"Although the Master said that there is no class in teaching, but this generation is ...... When it was hopeless. ”

Zong Ze stood side by side with Jingcheng at the south gate of Runzhou, looking at the fire like a sea of stars outside the city.

It was late at night, but no one slept in Runzhou City. The sparks outside the city are like the sea, and the wind is loud in the city.

The intensive search and arrest of Mingjiao members inside and outside Runzhou captured a large number of believers, as well as more than a dozen demons who preached. However, this uproar also stirred up many believers out of fear.

Two days ago, the first chief of Dantu County went to report to the state and said that Wei Kang, a big family in his village, was plotting to rebel.

This big family Weikang, well-known in the county, often saves people from difficulties, and has the reputation of fighting righteousness and squandering wealth. On weekdays, the whole family is vegetarian, and it is said that he is also good at talismans, and can use talismans to treat people.

Judging from his daily deeds, he can be regarded as a semi-public believer in Mingjiao, and he is a figure like the head of the canal.

In the past few days, the state has searched for Mingjiao members everywhere, and there have been many more faces in and out of Wei Kang's house. There were faint words coming out, but they were all big rebellious words. Chief A knew that something was wrong, so he rushed to the state city overnight to make a first complaint.

When Jing Cheng heard the news, he first went to find Yang Hui in Zhizhou, but Yang Hui couldn't get sick. Helplessly, after consulting with Zong Ze and other officials in the state, he first ordered the county lieutenant of Dantu to bring more than 100 local soldiers to lock Wei Kang.

I don't know if the news leaked, or Wei Kang sent someone to investigate in advance, this group of men and horses was ambushed on the way, the county lieutenant of Dantu was killed on the spot, more than 100 people were killed and wounded, only a few people fled back to the city, and even the head of the leader was cut off.

From the mouths of the remnants of the defeated generals who fled back, it was learned that the Ming Sect actually took out more than a dozen pairs of iron armor this time, and a group of Dharma protectors raised in the sect put them on and rushed to the front.

These Dharma protectors are the thugs of the Ming Sect. It can be used to protect religious property, it can be used to punish those who betray, and more importantly, to prevent the heads of ditches elsewhere from crossing the border.

It was this group of Dharma protectors who rushed up from the side of the road before, beating a cadre of native soldiers and archers led by the county lieutenant of Dantu to cry and cry for their mother, and they collapsed in a blink of an eye.

Wei Kang won the battle, and in the next day and night, the thieves swept through the Dantu townships, and at this time, pieces of torches surrounded Runzhou City.

Jing Cheng was in a heavy mood, he had only been in charge of state affairs for half a month, and there was such a big mess, and he was responsible for this sentence.

Fortunately, Runzhou City can still be defended. Although most of the garrisons in the city were unusable and unusable, and there were many vacancies, Jing Cheng selected the young and strong people in the city, and lightly pulled up two or three thousand people to guard the city. Runzhou City has just been searched, and there is no need to worry about how many Ming Sect members are among these people. Don't worry about the inside and the outside, even if the thief army attacks the city, it won't be able to get in for a while.

"There are thieves on the other three sides, except for the north, where there are no thieves." He said sullenly.

"But there are not many thieves." Zong Ze's eyes were pressed against the cold glass, "Those fires are bluffs. ”

Through the binoculars, you can see the thieves outside the city holding two torches, and many of them have planted them on the ground. At first glance, it looks like a sea of people.

"Thanks to these fires, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to tell the number of thieves." Zong Ze sneered.

Jing Cheng frowned: "There are not many thieves in the south, and there are not many thieves in the east and west, so where will they be?" ”

"Yang Zhizhou still refuses to come out as a director?" Zong Ze suddenly asked.

Jing Cheng shook his head, too lazy to say that Zhizhou. In the name of leading the guilt and avoiding the position, he threw all the official affairs in the state aside, and now he has burned down the house, and he is still hiding in the Buddhist hall behind the state office, and I don't know whether he is chanting scriptures or watching jokes.

Zong Ze also snorted disdainfully. Yang Hui is so old, but he still doesn't know the importance of it, and he misunderstands his official affairs with personal grudges. Wait for this matter, he is indispensable for settling accounts after the autumn. But that's fine, with Yang Hua's level, he will only add to the chaos when he comes out.

Not to mention Yang Hui, Zong Ze said to Jing Cheng, "Wei Kang has been in chaos in the state for two days, and there are not a few people who have been coerced by him, and now there are bluffs on three sides, and there are not many people, so I think he may have set up an ambush in the north." ，”

"Ambush!" Jing Cheng exclaimed: "He wants to ambush the reinforcements in Jingkou? ”

"It's also possible that they want to attack Kyoguchi."

News had been cut off from the Kyoguchi side since mid-afternoon, and the messengers sent out from the city did not know if they had arrived. Zong Ze thinks about the worst, and it is not without a target.

"Jingkou, can this guy have this kind of insight?"

Jingcheng was incredulous. is just a villager, but he has learned a little demon art to confuse the people, and he can still understand the art of war.

"If Wei Kang doesn't have knowledge, how can Cao Jingming, who was born in Jinshi, deal with himself?" Zong Ze's words were sarcastic.

Thinking of the county lieutenant Cao who went out in a hurry but lost his life, Jing Cheng didn't know what to say. The promising Xinke Jinshi was hacked to death by a peasant who believed in the cult, and his death was too worthless.

"Jingkou is not something that Weikang can capture." Jing Cheng calmed down and said to Zong Ze, "And Jingkou won't come to help." If Wei Kang had made this idea, he would have been disappointed. ”

To the north of Runzhou City is the Yangtze River, and there is Jingkou on the shore of the Yangtze River.

As one of the world's most important ferries, the defense of Jingkou Port City is far more stringent than that of Runzhou City. The forbidden army stationed in Runzhou was stationed in Jingkou, not in the city of Runzhou. As long as Jingkou is not lost, reinforcements on the other side of the river can go south at any time. Moreover, the garrison of Jingkou can also be dispatched at any time to attack the thieves besieging Runzhou.

And although there are many ferries on the Yangtze River, there are only a few ferries that are suitable for large armies to cross the river and roads suitable for transporting troops. If the rebels seized Jingkou, the officers and troops could only make a detour to the south, and such a delay would at least buy Wei Kang ten days.

In ten days, the rebellious Mingjiao sect members were able to completely corrupt the situation on the Liangzhejiang Road, and as far as Wei Kang himself was concerned, ten days was enough for him to run to the east of Liangzhejiang, and it was not impossible to seize the ship and enter the sea.

In terms of the art of war, taking Jingkou is far more strategic than Runzhou. If Wei Kang didn't want to run into the forbidden army going south in just a few days, taking Jingkou was what he had to do.

It's just that Jingkou, which has heavy troops, cannot be taken by a rabble, and the forbidden army in Jingkou is not something that Jingcheng can mobilize.

Jiangning Mansion, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Taipingzhou, and Runzhou all have forbidden troops stationed. If you really want to exterminate these thieves outside the city, you can easily solve the problem by transferring the forbidden army from Jingkou.

However, if the law is strictly followed, the garrison of the forbidden troops in various states and states, even the superintendent of the road, has no right to transfer without authorization. Even if the thieves burned Runzhou and concurrently served as the pacification envoy of Hangzhou Zhizhou's Liangzhejiang West Road, it was inconvenient for him to specialize.

However, Confucianism has the saying of economic power, in the name of urgency and power, not to mention the commander, it is also possible for the governor to transfer the garrison of the state, but he has to suffer the consequences afterwards. But no matter how much power is followed, it must be ordered by the governor, not by the general judgment.

Yang Hui didn't speak, Jing Cheng was able to search the young and strong people in the city to help defend the city is already the limit, and if he wants to mobilize the forbidden army stationed under Runzhou, it is a dream.

Runzhou will not go to ask for help, and Jingkou will not send troops to help, although both sides are only guarded, but as long as Runzhou and Jingkou are defended, after three or five days, the thieves will have to leave.

Zong Ze shook his head, "Now Weikang has blocked the news from Runzhou and Jingkou. He could have sent someone to pretend to be reinforcements from Jingkou to open the city gate. ”

"How could you be fooled?" Jing Cheng couldn't help but laugh when he was in a difficult situation at home and abroad, "If the Jingkou officials and soldiers really come to help, they won't choose it at night, under the blue sky and white sun, no matter how the thieves pretend to be, they don't look like the officers and soldiers." ”

"It is also possible to send someone to pretend to deliver the message, if Wei Kang deceived the garrison in Jingkou, what should he do?"

"How can a thief really be so cunning?"

"Be lenient with the enemy." Zong Ze said.

Since Wei Kang was able to ambush the team that captured him, it can be seen that he has very well-informed sources and bold decisions, and it is not an exaggeration to look at such a big family like a snake. Moreover, taking down the team sent by the county must have given him more confidence and higher prestige.

Jing Cheng said: "But if Weikang is really cunning, he should go to attack other counties, not Runzhou." ”

Zong Ze stepped on the city wall under his feet, "In terms of city defense, which county seat is Runzhou City better than?" ”

The cities in the north, even the county seats, were built high and thick. Some villages have walls up to two feet high.

However, many of the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River do not have city walls, and even if they do, they are all low and thin, and many city walls have not been rebuilt for many years, and there are not many places that have collapsed and damaged, and Runzhou City is no exception.

In addition to the scale, the regulations of the city walls of Runzhou Prefecture and the county are similar, and they have never been renovated after they were completed. Several places collapsed. Where it collapsed, the top of the wall could only stand, and there was no room to even draw a bow. If it all collapsed, it would have to be repaired immediately, but it was only half of the collapse, and since it was possible to walk through it from the top of the city wall, it would have to be passed.

Let Zong Ze see, with a thousand men and horses, if the dispatch is good, it is really not difficult to take Runzhou City.

Jing Cheng's lips moved, as if he couldn't agree, and wanted to speak, but he couldn't help it.

Zong Ze saw Jing Cheng's thoughts and said, "But don't worry. Even if it falls into the worst situation, it can be calmed down within ten days. ”

"Shunri?" Jing Cheng's face sank, which meant that Zong Ze or the imperial court had been prepared for the chaos in Runzhou.

Jing Cheng had vaguely guessed that after the sudden chaos in the search for the Ming Sect, Zong Ze was not very worried, which showed that he already had a backhand. The sense of security that comes from this is far less than the anger that is hidden.

"In Sizhou, there is one commander of Longwei and two commanders of Shenji, and you can go south at any time." Zong Ze's words were calm, and he didn't feel guilty for concealing it before.

Sure enough! Jing Cheng cleaned up his mood and asked, "Did you go south with Ru Lin?" ”

"It's because the exercise arrived in Sizhou, and I didn't expect it to come in handy."

"Then Rulin, you have already sent someone back to Sizhou?"

Jing Cheng didn't ask much about how Zong Ze had the right to transfer troops. If the political affairs hall wants to give Zong Ze the right to transfer troops, there is always a way. As long as it is the Beijing camp that is mobilized, not the local garrison forbidden army, the commander cannot control it, and the state government can't control it.

"I sent it out yesterday." Zong Ze said calmly.

Jing Cheng was about to speak, but in the corner of his eye, he saw a few sparks rushing towards the city gate.