After the three conditions were met, the pirate used the 2,000 forbidden troops sent by the emperor to Zheng Juzhong to suppress Cangzhou as a strong laborer, and the withdrawal soon disappeared. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shi Fu Lian hurriedly mobilized people to block the four city gate holes, and refused to give any enemy a chance to attack through the city gates.

The people in the city didn't know if the Liao Kou or pirates had already evacuated from Cangzhou, and they continued to retreat in the city and didn't dare to go anywhere, until two days later, when they didn't hear any movement.

The first wave of spies hanged themselves from the city, and many of them came back to report that there was no trace of the enemy within a dozen miles of the vicinity, and there was ....... not a single figure in sight.

The villages are empty. The countryside is empty.

Zheng Juzhong is not surprised, let alone surprised.

He knew that the country people had either been killed by the Liaokou or had been taken away by pirates who had robbed the population.

It doesn't matter if there is no one, there are people in the Great Song Dynasty who are short of land and less productive people who will migrate over to fill it. As long as the two terrible robbers are really gone, Fucheng is really safe.

It's better if the locals in Cangzhou are gone.

The secret of the compromise with the pirates is even more unproven. I was worried about how to complete the high taxes this summer, and I don't have to pay them now. Cangzhou, as a disaster area, has destroyed the prosperity accumulated in the past, and there is no need to worry about where to pay high taxes in the future. On the contrary, even if the imperial court did not pay for the money and grain, it had to be tax-free for several years to restore Cangzhou's population and economy.

The new population is not a fierce and warlike and united Cangzhou people, easy to manage.

When you are a parent official in Cangzhou, you no longer have to have a headache with the strong Cangzhou Township Brave Force. A large number of fields, houses, forts, shops, etc., abandoned by Cangzhou people are money.

The geographical and political location of Cangzhou is the most special place in the Great Song Dynasty, with the east coast and Mozhou in the west, which is the most convenient to smuggle with pirates and Liao, and is a powerful channel for making money. Cangzhou's wealth has been robbed, and it is a pity that there is no oil and water to scrape, but only one smuggling can be enough to make a fortune.

You said that you didn't hold Cangzhou, how can you explain to the imperial court?

Don't worry.

Being an official has the art, covering the lid, deceiving the superiors and subordinates, and even turning the crime into merit, and has its own wonderful method.

Not only have they not been punished for their dereliction of duty, but they have been promoted or transferred to important posts with greater real power because of a blessing in disguise, and have opened up a broader future.

Let's take Zizhou Zhizhou Sun Fu as an example.

This person wants to do something practical for the country, and the incompetence of the secretary of the military department in history made it easier for the Jin army to break Tokyo, but the history books still evaluate him as being loyal and honorable. is such an official who has a bit of conscience and responsibility for the reading and popularity festival, after being defeated by Song Jiang when he led the rebels of Shejiaoling to Erlongshan, he wrote a sophistry and argued: The rebel thieves were beaten by the ministers so that they could not stand in Shejiaoling and wanted to flee elsewhere. The ministers led the army to chase and suppress, the soldiers used their lives, not afraid of the thieves and the horses, many people and horses were extremely fierce to save their lives, from the officials to the pawns all fought bravely to kill the enemy, the battle was fierce, although the officers and soldiers were killed and wounded very badly, even the soldiers and horses were killed bravely, but finally the thieves were severely damaged, and the main force was destroyed, and the remaining thieves were frightened and scattered into the mountains, and the remnants of the army led by the minister could not catch up, and they did not know where the remnants were......

This kind of bold blame and praise is really not guilty, but it was praised by the emperor as an official, a good way to govern the army, and an official who was promoted to a level and stayed in Zizhou to make meritorious deeds.

Is it that Emperor Zhao Ji and the court officials are stupid, so foolish?

Of course not. Cai Jing and others are more refined than monkey spirits.

Because the rebels are indeed no longer in Zizhou. The thieves in Zizhou have subsided. That's the credit. Sun Fu's sophistry has a factual basis, and his lies are justified.

As for the fact that the rebels of Snake Horn Ridge are the victors, the team has not decreased, and they have made a fortune in Zizhou and joined Erlong Mountain, which has further strengthened the anti-thief forces in Qingzhou.

This is just one of the most common points in the art of the vast and profound officialdom.

The art of being an official is higher, and he also understands the emperor better, and Zheng Juzhong, who has a close relationship with the emperor, has a higher level and is more sure than Sun Fu.

However, before playing, it is necessary to find out the situation in Cangzhou.

Especially whether the eye-catching Cangzhao family has been extinguished. This one is the most important.

I'm not sure if the pirates or the Liaokou have all been evacuated. For fear that there are still looting in the distance, it is dangerous to travel far away from the city. Shi Fu Lian was repeatedly urged by Zheng Juzhong, and he himself was also eager to see if Cangzhao had fallen, so he repeatedly mustered up his courage, so he ordered two hundred more brave cavalry and generals to leave the city and go south.

The swords, iron armor and other weapons and equipment in Fucheng are all gone. Even Shi Fu Lian himself could only wear a bamboo and wood armor, and took an ordinary military gun as a weapon for self-defense.

The journey was safe.

Not to mention the human figure, I didn't even see the corpse, only occasionally saw the wild dogs and wild cats and mice scurrying around the ground. Instead of the piles of bones that were burned.

Cangzhou, which was still densely populated and bustling with flowers a few days ago, seems to have suddenly changed time and space, and now it has become an empty wilderness ghost land with no traces, and everywhere is eerily quiet.

There is no danger. Shi Fu Lian was bold.

What he wanted to know most was what happened to the Cangzhao family.

Lead the team along the wide and flat road of Cangzhao's family repair, and look all the way south from the nearest Cangzhaojia Castle in Qingchi County.

Along the way, he saw that the huge castle where the Cangzhao family housed factories and the places of refuge for the people was silent.

The walls of the city bear the traces of horrific wounds left by the fire of war and the blood stains that have not been washed away by the rain; Some of the castles even have no gates, and the inside is empty, except for rough beds, tables, chairs, and other things that are difficult to carry or unwanted.

The machinery in the castle is gone, and only the empty factory buildings remain. There are no people or things. The business of the Cangzhao family is completely collapsed now.

Shi Fu Lian's heart swelled with an irrepressible sense of joy.

Speaking of which, he has no grudges with the Cangzhao family. On the contrary, Zhao Gonglian also had a favor for him, but Shi Fulian was happy to see that Cangzhao was unlucky.

Without it, envy, jealousy and hatred are just that. A well-born gentleman especially can't see others better than him.

In the past, I could only be jealous and hateful, and I was unlucky.

Those who dared to stretch out their hands and wanted to make Cangzhao unlucky, but they were all unlucky. Cangzhao didn't have a fart matter. Now, his dark wish has finally come true.

Most of the castles seemed to be intact, the gates were still alive, and they were all bolted from the inside, but there was no sound, and there was no answer to the knocks.

Shi Fu Lian didn't bother to send people to climb the city to see what was going on inside.

Don't look at it at all.

There is no one in it, and naturally it has been broken by Liao Kou or pirates, so how can the production tools inside be left. The robbers will destroy it even if they don't want to. This is the style of robbers.

No longer caring about the castles of the Zhao family scattered all over Yanshan, Shi Fulian led the team straight to Zhaozhuang.

It is far from Fucheng to Zhaozhuang, and the scorching sun in the highest summer has been driven for a long time, and the sun is dizzy and sweaty, and finally Zhaozhuang City appears in the field of vision.

When Shi Fu Lian saw the collapsed fortress, his heart beat like a drum, and he seemed to jump out of his chest.

Standing majestically for nearly 20 years, Zhao Zhuangcheng, which had been steadily blocking people's hearts and uncomfortable, finally showed its dilapidated and decaying appearance.

"The Cangzhao family may have perished."

Shi Fulian and these Yuancang Northern Border Army, who hated Zhao Gonglian, were so happy that they almost shouted.

When he got closer, Zhao Zhuangcheng looked even more miserable, which was simply shocking.

Not only did the claw-like fortress collapse into a rubbish heap and no longer useful, but the concrete floor of the city wall was even more ugly after being bloodied by the fire, stone, and arrow strikes. The originally lush grassland full of infinite vitality and hope in Zhuangnan has also been gnawed and wantonly destroyed, and when you look south, you can see a miserable image of decay and desolation.

After being washed and purified by the rain, the air in this area still has the smell of corpses and blood. The mud was littered with puddles of clear signs of a large amount of blood.......

All this speaks volumes about how fierce and tragic the war that has just been experienced here is.

The cattle, sheep and pigs that used to be grazed between .......the two rivers are all gone, and only the chirping of geese and ducks in the East River is faintly heard.

Shi Fu Lian could guess how the Liao Kou or pirates had wreaked havoc and enjoyed the wealth of the Cangzhao family's livestock.

He became more and more excited, but his eyes fell on the intact west city gate, and he heard the barking of dogs in the castle one after another, and then looked at the empty city, he was in a dark mood again, wondering: Is Zhao Zhuang broken? Is the Cangzhao family extinct?

These people were frightened by the Liao army and pirates, for fear that the pirates would still have someone hiding in the village to calculate the people who came to Zhaozhuang to throw themselves into the net.

Therefore, no one dared to cross the Xihe Bridge to knock on the door of the village to find out the details, and only shouted from afar whether there was anyone in the village.

And all horses are ready to flee at any time on the way they came. I'm still worried that I won't be able to escape. Because both Liaokou and pirates have horses that can run faster than them. In case the gate of the village suddenly opens, the robbers will rush out and chase after them, and they will be scared to death.

A few frightened shouts, the dog in the village barked louder, but there was no voice. Shi Fu practiced suspiciously, but a burst of joy made him a little bolder.

Shout again. Shout loudly. Two hundred shouted.

Shouting for twenty minutes. Shouting was dry, breathless, and starry, but no one responded.

Shi Fu Lian was so uncomfortable that he couldn't wait any longer, and was about to send someone over to check, when a figure suddenly appeared on the top of the city.

Finally looking forward to the reaction, Shi Fu Lian and the others should have been happy, but they were startled by a mere figure.

Take a closer look.

Naturally, the image of the people in the city could not be seen clearly at five or six hundred meters outside the West River, but it seemed that it was not Liaokou or a more terrible pirate.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they still didn't dare to carelessly cross the bridge and take a clear look.

What if the enemy cheats him?

The pirate's crossbow bolt ranged strike is terrifying. Recklessly stepped forward, was shot and even blocked the bridge, and fled without a way out, then he died unjustly.

The head of the city is Li Zhu.

He looked at this group of officers and soldiers and saw him alone, but he was still too frightened to approach, and couldn't help but sneer: What kind of thing is this that is not as good as a group of pigs and dogs? Also wearing military uniforms?

Listening to the constant distant inquiries about who are you, Li Zhu came forward to act, impatient to look at the ugliness of these people under the scorching sun, and shouted: "Shi Fu Lian." ”

Shi Fu Lian was more familiar with the main characters of Zhao Zhuang, and when he heard that it was Li Zhu's voice, he knew that it was not a robber, and his courage finally let go, and then he felt extremely uncomfortable.

He turned around and led the team to cross the bridge while cursing in his heart: "The stinky Taoist priest is not dead? You're just an uneducated pariah, and you dare to call your official by his name......"

I saw it when I got closer. It is indeed Li Zhu.

Shi Fu Lian was happy again.

He was pleased to see that Li Zhu, who had a bit of a calligraphy fairy temperament in the past, looked haggard and tired at this time, his face seemed to have lost a lot of weight, both thin and black, his body was still a Taoist robe but not the clean and neat of the past, dirty and tattered, the tattered everywhere should be caused by a knife and a gun, and there were more obvious dry blood stains on the cloth, and the dust of the Taoist style was also a broken appearance of a burning knife, but the eyes on his face seemed to be extremely sharp and pressing, and the long sword on his back exuded a threatening aura. What's more, Li Zhu has a white belt wrapped around his head.

Is this Dai Xiao?

Li Zhu looked down condescendingly and did not take the initiative to talk.

Shi Fu Lian scolded in his heart: "With so many knives and guns on his body, this stinky Taoist priest is not only not dead, but he doesn't seem to have any serious injuries?" "But I was happy in my heart, I was eager to look forward to it, and I didn't mind being looked down on and treated coldly.

Zhao Zhuang was killed, suffering heavy losses, and I am afraid that an important person in the main family died. The officers and soldiers don't care, they don't come to the rescue. The more cold Li Zhu treated at this time, the more this was the glory and triumph of Shi Fu Lian.

I won't come to rescue Zhao Zhuang, I'm looking forward to Zhao Zhao's bad luck, how can you drop?

You bite me?

Of course, you can't show it on your face.

I don't know what happened to the Cangzhao family. Zhao Gonglian hasn't fallen yet. This is not the time to turn around and gloat.

The Shi family had no talents after the founding of the country, so they relied on the four big characters of oil and shamelessness to mix officialdom and wealth. Shi Fulian sat on the horse and admired Li Zhu's unlucky appearance, and said very seriously: "First Liao Kou, then there are pirates, the thieves are powerful, the official is busy responding to the enemy, and he can't afford to take care of it, but he is always concerned about the safety of the old boss's family, for fear that Zhao Zhuang will make a mistake and repel the thieves, no, the first thing the official did was to come to visit the master of your village." I wonder if the owner of Zhao Zhuang is healthy now? ”

Li Zhu had long been familiar with the shamelessness of Shi Fu Lian, but after hearing these words, he realized that people could be so shameless.

Beat off?

Missing?

I'm going to scare you off alone. Bend your knees and pay tribute, honestly dedicate all your property, including the sword and armor that represents the honor of the general, and the women of the family who represent the dignity of men, to the pirates, only a small life is reluctant to give, and you dare to say that you will repel?

Are you worried that the Cangzhao family on the village was not completely destroyed in this disaster, right?

He looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, unabashedly disdainful, and sneered: "Chief Shi is really loyal, affectionate, righteous, and heroic. The strange thing is, why can't you hold the border pass, and let the Liao dog and pirates turn Cangzhou into a blank land? ”

Shi Fulian also knew that Li Zhu had a somewhat eccentric temperament, but he didn't expect Li Zhu to be so merciless and sarcastic.

This is a miserable loss, l lost red-eyed, with a monstrous hatred that the officers and soldiers could not be saved, relying on Zhao Gonglian's power that has not yet fallen, and playing the rhythm of turning his face?