The county commanders of the five counties around Yuncheng gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and were reporting to Hong Chengchou about the food and salary. As soon as these words came out, the five county commanders present almost vomited blood, Hong Chengchou, as the governor of the three sides, is also a high-ranking official, he can't be so ugly, if he wants silver, he will ask for silver, and threaten everyone with these marginal words. And you need to show faithfulness, which must be measured by the quantity of silver.

Now these magistrates can't understand this governor at all. Everyone is a civil official, and this is not the way they used to behave and speak. How can this trilateral governor Hong Chengchou say that he is also a two-list jinshi, and the sage books should not be read less, and the killing decision he shows now makes the world's scholars dare not think about it, and his every step of promotion is stained with the blood of thieves, and today let these county commanders see what naked blackmail is.

What the literati fear most are scoundrels and hooligans, especially hooligans with higher status than them, which they cannot provoke.

These five county commanders are very familiar with current affairs, and said while saluting Hong Chengchou: "We will do our best to serve the Governor, and we will not let your Excellency down." ”

Hong Chengchou saw that these five people were still acquaintances, so he didn't say anything more, and waved his hand to make them retreat.

Leaving Hong Chengchou's big tent, the five of them felt a cold back, and their clothes had been soaked through with sweat. They really can't get used to this naked way of communicating without talking about the scene, but now this errand must be done. After discussion, the five of them made up their minds and decided to levy grain in their respective jurisdictions under the banner of the governors of the three sides, not only to fulfill the amount demanded by Hong Chengchou, but also to gain a little bit for themselves.

After the five county orders were retired, Hong Chengchou ordered the guards to send orders to the important generals of the four military horses to his tent to discuss matters.

The generals arrived very quickly, standing in the big tent and bowing their heads and not daring to make a sound, this performance on the battlefield really made them embarrassed.

Hong Chengchou looked around at the generals and said, "I contacted the local officials and collected some food and salary, which will be distributed to you soon." ”

Hearing that there was food and salary, the generals' expressions were a little better, and they all saluted Hong Chengchou: "Thank you, Lord Governor." ”

"This salary is not taken for nothing, the court spends grain and money to support you, that is, you want to kill thieves in front of the battle to serve the country, if someone retreats in front of the enemy in front of the battle, not only can not get the salary, I will also take his head." Hong Chengchou said with a gloomy face.

"We will definitely die for the Governor and fight to the death against the thieves." The generals said in unison.

Hong Chengchou looked at the tame expressions of the generals below, and was very satisfied, these warriors just had to use knives to manage, and they had to use silver money to hang their appetites, so his tone softened a little and said: "We pursued the thieves for a long time this time, and finally besieged the thieves here, the thieves are cornered, this is a good time for us to eliminate the thieves." He paused and then said: "This Yuncheng is a salt-producing place operated by the court for many years, and most of the salt merchants gather here, and I have received a report that before the thieves attacked the city, many salt merchants in the surrounding area took their possessions and hid in Yuncheng, which was considered to be fortified. I didn't expect the thieves to break through the city so quickly, and the salt merchants thought that they had died at the hands of the thieves, and their property was scattered somewhere. We must kill the thieves and avenge these salt merchants. ”

"We will definitely recover Yuncheng and kill all the thieves." When the generals heard Hong Chengchou's words, they immediately came to their senses, there are not only thieves but also silver in this Yuncheng, the governor said that he wanted revenge, but he didn't say that he wanted to get back the silver, and everyone understood the meaning here.

Seeing that the generals understood what they meant, Hong Chengchou ordered: "All departments immediately return to the camp to prepare siege equipment, and the day after tomorrow morning to attack Yuncheng." ”

"Yes!" The generals agreed loudly and went back to the camp to prepare for their own departure.

The reason why Hong Chengchou decided to attack the city the day after tomorrow was because they had to spend two days to build siege equipment. A large number of people were captured, together with felled trees and timber removed from private houses, and the work of building siege equipment began.

The officers and soldiers were busy making siege equipment, but the security forces did not want them to work with peace of mind. Small groups of security soldiers on horseback and muskets appeared around the official barracks. This made the officers and soldiers very nervous, and hurriedly sent cavalry to expel them, and the security forces saw the officers and soldiers coming to chase and turned around and fled, and the officers and soldiers thought that the security forces were cowardly, and pursued them closely, and finally either stepped on a mine or were injured by a grenade thrown by the security forces. After several times, the cavalry of the official army did not dare to chase after the squad of the security army. Seeing that no one was chasing, the security team's squad simply approached the official barracks on horseback, and used the ultra-long range of rifled guns and the accuracy of Mini bullets to shoot indiscriminately at the sentry at the gate of the camp. There was no security in their own barracks, which was a great blow to the morale of the officers and soldiers. In order to improve morale, the generals who led the army immediately sent people out of the camp to chase and kill, but they did not expect that the security army had just laid a mine not far from the gate of the official barracks. The pursuers of the officers and soldiers were shrouded in smoke and dust in a burst of explosions. The tragic casualties frightened the officers and soldiers, and fewer and fewer soldiers dared to go out of the camp to chase and kill the security forces.

After enduring the constant harassment of the security army, the official army finally ushered in the moment of attack.

The officers and soldiers marched out of the camp in groups and lined up in an offensive formation outside the battalion, and a large number of siege equipment was also pushed out and placed in front of the team.

The earth-shattering war drums sounded, and Hong Chengchou climbed onto the high command platform made of giant trees and watched the soldiers of the official army start the attack.

When the shield cart entered the range of the artillery on the position outside the city, the security army opened fire, and the shells flew out of the muzzle, and the eyes of the people on the whole battlefield followed the shells flying in the air, and everyone was watching the effect of the shelling.

The black cannonball crossed an arc and accurately hit the shield cart of the officers and soldiers. The shield cart shook violently, but it didn't break. It turned out that the shield cart was not only made of huge wood, but also covered with quilts and animal skins. These slowed down the momentum of the shells, allowing the shield wagon to remain standing in the face of the security forces' shelling.

Seeing that the shield cart had withstood the blow of the security army's artillery, the officers and soldiers were jubilant and their morale was greatly boosted, and they saw the hope of victory, and immediately showed signs of advancing, and pushed the shield cart forward faster.

The atmosphere in the position of the security army was a little tense, and the first round of artillery failed to knock over the shield car of the officers and soldiers, which also surprised the security forces, and immediately ordered the artillery to continue firing without stopping, and at the same time adjusted the defense system, hoping that these could block the attack of the officers and soldiers. (To be continued.) )