The day before Xu Guanzhong left Jiaxing City, Zhu Tong took Haiyan.

Zhu Tong kept Xu Guanzhong's plan in mind, even if it was an infantry, the march was extremely fast. One day should be the road of two days, such as late slashing.

Haiyan City is much smaller than Jiaxing, and naturally there are not many Song soldiers defending the city, less than 500 people, but the county lieutenant who guards the city is a timid and cautious person.

On that day he was at the head of the city, and saw the dusty horizon from afar, and knew that a great army had come to kill him. He hurriedly told his men to close the city gates, and rang the gong to let the Song soldiers go up to the city to garrison.

By the time Zhu Tong led his troops to the city, the Song soldiers had already closed the city gate.

However, Zhu Tong marched rapidly, and although the Song soldiers closed the city gates, the sharp weapons defending the city, such as boiling oil and flying stones, had not yet had time to move to the city.

Zhu Tong led the army to kill, and he didn't even call for a surrender, he directly ordered the archers to come forward to suppress the Song soldiers at the head of the city, and hundreds of soldiers carried a large cloth bag and held a shield to run quickly to the city gate.

Wait until they take out the contents of the cloth bag and place them at the city gate, then run back as fast as they can.

After a while, there was a boom, and after an earthquake shook the mountain, the north gate of Haiyan City suddenly collapsed, and the Song soldiers who were guarding near the city gate suffered many casualties in this collapse.

Among them, including the unlucky Haiyan County Lieutenant.

The martial arts of the county lieutenant of Haiyan are also passable, but in the explosion just now, he fell directly from the city and was smashed into meat sauce by the cracked stones.

Since the capture of half of Shandong, the Liangshan army has also had a lot of supplies, and there is no need to be as restrained as before, and the supply of gunpowder has also increased.

After using a gunpowder bag to collapse the city gate, Zhu Tong immediately ordered his men to enter Haiyan City.

However, the explosion just now not only killed the county lieutenant, but also frightened the remaining Song soldiers, and they all ran back to the city as deserters.

The Song soldiers who ran back to the city told the magistrate the news that the city gate had been lost and the county lieutenant had been killed. When the magistrate heard this, he resolutely abandoned the city and fled.

Zhu Tong successfully took Haiyan City.

After knowing that Zhu Tong had taken Haiyan City, in the middle of the night the next day, Xu Guanzhong withdrew from Jiaxing with his subordinates.

Xu Guanzhong was very careful when he left, and no one in the entire Jiaxing City noticed it.

Until dawn, the people went out and saw not a single thief patrolling the street.

The gates of the city were wide open, and none of the thieves who had been guarding the city and asking for tolls were seen.

The people of Jiaxing felt that something was wrong.

After repeated confirmations, it was finally confirmed that the thieves were gone, and the people of Jiaxing happily clapped their hands in celebration.

However, when those wealthy clans heard that the thieves had run away, they were furious.

In the study of the Gu Mansion, Gu Xuanhua roared angrily: "What? You said those thieves had run away! ”

Gu Rong was frightened by Gu Xuanhua's angry face, he was so frightened that he stepped back again and again and said, "Yes, now there is not a single thief in the city who can't see it!" ”

"Where did all those dog thieves go?" Gu Xuanhua roared.

"Little ones don't know, it is said that the gang of thieves escaped in the night, and no one knows where they went!" Gu Rong replied.

Gu Xuanhua remembered the most crucial thing, and hurriedly asked, "What about the gold and silver they looted?" Where did it go! ”

Gu Rong said with a bitter face: "It's all gone, it's not just that they have looted it back in the past few days." Even the materials in the Jiaxing warehouse are gone, they must have been taken away! ”

Hearing that this gang of thieves had disappeared with all the gold and silver materials, Gu Xuanhua angrily swept the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk to the ground, and shouted in a heart-splitting voice: "Send out all those family members, and you must find out those dog thieves for me!" If you can't find a clue, you don't have to come back! ”

A few days ago, I just paid a large amount of protection money to these thieves, and they all ran away without saying a word.

It's a fucking monkey trick for yourself!

The wealthy clans, who felt that they were being fooled, immediately joined forces and sent people to search for the whereabouts of those thieves.

Although the chances are slim, they are still lucky, if they find them, when the court sends people to eliminate these bandits, maybe they can get back the gold and silver they extorted. Even if you can't get all of it back, you can get some of it back!

It's a pity that Xu Guanzhong and they walked in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, plus Xu Guanzhong and they were very careful to deal with their whereabouts, and the subordinates of those wealthy clans couldn't find any clues at all.

Xu Guanzhong successfully led his subordinates to escort the supplies and rushed to Haiyan City.

Hearing that his subordinates were announcing that Xu Guanzhong was coming, Zhu Tong personally went out of the city to greet him.

Zhu Tong arched his hand and said, "Mr. Xu has worked hard all the way!" ”

Xu Guanzhong arched his hand and said: "Compared to General Zhu, it's nothing!" ”

"Mr. Xu, I have already set up a banquet in the city. Come with me into town! ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "General Zhu, there is no rush in advance. Please also send someone to close the four city gates first, and no one is allowed to enter or leave! ”

Zhu Tong asked anxiously, "Mr. Xu, is something happening?" ”

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile: "General Zhu doesn't have to worry, it's a good thing." The general sent someone to close the city gate first, and then we explained to the general as we entered the city! ”

Zhu Tong heard Xu Guanzhong say that it was a good thing, so he hurriedly shouted: "Okay, I'll call someone to do it!" ”

Zhu Tong immediately ordered all four city gates to be closed.

When he returned to the county office, Zhu Tong was taken aback when he heard the amount of gold and silver materials that Xu Guanzhong had looted from Jiaxing City.

"Although I knew that these wealthy families had rich assets, I didn't expect that there would be so many fulfilling families in even a small Jiaxing County. You can imagine how much wealth the wealthy families in Tokyo and Hangzhou should have accumulated. There are many wealthy families in the Great Song Dynasty, but when it comes to disasters, few people come out to help the people. Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road! Zhu Tong sighed.

Xu Guanzhong didn't care about Zhu Tong's sigh, he was more concerned about how many materials he could scavenge from Haiyan.

Xu Guanzhong said: "Haiyan County has the benefit of fish and salt, although it is not as good as Jiaxing, but there are also many rich families here. I was afraid that when they heard the news from Jiaxing, they would flee the city with their families, so I asked the general to close the city gate and restrict the people from entering and exiting as soon as possible. When we get the money from these giants, it's not too late to open the city gates! However, when the gates were closed in this way, the people of the city were afraid that they would be in turmoil. In the past few days, General Zhu has also asked General Zhu to send more manpower to stabilize the order in the city! ”

Zhu Tong nodded and said, "I understand, I will send more people to patrol, and I will definitely not let the city be in chaos!" ”

Xu Guanzhong arched his hand and said: "General Xie Zhu has helped me a lot, this time the materials I transported back from Jiaxing City are temporarily kept in the treasury of Haiyan, and after the wealthy family of Haiyan is finished, they will be sent to Zhoushan, and I ask General Li to send them to Marshal Shandong!" ”

Zhu Tong replied: "Don't worry, there will be no loss!" ”

When Xu Guanzhong led people and acted as villains to forcibly ask for gold and silver materials from the wealthy clans in Haiyan County, in the Hangzhou City Palace, Wang Yu, the commander of the East Road, led the army to confront Fang La's army on the front line.

Yang Jian, the supervisor of the East Route Army, couldn't stand the hardships of the march, and he stayed in Hangzhou in the name of coordinating and arranging logistics grain and grass.

Yang Jian is a favorite minister in front of Emperor Zhao Ji, and the official worships the Taifu. What's more, this time he is the supervisor of the Eastern Route Army.

No matter how tight the soldiers and horses are, Wang Yu must ensure Yang Jian's safety.

In order to protect Yang Jian, Wang Yu left the deputy commander Guo Zhongxun to lead an army of 20,000 to defend Hangzhou and defend Yang Jian.

Yang Jian stayed in Hangzhou City with the intention of having fun. But after a few days of happiness, he felt a great headache.

I don't know where a group of thieves came from actually conquered Jiaxing City and blackmailed the rich families in the county. If this was the case, Yang Jian would not be so worried.

Thieves don't rob and extort, is that called a thief?

This gang of thieves robbed him Yang Jian's, and those wealthy clans were robbed of his Yang Jian's. He, Yang Jian, was ordered to exterminate Fang La.

If he waited until Fang La was exterminated, maybe when he was in a good mood, Yang Jian would also ask someone to eliminate those thieves, and then easily take the money they robbed into his pocket.

But what they didn't die was in the name of Fang La, and they also shouted that they were responding to Fang La. This made Yang Jian unbearable.

Now it's not easy to defeat Fang La, and now it's time to destroy them.

If these thieves continue to make waves, it will not only cause instability in the rear of Hangzhou, but also cause others to follow suit, not to mention the morale of the Fang La thief army, and it will also cause the entire Jiangnan to be in turmoil, and it will be difficult to extinguish the Fang La army.

These thieves must be eliminated as soon as possible!

Yang Jian shouted: "General Guo, who is the thief who is in Jiaxing this time?" ”

Guo Zhongxun, the deputy commander of the capital, shook his head and replied: "Back to Yang Xianggong, I don't know where this thief suddenly appeared, I haven't heard of it before." I only know that they claim to be the heroes of Jiulong Mountain, and they admire Fang La's gang, so they rebelled, and the leader of the thieves is nicknamed Zhu Tong, the greedy snake! ”

Hearing that it was a thief who suddenly appeared, Yang Jian frowned and asked, "Then do you know how many thieves there are in this gang?" ”

Guo Zhongxun replied: "There are only one or two thousand people, and they relied on trickery to conquer Jiaxing City!" ”

Hearing that there were only one or two thousand people in this gang of thieves, Yang Jian was completely relieved, and he shouted: "Now General Wang is fighting against Fang La's army on the front line, and the rear must not be chaotic. General Guo, the prime minister now orders you to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and be sure to wipe out this gang of thieves! ”

In Yang Jian's opinion, it is just one or two thousand thieves, and five thousand officers and soldiers are completely enough.

Not only did Yang Jian feel that it was enough, but Guo Zhongxun also felt that it was just a group of thieves, and there were more than 5,000 soldiers and horses rubbing together.

Guo Zhongxun hurriedly shouted: "Yes, the last general will take the order!" ”

When Guo Zhongxun led 5,000 Song soldiers to Jiaxing City not far away, the detailed work who was exploring the road in front ran back and said: "Report to the general, the four gates of Jiaxing City are wide open, and there are no thieves on the city, and no flags are hung. But what is even more strange is that the people at the city gate are free to enter and exit, and the small one stopped a few people and asked. These people all said that the thieves had abandoned the city a few days ago and fled, and they did not know where to go. The little ones don't dare to delay, and they are here to tell the general! ”

Hearing the advice of his subordinates, Guo Zhongxun was slightly surprised. Those thieves have all run away? Is there a real fear of our army, or is there a deception?

Guo Zhongxun thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Han Shizhong! ”

Hearing the shout, Han Shizhong, the deputy lieutenant of the adjutant general Zhaowu, immediately stepped forward and shouted: "The last general!" ”

Guo Zhongxun shouted: "This general ordered you to lead five hundred soldiers as the front army, and go to Jiaxing City to investigate clearly, but there is an abnormality, report it immediately!" ”

Han Shizhong immediately shouted: "Order!" ”

Han Shizhong led five hundred men all the way to the city gate, when he was just about to enter the city.

His subordinate Su Gesheng shouted: "General, if you enter the city so rashly, once you are ambushed, won't it be dangerous!" It's better to let the little one take a few people into the city to investigate, and it's not too late for the general to enter the city again! ”

Han Shizhong shouted: "As a former army, we have the responsibility of exploring the way, if we hesitate because of fear, wouldn't it be a delay in the discipline of war." What's more, it's just a bunch of thieves, so why should I be afraid. Town! ”

Han Shizhong immediately rode his horse into the city, but he was about to rush to the front of the government office, and he did not encounter any ambush or resistance.

All I met along the way were people who saw the officers and soldiers coming, and hurried home in fear.

Han Shizhong reined in the inferior horse, pondered for a while and shouted: "I will lead three hundred people to guard the West Gate, Su Ge, you can bring a few people to go to inform the general, our army has controlled the West Gate, let them hurry up to take over." The others scattered to find out if there were any thieves! ”

"Yes!"

After the banner of the Great Song Dynasty was re-hung at the city gate, the wealthy clans in Jiaxing City immediately knew.

After Guo Zhongxun led the army into the city, the heads of these families immediately brought people to the door.

These wealthy clans did not dare to question civil officials, nor did they dare to question Yang Jian, these eunuchs.

But the generals, they don't pay attention to it yet.

However, many of these people in their families served as civil officials in the imperial court, and several of them held positions that were not low.

In the Yazheng Hall of Jiaxing City Mansion, Gu Xuanhua didn't even drink tea, and drank directly as soon as she entered the door: "General Guo, when will you be able to catch those thieves?" ”

"Don't worry, I'll catch those thieves as soon as possible. Go back first! After Guo Zhongxun reluctantly persuaded a few squires to go back, he involuntarily shouted: "Damn a gang of thieves, they have been caught by the general, they must be pulled out and beheaded!" ”

Before he could finish complaining, Han Shizhong walked in and shouted: "General Yu, I got the news just now that Haiyan County has been conquered by a gang of thieves, and it is said that it is the gang of thieves who conquered Jiaxing City!" ”

"What? Damn it! Why did they go to Haiyan again? Han Shizhong, you can send a fast horse to tell Yang Xianggong and ask him to show it! Guo Zhongxun shouted.

The generals of the Great Song Dynasty did not have the right to send troops, and even if they knew where the thieves were, they could not go out privately. It must be announced, and the commander, or even the emperor, can send an order. Otherwise, it is a great crime to mobilize troops and horses without permission!

"Yes!" Han Shizhong replied.

waited until someone was sent to inform Yang Jian, and then Yang Jian sent someone to send instructions, and it took five or six days to go back and forth.

After Guo Zhongxun received the order, he ordered Han Shizhong to lead 500 people to stay in Jiaxing City, and he rushed to Haiyan City with the rest of his men.

Zhu Tong and Xu Guanzhong returned to Zhoushan two days early with their men and the gold and silver materials they had looted.

Guo Zhongxun took over another Haiyan City with empty warehouses and angry gentry all over the city!