Chapter 41: Zheng Mansion
The city gate was opened, and Li Xin and the others were suddenly demoralized, and it was even more impossible to retreat. Taking advantage of the wavering morale of the defenders, they slaughtered forward for a while.
"What are you doing? Kill me quickly, if I don't close this gate, the thieves will enter the city, and we will not end well! Seeing that his soldiers were about to disperse, the county immediately scolded angrily. Hearing this, the soldiers gradually stopped their defeat and wanted to come forward again.
Outside the city, the Huashan army, which had been waiting for a long time, saw that the city gate was finally opened, and jumped up from the ground with cheers, shouting and killing at the city gate. The shouts of thousands of people gathered together, suppressing all the sounds around them, and the defenders of the city and the city were all thrilled when they heard this sound.
"Rush!" All the voices gradually converged into one word, and the Huashan army soon rushed to the city gate, crossed the drawbridge that had been lowered a long time ago, and rushed into the city.
The county Cheng, who was still thinking about regaining control of the city gate, saw this scene at this time, and understood that there was no hope at all, and he ran to the city without thinking about it. At this time, Zheng Gu, who was supervising the battle in the city, had already seen the Huashan army under the city enter the city, and his body was a little shaky for a while, as if he was stunned.
"Lord County Commander, this Zheng County can't be saved, let's run quickly!" The county ran to the city, found the county commander, and said in a hurry.
"Run? Where can you go? This Zheng County is the foundation of our family! If we escape, this century-old ancestral industry will fall into the hands of thieves, how do you let me explain to my ancestors and ancestors? Hearing this, Zheng Gu, who had regained some consciousness, couldn't help but sigh.
"Uncle, if the county seat is lost, you can take it back, if the people are gone, there will be nothing! Let's flee quickly, flee to Chang'an, and ask the imperial court to send an army to encircle and suppress this group of rebels, won't Zheng County come back then? Although these anti-thieves are powerful, they will definitely not be the opponents of the imperial army! The sooner we go, the sooner we can get reinforcements! Don't hesitate, uncle, leave with me! Hearing this, the county suddenly became anxious, and without saying a word, he dragged Zheng Gu and ran in the other direction.
Zheng Gu already felt that there was no hope, but when he heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he remembered this matter.
"You're right, we should ask the imperial court to send an army to recapture Zheng County! Let's go, let's go to Chang'an! With this in mind, he didn't need to be dragged along, and ran in the direction of the north gate.
As soon as the two supreme leaders ran, where did the defenders at the head of the city still have fighting spirit, except for some who didn't know, the others either surrendered directly, or when they saw that the situation was not good, they also sneaked away. More than 1,000 defenders, and in the end there were only a few who stayed to resist, in fact, if they were really determined to fight to the death, they would still be very combative, even if the Huashan army entered the city, it was not so easy to take this city.
It is said that the defeat of the army is like a mountain, and after this defeat, it can not be stopped at all, and there is a hole in the city gate, Li Xin stood against the city wall, not moving. There is no way, this iron armor is too heavy, and it has been active at high intensity for so long, how can it be said that it is not tired. The others were in a similar situation, and at this time, Li Erhei and the others also came down from the city, and when they saw them here, they walked over.
"It's finally captured! To be honest, I still can't believe that this Zheng County was actually captured by us like this! After a break, Li Erhei suddenly let out a sigh of relief and said.
"I didn't expect it, I thought that our adventure would be very difficult, but I didn't expect that it would be fought so quickly. Speaking of which, I have to thank that Zheng Gu! If it weren't for his lack of courage and running away first, I'm afraid we wouldn't have taken this city so easily! Li Xin nodded, quite agreeing.
"It's a pity that they let them run away, and there are still a lot of soldiers, otherwise, our results in this battle should be even greater!" Zhou Tong said with some pity.
"There's nothing to be sorry about, after all, isn't our target this Zheng County this time! As long as the county seat is laid, then we will realize the initial plan. Moreover, if the other party runs away, some things may not be a good thing for us! By the way, have the brothers already taken the whole city? Li Xin didn't think so, and asked instead.
"It's been taken, there is some sporadic resistance, basically there is no big problem, the four gates are already under control, and the rest is how to stabilize the people! You've got to do it, we can't! Zhou Tong nodded and said.
"In that case, let's go check it out! Erhei goes over there, you must maintain law and order in the city, and don't disturb the people! Zhou Tong patrols the four gates and strictly prohibits all going out. I'm going to the county office, and the things there must be in our hands as soon as possible! Alas, this iron armor is really dead! Hearing this, Li Xin immediately said.
The three of them did not hesitate and went their separate ways. Li Xin took more than a dozen soldiers and headed towards the county office, along the way, he looked around at the surrounding situation, and I have to say that this Zheng County is much better than Fuxi County and even Huayin County. Maybe it's because this place has been under the control of the Zheng clan for a long time, and it hasn't been affected by the war for a long time!
The people in the city were in fear at this time, which was inevitable, and the whole street was quiet, except for the sound of Huashan troops passing by. The people in the city should not know the news that Zheng Gu has escaped, but when they see the strange soldiers of the Huashan army entering the city, they should also know that this city has changed hands.
The county government of Zheng County is relatively much more spacious and magnificent, and not far from the county office, there is a house with an almost magnificent style. The two big characters of Zheng Mansion on the plaque outside have clearly told Li Xin what kind of place this is.
"Fence the county government and the Zheng Mansion for me, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will without my order!" Li Xin only glanced at it, and then ordered. Soon, the two places were heavily guarded.
Entering the county office, Li Xin successively sent people to take stock of all kinds of things in the county government, and on the other hand, he hurriedly sent people to inform Huayin City, on the one hand, to reassure everyone, and on the other hand, to let Wang Meng quickly bring some people over to deal with the government affairs of Zheng County.
"The scope of Zheng County is not small, how can there be such a small amount of food and materials? This obviously doesn't make sense! Li Xin went to the warehouse to take a look first, but found a strange thing.
In the entire warehouse, the grain is only two or three thousand catties, and there are not a lot of cloth and sundries, not to mention some other weapons and armaments, and even if there is, they are basically not very good inferior goods.
"Let's go, follow me to the Zheng Mansion to have a look!" Seeing all this, after thinking about it carefully, Li Xin thought of something, and immediately took people out of the county government and into the Zheng mansion.
The Zheng Mansion was empty at this time, except for a few servants. And according to what they said, before the war, the families of the Zheng Mansion were all sent out of the city, and the Zheng Mansion also had a small manor outside the city, which was settled there. However, it should be gone now.
Li Xin didn't care, since all the people in the Zheng Mansion had run out, he would save trouble. Let these servants lead the way, and soon found the granary and treasury of the Zheng Mansion, and when the warehouse door opened, the surrounding soldiers, including Li Xin, were stunned. Without him, just because there are so many things in it.
"Sure enough, it's a private soldier! Good things are all used by himself, this Zheng Gu is really not polite at all, look at these weapons, they are not ordinary things, they are obviously given by the Fu Qin court, but they are used by him to equip his own private soldiers! This Zheng family is really rich! After opening several warehouses in a row, Li Xin could only sigh.
The food in it is enough for an army of 10,000 people to eat for a year, and there are not a few weapons, especially many of them should be specially made by Zheng Gu for his private soldiers, so the quality is very good. There are many bows, arrows, knives, spears, shields, armor, and so on.
It can be said that if all these things are taken out, it is enough to equip an army of 5,000 people, which should be the foundation of the Zheng family. However, Zheng Gu would not do this kind of thing, after all, if he really built an army of five thousand people, it would not take long for him to be dragged down.
"General, we have sent it this time, with these equipment, the brothers will definitely be able to increase their combat power by another two percent!" The soldiers who followed beside him all said excitedly.
"Yes! Then Zheng Gu also put these things in the warehouse, if we use these to create an army to come out, I'm afraid that it will not be easy for us to attack it! Okay, seal up these warehouses for me, keep them strictly guarded, and no one is allowed to approach them. After the king's book comes, the register will be disposed of! Li Xin smiled and quickly ordered.
There was nothing to do that night, and Li Xin did not return to the county office, but lay on the ground in the corridor not far from the warehouse and rested for a night. By the time the next morning, Wang Meng and the others had already arrived, after all, if they were riding horses, the speed was still very fast.
"I didn't expect you to defeat Zheng County so quickly, after receiving the news, we discussed it and rushed over immediately!" After Wang Meng arrived, he said.
"Okay, I'll leave the matter here to you for the time being, all the things must be cleaned up, and you can't leave anything out! I still have to go around the city with Erhei, those stragglers who escaped last night must be cleaned up, otherwise, it will inevitably endanger the people of the surrounding villages! When Li Xin saw him coming, he was relieved and explained to him before leaving.