Borrowing troops, how can it be so easy to borrow, although there is a handwritten letter from the right guard general Pan Jing, but Pan Qi still has no intention of borrowing troops, he knows that this kind of borrowing troops is thankless, after all, it is not the order of the superior to send troops, and there is no military merit if he wins, and the consequences of defeat are unimaginable.

At this time, Yang Zhi understood the good intentions of his eldest brother, and he couldn't be too disciplined, so he should be flexible. He is not in a hurry, he fully knows the reason why Pan Qi is reluctant to send troops, as long as the conditions are negotiated, it is not difficult to send troops.

"Master Pan, can I ask you a question?" As Yang Zhi spoke, he stuffed 10,000 yuan of treasure money into Pan Qi's hand.

After all, it is the Pan family, plus this ten thousand yuan, Pan Qi's attitude is much better, he said with a smile: "Lord Liu is about to become the son-in-law of the Pan family, then everyone is a family, what is the problem, General Yang, please ask." ”

"Excuse me, how many soldiers do you have under your command now?"

"Xiang Jun 30,000, I don't know what you are asking for this?"

Yang Zhi said with a smile: "Xia Guan was born in the Yang family, and he also led soldiers, basically the forbidden army has three out of ten empty salaries, and the Xiang army is probably forty percent, I don't know if I'm right?"

"What do you mean by that?" Pan Qi's face sank, he didn't know what this Yang Zhi was coming from, he was borrowing soldiers and asking for empty salaries, so he was very dissatisfied in his heart.

"Nothing, just think, we can make a deal, I wonder if General Pan is interested?"

"Deal, what deal, what deal can you and I do?"

Yang Zhi took out 30,000 treasure bills and handed them to Pan Qi and said, "I borrowed 3,000 soldiers, and I used them for ten days, and then returned them." Regardless of whether there are casualties or not, you will be compensated for 20,000 yuan when you turn around, 100 yuan for the dead one, and 30 yuan for the injured one. In the army of the Great Song Dynasty, it is normal to eat empty salaries, and I often do it, and the number of one-tenth is not visible to the outside world. ”

Pan Qi understood what the other party meant, no matter what, he would have an income of 60,000 yuan, as for the number of heads, what is the difficulty, he thought about it and said: "Yes, but you are not allowed to wear military uniforms." ”

"As long as you carry weapons, you don't need military uniforms, you don't need armor."

"Okay, let's go tonight."

Pan Jing's letter can only show that the people who come are very safe, they will not set up a set, 60,000 guan is a temptation, and they may not be chosen, when Yang Zhi mentioned eating empty salaries, he had already given enough hints, that is, everyone in the army is clear, there is no need to seal the road, when all this is in place, then borrowing troops is a matter of course.

Three thousand troops, to be honest, is not much, but it is enough to take Qingxi Town, if there are so many troops that they can't even take a small town, Yang Zhi should buy a piece of tofu and shoot himself to death.

Things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, how can it be on paper? When Fang Baihua's two thousand elite soldiers came to Qingxi Town, it would be difficult for Yang Zhi to take Qingxi Town.

However, not long after Yang Zhi led the army to the designated place, a woodcutter named Fang Jin came to report the news.

Yang Zhi was suspicious of this woodcutter named Fang Jin, in this case, how could he not be suspicious of a woodcutter rashly?

Fang Jin said: "It was Lord Liu who called me here, here is a letter from him, saying that you will know what is going on after reading it, and he repeatedly emphasized that you must do what the letter says this time, and you can't make a mistake." By the way, there is also a jade plaque that says that this is the key to the whole operation. ”

After reading the letter, Yang Zhi understood that the eldest brother was a six-rank official at such a young age, which was definitely not something that the protégé of the Son of Heaven could explain, and behind this was the ability to almost defy the sky.

After reading the letter, Yang Zhi directly gave Fang Jin ten taels of silver and sent the woodcutter to leave first.

After waiting for Fang to enter, Yang Zhi called Bai Sheng, the white day mouse, and said: "Brother, when it is a good time for you to make a contribution, you take this red jade plaque into Muzhou, and tell Shi Bao that Qingxi Town has been attacked by officials and soldiers, and the situation is precarious, let him lead the army to rescue, remember that the more severe the situation, the better." In addition, the task of seizing the city gate of Muzhou has been entrusted to you, as for how to do it, I will tell you the method, there are still three hundred dragon troops in the city under your command, and it should be enough to take the city gate. ”

After Yang Zhi explained the specific details to Bai Sheng, he asked this guy to hurry up and go to Muzhou, while he led three thousand elite soldiers and waited for the last opportunity to come.

I don't know why, Shi Bao always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what the problem was for a while, but one thing was certain, that is, he didn't want Fang Baihua to come here anymore, this princess was a real headache as a prison guard.

Just when Shi Bao was thinking wildly, a soldier came to report that it was the fire in Honghe Town.

Honghe Town is in flames, which means that Shi Jintian has succeeded, and he has looted the top ten richest households, and there should be millions of them! Thinking of this, Shi Bao's mood is much better, with this million, then there is no need to worry about military salaries.

Shi Bao, who was in a good mood, gathered his brothers to drink, this guy is not greedy for money, not lustful, and does not like to gamble, the only bad thing is drinking. It can be said that you drink when you're in a good mood and drink when you're in a bad mood.

Everyone knows that Shi Jintian has succeeded, and they all know that he has money, in this case, when drinking, one is more energetic than the other, as if he is sorry for himself if he doesn't drink until he is drunk and dreams of death.

Just when the group was drunk and dark, the soldiers came to report that Qingxi Town was in crisis, and the princess had sent someone over.

"Call him in, what the hell is going on?" Although he was dazed, as soon as he heard that something was going on in Qingxi Town, Shi Bao suddenly sobered up a lot, didn't Fang Baihua already go over to relieve the siege, how could there be a crisis, could it be that the official army invaded on a large scale.

As soon as Bai Sheng entered the house, he knelt down and saluted: "Report to the general, Qinghe Town was attacked by the official army, and the princess sent you to the rescue, here is the jade plate for help?" ”

The red jade plate represents an existential crisis, and the princess is also in Qingxi Town, under this double stimulus, Shi Bao lost the most basic judgment, and after taking the jade card, he asked very eagerly: "How many officers and soldiers, princess, how long can they hold out?" ”

"No less than 10,000, princess, they will definitely not hold out until dawn, and I hope the general will hurry up and rescue them."

10,000 officers and troops, according to Shi Bao's understanding, is basically one to three, which means that if you want to defeat these 10,000 officers and troops, you must bring at least 30,000 righteous troops over. There are 50,000 righteous troops in the entire Muzhou defense area, including 1,000 in Qingxi Town, 3,000 in Honghe Town, 6,000 in Xiliu Town due to the storage of materials, and the remaining 40,000 are stationed in Muzhou City and outside the city.

In order to ensure the certainty of victory, Shi Bao decided to bring the 30,000 rebels outside the city of Muzhou and the 5,000 rebels inside the city, and the remaining 2,000 to defend the city. In the small city of Muzhou, two thousand people are enough to defend the city, if it weren't for Shi Jintian with three thousand, he could have left five thousand to defend the city.

Thirty-five thousand rebels were so mighty to kill Qingxi Town, even so, there were still two thousand defending the city, and the Long Xiang army was only three hundred, almost one to seven, in this case, the chance of victory was still not great.

At this time, Bai Sheng understood why Liu Zhenglong wanted to take Muzhou City by himself, it seems that this time he can only rely on himself to outwit Muzhou City.

Contracted down to the Queyue Tower, it will play a role at this time, and it is absolutely no problem to put the medicine in the wine and paralyze those soldiers who have not rested. Whether in peacetime or now, the soldiers defending the city are basically about a thousand, and the rest sleep.

Under the leadership of Bai Sheng, Liang Hongyu and others, they began to carry wine to the city gate, city wall and barracks.

If it was peaceful, this group of people would never dare to drink, but almost everyone knew about Honghe Town, of course, this matter was originally highly confidential, but the news was privately spread by Yan Shun's spies who had developed in advance.

There will be a military salary soon, and there will be money soon, these soldiers have nothing to vent, and now someone has sent wine over, of course, one by one they are very excited, and at this time, Liang Hongyu is pretending to be General Shi Bao's wife, and everyone is more refreshing when they drink.

There is one point, Bai Sheng has never figured it out, Yang Zhi has 3,000 elite soldiers in his hands, but to seize Muzhou City, he has to hand over this task to himself, who only has 300 elite soldiers in his hands, is this a bit too outrageous.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, or if you want to understand it, at least you have to talk about it after you take Muzhou. Although there are only three hundred dragon troops in his hands, Bai Sheng knows that before dawn, Yan Shun and the others will come back from Honghe Town, at that time, it is equivalent to eight hundred elite soldiers, and the other two hundred water troops should also arrive before dawn, with a thousand dragon troops guarding the city, Shi Bao will definitely not be able to take the city.

By the time of the third watch, Bai Sheng led two hundred Longxiang troops to deal with the rebels who were still sleeping in the barracks, while Liang Hongyu led one hundred Longxiang troops to solve the city head, the city gate, those who were drunk and those who were not drunk.

Bai Sheng didn't want to make too much movement here, after all, it was one to five, and once it was chaotic, I was afraid that it would be more than lucky, so this guy was very careful to solve the problem of weapons first, and then start killing.

There were 400 tents in the whole barracks, and 20 soldiers slept in each tent, and since most of the soldiers were sent out, only 50 tents in the northwest corner were left to sleep this night.

For a long time, these bandits were short of military pay, and it was not uncommon for them to have enough to eat, so everyone rested early to avoid going hungry. In addition, it was already very cold in Muzhou at the end of December, and these soldiers went to bed early, and there were patrols in the first half of the night, but from the first to the third watch, many people rested, and there was not even a single patrol.

Bai Sheng divided the Long Xiang army into ten groups, each group of twenty people, and after breaking into the tent, he aimed at one by one and quietly killed the target, and before being discovered, he tried not to make a noise as much as possible.