Chapter Seventy-Eight: Raising Troops
Towards evening, Zhang Shihua wore armor and wore a personal guard, walking on a street leading to the south city gate. After the people on the street www.biquge.info saw Zhang Shihua and them, they couldn't help but whisper: "Do you say that Zhang Patrol can stop the White Lotus Sect?" ”
When a man with thick eyebrows heard this, he sighed and said, "I look at it, I heard that the White Lotus Sect has tens of thousands of people, and there are only a few officers and soldiers in our county, how can we stop the army of the White Lotus Sect." And I also heard that there are still many immortals in the White Lotus Sect who can do spells, and there are immortal skills that call the wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers, and where can we mortals in the flesh stop it. ”
"Really!" The man wondered. "And where did you know that?" Someone next to him asked.
Hearing this question, the thick-eyebrow man said with a natural expression: "You don't want to think about it, if the White Lotus Holy Sect doesn't have some spells, how can it be possible to conquer two cities in three days in a row, and those officers and soldiers have no strength to resist at all." ”
When the others around him heard this, some nodded in disapproval, while others snorted with disdain. One of the middle-aged men who believed this said said with a sad face: "That means that the officers and soldiers must not be able to stop the White Lotus Sect." If the White Lotus Sect calls, what will we do? ”
Hearing this, the surrounding people couldn't help but show sadness on their faces, after all, once there was a war, it would definitely be the low-level people like them who were unlucky.
The thick-eyed man saw that the people around him were sobbing their faces, and snorted coldly and said: "What are you worried about, haven't you heard, this White Lotus Sect is the king of our people, not only will it not kill people indiscriminately, but every time it hits a county town, it will also open the official warehouse to help the victims, and it will also return the things that the court stole from us to us in its original form." ”
When several poorly dressed men heard this, they all asked with a little surprise: "Is this true, is the White Lotus Sect really so good?" ”
The thick-eyed man heard the questions of several people, and a trace of conspiracy flashed in his eyes, but he still said with great certainty: "Of course, you don't want to think about it, the White Lotus Sect is different from the imperial court, it is our Han people, and we are all from the same people, how can it harm us." ”
Although this man's words were ridiculous, his words gave a glimmer of hope to the poor people at the bottom. And this small hope often determines the back of the people's hearts, after all, these people are living too hard.
And for these subtle changes, Zhang Shihua naturally noticed it, but he didn't pay attention to it, because he also wanted to take refuge in Liu Futong and the White Lotus Sect, so naturally he wouldn't go to these people at this time.
And because Taihe Xian is in the northwest of Yingzhou City, Zhang Shihua's key defense is the south gate of TH County.
And by the time he led the people to the south gate, the sun was about to set in the west.
The archers guarding the south gate saw Zhang Shihua coming, and they saluted Zhang Shihua, and when Zhang Shihua saw this, as usual, let them be exempted. After the archers were exempted, Zhang Shihua waved his hand and called, and those who had been waiting there for a long time were three platoon commanders and nine chiefs.
After these people came over, Zhang Shihua said to them: "The plan remains the same, and we will do it when the time comes." ”
When everyone heard this, they all clasped their fists and saluted, "Yes." ”
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At four o'clock in the night, that is, an hour before the incident, Zhang Shihua gathered all the officers and soldiers in a barracks in the city, and at the same time, before the officers and soldiers entered the barracks, Zhang Shihua also sent people to disarm them.
After that, Zhang Shihua set up a banquet for them, nominally to suppress their shock in the first battle a few days ago. Although the officers and soldiers were a little strange about why Zhang Shihua did this, what about him, these officers and soldiers who had not seen meat for several months, after seeing the wine and meat in the barracks, where would they pay attention to this.
And they were eating and drinking, but they didn't notice that a group of heavily armed archers with a number of twenty people had already guarded the gate of the camp, and tonight they received an order that not a single officer or soldier should be allowed to leave the camp, and those who dared to break through the door would be killed!
With a quarter of an hour to go, all the archers were ready, and they were now all assembled at the south gate.
More than eighty archers, looking at Zhang Shihua in front of the team, none of them spoke, but the hands holding the weapons tightened again, and they were all waiting for Zhang Shihua's order now.
Zhang Shihua in front of the team, wearing a rhinoceros leather armor and a war knife at his waist, looked at the more than 80 archers in front of him, and said: "Brothers, whether you can survive in the future and whether you can save your family depends on the battle tonight." ”
Then Zhang Shihua turned his gaze to the captains and platoon commanders in front of the team, and ordered in a calm and clear voice: "One row!" I saw Brother Donkey come out in formation, clasped his fists and saluted: "Here!" "After the battle began, you and the others attacked the county government together with their own officials." "Yes," replied Donkey in a loud voice.
"Three rows," Zhang Shihua shouted again. "In" Zhang Shihui came out of the formation and replied with his fists clenched. "After the battle begins, you and others are responsible for attacking the Jianxian Mansion, and you must capture Suri Lakun alive." "Obey," Zhang Shihui also replied loudly.
"Second row" and "in" Zhang Mingtong came out of the formation and replied with his fists clenched. "After the war begins, you will lead the remaining brothers to guard this gate and not allow anyone to come near." "Obey," Zhang Mingtong also replied loudly.
Seeing that everyone received the order, Zhang Shihua pulled out his waist knife and shouted loudly: "Brothers, attack!" "Kill! Kill! Kill! ......" More than eighty archers shouted loudly when they saw Zhang Shihua like this. All of a sudden, the sound of killing shook the sky.
The officers and soldiers who were drinking in the barracks, after hearing this earth-shattering shout of killing, thought that it was the White Lotus Sect of Yingzhou City who had killed them, and they didn't care about drinking. I saw them running out of the barracks in groups of three or five in a panic, wanting to go out to see what was going on, but as soon as they got out of the barracks, they found twenty heavily armed archers blocking the door of the barracks.
Seeing this, there was also a commotion among the officers and soldiers, and it was obvious that they also noticed that something was wrong. But because this group of officers and soldiers did not have weapons in their hands, they did not dare to break into the gate of the camp guarded by the archers. But they still shouted to the archers guarding the gate: "Are you going to imprison us, we are officers and soldiers, what right do you have to imprison us, let us out, and give us our weapons?" ”
However, the twenty archers on the opposite side did not pay attention to their clamour, but under the order of the principal Shi 13, they put on a battle formation, and twenty shining spears pointed directly at this group of officers and soldiers, and a murderous aura came out in front of them, so frightened that this group of officers and soldiers retreated several steps back, and no one dared to shout anymore.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were quiet, the two sides were deadlocked for a moment, and then Shi Shisan came out of formation and said: "Everything that happened tonight has nothing to do with you, you brothers can continue to drink wine and eat meat in the barracks, but if anyone wants to break into the camp gate, don't blame us for being polite." ”
The officers and soldiers looked at the murderous twenty archers opposite, and no one would doubt the authenticity of Shi Thirteen's words. Seeing this, the group of officers and soldiers returned to the barracks amid the shouts of several elders, but this time they were no longer in the mood to drink wine and eat meat.
Besides, Zhang Shihua's side, because the only group of officers and soldiers in the county were controlled, Zhang Shihua did not encounter any resistance at all along the way, and the group rushed to the county government very smoothly. The county government also closed the gate at this time, but when the official guarding the door inside saw that it was Zhang Shihua and them, he thought that Zhang Shihua was here to protect the county Yin, so he opened the door without much thought.
However, it wasn't until Zhang Shihua and the others entered the county government that these people understood that Zhang Shihua and they rebelled. But at this time, more than 40 good fighting archers from the Inspection Department had already come in, and where did they dare to resist, and Zhang Shihua didn't want to kill innocents indiscriminately, and after sending someone to confiscate their weapons, he sent a few people to take them into custody.
Then, Zhang Shihua continued to lead people to attack the back hall, and Feng Fule in the back hall also knew that Zhang Shihua was here to arrest him. But Feng Fule is just a literati, he didn't bring his family with him when he came here to take office, and after the back hall, there were only him, his master and a few servants, and how could he resist Zhang Shihua and them.