Chapter 31: Let's Do It Ourselves!
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In a few days, the Navy will be returning home. How could Xu Guanzhong let the navy return empty-handed!
The city of Hangzhou was successively occupied by the Fang La army and the Song army, and the people of Hangzhou suffered a series of military disasters, and the rich people in the city were either plundered in the military disasters, or they fled with their families early.
Now most of the people in Hangzhou City are ordinary people, they don't have much money in the first place, and Xu Guanzhong doesn't want to ruin the reputation of the marshal for a little money.
Xu Guanzhong also thought about whether to send someone to pretend to be a horse thief and go to Xiuzhou to rob it.
After reading the secret letter sent by Marshal Shi Jin to the agreement with Fang Baihua, Xu Guanzhong realized that he had missed an important wealthy family.
The people of the Buddhist family are much richer than the wealthy clans, there is a lot of good land, a lot of money, and compared to those wealthy clans, the Buddhist family has the copper and iron that the Liangshan army urgently needs.
Not to mention the others, a single bronze statue is hundreds of catties.
As soon as it is melted, it can mint tens of thousands of copper coins, of course, Liang Shanjun is not short of money, if you grab a few back, then at least dozens of more bronze cannons can be cast.
What a good material, it's a waste to leave it to those bald donkeys who only know how to eat and wait for death!
Since you want to rob the temple, you naturally start with the biggest one.
The largest temple in Hangzhou is the Lingyin Temple.
Lingyin Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, is located in the foothills of the West Lake, backed by the North Peak, facing the Feilai Peak, was founded in the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
During the period of Qian Hong, the king of Wuyue, he believed in Buddhism all his life, and rebuilt and expanded more than 1,300 halls and houses of Lingyin Temple.
In the eighth year of Tiansheng, Song Renzong gave more than 13,000 acres of fertile land in Hangzhou and Xiuzhou to Lingyin Temple as a temple property.
So far, Lingyin Temple is the largest and richest landlord in Hangzhou.
Xu Guanzhong took Zhou Tong and five hundred soldiers to the front of the Lingyin Temple.
Xu Guanzhong raised his head and looked at the majestic temple in front of him, shook his head and said, "What a good house, it can house many poor people!" After returning, he asked Li Zhong to settle the poor people in the city here. On the contrary, as the bald donkey said, Buddhism is compassionate. I believe that those who are poor will definitely be accepted! ”
I saw so many people suddenly coming to the temple, and except for the one who was dressed as an ordinary scholar, the others were all holding weapons and had a fierce look on their faces.
When the little monk who was cleaning the temple saw it, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran into the temple to tell the host.
Soon, the presiding officer of Lingyin Temple, Shi Miao, heard it, and rushed out with hundreds of monks.
Seeing Xu Guanzhong and them, Zen Master Shi Miao stepped forward with a hard head, clasped his hands together and said, "Fellow donors, I don't know what is the important thing to come to my temple?" Let the poor monks know, so as not to neglect a few! ”
The Shi Miao Zen Master in front of him, wearing a wide monk's robe, medium stature, slightly obese, pleasant face, and a charitable face.
At first glance, people feel that he is a very kind person.
Xu Guanzhong also clasped his hands together and saluted, saying, "Master, we are all poor and have no money. So today is a robbery! Master, you're busy, don't worry about us. Let's do it ourselves! ”
Zen Master Shi Miao's eyes were stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't help but stammer: "Hit ...... Robbery, you want to rob our temple? ”
Xu Guanzhong nodded and said, "Yes, God has the virtue of a good life, I believe that the master will not watch us starve to death!" We'll empty your Lingyin Temple, and I'm sure you won't mind. The master is a high-ranking monk who believes that he must have the mercy of sacrificing his life to feed the eagle. Instead of starving us to death, it is better for you to die, masters! As the saying goes, you are not as good as hell, who goes to hell! Master, you don't have to thank us for giving you the opportunity to become a Buddha! ”
Waiting for Zen Master Shi Miao to react, Xu Guanzhong shouted: "What are you waiting for, do you have to wait for the master to deliver the things to you by himself!" You don't see that the master is dozens of years old, how can he resist those heavy objects? ”
Hearing Xu Guanzhong's order, Zhou Tong hurriedly replied: "Do it!" ”
Ignoring the obstruction of Zen Master Shi Miao, Zhou Tong rushed into the Lingyin Temple with people.
Some monks want to come up to stop it, where will Li Zhong be polite. Break their foreheads with the tail of an iron spear in one fell swoop.
"Whoever dares to obstruct it, you're welcome, call me!"
The 500 men brought by Zhou Tong had already rushed into the temple first, taking care of nearly 700 monks in the entire temple.
Lingyin Temple is mainly composed of Tianwang Palace, Daxiong Treasure Palace, Medicine Master Palace, Dharma Hall, Huayan Hall as the central axis, and the two sides are attached to the five hundred Arhat Hall, Jigong Palace, Huayan Pavilion, Dabei Building, Abbot Building and other buildings.
A group of people walked into the Tianwang Hall and looked at the Buddha statue in the main hall that was carved and piled up with sandalwood wood and was seven or eight meters high.
Xu Guanzhong said with a smile on his face: "What a good wood." It's a pity to burn it. The one who brought down this statue of the Buddha. There are many believers in Jiangnan who believe that they are willing to pay a high price for this Buddha statue! ”
"No, you can't touch this Buddha statue. This is a great disrespect to the Buddha, and he will be punished by God in the future! ”
Xu Guanzhong said disdainfully when he heard it: "Don't be afraid, we are all believers in Mingzun." He will protect us from darkness! Grab it for me! ”
Xu Guanzhong and Zhou Tong walked into the Lingyin Temple with a smile and a smile.
Two hundred people were left to take care of these fat-headed and fat-faced monks, and the others searched everywhere and took whatever they saw valuable.
First of all, of course, the bronze coin of the Heavenly King Palace, which was directly taken down by the six Liangshan Army soldiers and was ready to be transported back and melted.
There are also bronze bells weighing more than 100 kilograms or something, all of which are not let go.
Xu Guanzhong is like a devil entering the village, he will take whatever he catches, and he will never let go of a penny!
But this harvest obviously couldn't satisfy his appetite, Xu Guanzhong shouted dissatisfiedly: "Is there any mistake, the dignified Lingyin Temple, tens of thousands of acres of fields, and tens of thousands of donations every month, how can it be just this money, you are teasing me!?"
Zhou Tong was also quite discouraged: "There are not a few copper coins, it's really disappointing!" ”
Xu Guanzhong said angrily: "With this little gain, how embarrassed to go back." Go, get me the host and the stuff here, I'm going to interrogate them properly! ”
Zen Master Shi Miao shouted loudly: "How is it possible"
The ill-gotten gains of those traitors who have accumulated without conscience have been swept away by them. Many monks shouted that they were wronged, but it was useless.
Xu Guanzhong didn't do this for the first day, they knew what they were doing, and it was impossible to get through in the dark!
The most interesting thing is the host of Lingyin Temple, he resisted very fiercely, and kept saying that he was receiving the seven precepts and was an ascetic hate.
He has a clean breeze on his sleeves, and he definitely doesn't fill his pocket! However, after careful searching, the soldiers of the Liangshan Army found 5,000 taels of gold and a box of rolling beads the size of a dragon's eye under the wardrobe of the host's room with "two sleeves and a clean breeze".
Good guy, this two-sleeved host is richer than a wealthy family in Jiaxing!
The host of "Two Sleeves and a Clear Breeze" saw that his savings for many years had been dug up by thieves, and his face suddenly turned like ashes.
The Liangshan army was overjoyed and moved all the gold, silver and grain scavenged from the Lingyin Temple to the ox cart. For fear that people wouldn't know, they ran back all the way beating gongs and drums.
The people of Hangzhou City saw the wealth that the thieves had scavenged from Lingyin Temple, and their eyes immediately turned red.
Some are full of jealousy, but many more are angry.
Under the fierce attack of the imperial army, Fang Lajun lost Hangzhou and other places, and retreated to Yuling Pass, relying on this dangerous pass, and Fang Tianding personally fought on the front line as the crown prince, and launched a fierce battle with the Song army at the pass, successfully blocking the Song army outside the pass.
Although the Song army used all kinds of methods to attack Yuling Pass in the main general Wang Yu, they were all resolved by Fang Tianding and Shi Bao.
On the other hand, the army of the imperial court west road that attacked Muzhou encountered strong resistance from Shi Bao.
None of the imperial army on the west road was Shi Bao's opponent, and after Shi Bao killed three Song generals in a row, he led his troops to attack the Chinese army of the west route army. The main general, Liu Zhendu, was almost captured alive.
Under Shi Bao's bravery, Muzhou stood still.
The Song army and the Fang La army were deadlocked on the front line of Muzhou and Yuling Pass.
Yuling Pass Arrow Tower, Fang Tianding wore armor and personally patrolled the city.
Lu Shinan happily ran up to the city and shouted, "Prince, great joy! ”
Fang Tianding heard it and asked, "It's General Lu, what is the happy event that makes you so happy?" ”
Lu Shisang raised a battle report and shouted: "At the end of today, we will get a report from the spies, two days ago a group of people conquered the city of Hangzhou. Today, the gang sent a message threatening that they were the Liangshan Army of Shandong! ”
"What? The city of Hangzhou was conquered, or did the Liangshan army in Shandong do it? General Lu, is this serious? Fang Tianding was shocked in his heart.
Hangzhou City had been conquered by Fang La's army, and of course he knew how strong this Hangzhou City was. Unexpectedly, the Liangshan army in Shandong would conquer Hangzhou City in such a short time, Fang Tianding was naturally unbelievable.
Lu Shisang said, "Yes, prince! The city of Hangzhou was indeed conquered, and it is said that the commander of the garrison, Guo Zhongxun, was also defeated and committed suicide. This matter has been confirmed by the detailed investigation I sent to Hangzhou City after many investigations! ”
"Hahaha... God help me, once Hangzhou City is conquered, the Song army is afraid that it will withdraw soon. Fang Tianding laughed out loud.
Lu Shisang also took the opportunity to speak: "Prince, this is a good opportunity for our army to take revenge. I have a plan, I will help the prince defeat the Song army! Recapture Shezhou, and even conquer Xuanzhou! ”
Fang Tianding was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "General Lu, what is the clever plan, come quickly!" ”
"The prince can send an envoy to Hangzhou lightly, saying that in order to thank them for their assistance, we are willing to help them capture Xiuzhou. When the Song army gathered in Xiuzhou, the prince personally led the army to attack Shezhou. In this way, the Song army is difficult to take care of, which is convenient for our army to take trouble! ”
Fang Tianding hesitated and said, "Although it is a clever plan. But they conquered the north of Hangzhou, and now even Xiuzhou has to give it to them. In this way, if Shi Jin's soldiers and horses stay in Jiangnan, will it be the front door to reject the tiger and the back door to enter the wolf? ”
"Prince, the basis of Shi Jin is in Shandong, and only a small part of those who come to Jiangnan are just small mustards. The Song army is the great enemy. After defeating the Song army, it is not too late for the prince to think about driving away Shi Jin's soldiers and horses! ”
Fang Tianding nodded and said, "What General Lu said is very true, so I will follow your plan!" ”
Lu Shisang said: "Without further ado, the last general will go to Hangzhou City, form an alliance with Shi Jin's subordinates, and attack Xiuzhou together!"
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Lu Shinang in the south of the Yangtze River received information that Hangzhou City had been conquered, and Shi Jin's mansion was far away in Shandong.
When Shi Jin was discussing with Zhu Wu in the study, someone outside the room suddenly reported loudly.
"Report! Jiangnan emergency military situation! ”
Jiangnan emergency military situation!
Could it be that the campaign to attack Hangzhou is over?
The result?
Shi Jin hurriedly shouted: "Send it in!" ”
Lu Fang, who was guarding the gate, immediately brought the messenger in, and Shi Jin received the battle report from the soldiers who had been announced.
Unpacking the envelope, Shi Jinjin made a battle report and quickly read it.
"Marshal, is it the war in Hangzhou, Jiangnan?" Zhu Wu asked eagerly.
"Good!" A smile appeared on the corner of Shi Jin's mouth. "When the big thing can be decided, you can send someone to inform Mr. Wu and ask him to go to Tong Guan and discuss with the imperial court. This time, I went to see Tong Guan and the imperial court. What confidence is there to oppose our proposal! ”
When Zhu Wu heard Shi Jin's shout, he immediately said with a happy face: "Marshal, it seems that our army has conquered Hangzhou City!" ”
"Not bad! Zhu Wu, you go to pass the troops and let the generals come to discuss the matter. Shi Jin shouted.
"Yes, Marshal!" Zhu Wu shouted.
Soon, Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen rushed to the meeting hall of the mansion one after another.
After Shi Jin handed over the battle report of Jiangnan to many generals for circulation, he shouted: "Zhu Wu, how many soldiers and horses does our army have now?" ”
Zhu Wu was in charge of the military department and knew the number of soldiers and horses best. He replied: "Marshal Hui, after more than two months of training, now those recruits have a certain combat effectiveness, counting the original veterans, there are more than 80,000 soldiers and horses on land and water!" However, 8,000 of them have already been sent to Jiangnan. ”
Shi Jin heard the shout: "According to the original plan, continue to send 2,000 soldiers and horses south, and at the same time carry more firearms." Mr. Xu, they are far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not easy to resist so many enemy troops. We need to give them a little more support! Tell Mr. Xu that it doesn't matter if Hangzhou City is guarded or not. The most important thing is that people are okay! If there are no people, then the city is of little use. If people live, the city is there, and sooner or later it will be recaptured! ”
Zhu Wu hurriedly shouted: "The last general understands, and he will definitely indicate it in the message!" ”
Shi Jin looked at Lin Chong and said, "Hangzhou City has been conquered by our army, so it is impossible for the imperial court soldiers and horses to destroy the Fang La army in a short time." At this time, we propose peace, and presumably the imperial court will not disagree. However, will there be villains who will hinder us from making peace with the court for their own selfish interests? It is better to ask for others than for yourself, and I decided to send troops to deter the imperial court. If the court refuses our proposal this time, we will fight directly until they agree. This time the troops were sent in order to demonstrate the strength of our army. I intend to dispatch 50,000 troops, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, and Sun Li will follow Ben Shuai to go on the expedition together, and Wang Yin and Li Ying will stay behind to guard against the enemy! ”
When Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others heard this, they immediately stood up and shouted, "Get the order!" ”
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