Chapter 59: Borrowing Money and Food
If the thieves had not entered the city, the rich gentry and young men in the city might have had the courage to go up to the city to resist, but the thieves had already entered the city, and their fighting spirit would have collapsed immediately.
In the face of the thieves who rushed into the city, the city was in chaos, and some young men who were ready to go to the city to help the war, saw the thieves on the street, and were so frightened that they scurried in the alleys, and the desperate cries in the city rang out.
At this time, many rich people piled up firewood and grass at home, and as soon as the thieves came in to do evil, they set fire to the houses so that their families would not be humiliated.
The people in the city frightened themselves and scared them half to death, crying everywhere, but they cried for a long time, but the scene of worry did not appear.
In the backyard of a wealthy family in the south of the city, Mrs. and Miss gathered by the lotus pond, the old squire cried heartbroken, looking at his daughter and wife, "poof", he jumped into the pond, but an old servant suddenly ran over and shouted, "Master, master, there is no murder outside, the thieves are in Anmin, you listen~"
The old squire cried sadly, listened in the direction of the old servant's finger, and sure enough, he heard a gong sound coming in from outside the courtyard, "When the ~ army enters the city, the gentry in the city keep their duties, and those who take advantage of the chaos to loot and commit adultery will be beheaded immediately!" Dangdang~Army~"
This made the old squire slightly stunned, and only reacted after half a sound, and hurriedly ran to the pond, looking at the lady fluttering in the pond without tears, and shouted urgently: "Hurry up~ Quickly fish~"
In the county government prison, Zhao Daxian cut the door of the cell with a knife, and then pulled off the chain, Xinghao and the others who were squatting in a corner of the cell slowly stood up, and when they saw the people who came, they rushed to the door in disbelief, and asked excitedly: "Brother Daxian, why are you here?"
Zhao Daxian took advantage of the dim light in the prison to look at Gao Xinghao again, there was no missing arms or legs, but he was wearing a uniform, with a cloak and hair, like a flower, so he was relieved.
"Second brother in order to save you~" Zhao Daxian glanced at Xinghao and the brothers behind him, deliberately betrayed a pass, and said with a smile: "I invited Liu Heizi and knocked Bozhou City down, I received the order of the second brother to get you out."
When Xinghao and the others heard this, they opened their mouths wide in surprise, but their hearts were a little warm, but they didn't expect the second brother to defeat Bozhou for them. This made them can't help but experience the pride and brotherly righteousness in the storytelling, and their hearts suddenly soared.
Gao Xinghao was excited in his heart, but he suddenly remembered something, put a smile on his face, and asked urgently: "Brother Daxian, you came in, did you see Wang Jiaping's turtle grandson?"
"Wang Jiaping?" Zhao Daxian was a little puzzled and said, "I didn't see it." Is he also in Bozhou? ”
Xinghao said angrily: "That's right! That guy took refuge in the official army, and now he is a small flag officer. This time we were designed, that is, Wang Jiaping's gang saw Yicheng, deliberately sent someone to say that there was food, lured us out, and then set up an ambush to arrest us in prison. ”
It turned out that Liu Liangzuo suffered a large loss in Suishui, so he incorporated a group of people who fled with him into his command, and Wang Jiaping happened to be in this group of people, so he was incorporated into Huang Shou's men.
This Wang Jiaping's experience is also bumpy, in the past two years, his identity has changed three times, he was originally the same as Gao Zurong, he was the landlord of Chen Liu, in order to save his life and the village voted for Liu Heizi, and now he has become a member of the official army, and his experience can be said to be very rich.
The identity of the second brother and his group has not been whitewashed, they are still bandits, Wang Jiaping suffered a defeat, but he washed his identity first, and it can be said that he went to the front of the second brother.
Liu Liangzuo lost a lot of people, he was afraid that the court would pursue it, so the expansion of the army was very strong, Wang Jiaping had been a brigade leader, and he was literate, so he mixed a small flag officer, and stayed in Bozhou City.
When Gao Yicheng inquired about the grain situation in Bozhou, he happened to be seen by Wang Jiaping, so he instructed a person to investigate, and then learned that Gao Yicheng brought five hundred taels of silver to buy grain, so he had a plan, while letting people deceive Gao Yicheng that he had food, he told his own hundred household officials about it, and then set a trap, and when Xinghao and his gang appeared, they came to a pot.
After hearing this, Zhao Daxian understood that it was not the squire of Bozhou who made it bad, but Wang Jiaping's gang to retaliate against them.
"This turtle grandson's life is really big, he was not killed on the edge of Suishui, and he actually turned into an official army." Zhao Daxian was a little surprised, but then sighed, "When I entered the city, the officials and soldiers in the city had already run away, and Wang Jiaping must have slipped away together, so I can only avenge you later." ”
"Running away?" Xinghao and others regretted for a while, he was locked up in prison, and Wang Jiaping came once and whipped him.
Zhao Daxian patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's see the second brother first, so that he can rest assured." ”
Bozhou City is not big, about the same as Luyi, only about eleven miles, and it was soon controlled by the second brother's people.
Because there was no burning, killing and looting, and there were soldiers patrolling the people, the city soon quieted down and gradually returned to peace.
After the second brother arrived at the county office, Zhao Daxian led Xinghao over, the second brother hugged him, and asked him to wash and rest.
Not long after, Jin Xiangang, who was cleaning up the battlefield in the back, also entered the city, and the second brother also arranged for them to rest first, and asked the logistics team to take the grain from the treasury to cook food for the army.
More than 1,000 people have been fighting and busy for most of the day, so they have to hurry up and let the soldiers have a good meal and appease them, especially Liu Heizi's people, the city has not been allowed to enter, and there must be resentment in their hearts, but maybe someone will rush into the city to disrupt the second brother's plan as soon as they instigate.
The second brother asked people to find a restaurant in the city, let their cooks cook for the army, and take out the best wine and meat for the soldiers to eat and drink.
The hot steamed buns, fragrant wine and meat, pulled out of the city one by one, the resentment in the hearts of the thieves and soldiers suddenly dissipated, like a hero in the green forest, drinking wine in a big bowl, eating meat, and flowing with oil, forgetting the things that were not allowed to enter the city in an instant.
After arranging these, the second brother Gao found the Bozhou canons in the county office, and directly checked the taxes and acres of land in Bozhou, and the rich peasants of more than ten acres were ignored by him, and specifically looked for those rich gentry with thousands of acres of fertile land and shops and other industries in the city, and estimated the list and approximate assets, copied a copy, and handed it to Liu Heizi to find someone.
In the past, when the rogue entered the city, it was actually a random robbery, at most, to inquire about which people were richer, and he really hadn't seen such a technical flow as the second brother of the high school.
Flipping through the booklet, he found all the rich gentry in Bozhou City, which made Liu Heizi a little admired, and let him learn again, but he was illiterate, and it was useless to know.
Money and power are aphrodisiacs, Liu Heizi didn't care about eating, so he took people to look for people in the city according to the list, and the second brother naturally didn't believe him, for fear that he would mess around, so he let Zhao Daxian go with him.
At this time, Wu Shizhao, who was pursuing the official army to the south, also returned to the city, and he came to the county government with a recognition flag.
"Du Lieutenant, I chased more than ten miles to the south, but who knew that the enemy general was very cunning, and let the flag bearer take one road, and he took another road. After chasing all the way, he captured a flag, or let the enemy general run away! Wu Shizhao threw the flag to the ground, and reported angrily.
That Huang Shou is also a talent, and when he saw Wu Shizhao chasing him, he asked his subordinates to run a road, and he ran a road himself, and successfully got rid of Wu Shizhao.
Gao Yihuan smiled, "If you run, you will run, don't be angry." You also chased all the way, first go to eat a full meal, rest and rest. ”
This time, the second brother was able to defeat more than 400 officers and troops and capture Bozhou, he was actually quite satisfied, with his strength to have such a result, it was not easy, and if he wanted to completely annihilate 400 officers and troops, he still lacked a certain strength.
Soon after Wu Shizhao retired, the rich gentry in the city were brought to the county government by the soldiers one after another, and Gao Yihuan immediately said to Liu Heizi: "Brother Liu, you sing a black face, arrange a room for each of them, and ask them how much food they have and how much they are willing to take out." ”
"Let's rob it, are we going to be so troublesome?" Liu Heizi didn't understand Gao Yihuan's intentions.
Gao Yihuan smiled, "We're not robbing, we're asking them to borrow, I'm going to make an IOU." ”
"Still an IOU?" Liu Heizi was even more confused.
Gao Yihuan didn't explain to him but explained: "When you ask, in addition to asking them about their own money, you also ask how much money they have with the people who came with them, and corroborate each other with what I have found. ”
(Thank you for the reward that I am the Divine Ancestor, Wu Donglin, and go forward with the wind II, thank you for your support.) )