Chapter 773: Entering the City to Eat Chicken

The Black Flag Army did not stay in Peicheng for long, Fang Xie handed over all the local affairs to Wei Xiting, this person knew what to do to satisfy Fang Jie, this is the second civilian official after Dugu Wenxiu to be promoted by Fang Xie like a rocket, from a county order to the prime minister of three big city affairs, this kind of role change is actually difficult for ordinary people to adapt to.

Most people are complaining that they have done enough and not getting enough, and every time they see people in high positions, they will think that if they are sitting in that position, they will definitely be able to, and even do better, but when they really do it by chance, they will find that they don't want to be as simple as they think.

Wei Xiting doesn't have a very broad horizon in doing things, but he has one advantage, that is, he knows what Fang Xie wants, as long as he is running towards this one goal.

Relatively speaking, Dugu Wenxiu has a better overall view than him, so Fang Xie will hand over more important things to him. In fact, when Fang Xie took Dugu Wenxiu's mother from the old mansion, he was already laying out. At that time, Fang Xie knew that he needed someone outside the power structure of the Black Flag Army at that time to do things, because the scope of this matter was too large. Once touched, it may not be as simple as breaking the muscles and bones.

has reached the point where it is impossible for Fang Xie to be cautious and cautious in doing things.

Although the current Black Flag Army has not completely controlled the entire southwest in the true sense, those three rivers and mountains have actually been held in the palm of Fang Jie's hand. North Hui Dao, South Hui Dao, Yongbei Dao, although these three Dao are still in the hands of local families, what else can they do now besides obeying the solution?

When Fang Xie went south, he forced them to transfer 10,000 county soldiers from each province, and the cards they held in their hands became less and less. Through the continuous squeeze of the north and south, under the simultaneous force of Huangyang Road and Pingshang Road, the living space of the three big families has been squeezed smaller and smaller, and the threat to the Black Flag Army has become smaller and smaller.

When Fang Xie was in Yongzhou, he forced the governors of the three provinces to transfer the people to Pingshangdao, and then constantly sent people to recruit new soldiers in these three provinces, which fundamentally pryed the foundation of the governors of these three provinces.

If Fang Xie is willing, the Black Flag Army can now pocket these three at any time. But Fang Xie didn't plan to completely break with all the families in the southwest for the time being, and the purpose of keeping those people was because they still had room for squeezing.

After staying in Peicheng for two days, Fang Xie immediately led his army to advance. More than 200 miles south from Peicheng is Jin'an, and because the distance is too close, the scale of Jin'an City is far worse than that of Peicheng. Peicheng is the ancestral land of the Murong clan, so the status and rights of the city lord of Peicheng seem to be higher than those of other cities, and Jin An, who is close at hand, is especially bullied by Bai Kaishan, and Ning Hao, the city lord of Jin'an City, dare not speak out against Bai Kaishan because of the limited forces in his hands.

The geographical location of Jinan is quite embarrassing, from Peicheng to Dali City is only 600 miles, Jin'an is sandwiched in it, there is no room for development. One is the ancestral land of the Murong clan, and the other is the capital of Nanyan, Jin An is pressed left and right in the middle, and Ning Hao can only swallow his anger.

It can be said that Ning Hao is the most aggrieved of the city lords of Nanyan, and the other city lords are as powerful as the Emperor of the Earth, especially those city lords who are far away from Dali City, and even the decrees of the Nanyan court can be ignored. But Ning Hao can't, he is a person who survives in the cracks, and in order to keep his position as the city lord, he has to be a man with his tail between his legs.

But then again, if someone else was the city lord of Jin'an, he might have been eliminated a long time ago. It was only because he would show his weakness and humility that Murong Yan would allow him, a city lord who had no meaning to exist, to continue to exist.

And Ning Hao knew that his strength was weak, so he knew how to take advantage of the situation, after Murong Yan ascended the throne, in order to centralize power, he had tried to deprive the city lords of some rights, Ning Hao was undoubtedly the best candidate for Murong Yan to show the majesty of the emperor. Jin An is not big, the army is limited, and it is the closest to Dali City, which is something in the palm of Murong Yan's hand, if you want to establish power, there is no more suitable place than Jin An, and there is no more suitable person than Ning Hao.

Ning Hao knew that he would not be able to stop Murong Shame's army, and those city lords who were used to watching dramas would never help. So at this time, he seemed to have no choice but to passively accept, but he didn't, he did something in order to keep his position.

He sent people to lobby everywhere to convince those city lords that he was the first person under Murong Shame's butcher's knife, but by no means the last. He made those city lords feel that if he was dismissed by Murong Yan and did not encounter resistance, then the next one would be next, and if the city lords did not have a tough attitude in this matter, then they would be gradually eaten away by Murong Yan next.

In this way, he actually persuaded many people to unite to put pressure on the Nanyan Imperial Court, forcing Murong Yan to change his mind.

Ning Hao knew how to take advantage of the situation when he was weak.

So he's still the lord of the city.

On the third day after the Black Flag Army broke through Peicheng, the messenger sent by Ning Hao to Dali City entered the Dali Palace.

He sent someone for help, and he had to convince Murong Yan to send troops.

And what he has to do is to wait, delay the Black Flag Army.

When Ning Hao stood on the wall of Jin'an and saw the mighty men and horses in the north with his clairvoyance, he was sure that even if he defended it, it would never be possible to stop the powerful Black Flag Army. Jin An was no match for Peicheng, the height and width of the walls limited the spread of the defensive forces, and the enemy's siege equipment was so complete, he made a decision with little hesitation.

"Du Mu"

Ning Hao looked at the middle-aged man standing beside him and said slowly: "It's up to you whether you can keep Jin An or not." ”

Du Mu hugged his fists and said: "City Lord, this time is not as good as before, his subordinates are sure to delay the Black Flag Army's offensive for three or four days at most, if there are still no reinforcements from Dali City within three or four days, even if his subordinates do their best, I am afraid that it will not help." ”

"The day that can be delayed is a day, and I will find a way over there in Dali City. Murong Yan knows better than anyone that now that the three cities in the north have all fallen, Jin'an is the gateway to Dali, and once Jin'an loses it again, Murong Yan will also be on pins and needles. ”

This Du Mu is very famous in Jin'an, although he is not from a big family, and he has no great talent, but he has always been the person Ning Hao values the most. It was because of his improvisation and eloquence that Ning Hao's position as the city lord was not taken away. At the beginning, it was this person who relied on one mouth to lobby the Quartet to unite the city lords of various cities to put pressure on the imperial court.

"What are you going to talk about?"

Ning Hao asked.

Du Mu sighed and said: "Jin An doesn't have a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Black Flag Army, so if you want to negotiate, you can only negotiate from the negotiation." Give it a try, and do your best as if the city lord really intends to open the door and surrender. Under the pretext of negotiating a surrender, it dragged on for a few days. ”

"Go ahead!"

Ning Hao patted Du Mu's shoulder: "You can save Jin An once, I believe you can save Jin An a second time." If you succeed this time, I am willing to give half of Jin'an to reward you for everything in Jin'an City from now on. ”

Du Mu's face changed, but he still sighed heavily in his heart.

He looked out of the city and muttered to himself...... It's good to talk about anything, but the first thing to do is ...... The other party is willing to talk.

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Fang Xie jumped down from the back of the white lion, looked at the city a few miles away, and asked, "Is there anything famous in Jin'an?" ”

Chen Xiaoru replied: "The most famous thing in Jin'ancheng is lotus leaf chicken, which is wrapped in lotus leaves and then wrapped in special soil and roasted, which is said to taste unique. It is said that the emperor of the Shang Kingdom specified Jin'an's lotus leaf chicken as a tribute, and I don't know whether it was the local chicken or the soil special, anyway, they all said that other places could not make the taste of Jin'an lotus leaf chicken. ”

"Take a day off, and go into the city the day after tomorrow to eat lotus leaf chicken."

Fang Xie smiled and said, and the generals burst into laughter. For the current Black Flag Army, they are used to victory. It is said that there are no more than five or six thousand people in Jin'an City, and the population is only sixty or seventy thousand.

"There is another famous ...... in Jin'an City"

Chen Xiaoru said while laughing: "There is a person in the city named Du Mu, who was born as a cowherd when he was a child, and he didn't read anything when he was young, but he was born eloquent and knew how to lobby best. ”

"He who eats by mouth"

Fang Xie thought of the two famous people in history who ate by mouth in his previous life, one hung the seal of the Six Kingdoms, and the other was Qin twice and Wei twice, both of whom were amazing figures.

"This Du Mu's family was poor when he was a child, and he herded cattle when he was young, and then he grew up and married a wife, and he was always at home, and the family's money was bought into books, and his life was extremely hard. He was bent on entering the office, but he repeatedly failed to take the exam, and in the end there was no food to eat at home, so he asked his wife to borrow it from her mother's house, and his wife simply went back to her parents' house and did not come back. But he didn't bother to pay attention to it, he only studied at home, and when he was hungry, he went to his brother's house to eat, and once his sister-in-law beat him out with a stick and became a laughing stock in the township. ”

Chen Xiaoru sorted out the news from the Xiao Riding School a while ago in his mind: "Later, a few years after Murong Yan ascended the throne, he planned to gradually withdraw the rights of the city lords, and the first thing to do was to take Jin An. Ning Hao frowned after knowing the news, and there was nothing he could do. At this time, Du Mu, who heard about the matter, asked to see him outside the gate of the city lord's mansion and shouted loudly that he had a solution. Ning Hao asked who was outside, and someone told him that it was Du Mu who didn't work and even looked down on his wife and sister-in-law. ”

Ning Hao also knew the name of this person, and asked people to drive him away, but Du Mu knelt outside the door, saying that the city lord had no way anyway, it was better to let himself try, and the city lord would not lose anything. Du Mu thought that this was indeed the case, so he sent Du Mu and said, If you can keep my position as the lord of the city, I will give you glory and wealth. Du Mu got up and left, but he really persuaded several city lords to jointly write to Murong Shame, and Ning Hao's position as the city lord was preserved. ”

Fang Xie was slightly stunned in his heart, thinking that there were such people in this era. The trajectory of Du Mu's life is quite similar to one of the two lobbyists he is familiar with.

"The most interesting thing is that after he succeeded, he was highly used, he went to pick up his wife home, his wife didn't even open the door, and in the end, Ning Hao came to the door in person, and his wife believed that he had made a fortune."

As he was talking, a few soldiers in the distance came over with a person.

"Lord, Jin Anli came out, saying that his name was Du Mu, and he asked to see him for something important."

Fang Xie couldn't help but laugh: "This is the way of the Ning City Lord's defense......"

He turned his head to look into the distance, looking at the famous Du Mu.

"Tell him that if you want to talk, let Ning Hao prepare 20,000 lotus leaf chickens to send out within two days, and if you can't send them, wait for my Black Flag Army and Horse to step on the City Lord's Mansion."

"Do you really want that much?"

Chen Xiaoru was a little surprised.

"Of course, but it's still the same sentence, go into the city and eat!"