would be bad to kill the officials in a fit of anger.

Therefore, for the unmanageable Cangzhou people who can cause trouble and bring danger, but it is impossible to really beat the Liao army, Fucheng resolutely refuses to let them take refuge in the city.

In the hearts of Fucheng officials, aren't you Cangzhou people united, backbone, capable and courageous? Then don't go into the city to hide, and compete with Liao Kou outside.

It's best to win naturally.

Defeated, slaughtered, that is a bad fate, it is God who let you Cangzhou Township, who is so arrogant that you don't take the government seriously, to repay the debt of Liaokou.

Don't think that those who are in power take the overall situation into account and have a big heart.

Privileges and superiority, officials regard the people as cattle and horses, and many times because of the environment and powerful public power, the selfishness, shamelessness, narrow-mindedness, and harmfulness of human nature will be magnified several times, and the sense of revenge will be heavier, and the people will lack tolerance, understanding, and consideration for the lowly people.

The law is hard to blame.

The government usually can't punish the people who don't listen to the call, so they will use Liaokou's butcher's knife to teach and punish them, and they will viciously shout in their hearts: You go to die.

Under this mentality, how could officials like Zheng Juzhong care about the life and death of Cangzhou people.

They even wish they could die more this time.

Without the unruly Cangzhou natives, it is more convenient for future rule and exploitation.

As for the loss of human resources, the most important thing in the Great Song Dynasty is the population, and in a famous place like Cangzhou, a large number of displaced people from other places will automatically rush over to fill it.

The Song Dynasty succumbed to the pressure of the Liao State for a hundred years, and the bureaucrats, including the emperor, became the truth, and they were accustomed to buying peace, and still did not dare to provoke the Liao State.

In short, it's good that there is no war in the city.

In the final analysis, Zheng Juzhong clearly realized from the defeat of the border army that his army was not good, and the Xiangyong army could not be controlled, so he had the idea of making peace with the Liao army.

If the Liao army is attacking the city, it is a last resort, it is a big deal to get money, money, women, etc., to satisfy the extortion of the Liao army, buy peace and beg the Liao army not to fight.

And this matter must not be seen with the eyes of the people of Cangzhou, who are at odds with Liaokou.

As for the people in the city, almost all of them are foreign gold diggers and adventurers, there are no serious good people, not Cangzhou people, and it is okay to see the official government.

The officials retreated into the city and did not come out, only caring about guarding the city. The people in the city have no courage or obligation to go out of the city to investigate the situation, and they will not go out to risk if the city is not closed.

The city could not be seen clearly, and they did not go out to investigate, and the result was that the people of Fucheng did not know that the pirates had already repelled Liaokou.

Seeing that the country castle in the distance was out of smoke, the people of Fucheng didn't know that it was an immigrant, they only thought that the Liao people broke the castle and killed it all, and they were glad that they were the people of Fucheng who suffered not themselves; Hearing the roar of horses' hooves, the sound of cattle, sheep, poultry, children's crying, and the rolling of wheels in the distance, I don't know if it was the pirates and the Gaoyangguan Road army that had taken advantage of the captured many Liao Kou horses and officers and soldiers to quickly lead and protect the people, their relatives and their booty to the seashore and get on the boat, and thought it was the transit of the Liao army's fruitful looting......

In short, all disasters outside the city have nothing to do with the inside of the city. Fucheng has been safe and sound.

Since coming to Fucheng to show off their might and intimidate and threaten, the vast and fierce and terrifying Liao army has never appeared around Fucheng again.

There is no danger and pressure, and they don't care about life or death outside the city, Zheng Juzhong's gang has the fun of chatting leisurely.

They talked about speculating about the loss of Cangzhou this time, discussing the post-disaster reconstruction work and how to explain to the imperial court.

These scholars boast that they are ordinary people who are more noble than the saints, and they are loyal to the monarch and patriotic to the people, and the hypocrisy they are used to has long become part of their nature, even in private, under the premise that everyone knows what the other party is, they are still worried about the country and the people, and they are awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring, and they are secretly and skillfully communicating how to turn the incompetent crime of guarding the border into merit and deal with the court and fool the emperor.

The beautiful maids who were in charge of serving had little reading and even couldn't read, coupled with their youth and ignorance, they couldn't hear the pleasure of revenge on the people of Cangzhou who were hidden in the words of these big people, they couldn't hear that they were irresponsible and tried to pass the buck, and they couldn't hear these officials guessing that the Cangzhao family could not escape the schadenfreude of the Liao army's butcher's knife this time and the regret that Cangzhao's huge wealth was snatched away by Liao Kou and fell into his hands.

Their ignorant and kind hearts regret and even feel sad that the good and daring Cangzhao family was destroyed at the hands of Liao Kou, but they were impressed and moved by Zheng Juzhong's noble demeanor of celebrities and high-ranking officials composed of morality and a set of high-sounding rhetoric.......

Zheng Juzhong became more and more proud, very much enjoying this kind of worship of confusing and fooling people's hearts, consciously and wisely controlling people's hearts, everything is under control, so the leisure and interest of is even higher, while talking about the things that the maids are interested in Cangzhao, secretly sharing the fun of the destruction of the Cangzhao family, while teasing the maids with their hands and mouths, laughing at these women for being stupid, ignorant and lowly, and enjoying the gentle flattery of beauty........

The Cangzhao family, which had risen rapidly for nearly twenty years with the emperor's grace and quietly and deeply influenced and strongly guided the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty for nearly twenty years, was finally destroyed this time, and there was no longer a strong foundation to crush the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty! This powerful family, which has been overwhelming the officials but has not been able to clean up, has finally turned into war dust!

That's a real delight!

The more the dignitaries here thought about it, the more they felt relieved of their hatred, their mood was refreshed, and they smiled heartily and heroically, and there was no lack of elegant demeanor of Shilin masters.

And Zheng Juzhong, who shouldered the emperor's secret mission, was even more happy and excited.

Zhao Zhuang perished, Zhao Gonglian had no foundation for possible rebellion, and could only be honestly at the mercy of him, he almost completed his mission perfectly, and the emperor would definitely be happy and would favor him extraordinarily.

Without a secret mission, there is no need for him, a high-grade man, to continue to be wronged in Cangzhou.

With the qualifications to guard the border passes, it can be regarded as knowing the soldiers and understanding the military, and with the qualifications to be in charge of the army, it is very likely that he will be promoted and return to Beijing after the military disaster to become the privy envoy in charge of the world's soldiers and horses.

That is the core member, the backbone of the imperial court, a very popular minister, looking down on all beings, even Cai Jing does not dare to underestimate it. Before coming to Cangzhou, the emperor promised him euphemistically.

patted his ass and left, the mess in Cangzhou has nothing to do with him, so naturally he doesn't need to clean up with half a snack.

That's nice.

Zheng Juzhong, who was in his fifties, was happy to drink too much, became a teenager, was full of poetry, and kept squirting good words and wonderful sentences out of his mouth, and in a sycophant, in the worship of the maid, he revealed the shameless nature of the scholar, and began to let loose his bones, not only undressed and undressed almost naked, but also played with the maid in public.

The officials at the same table are all self-proclaimed evil ghosts who are not obscene, and naturally follow them happily with the strength of wine.

This is a very common scene among scholars.

was making a lot of ugly noise, and suddenly the housekeeper came to report in a hurry: "Master, my lords, it's not good." The pirates are coming. ”

This shout frightened the little Ding Ding who had hardened up on the spot and slumped into a small worm.

The official who raised the criminal law of this state, because of his profession, his heart was particularly fierce and harder than the other officials present, and he reacted first and asked in surprise: "What did you say?" ”

"Pirates."

The fat butler wiped the greasy sweat on his face and repeated: "It's a pirate." ”

"It's all cavalry, I'm afraid there are not tens of thousands, and it's even more fierce and terrifying than the Liao army."

Before the words fell, a huge explosion came from the direction of Dongcheng, which frightened Zheng Juzhong as soon as he sat up and fell down.

Then there was a chaotic screaming and tumult, and I couldn't hear what I was shouting, but I could tell that it must have been caused by the defenders of the city.

Zheng Juzhong's official was even more frightened, and his face was trembling.

"Didn't pirates plunder the southern coast? There are countless fierce Liaokou who are committing murder. How dare pirates come ashore to attack the city........."

The officials were horrified and asked, the housekeeper of the Zheng Mansion had just received an urgent report from the defenders of the city, and he only knew this, what could he answer?

Although he is a high-ranking official and the housekeeper of the most powerful family in the house, he is respected and flattered by everyone on weekdays, and he lives a majestic and arrogant and domineering life, and there is no one in his eyes, and the five people and six are very handy and temperamental, but the essence is just a dog's leg, at this time, the master completed the task, and how to deal with the rest of the things is to enjoy boundless honor, and these big men who are in charge of the fate of the city should show their wisdom to deal with it, and there is nothing to do with him as a cheap slave housekeeper, so he spread his hands and said don't ask nonsense. Let's think about it.

......

After Zhao Yue finished fighting Liao Kou, he naturally would not let go of Zheng Juzhong's group of dog officials and evil officials.

The voluntary immigration of the people of Yingcang is still endless, and Zhao Yue also has to lock up the only Fucheng army that can endanger the immigrants, and punish him by the way.

After several days of fighting, the Marines were also exhausted, and the summer harvest plan was completed, and the wounded and exhausted soldiers returned to the peninsula with the immigrants.

Zhao Yue brought tens of thousands of horses and horses to Cangzhou City with great momentum to intimidate the officers and soldiers, but in fact, only the most elite and 4,000 people who could hold on directly blocked the city gate, and camped on the spot to rest by the way, and the others were also sent back to the northern army. But the defenders of the city didn't know about this.

Zhao Yue understood Zheng Juzhong and Shi Fulian's greed for life and fear of death and incompetence, so he didn't take the nearly 10,000 rotten army in his eyes at all, and was confident that 4,000 people were enough to deal with.

When I came to the East City Gate, I didn't say anything about bombarding the city gate with a crossbow gun similar to a blaster from a battleship, first breaking the psychological dependence of the people of Fucheng who felt that they had a city to hold.

The operator is a master, and he has a high accuracy on a floating battleship, and a stable dead target on land is a small case, and he bombarded the Dongcheng drawbridge with one shot, and then collapsed the city gate. After finishing the work, he did it neatly and beautifully, which greatly increased the deterrent effect.

Fucheng never expected the pirates to come at this time. The Liao army came but did not really attack the city. Therefore, the passage to the city gate was not blocked.

This earth-shattering bombardment shook the defenders in all directions.

The gates of the city were mutilated and dilapidated, and the passage into the city was wide open, and it could not be blocked to make up for it, and the defenders were even more terrified.

Then the hell came.

Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired by the cavalry at the head of the city.

Some of the thick arrows shot directly through the unfallen defenders, and the powerful potential energy fell, causing the rotten army behind the battlements to scream.

Shi Fu Lian, who had to report that he had rushed to Dongcheng to check the details, almost died under the arrow.

His family got Cangzhou to help guard and patted the sycophants tightly, and several cronies and generals who accompanied him were not at the right time to pat the sycophants, and several of them became dead souls under the arrow.

Shi Fulian's own soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

After the founding father, General Shi saw the tragic situation, and slipped to the ground in fright, unable to get up for a while, let alone showing his head to check again.

Zhao Yuance immediately stepped forward and raised the alloy giant bow. An iron arrow swooped into the flagpole of the city.

Shi Fu Lian flashed his eyes and saw that there was a letter on the arrow, he didn't dare to take the risk of taking it, so he forced the little soldier to take it, and he was dumbfounded at first when he unfolded it, but then he couldn't help but smile.