"Siege of the city, in order to reduce the casualties of the thieves, the thieves actually launched a siege war against Pucheng in order to reduce the casualties of the thieves, and launched a siege war against Pucheng." With the footsteps of the last group of thieves and soldiers, the two garrisons of Pucheng chased them to the east city, and at a glance, the team of thieves was outside the east gate of Pucheng, with the help of the master, sweating like rain to build a camp, and set up a siege posture.

The siege of the city is not only a test of the material reserve capacity of the besieged, but also a test of the material reserve of the besieger, especially the transportation capacity.

But now, that thief Kou Lu Shi has chosen this stupid method in a grand manner, has he really reached the point where there are no more material reserves, and no more transportation capacity?

Just when the two of them were full of suspicion about Lu Shi's seemingly crazy approach, a chaotic and hurried footsteps sounded on the road behind them, and when they turned their heads to look, they saw Liu Guoxiao, the county honor, holding the corner of his robe in one hand and his crooked gauze hat in the other, with a group of county officials, running up in a hurry.

When Zhang Fifteen and Zhang Cunmeng saw each other, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute him, and Liu Guoxiao was not polite, so he asked directly with a sweaty face: "How is it, how is it?" Are the thieves going to attack the city? ”

When Zhang 15 heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted again: "Boss, relax, the thieves only dispatched manpower, but did not launch a siege. ”

Before Liu Guoxiao County Zun could reply, a head popped up behind him, a chubby face, because he ran too fast, in fact, because he had been lacking exercise for a long time, the sweat was even more than that of the county lord, and the helmet representing the Ming officer ran crookedly to the side.

"Why don't the thieves attack the city at once? Could it be that the thieves have other intentions? Saying this, he didn't forget to straighten his official hat, then looked left and right with his small eyes, and without waiting for Zhang Shifu to answer, he quickly retracted his body behind Liu Guoxiao, the county honor.

This is now General Yuqin, a thousand households in Pucheng.

This Yu Qin is said to be Yu Qian's direct grandson, but, look at this, there is no trace of the heroism and courage of the ancestors, all over the body, in addition to obscenity, the rest is to flatter, if it weren't for his sister-in-law is the wife of Liu Guoxiao, the county respect, as a brother-in-law, he naturally takes care of this waste in every way, I can't say, this thousand households have already done it.

But it is precisely because this county is his brother-in-law that he does not deduct difficulties in treating his brother-in-law's guard, even when he is forced to pay taxes to the point of desperation, he tries to squeeze out some money and food to feed those soldiers.

Of course, how much of this money was finally coveted by this Yu Qin, then only one person knows. But even so, those military men, including Yang Fan, have already been grateful to the five bodies, after all, compared to other places, this place is already good.

However, although General Yu Qin deducted it in the past, he didn't dare to go too far, after all, he couldn't provoke a mutiny, but last month, a new garrison suddenly came, and he also brought a deputy garrison and his 5,000 troops, which made the original leader of the Pucheng army very angry.

But when I heard that with their arrival, there was also sufficient money and food allocated by Zhang Yuan, the capital of Yan'an, through the Xi'an capital division, so I was very excited, no matter who he was, the time to make a fortune had come.

So, when the first batch of grain and grass arrived, Yu Qin intercepted half of it and put it into his pocket.

Fortunately, the soldiers have become accustomed to the occasional military salaries and food, and this time they suddenly gave a month's money and food, of course, they were happy, and everyone didn't know the roots, and no one complained. So, Yu Qin was at ease.

However, the soldiers don't know, it doesn't mean that Zhang Fifteen, who handled the distribution, doesn't know, this is his brother Zhang Yuan, who took out his own family assets and transferred them to Xi'an Dusi, the purpose is to buy those guards and soldiers to sell their lives, how can they let others be greedy for ink? So, after grasping the exact evidence, Zhang Shifu directly stabbed this greedy matter in front of Liu Guoxiao, the county honor.

Liu Guoxiao was a civil official at that time, naturally he was the supreme governor of Pucheng, and his vision was still quite long-term, he had long known that the thief Lu Shi had a long heart to peep into Weinan, and once the thief launched the battle of Weinan, the first person to suffer was his own Pucheng, at that time, when he was in a panic, he sent a rescue soldier from above, and sent sufficient food and equipment to reorganize the guard, of course, it was too late to be happy, where can he tolerate Yu Qin's greed for ink, so that the war before the war added variables, for greedy ink, That's absolute righteous indignation.

So, he ordered someone to find thousands of households in Yu Qin, reprimanded him, and asked him to make an example.

Isn't it an example?

Yes, it's not an example.

In fact, according to the current habits of the Ming officialdom, a place of civil and military, with literature as the longest, the seven-grade county order, in an emergency, to kill the three products of the thousand military attachés, is not a big crime, as long as the above is justified, maybe not guilty, but will be praised loudly by Shoufu Wencheng. Especially this Yu Qin already has the fact that he is greedy for ink, and killing him can improve morale and make a good reputation.

However, the most difficult relationship in the world is not brothers, enemies, colleagues, but - brother-in-law, you know that he is using your name to deceive, but you still have to wipe his ass, why is this? Then please be a brother-in-law to think about it.

So, for Liu Xianzun, who is loyal to Daming, but not so loyal that he has no human touch, there is only one thing left to scold loudly.

Although after this turmoil, Yu Qin doesn't know if he will change it, but for the real owner representative Zhang Shifteen, Yu Qin is hated and afraid, of course, there is no need to say much about hate, the reason for being afraid is that he eats people's soft mouths, isn't it? If you really want to offend, next time you will simply stop allocating money, and when the big war comes, what will you do to let those poor soldiers under you save your lives? I know my own weight, not to mention that hundreds of guards can't hold this huge Pucheng at all, that is, if I want to sit firmly in the command of the Chinese military tent, I have never even dreamed of fighting? Since the day my brother-in-law told me that the thieves were coming, my legs began to tremble.

So, Yu Qin sensibly handed over all the command of his military household to the new garrison, as long as he grabbed the money and food to distribute it, this must not be given.

Therefore, Yu Qinzai had to meet with Zhang 15 and other meetings, and he could hide as far as he could at other times, and he would never meet with the garrison.

Today, as soon as the drums of war sounded, the whole army was dispatched, and even the brother-in-law began to send people to count the signs to prepare to assist in defending the city, and dragged him to the city to observe the enemy's situation, so he had to come.

But as soon as he went to the city, he immediately hid behind his brother-in-law, and if he couldn't come out, he would never come out, but the war was urgent, and he had something to do with it, so he couldn't help but stick out his head and ask.

For this thousand households, Zhang Shifu ran out of patience and respect. Let's not say that I disdain him from the heart, he is also a martial artist, even in terms of class, he is on par with him, so there is no need to look at his face.

At that time, he didn't look at him, and directly saluted Liu Guoxiao County: "My lord, relax, according to the art of war, the enemy army is opposed, especially in the face of such an impregnable city like us, we will not rashly attack the city when we just arrive, we will camp outside the city, and then rest for two or three days, and then build siege equipment, detective virtual reality, and find our weak defense before there is a targeted siege." ”

Liu Guoxiao is a civil official, although a civilian official has always been able to guide the country, but in fact, it is just a fake empty talk, even Zhao Kuo who talks about the army on paper is not as good, this is really a battle array, and you have to count on the military who is absolutely not eye-catching to defend against the enemy.

Now, after hearing what the little garrison said, he leaned on the battlements of the city wall and looked out, and saw that although the thieves on the opposite side were strong, as the young garrison said, the thieves were just digging trenches and setting up tents on their own, and there was no appearance of attacking the city at all. So he couldn't help but secretly let out a sigh of relief, calmed down, straightened the black yarn, flattened the robe, Shi Shiran turned around calmly, and said slightly to Zhang Fifteen and Zhang Cunmeng: "Very good, the two generals are worthy of being battle-hardened generals, and they still have a deep attainment in this art of war. ”

This Zhang Xianzun is still self-aware, knowing that his guard is under the leadership of his brother-in-law, who is not a weapon, it is not useful at all, as for the signing Ding, it can only count on them to play an auxiliary role, if you really want to keep your official position, keep Pucheng not lost, and guard this side for the emperor, you can only count on this young but rich Zhang Fifteen, although he is born as a thief, but he can fight without mud Zhang Cunmeng, and he still doesn't point fingers.

Anyway, holding Pucheng, the first credit is definitely his own strategizing civil official, as for the loss of the city wall, then he can also get rid of responsibility, but it's a pity that his brother-in-law, look at the guy who is close behind him, Zhang Xianzun gave birth to a feeling of helplessness and hatred of iron and steel.

However, even if he doesn't interfere, he can't show his ignorance, which will make the warriors arrogant, so Zhang Xianzun pointed to the outside of the city and frowned: "However, I just got a report from the officials in the yamen, and now, there are poles outside the four gates to build barracks to block our passage out of the city, and at the same time, I see that the thieves outside here are just digging trenches and building fortifications with peace of mind, and they don't see cutting down trees to build siege equipment. ”

Zhang Fifteen and Zhang Cunmeng couldn't help nodding in their hearts, this literati county was hundreds of times stronger than the thousand households of the real martial artists, and they could see the crux of the problem at a glance.

Zhang 15 stepped forward and bowed and said, "My lord, this is exactly what the thief is trying to do. ”

Zhang Xianzun turned around and leaned on the city wall, looking at the powerful thieves outside the city, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "If the thieves besiege the city, then my Pucheng will be cut off from inside and outside, and the daily food and firewood salary of 50,000 people in the city is a big amount, and it will be safe in a short time, and it will take the lives of the people for a long time, how is this good?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fifteen was nothing, but Zhang Cunmeng, who was born in a pole, couldn't help but look at this county lord with a different eye, I don't want to, this Ming still has an official who is worried about the people.

Seeing that the county was worried, Zhang Wufu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this thief besieging the city is exactly what I can't ask for." ”

Hearing Zhang Fifteen's words, Zhang Xianzun's eyes couldn't help but light up: "How can you say this?" ”