The county seat of Shouzhang was sleeping in the deepest night, and at the third watch, all the soldiers and civilians were asleep, except for a group of patrol soldiers in the city tower and the husband who appeared on time like a puppet, and of course, there were some special people who could not sleep.

Two black shadows appeared next to the north city gate, like two ghosts that quietly appeared, and next to the city gate, more than a dozen soldiers were leaning against the wall and sleeping soundly.

The two looked at each other, and quickly separated, and soon, the two appeared on either side of the city gate, they were the two scouts who had infiltrated the city during the day, except that they had killed the two soldiers patrolling the city and replaced them with their armor, which looked like two defenders.

The two sat under the wall, close to a dozen sleeping soldiers, very constantly moving their bodies, the sleeping soldiers behind them had their throats ruthlessly cut, they walked into the city cave not long ago, and then came out again, in a short time, the twenty soldiers guarding the city gate had all died in their hands, all of them were killed with a clean knife.

One of the scouts quickly ran out of the shadows, and soon picked up a sky-shaking thunder, they put the sky-shaking thunder against the city gate, quickly ignited the fire sickle, lit the fuse, the two turned around and ran quickly, picked up another sky-shaking thunder from under a tree and ran in the direction of the military camp hundreds of paces away.

But he had only run less than two hundred paces before an earth-shattering explosion came from behind him, 'Boom! The huge explosion shattered the city gates, sawdust flew dozens of feet away, and the drawbridge was shattered by the huge shock wave, smashing heavily on the moat.

The wall above the city gate was blown to the ground and a corner collapsed, and dozens of soldiers sleeping at the head of the city were killed on the spot by the earth-shattering thunder that exploded beneath them.

From a distance, a red flame flashed at the city gate, and then a huge smoke engulfed the city gate, this was the best signal, Li Yanqing immediately roared, "Kill-"

"Kill!"

Two thousand cavalry took the lead and took the lead in killing the city gate, followed by four thousand cavalry, rushing like a tide to the city gate that had been blown open.

The defenders of the city had not yet recovered from the explosion, and it was not until the cavalry reached the city gate that they finally reacted and began to panic, desperately sounding the alarm, and more soldiers rushed down the city and fled into the county seat.

In fact, there was no need for alarm bells, the earth-shattering explosion had already woken up the entire city, and the more than 2,000 sleeping soldiers in the barracks were also awakened, and they rushed out of the barracks in a panic, most of them were not wearing armor, and many of them even ran out barefoot.

It was still dark at night, but the training ground was full of people, more than 2,000 soldiers were crowded together, and several generals were scolding the soldiers and ordering them to go back and put on their armor.

At this moment, a swarthy object was suddenly thrown from outside the barracks wall, rolling towards the training ground, with sparks flashing on it, and several patrol soldiers hurriedly ran forward to check.

But before they could get closer, the earth-shattering thunder exploded, the red flames soared into the air, the iron pieces burst out, dozens of soldiers were blown up, a wailing scream sounded all around, billowing smoke filled the training ground, the huge explosion made countless soldiers crack their livers and gall, deaf in both ears, and the soldiers squatted down one after another, covering their ears with painful faces.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the street, and the soldiers and generals in the barracks were still shrouded in fear caused by the huge explosion, and many more soldiers could not even hear anything, but some soldiers who were close to the barracks gate noticed the anomaly.

"The cavalry is coming!"

As soon as they shouted, they saw the gate of the barracks slammed open, and a torrent of cavalry rushed into the barracks, and spears and swords swept towards the soldiers on the training ground.

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Since the 8,000 army led by Chai Jin entered Xucheng County, the total strength of Xucheng County reached more than 11,000 people, and the crisis faced by Xucheng County was finally alleviated.

However, although the crisis has eased, some new contradictions have emerged, and some contradictions can be resolved, such as the soldiers' living in a crowded house, which used to be a barracks for four people, but now it has become a room for ten people, and the army has to set up tents, and several training grounds are full of tents.

Even so, the barracks were still crowded, and in order to solve the problem of soldiers' residence, the Yunzhou Prefecture School and two temples were also requisitioned by the army.

There is also the problem of eating, because a large amount of grain transported from various states is gathered in the wharf warehouses outside the city, and before it can be transported into the city, it is burned down by the officers and soldiers who suddenly killed, and the grain stored outside the city can only be eaten by 20,000 troops for three months, although there are only three months before the summer grain harvest, and the grain itself is not a problem, but a very real contradiction has made housing and grain a big problem.

That is the question of who will call the shots in Xucheng County, at present there are two main generals in Xucheng County, one is Wang Ying, the former general of Xucheng County, and the other is Chai Jin, the main general of the reinforcements, it stands to reason that Chai Jin is leading 20,000 troops to the north, and Wang Ying, who stayed in Xucheng, has only 3,000 defenders, and the main general should be Chai Jin.

But Wang Ying claimed to be Song Jiang's confidant, how could he obey Chai Jin's orders, so he asked Chai Jin to hand over the army to himself on the grounds that Chai Jin was ambushed and defeated.

Wang Ying's character is despicable, cruel and lustful, and his popularity among the generals of Liangshan is very poor, most of the generals of Liangshan look down on him, even if Chai Jin is willing to give military power to Wang Ying, the two deputy generals Shi Jin and Shi Xiu do not do it, and it is for this reason that Chai Jin has always refused to hand over military power to Wang Ying.

It's just that in this way, Wang Ying, who is in charge of the military camp and material resources, will inevitably wear small shoes for Chai Jin's soldiers, and the living conditions and food conditions are extremely bad.

For this reason, Chai Jin wrote to Song Jiang in a fit of rage, asking Song Jiang to uphold justice and solve the problem of food and shelter for soldiers.

At noon on this day, Xucheng County connected to two express letters, one was a mediation letter written by Song Jiang, and the second was an urgent pigeon letter sent by Liu Tang, the general who stayed behind in Liangshan.

Chai Jin's military office is located in the state school, because of the war, the state school has long been suspended, and the students either joined the Liangshan army or were sent home, the state school has been empty, but now the state school is full of soldiers.

In the room, Chai Jin handed Song Jiang's letter to Shi Jin and Shi Xiu, "Take a look for yourself!"

Shi Jin took the letter and read it, he was a little stunned, he handed the letter to Shi Xiu, and said cautiously: "Who is the main general, how can he discuss it himself, he decided in one sentence, why should the generals below discuss it?" ”

Chai Jin sighed, "I guess the eldest brother wants me to take the initiative to give up the position of lord to Wang Ying, otherwise he wouldn't have written this letter to me, he just didn't want to say it clearly, so he asked me to discuss it with Wang Ying." ”

"But what virtue does he have, how can he be the main general?" Shi Xiu was very dissatisfied.

"He's got food! The brothers are now hungry, he refuses to allocate food, and the eldest brother has nothing to do with him. ”

"And what is the general going to do?" Shi Jin asked with a deep sigh.

"I'm going to talk to him and see if I can find a compromise with each other."

"Does the general find it useful?" Shi Xiu said coldly.

Chai Jin sighed, "Whether it's useful or not, you have to talk about it!" ”

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