Chapter 112: Surprise Attack on Xintai City (3)
(300,000 words, it's not easy, for the sake of the code word is not easy, let's collect it...... Collection...... )
"Squeak, squeak, ......" As the mechanism controlling the city gate pulled, there was an intermittent sound above the slowly pulled up gate.
Under the light of the torches, Han Lie, who was riding on horseback, rode out and shouted: "Gongming left a sergeant to guard the city gate, and the rest will enter the camp in the south of the city, and those who resist will be killed." ”
"Whoa!" Xu Huang, who was on horseback, held the axe blade gun in both hands, and there was no expression on his resolute face.
"Ziyi, get on the horse." Entering the city gate, Han Lie had already asked his own soldiers to lead Tai Shici with a war horse, and then said to Zhang Yao on the side: "Thank you, Miss Zhang, for your hard work to guard the city gate, and after I break the enemy, I will take it over." ”
"General, don't forget to promise." Zhang Yao replied coldly, and then returned to the top of the city tower.
"Drive!" Han Lie didn't care either, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the horse headed towards the road along the street, and under the guidance of Tai Shici, he went all the way to the barracks in the city.
The movement of thousands of soldiers and horses entering the city was like a thunderbolt, and the sleeping people in the city were all awakened, and the bold looked through the window, while the timid ones hid directly.
At this moment, the people who thought that Wu Dun led the team to loot again were all praying for the blessing of the gods, hoping to escape this catastrophe, but the brave people, looking through the windows, looked at the neat queue on the street, the soldiers in bright armor of the Han army, but they had a different expression.
The news that "the Han army has entered the city......" spread far and wide, and by the time dawn came, it had spread throughout the city.
At this time, the Red Flame Army under the command of Han Lie had also rushed to the barracks in the east of the city.
In their sleep, the enemy soldiers who hurriedly got up, under the supervision of the deputy general Lu Gui, rushed to the camp gate in disheveled clothes.
"Archers prepare." In the face of the enemy soldiers who were pressed up by the black pressure, Han Lie did not show the slightest softness, and the thousands of soldiers who had already bent their bows and arrows pulled the bowstrings in their hands one after another.
When the rain of arrows fell in the sky, the thieves who were crowded together immediately heard bursts of screams and howls, which resounded in the sky for a while.
"The Han army begs for thieves, and those who lay down their arms and surrender will not die!" Immediately after Han Lie launched a heart-attacking policy, the rain of arrows increased the heart, either death or life, this group of thousands of enemy soldiers who were blocked in the barracks, facing the dark night, I don't know how many Han army thieves, after a short silence, suddenly shouted from the crowd: "I am willing to surrender......"
In the dark night, among the congested crowd, although it was only a weak shout, it quickly gained an echo, thousands of thieves, in the face of the Han army led by Han Lie, coupled with the absence of the main general Wu Dun, the enemy soldiers who had lost their claims, put down their weapons one after another, rushed out of the camp, and chose to surrender.
In the midst of the chaotic army, around the deputy general Lu Gui, more than ten bandit leaders gathered, facing the routing camp, these leaders surrounded Lu Gui, looked at Lu Gui and asked, "What should Brother Lu do?" ”
"The army's morale is broken, for the sake of today's plan, the only way is to surrender first, and wait for the opportunity to kill out." Lu Gui was able to become Wu Dun's deputy general, in addition to being Wu Dun's brother-in-law, but also because this person had read for a few years, could read and hyphenate, and had some small tricks in his mind, otherwise he was a weak scholar, how could he be in the position of deputy general in a group of thieves.
"Okay, let's all listen to Brother Lu." The leaders who lost their claims responded one after another.
"Wait, we can't just swarm together, later you all change into the clothes of ordinary soldiers, gather about ten henchmen and warriors, hide weapons close to you, let's look at each other and watch me gesture and act." Seeing that everyone was in an impetuous mood, Lu Gui turned around and was about to leave, so he hurriedly shouted to everyone and solemnly instructed.
At dawn. Xintai City, which had been noisy for most of the night, finally quieted down.
After more than an hour of rectification, this group of captives who surrendered were imprisoned in batches, and then began to be screened, for some enemy diehards, already leaders, and those who were full of evil, Han Lie naturally had to treat them differently.
However, this meticulous work, Han Lie handed over to Xu Huang and Tai Shici to lead the troops, and he and Dian Wei led Dian Wei's right battalion to go straight to Xintai County, that is, Wu Dun's treasury.
Last time in Beihai City, Han Lie collected nearly 200,000 yellow turbans, and the property obtained was less than 1,000 gold, which was not enough for the 200,000 people's ration cost in January, thinking about 200,000 mouths, it would cost a thousand gold to settle in January, and this work would be postponed until May of the next year, and the winter wheat harvest would be completed, and there would still be more than half a year to calculate, which means that if Han Lie wanted to settle these 200,000 people, he would need to spend at least 8,000 gold.
If you add housing construction and land resettlement, you have to prepare at least 15,000 gold, such a huge amount of money, it will give Han Lie a headache just thinking about it.
And the current treasury of Xintai City, for Han Lie, is naturally quite looking forward to it, you must know that Wu Dun has been operating in Xintai for four or five years, and he is richer than himself no matter how he says, with great expectations, Han Lie and Dian Wei rushed into the treasury.
Twenty boxes of five baht of money, cloth and silk of a thousand horses, the total value of which was less than 1,500 gold, and 37,000 stone of grain. Walking into the treasury and looking at the book in his hand, Han Lie thought that he had read it wrong, but after reading it again, it was still the same.
"Damn, this Wu Dun is also a poor ghost?" Han Lie scolded, walked into the treasury and checked it with his own eyes, especially after seeing the twenty boxes of five-baht coins, he immediately shook his head and said, "No, no matter how poor that kid Wu Dun is, it is impossible not to have a piece of gold and a piece of jewelry?" ”
"Huh? What the lord said seems to have a point. Dian Wei thought about it and agreed, and shouted: "I'll go and bring all the ladies of the Wu Dun family here and interrogate them properly." ”
"Well, by the way, I will also find the officials of the treasury." Han Lie thought about it and nodded.
Above the county government hall, what opened Han Lie's eyes was that Dian Wei actually brought seventy-seven women, and fifteen children, the oldest of these women was only about forty, and the youngest was only thirteen years old, and they were all Wu Dun's wives and concubines.
"These are Wu Dun's wives and concubines?" Han Lie glanced at Dian Wei who was approaching and asked in disbelief.
"But no, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it." Dian Wei smiled and said, "Lord, those two division bookkeepers." ”
Han Lie followed Dian Wei's direction, nodded and said, "Escort someone to me." ”
"The general spares his life, the general spares his life!" Facing Han Lie, who was dressed in gold-scale chain mail, above the lobby, with a majestic momentum, the two bookkeepers under the hall were so frightened that they kowtowed and shouted.
"Since you are Wu Dun's account office, then you can look at this account book." Han Lie waved his hand and threw the account book in front of the two.
"Returning to the general, this account book is what the two of us usually sort out and count." One took the lead, and the other old man nodded in agreement, "That's true." ”
"Sure?" Han Lie was shocked, and the two of them were so frightened that they kowtowed again and shouted, "Please General Mingjian, it is indeed correct." ”
"Then let me ask you two, Wu Dunke has other private vaults?" The two glanced at each other, shook their heads and said, "The property in the outer treasury is managed by the two of us, but it is said that the property in the inner courtyard is in the management of the eighth lady." ”
Dozens of women standing and waiting on the side of the lobby, hearing the reply of the two people in the hall, turned their eyes to the crowd for a while, a young woman wearing a splendid silk dress, obviously this woman in her thirties, graceful and graceful, is the eighth lady in charge of finances in this house.
"Who is the eighth lady, stand up for me immediately, explain truthfully, and avoid the pain of flesh and skin." Han Lie's eyes were so keen, he just stared at the focus of everyone at a glance.
"The general spared his life, the people's daughter was also persecuted by that Wu Dun, the people's daughter originally had a husband's family, but hated that Wu Dun coveted the beauty of the people's daughter, and even killed my husband's family, forcing the people's daughter to marry, but hated the people's daughter, a weak woman was powerless to resist, so she had to commit herself to the thief, today I was fortunate to be rescued by the general, and I hope that the general will make the decision for the people's daughter." Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the eighth lady actually cried with tears in her eyes.
For a while, the soldiers in the hall, even Dian Wei, were full of sympathy for this woman, and they were eager to kill Wu Dun, the thief, to vent their hatred.
"It seems that Madame is indeed bumpy, but since you have been favored by Wu Dun and are in charge of the property of the Inner Government, you must know the secret of the storage of property, as long as you hand over the property, this general will rescue you and protect you from being bullied in the future, I don't know what Madame thinks?" Although Han Lie is an emotional person, he will not be soft-hearted for a woman's speech, on the contrary, the eighth lady in the hall, although full of tears and grief, but there is no weakness in her eyes, it can be seen that this woman must be a scheming person.
"Thank you for the general's rescue, the people should tell the truth." Next, the eighth lady immediately said the two locations where the belongings were stored, and Han Lie immediately sent Dian Wei to search, and sure enough, he found more than a dozen boxes of gold, but they were all small boxes of one foot square, adding up to about 1,800 gold.
"Very well, Madame is indeed a believer." Han Lie looked at the gold in front of him, praised it with satisfaction, and then looked at the eighth lady with great meaning and said, "Come on, take the lady down, take care of it, don't be lazy." ”
When the Eighth Lady turned around, Han Lie's voice sounded again: "Ladies, the Eighth Lady is your example, now you can report each other, and tell what you know about Wu Dun's property and crimes, not only can you be exonerated, but General Ben will not only ensure her safety, but also reward her heavily." ”
The eighth lady who walked to the door, when she heard Han Lie's words, her face instantly turned pale, and she stumbled under her feet, if it weren't for the support of the sergeant on the side, she almost fell to the door.
"General, I want to report." At this moment, an unkempt woman threw herself on the ground and shouted: "General, the people's girl was also snatched by the vicious Wu Dun, and the people's girl didn't obey, so he humiliated the people's girl in every way, and what was even more hateful was that the eighth lady, seeing that the people's girl was quite beautiful, and even when Wu Dun liked it, he and his brother Lu Gui framed the people's girl to seduce the adulterer, and also used a dagger to cut the girl's face......"
When the unkempt woman lifted the black hair on her face, she saw that the originally fair face had been cut open by a sharp blade, and the scars were three inches long, portraying a beautiful face extremely terrifying.