Chapter 18: The End
Zheng Ligong's big foot kicked Song Jiang's face, and suddenly his nose bleeded, and his black face was about to turn red!
"Okay, okay, Mahan, take him down to treat his injuries, don't hang up before you go to Lord Zhizhou!"
Zhang Yang commanded his men to gather the surrendered rebels together, and then drove them to the empty factory prepared in advance like sheep, starving them for two or three days, lest they still have the strength to resist!
These people were only defeated because they lost the courage to fight, and when they reacted, they relied on the large number of people to make a fuss, and it was really not necessary to publicize these 1,000 people.
"Zhang Long and Ma Han stayed here to take care of the prisoners, and Zhao Hu went to Haizhou with me to report the results of the battle!" Zhang Yang was a little uneasy, but decided to leave the two robots in custody.
"Yes, sir!"
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At the same time, Zhang Shuye in Haizhou was in a hurry in the state capital, because the news of Song Jiang's attack on Suqian came, and Zhang Shuye blocked the whole city as soon as possible! At the same time, recruit strong men and train the box army!
Zhang Shuye is a rare capable minister in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but the erosion of the Xiang army has already penetrated into the bone marrow! No matter how great Uncle Zhang's ability is, it can't be reversed in a short time.
In desperation, Uncle Zhang can only recruit strong men as much as possible, but these people need to spend money! Although Haizhou is considered to be a rich state, it is impossible to support the expenses of so many strong men.
Although raising taxes on the people can also relieve the financial pressure, he can't do it with Uncle Zhang's ethics, and he has no good way to persuade the big families in the city to donate.
The results were naturally very unsatisfactory! Who are these big families? If you want to get money out of their pockets, it may be easier to extract oil from stones than this.
After all, the later Emperor Chongzhen did not receive half a cent when he persuaded his ministers to donate! What's more, he's just a Zhizhou...
"Hateful! These rich people are all blind, and their hearts are black! On weekdays, they spend a lot of money just to laugh at the show, but now it is harder to ask them to come up with a hundred and ten dollars than to kill them! I want to see if when Song Jiang comes over, can they still be as righteous as they are today! β
"The lord is angry, don't be angry with your body because of these local tyrants and inferior gentlemen. When the catastrophe is over, there is a chance to clean them up. The old servant comforted Uncle Zhang at night.
"How much money is left in the treasury? Possible to support for 10 days? β
"Back to my lord, I'm afraid... That's it... It's been three or five days. β
"Alas!" Uncle Zhang sighed at night, his brows twisted into a Sichuan character. There was a fierce look in his eyes.
After pondering for a while, as if he had made a difficult decision, he said, "Pass my order, and the whole army will return to the camp to rest immediately." β
The old butler was shocked and said eagerly: "Why is the master like this? β
"Humph! There is not so much time left, and the only thing to do now is to take the initiative, otherwise it will be very bad for us. β
Just as Uncle Zhang was planning how to kill Song Jiang at night, the shouts of scouts rang out outside.
"Newspaperβ"
A scout ran in quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Report to Lord Zhizhou, when he went out to investigate the territory of Shuyang before his humble post, he found a group of people rushing to Haizhou with a prisoner car, and he went to investigate in a lowly position, he claimed to be Shuyang's son Zhang Yang, and said that he defeated the Liukou led by Song Jiang and captured Song Jiang alive!" The matter is serious, and the lowly duty hurries back to report back to the adults. β
Uncle Zhang was frightened at night, and his first reaction was that this scout would play tricks on him again! But when he heard the name 'Zhang Yang', he was obviously stunned, thinking of Zhang Yang's Qiu Ba same temperament, maybe this news is true!
Uncle Zhang's breath was a lot heavier, and he was usually polite and polite, and at the moment he was rudely tugging at the scout's neckline, and asked with joy and eagerness: "Where is he now?" β
The scout was almost out of breath by this sudden pull, and he couldn't care about the discomfort, and said, "Lord Hui, although the lowly horse ride is faster than them, but this time is almost there." β
"Lead me quickly."
Uncle Zhang hurriedly got into the carriage at night, urged the coachman to hurry up, ran all the way, and arrived at the city gate in less than a quarter of an hour.
Uncle Zhang didn't care about the pain of being tossed at night, walked quickly up the city wall, and saw Zhang Yang riding on a horse outside the city gate at a glance.
"Haha... Good boy, not only is he outstanding, but he can also get on the horse and kill thieves, I am very relieved! Left and right, quickly open the gates. β
Zhang Yang, who was waiting at the city gate, saw Uncle Zhang who appeared, and said secretly: Lao Tzu's credit is certain.
The city gate was opened, and Zhang Yang, who had just entered the city, heard Uncle Zhang's hearty laughter: "Okay, good!" The old man really didn't see the wrong person, the future is terrible, the future is terrible! β
Zhang Shuye, who can make his name in history, say such a thing, Zhang Yang's vanity has been greatly satisfied, although his heart is not good, but his face still has to show humility, and said: "Students are just lucky, and they should not be praised by adults." β
Hearing Zhang Yang's answer, Uncle Zhang was even more satisfied, not arrogant or impatient, a proper talent to be created!
Uncle Zhang did not stop on this issue, but began to ask for some specific details about how to capture Song Jiang alive.
The secret about the musket is not intended to be made public, not only because the musket is his hole card, but more importantly, the literati of this era have no sense of secrecy at all! A copy of "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" directly made public all the cutting-edge military technologies and military ideas of the Great Song Dynasty!
In order to make a name for himself, he didn't take into account the huge hidden danger of leaking secrets at all!
To put it bluntly, although Zeng Gongliang has no intention of treason, he has the fact of treason! As soon as I thought of this, the roots of my fangs itched.
Fortunately, Zhang Yang arranged for people to clean up the battlefield before leaving Shuyang County, and gave a death order, even if the bullets shot out should be recovered, no one should lift a single word of the musket!
Therefore, the process of capturing Song Jiang alive depends on Zhang Yang's mouth. In addition to the nonsense that has no nutrition, Zhang Yang's words can be summed up in one sentence - Lao Tzu defeated him completely by wisdom.
Although Zhang Shuye suspected that this kid was running the train with his mouth full, he still deeply admired his courage to confront the tens of thousands of anti-army led by Song Jiang with 500 people.
This is simply a banner of the literati!
After the banquet, Uncle Zhang sat in the study at night and wrote a book for the emperor, praised Zhang Yang in his words, and promoted Zhang Yang as the magistrate of Shuyang County!
At this time, Zhang Yang was drunk like a puddle of mud, which was really not because Zhang Yang couldn't drink, but because the 'people' of Haizhou were too enthusiastic! The left one admires for a long time, the right one admires, and the one is not easy to refuse, and after a few rounds, even the iron body can't resist it.