Chapter 149: Civil Strife
Looking at the Liangshan army outside the city, Zong Ze's face was serious.
The Liangshan army marched very quickly, and when Zong Ze knew the news, the Liangshan army was already about to reach Glue City.
There is no time to lay out in advance, there is no room for reinforcements, and the other party was deceived just two days ago, and Zong Ze didn't realize that the other party would be easily fooled again.
As a last resort, Zong Ze could only be forced to choose to defend the city.
Shi Jin led the army to march quickly, wanting to attack Glue City.
But Zong Ze was very cautious and sent a lot of spies to monitor early. Sensing that the Liangshan army was coming, he ordered the city gate to be closed.
Shi Jin led the army to arrive, and when he saw the closed city gate, he could only helplessly ask the rear army to retreat ten miles back and set up the barracks, and the rest of the soldiers and horses rested on the spot. At the same time, let Wu Song lead his troops to the front of the city to call for battle.
Wu Song rode a horse and ran back and forth in front of the city gate, showing off his might and insulting endlessly.
His subordinates felt that the weather was a little hot, so they all took off their lichen armor, sat naked or sat on the ground, or stood in various unbearable postures, and scolded Zong Ze angrily.
Cao Fang and Wang Tian saw that Liang Shanjun despised him so much and scolded Zong Ze angrily, and they all shouted angrily at Zong Ze: "That Liangshan thief deceived me too much!" Someone who wants to go out of the city and fight them to the death! ”
Zong Ze shook his head when he heard it and said with a smile: "Then Shi Jin has underestimated me too much, it's just a trick to lure the enemy." Ignore it, after a while they get tired, they will go back! ”
Seeing that no matter how he scolded, Zong Ze just ignored it. Shi Jin had no choice but to personally go out and try to recruit Zong Ze.
Shi Jin shouted: "Zongzhi County, if there is no way today, why don't you obey the mandate of heaven and submit to me......"
Before Shi Jin finished shouting, Zong Ze was already furious, and scolded with a red face: "Shi Jin, as a thief, you are a harm to the court. The Holy One today is forgiving, forgiving your sins and bringing peace to you. I didn't expect you to rebel and stand on your own. Now you dare to lie that you have received the mandate of heaven, you are really a shameless person in the world! How dare you, treacherous and cunning man, claim to be loyal and righteous......"
Zong Ze is in his fifties, but he is still full of energy and energy. The scolding voice is loud,
Zong Ze seized the fact that Shi Jin was a thief, and scolded Shi Jin for being disloyal and unjust, and a traitor.
Shi Jin did not establish a stable territory for a day, and he became the king and hegemon, and his identity as a thief could not be bleached.
Zong Ze's scolding greatly boosted the morale of the Song soldiers. The morale of the Liangshan army was slightly frustrated.
Seeing that Zong Ze was stubborn, Shi Jin also knew that it was impossible to persuade him to surrender.
Since this is the case, if you can't eliminate his mouth, you can directly eliminate him as a person.
Shi Jin took out his saber and pointed at the city wall, and roared angrily: "Since you Zong Ze is stupid and loyal and refuses to surrender, don't blame me Shi Jin for being ruthless." The first to ascend to the top of the city is rewarded, and those who retreat from the battle are beheaded. Besiege! ”
Although the artillery was already on wheels, it was inconvenient to march. In order to march quickly, Shi Jin asked the soldiers of the firearms battalion to come behind with artillery and other siege weapons.
Now there are no siege weapons, so the Liangshan army can only cut down trees and make some simple ladders and crash wood.
With Shi Jin's command, the war drums rumbled. The soldiers of the Liangshan Army suddenly carried ladders, hit wood, and held shields on their shoulders to launch an attack on Glue City.
Seeing that the Liangshan bandits were attacking the city, Zong Ze roared angrily and commanded the bow and arrow to shoot wildly.
"Archers, shoot at those people, don't let them get near the gates!"
The Liang Shan army that was running was the first to face a dense burst of sharp arrows whistling from the sky.
Liang Shanjun ran while desperately dodging the arrows shot from the city, and from time to time Liangshan Jun was hit by the stray shot of the Song Junjun and let out a miserable scream. But as long as they are not incapacitated, the wounded soldiers will continue to rush forward.
Shi Jin hurriedly shouted: "Archers are fast, give me a fierce suppression of the opponent's bow and arrows!" ”
Under the command of Pang Wanchun, the bow battalion hurriedly ran to a place not far from the city, took arrows and drew bows, and soon the arrow rain of the Liangshan army covered the city head and suppressed the Song army at the head of the city.
Seeing that the rain of arrows of the Song army had weakened a lot, Shi Jin brandished his sword and shouted with all his might.
"Rush, take this opportunity to rush up for me!"
"Build a ladder and climb the city!"
"Give it to me! Take down Glue County in one go! ”
Not long after, the rushing Qingliang Mountain army rushed to the city and set up a ladder.
As soon as the cloud ladder leaned against the city wall, Liang Shanjun held a shield in one hand and a big knife in his mouth, and climbed up quickly.
At the same time, dozens of crashing logs launched a fierce attack on the glue gate.
The offensive of the Liangshan army was very fierce, and Zong Ze personally dressed up neatly and came to the city to supervise the formation.
He carefully dodged the arrows and looked out from the female wall.
Even if it was a siege, the central army of the Liangshan Army still maintained a grim formation. Tiger guards and tiger ben are in charge, and the cavalry is wandering around, ready to attack at any time.
Seeing that the defense of the Liangshan army was very tight, Zong Ze could only dispel the idea of secretly opening the city gate and sneaking up on the opponent's Chinese army.
Seeing the Liangshan army bravely attacking the city wall, the Song soldiers couldn't resist it.
The Liangshan thieves are about to attack the city, and the glue is about to fall and change hands, so Zong Ze can only use his last defensive means.
Zong Ze said fiercely: "Cao Wei, pour the prepared boiling oil!" ”
When Cao Fang heard this, he hurriedly asked hundreds of young men to pour the boiling hot oil juice from dozens of cauldrons.
The boiling oil was spilled, and no matter how powerful the man who trained again, he couldn't stand the boiling oil.
Seeing Zong Ze so ruthless, if he wanted to attack the city at this time, it would be impossible. Shi Jin had no choice but to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
Although the city head was not snatched, the boiling oil was not infinite, and Shi Jin didn't believe that without the boiling oil, how long could the glue last.
Seeing that the Liangshan thieves had retreated, Zong Ze hurriedly ordered people to carry the wounded soldiers down, and at the same time ordered the city gate to be directly blocked with horizontal wood and gravel to prevent the enemy from breaking through the city gate.
At this time, Cao Fang, Wang Tian, Chen Shi and other generals came over.
Chen Shi regretted taking refuge in the imperial court a little, if he knew that the Liangshan thief Kou was so brave, he would not have defected to the Song Dynasty at this time and opposed the Liangshan army.
Chen Shi couldn't hide the worry in his heart, and asked anxiously: "Master Zong, this Liangshan thief is very crazy, and my men have suffered nearly 100 casualties today!" I'm afraid that this glue city can't be defended, or it will ......."
Zong Ze interrupted Chen Shi and said very calmly: "Don't worry, the glue will be able to hold it." The old man had expected that this gang of thieves would attack the city, and he had already prepared thousands of barrels of oil. Just by relying on these boiling oils, it can support ten days and half a month. If the boiling oil is not enough, you can also use gold juice. If the Liangshan army wants to break through the glue, it is absolutely impossible! ”
Chen Shi heard that Zong Ze had prepared thousands of barrels of oil, and he had confidence in the defense, but he asked with a little worry: "As the saying goes, a lonely city cannot be defended!" Have you ever sent a message asking for reinforcements? ”
"Don't worry, before closing the city gate, the old man has already sent three waves of people to send messages to Dengzhou, Qingzhou and Tokyo! Reinforcements will be coming soon! Zong Ze shouted.
Hearing that the message had been transmitted, Chen Shi was finally relieved.
This Qingzhou and Dengzhou are not far from Laizhou Glue, how can they rush to the Glue City in ten days and a half!
Hold it for ten days and a half months, and there is still hope for this.
When Chen Shi, Cao Fang, Wang Tian and others heard Zong Ze's arrangement, they settled down and prepared to deal with the next difficult battle to defend the city, waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court.
After Zong Ze, who was calm in front of people, comforted his subordinates, he turned his head with a sad face.
Zong Ze never expected that Liang Shanjun would force out his last means of defense with just one attack.
Thousands of barrels of oil? How can he have so many!
Even if all the cooking oil in the homes of the people in the city is searched, it may not be enough to make up so much.
Not to mention thousands of barrels, not even hundreds of barrels.
This glue city, this is really not easy to guard. When will the imperial court send reinforcements?
Zong Ze thought with a bitter face!
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When the siege of the Liangshan army was fierce, in the main hall of the Yang Mansion, the head of the family, Yang Bichang, picked up the teacup and said casually: "My Yang Mansion is the home of Shuli, how can I help the thieves attack the city!" ”
Xue Yong, the sick insect, looked at Yang Bichang with a smile and said, "As far as I know, a year ago, your family had a conflict between San Lang and the Li family of the rice shop because of a song girl. Your family San Lang couldn't be angry, and the next day he took someone to break Li Jia Golang's leg. Zong Ze took over the Li family's case, scolded your family's San Lang 20 boards, and fined 300 taels of silver, making him unable to get out of bed for nearly two months. I wonder if that's the case?"
Hearing Xue Yong mention this matter, Yang Bichang was speechless in anger. He felt a surge of anger soar in his heart.
His son led someone to break someone's leg and wanted to be fined three hundred taels, Yang Bichang definitely didn't say anything.
But our Yang family is a family of poetry and books, and we need to be faceless.
That Zongze was in the public court, in front of many people, and asked the officials to beat my son with a board. Beat his legs to pieces, making him incontinent and fainting in pain.
This is a blatant way to make our Yang family a laughing stock of the gentry in Laizhou, so that the Yang family has not been able to raise their heads to meet people in Laizhou for a long time. Not to mention that my Saburo has since given up on himself and completely crossed.
Thinking of this, Yang Bichang gritted his teeth with hatred for Zong Ze.
Although Yang Bichang hates Zong Ze very much, he cooperates with the thieves to attack the glue, and it will be a big crime if he finds out.
As the head of the Yang family, how could he easily agree because of this matter.
Yang Bichang quickly recovered his mind and said calmly: "That's Xiao'er's own mistake, and he deserves to be punished!" “
"The Yang family is a family of poetry and books, and your cousin is a jinshi in the first year of Chongning, so it stands to reason that your Yang family can reduce or exempt taxes, but Zong Ze ignored the court's preferential treatment of scribes, and stubbornly collected taxes in accordance with the Fangtian Tax Law. Your Yang family has lost a lot in the past few years! If Zong Ze continues to serve as the county magistrate, I'm afraid that your Yang family will not be able to make ends meet sooner or later! Xue Yong shouted.
The Yang family has a big business, and it needs to do a lot, plus the local people exchange on weekdays, which costs a lot of places. In addition, if you want to strengthen the Yang family, you have to accumulate silver to buy land as an ancestral business!
Now Zong Ze stubbornly wants Zong Ze to stubbornly follow the Fangtian Tax Law, clear the land, verify the landowner, so that many fields of the Yang family have to pay taxes, and they have lost a lot of money.
Thinking that he would have to pay more land tax than in previous years, Yang Bichang felt a heartache. If you can save it, you can buy a few more acres of land!
Yang Bichang pulled his face and shouted: "This is not just our Yang family, which family in Jiaoshui County does not need to pay taxes according to the field." ”
Yang Bichang meant that Jiaoshui County is not just us, why should we let the Yang family do such a headless thing.
Xue Yong shouted: "According to Elder Yang's meaning, if there is enough benefit, the Yang family may not be unwilling to help with this, right?" ”
Yang Bichang picked up the tea bowl in his hand and did not speak.
Xue Yong thought for a while and said, "Old Yang, I don't know if you are interested in burning knives?" ”
Yang Bichang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "I have long heard that you Liangshan can have secret techniques and can make a large amount of spirits. I want to tell the Yang family about the technology of making spirits! ”
Xue Yong asked rhetorically: "If your Yang family has such a means to make money, will you easily teach others?" ”
Yang Bichang sneered: "Then it depends on whether the other party can give the Yang family enough benefits, if the benefits are enough, it is not impossible to teach others." I think I'm qualified enough for a county! ”
Xue Yong pretended to sigh and said, "It seems that we only see a big difference, and Elder Yang is disturbed!" Xue is still going to visit other people, so I'm disturbed! ”
Xue Yong stood up and turned around and walked out the door, waiting until Xue Yong's hands touched the doorknob.
Yang Bichang suddenly shouted: "Wait! ”
Xue Yong sneered, quickly regained his smile and turned his head and said, "What else is there to Elder Yang?" ”
Yang Bichang made up his mind and said, "If, I mean if our Yang family can help you find some reliable people." What can our Yang family gain? ”
Xue Yong quickly reacted and said, "What Elder Yang means is that your Yang family is responsible for providing manpower, but you won't admit that these people have anything to do with your Yang family. Is that what it means? ”
Yang Bichang shook his head and shouted: "No, no, no, our Yang family has not provided any manpower, our Yang family only knows some people who are dissatisfied with Zong Ze!" You must know that this Zong Ze is tough according to Fang Tian's tax law, and there are many people who have offended, who knows which of these young men they belong to! ”
Xue Yong despised Yang Bichang very much in his heart, and wanted to strengthen the Yang family, but he cherished his life, greedy for small profits and forgot his righteousness. No wonder the Yang family has been suppressed by other families in glue.
If it weren't for the fact that the time was too short, the intelligence department could only find out that the Yang family and Zong Ze were the most resentful, and Xue Yong would not necessarily find the Yang family.
Xue Yong despised it in his heart, but he said from time to time: "How many people can your Yang family provide?" ”
Yang Bichang's eyes rolled and said, "Our Yang family only knows that there are nearly a hundred people who are dissatisfied with Zong Ze!" ”
Less than a hundred! It's a little little!
Xue Yong said: "Since the Yang family is only willing to provide a hundred people, we in Liangshan can only sell 20,000 catties of spirits to the Yang family at a low price every year!" ”
Yang Bichang asked, "What if our Yang family knows that there are two hundred people?" ”
Xue Yong decisively shouted: "Fifty thousand! As long as you Yang Jiaken provide 200 people, you can provide no less than 50,000 spirits every year! ”
50,000 catties, there is an income of 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver a year. If it is sold to the Northland, then the profit may be even greater!
Yang Bichang shook his head and said: "100,000 catties, 100,000 catties!" Our Yang family is also going to take a big risk! ”
Xue Yong scolded in his heart, you personally said that those people have nothing to do with your Yang family, take a risk of.
Even if it fails, it is impossible for us Liangshan to go to Zong Ze to inform, otherwise who will dare to cooperate with us Liangshan in the future.
Xue Yong said lightly: "If Yang Jiaken supports us Liangshan and joins Liangshan, not to mention 100,000, 200,000 jin and 30 will not be a problem!" Do the Yang family dare? ”
Yang Bichang was choked by Xue Yong, and just agreed to open his mouth, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them and said, "Fifty thousand is fifty thousand!" When will our Yang family get it? ”
Xue Yong shouted: "Within ten days after the city is broken, someone will send it!" When will your manpower be available? ”
Yang Bichang shouted: "Tonight, there will be two hundred people who are very dissatisfied with Zong Ze gathered at the entrance of Yongle Street!" Brother Xue can persuade them to follow you when the time comes! ”
Xue Yong said: "Okay! Hope to see those people tonight! ”
Yang Bichang said: "Don't worry, I promise that there will be no delays!" ”
The night was full, even if it was night, the Liangshan army made up its mind not to let the Song army be stable, lit the torches, and countless Liangshan troops began another round of siege.
The Liangshan army had to fight at night, and the Song army defending the city could not stop. Countless torches could only be lit at the head of the city, illuminating the surroundings.
On the city wall, the dense soldiers of the Liangshan Army are ascending the city with ants, and a team of soldiers are ready to replenish at any time.
There is little boiling oil, and Zong Ze does not dare to use it easily until he has to.
Arrows and gravel rained down on the city. From time to time, soldiers of the Liangshan Army screamed and fell to their deaths from the city. In the blink of an eye, it drowned the soldiers behind.
Knock knock, dozens of soldiers with huge waists and round waists were pushing and hitting the city gate, and every time the crashing wood hit, the city gate and the city wall were shaking.
The Liangshan army was attacking fiercely, and Zong Zezheng personally led more than 100 soldiers on the city wall, encouraging the soldiers while rushing up to fill the gap at any time.
When Zong Ze was dealing with the siege of the Liangshan army at the head of the city, Xue Yong slipped out of his hiding place and cautiously ran to the streets of Yongle, and sure enough, there were countless figures hiding in the shadow of the eaves.
Xue Yong ran over and shouted in a low voice, "Drums and drums!" ”
Soon a black shadow sounded, "Harmony and Zhan!" ”
The code was matched, and Xue Yong shouted: "Listen to my instructions, light fires everywhere, create chaos, and cooperate with our army to overcome glue!" ”
These people obviously received instructions from Yang Bichang, and they all listened to Xue Yongdi's instructions without saying a word.
On Yongle Street, Xue Yong led nearly 200 Yangjiazhuang guests all the way along the street to light fires.
Houses were quickly burned down and were blazing with fire, making them look so dazzling in the dark of night!
Xue Yong asked them to set fire, and shouted loudly after him: "The glue has been conquered, and the Liangshan army has entered the city." Run, everybody! ”
"Zong Ze is dead, Zong Ze is killed, the glue is finished!"
"Zong Ze wants to set fire to the city and die with the thieves. Run away, everyone! ”
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The people who had to run out to put out the fire couldn't help but be frightened when they saw that the whole city was in chaos and many places were on fire, and when they heard the rumors.
They were in a hurry for a while, and they didn't know what to do, and when they saw some people running towards the city gate, they also ran towards the city gate.
Zong Ze, who was commanding the Song army to resist the siege of the Liangshan army, heard the noise coming from the city, and turned his head to see that there were fireworks everywhere in the city. Countless people poured out of their homes, some rushing to put out the fire, but many more desperately ran to the city gates, trying to escape from the city.
Originally, it was necessary to resist the Liangshan army, and the soldiers defending the city were not enough. Now that there is internal rebellion in the city, and the common people are also adding to the chaos, Zong Ze knows that the civil strife must be pacified as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be able to hold it at all. Zong Ze shouted: "Cao Fang, you first lead the troops to exterminate the traitors in the city, and you must put down the rebellion as soon as possible!" ”
Cao Fang shouted, "Yes, my lord! Brethren, follow me! ”
Cao Fang personally ran down the city with three hundred Song soldiers, just in time to see Xue Yong leading people towards the city gate.
Once the city gate is opened, Jiaoshui County will definitely not be able to defend it.
Cao Fang shouted loudly: "Kill, you must not let them open the city gate!" ”
Xue Yong also shouted loudly when he saw it: "Everyone kill!" If you conquer the city, you will all be rewarded! ”
For a time, the street behind the city gate turned into a life-for-life fight.
Xue Yong is nicknamed the sick big worm, that is because his family is in the middle of the road, he is in the rivers and lakes, and he can't make contributions, just like a tiger is sick and difficult to exert his might, so he is called a big worm.
Now that Xue Yong is under Shi Jin's seat, it is the time to show his talents.
The current Xue Yong is not a sick insect, but a tiger who has come out of the gate.
He shot into the Song army, and stabbed several Song soldiers to death with a few guns.
The spear in Xue Yong's hand kept stabbing the Song soldiers who were blocking. Every spear flower can give Song Bing a blood hole, and every life is taken away in the blood flower.
It will be the courage of soldiers!
Seeing Xue Yong's bravery, the Yangjiazhuang guests who followed closely were also stimulated, and one by one they rushed towards the Song army crying wolves.
Cao Fang knew that he couldn't let the other party be a hero anymore, so he raised his big knife and slashed at Xue Yong.
Seeing Cao Fang killing, Xue Yong rushed towards him fearlessly, and the gun in his hand broke through the air and slashed straight at the enemy's head.
One inch long and one inch strong!
Cao Fang's knife hadn't fallen yet, and Xue Yong's iron spear had already arrived in front of him.
Cao Fang had no choice but to withdraw his knife to resist.
The guns and knives collided, making a loud noise and splashing fire.
"Bell!"
Originally, Cao Fang was seriously injured by Sun Li a few days ago, but now in this fight, Cao Fang immediately took two or three steps back before he stopped retreating, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Seeing that Cao Fang was not his opponent, Xue Yong showed no mercy, and the iron gun in his hand kept beckoning Cao Fang's vital position.
Cao Fang was desperate, but his strength was not good, and his old injuries were not yet complete, so he couldn't resist Xue Yong at all, and he was killed and retreated.
If he didn't resist in time, Cao Fang was shot by Xue Yong in the shoulder, and he was immediately drenched in blood.
Seeing that the county lieutenant was injured, Song Bing hurriedly escorted him and fled to the city.
Seeing that Cao Fang had fled, Xue Yong didn't have time to pay attention to Cao Fang at this time. Xue Yong killed the Song army and ordered his subordinates to rush in and quickly move the crosswood and sand and stones of the city gate and open the city gate.
Xue Yong's heart was in a hurry, and he kept loudly urging the Yangjiadi Zhuangke to hurry up.
In the Chengtou Governor's battlefield, Zong Ze heard a lot of noise from the city, and was about to send someone to ask what was going on.
A Song soldier ran over with a panicked face and shouted, "My lord! The rebels in the city have defeated General Cao and are opening the city gate to let the Liangshan army in! ”
What the!
Zong Ze was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, pour the boiling oil down." They must not be allowed to open the gates! ”
Zong Ze knew that without the city wall, he would not be able to defend this glue city at all.
The rebels must not be allowed to open the gates. At this time, Zong Ze didn't care about the lack of boiling oil. Hurriedly asked his subordinates to push all the boiling oil to the inner city and fall.
Xue Yong beckoned the guests of Yangjiazhuang to quickly move away the crosswood and hard stones blocking the city gate, and when he heard the sound of the ground coming from the city, he looked up and saw that the white gas was falling!
Seeing the white gas of the oil juice dripping down, Xue Yong was suddenly so frightened that the three souls lost their seven spirits! ()
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